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Matthew 16:21-28, Luke 19:28-44

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Robert Noblett

... the things that were glorious had no glory, and the sacrifices were like the stockyards at Chicago if nothing was done with the meat except to bury it.3 The television series "Eight Is Enough" dealt regularly with creative themes, and in one segment addressed the subject of violence. Little Nicholas came home one afternoon with his head buried, quite literally, in a book. When finally convinced to put down the book, it was discovered that he had a bruised cheek and a bloody nose. He had been in a fight, but ...

1177. Leah

Genesis 49:29--50:14

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Warren Thomas Smith

... thy father called thee Esau, didst thou not say, ‘Here am I’?"2 Hapless Leah became the unwanted bride. True, Jacob demonstrated remarkable perseverance in serving the additional seven years for Rachel, but consider what those years mean to Leah. Not desired, yet subject to the passing whims of a husband, she underwent hate, estrangement, passion, and fear. "What is this you have done to me?" stormed Jacob at his father-in-law. Jacob might thunder curses at Laban, but his brutal anger fell upon Leah ...

1178. Joseph

Proverbs 10:1-32

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Warren Thomas Smith

... so in fact, Joseph filled that essential father’s role and relationship for a growing lad. AT NAZARETH It would be wonderful if we knew of those "hidden years," the growth period. "And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them ..." Those were adventuresome days in the carpenter shop. Jewish tradition required that each son be taught a trade by his father. Jesus would have learned to use hammer, saw, and plane. As Jesus grew to young manhood, there would have been treasured ...

1179. Herod Antipas

Luke 13:31-35

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Warren Thomas Smith

... friends would be real friends, and the only kings would be those of genuine nobility. Herod brought his crown to Jerusalem, he had to. His crown was the only royal commodity he had. He depended upon the trappings of royalty to insure his position. Subjects did not applaud him. Law required they bend the knee, but they did not honor him in their hearts. ONE FROM GALILEE By complete contrast to Herod Antipas, another entered Jerusalem: simply dressed and riding a donkey. His court consisted of a few fishermen ...

1180. Onesimus

Isaiah 43:1-13

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Warren Thomas Smith

... for every person; that same person becomes a brother. It was not until three hundred years after Paul’s time that the great Roman jurist Ulpian made it well-defined, "By the law of Nature all men are equal." Will Durant summed it up, "... the legal subjection of slaves is the worst blot on Roman law."3 It is a blot on any civilization or people. The Christian answer has been, "... neither Jew nor Greek ... neither slave nor free ... all one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:28) The letter to Philemon is one ...

1181. An Unidentified King

Matthew 21:1-11

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Bill Bouknight

... Savior and Lord. Instinctively you understand that in serving him you will know a quality of life, in this world and the next, that comes only through him. But you know that to follow him will cost you. When you crown him King, you become his humble subject. He has the right to change your values, your vocation, your habits, your budget, your friends...everything. It's safer to just stand by the roadside and cheer. But he may never pass this way again. In your heart of hearts you know that if you resist ...

1182. Can We Really Get Along?

John 4:1-26

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Bill Bouknight

... lips had touched. In verse 9, she says, in effect, "Hey, what's with you? Don't you know that Jews have no dealings with Samaritans?" This was bait for an argument about Jewish-Samaritan differences. Jesus would not take the bait. In verse 10 Jesus switches the subject to the mysterious topic of "living water." He said, "If you knew who I am, you would ask me for living water." She thought it was rather foolish to talk about living water with a man who didn't even have a bucket. In verse 16, Jesus touches ...

1183. Don't Be Afraid of the Future

Matthew 28:1-10

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Bill Bouknight

... 15- year old son interrupted his raid on the refrigerator long enough to say, “Mom, when you bought those shorts, did you realize that the color exactly matches the veins in your legs?” What a let-down! Not only do we fight aging; we evade the subject of death in every way possible. Even network television avoids the word, preferring to say that someone “passed away.” Why are we so threatened by death and the passing of time? Because we in the great American middle class dearly love the set-up we ...

1184. Why Did God Allow That To Happen?

John 9:1-41

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Bill Bouknight

... this second question rather than the first one. If Jesus' response is understood as an answer for question one, the "why" question, it tells us that God planned for this poor man to suffer over thirty years of blindness so that he would be available as a handy subject for a miracle when Jesus came along. No loving God would do that! Jesus' response is to the second question: What good can come out of this tragedy? He said that the blind man would be a living demonstration of the power of God. And that is ...

1185. The Cross Way of Life

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... father or mother more than me is not worthy of me ..." It is a call for self-discipline by putting Christ first in our way of life and all other persons in a subordinate relationship. This matter of discipline is not a popular subject in affluent and luxury-loving America. As a seminary student in Philadelphia I often went downtown to famous Leary’s bookstore located for many years next to the big department store, Gimbels. Repeatedly Gimbels approached Leary’s store about purchasing the property in ...

1186. Herod and Jesus

Drama

Jon Joyce

... HEROD: [Angry] So, you will not answer me! I have ways, you know, ways to break you, carpenter. JESUS: [Calm] I have nothing to say to you, Herod. HEROD: [Still angry] I determine whether or not you have anything to say, carpenter, and you are one of my subjects. When I ask you a question, you will answer me. It’s humiliating, in front of the priests and the court, to endure such impudence, and I’ll not suffer it. JESUS: My time has come. There is nothing to say. HEROD: You’d better believe your time ...

1187. In the Spirit's Tether

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... our unity is reinforced and the unseen dimension of our oneness is strengthened and enriched. There is no magic here, with the elements. But, a miracle does take place in our self-awareness. The former feelings of self-intoxication slip away as we sense our subjection to one who strengthens and sustains us. Each one of us is an individual in every sense of the word. Yet, in spite of our marked singularness, nevertheless there arises one body, of which each believer is a member and Jesus Christ, the Head ...

1188. God Is No Gentleman

Luke 1:67-80

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... knew them intimately not as a monarch ruling from a distant throne, but as one who involved himself with his people where they lived and moved and had their being. It was only then that he could rule with understanding, concern, and compassion for all his subjects. And I suspect that only as the peasants learned the truth about their king, how he dwelt among them and shared their humble lot, could they truly rejoice, assured that he who ruled them had a heart of love. The incarnation, the coming of Christ ...

1189. Virtue Won’t Hurt You

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... out and grabbed the apple. Opening my young mouth as wide as possible, I took a gigantic bite out of the heart of the apple. Then, I hastily replaced it on its pedestal. Needless to say, the shiny apple with its hole and teeth marks became the subject of great merriment on the part of our class. The teacher, of course, did not find the event to be so amusing. Her scowling face indicated that the culprit, if caught, would be in serious trouble. She began an intense interrogation of each student. Finally, in ...

1190. It’s Not So Bad To Be A Beggar

Acts 3:1-10

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... more than he asked for. We, inside the church, often fail to ask for enough. We ask as if we were asking of another beggar, forgetting that our needs are supplied by the King of the Universe. It is said that Alexander the Great liked to feel his subjects could come to him about any matter. One day a saucy little beggar gained audience with Alexander and asked him for a farm for himself, a new house for his wife, a dowry for his daughter, and an education for his son. Alexander granted the large request, and ...

1191. When Love Runs Out of Breath

Matthew 22:34-40

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Barbara Brokhoff

... clothes, we love pop songs, we love some people, we love the colors of blue and yellow, we love faded jeans, and we love dimpled babies - or anything else you can think of! Love is the most overworked, misunderstood, least-practiced word of our time! The whole subject of love is too big for us, and the practice of it is almost completely beyond us. Think of what love is not: Hugs and kisses and squeezes, Little gifts to the United Fund, Red Cross, and Easter Seal Drive, Songs about love, Banners and buttons ...

1192. When We Mourn

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... Jesus had with that little band of twelve? In our Gospel for this All Saints’ Sunday, we have what are called "Beatitudes" from the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew has a habit of collecting together all the sayings of Jesus on a particular subject and putting them together in his Gospel. Most scholars agree that this sermon on the mount is Matthew’s collection and distillation and summary of Jesus’ consistent teaching to his disciples. He taught them many things many different times, and today we read ...

1193. Embalmed With Cardiac Arrest

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... with the facts objectively. I always laugh when I hear that remark. There is no one in the world who ever deals with facts objectively, and the moment he says he’s going to deal with the facts objectively, it has already become subjective, because he’s dealing with them. The brilliant scientist, Dr. Alexis Carrell, has said: "Intelligence is useless to those who possess nothing else. A pure intellectual is an incomplete human being. He is unhappy - terribly unhappy - because he cannot enter into the ...

1194. The Hard-to-Believe Promise

John 14:5-14

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Louis H. Valbracht

... the Holy Spirit and the power that would be thereby transmitted to them and through them, he repeated a promise which he had made before. He was attempting to reiterate the power that we have at our fingertips, if we only believe it. Actually, it concerns the subject of prayer, because any petition addressed to Christ is a prayer. So when he says: "Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it," we have the whole key to the power of prayer. The reason many of our prayers go apparently unanswered or are answered ...

1195. Paul: The Man and His Message

Romans 9:1-29

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T. A. Kantonen

... we should triumph over the world with you, come to us clothed in the glory of the world."6 Paul’s basic theology, his concepts of grace, redemption, and salvation, must be studied in this profound cosmic setting, not in terms of any narrow subjective analysis. Whatever else we discover in his teaching, it must all be related to his central purpose, to glorify Jesus as Christ and Lord. Notes 1. Archibald M. Hunter, The Gospel According to St. Paul (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1967), 11. 2. Ibid., 12 ...

1196. Grace, Salvation, and Redemption

Romans 8:18-27, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Romans 5:1-11

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T. A. Kantonen

... sin, death, the devil, the law, and the wrath of God as "tyrants" overthrown by Christ. In our day Aulen has contended that the ideas of ransom and victory represent the church’s primary approach to the work of Christ. They show God to be the subject as well as the object in the act of atonement, present Christ’s whole life of active obedience to God in inseparable unity with the event of his death, and stress the positive and constructive results of Christ’s triumph. Even the element of truth in ...

1197. Cheering Stones

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... his book, The Vicar Of Wakefield. The passage said, "I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing."6 There is plenty of zeal in the world today, but not all of it by any means is properly directed. And one of our needs is to examine the subjects of our zeal periodically to see if we are enthusiastic about the things we ought to be enthusiastic about. A lot of cheering is being done today, but too few are seeing in Christ the One who supremely deserves their cheers. It is tragic, in addition, that some of ...

1198. Ghosts - 1951

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... four years. I stayed six. Why? The two studies, the Scylla and Charybdis which so seductively delayed my personal passage through my high school whirlpool, were Latin and geometry. I’ve heard the wise academicians gravely put forth the "reasons" for retaining these subjects in the curriculum. They obviously feel some tremendous pressure, never dreaming that it is the strong grey hands of a ghost. As a matter of fact there did use to be an excellent reason. Not so very far in the past Latin and Greek ...

1199. Achieving An All-In Victory - 1952

1 John 5:1-12

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Kent Moorehead

... heir to the throne of my life - my noblest self. Anything less is a false pretender whose subversive activity must be exposed and punished. For all my lesser selves can be fully trusted and given freedom only when they recognize that they must be loyal subjects willing to accept the disciplines and duties assigned them. But once the choice is made to enthrone my best in the position of authority over the rest of me, how can I maintain such a character heirarchy? I must control myself. Obviously that is the ...

1200. The Christian’s Style - 1960

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... convince his contemporaries that he was the long-looked-for Messiah. Even those who seemed to be most staunch in this belief had their dark hours of dismal doubt, for the Master himself refrained from making any dogmatic declarations on the subject until the conviction was expressed by Peter at Caesarea Philippi. Even John the Baptizer, the dauntless forerunner who first announced the great idea, came at length to be tortured by harrowing uncertainty. And no wonder. Having obeyed the unrelenting dictates of ...

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