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101. The Rock Of Faith

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... those outsiders see, too often, is a lot of people inside the church who, in fact, think that they have to defend God and the Christian faith against changes brought about by new understandings of history or of the natural world or of ... we react with anger and fear at hearing our belief attacked. You can be almost certain that the person who is most fanatical about "defending" Christianity is the person who thinks he believes what he has only heard other people say that they believe. Someone who cannot yet ...

102. Proper 25

Exodus 22:16-31, Leviticus 19:1-37, Deuteronomy 34:1-12, Matthew 22:34-46, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10; 2:1-16

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Russell F. Anderson

... to please humans, so as to gain power and personal advantage. Bona fide faith, the real thing, only strives to please God. Another differentiation: the real thing stays above board, open and honest, while counterfeit religion seeks to disguise its base motives. Outline: 1. Paul defends against the charge of being fake 2. The authenticity of their faith is shown in the fact that they did not deceive but were open (v. 3) they did not seek to win favor with humans but only with God (v. 4) they demanded nothing ...

103. I Am The Good Shepherd

John 10:1-21

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Ronald Lavin

... is a club, a club used to beat off the wolves which attack his flock. We cannot overcome the enemies in the shadows, but the shepherd defends us, even unto death. "I lay down my life for my sheep," Jesus said. The shepherd's staff is a comfort for two reasons. First ... would think of eating at a time like this?" someone might ask. "God's people," is the answer. They have someone else to defend them. With all kinds of problems, troubles and even enemies assailing us, we go to the banquet of our God to receive ...

104. Paul, The Great Missionary

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... have shared with me in this privilege that God has given me, both now that I am in prison and also while I was free to defend and firmly establish the gospel. God knows that I tell the truth when I say that my deep feeling for you all comes from the heart ... others preach him with all good will. These do so from love, because they know that God has given me the work of defending the gospel. The others do not proclaim Christ sincerely, but from a spirit of selfish ambition; they think that they will make more ...

105. Paul, The Great Missionary

Philippians 1:1-11

Drama

Jerry Eckert

106. Proper 7

Mk 4:35-41 (5:1-20) · 2 Cor 5:14-21; 6:1-13 · 1 Sam 1:32-49 · Job 38:1-11, 16-18 · Ps 9

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Russell F. Anderson

... . This world is passing away and so are we. We have only a limited time to accept or extend this offer of grace. "Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation!" (v. 2). Weapons of righteousness (v. 7). The apostle defends his ministry with a catalogue of spiritual traits and experiences. In verse 7 he speaks of weapons of the right hand and weapons of the left hand. What are some of those weapons? They are numerous, some of which are sprinkled throughout this passage endurance ...

107. Proper 9

2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10, Mark 6:1-13, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

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Russell F. Anderson

... has received. There has been much speculation about the nature of this "thorn" but nothing can be proved. Paul accepts this affliction as a means of keeping his focus on God's grace rather than his own gifts (v. 9). Paul feels foolish in having to defend himself like this but blames the Corinthians for forcing him to do this. Gospel: Mark 6:1-13 After a whirlwind teaching and healing tour, Jesus returns to his boyhood home. On the Sabbath he taught in the synagogue. Many are impressed with his teaching and ...

108. A Blessed Nation

Genesis 12:1-8

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James Wilson

... for all around the world. People: Yet if we are to remain free we must be willing to protect liberty. Leader: And if we are to remain free we must be true to the Lord our God. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, our Almighty Defender and Shield, we lift our voices in praise to You for the many blessings You have so freely given to us. Use our nation in Your mighty kingdom. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often as we live our everyday lives, we fail to appreciate the ...

109. A Scholar · Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... Accordingly, until he knew more about the Master's situation he would proceed cautiously. In addition he probably feared that a daylight call might unwittingly play into the hands of Caiaphas' secret police by subjecting Jesus to arrest where there would be no one to defend him. Inasmuch as Jesus had no place of his own the house where Nicodemus met with him was very likely John's. Scripture tells us the beloved disciple owned a home in Jerusalem (John 19:27) and undoubtedly, like Martha's and Mary's house ...

110. A Big Fisherman · Peter

Mt 16:13-20 · Jn 1:35-42

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... not the prophets foretold a Redeemer from the line of David? But Peter had had a vision in which he was instructed to count none unclean. (Acts 10:28) To be sure, Israel's hierarchy called Peter to task for what he had done. But so successfully did he defend his action that those calling him to account for it ended up glorifying God because of it. (Acts 11:1-18) It was a genuine triumph of one man's faith, attesting as it did that old things were passing away and all things were becoming new. (2 Corinthians ...

111. Sight And Insight

John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41

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John R. Brokhoff

... man was thrown out of his religion. Now he was an outcast and ostracized with no human or divine relationship. And it was all because he defended Jesus as a man from God. The gospel is in the fact that Jesus came to him, looked him up, and found him. Here was ... blind man was certain of one fact: he could now see. This personal experience enabled him to witness to his condition and defend the One who healed him. Because of the lack of spiritual experience in which our eyes were opened to the significance of ...

112. Who Is Your King?

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Erskine White

... the office of the priesthood itself. He doesn’t dispute their authority or their right to be priests. Instead, He attacks the corruption they have allowed to flourish in the temple, which is God’s house, a house of prayer. How can the priests defend what the moneychangers are doing? What can be more distasteful than unseemly profit made in the name of religion, in Jesus’ day or in our own? And Jesus is also careful when He condemns the lawyers, scribes and Pharisees - He quotes the law and prophets ...

113. Proper 18

Luke 14:25-35, Deuteronomy 30:11-20, Proverbs 9:1-18, Ezekiel 33:1-20, Philemon 1:8-25

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George Bass

... people will be joined to the business of the very angels of God. The Prayer Of The Day The classic collect for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost calls for God's help in this life: "O Lord, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy church; and because it cannot continue in safety without thy succor, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen." The classic ...

114. Under The Wings Of The Almighty

Ruth 2:1-23

Sermon

Sims Robert

... the danger. God is always between us and the harm and danger of life. We may not always see him. We see the danger; it is there, it’s coming, it’s approaching, it’s in our face, but it never reaches us because God is there to protect and defend us. Someone might say, “Pastor, come on, get real. People are getting hurt and sick and are dying every day. Does God protect them?” My answer is yes; yes, God does protect them. He protects all who love him. Those who live in love live in God and God lives ...

115. For an Eighty-year-old Man

Acts 1:1-11

Eulogy

Harold Warlick

... our faith against the onslaught of forces we hate, be they fundamentalism, literalism, or atheism. Such a role Eck Ring did not occupy. He did not hate, so he did not have to defend. Nor did Christ send his followers into the world to be prosecuting attorneys. Humans have difficulty trying to prosecute the forces of evil. We tend to become merciless in our fight. We usually attack personal vices, such as tobacco or alcohol, while leaving the greater ills like hatred and prejudice ...

116. "Because I'm God"

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

John P. Rossing

... designed and created the earth, and no one is competent or authorized to judge him. We, like Job, must remember that although God has promised to answer our prayers and to act on our behalf, it is only because he chooses to. God doesn't take orders from us or defend himself to us. Well, all of that doesn't present a very flattering picture of God, does it? God keeps people waiting, and then when he does reply to their cries it's to pull rank or to make fun of their complaints. So is God a tyrant? Perhaps ...

117. Step Four - Courage

Mt 26:69-75 · Acts 9:1-9 · Ps 139:1-6

Sermon

John A. Terry

... truth you do not get spanked. If you lie, you do get spanked. We usually need to ask twice. That is because our first response is to defend ourselves. "No I did not do that ... Okay, I did." What does it take to get to the point where you can say what the psalmist ... was out to destroy the followers of the Way. Paul must have been certain that he was doing good. After all, he was defending what he believed to be the true faith. As often happens with "true believers," the intensity of his effort was his way ...

118. Step Eight - Love

Mt 7:7-14 · 2 Cor 5:16-21 · Ps 19:7-13

Sermon

John A. Terry

... Polls that give approval ratings of various professions generally rate attorneys about the same level as sellers of used cars. They defend guilty and innocent. But the polls do not reflect that. Police who are sworn to uphold the law can become ... the joy the psalmist describes. To keep from breaking it and to become willing to make amends, we need to call on God's power to defend us from ourselves. It is to this need to be reconciled with God and one another that Paul wrote to the church in Corinth. Knowing ...

119. Been Fishin' Lately?

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... these people who called themselves fishermen held meetings and talked about their call to be fishermen, the abundance of fish, and they passed along all the latest innovations in fishing. Year after year, they carefully defined what fishing was all about, defended fishing as a noble occupation, and declared that fishing is always the primary task of fishermen. They constantly searched for new and better methods of fishing, and for new and better definitions of fishing. They loved such slogans as “Fishing ...

120. Which Jesus Do You See?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Brett Blair

... boys or girls would ever again have to be sacrificed by this world of disobedience and sin. And here in lies the difference. Here is what the Greeks did not see. Here is the what the disciples could not perceive. Here is what Pontius Pilate would not defend. Here is what Rabbi Neusner cannot accept: The Cross. "The cross is what separates the Christ of Christianity from every other Jesus. In Judaism there is no precedent for a Messiah who dies, much less as a criminal as Jesus did. In Islam, the story of ...

121. The Inaugural Address

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Brett Blair

... Inaugural Address, Saturday, March 4, 1933. These two paragraphs are in the opening of the speech but have been inverted here for effect. ********** Here is the fourth: In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility—I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we ...

122. Vacillation - Pontius Pilate

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... we had a mere mortal on our hands, and that, if crucified, the man would actually die. You see, Procula, no divinity could die." "You make the logical error of assuming that what did happen, had to happen. Because Jesus did not defend himself, doesn't prove he could not defend himself. Perhaps he meant to suffer. Anyway, none of this excuses you from judicial murder." "Watch your language, wife! Now we have established that this was no son of God in fact ..." "We have established nothing of the sort." "All ...

123. A Blessed Nation

John 8:31-41

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... for all around the world. People: Yet if we are to remain free we must be willing to protect liberty. Leader: And if we are to remain free we must be true to the Lord our God. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, our Almighty Defender and Shield, we lift our voices in praise to You for the many blessings You have so freely given to us. Use our nation in Your mighty kingdom. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, so often as we live our everyday lives, we fail to appreciate the ...

124. Emancipation Proclamation

John 8:31-41

Sermon

... of murder. Though he continues to claim innocence, he was convicted by a jury vote of 12 to 0, and recommended for the penalty of death by a vote of 8 to 4. Beyond all reasonable doubt? The defendant was the only black man in the courtroom with an all white jury, prosecutor, public defender, bailiff, court reporter, and a curious audience. We had our doubts about the evidence. We were dismayed by prosecution tactics. One day we may know the truth. What is Truth? When Jesus stood before the court of Pontius ...

125. Believing is Seeing

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... of Christ the King, brings in the royal diadem to crown him Lord of all? Is this another round of hype and hoopla? Do we crown what seems to be our last-place finish with a "Wait Till Next Year" banner in our bleachers? Patience wears thin on coaches who defend their losing season with the promise that we are building for the future. To say that Christ is King, isn’t that like saying that the cellar is the ceiling? If Christ is King, then. . . and each of us can name his own demands and voice his own ...

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101. The Rock Of Faith

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

102. Proper 25

Exodus 22:16-31, Leviticus 19:1-37, Deuteronomy 34:1-12, Matthew 22:34-46, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10; 2:1-16

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

103. I Am The Good Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

104. Paul, The Great Missionary

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

105. Paul, The Great Missionary

Philippians 1:1-11

Drama

Jerry Eckert

106. Proper 7

Mk 4:35-41 (5:1-20) · 2 Cor 5:14-21; 6:1-13 · 1 Sam 1:32-49 · Job 38:1-11, 16-18 · Ps 9

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

107. Proper 9

2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10, Mark 6:1-13, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

108. A Blessed Nation

Genesis 12:1-8

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

109. A Scholar · Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

110. A Big Fisherman · Peter

Mt 16:13-20 · Jn 1:35-42

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

111. Sight And Insight

John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

112. Who Is Your King?

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Erskine White

113. Proper 18

Luke 14:25-35, Deuteronomy 30:11-20, Proverbs 9:1-18, Ezekiel 33:1-20, Philemon 1:8-25

Sermon Aid

George Bass

114. Under The Wings Of The Almighty

Ruth 2:1-23

Sermon

Sims Robert

115. For an Eighty-year-old Man

Acts 1:1-11

Eulogy

Harold Warlick

116. "Because I'm God"

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

John P. Rossing

117. Step Four - Courage

Mt 26:69-75 · Acts 9:1-9 · Ps 139:1-6

Sermon

John A. Terry

118. Step Eight - Love

Mt 7:7-14 · 2 Cor 5:16-21 · Ps 19:7-13

Sermon

John A. Terry

119. Been Fishin' Lately?

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

120. Which Jesus Do You See?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Brett Blair

121. The Inaugural Address

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Brett Blair

122. Vacillation - Pontius Pilate

Sermon

Ron Lavin

123. A Blessed Nation

John 8:31-41

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... for all around the world. People: Yet if we are to remain free we must be willing to protect liberty. Leader: And if we are to remain free we must be true to the Lord our God. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, our Almighty Defender and Shield, we lift our voices in praise to You for the many blessings You have so freely given to us. Use our nation in Your mighty kingdom. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, so often as we live our everyday lives, we fail to appreciate the ...

124. Emancipation Proclamation

John 8:31-41

Sermon

125. Believing is Seeing

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

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