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1726. Out of the Barnyard

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Robert Bachelder

... ministry of mission and service that shaped the early Church. So seriously did they take Jesus’ parable of the Great Judgment in Matthew 25, his imperative that they feed the hungry and clothe the naked, that we read in the Acts of the Apostles there was not a needy person among them. Their example forces the twentieth century Church to measure itself against its ancient heritage. Many voices within and without the Church say we come up short. Recently, for example, forty-four leading citizens in Hartford ...

1727. Father Damien

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

... he heard a returning missionary speak of service in Oceania, the islands of the Pacific. In that address he met the Master and believed the Master was calling him to go to Oceania. Joseph - or Damien as he was then called - was determined to be an apostle to the pagans of the islands. As a result of the missionary’s address, the order decided to send four missionaries to Hawaii, but they were all to be priests; no serving brothers were to go. Fate and a fever intervened. Illness struck Father Pamphile ...

1728. "Lite Beer by Miller"

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

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Peter Rudowski

... . Knowing this, the issue became whether or not you could buy meat from the local butcher knowing he sold meat offered to false gods. Any self-respecting Christian would say no. Then there was the other side of the congregation. That side said that they had heard what the apostle had said and they were going to practice their freedom in the Gospel. After all, didn’t Jesus come to free us from the law? It is by Christ that we are saved and not by the meat we eat or do not eat. They were not going to ...

1729. A Glimpse of God

John 14:5-14

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George Bass

... precious little information as a disciple, an evangelist, or even - as tradition tells us - as a martyr. Not that much more is known about Philip! Circumstance linked Philip and James the Less together because their remains, or relics, were moved to the Church of the Apostles in Rome on May 1; their bodies still lie together in a crypt under the main altar of this church that has been rebuilt and restored many times. Outside of the fact that both were members of the original Twelve whom Jesus selected as ...

1730. The Role of an Angel

John 20:10-18

Sermon

George Bass

... the first Easter hymn. Those things have been left to us, haven’t they? An ancient Latin hymn (LBW, hymn - 154) puts a song in our hearts: That Easter day with joy was bright; The sun shone out with fairer light, When, to their longing eyes restored, The apostles saw their risen Lord! Alleluia! All praise, O risen Lord, we give To you, once dead, but now alive! To God the Father equal praise, And God the Holy Ghost, we raise! Alleluia Jesus didn’t allow Mary a moment of rejoicing; he kept her at arm’s ...

1731. Call Him a Story Teller

Luke 1:1-4

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George Bass

... ’ story - his death and resurrection - at the very end of it, his ascension. He knew that there would be more to come, thus he had to write the account of the Holy Spirit at work in the early Christian church that we call The Acts of the Apostles. And that’s why we call Luke’s story The Gospel of St. Luke; he makes certain that Theophilus and the whole world would hear the good news about what God accomplished in reconciling people to himself through repentance and the forgiveness of sins in Jesus ...

1732. The Joy of Sorrow?

Matthew 5:4

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Wallace H. Kirby

... , we find that in the New Testament trouble is not punishment, but opportunity. Trouble gives us a chance to build our lives after the pattern of Jesus Christ who was "made perfect through suffering." Pick up the New Testament and read the letters that the Apostle Paul wrote to those first century churches. He writes about how he has personally suffered because of some "thorn in his flesh." He says he prayed three times that it might be taken away, and after that he lost count. We find in those letters ...

1733. Pardon for Sin

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... reward of our misdeeds. How did he do it? St. Paul explains it to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 15) in this way. God only created two individuals in perfect relationship with him; Adam and Jesus (according to his human nature - Luke 1:34, 35). The Apostle refers to these two individuals. Both of them had the unique ability to represent all people - whether for good or for ill. Both of them came forth from God’s hand as perfect. You know what happened? The "first Adam" failed. And since the entire human ...

1734. No Condemnation!

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... God is too small. You have belittled God by cutting him down below the size of your sin. Remember this word of St. Paul: "Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." (And that is a very weak translation of the Greek original.) What the Apostle actually says is this: "Where sin existed in abundance, grace existed in superabundance and then more grace added to this superabundance." Learn to know God and the staggering magnitude of his grace, and you will learn to sing: Plenteous grace with thee is found ...

1735. Sowing to the Flesh

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... entire weekend, or listen to a religious radio broadcast which brings them the gospel they so desperately need. Yes, not only the nonchurched can be God’s unfaithful people. Even church members can be - as with the sad case of the Jerusalemites, and as was implied by the Apostle Paul in our text (Romans 8:15). But this is not the point we wish to make. We want to emphasize that there is hope - hope for all regardless of how Jerusalem-like we have been in the past - if only we turn to Christ, as Jerusalem ...

1736. Overcoming Self

Philippians 1:1-11

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Dennis Kastens

... , to pride, and to the assertion of their own ego. He isn’t talking to us here only about martyrdom or about his own Palm Sunday experience, nearly as much as he is speaking about our becoming great at dying while we are still alive. When the Apostle says, "Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus ..." he means that we should be thinking of overcoming sin, self and our own rights, and should instead be thinking about others and their well-being. Humility is to be cultivated for this purpose ...

1737. On Being Lifted Beyond Ourselves

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... an answer? Is not the Spirit calling us to be a part of that answer? For all of us struggling ones, the Spirit of God is struggling too. Hear these comforting, challenging words from Peter moved upon by the Holy Spirit (1 Peter 1:1, 3-5): "From Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ to those of God’s scattered people. Praise be to God, who in his mercy, gave us new birth into a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The inheritance ... nothing can destroy or spoil or wither. It is kept for ...

1738. Clouds and Son-Shine

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... ," the unfolding of "the mystery of Christ," as he puts it. "When you read this you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; that is, how the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel." (Ephesians 3:4-6) To him, he says, was given "the grace ... to preach to the Gentiles the ...

1739. Journey To The Cross II: Jesus And The Hemorrhaging Woman

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

James W. Moore

... and apologies and tears. Twenty years of hurt and broken relationship based not on fact, but on mistrust and misunderstanding. But then healing came; reconciliation came, because of that stranger’s love for Christ. The point is clear: Christ is the reconciler, but as the Apostle Paul put it, we can be “agents of reconciliation” when we live in the spirit of love. Love has the power to heal. Love has the power to reconcile. III. Third And Finally, Love Has The Power To Redeem. Let me ask you something ...

1740. I AM THE CHURCH

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John H. Krahn

... , I hope each of you will pray that there will be greater understanding, acceptance, working together, and unity among all Christians. There is another most important thing that I want to talk about. My cornerstone must always be the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus said to the apostle Peter that his confession of faith in him was the strong foundation upon which the church must be built. When it is built on Jesus, not even the gates of hell can destroy it. Don’t forget your cornerstone. This is another way of my ...

1741. !!!

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John H. Krahn

... coming of the Holy Spirit an exclamation point was added to the Christian witness. Excitement had arrived. Power was present. Unbelief vanished. Fear fled. God, full throttle, was busy putting punch into preaching - cracking walls of unbelief, and giving the apostles a spiritual trip that they had never imagined possible. At Pentecost the church is born. It had ceased to be an expectant enclave and now becomes a witnessing community. What emerged that day was a congregation filled with the power, excited ...

1742. What Form of Church Does God Want for the Furture?

Romans 12:1-8, Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free" (John 8:31-32). Paul did this, and look at what happened to him. He was transformed from Saul, a murderous, hard-hearted Pharisee, into Paul, a loving, warm-hearted Christian apostle. Martin Luther did this, and God enabled him to bring about a change that saved the church of the sixteenth century. John Wesley did this, and founded the Methodist Church and saved England. You and I can help God transform our church in our time - if ...

1743. A Thinking Person’s Thankful Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... When we consider the charter members of that little church at Philippi, it’s easy to understand why Paul would first pray that they should grow in love. Do you remember who they were? St. Luke lists them in the sixteenth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. First, there was Lydia and all the people of her household. Lydia was a Jewish business-woman, a citizen of Greece, and from all indications, a person of some importance. She was Paul’s first convert as well as being a close friend. Then there was a ...

1744. Genuine Imitations

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... that reached up to Zacchaeus in the sycamore tree and changed a thief into a benefactor. Faith like that transformed Matthew from a tax man to a Christ man, changed Simon the fisherman into Peter the rock man, remade Saul the Pharisee into Paul the apostle. Faith like that made Francis become the patron saint of the poor, caused Luther to reform the church, and set the heart of John Wesley on fire and sent him blazing across England. In our own day, faith like that caused Mother Teresa to work tirelessly ...

1745. Onesimus

Isaiah 43:1-13

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... or people. The Christian answer has been, "... neither Jew nor Greek ... neither slave nor free ... all one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:28) The letter to Philemon is one of the later writings by Paul. We have a similar letter by another aged apostle - the last he ever wrote. Dated February 24, 1791, it is addressed to William Wilberforce, the champion in Parliament in the battle against the slave trade: Dear Sir, Unless the divine power has raised you up to be as Athanasius contra mundum, I see ...

1746. Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

... a pedigree. He must maintain his dignity. It is easy to become preoccupied with preserving privilege. IV Nicodemus was an educated man. I am proud of my education. My education has opened countless doors for me that would otherwise have been closed. The apostle Paul was proud of his education. He writes that he studied under the great Gamliel, one of the premier scholar of his day. Nicodemus was an educated man, yet his education had not brought him ultimate fulfillment. Master, something is wrong. I have ...

1747. Nature of Faith

Eph 5:31-32

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Brett Blair

In 1520 Martin Luther explained the nature of faith using marriage as an illustration: "The third incomparable benefit of faith is that it unites the soul with Christ as a bride united with her bridegroom. By this mystery, as the apostle teaches, Christ and the soul become one flesh. And if they are one flesh and there is between them a true marriage ... it follows that everything they have they hold in common, the good as well as the evil. Accordingly the believing soul can boast of and glory in whatever ...

1748. Lazarus Rising

John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44

Sermon

... . Why did he delay? Surly there must be an answer to this. But read the commentaries of all of the great minds: Luther, Dodd, Calvin. None offer an answer. To this day it is still hard for me to accept not knowing why. How true were the words of the Apostle Paul when he wrote: In this life we look through a mirror dimly. If we had all the answers then we would not need faith, for faith picks up where sight leaves off. The Book of Hebrews reads: “Faith is the evidence of things not seen.” In my mind I ...

1749. Sunday's A' Comin'

John 11:1-45

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Ronald Lavin

... by the power of it." "It's Friday. Mary, Jesus' mother is crying her eyes out. That's her son up there on the cross. He's dying the agonizing death of crucifixion as a criminal. But it's only Friday," the preacher said. "Sunday's a comin'. "The apostles were really down and out. Jesus, their leader, was being killed by evil men. But it was only Friday. Sunday is a comin'. "The Devil thought he had won. 'You thought you could outwit me,' he said, 'but I've got you now.' But it was only Friday. Sunday ...

1750. Sinner to Saint

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... sinner to saint - Matthew. He was a tax collector, a publican who in that day was considered a super-sinner because he was a traitor to his country by collecting taxes from the Jews to support the Roman government. Jesus came to him where he was and made him an apostle. Now the world knows him as Saint Matthew. It was a long way for Matthew, too, from being a sinner to becoming a saint. Do you think it is possible for you and me to become a saint? If it is possible, it will be a long way, for we ...

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