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Mark 9:14-32

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Donald B. Strobe

... has said, but there is a time for discussion and a time for action. In the face of suffering humanity at the foot of the mountain, the need was for action, not discussion. This poor father had an “only child” (Luke 9:38) who was subject to seizures, which sounds to those who read the words carefully as an almost clinical description of epilepsy. The poor father brought his son to the disciples, hoping that they could do something about the problem. But “they were not able.” How many times that ...

427. Only the Abba Knows

Mark 13:32-37

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Donald B. Strobe

... our legitimate needs - except the need to know.” (Ibid., p. 21.) He says flatly: “No one knows.” No one! It has always seemed to me to be a little presumptuous for any present-day preacher to claim to know more than Jesus knew about the subject. And I have always wondered why apocalyptic preachers seem to think that Jesus is going to change His character sometime between His first and second coming. What I cannot understand for the life of me is why people assume that Christ in His second coming will ...

428. Whose Hand Is On Your Shoulder? (Part 4)

1 Chronicles 4:1-23

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... , he said. There is nothing unjust in God’s laws, he continued. We have nothing of our own to boast about, but if we give our lives to Christ we will have nothing to fear in eternity. On and on, Pastor Marks preached eloquently on this subject of nothing. A few months later, Pastor Marks returned to Ancaster and announced to the assembled crowd that this time he would preach on the word "something." There is something in man that yearns to live forever. There is something in the gospel that gives us ...

429. The Lord's Prayer: Forgive Us Our Trespasses

Matthew 6:5-15

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Eric Ritz

... is RARE--for most of us are still learning the ABC''s of forgiveness." Every time I read that masterpiece sermon, I am given strength to re-enroll in the School of Forgiveness and to learn at the foot of the Cross from our Lord about the subject matter called "Forgiveness." Perhaps you heard the story about the woman who was ordered to fill a large bucket with water and was told to carry the bucket from the well a short way to the kitchen of the home. However, there was one serious problem: the bucket ...

430. The Gospel According to Johan

Jonah 3:1-10

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Curtis Lewis

... of his disobedience. Jesus spent three days in a tomb of earth and death as an act of obedient love. Not only did the people of Nineveh repent, but the king also repented and joined his subjects by putting on mourning clothes and sitting in ashes. The king then called for a fast and admonished all of his subjects to turn from their evil and wickedness. How did God react to all of this? God saw the repentance of Nineveh's citizens, and he called off the intended destruction. The prophet's "Bad News" was ...

431. Saints In The Light

Colossians 1:1-14

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Maxie Dunnam

... let’s put flesh on this image, “Saints in the Light.” Paul is telling us that as Christians we are now residents of the new Kingdom; it is not something that is ours in some distant future. We have already been removed from a world which is subject to evil forces into a realm in which Christ is King. He is Lord, and He alone has ultimate authority over us. With what confidence we may live if we appropriate this truth experientially. No darkness can overcome us, no power can overwhelm us, no experience ...

432. Declaration Of Freedom

Galatians 5:1-15

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Maxie Dunnam

... of a courthouse in a Southern town to register to vote. The caption beneath the picture said he was born a slave. To a marked degree he had remained a slave, even after the Emancipation Proclamation. Unable to vote, subjected to the rigid discriminatory demands and tests of others, he was kept in subjection. But now he was free, and the look on his face showed his joy. He was going to express his freedom, his release from the humiliation of being a second-class citizen, by registering to vote. That man ...

433. On The Road Again (emmaus)

Luke 24:13-35

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Maxie Dunnam

... this line from Conway Twitty's most recent album. "I couldn't see you leaving, but I can see you're gone." Now consider this line from the opera, La Wally. Kallen Machen sang an aria from this opera at her marvelous concert a few weeks ago. The subject of the opera is the frustrated love of a young Swiss girl named Wally. At the end of Act I, her old father, a wealthy landowner threatens her with banishment from her house if she refuses to marry his overseer. Wally chooses to leave -- singing sadly, in her ...

434. I Saw Satan Fall

Luke 10:1-24

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Maxie Dunnam

... Christ that Christ lives and acts through that person. Final closing: There was a significant verse in our scripture lesson —it was the closing verse of the lesson—verse 20. Jesus told his followers that it was wonderful that they discovered that all the demons were subject to them in Jesus’ name—and that was something to rejoice over—but he said to them the most important thing for you to rejoice about is that your names are written in heaven. We can go on that, can’t we—we can rejoice even ...

435. The Discipleship Question: Do You Wish To Go Away?

John 6:60-71

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Maxie Dunnam

... says to the other, "That's the most effective sermon on money I've ever heard." I received two anonymous letters recently, saying that they had problems with the church because it talks too much about money. That amazed me. I keep a close tab on my sermon subjects. I've never preached an entire sermon on money more than a couple of times in any year. The truth is, I probably talk about money too little. Jesus talked about it as much as He talked about anything else, and much more than He talked about most ...

436. Christmas and the New Family

John 1:1-18

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J. Ellsworth Kalas

... forth his Son. Christmas is God's ultimate effort to bring our world back to himself. He seeks to restore Eden by way of Bethlehem. It is also by the way of the family. God wants a relationship with us human beings which is beyond king and subject; he is our Father, and it is that relationship which he wants restored. When we receive Christmas we become children of God, brought back to our rightful place in the Holy Family. Someone once said that this verse -- "all who received him ... he gave power to ...

437. Fulfill Your Ministry

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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Maxie Dunnam

... Jesus hanging on the cross, with this instruction: “Place this on the pillar opposite the pulpit, so that the one who stands in the pulpit to preach will always be reminded of his proper subject.” That is the bottom line, friends. If we would fulfill our ministry, we must stay centered on our proper subject – Jesus Christ, and our vocation to love and serve him. And our stance for such loving and serving is always one of two positions – on our knees praying, “Lord, have mercy,” or standing erect ...

438. The Gospel

Colossians 1:3-6

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Maxie Dunnam

... born of all creation… In Him all things hold together… He is the head of the body, the Church… In Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell… and through Him God was pleased to reconcile to Himself all things…” Yes, Paul was a person of one subject. At the heart of the gospel, Paul would say, is Christ Himself – in fact, Christ is the gospel. Someone put it this way. Jesus came preaching the gospel in order that there might be a gospel for us to preach. So what is the power of the gospel ...

439. The Work of An Evangelist

Colossians 1:1-14

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Maxie Dunnam

... of Jesus on the Cross, with this instruction: “Place this on the pillar opposite the pulpit, so that the one who stands in the pulpit will always be reminded of his proper subject.” If we would fulfill our ministry by doing the work of an evangelist we must be certain of the good news – and stay centered in our proper subject. Three. If we would fulfill our ministry and do the work of an evangelist we must be able to critique the culture in which we share the good news. People like George Hunter ...

440. The God Who Must Be Pursued

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... . CONCLUSION I have no idea who wrote the catalog I am about to read to you. Whoever it was, this much is clear: they mediated long and hard on what helps and what does not. A man once fell into a pit and couldn't get himself out. “A SUBJECTIVE person came along and said: "I FEEL for you, down there." An OBJECTIVE person came along and said: "It's logical that someone would fall, down there." A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST came along: "You only THINK that you are in a pit." A PHARISEE said: "Only BAD people fall ...

441. Suffering in Sin

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... his story in 2 Samuel, we find that he is also a terrible father to his sons. Nevertheless, by the grace of God, his rule becomes the greatest in Israel's history, and he becomes the forerunner of the davidic Messiah. But David too, like Ahab later, is subject to the rule of God. The power of the state is not greater than that of God's power. And the power of any individual cannot loose them from their responsibility to the one God who rules over all the affairs of earth. God's judgment but indeed, also ...

442. Get Up and Go

Isaiah 60:1-6, Matthew 2:1-12

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Mark Trotter

... life is familiar to you. Richard Rohr, in a brilliant analysis, says that what has happened to us is that "the subjective self has become the objective truth." What a terrific analysis. We are told that what is most real about us is ... about discipline. It is going to take discipline to change a lifetime of habits, and to begin a new life. But in a time in which the subjective self is the definition of reality, we will do pretty much what we feel like doing, and feel good about it. But to have discipline in ...

443. Simeon's Song

Luke 2:21-40

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Mark Trotter

... the scriptures the way Simeon would have been. Her expertise comes from life. She is a widow. In those day that designated a sociological class. To be a widow in those days was synonymous with being poor and oppressed. You will remember that Jesus made widows the subject of two of his teachings, at least. In the Temple he told his disciples to watch that widow put her offering in the treasury. He said she gave her all. That is held up as an example for us. That scene added a phrase to the English language ...

444. Traveling to the Mountain

Isaiah 2:1-5

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... one another because of their various backgrounds and languages, geography and customs. Both of the terms, “judge” and “decide” in verse 4, are legal terms. And God alone is the only one who can render righteous and just and equitable decisions. He is not subject to human prejudices and self-seeking, not influenced “by what his eyes see or what his ears hear” (Isaiah 11:3). Above all, he restores to the poor and oppressed their rightful place in society (Isaiah 11:4). So just and fair are God ...

445. Still Under Construction

1 Corinthians 3:1-9

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James L. Killen

... sanctification moves us on from there as God works in our lives to help us learn actually to live like children of God. Both of these are very important. An older pastor once gave a talk on the subject of sanctification to a group of growing Christians. Then he invited them to ask any questions they had on the subject. One person asked the pastor to give his personal witness and to tell what the doctrine of sanctification has meant to him. He asked if they wanted him to tell how he had gone on to perfection ...

446. Effective Suffering

Romans 8:26-39

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... we should be making, but the ones we can manage, often under pressure, even though we know our prayers are less than perfect, even less than they ought to be. And, before it seems we are getting too personal here, consider a comment of Martin Luther's on the subject. A man who devoted hours every day to prayer and devotions, Luther was once sitting at his dinner table when a roast was brought out. He noticed Topol, his dog, staring at the meat, and he said, "Oh, if only I could pray the way my dog watches ...

447. Beautiful Feet

Romans 10:5-15

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Jeff Wedge

... . Even though this helps us understand the way the statement is used, it still leaves us with that odd image of "beautiful feet." While feet are not usually seen as beautiful today, and in fact are often the subject of jokes, and derogatory comments and frequently regarded as a subject unfit for polite conversation, they filled a different place in the ancient world. Hospitality in the time of Paul and Jesus involved a ritual we no longer employ. Guests at a dinner were greeted by having their feet washed ...

448. Life, Death, and Judgment

Romans 14:1-12

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Jeff Wedge

... the judge of the actions of someone who is following the rightful orders of one's master. The key point is that we are all servants of Christ. Thus, it is very dangerous to question the actions of someone who is the servant of another, not subject to us. In the military the idea is quite easy to understand. Everyone in the military is somewhere in something called the chain of command. This is the pattern that lawful orders normally follow. The person in charge gives an order, and the people who are under ...

449. Christmas 1

Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Colossians 3:1-17, Colossians 3:18-4:1, Galatians 3:15-25, Hebrews 2:5-18, Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

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John R. Brokhoff

... and then applies them to the family. On this Holy Family Sunday, it is appropriate to consider God's prescription for a family. One hitch in the description of a godly family is the injunction that wives should be "subject" to their husbands. This may take some explaining as to what "subject" involves and implies lest the admonition is not acceptable. Outline: For yours to be a holy family - a. Husbands love their wives - v. 19. b. Wives follow their husbands - v. 18. c. Children obey their parents - v. 20 ...

450. Baptism of our Lord

Isaiah 42:1-9, Matthew 3:13-17, Acts 10:23b-48

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John R. Brokhoff

... that does not involve the members of the congregation. It usually happened to them when they were infants. It is a once-only event in their lives. In confirmation instruction, they were taught the meaning of baptism. So, why preach on the subject annually? 1. There may be adults in the worship service or adults known to members who have not been baptized. 2. There may be parents in the service who are neglecting to bring their children for baptism. 3. Some in church today may have been baptized but not ...

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