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2026. The Last Meal

Luke 22:1-6

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Larry Powell

... transformed the Passover supper into the Lord’s Supper on the evening of his "last supper" with them (see also Mark 14:22-24 and Matthew 26:26-29). The Lord’s Supper: 1. Is a sacrament, meaning that it was instituted by Christ and commanded to be continued "till he come." In Paul’s familiar passage, used in the sacrament ritual, he adds, "For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye proclaim the Lord’s death till he comes" (1 Corinthians 11:26). 2. Symbolizes the new covenant. The Old ...

2027. Song of an Historian

Psalm 78:1-72

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Gordon Pratt Baker

... , had he not brought Israel to his holy land and settled her tribes in their tents? (Psalm 78:52, 53a, 54, 55). The roots of rebellion, however, go deep; and the nation had still made no attempt to rout them out of her heart. So she continued to pursue her wicked ways, making God furious. As a result, withdrawing his presence from her, God delivered her into the hands of her enemies; and sweeping, indeed, was the havoc they wrought upon her. No marriage songs sounded in Israel’s tents, for her young ...

2028. Song of a Churchgoer

Psalm 92:1-15

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Gordon Pratt Baker

... that what is good endures, and what is evil dies. Hence, age will not wither nor custom stale the role and achievements of the righteous. For rooted and grounded in God as they are - thanks to the nurturing of the church - they will continuously tap ceaseless powers that neither time nor adversity can diminish (Psalm 92:14). Here is no emphasis on negative goodness. Righteousness, the poet suggests, is more than restraint from wrongdoing. To tap the streams of God’s grace is to assume the responsibility ...

2029. Song of a King

Psalm 101:1-8

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Gordon Pratt Baker

... far from me; I will know nothing of evil. Him who slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. The man of haughty looks and arrogant heart I will not endure. No man who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no man who utters lies shall continue in my presence. (Psalm 101:4, 5, 7) At the same time, however, the new sovereign will not forget the faithful citizens of the land. Their well-being is also a matter of principle with him. Is not their very righteousness serving his purpose for Israel? (Psalm ...

2030. The Gospel In Miniature

John 3:1-21

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Robert Allen

... should not perish but have everlasting life." That is quite a promise - everlasting life. Too often we think of eternal life as something that is confered upon us when we are dead and buried and pushing up daisies. But eternal life is something we have right now and it continues through the experience we call death. We are on the road to eternal life if we dare to walk with God today. I love that phrase by the Apostle Paul in Romans 14:8 where he says, "Whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s ...

2031. The More Excellent Way

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Robert Allen

... the moon. But, 150,000 miles away from the earth, there was an explosion on board the spacecraft. They were trapped in their ship, they were dangerously low on oxygen, they could not make a U-turn and return to the earth, so they had to continue their journey toward the moon, swing around its dark side, and then head back toward the earth. NASA scientists and technicians began working on plans to make the oxygen supply last long enough to return the astronauts safely to earth. One of the astronauts asked a ...

2032. Blessed among Women

Luke 1:39-45, 1 Samuel 2:1-11

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Erskine White

... and her story all the more compelling to Christians today. Amen. Pastoral Prayer God of wonder and God of light, we continue to stand in awe at the way You brought Your Son into the world, and we thank You for the ordinary people who helped ... You do it. In particular, we thank You for the service of Mary, whose courage, faith and thoughtful serenity continue to appeal to us today. We ask that the example she set inspire our own virtues, helping us to rise above the world’ ...

2033. Merry Kurtzman

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Erskine White

... long, children would make out their Kurtzman lists and tell him what they wanted, and if they had been good, he would give it to them. It was a wonderful idea; that’s why you saw so many people in the church-malls today," the clerk continued. "They were all buying gifts in order to get into the Kurtzman spirit." "But no one looks very happy during the Kurtzman season," the two visitors said. "We watched them in that huge church downtown, and everyone looked so harried and tired! They were climbing all ...

2034. And Now For Something Completely Different

Isaiah 43:14-28

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Frederick C. Edwards

... able to express not only their concern for him, but the fact that they had already forgiven him for what he had done. While nothing could ever erase from his mind the memory of what he had done to their daughter and to them, he was forgiven by them. They continued to visit him during his entire prison term, and in time they came to care for and even love him. Imagine that! When the young man was let out of prison they invited him to visit them, and he even stayed with them, as he tried to put together the ...

2035. Pontius Pilate - Adamant, But Acquiescent

Luke 22:66--23:25

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Carl E. Zahrte

... even then. But you were there, too. You are there, now. Yes, even now, you still send Jesus to be crucified when you join with the crowd to deny what you know is right. When you share in the prejudice that keeps people of another color oppressed, and tolerate the continuing spread of immorality so prevalent in your land, you are yielding to the crowd as I did. But I wasn’t through, yet. I ordered one of my servants to fetch a basin of water, and a towel, and there, in full view of all that crowd, I washed ...

2036. The Covenant Of Amazing Grace

Genesis 9:1-17

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Durwood L. Buchheim

... for" is the cross of Christ. The cross is the center of our journey through life. It reminds us of struggle, the struggle for faith that we might have hope. But like the story of the flood, only with a how much more the cross of Christ reveals the continuing costly and amazing grace of God. Once more the season of Lent invites us to be still and trust this grace, for in this amazing grace is our hope. In this hope there is power to live the purposeful life. Again quoting Moltmann: "The Christian hope is not ...

2037. Easter: The Festival Of Joy

Isaiah 25:1-12

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Durwood L. Buchheim

... This good news comes on the heels of some very bad news. The prophet had been giving a graphic description of the darkness and gloom in the lives of God’s people, because of their sin. There had been much desolation and sorrow because God’s chosen ones continued to transgress the covenant God had made with them. When God pronounced the judgment that all must face, Isaiah tells us that it was a time when "all joy has reached its eventide." Yes, it was a time when all joy was ended and there were no more ...

2038. Great Grace Was Upon Them!

Acts 4:32-37

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Durwood L. Buchheim

... absence? You are here. I am here. Let’s resolve to change the summer slump into summer excitement. Maybe we won’t have worship involvement and participation on these Sundays in Easter like we had on Easter day, but we are going to work at it. You are going to continue to come. You are going to invite your absent neighbors. I am going to work very hard to preach sermons that will be hard for you to miss or forget. We are not going to roll over and play dead before the summer slump. We don’t have to ...

2039. Peter’s Second Sermon

Acts 3:11-26

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Durwood L. Buchheim

... boy can believe that only if the boy thinks that it was God’s idea for the boy to be on the trestle in the first place. Grandpa continues by telling the boy that God gave us each a brain and that it is God’s will for us to use it - particularly when a train is ... was the miracle that attended my healing services for my paralyzed friend. His body was not healed, but his spirit was. He continued to be a miracle to many people in the graceful and grace-filled way he handled his paralyzed body. The years have ...

2040. Bridges, Not Walls!

Acts 10:23b-48

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Durwood L. Buchheim

... heavenly voice. Finally the great truth began to dawn on him that all people, whether Jews or Gentiles, were God’s people and therefore equal. Then in the house of a Gentile, he preached perhaps his most eloquent sermon. It was a sermon that continued to emphasize the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, but in addition Peter made plain the important truth that Jesus is for all people. Everyone is included in the mission of Jesus Christ. Apparently this great preacher planned on saying more, but ...

2041. The Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:1-21

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Brett Blair

... kind of lives that they would want us to live; a life that will bring honor to their names and dignity to their memory. [The following paragraph can be used as the ending of this sermon in the event of communion or ship to point III to continue.] The Ten Commandments. They address the two major issues of our time: Our relationship with God and our relationship to one another. Is it any wonder that when Jesus was asked which is the greatest commandment, he answered in this way: You shall love the Lord your ...

2042. The Marvelous Style Of Jesus: Truth And Love

Matthew 22:1-14

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Joseph M. Freeman

... have the maturity of personhood truly to see and to appreciate the gifts and qualities the other person carries and is willing to offer. The more immature person in the relationship simply cannot see the gift package in the other and is not ready to continue to build the relationship. Indeed, s/he takes flight from any deeper sense of intimacy and shows interest only in the more superficial physical and social expressions of that intimacy. So to work an eight-hour day, but not ever to inquire and to reflect ...

2043. Early on the First Day

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G. Franklin Gray

... voice.) Luke 24:5b "Why do you seek the living among the dead?" Matthew 28:6 "He is not here; for he has risen, as he said, Come, see the place where he lay." Luke 24:3-8 when they went in they did not find the body. The angel continued ... (Two women enter tomb, others look in.) "Remember how he told you while he was still in Galilee, (Angel speaks with strong voice.) that the Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise." And they remembered his ...

2044. Stewards of Creation

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... to talk to you about the stewardship of life itself. We’ll consider what the Bible has to say about when life begins, conception, abortion, life quality, and life sustained by hospital machinery. We’ll also want to consider the possibility of our lives continuing to have an impact on others and this ministry long after our physical death. You can see that there is a wide variety of subjects which are involved in being caretakers of all creation. Right now, the subject is "Stewards of Creation." I must ...

2045. Stewards of Life, Death, and Beyond

Matthew 6:19-24

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... and spiritual experience. Stewards After Death The best news today is that we can be God’s stewards even after we die. It is possible for our Christian witness and influence to continue after we are physically dead. We can do that by wise estate planning now. We can remember our church in our will. This means that, long after we are dead, we continue to be a blessing and to have a part in the ministry of our church. This is taking seriously the concept of everything we have being on loan to us for a ...

2046. Resurrection: From Sin to a Second Chance

Psalm 23:1-6

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Leonard H. Budd

... path. If it could happen to the composer of the twenty-third psalm, it could happen to anyone. It usually does. As the prophet Isaiah said, "We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way." Peter puts it more strongly, "You were continually straying like sheep." When that happens, we become as lost as the shepherd boy’s big ram and small lamb. As a shepherd boy David entered the Valley of the Shadow as one who was searching. As a king, he was not the one who was searching but ...

2047. Resurrection: From Slave to Child

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... grace In blended beauty shone. We would see Jesus, and would hear again The voice that charmed the thousands by the sea, Spoke peace to sinners, set the captives free, And eased the sufferers’ pain.* Hymn Response "We would see Jesus; lo, his star is shining" (v. 4) Continuing Prayer We would see Jesus, yet not him alone - But see ourselves as in our Maker’s plan; And in the beauty of the Son of Man See man upon his throne. We would see Jesus, and let him impart The truth he came among us to reveal ...

2048. A Man Who Laughed at God

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... people in the city, I will not destroy it." Then Abraham began to bargain with God. "Suppose," he answered, "there were only five short of the fifty. You wouldn’t destroy the city for the lack of five, would you?" The Lord agreed. Abraham continued to negotiate. "What if forty righteous were found?" The Lord agreed not to destroy the city. "What about thirty?" The Lord agreed. "What about twenty?" The Lord agreed. And finally, "Suppose ten righteous persons were found?" And the Lord responded, "If ten are ...

2049. A Dead Man in a Witch’s Cave

1 Samuel 28:1-25

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R. Blaine Detrick

... with him ... who had warned him. To the utter amazement - and terror - of the witch and of Saul, Samuel actually appeared. He said, "Why did you disturb me? If you can’t communicate with the Lord yourself, what makes you think I can help you?" He continued, and his message was brief and to the point: "The battle will be over tomorrow; Israel will be thoroughly defeated; and you and your sons will be with me, in the land of the dead." This incident will raise questions in your mind, questions that we ...

2050. A Man With Lips on Fire

Isaiah 6:1-13

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R. Blaine Detrick

... ye comfortably to Jerusalem and say unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned" (40:1, 2). Or "As on whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you" (66:13). All of this is in Isaiah - and much, much more. On and on we could continue. Whatever the theme, Isaiah has a passage that relates to it: Repentance (55:7; 44:22); Discipleship (30:21; 35:8); Missions (11:9; 49:6; 54:3; 60:3); Sin (59:2; 64:6); Judgment (1:20); Prayer (56:7); Renewal (40:31); Prophecy (42:9; 46:10 ...

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