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2301. What Do You Call Success?

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... , so he said okay. He brought them into his living room and offered them a chair. They were quiet for a long time, so he asked, “What happens now?” The older one said, “We don’t know. We never got this far before.” (1) Jesus is sending his disciples out to do evangelism. He gives them precise directions about how to proceed: “After this the Lord appointed seventy‑two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. He told them, ‘The harvest is ...

2302. A Place for You

Ruth 1:16-18

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , it doesn't make any noise at all. So nobody paid any attention to her. She only put a penny in. Jesus says to his disciples, "Did you see that woman? Did you see what she did? She has given the greatest gift. The others gave out of their abundance. She ... is not that kind of organization. The Church is not an organization with supporters and benefactors. The Church is supposed to be a body of disciples. It is not an organization you give dues to. It's a cause you give your life to. That is why Paul, when he ...

2303. Blind Ambition

Mark 9:30-37

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... to hear. "The Son of Man is about to appear." That meant to them that the showdown is about to happen. The Kingdom is about to come. When the Kingdom comes, then those who are with the Messiah will have special places in the Kingdom. Especially the Messiah's disciples. That is what they were talking about back there. When the Messiah sits at the banquet table in his Kingdom, which one of them will be at his right hand and which one at his left hand? I tell you, it must have been quiet at the table for ...

2304. I Thought You'd Never Ask

John 1:35-46

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... am the way, and the truth, and the life." What are you looking for? The two men then ask Jesus, "Where are you staying?" That's a code phrase that you would ask a teacher to find out if the teacher would be willing to take you on as a disciple. They ask, "Where are you staying?" and wait for an invitation. Jesus says to them, "Come and see." So they go with him, sit at his feet all day, till ten o'clock that night, according to the text, listening to Jesus, learning from him. The text reveals that one ...

2305. Scandalous News

Luke 4:16-30

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , stand up and walk! You don't have to live this way anymore. You are free. He also said, if you would be my disciple, then you had better know something about crosses, because everybody has one. So stop complaining about yours, and follow me. I will show you ... t know whether the woman saved the boy, or the boy saved the woman. Jesus said, now is the time to live. Now. Later on the disciples of John the Baptist will come to Jesus and ask, "Are you the one, or do we wait for another?" That is to say, "Are you ...

2306. Stay in the City

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... Catholic, but today, of course, it is a Lutheran Church. Inside the church, a glorious pulpit, biblical scenes in carved wood. One of the biblical scenes is the Ascension. It shows a rock at the bottom of the carving, with two footprints in the rock. The disciples are gathered around the rock praying, their eyes lifted up toward heaven. At the top of the carving there is a cloud, and two big, old feet sticking out of the cloud. Those are Jesus' feet as he ascended through the clouds and into the heavens ...

2307. Stirring Things Up

Mark 13:1-8, Hebrews 10:11-25

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... s not neglect to meet together, as is the habit of some." He doesn't mention any names, but, of course, everybody knew who he was talking about. Attendance is down. He is concerned about attendance, because attendance is important for the encouragement of Christian disciples in a hostile world. When I started preaching, over thirty years ago now, I always felt I had to say something about the way the Church was in the first century, how they had to meet regularly together as a small group, because they were ...

2308. The Paraclete Is Not a Bird

John 14:23-29

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... that she said to her, "I am counting with you all the way." She didn't say, "I am counting on you." She said, "I am counting with you." And Drake wrote this. "She felt that they were held together by something beyond either of them alone. Teacher and disciple were as one. She realized that it was this that she had been preparing for all year long, this test. And the music, at her command, came cascading out of the baby grand into the darken auditorium full of joy and full of life, right on cue." I will ...

2309. Where Do You Abide?

John 15:1-8

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... their sorrow. He says to them that the scripture predicted it, so they should not have been surprised. They come to an inn. The disciples ask the stranger, "Will you abide with us." Any Christian in the early Church would have known what that meant. They would know that ... stand by us and never leave us? They go into the inn, sit at table, and the stranger takes the bread and breaks it. The disciples say, "It's the Lord. He has come to abide with us, as he promised." "I will come to you. I will not leave you ...

2310. The Problem Is Not Faith

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... can receive recognition and appreciation. Servanthood is really an alien concept for many of us. If I were to ask you what it would really mean for you to take up a cross and carry it, many of you would look at me like I was from Mars. The disciples thought their problem was that they lacked faith. Jesus’ told them that was not the problem. The problem was a lack of commitment. That is our problem, too, isn’t it? Dr. Isaac Watts put our situation in a hymn a couple of centuries ago, Must I be carried ...

2311. Epiphany 3

Isaiah 9:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, Matthew 4:12-17, Matthew 4:18-22

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John R. Brokhoff

... a light is a sign of life and hope. In our despair and doubt, we need to look at the light of Christ. Outline: The Gospel tells us - a. The light shines - through the preaching of the gospel - 4:12-17. b. The light is accepted - the response of the disciples - 4:18-22. c. The light is released - through the ministry - 4:23. 2. Get To Work! (4:12-23). Need: Most church members are drones. They do little or nothing. Most of the work of a congregation is done by the faithful ten percent. The time has come for ...

2312. Proper 6

Genesis 18:1-15, Romans 5:1-8, Matthew 9:35 – 10:8 (9-23), Matthew 9:35-38, 10:1-42, Romans 5:1-11

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John R. Brokhoff

... we will escape the wrath of God. If we are now reconciled by his death, we will move to be saved by his life. For what God has done for us in Christ, we rejoice in him Gospel: Matthew 9:35-10:8 (9-23) Jesus calls twelve disciples and sends them out to preach and heal. After teaching, preaching, and healing in various villages and cities, Jesus is impressed by the condition of the people - harassed, helpless, and lost. Their condition moves him to have compassion on them. To meet the need, he appoints the ...

2313. Proper 13

Matthew 14:13-21, Romans 8:28-39, Romans 9:1-29, Nehemiah 9:1-37, Isaiah 55:1-13, Genesis 32:22-32

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John R. Brokhoff

... Christ provides abundantly - v. 20. 2. What It Takes To Feed The Hungry. 14:13-21. Need: It was a staggering task to feed 5,000 in Jesus' day. The people were hungry. There was no place in the wilderness to buy food. The day was over. The disciples' resources amounted to a pittance: five loaves and two fishes. If they were to feed 5,000, a miracle was required. The task today to feed hundreds of millions of people who are starving, who have meager food supplies, and who are victims of famine and disease, is ...

2314. Proper 15

Genesis 45:1-28, Isaiah 56:1-8, Romans 11:11-24, Romans 11:25-32, Matthew 15:1-20, Matthew 15:21-28

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John R. Brokhoff

... is a God for all peoples. God is God of the Jews as well as of the Arabs. God has concern for Communists as well as Capitalists. He is for the black as well as for the white people. This should lead to a commitment to world missions, to make disciples of all nations to the end that all peoples accept God as their God. Outline: God is for all people. a. God's help is available to all who have faith - Gospel. b. God's grace is for all who accept the gospel - Lesson 2. 2. Universality, Not Universalism. Need ...

2315. All Saints Day

Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 3:1-3, Matthew 5:1-12

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John R. Brokhoff

... tense is used in connection with the kingdom of heaven which is a present possession as well as future. The kingdom does not begin after death, but begins when Jesus is confessed as Lord. The future tense, "shall" refers to the future condition of the disciple in heaven. It is significant that "shall" is used rather than "will." "Shall" is much stronger than "will." It has an imperative in it, a certainty. The dead in Christ shall most certainly enjoy these rewards. The "shall" is backed up by Jesus' own ...

2316. Jesus, Our Rock Foundation

John 14:1-14

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... , not qualified, or worse yet, we don't have the time. How will the world know the correct path to follow, that Jesus truly is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, that he is the one who brings us to God and eternal life, if we, his contemporary disciples do not show the proper way and lead by example? The Christian life brings us many privileges, but with these wonderful benefits comes a myriad of responsibilities that we cannot shirk if we are to find life with God. We cannot bury our heads in the sand with ...

2317. Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired?

Matthew 9:35-10:8

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... my friend, is desperate sickness! And perhaps today, as you read this, you find yourself ill. My question is, "Would you like to be well?" Have you ever wondered about sickness? Wondered what the Bible says about healing? In the text, Christ heals the infirm. And he commissions his disciples to do the same. Let's take a look at scripture and see what can be learned about healing. In Genesis 2:7, we are told what there is about us to be sick or well. We are told God made Adam's physical body out of the clay ...

2318. Will You Give Christ Your Supper?

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... edgy. "Lord, this is a desolate place, and the day is now over, send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves." Jesus startled the twelve by saying, "You give them something to eat!" John 6 tells us Jesus said this to test the disciples. Philip had already run the numbers. "Eight months' wages wouldn't even begin to finish the job!" This is not the voice of faith. It is the voice of despair. It is the voice of every church treasurer who looks at the world's crying needs then opens ...

2319. Predictable Surprises

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... their end-times waiting by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid. Other apocalyptic communities, from Mother Ann Lee's Shakers to John Humphrey Noyes' Oneida Community, sublimated their end-times energies into crafting Shaker furniture and Oneida silverware. Jesus' words to his disciples this morning warns us against such idle speculations. Jesus is trying to steer those in whom he entrusted the care of the first generation of believers away from obsessing out over the exact day, the precise moment, when he would ...

2320. The Ladder or the Wheel

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... achievement, Jesus proposed that there's only one center--only one rabbi, one Father, one teacher. God is the one and only at the center of all life. God is the spoke of our existence from which everyone and everything radiates. It's our role as disciples and followers to move towards that center, that eternal core. From wherever we may find ourselves on the circle, we're summoned to the spoke. But all movement towards God--all the small acts, all the large sacrifices, all the fervent prayers, and all the ...

2321. Night Vision

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... history of Planet Earth: Jesus' resurrection from the dead. Think of how many things we miss in life because we aren't accessible to the world of early and dark. We aren't awake to the early and dark moments of life. It was only those two disciples (Peter and John) and the apostle to the apostles (Mary) who lived the experience of Easter morning because they didn't sleep through the most early and dark experience in their lives. Maybe as a preparation for Valentine's Day you could try some early and dark ...

2322. An Uncomfortable Comforter

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... sons and daughters of the divine Father. This genealogy, however, entitles them in their prayers to ask, search, knock with the firm conviction that they will receive, find, and have the door opened every time. But just as Jesus' 1st century disciples and more recently 21st century disciples might be persuaded to think that God the Father is some kind of wish-piggy-bank to be emptied, Jesus gets surprisingly specific. Going to the Father in prayer assures all the faithful that God will provide for all their ...

2323. If the Shoe Fits, Wear It

Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to liberate people form the shackles of sin and Jesus call us to the same work he did – preaching, teaching, healing. Jesus calls us to wear his shoes so that our shoes become his shoes, and his shoes become our shoes. The same Jesus who washed the feet of his disciples washes our feet. And then he does what he said the father of the prodigal son did. He puts shoes on our feet. This is a sign of our freedom – we're no longer slaves, but wear shoes, as free people did in his day. The shoes he offers are ...

2324. Is God Showing through You?

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Christ that dwells within each of us gleams with the light of glory. But we have to peel away some of our protective layers if we would let that light shine out from our souls and into the world. No matter how dark the night we find ourselves in, disciples of Jesus know that the future's so bright, we gotta wear shades. Christ came to live his resurrected life in us. The glory of Christ's presence and power can illuminate the world. Will we let it shine through us? The Transfiguration event took place on a ...

2325. Greeting and Meeting Jesus

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... linked in the minds and memories of Jesus and his dinner companions. It smelled like a quiet dinner with friends. It smelled like the comfort of familiar company and a safe haven. It smelled like sacrificial love. But it was also the scent Jesus and his disciples would remember forever as the first whiff of the beginning of the end. It was a scent that would forever remind Jesus' companions of Jesus' presence among them and his words to them. His words on this night were directed towards both his own future ...

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