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201. Joseph: Don't Bury Me Here

Genesis 50:22-26; Exodus 13:19-22; Joshua 24:32

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... meant to be a refueling station on the journey, becomes our final resting place. And spiritually we die there. Joseph said, "Don't bury me here." Whatever new insight I have gained, whatever experience of faith or conviction, no matter how far I have come on the journey of faith, keep me on the road, ever seeking more of God's plan for my life. "Don't bury me here...because we aren't home yet." I have a friend in Tennessee named Steve. If you meet Steve, you won't be around him very long before he pulls a ...

202. Focus on the Finish

Hebrews 12:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." (Heb. 12:2) In any race the most important thing is to keep your eyes fixed on the goal, focused on the finish. The word "looking unto" in the Greek language is a word that literally means "to look away from." That is, you are to take your eyes off of everything else except the goal. Years ago I saw a race between ...

203. Mary: The Promise Conceived

Luke 1:26-55

Sermon

James Merritt

... it is wrong to question God. It is wrong to question, what God does. It is never wrong to question how God does it. The simple answer is verse 37, "For nothing will be impossible with God." (Luke 1:37, NASB) Mary is not left to wonder how God will keep His promise. He gives again this amazing answer as we read in verse 35. "The angel answered and said to her, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son ...

204. All Who Share This Hope

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Chris Ewing

... of saints who have kept the faith throughout history and who even now are doing so around the world. We need to know that, in order to keep on being the saints we are called to be, where we are. I'm reminded of what one of our young men said to me some months ... in a world where such efforts are doomed to failure and their doers to mistreatment. None of us is such a saint that we can keep doing that without support. We need the communion of saints to remind us that we are blessed when we live as if the love ...

205. The Five-a-Day Rule

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... in “fact?” The fact that “Doubting Thomas” has remained one of the most memorable of gospel figures says as much about our own doubts and indecisions as it does about the appeal of this particular disciple. Doubt is not a bad thing. Genuine doubt keeps us engaged and ever questioning. Thomas was the only one of the remaining disciples who was not hunkered down in the Upper Room, quaking and shaking in fear when Jesus made his first appearance. Perhaps he was the only one bold enough to venture out ...

206. Ignite: Fire Extinguishers

Acts 15:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... ’t go to church, why people who used to go to church quit going to church and why a lot of people who keep going to church don’t enjoy it. Nothing will kill the heart, the spirit, the mission, the passion, or the effectiveness of the church ... the early church. These Pharisees were saying, “If you want to be a Christian you not only have to be circumcised, but you’ve got to keep all of these laws and all these rules and you’ve got to obey the Law of Moses.” Today, we have substituted bylaws for the ...

207. The Knot: Tied

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... the kind of love that never fails. What we are going to find from this chapter is (Key Take Away): Real love stays in love. If this were the only time in the Bible that love was ever mentioned, we would know all about the kind of love that will keep the marital knot tied together that we would ever need to know. We are going to give every husband and every wife, as well as every fiancée, and every boyfriend, or girlfriend a test. It is fill-in-the-blank. There are three answers to it. The good news ...

208. Skull Hill

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... is their experience of justification. It is the moment when the truth of Jesus’ life and mission are embraced and the “rules” of success and failure in this world are once and for all turned upside down. Sanctification is all about keeping your soul wet, keeping your “clay” moist, keeping your life of faith pliable to the Potter’s touch. It is not enough just to believe and offer your life to the master potter. For if you dry up and your clay becomes hard and brittle, no creative shaping of ...

209. Joy Giver

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... When Jesus came the first time He came to take our sins away from us. When He comes the second time He coming to take us away from our sins. When He comes again He is not coming to take sides; He is coming to take over. This Messiah, who keeps His promises and has never broken one, has promised that He will return. We don’t have to worry about what the future holds, because we know who holds the future. So, my past is forgiven, my future is guaranteed, but one other thing is true. My present is controlled ...

210. Favoritism Forbidden

James 2:1-13, James 2:14-26

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... :5; 58:7; Matt. 25:36; John 21:7; 2 Cor. 11:27). Rabbi Akiba and his wife had only one outer garment between them, so one stayed home while the other wore the garment to the market or the rabbinic school. At night they buried themselves in straw to keep warm. The without … daily food in Greek is not the same as Matt. 6:11 but means the same. James has used a form more common in classical Greek 2:16 Go, I wish you well is the common Hebrew dismissal, which was actually blessing the person (Judg. 18:6 ...

211. A Call to Persevere

Jude 1:17-25

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... it!” and it has from the earliest days of the church regularly concluded prayers and doxologies. Additional Notes 24 To him who is able to keep completes a trio of NT doxologies that begin in this way (see Rom. 16:25; Eph. 3:20; cf. 2 Cor. 9:8). The wording in ... in the NT (Luke 1:14, 44; Acts 2:46; Heb. 1:9) and in 1 Enoch 5:9; Martyrdom of Polycarp 18.3. God’s ability to keep is often emphasized in the NT: John 10:28–29, “no one can snatch them out of my hand”; Rom. 14:4, “the Lord is able to make ...

212. Assured by the Certainties of Faith

1 John 5:13-21

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... ”; v. 18: we know; v. 19: “we know”; v. 20: “we know” and “we are in him”). By these he intends to end his message of exhortation on a note of assurance and encouragement. The principal assurance in v. 18 is this: true Christians do not keep on sinning. Perhaps he felt the need to reemphasize this teaching in view of his admitting in vv. 16–17 that a “brother” or sister can commit sins which are “not unto death.” In 1 John 3:3, 9 the Elder based his argument that authentic Christians ...

213. Faith and Deeds

James 2:14-26, James 2:1-13

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

214. Parabola

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... her future. She must remember what’s truly important. So it is with Jesus. No matter what your day entails, as long as you fix your eyes on Jesus, you will know where your treasure lies. But if you are distracted by the things of the world, and forget to keep your mind fixed on Jesus, you will find suddenly one day, that when you need it most, your faith is not there for you when you need it most. Church, this parable is for you. A parable is a story. It’s an image stretched, a metaphor magnified into a ...

215. Wicked

Luke 20:9-19, Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... what part of what is mine will I concede to give to God…but what part of God’s means that I am using will I keep for myself? That is the question. Because our lives are not our own. Our lives and our means all belong to God. We are the tenants ... love, your lives …is God! This parable you could call a “garden” parable. It hearkens back to our primary command –to “till and keep” the covenant of God in the lives of all people. The garden metaphor is the oldest in scriptures. How does your garden ...

216. Holy Goat!

Leviticus 16:1-34, John 20:24-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to proclaim his name as Victor over sin, death, and even doubt! Jesus meets us where we are. Jesus dispels all that keeps us from coming out of hiding and into the world. This is Jesus’ gift of atonement, not just for sins past, but ... . It can be a “wall” we build, a cave we hide in (or a locked room), or the false conceptions that we clothe ourselves in that keep us from seeing Jesus even when He’s right in front of our eyes. A prominent metaphor for this kind of “sin” in scripture is the ...

217. Are You Ready to Wait?

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Albert G. Butzer III

... , “do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear…Instead, strive first for the kingdom God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” (Matthew 6:25, 33). We keep on doing God’s will… when we live by the golden rule, “doing to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets” (Matthew 7:12). In short, we become the wise bridesmaids when we wait for Christ by living the ...

218. Your Faith is Your Fuel

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , our love, our hope in Jesus cannot be a simple mountaintop moment, or an initial excitement for the novelty of a new church or a new kind of worship. But our relationship with Jesus needs to be a deep discipling experience with devotion, commitment, and faith that keeps re-fueling our tank for the long haul. For having a strong faith does not mean we will not face adversity, or will not disagree, or will not get angry, or will not feel sometimes that we are failing. But a strong faith means, we will get ...

219. The Journey

Mark 8:27-36

Sermon

Will Willimon

... the name of a ship (The Serendip) in a story about a group of adventurers. The word is ''serendipity," making a surprising discovery while on a journey somewhere else. And if you have been journeying with Jesus very long, you know that it is quite typical to keep making surprising discoveries with Jesus, even when you are on the way somewhere else. I think that is the main reason why Mark ends his gospel the way he does. Mark ends his gospel with the women out at the tomb, shocked that Jesus is not there ...

220. Seeing With The Eyes Of Faith

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Thomas C. Willadsen

... a baby crawling across a road and an out-of-control truck was barreling down a hill. The truck couldn’t stop in time to keep from running over the baby. Suddenly someone ran into the middle of the road, threw the baby out of the truck’s path and was ... joy at being able to see? The one who turned to follow Jesus? Are you part of the crowd, urging the persistent blind man to keep quiet? It’s both, isn’t it? Jesus calls to both parts of you — the faithful eager follower and the stubborn. He calls to ...

221. Pay Attention!

Luke 21:25-36

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... path for your life, and you must be free of distractions, so that you can walk that path freely and assuredly, no matter what is happening around you. To do this, you must pointedly and intentionally make time each day to pay attention to the state of your soul, to keep watch that you do not allow yourself to sink into a place of despair and grief. Do not put your trust and your heart’s desires in earthly and material things. But put your faith in Jesus. For he will lift you up! As we enter into this time ...

222. Prepared Or Not?

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... of so-called dead wood. They are people who are on the membership list but do not attend except possibly on the high holy days of Christmas and Easter, or for such events as weddings, baptisms and funerals. They do not contribute more than token amounts to keep their name on the roll. They do not assume any responsibilities for the program of the church. A continuing challenge is to find some way to shout, "Look! Here is the bridegroom. Come out and meet him." 3. State of Readiness. It is hard to maintain a ...

223. Easter 6

John 15:18--16:4, Acts 10:23b-48, 1 John 5:1-12

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... 11:19-30 (E) Lesson 2: 1 John 5:1-6 (C) Everyone who trusts in Jesus as the Christ is born of God, loves God, keeps his commandments and conquers the world through faith. Lesson 2: 1 John 4:7-10 (RC); 1 John 4:7-21 (E) (See Easter 5) Gospel: ... us is the same kind of love that the Father showered on him. Yet what kind of love was it? The Father's love didn't keep Jesus from suffering, from feeling abandoned and from dying a shameful death on the cross. The love of God does not shelter us from pain, sorrow ...

224. Getting The Face We Deserve

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... lights are finally off. Then a voice comes from the dark. "Daddy, are you facing me? Are you facing toward me?" "Yes, I am." "I think then I can make it through the night." In that abandoned child, his story is our story. The greatest hope we have is to keep looking to the face of the Holy One, who takes us away from nothing in life, but promises to go with us through all things. That source will be the final source that will get us through everything that we need to get through in this life. We learn that ...

225. Put It to the Test

1 Thessalonians 5:19-22

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the day. We all love to get mail, and we always hope that there is something important in it. We go through each piece very carefully to make sure that we know what it is and if it has any value to us. (Go through your mail. Sort it and keep the important part and put the rest of it in the wastebasket.) Some of our mail is not very important. It may be important to someone else, but not everything that comes to my house is important to me, so I can get rid of some of it. But a ...

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