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801. Identifying Light

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

William F. Dunkle

... and Christian humility requires us to feel the humiliations inflicted upon other people as well. Consider how hard this must have been for Saint Paul! A great many of his converts were slaves. Almost all were working people of what today we call the underclass. But the Apostle Paul himself was an educated aristocrat - "a Pharisee Of the Pharisees" who as a student had "sat at the feet of Gamaliel." Saint Paul’s father had been a wealthy Jew, able to buy for himself and his family Roman citizenship. The ...

802. This Is Water

John 7:25-44

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... he had living water and that this would become "a spring welling up to eternal life." In still another setting Jesus said, "If anyone thirst, let him come to me and drink ..." (John 7:37). Water has always been important for Christians. Many of the apostles earned their living on water, as fishermen. Many of Jesus’ most famous sayings were spoken and many of his miracles were performed near or on the Sea of Galilee. Christianity began in the desert of Israel - where water means life. Most importantly, the ...

803. That Carpenter Is God

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... hometown boy who is a carpenter but thinks he is more, we have the ultimate conflict, the bind, for all of us. We all must deal with the question of Nazareth: "Who is this?" "Who is this that even the wind and waves obey him?" Mark has the apostles asking in chapter four, "Who is this?" We ask that question of the healing of the demoniac, the woman with the issue of blood and Jairus’ daughter in chapter five of Mark. "Who is this?" the people of Nazareth ask in a different way as we hit the intersection ...

804. Christ and Time

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... a sterile ocean of matter." A modern poet puts it this way: "The world rolls round forever like a mill, It grinds out death and life, and good and ill, It has no purpose, heart, or mind, or will." Over against this bleak outlook on life, the apostle sets forth the concept of time with a purpose, fulfilled time, God’s time. "When the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son." The New Testament in its original Greek uses two different words for two concepts of time. One is chronos, time in its ordinary ...

805. His Baptism and Ours

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... of the one who administers it or the one who receives it. It is a divine act, the act of him who baptizes with the Holy Spirit. "By one Spirit," says Paul, "we are all baptized into one body." We are engrafted as branches of the true vine, Christ. The apostle describes Christian baptism as baptism "into Christ." And just as the baptism of Jesus pointed forward to his death, so Christian baptism is a baptism into participation in his death. "All of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus," says the ...

806. The Word of the Cross

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... before the judgment throne of God, the cross acquits him. Man is an enemy of God, the cross brings peace. Man is a slave, the cross buys his freedom. Man has lost his filial status, the cross brings about adoption as a child of God. The apostle is speaking from personal experience, the experience that changed the most vehement enemy of the church into its most effective missionary. This was not just a man getting hold of a new idea. It was a man being confronted by something immeasurably bigger than himself ...

807. The Holy Trinity

John 16:5-16

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... of the Trinity, the doctrine itself does not rest on any specific isolated passages of scripture but on the content of the Christian revelation as a whole. It is the entire gospel in a nutshell. As such it is the specific Christian concept of God. Although the apostles did not raise the question of how God could be both one and three, once the question was raised, the church could be true to itself only by replying in terms of the Trinity. It is the only answer which does justice both to the centrality of ...

808. Splashed with the Spirit

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

William G. Carter

... as a gift from God. The Spirit fell on Jesus at his baptism. The Spirit fell on the church after his death and resurrection. Baptism in Jesus’ name is a baptism of the Holy Spirit. We are not talking about two events, but one. In the words of the Apostle Paul, we have “one Lord, one faith, one baptism” (Ephesians 4:5). That is to say, you may have the Holy Spirit and you didn’t know about it. But what does that mean? Luke has something very specific in mind. He describes the presence of the Holy ...

809. Light for Beauty

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... kind of language. God calls Israel “Married.” The prophet goes on, “For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your builder marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.” We know how the Apostle Paul picked up on marriage as an analogy to describe in a beautiful way the relationship of our Lord Jesus Christ with the Church. Martin Luther picked up on that analogy and compared it to the rich and influential man who woos the poor and destitute ...

810. Keeping the Glow On

Exodus 34:29-35

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... nature that provided the moment to contemplate God’s glory. Whatever personal reflection one has is usually something a person wants to cling to, refer to, or dramatize in some way. It is a matter of trying to keep the glow on. The Best Glow What the Apostle Paul had to say to the Corinthians about the transfiguration of Moses was to recognize it as the ministry of glory that it was. Now, however, he says that God has removed the veil for us. We do not have to be afraid or intimidated by the revelation ...

811. Make A Little Noise

Luke 11:1-13

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the congregation's attention and to wake everyone up? (Let someone ring it.) Good. I think everyone is awake now! Well, all of that noise was just to get our attention so that we listen very carefully to what Jesus is saying to us today. In today's gospel the apostles ask Jesus to teach them to pray. Do you remember what prayer he gives them? (Let them answer.) Very good -- the Lord's Prayer. When do we pray the Lord's Prayer? That's right. We pray it during our worship service. Now, besides giving the ...

812. The Peace Of Christ In A Chaotic World

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... to his friends, is the grace of overcoming oneself, and accepting willingly, out of love for Christ, all suffering, injury, discomfort and contempt; for in all other gifts of God we cannot glory, seeing they proceed not from ourselves but from God, according to the words of the Apostle, ‘What hast thou that thou hast not received from God? and if thou hast received it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?’ But in the cross of tribulation and affliction we may glory, because, as the ...

813. A Happy Ending

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Brett Blair

... must have appeared like that to the disciples. But as the disciples looked back upon that event and as we look back on our personal lives, we can see God’s design in the fabric of our lives. The Ascension of Jesus was part of God's design. The apostle Paul said: He ascended into heaven and led captivity captive. Another way of saying that is he ascended into heaven and caused death to die. There my friends is the design in the fabric. That’s what all the tangled threads reveal. He lead then out to the ...

814. Liberty And Civility

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Brett Blair

... But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature." What is true for the church is true for the nation: Liberty demands civility. Freedom requires righteous behavior. This July 4th let's celebrate Freedom and Civility. I First, let's celebrate liberty. The Apostle Paul was a champion of liberty. He traveled throughout the Roman Empire starting churches. The Galatian church is no exception. In fact it might be the most important for it is there in the middle of the Empire that his message of Christian ...

815. Unexpected Evangelists

John 4:1-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Mexico, La Samaritana is remembered on the fourth Friday in Lent, when specially-flavored water is given to commemorate her gift of water to Jesus. The Orthodox know her as St. Photini, or Svetlana in Russian. Her name means "equal to the apostles," and she is honored as apostle and martyr on the Feast of the Samaritan Woman.(2) Can you do what she did? Invite friends and neighbors? Of course, you can. I will offer you a Mission Month challenge. You promise that, as God gives the opportunity, you will ...

816. But God...

Genesis 50:15-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... they fit right in with that mindset. In Joshua 18, land distribution is determined by casting lots; in Nehemiah 11, they cast lots to see who would be the first settlers in Jerusalem after the exile; then there is the story in Acts 1 about the apostles casting lots - rolling the dice, drawing straws - to choose a successor to Judas. They all sound very much like a reliance on luck. But, in each case, in fact, it was just the opposite - the "gamblers" were counting on God making the divine will known through ...

817. Giving Dangerously

Malachi 3:6-18

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the timing makes it sound as though this is an appeal to support the church. No. This sermon is not to help the church, but rather to help you. This is not just a financial issue, it is a spiritual issue. You see, I want for you what the Apostle Paul wanted for the Christians in ancient Philippi. As we read in the lesson, he was most appreciative of the support they had sent him, but he was more appreciative of the fact that their generosity was pleasing to God. "Not that I am looking for a gift," he ...

818. What Do You Believe About Eternal Life

John 14:5-14

Eulogy

James W. Moore

... … not even death. For you see, death is not really death at all for the Christian. It’s just a door that we label death that we pass through to enter into a new and larger dimension of life with God. Now, I could quote Jesus here… or the Apostle Paul, but, for the moment let me go another route and ask you to listen carefully to the words of a great scientist. Dr. Werner Von Braun once spoke on the subject, “Why I Believe in Immortality” and he said this: "In our modern world, many people seem to ...

819. He Rose Again

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... For God's people, death is not the end, it's a beginning. It's a birthday! And that is what we celebrate today. Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! TA - DA! Happy Easter. Amen! 1. Chad Walsh quoted by John Killinger, You Are What You Believe: The Apostles' Creed for Today, (Nashville: Abingdon, 1990), p. 70 2. Matthew 27:63-64 3. John 20:7 4. Newsweek, March 28, 2005, p. 43 5. Killinger, p. 67 6. William Willimon, "Getting to Easter," 3/30/97, via Internet, http://www.chapel.duke.edu/sermons/MAR30SER.htm 7 ...

820. Swimming With The Sharks

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... at once. Transformation rarely happens all at once. Don't let anyone mislead you. Few people are genuinely converted completely all in one night. The experience on the Mount of Transfiguration was but one stop on the disciples' pilgrimage to becoming apostles of Jesus Christ. They would share many other important experiences with Christ. All the time, though, something real and important was happening inside them. They were becoming more like the Master. They were becoming more committed to him and to one ...

821. Fans or Followers

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... were called not only to go with Jesus but also to grow with him--just as we are as well. Here is the final thing. There would come a time when they would no longer be called disciples, but apostles--those who are sent out to proclaim the Good News. Disciples are those called to come. Apostles are those called to go. There needs to come a time when we move from being followers to being leaders. Our church should never have any difficulty finding persons to teach Sunday School, or work with youth, or sing ...

822. He Is Risen!

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... risen Christ appeared first to Peter, then to the twelve, then to more than five hundred of the brethren, some of whom were still alive, then to James, then to all the apostles and finally to Paul himself. Sermons in the book of Acts tell us the importance of the resurrection in the preaching of the Apostles. These were all eyewitnesses. Some of these early witnesses died giving utterance to their testimony that Jesus Christ was alive! No event in history is more irrefutably real than the resurrection of ...

823. Freedom!

Romans 6:3-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... to articulate the concerns of his people after being confined for such a long period of time. His body may have been imprisoned, but not his mind, not his heart, not his soul. The Apostle Paul knew what it was to be imprisoned. Some of his finest letters were written while he was behind bars. The Apostle Paul knew that there was a freedom far more important than political freedom. The only kind of freedom that really matters is freedom within. It is the freedom that comes from knowing that regardless ...

824. Staying Close

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... a people of unclean lips, for my eyes have beheld the Lord." For St. Paul it came as a blinding light on the Damascus Road. St. Paul writes, "Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God." To Simon Peter it came as a personal invitation to become a fisher of men. With the same humility as Isaiah and Paul, Peter cries out to Jesus, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord." For ...

825. Crossing The Desert Or Protecting Our Vehicle?

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... to Linus: "I would have made a good evangelist. Do you know that kid who sits behind me at school? I convinced him that my religion is better than his religion." "How did you do that?" Linus asks. "I hit him with my lunch box!" Lucy replies. The Apostle Paul begins with a compliment, not a condemnation. He didn’t tell them they were way out in left field. He began his message where they were. He acknowledged their many statues to gods. This indicated their yearning for God and he complimented them on that ...

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