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1751. In Remembrance

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... that he believed in a higher power. Bush said, “Mr. Putin, President Putin, that’s what it’s all about--that’s the story of the cross.” (2) Now I don’t know what the cross really means to Vladimir Putin. I hope it is something real and that it affects how he deals with important issues. But I know what the cross means to us. It means that Jesus Christ lay down his life that he might be a bridge between us and God. We commemorate his death each time we take the bread and drink of the cup. We ...

1752. One Heaven of a Party

Deuteronomy 26:1-11

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... this demon exists in our own hearts. After we have hurt a loved one, we look surprisingly at the wounds we have inflicted and confess, “I do not know what happened. I do not know what got into me. I guess I did not think how it would affect you.” And we realize that, for a little while, we were not ourselves, and it scares us. We were not intended to live only for ourselves. We were created as images of a generous God. The eloquent preacher and writer John Claypool shares an insight about our connection ...

1753. Falling Into Faith

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... faith provides us with a vision of what God desires for us and the strength and conviction to live out that vision. In The Baltimore Sun, there was an article about an artist suffering from macular degeneration, a disease which deteriorates the eyes and affects vision. You would think that an impairment of this kind would be an artist’s worst nightmare, but not for Sophia Libman. Ironically, the disease has helped her become a better artist. Because she is not able to see details, her ability to capture ...

1754. Elephants in the Room: Sexploitation

1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... the bounds of marriage can be terribly destructive. Growing in a sexual relationship is something learned over time with one person in the context of marriage, not with many partners. Sex is a holy mystery designed by God as a profound expression of love and affection. Lust is the opposite. Lust is the enemy to love and intimacy. I have seen too many people wounded because they did not understand or respect the spiritual power of sex. I have known teenagers whose youth was cut short because of pregnancy. I ...

1755. Elephants in the Room: Anxiety

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... that fell among thorns. He said the worries of the world “choked” that good seed. The elephant of anxiety chokes many people. According the Anxiety Disorders Association of America: Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older (18.1% of U.S. population) 6.8 million Americans suffer from General Anxiety Disorder 2.2 million Americans suffer from OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 6 million Americans suffer from ...

1756. Elephants in the Room: Depression

Lamentations 3:17-26

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... faith. And it is never a sign that God is punishing us. The writer of Lamentations suffered from depression. So did Elijah, as did Martin Luther, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, and the great preacher Charles Spurgeon. If depression is so common and affects so many people, why is it considered an “Elephant in the Room?” One reason is because our church culture still has trouble being sensitive to this issue. How often have I heard well intended but misinformed people of faith demean others who ...

1757. A Jesus for the Ages

Matthew 17:1-9

Illustration

Harry N. Huxhold

... had to take note of Jesus as a rabbi, as the Cosmic Christ, the Ruler of the World, the King of Kings, the Prince of Peace, the Son of Man, the True Image of Man, the Great Liberator. In many other ways Jesus furnished the answers and the images that affected society in positive ways. Dr. Pelikan's thesis is that Jesus did not and does not belong to the churches and the theologians alone, but that he belongs to the world. None of this is to say that we can make Jesus what we want Jesus to be. Quite the ...

1758. The Power of Patience

Luke 2:22-40

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... t want you to miss God’s wonderful plan for you! Don’t quit on your faith. Don’t take the easy road. Don’t rush into something you will regret. God is working his purpose out for you. He is doing things in your present right now that will affect your future. This is why your patience and trust of God is critical! What we often think is waiting is part of God’s larger plan. Don’t spoil God’s best for you. Remember this: Patience is resisting the immediate to receive God’s best. We often hear ...

1759. Mission Possible!

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... fascinating happened at a high school in Unionville, Tennessee. Three nominees for homecoming king decided that if one of them was awarded the crown they would give it to a junior named Scotty Maloney, who has Williams syndrome, a neurological disorder that affects learning and speech. When Jesse Cooper’s name was called as the winner at a ceremony, the principal announced what the nominees decided to do. “I’ve been blessed with so many things,” Cooper told ABC News’ Nashville affiliate WKRN-TV ...

1760. Addicted to Hurry

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... in the wind like a flag. I had left the bag on top of the car at the store and shut the door on the swimsuit! I can only imagine what people were thinking of me as they saw my shorts flying in the wind. Rushing is never helpful. Hurrying affects us physically, emotionally, and spiritually. We all know this but we continue to hurry anyway. Why? We all believe that it is better to hurry because we think if we hurry we will get more done and if we get more done we are more productive, successful, and important ...

1761. Giving to the Needy

Matthew 6:1-4

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... of others, p. 102.) God will see the kindness and provide the proper reward at the proper time. Additional Notes 6:1 Reward: God’s rewards express his character. They are an integral part of his covenantal relationship and therefore are affected by human obedience. The doctrine of rewards was sometimes misunderstood to imply automatic material return for righteous acts and inevitable suffering for sin. 6:2 Hypocrites: For a milder view, see Albright-Mann (pp. cxv–cxxiii). They translate hypokritēs as ...

1762. Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

Matthew 10:1-42

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... must “hate” his own family in order to become a disciple of Jesus (Luke 14:26). The issue is one of priorities: our commitment to Christ must be greater than to anyone else. Jesus is not counseling his followers to ride roughshod over family affection or responsibility. The point is that when a person pledges solidarity with Christ and his mission, nothing—not even the love of a family member (understood as unsympathetic to the Christian faith)—must be allowed to stand in the way. If placing family ...

1763. A Warning Against Hypocrisy

Matthew 23:1-39

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... much curses as they are expressions of sorrow and warnings of punishment. What A. T. Robertson calls a “thunderbolt of wrath” (WPNT, vol. 1, p. 181), Beare declares to be a “masterpiece of vituperation” (p. 452). Once again it is plain to see that interpretation is affected less by the data than by one’s basic orientation. Beare is led to say that “there is very little in this chapter that can be regarded as language ever used by Jesus, or at all in accordance with his spirit” (p. 461). But a ...

1764. Despair, Hope, Easter, and Pentecost

John 20:10-18

Sermon

Tom Garrison

... the first Easter, this is exactly what God did? By calling for the disciples and Peter to meet him in Galilee, God manifests mercy, patience, and a hope for our kind that is absolutely unbelievable. He did not give up on the people who crucified his Son! He still had affection and hope for them! This is the kind of God who made himself known at Easter — the power and the mercy "who can make the things that are out of the things that are not, and who can make dead things come to life again." And if this is ...

1765. Face-to-Face with the Kingdom

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Sermon

Tom Garrison

... enabled me to see more deeply into myself and into the challenge of the Christian gospel. Interestingly enough, the issue at stake was my emotional attitude toward the weather. In order to appreciate this situation, you need to realize that all my life I have had a special affection for snow. Of all the seasons of the year winter is my favorite, and the part of winter that I like best is the coming of that "icy white stuff." As long as I can remember, I have loved to see it fall, delighted to walk in it ...

1766. Stopping the Spread of Hell

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... came running and I was in trouble. But from that time on, all I had to say to my sister when she was being a pest was, "Quit that or I'll lick your nose." Years later my sister said she was so grossed out by that threat that it affected her in a negative way. Thirty years later, I apologized. When families work the way they are supposed to, they know how to make up and forgive. But some families do not work right. Some families fight and do not make up. Silence is a rule in some families. If ...

1767. Wedding Guests

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... and moved cheerfully among the villagers, Silas too was drawn from his shell and began to speak to his neighbors. The cottage took on a new appearance. Lacy curtains decorated the once-shuttered windows. Silas was happy. There was light in his eyes, a smile on his face, affection in his voice, and a bounce to his step. He was no longer a hermit turned in on himself. The focus of his life had shifted to the little girl and then to his neighbors. His life had been transformed by a guest. The kingdom of God ...

1768. Paying What's Due

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... ) to God the things that are God's" (v. 21). Surely one of the things due to God is worship. In the story on which the play Fiddler on the Roof is based, Tevya the dairyman prays three times a day. He addresses God, whom he loves, with affection, irony, sympathy, reverence, impudence, and hope. Every morning at sunrise he says his longing prayers with a prayer shawl over his head and other reminders of God on his brow and arm. When he comes to America, he is all the more determined to keep his relationship ...

1769. Joseph: The Righteous Carpenter

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... want you to miss God’s wonderful plan for you too! Don’t quit on your faith. Don’t take the easy road. Don’t rush into something you will regret. God is working His purpose out for you. God is doing things in your present right now that will affect your future. This is why your patience and trust of God is critical! What we often think is waiting is part of God’s larger plan. Don’t spoil God’s best for you. Patience is resisting the immediate to receive God’s Best. I want to you to see ...

1770. The Parable of the Sower

Mark 4:1-20

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... is you profess to have accepted?” The farmer sows the word in 4:14; yet in 4:15–20 the sown seed is likened to various types of people who hear the word. Attention is drawn to the various soils, which symbolize various circumstances that affect people who hear the word. Some scholars have proposed that this parable should be titled the Parable of the Soils. The explanation of the meaning of the various soils is relatively clear. Some who become adherents of the message fail under persecution (4:16–17 ...

1771. The Temptation of Jesus

Luke 4:1-13

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... tradition reflect the ideas found in Deuteronomy 6 and 8, not those found in Genesis 3. The evangelist offers no more than a general comparison of Jesus and Adam, “sons of God” through whom the destiny of the human race is so drastically affected. Luke saw in the temptation a foreshadowing of what lay ahead for Jesus in Jerusalem. This is obvious, as has already been pointed out, from the explicit reference to Jerusalem (v. 9) and from Luke’s making the temptation at Jerusalem the final, climactic ...

1772. Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-two

Luke 10:1-24

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... 10:1–18:14). For more on the Elijah/Elisha background see Brodie, pp. 227–53. 10:1 seventy-two others: Though technically this is a mission of the Seventy-two, I—because of conventional tradition—prefer to use “Seventy.” The decision in no way affects the sense of the text or its interpretation. The ms. tradition is almost evenly divided over whether Luke 10:1 should read seventy-two or seventy. The reference may allude to the nations mentioned in Genesis 10 or to the number of persons who made ...

1773. Abraham Justified by Faith

Romans 4:1-25

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... as sinless. In its reflective moments Israel realized that God had chosen it not because it was more numerous or powerful or important than other peoples, but from a deeper, more mysterious inclination called grace. “The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous … but because the Lord loved you” (Deut. 7:7–8). Neither Abraham nor Israel had meritorious checks written against their accounts. Luther rightly recognized that “God does not accept a person ...

1774. Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ

Romans 5:12-21

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... way death came to all men. Milton captured the thought of this verse in the title of his epic poem, Paradise Lost. Paul omits the name Adam, stressing instead the universal correspondence between the one and all. Although he does not explain exactly how Adam’s sin affected humanity, he understands Adam’s sin to have infected the race so that it is not free not to sin. Sin is not a coincidence, it is a contagion. Sin is a compelling power at work both within and without. Jesus said, “The Son of Man ...

1775. Love

Romans 12:9-21

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... one another in brotherly love (v. 10). Two words define the love of verse 9 in terms of the family. The first, Philadelphia (brotherly love), refers to sibling love, while philostorgos (devoted) refers to the love of parents for children. Intimate affection among family members thus becomes a fitting model for the church. In reality, of course, families are not always charitable, and neither are churches. Nevertheless, with this term at the head of the sequence, Paul establishes familial love as the ideal ...

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