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801. A Confidence for All Seasons

Psalm 27:1-14

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Maxie Dunnam

... : "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death...". There's nothing much to fear in a shadow. The shadow of a dog can't bite. The shadow of a snake can't sting. And when life is supported by a consciousness of God's presence and concern, we're released from the fear of many shadows and get beyond the reach of many seeming evils." (Wallace, pp. 50-51) So remember this. Look at your troubles. See how manageable they would be if you do not allow the fear of your troubles to debilitate you to the ...

802. The Rest Of The Story

Genesis 3:1-24

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Maxie Dunnam

... . It was a clever voice. The first verse of our text says, "Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the Lord God had made." How the serpent came to be there, and how evil got into the human environment, is not the concern of this sermon. Our concern is to recognize that evil is there. It's obvious that Satan assumes many forms. We think of him as originally being a snake. But I was puzzled one time when I saw a pen and ink drawing of The Fall by Rembrandt. The artist had pictured ...

803. The Nuclear Truth Of Christianity

Ephesians 2:1-10

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Maxie Dunnam

... ideal men. Hinduism has never been able to relate the love of God to the love of men. Love in Buddhism promotes an abstention from harming, but it does not engender a passion for healing. But so far as the God and Father of Jesus Christ is concerned, it can be said, "Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound" (Romans 5: 20)." (John A. Mackay, God's Order: The Ephesian Letter and This Present Time, New York, The MacMillan Company, 1953, p. 103). Go back to verses four and five for a pristine picture ...

804. My Stress Is Killing Me! -- Is It?

Isaiah 40:1-31

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Maxie Dunnam

... again. Worry ceases to be weight -- w-e-i-g-h-t -- when we wait -- w-a-i-t -- on the Lord. We turn our worries into concerns when we wait on the Lord. As a communication device, bumper stickers do the job. Whether we like them or not, they work. They get our ... : Your father no longer had anything to do; he no longer had any reason to live!" You see, we need to be thankful for the concerns and the commitments that may bring stress to our life -- it's not that kind of stress that will kill us. It's that kind ...

805. A Rod For The Back Of Fools

Proverbs 25:1-28

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Maxie Dunnam

... to speak the truth in love. We have to speak judgment but we have to flavor that judgment with love. With caring. And if you don't speak your mind and heart you are foolish. Now that becomes a rather harsh word when we move into the next area of concern that has to do with speaking our mind and heart -- the whole matter of witnessing. Have you ever thought of it in that fashion? If as a Christian, you don't speak your mind and heart about Jesus Christ, then you foolish. The words fool and folly are kin to ...

806. Equipping the Whole People of God: Penultimate Questions

1 Peter 2:4-12

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Maxie Dunnam

... last time you attempted something so great for God that you knew you would fail unless you were empowered by the Holy Spirit? When was the last time the congregation you serve – or the ministry that you lead – looked around and discovered a particular area of concern or need – a particular people group that God was calling you to respond to – calling you to do what on the surface would appear impossible. You looked at your resources and you looked at the need and you felt it just couldn’t be done ...

807. Let Me Say That Again

John 14:15-31

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Maxie Dunnam

... responding? III. And now this final word. God empowers you, and will sustain you to the end, and through the end of this life into His blessed eternal kingdom. In our scripture lesson, Jesus was talking to His disciples about His coming death. He knew their concern. What were they going to do without Him? In verse 18 He said, “I will not leave you alone.” The Jerusalem Bible renders that “I will not leave you orphans.” Listen to more of what Jesus said in that setting: “I will come to you.” “I ...

808. Families in Christ

Romans 9:1-5

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Jeff Wedge

... an accurate view, of a black sheep in the family. The church has often been referred to as the family of Christ. And the church seems to come with the same problems and difficulties we find in our biological families. Joy, anger, frustration, disappointment, care, concern, and many other emotions are all part of our experience with families, and they are also part of our experience with the church family. As much as we would like to believe that only the best parts of families are present in church, when we ...

809. Heaping Coals and Virtues

Romans 12:9-21

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Jeff Wedge

... much of a surprise to find a comment about our contributions in a list of Commandments for Christians. There are those who think the only purpose of the church is to collect money to ensure that the church continues to exist. But Paul is not particularly concerned with the survival of the church. He is pointing out the need to contribute to support the needs of the saints. In his time, this was largely a matter of collecting funds to support the widows and orphans in Jerusalem who were the responsibility of ...

810. Get a Charge

Matthew 21:28-32

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Mark Trotter

... . It is said that a people get the kind of leaders they deserve. That may be true. People who want only to have their desires satisfied, are going to elect leaders who will promise to satisfy their desires. People who want only to be concerned with life in the present, with no concern for what comes after, are going to elect leaders with no vision. People who don't want to know the truth and the obligations the truth would place upon us as a people, will elect leaders who are liars. It is very difficult in ...

811. How's the Old Complaint?

Deuteronomy 26:1-11

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Mark Trotter

... How's the old complaint, Paul? He never mentions it. Instead he says, "Rejoice; again I say, rejoice." Farther on in the letter as you heard read to us this morning, he thanks the Philippians for their concern. They send a gift along with Epaphroditus because they are concerned about him. He says, "It was nice of you to be concerned about me, but it was really unnecessary, for I am all right." Then this famous passage. "For I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content. I know how to be abased, and I ...

812. Moving on Up

Luke 14:1, 7-14

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Mark Trotter

... will be like a great banquet, a marriage feast. There are other parables using that metaphor. There is the famous one about the bridesmaids waiting for the bridegroom to come, who has been delayed. And parables about banquets and feasts. And the parables he told about banquets are concerned about who is invited, who comes and who doesn’t come, who gets in and who doesn’t get in. This is one of those parables. Its purpose is to give us a glimpse of the end time. It says, don’t count on what you count ...

813. No Fear

John 15:1-8

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Mark Trotter

... how advanced technologically, or how wealthy it is, it is not civilized if it doesn't care for its young. It seems to me, and also to the writer of the epistle of John, that the sure sign of a Christian community is that they are concerned about such things, concerned about those who are neglected in our society. And if it says it is a church, and does nothing about it, it is lying. That is the kind of blunt language John uses to the Church. This church is committed to do something about what is happening ...

814. Now What?

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Mark Trotter

815. The Wedding Guest

John 2:1-11

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Mark Trotter

... me? My hour has not yet come." Then she tells the servants, "Do whatever he tells you." Which seems to read, mother tells son what to do. Son says, "I'd rather do it myself." Mother says, "He's will do what I say, anyway." The dialogue is of more concern to those Christians who venerate Mary. We Protestants can just leave it as it is, an enigma, and go on to the miracle itself, changing water into wine. Only John doesn't call it a miracle. He calls it a "sign." A "sign," in John, is a revelation of who ...

816. What Kind of Name Is That?

Luke 1:26-31

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Mark Trotter

... is the parable about The Talents, that says in the Kingdom risks will be taken, not only in the investment of capital to gain wealth, but also in the investment in persons and projects that will make the world a better place. So if you are a Christian, you are concerned about society as a whole, and investing in it in a way that will make it better. There is a parable about The Wheat and the Tares, and the parable about the log that's in your eye and the splinter in somebody else, that teach that instead of ...

817. Where Can I Find the Church?

Acts 2:1-8; 4:32-37

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Mark Trotter

... a mandate that is exactly the same as the charter and mandate that is given to us. The charter was to go into the world with the message of the love that God has for us in Jesus Christ, and the mandate is to demonstrate that love by a special concern for the poor. "There was not a needy person among them." That is the ideal. That is what should be the result of the Church being in the world, no more needy persons. The poor were singled out as the object of the Church's ministry. This afternoon we are ...

818. Christmas 1

Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Colossians 3:1-17, Colossians 3:18-4:1, Galatians 3:15-25, Hebrews 2:5-18, Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

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John R. Brokhoff

... a way to escape - "Rise and flee to Egypt" - v. 13. 1. A place to go - Egypt. 2. An obedient servant - Joseph. c. He brings us back home - "go to the land of Israel" - v. 20. 2. Pity The Children! 2:13-23 Need: As far as children are concerned the world has not changed. From Herod's to our day, children are victims of violence. Our people need to be made aware of this growing problem in America and motivated to relieve the situation as far as possible. Outline: Today's children - a. Are threatened with ...

819. Proper 10

Genesis 25:19-34, Isaiah 55:1-13, Romans 8:1-17, Romans 8:18-27, Matthew 13:1-23

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John R. Brokhoff

... the question why there are different responses to the preaching of the Word. The emphasis is not on the threefold response by the good soil. The problem is not with the seed nor the sower. It is a problem of the soils and their response to the seed. It concerns the people's part in preaching and the art of listening. Psalm of the Day Psalm 119:105-112 (C) - "Your word is a lamp to my feet" (v. 105). Psalm 65 (RC, E) - "The meadows clothe themselves with flocks" (v. 13b). Prayer of the Day "Almighty God, we ...

820. Building Our Foundation on God

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... get lost in what they think is beautiful, right, and important. With a simple and humble ark there will be less to distract them and they will think more about me!"1 We must build the foundations of our lives, that is the inside, and not be concerned with the externals, no matter how much the world says such things are important. As our Lenten journey begins this day, let us build our spiritual house on the rock foundation of Christ. Let us build that foundation deep within us, and ignore the externals so ...

821. The Dash of Discipleship

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... success, a different conveyer of identity. In today's gospel text, John the Baptist challenges those who have crowded about him to hear his message and to receive the baptism he offers. But John the Baptist's warning to the crowds reveals that he is far more concerned with what comes after he baptizes than on the baptism itself. If baptism symbolizes a new birth for these people, a new start-up date or birth-date for their lives, then it's from that moment on that their lives really begin to count. From the ...

822. Conviction with Compassion

John 8:1-11

Sermon

James McCormick

... help to raise those standards. But, and this is the key point, and the third thing I want to say: if our high standards are violated by others, if sins are committed, we are never justified in cutting the offenders off from our love and concern. The proper Christian response is not condemnation, but forgiveness; not a sneer, but a tear! Everyone must be welcome in the community of faith. No one must be excluded. What looks and sounds like Jesus? Jesus never excluded anyone. And, after all, the community of ...

823. Advent 1

Matthew 24:36-51, Romans 13:8-14, Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-9

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

... other than the actions named—work in the fields and the mills—is the basis of God's judgment. From the context, it can only be whether or not the persons are watching, that is, how they are living their lives in relation to God. Are they concerned with God or with themselves? Are they "watching"? Furthermore, there is an emphasis in the imagery of this text on suddenness. Not only is God's judgment unexpected; it is quick and decisive. Here, there is no debate or appeal when God acts in judgment. Verse ...

824. Advent 4

Psalm 80:1-19, Isaiah 7:1-25, Romans 1:1-17, Matthew 1:18-25

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

... Jesus is to say that this Spirit-born baby is the one who "will save his people from their sins" (1:22). Notice at this story's end (vv. 24-25) that Joseph is faithful and obedient in doing the task he is given. Matthew is concerned that the readers understand that the saving work of God in Jesus is divine intervention, but he also writes to make clear that the salvation accomplished through Jesus Christ is no pure innovation. Matthew declares that the conception of Jesus is a fulfillment of scripture. This ...

825. Christmas 2

Psalm 147:1-20, Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, Ephesians 1:1-14, John 1:1-18

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

... is able to empower even the weakest to new birth. Such news runs counter to our everyday notions of power and success; we are taught that the best strategy is to invest in our strongest products and terminate the weakest. The reversal in vv. 10-14 concerns the quality of life for the people of God once they return to the land. This oracle contrasts in a number of ways with the preceding one. Imagery of Zion takes center stage over the exodus; metaphors for God change from father to shepherd; language ...

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