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626. Valley of Betrayal (Series: Peace in the Valley)

Luke 22:47-53

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... not free to do as you please; you are not God. Suicide is an irreversible act of selfishness that causes great pain and sorrow to anyone who cares for you. If you are contemplating suicide, get some help, until you find some hope to carry on. Suicide is a long-term solution to a short-term problem. What becomes of Judas? Is there any hope for Judas? God knows. Catholics were wrong in declaring suicide an unpardonable sin and until 1983, excluding such persons from a catholic burial. Suicide often happens ...

627. The Cost of Discipleship: Get Lost!

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... was drawing in the net, separating the serious followers from the curious tag-along crowd. “The crowd is those who use their needs. The disciples are those he uses for his mission.” (Trotter, the Cost of Discipleship). Jesus wanted to get his disciples ready to carry on what he had begun when he was no longer with them. And what he had begun was a ministry of renewing the world through love. If we’re to follow him, we’re to follow him in compassionate ministry That ministry may take us into areas ...

628. Sex, Sex, and More Sex

Song of Songs 2:8-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... but the whole book is an ode to the joys of erotic love. It is so giddy with the intoxicating charms of sensual attraction that, like young lovers kissing in the mall, it seems not to care who else is around or what they might think of such carrying on. The book is comprised of the love songs sung by a man and a woman who can see only each other. And see each other they do. They linger over every inch in voluptuous celebration, savoring all the physical characteristics of the beloved - thighs and navels and ...

629. Epiphany 5

Psalm 138:1-8, Isaiah 6:1-8 (9-13), Luke 5:1-11, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... of life is available to us as we let go of burdensome memories and painful replays of what might have been. In these few moments, we can reflect on who we are and where we are going. Pray with me and then carry on your conversation with God. Community Confession God of Today — disappointments and betrayals clutter our minds. Nasty words and bitterness hamper our relationships. Belligerent attitudes get in the way of your grace. Injustice and prejudices cloud our national priorities. We regret these ...

630. A Prophecy Against Babylon

Isaiah 21:1-10

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... victim of Assyria such as ones we have met—or ones we have not yet met, such as Edom. Once more the fearful prospect of a scene of death and destruction provokes anguished terror (vv. 3–4; cf. 13:8). In the victim city the prophet can see life carrying on as usual (cf. the story of Babylon’s fall in Dan. 5). Like someone in the audience shouting out uselessly to the cast in a film, the prophet shouts to warn them of the terror that is imminent (v. 5b). Then Yahweh speaks. The introduction to verse 6 ...

631. Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

John 13:31-38

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... of his new commandment of love. (2) Often writings are left behind (cf. Assumption of Moses 10:11; 4 Ezra), and in the Fourth Gospel itself we have the chronicle of Jesus’s life now deposited for his followers. (3) Spirit-filled representatives carry on the work, just as Joshua obtained the Spirit that rested on Moses (Assumption of Moses 10–12). Here Jesus promises the Spirit of truth (14:17), who anoints the disciples and particularly the beloved disciple for his work. (4) Finally, the anxiety of ...

632. You Are What You Eat

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

Sermon

Rick McCracken-Bennett

... and leave behind our me, me, me nature. Remember the Boy Scout slogan: Do a good turn daily. I've said it until I'm blue in the face that what we do here as a church is not about you, and it's not about me, it's about carrying on the mission of Christ and a big chunk of that is service to others. Well, that's enough for now. I hope though, that we'll all give this a bit of thought today and this week. What values are we doing our best to instill in our kids and ...

633. The Natural Look

Luke 9:28-36 (37-43)

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... . Moses, it turns out, is no prince himself. He mumbles when he should be eloquent. He whines and complains about all his whining and complaining people. He regularly feels terrified. And when he does not feel terrified, he seethes with anger. Through it all, he carries on a verbal tug-of-war with this jerk named God who somehow dragged him into this mess to begin with. And yet, these two — Moses and God — turn out to be quite a team. Together they nourish the people, feeding them with manna, quail, and ...

634. Unbound

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... for example as overweight when others perceive us as “just right.” We may perceive ourselves as having unruly hair, whereas others may admire it. We may imagine that our clothes are too baggy, whereas another may think us fashionable. The “truth” is, to carry on the pun, that “perception is reality.” So, what does that say then for our vision of “reality”? What does this say about our minds and about what we know. Perhaps more than we think. Our minds determine reality and truth based on our ...

635. Flash Mob

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... that day, instead of merely celebrating. He told only a select few. For those few though, those disciples that were told what was to come, this procession and the people shouting and singing, dancing and celebrating, were the assurance they would need to carry on after Jesus’ resurrection. For that moment, they saw the meaning of Jubilee, the joy of restoration, and the faith of those who had put their trust in Jesus, and in the movement that would later be called “The Way.” Flash mobs may only ...

636. God Is Like...a Comforter

2 Corinthians 1:3-7

Sermon

Kenneth L. Gibble

... “comforter.” But if we remember the original definition of “comfort” as “giving strength to,” it makes perfect sense for Jesus to refer to the Holy Spirit as “comforter.” The comforter, the Holy Spirit, will give the disciples the strength they need to carry on when Jesus is no longer with them. In the five verses that formed this morning’s scripture lesson, the apostle Paul used the word “comfort” no fewer than nine times. He said that God was “the Father of mercies and God of all ...

637. When Self-esteem Gets Out Of Hand

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

J. Will Ormond

... by himself." Another (RSV) has "he prayed thus within himself." Both these phrases are highly revealing. If he was standing by himself it suggests an aloofness from other worshipers, especially any whom he considered unclean. If he was praying "within himself," then he was carrying on a conversation with himself rather than communicating with God. But he did want God to overhear what he was saying. He wanted God to know that he was thankful. "God, I thank you...." That seems to be a good start for a prayer ...

638. In Stride

Isaiah 65:17-25

Eulogy

Ruth L. Boling

... shall our days be, but like the days of a tree!) I know that this is an excruciating loss for many of you. Do reach out to each other in your grief. Strengthen and support each other. Go to your pastor, or a counselor, or a trusted friend. Cry. And carry on. Stay in stride with the rest of your lives. In thanksgiving to God for the life of ____________, stay in stride. Amen.

639. Like Abraham To The Slaughter

Psalm 22:1-31

Eulogy

Dennis E. Dinger

... help with the milking, to bring food, to sit and visit, to hug and cry and remember and mourn together. And we will be here, with you, and for you, as long as you need us. Out of our common weakness and helplessness, God will give us the strength to carry on. ____________ was a fine man. He was a good Christian. He was a skilled farmer. He was a loving son, and a devoted brother. If you regret all the things you did not get to say to him on that last day, be comforted by the thought that everything ...

640. WRITING MATERIALS MAKER

Luke 1:63

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... mistake, there were even special kinds of sponges to wipe it out! The manufacture of writing materials is still big business today, as witness all the stationery stores in our cities. And the makers of all the materials for communicating our messages to others through the medium of writing are carrying on an old tradition.

641. The Home Under God

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... Health, character, education, religion - all have their roots here. It is the daily starting point and background of all our activities. For the man, as well as for the woman, it is the real job in life, for the money-making job is only a means for carrying on the home. Since the home is all this and since the home today is threatened by the rise of non-Christian attitudes and behavior, we must have clearly before us the Christian home, the home under God, and strive earnestly with God’s help to build and ...

642. The Secret of Living Is Giving

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the multitudinous free samples of medicines and drugs available in this country and shipping them to mission hospitals overseas. In the past 32 years, she has shipped $16 million worth of healing medicines and enlisted 500 volunteers from all walks of life to carry on this tremendous work. There are millions out there wondering what to do with their midlife crises. Here is someone who turned her need into a creative ministry that drew in hundreds of others. You want the "secret" to a healthy, happy, whole ...

643. Isaiah 55:1-9

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... response to God’s covenant with David, the shepherd made king was to act as a “witness” to God’s power and presence. Second Isaiah now declares that as all the people are invited to participate in this covenant relationship, they are all to carry on that witnessing vocation, proclaiming God’s glory before nations that are unknown and unknowing (vv.4-5). But there is also a subtle change in pronouns by verse 5. Whereas the plurals used in the earlier verses invites the identification of all Israel ...

644. Doing Christ’s Work

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Nancy Kraft

... a baby's body, with an adult head on it. The goal is for the body to grow up so that it matches the head. The work of the church is to grow up into our head, Christ. That's the work he leaves us with. We're here to carry on his ministry, to be his body in the world. Sometimes when I think about that, it seems almost ludicrous that people like us should be the best God has to work with now. God's mission to the world went from Jesus to people like us. It causes me to ...

645. Bildad Again Beats the Retribution Drum

Job 18:1-21

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... a biological future for them. In the Old Testament, barrenness or death without surviving descendants was regarded as a deep grief (cf. the anguished cries of Rachel in Gen. 30:1 and Hannah in 1 Sam. 1:11–16). Those who had no physical posterity to carry on their name resorted to other means to gain some form of social immortality. For example, Absalom builds a monument by which he can be remembered (2 Sam. 18:18). In Psalm 49:11 the rich call their lands after their own names. Bildad in this passage ...

646. Look Again

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

James L. Killen

... made subject to a new possibility that was breaking in upon the world, because someone was coming who would be God's salvation. Joseph must have played an important role in the life of Jesus as he was growing up. He did not live long enough to see Jesus carry on his ministry in the world. But others did. They saw how Jesus represented God present with us. He made God known. He showed us the many ways in which God works to save, and those things Jesus showed us about God are still true. What can it mean to ...

647. Treatise: The Efficacy of Grace over Law

Galatians 3:1-14

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... to how closely Paul links the recorded words of Scripture with the actual words of God. God’s promise to Abraham, which included participation by more than merely those of his physical line, presents Paul with one of the major motivating factors to carry on with his mission to the Gentiles (Col. 1:25–27). Verse 9 summarizes the foregoing section showing that faith, not ethnic background, is humanity’s only way to appropriate the same covenantal blessings announced to Abraham. To show the other side of ...

648. The Celestial Woman and the Dragon

Revelation 12:1--13:1a

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... Like the Israelites who were rescued from the Red Sea (12:15–16; cf. Exod. 14:26–29; 15:19), like the wilderness generation who were nourished in the desert (12:6, 14; cf. Exod. 16:12–13; Ps. 105:40–41), and like the returning exiles who were carried on eagles’ wings back to Zion (12:14; Isa. 40:31; cf. Exod. 25:20), God’s people are completely sustained and empowered by the Spirit in their battle with the dragon. Because they are not afraid to die (12:11), God can use them to do his work. John ...

649. The Beast out of the Earth

Revelation 13:11-18

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... qsr) adds up to 666. Nero infamously had Christians crucified, burnt alive, and torn by wild animals (Tacitus, Annals 15.44.2–8; cf. Heb. 11:36–38). Those with Nero’s number would be citizens loyal to Rome who carried on his legacy of corruption, persecution, and vainglory. Alternatively, the number 666 could simply designate sinful humanity. Six is one short of seven, perfection. Therefore, 666 would be complete or utter imperfection and sinfulness (Irenaeus, Against Heresies 5.28.2–3). Although ...

650. I Am the True Vine

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Brett Blair

... call upon lay people to pray, she would always be the first to stand, and her prayers were nothing short of exquisite. It seemed like the subject of religion was always on her mind, in fact, almost to a fault. She almost didn't know how to carry on a simple conversation without bringing that up. I didn't have any problem with any of these things. The problem that I had was that when it came to people who were down in society the poor, the unemployed, divorced persons, alcoholics she was relentless in her ...

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