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2026. Table Manners

John 2:12-25

Sermon

Craig MacCreary

... putting together various feasts. Of course, I have it all wrong. This is an embarrassment. This is definitely not what the psalmist had in mind. Perhaps I should not be doing this after I have run six miles and before lunch. It does not help in fixing my thought on a more excellent way or to the higher things in life. Unlike Paul, I find myself all too easily looking to the things that are seen rather than the unseen. Yet each of these lessons evokes the table that is prepared for us and how we react to ...

2027. The Kingdom Is at Hand

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... , and even common laborers? I personally believe God does work that way. Who’s to say that the Kingdom of God is not drawing near? The Rev. Martin Singley wrote a sermon which appeared on the Internet a few years ago in which he shared some of his thoughts about the Kingdom of God, or the Kingdom of Heaven the terms are interchangeable in the New Testament. He wrote, “I used to believe that Heaven was a place to go to when you die. Before I read the newspapers. Before I moved to the Bible Belt. And ...

2028. Jesus Heals Body and Soul

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... to alleviate the cramping and pain so she could go sightseeing, giving her temporary relief, but she wanted more. She wanted a permanent solution. Dean almost laughed when Lory mentioned praying about her arthritis. The only thing that kept him from laughing was the thought of Lory’s intense pain. He considered her suggestion seriously. “A man of great faith, I wasn’t,” Dean admits now. “But I couldn’t resist my wife’s request. What have I got to lose?” he asked himself. Dean bowed his head ...

2029. Everything Must Go: “Abandon Ship!”

1 Chronicles 29:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... have God gave it.” I don’t have a tattoo and I am never going to get one, because I want to stay married. I’ve often thought if I were going to get a tattoo what would it say? I’ve finally come to the conclusion I wouldn’t stop at one; I would ... going there. I could see a train-wreck happening. I firmly let him know that he really needed to go to college where his mom and I thought he should go. He looked at me and said, “Then I’ll just go on my own and I’ll pay for my own college.” I said ...

2030. Love Sender

John 3:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... truck. The airbag exploded, the front of the car crumpled and glass flew everywhere. A man came running up to her and said, “Lady are you okay?” He helped her out, put her down on the curb and she said, “I am fine. I just need to gather my thoughts.” Her only thought was this, “I’m a dead woman. When Jim finds out what I’ve done to his car he is going to kill me.” As she waited for the police to arrive all she could think about was how excited her husband was when he bought this car. He ...

2031. The Right Connection

John 15:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... repeatedly and the first time we encounter it is in verse 4. “Abide in me.” (John 15:4, ESV) The word “abide” simply means, “remain” or “continue.” All it simply means is this – every day we are to continuously make Jesus Christ the center of our thoughts, the focus of our life, and the passion of our hearts. The only time a branch will not bear fruit is if something is blocking its connection to the vine. You cannot force a branch to produce fruit. You can’t command a branch to produce ...

2032. Can Two Become One?

Matthew 19:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... for the law, were asking, “Is it biblical to get a divorce for any reason? Is it right? In God’s eyes can you get a divorce for any reason and get away with it?” You have to understand that in that day there were two primary schools of thought about divorce that were led by two very prominent rabbis. One was a liberal and one was a conservative. The liberal view said that if your wife burned dinner you could get a divorce. If your wife had too many wrinkles you could get a divorce. If she looked bad ...

2033. Start at the Epicenter

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... , and mend marriages is confession. Confession in most cases always has two dimensions: vertical and horizontal. When our sin or our thought has hurt someone else, we must confess that sin first to God and then to others. Today, we are going to ... Faithful to what? He is faithful to His promise. “Let the sinful turn from his way, and the one who does not know God turn from his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and He will have loving-pity on him. Let him turn to our God, for He will for sure forgive all ...

2034. No Turning Back

John 6:60-71

Sermon

King Duncan

... the man’s magnificent and richly appointed house. The whole family was there: the man, his wife, a bachelor son, and a single daughter. This young pastor told them that he understood the congregation had voted to take Communion from individual cups and that he thought it was important to be united in their practice. Therefore, they weren’t going to be using the common cup any more in their church. As expected, he received a serious dressing down from the businessman: “Who do you think you are to come ...

2035. Wanna Fight?

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? In the General Prologue to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales there is a remarkable description of a poor parson, the priest of a rural county church. Here is how Chaucer described him as translated in modern English: “He was a good man, a person who thought only holy thoughts and did only good deeds. He was very gentle, diligent, and always patient in the face of adversity. He wouldn’t look down on any of his poor parishioners for not donating money to the church. In fact, he’d rather give them what ...

2036. When Is Enough...Enough?

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... called ‘Destination Sickness’--the malady of having everything that you want, but not wanting anything you have, and being sick and empty and lonely and miserable.” (4) The wealthy young man who came to Jesus probably suffered from this malady--Destination Sickness. He had arrived. He thought he had it made. But, in truth, he was a slave to his wealth. Jesus was offering him a lifeline, but he couldn’t see it. All he could see was what he would be giving up. Are you ready to put God first in your ...

2037. Peace Comes to Our Hearts

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... for example, instead of saying, ‘Who gives a darn?’ I learned to say, ‘Well, bless your heart!’” (2) Gentleness may be a little difficult in the mad rush of this season of the year no matter where you’re from. We need to step back and reflect on the thought of the babe in a manger. We don’t often think of the gentleness of God. But how else can we think of God at Christmastime? We know of God’s power. We know of His holiness. But how often do we think of His gentleness? Yet this same God ...

2038. The Word Became Flesh

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... He would like you to call them ‘creeping, crawling creatures’ in that tone of voice. For, strange as it may seem to us, He loves them. He went down to visit them to lift them up to become like Him.” The junior angel has no reply. The very thought is beyond his comprehension. (1) It’s beyond our comprehension as well. And yet we read in the prologue to John’s Gospel these incredible words, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the ...

2039. Tranquil: The Blessed Village on a Hillside

John 6:25-59

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... to be potential thieves trying to benefit from the wealth of Tranquil. It was a sad scene. The once-happy people of this village became a frightened, mistrusting, miserable lot. A dark, all-consuming passion had awakened within them. Some called it greed. Other's thought jealousy was a better term. Still others claimed it was only a desire to "get their fair share." By any other name it was like a "Gold Fever" that had a powerful demonic hold on the people of the village. The abundance of golden eggs ...

2040. Uncovering Cover-Ups

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... that claim 20% of all school children carry a gun. Time magazine had a cover story titled "A Boy and His Gun." Youngsters today are buying and using guns at an alarming rate, says the article. Even in Omaha, Nebraska, in the heartland where it might be thought family values and morals would prevail — even in Omaha, gun possession and use are widespread. One of the boys interviewed had in four months done nine drive-by shootings aiming mostly at houses and cars. He killed a dog for no reason at all and his ...

2041. Mary and Martha: Nine to Five and Five to Nine

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... , you are troubled about many things. Come and sit with Mary, for she has chosen the better part." At that time, I can imagine Martha was almost ready to bop Jesus on the head with his dinner plate. "Isn't that just like a man," she might have thought, not unlike those guests who tell their hosts, "Come now and chat or sit a while," hoping, of course, their hosts won't until they have finished serving the food and drink. Man: Martha had had a hard day preparing all this food. Whether her sister Mary had ...

2042. An Extraordinary Wedding Gift

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... your lovely wife that you will not ever even look at another woman, as long as you both shall live?” The groom gulped and looked around and then said in a tiny voice, “I do.” After the ceremony, the groom pulled the priest aside and hissed, “I thought we had a deal.” The priest gave him back his $100 and said, “We did, but the bride’s father made me a much better deal.” Funny things happen at weddings--in real life as well as in jokes. Alyce McKenzie, Professor of Preaching and Worship at ...

2043. I Don't Get No Respect

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... to fill in the context: “When his family heard about [Christ’s teachings and his casting out of demons], they went to take charge of him, for they said, ‘He is out of his mind.’” Imagine that--Jesus’ own family wanted to put him away because they thought he was out of his mind! Talk about no respect. Then we have our lesson for today from Luke’s Gospel in which Jesus returns to his hometown of Nazareth and teaches in the synagogue. We read, “He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up ...

2044. The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost

Acts 2:1-13

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... evidence that God’s Spirit was intended for Gentiles as well as for Jews (10:46; 11:15ff.) and later still would be a sign to the Ephesian “disciples” that the Holy Spirit had indeed come (see disc. on 19:2; cf. 1 Cor. 14:22 where they are thought of as a sign to unbelievers). 2:6 Each one heard them: Cf. vv. 8, 11. Some light may be thrown on Luke’s understanding of Pentecost by the custom, dating from at least the second century A.D., of regarding this festival as a commemoration of the giving ...

2045. Peter Addresses the Crowd

Acts 2:14-41

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... be interpreted only as a title of honor, not yet as an ascription of deity, though it may not have been far from Peter’s thought that this “Lord” was indeed “the Lord.” 2:37–38 On hearing this, the people … were cut to the heart (v. 37). Some of ... v. 17), lit., as in the LXX, “I will pour out of my Spirit” (the Hebrew is simply, “I will pour out my Spirit”): The thought of the Greek may be that God’s Spirit remains with him and we can only receive a part, not the whole. Or the intention ...

2046. The Stoning of Stephen

Acts 7:54--8:1a

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... as] the Son of Man—the celestial figure of Daniel 7:13ff. (see disc. on 6:12ff.)—standing at the right hand of God (v. 56). But why standing? Elsewhere Jesus is represented as sitting (cf., e.g., 2:34; Mark 16:19; Heb. 1:3, 13). The thought may be that he had risen to receive Stephen into heaven or to plead his case in the heavenly court, as though two trials were in progress: this one, conducted by the Sanhedrin, and another, which alone would determine Stephen’s fate (cf. Matt. 10:28). Jesus had ...

2047. Paul Speaks to the Crowd

Acts 21:37--22:21

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... addressed the Sanhedrin simply as “brothers”). Paul felt that he was in a sense on trial, so he spoke of his defense (this term keeps recurring, 24:10; 25:8, 16; 26:1f., 24). In Acts the word means more than simply answering charges; it includes the thought of witnessing to the Lord. Defense becomes, as it were, attack, and the gospel is preached to the accusers. 22:2 His opening gambit in Aramaic had at least one of the results he was aiming at: he gained their attention. Few Jews of the Diaspora could ...

2048. The God of All Comfort

2 Corinthians 1:1-11

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... and other dangers he commonly experienced (cf. 4:8–9; 6:4–10; 11:23–33; 12:10), including mortal dangers (11:23). 1:9 Paul further describes how he felt during the mortal danger described in verse 8. By stating twice in rapid succession that he thought he was going to die, Paul conveys the intensity of the situation. In fact, Paul had already pronounced a sentence of death (or “verdict of death”) on himself, accepting his imminent demise as the providence of God (cf. 1 Cor. 4:9). He saw in the ...

2049. The Law and the Promise

Galatians 3:15-25, Galatians 3:1-14

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... faith of Jesus Christ in whom, through faith, believers participate. Continuing to answer the challenge “why then the law?” Paul expands on what he has said in verse 22. Being “prisoner(s) of sin,” human beings were held prisoners by the law. Paul repeats the thought of verse 19, that God brought in the law because of transgressions. The divinely assigned role for the law was that of confining sin for a period of time until faith should come. 3:24 Through his use of the word so Paul indicates that ...

2050. Sons of God

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... in Stoicism to refer to the belief that the cosmos was made of four basic elements. All of matter could be explained as based on the four elements of earth, water, air, and fire. The ancients had various attitudes to these elements. Isis was thought to be a diety who controlled the “basic principles” (Apuleius, Metamorphoses 11.1). Devotion to Isis provided protection from the stoicheia. See 2 Pet. 3:10 for how the end of days is connected with the destructive force of the elements. According to Clement ...

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