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51. Are There Two Baptisms?

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... lowered the toy bear into the ground, saying ever so seriously the words she thought she had heard the preachers say again and again in the burial service: "In the name of the Father and of the Son and in the hole you goes!" We cannot afford to disown the Spirit’s work when we are baptized in water. Recall, too, that Paul said, "... one Lord, one faith, ONE baptism." (Ephesians 4:5) But the argument persists, by those who say, "But when I received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, it was a special, dramatic ...

52. Recovering From the Blahs

1 Kings 19:9-18

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John R. Brokhoff

... reveals at least one reason for his depression. He was expecting too much of himself. He was jealous for God and his cause in Israel. Through his preaching and especially by his dramatic demonstration on Mt. Carmel, he was certain that he would persuade the people to disown their false gods and return to the one and only God, Yahweh. He was a champion of the one true God. Fearlessly, he challenged 450 prophets of Baal on top of Mt. Carmel to prove that their god existed by having their god send fire down ...

53. Whatever Became of Sin?

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... Contemporary history reveals that "the wages of sin is death" - death in high places, and in low places, in individual life, and in corporate life. There is no real death but separation from God; only sin can really kill the person. But "In owning our faults, we disown them; and in confessing our sins, they cease to be ours." Repentance is seeing and hating the wrong that is in us, it is turning from the wrong back toward the love and the goodness of God. Paul describes it in Corinthians: "It is deep sorrow ...

54. Written On God's Hand

Isaiah 49:8-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... us that was not presented at Calvary and silenced forever. Decisions we make can take us out of God's will but never out of his reach. As St. Paul wrote to Timothy long ago, "If we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself." Why do I share this today before inviting you to the table of Holy Communion? Because some of you may have distanced from God. Perhaps you have felt forsaken, disappointed or disillusioned by life, wondering if God knows your situation or even cares. I invite ...

55. Francis of Assisi: a Faith for Every Day

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... of the Christian Church tells us that Francis was the son of a rich merchant who became dissatisfied with his worldly life. On a pilgrimage to Rome he exchanged clothes with a beggar and spent the day begging. When he returned to Assisi, after being disowned by his father, he devoted himself to repairing a ruined church. In 1208, Francis heard read in church his Lord’s words bidding his disciples to leave all (Matthew 10:7-19) and understood them as a personal call to save souls. He soon gathered ...

56. The Good News of the Cross

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... or loss of blood, but that He had died of a broken heart. A famous clergyman had a prodigal son who rejected his father and his father’s faith, who disgraced him in every way. And one of the clergyman’s sons said, "If he was my son, I’d disown him and throw him out for good." "Yes," said the clergyman, "if he was your son, I’d do that, too, but he’s my son and I love him." And that is the reason for the Cross and reconciliation. William Stidger has these lines: "I saw God bare his ...

57. You're Going To Have A Baby!

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... to take unwed motherhood in its stride, barely lifting an eyebrow or uttering a word of criticism, many unwed mothers take their pregnancy with anxiety. They are afraid that they will have to drop out of school or they will lose their jobs. Their parents may disown them and turn them out. Their reputations will go down the drain. Most of all, they fear a loss of self-respect. How can they live with themselves in the future? This fear serves many as a deterrent to getting pregnant before marriage. The Virgin ...

58. The Judas Gene

Matthew 26:14-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Judas "gene" embedded in all of us? We hate the thought that we too are capable of betraying trust. When Jesus said that "you will all fall away on account of me," they jumped in echoing Peter saying, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you." But beneath the surface we know they had their doubts. "We're behind you, Jesus...Far behind." One of the messages of Holy Week is that sooner or later every disciple has the capacity to betray Jesus. We betray him at home when we hurt those who depend ...

59. Did You Ask How Much It Was Going To Cost?

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... him tweak the Pharisees from time to time. They did not know what following him would one day entail. The words "hate your father and your mother" were probably hyperbole, but Jesus knew that there would come a time when people would be disowned by their families because they followed him. People would lose their property because they followed him. Many would even lose their lives because they followed him. To follow Jesus was no small decision. It was no Sunday afternoon diversion ” no harmless but ...

60. Do We Know What We've Got?

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... what was told to me in confidence? Can I be trusted? Am I a slave to dress, friends, work or habits? Do I disobey God in anything? Do I insist upon doing something about which my conscience is uneasy? Is there anyone whom I fear, dislike, disown, criticize, hold a resentment toward, or disregard? If so, what am I doing about it? Do I grumble or complain constantly? Is Christ real to me? Each week the believers would ask these questions of each other. Obviously, some found this rigorous system of inquiry too ...

61. Rejected

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Sometimes rejection comes to us in romance. Sometimes rejection comes from other significant people in our lives. Elizabeth Barrett married the poet Robert Browning against her parents' wishes. In fact, they objected so strenuously to her marriage that they disowned her. As everyone knows, her marriage was a beautiful, happy relationship for both Elizabeth and Robert. In spite of the hurt of being rejected by her family, however, Elizabeth Barrett Browning continued to write regularly to them. In each ...

62. Who Am I Supposed To Hate?

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... loyalty lie? And there are times when there can be a decided conflict between love for family, or love for possessions, and love for God. There are still families in the world today where, if a son or a daughter were to become a Christian, the parents would disown this son or daughter and have no further contact with them. It would be as if they had died. You and I have it so easy. Our parents, most of them, were delighted, some overjoyed, when we committed our lives to Christ, but that is not universally ...

63. Pack Up Your Troubles

James 4:13-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... was something deep within him that would not permit death. I talked (these matters) to his son. The son's eyes filled with tears. The family secret was about to be told. 'I am not the only child. I have a sister who lives in Baltimore. My dad disowned her nine years ago because she married someone of another race. He said he would never for give her...she committed the unpardonable sin." When I heard that confession I knew what his unfinished business was all about. I told the son to call his sister and ...

64. Coming Home

Luke 15:1-3,11b-32

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... ." The younger son went into a far country. If you know ancient Jewish culture, you know that already the son has broken the most inviolate taboo. The Jews would never leave the family and go into a Gentile country to live. They would be defiled, disgraced, and disowned. But we know it was a Gentile country in the story, because it says that there were pigs there. And that is the worst degradation of all. There would never be pigs in a Jewish country. And the worst state of all is when the younger son ...

65. Proper 13

Matthew 14:13-21, Romans 8:28-39, Romans 9:1-29, Nehemiah 9:1-37, Isaiah 55:1-13, Genesis 32:22-32

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John R. Brokhoff

... In love, God offers to enter into a covenant with man. God makes the offer, not man. It is an everlasting covenant on God's part. When God establishes a father-son relationship, he never breaks it. Once we are God's children, we are always his children. God never disowns us even if we forsake him. 4. Witness (v. 4). If one comes for spiritual food and drink and one is satisfied, one immediately is used by God as a witness to the world. We can never be smug in our oneness with God. We do not have a monopoly ...

66. Proper 15

Genesis 45:1-28, Isaiah 56:1-8, Romans 11:11-24, Romans 11:25-32, Matthew 15:1-20, Matthew 15:21-28

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John R. Brokhoff

... he is the apostle to the Gentiles. He discusses the salvation of Jews and Gentiles. This aroused the Jews' jealousy who will in the end accept Christ. Their disobedience caused salvation to come to the Gentiles, a blessing in disguise. However, God has not disowned his people, for his all and gifts are irrevocable. Both Jews and Gentiles will receive mercy for their disobedience. Gospel: Matthew 15:(10-20) 21-28 Jesus yields to the persistent pleas of a Canaanite mother. Jesus retired to a territory outside ...

67. Tell You the Truth

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Last Supper with his disciples, as Jesus tried to prepare them for his departure, Peter demanded to go with Jesus. Peter even vowed he would "lay down my life for you." Jesus responded, "I tell you the truth, before the rooster crows you will disown me three times!" (John 13:38). The truth about ourselves isn't very flattering. The truth about our hearts is hard to face: our hearts are weak, and faltering, envious, untrustworthy, duplicitous, self-serving, and sometimes just plain evil. If this weren't the ...

68. What to Do with Yesterday - A Sermon for a New Year

Psalm 103:1-22

Sermon

James McCormick

... are the common denominator. We might as well claim ownership of it. It’s our garbage! Do you hear what I told them? There is not much good we can do with the garbage of the past: we can’t undo it, we can’t repress it, we can’t disown it. There are only two good things we can do with the past: we can allow God to forgive it, and we can allow God to help us learn from it. We can allow God to cut the cable on our barge and allow it to float away forever. And ...

69. Have You Seen the Light?

John 9:1-41

Sermon

James Merritt

... because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue." Now understand the seriousness of this. When a man was ex-communicated he could no longer be employed, his family would disown him, he could never again enter the synagogue and enjoy the fellowship of others who believed in the Lord, he couldn't buy, he couldn't sell. When he died he was not even given a funeral. But that leads me to say this: When Jesus walks ...

70. Nothing Great Happens Without It

Luke 14: 25-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... was this. Two thousand years ago, if you gave your life to Jesus, you most likely would have to give up your family, especially if you were Jewish. Even today, in certain countries such as many Muslim countries, if a Muslim converts to Christ he is immediately disowned by his family and often times put under the curse of death. Jesus makes this demand because He is dealing with the question of priority. If you are going to be a follower of Jesus Christ, He must be your first love. He will not take second ...

71. Castaway

2 Corinthians 5:18-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... missions and evangelism are all about—reconciliation. Two of the greatest poets who ever lived were Robert Browning and his wife, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. When Elizabeth became engaged to Robert, her parents disapproved so strongly of her marriage that they totally disowned her and kicked her out of the house. Almost every week Elizabeth wrote love letters to her mother and father asking for reconciliation. They never one time replied. After ten years of writing love letters to her parents at least ...

72. Plea for Discipline

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... be judged on his terms, so that his will is always ultimately done. My suspicion is that only a few of us have known a Judas who would knowingly and deliberately betray the Christ. As we survey the field of those who may very well have disowned our Lord in open and clandestine ways, we are firmly reminded of even our possible disqualification. We are to be forgiven as we forgive others. For some in today's world — even professing Christians — it is so hard to make them consider something with a strong ...

73. The King's Children

Matthew 21:28-32

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Verne Arens

... , her relationship to her father, the king, already is obvious. I love your majesty according to my bond: no more, no less. Beyond that she could provide no flattering reassurance. Furious at not getting the answer he wanted from his favorite child, Lear disowns Cordelia and divides his kingdom between the two daughters who gave him the easy, yet superficial, answer he sought. Goneril and Regan, however, soon turn on their father, robbing him of his dignity. He goes mad, sick at heart over their deceit. In ...

74. Who Are You?

Hebrews 12:18-29

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , we are quite likely to identify "where we come from" as the one place we have never been: Asian-Americans, African Americans, European-Americans, Latino- Americans. As Christians, we can claim as our heritage a rich lineage of relations who will never disown us. Our genealogy comes from the history of Genesis through the visions of Revelation. Our people are the people of God. Our spiritual ancestors are the patriarchs and matriarchs, the kings and queens, the spies and prostitutes, the tax collectors and ...

75. The Kingdom Is Not K-Mart

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... this. Two thousand years ago, if you gave your life to Jesus, more than likely you had to give up your family especially if you were Jewish. That is true today in certain countries, particularly Moslem countries. If a Moslem converts to Christ, he is immediately disowned by his family and often times faces death. Jesus makes this demand because He is dealing with the whole question of priority. If you are going to be a follower of Jesus Christ, He must be your first love. He will not take second place to ...

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