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4101. The Church: An Enclave of Resistance v1

Romans 12:1-8, Romans 12:9-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... seductive and enchanting even to the church. It will become more counter-cultural then cultural and will know the difference between filling the sanctuary with warm bodies or the measure of success and allowing the Holy Spirit to shape a community of disciples connected in love, worship, proclamation and service. I would suggest three essentials for the Church to be an enclave of resistance. we must ground ourselves in grace, that grace may abound. we must bind up the broken and identify with the oppressed ...

4102. The Ascension

Luke 24:50-53

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... my sins, the Lord would not have listened to me. People: But God has indeed heard me; he has listened to my prayer. Collect Lord, your last act before your Ascension was to bless your disciples. We, too, come seeking your blessing that your Holy Spirit might rest upon us, and give us the power we need to be useful disciples, willing to witness to your love among all people. In Christ's name we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Ever-loving Father, we know that you love us even when we are unlovable. So great ...

4103. Witnesses To God's Power

Acts 5:17-42

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... the Body of our Lord on earth. We praise you and give you thanks for this great blessing, and pray that you will empower us to be faithful witnesses to your power. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O God, when we compare our faith with that of your first disciples, we are shamed. When we realize the boldness with which they bore testimony to the resurrection, we realize how weak has been our own witness. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, and by the power of your Spirit make us bold and courageous as we share the Good ...

4104. What Is Required of Us?

Matthew 5:17-20

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Phil Thrailkill

... to actually learn to obey him together so that he can use us to make his case to the world. We are his showcase. We are his best or worst advertising. This is what is meant by being a dangerous follower of Jesus Christ. We enroll in his school as disciples and apprentices, and he teaches us what it means to live in his company with the resources of the Father and the Spirit. Admiring him may be the last refuge of not actually obeying him, and what his is after is our obedience. That we actually do what he ...

4105. Getting Your Politics Right

Matthew 6:5-15

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Phil Thrailkill

... what I do see of Christian kindness and missionary service, but it is not enough to fix what ails us. TURNING TO THE TEXT vv. 1, 5-6 The Call To Private Prayer. At the center of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus pointed to three spiritual disciples that keep our hearts open to the grace of God. These as ways to break from complacency and respond to God in earnest. You cannot serve the poor, engage in radical self-denial, and open your heart in prayer without being changed. Almsgiving, meaning direct aid given ...

4106. Facing Fears, Kingdom Style

Matthew 6:25-34

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Phil Thrailkill

... seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.” The promise of God’s provision is not a general promise for all peoples, much as many have read it this way. It was given in the first instance to those who were already disciples, and it was given in the context of their active pursuit of Jesus and his kingdom; they were literally on the road together. So if you are not a follower, or if you are and are not seeking the kingdom as the first priority of life, then these ...

4107. Humility And Hospitality

Luke 14:1-14

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... of Jesus. Come, let us worship! Collect Lord Jesus, we come to sit at your feet and listen again to some of your parables that we might better understand what it means to be your disciples in today's world. Bless our time together, we pray, and send us forth as your messengers to proclaim by word and deed your love for all humanity. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O God, humility does not come naturally to us, and we pray for the new life in the ...

4108. Clay In The Potter's Hand

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... us to carry out your will. Humbly we come before you to offer our prayers of thanksgiving, and to beseech you to fill us with your Holy Spirit that we might be molded into disciples worthy of your trust. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Heavenly Father, like clay in the potter's hands we start out hoping to be a worthy vessel of your message, a disciple that you will be proud of. Then some weakness in us changes all that, and we come now asking that you will start over with us. Mold us and make us like Jesus, we ...

4109. Wisdom and the Trinity

Proverbs 8:1-36

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... the teaching. The doctrine of the Trinity took shape out of the testimony of the scriptures, beginning with their witness to Jesus Christ. Most of the writers of the New Testament were originally Jews who believed in one God. But when the apostles and disciples encountered Jesus of Nazareth and witnessed his life, death, and resurrection, they became convinced that he was fully Immanuel, God with them, the Person of God incarnated in human flesh. After Christ's resurrection and ascension, the apostles and ...

4110. To Live Is to Dance

John 10:1-21

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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 ...

4111. The One Who Came Still Comes; The One Who Spoke Still Speaks

Mark 11:1-11

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Michael Milton

... read and study His Word. Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which ... for radical discipleship and then call twelve men who are marginal at best? Does such a Savior call Judas to be a disciple? Will salvation for sinful rebels be won by having the sinful rebels put God on a cross and crucify Him? This was the ...

4112. The Perfect Prayer

Luke 11:1-13

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King Duncan

... to praying in church has been honed and polished over the years, but it is essentially the same prayer Jesus taught his disciples long ago. One message is not enough to do justice to the Lord’s Prayer, of course, but perhaps for just a ... clue what it means to pray, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” This is a prayer for Christ’s disciples to use. It is a prayer that begins and ends with an acknowledgment of who God is and what God wants. However, it is a prayer that, if ...

4113. Dark Ugly Clouds

Isaiah 50:4-9a

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Bill Mosley

... the world in obedience — giving up the privilege of living for God’s purpose. Isaiah, or his successor, has four servant songs. These songs tell of a faithful servant of God. The servant of God may represent Israel, or maybe Isaiah the prophet, or a disciple of his, or the remnant of Israel that shall return to be faithful after the Exile. The remnant that shall return is so important to Isaiah’s message that Isaiah named his son “Remnant.” Or failing even a small group as a faithful remnant, the ...

4114. Jesus' Most Perplexing Parable

Luke 16:1-15

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R. Robert Cueni

... welcomes back a wayward child who has just frittered away his inheritance on fast living. Luke 16 opens by indicating Jesus turned his attention away from those who were trying to undermine his ministry, the scribes and Pharisees, toward those who support him, his disciples. Remember that these folks have just overheard the story about the kid welcomed home after having wasted the family's money. His father gave him a party and did not even tell him, "I told you so." Let me extrapolate on the ideas as ...

4115. No Prejudice in God’s Family

Matthew 15:(10-20) 21-28

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Frank Ramirez

... richness of your goodness amazes us. The depth of your mercy astounds us. Today, as your people, we gather to repay what is beyond price - the salvation freely given to all. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord Jesus, we see that your actions and your words are one. You told your disciples that it is not the standards of our society which determine what is right, but the way in which we treat each other as children of God. You demonstrated how ugly prejudice can be, then you shocked your ...

4116. Taking You Up with Him

Colossians 3:1-4

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Richard W. Ferris

... life here on earth. And he promised them that wherever they went and whatever they would be doing in the future, he would be with them. That was his promise. He did not threaten them. He promised. And to this day, he has kept his promise, among his new disciples, you and me, and all who continue to put their trust and hope in him. The resurrection finalized our ultimate connection to Jesus Christ. Because he went down for us, he came up with us, and takes us along with him. He has taken our lives with him ...

4117. A Holy-wood Ending

1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11

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Richard W. Ferris

... how to fish. It wasn't exactly the kind of fishing that the Chinese proverb was referring to, but it was Jesus' version of fishing. "I will make you fishers of people," Jesus told his disciples. He didn't even tell them that they would be successful, he just said to do it. He didn't say they would live without problems. He didn't say they would enjoy great happiness. In fact, they suffered, and we believe that most of them lost their lives doing ...

4118. Beautiful Feet

Romans 10:5-15

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Jeff Wedge

... last meal together. When Peter objects that it is not seemly for Jesus to wash his feet, Jesus tells him if his feet are not washed, he has no part in the kingdom. And then, in a command which is still a bit bothersome to many people, Jesus commands the disciples to follow his example: "You also ought to wash one another's feet" (John 13:14). An image that reminds us of the value of humility, of the need to humble ourselves, and to remember that it is not our efforts which should lead us to pride, but the ...

4119. Can't Help Dreaming

Acts 2:1-21

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Mark Trotter

... you to look at the passage from Acts, which was read to you this morning. It is the first Christian sermon ever preached, the charter sermon, you could say, for the Church. It was at Pentecost, and Peter is explaining what has happened to the disciples. He explains their behavior by quoting the prophet Joel: "Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams." The reason, he says, that these people are so enlivened, the reason why they ...

4120. Now Stand Up Straight!

Luke 13:10-17

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Mark Trotter

... . Then he said, "Will you love me?" He told of the abuse he had received as a child. Nobody had every told him, I love you. He asked this crowd of young people, "Will you love me?" God so loved the world he sent his Son. The Son sent his disciples into the world to touch those who are bent over, so that they will stand up straight. One of the most gratifying and also the most humbling experiences that a pastor can have is to receive a testimony from somebody who has been healed in the Church. Most of the ...

4121. This Is Not Rocket Science

Acts 2:1-8

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Mark Trotter

... of faith, trusting God's promise in Jesus. The central act of worship in the Christian church is Holy Communion, which we celebrated in the other two services this morning. The central message of Holy Communion is to gather once again around the table as the first disciples did to hear Jesus' covenant with us, "This is my body given to you." To have faith as Christians is to trust that when Jesus says that, it is really for me. So Abraham and Jesus are there as the cornerstones of our faith. But there are ...

4122. When to Hold On

II Timothy 3:14-4:5

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Mark Trotter

... of Abraham and Sarah leaving their comfortable existence to go on a journey to a Promised Land, promised to them by a God they can't see. That is what faith looks like. Faith is an adventure. Faith is risk-taking. Faith is sacrifice. Jesus said, "If you be my disciple, then you must give up something." Maybe a lot. Maybe even your life, in order to find your life. Give up this life that you are living, in order to discover what real life is about. That is an act of faith. It's a risk. It takes courage ...

4123. Epiphany 6

Matthew 5:17-37, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16; 3:1-23, Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalm 119

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John R. Brokhoff

... . Outline: How to let your light shine - a. By living according to the letter of the Law - vv. 17-19. b. By living according to the spirit of the Law - vv. 21-22. 2. A Greater Goodness (5:20-24). Need: Jesus demands of his disciples a way of life superior to the professional religious people. He plainly says unless our righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, we cannot enter his kingdom. Who can excel the scribes and Pharisees? The scribes are diligent scholars of the Bible: the Pharisees ...

4124. Epiphany 8

Isaiah 49:8-26, Matthew 6:25-34, 1 Corinthians 4:1-21

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John R. Brokhoff

... 6:24-34 1. Is Living Without Worrying Possible? (6:24-34). Need: The world needs a sermon on how to stop worrying and start living. Who does not worry? It is a universal and perennial problem. Jesus faced it in his day and gave the answer. His disciples were to be different from the Gentiles (pagans) by being free from worry. The secret of not worrying is found in one's relationship to God. Is God your one and only Master? If he is, do you trust him? If the answers are affirmative, life without worrying ...

4125. Proper 9

Gen 24:1-67, Zech 9:9-13, Rom 7:7-25; 8:1-17, Mt 11:1-19, 25-30

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John R. Brokhoff

... to his harsh warnings to cities that rejected him. The passage is warm, intimate, and consoling. He thanks the Father for revealing the truth to his "babes," his simple unlearned disciples. His reference to God as Father indicates his unity with his Father whom alone knows him and whom he knows alone. Though tough demands are made on the disciples, Jesus promises rest to those heavily burdened if they will take his yoke upon them, for his yoke is easy and his burden is light. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS Gospel ...

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