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476. Here We Go Again

Luke 21:25-36

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... be. It is a journey filled with many dangers, snares and toils. At the end of our journey, there is a Promised Land, a life the way we want it to be, a life flowing with milk and honey. There is no one in this world who does not understand that story, and does not respond to it, in some form or another. Even today, especially today, there are exodus' happening all over this world. People leaving where they are and going to where they want to be. People in tyranny going to freedom. People in poverty going to ...

477. Laugh It Off

I Corinthians 1:18-20, 26-31

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... tragedy the appropriate response is to weep, to resign yourself, or be defiant against the fate that has caused you such suffering and pain in your life. In comedy the appropriate response is to laugh, and to have hope, and expect surprises. You can understand the impact the Christian Gospel had on that first century world. The apostles went into a Greek world, a civilization dominated by Greek philosophy and the culture that invented the idea of tragedy. The hero in Greek tragedy is the person who defies ...

478. They Grow Up Fast

Luke 2:41-52

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Mark Trotter

... son even though she never understood him, even though he broke her heart. She stayed with him. She was there at the manger, and she was at the cross. She is the only one who can say that. She was with him from the beginning to the end, never quite understanding him. Mary is the model of a parent. But that is a sub-text to this story. You could call it "parental bewilderment." The main theme of this story is the son's vocation. Luke says that he discovered it the same way that you and I discover it when ...

479. Lent 2

Genesis 12:1-8, Romans 4:1-25, 2 Timothy 1:1-2:13, John 3:1-21

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John R. Brokhoff

... through faith - Lesson 1. b. Righteousness through faith - Lesson 2. c. Eternal life through faith - Gospel. Gospel: John 3:1-17 1. Why Can't You Understand? (3:17). Need: When it comes to understanding spiritual truth, we are like Nicodemus. We just do not understand the teachings of Jesus. Jesus was amazed that Nicodemus, a teacher, did not understand the need for and method of spiritual rebirth. Why can't we understand that salvation is by grace through faith and not by works of the Law? Outline: Do you ...

480. Eleven Plus One

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... yours is in the shop. He would drive the most stolen car in America – the Toyota Camry. 7. Thomas Didymus: VW Beetle Of all the disciples, Thomas was the 20th century apostle. Although periods past have castigated Thomas as the doubter, the modern world understands the demands of his rational, logical, and linear mind. In fact, Thomas gives hope to all those who live their lives without ever seeing a vision, and to all those with a skeptical bent. Jesus honored and proved himself to the most scientific of ...

481. The Crowd that Watched God Die

Luke 23:26-43

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Stephen M. Crotts

... every attitude expressed atop Mount Calvary is still expressed in our world today? You and I are represented by at least one of those characters from Golgotha's crowd. Are you indifferent? Are you self-righteous? Do you feel like you don't need Jesus? Do you not understand the world in which we live? Is God, why? your constant thought? Or are you like the thief? Have you lived a life of sin and hurt? Broken every law? But do you now see the error of your ways? Will you pray, "Jesus, Lord, remember me when ...

482. Proper 23

Psalm 106:1-48, Philippians 4:2-9, Matthew 22:1-14, Exodus 32:1-33:6

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... this will be the wedding garment. If we speak of sacraments, ye see how that these are common to the bad and good. Is it Baptism? Without Baptism it is true no one attaineth to God; but not everyone that hath Baptism attaineth to Him. I cannot therefore understand Baptism, the Sacrament itself that is, to be the wedding garment; for this garment I see in the good, I see in the bad. Peradventure it is the Altar, or That which is received at the Altar. But no; we see that many eat, and eat and drink judgment ...

483. When Mountains Are Not Moved

Mark 11:20-25 (26)

Sermon

James McCormick

... unless we have begun with a misunderstanding of prayer. Prayer is not an Aladdin’s lamp which we rub to get what we want. Too many people have a vending machine view of it. You insert a prayer, and out comes whatever we have prayed for. No, that understanding is a great many sizes too small. We are invited to make requests, and as a loving Father, God will grant those requests if they are possible and if they are consistent with His good will for us. But we must be careful not to change Jesus’ prayer ...

484. Influence of Mothers

2 Timothy 1:5

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... John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, unless you understand his mother Susanna Wesley. She was so instrumental in his life that she inevitably affected the movement and ... , a thousand different ways has not been forever influenced by their mother. I firmly believe that you cannot understand who a person is and what motivates them until you understand their past. And you cannot understand a person's past without understanding the source that co-created that person along with God—their parents.

485. A Not So Simple Story of Demons and Pigs

Luke 8:26-39

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... knows him immediately. And since names are important, Jesus wants to be on equal footing with the demon. "Look," Jesus says, "you seem to know my name. What's yours?" To which the unclean spirit says: "My name is legion ... for we are many." Which I can understand. Sometimes my name is legion ... for I am many. Consider the root of the reference. The text is inviting us to visualize an entire Roman legion, consisting of 6,000 foot soldiers. If all 6,000 are marching in the same direction, one gazes upon a ...

486. High and Lifted Up

Isaiah 6:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... said that in the world around us that ratio would be much higher. So I want to make this statement extremely plain where everyone could understand it. If the God that you know, or claim to know, is not the thrice holy God of Israel, who abhors sin, and will ... you is what is wrong with this world-SIN. Once you see God in His glory then you will see your guilt, and you will understand His grace. Two men were traveling on a train and one man introduced himself as a preacher. The other man said, "Well, since you ...

487. Will the Real God Please Stand Up?

2 Corinthians 13:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... m trying to put the ocean into this hole." Augustine said at that moment he realized he had been trying to put an infinite God into his finite mind. My friend, you cannot do that. The infinite will not fit into the finite. You really can never understand the Trinity, but as one person has wisely said: "Define the Trinity, you will lose your mind, but deny the Trinity, you will lose your soul." II. The Trinity Has A Majesty We Must Surely Believe The word Trinity comes from the Latin Trinitas which literally ...

488. The Surety of Security

Jude 1:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... about to say is true of us because of the calling of God. The word "calling" refers to an official summons. It originally referred to how someone would be summoned to fill an office, to assume a duty, or to take a position. The thing that Jude wants us to understand is that salvation begins with the call of God. Salvation does not begin with the sinner, it begins with the Savior. I, for one, am so glad that it does. The Bible says in Philippians 1:6 that "He who has begun a good work in you will complete it ...

489. Have You Seen the Light?

John 9:1-41

Sermon

James Merritt

... one person was saved, and that was the man born blind. Jesus uses that to illustrate a truth in v.39, "And Jesus said, ‘For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.'" Now understand the reason Jesus came was to save. But the result of his coming was judgment on all who do not believe. The same sun that melts the ice, hardens the clay. The same gospel that I preach that brings some men to the light, drives other men deeper into the ...

490. In Defense of the Offense

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

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James Merritt

... Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?" You know heaven is full of wise people; hell is full of wise guys. God is too wise to let man come to know Him by his own wisdom. What people do not understand is they will never solve their problems because they will never recognize their source which is sin. Therefore they will never recognize the solution which is salvation. God is so wise that He is not going to let anyone come to Him by his own wisdom. As a matter of ...

491. Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Psalm 102:6-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... in the Garden of Eden after he sinned, was loneliness. He knew that his fellowship with God had been cut off and he tried to hide from God the fact that he was lonely. But it was even there in the Garden of Eden that we begin to see and understand that God Himself can cure loneliness. Defeat The Power Of Loneliness Loneliness is a void and a vacuum in every soul that people are trying to fill in every way imaginable. I heard about a man who went to see a psychiatrist one time, and he asked him if he ...

492. Mary, Did You Know?

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... was a central part of Jesus’ ministry. Therefore, Jesus was inundated with hurting people, so much so that he and his disciples hardly had enough free time to eat or sleep. His lifestyle was beyond anything Mary could imagine. SOMETHING ELSE MARY DID NOT UNDERSTAND…HOW JESUS WOULD HAVE TO DIE. When Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to be circumcised on his eighth day, an old man named Simeon gave her a clue. He directed this ominous prediction to Mary: “…a sword will pierce your own soul too.” (Luke ...

493. Taking the Long View

2 Peter 3:8-15a

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Donald Charles Lacy

... restricted to a nursing home? All this grandeur stuff is fine but who is going to pay the bills? It seldom seems to occur to us that God is God and sooner or later he supplies our needs. We don't want to be dependent on anyone and that is understandable. Yet, if God has taken care of you for seventy, eighty, or even ninety years, won't he continue to do so? Are faith, hope, and love mere words that begin to dissolve as we get so old? The text says, "regard the patience of our Lord as salvation." 2 ...

494. Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

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Leonard Sweet

... soil or bad determines the future of a seed. One term that does remain consistent throughout the 'explanation' is the author's use of the term 'understand.' In verse 19 and again in verse 23, those who 'understand' refers to those who acknowledge God's rule and power over all. This is a traditional Hebrew concept of 'understanding.' In this case, such understanding is necessary from the beginning of the illustration (to insure initial rootage of the seed) and at the conclusion of the tale (where the degree ...

495. Divorce and Swearing

Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... you’ve got to do is go back to the Greek to appreciate what Paul is doing here. What he’s doing is radical. Remember the word, “radical,” means “at the roots.” Radish comes from it. Paul is striking at the roots of an old understanding of the marriage relationship. If Paul had intended a relationship of inequality, one in which the husband was to dominate and wife was to be submissive, he would have used the world arche. The archangel, the archbishop, is the top dog. No. 1. Instead, Paul uses ...

496. Proper 25

Job 42:1-6, Job 42:7-17, Mark 10:46-52, Hebrews 7:11-28

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John R. Brokhoff

... of Jesus for the afflicted and needy of the world. Almost every person in the pews has a concern, a problem and is fighting a personal battle. The average person asks, "Who cares about me and my need?" Realizing that many are in this condition and wanting understanding, businesses frequently advertise that they are people who care about you. In this case, we see Christ as one who cares. Outline: Come to a compassionate Christ. a. He is not too busy he was on his way to Jerusalem v. 46. b. He is concerned ...

497. Proper 5

Mark 3:20-30, 1 Samuel 8:1-22, 2 Corinthians 4:1-18, Mark 3:31-35

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John R. Brokhoff

... . Those who do God's will have a spirit akin to his. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS Gospel: Mark 3:20-35 1. Family (v. 21). God sets the solitary in families. In this passage we see that Jesus had two families. The one, based on physical relationships, did not understand nor appreciate him. His mother, brothers and sisters thought that he was out of his mind and came to take him home. They were embarrassed and ashamed of him. Jesus' other family has a spiritual relationship. He is son and brother to all who do the ...

498. The Holy Trinity

John 3:1-21, Romans 8:1-17, Isaiah 6:1-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... we see God, we at the same time see ourselves. To see God requires a spiritual perspective, a sensitivity to God's presence. Upon entering church for worship, our prayer might well be, "Open my eyes, illuminate me." 2. Unclean (v. 5). Isaiah's vision gave him an understanding of the holiness, glory and majesty of God. This sight resulted in seeing himself and his society for what they were. "I am a man of unclean lips and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips." A sight of God's holiness enables ...

499. Israel: The World’s Invincible Nation

Jeremiah 23:2, 7-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... , and there will be no peace in Jerusalem until the Prince of Peace returns. No other nation and no other people is as relevant to the child of God today as is the nation of Israel, and the people called the Jewish people. To understand the nation of Israel you must understand how God relates to this nation. I. How God Selected Israel In The Past Do you realize that the Jewish nation is the only nation in history whose origin can be traced with total and complete accuracy? No one knows who the first ...

500. Law and Order

Nehemiah 7:73b--8:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... enough and they wanted to get reacquainted. At the same time, there is not much you can do with what the Bible says until you understand what it means. There was is not only a need for someone to read the word to the people, there was a need for ... verse 8, "They read from the Book of the Law of God and clearly explained the meaning of what was being read, helping the people understand each passage." (Nehemiah 8:8, NLT) I just read to you my number one responsibility to this church. I just read to you the ...

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