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976. That's What Friends Are For

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... far too often. If we see a family without food, of course we will rush off to the Supermarket and buy them a shopping cart full of groceries. If we hear about someone who is about to be thrown out of their home, of course we will take up an offering to help them pay their rent. But more of our friends have spiritual problems than physical ones, and somehow it is more difficult for us to intervene over spiritual concerns than if their problem was physical. Sometimes a simple invitation to a friend to go ...

977. Encounters With Christ III: Jesus and Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

James W. Moore

... bear her load of living freight to the place of their destination. -Her diminished size is in me, not in her. -And just at the moment when someone at my side says, -‘There she goes’ there are other eyes watching her coming… and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, -‘Here she comes! Here she comes!!’ on the other shore. This is the good news of our Christian faith. We can be born again in this life… and we can be born yet again when death comes,… because there are other worlds to sing ...

978. Dealing With The Dividing Walls

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

James W. Moore

... nations Walls that divide races End of longer version]] What are these walls that divide us? Let me underscore three dangerous walls of hostility that plague and separate and divide people today. If we want to be Christ’s servants, if we want to take up His torch… and continue His ministry… and live in His spirit… then our calling is to join Him in doing battle against these three present-day walls of hostility that are so dangerous, so destructive, so divisive. I. FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS PRIDE ...

979. There Are Other Worlds To Sing In

John 3:1-21

Sermon

James W. Moore

... to bear her load of living freight to the place of their destination. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says, ‘There she goes’ there are other eyes watching her coming… and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, ‘Here she comes! Here she comes!!’ on the other shore. This is the good news of our Christian faith. We can be born again in this life… and we can be born yet again when death comes,… because there are other worlds to sing ...

980. You Are Free to Fail

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... , the best thing we can do is to move on to another place. Lawrence Welk began life in a Dakota farmhouse with sod floor and walls. He was one of eight children born to parents of German ancestry. They were farmers, and expected Lawrence to take up farming as well. From his earliest years, Lawrence was interested in music. His father played the accordion for the family's amusement. When he was a teenager, Lawrence bought a cheap accordion, but it soon fell apart. He saw a more expensive one, and proposed ...

981. The Kingdom Is at Hand

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Many of us would agree with Ricky Bobby that the Christmas Jesus is best. The Christmas Jesus is no threat to our adolescent views of the universe or our self-serving views about faith. Christmas Jesus is soft and huggable. He says nothing to us about taking up a cross or saving a dying world. But “Tiny, Infant, Jesus” isn’t the only portrayal of Jesus in the movie. Ricky’s elderly, long-suffering father-in-law Chip has his own ideas about Jesus. Chip describes his Jesus like this: “I like to ...

982. How to Rise above Discouragement

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... and onward, Who would keep abreast of truth. But long before Lowell it was Jesus who told the sick, "Have faith, stand up and walk." It was Jesus who said to the blind man, "Do you want to see?" and he did. It was Jesus who said, "Take up your cross and follow me." It was Jesus who said, "If you have faith you can move mountains." It was Jesus himself who refused to be defeated by circumstances. Instead, he considered alternative ways of thinking and acting. That's what made him such a revolutionary person ...

983. You Can Be A Livesaver

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... . The scribe's question may have been about life in general, not just life on the other side of dying. He may well have been inquiring about life that is full and satisfying and worth having. "What must I do to really be alive? Not just to take up space and breathe air and function, but to live? What must I do to count for something?" And Jesus answered by telling him a story. "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves ...." Then came the famous parable of The Good Samaritan ...

984. Simon of Cyrene - Reluctant Reliever or Submissive Servant?

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Carl E. Zahrte

... you. Please do not ever turn away from him. When you are sad, or lonely, go back with me to the Cross, and in that vision of Jesus, God’s own son, dying for me and you, find new peace, new power, and new joy, so that you, too, can take up the Cross, and follow him. Amen

985. Blind Ambition

Mark 9:30-37

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... his disciples to Jerusalem. Walking along the road he is talking about what lies ahead, what they can expect when they get there. He says, "The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men, and be killed, and will rise again." The journey to Jerusalem takes up three chapters in the Gospel of Mark. It is a major part of the story. Throughout these three chapters there are predictions of the passion, and this is one of them. "The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men, and be killed, and ...

986. The Propriety of Praise

Psalm 84:1-12

Sermon

Will Willimon

... no one I know is for giving a murderer the key to the city and a recognition banquet. Yet that is almost what's being offered here. There is no lack of charity or consideration in the voice of the older brother. The young man is welcomed to come back, take up his place in the family business, occupy his old room. But a party! Do you think we ought to be having a wedding banquet? How do you know the marriage will last? A graduation party? Isn't it just a little early to be celebrating with no job? So you ...

987. Movable Stone, Portable House

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... me, or you’ll make me stumble and foil the whole mission!” Jesus says, “You are a stone that could make me stumble, for you are not thinking God’s thoughts but human thoughts.” “All who want to come after me must say no to themselves, take up their cross, and follow me.” In other words, to follow Jesus means we put our own assumptions, opinions, ideas, and desires aside, and pay deference to where Jesus wants to lead us. That’s hard to do! Very hard to do! Peter means well. And no doubt ...

988. Life in the Future

Philippians 1:3-11

Sermon

Scott Bryte & Kimberly Miller van Driel

... an annual pattern of holy days and celebrations: Christmas and Easter, Palm Sunday and Good Friday, Holy Trinity, Christ the King, All Saints’ Day, Reformation Day, and many others. We call this the liturgical calendar, or more simply, the church year. The church year still takes up the same amount of time as it takes the earth to go ‘round the sun. The church year is 365 days long, most of the time, with an extra day thrown in at leap year when there needs to be. There are however, some big differences ...

989. Your Lifetime Teeth

Romans 9:1-29

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... anyone here this morning have a big space up front when they smile because they are missing their two front teeth? (Look for a good example of missing front teeth and let them show off a big smile.) Some day you will have some beautiful new teeth to take up that empty place in your lovely mouth. There is a reason why we have talked about your baby teeth and your losing them. I want you to think about something that Paul talked about a long time ago. Many of you will remember that the Israelites were God ...

990. Epiphany 5

Psalm 138:1-8, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Judges 6:1-40, Isaiah 6:1-13, Luke 5:1-11

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... it on fire! And he answered God's call, "Here am I! Send me." God did. (Note: In this type of a sermon, the preachers have to "weave in" the story of their people and their own stories, too. Should he or she wish to do a first-person narrative [taking up where Isaiah leaves off], it would be well to read Peter Marshall's sermon about his call, "The Tap on the Shoulder," in Mr. Jones, Meet The Master. One's intention, in such a sermon would be to help people reflect on their call to the ministry of Jesus ...

991. Advent 3

Zephaniah 3:1-20, Philippians 4:2-9, Luke 3:1-20, Isaiah 12:1-6

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... first advent occurred nearly 2,000 years ago, will come again in God's good time. In the meantime, the living and eternal God keeps their hearts and minds in faith and hope. Luke 3:7-18 (E, L, C); 3:10-18 (RC) The story of John the Baptist takes up this week where it ended last week, fleshing out what John preached to the people who came to hear him and be baptized. His was a powerful law/gospel sermon, given here in the form of a summary. First, he condemned the people as sinners in need of repentance ...

992. Stand Up Straight

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... From the moment you make that affirmation, Satan cannot harm you in any eternal way. It's that simple. You can do it today at the table of Holy Communion. Notice next that Jesus touched the woman. He is still doing that through the Holy Spirit who takes up residence in every person who claims Jesus as Savior and Lord. That Holy spirit can heal any hurt, change any disposition, and bestow any needed gift. When the Holy Spirit touches you, He will change you, according to His will and wisdom. He may fix your ...

993. From Foolishness To Power

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... at the seams. First, he dealt with their pride, then their sense of inadequacy. What the Corinthians needed to see was that God is not interested in who we are, where we've been or what we've done. He's interested only in one thing. Are we ready to take up the cross of Christ? If so, there is One coming out of the stands Who, though the road grows hard, will not allow us to falter or fail. 1. Reason, Aug.-Sep. 1992, p. 29. 2. Steve Gomori in Coronet in Braude's Handbook of Stories for Toastmasters and ...

994. Facing the Wild Beasts Within

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... to the expansion of faith that Westerhoff calls “Owned faith.” In Owned faith, one knows what one believes and why. More importantly one is willing to live its implications, regardless of the cost. Owned faith permits us, as Jesus told us, to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow him. And this brings me to what I believe happened with Jesus in the desert. III. The “wild beasts” A. The wilderness Quaker Parker Palmer in a recent Weavings (March/April 2009, pp. 7-16) article has given me a ...

995. New Covenant, New Testament

Jeremiah 31:27-34

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... is. Jesus has come to us and lives with us and walks with us. But, we must put all of that into proper perspective when looking at today's text. For one thing, the new covenant is incorporated in the promise. Earlier, covenants were made, not promised. The taking up of the covenant into the promise marks the end of the history of God's previous dealings with God's people and a new history will begin. In point of fact, the new covenant that is promised in these historic verses is only new in the sense that ...

996. The Great Sacrifice of Love

Luke 9:18-27, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... but equally, if not more importantly, one of challenge to respond to God who first loved us. The scriptures consistently speak of our need, as Jesus' disciples, to sacrifice, to give our lives for others. If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it. - Luke 9:23-24 Jesus is asking his followers to give their lives for the betterment of others ...

997. The Amalekites Defeated

Exodus 17:8-16

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... (Gen. 36:16), a nomadic people centered northeast of Sinai in the Negev (Num. 13:29). Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men.” The Lord gives no orders or directions to Moses here. Nonetheless, the Lord’s intervention is visible when Moses takes up a position (natsab) saying, “I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.” Moses and Aaron also took Hur with them (Caleb’s son, leader of the tribe of Judah, who later shared administrative leadership with Aaron ...

998. Comfort for the Contrite

Isaiah 57:14-21

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... here, and the material reminds us of Isaiah 1–12. It thus expounds something of the nature of “justice” and “right” (56:1). At the same time, the concern with shalom is not the only reappearance of a theme from chapters 40–55. The material takes up issues from both chapters 1–39 and chapters 40–55. 57:14–21 Again the language recalls the Poet’s words (see 40:1–11), but these verses carry a slightly different meaning. The Poet had begun with Yahweh’s uttering a repeated command to ...

999. Spiritually Prepared

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... so dirty, my own mother wouldn’t recognize me!” Is there so much debris in your life that even God no longer recognizes you? A few years ago, pastor James Emery White learned that a deacon in his church had just abandoned his wife and small children in order to take up with another woman. When White confronted the man, he replied, “Right now, I’m happy, Pastor, and I don’t want to give this up. I know it’s wrong, but I don’t care. If that means I’ll burn in hell, then I guess I’ll burn in ...

1000. Spirit Soaked

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... will do the rest. Jesus lets us know that he is the Bridegroom. He is God’s Son, the one who cares for us, sacrificed on our behalf, and has the ability to unlock every door for us in our lives and in our future. When we allow him to take up residence in our hearts, he will bring his supernatural light into the darkest recesses of our hearts and will warm us and remind us who we are and the amazing potential we have in our lives. All we need to do is “be ready” –be faithful, look for him, pray ...

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