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4001. Where's Jesus? Where Do You Look for Jesus?

Mark 1:29-39

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You have perhaps heard the story of an elderly man who was quite ill who said to his wife, "You know, Sarah, you've always been with me - through the good and through the bad. Like the time I lost my job - you were right there by my side. And the war came, and I enlisted - you became a nurse so you could ...

4002. God Be With You All

2 Corinthians 13:11-13

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... been – parents, grandparents, Sunday school teachers, youth counselors, choir directors, pastors – they’ve kept practicing with you even when you kept stepping on each other’s toes. It hurt. It hurt so much that there were times when you and they wanted to call it quits. E. The Charge But you didn’t and, because you didn’t and they didn’t, you’re here today. The music of the heavenly choir continues. Wherever you are headed, go and help others to hear the music and teach them how to dance ...

4003. Touch

Mark 1:40-45

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... instinctively know that this is the way to get attention. Crying is their way of calling out. These babies, however, had been in abusive situations. Their parents let hem cry for hours on end and never responded. Do you know what happened? The babies eventually quit crying. It is almost as if they had learned that it was not worth trying. So the Memminger Institute came in for an experiment. They got some people from retirement and from nursing homes, and every day these people held these babies and rocked ...

4004. Genesis 9: 8-17

Genesis 9:1-17

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Leonard Sweet

... first, this divinely initiated covenant is also “established” with all the living creatures that will now repopulate the earth. The covenant symbolized by the rainbow covers all creation, from the tiniest insect to the biggest mountain. The promise God makes is quite specific: No earth-annihilating, planet-busting flood shall ever again be caused by God. In other ancient creation stories the chaotic waters of the sea, and the threat of those waters covering all the world, is a common theme. God’s ...

4005. Second Chances

Mk 1:9-15

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King Duncan

... he discovered in that tiny lake thousands of golf balls. Telling the course manager about his discovery he was offered ten cents a ball for all the balls he could retrieve. Reid made almost as much in one day as he did all week as a surveyor. Soon he quit his job with Walt Disney and submerged himself in his new business of golf ball diving. He became known as the Used Golf Ball King of Florida. He called his business "Second Chance," and in 1994 it was doing so well that he sold it for $5.1 million ...

4006. The Potato Salad Promise

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

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Tony Campolo tells about a church that one day every year celebrates student recognition day. One year, after several students had spoken quite eloquently, the pastor started his sermon in a striking way: "Young people, you may not think you're going to die, but you are. One of these days, they'll take you to the cemetery, drop you in a hole, throw some dirt on your face and go back to ...

4007. Cheap Grace

Mark 8:31-38

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Joel Leyrer

... at the age of 39, he was executed by hanging, just as War II was ending. We may not share in all of his views, but by any and all definitions he is a 20th century Christian martyr. By the time of his death he had already done quite a bit of writing. Perhaps his best-known work (still available and popular today) is entitled, "The Cost of Discipleship." In it he offers many thought provoking statements on the Christian life. One of the phrases he uses over and over again (and something he accuses many modern ...

4008. Mark 8:31-38

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Leonard Sweet

... will “rise again.” Jesus’ messianic identity reaches beyond the grave and breaks the power of death itself. For one who usually taught by telling stories and parables, there is no cloaked meaning in Jesus’ words. He “said all this quite openly.” The clarity of Jesus’ message is so shocking, however, that Peter, the disciple who had just acknowledged Jesus’ divine messianic identity, presumes to “rebuke him” by taking his master “aside” to scold him. The term “epitiman,” “rebuke ...

4009. The Miracle Fruit

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... right-on declaration: “You are the Messiah” (8:29). But instead of praising Peter for his surprising insight, Jesus shushed him up. His disciples were “not to tell anyone about him” (v.30). Yet with his next breath Jesus himself began to “quite openly” discuss what was going to happen to the “Son of Man,” or more accurately, “The Human Being.” The “Human Being” title was Jesus’ favorite self-reference. In the first-century referring to the “human being” was simply a more formal ...

4010. Dry Inside

John 2:12-25

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Jef Olson

... distinguished Cardinal Lamberto to tell him the bad news that a legitimate business deal involving the Vatican Bank has gone bad. The bank is run by the Archbishop and a coalition of Catholic businessmen. The Cardinal listens to the Godfather; then the Cardinal says something quite profound. He picks up a stone and says, "Look at this stone. It has been lying in the water for a very long time. The water has not penetrated it." Then he smashes the stone. "Look," he says peering at the smashed insides of the ...

4011. Consumerism

John 2:12-25

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Brett Blair

... people treat church membership as though they are selecting a supermarket rather than a relationship. The call of Christ is not for consumers; it is for disciples. If we treat church members as consumers, then at what point do they quit becoming customers and start becoming missionaries. To make matters worse too many churches attempt to market themselves and in the process of developing a market strategy the subtle message is released: discipleship and missions are optional. Friends, they are not optional ...

4012. The Darkness of a Youniverse

John 3:1-21

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Leonard Sweet

... in the dark we can forget the links. We do “evil,” or morally ambiguous things “at night,” because in the darkness we feel we can de-link, we can become disconnected to the rest of the relationships in our lives. Nobody understands this moral truth quite so well as Las Vegas’ resident theologian of the tourism board, whoever the person is. The head priest of that agency came up with a perfect 21st century rendition of John 3:19-21: “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” In the city that is ...

4013. Looking at the World through the Eyes of God

John 3:1-21

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Brett Blair

... the abbot and spoke his two words, "bad food." At the end of the second year the young man appeared before the abbot and spoke two more words, "hard bed". At the end of year three he came to the abbot and spoke his last two words, "I quit." The abbot responded, "Well its about time, because complain, complain, complain is all you've done since you came here." We humans are people of darkness. We complain, rebel, work against the Kingdom of God. Death is all we know. Lives filled with the patterns of sin ...

4014. Complain, Complain, Complain

John 3:14-21

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Brett Blair

... the abbot and spoke his two words, "bad food." At the end of the second year the young man appeared before the abbot and spoke two more words, "hard bed". At the end of year three he came to the abbot and spoke his last two words, "I quit." The abbot responded, "Well it is about time. Complain, complain, complain - that's all you've done since you came here." We humans are people of darkness. People who complain, rebel, work against the Kingdom of God. Death is all we know. Lives filled with the patterns of ...

4015. Epiphany 2

John 1:43-51, 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, 1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

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John R. Brokhoff

... in him." Hymn Of The Day: "Jesus Calls Us, O'er The Tumult" Theme Of The Day: The Call Of God Gospel The call to discipleship. Lesson 1 The call to servanthood. Lesson 2 The call to glorify God in the body. The theme, the call of God, seems quite clear, especially in the Gospel and Lesson 1. Lesson 2 is the first in a series of semi in-course pericopes during the Epiphany season taken from 1 and 2 Corinthians. Nevertheless, without stretching a point too much, Lesson 2 fits into the theme of God's call in ...

4016. Proper 10

2 Samuel 6:1-23, Ephesians 1:1-14, Mark 6:14-29

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John R. Brokhoff

... none. In this text, David and his people decided to put God in his place in the capital and not in an insignificant village, not in a private home but in a tabernacle. To put God in his place is to put him in first place. It is quite self-evident that today we need to put God in his rightful place at the head of the line. Our humanism, materialism, secularism and hedonism relegate God to a subordinate position, and that's what's wrong with today's society. Outline: Questions about putting God in his place ...

4017. Proper 14

Ephesians 4:17--5:21, 2 Samuel 18:1-18, 2 Samuel 18:19--19:8, John 6:25-59

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John R. Brokhoff

... to be like. The danger is that we can easily imitate bad examples. On the other hand, in recent years the emphasis has been on "Be yourself," "Be your own person," and "Do your own thing." In this passage Paul exhorts us to imitate none other than God. This is quite an order for a human being! Outline: Be an imitator of God – a. Imitate his forgiveness v. 32. b. Imitate his love v. 2. c. Imitate his goodness vv. 30, 31. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm 130 "Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord ...

4018. An Easter Heart

John 20:1-9

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Leonard Sweet

... heart church of them all: an Easter heart will be a broken heart. We have a 13-year-old daughter Soren Coventry Sweet. Since she was about five, she and I have a heart ritual that is one of the joys of my life. Since I am on the road quite a bit, I make it a practice to bring Soren home a heart from the place(s) I’ve visited. I tell her that she “has my heart,” and to symbolize that I bring her back hearts made of every material imaginable in every form imaginable to convey to her ...

4019. The Power of Belief

John 20:24-31

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King Duncan

... she had risen from the ground so rapidly that she had hit her head on the ceiling. If the callers did indeed experience this floating sensation, it must be chalked up to the power of suggestion, says one commentator, since the pull of gravity had remained quite constant throughout the day. (7) Be careful what you believe. The power of belief can help you achieve amazing things, but it can also cause you to do stupid things. Just because you believe, it doesn’t make it true. Meg. F. Quijano of the National ...

4020. See My Hands and My Feet

Luke 24:36-49

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King Duncan

... see your love and loyalty in your hands." A similar story is told of the great missionary to Burma, Adoniram Judson. Judson went to the King of Burma to ask him if he might have permission to go to a certain city to preach. The King, a pagan, but quite an intelligent man responded, "I'm willing for a dozen preachers to go but not you, not with those hands. My people are not such fools as to take notice of your preaching but they will note those calloused, work scarred hands. I worry that you will turn the ...

4021. Can You Prove You Are Alive?

Luke 24:36b-48

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R. Scott Colglazier

... Crabtree had been receiving benefits from the government. He had been wounded in Vietnam and was now on permanent disability. One day, out of the blue, he received an official notification from the government of his own death. Needless to say, this was quite a shock! Mr. Crabtree wrote the government a letter stating that he was indeed very much alive and would like to continue receiving his benefits. The letter did no good. He then tried calling the government. (Have you ever tried to call the government ...

4022. The Work of the Students

Lk 24:36-49

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King Duncan

The painter Rubens is recognized even today as a genius. His work has been so influential that we sometimes talk about the "Rubinesque" figure. Rubens was also quite a businessman. Unlike many other immortal artists, Rubens was fortunate enough to taste the fruits of success while he was still alive. He was highly commissioned for his work. In fact he was so highly compensated that he opened what one writer called a painting factory. He hired a school ...

4023. We Are Not Ghosts

Luke 24:36b-48

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Keith Grogg

On Easter morning, before the sunrise service in Carolina Beach, I was standing next to my friend Steve Hall, the minister at St. Paul's Methodist. And the sun hadn't quite peeked out above the horizon, but there was a spectacular red glow all along the skyline, reflecting on the ocean. And I was just about to say, "Steve, I can't figure out why I'm not out here every morning," but he had started to speak first, and he ...

4024. The Comforts of "Thy Rod and Thy Staff": Rulership or Relationship

John 10:1-21

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Leonard Sweet

... let everyone know who’s in charge. But there was another comfort that came with a staff: the comfort of relationship. It was a different comfort, but it was the comfort that Jesus appropriated in his image of “The Good Shepherd.” The “staff” was quite different from the “rod,” as different as relationship is from rulership. The “staff” was a protective device: it was used to guide the sheep, to nudge them in directions they may not wish to go, to rescue them from cliffs, to steer them ...

4025. The Hidden Message of Jesus

John 15:1-8

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... pictures. Instead of literally coming out and saying what he meant, he so often would tell a story and let people draw their own conclusion. Indeed, these hidden messages of Jesus frequently frustrated his disciples. They wished that he would speak literally and not be quite so subtle. This morning we take a look at one of the "I Am" sayings of Jesus. Jesus said: I am the true vine. Now, even the most ardent literalist has to agree that when Jesus spoke these words he was not speaking literally. Obviously ...

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4001. Where's Jesus? Where Do You Look for Jesus?

Mark 1:29-39

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4002. God Be With You All

2 Corinthians 13:11-13

Sermon

Mike Ripski

4003. Touch

Mark 1:40-45

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4004. Genesis 9: 8-17

Genesis 9:1-17

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Leonard Sweet

4005. Second Chances

Mk 1:9-15

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King Duncan

4006. The Potato Salad Promise

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

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4007. Cheap Grace

Mark 8:31-38

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Joel Leyrer

4008. Mark 8:31-38

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Leonard Sweet

4009. The Miracle Fruit

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

4010. Dry Inside

John 2:12-25

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Jef Olson

4011. Consumerism

John 2:12-25

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Brett Blair

4012. The Darkness of a Youniverse

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

4013. Looking at the World through the Eyes of God

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

4014. Complain, Complain, Complain

John 3:14-21

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Brett Blair

... the abbot and spoke his two words, "bad food." At the end of the second year the young man appeared before the abbot and spoke two more words, "hard bed". At the end of year three he came to the abbot and spoke his last two words, "I quit." The abbot responded, "Well it is about time. Complain, complain, complain - that's all you've done since you came here." We humans are people of darkness. People who complain, rebel, work against the Kingdom of God. Death is all we know. Lives filled with the patterns of ...

4015. Epiphany 2

John 1:43-51, 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, 1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

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John R. Brokhoff

4016. Proper 10

2 Samuel 6:1-23, Ephesians 1:1-14, Mark 6:14-29

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John R. Brokhoff

4017. Proper 14

Ephesians 4:17--5:21, 2 Samuel 18:1-18, 2 Samuel 18:19--19:8, John 6:25-59

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John R. Brokhoff

4018. An Easter Heart

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

4019. The Power of Belief

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

4020. See My Hands and My Feet

Luke 24:36-49

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King Duncan

4021. Can You Prove You Are Alive?

Luke 24:36b-48

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R. Scott Colglazier

4022. The Work of the Students

Lk 24:36-49

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King Duncan

4023. We Are Not Ghosts

Luke 24:36b-48

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Keith Grogg

4024. The Comforts of "Thy Rod and Thy Staff": Rulership or Relationship

John 10:1-21

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Leonard Sweet

4025. The Hidden Message of Jesus

John 15:1-8

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