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151. Let Us Cross To The Other Side

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... least, we think we turn to God - but often this turning is no turning at all, for we are still in the center asking the questions. That is the wrong side of the sea. "God, why did this happen to me? Are you punishing me? Are you there? Have you deserted me? Don’t you care? Are you asleep?" Saint Paul the apostle, as he writes to his friends in Corinth who have found faith but are in danger of going back to former ways of thinking, says, "From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of ...

152. The Fruit of One's Doing

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... idolatrous practices. The Prophet Jeremiah claimed the same for the Hebrew faith in his day. He envisioned that the people who did not trust in the God who had been revealed in the covenant of grace were those people who were like the shrub in the desert that has to wither and fade away when the heat of troubles come. It is most certainly true to say that the Christian faith today must compete against philosophies, cults, and idolatries like those that were prevalent in the day of the prophet. It is equally ...

153. Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... least not at the time. So we left...and came back to report our findings to the Sanhedrin. Not long after, our attention became focused on someone who was making an even greater impact than John. In fact, word had it that many of John's disciples were deserting him to follow this new teacher...a man named Jesus, from Nazareth. I realize that it is a little incredible that a teacher of any stature should come from such a grimy little hole-in-the-wall town like Nazareth, but that is where this Jesus was from ...

154. Hope for Hurting Hearts

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... with the cedars of Lebanon, trees so big it would take twelve people to encircle their trunks. In many places, rivers and springs had been poisoned, wells had been destroyed, dams and levees had been ruined. But once again water would flow in the desert to replace the mirages on the sand. Villages had been abandoned, but were now the headquarters for thieves and scavengers. Soon they would again be safe places, filled with people.(6) John in his dungeon would remember the words - a time when "the eyes ...

155. John the Baptist

Matthew 3:1-12, Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... reputation has spread across the land. The king's men have arrested him after reports that he has denounced Herod's marriage to Herodias, until recently the wife of Herod's brother Phillip. You want to see for yourselves what this strange man of the desert is all about. He is coming to offer a defense. Suddenly, the great doors swing open, and into the hall he comes. He is dressed in homespun - camels' hair with a wide leather belt around his waist. Hair and beard somewhat unkempt. Fierce, burning eyes ...

156. Searching For Jesus

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... chaplains, sharing their innermost worries about life, death and the families left behind. "There are no atheists in fox-holes," William Thomas Cummings, an American chaplain in the Pacific during World War II, declared “and the clergy representing almost 85 religious groups in Desert Storm say this seems to be true. "In twenty-five years in the Army I have never seen so much spirituality," Col. Dave Peterson, chief to the nearly 1,000 chaplains for U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf, said in a telephone ...

157. Help Me Make It Through The Night

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... dwellers." These people live much as the characters of the Old Testament did. During a heated argument, according to this story, a young Bedouin struck and killed a friend of his. Knowing the ancient, inflexible customs of his people, the young man fled, running across the desert under the cover of darkness, seeking safety. He went to the black tent of the tribal chief in order to seek his protection. The old chief took the young Arab in. The chief assured him that he would be safe until the matter could be ...

158. Dark Shadows

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... water out of it, that the people may drink." The children of Israel asked God for water and God gave them water. Here is what we need to see: God would have given them water anyway. God hadn't brought them out of Egypt to let them die in the desert. God would always provide for their needs. What they needed at that moment was not so much water as reassurance. So God told Moses to strike the rock, and that is what Moses did. And water poured forth from the rock. But the children of Israel were on a journey ...

159. Leaving The City of Regret

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... U.S. He had joined the Union Army as a field surgeon and fought in the Civil War. At one point, the fighting became particularly brutal, and many men deserted their posts. The army officials decided that only the most painful and humiliating punishments would keep men from deserting, so they ordered that deserters be branded with a hot iron. When a young Irishman tried to desert ranks in Minor's unit, Minor was ordered to brand the man on the cheek with a burning hot branding iron. Minor tried to get out of ...

160. It Doesn't Matter What I Do

Jeremiah 17:19-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... Lord watches over the way of the righteous," says the Psalmist, "but the way of the wicked will perish." There are too many people nowadays who live by the philosophy, "It doesn't matter what I do." And it doesn't--if you're content to live in a spiritual desert. However, if you want a life-giving stream in your life--a stream that doesn't simply come out of your own consciousness, but a stream that comes from the throne of God--you may need to take stock of your life. "Happy are those who do not follow the ...

161. The Other Woman

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... the boy and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make a great nation of him." Hagar did as the angel had instructed her. As Hagar dried her tears, God showed her a well where she and her son could draw water. They would not die in the desert. God would be with them. And Ishmael would father a people, too, just as God had promised. Now, as broadcaster Paul Harvey would say, "Here is the rest of the story . . ." There is a group of people in the world today who trace their lineage all the way back to ...

162. If Only... Next Time

Isaiah 43:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... you not perceive and know it, and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." I don't know how it is with you, but I like new beginnings. It doesn't matter whether it's a new year, a new ... you not perceive and know it, and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." So it's against this background of God intervening in history, a God who is always doing a new thing--it's against that background that I ...

163. How Moses Handled Stress

Numbers 11:4-35

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... of food. This is where the text read to you this morning picks up the story. The people would plead with Moses during the day, and he would hear their weeping at night, crying, "We were better off in Egypt as slaves, than we are now free, wandering this desert." Finally Moses, stressed out, had it up to here. He complains to God, "Why have you done this to me? Am I the father of all these people that I should take responsibility for looking after them? I've had it. You can take your 'exodus' and finish it ...

164. He's Back

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... helped them out. John, they said, is the voice that Isaiah was talking about, crying the in the wilderness, "Prepare the way of the Lord." Jesus is the Lord John was preparing us to receive. John even looks the part. He came from the wilderness. He was a desert ascetic, like a hermit or a monk. He had long hair. He wore animal skins for clothing. He ate locusts and wild honey. John, they said, is obviously the voice crying in the wilderness, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord." They were sure of that. John is ...

165. Out of Order

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... West Coast to the East Coast in a hurry, you have the bleary-eyed pleasure of taking a redeye. You also know that the longest hours of your redeye flight are those spent waiting around for the flight to leave in the all-but-deserted airport. You don't dare fall asleep, for fear of missing your departure or having someone liberate your personal belongings. But by 9 PM all those shamelessly overpriced airport restaurants have closed. Even Starbucks has pulled the plug on its coffee pots. For redeye flights ...

166. Proper 26

Joshua 3:1-4:24, Matthew 23:1-39, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16, Psalm 107:1-43

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

... . Verses 1-7 set the mood of the hymn with a call to give thanks. Verses 33-42 separate into two parts. Verses 33-38 describe the power of God over nature by employing motifs of water. God is able to turn rivers into a desert (vv. 33-34) and deserts into pools of water (v. 35). The effects of God's power over water are sketched out in vv. 36-38: Cities develop where none had previously been possible, land becomes fertile, and the divine blessing flourishes through reproduction. Verses 39-42 focus more on ...

167. Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Psalm 102:6-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... he went to school, people refused to listen to him. He was rejected by his followers. His disciples, in his hour of greatest need, deserted him. Even on the cross he was rejected by his own Father. You remember as he died on the cross he cried out, “My ... to become an unwed mother. She related to me how back then it was much more of a shame than it is today. She was deserted by all of her former friends; she was ostracized from society; she was a social outcast. She felt so alone. She told me that she ...

168. Baptism: The Common Call To Holiness

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... talked quite a bit and the hermit learned much about the shoemaker, but he revealed little about himself, even though the family was quite curious about him. Then after three days the hermit said good-bye to the shoemaker and his family and walked back across the desert to his cave, wondering all the while why God had sent him on this mission. When he arrived back at the cave, God questioned the hermit. "What was the shoemaker like?" The hermit answered, "He is a simple man; they have a small home. He has a ...

169. A Level Playing Field for God

Isaiah 40:1-11

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... snuggle up on the couch with the remote ready, just in case we don't like what we see. We are not called to be consumers of the holy here, but rather participants. "A voice cries out in the wilderness; prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight in the desert a highway for our God." I don't know about you, but I would like to know exactly what's expected here. What does it mean to "prepare the way of the Lord?" All this talk about straight highways, lowered mountains, and raised up valleys. It's like we're ...

170. What Do I Do - When I Don't Know What To Do?

2 Kings 4:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... we have connections and we have opportunities. We have possibilities that we don't even think about until we are forced to really take note of the resources God has placed into our hands. I will never forget a story about a man who was wandering, lost in the desert. As he stumbled over a sand dune trying to make his way back to civilization, he was greeted by a man selling ties. The dehydrated man begged for water, but the salesman said, "The only thing I have to offer you are these ties." The man said, "I ...

171. No One Left Behind

2 Kings 7:3-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... to go to heaven." That Arab didn't say anything for a while and finally he said, "Jay, I apologize. I understand that you just didn't want to commit the 'sin of the desert.'" Jay said that sound pretty bad and he said, "No, I don't." He said, "Jay, would you like to know what the 'sin of the desert' is?" He said, "Yes." He said, "The sin of the desert is to know where there is water, but not tell anyone else about it." Heaven is going to be populated with millions of Christians who committed the sin of the ...

172. A Voice in the Wilderness

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... in all kinds of circumstances experiencing God’s presence. John’s message, first of all, is a message of hope. The Messiah is coming. John’s second message is prepare the way. In the words of Isaiah, he was the “voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’” Now how do you prepare for the coming of the Messiah? You do so first by repenting. John preached a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. Beginning with the seventh verse of ...

173. Breakfast On The Beach

John 21:1-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... me more than you love these men? Or do you love me more than these things (fishing, fishing boat, nets, the gear and all the stuff of fishing.) Which one was it? It was probably a little of all of them. When Jesus said that all of the disciples would desert him after his betrayal Peter had vehemently said, "I don't care what these guys do. I won't desert you, no matter what happens." In a sense Peter had been claiming that his love for Jesus was greater than theirs. That he was better than them. But he did ...

174. The Burning Bush

Exodus 3:1-22

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Maxie Dunnam

... aware of the fact that the silence we need in order to hear God speak is not a silence that may ours from going into the desert or into the wilderness. “Most of us do not have the luxury of a lot of time alone. That does not diminish the need to be ... , but find in them the face of God. It is as though in these tragedies, we’re meeting God on the backside of the desert. Let me say plainly that my point is not that God brings these tragedies – the point is that God uses tragedies to get our attention ...

175. The Geography of the Christian Experience

Galatians 1:11-24

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Maxie Dunnam

... at themselves long enough to know who they are. So, they live like chameleons, reflecting their environment, living out the expectations others have of them. When Paul went to Arabia, separating himself from human contact, from the city and its distractions, and sought the quietness of the desert. He needed to be alone to be sure of himself. But not only did he need to be sure of himself, he needed to be sure of God. To take the time to face ourselves and to face God is essential for all, but evaded by most ...

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