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2276. Connected to Christ: I Am the Vine

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... of our faith. We tell people where we have found bread and life. We declare that we belong to him. As branches are an extension of the vine--so we are an extension of Christ. When Jesus declares, "I am the Vine, you are the branches," he is reminding his disciples that there can only be one Number One priority in our journey of life. This one priority sets the tone for the rest of life. You may know the story of a young man who went to a Hallmark card store. He looked through the cards. He finally found the ...

2277. The Lord's Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... fact, I want to share a hopeful word from our Lord. I believe here in the next phrase in our Lord''s model prayer to his disciples lies the insight as to why there is so much war and conflict in the world today. It is a conflict that is as old as ... thing. It is as old as Adam "passing the buck" of responsibility to Eve for eating the fruit in the garden. When Jesus teaches the disciples to pray, "Thy Kingdom Come, Thy will Be Done, on Earth as it is in Heaven," he knew that he was sharing the most difficult ...

2278. Honestly, Are You Worried about Tomorrow?

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the weight is more than a man can bear. Never load yourself so. If you find yourself so loaded, at least remember this: It is your own doing, not God''s. He begs you to leave the future to him, and mind the present." Or as Jesus said to the disciples: So do not be anxious about tomorrow, tomorrow will be anxious for itself. It is amazing, but the power of God''s presence is available now for your journey in faith. In order to have power for today, we will have to wait for tomorrow to come. So do not ...

2279. Too Good to Be True?

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... Jesus is in it and talk to him as you would to a friend." To the Scotsman, the chair made all the difference in the world. Companioned -- that's what it means to be an Easter people. Still, a part of us wishes we could have it as those primal disciples did; we too wish we could avail ourselves of Jesus' invitation: "Touch me and see." We also want to feel the touch of Jesus. The Easter point is, we do feel that touch, and probably most of the time we are not even aware of it. Charles Wesley, whose hymn ...

2280. A Higher Calling

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... don’t pay attention to the menu any more, they just ask for hot dogs. (1) Well, you get the idea. Not everyone is cut out to play football. Not everyone will be happy as a sailor. And not everyone was called to be among Jesus’ original twelve disciples. After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!” As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his ...

2281. You Are Free to Fail

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... what we set out to do, but it does not mean that we are failures. We are simply recognizing that success is not always in our hands. A third thing I learn from this passage is that when we experience failure, we are to move on. Jesus told his disciples that when they experienced failure in one place, they were to leave. Sometimes, the best thing we can do is to move on to another place. Lawrence Welk began life in a Dakota farmhouse with sod floor and walls. He was one of eight children born to parents of ...

2282. The Right Word For Memorial

John 17:20-26

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Maxie Dunnam

... , "We are!" "What's the score?" "They have 23 -- We have 0." "They have you 23 to 0?" The man was confused. "I thought you said you were winning." "Oh, we are," explained the little boy. "You see, we ain't come to bat yet!" It was easy for the disciples to quit. The one in whom they had placed their hopes was dead. It was 23 to nothing in their life that Easter morning. And we are sometimes tempted to quit. ...Jobs don't go well. There is strife in our marriage. A doctor's diagnosis is dismal. Children do ...

2283. Living Lightly

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... every act, the Pharisees sought to find something they could pin on Jesus in order to discredit him. This was it, they thought. To pluck was technically to reap, and rub away the husk from the corn was technically to thresh. So they had caught Jesus’ disciples in open violation of the Jewish law. They had broken two of the 39 proscriptions of the Jewish law, and because of that had violated the 4th commandment by not keeping the Sabbath Holy. Now Jesus didn’t side step the issue. His answer was clear ...

2284. Gethsemane: Prelude To The Cross

Mark 14:32-42

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Maxie Dunnam

... to disturb him.” (Paul C. Mills). Jesus was very sorrowful he knows the Cross is looming just ahead. This is his debate with destiny, his ultimate wrestling with God’s call upon his life. So, he wanted some of his friends to share in it. He asked the disciples to watch and pray. In the direst hour of his need, he needed those who were closest to him to be with him. But they slept. Do you feel the sad disappointment in Jesus’ voice: “Could you not watch for just one hour?” The bitter cup that Jesus ...

2285. God's Hello People

1 John 1:5--2:14

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Maxie Dunnam

... stories in the Bible for me as it relates to winning others to Christ, is that story of Andrew. The Gospels tell the story of the call of the disciples differently. John sets the call of the disciples in the context of the preaching of John the Baptist. John had said to two of his disciples when Jesus walked by, "Behold, the Lamb of God." The two disciples, as a result of that word of John the Baptist, followed Jesus. Jesus turned to them and asked them "What do you seek?" They did not answer the question ...

2286. More Tolerable For Sodom And Gomorrah

Luke 10:1-24

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Maxie Dunnam

... been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes." But at the judgment it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon than for you. It is as clear as it could be. God's judgment is certain. Jesus instructs his disciples to say to those cities who refuse to be repentant and who remain unsaved that the judgment that is going to come upon them will be as awful as that rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah. It is something to think about on this Fourth of July weekend as we ...

2287. The Life Question: What Are You Looking For?

John 1:35-42

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... be? If you find what you're looking for, what else will you need to make you happy? These are life questions. They force us to examine the direction of our life, our priorities, what we think will make us happy. This is the life question Jesus asked the disciples of John: "What are you looking for?" This is the first of some twenty questions Jesus asks in the Gospel of John. We're not going to look at all those questions. Many of them deal with the same issue. But each Sunday during this Lenten Season, we ...

2288. The Commitment Question: Will You Lay Down Your Life For Me?

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you?" This is the servant question. You know the setting. Jesus and His disciples came together in the Upper Room to celebrate the Passover. Though they did not know it, my hunch is that some of them must have ... from the table, and took upon Himself the role of a servant -- girded Himself with a towel, got a basin of water, and washed the disciples' feet. Let me read now verses 13-15: You call Me Teacher and Lord - and you are right, for that is what I am. So ...

2289. Headlines and Holiness

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Frank G. Honeycutt

... for a moment. "No, they didn't die because of anything they did. It was a purely random thing. But let me tell you something. Unless you guys clean up your acts, you'll die just as tragically." There is a low murmur in the room. The disciples look at each other like Jesus has missed his morning medication. As two begin to leave to find a bathroom, the newscaster reports another catastrophe, this one halfway across the world. Jesus pipes up this time. "Hey, guys," he says, "those people over in El Salvador ...

2290. We Must Obey God

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... the followers of Jesus, and Jerusalem is flooded with sick people, all wanting to be healed, so many in fact that the streets are crowded with the beds and pallets of the lame and diseased (Acts 5:12-16). This time, the Sanhedrin doesn't hesitate. It throws the disciples into prison, only to find that an angel of the Lord opens the prison doors and sets them free, commanding them to go and stand in the temple and to speak to the people all the words of life (vv. 17-20). Once again the apostles are brought ...

2291. Following Summons

Acts 9:32-43

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... Christ. We note in the story that Peter does not have such power in himself. Before he raises Dorcas from death, Peter kneels down and prays. He does not have any ability in himself to defeat the power of death. Jesus said as much when he sent those twelve disciples out on that mission in Matthew that I mentioned. He told them first of all, "Preach as you go, saying, 'The kingdom of Heaven is at hand' " (Matthew 10:7). The Kingdom of God has drawn near to us in the person of our Lord -- the kingdom with all ...

2292. Tasks For The Living God

Acts 16:11-15

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... traveled over 2,000 miles, and all along the way, the Holy Spirit has shown them where to go. In the Gospel lesson for the day from John 14:23-29, and indeed, throughout chapters 14-16 in the Fourth Gospel, which tell of the Last Supper, Jesus promises his disciples that he will never leave them desolate, that he will come to them in the Spirit, and teach them, and defend them. In fact, it is through the work of the Holy Spirit that Jesus will continue his work on earth (John 16:8-11). In writing Acts, Luke ...

2293. The Nature of the Church and Christian Discipleship

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is a learner, but not in the academic setting of a schoolroom, rather at the work site of a craftsman. We do not acquire information about God, but skills in faith. (Think about that as you think of yourself as a disciple – an apprentice to Jesus – learning to be like, to think like, to act like Jesus.) The other word Peterson underscored was “pilgrim.” Pilgrim tells us we are people who spend our lives going some place, going to God and whose path for getting there is the way, Jesus Christ. We ...

2294. Power For Christian Living: Am I On My Own?

Romans 3:3-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in vs. 22. He breathes on them and says, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” As Roger Frederickson has reminded us, “As God had breathed His life into that first man and He became a living soul, so now His Son shares the intimacy of His own life with His disciples that they may be a new humanity, created and empowered for their mission.” As Jesus breathes on these men, He says, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” This is a gift to be accepted now, and a foretaste of the Person of the Holy Spirit who is yet to ...

2295. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

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Maxie Dunnam

... as the greatest ever.” (Time, August 14, 2000, pp. 57-58) That’s discipline. It is a challenge to would-be Christians. Anyone who has read the gospels know that Jesus’ call is to a “narrow way.” He couldn’t have made it clearer. Then Jesus told his disciples, “if any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it or what will it profit them if ...

2296. Ascension of Our Lord

Acts 1:1-11

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... , however, Luke repeats some of the things he has said at the end of the Gospel story. Once again, the command to the disciples to remain in Jerusalem until they receive God's promised "power from on high" in the form of the Holy Spirit is given (Luke ... all the persons around us, and in fact, to the ends of the earth. We are called to go into all the world and to make disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to observe all that Jesus has commanded ...

2297. Torn Curtain

Luke 23:44-49, Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... were moved by Gibson’s portrayal of Christ’s passion. And why shouldn’t they be? It tells the story of the most magnificent and most important drama ever recorded. You know the story well. It begins on the Mount of Olives, where Jesus and his disciples have gone to pray. “Pray,” Jesus says to them, “that you will not fall into temptation.” Then he withdraws about a stone’s throw away, kneels down and prays, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be ...

2298. Now Here Is the Plan

John 12:20-36

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Maxie Dunnam

... concludes with these ominous words: "So from that day on they took counsel as to how to put him to death. Therefore Jesus no longer went about openly, but went from there to the country near the wilderness, to a town named Ephraim; and there he stayed with the disciples." Which brings us to the twelfth chapter, and to our text. He is in hiding now. We know where he is, he is at Ephraim. But nobody else knows where he is. For some reason Philip and Andrew decide they will go into the city, into Jerusalem. It ...

2299. Achieving Peak Performance

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... percentage of the members of this church can participate. There is another reason for that. We always thought that God's mission, God's work, was done someplace else. Just by definition, the Great Commission that ministering to all nations, making disciples of all nations, meant other nations someplace else. Christians went faithfully over there to carry out a mission. That isn't quite accurate. Christians sent somebody else over there to carry out that mission. Those other people are called "missionaries ...

2300. When Fisherman do Strange Things

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... secret trends... That is how you can account for the behavior of the fishermen in our text for this morning, this strange scene which comes at the beginning of the Gospel of Mark, in the first chapter, the fourteenth verse. It is called, "The Call of the Disciples." The text begins with the summary of Jesus' preaching: Now when John was arrested, Jesus came preaching, ‘The time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe this good news.' Immediately after that comes the Call of the ...

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