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926. Lay It All Down

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... could ever imagine possible. He had tried to tell his followers and disciples about what was to come. They were too inspired to hear it. It sounded too strange, too incredulous, too out of the box, too fantastical to understand and take in. They wouldn’t understand until much, much later. But they did understand this. He was the one they could trust. He was the one who healed and saved people, all people, no matter who they were. He was the one who cared and preached the good news of God’s restoration ...

927. Are You a Lemming or a Lassie?

Luke 12:13-21, Luke 12:22-34, Luke 12:35-48, Luke 12:49-53, Luke 12:54-59

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” Peter asked, “Lord ...

928. The Funeral Crasher

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14, John 14:15-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... over when their master will leave them. He confirms that he will leave them. But he’s talking to them about death. His death! They react as you might expect or as you would react. With anxiety. They don’t feel ready. They fear being left alone. They don’t understand what he’s telling them. But they know, he says he’s leaving. They know he means to die. But what will that do to their ministry? To their lives? To them? To his mission? Is it all over? Was it all for nothing? They finally get it. He ...

929. Big Spender

1 Kings 10:14-29, 1 Kings 11:1-13, Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and finding God. It’s a coming-home story. He has gotten “lost” in his identity, and he is now coming home, in humility, in sadness, in depression, in a place of severe famine of the soul. His father (a metaphor for God as well as his physical father) understands this too. And he welcomes him back with open arms. And in those arms, this son finds his home again, his identity, and he is reminded who and whose he is. He is a child of the Father. If this story were about moralizing, we’d all be in ...

930. Dangerous

John 12:12-19, Zechariah 9:9-13, Zechariah 9:14-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... We find it easy to trust what we know (or at least what we think we know as real). We lean into the concrete things we can see, touch, smell, hear, hold in our hands, lay our hats on. We lean away from what we cannot see, do not understand, and above all have no control over. Wild cards. Black swans. They scare us. They can totally freak us out. Remember the invention of the microwave? Anyone old enough to remember that? How many remember those who proclaimed loudly they would never buy such a thing. It was ...

931. The Healing Tree

Revelation 22:1-6, Luke 8:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it. “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they ...

932. The Old, Old Story

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ! But the man claimed to be so afraid of the Master’s wrath, that he refused at all to invest. In this, what he had was taken from him, as the Master saw, he could not be trusted with his valued assets. Now to understand the parable as Jesus wants us to understand it, in terms of faith and commitment, we need to interpret the metaphors, just as he would have with his own disciples. We have the Master (God) entrusting his property (care of God’s people of the world) to his servants (his trustees, his ...

933. All Wrapped Up

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... was wrapped up and placed aside by the angels of God who also appeared to Mary or by Jesus himself as he rose before exiting the tomb into the garden. But the message is clear. He is risen! And that message was not lost on John. He didn’t understand it. But in that instant, he believed it! The mystery of the cloths has enraptured people since that day, so much so that we gush over relics, believed to be the head cloths of Jesus, such as the Shroud of Turin or the Sudarium of Oviedo. These cloths were ...

934. The Transformative Power of God

1 John 1:1--2:2

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... be opened” (Luke 11:9-10). We will never receive a better guarantee in life. A little story can help us to understand our need to place our trust in God. There was an expedition of world famous botanists who were exploring in the jungles ... as this man holds the rope. He is my father.” Can we have sufficient trust in God our Father as we have in our biological father? Understanding our need for God and then placing our trust in the Lord will allow us to let go and allow God to transform us. In ministry ...

935. Abiding by the Word

John 6:51-58

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Jesus that we have never before experienced. This is the kind of wisdom we need, the wisdom of Solomon, the wisdom of discernment. We need humility about our humanness and our language and the commitment to abide in relationship with God so that our reading and understanding is also divinely inspired. When we pay attention to the language of metaphors, the meanings in Jesus’ time, and the message of truth for our time, we can walk with Jesus in living color in order to truly hear what he has to say to us ...

936. An Unbreakable Christmas

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... took my losing everything to realize that I’m happier now in my life than when I had big money.” (6) Please don’t miss the purpose of Christmas. God came to bring us peace. And what does the peace of God do? It transcends, or rises above, all understanding and it guards our heart and mind. God’s peace rises above our circumstances and guards against our fears. Hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus, God promised that He would send a Messiah to save His people. We are just a few days away from ...

937. More Certain Than a Tom Brady Pass

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... many lives have been changed, how many lives will be changed because Debrah Constance’s friend challenged her with the words, “You can do it. And you must do it.” To accomplish God’s purposes, we must live without fear. And the final thing we need to understand from the story of Jeremiah is that, in order to accomplish God’s purposes, we must trust God’s plan. Doing great things for God begins with simple trust that the One who has called us will not forsake us as we seek to follow His call. I ...

938. The Wisdom of the Magi

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... long knew the importance of this lineage and would have protected that knowledge (and the family who bore it) as long as they could to ensure the life of the future king. The magi not only sought Jesus. They protected him. This is vitally important to understand about the role of the magi in Matthew’s gospel. They are responsible for keeping Herod away from the child and enabling his family to shuffle him undercover to Egypt for the next few years until the death of Herod. It seems that many around the ...

939. The Limping Body Of Christ

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Mary Austin

... the bounds of their new faith in Jesus. Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says ‘Let Jesus be cursed!’ and no one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the ...

940. Not As the World Gives

John 14:23-29 · John 5:1-9

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... of too many things and too much to do; you’re filled up with the rush and crush of all that the world demands; or maybe this is just a tough moment; a window of painful aloneness, and suddenly someone is there. Suddenly someone appears who understands, who has somehow shared your experience and is able to touch your feelings and your anxiety, your frustration and your hurt. And just as suddenly that someone steps up and offers him or herself. It may be as simple as helping a befuddled dad down the stairs ...

941. How to Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... the trail a little farther ahead. Just keep walking and you’ll see the next leg of the trail. Just keep following what you see, and you’ll be in the village before you know it.” (5) There is so much in this life that we don’t understand, that we can’t anticipate, that we can’t control. It’s easy to get stressed out and anxious and to work ourselves to exhaustion trying to control the uncontrollable variables of our lives. Jesus lived in peace because he trusted his Father’s will for him. He ...

942. Have a Very Messy Christmas!

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

John Jamison

... in the kingdom was greater than him.” This could be one of Jesus’ philosophical statements that needed to be thought about to understand, or, could it be a bit of frustration that no matter how great John may be, when it comes to the real kingdom ... and it will be a while before their world becomes their own again. Being number two is difficult. If John struggled with it I fully understand. And, if John did struggle with it, then maybe I’m not so bad when I do the same thing. There’s hope. And what ...

943. Imagine This

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

John Jamison

... River that morning to evaluate the rumors of a possible new threat there. Remember, this is just my imagination talking here now. There is nothing written to support this part of my story. But, to me, it seems like something that could have happened, and it helps me understand what is to come later. As I hear the words from Matthew today, I can see John standing out in the middle of the Jordan River, just as he had done for a while. But today, Jesus is standing out there with him, his hair still wet from ...

944. To Cross Over

Romans 4:1-5, 13-17

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... comes from Archie Bunker, that chauvinist who was the head of the household on the television series All in the Family, as Archie once said, “Faith is something you believe that nobody in his right mind would believe.” Faith is a difficult concept to understand. Faith is a difficult concept to grasp. Certainly faith is a concept that is difficult to articulate. This is why Paul began his lesson by giving us an example of faith as demonstrated in the life of Abraham. By referring to Abraham, Paul wanted ...

945. A Little Bit of Honey

Matthew 10:40-42

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... good, kind, receptive, and to bless and value others. We may be surprised at the gifts they bring and the knowledge they impart. We do not grow emotionally and spiritually by receiving. But we grow emotionally and spiritually through our giving. When we grow, we gain understanding. When we give, we receive. Today, vow to give a “little bit of honey” to someone in your midst, a cup of cold water to a thirsty soul. You may be surprised at what you receive in return. You probably have all heard of the old ...

946. What's In a Name?

Mark 10:2-16 · Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 · Psalm 8

Sermon

Thomas C. Willadsen

... s appropriate, even orthodox, to say that Jesus sustains all things. One of the ways people talk about the Trinity in modern times is as Creator, redeemer, and sustainer, in place of the more familiar Father, Son, and Holy Ghost/Spirit. In this text we understand that Jesus also is our sustainer. Image #7 — “Purifier for sins.” Hebrews 1:3 (NRSV). There is a distinction between being clean and being pure. We’re clean when we wash our hands. Clean means we’re free from dirt, but to be pure requires ...

947. Love Lives

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Bonnie Bates

... to live among us and to experience our existence. It is a sacrifice I cannot imagine. Many of us can recount sacrifices we have made for family, friends, our work companions, our faith communities, but none of us began as divine beings. We, having been born human, can understand the humanity of Jesus but cannot begin to fathom the humility for a God to come to live among us and become one of us. In this time of the creation of Marvel Comics movies with Thor, Odin, and Loki, we can imagine the power of a God ...

948. The Unknowing Evangelist

Luke 16:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... He actually isn’t. He’s telling us that if we get in the habit of doing good things either out of habit, strategy, or restitution, they may lead us into doing them for the right reasons! Actions don’t always follow words or commitment. Sometimes, commitment, understanding, and empathy come as a result of action! And in the meantime, a good deed is still a good deed! And better than a bad one! In Jesus’ story, a rich man (always a metaphor for God in Jesus’ stories) had a manager (that would be us ...

949. In Pursuit Of The Promise

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... Jesus' followers still seem to be perplexed as to how they are to carry out the work of the kingdom of God without Jesus being with them. As the book of Acts unfolds, they will come to experience the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. Then they will understand how Jesus is able to strengthen them and comfort them even though he is no longer with them physically. Luke recorded, in his gospel, the earthly life and ministry of Jesus. In the Book of Acts, Luke recorded the continuation of that ministry by Christ's ...

950. Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... that there's more to living than eating and drinking. ANGELA: Of course. I know that. GUY: I've learned that God will provide everything we need if we let Him. ANGELA: Of course, He will, but you need some refreshment now. GUY: I'll wait. ANGELA: Great. I can understand that. Are you a minister? GUY: I'm an evangelist. ANGELA: Do you have a television show yet? GUY: No. I don't. I'm not really interested in that. I just want to work with the street people to bring them to God. ANGELA: I knew there was some ...

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