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651. Kintsugi Vessels

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of it.” That the Corinthian’s are Christ’s body is not a metaphor for Paul. It is their reality. It is their baptismal birthright. Paul concludes all this “body-talk” by once again revisiting the issue of the hierarchy of gifts. The “list” in v.28 introduces some new “charisms,” and reiterates some that have already been itemized. Yet, the “first,” “second,” and “third” rankings Paul begins enumerating here are not so much about an authoritative pecking order as it is about ...

652. Just Checking

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the appearance of Jesus, the “bright morning star,” is a transforming illumination offered for all people. The universal nature of the invitation in v.17 is clear: “And let everyone who is thirsty come, Let anyone who wishes to take the water of life as a gift.” The Lord invited Adam and Eve to “eat” of all that was offered in Eden. The Ascended Christ now affirms that all are invited to drink at the fountain of redemption so that they may once again be connected to the fullness of God’s love ...

653. Waiting for Christmas

James 5:7-12

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... of Advent knowing that Christmas will soon be here. Children have made their Christmas wish lists of all the wonderful things they desire. Some might have had long lists while others might have subtracted an item or two, still others might have added a few more gifts during the past weeks. We have heard people ask, “What do you want for Christmas?” Most of us, young and old alike, have no problem sharing our wish list with anyone who asks. On our mad rush to Christmas we pause and ask ourselves two very ...

654. The Christian's Royal Jelly

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... criticism lashes out at you, red in tooth and claw, did you keep it red, but red in forgiveness and compassion and royal jelly? When was the last time you shared the special sauce of Jesus Christ, and affirmed to someone that because of God’s gift of Christ to the world, there are no insurmountable obstacles, no bottomless pits, no dead ends. Christ came for all the hungry sparrows, pathetically picking at the edges of a culture that was for them a closed bag of goodies. The poor, the sick, the outcasts ...

655. In the Mood for Murder

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... not to bite, but I did not tell you not to hiss.” (3) We need to know that it is all right to hiss when we are being abused or taken advantage of. We need to express our anger in the face of evil. Remember that even anger is a gift from God. It can be a great motivating force in life. Martin Luther once said, “When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.” Channing Pollock once said, “Men and motorcars progress by a series of internal explosions.” Anger is only our enemy when we let it get ...

656. Building a New Team

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... deal with a transformed heart. It is a Suzerain-Vassal covenant that is being crafted here in chapter 17. God promises land and blessings and descendents, but God also calls Abram to respond with faith and fealty. Abram is not merely the target of a nice gift; now he is called to share the mind and the mission of the Maker. God declares name changes for Abram and Sarai, and also requires the act of circumcision which will publicly mark all the males of the family as “owned” by God. The outcome to this ...

657. The Big "W"

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... us” with their presence and their acceptance of what we offer to them. Did you come to worship this morning as a “scarf hound” or as a “spoiled dog”? Are you here because your soul trusts in God’s providence and presence, and hungers for the divine gift of being able to draw near to God? Or are you here because you are doing God a “favor” by showing up? Do you somehow imagine that God needs your presence and the witness of your worship in order to validate God’s divinity? In this week’s ...

658. The King Born in a Manger

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... Judea. The King of Kings born in a lowly stable, lying in a manger, a trough where animals fed. And who were the first to pay him homage? According to Luke’s Gospel, it was a group of lowly shepherds. Matthew tells of magi bringing Christ gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. We include the magi in our nativity scenes, but they came later, when the holy family was finally in a house. The first visitors were the shepherds. What’s so extraordinary about that? It’s easy to romanticize shepherding. King ...

659. The Word Became Flesh

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... , more light.” There is so little that any of us, including Goethe, really understand about life. Apart from Christ this is a dark world. Thank God that in this dark world a light shines. But it is not more knowledge that the world needs. It’s not tinsel or gifts or parties or even carols that mean Christmas. It is a person. A light shines in the darkness. The Word becomes flesh. A babe is born in Bethlehem. He is our light. He is our hope. He is our peace. That is the first thing John tells us about ...

660. Final Instructions

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... Do not treat prophecies with contempt: If 1 Corinthians is any guide, it may not have been unusual to find men and women exercising the gift of prophecy during a worship service (see 1 Cor. 11:4f.; 14:29; cf. also Acts 13:1). But besides these, others, such as the “prophets” ... referred to in the list of charismata (1 Cor. 12:28f.; Eph. 4:11; cf. Eph. 2:20; 3:5), exercised this gift more widely. To this group belonged Agabus and the others mentioned in Acts 11:27 (cf. also Acts 21:10). In their ...

661. Blemished Sacrifices and Admonition for the Priests

Malachi 1:6-14, Malachi 2:1-9

Understanding Series

Pamela J. Scalise

... who are Levites, as set forth in the law (e.g., Deut. 17:8–13; 18:1–8; Num. 18). The ideal priest revered the Lord and stood in awe of the Lord’s name, for God had kept covenant by giving him life and peace—the best gifts of God to humankind, gifts no one else can bestow. 2:6–9 A comparison of the indictment of Malachi’s priestly audience (v. 8) with the description of the ideal priest (vv. 6–7) reveals the profound hurt they had caused by depriving Israel of true priestly ministry. Instead of ...

662. God’s Love and Ours

1 John 4:7-21, 1 John 5:1-12

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... true and make good sense in the present context. God’s love, not human love, is the model of authentic love (v. 10), and God’s gift of his only Son is an extreme act of love. God so loved us, both as to manner and as to intensity. This verse closely resembles ... John 17:3 describes it as “that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” It is a gift from God (also from Jesus, John 10:28; 17:2); in fact, v. 11 speaks of it as given (edōken, aorist) at a definite time ...

663. Love the Lord Your God

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... to keep God’s commands. Thus the negative do nots of the previous verses are replaced by the positive Do . . . of verse 18. There is no thought here of Israel earning possession of the land by doing what is right and good; rather, the land-gift was entirely grounded in the ancestral promise (v. 18b), and given so that it may go well with you. Possession without blessing would be worthless, and the driving out of their enemies would be a mere prologue to their own evacuation (8:19f.). These verses echo ...

664. Do Not Forget the Lord

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... not on the bread only does (or shall) humanity (ʾādām) live, but on everything that goes forth from the mouth of Yahweh does (or shall) humanity live.” This familiar saying is not negating bread and its importance (elsewhere the OT rejoices in bread as a fundamental gift of God, cf. v. 9). Moses knew as well as we do that human beings do live on bread. It does not quite get to the heart of the verse, either, to say that it contrasts human self-sufficiency with total dependence on God (this is closer to ...

665. The Focus of Christian Worship

1 Corinthians 14:26-40, 1 Corinthians 14:1-25

Teach the Text

Preben Vang

... no minor matter. The warning recalls Jesus’s words in Matthew 7:22–23. 14:39–40 be eager to prophesy . . . in a fitting and orderly way. In a final concluding remark, Paul reiterates the primacy of prophecy over tongues and reminds objectors that both are gifts from God’s Spirit designed to empower the church as Christ’s body (14:1). The key to safeguarding against self-indulgence is order, although order without passion fails to build up Christ’s body (1 Thess. 5:19–21; Eph. 4:30). In the ...

666. Daniel’s Training in Babylon

Daniel 1:1-21

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... vegetarian diet would not necessarily have helped. Some believe that Daniel refused the fine food in order to maintain his independence, in effect saying his allegiance was to God, not the king. This is not very convincing. While in one passage he did seem to reject promotions and gifts (5:17), it turns out that he later accepted them (5:29; see also 2:48). Furthermore, he did not seem to object to being in the service of the king. In fact, one point of the stories in Daniel 1–6 is that faithful Jews can ...

667. Faith in the Son of God

1 John 5:1-12, 1 John 4:7-21

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

668. Something is About to Happen!

John 1:1-14

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... for a Red Rider BB gun, you have done everything in your power to influence, connive, and manipulate your parents to get you that one gift that is essential to your health and growth as a human being. And if you don’t get it, your parents will just have ... of cute.” Selzer says, “All of a sudden I know who he is. I know who he really is. He is a revelation of God. He is a gift from God. He bends to kiss her twisted mouth. And I am so close that I can see how he twists his own lips to accommodate hers to ...

669. Playing Golf at Midnight

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... focus and beautiful beyond anything I could have dreamed . . . . I cannot think of another act of human kindness in my lifetime which can compare with his.” (4) Bartimaeus would have known how young James felt. His world was totally dark when Jesus gave him the gift of sight. This is why he became a follower of Jesus. Listen to the last few words of this story: “Jesus said to him, ‘Go your way. Your faith has made you well.’ and immediately [Bartimaeus] received his sight and followed him on the way ...

670. The Surrogate

Matthew 1:1-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... then an heir through God.” Galatians 4:4-7 The day of First Fruits (Barley Harvest) is also called the Day of the Great Oath. It was the day that Boaz made an oath to Ruth, and when God’s oath to harvest all people was proven by the gift of grain, his “arrabon” of hope. BATHSHEBA The story of Bathsheba seems at first not to fit into the pattern that Tamar, Rahab, and Ruth do. King David sees Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, one of David’s men in battle, coming out of the mikveh (ritual ...

671. The Good Catch

Matthew 17:24-27

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... community of faith which speaks to our identity. This is what it means to live in a real world, and in a community of others. Jesus wanted to teach Peter a lesson that day –that no matter who you are, how special you are, how entitled to good things, how gifted, how much status you have in God’s eyes—we are all equal members of an earthly community that we want and desire to remain a part of. So “pay up!” No big deal! The interesting part of the story that make us all smile a bit is that Jesus ...

672. The Plank

Matthew 5:38-48; 7:1-6

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... another become the child of God he or she was meant to be. And remember this: the greatest impact your life will have on someone, you probably will never know. Like that no-name Salvation Army officer, you will probably never know the long-term impact one little gift of grace will bring to this world. And you don’t need to. All you need to do is be faithful and diligent in your service, and God will take care of the rest. Go. Love. Help Others. A simple message with big results. Blessings and peace be ...

673. The Promise of Prayer

Luke 1:5-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... know, the guy or gal who always “by mistake” blurts out the news about the “surprise party” planned for your friends. Or the one who gives away what’s inside of the large box with too many unsubtle hints. Or the one who deliberately guesses the gift you got and ruins your surprise. Or what about the smart aleck older kids who snidely remark about the identity of the one and only Santa Claus right in front of your toddler! The Blabber is less interested in honoring you or the occasion than wanting ...

674. Job and the Mind Storm

Job 42:7-17, Job 42:1-6, Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... secure, but that kind of belief system leaves no room for God and God’s grace in it! It’s all about us. Those who have faith must lay thinking aside and rely on the heart. We must trust in a God bigger and stronger and wiser than ourselves to gift us with the abundance we dream of. We must let go of the desire to control our own destiny and achieve our own outcomes. We must rely on the providence of God. Faith leaves no room for overthinkers. And yet, most of us overthink at one time or another. Humans ...

675. What's Your Superpower?

Luke 24:36-49, Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... that they will be infused with the power of the Holy Spirit, and that power will enable them to do the kind of miraculous ministry that God has in mind for them. If they were to go out simply on their own devices or rely on their own unique gifts, their ministry would fail, or at least, they would not be able to turn the heads of those in their own culture and beyond. For the superhuman mission they’ve been given by Jesus requires a superhuman power to complete it, a Holy Spirit power. So, the disciples ...

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