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Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and your identity as “sent ones.” Which is why we take nothing but the bare essentials of a back-pack with us. We travel light. Cargo space gives elbow room for the Great Confuser, “Diabolos,” to work. We travel light with nothing to declare but Jesus Christ. “Well, I declare.” Which line will you take? COMMENTARY Jesus first sent out his twelve disciples on a mission to proclaim the kingdom and heal with the King’s own power and authority (9:1-6). Next Jesus sent out an unspecified number of ...

2. A Dreadful Declaration

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

George Bass

... I know how." He begins to remove his vestments, and says, as he takes off his stole, "... I haven’t really been a very good priest to you." When he removes his alb, and puts it, too, on the pulpit with the other vestments, he declares, "From here - I can’t really see your faces. I need to get back to the street corner." With that he leaves the pulpit and, before the people, is on the "street corner" once more and addresses his congregation, informing them that Mark Dolson has been expelled by Monsignor ...

3. Declaration Of Freedom

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

It was in the newspaper back in the mid-1950's, during the height of the civil rights movement. An unforgettable picture, which captured not only the emotion of one man, but the deep sense of freedom and joy and release and affirmation of a whole race. A black man, who must have been over 100 years old, was being carried on the shoulders of a group of young men. They were taking him up the steps of a courthouse in a Southern town to register to vote. The caption beneath the picture said he was born a slave ...

4. God’s Ultimate Concern

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... . God is like the teacher who passes out the syllabus on the first day of the semester, spelling out with great clarity, when each assignment is due, all of the material to be covered, and the dates of every exam. Then there is no excuse for any student to declare that he/she did not know. God has given to us 10 commandments to guide our lives, to help live in right relationship with the world and with God. We should know that God’s ultimate concern is our salvation. Every act of discipline is an act of ...

5. Independence Day - The Mission of the Mighty

John 8:31-41

Sermon

... radical, much too radical. Some said it was silly idealism. Quite a few said that it was probably written by some communist. Others thought it was the work of some counterculture group. They were only 13 out of 122 people who recognized it as part of the Declaration of Independence. All right. We are free people. Well, goody for us! Let us remember the real source of our freedom: “If the Son makes you free -- IF THE SON MAKES YOU FREE -- then you will be free, indeed.” On July 4th, let us be able to ...

6. Holy Unto The Lord

Exodus 19:1-25

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... .” Once again, the Old Testament and the New Testament come together in harmony as Peter quotes Leviticus 11:44(b), 45(b). God is declaring the mandate to live holy lives. God, the holy one, is the supreme example of what it means to be holy. Therefore, we are called ... king of baseball for many years. Then history produced a Hank Aaron who was to break the record that many had declared was unbreakable. Babe Ruth’s record had been tied by Hank and then in Atlanta, Fulton County Stadium, this young upstart ...

7. A Chosen People

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... That means that, in his community, he is free to speak in Muslim mosques. And he takes the opportunity to tell his neighbors about Jesus. Neighbors who previously rejected his message are now coming to Christ because they have been moved by Silas’ servant attitude. (3) How do we declare God’s praise? Here it is. We show the love of Jesus. But there’s one thing more that needs to be said. ONCE GOD HAS PLACED HIS HAND ON YOU, HE DOES NOT LET GO. That’s the other side of being chosen by God. It is very ...

8. Making Your Life Count

1 Timothy 2:5-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... .” (2) That’s true. God’s job is to love us. Why? Because in 1 John 4:8 we are told that “God is love.” That’s His very nature. He is intimately involved with His world and in the lives of each of His children. “There is one God,” declares St. Paul. Then he adds, “And there is but one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ, who gave himself a ransom for all . . .” We have moved now from the universal to the specific. Our Muslim friends ...

9. The Good, The Bad, And The Justified

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... ? Because they are ungodly? No! God hates their ungodliness. Then why does he justify them? Because they trust in him for their justification, and that is the right or righteous thing to do. To throw oneself on the mercy of God is the right thing to do and God declares us righteous when we do it. That is the meaning of having faith or believing -- having faith in God, believing that God will act like God and have mercy on us. The problem most of us have is that we don't act like God, and therefore, we are ...

10. Nothing Is Impossible

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... sea on dry land. God just works that way… all night long. So the theology of possibility is grounded in the fact that when faced with a no win situation, when the reality of life finds us on a dead-end street with no way to turn, when the world declares that there is no possible way out, when defeat appears imminent, and when the world has already given up on us, don’t despair and please don’t give up because God is not through with us. Our God will see us through. All things are possible if we only ...

11. All Is Different Now

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ” was completely different, even upside down. Or right-side up. Instead of congratulating John on protecting the sanctity and exclusivity of discipleship, Jesus opens the door to any and all who do a “deed of power” in his name. He then goes even further and declares that just an insignificant act of kindness — giving out a cup of cold water — if done in his name, was enough to make the giver a disciple, one who could share in the “reward” of the kingdom of God. It is perhaps unfair to judge ...

12. Revealed Glory

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... , ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ… (2 Corinthians 4:6 NIV).” Then again, the gospel writer John offers a powerful recitation in declaring, “The Word became, flesh and lived for a while among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth… (John 1:14 NIV).” So, then, in New Testament thought there is consistency ...

13. The Priesthood Of All Believers

Exodus 19:1-25

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... constitutes a priest? How can I know whether I am a priest? The Bible dictionary informs us that, “The New Testament word for ‘priest’ is related to a word meaning ‘holy,’ and indicates one who is consecrated to and engaged in holy matters.” It further declares that, “The Hebrew word for priest is of uncertain origin, but seems originally to have meant a ‘seer,’ as well as one who has to do with divine things.” There was a local pastor who had a sign on the outside of the office door ...

14. It Is Really Something New by Dr. Frank Bateman Stanger

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... in spirit and in truth. The second area that Paul points out may be spoken of as the vertical dimensions of faith and worship. Persons must be rightly related to God. In his sermon Paul clearly announces God’s call to repentance. "The time has come," he declared, "for men everywhere to repent; to turn from idols; to turn from sin; to turn to the living God." More than that, he reminds them that God has appointed a day of judgment. Here are the ethical implications of the faith, the call to repentance now ...

15. I Believe In God The Father Almighty

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... thought that all cultures, past and present, have believed in some kind of god. So, what’s so radical about that?” Well, that’s true. But in those first four words of the Creed, we are saying much more than just that we believe God exists. We are declaring that he is the central truth around which our lives revolve. He is our Sovereign, our supreme commander. Notice that we say, “I believe in God” rather than “I know that there is a God.” What we believe is based on faith, but what we know is ...

16. Because He Lives

1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... of by his crucifiers, not his followers. When confronted by that kind of heresy, it is vital that we stand firm for the resurrection. Without the bodily resurrection of Jesus, there would be no church, no New Testament, no hope. The linchpin of orthodoxy is to declare, "On the third day Jesus literally arose from that tomb. And because He lives, I am confident that I will live again after death." To deny that is heresy. Here is a second truth from the scripture: IF OUR FAITH IS FOCUSED ON THIS WORLD ONLY ...

17. How Can We Meet Grief?

2 Samuel 18:19--19:8

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... his grief: "Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o’er-fraught heart and bids it break" (IV, 3, 209). Remember that memorable scene in John’s account of the Gospel. As Christ stood at the tomb of Lazarus, his friend, he declared his grief by crying. Such an outward expression of grief by Christ contradicts the advice of some misguided parents who tell their sons, "Big boys don’t cry." A psychologist has stated that some boys at age ten have been so conditioned by their parents ...

18. The Only One Who Is Number One

Exodus 20:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... ; 10:30) If you want to know God, get to know Jesus; if you want to come to God, come to Jesus; if you want to love God, love Jesus; because Jesus is God. That's why the existence of God is not debated, discussed, or deliberated; it is simply declared. Because the world is God's physical revelation, the Word is God's biblical revelation, the Son is God's personal revelation. II. God's Definite Reality What has God revealed? "I am the Lord your God." (v.2) God is the maker of all reality, and the measure of ...

19. Due for Renewal

Mark 2:13-22

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... . You aren't going to like it, but we will learn it anyway." Then after you have sung it through, the members of the congregation will take advantage of the opportunity to say, "I did like it; see, our pastor is wrong again!" Sir Francis Bacon once declared, "It is singularly amazing how long the rotten can hold together." People cling to false hopes, go through empty rituals, and celebrate the past to such an extent that often it has no bearing on the present. There comes a time when the old is no longer ...

20. The Temple of Doom and the Bridegroom

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... or “Tell him to go to the synagogue.” Never once did Jesus say, “Tell her to go to see the priests.” Not once “Tell him to go see the rabbis.” No, Jesus said over and over again, “Bring him to me.” “Bring her to me.” Jesus declared himself living water in the context of literal water. Jesus called himself the Temple in the context of the literal Temple. He himself fulfills those expectations in his own person and work. He is the new manna, no need to look for actual bread. He is the new ...

21. The Scope Of The Spirit

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... is weak, but because Israel has been unfaithful to the covenant of Yahweh." This is a remarkable moment in Old Testament history. Second Isaiah, who is a contemporary of Jeremiah, is the first Old Testament writer to insist that there is one God who rules the entire world. God declares, "I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God" (Isaiah 45:5). The Scope Of The Spirit Do you see the scope of the Spirit here? The Spirit of God is active even in the lives of people and nations who have ...

22. Jesus Replaced Someone At Calvary

Mark 15:1-15

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... as the sole hostage in exchange for the passengers and crew. That is the truth of atonement. Repeat after me that wonderful atonement truth from First John: “God loved us and sent His son…as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” The heart of the Christian faith is the declaration that the Son of God died in our place. How can you be sure that you are a Christian, that you have been saved, that you are on the way to heaven? Do you admit that you have a sin problem that you cannot fix by yourself? Do you ...

23. Our Inclusive Christ

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... our forefathers. But there are two things we can and should do: guarantee every citizen basic health care and enough education to be a social asset. What possible excuse could we offer to God one day for not doing these things? Finally, Paul declared, In Christ There Is Neither Jew Nor Greek. This referred to the seething racial division that still exists in the Middle East. You will remember from biblical history that Jews were not even supposed to walk through Samaria because of the racial hatred between ...

24. Worthy Is The Lamb

1 Timothy 2:1-15

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... s help will change anything in order to keep that relationship going and growing. Can't we assure all persons that they are welcome here regardless of lifestyle or socio-economic status or race? The Gospel is for everybody. The second message I am privileged to declare is this: Salvation Was Purchased by the Blood of Jesus Christ, The Lamb of God. In the Revelation text is this description of the Lamb of God In verse 9: "You were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God saints from every tribe and ...

25. God of Wrath and Grace

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... avoid the subject of God’s wrath. John Wesley’s original invitation to membership in Methodism was simple: “Come all who wish to flee the wrath to come.” Of course, if we minimize one side of God’s character, our witness is whop-sided, and we do not declare the full counsel of God. St. Paul in Romans 11:22 urged us to “Note then the kindness and severity of God.” Somewhere I heard about an indulgent mother who was trying to get her 5 year old to come to supper. She went out into the back ...

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