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1. Dead Hearts and New Beginnings

John 3:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... who needs that kind of heart transplant? Is there anyone in this room who deep down knows that you need to make a new beginning in life? A story comes out of World War II about a young Canadian soldier--a conscript of the British Royal Air Force--who ... rest of her life. Here is the good news for the Second Sunday in Lent. The Christian faith, at its very heart, is about new beginnings. In our lesson from the book of Genesis, the first book in our Bible, we find God saying to a man named Abram, “Go from ...

2. In The Beginning And The End...God

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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Maxie Dunnam

... a sense of law and beauty and a face turned from the clod some call it evolution; others call it God." But I don't call it evolution and a lot of folks have quit calling it that I call it Creation God's Creation. In the beginning, God God is eternal. In the beginning, God created. We need to rest on that word for a moment, too: God created. Listen to that second verse: "The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God was moving over the face of ...

3. A New Beginning

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

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Mark Ellingsen

... stand related to Him in a new manner since he was created anew in Christ Jesus.[7] People made new in that sense can do what medieval mystic Meister Eckhart once suggested: “Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” Do you feel dead and need a new beginning? There is much to celebrate this day. You have a fresh start thanks to Jesus! It is a matter of looking at life, looking at the people in our lives, like God does. It’s time for you and me to stop being hung up on what looks pleasing, on ...

4. Where Easter Begins

John 20:1-9

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Dean Lueking

... a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. (John 20:1-9) As That Dawn Broke As St. John’s Gospel begins to tell us the greatest news that can ever come to human ears and hearts - "Christ is risen!" - there are details that puzzle us. Mary Magdalene was the first to reach the tomb of Jesus; she arrived before the breaking of the dawn on that first day of the week ...

5. The Beginning And The Ending

Luke 1:1-4; 24:44-53

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J. Will Ormond

... whether they want to read it or not. We are faced with something of the same situation by the lectionary passages chosen for today. They are the first four verses from the Gospel of Luke and the last ten verses of the last chapter. We are asked to consider the beginning and the ending of Luke's gospel. The passages are the preface, Luke 1:1-4, and the summary at the end, Luke 24:44-53. I am sorely tempted to ask the entire congregation to open your Bibles and read the whole Gospel of Luke at one sitting. I ...

6. A New Beginning

Matthew 3:13-17

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King Duncan

... followed by a few of the others who had been waiting for the rain to stop who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. I guess they needed washing, too. Do you need washing? Have you been living up to your baptism? Jesus made a new beginning when he was baptized by John in the Jordan. There was no cause on his part for repentance. But he was starting his public ministry and he wanted to set an example for us. You know how the story ends. “As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out ...

7. Begin With the Blueprints

Deuteronomy 6:1-9

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James Merritt

... but the blueprints for an extreme home makeover come from Heaven. The Bible is God's blue print for an extreme home makeover. The home was God's idea. It is God that made the family the cornerstone of society. All the way back in the very beginning of the human race and the beginning of the Bible we read these words, "The Lord God said, 'It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.' For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife…." (Genesis 2 ...

8. East Of Eden And The City Of Beginning

Genesis 4:1-26

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Maxie Dunnam

... life, a new way -- that's the way Paul put it. "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away, behold the new has come. My prayer is that we will all move from our place East of Eden to that city of New Beginning. Do you remember Father Jenco? He is a Roman Catholic priest who was a hostage in Lebanon. His Christ-like witness, including his forgiveness of and love for his captors, so impressed one of his Muslim guards that he smuggled a Bible to Father Jenco. This same Muslim guard ...

9. The End of The Beginning

Acts 1:1-11, Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... showed bread, wine, and fish. So this fish that Jesus ate before the ascension is a sign that something great is about to happen — and God's people are the ones to do it. Keeping in mind that the same hand wrote the ending of Luke and the beginning of Acts, it's useful to see what is written there. Acts is the second volume of a larger work that began with the gospel of Luke. In the gospel individuals from all walks of life are introduced to the life and ministry of Jesus, who travels throughout ...

10. Let's Take This from the Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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James Merritt

... ’t people make a habit of reading the Bible? Another survey was taken of over 5 million students from around the United States and they were asked why they didn’t read their Bible. The top 3 reason were: I don’t understand it and don’t know where to begin I don’t see its relevance I don’t know how to find things I have found in my own experience constantly people saying, “I don’t read the Bible, because I just don’t know how to read it and I don’t understand it.” Why is the Bible ...

11. New Beginnings

John 1:1-18

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King Duncan

... of paper and bring them to the altar and watch them go up in smoke. That might be very therapeutic for some of us as we begin a new year. But our text for the day from the prologue to the Gospel of John puts the emphasis not on our past, but on ... received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God . . .” Isn’t what you really want as you begin this New Year to know deep in your heart that you can be more than you are today that you have a right to become a child ...

12. The Beginning of the Story

Mark 1:1-8

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Maxie Dunnam

... not use it in his Gospel, and used it only twice in his Acts of the Apostles. Mathew used it four times, John never used it, and Mark used it only eight times. Yet, it is a key word and Paul made it a staple expression in his vocabulary. “The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” Mark said. And when it came time for Paul to preach it, he encapsulated it for the Corinthians. “Let me remind you,” he said to them in I Corinthians 15: 1, “In what terms I preached to you the Gospel ...

13. A New Beginning

Isaiah 65:17-25

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R. Kevin Mohr

... are all held by God, and from God's perspective are not isolated events in time but are part of a whole with a plan and a purpose. So, while the tone of the message is apocalyptic and futuristic, the promised future echoes the purity of God's beginning for the world, and the message is meant for the here and now, real-life situation of God's people in the present. God's new creation begins now and is expressed in down-to-earth images that are familiar: Jerusalem, agriculture, work, and birth. The ...

14. The End is a New Beginning

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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... it lay before him as he viewed it from Mount Nebo. How long he had to assess it and envision what the life of the people might be in this land "flowing with milk and honey" will never be known. He surely saw it as the land of a new beginning, a chance to start over again and become a mighty nation, totally different than other nations in their fidelity to the Lord and, therefore, pleasing to God. Could it be that the sight of this land evoked memories of the Garden, which God had given to Adam and Eve so ...

15. Every Kiss Begins with K

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... in their own lives. Have you noticed how the #1 jeweler in North America bombards our tv this time of year with ads. Try watching any football game without a commercial for Kaye Jewelers. And you all know the slogan: “Every Kiss Begins with K” Every birthing gift does begin with “K” . . . when your gift kisses the birth of Christ’s presence in someone’s life, when your gift truly celebrates the newborn baby, when you kiss the King. Instead of “kissing the bull” this year, what if we were to ...

16. A Joyful New Beginning

John 20:1-9

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... a "happily ever after" ending to God's story in Jesus Christ. The risen Lord himself calls us to live in his joy now and forever. That is what it means to participate in the joy of eternal life. Easter Day presents us with an opportunity for a joyful new beginning which can enable us to make sense out of our past and to hope for the future. The greater message is that we can experience the power of the risen Christ here and now. This is the reason why we are here dressed in our newest and best clothing this ...

17. In The Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Robert Allen

... see when he wrote, "... I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained ..." (Psalm 8). When we look at this universe in all of its magnitude and the atom in all of its infinitesimal perfection, we begin to grasp the greatness and orderliness of God in creation. I was fascinated a while back because something very small, yet very significant took place. A computer system that is so precise and so accurate that it would take 300 years to be two-fifths of ...

18. Life Begins at Thirty-Eight

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... of all of us when stress threatens to overwhelm us, and the most important thing any of us can do is to “go home, go to bed, and turn the electric blanket up to mother.’” But we must beware of making such an escape a way of life. When it begins to interfere with our functioning, then it becomes bad. Evidently something like this was the case with the man by the pool.when he met Jesus later in the Temple, Jesus is reported to have told him, “See, you have been made well! Do not sin any more, so that ...

19. Letting Go and New Beginnings

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... the woman's accusers, forcing them to scatter. But in the end Jesus tells her, "Go your way, and from now on do not sin again." The woman could only start again by dropping the baggage of her past life and moving in a new direction. The uncertainty of new beginnings, fresh starts in life, raises fear among many people. We cling to the past as a source of strength. It might not be all we want it to be, but what we have we know. Our sense of security is lost if we move out from our level of comfortableness ...

20. It All Begins with Prayer

1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sermon

Clayton A. Lord

... caught up in gangs and the like. Somehow, through no real choice of his own, he was steered away from that. He was telling us that the prayers of this righteous woman saved his life. So you do not know whose life you may be saving when you begin praying for the people you meet. Paul makes specific mention to pray for kings and those in authority. In his day, the emperor was accusing Christians of acts of sedition and ordering them killed. Nonetheless, Paul told Timothy to pray for them. It makes a lot of ...

21. The Journey Begins

Luke 5:1-11

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James Merritt

... in the very first command He ever gave to anyone. It is found in two words: “Follow Me.” Those two words are the foundation of living a purpose-filled life with eternal consequences. Life is a journey and someone has said that the journey of a 1,000 miles begins with the first step. [Turn to Luke 5]. We are going to read the story of how Jesus called His first followers, but keep in mind you are not just reading a story about them. You are reading a story about you. The steps they took are the steps we ...

22. In The Beginning God

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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William L. Self

... a voice came from heaven: "You are my son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased" (Mark 1:10-11). This Sunday we are reminded of the baptism of Jesus. Granted, that theme is secondary in the creation story, yet it is appropriate that at the beginning of the year we recognize its implications in our lives. It is a way of renewing our vows at this Epiphany season. Too often baptism is a rite for small children and is a good excuse for families to get together. The trivialization of this profound moment robs ...

23. In The Beginning

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... someone with that kind of background, someonewho has as good or better a background than yourself? Youtell the story as story and try to let its implicationspreach themselves in the mind of the listeners. It's hardnot to preach, though! Genesis 1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and theearth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness wasupon the face of the deep...." It was Sunday when everything began. Everything seemsto fall apart on Sundays. Sure, it's nice to not have to goto work, but ...

24. Day One: a New Beginning

Genesis 1:1-5

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Schuyler Rhodes

... we begun this new partnership that we have with God in Jesus Christ? How have we begun to move into the rhythms and the music of the grace that flows our way in this moment? How have we begun our journey of faith? Friends, let us begin to address this together. Let us begin to ask ourselves where in our lives do we find the formless voids that require God's love and attention through us? Think of it. Pray with me if you will! Are there young people in our community who could benefit from a guiding hand? Are ...

25. A New Beginning for Everyone

Exodus 35:4-29

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James Merritt

... affirmative vote to proceed with the North work on the part of the church, but with the understanding that from the beginning that both entities will have to be totally separate, there is now a need to move forward with the incorporation of ... Habits of Highly Effective People, said, "One of the habits that an effective person should have is the ability to "see the end from the beginning." Well let's fast-forward a year from now, or two or even three, I want to ask two questions: First of all, what will ...

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