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1. Carry On for Christ

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Bill Hybels

... father's screams, ran to help him. He held him in his arms as blood poured out onto the floor of the hut. Three days later, his father died. On his deathbed he said to his son, "Please tell that man that he is forgiven. Care for your mother and carry on this ministry. Do whatever it takes to win people to Christ." Carrying out Christ's mission requires courage, love, and the ability to ...

2. Hope to Carry On

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Lee Griess

It is perhaps one of the most compelling narratives in all of the scriptures. So fascinating is this scene, in fact, that the gospel writer Luke includes it in detail near the end of his gospel writing. It is a story known well and beloved in the church — the story of two disciples walking down a dusty road to the village of Emmaus, the evening of that first Easter day. Their talk centers around the crucified, dead Jesus. Their words come out slowly, almost painfully, as they trudge their way along, their ...

3. The Problem With Giving Up Chocolates

Mark 8:34-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... to vote in local elections, a move that brought her to the attention of the illustrious Susan B. Anthony. Anthony spent most of her life agitating for women's rights, but she was reaching her senior years, and now she needed an apprentice who would carry on her work. Carrie Chapman Catt had just the courage, dedication, and intelligence to do it. Not long after Carrie met Susan B. Anthony, something happened in Carrie's life to steel her resolve even more. Her husband died suddenly, and Carrie was forced to ...

4. False Teachers and Their Destruction

2 Peter 2:1-22

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... to lure believers into immoral revelry, into “having a good time.” They are advancing destructive heresies, aimed at making believers deviate from the way of truth. And, as in the case of Balaam of old, who loved the wages of wickedness, they too are carrying on their pernicious teaching for financial reward, presumably by charging for it. 2:16 Balaam was recognized in early times as a notorious example of one who was privileged to be a prophet of God, and yet went off the rails because he harbored the ...

5. In Pursuit Of The Promise

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... , Jesus was leaving. The disciples had been there from the beginning and still they understood so little about Jesus' ministry and the ways of the kingdom. Now people would be looking to them to carry on in the ways of Jesus. Expectations would be high. Disappointment was all but inevitable for anyone who tried to carry on in Jesus' footsteps. What to do? In Luke's writing, the emphasis is clearly on the need to draw power from God. The Church could only succeed without Jesus' physical presence if it went ...

6. The Significance Of An Insignificant Man

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Erskine White

... cannot change. But we can decide how we will respond to our burdens. We can grow bitter and curse God or the fates for thrusting these injustices upon us, or we can accept our crosses as part of the fabric of life, and find through Christ the strength to carry on. One is a defeat while the other is a victory over the circumstances of life. Earlier, when I was telling you Simon's story, you remember how I said that when Simon picked up Jesus' cross, he was closer to our Lord than anyone else on earth. Simon ...

7. Simon of Cyrene - Reluctant Reliever or Submissive Servant?

Mark 15:21-32

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Carl E. Zahrte

... with all my heart that Jesus was the Christ, the long-awaited Savior. Is that what you believe? I surely pray that you do! But what does it mean to you? Have you shared that good news with anyone else? Have you been willing to bear some burden, or carry on in some difficult task, because you know that for Jesus’ sake, God will never forsake you? Do your children see your faith at work in the way you live and in the sacrifices you make for Jesus? I thank my God in heaven that I could share my faith ...

8. Dealing with the Hard Moments of the Journey

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... to fight when everything''s right, And you''re mad with the thrill and the glory . . . It's a different song when everything''s wrong, When you''re feeling infernally mortal; when it''s ten against one, and hope there is none, Buck up, little soldier, and chortle: CARRY ON! CARRY ON! And so in the strife of the battle of life, It's easy to fight when you''re winning; It's easy to slave, and starve, and be brave, When the dawn of success is beginning. But the man who can meet despair and defeat With a cheer ...

9. God Doesn’t Take Vacations

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... seem to have a “Jehovah Complex.” That is, they have the absurd notion that if they do not do something, it will never get done. I have a hunch that once in a while each of us needs to resign as Chairman of the Universe, and allow God to carry on his work while we rest. The story is told about the eccentric Methodist Bishop Quayle, who sat up worrying about a problem one night. In the middle of the night, so the story goes, the voice of God came to him: “Quayle, you go to bed and get some rest ...

10. For Future Generations

Psalm 22:1-31

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... be plans that sit on the shelf in the blueprint stages. Life is too short to do all that we want to do. But we’re on a journey. We’re on an expedition. In Hebrews 11, it’s called a pilgrimage. And we hope that the next generation will carry on where we’ve left off and will move further down the road toward the kingdom of God. (2) David writes about the struggles of his life in the early verses of Psalm 22. And here he hopes that those struggles will give some direction to his children. He hopes that ...

11. The Time Is Now!

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... emotion run ahead of intellect. We want our medical doctors to be able to confront the most remarkable experiences and stay calm; to analyze, decide the best course of action, and prescribe whatever it takes to get the patient well again. Above all else, "Keep calm and carry on." That is, do not let the moment possess you. Yet there was one moment in the life of Jesus that so impressed Luke that he could not stay calm. He had to tell it. In fact, it so impressed the physician-follower that he wrote about it ...

12. The Ten Commandments

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... ’ own death: God will raise up “a prophet like Moses.” This promise is then specifically linked to the people’s request and God’s answer at Horeb, precisely as recorded here (18:16f.). Thus God’s intention to continue a line of prophets who will carry on Moses’ role as spokespersons for God is grounded in the people’s own desire to have it so. Their commitment to hear and obey God’s word through Moses is likewise carried forward as an ongoing commitment to hear and obey it as delivered by ...

13. Acres of Diamonds

1 Timothy 6:10

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Russell Conwell

... . Greatness is always just so modest and great inventions are simple. I asked a class in school once who were the great inventors, and a little girl popped up and said, "Columbus." Well, now, she was not so far wrong. Columbus bought a farm and he carried on that farm just as I carried on my father's farm. He took a hoe and went out and sat down on a rock. But Columbus, as he sat upon that shore and looked out upon the ocean, noticed that the ships, as they sailed away, sank deeper into the sea the farther ...

14. Lean on Me

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... to understand the story that comes before the verses we are dealing with. The preceding conversation is about the eschatological, or end, times. Jesus is speaking about the coming of the kingdom. He tells them they will need to live life without him, but they must carry on the work of the kingdom, regardless of his absence. The days would come when they would wish for his coming, and Jesus warned them not to be influenced by false stories and rumors. We all know how easy it is to be led astray. Sometimes ...

15. Looking Ahead with Hope

John 1:43-51

Sermon

... People avoided it diligently, lest they be contaminated by it. It was this city from which Jesus came. No wonder the crowds asked, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" II Many good things came out of Nazareth. The prophet, Elijah, made Nazareth his home and carried on his great work from there. Jonah went out from Nazareth to challenge the entire world to a new missionary zeal. A young woman bearing a child walked sixty miles from her home in Nazareth to the village of Bethlehem. She lay on a bed in a ...

16. Will the Real Christian Please Stand Up?

Acts 11:26

Sermon

James Merritt

... found to disgrace the army, they would take his sword away from him and break the blade, because the sword is the mark of being an officer and a gentleman. But giving up your sword was the ultimate act of total surrender. That is why this story carries on added meaning. Lord Nelson, the British Admiral, after a notable victory over the French, had the French Admiral to come to surrender. Well, the French Admiral came up to him somewhat with a smile, a smirk, his sword dangling by his side. As he walked onto ...

17. Worry Not

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... , “And that’s the way it is with stress management. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won’t be able to carry on. As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we’re refreshed, we can carry on with the burden. “So, before you return home tonight,” said the lecturer, “put the burden of work down. Don’t carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you’re ...

18. This Spirit Is Not Spooky

John 14:15-21

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... he must be the boss who was there to make sure the others did their work. However, they learned that he was not the boss. The man with no bundle had a particular job. He was there should someone carrying a bundle become overloaded and be unable to carry on. The man with no bundle would step in and pick up that weak man's load and help him carry it. This porter was known in the Karre language as "the one who shares the load beside us." Suddenly, those translators had their word for parakletos. That is ...

19. God Is Like A Mother

Isaiah 66:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. How very human, and how very descriptive and picturesque is this scripture. In verse 12, Isaiah says: "And you shall suck." Is there a more characteristic picture of love than a mother tenderly nursing her child? "And you shall be carried on her hip," Isaiah says. In my travels over the world, I've seen children carried by mothers in all sorts of ways. But the most common way is this one Isaiah knew -- the mother carrying her baby on her hip. I have felt for a long ...

20. When You're Overwhelmed

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... it becomes. “And that’s the way it is with stress,” he said. “If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won’t be able to carry on. You have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we’re refreshed, we can carry on with the burden. So, before you return home tonight,” he continued, “put the burden of work down. Don’t carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you’re carrying now, let them ...

21. Time and Stewardship

Sermon

Larry Powell

... tradition, others were continually being produced by ambitious rabbis. The list of prohibitions was exhaustive. Ploughing and reaping were disallowed on the Sabbath (Exodus 34:21), as was pressing wines and canning goods (Nehemiah 13:15), bearing burdens (Jeremiah 27:21), carrying on trade (Amos 16:26), gathering wood (Numbers 15:32), and kindling fire for the purpose of boiling or baking (Numbers 35:3). There were even rules prescribing the kinds of knots which one might tie on the Sabbath: It was unlawful ...

22. The Day of the Lord

2 Peter 3:1-18

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... for they themselves are thereby led astray from the right road to God. It is noteworthy that Peter puts Paul’s letters on a par with the other Scriptures, i.e., the Old Testament. It was the practice in the early church from the beginning to carry on the Jewish synagogue custom of reading two passages, one from the Pentateuch and one from the Prophets, but then to add a reading from an apostolic writing (Col. 4:16). Although at first sight this may seem surprising to the modern reader, the explanation is ...

23. Paul, Phoebe, Patronage, and Spain

Romans 16:1-27

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... certainly is a powerful description of how the Word of God operates on us when we know it. Quote: Michel de Montaigne. A highly influential Renaissance essayist, Montaigne (1533–92) wrote, “To hunt after truth is properly our business, and we are inexcusable if we carry on the chase impertinently and ill; to fail of catching it is another thing, for we are born to inquire after truth: it belongs to a greater power to possess it; it is not, as Democritus said, hid in the bottom of the deeps, but rather ...

24. A Powerful Testimony

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... have asked this question at this particular time because he was nearing the time of persecution. He knew he didn't have much more time left with his disciples. He needed to know that he had communicated the essentials to them, that they would be able to carry on his work without him. He needed to know that they believed in him. EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS IN OUR CHRISTIAN FAITH IS WRAPPED UP IN THIS ONE QUESTION: WHO DO YOU SAY THAT JESUS IS? Christian faith is not a philosophy about the nature of the universe ...

25. Born One Of Us

Drama

... play is preceded by three persons reading paraphrased portions of scripture (chapters and verses indicated) concerning Bethlehem. These readings should be read dramatically. The readers may sit in side or front pews. A music stand may be placed beside each one to be carried on and off for the readings. A litany, for leaders and congregation, is included and may be used after the play. If there is to be a candlelight service, the Christmas candle may be placed on a table, up center stage, or at a convenient ...

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