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626. Why Do We Ignore Warning Signs?

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... to execute Jesus was inevitable. From the very beginning Jesus said, "For this people's heart has grown dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; so that they might not look with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn -- and I would heal them" (Matthew 13:15). Nevertheless, Jesus keeps trying to get through to them, to warn them, to get them to turn their lives around so that he can heal them. What is it about people anyway? Why do ...

627. I Am Making All Things New (Including You)

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... 't know him"? When the cock crowed, Peter remembered that Jesus had said that it would happen just like this. But Peter, we understand that you didn't know what you were doing when you betrayed your best friend, the best friend a man could ever have. ... crucified you. My sins put you there...not the Romans, not the Jewish authorities, but my sins put you there. "Yes, son. Yes, daughter. Now you understand. All of this is for you, as if there were only you. That's how much I love you. That's how much I care. I ...

628. Those Who Mourn

Sermon

John A. Terry

... about that loss. They did not know how to mourn, and so I was called in to help them do so. Many of them had been at that hospital for months, but secular treatment had not been able to adequately help them deal with their grief. Understanding and calling on the promise of God is necessary to receive the needed comfort. A short time later at another adolescent treatment center on the other side of the city, a teenage patient committed suicide. This is an excellent hospital with highly trained psychiatrists ...

629. The Peacemakers

Sermon

John A. Terry

... laws of the Kingdom of God and it has not come yet!" The courageous young man answered, "Sir, I recognize that it has not come for you, nor yet for Russia, nor for the world. But it has come for me." And so we are called to living by an understanding and an ethical imperative that Jesus set apart in these beatitudes. I was born during World War II. About that time a columnist in Chicago told of a London taxi driver by the name of Herbert Hodge who had come to Chicago for a visit. This man had suffered and ...

630. Death Shall Be No More

Isaiah 25:1-12

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... But your dad has just died and is being buried, surely you don't plan to play today?" "Coach," the boy replied, "you don't understand. My dad was blind and this will be the first time he's been able to watch me play." That's faith. There is, of ... in that profound experience, I realized that life beyond the grave is not only real, but tangible in a new way, one I could not truly understand as yet. But I felt, I knew, she was happy. I left that place as a man set free. Though grief would still be my companion ...

631. Double Image

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

William G. Carter

... many possible wrong turns. We want our kids to learn some positive values, and the church seemed like a place where they can learn them. We want to join the church because the church is one place that teaches good values." Most young parents understand his concern. We have come through a period of about thirty years where many voices in our culture have attempted to be value-free. Child psychologists have told parents, "Don't burden your children with your moral opinions. They have to decide for themselves ...

632. He Shepherds Us!

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... sees the wolves coming also. He is conscious of what attacks are made on our lives. He is aware of the problems that we have to face. He knows what we must endure. He is alert to the many difficulties that we must face. That is important for us to understand. What Jesus makes clear about his claim to power is that he so completely identifies with our problems that he is perfectly willing to lay down his life for us. What makes Jesus so sensitive to what we must endure is that he had the same enemies and the ...

633. Called out of Death

John 11:17-37

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

... Lazarus' tomb and know Jesus sets us free, as he unbinds us forever from the wrappings of death. Now the dawning light of your eternal kingdom breaks upon us, calling us out of this world's tombs. Now the glory of Christ shines brightly on our understanding, as we see the awful price he paid to save our lives. Now we dance the thankful joy of Lazarus, as we sing our Savior's name outside others' tombs, proclaiming life to those still sealed in death. Amen. Commissioning and Blessing Leader: "Take away the ...

634. Those Who Mourn

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

John A. Terry

635. The Peacemakers

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

John A. Terry

636. The Servant of All's Second Prediction

Mark 9:14-32, Mark 9:33-37

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... story in light of Mark's greater story, when we practice narrative analogy, we open up all kinds of possibilities for preaching. A sermon on faith and unbelief could easily arise out of our reading. In today's text the disciples continue to be afraid; they fail to understand. That raises before us the many texts in Mark which talk about faith or fear as the basic response to Jesus. The nuanced story in Mark 9:14-29 opens up another way of talking about our human response to Jesus. It might be that we are ...

637. Calming the Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... heart, it is I; do not be afraid" (6:50). Surely by now the disciples will catch on. Maybe the next verse will tell us that they finally put their fears behind them and came to faith. No such luck! "And they were utterly astounded, for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened" (6:51-52). They still don't get it. Their hearts are impervious. Their hearts are hardened; they are the rocky soil! The third boat scene (Mark 8:14-21) is even more astonishing. It is a story set up by ...

638. Path To A New Life

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... in a new realm!" But this great ruler of the people was so mired in the patterns of sunup to sundown that he didn't understand. "Jesus, look at the size of me? How can I be born again?" You can see Jesus shake his head in disbelief. God has created ... to Christ's leading in ways that you never have before. Perhaps now is a moment when you are "born again," as you choose to understand that phrase. If this is that moment, I invite you to mark this moment in your mind and heart. Perhaps the marking will all be ...

639. Investing God's Gift

Luke 19:11-27

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... it ought to be. Or perhaps we're about to perform a familiar act, and somehow, we just can't do it, and we can't understand why. We keep trying and the more we try the more frustrated we become. Sometimes the frustration becomes so great that we even wake up. Reading ... used this material with great care and it is by paying attention to how he has used it that we may come to understand some of the meanings. The story of the nobleman who went away to receive a royal commission may have been inspired by an ...

640. Show Us The Father

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Alexander H. Wales

... he was the way that he would prove to be. I also didn't realize how upset Jesus was that we were all being so dense in understanding what he was telling us. "When I asked him to show us the Father, I was just trying to tell him how hard it was for ... through me. If you ask for anything in my name, I will do it.' "Looking back, I can't believe how dense I was. I didn't understand what he was saying to us. Here was Jesus telling us plainly that he was the chosen one, and we thought we understood that. Why, we ...

641. Number One Mother

Genesis 2:4-25

Drama

Dr. Raymond Bailey

... stupid, at times, because I didn't have much to say. She sort of figured that was because I didn't know anything worth talking about. Truth is, I didn't exactly go "gaw-gaw" about sunsets, the moon, butterflies, and flowers. In time, we came to understand that we were just different from each other. And in time, we came to love that difference. Actually, right from the beginning, I was grateful to God for her. The Bible records my words when I first saw her. I burst right into song, singing, "This one at ...

642. I Found It!

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

Carl B. Rife

... that will make all the difference in life, the one thing that I have found unique about the Jewish and Christian traditions is that the understanding of God is of a God who is a seeking God, a God who is like the shepherd who goes out looking for the lost ... who has already moved toward us. To let go and to let God. My younger son is trying to learn how to swim and he cannot understand how you can float on water. The interesting thing about floating is that it is an act of faith. That water will hold you up if ...

643. Are You Convinced?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Larry Powell

... to especially stand by those who are weak in body and spirit who could be doing better." The doctor replied: "Kenneth, I'll have to tell you how much I've been forgiven. If you know what the grace of God had done in my own life, then you could understand why I am able to mean a little bit to many people." Shamblin concluded from that conversation that "every person who ever lived stands in the presence of both guilt and grace, and we have to choose which one we want to use and live with. One means ruin and ...

644. Preaching the Miracles of Jesus

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... see pictures of a car wreck, we say, "It was a miracle all were not killed." A wife sent a friendship card to her husband with the message, "You love me! Will miracles never cease?" Every day we experience miracles. They are miracles because we cannot understand or explain them. For many a computer is a miracle of information. Can a cook explain the miracle of a microwave oven which heats the food without heating the oven? Is it not a miracle that on television a conference can be held with one participant ...

645. Preaching the Miracles of Jesus

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

646. The Love Of Evil

Psalm 52:1-9

Sermon

Erskine White

... change their ways with a humble and contrite heart. Most of all, dear God, we give thanks for Your Son, Jesus, who gives us new hope and new life by His sacrifice upon the Cross and His victory over the grave. Put in our hearts this Lenten season a better understanding of Your glory, that we may better know our sin. Make more clear to our consciences the ways of good and evil and put in our hearts a greater love of what is good. Lead us in the paths of reflection and renewal in the weeks ahead, that we may ...

647. Who Is Your King?

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Erskine White

... : Jesus the political power player, Jesus the supreme political realist, Jesus the formidable political adversary. This is the Jesus who comes to the fore during Holy Week, from Palm Sunday to Easter. Indeed, we can’t understand the dramatic events of this final week of Jesus’ life without understanding Him in this way. Even before He approaches Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, we see that Jesus is not simply leading a harmless handful of rag-tag followers through the countryside. Jesus has a well disciplined ...

648. For of Such is the Kingdom of Heaven

Matthew 19:13-15

Sermon

Charles L. Koester

... - loved and understood by Jesus our Lord. ______, inheritor of eternal life lives in the Father's house. He lives in God's presence with more life than you and I who still remain in these mortal bodies. ______________ lives with new life, new dimension, new understanding. For of such, children, promised our Lord, is the kingdom of Heaven. "Do not forbid their coming to me" he said, God our Father wants you who grieve to realize that! Jesus said it to us; "Do not forbid their coming to me." _______ is loved ...

649. Overcoming The Blues

1 Kings 19:1-8

Sermon

Robert Allen

... it. If locusts came and devoured the crops in the field, they believed God sent the locusts. If something good happened, that was due to God. They believed that whatever happened, it was the will of God. They were mistaken in their understanding of God. They were wrong in their understanding of God because God does not try to control everything. A god who tried to control and manipulate everything would be a little god, not a great god. A parent who tries to control every thought and action of his or her ...

650. Why Did Jesus Have To Die?

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... then, was to satisfy the law's demands by the sacrifice of his Son. This is what the cross is all about. This is why Jesus had to die. In some cases, Jesus' sacarifice was paid to God, to his word of law in creation. (In this sense, this understanding of Christ's death embraces the biblical images which reinforce the first view of Christ's death that we noted.) However, the way that the law and creation were functioning was not what God wanted. In a sense they were God's enemy - out of control - had been co ...

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