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4551. Living for God

1 Peter 4:1-11

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... best grasp Peter’s meaning if we keep him in mind. For what Peter says in essence in verses 3–5 is, “You are in the same position as Noah, who refused to join in the profligate and licentious behavior of his contemporaries, even though they thought him peculiar for his refusal. Hold yourselves aloof from such practices, for God is about to act in judgment now as he did then.” Peter actually uses the word “flood” in verse 4, where a literal translation would be “they curse you when you don’t ...

4552. The Day of the Lord

2 Peter 3:1-18

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... immorally, one can hardly believe in a judgment in which one will be called to account. These teachers therefore deny that there will be a “coming” of Jesus and that “he will judge the living and the dead” (to quote the later Apostles’ Creed). Perhaps they thought that all judgment had been taken care of on the cross or in the fall of Jerusalem, and so it was past. The world, so they argued, goes on steadily.The author again points to Noah. The earth, pictured as rising in creation out of the ...

4553. The Antichrist Has Come! The Secessionists Deny Jesus’s Messiahship

1 John 2:18-27

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... the Father. Given that the Johannine situation was probably in its third decade of dialectical engagement with local Jewish family and friends, the temptation of the first secessionists was to affirm Jewish monotheism (holding to the Father) so as not to be thought guilty of either blasphemy or ditheism (having two Gods), which was the growing charge against the Jesus movement in the 70s and 80s. Rather, to hold to the Son is to receive the Father, promises the Johannine elder, and this leads to receiving ...

4554. You Are a Child of God…Uh-Oh

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... to be able to wait with his car without you rippin’ him off. Everything’s supposed to be different than what it is here.” (2) We live in a world where many things are going on that are different than God intended for His world, and those unhealthy thoughts and actions are the product of sin. And we need to be conscious of the deadliness of sin that we may not be sucked into something that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Sin is not a harmless play thing. Sin is our enemy. There is a second ...

4555. Accept His Peace

John 4:1-26, Romans 5:1-11, Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... She will be carrying back a heavy jug back to her home. Heat makes carrying a heavy vessel that much more tiresome. Why come in the heat of the day? Probably it was because she was seeking to avoid the other women in her village, worried about what they thought of her. After all, her life was a mess. She had been married five times and now she was living with a man without benefit of wedlock--a common practice today, perhaps, but not 2,000 years ago. Today we would say that this woman had a serious problem ...

4556. When Lazarus Leaped and Laughed

John 11:1-45

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... a reprehensible happening. It tears apart families and friendships. No matter how many ways we try to disguise it and cover it over, death is an awful event and we do as much as we can to pretend it really is not there. There is a school of thought within some Christian circles that almost views death as such a blessing that tears are inappropriate for those who are experiencing the loss of a loved one. However, in the Bible death is an enemy that destroys relationships. It is ugly. It is to be feared and ...

4557. No Greater Love

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... distance to get to the place where it narrowed enough to pass. I admired Miss Ellie, who would set off to visit her friend full of bouncy enthusiasm, with no worry for the snakes or the long miles. I also felt sorry for her. Poor Miss Ellie, I thought, old and arthritic, having to walk all that way, pushing through the thick summer heat, not to mention the snakes. I felt sorry -- until I hit upon the perfect plan. I arranged with some men to help build a simple plank bridge across the stream near Miss Ellie ...

4558. The Power of the Trust Factor

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... sit beside them. At first the two of them were thinking about what they had done. Silently, the man and his wife each thought, "Who is this fellow? Why is he so friendly? Is this a set up?" It was not. They later reported that it was ... perfectly from the moment you are born until the moment you die. That is it: Just be perfect. Never make a mistake. Never think an evil thought. Never say an evil word. Never do anything that is not completely perfect. If you can do that, you can qualify for heaven under Plan A ...

4559. What Was That All About?

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

James L. Killen

... ready by putting away their sins and returning to the righteousness that their faith had taught. For all who came sincerely, John had compassion, even for the soldiers and the tax collectors whom everyone hated. But when some of the religious leaders came whom he thought were just going through the motions of repenting, he had no patience. John was courageous in his preaching. He had even taken the governor to task for having married his brother's ex-wife. The people stood in the sun and heard John deliver ...

4560. Dead Hearts and New Beginnings

John 3:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... to an incident when she was younger. Finding herself in deep water in a lake she began swimming to the shore. A feeling of great fatigue overcame her after a short distance. It would be so easy, she thought to herself, to simply relax, to give up--to allow herself to slip quietly under the water. She did reach shore, but the thought of how easy it would have been to give in to her fatigue haunted her the rest of her life. Here is the good news for the Second Sunday in Lent. The Christian faith, at its very ...

4561. Fix It, Daddy

John 11:17-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... for the one man they knew could help them. Mary and Martha had been witnesses to Jesus’ healing power. They felt that their brother would be in no danger if Jesus would come and minister to him. We can appreciate their feelings. How many times have we thought, “If we can just get him to the hospital, he will be all right . . .” or “if the doctor just gets here in time, she will recover?” Jesus did not return in time, however. Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days by the time Jesus arrived ...

4562. Which Parade Are You In?

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... lying on the platform of an abandoned railroad station. It was the day the Russian army liberated the Nazi controlled labor camp where she was held captive. Though she was free, she was half-starved and too exhausted to pick herself up off the ground. She thought she would die there. But then a young priest came beside her. He offered her tea, two slices of bread, and some cheese. “Where do you want to go?” he asked her. “Krakow,” she managed to reply. “I’m going there too,” he said. “Let me ...

4563. Do You Have Your Key Ready?

John 20:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... of cynicism and despair. Perhaps you have been there. Maybe you have lived for a while behind closed doors. Many good people have. I was reading recently about a young lawyer who descended into the valley of despond. Things were going so poorly for him that his friends thought it best to keep all knives and razors away from him for fear of a suicide attempt. In fact during this time he wrote in his memoirs, “I am now the most miserable man living. Whether I shall ever be better, I cannot tell. I fear I ...

4564. A New Possibility

Matthew 4:12-23

Sermon

James L. Killen

... love. Dusty explained to Gordon that he came to care for him because he had always been taught that Christians are supposed to love others. The movement grew among the prisoners as acts of sacrificial love occurred. One day, a guard in charge of a labor detail thought one of the shovels had gone missing. The guard screamed at his detail that if the person who had stolen the shovel did not confess, he would shoot them one by one until someone confessed. He aimed his rifle at the first prisoner in the line ...

4565. Called to Bigness

Isaiah 58:1-12, Matthew 5:13-20

Sermon

James L. Killen

... Christians think of Judaism as a worn-out, rigid old religion that needs to be replaced. Apparently Jesus didn't think that way. When Jesus gave the teachings that are parts of the Sermon on the Mount, he was speaking as a Jew to Jews. He apparently thought of himself as part of a vital religious tradition through which God had been at work for centuries and through which God was just about to do something new and even greater. When Jesus spoke of fulfilling the law and the prophets, he was calling all who ...

4566. More Beyond

Acts 16:16-34

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... the tragedies of life, but with the help of God, we can turn trouble into triumph! In Romans 8, Paul declared it another way: “All things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.” When we put these inspired thoughts of Paul together, we should become aware that evil and tragedy are never the will of God, but God majors in taking the evil that en- snares us and turning it into good. Over and over again in scripture and history we see this. Over and over ...

4567. I Wonder Why My Prayers Go Unanswered?

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, "Go!" This is somewhat glib, but there is some truth to it. I recall times in my own life when I prayed and prayed for God to give me something, and my prayers were never answered, or so I thought. Later, I discovered that what I wanted was not right for me. That event always reminds me of the country song, “Thank God for Unanswered Prayer.” There have been other times when God seemed to know that I was not ready for the answer to my prayer or the ...

4568. I Wonder about Life after Death

John 14:1-3

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... fact, it is so wonderful that you don’t want to die. You don’t want to leave here. You don’t want to leave here because you know you are loved by mommy and daddy, your grandmas, and your brother and so many, many others, including me.” Ellen thought for a moment about the things Ed was saying to her. And then Ed said, “Ellen, there will soon come a time when you will die, and here is what is going to happen. The moment you die you will discover strong, loving arms holding you, loving faces smiling ...

4569. The Real Thing

Matthew 5:21-48

Sermon

James L. Killen

... he came not to abolish the law and the prophets, but to fulfill them. As if to give examples of what that could mean, he began to explain that the commandments of God and the traditions of the people should not be thought of as just ways of regulating outward actions. They should be thought of as guides to the formation of the inner life of a person or a community. No, the regulation of outward actions is not to be ignored. It is absolutely necessary. But it is not enough. For instance, Jesus said, "You ...

4570. How Much Are You Worth?

Matthew 10:29-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... moving testimony to the very intimate love that God has for each of us. A second grader once asked his teacher how much the earth weighed. The teacher looked up the answer on the Internet. “One thousand trillion metric tons,” she answered. The little boy thought for a minute and then asked, “Is that with or without people?” Viewed from one perspective, it might very well seem that people don’t really matter very much in the grand scheme of things. After all, we are but microscopic inhabitants of a ...

4571. While You Wait

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... prayers will be answered! I can get an apology speech ready in minutes!” Hold on. That’s not what repent means. The true biblical definition of repent means to “turn” — to turn away from the things that are not good for you and turn to God — to turn your thoughts and life to God. There’s an old bumper sticker that reads, “God Allows U-Turns.” That’s what it means to repent. You may be thinking, “Well that’s what I’m doing, isn’t it? I’m praying to God and waiting for him. I’m ...

4572. The Wind

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... and all that is ahead of you. But as you get older, there seems to be less to get excited about. When your birthday comes you are reminded how old you are. People keep saying ‘Happy Birthday’ to you but there’s really nothing happy about it.” I thought about the conversation with that man and came to the conclusion that it is a living parable for how the modern church views Pentecost and the whole idea of the Holy Spirit. Too many of us sit back and observe the story of Pentecost like a noisy party ...

4573. Addicted to Hurry

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... away. As I was driving around, people started acting crazy. They were pointing at me and laughing. They were beeping their horns at me. I thought, “What in the world is going on?” I looked to my left and I could see my swimsuit flapping in the wind like a flag ... Two simple things: Some things may need to wait until tomorrow. And that’s okay. Some of you may be thinking, “Wait, I thought you said everything will get done.” I did say that, but some things that are not as important may need to wait ...

4574. Pop Verses: Isaiah 40:28-31

Isaiah 40:28-31

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... they apply to our lives. Quite often our favorite verses are just that – they’re verses. They’re not read in context. This can lead to a misunderstanding about the meaning of the verse. I believe this series is giving us a lot of food for thought about these popular verses. Today our pop verses come from the prophet Isaiah. It is a beautiful passage that has given comfort to many people through the years – Isaiah 40:28-31. Let’s read it together: Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord ...

4575. Pop Verses: Jeremiah 29:11

Jeremiah 29:11

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... misunderstanding about the meaning of the verse. I believe this series is going to give us a lot of food for thought about these popular verses. Today our focus is another verse from the prophet Jeremiah. You will remember last week we heard ... pride can strip our spiritual gears and put us in a real mess. Pride is what started it all in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve thought, “We don’t need God; we can be gods ourselves.” And we all know the pain and misery that followed. Too much pride can get us into ...

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