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126. Ancient Christian References To Feetwashing

1 Corinthians 11:17-34, John 13:1-17

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Brett Blair

... you, the laborers of the truth and administrators of piety, be ashamed to do the same to such of the brethren as are weak and infirm? -- Apostolic Constitutions, Ante-Nicene Fathers VII, p. 432 Ceasarius of Arles Today, dearest brethren, we are going to hear the Evangelist say that "when the Lord had risen from the meal, he took off his cloak, tied a towel around himself, and began to wash his disciples' feet." What shall we say about this occasion, most beloved? Of what excuse will we be able to offer, we ...

127. Something New, Something Old

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John N. Brittain

... or old, relevant or quaintly out of date, really does make a difference sometimes. This was a theme that was particularly important to the writer of the Gospel of Matthew. As a devout Jew who had come to accept Jesus as Messiah, one of this evangelist's special themes was to show the way in which Jesus fulfilled all the old expectations in a new and often unexpected way. Over and over Matthew, and Matthew alone, explicitly points out how Jesus' words and deeds "fulfilled what was foretold by the prophets ...

128. God Deep In The Flesh

Matthew 28:16-20

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Marc Kolden

... related only to religion or to eternal life. In fact, our passage from Matthew 28 may itself seem too narrow if it relates the triune God only to our going out and making disciples. Is that all that Christianity is about? Are we all supposed to be evangelists? What about work and family and school and politics and the environment? What about the needs of this life and its trials and griefs, its joys and victories? Is Christianity only about some future life and not this one? In fact, I think we must say ...

129. When All Is Said And Done

Matthew 13:24-30

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William G. Carter

... world events through the eyes of faith. Contrary to Jesus' warnings in Mark 13, Jack and Rexella point to news items as if they are cogs in God's mechanical plan for the future. This is highly speculative theology, says Russell-Jones, as these evangelists list one earthquake after another famine, and declare "It's God's unfolding will!" Whether Jack and Rexella realize it, their scenarios are also unabashedly pro-American. In all of their end-of-the-world schemes, the devastation and carnage takes place in ...

130. Resist Temptation

Mark 1:9-13

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Harry N. Huxhold

... . It was the very nature of his Spirit to look at the experience as something that would help to prepare and mature him for what would follow. Tempted Mark reports quite simply, Jesus "was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan." From the other evangelists we know that there were three major temptations. Mark's announcement is not just matter-of-fact stuff. The language he uses indicates the gravity of the situation. Also, its position in Mark's gospel makes it clear that all of this was a prelude ...

131. A Woman Of Substance · Mary Magdalene

Lk 8:1-3

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Gordon Pratt Baker

... -3) -- in itself no small testimony. I Unfortunately, for 16 centuries Mary has stood unjustly in the shadow of slander. A fourth-century scholar thought he saw a link between Luke's account of a sinful woman seeking Jesus' forgiveness (Luke 7:36-50) and the Evangelist's introduction of Mary's role in the Master's ministry with only two verses of scripture intervening. (Luke 8:1-2) Others around him quickly accepted his conclusion; and, as a result, it took root -- so deeply, in fact, that the church of the ...

132. Tears And Ointment

Luke 7:36-50

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Larry Powell

... her. And when you asked for people to accept Jesus, she was one of those who came forward." The lady was from out of state. She was in that particular city for a particular purpose and had her own agenda. To go into a strange church and hear a visiting evangelist preach was not a big item on her list of things to do. It was not a good time. But something about the little girl's invitation led her to take advantage of the opportunity. Probably a dozen reasons why she could not go raced through her mind: the ...

133. Taking Life Seriously

Luke 16:19-31

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W. Robert McClelland

... the erroneous assumption that heaven is our home and all of us must surely be homesick. Furthermore, we can only get there if we have faith in Jesus Christ. The professor and his wife, however, were focused on life in this world, and the would-be evangelist had nothing to say to someone with no interest in faith or the life hereafter. The church frequently seems preoccupied with the next life and assumes faith in Christ is required to avoid eternal torment and gain heaven's bliss. Our first reading of this ...

134. The Conversion of Saul

Acts 9:1-19a

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Barbara Brokhoff

... less about theology (I now know), but who, nonetheless, believed it all, was infinitely patient with my endless questions, and I owe her an unpayable debt. There were those friends whose love for Christ attracted me and enticed me to trust him, too. And then there was that evangelist, Dodson was his name, and he always wore a red tie, who, in a revival, made it so easy for me to come to Christ as he taught me to pray the sinner's prayer, "Lord, be merciful to me a sinner." And, "because of" them and others ...

135. Proper 13

Mt 14:13-21 · Rom 8:31-39 · Ex 12:1-14 · Ps 143

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John R. Brokhoff

... or the Bible as a filling station to get filled with the Spirit of God. Sermon Structures 1. Jesus' most Popular Miracle (14:13-21). The miracle of feeding the 5,000 men is recorded six times in the gospels, more than any other of his 37 miracles. Each evangelist gives the account and two of them repeat the miracle with slight changes. Why this popularity? A. Jesus is concerned for the people's physical welfare - v. 14 B. Jesus has the ability to meet the people's need - vv. 18-20 C. Jesus makes much of the ...

136. Fish Miracle

1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Isaiah 6:1-13, Luke 5:1-11

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John R. Brokhoff

... of fish after a night of catching not one fish. It was a miracle to get a proud, self-confident, blustering man to confess that he was a sinner. It was a miracle to get a man in middle age to change careers from a fisherman to an evangelist, from a Jew to a Christian, and from an unskilled laborer to a professional preacher! It took a miracle to change Peter. Will it take a miracle to change us, too? ACCLIMATION The Situation According to Luke, Peter received a special call to discipleship. Since Peter was ...

137. The Priesthood Of All Believers

Exodus 19:1-25

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Walter Kimbrough

... declaration of the two theologians because for the first time in their lives, church leaders, who were our priests, had to seriously think about their faith. This misunderstood theological thesis caused us to ponder the question, “Is God alive or dead?” The evangelist Billy Graham offered the greatest hope when he declared in essence that, “God is not dead, I talked with God this morning and God talked back to me.” Yes, Dr. Graham went on record by telling the world of his dialogical relationship ...

138. Crown Him Lord!

Luke 23:26-43

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Theodore F. Schneider

... to be remembered in whatever future awaits them. By his asking, he is begging a gift only a king over the next life has any authority to give. From our side of the resurrection, it is easy to miss the fact that only Luke, among all the evangelists, presents the destiny of Christ as a part of the crucifixion narrative. Here Christ will transcend life and the death with which this life ends. Beyond this, the details are not clear. This is not to say that paradise is without meaning. It is a word of Persian ...

139. What Will He Find ... When He Comes?

Luke 18:1-8

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Theodore F. Schneider

... and their missionary work. Christ was coming soon, they believed. By the time Luke set his hand to writing the gospel that carries his name, 40 or perhaps 50 years had passed since the crucifixion. It was the late first century when the evangelist was writing, sometime between 70 and 90 C.E.[2] Many (and supposedly conflicting!) accounts already had been written. There was need to gather information from eyewitnesses and others and to write an accurate account. Luke considered himself to belong to the ...

140. Spirit Full Or Foul?

Isaiah 44:1-5

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Justin Tull

... his people to flourish and to be a blessing to others. This gift of the Spirit is not to make the people “feel good” or to set them apart as special or elite. The thrust of this passage does not seem to be a private religious experience but an evangelistic outreach that will cause many to call upon the God of Jacob, and many to proclaim that indeed there is only one God. It is not enough that hearts are warmed but rather that they be set on fire with a message and a mission: to declare the marvelous ...

141. He Who Has Ears to Hear, Let Him Hear

Luke 8:1-15

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Larry Powell

... ," I want you to throw the dove down through one of the cracks in the ceiling. Can you do that?" The boy was experiencing some difficulty gathering in what it all meant, but answered, "Shore!" That evening, the little church was packed. The evangelist's reputation had preceded him and even the saved were leaning forward on their pews to hear every descriptive word. The preacher waxed eloquent. His voice rose and fell, boomed and whispered, as he elucidated the Scriptures pertaining to the baptism of Jesus ...

142. Maundy Thursday

John 13:1-17

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Kendall McCabe

... some particular item easily seen and understood by the congregation in order to gain attention and, hopefully, make a point that will be remembered. It was something of that nature Jesus was doing on the night of the Last Supper, as it is recorded for us by the evangelist John. In some ways, it comes as a surprise to us just as much as it did to those early disciples. We may even find ourselves as scandalized by it as was Peter. We are, of course, expecting what we get in the other Gospels, the tradition of ...

143. A Moment of Brightness

Matthew 17:1-13

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Dean Lueking

... Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them and his face shone like the sun and his garments became white as light. (Matthew 17:1-2) In these words the evangelist Matthew tells us of a transcendent moment in the ministry of our Lord. Where It Occurred It is noteworthy that Jesus went to a quiet place of welcome remoteness, and that he took with him the three disciples closest to him. The Transfiguration did not occur on ...

144. The Two Washings

John 13:1-17

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Dean Lueking

... , this took place: Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper, laid aside his garments, and girded himself with a towel. (John 13:5) What a remarkable verse! The Evangelist sets this simple gesture in a not-so-simple framework of divine truth. Jesus had come from God and was going to God. All things had been given to him by the Father - those are words of vast importance and a depth of meaning that we cannot fully ...

145. The Lamb of God

John 1:29-34

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... the actual story about the baptism). When John saw Jesus, he made an announcement: "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me ...' " The Evangelist wanted the world to know two things: 1. The Messiah had come to accomplish God’s intention of removing sin from the world; and, 2. There was no conflict between John and Jesus about which of them was to be the Messiah and deliver his people from their ...

146. Transfiguration of Our Lord

Matthew 17:1-13, 2 Peter 1:12-21, Exodus 24:1-18, Psalm 2:1-12

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... years ago, Edmund Steimle preached an Easter sermon that he titled, "No Idle Tale." He asserted, by his references to the Easter story and the accounts that substantiate it, that "it is all true." The resurrection of Jesus, he declared, really took place as the evangelists reported it; it is "no idle tale." That's what "Peter" says of the Transfiguration of the Lord; we didn't make it up because "we were eyewitnesses of his majesty ... when he received honor and glory from the Father and the voice (said ...

147. Pentecost 4

Psalm 100:1-5, Genesis 25:19-34, Exodus 19:1-25, Romans 5:1-11, Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

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... could become a living, growing, celebrating reality in the world. Evangelism is the never-ending business of the church, not merely another program to be planned, followed for awhile, and then put on the shelf. Every believer is called - in baptism - to be an evangelist! 2. Jesus' call to ordained ministry is a command, not merely a career choice. The Twelve, who followed the Lord and became the nucleus, the leaders, of the church, were not given a choice by Jesus when he called them to ministry. Jesus sent ...

148. Proper 18 & Pentecost 16

Ezekiel 33:1-20, Psalm 119:1-176, Psalm 95:1-11, Psalm 115:1-18, Exodus 19:1-25, Romans 13:1-7, Romans 13:8-14, Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 18:15-20

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... opportunity to connect the man and his message in a sermon. It might be even more helpful, if one were to preach about the gospel writers just before one began preaching on the Gospels they have written; in such a case, the festival of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, would have been celebrated a year ago, and St. Mark and St. John should be preached this year. St. Mark's Day poses a "time problem" inasmuch as it occurs on April 25th; too much of a time lapse would occur before the beginning of Series B ...

149. Pentecost 23

Exodus 22:16-31, Leviticus 19:1-37, Ruth 2:1-23, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16, Matthew 22:34-40, Matthew 22:41-46, Psalm 1:1-6

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... way, participate in the work of the gospel in all the world. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 (E, C) - "An Explanation for an Effective Mission." 1. Jesus decreed that the good news should go out to all of the world. That is behind all of Paul's evangelistic and missionary activity. 2. God himself chose and called Paul and his companions to preach the Word to all the world. He sent them to the Thessalonians with the good news. 3. Christian preaching, whether in Thessalonika or anywhere in our world, is done to please ...

150. Laborers Needed for the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

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Dennis Kastens

... three individuals for Christ, then the Great Commission of Jesus would be fulfilled in one generation. In fact, it wouldn’t even take one generation to reach all people for Christ. Perhaps you are saying that to have one billion-plus Christians as personal evangelists for Jesus Christ is too much to expect. We are told that about twenty-five percent of professing Christians are overtly active in their faith. (This ratio dates back to the 500 persons who saw the resurrected Lord in 1 Corinthians 15:6, only ...

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