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4076. Birthing the Kingdom

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Cathy A. Ammlung

... rumors of wars; to hear Jesus solemnly say "the end is still to come"; to hear this Gospel text -- well, let's just say that many good people would rather not hear any of this! But of course we must hear Jesus' words and struggle with them. We're his disciples or else we think we'd like to be. And Mark's Gospel puts these hard words of our Lord in the last week of Jesus' life, when everything he says and does is brought to its sharpest, most piercing peak. Jesus wasn't a mere armchair speculator offering ...

4077. The Dangerous Truth

John 18:28-40

Sermon

Cathy A. Ammlung

... believed in him, he said, "The one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him ... If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free" (John 8:26, 32). On the night before he faced Pilate, Jesus spoke words of assurance to his frightened disciples. "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on, you do ...

4078. What Goes on When He Comes in?

Acts 19:1-22

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... the Baptist, whom Paul met early in his visit to Ephesus, seemed to lack some evidence of God's Spirit in their lives. Their "first impression" was spiritually deficient! Christian scholars throughout the centuries have sought to determine what Paul sensed in these disciples that caused him to question the fullness of their faith. No consensus appears to have been reached. Perhaps we, who live so many years after the event, can profit from the "wisdom" of Yogi Berra. Before an all-star game in the 1960s ...

4079. And When You Pray

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Brett Blair

Jesus taught his disciples, saying: And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at ... is not that we don't know how to pray; it is that we have lost what it means to be in relationship with a loving, hearing, forgiving and gracious God. Prayer is the only skill the disciples ever asked Jesus to teach them. They didn't ask him how to heal, to teach, to ask for money, to run meetings, to do miracles, to manage crowds, or to organize a movement or start ...

4080. Yes! (Easter Sunday)

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... , the steeples of the churches highest of all. Slowly the mist climbs the hills, hangs for a little like a torn veil on the summit, then vanishes, disclosing a blue sky. And the work you began in the fog you continue in the sunlight.” (7) The disciples were in a fog following the crucifixion of Jesus, but his resurrection and later his appearances to them caused the mist to rise and to reveal the light of a beautiful new day. What they “began in the fog” they continued in the sunlight. And so it ...

4081. Death Leads to Life

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... , then we will be able to die to self and in the process raise up not only others but ourselves as well. Such ideas are difficult, but the difficult in life is many times the best option. This is the narrow road of which Jesus spoke when he addressed his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 7:13-14). It is the road less traveled, but the only path that leads to life eternal. The cross is a paradox and thus it doesn't make sense, but it truly is the only hope for Christian salvation. We need not ...

4082. To Live Is To Dance

John 10:1-10

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Maxie Dunnam

... , there is this exhilarating verse, and David danced before the Lord with all his might. When you come to the New Testament, it is no different. The prodigal son’s return home was celebrated with music and dancing. Jesus would not allow his disciples to fast, as did John’s disciples, because He, the bride-groom, was still alive. And because he was still alive, he said it was not to be the occasion of sorrowful fasting, but was to be the occasion of joyful dancing. So that’s the biblical suggestion for ...

4083. Being Christ

Ephesians 1:15-23

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Maxie Dunnam

... you.” And the prayer of Jesus in the Upper Room which we read as a part of our corporate scripture lesson today is a prayer in the setting of Jesus celebrating the last Passover with the disciples, and it’s packed with a pathos of his longing, his deep yearning for all his followers. Listen to his prayer again, “It is not for these disciples alone that I pray. But I pray for all those who their words will believe in me. May they all be one. As you Father are in me, and I in you, may they be in us ...

4084. The Game Is For A Team

Colossians 4:7-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... III The next person at whom we look is Justus. We have time to mention only one I think this verse is the only time his name appears in the New Testament., But there he is along with the famous Luke and Mark. Let's call him the unknown disciple. We know absolutely nothing about him. The amazing thing is that he is mentioned at all. Maybe he had been of some special help to Paul. Maybe his faithfulness to Christ, in spite of the rejection of the hostile Jews in Rome, inspired Paul. He was certainly taking a ...

4085. The Day Is Not For Sleeping

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

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Maxie Dunnam

... is not for sleeping. IV. Let me close now. I've said that we can go to sleep intellectually, morally, and spiritually-- we are all in danger of that. There is only one thing that will keep us awake as Christians -- that's a vision of our calling as disciples. Listen to verses nine and ten of our scripture lesson: "For God has not designed us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we wake or sleep we might live with Him. The Cross is there -- do you ...

4086. Pack Up Your Troubles

James 4:13-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... before His death and before His ascension that He would return. We can count on it: Our Lord is going to return. He also said that no one except the Father knew when that would be. When His disciples pressed Jesus for more information about when He would return, He made it clear that wasn't for them to know. Their task, and ours, is to work and live and witness to the Good News of Jesus Christ. And He further reassured them, and us, that He would be ...

4087. Can You Hear The Rooster Crow?

Luke 22:54-62

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Maxie Dunnam

... tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow this day until you, three times, deny that you know me." That's precisely what happened. It's important to note that the story of Peter's denial follows the story of Gethsemane . Remember what Jesus said to his disciples as they left The Upper Room and headed for the Mount of Olives? "Pray that you may not enter into temptation." Jesus knew that "Hell itself would unite all its forces and combine with human evil to prevent, if possible, the will of God from being done ...

4088. On The Road Again (emmaus)

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... old and turn to God, receiving his saving power, pick up and start a new life. "Yes, at the turning points and traumas of life, like those disciples of old, we head for some Emmaus to get away from it all, to wait it out or seek to discover how to live through it." (Don ... of a sudden they became aware of a third person. Note three things about this encounter with "the stranger" who joined these disciples on the Emmaus Road. One, they didn't know who he was. Now what's important about that?, you ask. It's all ...

4089. Speak And It Will Be

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... going on inside, and how deep is our trust. The Broadway musical, "Godspell", has many wonderful scenes in it -- many moving, dramatic moments. One of my favorites is that scene toward the end where Jesus is with his disciples in The Upper Room. He takes a bucket of water, a rag, and a mirror, and he goes to the disciples each in turn, and he washes away their clown faces. They had all been painted up as clowns. Then he holds the mirror up in front of them to let them see themselves as they really are, and ...

4090. Come To The Party!

Luke 14:15-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , with tax collectors and sinners, with pharisees and publicans, with outcasts, and with a notorious cheat named Zacheous. His enemies often called Him a drunk and a glutton. Sometimes they asked Him why He did not fast like the disciples of John the Baptist. He answered, "There may come a time when fasting is appropriate; but now is not that time. Now is the time for feasting." "Jesus referred to himself as the Bread of Life. And (He) told the parable for this morning - - the Parable of the Great Banquet ...

4091. The Easter Question: Why Are You Weeping? Whom Do You Seek?

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... injury. They discovered that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb, and the body of Jesus had been taken away. The disciples who were with Mary at the tomb that early morning went back into the city, back to their own homes to nurse their ... a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also." Two of the disciples Thomas and Philip don't understand all of that. So Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the father, and it is sufficient for us." It was ...

4092. Through God's Breathed Word

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that I would like for you to underscore in your mind is this: "He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures." I believe that is a continuing ministry of Jesus. He does that through the Holy Spirit. Remember His promise? While He was still alive He said to His disciples, "I still have many things to say to you, but you can't bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth..." So, that's a ministry of the Holy Spirit in our life. The ministry of opening our minds to the ...

4093. Rejected at Home

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the residents of that lovely, Southern city. Jesus was an embarrassment not only to his hometown, but also to his own family. Earlier in Mark's Gospel we read these mystifying words, "Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, 'He is out of his mind.'" (3:20-21) Think your family doesn't appreciate you? Welcome to the club. Jesus wasn't appreciated either ...

4094. Clean Hands

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... holding to the tradition of the elders. When they came from the marketplace, they did not eat unless they washed. And they observed many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.) So the Pharisees asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with unclean hands?" This was not a debate about etiquette. The Pharisees didn't have Miss Manners on speed-dial. They were asking about a far more serious matter. They were ...

4095. Two Small Coins

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." God doesn’t measure the size of the gift, but the size of the sacrifice. And one last thing: You never know the good that can come from even the smallest gift. Jesus used the woman’s small gift of less than a penny to instruct his disciples and, through the scriptures, millions of his later followers, including us, in the nature of giving. A young boy gave two small fish and five loaves of bread and a multitude of thousands was fed. In John Maxwell’s story, Helen Douglas’ gift of $3.30 motivated ...

4096. Servant Song

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... the picture that we have in these songs of the true Servant of the Lord. Can any one of us doubt that Jesus lived in the most intimate communion with his Father? "The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority," he told his disciples; "but the Father who dwells in me does his works" (John 14:10). And so the teachings and commandments that emerge from the mouth of Jesus are the words of God himself. Further, Jesus is not rebellious, as our text says of the Servant (v. 5). He is tempted in ...

4097. Escape from the Island of Spiritual Sloth

Matthew 6:16-18

Sermon

Frank G. Honeycutt

... and intentions."2 Let me tell you something. We have bought into that hook, line, and sinker in the mainline church. "Faith is what I believe in my head," we say. And yet for my money one of the most devastating things Jesus ever said to would-be disciples was this: "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord' and do not do what I tell you?" (Luke 6:46). So if we are serious about moving from spiritual slothfulness towards Christian maturity then we will see the Christian life primarily lived through an old, old set of ...

4098. Homesick For a Future: New Life for the New Millenium

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... gospel which is being shared in word and relationship through Tammy and her coworkers. In one of her email notes, Tammy said, “My one goal is just to abide in Jesus, and to nurture these kids with His love, to encourage them to give all to Him and to disciple them to be passionate, abandoned lovers of God!” It doesn’t surprise me that miracles are happening in that house of grace. I saw Tammy walk by faith all the years she was here on this campus. She walks by faith now. She is responding in faith to ...

4099. Generic Christianity Is Not Enough

Romans 12:1-8

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Maxie Dunnam

... in belief, faith and action, so sold out to Jesus, that people who know them will know without question that they are Christian. We need more than generic Christians. So I want to talk to you about that today. Generic Christianity is not enough. We need disciples who are so committed to following Jesus, being in ministry, serving people in Christ’s name, that there will never be any question as to who they are and what they are about. I believe that’s one of our primary problems in the church today ...

4100. The Proof Is In the Pudding

Luke 7:18-35

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ? John is in prison, about to be executed, and it seems as though he’s having second thoughts about whether Jesus is the Messiah or not. So he sent some of his own disciples to check it out. “Are you the Messiah?” they ask, “Or should we look for another?” We can’t help wonder about John. Was the mission of his disciples deliberately planned? Maybe he wanted to stir Jesus up—to cause Jesus, if he indeed was the Messiah, “to take to himself his great power” and again to use it to bring in ...

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