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676. Like None Other

Acts 2:14a, 36-41

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , and a voice says, "This is my daughter, my son, in whom I delight." He says that to everybody. Maybe that is why Jesus commanded us to go out into the world and baptize everybody. Not only for the repentance of sin, but also because it is a time of adoption, a time of entering a covenant with God. Jesus did not go to John the Baptist for baptism because of his sin. He was sinless. He was without sin. But he went anyway, undoubtedly led there by the Spirit, so that God could use what John was doing to ...

677. The Cathedral Within

II Corinthians 9:6-15

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , they should already have known this from Moses and the prophets." Scrooge, the rich man, who also knows the prophetic message about justice for the poor, nevertheless is visited by a man come back from the dead. And he repents. He becomes a philanthropist, and adopts Marley's creed, "Mankind was my business." There is a man in our time who has heard this message, and is enjoying remarkable success in spreading the word. His name is BillShore. He's only 43 years old. He had a career in politics, working ...

678. The Heart Has Eyes

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... crucified Christ. But in the Eastern churches, the Eastern Orthodox churches, such as Ephesus, to where this letter was addressed, it is the victorious Christ in heaven that you will see. Back in 988, Vladimir I, the pagan king of old Russia, wanted to adopt a religion for his people. He sent envoys to visit Judaism, and Islam, and Christianity. In those days Christianity had already split into West and East, so he sent two emissaries to Christianity. One went to the Western church, the Roman church, as it ...

679. The Lonesome Valley

Matthew 21:1-11; 26:36-46, 69-27:1,15-26

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... says to the boss, "If it's any comfort, it's lonely at the bottom too." Life is difficult for everyone. Someone explained to me once why they don't like Lent. They said, "I'm not into suffering." I like that. Like it's optional. Like it's an adopted lifestyle. Well Jesus was not into suffering either. You remember he prayed, "Let this cup pass from me." But when the time came for him to go on "The Hero's Quest," the text says, "He set his face steadfastly for Jerusalem." The truth is, he didn't have to ...

680. Two Christmas Dinners

Luke 21:3-4

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Matthew Powell

... provide you with a dinner that should make your physical being accord with the mental. Storyteller 2: The old gentleman, apparently, had no relatives of his own. He lived alone in rented rooms in one of the old brownstone buildings. Storyteller 1: He had adopted Pete as his Christmas family and tradition. Snuffy: (To Mr. Cabot) Oh, you really shouldn't, Mr. Cabot. Mr. Cabot: I insist. Isn't that what Christmas is all about, giving to our fellow man? Snuffy: (To audience) The old gentleman's eyes are always ...

681. Christmas 1

Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Colossians 3:1-17, Colossians 3:18-4:1, Galatians 3:15-25, Hebrews 2:5-18, Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

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John R. Brokhoff

... Christ come into your life? When Paul preached to Felix, it was not a convenient time for Felix to embrace Christianity. Paul kept urging, "Now is the acceptable time." Outline: When is the right time - a. To be freed from the curse of the law? - v. 4. b. To be adopted as a son of God? - v. 5. 2. What Does Christmas Have To Do With Me? 4:6-7 Need: So God sent his Son to the world as a baby? That was about 2,000 years ago. What does that have to do with me? Of course, Christmas did ...

682. Lent 5

John 11:1-16, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Romans 8:1-17, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44

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John R. Brokhoff

... , earthly life. It is the life of the flesh which results in sin and death. There is possibly another life, one with God lived in faith. This life is a product of the Spirit received at baptism. Through baptism a person is born again in the Spirit, adopted as the child of God, and now lives in the Spirit of righteousness. The new person knows he is related to God, because the Spirit witnesses to our spirits that we are God's offspring. Epistle: Romans 8:6-11 1. The corporateness of humanity. Paul teaches ...

683. Easter 7

John 17:1-11, Acts 1:6-14, 1 Peter 4:12-19; 5:6-11, Psalm 68

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John R. Brokhoff

... (v. 5). Jesus refers to his prior existence with the Father. He is about to leave the earth to resume his position of power and glory. This involves the incarnation - Jesus' leaving the Father in heaven to take the form of man. Accordingly, Jesus was never adopted at any one point in his earthly life, but God was in him from the manger to the tomb. 4. Unity (vv. 10, 11). Jesus stresses the oneness of the Father and himself. This oneness includes the disciples. As the Son is one with the Father, the ...

684. Proper 8

Genesis 22:1-19, 2 Kings 4:8-37, Romans 6:1-14, Romans 6:15-23, Matthew 10:1-42

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John R. Brokhoff

... , the most precious possession was his only natural son, Isaac, whom he loved and through whom God promised to bless Abraham as a nation as large as the sands on the shore. Not everyone today feels this way about their child. Parents can give up a child for adoption, abandon it, abuse it, kill it, or rent and sell it for immoral purposes. If it is not your own child, what is most precious to you? Do you have enough faith to sacrifice it in obedience to God? It is a soul-searching sermon. Outline: When no ...

685. Proper 16

Matthew 16:13-20, Romans 11:33-36, Romans 12:1-8, Isaiah 51:1-16, Exodus 2:1-10, Exodus 1:1-22

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John R. Brokhoff

... 8-2:10 The birth of Moses. The story of the Patriarchs ended with Joseph's bringing the Hebrews to Egypt. In due time they multiplied until they became a threat to the Egyptians. The story of the Exodus begins with the birth of Moses who was adopted by Pharaoh's daughter. The next ten readings will take us from Moses' birth, to the release from Egypt, to the wilderness wanderings for forty years, to Moses' death. Old Testament: Isaiah 22:19-23 Worthy and unworthy leaders. Old Testament: Isaiah 51:1-6 Yahweh ...

686. Proper 19

Exodus 13:17--14:31, Romans 14:1--15:13, Matthew 18:21-35

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John R. Brokhoff

... . Whose We Are (14:8-9). Need: In a day when we are concerned about who we are, we need to find the answer in whose we are. Paul, in the text, tells us whose we are - "we are the Lord's." We belong to God through Christ. We are adopted children of God, members of God's kingdom. Each Christian can say, "I am a child of God because I belong to God." But how is this so? How does this happen? Am I a child of God by virtue of being born a human being? This sermon is designed ...

687. Proper 28

Judges 4:1-24, Matthew 25:14-30, Zephaniah 1:4-13, Zephaniah 1:14--2:3

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John R. Brokhoff

... in them. 3. Hope (v. 8). Is salvation a fact or a future hope? The question comes to mind because Paul referred to "the hope of salvation." This phrase reminds us of the future dimension of salvation. By justification we have been saved, for we have been adopted by grace as sons of God. Yet, we are in the process of salvation as Paul wrote, "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for God is at work in you ..." (Philippians 2:12, 13). Perfect salvation is a future event, for full salvation is ...

688. All Saints Day

Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 3:1-3, Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... God in the fact that God calls us his children. Behind God's considering us his children is the price paid on the cross to make us his children. In Christ, God paid for our sins and thus we are acceptable to him. On the basis of the cross, God adopted us as his children. Why would God do this? Are we worthy of his sacrifice? It is a matter of pure, undeserved grace. 2. Day (v. 12). The "day" is associated with Christ's return. Jesus said he was the light of the world. With him comes the light of ...

689. The Garden Is Doing Fine?

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... stand. And we stand when we should run! Conclusion I love the minutes of the local garden club published in the weekly news. "The day lilies we planted around the courthouse all died for the third straight year. The club voted to replant the lilies and also to adopt as our club motto, 'To dream the impossible dream!' " Hey! In the midst of so much chaos and poor response to the gospel in our world and churches today, let's remember the four soils and how Jesus said it would be like this! Let's also remember ...

690. Supper's Ready!

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... no thanks!" Yet, Jesus said, "I have come that you might have life and have it more abundantly" (John 10:10). He didn't come to take the life out of the party, he came to put life in the party. When I was a student in college, my hall adopted a stray dog as a mascot. One winter this mangy, undernourished mutt wandered into the dorm seeking warmth. The fellows on the hall immediately loved that animal and sought to help him. Can you imagine what went on in that dog's brain as the fellows washed him in the ...

691. A Life Well Lived

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

King Duncan

... our sins and use them to God’s glory. Paul is an excellent example. Paul had been the picture of intolerance, filled with self-righteousness and hatred toward others. Maybe that is why, in his new life in Christ, he was so eager to ensure that his newly adopted faith was as free from intolerance as possible. That’s the way it works sometimes. The person who has been a slave to drugs and alcohol, for example, is the best person to reach out to others who are similarly enslaved and show them a better way ...

692. Three Ways to Know a Saint

Sermon

King Duncan

... would abandon their church 23% would become prostitutes for a week or more 16% would give up their American citizenship 16% would leave their spouses 10% would withhold testimony and let a murderer go free 7% would kill a stranger 3% would put their children up for adoption. (3) There is a fierce battle going on for America’s soul, and it’s not between left and right or black and white. It’s between the worship of mammon and God. We’re in love with things, and those things are becoming a substitute ...

693. Los Posadas

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... birth of the holy child. But even after they are turned away eight of the nine nights, there's food and fellowship with all families, as old friends are greeted and new friends are made amidst an atmosphere of joy, prayer and thanksgiving. Some churches have adopted and adapted this Las Posadas tradition in a striking way. They have made a traveling manger, with knitted figures of Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus and the donkey - a kind of traveling creche that's taken to a home on the first Sunday of Advent and ...

694. The True Definition of a Sanctuary

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... plunged into the challenge, who risked all the master had given them in order to make the greatest possible gains, are praised. They are rewarded with more responsibilities, and ultimately invited to "enter into the joy of your master." But the play-it-safe strategy adopted by the third servant earns him rebuke, the label of wicked and lazy, and thrusts him into the outer darkness far away from the joy of his master. In taking no risk, he had risked it all. And lost. Jesus doesn't want his disciples ...

695. Choose Four

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Do LESS . . . by repenting of sinfulness. " " STOP . . . badmouthing the apostles and their activities. " " START . . . a new life by confessing Jesus as Lord and receiving the Holy Spirit. " This morning I am calling you to make all four choices in your life. (Please adopt and adapt here to customize these choices to your people's needs: a sampling of ideas in the Animations section is only meant to stimulate your creativity!) First, DO MORE. Do more listening to your life. Most of the time we rush through ...

696. Generations

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... spectacle, and hypocrisy. Proctor and Gamble is marketing to this demographic group a detergent called "Bold Plus." Pitched directly to busters, its slogan is "Laundry goes in. Clothes come out. Life goes on." The same low-key, hype-free approach has been adopted by Everfresh – "it is what it is," and Equal – "it won't change your life, but it will sweeten it a little." Karen Ritchie has captured buster tentativeness in her identification of what linguists now call "the rising inflection" among busters ...

697. WaterFire Disciples

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the founder of the Highlander Center. This was the training center for dozens of the nation's most influential civil rights workers. This is the place where Martin Luther King Jr. heard Pete Seeger sing the song "We Will Overcome," and came away resolving to adopt and adapt the song with one significant change - "We Shall Overcome" - as the theme song of the civil rights movement. In his autobiography, Horton has this to say about his mission: I had to turn my anger into a slow - burning fire, instead of a ...

698. Who Put It There? (Mother's Day)

1 Peter 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Rwandan mother of six whose village was destroyed by a massacre. She was shot first, buried under the bodies of each of her six slain children, and left for dead. She dug herself out, buried her children, bore her new child, and, soon thereafter, chose to adopt five children whose parents had been killed in the same massacre. She expressed her belief that her life had been spared so that she might care for these orphaned children after losing her own." Wheatley offers this message to us all on Mother's Day ...

699. There Will Be No Adults in Heaven

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... his everyday hats have generally moved from sporting the decals of a baseball team to the advertising his favorite skateboard outfitter, his style and distinctive crease have remained constant. This fall he felt deeply offended and personally assaulted when his school adopted a new dress-code: no hats to be worn during school hours. Suddenly, along with everything else that goes with entering eighth grade, Thane was being shorn of his sense of identity his hat-ness. This personal crisis revealed not only ...

700. Blue Highway Blessings

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... doesn't mean that this life we live on the way is to be endured as some bleak and blighted landscape as we wait for the pie-in-the-sky-in-the-sweet-bye-and-bye. It's on the way that the Apostle Paul celebrates and praises our adoption, our redemption, our forgiveness, our experience of divine grace. These are pretty impressive landmarks. And while it's true that we must wait until we reach the fullness of time to receive our full and final inheritance, while we await that day God wants us to savor the ...

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