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526. William Booth and His Hallelujah Army

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... the time Amelia Jenks Bloomer of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was calling for women’s suffrage, Catherine Booth of London was calling for women to occupy the pulpits of our churches. The Booths had quite an influence on the use of music as part of evangelistic services. In 1878, William hired three people to play brass just to accompany hymns, and thus the first Salvation Army band was born. Interesting it is that, like Martin Luther, Booth took popular tunes and gave them Christian lyrics. The music for "Storm ...

527. What Do You See?

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Thomas Long

... laughter as it dawned on the audience that he really wanted us to look. And sure enough, when he gave one more try, "Look at the lilies in that field ..." every head in the audience turned toward the side wall. I do not know whether old John the Evangelist was present in the theater that night, but, if not, he should have been. It was his kind of show. Indeed, he spends his entire Gospel trying to get people to look, really to look, at the life of Jesus. Light and darkness, vision and dimness, "once I was ...

528. Living in the Future Present

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Thomas Long

... dignity in our age. It is a fearsome responsibility to have seen the future, but the future we have seen is God’s future, and it is sure. One day Peter’s wish will be fulfilled, and the booths will be built. "In that day," says John the Evangelist ... ... God will dwell with them and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them; He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things ...

529. Epiphany 2

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1, John 1:35-42, 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... acting positively upon your many mercies in all areas of our lives. In the name of the Christ we pray. Amen Gospel: John 1:35-42 Theme: Seeking authenticity, seeing authority, and shifting allegiances Exegetical Note In this highly compressed account, the evangelist gives his idiosyncratic description of how two of the most prominent of the disciples of Jesus - Andrew and Peter - first joined the Master after one of them shifted allegiance from John the Baptizer as the result of the wilderness prophet’s ...

530. Transfiguration

Mark 9:2-13, 2 Corinthians 4:1-18, 2 Kings 2:1-18

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... , especially as that shines forth in your Son, Jesus. In his name we pray. Amen Gospel: Mark 9:2-9 Theme: Fumbling in the face of the fantastic Exegetical Note Mark’s description of the transfiguration of Jesus, though probably to the evangelist an eschatological sign of the Messiahship of Jesus, points to a classic hierophany, i.e., a breakthrough of the mysterious sacred into the everyday profane, and a typically human, irrelevant reaction: "This is wonderful! Let’s build something!" Call to Worship ...

531. Easter 2

Acts 4:32-37, 1 John 1:5--2:14, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... One objective of this letter (treatise? sermon?) is to strengthen the fellowship of its Christian recipients, as indicated by these opening paragraphs. They have shared in the experience of the primordial "word of life," and thus have a multifaceted fellowship: with other evangelists, with God, and with Jesus Christ. Thus they have a strong basis for fellowship with one another. Call to Worship Leader: Sisters and brothers, we have heard, and seen and felt the Word of Life! People: THAT WORD IS CHRIST, AND ...

532. Easter 6

Acts 10:23b-48, 1 John 5:1-12, John 15:1-17

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... priorities. Instill in us the kind of faith that brings victory, that we may truly live in loving obedience to you. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen Gospel: John 15:9-17 Theme: The church as Christ’s loving friends Exegetical note The evangelist here combines Christology with ecclesiology (though the church is not precisely specified) and ethics with the theme of love: Christ’s love for his disciples mirrors the Father’s love for him, and the proper response of the disciples should be to "abide" in ...

533. Proper 8

2 Samuel 6:1-23, 2 Corinthians 8:1-15, Mark 5:21-43

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... 5:21-43 Theme: Compassionate faith Exegetical note In this pericope couched in a pericope, Mark tells of a healing and a resurrection. The stories are rich in meaning, and afford many thematic possibilities, including the kerygmatic intent of the evangelist, which was probably to reinforce Jesus’ secret Messiahship. Strongly evident here is Jesus’ compassion for the human physical needs of the woman and girl, for whom he offers, not reassurances of future spiritual welfare, but present health and life ...

534. "The Sawdust and the Circus"

Numbers 27:12-23

Sermon

... I had thought that the "sawdust trail" was an expression that was so much of a cliche that everyone knew just what it meant - but apparently that was not the case. The sawdust trail, of course, got its name from the old tent meeting revivals, where the evangelists would exhort the sinners to come forward and to be saved. Since the dirt floors in the tent were covered with sawdust, one who went forward to the altar to make a decision for Christ - or whatever - was said to be walking down the "sawdust trail ...

535. Looking Ahead with Hope

John 1:43-51

Sermon

... betrayed Jesus and then hung himself. The other eleven were the most common of men, ignorant as far as learning of the world was concerned. Who would have thought there was potential for goodness and for glory in them? They went across the world as flaming evangelists. They sang hymns in the catacombs and sewers of the city of Rome. They were crucified and burned at the stake. Every one of them died a violent death, but when they finished their work the name of Jesus was hailed in all parts of the Roman ...

536. Feed My Sheep

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Ewart E. Turner

... its message of the death-like peril of materialism. A Pioneer Agricultural Missionary America’s foremost agricultural missionary, Sam Higgenbottom, often approached with outrage the "spiritualization" of the feeding of the 5,000. He had gone to India as an evangelist but returned to Ohio State University to become an agricultural missionary when he saw the protruding ribs of the poor. Once in our parsonage at New Hartford, New York - a town where some of his grandchildren lived - Higgenbottom snorted at ...

537. Will the Real Prophets Please Speak Up?

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Sermon

Richard L. Eslinger

... ?" "If someone says he or she is a prophet, well, okay." "It would be rather illiberal of us to presume to judge among the prophets anyway." And so the prophets continue to parade before us - Ayatollahs carrying assault rifles, revolutionaries wearing berets, evangelists waving Bibles - all claiming to speak the truth, to speak for the people, to speak for God. Now the interesting thing is that scripture is quite aware of this question of true and false prophets. Biblical faith is much more rigorous than ...

538. This Is Water

John 7:25-44

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... of God are given to spread light to our lives. Christians are given the gifts of witnessing, helping, and teaching to light up the lives of others by helping them understand God and the ways of God. For example, one of our members who is gifted as an evangelist, recently spoke to a young woman who worked with him. He urged her to come to the church, then to a pastor’s class. She came. She was baptized recently. A gift of the Holy Spirit - witnessing - was used to light up the life of another person. Again ...

539. Faith As Healing Energy

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... little real hope. Once while attending The Oxford Institute, a periodic gathering of theologicans, teachers, and preachers at Oxford University, I heard an address given by a famous atheist, Dr. Francis Ayers, professor of Philosophy at Oxford. Dr. Ayers was an evangelistic atheist. It appeared that he wanted the whole world to be atheistic. He spoke brilliantly on the theme, "The Concept of God is Entirely Unnecessary for Moral and Ethical Living." He spoke with such impeccable logic that if I had started ...

540. And It Came To Pass

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... will contribute more than any other force to establish the Kingdom of God on earth - To replace a social life in which division, falsehood and violence are all-powerful, with a new order in which humanity, truth and brotherhood will reign.8 One of the oldest evangelistic illustrations is that of the mountain of solid granite - our Stone Mountain here in Georgia - a mile high, a mile wide, a mile deep. Once in a thousand years an eagle flies past the mountain, brushing it with the tip of its wing. When that ...

541. I Am The One Who Jesus Loves

John 13:23

Illustration

Brett Blair

... quoting Scripture. Jesus' closest friend on earth, the disciple named John, is identified in the Gospels as "the one Jesus loved." Manning said, "If John were to be asked, 'What is your primary identity in life?' he would not reply, 'I am a disciple, an apostle, an evangelist, an author of one of the four Gospels,' but rather, 'I am the one Jesus loves.'" What would it mean, I ask myself, if I too came to the place where I saw my primary identity in life as "the one Jesus loves"? How differently would I ...

542. The Exalted Christ

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... , the ascended Christ as our Prophet reveals to us God’s redemptive purpose for mankind and sends us forth to proclaim the good news of redemption. It is "he who ascended far above all heavens," declares Paul, who sent "some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip God’s people for work in his service." The Apostle is convinced: no man put this gospel in my hands. The living Christ who is at the right hand of God called me and commissioned me to preach it. I ...

543. Plumb Line Prophecy

Amos 7:1-9, Amos 7:10-17

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... of the church that God bypasses the clergy and raises up a layperson when he has a really important task to do. What images flood your mind when you hear the term, “a great Christian”? Do you immediately think of a famous evangelist, a missionary, a well-known theologian or some “professional” Christian? Amos the herdsman stands in the company of David the shepherd lad, Rahab the harlot, Nehemiah the wine steward, Charles Finney the lawyer, Dwight L. Moody the shoe salesclerk, and thousands of ...

544. A Song of Promise

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... their “fortunes.” Thus the song went on in spite of the fact that there had appeared little to sing about. A New Song In the Advent Season it is customary for the Christian Church to sing the “Magnificat,” the Song of Mary. The Evangelist Luke placed this song on the lips of Mary, the Mother of our Lord, when she visited her relative, Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. The song celebrates how God turns everything upside down and makes everything right. Johann Sebastian Bach interpreted this ...

545. Light for Beauty

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... basic conditions are always the same, because people are always the same. A Marriage The language that the prophet employs to describe the earnest effort God makes to impress us with the assurance of love is consistent with the language of apostles and evangelists. Christians are guilty of thinking of themselves as being in a better position than ancient Israel, or they think God behaves better today than in ancient Israel. We do have the advantage of a longer history or having the message packaged better ...

546. Oh, How The Mighty Have Fallen

Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:46-56

Sermon

Brett Blair

... those of low degree.” God seems always to be overturning the world’s social order. He helped a band of Hebrew slaves defeat an Egyptian pharaoh. He took a humble shepherd boy and made him Israel’s greatest king. He took a murderer in Paul and made him evangelist to the world. And when he sought a woman to be the mother of the Messiah, he chose a lower-class teenager from a hick town. Think of that. God brings down the kings and lifts up the peasants. Is it because he values the peasant’s life over ...

547. A New Star

Matthew 2:1-12

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John R. Brokhoff

In October, 1989, a new star was added to the 1900 stars on the famed sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard. The new star was placed near the stars of Julie Andrews and Wayne Newton. The new star, as curious as it seems, was evangelist Billy Graham, who has preached the gospel to more than 100 million people around the world. Forty years ago he refused to have his name on a star, but he reconsidered it in 1989. He said, "I hope it will identify me with the gospel that I preach." At the ...

548. Eager For The Journey

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

... ascended into heaven, and is coming back one day to judge the living and the dead. Let’s see you do that? My friends, Christianity is a challenge. The world thinks we are naïve. They have gotten the impression, I think from the television evangelist, that we are all a bunch of dunderheads that think Jesus is going to solve all our problems and that life will be full of sandy white beaches, juicy fruits, foreign peoples, priceless treasures, and gorgeous landscapes. They forget that our captain died on a ...

549. Hypocrites

Matthew 6:1-4

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Brett Blair

... sit down because he had something more important to say. It was arrogant. And because he was the Vice President it made him look all the more hypocritical. No one has the right to do that, not even a VP. Several years ago, when a well-known television evangelist was caught in a seedy, day-rate motel, it was not so much the deed itself that brought him down but the fact that his moral posturing, his wrenching, tear-stained appeals for understanding and forgiveness, did not ring true in our ears. In short, he ...

550. Three Small Steps in Our Journey of Faith

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Brett Blair

... honor those who do good works? Not at all. It simply means it is our duty to work in the kingdom of God and we are due nothing for that work. First and foremost we live for God expecting nothing in return. The world's most famous evangelist D.L. Moody was hosting a Bible Conference in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. Many of the participants came from Europe. Following the European custom of the time, they left their shoes outside their room to be cleaned by the hall servants overnight. They did not know ...

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