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51. How Great Is Your Faith

Matthew 15:21-28, Matthew 15:1-20

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... with the Pharisees as separate from this encounter with the Canaanite woman. But I think they are linked together. I think Jesus explained what he meant to the disciples and then took them on a field trip to put what they had learned into practice. You see, the 12 disciples were all Jews. They knew the laws of ritual cleansing. And they knew they could be burdensome. But because they were Jewish, they had a certain mind set about anyone else who wasn't Jewish or who was a gentile. So Jesus, takes these good ...

52. Never Underestimate The Power of a Cup of Cold Water

Matthew 10:1-42

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Brett Blair

... this morning: I. Sacrifice is a Sign of Mature Faith. If you have been a Christian for some long time, I would suggest that the sacrifices you make are the tell-tale sign of a mature commitment. Let’s look at the text. Jesus does not mince words with the 12 Apostles. He says, “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” I know that it is common in church circles, particularly when the church is involved in the political arena, to say that the ...

53. What Would Jesus Say About the Media?

Mark 9:1-9

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J. Howard Olds

... the internet have revolutionized our way of communicating around the world. 97% of American homes have indoor plumbing, 99% have a television. 75% of American homes have a VCR, even though most of us over 50 still can’t figure out how to keep the 12:00 from flashing. It probably doesn’t matter anyway since the DVD player is rapidly making the VCR obsolete. The remote control has become the most cherished household possession, especially for men. My advice to you ladies is not to fight over the remote ...

54. The S & L That Didn't Fail!

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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Barbara Brokhoff

... , that Jesus applied Isaiah 53 to himself and that he understood his death in the light of it as a sin-bearing death." Peter, Paul, Matthew, Luke, and John - the major contributors to the New Testament - together allude to at least eight of the 12 verses of Isaiah 53, ascribing them to Christ's vicarious suffering and penal substitution. Joachim Jeremias has written, "No other passage from the Old Testament was as important to the church as Isaiah 53." So when we examine this passage, seeing it amazingly ...

55. The Short List

Micah 6:1-8

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... ) We have a fascination with lists. And we all have ongoing To Do Lists, don't we, whether we write them on scraps of paper, in a daytimer or keep track of them on our Personal Digital Assistant. Even God has lists, The 7 days of Creation, the 10 Commandments, the 12 Apostles; you get the idea. Today we're going to look at God's short list for a faithful life. And it all begins with God calling the people of Israel to task in almost a courtroom setting. Let's turn to Micah 6:1-8 (NRSV) [1] Hear what ...

56. The Comforts of "Thy Rod and Thy Staff": Rulership or Relationship

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... people Israel was to divide them up into twelve tribes. In Genesis 49:1-28, Jacob gathered his sons around him and described each of his offspring-—their strengths, their weaknesses, their unique identities, their dream futures. In 1 Chronicles 12, each of the 12 tribes of Israel parade before the new King David, presenting him with their unique gifts and attributes. All were children of Abraham, all chosen to be God’s people, each with their own mission, each with their own way to be a Jew. There ...

57. God’s Great Promise To Sarah!

Genesis 17:1-27

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Durwood L. Buchheim

... of Terah and the birth of Abraham. The remaining 39 chapters of Genesis describe the lives of four generations of descendants of the family of Terah: 1) Abraham and Sarah, 2) Isaac and Rebekah, 3) Jacob and Leah and Rachel, 4) the stories of Joseph and the 12 tribes of Israel. The book of Genesis is our only source of information about Sarah, but she is an important part of the Abraham story. She and her husband migrate to the promised land of Canaan. But because of a severe drought they move south to ...

58. Stone Testaments

Deuteronomy 26:1-11

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Leonard Sweet

... dry ground downstream of the ark-bearing priests. As the priests continued to stand there midstream, the entire nation of Israel crossed safely into the Promised Land. To mark this miraculous safe crossing, God commanded Joshua to choose one representative from each of the 12 tribes and to have each of those individuals select a stone from out of the still-dry riverbed. These 12 stones _ just ordinary river rocks _ were carefully carried to the people's first campsite inside the borders of the new homeland ...

59. From Envy to Gratitude

Matthew 20:1-16

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J. Howard Olds

... we've been here three, six, nine hours. If he's going to give somebody a whole day's wage for one hour of work, think about what we're going to make." But when their turn comes to be paid, they too receive a denarius, even the 12 hour workers who have labored through the heat of the day. Well, you can imagine the reaction. Grumble, grumble, gripe, gripe, complain, complain, who wouldn't? It's well — unfair! Unjust! Inequitable! If we applied this employment policy at BUMC, the EEOC, NAACP, IRS, and every ...

60. I Don't Get No Respect

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... things robs us of our self-respect, which in turn, makes it difficult to win the respect of others. Conduct yourself professionally, and hold yourself to high standards and before long, you will sense that people respect you. Tommy Nelson in his book, The 12 Essentials of Godly Success, tells about Oscar Hammerstein, who was once asked why he worked so hard to perfect his lyrics. He answered the questioner with a story about seeing a photo of the Statue of Liberty taken from a helicopter. He was amazed ...

61. The Lord's Prayer: "Thy Will Be Done"

Matthew 6:5-15

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David E. Leininger

... 's will. Here's a story that appeared sometime back.(2) The headline reads "A Child is beaten to death: Murder or God's Will?" The dateline is South Haven, Michigan and it starts off, "The police call it murder. But `Prophet' William Lewis has another explanation: the 12-year-old boy found beaten to death at a religious commune was killed by God. `God killed him because God doesn't like bad children,' Lewis said." God's will. Obviously, most of us do not believe that because we know all too well that if God ...

62. What Can We Count On From God?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

James W. Moore

... until the older son, Lee, became quite sick one afternoon. He had aches and chills. They naturally assumed that he had the flu. However, his condition grew worse and he was rushed to the hospital. Twenty-four hours later, he was gone. When the family returned home, the 12-year-old son wrote a tribute to his brother, which he entitled “A Boy Thirteen.” Here is what he wrote: “He had red hair Was thin and tall One could never eat as much as he. He hiked in the Sierra, Went backpacking and even planned A ...

63. Pray, Baby, Pray

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... can also betray us. Every person here can tell a story of some time when they were shown the “left foot of fellowship” (in Christian love, of course). In fact, the percentages for Jesus were 1 in 12. Do you think we deserve better? Think of the 12 closest people to you? There is always a black hole, a Judas, in the midst. In today’s epistle text Paul offers some “survival guides” for dealing with black holes. Paul knows from personal experience that even living in a faith community will be a ...

64. Bloody Hands, Troubled Soul

Mark 14:12-26

Drama

... Jesus was alone. They were worried about their people recognizing him, especially in the dark. I fixed that, too, providing a signal for them, ... a kiss. (Judas moves to the altar, or table, on which a chalice and loaf have been placed.) That night Jesus and the 12 of us shared the Passover. While we were eating, Jesus told us, "One of you will betray me!" Everyone was afraid - am I the one? they all asked. I thought, "My God! Is everyone else like me? Are we all thinking the same thing?" Wouldn’t it ...

65. The Breastplate

Exodus 28:15-30

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... and Thummim (“integrity,” or “illumination”) after David’s reign (ca. 1000 B.C.) until briefly in the time of Ezra (4th c. B.C.; Ezra 2:63; Neh. 7:65). There is no biblical description of them. Josephus believed that God illuminated the 12 precious stones on the breastpiece when Israel was to be victorious in battle. One talmudic tradition held that the shekinah (glory of the Lord) illuminated the letters on the names on the stones to spell out answers to questions (see Lindblom, “Lot-Casting ...

66. Keep On Moving

Luke 9:51-62

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... mission once he has gone. He needs them to focus. He needs them to stay on track. He still has much to teach them, and he knows he has little time. After this passage, in Luke 10, he will send out 72! Earlier in Luke 9, he had sent out the 12. He is training them for the mission they will need to undertake –how to be on the road and not get distracted. How to proclaim God’s favor without getting sidelined or caught up in anger when people don’t listen. He is teaching them about danger. But even more ...

67. John 6:1-21

John 6:1-21

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... , scholars have determined that such communal collecting of leftovers was a traditional Jewish custom. However, Jesus' emphasis on the disciples' participation in this practice seems to make it into another heuristic device. The disciples, loaded down with the 12 baskets of leftovers, physically experience the superabundance of Jesus' gift of bread. Likewise, Jesus' directive that "nothing may be lost" suggests that this surplus remains ("abides") for the crowd even after Jesus will leave them. Clearly this ...

68. What Is Your Accent?

Acts 10:23b-48

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Leonard Sweet

... /Fundamentalist/Calvinist/Anaba ptist/Anglican/Methodist/Catholic/Green/Incarnational/Depressed-Yet-Ho peful/Emergent/Unfinished CHRISTIAN." An old Jewish regulation stipulated that a synagogue should have twelve windows in it, each window corresponding to the 12 tribes of Israel. (Marc Chagall's masterpiece, the 12 Jerusalem Windows, are graphic testimony to this regulation). Each tribe had its own window to heaven. Each tribe had its own accent, and only when all the accents were present could the divine ...

69. A Couple Who Do Feet

Sermon

Jim Heinemeier

... his wife could do it! We've come a long way! (or have we?) The night Jesus was betrayed and arrested he and his fearless band of followers were eating together. It was his last supper. The disciples of Jesus had been arguing along the way as to which of the 12 of them was the greatest, It ended up a 12-way tie! So, their feet are hot and tired and dusty. There are no servants around. There are no wives around. It's easy to picture no one volunteering to wash the feet of the other. No one was willing ...

70. Easter Sunday

John 20:1-9, Acts 10:23b-48, Isaiah 51:1-16, Exodus 15:1-21, Colossians 3:1-17, 1 Corinthians 5:1-13, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 24:1-12

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... of 1 Corinthians, Paul's great chapter on the centrality of the death ("for our sins") and resurrection of Jesus for Christian faith and hope, but they use different parts of it. In this reading, Paul also lists the appearances of the risen Lord - to Cephas/Peter, to the 12, to 500 people, to James and all of the apostles, and "last of all to one untimely born, he appeared to me" (an apparition which Paul did not deserve, be-cause he persecuted the church of God). It is this gospel of God's love, power, and ...

71. Show Us The Father, and We Shall Be Satisfied

John 14:5-14

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Larry Powell

... were incapable of obliviousness, particularly since our text begins, "Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied." Phillip and the others are reminiscent of the man standing by the sea listening for the sound of the ocean in a seashell. Jesus and the 12 were in the upper room. The Passover meal had been shared, Jesus had washed the disciples' feet, and Judas had taken his leave. All things having been accomplished, Jesus informs the 11 that the time has come for his departure. Very brief dialogues ...

72. Are You Convinced?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Larry Powell

... the witness of the Spirit. "You are my witnesses" (v. 27). Jesus was declaring that the great work of the kingdom was not something which had been designed for him to accomplish alone. Had such been the case, there would have been no need to enlist the 12 in the first place. Had such been the case, Christianity would be a "do nothing" religion, requiring nothing more than personal assent. A No-hitter Andy Hawkins, pitcher for the New York Yankees, will go down in baseball history for pitching a no-hitter on ...

73. The Eureka Experience

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

A psychology professor at Yale University has listed the 12 most persuasive'' words in salesmanship. Third on his list is the word "new" as in "Buy it, it''s new." We like the word new, don't we? We like it in the cars we drive and the houses we live in and the clothes we wear. "Give me something ...

74. Building For Durability

Matthew 7:24-29

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Timothy Wilkins

... foundation. Someone has said that, "choice, not chance, determines human destiny." Our future is determined by the foundation on which we choose to build. The Leaning Tower of Pisa has not always been called the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Built from 1173 to 1372, the 12-story, solid marble structure stands 17 feet out of line. After the first three stories were completed, the ground underneath began to sink. And thus it continues to lean until someday it may topple. A life that is built on shaky soil will be ...

75. Proper 8

Luke 9:57-62, Galatians 5:16-26, 1 Kings 19:9-18, Psalm 16:1-11, Luke 9:51-56

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... to follow Elijah. Elijah called Elisha because God had directed him to do so, not because he believed that Elisha had the talent and ability to become a prophet. Elisha was God's choice, not Elijah's, for a successor. 2. Elisha made an immediate decision, leaving the 12 yoke of oxen in the field where he was plowing but he delayed his response, "Let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you." That seemed like a reasonable request to Elijah, and he granted it. 3. His "kiss" was an extended one ...

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