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4826. The Clues Are There

Luke 2:22-40

Sermon

Michael L. Sherer

... there for a reason. What Simeon has to say is not unimportant. Here’s what Simeon says about Jesus, who is still an infant. “This child is destined for the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed.” Does that really make any sense? Is it supposed to? In terms of the way Luke tells the rest of his story, we might say it makes about as much sense as an incident in an English mystery story in which a young man is ...

4827. Get the Picture?

John 18:1; 19:42

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... me; they have pierced my hands and my feet…” have come to their minds? When the soldiers played dice to see who got his garments did Psalm 22:18, “They divide my garments among them and cast lots upon my vesture,” slip from their memories into their thoughts? Did the disciples remember the many times that Jesus told them that the Son of Man must be lifted up and to die? Did they recall the moment a few days before when Jesus drew them aside and said, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son ...

4828. Patience

Matthew 11:2-11 · James 5:7-10

Sermon

Will Willimon

... to live life well (control which is, after all, probably only an illusion anyway). And if you get good enough at being patient with a husband or a wife, then we'll let you have children which will really teach you a thing or two about patience! You may have thought that you had children so that you could "bring them up in the right way", but then you discover that you are totally out of control, that their lives, their future is not of your devising. So you have to be patient and let them grow up in their ...

4829. More

Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11

Sermon

Will Willimon

... the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away'' (Luke 1:46b-55). When we come to church and are exposed to such speech from Isaiah or Mary, we are beckoned out beyond the world of predictability into another world of thought and risk and gift, in which divine intervention enables new life to break our prosaic reductions, to subvert our tamed expectations, and to evoke fresh faith. Dangerous hope leads to daring resistance. Docility is no longer possible for those who hear tell of more ...

4830. Here

Luke 2:1-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

... not enough to disrupt us during tax season by an unexpected pregnancy or a voice from heaven while we are doing our bit with the sheep on the night shift. Here. Oh, we love to come to church and be served a souffle of universal principles, general thoughts, abstract ideas. Luke implies, that's not God's way with us. Instead of lofty, fluffy platitudes about the human race we are confronted with a poor Jewish carpenter and his young, pregnant out-of-wedlock wife, looking for a place to spend the night in ...

4831. Returning

Isaiah 40:1-11

Sermon

Will Willimon

... would show up at the church door, usually in the Fall, with little Janie in tow, inquiring whether or not we had a Sunday School class for children the age of little Janie. She's going to school now, and to Brownies, as well as pre-ballet, so we thought she also ought to come learn about Jesus. Yes, I said. We have a class for six year olds. And how about you? I asked. Would you also like a Sunday School class for parents? Us? Little Janie needs Jesus, Brownies, ballet. Of course, we might be willing, from ...

4832. Go!

Acts 9:10-19

Sermon

Will Willimon

... also blind. Few, having heard Ken in concert ever forget his music and his witness. Singing at our place one evening, he told the students, "I'm a member of a Baptist church in California, at least we thought we were Baptist. But the Convention has just told us that we've been bad, real bad. See, we thought that as Baptists, we were supposed to go out and baptize everybody we could get our hands on. So we were just baptizing and baptizing . Then some of the Convention asked us, 'What did you go and baptize ...

4833. Wrong by Association, Right by Jesus

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... it, caring what others think is a part of our vital social DNA. We all have a sense of honor that is mostly defined by our culture, our social context, our families, even our churches. We all follow unwritten “codes” of decorum, behavior, thought, even identity. When we defy that “honor,” we can not only begin to doubt ourselves, but we can be ostracized by our peers, labeled by our societies, misjudged, stamped as a “troublemaker.” Does that mean that we actually are? In Jesus’ time, his ...

4834. Bringing Life to a Party

Luke 24:36b-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... there. Yet such a conviction is at the heart of our faith. It is very difficult for most of us to face the thought of dying. In the cartoon, “Family Circus” the family is evidently returning from a funeral. The mother says to the children in the ... grave. The epitaph on the tombstone is in French. It is translated, “Towards Immortality and Eternal Youth.” (7) Maybe Jules Verne thought that he could achieve immortality on his own. Maybe he believed his writings would live on after him. But the Bible ...

4835. Having the Right Connection

John 15:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... the sidewalk. The man was drunk, and when Denver Moore tried to help him up, the man spat at him and cursed him and used vile racial slurs to get rid of him. Now what would you do if you were in Denver Moore’s place? I would have thought about leaving that old man out on the sidewalk to sober up. But Denver helped him up off the pavement and took him inside the shelter. The elderly man’s name was Mr. Ballantine. Denver soon learned that Mr. Ballantine hated people of color and he hated Christians. And ...

4836. The Transformative Power of God

1 John 1:1--2:2

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... looking at the statue, but the words would not come out. He just could not look at the face of Christ and say the words any more. Then, the bishop, to the surprise of all said, “I was that young man. That defiant young man was me. I thought that I didn’t need God, but found that I did.” This story is apocryphal, but it is nonetheless a good illustration of how God works in our lives, transforming our hearts, even when we might not want such transformation, to the realization that we cannot live our ...

4837. Don't Fall

Luke 22:39-46

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... you want me to have a donut.” Later as she walked into the office carrying her box of donuts, a co-worker said. “Louise, I thought you were on a diet?” Louise answered and told her story of her prayer that if God wanted her to have a donut there ... old age. Then I tried a different shelf with the exact same results. Now I knew why it was so cheap to purchase. “Then the thought hit me just before I hit my thumb. I saw myself opening the front door and pitching the whole unit down the stairs, running ...

4838. Victorious, Victims

Luke 6:20-36

Sermon

Will Willimon

... to read Heidegger's Sein Und Zeit, Being and Time. An awful book. I spent a whole weekend struggling with that thing, the big words, the strange concepts. On Monday, in class, I told the professor about the difficulty I had with Heidegger, what I thought I understood and what I clearly did not. And the professor asked, "Where are you from? Where were you educated?" I said, "South Carolina.""That explains it!" he said. "You have an inadequate background for reading philosophy. This is all new to you. You don ...

4839. Clean Hands

Psalm 26:1-12

Sermon

Will Willimon

... or theological answer on the tip of his tongue to cover every situation. He was the epitome of the wholesome, All-American boy. But one Christmas he came home for holidays, and I thought that I noted a change in him. He seemed less self-assured, less confident that he always knew the right answer. I told him that I thought I had observed a change in him, a change which made him seem more accessible, more human. He confessed that, on a campus religious retreat, he had sexual intercourse with a young woman ...

4840. And That’s All I Need To Know

John 10:11-18

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... good shepherd. Not only does the good shepherd protect his sheep but he also said, “I am the Good Shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.” That is certainly a hard thought to process. Jesus said he knew his sheep. How is that possible? With around eight trillion people in the world, God claims to know me, my thoughts, my hopes, my plans, my pains, and my sorrows. Instead of looking at this as a wonderful and hopeful thing, we all, at times, feel so insignificant. We don’t see how our little ...

4841. As You Sent Me, Then I Send Them

John 17:6-19

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... and me, are sent out to do the same things as Jesus. We are being sent to teach others about Christ and what he did and about true worship of the Father. You are sent. Your first thought is that you are not interested in being a missionary. Although that is part of the sending, that isn’t the real thought behind it. The sending is a lot closer to home. Think of all the ways we can teach others about Christ. We have several great Sunday school teachers in the church. More and more in the church, Christians ...

4842. Because We Are Chosen

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... a bachelor, he didn’t have anyone to leave his fortune to, so he picked the names of 70 random strangers from a Portuguese phone book and left them a share in his estate. After his premature death at age 42, many of his heirs thought they were being scammed when they received their unexpected inheritance. (1) Can you imagine how this unexpected windfall affected their lives? We hope his heirs spent their wealth more wisely than did Luis. Even more amazed was a journalism student in Moldova named Sergey ...

4843. How to Beat a Stress Test

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... battle. God is going to equip you for every battle. But you have to do your part. Jocko Willink is a former Navy SEAL and best-selling author. His training with the Seals taught him, among other things, mental toughness, the ability to control his thoughts so that he didn’t get distracted from his mission. One of his mental practices is to respond to any challenge or obstacle with one word: “Good.” For example, Jeep broke down on a rescue mission. Good. Suffered an injury during a covert operation ...

4844. Not Your Lips, but Your Life

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... this last month. Examine your life in light of these three insights. Did you live like Jesus in your actions, your attitudes, your priorities and your motivations? Did you present the message of Jesus in its purest form? Did you emphasize love in everything you said, thought and did? This isn’t a quiz. This is your life. This is your calling. This is your legacy. How do you get an unbelieving world to believe? William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, was once asked for the secret to his success ...

4845. Can You Deny Yourself?

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... much God loves us. He chose death to give us eternal life. And he challenges his followers to follow his example. An evangelical Christian mother had been very intentional in teaching her son about Jesus. By age four, he was very intelligent, and the mother thought he might be ready to receive Jesus as his Savior. So she asked, “Benji, would you like to have Jesus in your heart?” Benji rolled his eyes and answered, “No. I don’t think I want the responsibility.” (3) If we’re being honest, that ...

4846. Like a Phoenix

Mark 6:1-13

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... come up with a plan for making money in his old age. The only marketable skill he had was frying chicken and he thought restaurant owners would love his secret recipe and use it. Their sales would increase, and he’d get a percentage of their ... ain’t nothin’. And because they aren’t receptive, he was unable to help them. Do you hear that? He can’t help them. I always thought Jesus could do anything but, apparently, he can’t. He can’t un-ring a bell. He can’t change the past. And he can’t ...

4847. Religious Rage

Psalm 137:1-9

Sermon

Will Willimon

... the Bible. God can rage. Besides, Psalm 137 is in the Bible and the Bible is God's word and you and I, even in our modern arrogance, ought to be a bit reticent to expurgate or silence God's word. Here's another possible response to these baby-bashing thoughts of Psalm 137: This Psalm, like all of them, is a song of worship. Here, in Psalm 137, is the public processing of pain. Here, in church, before the altar of God, is strong, unrelieved anger, rage. I for one, am glad those Hebrews said it and I'm glad ...

4848. When God Is Quiet

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , there in our boat. And just at the moment we are convinced, he isn’t paying attention or does not care, a miracle will occur. Maybe it won’t happen at the exact time we hope it will. Maybe it will look differently than what we thought it would, what we thought might happen, or what we prefer might resolve our pain. But Jesus is always there to still our storms and calm our hearts, to restore our faith, even in the worst of times. We are living in a tempestuous time in so many different ways. From ...

4849. Desperation to Hope

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... will sacrifice our future, our honor, our fortunes, even our lives in the pursuit of their well-being. This week I learned that, in 2013, three out of every five, 60% of all personal bankruptcies in the United States were caused by medical bills and I thought of this story and I said, “Yeah, I get that.”1 There is nothing I wouldn’t sell, hock, or leverage if it meant getting necessary health care for my children or grandchildren. Nothing can drive us to desperation faster than our love for our family ...

4850. Promises to Keep

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... bound hand and foot by his own words, unable to act except in the cause of self-preservation. John was the pauper, the desert hermit, dressed in animal skins, who was so detached from his sense of self that he was able to speak truth to power with no thought of the personal consequence. Herod was a symbol of the old way, the empire who ruled by the power of violence, oppression, and despair. John was the harbinger of the one who was coming, the one who would announce the dawn of a new kingdom, a kingdom of ...

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