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1876. A Watery Grave

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... It’s time to go.” “It’s time for bed.” These are standard, daily parental pronouncements and they are not just informational. Each one implies some action on the part of the hearers. To announce that it’s time to eat is to say, “You need to stop what you’re doing, go wash your hands, and come to the table.” When the kids hear that “it’s time for bed,” they are expected to respond in very specific ways: put on their pajamas, brush their teeth, lay out tomorrow’s clothes, pick out ...

1877. Je Suis Jesus

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... about in this week’s text. But the “end times” already have a happy ending in the Jesus story. In human literature there is a saying that “if you want a happy ending, you have to know when to stop the story.” In the story of God’s love for this world we never have to stop the story because it’s the ultimate never-ending story. The dream ending has already been accomplished. As far into the future as you can fling your imagination, has already been graced by God. The love that brought Jesus ...

1878. Peacemaker

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... am a one-wish-genie. What do you want?” She said, “You see this map? I want all the countries in the Middle East to stop fighting so we can finally have world peace.” The genie said, “Lady, they have been at war for thousands of years and I’m ... cook, hates sports and enjoys house-cleaning.” The genie with a sigh said, “Let me see that map again.” We should never stop trying to make peace everywhere we can among nations there will never be peace in this world until the Prince of Peace returns. ...

1879. Turn On the Light

John 8:12-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... cave. Teresa and I were on our way back to Kentucky where I was going to seminary and we decided to stop off and tour Mammoth Cave. They tried to prepare us for what was going to happen, but in this case the picture ... dark world, but he didn’t know it until he came to the light. The only thing you can see is something that is bathed in light. Did you ever stop to think that when you look in a mirror you are really not seeing yourself? What you are really seeing is the light that is reflecting off of you. If ...

1880. What Are You Waiting On?

John 11:1-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... statements of His short earthly career. “Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died, and for your sake I am glad that I was not there…” (John 11:14-15, ESV) Wait a minute, your best buddy has died, you could’ve stopped it and you’re glad that you didn’t go to stop it. You’re glad that you let him die? By now the even the disciples are probably a little bit in sensed. They’re thinking to themselves, “Boy, you’ve got some explaining to do.” But when you see what happens as ...

1881. Just Grace

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... that He does. Sure He owes me. I go on mission trips. I sing on a praise team. I share my faith. I read my Bible. I give offerings. How many of you perfectly obey every law in this state all the time? You always come to a complete stop at a stop sign even when nobody is around? You always drive in the proper lane? You always use your turn signals? You always obey the traffic rules? None of us do that, but suppose you did? Would the government send you a check every month in gratitude for what you have ...

1882. Lost

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... once was a young couple that went shopping at a mall. They had a two year old that we will call “Johnny.” The father decided to stop at a store try on a pair of pants. Like most two-year-olds, he was sitting in a stroller and the mother had placed her ... , “Yes. He just pushed the stroller out the door about two minutes ago.” The father was furious and said, “Why didn’t you stop him?” She said, “He wasn’t my kid.” The parents ran out into the mall, looked both ways and still couldn’t find ...

1883. Tarzan He Was Not

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... after trying to escape from his wife by swinging from tree to tree on a vine like Tarzan. Stefan Trisca a 66-year old man, of all things - -had wanted to join his friends for a night of drinking, but his wife locked him in his bedroom. This did not stop Stefan. He was on a mission. He climbed through the bedroom window and grabbed a tree vine. He managed to swing to another tree. Great, only one more tree to go. Only this time, he missed his mark, sending him plummeting to earth breaking an arm, a leg, and ...

1884. The World's Largest Covered Dish Lunch

John 6:1-15

Sermon

... choices they were forced to make. He tells about a fifty year old climber, Lincoln Hall, who was left for dead by his team, and other passing climbers, on the side of that treacherous mountain. But a small team led by Dan Mazur of the U.S. stopped to help Lincoln down the mountain. In the process they saved his life but they gave up their own opportunity to make it up Everest. Weeks later, the guide who led the rescue told The Today Show, “We just immediately sprang into action. You have to move quickly ...

1885. Is the Doctor in Today?

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... the crowd until she is able to touch the hem of Jesus’ garment, because she thinks, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” What magnificent faith! Mark tells us that immediately after touching his cloak she gets her wish--her bleeding stops and she feels in her body that she has been freed from her suffering. At this point, something interesting happens. Mark says Jesus realizes that power has gone out from him. He turns around as the crowd presses against him and asks, “Who touched my ...

1886. The Transforming Power of Grace

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... was interrupted. My senses were overwhelmed by a force that could not be ignored. I looked up to see what had commandeered my attention. Not 25 yards ahead of me a city garbage truck was turning the corner and coming in my direction. The aroma of rotting garbage stopped me in my tracks. The heat of the day made the smell more offensive than expected. I looked up to see that the angle of the morning sun seemed to form a shimmery aura of unpleasant fragrance around the truck. "Like flies darting in and out of ...

1887. Uncovering Cover-Ups

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... against the inexplicable despair that torments so many American teenagers. Today's miscreants know that a pistol says much more than long hair or a pierced nose ever could. Not just louder but forever. With a $25 investment, all the teasing from classmates stops cold. Suddenly, the shortest, ugliest, and weakest kid becomes a player" (Time, August 2, 1993, p. 23). Consequently, kids, like nations, come to believe with Chairman Mao that morality begins at the muzzle of a gun. Yet, this Holy Spirit of God is ...

1888. Shall We Waddle or Fly?

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... is not made up of one part but of many. Now if the foot should say, ‘Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,’ it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. And if the ear should say, ‘Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,’ it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in ...

1889. Eyes Fixed Upon the Goal

Philippians 3:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... than 28,000 people from all over the world compete in the New York City Marathon sponsored by New York Road Runners Club. There were obstacles to Fred’s dreams. A New York gang warned Fred that nobody had better run through their neighborhood. That didn’t stop Fred. He went immediately on the offensive. “I need someone to protect the runners in your area,” he said to the gang members, “and you look like just the fellows to do it.” He gave them each a hat, a shirt and an official jacket. That ...

1890. Pet Rocks and the Big Reveal

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... out.” Imagine that, the stones or rocks crying out. I told you I would come back to pet rocks. If the crowds kept silent, all the pet rocks would be crying out, “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” Nothing can stop this movement, Jesus is telling them. If the crowds were silenced, even inanimate objects would be raised up to testify that he is the Messiah. All of history was preparing for this one single event, when he would be declared as king. Luke’s narrative clearly paints ...

1891. Where’s the Piccolo?

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... , and violins singing their rich melody, the piccolo player muttered to himself, “What good am I doing? I might as well not be playing. Nobody can hear me anyway.” So he placed his instrument to his lips but made no sound. Within moments the conductor cried, “Stop! Stop! Where’s the piccolo?” Perhaps many people did not realize that the piccolo was missing, but the most important one did. So it is in the Christian life. God knows when we do not play the part assigned to us, even if others do not.

1892. If I Should Die Before I Wake

Matthew 5:23-24

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... a short time, he was back. Dropping to his knees once again, he took up the petition where he had left off. Finally his mother questioned him about the episode and issued a loving rebuke. Danny explained: “Mom, I did think about what I was saying, but I had to stop and put all of Ted’s wooden soldiers on their feet. I knocked them down just to see how mad he’d be in the morning. If I should die before I wake, I wouldn’t want him to find them like that. Lots of things seem fun if you ...

1893. The Freedom Fall

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... ascends to the top of a tall building and jumps off. For the first several stories he feels great. There are no restraints, no restrictions, no hang-ups. But suppose, ten stories from the ground, he realizes that a sudden stop awaits him and that he doesn’t want to endure its consequences. Can he reverse the falling process? Can you or he stop the fall? Of course not. Thus, in the final ten stories, our tragic character will examine his definition of freedom and realize—too late—that it was wrong.

1894. Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesian Elders

Acts 20:13-38

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... it both commercially and politically. Miletus is known to have been the home of a Jewish community, but whether Paul had ever preached there or whether a church had been established there during his years in Asia, we do not know. 20:17 Miletus was a natural stopping place for a coastal vessel en route for the south and near enough to Ephesus for Paul to summon the elders. The verb gives a sense of both earnestness and authority. Evidently Paul could reckon on a stay of some days, for if we take into account ...

1895. Encouragement to Be Faithful

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... from 1:8, 16, and 4:16–18, that Paul’s imprisonment was a serious one, and that it was personally repugnant to him. But his repugnance at his chains is immediately contrasted with God’s word that is not chained. They may stop the messenger, but they cannot stop the message. As Luther sang: “The body they may kill; God’s truth abideth still; His kingdom is forever.” And this, of course, is Paul’s concern for Timothy throughout the letter. “Take your share in suffering,” he urges him, “and ...

1896. Titus' Task on Crete

Titus 1:1-16

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... circumcision (e.g., Galatians), but involves some subtleties in other areas that are described in verses 14–16. 1:11 This verse comes the closest in the Epistle to expressing urgency over the situation in Crete. They must be silenced. This verb (lit., “to stop the mouth”) could mean either “to silence” or simply “to hinder.” In this context it must mean that they are to be silenced in some way. Why? Because they are ruining (or “overturning”) whole households (cf. 1 Tim. 3:5, 15; 2 Tim. 3 ...

1897. False Teachers and Their Destruction

2 Peter 2:1-22

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... greed during the love-feasts in the church at Corinth (1 Cor. 11:20–22). 2:14 With eyes full of adultery is literally “of an adulteress,” and so can be loosely rendered: “they all have lustful eyes for a madam.” They never stop sinning, because they are constantly carried along by the powerful current of their own lusts. And, not satisfied with their own immoral practices, they seduce the unstable, those who are insufficiently grounded in the faith, in contrast to Peter’s readers, whom he has ...

1898. Aaron to Speak for Moses

Exodus 6:28--7:7

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... as you say, so that you may know there is no one like the LORD our God” (8:10). The removal of the flies served the same function (8:22). In 8:28 Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to offer sacrifices to the LORD your God.” God also stopped the thunder and hail “so you may know that the earth is the LORD’s” (9:29). The closest Pharaoh came to knowing the Lord was after the death of the firstborn, when he sent the children of Israel away to “worship the LORD” (12:31). The Egyptians will know ...

1899. The Golden Calf

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... .” This was the second opportunity for repentance. Once they had made and confirmed their choices, Moses commissioned the Levites with a third and final confrontation. Those who persisted were slain. The Levites’ killing may also be understood as an action to stop the wild behavior. Not necessarily vengeful, it was a battle to wrest control of the community from the lawless who would not stand down. The anguish of Moses’ words reveals an absence of vengeance, “each killing his brother and friend and ...

1900. Eastern Tribes Return Home

Joshua 22:1-34

Understanding Series

J. Gordon Harris

... to what borders on a religious war. Numbers pictures Phinehas as one who deals well with deviance in worship when he stops Israel’s acts at Baal Peor in Transjordan (Num. 25:6–18). This time the eastern tribes will test the priest. ... boundary between us and you—you Reubenites and Gadites! You have no share in the LORD.” So your descendants might cause ours to stop fearing the LORD (22:24–25). 22:26–31 In this way the eastern tribes defend themselves against charges of building an alternative ...

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