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4876. The Agony And The Ecstasy Of The Family

Mark 3:20-35

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... and brings ecstasy and reconciliation to family members. Reconciliation came to Jesus' family members at the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. We don't know how it happened. We only know that it happened. We pick up the story in Acts 1:12. The disciples had seen Jesus crucified, resurrected, and ascended. Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day's walk from the city. When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present ...

4877. The Parables About Response

Mark 4:30-34, Mark 4:26-29

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... , whether he (the farmer) sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he doesn't know how. All by itself the soil produces grain -- first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head" (Mark 4:27-28). It is not our job to make disciples. Only God can do that. It is our job to scatter the seeds of faith, see to it that the plants get water and sun, and tend to the weeds that grow which try to choke out the growing plants. That's what nurture is all about. Saint Paul puts ...

4878. The Compassionate Healings

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... You can also feel the passion in the response. Jairus had servants. He was rich. He was the man in authority. People in authority do not normally come begging to anyone. We would not be surprised if Jairus approached Jesus like this: "I met one of your disciples, Andrew, and he assured me that you are an honorable man. He also said that you have healed many people. My daughter is sick. Would you consider taking her as a patient? I'll be glad to pay you." Nothing like that happens. The proud, respected ruler ...

4879. The Sign For Home

John 6:1-15

Sermon

George W. Hoyer

... we believers sit, here, after all the facts of salvation history are in, we can say Jesus was doing everything here on purpose. He knew that his signs, that is, his healing of the sick, were attracting crowds. On purpose, then, he took up his position with disciples on this little mountain by the sea. "When he looked up" -- those words, as we read them, almost suggest that he did that on purpose, too, that he made a contrived move of surprise that conveyed a meaning like, "Why, look at that! A great crowd ...

4880. When All Is Said And Done

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

William G. Carter

... could blow apart somebody's world in a matter of seconds. Many people live with potential destruction every day of their lives. Yet when all is said and done, the church believes that this is not how the world is going to end. One day Jesus and his disciples came out of the Temple in Jerusalem. One of the twelve turned around, looked up at the high towers and the massive blocks of stone, and, with the tone of a small town hick on his first trip to Manhattan, said, "Golly, Jesus! That's an amazing building ...

4881. All Stirred Up

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Richard Patt

... , you shouldn't be completely surprised about this. Jesus often left people stirred up. The religious leaders were frequently angered by his words and actions. His miracles left onlookers stirred to the point of awe and wonder. Some of his words left his own disciples nervous and on edge. Jesus always had a salutary goal in stirring up people. His aims were never vicious. In their agitated state, Jesus wanted people to think more seriously about what he was saying or doing. He often wanted people to reorder ...

4882. How to Rise above Discouragement

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... touched down a block away and utterly destroyed several of these "substantial" homes. The storms of the natural world are real just as are the storms of the spiritual, psychological world. Trouble and tragedy are real. Evil and death are real. Jesus never said to his disciples on the stormy Sea of Galilee, "This is no storm. The storm is in your mind." He never said that. Instead he said to the storm, "Peace, be still." And it was. Are you out of a job? Did your home decline in value? Are your financial ...

4883. A New Kingdom Coming

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... from him as a safe product. Unable to keep up with the living Barth, they preferred the static Barth of printed pages. That way they could possess Barth, hold him in their hands, control him, use him to buttress their own biases. Many contemporary disciples use Jesus in a similar way. They like the Jesus of a book better than the living Jesus because they can control and manipulate a religious leader in print, use his words to buttress their biases. But let Jesus come alive, and you have unpredictable ...

4884. The Perisitent Noise Of Solemn Assemblies

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... mean, it seems to me, that in Jesus they have seen the truth about the nature of man and the nature of God. It is not that they believe that by looking at Jesus one enters into a static and suspended state of truth. Not that. For Jesus and his disciples thought not of God or Truth in that way. God, for them, was truth and truth was God. But more than that, God was active truth, not static truth. He was not just being, sitting there in his divine essence. He was not just noun, but verb; not just meditation ...

4885. Living By The Calendar Instead Of The Clock (New Year's)

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... . He invites us to live in the theatre with a large screen, not in the daily snapshots that are trimmed to fit our wallets. The wider witness of Jesus invites us to live several ways. I. Jesus invites us to leisure. How many times did Jesus say to his disciples, "Let us go off by ourselves to some place where we will be alone and can rest awhile?" How many times do we read, "So they went away in a boat to a deserted place by themselves?" Have we ever entertained the notion that perhaps Jesus set the best ...

4886. Dabar Adonai

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Tony Everett

... force that would see that to its accomplishment. We also have been chosen in and for a deep, intimate relationship with God, from birth (Psalm 139:13-16). We also have been set apart at baptism; launched by the word of the Lord on a holy mission. Jesus told his disciples, and he tells us, "You did not choose me, I chose you, that you should go and bear fruit" (John 15:16). The word of the Lord takes initiative in our lives, too. Fear and excuses don't work very well when the word of the Lord has come upon ...

4887. Catching Men

Luke 5:1-11

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John R. Steward

... who would come to him. He told them about his death, burial, and resurrection. He told them about his ascension to heaven. Then Michael the Archangel asked, "But Lord, what happens now?" Jesus answered by telling them that he had spent three years training his disciples to carry out his plan to reach the world with the gospel. He said, "I have left behind eleven faithful men who will declare my message and express my love. These faithful men will build my church." Then Michael asked: "What if these men fail ...

4888. Love One Another - the Hospice Movement

John 13:31-38

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John R. Steward

... given the task of reading to another who is blind. The blind person would then push the wheelchair of the one who could not walk but who gives directions on where to push the chair. Is this not the new commandment to which Jesus referred? He calls us to be disciples who love one another. We are the ones who are healed and strengthened when we learn how to give and how to love. Adapted by Bruce Larson, Passionate People (Dallas: Word Publishers), p. 203.

4889. Knowing All Things

John 14:26

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John R. Steward

... on those motors?" The bill came back with some modification which seemed to explain everything. Now it read, "For tinkering around on the motors: $10.00. For knowing where to tinker: $9,990.00. Total: $10,000.00." Henry Ford got the point and paid the bill. Jesus promised his disciples that one was coming who would lead them into all truth. You could call him an expert and he is sent as a gift.

4890. Proper 10

Luke 10:25-37, Colossians 1:1-14, Amos 7:10-17, Psalm 82:1-8

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... yourself. Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:29-31 -- Another location in addition to today's pericope where Jesus gave a scribe the previous commands as having first and second priority in the law. Other contacts between Jesus and Samaritans: Matthew 10:5 -- Jesus tells his disciples not to go into towns of Samaritans. Luke 9:51-53 -- The Samaritan town refuses to entertain Jesus because he is going to Jerusalem. Luke 17:11-21 -- The healing of 10 lepers in Samaria; only the Samaritan among them returns to offer his ...

4891. Proper 13

Luke 11:1-13, Hosea 11:1-11, Colossians 3:1-17, Psalm 107:1-43

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... . His calling was to proclaim the kingdom of God and to bring people to salvation. Thus he went about preaching, teaching, and healing. If he took upon himself to serve as a judge or arbitrator, he could, like Moses, find himself and his disciples engaged full-time in such activities. Jesus by his choices underscores the importance of setting priorities about the goals of our lives. People need to determine their goals and loyalties so that they know where they should expend their energies and resources. It ...

4892. Love And Resurrection

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Don M. Aycock

... . But you still want to understand the resurrection. You want to know what happened on that first Easter. Theories abound. Let me suggest a few. 1. Jesus fainted on the cross. The cool, damp atmosphere of the tomb revived him, so he simply escaped. 2. The disciples broke in and stole the body to prove that Jesus was the Messiah. 3. The Jewish leaders had the body removed from the tomb to show everyone that Christians were crazy and therefore not to be trusted. 4. The whole thing was just mass hallucination ...

4893. A Spear, A Nail, A Cross

Psalm 22:1-31

Sermon

Don M. Aycock

... own cross and carry it. You must decide what this day will be for you and what the symbols in your hands are. Between today and Easter Sunday we may remove any smug comfort we might have. We can be thrust back into the pain and the agony which the disciples felt between the crucifixion and the resurrection. The symbols to do this are in your hands. What will you make of them?

4894. God's Most Unmistakable Message

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Don M. Aycock

... Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20) When people encounter the risen Christ they find that they are given an internal experience and motivation which is more than just an example. Jesus includes us in his commission: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19) Jesus gives us a task: But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses ...

4895. When Your Nets Are Empty

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... of us will not take that kind of step. But each of us can decide that there is more to life than we have found, and that to follow Jesus means deeper water, more risk, new paths. Andrew, Peter, James and John left their nets to become fishers of men, disciples, apostles, martyrs and saints. It all started that morning, when after having worked all night and taken nothing, a man said to them, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." "

4896. Plain Talk

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... law came from Mount Sinai. Moses views the promised land from Mount Pisgah. "I will lift up my eyes to the hills," says the psalmist. The temple is built on Mount Zion. Jesus goes to a mountain to meet Moses and Elijah. When he commissions his disciples and leaves the earth, the launching pad is a mountain. So for Matthew this collection of Jesus' important teachings is uttered close to the sky. Luke, on the other hand, writes for a Hellenistic audience. His gospel is a down-to-earth account for the common ...

4897. Hold Your Peace

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

John G. Lynn

... of the banquet where the guest of honor, Jesus, sits, risen and triumphant over death. If you go there right away you will do nothing but hold your peace. You will be so overawed that you will just sit there in fear, saying nothing to anyone, like the disciples when they met Jesus risen from the dead. No, first you need to taste the cross, the first course of my banquet. You need to start on the Good Fridays at the edge of the table, where light meets darkness, peace meets war, and little Jewish boys pray ...

4898. A Double Recipe

John 6:25-59

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CSS

... the Sullivans. People joked together about eating every Wednesday night meal as a congregation. Finally, several parishioners, including the teenage author of the play, enacted the scene of the last supper, creatively, reverently and thoughtfully. It concluded by the departure of the disciples and Jesus to the Mount of Olives. As Jesus turned to leave he asked who had provided the bread for their meal. Two young women stepped forward and said they had. Jesus smiled and said, "Your bread filled us and has ...

4899. You Can Create A Godly Heritage!

1 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... them again each to his heritage and each to his land" (Jeremiah 12:15). The Bible says, "Whatsoever is born of God is a new creation. Old things are passed away. Behold, all is brought into newness of life." How can this be? Jesus has given his disciples a ministry of binding and loosing (John 20:23). And the fact is, by his authority we can remove the curse that clouds our legacies. So, though one cannot do anything about the heritage handed down to him, one can do everything about the heritage he hands ...

4900. How Good News Spreads!

1 Kings 8:22-61

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... remain an uncommissioned artist. There is in my life and yours, however, a genuine commissioning that, if you think about it, far outshines any other possible call to art. It is the Great Commission of Jesus Christ. "Go," God commissions in Matthew. "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations...." In 1 Kings 8:42, it is said of God, "Men will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm." God, it seems, wills to work with us to create a people for himself. Genesis 1-2 explains ...

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