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4951. Living in Denial

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... But Abraham replied, “Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.” The rich man answered, “Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father’s house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come ...

4952. Get Lost

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... This is a major speech, so listen real good. This is the way it is. And what these three teachings say is, if you want to find life, you've got to lose yourself. Now for a long time I felt that I just couldn't preach that. I ... self. There is a phrase that has become very popular recently, "This is not about you." I have heard it as a mild rebuke, but I want to suggest that it is necessary for understanding the gospel. The gospel means "good news." That means that Christian faith should be about good news. The ...

4953. Have You Got a Prayer?

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... abandon us. The love that a parent has for a minor child is a love that intervenes. It ought to. That's a love that wants to protect a child. But the love a parent has for an adult child is the love that stands by. A daughter calls home, talks ... of us have never heard it, and we probably never will from our parents. For any number of reasons we won't hear that. But Luke wants you to know that because of Jesus Christ, you can hear that from God, your Heavenly Father. Just as Jesus, at critical times in his ...

4954. Hope Is Medicinal

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... tells the man, "Go show yourself to the priest," because that was the law. The priest was required to certify that indeed there had been a cure, so the banishment of this man would be lifted and he would be restored to the community. That's the story. And I want us to use that ancient story to say something about healing in our time. First of all, "If you will, you can make me clean." That has served as an answer to the question, "Why do some people get well, and others continue in sickness and die?" In the ...

4955. Laugh It Off

I Corinthians 1:18-20, 26-31

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , "If God be for us, then who can be against us." That is the text we are going to use next week, so I don't want to quote it in full, but simply go to the last line, which is the most important. It says, "We are more than conquerors through him ... him to help her. And God heard her, and said, "My child, when I made the world and filled it with people, I had a plan. I wanted my people to live life for as long as they could, but not forever, because my world would be too full, to crowded for everybody. So ...

4956. Now Try Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... sponsored a team of Germans who went to Israel to work in a kibbutz. They lived with Jews in the kibbutz for six months, working side by side. When the time came to leave, an Orthodox Jew said with tears in his eyes, "When one person says to another, `I want to love you,' one is glad. But when this is said by a person at whose hands one has suffered, there is no greater joy in this world." Peter asked, "How often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to ...

4957. Now What Do We Do?

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Mark Trotter

4958. On the Beach

John 21:15-25, John 21:1-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , "the kettle of fish." The second part of this story could be called, "the charcoal fire." This is the part of the story that I want us to focus on. The disciples get off the boat, and join Jesus on the beach. Jesus is standing by a charcoal fire. Now you ... still weighs you down. It is still a chain that holds you to the past so that you are not free to live the way you want to live. You may not be able to identify it, but there is something that is ruining your life. Forgiveness means that it no longer ...

4959. Plain Talk

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... this church, to spend a night here during those next two weeks. We are nearly ready now to make the first assignment of mentors in a program that will link two or three people from this church with a family, a single mother with preschool children, who wants to move from poverty and welfare into employment and dignity. You can volunteer to be a part of that program in any number of ways as well. I submit to you that this church is involved in trying to follow the teaching of Jesus, his instruction to ...

4960. Reflections on a Bumper Sticker

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... reunion. I think he did that because he knew that everyone of us would know what that means. Even if we have had lousy parents, we can understand what it would mean to have a homecoming, a family reunion. Even if we are estranged from homes that we do not want to return to. Thomas Wolfe said, "You can't go home again." Many of us have no desire at all to go home again, to the homes that we left. But we still know what he is talking about. We know what it should have been like. We know what ...

4961. The Source of Self Esteem

Romans 8:14-25

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... to expand on the story. The rabbis used to do this. They would expand the story. It was called Midrash. They did it in order to make the story have meaning to the particular situation they were addressing. It was called Midrash. That is what I want to do with this verse, "He was ruddy, and had beautiful eyes, and was handsome." I suggest that David was really ordinary, and plain, and perhaps even homely. Appropriate to the position that he held in that society, the anonymous man. You didn't even notice ...

4962. This Is Not Rocket Science

Acts 2:1-8

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... able to articulate what the Church is here for, what it means to belong to the Church, and why they belong to it. So I want to try that this morning on this Pentecost Sunday, the birthday of the Church, and say just three things about the Church. The first ... into the world for the same reason that God spoke to Abraham two thousand years before Jesus, to tell us that he loves us, that he wants us to be a part of his family, that we should all be brothers and sisters of the same family. As Paul put it, the good ...

4963. This Is the Day

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... of their love and concern for him. The letter to the Philippians is his thank you letter back to them. In it is this phrase. "I want you to know that what has happened to me has really been a good thing, because it has helped to advance the Gospel." "This is ... Lord has made." So someone greater than you is in charge of this. Which means, you don't have to be. The other thing that I want to point out about this phrase is that it says that today is all there is. God hasn't created tomorrow. "This is the day" ...

4964. What If He Shows Up?

John 2:13-22

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... "Visitor," "Member of another denomination"? The liturgist asks in the service that you fill out the "I Am Here" cards, and suggests that you can write something on the back for the ministers. I hate it when he says that. Sometimes we get some things we don't want to hear. I wonder what Jesus would write on the back of an "I Am Here" card? Probably to the clergy, "Shape up!" Then I thought, what would Jesus say to the congregation? Have you ever thought about that? That is why John put this story in the ...

4965. What Kind of Name Is That?

Luke 1:26-31

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... the story of Jesus with these parallels to Jewish history as a way of saying, even in the structure of the story, that Jesus is the Messiah, the one you people have been waiting for. So Jesus recapitulates in his life the story, the history, of Israel. So if you want to know who Jesus is, look to Joshua. Then you can see what kind of Messiah he is. Joshua took over for Moses after Moses died. Jesus took over for John the Baptist when John the Baptist died. Moses led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt into the ...

4966. Why Join the Church?

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... age? To the kingdoms of this world, or to the Kingdom of God that was revealed and inaugurated in this world in Jesus Christ? The Church wanted to make that as clear as it could. So the first question that has been asked of those who join the Church is, "Do you ... is stronger than they are. They see it in the entertainment and advertising business that their children are exposed to. They want to protect their children from the spirit of the times. They see the Church as that institution that stands over and ...

4967. The Burglar's Christmas

Luke 15:22-24

Drama

Matthew Powell

... touch me. Mother: This is my right, my son ... Now come with me into the library, and I will have your dinner brought there. I will not call your sister Ellen tonight; she has a number of guests to attend to. She is big girl now, you know. Besides, I want you all to myself tonight. Narrator 1: When the dinner came, he fell upon it savagely. As he ate, she told him all that had transpired during the years of his absence, and how his father's business had brought them there. Mother: I was glad when we came to ...

4968. In The Darkness of Oppression, There Is the Light of Salvation

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... in this story, and the other books in this series. At one point, Joshua explained to a man how we see what we are looking at differently. Joshua earned his living working with wood. He told the man we look at life with different vision. We see what we want to see. Three men may look at the same tree. One sees valuable lumber. Another sees firewood. The third sees a work of art.1 That is the way Christmas is. We must cultivate within ourselves the sense of expectancy about the Savior being born anew in us ...

4969. Baptism of our Lord

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

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... . 2. Do what is right - v. 34. b. If you fail to meet the conditions. 1. God accepts us for Jesus' sake. c. He feared God perfectly for us. d. He did what was right for our benefit. 2. The Secret Of Success (10:38). Need: Almost everybody wants to be a winner, a success. The one who had the greatest success in history was Jesus. He succeeded in living a perfect life, in overcoming sin and Satan, in accomplishing his mission on earth. What was his secret? The text gives the foolproof secret for every person ...

4970. Lent 3

Exodus 17:1-7, Romans 5:1-11, John 4:1-26, John 4:27-38, John 4:39-42

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... of how foolish it seemed to do it. 3. Proof (v. 7). Surely there was no sin in needing or asking for water. Why should they die of thirst? The sin of the people was putting God to the test, to proving whether he was with them or not. They wanted concrete, physical proof in terms of water. In another wilderness, Jesus told Satan, "You shall not tempt (test) the Lord thy God." To demand a sign or proof discloses a lack of faith. Epistle: Romans 5:1-11 1. Have (v. 1). All of the good things God has earned ...

4971. Proper 5

Matthew 9:18-26, Matthew 9:9-13, Hosea 6:1--7:16, Hosea 5:1-15, Romans 4:1-25, Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... in covenantal love and loyalty. God has appealed to them through the prophets. He sent judgment to get them to repent. He wants from his people love and a relationship of peace, but they are content to render cheap sacrifices and burnt offerings. Here we ... the father of the epileptic who said to Jesus, "Help my unbelief." Abraham had the faith that we all need even though all may not want it. Outline: God gives us a faith like this - a. Faith of obedience - vv. 1, 4. b. Faith of trusting God's promises - v. ...

4972. Proper 24

Matthew 22:15-22, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, Isaiah 44:24--45:25, Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... is distinctive by Yahweh's going with them to the Promised Land. Here is the secret of being different - our relationship with God through Christ. 3. Back (v. 23). Like most of us, Moses longs for the favor and sight of God. We want his approval and we want to know him better. Moses wants God to fully reveal himself by a face-to-face confrontation. This is impossible, for no human can look directly into the glorious face of God, just as one cannot look directly at the sun with the naked eye. His glory would ...

4973. Lessons for Year A Proper 27

Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... to be one great, colossal reunion of heaven and earth! Since this is the case according to Paul, we know where our departed loved ones are now. They are with Christ in heaven. To be with Christ is to have life, love, joy, and peace. What more could we want for ourselves or our dearest? PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Three Lessons: Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13 1. The Day Of Days. Need: "That will be the day!" is a common expression when something big is going to happen. The day ...

4974. Disappointed in Jesus

Matthew 11:2-11

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... . They are much more social commentators who accurately describe what is going on now - and usually in ways that people don't want to hear. In the Hebrew Scriptures, the prophets were those men and women who experienced the mystery of God in some deep ... I own the store. You are free to wander up and down the aisles, see what it is I sell, and then make a list of what you want. When you are finished, come back here, and we'll see what we can do for you." So, the woman did just that. And what she saw thrilled ...

4975. God, Or the World?

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... a rattlesnake. If I pick you up you will bite me and I might die." But the snake answered, "Not so. I will treat you differently. If you do this for me, you will be special to me, I will not harm you, and you will receive whatever you want." The young man resisted for some time, but this was a very persuasive snake with beautiful diamond markings. At last the young man tucked the snake under his shirt and carried it down the mountain. Once in the valley he gently placed the snake on the ground. Suddenly the ...

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