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1. Why Do You Stand Looking Into The Sky?

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... to the remotest parts of the world was not a call to be taken lightly. This was scary business Christ had called them to. "Men of Galilee," asked the two figures in white. "Why do you stand looking into the sky?" Probably it was awe. Maybe it was apprehension. OR MAYBE IT WAS THE SUDDEN AWARENESS OF CHRIST'S ABSENCE. I'm sure that was part of it. After all, he was their Lord and Master. They had looked to him for guidance, for strength, for spiritual nourishment. What would they do now? Suddenly they felt ...

2. On Your Mark, Get Set . . .

Mark 13:1-8, 32-33

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... passage is one that deals with the Return of Christ or the End Times as some people call it. And that causes a lot of anticipation and apprehension for some. As we look at the passage I think it tells us to "GET ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, STAY READY." I. Get On Your Mark ... or sixth grade when it all became very real to me. The whole nation was filled with excitement, anticipation and apprehension about the flights. These weren't just routine shuttle take launches reported briefly on the evening news. Every early ...

3. Faith for Troubling Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... to scripture for help and reassurance. And we come to these words from Luke 21: "There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your ...

4. The Difference Between God And Santa

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... biblical answer is that we are watching for Christ's return. How should we feel about that return? Apprehensive? Fearful? Should we be on our best behavior? You may have seen a bumper sticker that reads something like this: Jesus is coming back--and boy, ... is he angry! Some people would be very apprehensive if they thought Christ really was going to return. It's like two boys who spent a delightful afternoon just outside of town ...

5. The Guiding Light for a New Year

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... be liberated the man died. (2) We can only speculate that what killed him was loss of hope. How we approach this new year will determine what kind of year it will be. Do we approach it boldly, confidently, expectantly? Or do we approach it with fear and apprehension? It's like the husband who said to his wife one day, "I've noticed that you always carry my photo in your handbag to the office. Why?" His wife said, "When there is a problem, no matter how impossible, I look at your picture and the problem ...

6. A Visit To Millennium Manor

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... in every heart. In the 21st chapter of Luke we read these words from our Lord: "There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your ...

7. God's Say-So

Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and that’s a great hymn. I hope you will keep that one as you fill your repertoire with all the wonderful modern praise music. It’s the kind of hymn you sing when things are crumbling around you, when fear threatens to bring your life to shambles, when apprehension and your own frailty cause you to know how vulnerable you are; and how, unless you get some help from somewhere else, you’re not going to make it. So you sing it: “Here I raise mine Ebenezer; hither by thy help I’m come; And I hope, by ...

8. Return To God

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... is what he suggested: "Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble" (Joel 2:1). Christians today generally think of the day of the Lord's coming as a time of great anticipation and even greater celebration. So why should we tremble? Why would we quiver in fear and apprehension? We seem to have lost the sense of God's judgment that will be an integral part of that day. Judgment will be a part of that day and Joel sounded the alarm so that all would be aware of what was coming. He described that day in these ...

9. Sometimes, You Gotta Get Your Feet Wet First

Joshua 3:1-4:24

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... the land beyond it. Among other things, walking into these waters means overcoming their greatest fear, and perhaps more importantly, placing their greatest faith in Yahweh. And thus, you can almost imagine the priests pausing as they draw ever closer, all the while looking apprehensively over at Joshua to see what he is going to do. I mean, when the Hebrew slaves traveled through the Red Sea, Moses at least had pointed a staff and commanded the waters to part. But this scene is different. Joshua just seems ...

10. Bad Timing

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

Thomas Long

... about the job potential of her two sons. No surprise there; parents have been anxious about their children's vocational advancement as long as there have been children heading out into the world. Moreover, with James and John, there was undoubtedly reason for apprehension. After appearing to have settled on the family fishing business, the two brothers had abruptly gone into the admittedly shaky field of discipleship (Matthew 4:21-22), and their mother is merely inquiring of their boss if the two had made a ...

11. Rules For A Happy Life

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... real world" before deciding to become a clergyman. So, too, had a new classmate. Toward the end of our first quarter, our class in church history gathered for our final exam. Those of us who had been away from the classroom for several years were quite apprehensive about the threat of final exams. Soon, the exam books were opened and we all began to write. Suddenly, we were appalled to see the professor walk over to the desk where my classmate was seated and roughly yank the exam booklet away from the poor ...

12. Good News From A Graveyard

John 20:1-9

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... gospel accounts of the resurrection, you discover an unusual thing; the first reaction of the men and women who came to the tomb was not joy - it was bewilderment and fear! The immediately impact of the resurrection on the followers of Jesus was confusion and apprehension. Mary Magdalene was in shock and the disciples, regardless of John's comment that one of the disciples believed, were clearly unnerved by it all. After all, they went from that tomb and locked themselves in a secret room. So it all adds up ...

13. The Interview

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... I mean, share the good news -- tell the story! As you are going about your daily routine, in the coffee shop with your friends, on your street, in your neighborhood, tell the story.” “But I’m not sure I know what to say,” she was beginning to grow a bit apprehensive about all this. “Don’t worry about the big words or even having a few words in the right order. The story is simple, and you learned it when you were a child: Jesus loves me, this I know. Just sing that with your life and you’ll be ...

14. Sowing Seed Is Never A Waste of Time

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... I. Two weeks ago yesterday I arrived at Craig Springs campground, full of enthusiasm over the prospect of sowing the seeds of the gospel in the midst of 23 teenagers. Now, I have to confess that the degree of my enthusiasm was at least matched by the amount of apprehension I felt at the prospect of dealing with 23 teenagers at the same time. There are days when one teenager is almost too much. And, to be fair, I should also say that I’m certain that there are days when one father or one mother is almost ...

15. It Dawned on Me

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... . "Before the cock crows," Jesus replied, "you will deny me three times." "Never," said Peter defiantly, "Never." We had moved from John Mark's house through the Kidron Valley and arrived at the Garden of Gethsemane, exhausted by the night's activities, with apprehension of what was to come. Jesus took Peter, James and John with him further into the Garden to pray. "I had never seen him like this," Peter said later. "He was struggling with something that agonized him like no man has ever agonized." "My ...

16. The Day You Were Healed

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

... healed, when your physician wrote your exit visa from the hospital, when the nurses wheeled you to the front door where your spouse was waiting in the family limo, and you were on your way? Almost forgotten now is the pain, the apprehension, and the helplessness that you had felt when the paramedics brought you in with siren screaming, the intravenous feedings, the wires and the tubes that made you feel like an electrical appliance. Almost forgotten, too is your whispered "Lord, have mercy," your wondering ...

17. The Promise of Emmanuel

Isaiah 7:1-25

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... gifts purchased. The day-to-day problems of being a child still will face those awaiting Santa's coming. There will still be adjustment to playmates, family tensions, sharing love and gifts with family members. There is, if only we are aware of it, a kind of apprehension lurking behind and beneath our anticipation, which is the word of the Lord in today's text. The Emmanuel passage in Isaiah 7 is not a Messianic text. The text speaks of God's activity apart from the child. God's activity is imminent and it ...

18. Your Image of Tomorrow

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... verse: Carry your candle with care, my child! The wind is waiting, The wind is waiting to blow it out. Now I fully agree that one should be wary of the waiting wind, and I know that winds are waiting. But I would make this point: If you are too apprehensive about the wind, you will never light your candle in the first place - and that, I think, would be more calamitous than to risk it to the wind. Yes, we are all going on into tomorrow; we have no choice. So light your candle and venture into the wind. It ...

19. Our Exclusive God (The First Commandment)

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... or anybody. Of course, whatever is in first-place in your life is your god. By definition, you can have only one god at a time. Repeatedly in the book of Exodus God is described as a jealous deity. "Jealous" here does not mean suspicious or apprehensive of rivalry. Rather it means that God demands exclusive loyalty. In the Old Testament the adjective "jealous" is used only of God. There was a man who had been married twice, first to Mary and then to Tilley. He outlived both his wives. But finally as ...

20. A Gospel that Fills the Glove

Sermon

James Bjorge

... pick him up with the gospel. It sounds crude; but it brought healing and wholeness. During World War II a group of men were huddling together the eve before a major battle. Their thoughts had turned to serious things as they were a bit apprehensive about tomorrow’s prospects. Death found its way into their conversation. Some of the men began questioning what happens after death. While there were some stock answers tossed around, none seemed to satisfy. So one of the men suggested calling in the chaplain ...

21. An Identity Crisis

Sermon

James Bjorge

... power" (Hebrews 1:1-3). Last fall I did a lot of pheasant hunting in Iowa with my older brother. On one of his visits he brought along his black labrador. A lab is supposedly a born hunter with keen instincts for the outdoor life. I was a bit apprehensive though, for this dog had not been trained in hunting skills and I was dubious of his native abilities. Well, the fears were well-grounded for when this explosive black lab hit the fields, he was off chasing the winds. He did not know what he was supposed ...

22. The Forgiving Father (Father's Day)

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Brett Blair

... would usually be: “what have we done wrong, now.” Finally, he said, my wife pointed out to me that the tone in my voice when I called these meetings was very serious, the same tone that he used when he disciplined his children. Thus, they responded with apprehension. I have thought about that, and I wonder if that is not similar to the response that many people have when they have a meeting with God. They come to him with the feeling: Well, we must really be in trouble now. Despite all of the talk that ...

23. Easter: The Festival Of Joy

Isaiah 25:1-12

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... handled the dying business very well so it is hard for me to avoid the big question: "How will I handle it?" For these reasons many psychiatrists believe that death is at the bottom of all human anxieties. The poet paints a picture of these human apprehensions of death in these moving words, "... crazed we come and coarsened we go our wobbling way; there’s a white silence of antiseptics and instruments at both ends, but a babble between and a shame surely. O show us the route of hope ..." (Auden). That is ...

24. Christian Courage

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... ; but many of them would be emptier if the gospel were preached in them." To insure my safety and popularity do I water down the gospel? I know some people who for conscience sake, were arrested and spent a night in jail. They were very fearful and apprehensive. Was this the right thing to do? Will I be forever branded as a law-breaker? What will jail be like? These were some of the fear-producing questions. But the jail experience, for conscience sake, turned out to be much more positive than they expected ...

25. What Do You See?

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Thomas Long

... young mothers and squirming children. The pastor and the man sat down to observe for a few minutes. A nurse appeared at the door and called to one of the children, a little boy, about four years old, who marched bravely toward the nurse, already apprehensively rubbing his arm where he knew he would soon receive an innoculation. A few minutes later the little boy reappeared at the door, now rubbing his pained arm in earnest, poking his lower lip forward, fighting the tears that were pushing out of his eyes ...

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