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751. God's Say-So

Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16

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Maxie Dunnam

... easy in days like ours. Apprehension, fear, and our own frailty get between God’s say-so and our sense of security, peace, and hope. It’s easy when the difficulties come, and when our problems become monumental, to realize how feeble we are. It’s easy to lose ... else, you’re not going to make it. So you sing it: “Here I raise mine Ebenezer; hither by thy help I’m come; And I hope, by thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home.” You see, it is by the help of God that we have come thus far -- and ...

752. How to See the Future

Matthew 26:17-30

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... our fault that it happened. The service never really got beyond that, "This is my body broken for you." But Jesus said more than that at the Last Supper. He not only said to look back at the cross and remember, he said to look forward to the Kingdom and hope. I tell you I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. There have been many revolutions in worship in the last part of this century. The most revolutionary was the discovery that ...

753. Good Neighbors

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... : would this boy pray for him? The boy was floored by this request. Would he pray for Mr. Rogers? He had always been the object of someone else’s prayers. But from that day forward, the boy began praying for Fred Rogers, and he experienced a new sense of hope and self-esteem through this act of praying for a man he so admired. When Tom Junod complimented Fred Rogers on this idea, Rogers reacted with surprise. He had been sincere in his request for the boy’s prayers. As he said, “I didn’t ask him for ...

754. The Problem with Promises

Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7

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James L. Killen

... , who is the Bible writer who has the most to say about faith, wrote "... since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have access to the grace in which we stand; and we boast of our hope of sharing the glory of God" (Romans 5:1-2). Lots of people have much too small an idea of what that means. For one thing, they confine its meaning to one carefully defined little part of their lives called "religion," which they keep carefully separated from the ...

755. Serpents and Other Signs

Numbers 21:4-9

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Mark Trotter

... rebuilt. After Jesus' time it will be destroyed again, and rebuilt again. But at the time of Jesus it was occupied by a foreign army. The city was filled with people from all over the world who came to that city looking for a sign. Some of them seeking some hope for their life. They were looking for God to act. They were looking for God to intervene into the world, and to come and save the people. In fact, all cities of the world are filled with people looking for a sign. Here is the sign. A man carrying a ...

756. You Will Never Walk Alone

Luke 24:13-20, 25-26, 28-35

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Mark Trotter

... this baggage. Get rid of it." What he told him was as simple as what Paul told the Corinthians. Paul said all you need is, "faith, hope, and love." Jesus said all you need to make it in this life is, "Love God with all your heart and mind and soul, and your ... them, be prepared for it to happen to you. Cleopas and Mary, or whoever it was, walking down the road, talking it over, their hopes extinguished in one fell swoop, one sudden and ruthless blow. Just gone. There is nothing they can do about it. It's over. ...

757. Christmas 2

Jn 1:1-18 · Mt 2:13-15, 19-23 · Jer 31:7-14 · Eph 1:3-19 · Ps 147

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John R. Brokhoff

... and lived among us. Let the light of our faith shine in all that we do." Hymn of the Day: "Let All Together Praise Our God" Theme of the Day: A Theology Of The Word Gospel - Jesus is the Incarnate Word - John 1:1-18 Lesson 1 - The Word of hope - Jeremiah 31:7-14 Lesson 2 - God blesses through Christ the Word - Ephesians 1:3-14 Because of the secular calendar, Christmas 2 is not often observed. Probably for this reason the Lessons are the same for Cycles A, B, and C. By the time of Christmas 2, Christmas is ...

758. 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

... could be no Easter resurrection without a Good Friday death. For this to be a personal experience, we need to welcome death. Outline: Death can be your friend a. Out of physical death comes eternal life - Gospel. b. Out of psychological death (despair) comes new life of hope - Lesson 1. c. Out of moral death (sin) comes life in the Spirit - Lesson 2. Gospel: John 11:1-45 1. A Challenge To Die. 11:16 - Need: We are about to enter Holy Week. In that last week of Jesus' life, he enters Jerusalem, argues with ...

759. Easter 2

Acts 2:14-41, 1 Peter 1:1-12, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

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John R. Brokhoff

... Word. He is referring to the Word in baptism. In baptism we identify with Jesus' death and resurrection. It is a new birth into hope and a spiritual inheritance to be received in heaven. The source of the new birth is the mercy of God. The Spirit in the ... for us? On this "Faith Sunday," we want to help people increase their faith. Outline: The works of faith. a. Faith gives us reason for hope - v. 3. b. Faith enables us to love the unseen Christ - v. 8. c. Faith sings for the joy of salvation - vv. 8, 9. ...

760. Easter 3

John 20:19-23, Acts 2:14-41, 1 Peter 1:1-12, John 20:24-31

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John R. Brokhoff

761. Swept Away!

Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... that the light shines in the darkness and the darkness will never overcome it. The promise is that wherever there is darkness and dread in our lives, wherever there is darkness and dread in the world around us, God is present to help us endure. God is in charge, and hope is alive. And as long and as interminable as the night seems, morning will come - in God's good time and God's good way. And so we have a choice. We can wither away with anxiety. Or we can wait expectantly. We can bury our fears in the deep ...

762. Faith's Curious Dynamic

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... to get married and start a family, but concerned that once you do, you won't be able to pursue every whim or opportunity that comes along. * Imagine what it is like to be one of those people waiting for a heart transplant. On the one hand, you are hoping for a heart to become available, but on the other hand you don't want someone to have to die so that you can get a heart. * Or how about the fact that Christians have been identified as those waiting expectantly for the Second Coming of Christ, but actually ...

763. Gross Personality Disorder

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... you meet 100 people in the course of a day, from a statistical standpoint 3, 4 or 5 of them are either criminal or crazy. Just hope you meet them early in the day and get it over with. Now I know what some of you are thinking. You're looking around you ... my eye. Instead of touting some political agenda or declaring some constitutional right, this plain little sticker read simply: "I hope that you reach your destination safely." At first I though, "How nice!" What an other-focused, concerned message to have ...

764. Quarterback 101

Jeremiah 32:1-44

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . Here are some prophetic passes I want to lob your way downfield. (This is the time of the year for stewardship campaigns, for introducing new initiatives for the coming calendar year, for getting back into the swing of things. Use the remainder of your sermon time to outline your hopes and dreams for your church as you move into the future.) 1. My first throw is a five-yard pass: (Don't scare them at first. Just bring them into the future a little bit. Like: "What if every week every one of us struck up a ...

765. The Smell of Fear

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow." Third, don't let your mind or spirit get in a defensive posture. Our hope isn't in the things of this world. Our hope is in God. So what do we have to fear? If there's any time our world needs to hear about the one ... dims Thy Calvary, O Lamb of God, deliver me. Give me the love that leads the way, The faith that nothing can dismay The hope no disappointments tire The passion that will burn like fire, Let me not sink to be a clod: Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God ...

766. All Saints

Psalm 34:1-22, Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 2:28--3:10, Matthew 5:1-12

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

... a call to a thoroughly Christlike existence in the present. Purity of life (or sanctity) is the proper preparation for full childhood, for believers are called now to be as they will be when the Son is revealed. In this thinking, Christian hope is not pie-in-the-sky; rather, it is the substance and motivation of real life in the present world. A sermon or meditation on this lesson should deal with the God-givenness of "childhood," the christological basis of our new identity, the continuity between current ...

767. Easter Vigil

Genesis 1:1-2:3, Romans 6:1-14, Matthew 28:1-10

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

... Jesus Christ. The theology of this story is clearly oriented toward declaring the strong hand of God at work in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The story assumes and focuses on what God is doing in and through Jesus Christ, and it is a message of comfort and hope for those of us who read it with eyes to see. How do we preach this passage? Perhaps we turn to the moods generated among the characters in the account. The angel is majestic and causes awe. The guards fall back in genuine fear. The women are ...

768. Epiphany 2

Psalm 40:1-17, Isaiah 49:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, John 1:29-34, John 1:35-42

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

... look back at God's past, then forward to the present, and on to God's future, and we see and confess that in Jesus Christ God has unified the times so that salvation is real. Our hope is beyond us in God's future, yet that future has already been made real, so that our faith takes on the liberating dimensions of our hope as a current reality through faith in Jesus Christ. As we serve God, we know Jesus Christ as real, and as we know Jesus Christ, we serve God in a faith that appropriates the power of God ...

769. Proper 27

Joshua 24:1-27, Psalm 78:1-72, 1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, Matthew 25:1-13

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Soards, Dozeman, McCabe

... bridegroom is at hand. The saints, who here in patience their cross and suff'rings bore, shall live and reign for ever when sorrow is no more. Around the throne of glory the Lamb they shall behold; in triumph cast before him their diadems of gold. Our hope and expectation, O Jesus, now appear; arise, O Sun so longed for, o'er this benighted sphere. With hearts and hands uplifted, we plead, O Lord, to see the day of earth's redemption that sets your people free. The references to a bridal feast suggest the ...

770. Looking Into the Eyes of the Risen Christ

John 20:11-18

Sermon

James W. Moore

... everyone that Camelot is possible. Run. Sir John, Run! Tell the world… it’s still possible. Run, Sir John, run! Tell everyone that hope is still alive! What a moment! And that is what is happening here in this Easter story in John 20. Jesus is sending ... ! Run Mary, Run! Tell them the news! Run, Mary, Run! Tell everyone that I am still here! Run Mary, Run! Tell the world that hope is still alive! That love is still alive! That goodness is still alive! That God is still alive! Run, Mary, Run! That’s what ...

771. When Mountains Are Not Moved

Mark 11:20-25 (26)

Sermon

James McCormick

... isn’t it? We want something so badly we can taste it. We dream about it, we pray for it, we work to get it, but it doesn’t come. We all know the disappointment of that, don’t we? The disappointment of dreams unfulfilled…of prayers unanswered. Perhaps we hoped for a promotion and it was given to someone else. We wanted to pass a test and we failed. We expected a happy marriage and it ended in divorce. We asked for health and we became ill. We prayed for a loved one to recover from an illness and they ...

772. The Great Depression

Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... going to get better. An idea that no one cares or under-stands. A sense of rejection. An emotion of “I would be better off dead.” A desire for death itself. More than anything in the world I want this message to be a help for the hurting, and a hope for the hopeless. One of the greatest heroes of the Old Testament, King David, battled depression, and he wrote about it in the 42nd Psalm. In fact, he asked in Ps. 42:5 a question all depressed people ask at some time or another: “Why are you cast down, O ...

773. Abraham and Sarah: Backing Into the Future

Hebrews 11:1-3; 8-11

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John E. Harnish

... and the omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. In these early days of our journey together, I am not certain what the future holds. I've been listening…in over 25 home gatherings, in committees and groups, with individuals. I've been asking about our hopes and dreams for the future. And I am trying to listen for the voice of the Spirit in it all. Frankly, it is not yet clear just where God might be leading us. I do know this is a time of great transition in the life of this church: new ...

774. The Revelation Code IV: The Fight at Frodo's Tower

Revelation 19:1-21

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John E. Harnish

... bloodshed of the Civil War, during the Franco-Prussian War she tried to gather the women of the world in the first Mothers' Day for Peace, calling for the abolition of war itself. She sang a song full of images taken from the Book of Revelation, a song full of hope and the promise of a new day. Like John of Revelation, she caught the vision of Christ's coming kingdom, and even in the face of a war-torn world she could sing: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; he is trampling out the ...

775. Taking the Long View

2 Peter 3:8-15a

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Donald Charles Lacy

... us that God is God and sooner or later he supplies our needs. We don't want to be dependent on anyone and that is understandable. Yet, if God has taken care of you for seventy, eighty, or even ninety years, won't he continue to do so? Are faith, hope, and love mere words that begin to dissolve as we get so old? The text says, "regard the patience of our Lord as salvation." 2. Our God created time and therefore is master of it. This thought can be life-changing! To begin to probe an infinite mind that knows ...

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