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1526. Counting the Cost

Luke 14:25-35

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T. A. Kantonen

... Some child of God was trying to find his way to the Father but I led him astray. He saw through my sham religion and turned his back to God. Where is the millstone that will enable me to hide from the wrath of God that I have deserved? Our Lord is so serious because we are the instruments with which he works to build Christian men and women. His reputation is in our hands. When he thinks of Christians who do not behave as Christians, who give the wrong impression of his way of life, the image of a dunghill ...

1527. A Messenger of Promise

Malachi 2:17--3:5

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Harry N. Huxhold

... s soap that washes away the impurities of our sins and our selfish desires. What opens up to us in the covenant as we make ourselves candidates for listening to what God is willing to do for us is that God is believable. In the Person of our Lord Jesus Christ we can have faith that change is possible. That is what Dickens attempted to portray in his charming Christmas Carol. However, real change does not come by the Christmas ghosts, but by the Spirit of God who refashions us in the likeness of God’s Son ...

1528. Do You Love Me?

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... meal once again with Jesus. Remember what Peter told Jesus last time they had a meal together. It was at the Passover. He told him: Lord I will never betray you; I will lay down my life for you. Simon Peter is facing the most crucial decision of his life: “Which ... was always impetuous, but there is more here in this scene. It was Peter’s way of saying, “I’m so sorry I failed you, Lord! I want to be the first to shore, the first in your presence… because I’m so sorry I failed you.” Jesus was so ...

1529. Noblesse Oblige

Revelation 1:4-8

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King Duncan

... in Hindu Ceylon?" With a smile he said, "Oh, I repeat the words of Jesus, `No man comes to the Father but by me.'" We celebrate the kingship of Christ this day because he is the Way, the Truth, and the Life -- King of Kings and Lord of Lords. In the days of the Depression, Clarence Darrow, the brilliant lawyer, was addressing the members of a black church in Chicago. Most of these people were desperately poor. They didn't have jobs and had little in which to place their hope. Darrow recounted their troubles ...

1530. Teach Us To Pray

Luke 11:1-13

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King Duncan

... what I need? Would you trust God to know what you need and to provide it or do you feel more comfortable taking a shopping list with you what you need when you go to pray? Some of you may remember a satirical song by Janis Joplin many decades ago. "Lord, please send me a Mercedes Benz. My friends all drives Porsches, I must make amends...." She has her shopping list: a color TV, a night on the town. "Show me you love me," she sings, "and buy the next round..." Our prayers are not that bad, of course. But ...

1531. Will This Be On The Test?

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

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King Duncan

... we gain knowledge and guidance to help us get through the tests of life. For the real test is not knowing the Scriptures, but living them out. And today's Scripture is one of the most important to know. "Hear this people: the Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might." The heart for the Hebrew is primarily the seat of the mind and will, together with a whole range of psychical emotions. And in fact, when the Hebrews ...

1532. The Eureka Experience

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... the New Testament normal then people would think we were abnormal. And they do. They do, if you live up to the normal level of Christian life. But this man really was living on that level.] He began to talk to this woman about his joy and peace in the Lord. At first she was offended, but his love began to show through and the gospel truths began to get hold of her mind and her heart. As they talked together, it wasn't long before she opened her heart to Christ and asked him to come in. She found forgiveness ...

1533. An Unpopular Profession

Matthew 9:9-13

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Donald B. Strobe

... He was there. He saw and heard. And when Matthew heard the call to follow Christ, he rose up immediately and followed. But he didn’t leave everything behind. He took his pen and ink with him. How lucky we are that he did, for the Church learned its Lord’s Prayer and the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew. Matthew gives us the fullest form of the Beatitudes as well as many of the things that are most precious to the Christian’s heart. He gives us so much material that Mark never knew about. Only Matthew ...

1534. On Keeping Quiet about Easter

Mark 16:1-20

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Donald B. Strobe

... nothing to any one.” Do they not suggest to us the multitudes of Christians in every age who have managed to keep Easter a secret? For centuries Christians have heard the good news that Christ is risen from the dead and become King of kings and Lord of lords, but they seem to have heard it only in a conventional way. It hasn’t shaken their lives down to their shoes. It should. Can you imagine anything more earth—shattering than this: “Christ is risen. Christ is risen, indeed!” David H.C. Read, a ...

1535. Going, Going, Gone

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... also were the chariot and horses of fire, which apparently were a surprise. The prophet Elijah left behind his mantle and a double portion of his spirit. Elisha takes the mantle and returns to the Jordan River and strikes the waters with this invocation, "Where is the Lord God of Elijah?" The answer which is implied by the miraculous opening up of the river is, "God has not abandoned us; he is now with Elisha as he was with Elijah." Elisha picks up the mantle of the prophetic office and turns the word of ...

1536. The Gift Of Sleep

Psalm 127:1-5

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Maxie Dunnam

... Thou art with me..." It's like entering the zone. Experientially I think it's the same thing. Fear and anxiety disappear, and you have this extraordinary confidence, the confidence of the psalmist, that everything is going to be all right. "I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever." I am going to make it. Whatever it is I have to do, whatever it is life requires of me I'm going to do it -- it's going to be all right." (Mark Trotter, "Finding 'The Zone'", April 16, 1989). Now to be sure we don't live ...

1537. Singing In The Rain

John 15:1-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... . I. First, let's look at the source of or the reason for our Christian joy. I'll mention just two. The number one reason for joy is our Salvation. C.S. Lewis entitled his autobiography, Surprised By Joy!. To be saved, to know the salvation of the Lord, is to be overtaken with joy. Do you remember the three parables Jesus told about the lost and the found in Luke 15. She lit her lamp and swept the house diligently until she found it, and when she found it, she called her friends and neighbors together ...

1538. If Only -- In Spite Of

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

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Maxie Dunnam

... tell it like it is, and dump it all -- just lay it out -- all the things that you are feeling -- lay it out before the Lord.) William Sloan Coffin calls this "dumping the mud", and we should not be so proud as to think we do not have to "dump the ... time that real revelation comes. It's the third time that Paul discovers the true mercy of failure. Because it was the third time that the Lord told him that the thorn was not going to leave him, but he added, "You'll be able to bear the thorn because my grace ...

1539. My Stress Is Killing Me! -- Is It?

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young" (vs. 11). And on and on the poet went. In all those magnificent lines that come in this 40th Chapter of Isaiah -- climaxing with that remarkable word -- "But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." What the text suggests is as rich as what it says. What it says is clear. No matter what the circumstances of our ...

1540. Naming And Being Named

John 15:1-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... we are walking through a valley of a shadow, when our lives are full of doubt, and we don't know the direction in which to go, and we certainly don't know the direction in which God would have us go; when there's no feeling presence of the Lord within us, we need to call on our memory and allow God to speak to us through that. That occasion when He healed that loved one for whom we prayed. That occasion when he did guide us around that perilous corner and saved us from destruction. That occasion when he ...

1541. Living by a Promise

Genesis 15:1-18

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... animals, if he does not keep his Word! Once again, Abraham is called upon simply to wait for the promise's fulfillment, despite all the evidence against it. Our life with God is very much like father Abraham's, for we too have been given lots of promises by our Lord. "Lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age" (Matthew 28:20). "Whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it" (Mark 8:35). "Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father ...

1542. The Conversion of Saul

Acts 9:1-19a

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... on ourselves and become solely dependent on the guiding of God. We too are an energetic, goal-oriented people, aren't we? We set our plans and arrange our schedules and work hard to fulfill our own desires and to reach our own goals. And then the risen Lord Christ intervenes in our lives and somehow our plans and goals become secondary. And what we really desire is to further God's purpose of love and to serve his will in the world. As John the Baptist said, we decrease and Christ increases (John 3:30), and ...

1543. A Longer Stride and a Larger Embrace

Galatians 2:11-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... nurtured in a dynamic campus ministry—in her case, the University of Georgia. She felt God’s call upon her life. But again, like many, was clueless as to the shape of that call and where it might lead. She came to Asbury in total dependence on the Lord. The summer before her last year in seminary, she went to India on a short-term mission. God confronted her there in a deeper, more profound way than ever before. She fell in love with the homeless street children in Bangalore and knew this was a part of ...

1544. Going Hard against the Grain

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... . If I gossip about you, I corrupt our friendship, but if I lie in court, I corrupt the nation. Using the name of the Lord as a cover for lying was a serious offense spoken to in many different places in the Old Testament. Jesus summarized the historical practice ... of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.8 She never set out to be a heroine; it was who she had become in following the Lord in the middle of her pain, and when the moment came, God put it on display. It was a kingdom of God response that reached outside ...

1545. The Seven Delightful Blessings of the Word of God in the Believer's Life

Psalm 119:169-176

Sermon

Michael Milton

... me according to your word. My lips will pour forth praise, for you teach me your statutes. My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right. Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight. Let my soul live and praise you, and let your rules help me. I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments (Psalm 119:169-176). Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly ...

1546. On the Beach

John 21:15-25, John 21:1-14

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Mark Trotter

... side of the boat." They do it, and catch a whole mess of fish. The disciple named John says to Peter, "It's the Lord! It's gotta be the Lord! There's only one person who can fish like that!" The text says there are a hundred and fifty-three fish in that ... to do. And at some point in our life, when we are able to say, "I am a sinner, and I cannot do this on my own; come Lord Jesus, help me." That's when we grow up. Maybe it happens when we discover a weakness in our own lives. We don't want anybody to know ...

1547. Advent 1

Isaiah 2:1-5, Matthew 24:36-44, Romans 13:8-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... the person in Noah's day, it was a case of business as usual. They just did not think of a possible flood. b. Danger of judgment - vv. 40, 41. One will be taken to heaven and the other will face judgment. The one taken was prepared for the Lord's coming. c. Danger of unexpectedness - v. 43. A thief strikes when least expected. A Christian needs to live on the alert for Jesus' coming. 3. A Second Coming For Today's World. 24:37-44. Need: For most people the Parousia is meaningless. So often has Jesus' Second ...

1548. Lessons for Year A Proper 27

Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Matthew 25:1-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... the day!" is a common expression when something big is going to happen. The day for the world is going to be "the day of the Lord" which is to be the last day of history, the day God comes in Christ to wrap up the human scene. For most people, the last ... at the end of time whether you are ready or not. Today's lections tell us how we can be ready for the day of the Lord. Outline: How you can get ready - a. Repent! - Lesson 1. b. Comfort! - Lesson 2. c. Watch! - Gospel. Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13 1. Wise Women (25 ...

1549. Praying Through

Luke 18:1-8

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Stephen M. Crotts

... prompting you to ask him for things. It may be talent, wisdom, health, money, help, or a hundred other things. But whatever, do not be afraid to ask God for that which you feel prompted. You won't bother him. He cares about you. You won't impoverish him. The Lord owns the cattle on a thousand hills. "Ask," Jesus said. "Ask, and it shall be given you." Seek, And You Will Find Christ not only told us to ask in prayer. He also told us to seek. Jesus said, "Seek, and you will find" (Matthew 7:7 RSV). The widow ...

1550. Easter 7

Jn 17:1-11 · 1 Pet 4:12-14; 5:6-11 · Ps 68 · Acts 1:6-14

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... an incoherent assemblage of first lines from an older collection of hymns, a set of directions for worship. It is helpful, however, to note that vv. 24-25 state the occasion in which this text functioned—a glorious worship procession in which the kingship of the Lord was declared and celebrated. With such a setting in mind, even if the bulk of the psalm is a list of song titles, one can imagine the militantly festive character of the worship for which this text was intended. The presence in the psalm of ...

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