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201. The Christian Journey IV: The Pool

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... seen of use only in terms of its short-term benefit to me. I will adopt this or that "spiritual" practice because it will lower my cholesterol, heighten my on-the-job concentration, or help me lose weight. God does not provide us with pools of water in the desert so that we may all the better worship false gods and sin. Our reaction to these ideas of spirituality should be the same incredulity we would have if we threw that pebble in the pool and saw it swallowed up with no visible effect on the surface of ...

202. Epiphany 6

Jeremiah 17:5-10, Luke 6:17-26, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

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John R. Brokhoff

... ) and beatitudes (blessed) of those who do or do not trust Yahweh. It is a contrast of the shrub in the desert and the tree by the riverside. Verses 8-10 consist of a proverb with theological interpretation. They provide a basis for ... a tree. See Psalm 1. A person who trusts God is like a tree by a river rather than a shrub in a desert. Note the significance of the "shrub" because the dryness of the desert will not allow it to grow into a tree. The tree is by a river where it gets water. Outline: A person ...

203. The Rain Of Bread

Exodus 16:1-36

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... we may be, we also need spiritual food to survive. We need spiritual nourishment. As Jesus put it so eloquently, "We do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God" (Matthew 4:4). The Hebrew people have arrived in the desert wilderness. There is not enough food for them to eat. They long for the food they remember being readily available in Egypt. They want bread; they want the bread of life. We too have come here with this same desire. We have all come here wanting the bread ...

204. It's Not Over When The Fat Lady Sings

Exodus 17:1-7

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... finish that divinely-initiated line. But in every generation we think God is like us. We get anxious that God will walk away from us because God is bored or the divine feelings have been hurt. The Hebrew people yell at Moses, "You and God brought us out to the desert. Now are you going to let us die?" It's the third time that the people panicked. In just a few months the Hebrews have questioned Moses' authority again and again. "Doesn't God supply you with power? Why did you save us just to kill us in the ...

205. I Want To Go South, Lord

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... property. God sends him through it, from north to south,occasionally reminding him about the promise. In the south, the Negeb Desert area, Abram does notlike what he sees. The earlier part of the trip was not thatfantastic either. Now he faces wall ... here and going back north does notseem like a good idea to me. God: WHAT DO YOU EXPECT! THAT'S A DESERT. YOU WENTTOO FAR. (What do I expect? [pause] Oh, it's a desert. [pause]You say I went too far?) Abram: Well, I'd really like to go to this Egypt. God: BUT IT' ...

206. On Not Being First

Acts 1:12-26

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E. Carver McGriff

... won no titles. Perhaps the world had taken little notice of Pagan through the years. But though he may have won little in the way of worldly honors, we would all agree he is a number one winner in "the game of life." Something more than "snow upon the desert's face." I believe Jesus might very well point to something like this as an example of the kind of success that is valued in heaven. Perhaps in the short run that's not much consolation when we have tried so hard. But the Bible takes the long view ...

207. I Want To Go South, Lord

Genesis 12:1-8

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... of him a blessing to the nations. He leaves behind the great commercial city of Ur of the Chaldees and heads over to the new property. God sends him through it, from north to south, occasionally reminding him about the promise. In the south, the Negeb Desert area, Abram does not like what he sees. The earlier part of the trip was not that fantastic either. Now he faces wall-to-wall wastelands, horizon-to-horizon famine. Word comes to him that further south there is a better place, Egypt, with its great ...

208. Made New By 180 Degrees

Luke 3:1-20

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Richard A. Wing

... If you are going to practice law, you must pass the bar. If you want to get to medical school you must survive Organic Chemistry." Likewise, "If you want to get to the joy of Bethlehem in the presence of Jesus, you must get past John the Baptist in the desert." The word from John is "repent," which means "about-face" or turning 180 degrees. Second, there is an essential message from Paul. Paul is basically saying that he wants us to be happy, not in a surface way, but in a deep way. He says that we can find ...

209. "The Bitterness Of Betrayal"

Mark 14:43-52, Psalm 55:1-23

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R. Sheldon MacKenzie

... betrayals of Jesus in the Garden. We remember the slumbers of those who had professed loyalty and support if need be, to death itself. We remember the betrayal of Judas under the sign of obedient discipleship. We remember the arrest of Jesus, accompanied by violence and bloodshed. We remember the desertion of every disciple, so that Jesus was left alone in the hands of his enemies. Lord Jesus, to whom the bitterness of betrayal and the loneliness of ...

210. A Seeking Savior

Luke 10:1-24

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W. Robert McClelland

... the form of a servant; a servant who was willing to be obedient even unto death. And not just any death! Certainly not the peaceful death of old age after a full life surrounded by admirers. Death on a cross; the ignominious death of a common criminal, deserted and alone. Paul's conclusion is clear: Jesus had no intention of pulling rank. He took off his clerical collar and risked getting decked in the brawl. He risked taking his lumps with the rest of us and in so doing tore down the temple curtain which ...

211. Proper 13

Mt 14:13-21 · Rom 8:31-39 · Ex 12:1-14 · Ps 143

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John R. Brokhoff

... s lunch. There is nothing too hard for God. There is no end to his compassion. Not only does he care when we hurt, but he is able to remove the hurt. 8. Running on Empty. By the end of the day, the people gathered to hear Jesus in the desert were running on empty. Their stomachs were empty. They were hungry. There are people today who are running their lives on empty just as some may be driving their car when the gas gauge says "empty." In the poor family, the cupboard may be bare and the refrigerator empty ...

212. Jesus, The Mad Man

Mark 3:20-30

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Erskine White

... that Jesus stood in the tradition of the prophets, and prophets did things that made people wonder about them. Ezekiel took the scroll Scripture was written on and ate it. Isaiah walked around naked and barefoot for three years. John the Baptist came storming out of the desert wearing animal skins and eating bugs. These are not the kind of guys you'd want to invite home after church for a quiet family dinner. Try to picture what Jesus might have looked like to those who saw Him and knew Him. See the prophet ...

213. When God Is Silent

Psalm 35:1-28

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Erskine White

... again. Think of your own life and your own relationship to God. Do you feel intimately close to God at every moment of every day? Does God answer your petitions every time you ask? Do you always feel His presence when you pray, or do you travel the desert from time to time, waiting to hear a Word that does not come? The Canaanite woman experienced this silence when she came to Jesus, so we can learn from her story today. In fact, there are four things she did - four qualities she showed -that can help us ...

214. How Refreshing!

1 Corinthians 10:4

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... heard stories about people who lived a long time before he did. These stories were often about God and the people who trusted in God. One of the stories was about a group of people who lived in the desert and waited for God to tell them when they could move into a land they could call home. They lived in the desert for years, and sometimes the living was very hard. One time the people were without any food and water. They didn't know if they were going to starve to death or die of thirst. But God knew of ...

215. In The Presence Of God

Exodus 17:1-7

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Walter Kimbrough

... disobedient, the people might have died at the hands of the Egyptians. But, instead, Moses was obedient to God. He hit the rock with all of his might and water, cool water, came flowing from the rock so that the people of God would not have to die in the desert. Can’t you hear Jesus in the 16th chapter of Matthew saying, “Upon this rock, I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” The church of Jesus Christ is built on the rock. But when the people of God are dying of ...

216. Not Your Favorite Father's Day Scripture

Genesis 21:8-21

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Johnny Dean

... will have to empathize with Hagar and Ishmael in this story. Ishmael didn’t ask to be born, and Hagar had no choice but to do what Sarah commanded her to do. And what does she get for her obedience? She and her son are driven out into the desert and abandoned. And what happens to those who abandon Hagar and Ishmael? Does God punish Abraham and Sarah? NO!!! In fact, God says to Abraham, "Don’t worry about the boy or the slave woman. Just do what your wife says." Is this really God giving Abraham this ...

217. Monologue: Hagar

Genesis 16:1-16

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... stand up to Sarah or stop us from going. Abraham gave me a flask of water and some bread and headed us out into the desert wilderness. We were going to our deaths and Abraham was helping us. Life seemed very cruel to me then. I wished more than anything to have ... out into the wilderness to face death. I put him down under a bush so I would not see him die. It is easy to die in the desert sun and I hoped it would be fast. I wonder what pain is greater for a mother to bear than to see her child die and be able ...

218. Monologue: Sarah

Genesis 20:1-18

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... reciprocating to me for what I had done. Hagar had been under my protection and she belonged to me. I belong to God and God is a God of justice. The tables were turned on me once again. I knew now how Hagar felt taking her son out into the desert wilderness to die. It was wrong and unfair of me to do that but I was blinded by my own selfish jealousy. I had always thought that I could do whatever I wanted because I was Sarah, wife of Abraham. Now, I know differently. Now I know that God is ...

219. Proper 10

Exodus 2:11-25

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... in a society where position meant everything. Yet, somehow, God seems to have reached him because something within him one day forced him to choose sides. By making that choice, he seemingly threw everything of value in his life away, and ended up a nomad in the desert. Yet, the years have proved it was only by losing his life, that he was able to find it. He had to make a choice, however, if he was to truly live. Centuries later, a crusty old prophet would state the issue quite clearly: "How long will ...

220. A Daffy, Magnificent Hope

Ezekiel 37:1-14

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... schools, after that tragic war, it was written off as dead by everyone. Everyone, except its president. He had given his best years to advancing the liberal arts through that school. He refused to give up now. So, every morning, President Ewell went to the deserted campus, climbed the tower of its main building, and rang the bells, calling the school to class. He acted as if the school was still there. People thought he was crazy. But for seven years, every day, President Ewell rang the bells at William and ...

221. "If Only. . ."

Exodus 12:1-30

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... at the cross beat their breasts. Confusion reigned! The world turned upside down! On this Passover evening before his death, life seemed so rational and so reassuring. God was on their side, these people of Jerusalem. He always had been. He would never desert them. As the disciples gathered at the Passover dinner table, so did hundreds of families throughout Jerusalem. They gathered to recall God's actions at the time of Moses: how God stepped into human history, rearranged the events of man, crippled the ...

222. Epiphany 6

Lk 6:17-26 · 1 Cor 15:12-20 · Jer 17:5-8

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... ) and beatitudes (blessed) of those who do or do not trust Yahweh. It is a contrast of the shrub in the desert and the tree by the riverside. Verses 8-10 consist of a proverb with theological interpretation. They provide a basis for ... tree. See Psalm 1. A person who trusts God is like a tree by a river rather than a shrub in a desert. Note the significance of the "shrub" because the dryness of the desert will not allow it to grow into a tree. The tree is by a river where it gets water. Outline: A person ...

223. So Soon We Forget!

Exodus 16:1-36

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... the world. It's easy to see how the manna symbolizes Christ. The manna came from heaven; so did Jesus. The manna was food; Jesus Christ claims to be food, only better food, as he is the Bread of Life. Jesus is superior in every way to the desert manna, because he is the "true bread from heaven which gives life to the world." The wilderness manna was needed for only a limited time - until they reached the promised land. Christ is the Bread for all people, for all time, and is the same "yesterday, today, and ...

224. Lent 1

Genesis 3:1-24, Romans 5:12-21, Matthew 4:1-11, Genesis 2:4-25, Psalm 130:1-8

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... that his identity was a burden, as well as a delight; up to that time, he had to know that there was something different about him from other people, and at his baptism he discovered what it was, hence the immediate retreat into the solitude of that desert-like wilderness for a month and a third. But nothing is told in the story about what happened during the long fast; perhaps Jesus never told anyone - after all, there were no companions or observers with him - but kept that part of the story locked up in ...

225. Why Should I Go On Living?

Matthew 12:38-45

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... of our rooms. "It all springs," says Kronenberg, "from a desire for signposts, a cry for answers." But our Lord is much more simple about it than that. He just says: "You’re a bunch of empty houses." A few days ago I was talking with an army deserter, trying to persuade him to return voluntarily to his base. He told me that he was looking for something, and he wasn’t going back until he found it. "What do you want?" I asked. "I don’t know," he replied. "The answers, I guess, the answers." But ...

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201. The Christian Journey IV: The Pool

Sermon

John N. Brittain

202. Epiphany 6

Jeremiah 17:5-10, Luke 6:17-26, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

203. The Rain Of Bread

Exodus 16:1-36

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204. It's Not Over When The Fat Lady Sings

Exodus 17:1-7

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205. I Want To Go South, Lord

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

206. On Not Being First

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

207. I Want To Go South, Lord

Genesis 12:1-8

Drama

Jerry Eckert

208. Made New By 180 Degrees

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

209. "The Bitterness Of Betrayal"

Mark 14:43-52, Psalm 55:1-23

Sermon

R. Sheldon MacKenzie

210. A Seeking Savior

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

211. Proper 13

Mt 14:13-21 · Rom 8:31-39 · Ex 12:1-14 · Ps 143

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

212. Jesus, The Mad Man

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

Erskine White

213. When God Is Silent

Psalm 35:1-28

Sermon

Erskine White

214. How Refreshing!

1 Corinthians 10:4

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

215. In The Presence Of God

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

216. Not Your Favorite Father's Day Scripture

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

Johnny Dean

217. Monologue: Hagar

Genesis 16:1-16

Drama

Lynda Pujad

218. Monologue: Sarah

Genesis 20:1-18

Drama

Lynda Pujad

219. Proper 10

Exodus 2:11-25

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220. A Daffy, Magnificent Hope

Ezekiel 37:1-14

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221. "If Only. . ."

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

222. Epiphany 6

Lk 6:17-26 · 1 Cor 15:12-20 · Jer 17:5-8

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... ) and beatitudes (blessed) of those who do or do not trust Yahweh. It is a contrast of the shrub in the desert and the tree by the riverside. Verses 8-10 consist of a proverb with theological interpretation. They provide a basis for ... tree. See Psalm 1. A person who trusts God is like a tree by a river rather than a shrub in a desert. Note the significance of the "shrub" because the dryness of the desert will not allow it to grow into a tree. The tree is by a river where it gets water. Outline: A person ...

223. So Soon We Forget!

Exodus 16:1-36

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224. Lent 1

Genesis 3:1-24, Romans 5:12-21, Matthew 4:1-11, Genesis 2:4-25, Psalm 130:1-8

Sermon Aid

225. Why Should I Go On Living?

Matthew 12:38-45

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

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