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Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... ne’er repine, But meekly say, as Thou hast said, "Thy will, O lord, not mine!" And though I pass beneath Thy rod, Amen, so let it be! Whate’er Thou wilt, O blessed Lord, I know is best for me. So would I live that I may feel Thy perfect peace divine, And still Thy pure example show In every act of mine; And till! reach the silent vale, And cross the narrow sea, Be this my prayer, O blessed Lord, "Thy will be done in me!"5 Bartimaeus Bartimaeus alone called, "Jesus ... have mercy on me!" Jesus responded ...

927. The Marriage of Adam and Eve

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... and woman came together in their children, sharing totally. Original Design is Lost But we are living in a fallen world. The innocence of Eden, where the man and woman both were naked and were not ashamed, is now behind us. The original design is lost. The perfection of creation with its unity and beauty is destroyed. And "holy marriage" has become the victim of our interference with the rule of God as we set out to rule each other. Adam and Eve did not live happily ever after. One needs only turn a page ...

928. The Remote

John 14:5-14

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... . You were just on the verge of something. SUSAN: I was? FLY: Sure. Now, let's think. Who could know everything and be loving and unselfish? SUSAN: Well, it sounds like a fantasy -- magic. FLY: A special person, right? SUSAN: Very special -- a perfect person. FLY: Who would be perfect? SUSAN: It would have to be ... but I don't believe ... in that. FLY: Maybe it's Time to change your belief system. SUSAN: Well ... what about God? FLY: God? Who mentioned God? SUSAN: No one -- hey, I did! FLY: Do you believe ...

929. The Priesthood of All Believers

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... passage is Ephesians 4:11-12. In the King James Version it reads, "He gave some apostles and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ." In the King James Version, as well as the Revised Standard Version, the perfecting of the saints, meaning believers, and the work of the ministry are separated by a comma. In the New English Bible the comma between the saints and the ministers is ...

930. The Communion of Saints

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... the verses immediately preceding our text the apostle concludes his description of the departed heroes of faith with these words: "Yet they did not enter upon the promised inheritance, because, with us in mind, God had made a better plan, that only in company with us should they reach their perfection" (Hebrews 11:39-40, New English Bible). It is only when God’s redemptive purpose for all mankind will have been fulfilled in Christ’s coming in glory that we shall have a ...

931. True Freedom

John 8:31-41

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... basis of true freedom. To be a Christian is to accept this priceless gift with all its privileges and responsibilities. It is to accept a new life under a new Lord in the service of love. In the words of Luther, "A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all." And in the words of Paul, "But now you have been set free from sin and are the slaves of God; as a result your life is fully dedicated to him, and at the last you will ...

932. The Flow of Life

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... marriage where there are never any fights or difficulties; or be the ideal parent who always sacrifices and does just what is right for his or her children and never dislikes them; or be the perfectly mature person who never gets upset. We have our ideals and they can be extremely important. We need to have expectations that pull us to realize our potential more fully. The problem can come, though, when the gap between our expectations and the way we really are becomes too great. ...

933. Happy New Year?

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... our sins and we are free from condemnation and damnation. Because of Christ we are forgiven. Pardon is a gift of grace. As our text says, we are clothed with the robe of righteousness. It is the perfect righteousness of Jesus. Now God does not see us in the nakedness of our sins but sees us covered with the perfection of Christ. Because of being free from the penalty of our sins, we should be the happiest people on earth. But are we? A teenager once saw a nun in her traditional habit -- long black robes and ...

934. The Kind of People Whom God Chooses

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

William G. Carter

... manufactured its own mythology about the first disciples. We have spun tales about their grounded faith and their perfect understanding. We want to believe that they had their collective act together. We want to affirm them as competent and capable, always knowing the correct ... answer to a question or the perfect solution to a problem. But that was not the case. The twelve disciples were ordinary people, like you and me. I don ...

935. Anything Better Than the Golden Rule?

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

William G. Carter

... . We put ourselves in others’ place. We live as if we have everything in common. Wouldn’t it be great if we could live by the Golden Rule? And yet, I don’t know anybody who can live by the Golden Rule. Once in a while, maybe; but not perfectly, and not all the time. If we want proof, we have no further to look than the teachings that lie around the Golden Rule. As some commentators come to this part of Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain, they interpret the Golden Rule as a summary of teachings that come ...

936. A Fresh Start

Joel 2:28-32, Joel 2:18-27

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... the created order and God. In that sense Joel and the prophets are correct: The evils we encounter in life are a consequence of sin. Do not think that you are off the hook because you can blame our less-than-perfect world on the sins of others, like Adam and Eve. You and I are sinning too. Any perfect people here? Insofar as you and I keep on sinning, do what we do to satisfy our own egos and not what our neighbors need, we are contributing to all the problems in the world. In that sense, the problems in ...

937. Secondhand Religion

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... The truth is, however, that people who attach their future to what they can see never go very far. When we attach our future to what God sees, we can go on forever. So, let’s be sure that we spend our lives “looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may ...

938. Deformed, Disfigured, and Despised: A Marred but Magnificent Messiah

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... of the human and spiritual spectrum. One is the power to repel others away defensively. The other is the power to attract others to him offensively. This is the cross. The new Messiah would become a perfect physical representation of our lowest and basest condition as humanity. He would also become the epitome of a perfect spiritual representation of our highest humanity. He is at once the man we never want to be seen with, never want to be around, never want in our company, but also the man we long for ...

939. A Messenger of Promise

Malachi 2:17--3:5

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... his understanding of the Sacrament of the Altar. He saw the prophecy of Malachi about the messenger as fulfilled in the Sacrament of the Altar, because he believed that Christians were able to make the perfect sacrifice. Not all Christian teachers agreed with Justin. We can agree only in the sense that we make the perfect sacrifice by faith. Actually God is the one who gives in the sacrifice as we receive the Christ who has died and is risen again. What we offer is ourselves as sinners, that we might ...

940. The Child of Promise

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... cast into the fire. In the same way the little Lord Jesus who came to us at Bethlehem would grow up to be that true person who would live under God in perfect obedience that he might demonstrate for us and live for us a life that is living proof that God can be believed. There is no way in which Jesus modeled a perfect life of ease. Rather his life was filled with tensions, tribulations, and temptations and ended in anything but worldly success. “He was a flop at thirty-three,” sings one ditty about him ...

941. This Could Have Been Your Life! (A Drama about Coveting)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... . Bob: Ah, well. I hope Sarah has a good time. Okay, let’s look at these slides! (SLIDE OF A CUTE KID) Recognize this kid? Jean: Yes. Bob: Of course you do! It’s little Jimmy Jackson from down the road and he’s perfect. Am I right, Jason? Jason: Yep, perfect. Bob: He never disobeys, has 50 Bible verses memorized, always wears nice clothes, and cleans his room. Kinda wish your kids were the same eh? Jean: Well… Bob: How about this slide? (SLIDE OF TOM SELLECK) Jean: You mean I could have been married ...

942. Christian Liberty

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

... a walking sports almanac. Leith told him about this World Series game he attended and added, "It was such a disappointment. I was a Dodger fan' and the Dodgers never got on base." The man said, "You were There? You were at the game when Don Larsen pitched the first perfect game in all of World Series history'" Leith replied, ''Yeah, but uh, we lost." He then realized that he had been so caught up in his team's defeat that he missed out on the fact that he was a witness to a far greater page of history. (As ...

943. Do You Love Me?

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the 5th century said that the 100 represented the fullness of the gentiles, the 50 symbolized the remnant of Israel and the three of course was there for the Trinity. Augustine’s theory (5th century) was a little more complicated. He said, there are 10 commandments and 7 is the perfect number of grace and that’s 17 right? Now if you add all the numbers from 1 to 17 together, you know 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 all the way up to 17 you’ll get 153. And not only that but if you were to arrange them with 17 ...

944. Keeping Our Perspective and Priorities Straight

Luke 6:17-26

Illustration

Brett Blair

... sports almanac. Leith told him about the first major league game he attended and added, "It was such a disappointment. I was a Dodger fan' and the Dodgers never got on base." The man said, "You were there? You were at the game when Don Larsen pitched the first perfect game in all of World Series history'" Leith replied, ''Yeah, but uh, we lost." He then realized that he had been so caught up in his team's defeat that he missed out on the fact that he was a witness to a far greater page of history. (As ...

945. The Powerful Moments that Change Your Life Forever

Matthew 4:12-23

Sermon

James W. Moore

... in one. When I got to the door, I heard the patter of feet behind me. I turned to see the head nurse running after me and she said, “Oh, Jim, I forgot the most important thing. Mrs. Davis is so critically ill that the doctors want her to be perfectly still and she is not allowed to speak.” I was discombobulated! I promptly went into the room and did everything wrong. I pushed the door open too hard and it slammed against the wall. I kicked the bed (you are not supposed to do that!) I tried to talk to ...

946. A Mother's Gift

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... and finally spoke. "Woman, you are drunk. Go home and sober up." Startled, Hannah looked toward the direction of the voice. She saw that it was Eli, old now and infirm, but still a man who deserved great respect. With firmness and dignity, and yet in perfect courtesy, Hannah repudiated the charge. "I have not been pouring wine; I have been pouring out my soul." In an instant the High Priest knew his mistake and felt ashamed of his rude and unworthy remark. He realized that here was a decent and God-fearing ...

947. God Bless America

Psalm 33:1-22

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , all we need do is count the other nations of this world that enjoy the same things. Painfully few, painfully few. Is it perfect? We know better. We look at those magnificent natural resources with which God has blessed us and see them despoiled and depleted - we ... has never done for him what it has done for me. He does not have nearly the reason to celebrate. No, this nation is not perfect. The list of our national woes could go on and on...but it does not have to. As we read the Old Testament accounts of ...

948. The Lord's Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... will come. And I believe that we will answer, not only for what we have done, but what we have failed to do. As the Scripture says, "Anyone who knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, commits sin."(3) The kingdom of God, that vision of perfection we have in our hearts, is coming. Actually, it has already arrived...in Jesus, the first one in history to walk this earth with both thought and action in total harmony with the will of God. And to make sure that no one could miss the arrival of the kingdom ...

949. The Jump to Judgment

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... told Nathan, "As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die! He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity." And do you remember what Nathan said to David? "YOU are the man!" What a perfect illustration of getting the log out of YOUR eye before trying to get the speck out of someone else's. I must remember that when I point the finger of judgment at someone else, the other three fingers folded back in secret in my own hand are pointing right back ...

950. Tragedy and Triumph

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Glenn, the first American ever to orbit the earth, and who would do it again at age 77 in 1998, saying, "I guess we always knew there would be a day like this." But what had made this day so shocking was that we had come to expect perfection. We had become accustomed to triumph, and now we were confronted with tragedy. Of course, thousands of homes across our land go from triumph to tragedy daily. A father suffers a massive heart attack; a mother succumbs to a fast-moving cancer; a little child is crushed ...

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