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51. Jesus Talks with a Samaritan Woman

John 4:1-26, John 4:27-38, John 4:39-42

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... is the one who “gives life” (6:63; cf. 1 Cor. 15:45). Spirit baptism is an impartation of life, the beginning of a new creation (20:22; cf. Gen. 2:7). Jesus’ ministry is more than merely a continuation of John’s. Whatever baptizing activity Jesus may have carried on in Judea is of secondary importance and is now behind him. His real work is not to baptize in water but to do what John had predicted he would do: baptize in the Holy Spirit. The metaphor of water is used here not in the sense of washing ...

52. The Disciples Rejoin Jesus

John 4:27-38, John 4:1-26, John 4:39-42

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

53. Your Faith Has Made You Well

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... not upset by these suggestions. He shrugged them off without reply and finally said, "I don't know what's the matter with you all. It is just absurd to think of a dead man as tired, let alone sick." His wife, almost literally beside herself, took to carrying on a dialogue within. ("If he believes this, then how can he say that? If he does that, how can he think this?") As the mixture of fear and frustration thickened, it was finally agreed that outside help must be called. A psychiatrist was invited over to ...

54. Proper 24

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, 2 Timothy 3:10--4:8, Luke 18:1-8, Psalm 119:1-176

Bulletin Aid

William E. Keeney

... as Weibertreu. It can be translated as "faithful wives." The story is told that the castle at the top of the hill was under siege. At one point the besiegers agreed that all the women could leave, but they could only take with them what they could carry on their backs. Every woman carried her husband down the hill on her back. Thus the men also gained their freedom. 6. Prayer and Illness. A recent study was carried out to see the effects of prayer on persons who had heart attacks. One group had persons ...

55. Proper 18

Psalm 139:1-24, Philemon 1:8-25, Philemon 1:1-7, Jeremiah 18:1--19:15, Luke 14:25-35

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William E. Keeney

... money, food, drink, and shelter. Persons move toward fulfillment when they transcend their own life span and serve more enduring ends and purposes. People seek fulfillment in various ways. They may do it through their posterity, through children and their children to carry on "the family names." Others seek it by identifying with an ethnic group. They are "my people." Still others seek it through a national identity. They are willing to die for their country. God's kingdom is the highest good that persons ...

56. A Shocking Revelation

Revelation 1:9-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... to-it-iveness? No. You know you’ll never make it like that. But if this vision of Christ captures you, if this stunning display of God’s glory rips into your world, if this scene of heaven’s authority overwhelms you, then you’ll have the stimulation to carry on. For the book of Revelation reeks of battle. You hear the trumpets. You see the smoke and flames. You feel the earth shaking with the pounding machines of war. And chapter 1 is really a call to arms. You’ve seen God now. You’ve sensed His ...

57. Peacemaking - Active, Not Passive

Sermon

Alan Bacon Bond

Scripture Psalm 34:1-3, 11-14Romans 14:13-23Jeremiah 8:8-15Matthew 5:9; 10:34-39 Prokofiev's Symphonic Tale for Children, Peter and the Wolf, tells of Peter's escapade into the meadow, mistakenly leaving the gate open behind him. While he carries on a chat with his friend, the bird, the duck, unnoticed, escapes through the open gate and goes for a swim in the pond. The little bird and duck get to arguing, "What kind of bird are you if you can't swim?" And all the while the cat is stealthily ...

58. Worn Out? Tired? Weary?

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... Jesus Christ, he has felt the terrible burden of guilt removed from his heart and soul. He feels himself cleansed and refreshed, able to go on without the burden, as the Pilgrim in "Pilgrim’s Progress" suddenly felt that agonizing burden that he had been carrying on his back through the long days of his pilgrimage roll from his back as he knelt at the foot of the cross. The Mayo Clinic announced a sure cure for getting rid of that tired feeling. Tests revealed that people are chronically tired because ...

59. Proper 7

Psalm 86:1-17, Romans 6:1-14, Matthew 10:1-42, Genesis 21:8-21

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... assured that the investment of life in discipleship to Christ imbues life itself with divinely intended meaning. PROPER 7: THE CELEBRATION The Old Testament lesson and the Gospel deal with the subject of persecution. In the first case, we are told about persecution carried on by those blessed by God (Abraham and Sarah drive out Hagar and Ishmael); in the second case we are told that our faithfulness as disciples will result in persecution. It is significant to find that in both cases God appears to be on ...

60. Thanksgiving and Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

Understanding Series

F. F. Bruce

... several earlier occasions” (Introductory Thanksgivings, p. 23). If this is maintained, then Paul mentions three reasons for this thanksgiving: their remembrance of him, their continuous partnership in the work of the gospel (v. 5), and his confidence that this good work will be carried on to the end (v. 6). On the other hand, in every other place where Paul refers to “remembrance” (mneia) in his introductory thanksgivings, it is he who remembers the readers (Rom. 1:9; Eph. 1:16; 1 Thess. 1:2; 2 Tim. 1 ...

61. Isaac and Rebekah

Genesis 24:1-67

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... of God. 24:50–58 Both Laban and Bethuel answered him. The sudden appearance of Bethuel, Rebekah’s father, is surprising. Perhaps because of Bethuel’s age or because of a polygamous marriage, her brother and mother were foremost in carrying on a conversation about Rebekah’s betrothal. Nevertheless, the inclusion of this detail suggests that custom required the father’s consent for a daughter to marry. The narrator communicates that Laban remained the leading spokesman by placing his name before his ...

62. Daddy, I'm Afraid

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... know you are with me.” (6) In 1940 near the beginning of World War II, Britain stood alone against the Nazi war machine. The German bombers came every night and the city of London was terribly damaged. Only with great difficulty did the people carry on during those days. War correspondent Edward R. Murrow said that on one of those occasions when devastation and tragedy were all about him he saw a rudely lettered sign just off the East India Dock Road. The sign carried this message: “If your knees knock ...

63. A Robot in the Pulpit

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... Bible passage today, Jesus knows that he is heading toward his death. He needs to know if his disciples trust his leadership. What will they remember of his message and his mission after he is gone? What is the one thing his disciples will need to carry on his work and transform the world? Jesus had a good reason to ask this question. In chapter 13, the passage leading up to this one, Jesus had knelt down like the lowliest servant and washed his disciples’ feet. I’d say these men were in shock, humbled ...

64. A Very Special Man

Luke 2:22-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... she says, we have to move past hate and learn to love with the unconditional love displayed by Jesus.'" (9) Do you see that unconditional love is the only hope the world has? That is why we must let the world know about Jesus. That is why we need to carry on the work of Simeon and John the Baptist and proclaim that he is the Christ. Not because of his appearance. Not even because of what he taught though he was the greatest teacher who ever lived. But because of who he was Son of God the very embodiment of ...

65. Redemption

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... with the Passover Feast, when Jesus met with his disciples in an upper room as he was being betrayed, what led to his death, what led to his resurrection victory, is now culminated in the coming of the Holy Spirit upon those who will carry on God’s mission in the world. Jesus’ ultimate mission was the redemption of God’s people. That redemption is fulfilled first in Jesus’ resurrection, later in the inbreathing of Jesus’ disciples in the room they were hiding in, and finally in that Holy Spirit ...

66. It’s as Simple as That

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... us. We are lifted up and transformed, set apart from the daily world, beside a river or atop a mountain. It is God’s way of redemption. Fiery chariots and horses separate us from those who once led us. Left alone, we must pick up their mantle and carry on. Even as they, we take what we have experienced and move back across the river, down the mountain, and begin the life-long process of investing what we have been given into daily life. Good News! God is at work in the world through his prophets, in Jesus ...

67. Holy Goat!

Leviticus 16:1-34, John 20:24-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites—all their sins—and put them on the goat’s head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task. The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness. The Atonement of Thomas Now Thomas (also known as Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So, the other disciples told him, “We have ...

68. Mountaintop Experience

Luke 9:28-36 (37-43a)

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... in the catacombs under the streets of Rome, that pictures the day when Jesus went back to glory after finishing all his work on earth. The angel Gabriel met Jesus in heaven and welcomed him home. “Lord,” he said, “Who have you left behind to carry on your work?” Jesus told him about the disciples: the little band of fishermen, farmers, and housewives. “But Lord,” said Gabriel, “what if they fail you?! What if they lose heart, or drop out?! What if things get too rough for them, and they let ...

69. First Things First

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... vessels and garments which represented the ideals of the community -- these could not be entrusted to wagons. “But to the sons of Kohath he gave none [no wagon or oxen], because they were charged with the care of the holy things which had to be carried on the shoulder.” Matthew 6:19-21 reads, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes and where ...

70. The Unfinished Story

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... and rose again. To quote our old friend Halford Luccock one more time: “There is a real fitness...in the fact that (Mark’s) is an ‘unfinished Gospel.’ ‘The Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God,’ is always unfinished. It is a continued story, to be carried on in individual lives. Paul added his page to it, “Last of all...he appeared also to me.” (I Cor. 15:8). There is an unwritten page left for each of us to write, our record of what Jesus has said and done in us.” (The Interpreter’s ...

71. I Saw Satan Fall

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... nothing. He would feel that something was on top of his bed again. This would go on over and over. Top, underneath, top, underneath, top, underneath. The gentleman told the psychiatrist that this was driving him crazy. He needed some relief in order to carry on his other business. The psychiatrist reassured him that he had a correctable problem but that it would require weekly visits to dig out the deeper rooted conflicts. The cost would be $100 per visit, per week over a period of about two years. Somewhat ...

72. The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Zechariah 9:9-13, Exodus 1:1-22, Exodus 2:1-10, Romans 7:7-25, Romans 8:1-17, Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon Aid

... burdens that are too heavy for us to carry. 1. A pastoral invitation. "Come to me," says Jesus to every human being who finds that life is too difficult for him/her to face any longer. "Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me." Jesus could carry on his ministry, simply because he "turned to the Lord" and, in prayer, laid his burdens upon God, who never failed him. 2. A pastoral revelation. "I am gentle and lowly in heart," he said. Jesus is always approachable; he is constantly available to those who call ...

73. Joseph, When Did You Know?

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... it was not released. Most copies of it ended up destroyed after the war. But a few copies of it survived. This poster also has the crown of King George VI and white typeface on a solid color background. But its message read simply: Keep Calm and Carry On. (6) Keep Calm and Carry On. Isn’t that what Joseph and Mary did when God told them that they would bring God’s Son into the world? And isn’t that a sign of their great faith and courage? That kind of faith and courage comes from trusting in God’s ...

74. The Santals - Whatever a Man Sows, He Will Reap

Galatians 6:1-10

Illustration

John R. Steward

... with them have observed many interesting characteristics about their lifestyle. One of the more notable facts concerning the Santals is how they carry a burden. The women carry a burden on their heads while the men use a long pole. When a baby is born everyone asks, "Does he carry on the head or on the shoulder?" which is another way of asking if the child is a boy or a girl. A missionary who works with the Santals once had a friend come for a visit. He asked a Santal to meet him and bring his luggage. The ...

75. When You Reach the Rejection Hotline

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... the right hand, Peter helped him up. Instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong and he began walking and jumping, and praising God. This was one happy man. People who recognized this man were filled with wonder and amazement when they saw him carrying on like this. A huge crowd gathered and Peter began preaching to the crowd about the resurrected Jesus and his power to heal. This disturbed the priests and the captain of the temple guard, for many who heard the message believed what the two Apostles ...

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