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851. When Life Seems to Be Going in the Wrong Direction

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... and Roman chains could deter or imprison. The impact of that joy produces a determination for life which results in Paul''s great declaration, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." That is not the cry of a Victim, but a Victor! The apostle knew that there is nothing one can do to prevent the advent of adversity and detour. A servant is never above his master. We can, however through the presence of our Master, control completely what adversity does to us. It can do almost anything to us ...

852. To a Life Beyond

John 6:51-58, Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... . Lazarus died and was buried several days. Then Jesus brought him back to life. But Lazarus never talked about his experience (John 11). The Apostle Paul was stoned in the village of Lystra. He was left for dead. But he was revived. Of his death experience all Paul said ... that open door into paradise to be greeted by Grandpapa, Mother, friends. And who's that over there? Why, it's the Apostle Paul! And isn't that Mr. George Frederick Handel? And there's David, the sweet psalmist of Israel! Why, heaven's but ...

853. The Dangers of Being Religious

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... 49 A.D. Paul, a Pharisee, converted to Jesus Christ, went up to Jerusalem to discuss the gospel with the apostles. Of the meeting Paul wrote, "They added nothing to me." Such arrogance began to melt, however, as the Holy Spirit began to work on his character. Six ... years later he called himself "least of the apostles" and confessed, "Now we see through a glass darkly" (1 Corinthians 13:12). In A.D. 60, he wrote, "I am the least ...

854. Yes! (Easter Sunday)

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’s look for a few moments at Peter’s words as we reflect on some of the ways Easter is God’s Yes to humanity. I. Easter Is an Act of God. First of all, Easter is an act of God. God raised Jesus from the dead, says the Apostle Peter. Easter is an act of God. We benefit from Easter, but we did nothing to bring it about. It always amuses me to hear natural disasters described as acts of God--floods, hurricanes, all kinds of pestilence. Sometimes this is even the language that appears in legal contracts ...

855. Needy People Please Apply

Acts 4:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... were no needy persons among them.” Then we read why there were no needy people among them: “All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had. With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all. There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at ...

856. Replacing a Fallen Comrade

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... were now more than 120 of them on the roll--the number of Jewish males required by law to form a synagogue. But now there were only eleven leaders in the organization. One of the original twelve had been a traitor. So they needed to find a twelfth apostle--one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. It's not unusual for leadership to change in a church. Pastors leave. Lay people get transferred in their work. Sometimes it is a healthy situation and the congregation can sing, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus ...

857. A Converting Presence

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

Now hear the word of the Lord. From the first apostle of John, the first three verses of that apostle. “See what love the father has bestowed upon us in allowing us to be called children of God. And that’s not just what we’re called, but who we actually are. The reason the world does not know us, is that it did not know Christ. Beloved, we are ...

858. Walk In Newness Of Life

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... for being privately symphathetic with Paul; or he might have visited him, privately, or have written him a supporting letter. And, mind you, these would have been lovely things to do, but Barnabas exercised strong goodness. He hunted Saul out, pleaded his case with the Apostles, and gave him a job to do. "The same thing happened a few years later with John Mark. When Paul and Barnabas were a missionary team, Mark went along as a junior assistant. But, along the way, Mark grew homesick and left them without ...

859. A Longer Stride and a Larger Embrace

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , is to keep the heart with God… Heart-work is hard work. (Keeping the Heart, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Sovereign Grace Publishers, 1971, pages 5, 12). The crux of our heart-work towards holiness is our will surrendered to Christ so that God can take possession of it. The apostle Paul expressed it autobiographically in our New Testament lesson: “I died to the Law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified to Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I ...

860. Equipping the Whole People of God: Penultimate Questions

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the urgent ministry needs at hand. I almost did that in preparation for this keynote address. The scriptural theme text of the conference is a powerful and challenging one, demanding our attention and response. Listen to that theme text: It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of ...

861. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... soul. So what can I do? Well, I think I will continue to feel my way back through the dark, feeding my faith until someday the lights come on again. (“Living Down In the Valley, sermon preached December 2, 1990) Does this remind you of the Apostle Paul? Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the ...

862. The Heart of an Intimate Matter

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... make a sacrifice for- of real money, of significant time, of patient suffering, even of life if necessary? The more you would pay, the closer you move to the conviction end of the scale. The church, as a body of believers across time- what the Apostles’ Creed calls the holy catholic church and the communion of the saints, also has convictions. We have informed teaching on many issues, but the word doctrine is generally reserved for the few issues we defend at all costs because they most clearly define who ...

863. Wisdom and the Trinity

Proverbs 8:1-36

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... or distort the teaching. The doctrine of the Trinity took shape out of the testimony of the scriptures, beginning with their witness to Jesus Christ. Most of the writers of the New Testament were originally Jews who believed in one God. But when the apostles and disciples encountered Jesus of Nazareth and witnessed his life, death, and resurrection, they became convinced that he was fully Immanuel, God with them, the Person of God incarnated in human flesh. After Christ's resurrection and ascension, the ...

864. Fire Falling from Heaven

Luke 12:49-53

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... Lord God spoke to him out of a burning bush. When the Hebrew people were wandering in the wilderness of the Sinai, the Lord God led them at night with a pillar of fire. On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit, the very presence of God, appeared to the apostles in the upper room as tongues of fire. It did not puzzle his listeners when Jesus said that he was to bring fire on the earth. They believed Jesus to be God's representative, and it was an ancient idea for God's presence to be manifested by fire. It ...

865. Chimps, Mount Saint Helens, and the Holy Gust

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... know how to make them, but they don't have all it takes. The same thing can happen in our lives -- individual and church. Human monkey business lacks the spark that only God can provide. The account of the first Pentecost in the Acts of the Apostles tells us that they were gathered together in one place. But they weren't plotting to form a new church. "Church" isn't even a word in their vocabulary. They were mostly wondering, "What next?" Might as well have been a bunch of chimpanzees. And then something ...

866. Letting Go

Acts 7:55-60

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... himself to be a person of faith, a natural leader, and progressive in his ideas. Clearly he believed that all Christians are called to voice a strong witness to their belief in Christ, regardless of their office in the church. He might have been grooming to become an apostle or bishop, if he had lived until the 50s or 60s. But in the mid-30s in Jerusalem, it wasn't good to be a Christian who got attention. Unlike the crucifixion of Jesus which coldly used the legal system to get a man hanged, the stoning of ...

867. Saved (Again)!

Exodus 14:19-31

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... transformed slaves into the people of God as God's baptismal cleansing transforms people into Christians. By God's grace in Christ's redeeming work on the cross, and that made personal in our baptism, we are redeemed, saved, forgiven, chosen, gifted, honored, and commissioned. The Apostle Peter sees the flood as a parallel to baptism in 1 Peter 3:20-22. Once again, people in the original story were saved from water, not by water, but both the flood and the crossing of the sea put an end to wickedness and ...

868. A Gift for You

Romans 1:1-7

Sermon

James L. Killen

... Christ, to the people at Rome. Greetings." But Paul expands the address into an awesome run-on sentence that introduces all of the themes of the letter like the prelude to a symphony might. He introduces himself and explains that he has been called to be an apostle, that is, a missionary, to the non-Jewish people of the world. Then he introduces the gospel he preaches, good news about the saving work of God, begun long ago and coming into focus in the life of Jesus Christ, through whom, he said, he had ...

869. Thank God for the Church

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

James L. Killen

... of the church leaders announces the letter, unrolls the scroll, and begins to read. The anticipation is electric. The letter starts in a traditional way. Yes, Paul is careful to state the address in a way that makes it clear that he thinks of himself as an apostle by the will of God. He mentions his Christian brother, Sosthenes, whom you know and who is with him in Ephesus. He goes on to address the church as if he thinks you are all something special, people sanctified in Christ, called to be saints, that ...

870. The Gifted

1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

Sermon

William G. Carter

... , but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone (my emphases). Spirit, Lord, and God: that's the Trinity. Of course, Paul has the order backwards. Usually we say God the Father, Christ the Lord, and God the Holy Spirit. But the apostle is beginning with his listeners. He takes seriously their experiences of the Spirit, as diverse and different as they might be. Someone told me about his experience. "A few years ago," he said, "I suddenly discovered an ability that I never knew that I had ...

871. Being More than Civil

1 Corinthians 1:1-9, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... it begin with me." So you see this greeting and salutation turned out to be much more substantial after all. But there is even more. And this is the most surprising, and the most wonderful part about this text. The first verse read, Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes. Who is Sosthenes? He is saying, Sosthenes is joining me in writing this letter to you. Who is Sosthenes? Well this is what makes Bible study so much fun, because you can look it up. When ...

872. If You Look Like Your Passport Photo

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... different." This story has all the marks of a genuine "Peter" story. Later on in his life Peter will go around to the churches and tell the story of his life, what it was like to be with Jesus. All the apostles did that. That is how we got the stories that are in the New Testament. The apostles told what it was like to be with Jesus, and the Church wrote the stories down and eventually they became the four gospels. Matthew, Mark and Luke tell this story, and each gospel puts it in the same place. That kind ...

873. Laugh It Off

I Corinthians 1:18-20, 26-31

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , a civilization dominated by Greek philosophy and the culture that invented the idea of tragedy. The hero in Greek tragedy is the person who defies his fate courageously. He knows that he is inevitably going to lose, but he defies it. Then here come the Christian apostles into that first century world to tell them about a hero who was caught up in fate, the powers that were against him, but instead of a tragic ending, the story has a surprise ending. Which means that fate isn't in control after all. There ...

874. Look Ma, No Hands

Mark 6:7-13

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... take it literally. Paul continued to work his trade and have an income. We know that. He boasted about it in several of his letters. He said, "I am economically independent. I don't need to beg." The other apostles, we know, were guests in the houses of the Christians. So they obviously had houses. The early Church, as a matter of fact, made a big thing out of hospitality, of welcoming people into their homes. The Book of Acts says that the Church in Jerusalem, that would be the ...

875. Now Try Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , which is the history of the Church, given to us as an example of how the Church should behave in the world. So we have this example before us. The first incident in the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, reported after the founding of the Church at Pentecost, is the martyrdom of Stephen. When Stephen was being stoned, he repeated the words of his Lord on the cross, "Father, forgive them." Which was heard by Saul, who hated Stephen and his colleagues. He left that scene in Jerusalem to ...

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