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926. Don’t Get Into Things!

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... can follow if they have run off ahead of their leader. When Moms and Dads warn the kids “don’t get into things” it is because they know that children do not yet have the tools and talents to navigate the dangers of this world. The same concern and compassion for his children had Jesus order his disciples to sit still and sit tight in Jerusalem, until the coming of the Holy Spirit. Once empowered, once united by the Holy Spirit, these “children of God” would be ready to take on the world. But not ...

927. When Others Serve Your Head on a Platter

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... credit for something that rightfully or more fully belongs t someone else that’s a hack to the neck. 4) When you block out the advice of others because it threatens your personal advancement — that’s a hack to the neck. 5) When fiscal concerns overwhelm faithful connections — when you choose promotions over relationships that’s a hack to the neck. 6) When doing what is safe and sanctioned replaces doing what is right and just that’s a hack to the neck. 7) When forging forward required running ...

928. The 4 Spiritual Flaws

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... " the frailty that holds all of humanity together -the need for sustenance, for food and water on a regular basis, in order to keep up life. There is no greater "weak link" that Jesus could address -the physical well-being of the human body is a concern of every living, breathing person. 1. Spiritual Flaw #1: The notion that the spiritual and the material are separate, or that the material is inconsequential to the spiritual. It's easy to make fun of songs about the "sweet bye and bye," and the "pie in ...

929. The Ashes of Our Lives

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... three months to live because of her cancer, she put her life in God's hands, knowing that he took all things and used them for his glory. God didn't select Marge to develop ovarian cancer, but he used that sickness as a witness of his personal concern for his children. Marge and Ed enjoyed six more years together. On the first Sunday after Easter, with the church cross adorned with Easter lilies, her life was celebrated with her death. "From dust we came, and to dust we will return." I would like to share ...

930. Did You Come Here to Die?

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... can hear him now, “Don’t say things like that, Master, it’s discouraging to hear you talk like that.” Then Jesus turned and looked Peter in the eye and said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” Then Jesus called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their ...

931. Serving the King of Kings

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... are said to put their families first. In fact, family is said to be everything to these mobsters. But they don’t know a thing about the Kingdom of Christ. Where do you place your ultimate allegiance? Theologian Paul Tillich called it our “ultimate concern.” What is your ultimate concern? What is it in life that you value most that you would not only die for, but also live for? Be careful how you answer. It is a most difficult question. Some people will say, “Why, Jesus is what matters most in my ...

932. Formula for Eternal Life

1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... States, George's resume for life would not be considered very significant. In fact, most would rate his chances for advancement as rather poor. While I am sure that George would certainly appreciate having a few more things in this life, especially for his family, his concern is not on the here and the now, but rather the future eternal life which is God's promise to all who believe. Through faith George has the ability to look forward to his eternal life with God. In a similar way, Saint Paul writes to ...

933. In the Potter's Hands

Jeremiah 18:1-11

Sermon

Chrysanne Timm

... the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. At one moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, but if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will change my mind about the disaster that I ... intended to bring on it. And at another moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it, but if it does evil in my sight, not ...

934. Not Another Rerun!

Jeremiah 31:27-34

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... ), they were thinking about the land and worrying about the weather, or actually talking about what they needed to do for the next crop. They were watching over and working the land all the time so that it could be fruitful. That is how God's concern for and involvement with his people is presented by Jeremiah. God, the prophet says, is planning to re-sow the land and make it alive and fruitful again. That necessarily involves clearing and preparing the land for planting. While the clearing of the land is ...

935. When Your Parents Don't Understand

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... than we might expect out of a boy of that age today. To put matters into perspective, if Jesus had been a girl, he might already be betrothed. In many ways it was a very different world. You may remember a story that appeared in the newspapers last spring. It concerned Etan Patz the first missing child to be pictured on a milk carton. He vanished on May 25, 1979, after leaving his family’s apartment for a short walk to catch a school bus. He was six years old at the time. It was the first time his parents ...

936. The Baptism of Jesus

Luke 3:21-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... of grace, he in no way repudiated John’s message. John’s baptism was one of repentance. It was more than a mere religious rite; it was a rite of passage to a new life. And so baptism should be today. There one more interesting thing about Jesus’ baptism. It concerns a question that is often asked: Why was Jesus baptized in the first place? He certainly did not need to repent. He had no sins that needed washing away. And the answer, of course, is that he did it as a sign of the grace of God. Some of ...

937. Belonging to Christ's Flock

John 10:22-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... for the last letter. However, no word for love ends with “u.” In other words, the two words for love are dvi, d-v-i and dva, d-v-a. There is no dvu, d-v-u. Lee Bramlett asked the Hdi people for help in understanding this discrepancy concerning the word love. He asked, “Could you ‘dvi’ your wife, [d-v-i]?” “Yes,” they said. That would mean that the wife had been loved but the love was now gone. Then he asked, “Could you ‘dva’ your wife, [d-v-a]?” “Yes,” they said. That kind of ...

938. See Something, Say Something, Do Something, Be Something

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of grief. She didn’t answer calls from her friends and family. She stopped going to church and her other organizations. Her life now revolved around taking flowers to the cemetery every week, and keeping her deceased husband’s grave site beautiful. Her physician became concerned. Symptoms of physical illness began to appear. So one day he asked her to do him a favor. He told her about two of his patients in a nearby hospital. They did not have families to visit them. They were sick, and alone. So the ...

939. On God's Side Or In God's Way?

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... of Abraham Lincoln. There is a story told on Lincoln that reminds me of General Booth’s words. In the midst of the Civil War a certain pious minister told Lincoln, “I hope the Lord is on our side.” The president responded, “I am not at all concerned about that . . . But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord’s side.” It is amazing that Abraham Lincoln should be a better theologian than many who call themselves ministers of the Gospel. Some of you grew ...

940. Cleaned and Claimed

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... same time, cleanses us of our sins and puts his name on us. Let’s begin with our need to be made clean before God. The little epistle of I Peter is helpful at this point. The writer uses the story of Noah and the Ark as a metaphor concerning baptism. He writes, “. . . God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also not the removal of dirt from the body but ...

941. Here's Mud in Your Eye

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... I injure myself in the accident, then that is also suffering because of sin, but even that is covered by God’s grace. The point is, God doesn’t want anyone to suffer, saint or sinner. Christ came into the world not to condemn but to save. Jesus wasn’t concerned about whether the man in front of him deserved to be healed. He was a man who needed healing. So Jesus spat on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. He didn’t say, “Here’s mud in your eye,” though ...

942. In the Mood for Murder

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... it provided some fun for people especially for comedians and cartoonists. For example, in a 1976 Peanuts comic strip, Peppermint Patty gets so angry at Charlie Brown that her mood ring explodes. Now that’s a bad mood! My favorite example of mood ring humor, however, concerns a woman who reported that her husband was unhappy with her mood swings. So he bought her a mood ring. He hoped he would be able to monitor her moods and prepare himself accordingly. It worked. He discovered that when she was in a good ...

943. Pastor, Don't Talk About That!

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... the missing ingredient into today’s church “dying to sin.” Doesn’t that imply changed behavior? It reminds me of a classic cartoon in Leadership magazine several years ago in which two couples are seated in a living room engaged in a study of this very teaching concerning dying to sin. One of the women is speaking. “Well,” she says, “I haven’t actually died to sin, but I did feel kind of faint once.” (3) That’s where many people are today. We’re not quite dead to sin; we’re merely a ...

944. Family Re:Union - Inverting the Pyramid

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... enemy territory. Moses is going to give them instructions on how they are to invade and conquer the land. Once that is accomplished they are to settle down and live in the land and it is that which most concerns God. God’s concern was not how they were going to take this land, but God’s concern was what were they going do and how were they going to live once they got in to the land? Moses says something absolutely astounding. Where almost every other politician would have been talking about the need for ...

945. Up Close & Personal: Seeing Clearly

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... to just chill out and hang out. He is the buddy god. Then some believe in the “bellhop” god. God has only one job and only one concern and that is to give me what I want, when I want it and the way I want it. I am not here to serve Him; ... So there is really no such thing as right or wrong. If it feels good to you do it. In fact, He is not just all that concerned about what is going on down here. He just looks at this world and says “Whatever.” What is your picture of God? An elementary school teacher ...

946. Dust Off The Throne

2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16, Luke 1:26-38, Romans 16:25-27

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... , and his son would become the fulfillment of that millennium-old promise. And, of course, the angel’s explanation of God’s plan and purpose for that son of Joseph and Mary plainly echoes the explanation of God’s plan and purpose expressed to Nathan concerning David. Mary’s initial response to the angel’s news, meanwhile, is so marvelously human. He has told her that she will have a son, but not just any son. No, this will be “the Son of the Most High,” suggesting his divinity. Her son will ...

947. The Kingdom Is at Hand

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... s message and believe that message. Indeed, the Kingdom of God is not just “here,” it is “now!” Contrary to the teachings of many, Christianity is not a religion primarily concerned with life after death. Christianity is concerned with life here and now. Its message is not about dying, half so much as it is about living. Christianity is not nearly as concerned about the Last Day as it is this day! “This is the day that the Lord hath made” (Psalm 118:24). The late Paul Harvey once told a humorous ...

948. The Good Life

John 10:11-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... who says something like this, “I don't worry about anything, I just don’t let things bother me”. That person really worries me. The one thing that will suck joy and contentment and peace out of life quicker than you think is worry, fear, anxiety, and concern. Now there is really only one of two things you can do with your worries, try to handle them yourself or let somebody else handle them for you. One of my favorite stories is about a guy that was a major mega worrier. He worried about everything ...

949. Amaziah King of Judah

2 Chronicles 25:1-28

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... the conversation between the prophet and the king. When the prophet warns the king that he should not make use of Israelite soldiers, for the LORD is not with Israel (25:7), and because such a move would lead to his defeat, the king expresses his concern about the hundred talents of silver he has already paid. The prophet responds that the economic argument does not fit the situation, because the LORD can give you much more than that (25:9). The king obeys the prophet’s words and sends those troops back ...

950. Jesus Taken Up into Heaven

Acts 1:1-11

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... book—clearly he means the Gospel—he had set out to give an account of “all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven.” This reveals Luke’s understanding of the scope of his first volume. It was concerned only with the beginning of Jesus’ work, the implication being that that work went on beyond “the day he was taken up.” Luke’s thesis is this: Jesus remains active, though the manner of his working has changed. Now, no longer in the flesh, he continues ...

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