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176. Easter 6

Acts 17:16-34, 1 Peter 3:8-22, John 14:15-31

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John R. Brokhoff

... be present at an event, he sometimes says, "I'll be with you in spirit." Jesus said to his disciples that he is about to leave them, for his death and ascension are coming soon. For their comfort, he tells them he will come to them in the Spirit. They will ... 3:13-22 Today is the Sunday before the Festival of the Ascension which falls forty days after Easter. Since Jesus is about to leave the earth, our attention is called to the Spirit who is to come in his place. The Lessons begin to prepare us for Pentecost ...

177. Courage Under Fire

Jude 1:22-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... -based formula. Gerber employees volunteered to make a batch on their own time, and on June 26 of that year the Dunn's received a two-year's supply free of charge. But by July of 1988, Gerber ran out of MBF (which is the food product) leaving Raymond with less than two years' supply. Mrs. Dunn begged Gerber to make more MBF, and at first they refused. But then an amazing thing happened. Volunteers in the Research Division at Gerber put their own projects on hold, hauled out old equipment and devoted 7,000 ...

178. The Lost And Found Collection

Luke 15:1-7

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Bill Bouknight

... and searching for something more meaningful to live for than bigger houses, fatter paychecks, trimmer bodies, more erotic affairs, and extended leisure time. Millions are yearning for joy, peace, and fulfillment. That recipe for the good life comes from Jesus alone. He said, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.” (John 14:27) In closing let me tell you the parable of Gris Gato. Gris Gato was the pampered pet of a family in a former church of mine. Gris Gato is Spanish for “grey cat.” He ...

179. Genesis 12:1-4a

Genesis 12:1-4a

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the new identity he has carved out for himself but which is intimately tied to his beloved "miracle" son Isaac. God's command, "Go, you!" severs Abram/Abraham from everything human he would cling to for security and identity. In both cases the lech lecha order leaves Abram/Abraham solely with God - no past, no future, no family, no land, no people. Just God. This aloneness is further highlighted by the fact that in both cases, Abram/Abraham is not specifically told where he is to go. In Genesis 12:1, Abram ...

180. Until He Comes

2 Timothy 4:7-8

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James Merritt

... was not concerned about the stop watch; all he cared about was the finish line. I want to say a word to my fellow pastors, and all who might hear this by tape. There is a trend among today's pastors that break my heart. Each month 1,500 pastors leave the ministry due to moral failure, spiritual burnout, or contention in their church. 80% of pastors and 84% of their spouses feel unqualified and discouraged in their role in ministry. 80% of seminary and Bible school graduates who enter the ministry will ...

181. Every Day God Equips

John 14:15-27

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... man to return to college, the tribe held a going away celebration for him. The next day, as he prepared to get in his pickup and leave, the grandmother came to tell him good-bye. With tears in her eyes, she said, "I like me best when I'm with you." (1) We ... can say the same thing about our relationship with Jesus, "I like me best when I'm with Jesus." Jesus said He "would not leave us orphaned." And when we are with Him, Heart and Soul, we ARE the best we can be. When we are with Jesus, when we belong ...

182. Casting Out Demons

Mark 1:21-28

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Maxie Dunnam

... directly to the forces that control the man, verse 25: “But Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‘Be silent, and come out of him!”. Now go on to verse 26: “And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.” Mark would leave no doubt about it: The demon immediately obeyed. Jesus is the Mighty One. All of this leads me now to make some bold declaration in conclusion. One, if you take the New Testament seriously, you have to deal with this issue of demonic powers. Two, it ...

183. Tough Talk for Tentative Disciples

John 6:56-69

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... enough to spare for their fleshly appetites, they want more signs and wonders, something they can report to their friends, an experience that would allow them to say, "I was there!" Look around you. See what is happening in some areas of the church. There are those who leave the church because they say, "I don't get anything out of it ... that church did not feed me ... it didn't meet my needs." For them, church is all about what it does for them, with little or no thought given to what they might do for ...

184. Family Re:Union - For the Love

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

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James Merritt

... things behind is something all of us may do. If you are a parent, it does raise this question, “What is the greatest thing that parents can leave their children once they leave this planet?” A college education A big bank account Real Estate Jewelry 401Ks God, through His servant, Moses, took the opportunity to tell an entire nation the answer to that question. We are going to go back in time, somewhere between 3500-4000 years ago where a man by the ...

185. Lost Baggage: Losing Your Baggage

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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James Merritt

... he saw this friend of his, with whom he had been staying that day sexually assault this 4 year old boy, do terrible things to him leaving him for dead. The 13 year old boy saw him, ran over to him and threatened to kill him if he told anybody. For three days ... a Mixed Martial Arts expert and that he had won the Army championship. With tears in his eyes he told talked about how he hated leaving home, because he didn’t want to be away from his son and his daughter the way his dad had left him. When the pastor ...

186. The Knot: Bound

Genesis 2:4-25

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James Merritt

... mean you are to ignore your parents or to disrespect your parents or to quit loving your parents. What we are talking about here is allegiance. Moses is traditionally cited as the author of Genesis. Neither before, nor after Moses was it ever the custom for a man to totally leave his parents when he took a wife. The custom of that day was for a man to marry and remain in his father’s household and the wife would join the family of her husband. God did not give to Eve a father first to take care of her or ...

187. Waiting Is So Hard to Do

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... my local grocer for having 25 checkout lanes and only three open at any given time . . . “Waiting in long lines keeps my domestic brain from going completely idle there’s so much to learn! “I can catch up on my magazine reading without buying any. “I have time to leave my cart in line and run back to get the 13 things on my list I forgot. “I can be one of those annoying cell phone users and catch up on all my phone calls to my insurance agent, mother-in-law, and Auntie Anne. “I can catch a quick ...

188. The Golden Calf

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... take on the scandal of God’s own death. God’s grace abounds, but judgment attends those who do not seek refuge in the Lord (34:6–7; Rev. 19:11–16). 33:1–6 The Lord repeats the instructions from Exodus 32 in more detail (see 32:34a): “Leave this place . . . go up to the land . . . I will send an angel before you.” The Lord reminded them of the oath to Abraham and the land of the Canaanites flowing with milk and honey, taking Moses back to the words of the original promise God made at Sinai (3 ...

189. Naomi and Ruth

Ruth 1:1-22

Understanding Series

Michael S. Moore

... go home. The concubine in Judges 19:2, for example, returns to her father’s house after the collapse of her marriage, yet parental gender has nothing to do with the point of the story. So it is here as well. In fact, Boaz later commends Ruth for leaving her mother and father (2:11). Naomi underlines her concern via two hope-filled statements. The first is, May the LORD show kindness to you, as you have shown to your dead and to me. Evidently she is impressed with these Moabite women. Out of deep concern ...

190. The Impending Departure II

John 16:5-16, John 16:17-33

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... that conflict. I have much more to say to you, he says to his disciples, more than you can now bear (v. 12). He leaves it to the Spirit to spell out more clearly what is yet to come (v. 13), that is, the nature of the disciples’ mission ... affords yet one more clue about the prayer in chapter 17: It is to be Jesus’ last prayer for his disciples, not only because he is leaving the world, but because his return to the Father makes possible for the believer a new relationship to God in prayer. To pray to the ...

191. The Flood

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... 17-600 Ark rests on Ararat 8:4 10-1-600 Tops of mountains appear 8:5 1-1-601 Waters dry up 8:13 2-27-601 Noah leaves ark 8:14–15 Days 7 days for the flood to begin 7:4 7 days for loading the ark 7:10 40 days of rain 7:12 ... 7:17–24) E God remembers Noah (8:1a) D′ The waters recede (8:1b–5) C′ The waters dry up (8:6–14) B′ God instructs Noah to leave the ark (8:15–19) A′ Noah sacrifices (8:20–22) God’s remembrance of Noah stands at the center (8:1a) of this arrangement. This pattern also ...

192. The Garden City as Paradise Transformed

Revelation 22:1-5

Teach the Text

J. Scott Duvall

... Spirit (7:16; 21:6; 22:17). They cannot possibly live any closer to the Triune God than they will in the transformed paradise. 22:2b On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. The river of living water that flows through the heart of the garden city (cf. 21:21) is surrounded by the tree(s) of life. Although the term “tree” is singular, it’s probably better to take it ...

193. I Wonder about Life after Death

John 14:1-3

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... my mommy’s tummy. I love it here. It is nice and comfortable, and I feel very much loved in my mommy’s tummy. I don’t want to die out of my mommy’s tummy. I don’t want to be born because that means I’d have to leave my mommy’s tummy.’” Ed continued and said, “But Ellen, you already know what happened. You did die out of your mommy’s tummy and look what you discovered. You discovered in this world loving arms to hold you, loving faces smiling at you and everyone wanting to meet your ...

194. The Disciples' Grief Will Turn to Joy

John 16:17-33, John 16:5-16

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

195. Israel Freed

Isaiah 48:12-22

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... their consequent unhappiness, but unable to force them to live the way the parents would wish, and unable to cease being their parents. 48:20–22 The final three verses repeat the pattern of this chapter a third time, exhorting the people to leave Babylon. It is an unexpected third time, because parallelism by definition works with couplets. Yet OT poetry includes some triplets (indeed vv. 1–11 included seven). They often mark a significant moment or draw attention to something (see, e.g., the promise in ...

196. An Invitation That Went Astray

Matthew 3:13-17

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King Duncan

... until now, he’s been, for all practical purposes, anonymous. Just an average Joe. One of the guys, a tradesman, a carpenter. But in order to “fulfill all righteousness,” as the scriptures say, to show the glory of God and to follow God’s will, he is leaving his old life of anonymity behind and announcing his ministry. And this public baptism by John is part of his plan. We kicked off this New Year with a new series, Seeing God More Clearly in 2020, and so it’s interesting to see how God uses this ...

197. Cloak of Power

Psalm 5:1-12

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Lori Wagner

... As you are going, go out into the world. But hold it. Not without the cloak of the Holy Spirit. Wait a minute. Don’t go without the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit. The good news that Jesus left his disciples with, that Elijah left Elisha with, that I leave with you today, is that God has your back! Jesus has got you covered! Even if life isn’t filled with deadly bullets or hostile people, life is hard enough, isn’t it? You’re out of work, and the roof is ready to fall in. You just got the ...

198. Faking It or Making It?

Matthew 16:21-28

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King Duncan

... an amusing commercial in their “Just Ok is Not Ok” series. Many of you will remember it. The commercial features a sleazy tax preparer named Phil who is talking with a young woman who has come for help with her taxes. Phil says to the young woman, “Leave it to me. I’ll get your taxes in an O.K. place.” The young woman says, “What?” Then with the back of his hand beside his mouth, he adds, “Just as soon as my ‘audit’ is over, this gets my undivided attention.” The young woman looks ...

199. Jesus? Where?

Luke 4:14-30

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... go now. FRANK: It's okay, Ollie. Jill didn't mean to yell at you. OLLIE: I'm ready to go now. JILL: Great! Let's just leave. That would be best. I can't worship with all this going on. C'mon, let's just leave. FRANK: Will you relax? OLLIE: I'm ready to go, now. FRANK: Ollie, we're not leaving yet. JILL: I'm leaving. (SHE BEGINS TO EXIT) FRANK: I guess we are leaving. Ollie, don't you want to stay for the rest of the service? OLLIE: No, Frank, I don't. I don't want to be in ...

200. Unforgiveness

Luke 7:36-50

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... to do something, go find my keys. TIFF: Where did you put them? RENA: If I knew where I put them I'd go get them and leave your father so he can READ HIS PRECIOUS PAPER! SAM: If you'd get organized you'd be able to find your keys when you need them ... in the back hall when you get home. That's what I always do. RENA: I know you do, on the way to getting the paper and leaving your tie in the hallway and your jacket in the dining room and your shoes under the chair. You never pick up anything around here. I have ...

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