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1. Missional Discontinuity

Mark 6:30-44, Mark 6:45-56

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... things that makes me healthier, smarter, happier and more productive than those who martyr themselves on the altar of their job.3 Another minister I know who likes vacations nearly as much as I do calls her vacations “missional discontinuity.” We go away, she says, so we can come back. We discontinue so we can continue better. I wonder if Jesus had something like that in mind when he bade his disciples, “Come away to a deserted place by yourselves and rest a while.” News Fatigue I’m something of a ...

2. Melchizedek the Priest

Hebrews 7:1-10, Hebrews 7:11-28

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... necessity”) a change of the law. Thus for all our author’s stress on the continuity between the old and the new and on the nature of Christianity as the fulfillment of the promises to Israel, he also is forced to acknowledge substantial discontinuity between the old and the new. It would have taken great courage on the author’s part to say something so problematic and so contrary to the disposition of his Jewish readers, not to mention the Jewish critics of Christianity who apparently exercised some ...

3. The Legitimacy and Superiority of Christ’s Priesthood

Hebrews 7:11-28, Hebrews 7:1-10

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

4. The “Sad-You-See” Syndrome

Mark 12:18-27

Sermon

Michael Milton

... —no sickness or death, and also a new way of life that does not include some cherished parts of life here. We must not dwell on what we do not know but only on what Jesus reveals. There is continuity and discontinuity in resurrection. Jesus shows just whose argument is really absurd. Jesus goes to the heart of the part of the Scripture the Sadducees believed in (Exodus 3:6) and proved, from that passage, that they did not know the Scripture. Jesus said that in the incident in the burning bush ...

5. The High Priest of a New Covenant

Hebrews 8:1-13

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... internalizing of the law and the reality of the forgiveness of sins in particular are significant for our author’s argumentation, and sections of this same passage are quoted again in 10:16–18. The quotation enables the author to stress the discontinuity between Christianity and the Mosaic law, while at the same time indicating an underlying continuity in God’s purposes. What the author has been describing so well is now shown to have been anticipated within the prophetic Scriptures. 8:7–8a Implicit ...

6. A Converting Presence

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a converting presence, restoring and renewing the distorted and defaced image of God within us. We can rightfully speak about being born again if we understand what we’re talking about. If we understand that the fact that to be a Christian marks a discontinuity between what was and what now is. For to be a Christian is to change. To be different, to be continually converted. And if you have some friends who are fond of calling themselves born again Christians, you can test the reality of that experience ...

7. God and Mammon

Luke 16:16-18, Luke 16:1-15

Teach the Text

R.T. France

... in 16:16. The law and the prophets are being fulfilled in the kingdom of God, but that does not mean that they are dispensable. Matthew 5:17–20 and especially the examples that follow in 5:21–48 tease out the tricky blend of continuity and discontinuity that result from the fulfillment of the Old Testament in the ministry and teaching of Jesus. 16:18 Anyone who divorces his wife. This is the only teaching about divorce in Luke. Matthew 5:31–32 and Matthew 19:3–12 = Mark 10:2–12 fill out ...

8. Additional Teachings

Luke 16:16-18

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... trying hard to enter into the kingdom, or (3) everyone uses violence against the kingdom. The first view has the most to commend it, for the latter two have difficulty explaining the inclusion of the word “everyone.” Verse 16 emphasizes the discontinuity between the law and the kingdom, but verse 17 qualifies that statement. Actually, the preaching of the kingdom does not invalidate a single part of the Old Testament law. The “stroke” here refers to the marks that distinguish Hebrew letters from one ...

9. Meeting Jesus At The Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... are asked to participate or sing hymns; and they do not want sermons dealing with topics like sin, personal ethics, world hunger, or self-sacrifice. In response to such trends, within the past few years one of the larger churches in Evansville discontinued serving communion or baptizing people during regular worship services. They have discovered that people don't want religious rituals that talk about the new birth or the body and blood of Christ; they want a fellowship that will basically affirm who they ...

10. Demonized

Matthew 15:21-28

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... that your daughter is demonized. MRS. KING: Dr. Willis, it's just as difficult for me to communicate with you as it is for you to communicate with me when you don't acknowledge a basic truth. DR. WILLIS: Mrs. King, you are the one who discontinued the treatments. We have seen remarkable improvement sometimes in less than a year. I'm a busy man. I insist that you bring Debbie in to see me and continue treatments and stop this nonsense about demons and being demonized. MRS. KING: You never understood the ...

11. Easter 3

John 21:1-14

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

Gospel Note Chapter 21 stands in such discontinuity with the rest of John's Gospel, in content if not in style, that it is generally regarded as an anticlimactic appendix. The miracle related in verses 4-8 is reminiscent (at least) of the one in Luke 5:1-11 as part of Jesus' earthly ministry. Aside from solidifying ...

12. Proper 15

Luke 12:49-53

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... sources. Unifying them is the urgent and dire apocalyptic tone: the Gospel entails a judgment (the "fire upon the earth" in v. 49) and will bring disruption and division even to families. In short, the sayings point to a radically new reign of God in sharp discontinuity with Luke's own age (if not Jesus'), and offer a corrective to the tendency to make the Gospel a message of "all sweetness and light." Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns When In The Hour Of Deepest Need How Blest Are They Who Hear God's ...

13. Table Manners

Mark 2:18-22, Mark 2:13-17

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... . Jesus told them: "The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast" (Mark 2:19). Something new is happening! That's Jesus' word to the Pharisees. This is a time of discontinuity. The new is incompatible with the old. You can't put the new wine into old wineskins. What Jesus is about, that is, is unprecedented in Israel. It is startling and unique. Sinners are welcome to the table! Such a thing was unheard of! Let's ...

14. God’s Great Final Day

Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... 93,474 crimes are committed in America. This seems to say that 93,474 persons each day put their money in a sock with a big hole in the toe. What they are engaged in cannot win in the end. It is a lost cause. Great Britain has discontinued the number 666 from its license plates because that is the number of the beast, called Satan, in the book of Revelation. People with a license plate carrying that number claim that they have been bedeviled by bad things happening to them. Ronald Reagan had his retirement ...

15. Proper 16

John 6:25-59, John 6:60-71, 1 Kings 8:22-61, Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... are also offended by his claim to have come down from heaven. The crux of the matter is unbelief; some people refuse to believe. Humankind can be separated into two groups, those who believe and those who do not. Some of those who had followed Jesus discontinued their discipleship. Jesus asks the twelve, "Do you also wish to go away?" Peter answers in a manner reminiscent of Caesarea Philippi: "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." Psalm Of The Day Psalm 84 (C) -- "How lovely is ...

16. The Now-ness of Eternity

Zechariah 7:1-14

Sermon

... life. The testimony of martyrs through the ages has been that there are things more important to life than life itself. We may well ask ourselves, too, how we see this life in relationship to the life we anticipate after physical death. Is it continuous or discontinuous? Do we see this present life as a testing, prelude, or qualifying run for the real life to come? Or are we looking upon our day-to-day existence here as an integral part of eternal experience? Seeing eternity as being now, versus viewing it ...

17. A Joyful New Beginning

John 20:1-9

Sermon

... in the hospital. At one point his heart stopped beating altogether, but just as he lost consciousness, his heart was thumped back into action once again by the doctors. At another time when he was relatively clear-headed, Mr. Hook asked his physician to discontinue life-support services, or to show him how to do it himself, so as to relieve the doctor of any moral responsibility. However, the doctor refused. He said that someday Mr. Hook would appreciate how unwise that request made in a state of pain ...

18. Shipwrecked on Malta

Acts 27:1-12, Acts 27:13-26, Acts 27:27-44

Sermon Aid

CSS

... Yom Kippur. It falls ten days after the Jewish New Year, usually in late September or early October. This dating helps explain the predicament of the sailors. In the Mediterranean, sailing on the open sea was regarded as dangerous after mid-September and was discontinued by early November. With a favorable wind and sea, the ship could have gotten from Crete to Rome in three or four weeks, but since it was mid-October and with a northwest gale blowing, the trip would be extremely dangerous. Fair Havens was ...

19. Stuffed Bodies and Skinny Souls!

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... -a-prayer service. Expecting about 300 calls a month, the church budgeted $1,500 to finance the telephone charges. Because of almost 3,000 calls, the telephone costs jumped to $1,200 per week. Due to a lack of funds, the service had to be discontinued. Apparently the hunger for prayer was far greater than the Episcopal church realized. Spiritual hunger of our time is seen also in the religious book sales. In the last five years, thirty-one religious books sold over a million copies each. A rabbi’s recent ...

20. Eternal Echo Of Easter - Part 2

Matthew 28:1-10

Drama

Esther R. Russ

... , raised their fists, and made a great commotion along with the music, thus depicting the incited mob which wanted to crucify Christ. On a heavily accented musical burst, the Narrator screamed "Death!" This was the choir’s cue to scream "Death!" and to discontinue its activity. The music then faded down a musical ladder while the Narrator said, "Pilate tried to run from the evil influence, but as a man of power, weakened by those he rules, he cried out ..." The background music for the processional and ...

21. An Unidentified King

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

I have always sensed there was something strange about the original Palm Sunday celebration in Jerusalem. A huge question mark looms in the background. There is a glaring discontinuity about the whole event. Think about it...A crowd estimated to be between 100,000 and 200,000 lines the roadsides to cheer an itinerant preacher from Nazareth named Jesus; yet they are not really sure why they are cheering. They are not even sure who Jesus is. What if ...

22. Blessed Are The Focused - Father's Day

Proverbs 4:1-27

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... president of the Civitan Club calls and begs you to be chairman of fruitcake sales this year, and reminds you of all the good causes this money supports. The cub scouts are desperate for another leader; unless one is found, a den will have to be discontinued. You just learned at work that a coming retirement will cause some reshuffling. A branch manager's position will open up. Someone who takes on extra projects and shows lots of enthusiasm is going to move up. It could be you. The president of United Way ...

23. Dual Citizenship I - What Do We Owe To Our Country?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... for the first time, by profession of faith. That's good news. The senior class at New Covenant Academy in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, informed their local pizza parlor that they would stop doing business there until the sale of pornograpnic magazines was discontinued. The pizza parlor manager decided that the class's business was more important than the sale of porn. He removed the magazines. That's good news. The Southern Baptist Convention recently repented and apologized to African-Americans for years of ...

24. Take Time To Pray

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... for prayer. Next week we will consider how we should go about the task of prayer. John Sanford in his book THE KINGDOM WITHIN, tells about a well at a farm house where his family spent their summers. Though the well had been a good one they discontinued using it when a community water system was installed. Some years later someone decided to draw some water from the old well. Much to their surprise they discovered that it was dry. That seemed puzzling. It had always provided them with plenty of water in the ...

25. Honestly, Are You Worried about Tomorrow?

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... for itself. CHRISTIANS ARE SATURATED WITH A PEACE THAT OUTLASTS THEIR ANXIETY AND DIFFICULTIES. That is why we will endure until the end of time. Today we started our sermon with a parable of a man who was given advice by another to quit and discontinue his work in life because the mountains were seemingly too large to conquer. We continued this sermon with the story of a blind woman who became an inspiration to a distinguished pastor because she also did not allow the mountain of blindness to prevent her ...

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