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876. Now What Do We Do?

John 1:1-18

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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 ...

877. Plain Talk

Luke 6:17-26

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Mark Trotter

... adopt poverty as a way of life. Which is fine, but it is ambivalent in its application. The disciples took nothing with them on their journey. It meant they had to stay with people who had those things. In the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, also written by Luke, he says that the earliest church, which was, according to Luke, the church in its purest form, had no possessions. They sold all their possessions. But that model, too, is compromised. Luke wrote that they sold their houses and put all the money ...

878. The Sin of Being Less

Colossians 3:1-14

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Mark Trotter

... that describes that world most accurately is the word, "despair." And it was Paul's job to preach to that world. He was the apostle to the Gentiles. He was given that commission by the Church fathers in Jerusalem. He asked if he could go to the Greeks and ... die and go to heaven. It will happen to you then, because Christ is Lord over death itself. But the preaching that the apostles delivered to that world of despair in the first century is that resurrection is something that happens to you now so that you ...

879. Try to Be Nice

Philippians 4:2-9

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Mark Trotter

... writes the Philippians a thank you note for the gift, and sends it back with Epaphroditus. He thanks them for their concern. He says, "You really needn't have done it, because I am going to be all right. But thank you anyway." Then, because he is Paul, an apostle, he writes a little homily. That is what is in the second chapter. The first chapter is really greetings, why he is writing the letter. The second chapter is this little homily. It is just a few verses long, but it is a masterpiece. In fact, it is ...

880. Epiphany 8

Isaiah 49:8-26, Matthew 6:25-34, 1 Corinthians 4:1-21

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John R. Brokhoff

... this letter, Paul has been discussing the division in the Corinthian church over partisanship in leadership. Now he comes to explain the nature and function of these leaders and criticism of them. The apostles are stewards of God's mysteries and servants of Christ. They are accountable to God and to no one else. Apostles are of value and importance because of their association with the gospel. Members are not to criticize their leaders. Paul does not even criticize himself, for he does not know of anything ...

881. Easter

Acts 10:23b-48, Colossians 3:1-17, John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18

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John R. Brokhoff

... , witness, and evangelize - "Go and tell." 2. Kerygma. The importance of Easter is seen in this summary of the kerygma: baptism, public ministry, death, and resurrection. The key to it all is the resurrection to which the apostles testified. Because of the resurrection, the apostles were commanded to preach the cross and resurrection. Jesus is therefore proclaimed as judge of the world. Through him, forgiveness is offered to all believers. Without the resurrection as the keystone, the arch of the Christian ...

882. Pentecost

John 20:19-23, Acts 2:1-21, 1 Corinthians 12:3-13, Psalm 104

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John R. Brokhoff

... day Christians communicate the gospel in the people's language. 3. Understanding. "What does this mean?" (v. 12). There was a tumult of a hurricane and fire. Men began to preach in various tongues. On the surface, it appeared to outsiders that the apostles were drunk. How do you explain, interpret, and understand this unusual and exciting experience? Peter explains it as the fulfillment of Joel's prophecy that the Spirit would come. Epistle: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 1. Except (v. 3b). No one can say, "Jesus ...

883. Proper 6

Genesis 18:1-15, Romans 5:1-8, Matthew 9:35 – 10:8 (9-23), Matthew 9:35-38, 10:1-42, Romans 5:1-11

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John R. Brokhoff

... and Mediator. Because he lives, we will be saved from the wrath of God. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Gospel: Matthew 9:35-10:8 1. Ministry And the Ministry (9:35-10:7). Need: Members of the congregation need to realize that they are ministers of the gospel, apostles who are sent forth, and disciples of Christ. It is a cop-out when members look to the clergy alone as ministers. There is a difference between ministry and the ministry, but basically all Christians are called and sent out to minister in the name of ...

884. Deep Water!

Matthew 14:22-33

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Stephen M. Crotts

... . Only the voice of Jesus was at all clear. Still Peter's heart leapt within. And it was with a mixture of bravado and timidity that Peter blurted out, "Lord, if it is you, bid me come to you on the water!" And Jesus said, "Come!" The rest of the apostles have a white-knuckled vise grip on the gunnels of the boat. The storm, the waves, the dark, the wind, the uncertainty - they're not about to move. And, as with the most of us, they are quite happy to stay in their comfort zone and watch as Peter makes ...

885. God, The Venture Capitalist?

Matthew 25:14-30

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Stephen M. Crotts

... "economics" comes from this. Stewardship means I am out of ownership and into management. It means that life is like a great ship loaded with a rich cargo to be delivered to people in many places. And Christ is the owner, but I am the captain. In Romans 1, the Apostle Paul is clear about his charge from God. He uses three "I am" statements. "I am under obligation." "I am eager to preach." "I am not ashamed" (Romans 1:14-16). It is as if God had given Paul a great wealth that he was in turn to pass along ...

886. Live and Learn

Matthew 15:21-28

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Leonard Sweet

... to deepen. The communities he was now addressing had second, even third generation Christians in their midst. The first believers began to pass away. Somewhere between Paul's writing of 1 Thessalonians and 2 Timothy, a span of about fourteen years or so, the apostle gradually came to a new understanding. In short, Paul changed his mind. Christ's return may NOT be imminent, and Christians should be prepared to live and die as a faith community without ever experiencing that event. Yet changing one's mind has ...

887. Four Cornerstones

Ephesians 2:11-22

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Leonard Sweet

... the Wind: A New Philosophy for a New Era. New York: Cassell, 1998, 232. It's unlikely that Peter and John had expected to be thrown into prison and then hauled before the Sanhedrin court at what's virtually their first outing as apostles of Christ. Their new-found eloquence and evangelical fervor had filled them with optimism for the cause of Christ. Despite Jesus' own dire predictions and ultimate experience their immediate incarceration must have been quite a surprise. Yet it was when they were called ...

888. This Kiss

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

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Leonard Sweet

... KISS that Paul plants on the Corinthians is composed of those truths that are "in accordance with the Scriptures" and have been witnessed by "Cephas," "the twelve," "more than five hundred," "James," "the apostles," and Paul himself ("also to me"). "THIS KISS" (as Faith Hill would put it), these things of "first importance" (as Paul the Apostle puts it in verse 3) include 1. "that Christ died for our sins" 2. that he "was buried" 3. and that "he was raised on the third day." Here is the Christians' "THIS ...

889. Out of Order

Mark 6:30-44

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Leonard Sweet

... God's activity among the people, the disciples could only rerun their own words and actions while on mission. Later, when Jesus commands these oh-so-successful disciples to solve the problem of the hungry multitudes "You give them something to eat" his self-obsessed apostles can only whine, "Are we to go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?" (verse 37) Isn't it interesting how their own pocketbooks, not the stomachs of the hungry, decided how much these disciples would care ...

890. The World's Greatest Cover Up

Romans 4:1-25

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Leonard Sweet

... dichotomy Paul constructs between law and faith in today's epistle text also functions to force that cover-up smile from off our face. As Paul preached that faith alone brought Abraham, and thus all Abraham's descendants, to righteousness, the apostle rejected all human attempts to get right with God through the works of the law. The outward appearance of obedience and observance to every jot and tittle of divine statutes is useless, Paul argued, without the inward infrastructure of faith. God easily ...

891. The Resurrection Is for Everyone

Acts 10:23b-48

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... house of a Roman soldier named Cornelius, who is stationed with the other troops in the town of Caesarea on the northern coast of Samaria. Prompted by the vision of an angel who has urged him to summon Peter, Cornelius sends two of his servants to fetch the apostle. At the same time, Peter has been given the strange vision of a great sheet let down from heaven, filled with unclean animals, and he has been commanded by the Lord to eat what is unclean. In other words, Peter has learned that the good news of ...

892. A New Calling

Matthew 4:18-22

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King Duncan

... center of our lives? Could it be there is something more? Are we as wise as these four disciples who figured this out? How did it happen that these four men made such a radical change in their vocations--from being fishermen to being disciples, and then apostles? And what can we learn from them? First of all, of course, they had an encounter with Jesus. They didn’t attend a seminar on how to find a better job, though such seminars can be helpful. They didn’t read, What Color is Your Parachute?, though ...

893. Advent 1

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

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