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Mark 1:29.39

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... day fishing. Out of the blue, they caught a mermaid who begged to be set free in return for granting each of them a wish. Now one of the guys just doesn’t believe it, and said, “Okay, if you can really grant wishes, then double my IQ.” The mermaid said, “Done.” Suddenly, the guy started reciting Shakespeare flawlessly and analyzing it with amazing insight. The second guy was so blown away that he said to the mermaid, “Triple my IQ.” The mermaid said, “Done.” The guy started to spout out ...

1277. Jesus Chose You

John 15:9-17

Children's Sermon

Various Authors

... but then I look some more and I think I will choose chocolate fudge. But it is hard, because there are so many other flavors. There is superman ice cream and raspberry sherbet, but I have to make a choice. I can’t make one choice, so I get a double dipper of butter pecan and moose tracks. Choosing two kinds out of 39 isn’t bad, is it? (Let them answer.) Jesus said he made choices, also. According to the Bible, Jesus chose you. He said very plainly that we did not choose him, but instead Jesus chose us ...

1278. The Great Reveal

John 12:20-33

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ’s voice is heard by all bystanders, proclaiming “glorification.” Glorification is a beautiful word used here and gives us the final hint about what Jesus is trying to explain. The word is doxa. It means “to give weight.” It’s a brilliant double entendre that means both to ascribe identity, to reveal the true form of, to acknowledge due esteem, or to manifest the unconcealed essence of a matter. Doxa discloses Jesus’ true nature as Son of God, the divine in human form, and Messiah. Meanwhile ...

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Psalm 142:1-7

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... of confinement (Set me free from my prison, cf. 143:11b in Hb.). Each has a supporting motivation. The first points to the opponents (for they are too strong for me), and the second to God (that I may praise your name). The latter doubles as a vow of praise. It is in the context of this future praising, not this present praying, that the psalm foresees that the righteous will gather about me, thus signaling the speaker’s reincorporation into the believing community. Closing the psalm is thanksgiving ...

1280. The Seventy “Sevens”

Daniel 9:20-27

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... be from the same root, but there is a debate about whether the root is ʿup, “to fly,” or yaʿap, “to be weary,” since they have two of the same radicals. The NIV derives the construction from the former, and since there is a double occurrence, construes it intensively, “in swift flight” (or perhaps NIV is following some of the ancient Greek manuscripts that actually have the word “swiftly” in the text). However, it is not likely that the second word can be explained from the root “to fly ...

1281. Into the Wilderness

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... That would be a fairy tale in which “they lived happily every after” by bedtime. And we know it too. The Greatest Seduction But the last temptation was the hardest, wasn’t it? No longer desperate, clear-headed and strong, Jesus seemed to be a double winner. That is precisely where evil brought its last seduction. “You have faith! You have great faith!” Trust God! Live as if it matters! Here is where the insidious call of the “health and wealth gospel” summons. God wants you to have it all! You ...

1282. Do You Think That I Have Come To Bring Peace?

Luke 12:49-56

Sermon

Will Willimon

... back of Van Kleefs car and ordered him to drive to the local garrison. En route, the soldier fired at point-blank range into Father Van Kleefs head. A United Church of Christ in the Philippines fact-finding team, after investigating the double murder of a United Church of Christ minister and her husband, have reported that political and military motives probably lie behind their deaths. Vizminda P. Gran, an ordained United Church of Christ in the Philippines pastor, and her husband, Lovella C. Gran, were ...

1283. Wait for It...

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of 12 and graduated at age 16, after which she began playing as a soloist with symphony orchestras around the world. She remains a frequent celebrated guest of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Yet even Hilary needed to take a hiatus a year ago due to double pinched nerves in her neck and shoulders –injuries common to professional violinists. She returns to the stage this year after a 7-month resting period. Having had to cancel several concerts, she says that she now makes sure to rest between performances, so ...

1284. Strength for The Journey

John 16:12-15

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... heard it: the drums. Low at first as the band made it across the campus, and louder and louder until they were in the tunnel then, suddenly, quiet ― about eight beats of silence ― then a four count on a drum and here they came at a double time march, eight abreast, shoulder to shoulder, heads down, left arm swinging up to chest and back down, around the perimeter of the gym floor until they are all in. The noise was deafening, people were cheering and whistling, mothers and girlfriends and, okay, a few ...

1285. The Art Of Transition

Luke 9:51-62

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... . And change is coming at us faster and faster. Look what has happened in just the last forty years: The first personal computer, the IBM 5150 came on the market in 1981. By 2008, there were one billion personal computers in homes around the world and that number doubled in 2015. And most of those computers are capable of doing lots more than we ask of them. In 1993, there were 600 “www” web sites. By 1997 there were over a million. By 2005 the number had grown to about 71 million. And while there is no ...

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