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626. The Renewal of Life

Isaiah 43:18-25

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... encounter with a woman "caught in the act of adultery" (John 8:21-11). Jesus did not condemn the woman but told her to go and sin no more. In other words, Jesus was telling her to forget the past and move on to the future. In a more general sense, Jesus understood the human tendency to be trapped by the past. Thus, when Jesus raised his friend Lazarus from the dead, he told those who witnessed this great event, "Unbind him, and let him go" (John 11:44b). God wishes for us to live in freedom. We must let go ...

627. Thanks for the Memories!

Exodus 12:1-4 (5-10) 11-14

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... eyes approached the American pastor. "We are so sorry about what happened yesterday in America," they said and handed the pastor two red roses. A few weeks later, when the guest pastor celebrated communion and said his farewells to the congregation, there was a sense of being bound together that would not have been as strong had the events in America not taken place. The visiting pastor and the members of the German congregation confessed to one another, "We are family!" But it was a family with a common ...

628. Our Relationship with God

Mark 5:21-43

Illustration

John P. Jewell

... are too small for God to care about." or "With all the pain and suffering in this world, why would God care about me?" are a couple of ways people give expression to this sense of insignificance. The sense is the one expressed by our theme title today, "How can one so great care for one so small." Have you ever felt that sense of insignificance? There have been times when I've gazed into the incredible expanse of a starlit sky and felt ever so small and insignificant. Even our planet is hardly a speck of ...

629. Adopted

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... be adopted. It still is a special thing to be adopted today. A little girl came home from school one day very sad. Her mother, sensing that something was wrong, tried to find out what the problem was. At first the little girl didn’t want to talk about it but ... who died was my only child, and I now want to share my life with you and leave my riches to you. This may not make sense to you or anyone else, but I believe you are worth the offer. I have arranged matters so that if you will receive my offer of ...

630. Aroma of Christ Church

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . Maybe it’s the seaweedy smell of the beach. Whatever the odor, it is officious — meaning, it is “large and in charge.” It teleports you back to a particular place and a particular time. Each of us has memory smells. Our sense of smell is the physical sense most associated with memory. Smells, more than sounds, more than sights, more than touches, transport our minds and bodies back in time to an imprinted memory. Garlic brings you back to your grandmother’s kitchen. A wet woolen smell brings you ...

631. Proper 23

2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c, Psalm 66:1-20, Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, Luke 17:11-19, 2 Timothy 2:8-15

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... on human equality and mutuality, it is difficult to lift first-century Paul from the letter to Timothy and make sense of its concern with the placement of men and women in worship. Likewise, though the communications between Solomon and Hiram ... you”? Another approach with the texts is to ask: What do twenty-first-century people do with scriptures that make little sense in the post-modern world? Another question is: Where might modern Christians turn for inspiration if not the Bible? Contemporary Affirmation ...

632. Proper 24

Genesis 32:22-32, Psalm 119:97-104, Jeremiah 31-27-34, Luke 18:1-8, 2 Timothy 3:14--4:5

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... Psalm 119:103 — God’s instruction is sweeter than honey — can give way with an extension of the Psalm 119 reading and conclude with another metaphor: God’s Word is a lamp to guide us and a light for our paths. God does appeal to all our senses! Contemporary Affirmation We recognize God’s creative imagination as we look up, around, and down; we recognize God’s love as we talk with and care for others; we recognize God’s presence as we pay attention to our daily tasks. We know Jesus of Nazareth ...

633. A Glimpse of Glory

Revelation 21:10-22 - 22:5

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... for the future empty and meaningless. Such questions about the nature of heaven are more than just expressions of our curiosity. They are reflections of a much deeper anxiety, something that touches each of us in a very personal way. Such questions take on a special sense of urgency not only because we are concerned abut the destiny of our departed loved ones (Has God abandoned them? Are they in misery or ecstasy or somewhere in between? Do they have a future?), but also because we are anxious about our own ...

634. The Assurance of Things Hoped For

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... 's house to the land that I will show you." Abraham set out into an uncertain future. He went in obedience, in trust, in a sense of adventure. The Abraham story raises an important question for us. Can our faith grow if we are too comfortable? Do we not have to ... we are still hoping. When we wrestle in our heads with what we believe and step out in faith, our hearts will follow. The sense of trust can begin to grow. If we hang in there and wrestle with our faith until we have strengthened our faith, until we ...

635. Going Home

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Argile Smith

... . From his perch on the mountain, Moses got to see the land that God would give to his people. First Moses looked north, then west, and finally south in order to take in all of what God planned to give the children of Israel. Moses must have felt a sense of accomplishment as he soaked in what God showed him. Some people would say that Moses probably felt that God cheated him out of the joy of crossing over with the people into the land. After all, he had poured out his life in leading them across the desert ...

636. Good News about Sparrows

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... never abandon our children, so God will never abandon us. Such an awareness of the unconditional love of God should give us an enormous sense of freedom about living our lives. We should be able to live joyfully and peacefully, as if we had not a care in the ... says the old proverb and, of course, that’s true. You can’t put a price on love, health or friendship. However, there is a sense in which you can earn them. To have a friend, it’s said, be a friend. Health is not attained by being a couch potato. ...

637. TGFGF - Good Friday

John 18:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... . That is certainly what Christ’s disciples did on that Friday they mourned. Some sources say that originally the word “good” had a secondary meaning. It meant “pious” or “holy.” We could be celebrating Holy Friday if our language had evolved accordingly. Certainly that makes sense. It is among the holiest of days of the year to followers of Christ, for it commemorates the day that Christ lay down his life in our behalf. As it is, I guess we are stuck with the name Good Friday, and we could ...

638. While It Was Still Dark

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... George kept close to him following her death was a love note that always encouraged him. The note said: “Never place a period where God has placed a comma.” (4) “Never place a period where God has placed a comma.” Such a sentiment makes no sense without Easter. Without Easter there is no concrete evidence of life beyond the grave. This is what most bothers many people who demand scientific evidence. There is no such thing with concern to life beyond the grave. Oh, we can infer evidence. For example ...

639. Table Manners

John 2:12-25

Sermon

Craig MacCreary

... doing your own thing, twelve ways to make chicken soup of the mind. Yet, our work is taking up the cross, of putting our lives on the table for God’s work, joining in the task of making sure all can come to God’s table — tabling, in the American sense, our own grand designs in order that God’s plan for us to grow in God’s wisdom and stature will serve up the meal that will satisfy our deepest hungers. John 2:13-22 The gospels invariably bring us to the moment when the table that is prepared for ...

640. Getting to a Teachable Moment

Mark 15:1-15

Sermon

Craig MacCreary

... of fact, in many ways the teachers whose voices still speak in my life had in their own way understood and preached the message of the prophet. As much as they prepared me for the world that was, they prepared me for the world to come. They radiated out a sense that I would be overcome by a joy that would lead me home. It could happen in a novel, a piece of music, a painting, in a moment of surpassing curiosity staring at the night sky. It might come in a moment when beyond all that divides I could discover ...

641. Paradise Lost

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... This fall is recorded in the third chapter of Genesis. It is one of the most important chapters in the entire Bible. If you don’t understand this chapter the rest of the Bible doesn’t make any sense. Human history doesn’t make any sense, life doesn’t make any sense, and this world doesn’t make any sense. We are in the second part of a series we introduced last week that we are calling, “The Story.” Simply put the Bible is a story. It is a relatively simple story. It has basically four chapters ...

642. An Extraordinary Wedding Gift

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the opposite direction. Or imagine that one of you had skin cancer and came to me and asked me to pray for you and I were to tell you to go show yourself to another pastor down the road? That’s sort of what Jesus did. Would that makes sense to you? Or imagine there is a crowd with more than ten thousand people to feed; five thousand of that number were men alone (and we know about men and their appetites), and he says to you, “Go feed them with these five barley loaves and two fish.” You would ...

Ain’t no sense worrying about things you got control over, because if you got control over them, ain’t no sense worrying. And there ain’t no sense worrying about things you got no control over either, because if you got no control over them, ain’t no sense worrying.

Mickey Rivers

644. The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost

Acts 2:1-13

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... the covenant was established (see notes on v. 6). 2:2–4 What happened at this Pentecost marked the beginning of the church. There were, of course, many believers before this, but only now were they constituted as the “body of Christ.” “In the full sense of the Church in vigorous life, redeemed by the cross of Christ, invigorated by the divine power, set forth on the path of work and worship, the Church certainly did not come into existence until the day of Pentecost” (L. L. Morris, Spirit of the ...

645. The Believers Share Their Possessions

Acts 4:32-37

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... can be understood, as in 2:47, of the favor (the Greek word charis can mean “favor” or “grace”) in which they were held by the people. It is better, however, following NIV, to understand it of God’s grace (cf. 6:8; Luke 2:40). This gives better sense to the connection expressed in the Greek (not shown in NIV) between this and the following verse, namely, that the absence of need among the believers (v. 34) was evidence of the constraint of God’s grace upon them (cf. 2 Cor. 5:14). 4:34–35 The ...

646. Simon the Sorcerer

Acts 8:9-25

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... of Cyprus named Atomos, who was attached to the court of Felix at Caesarea. The magi of Acts and Josephus were Jews or Samaritans. This makes it clear that the term was by no means confined to Persians but had come to indicate a “profession.” In this sense Philo speaks highly of the magi for their research into the facts of nature (the “true magic,” he calls it; see Every Good Man Is Free 74 and On the Special Laws 100). A similar appreciation of the magi is found in Cicero (De Divinatione 1.91 ...

647. Saul in Damascus and Jerusalem

Acts 9:19b-31

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... extension, of the eschatological king, the Messiah (Enoch 105:2; 4 Ezra 7:28, 29; 13:32, 37, 52; 14:9). It was at least in this sense that Paul called Jesus Son of God (see v. 22 and note on 11:20), but in view of his recent experience, he may not have ... the Greek language and culture; but see disc. on 22:2). 9:31 Luke brings the section to a close (and in a broader sense, the whole narrative that had its beginning in the story of Stephen) with a brief statement concerning the state of the church (see disc. ...

648. On Cyprus

Acts 13:4-12

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... nature of a warning. Meanwhile, the miracle served the further purpose of demonstrating the power of the gospel. When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed (v. 12), though what he believed we are not told. It may have been in Jesus as Lord in the Christian sense, or it may only have been in the reality of the divine power that had now been displayed (cf. 8:18ff.). Luke says nothing of his being baptized, which is surprising in such a case. The reference to Paul’s name in verse 9 should be noted ...

649. Paul and Silas In Prison

Acts 16:16-40

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... :42). The jailer’s intention was probably to avoid the disgrace of a far worse death than by his own sword. One would expect him to have looked into the cells before he took this extreme course, but the shock of the earthquake may have temporarily robbed him of his senses. 16:28–29 The light by which the jailer saw that the doors were open was enough for Paul to see what he was about to do (or else he guessed it by what he heard) and also, perhaps, to assess the situation inside the jail. So he called ...

650. The Shipwreck

Acts 27:27-44

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... ship rode at anchor. At the same time, the foresail (the meaning of the Greek word is doubtful, but this gives the best sense; see disc. on v. 17), which had been furled overnight, was raised to give the ship steerage, and so they headed for the ... of the waves would have caused the stern to break up. Some texts, indeed, omit the reference to the waves and so give this sense to the verse. The imperfect tense could be rendered “began to break up.” 27:42–44 With the ship doomed, the soldiers were all for ...

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