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51. Future Perfect

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him." [3] Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. [4] The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. [5] He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. [6] Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, [7] and the cloth that had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the ...

52. He Breaks the Power of Cancelled Sin

John 8:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to test him, that they might have some charge against him.” (vs. 4-6) Then the suspense: They waited for Jesus’ word: They were ready for argument and debate. Jesus’ action intensified the suspense and punctuated it with an exclamation mark for He did not speak: He bent down and wrote with his finger in the sand. Then comes the Confrontation. “He stood up and said to them, Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her. (vs. 7) Now more suspense to underscore the judgment ...

53. A Kingdom that Cannot Be Shaken

Hebrews 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... on the branch of a high tree. He asks, “Have you ever watched a bird sleeping on its perch and never falling off? How does it manage to do this? The secret is the tendons of the bird’s legs. They are so constructed that when the leg is bent at the knee, the claws contract and grip like a steel trap. The claws refuse to let go until the knees are unbent again. The bended knee gives the bird the ability to hold on to his perch so tightly. “From sleeping birds,” this author continues, “we can learn ...

54. LENT: The Passion of Christ: "Raised"

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

55. Parenting — Not For The Faint Of Heart

Hosea 11:1-11

Sermon

Chrysanne Timm

... of loving us back, they take us captive. They shall return to the land of Egypt, and Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me. The sword rages in their cities, it consumes their oracle priests and devours because of their schemes. My people are bent on turning away from me. To the Most High they call, but he does not raise them up at all. — Hosea 11:5-7 God's grace is rejected as we selfishly go our own way. God knows and grieves over what happens to us when the stuff we love ...

56. A Faith that Does Not Quit

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... had a chance to get airborne again, Glenn ground the insect into the sand. That should do it, he thought. He resumed his lunch. As he finished his lunch, out of the corner of his eye he noticed the bee burrowing out from its sandy grave. Glenn, intrigued, bent over to watch. The bee’s right wing seemed all right, but the left one was “crumpled like a piece of paper.” Nonetheless, the bee with great patience stretched and tried its damaged wing, moving it slowly up and down. It ran its legs along the ...

57. The Plague of Locusts

Exodus 10:21-29

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... means “toddlers” (tap), and its usage here adds to the sarcasm. The power that holds a people’s toddlers hostage also holds their parents hostage. “Clearly you are bent on evil.” This is the conflict in brief. For Pharaoh, losing his slaves to another “lord” would be an unbearable evil. Moses and the people certainly were “bent” on obeying the Lord. Achieving freedom to serve or worship another lord would mean the end of Pharaoh’s lordship over them. Literally, the expression is, “evil ...

58. God’s Love for Israel

Hosea 11:1-11

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... should be read as ʿûl, “baby.” The emendation would then read, “And I was to them as those who lift a baby to their cheek, and I bent down to feed him.” To support such a translation, many have pointed out that 10:11 says Yahweh left Israel unyoked, and that the yoke on a ... of verse 7 is strange. Though 7a is somewhat uncertain, the reading in the Hebrew is probably,“And my people are bent from returning to me, and to the yoke (that is, of Assyria) they shall be appointed; none will lift them up ...

59. “As the Deer Pants for Streams of Water, So My Soul Pants for You, My God”

Psalm 42:1-11, Psalm 43:1-5

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... Napoleon’s army had safely reached Paris, some officers heard a knock at the door while they were playing cards in their quarters. When they opened the door, there stood before them the most disheveled figure they had ever seen, old and bent and emaciated, his clothing tattered, his hands trembling and lines of terrible suffering carved deep into his features. “Who are you?” they cried, startled. But suddenly, to one of them, there came a flash of recognition. “Why,” he exclaimed, springing to his ...

60. God's Wrath Against Mankind

Romans 1:18-32

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... the revelation of God, the same idea with which he concluded in 1:17. There it was the revelation of the righteousness of God, here the revelation of the wrath of God against the wickedness of humanity. Romans 1:18ff. is not a tirade by a religionist bent on dredging up human faults. The wrath of God against human corruption is also the revelation of God, and therefore an element of the gospel. Love and wrath are not opposites. They are, in the words of Ernst Gaugler, “the same living energy of the divine ...

61. The Plague of Darkness

Exodus 10:1-20

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

62. The Servant of the Lord

Isaiah 42:1-9

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... Israel is itself crying out under the burden of feeling forgotten by Yahweh (40:27), how can it minister to other people overwhelmed by burdens? Specifically, Yahweh’s servant will support bent reeds rather than trampling on them and will fan flickering flames rather than dousing them (v. 3a): but Israel is a bent reed and flickering flame, so how can it fulfill this role? Yet more pointedly, this servant will not falter or be discouraged until he has faithfully implemented Yahweh’s policy decisions ...

63. The Lazarus Experience

John 11:17-44

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... over with grief and growing wonder, are his two sisters, Mary and Martha, and some of the people who had come to comfort them. Standing over and above them all, is Jesus -- not bent over like the others, but standing fully upright, with his right arm raised high. From the expression on Jesus' face, I can almost hear his words, "Lazarus, come out!" In this wonderful painting by the seventeenth-century Dutch master, the central figure is Jesus. All of the other figures in ...

64. On Taking Candy from a Stranger

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... biggest they'd ever seen. I was Superman for those few minutes.” (5) Can you imagine the smile on Stephen Hawking’s face that day as he experienced freedom from his wheelchair? Can you imagine the smile on the face of the woman who had been bent over for 18 years whom Jesus healed that day in the synagogue? Can you imagine her standing up straight for the first time in eighteen years and feeling like Superwoman? Setting people free is God’s work. Therefore, it is Sabbath work. Setting people free was ...

65. Sitting Shiva Behind Closed Doors

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to them, “They’ve taken our Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they’ve laid Him.” So Peter and the other disciple set out for the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter arrived, following him, and he went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there. The cloth that had been on Jesus’ head was not lying with the ...

66. God Gives the Pharisees the Finger!

John 7:25-44, John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... down and started writing on the ground with his finger. As they persisted with their question, he looked up and said, ‘If there is one of you who has not sinned, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.’ Then he bent down and wrote on the ground again. When they heard this, they went away one by one, beginning with the eldest, until Jesus was left alone with the woman, who remained standing there. He looked up and said, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?’ ‘No one, sir’ ...

67. Redeemed

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... friends. Why did he have to go outdoors into the cold, when all of his friends were nurtured and watered and fed daily by the Master himself inside of the comfortable glass dome? One day it happened. The needles of the little pine were growing fast, and soon his neck bent against the ceiling of the drawing room. It was time for him to go. The Master put the spruce on a long sled, and pulled him to the edge of the forest. There, he dug a large hole, and planted the spruce tree into it. Alone and cold, the ...

68. The Gardener

John 20:10-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head ...

69. True Worship

Ephesians 3:14-21

Sermon

Will Willimon

... (unintentional hurts hurt as bad as intentional ones), realizing how deeply I had offended him, how much anger and pain had to be overcome in his soul for him to forgive me, I....I bent my knees before a God powerful enough and loving enough to work such a wonder. I worshipped. For one stunning moment I saw the greatness of God, I knew, I bent my knees before the Father of us both. I know that you have come here this Sunday to worship. Some of you have made a special effort to be here in this great ...

70. To Be Set Free

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , it doesn’t have to be that way. In our scripture for today, Jesus encounters as he’s teaching at a local synagogue on the sabbath a woman “with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years.” Dr. Luke tells us that she was bent over and unable to stand up straight. Whether her ailment was physical, mental, or spiritual –or most likely a combination of all three, as we are holistic human beings –once Jesus laid his hands on her, she became transformed! Jesus said to her, “Woman you are ...

71. A Living Memorial

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... of each game there is a kind of feeling-out period as the players seek to determine if the game is going to be called loosely or tightly. The players can adjust either way once they have determined the nature of that particular game and the bent of the referees for that night. The one thing that absolutely frustrates the players is when the game is not called one way or the other consistently. If fouls and infractions are enforced tightly one moment and loosely at other times, the players become frustrated ...

72. The Body

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... , but you don't want to hear about my problems. Did you have time to look at my car? EARL: I sure did. You've got some car problems to go along with your church problems. REV. RALPH: Oh, yeah? What's wrong? EARL: It's your camshaft. It's bent. REV. RALPH: What's a camshaft, anyway? Is it serious? EARL: Your camshaft? Well, your camshaft turns and as it turns, it opens and closes the valves on the engine. REV. RALPH: Well, is it serious? EARL: Are you kidding? REV. RALPH: No. You know I don't know anything ...

73. It Is Blessed To Receive

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

William G. Carter

... her master list haunted my siblings and me for the rest of winter vacation. Bells would be ringing, snow would be falling, our friends would be sliding down our street on brand-new Flexible Flyers -- and my sister, my brother, and I would be bent over tear-spattered sheets of stationery, whimpering. There is no assurance that a gift received will prompt the person who receives it to say, "Thank you." Sometimes a parent hovers over a child to enforce gratitude, thus killing it. Other times, gifts are given ...

74. When It Is Dark Enough

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... I stand by a body bag which contains all that is left of my son. You watch your home and your hopes erode under your feet, and there is nothing you can do but let them go. You are betrayed by people you trusted. You see your nation hell bent on trying to solve poverty around the world with tanks and bombers. The earth shakes and you are powerless to stop it. The stars fall from heaven and the sea foams and everything comes loose. What then, friend? That is what our text is about. "Raise your heads, because ...

75. Queen Of Hearts!

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... to have sex or not. They have a right to choose conception control or not. But after a child is conceived no woman has a right to murder! Where is the God-given maternal instinct today? It is crushed under the feet of the feminine self hell-bent on taking instead of giving. Hence Mother Teresa observed, "You are a destroyed nation. When you start killing your own children, what is left to destroy?" The Proverbs 31 woman has children. "Her children rise up and call her blessed!" (v. 38). The most God-like ...

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