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Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... time this will happen. While the universe passes and generations come and go, there is assurance that God's Word is eternal. Suggested Hymns Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers The Day Is Surely Drawing Near Jerusalem, My Happy Home Guide Me Ever, Great Redeemer Prayer for Mark 13 Lord, forgive us, for we take pride in the things which do not finally matter. Towers and bridges. Walls and buildings. Titles and degrees. Status and prestige. All of these things have their place and purpose. Much more could be added to ...

1827. True Greatness: Servanthood Not Status

Mark 10:35-45

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Dennis Koch

... matter of servanthood, not status. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns God, Who Stretched The Spangled Heavens Out Of The Depths, I Cry To You Father Eternal Ruler Of Creation O Christ, Our Hope Love Consecrates The Humblest Act The Son Of God Goes Forth To War Prayer for Mark 10:35-45 Lord God, you have called us by name and you have invited us to become full partners in your expanding kingdom. We seek your guidance as we move into life, filled with the desire to serve you. We ask you to open the doors ...

1828. Self-serving Versus Self-giving

Mark 12:35-40, Mark 12:41-44

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... who without ostentation selflessly gives all the money she has. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns As Saints Of Old I Know That My Redeemer Lives! Forth In Thy Name, O Lord I Go Lord, Our God, With Praise We Come Take My Life, That I May Be Prayer for Mark 12:38-44 We are in your house, Lord. We have come with our burdens and pain, our hopes and dreams. Your word has touched our hearts, and our spirits have been refreshed. Our burdens and pain have been given over to you, and our hopes and dreams have ...

1829. Fleshing Out The Word

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Larry Powell

... provided. In Matthew 10:19f, Jesus assures his followers that when they are called into account by enemies of the kingdom, there is no need to worry about what to say, "for it will be given to you." In Mark 9:23, Jesus makes this startling statement: "All things are possible to him who believes." Mark 10:27 has it, "All things are possible with God." That just about covers everything, doesn't it? Everything is directed toward victory! Even in dying, the Christian is triumphant for, as we read in John 14:2f ...

1830. What "They" Say

Luke 9:18-27

Sermon

Larry Powell

... person, crowding out everything else, accumulating to the point of excess, and becoming too dear to part with. The rich young man described in Mark 10:17-22 fell on his knees before Jesus and asked, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" We take notice ... me." The man was devastated. The Scriptures say, "his countenance fell, and he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions (Mark 10:22)." Like the old man with his rummage, he had become too attached to his "stuff." So now, what about ...

1831. The Infinite Becomes An Infant

Matthew 1:18-25

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John R. Brokhoff

... Jesus' sinlessness, for original sin could have been inherited through his mother. It does not imply that Mary was a perpetual virgin, for the New Testament refers to Jesus' brothers and sisters. There are good reasons for accepting the Virgin Birth: 1. Although Mark, John and Paul do not mention the Virgin Birth, Matthew and Luke are reliable witnesses who do not lie. 2. From the beginning the church confessed her belief in the Virgin Birth by reciting the Apostles' and Nicene creeds. 3. The Virgin Birth ...

1832. Are You Who You Say You Are?

John 20:19-31

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... that unless he saw the places where the nails went through Jesus' hands and feet, he would not believe their story. It was almost a week later when Thomas was with the other disciples that Jesus came again. He knew that Thomas did not believe, so he showed him the marks and scars in his hands and in his side. Then he asked Thomas if he believed. Of course Thomas did, and that is the day that Jesus proved who he was to many. We can't see those nails, but we must believe what happened to Thomas and to others ...

1833. Know What Time It Is!

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... of Scripture that speak to us and trouble us. But, alas! for me, this is not one of them. Bernard Anderson referred to the Bible as a special delivery letter with our address on it. That may be true, but this particular bit of Scripture had best be marked, "return to Sender; no one at this address!" This is simply one of those texts that we don't know what to do with. And neither did the early church. They kept adding endings to Jesus' parable trying to make sense of a story that obviously commended the ...

1834. The Wisdom In Waiting

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... . We may wonder why Jesus was not sent a hundred years sooner. Why so long a wait? What was so special about that time? Those days? The gospel writers leave the speculations to our imagination. They simply say God had to wait for the "fullness of time (e.g., Mark 1:15 and Ephesians 1:10)." Even then, the Most High had to wait on the pregnancy of Mary. Nine long months had to be endured before God could bring the Word into the world. Imagine the divine impatience as the little boy, Jesus, grew up one day at ...

1835. Two Doors; One Choice

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... share of the inheritance in the first place - knowing that he was headstrong and would most likely lose it - was because he knew there was no short cut to his son's finding himself. If he had insisted on the boy's staying at home and toeing the mark as the elder brother did, the lad would have remained undefiled but hopelessly lost. In the parable it is clear that defilement and sin are useless categories for understanding what Jesus means by salvation. To be saved is to discover who we are and feel at home ...

1836. Black And White

1 John 1:9

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

... it wouldn't be as white as when you started. That is exactly what the Bible tells us is the problem with our lives and the times we sin. When we do bad things, and hurt others, and don't obey God, we are filling up our, lives with black marks, just like you filled up this paper. That is not something we can fix in ourselves. However, that is something God can fix! He says that if we confess our sins to Him and ask Jesus to forgive us, He will make us as clean as this new sheet of ...

1837. God's Stamp Of Approval

1 Peter 2:20

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... is Christian. Sometimes Christians must suffer pain. They must even suffer a long time for what is right. But when they suffer for doing right, then God approves them. God does the same thing for the person who suffers while doing right that the clerk does when he or she marks "Paid" on something that you have worked very hard to get. Life is not always easy and fun. Sometimes you must suffer a lot to be someone that you will like. God knows this and approves the Christian who sticks with it. He will not ...

1838. Christ the King

Jeremiah 23:1-8

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... of glass, at social contacts at a cocktail party, and in the work and decisions of the massive events of history, the course of which he was determining. In "all things ..." (you) "stand alone before God and that each of your acts is an act of creation." (Markings, page 165) Don't be so surprised, secularist. The world is full of people who, once you start talking to them and they find occasion to reveal themselves, will tell you such things. People who have known the care of the shepherd king, who live and ...

1839. Sing a Song to Each Other

Ephesians 5:19

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... is a sample of what you might use after the children are seated, and before you address them in song.) "Good morning children of St. Mark Church, and may God bless you on such a beautiful day. I thank the Lord for your joy and love which he gave you to ... our friendship. Of course, we don't have to make every greeting quite so long as I did this morning. You could just say, "Good morning Mark, God bless you." (Sing to one of your children or several in this way) I think it is kind of fun, and it certainly does ...

1840. Sight And Insight

John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... :5; 34:7 - Children suffer from the sins of parents. Job 42:1-6 - Job sees God.2 Kings 6:15-20 - Elisha prays for open eyes. Isaiah 35:4-6 - The Messiah will give sight to the blind. Matthew 9:27-31 - Two blind men. Mark 8:22-26 - The gradual healing of blindness. Mark 10:46-52 - Another blind beggar. Luke 13:1-5 - The massacre and fallen tower. The Lectionary Lesson 1 (1 Samuel 1 6:1-13). The problem was, who shall succeed King Saul who was rejected by Yahweh? The Lord sends Samuel to Jesse's home ...

1841. Epiphany 2

John 2:1-11, Isaiah 62:1-12, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

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John R. Brokhoff

... the promised Messiah? Related Passages Hosea 1:2-3; 2:2-5 - God's love for his people is like Hosea's love for his faithless wife. Matthew 9:16-17 - New wine demands new wineskins. Matthew 22:1-13 - The man without a wedding garment. Mark 7:2-5 - Water is used for ceremonial washing. Mark 10:6-9 - Marriage is of God. Luke 14:7-11 - Finding your rightful place at a wedding feast. Luke 23:36 - On the cross Jesus is offered wine. Ephesians 5:22-32 - Love in marriage. The Lectionary Lesson 1 (Isaiah 62:1-5). A ...

1842. God's Descending Spirit

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... Dead Sea. It was the beginning of his earthly ministry. Jesus was 30 years old, we suspect. He encountered his cousin, John, in that hot, scrubby, separated, devastated area. John was preaching a call to repentance, inviting people to a change in life. He was marking that interior change with a sacramental washing in the Jordan waters. People came from all over the territory to hear the preacher, and to receive the baptism. John spoke of the evil that lurks in the hearts of men and women. He spoke of the ...

1843. Our Own Mountaintop Walk

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... beheaded for his missionary work in Judea. "In Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue!" Recently the world marked the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' adventure in the Santa Maria. As we all now know, he did not end up ... shouted that God's power is greater than the world's power! Their shout is now our shout. There is a beautiful poem that marks this affirmation. It is one of my favorites, and one that has ministered to my life. Edwin Markham wrote: Defeat may serve as well ...

1844. Liquid Hope

John 7:25-44

Sermon

James Weekley

... bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God." (22:1) Jesus' ministry also began and ended with water. The baptismal episode in the Jordan River, literally a high water mark in his life, poured forth his healing ministry to a barren world. John announced, "I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." (Mark 1:8) Water was to flow freely in Jesus' parables and miracles. Almost immediately he called two fisherman out of water. (Matthew 4:18-20) He fabricated his own flood ...

1845. When God Is Silent

Psalm 35:1-28

Sermon

Erskine White

... figure that God owes them now. They figure that God has to speak to them whenever they want Him to and some people actually think that God owes them whatever material things they ask Him for! But even Jesus did not grant every request that was asked of him (cf. Mark 10:35-45) and even early Christians had to be told, in the letter of James, "You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your pleasures" (4:3). If we truly love God, if we truly respect His sovereign Name, we won't treat ...

1846. The Vanities Of Work

Ecc 2:1-26

Sermon

Erskine White

... that the next raise or even a prosperous and happy home, does not make life complete, they open the door to that restlessness the ancient Preacher knew, "Vanity, vanity, all is vanity. What do we gain from our labors under the sun?" When people who work to leave a mark for the good of others are unhappy with the fruits of their work, it is again because they have a view of life which begins and ends in the world. But this time, they look only to the world and expect too much. They forget how Creation is ...

1847. Who Do You say He Is?

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

Erskine White

... . For example, they know that Jesus already has a powerful enemy in King Herod, the man who cruelly butchered John the Baptist. Herod has heard of Jesus' miracles and His effect on the crowds, so he thinks that Jesus is John the Baptist raised from the dead (Mark 6:16). "Who do the people say I am?" The disciples answer Him, "Some say You are Elijah." Now, Elijah was a legend in Israel, a great and powerful Old Testament people who lived nearly a thousand years before Jesus. It was said that Elijah did not ...

1848. Wedding: Together...Till Death Us Do Part

Sermon Aid

John M. Braaten

... for all who are present. Words which may not sound appropriate for a wedding, but I believe they fit. They are strong, dynamic words of grace which can revive and strengthen all our relationships. From the Gospel of Mark: "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me." Mark 8:34 That word from Christ speaks directly, not only to the matter of marriage, but to all of life, for he is speaking about commitment! I am well aware that the popular cry of our generation ...

1849. "More Good Times"

Mark 2:23-3:6

Children's Sermon

... . Time spent going through old photo albums of when parents were children is a fun activity. Try this week to sit down with your children to make a list of as many fun things you can do to share time together, even in these busy times. Try to actually mark them on your calendar and then DO them! Your family will grow in love from fun times shared! Teachers: You might want to have a discussion about what each child's family does for fun to share time together. Let them each share their thoughts. As you're ...

1850. Pentecost Sunday

Acts 2:1-13, Psalm 104:1-35, Joel 2:28-32, Genesis 11:1-9, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, John 16:5-16, John 20:19-23, John 15:18--16:4

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... of the believers as they spoke in "other tongues," because they could understand - whatever their native language - what was being said about "the mighty works of God." Aside from the latent controversy over the time of the out-pouring of the Holy Spirit, this reading marks the beginning of the Christian church; the call to believe and witness to the Lord now falls upon a wider community of faithful believers, and it will be up to the church to represent Jesus Christ in the world until the end of time. (See ...

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