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1326. Victorious, but Not Unscarred

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... / To bear the dreadful curse/ for my soul, for my soul . . .” And that’s what those scars say to us. This is how much God loves us. “Victorious, But Not Unscarred.” In a sermon on the web, the Rev. Christi O. Brown tells about a tennis friend who understands about scars. This friend is a highly fit 30-something-year-old. Yet she wears a brace on each knee. Brown once pointed to her friend’s knee and asked if her scar was from knee surgery. She said, “No, it’s from my son, and I actually have ...

1327. Walls, Walls, Everywhere Walls

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... The first thing we need to see is that all forms of hatred are from Satan, not from God. I hope you already understand that. You cannot love God and hate your brother or your sister. The little epistle known as I John puts it so clearly ... hope this world has is that some day we will reach across the walls of hostility between peoples and religions. When that day comes we will understand what the Kingdom of God is that time when God will reign in every heart. And this brings us to the final thing to be said: ...

1328. Holy Ground

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... tells us that Judas already has the devil in his heart. This betrayal is not only heinous, but takes place against a cosmic background. Huge forces are at play that are greater than anything we have ever experienced. No one present, it seems, can fully understand the gravity of what is taking place. The Son of God, divinity in human form, is bending a knee in service to the created. This bending down, this girding around the waist, is uncomfortable. It shows us in miniature what it means for God to ...

1329. Stuff!

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

... to relax, eat, drink, and be merry not knowing that tomorrow he will die. If I were the person making the billboards from God that dot the highways these days I would put one up that said, "What part of you can't take it with you don't you understand? — God." Before we get too high and mighty and smug about how we would behave if we received a more than abundant crop, let's be honest with ourselves. Would you or I, regardless of what we might say to a television reporter while in the line at the 7 ...

1330. Quitters

John 6:60-71

Sermon

King Duncan

... like an East Texas thunderstorm. Hugh was referring to a recent decision by the Episcopal Church on some topic that was not to his liking. He went on. He called Galloway by name. “David,” he said loudly, “I want to go to a church that is Bible-believing. Do you understand me? A place where the preacher is not trying to tippy-toe around the hard lessons of Jesus, a preacher who will lay it on the line, not try to water down the Gospel. I want a preacher who will be bold and put it out there, the full ...

1331. Epiphany 7

Genesis 45:3-11, 15, Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40, Luke 6:27-36, 1 Corinthians 15:35-37, 42-50

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... us, as Joseph was with his brothers who sold him! Leader: Thank God, we can be forgiven and try again to live the teachings of Jesus! Let’s sing and pray — People: listen and hope! Prayer Of Thanksgiving Architect of the Universe — we do not understand the intricacies of living and dying or even remembering and forgiving. But we are awed with the beauty of the world and the way it works. We are grateful for companions to think and talk with about divine love, mortality, and eternity. We turn our ...

1332. Big Men in Little Planes

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... of person that God is looking for. Jesus didn’t scold his disciples for having great dreams, for wanting to be the best, the greatest. Ambition can be a very useful tool for motivating us to be all we can be. Christ wanted his disciples to understand that being greatest in the kingdom of God meant a total commitment to serving all God’s children. It is interesting that while they were still trying to digest this teaching, Jesus took a little child and placed that child before them. Taking the child into ...

1333. Proper 16

Psalm 71:1-6, Isaiah 58:9b-14, Jeremiah 1:4-10, Luke 13:10-17, Hebrews 12:18-29

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... reflect on Holy Presence and to ask God our questions and to listen for a response. Pray with me the printed prayer and then have your personal conversation with the Holy One. Community Confession Designer of the Human Psyche — there is so much we do not understand. Why do we want to do what is right ethically and morally and then don’t do it? Why do we find a way around the commandments and ignore our responsibility? Why do we seek happiness in relationships and things beyond our own homes? Reveal our ...

1334. The Baptism of Jesus

Luke 3:21-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... said I’d feel like a changed person. Do you feel like a changed person?” “Not yet,” replies Mac. “You don’t look any different, Mac. Do you think I look any different?” “Not yet,” answers Mac. (7) “Not yet was a good answer.” We need to understand that there is nothing magical about baptism. Baptism is a sign of grace. Baptism is a sign of God’s great love for us and Christ’s sacrifice for us. It is as we reflect on our baptism and focus on what it should mean for our lives that ...

1335. On the Road with Jesus

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David O. Bales

... s any more important than the score of a baseball game. The objective statements of scripture must be confirmed by the subjective response of our heart. Boy do their hearts burn! And now also their eyes see. The two unfortunates have been on the road to understanding God’s love. It’s a suffering love, desiring that we all accept God’s grace in Christ, and then that same love sends us out to do something about God’s love. These discouraged former believers have their faith re-ignited by Jesus. They ...

1336. The Door of the Cross

John 10:1-21

Sermon

David O. Bales

... a faith so we can escape from life, as do some religions. He’s also not granting a faith that always keeps us safe from the bad things in the world. Read the New Testament and see what happens to Jesus’ closest followers! Contrary to the popular understanding of eternal life, he’s not only giving us long-lasting life. He promises, “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” (v. 10). Jesus changes the quality of our lives, not just the duration. The life he infuses within us helps us ...

1337. A Faith that Will Bring You Alive

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... and in health?” At that point she said her daughter turned to her and whispered loudly, “You chose poorer, didn’t you Mommy?” There are worse things than choosing “poorer.” Marriage is tough nowadays. Maybe we can learn something from our Russian friends. I understand that in Russia the best man in a wedding must sign the marriage register guaranteeing that the union will last at least six months or he’ll pay a fine of 150 rubles. That sounds like a pretty good incentive for a friend to help ...

1338. A Miracle Story

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... one but oneself, to see no one else, but to see only oneself in others, to hear no one else, but to hear only oneself in others’ conversation. To be open to only what is acceptable to me, to what reinforces my present views, values, and understandings. Coming to know others is a venture in seeing others as uniquely other, of hearing others as differing in views and values, and of appreciating these differences. As I am learning to know others more nearly as the persons they are, I am discovering that what ...

1339. The Foolishness of God

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... We all have done foolish things at times. I’ve done foolish things; you’ve done foolish things. But we would never attribute foolishness to God. God is perfect. However, St. Paul says that some of God’s actions may look as foolish to those who do not understand as putting unopened packets of sugar into a tea cup. He writes, “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: ‘I will destroy the wisdom of ...

1340. Up Close & Personal: Seeing Clearly

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... face. Why would Isaiah agree to take the job? Why would Isaiah agree to do what God told him to do even though he knew the message would fall on deaf ears and his ministry, at least from a human viewpoint would be a failure, because Isaiah finally understands that in our relationship with God we are not called to be fruitful. We are called to be faithful. Faithfulness is our business. Fruitfulness is God’s business. That is why it is dangerous to gauge the success of a pastor or a ministry by its size or ...

1341. An Announcement from Our Lord

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... , “Those things must have happened before God became a Christian.” Well, in a sense, that’s true. How can you fear the vengeance of God who wraps Himself up in a babe in a manger? Our lesson for this third Sunday of Advent is from Isaiah, but our understanding of this passage is from Christ himself. We are living in the year of the Lord’s favor. We are living in the light of the star of Bethlehem. The message of Advent and Christmas is and will always be Good News for the poor, for the disadvantaged ...

1342. Building a New Team

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... goal. Winning, for Jesus, means playing by a set of rules that have not been used for a long time on planet earth. It is like the “deep magic” of Aslan in C.S. Lewis’ great tale, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Most don’t understand it, but without it the game becomes a never-ending cycle of violence in which there are only losers. For that reason, Jesus moves from his reprimand of Peter to a brief exhortation about the characteristics that mark those on his team. It is not self-preservation ...

1343. Satisfied Customer

John 6:25-59

Sermon

James Merritt

... spiritual bread that is eternal that can permanently feed your soul. What Jesus wanted that crowd then and this crowd now to understand is there is more to life than the material just like there is more to you than your body. If you try ... Savior. They saw a baker. When Jesus looked at them, He didn’t see just hungry stomachs. He saw hungry souls. What Jesus wants you to understand is this. A full stomach will only last you for a little while, but a full soul will last you forever. There is only one thing ...

1344. The Good Life

John 10:11-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... :11, ESV) Now there’s one thing that a shepherd must have if he’s going to be a shepherd. What is that? Sheep. Well we know who the shepherd is because he’s already told us. Then who are the sheep? You got it. We are. You will never understand yourself fully. You will never find yourself completely until you begin to see yourself the way you really are. And that is as a sheep. Sheep are mentioned in the bible over 300 times more than any other animal. And when God looks at us He looks at us through ...

1345. What Are You Waiting On?

John 11:1-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... brother to Jesus and outside of Peter, James, and John they were best buds. Now just to emphasize how deep this love was between Jesus and this family, John adds this in verse 5. “Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.” (John 11:5, ESV) So understand these are not just friends, this is family. So the story continues in verse 6. “So when He heard that Lazarus was ill He immediately dropped what He was doing, got to Bethany as fast as he could, and healed Lazarus.” Um, I know, that’s not ...

1346. Welcome Home

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... , you killed the fattened calf for him!” (Luke 15:30, ESV) This brother does exactly what self-righteous people love to do. They love to compare themselves with people that they consider to be unrighteous. Somebody said when you look at this older brother you begin to understand why the younger brother wanted to leave home to begin with. Do you know why a lot of younger brothers are still out there in the pigpen and don’t want to come into the church? They see a church full of older brothers who don’t ...

1347. Who Is Right

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... deserve to be in the Kingdom of God, but he did get in. One man was convinced for the wrong reason he was right with God, but he was wrong. One man was convinced for the right reason he was wrong with God and he got right. We need to understand to whom Jesus told this parable, because there are a lot of us in this room, and a lot of us watching by television, or listening via the Internet that Jesus is directly talking to today. “He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were ...

1348. Start at the Epicenter

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... fan that is a sin (it is not a big sin, but it is a sin). If you accidentally add up a row of numbers wrong that is a mistake. If you purposely cheat on your income taxes that is a sin. I want you to understand clearly and carefully what confess means. The word “confession” actually comes from a compound Greek word with the prefix meaning “the same” and the suffix meaning, “to say.” The word “confess” literally means, “to say the same thing.” When you confess sin you agree with God ...

1349. It's Not Rocket Science

John 8:31-41

Sermon

James Merritt

... this in Genesis 1:14, “And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years.’” (Genesis 1:14, ESV) Through the marvels of astronomy we now understand that a year is the time required for the earth to travel once around the sun. We also know that the seasons are caused by the changing position of the earth in relation to the sun. We also know that a month is the time it takes for the moon ...

1350. Don't Forget the Bread

John 6:25-59

Sermon

... , is the true Bread from Heaven. Manna was food for the body, but Jesus is God’s full provision for the soul. Jesus himself is the Bread of God. The crowd didn’t understand what he was talking about. Just like the woman at the well who didn’t understand about the water that Jesus was offering her, the crowd didn’t understand Jesus when he said that the food which he offered was better than the manna with which Moses fed the children of Israel. Both water and bread in scripture are used in reference ...

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