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1526. Sermon Opener - You Must Leave the Past

Luke 9:51-56

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Maurice A. Fetty

... who are living in the past, behind you. For, those who are spiritually alive will be busy proclaiming the Kingdom of God. The sermon uses the following outline... First of all, the new kingdom coming is out of the future, not the past. Secondly, the coming kingdom requires our mutual support -- spiritual and physical. Thirdly, this new kingdom coming has a living, challenging King, not a dead one.

1527. A Radical Price To Pay

Luke 9:51-62

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Larry Powell

A missionary preached in a remote, poverty ridden area in west Africa. He appealed for support of Christian work throughout the area and encouraged those present to give what they could toward the construction of a building which would serve as a medical clinic and a place of worship. Approximately two hours after the worship service, a young woman came to the missionary and presented him ...

1528. The Lord's People Together

Matthew 18:15-20

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... whom Christ had sent. They knew the Spirit as the paraklatos, meaning in the Greek Language "one who stands alongside." As he, their helper stood alongside them, so they sought helpfully to stand alongside one another. And generally they did - supporting, encouraging, sustaining one another. Frankly and unashamedly, those people needed one another. For their worship and study and prayer, they diligently contrived to meet and be together. Although their meeting was usually at risk of their very lives, one of ...

1529. Full Barns and Empty Hearts

Luke 12:13-21

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Wallace H. Kirby

... live by bread alone;" but he does live by bread. It is one of the vital necessities of life. Without bread there is no life. The Vatican is deeply concerned over the "Liberation Theology" movement. This reading of the gospel proclaims God’s support for the poor, in changing their bread-less condition. Liberation Theology says that God champions the poor in their effort to revolutionize economic and political systems that favor the rich against the masses of the poor. These theologians sometimes borrow the ...

1530. Museum or Mission?

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10

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Wallace H. Kirby

... help people begin to think about the way they perceive the world and what the facts really mean is an important mission of the church. Christians must be confronted with their own presently-held ideologies, convictions that tend to uncritically support defense spending, to exempt conglomerates and corporations from the demands of social justice, and to affirm the insidious assumption that America’s prosperity is somehow linked to our moral and spiritual excellence. Issues of race and minority rights will ...

1531. The Freedom To Be Wrong

Luke 18:9-14

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... won’t pay off the mortgage, but it can give us the willingness to listen to each other without raising our eyebrows or clucking our tongues. The freedom to be wrong gives us the kind of climate where those of us who are hurting can open up and receive support and perhaps gain new insights that can help us find new meaning, new outlets, and new energy. The Good News today is this: that the good Lord has justified us for Christ’s sake, and that this empowers us to live with the reality that we’re less ...

1532. Christ Has Set Us Free

John 8:31-41

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... ’t stifle us? How can I bring it home that Christ is not a wet blanket but a liberator? I’ll attempt it by saying forthrightly that I’m here to preach today on the topic, "Christ Has Set Us Free," and that I’ll support that contention by arguing first, that the devil promises liberty and delivers slavery; second, Christ offers discipleship and thereby delivers freedom. I In observing how the devil promises liberty and delivers slavery, we note his technique: the big lie. Just go back with me into ...

1533. The Call of the Cross

Luke 9:18-27

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... Christ’s transfiguration and had their mountain-top experience, they kept their silence. Jesus demanded that silence because his earthly mission involved suffering and death, not merely adulation by the crowds who heard him teach and saw him heal, and certainly not the support and encouragement of those who saw him as a political Messiah who had come to overthrow Rome and free Israel from its enslavement. "The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes ...

1534. Some Man

Luke 10:38-42

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... the city government of Philadelphia, he had uncovered corruption, and even his pastor deserted him when he was attacked because he - the well-known Dr. Russell H. Conwell of the famous "Acres of Diamonds" speech and pastor of the Baptist Temple - sought financial support from the city for the university he had founded. He obtained a teaching post at the University of Toledo but was fired when he was tried for treason - though found innocent - during World War I. He had to publish his own books to circulate ...

1535. Lord, Teach Us to Pray

Luke 11:1-13

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... as did the unknown disciple who made the request to Jesus that day - that, as Christians we should pray regularly to God, pouring out our gratitude for life and all of its gifts, beseeching him to forgive our sins, to give us the strength to resist temptation, and to support us in body and spirit as long as we live. And even when we pray freely, we often model our prayers after the model prayer that he taught long ago. But for most of us, this sort of disciplined prayer is like the tide that comes and goes ...

1536. The Gospel of the Little Man

Luke 19:1-10

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... when they were passed along and used to compensate fourfold those whom he had cheated. And the coins we jingle in the pocket take on worth, the checking-plus account has worth, and even when the Dow is in a dive the stocks increase in value when they support the mission Christ has given us. Today salvation has come to this house. It has taken hold. Tell me, then, all you little people who have suddenly grown tall in Christ as children of the heavenly Father, what does that mean? Stand tall! Live tall!

1537. The Nearest Hand

Luke 10:25-37

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Carveth Mitchell

... and our religion: when God touches people, he takes the nearest willing hand and uses that. When your heart’s need is touched by the compassion, forgiveness or encouragement of another person; when your life is strengthened by the spiritual, mental or physical support of someone else, this is God, taking the nearest willing hand - or lips or purse - to express his love, his mercy, his concern for you. Praise God when his modern Samaritans touch our lives, as they so often do. More important, praise God ...

1538. Counsel for Discouraged Disciples

Habakkuk 1:1-4

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... mystery, of course, in the presence of evil in the world. But there is no mystery concerning the stance God wants us to take and maintain with respect to it. If ever we are tempted to think God is unconcerned about the evil, or that he is not supportive of us in our resistance to it, we will do well to think carefully about how we expect him to work his will in the world. His schedule and perspective may be quite different from ours. Dr. Leslie Weatherhead has made the helpful suggestion that God’s will ...

1539. The Demanding Word

Matthew 13:1-23

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... seed itself - upon the Word of God - what the Word of God is like, what its characteristics are, what we're up against whenever we are confronted by the Word of God. At least that's the emphasis I want to share with you today, and I think the story supports it. What is suggested in this parable about the nature of God's Word? Our answer, and our central thought here today is this: The Word of God is a demanding Word. It makes a claim on our whole being; and it gives vibrant new life to our whole being ...

1540. How Was Jesus' Death Different?

John 19:28-37, John 19:17-27

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... ' death sin cannot hurt or kill us. The purpose of the cross was to save us from death. That is why Jesus' cross is different. No one and nothing else can save a person from sin and from himself. Ann Landers received a letter from a wife who supported the nagging of husbands. She said she needed to nag her husband because he was sixty pounds overweight and drank a six-pack every night before retiring. She felt that she was right in nagging her husband to keep him from eating and smoking himself to death. In ...

1541. Fasting: Foolish or Fruitful?

Matthew 6:16-18

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... you go through the motions of fasting, but do not make any effort to change your wicked way of life. What fasting is done today is largely divorced from any serious effort to change one's wicked ways or to execute social righteousness. Fasting that is foolish actually supports sin rather than helping to get rid of it. You can fast for the sake of building up your ego. It can be a matter of pride. When you fast, you can go around telling everybody what you are giving up for Lent. Jesus condemned this in the ...

1542. Fixing The Fox!

Luke 13:31-35

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John R. Brokhoff

... to cheat in his business. He will not lie; he will be true to his word. He will honor all men and respect the person of every man to the extent that he will not harm but only help the neighbor. A Christian will continue his interest and support of the church in a day when it is fashionable to leave the church for some esoteric movement. Now the church seems to be on the decline. Membership is falling. Attendance is dropping. While all this is going on, the true Christian will remain loyal to the church ...

1543. Killing A King

Luke 19:28-44

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... a Christian when it comes to stewardship? Are you a tither? Is Jesus King of your money? If not, then today is the day to let Christ become King of your finances. You may be a Christian in the area of parenthood. You love your wife/husband and children. You support them and train them and love them. That is good, but are you a Christian in the realm of race? Christ may be King of your life in home relations but not in race relations. A pastor was not allowed to dedicate a piano given by a couple of his ...

1544. A Crippling Spirit

Luke 13:10-17

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Brett Blair

... you come back from those kinds of odds and do that well? I'll tell you how. It is because you are surrounded by people who take joy in the well doing of others. It's because you have a mother like Linda; you have a spouse a spouse who supports you, and children who love you. It is because you have coaches and friends who are interested in your well-being. They don't pick you apart at every turn. And then a little miracle of healing doesn't hurt either. Never count people out. If they are sick, heal ...

1545. If Only We Would Be Open To The Spirit ...

Joel 2:18-27

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Wallace H. Kirby

... pastor answers, "That’s the spirit!" From our brief observations we can see that we use the phrase. "That’s the spirit!" in a variety of ways. This proves that it has many meanings. It can mean approval, achievement, accomplishment, or sanction, support, security. It may mean being alive, responsive, and vivacious. It often means being enthusiastic, animated, inspired. For Christians, it means the presence of God! Not limited to our age, the expression, "That’s the spirit," goes a long way back. If we ...

1546. Prayer

John 17:1-5

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... to keep! Promises made for me as a baby - To grow in wisdom To learn about the church To go to Sunday School To be faithful in attendance - Promises I make for myself - To follow Christ To live a good life To be faithful to God and his Church (Attendance, support, all that stuff) Is it OK if I keep my fingers crossed? That's a tall order! What if I can't do it? Can't live up to those promises? Does God - Or the congregation - Or the minister Expect me to be perfect? Will they still love me Value ...

1547. Proper 11

Exodus 3:1-22

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... the Almighty stands behind us, is with us, is within us, his strength supplements our strength, his love expands our love, and our lives grow in the warmth of his grace. Our God is a great God and in his will and strength, we will find, even as Moses found, support and power to face difficult days, and to overcome our fears, doubts, and anxieties. We will be enabled to venture out into the unknown land, to do all we can, on any given day, and having done all, to stand our ground unafraid.

1548. The Passion of Our Lord

2 Corinthians 5:21

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... of wine mixed with myrrh, but He refuses to drink; His shoulders are then thrown backward against the cross-arm, and the soldier feels for the depression between the bones in His wrist. (Nails placed through the palms of the hands would not easily support the weight of the human body; in the Bible, the wrist was considered part of the hand.) The heavy wrought iron nail is now securely placed in the depression of His wrist. The hammer blows fall. First, nails are driven through His wrists; the Roman ...

1549. Hunger, Health, and Happiness

Luke 14:1-14

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... and Vijah invited him into his home. William explained that he was headquartered in a neighboring tribe and that he was there to offer food and clothing to Vijah and his siblings. Also, he offered to help train Vijah in a skill that would enable him to support his "family." Vijah was cautious, very cautious. That was his training. No one was trusted who was not a member of the tribe. But Vijah was in trouble and needed help and William spoke his language so well that Vijah grew more and more trusting of him ...

1550. To Thank Is To ...

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

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... , and all my members, my reason and all my senses, and still preserves them; also clothing and shoes, meat and drink, house and home, wife and children, fields, and cattle and all my goods; that he richly and daily provides me with all that I need to support this body and life; that he defends me against all danger, and guards and protects me from all evil; and all this out of purely fatherly divine goodness and mercy, without any merit or worthiness in me." The experience of the crane operator is at some ...

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