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1. Freed From Fear

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... the city even began to fluoridate. Fear is our enemy. It distorts reality. While it may serve a useful function in isolated circumstances, when it becomes a pervasive influence in our lives, it is destructive. So then, what is the cure? How can we be freed from the curse of fear? Well, WE CAN BEGIN WITH A COMMITMENT TO BOLDNESS. Let us first acknowledge that fear is the opposite of faith. "For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear. . ." Fear is a spiritual problem. Consider, for example ...

2. The Cry Of Freedom

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... that are needed? What is the role of freedom here? What does it mean to be a Christian on the soil of these United States of America? Where does loyalty to one begin and loyalty to the other end? What does freedom mean in this context? Are we freed only to burn flags? In our reading from the Gospel of Saint Matthew, Jesus Christ appeals to his followers to render unto Caesar that which was Caesar's and unto God that which was God's. It was an appeal for the right relationship between a Christian citizen ...

3. When the Doctors Can't Help You

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... free. He speaks to her. "Daughter," he says. This is the only time recorded in the Scriptures that he ever used this term "daughter." "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering." "Be freed from your suffering." Be freed physically. Be freed socially. Be freed spiritually. Be freed! What a beautiful and important story. There is someone in this room today who is feeling hopeless about some situation in your life. Maybe you’ve kept it a secret from your family, even ...

4. Called To Serve

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

... God has created you to be, without having to be the best at everything you do. As a child of God you don't need to judge others in order to make yourself look good. You are already precious to God. God loves you. As children of God, we are freed from judging others. Our only responsibility is to plant the seeds of faith, to invite people to join the fellowship of God's community, and to serve those in need. God will take care of making those seeds of faith grow. God will take care of the response to his ...

5. Take Off The Grave Clothes!

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... from the burdens which bind and obliterate the last vestiges of light and life in us! Taking off the grave clothes was just as important in Lazarus' new life of freedom as the act of being raised itself. You see many people are freed, liberated, saved, unbound, resurrected, emancipated from being spiritually dead to being fully alive, but they still have on their grave clothes. So long as they have them on they can never be truly set free. Our resurrection must be succeeded by a final unraveling of those ...

6. Here They Come, Singing

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... our blood pressure one point? On the contrary, here is the most exciting news that earth has ever heard. God has rescued us through Christ from an eternity in hell to an eternity in heaven. We who were on death row because of our disobedience toward God have been freed by undeserved grace to live within his everlasting hug of love. We are the apple of his eye. We are the dearest thing to him that he has created. He even gave up his only Son to bring us back to him. Let the decibels rise. Let congregational ...

7. Surprise!

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... that God is a god of freedom, not bondage. When Jesus walked this earth, He rebuked the power structures that oppressed people. And Jesus made it a regular practice to set people free. He freed sick people of their diseases. He freed disabled people from their handicaps. He freed sinners from the burden of their sins. He freed demon-possessed people from their torment. He broke the chains of fear, confusion, and anxiety in the lives of the people he touched. Our God is a God of freedom. And He can free ...

8. Good News about Christ

Revelation 1:4-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... this day, leave it at Christ’s feet. This is what we believe: Christ is God incarnate. He is not our condemner, but our Savior. But there is one thing more to be said. Listen to the rest of that verse from Revelation: “To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father to him be glory and power forever and ever! Amen.” Christ has called us to be a “kingdom” and “priests to serve his God and Father.” What ...

9. The Banquet Bowl

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... , like Conrad, will finally obey us, but he says that we should rather be glad because our names are written in heaven. Because we are first God's friends." James told Micah that this had happened to others too at the Banquet Bowl. James said that Jesus' words freed a few more disciples at every banquet and that it was only a matter of time and the entire world would be included in the Lord's kingdom banquet net. Thus for Conrad, his upcoming win would only be a Pyrrhic victory. But for Micah, even bringing ...

10. Who Is This?

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

... precious name we pray. Amen. We have sung together "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?" The words of this old and familiar hymn give us reason to pause and consider the meaning of Christ's sacrifice for us as he gave his all so that we may be freed from the sin and guilt that plague our lives and keep us from being all that we can be. But the truth of the matter is that no, we were not there when they crucified our Lord. We were not there to witness people lining the streets, waving palms, laying ...

11. Discerning the Way of God

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... this day, that you shall perish." "Therefore choose life," he admonishes. A variety of paths and options will present themselves to this newly freed nation of God’s people, and they must choose a path to set their foot on. Moses sets before them in his ... Land. Now they must go their way without Moses, but he presses on them the need to continue following the hand of him who had freed them from their slavery and given to them the land that lay before them. To follow the word that had been given them was to ...

12. Being Set Free

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... be aimed at pleasing everyone - doing what others do and want - worrying about what other people say or don’t say. When we are freed as one of Christ’s disciples, we don’t worry about what other people will think, and we concentrate on what God thinks. Mark ... disciples is to free us from that terrible load of guilt - to lift off the weight and to be free of those sins. We can be freed to be the person that God intended us to be. Put this up on your billboard of life: "We can break the slavery of sin." " ...

13. Wouldn't You Prefer Real Freedom?

John 8:31-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... bad. Our founding fathers and mothers came to this land to be free from political and religious oppression. Nothing wrong with that. Many churches celebrate today as Reformation Sunday recognizing that time in history when Martin Luther set into play forces that freed many Christians from a church rife with corruption. "Freedom from . . ." can be a necessary and noble pursuit. Did you read this past summer about Chelsey Thomas, the little girl who was born without the ability to grin? The Palmdale, CA, girl ...

14. Freedom Song

Galatians 6:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... herself kept going, risking her life to lead thousands of slaves to freedom. The March 1997 issue of EBONY magazine contains a telling quote from Ms. Tubman. She once said, "I freed thousands of slaves. I could have freed thousands more, if they had known they were slaves." (4) Did you hear that? She could have freed thousands more, "IF THEY HAD KNOWN THEY WERE SLAVES." There are people who are slaves and don't even know it slaves to dangerous and disgusting habits, slaves to dehumanizing and degrading ...

15. Christ The King

Revelation 1:1-3

Sermon

King Duncan

... seven churches that were in Asia: "Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come . . . and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen." Today on this Christ the King Sunday we celebrate all that Christ means to us, and to his followers all ...

16. When Nothing Is Everything

Mark 12:35-40

Sermon

Cathy A. Ammlung

... and redemption of flawed, broken, sinful human beings who can no more entrust themselves to God by their own power than they can do brain surgery on themselves. Luther put it well: "At great cost [Jesus] has saved and redeemed me, a lost and condemned person. He has freed me from sin, death, and the power of the devil -- not with silver and gold but with his holy and precious blood and his innocent suffering and death. All this he has done that I may be his own, live under him in his kingdom, and serve him ...

17. An Unpopular Preacher

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... And we give to God with no strings attached. We don’t give, because we expect interest on our investment. The good news of Jesus is that the life that we were created for is a life that is freed from self-preoccupation and self-absorption, what the Bible calls sin. Freed from sin, we are freed to love with the love Jesus shows us. We are saved for life in what Jesus called “the kingdom of God.” That kingdom does not guarantee material prosperity or worldly success. In fact, in his Sermon on the Mount ...

18. Welcome, Rich and Poor

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... the Hebrews about the false gods they worshiped. Jesus went about telling parables that burst the bubble of many misconceptions people had about life. In the story of the rich man and Lazarus there are at least three illusions. Jesus exposed them and freed people from the demonic power of their false ideas about riches and happiness, heaven and hell, and the Word of God. While Jesus often uses illustrations of rich landowners, wealthy hosts at banquets, and powerful lords of servants as stand-ins for God ...

19. Is the Doctor in Today?

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’ garment, because she thinks, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” What magnificent faith! Mark tells us that immediately after touching his cloak she gets her wish--her bleeding stops and she feels in her body that she has been freed from her suffering. At this point, something interesting happens. Mark says Jesus realizes that power has gone out from him. He turns around as the crowd presses against him and asks, “Who touched my clothes?” “You see the people crowding against you ...

20. Jubilaeum

Genesis 1:1-2:3, Genesis 2:4-25, Leviticus 25:8-55, Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... peace that lies in that kind of true forgiveness. You are missionaries of mercy. You are God’s beloved. Come now. Come to the altar to pray. Or join hands in circles. Or kneel at your place. Pray out loud or pay silently. But pray in joy. For you are freed from all that binds you. You are free from the fetters of anger and sorrow. You are God’s beloved. You are God’s holy people. And this is the year of revival! May the Holy Spirit come upon you strongly and powerfully. May your heart be cleansed and ...

21. Sharing God's Vision

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... God, to tell our story in a way that draws others closer to God, just as on the day of Pentecost, “God-fearing Jews from every nation heard the believers declaring the wonders of God in their own language.” In 1954, a young man named Paul Freed began transmitting a Christian radio program from a radio station in Morocco with the hope of spreading the message of Jesus to Africa and Spain. Not long afterwards, God gave him the vision and desire to establish more radio stations in remote areas of the world ...

22. The Victory Of Faith

1 John 5:1-12

Sermon

Mark J. Molldrem

... song and sing praises," with all that is happening around us? Can we find the courage of faith to believe in a good and gracious God despite being touched by hell "now and then"? Recall the experience of God's people in the wilderness after being freed from under the oppressive hand of the Pharaoh. Their memory was short. They began to complain against God because the way was difficult. At least in Egypt they had food to eat and they knew where they were. In the wilderness, although they were free, they ...

23. Hostage Crisis

1 Kings 19:1-8

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... sermon's opening is now a free man because he turned away from his sinful addiction and allowed the word of God to come into his life. And he discovered that the prayer saints never stopped praying. If Christ can free him from crack; if God freed Elijah from fear of Jezebel's traps, freed Jesus from the bonds of Satan's wraps, God can free you and me from the chains of hopelessness and despair. If you're gonna be a prisoner, be a prisoner for Christ. If you're gonna be a slave, be a slave for Christ. If ...

24. The Resurrection Is Freedom

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... had not finally been taken from you? Ever feel like you had a chance for a fresh start? In those cases, you were experiencing a resurrection no less dramatic and miraculous than what happened to Lazarus. Those moments when you had a fresh start, when you were truly freed, were God's gifts of love to you. Heads up, people, those wonderful, freeing moments of the new life given by God out of his love for you are offered so often by our Lord, often in the most unexpected places. Heads up, or you will miss them ...

25. Jail House Joy

Acts 16:16-40

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... drew his short sword and was ready to commit suicide. This was preferable to facing a severe and an agonizing death at the hands of his superiors. Paul cried out to him, "Do not harm yourself, for we are here!" The jailor looked up and saw that the other freed prisoners had not run away. They were standing around Paul and Silas. Though set free, they did not flee. The jailor fell to his knees in front of Paul. An inner earthquake shook the very foundation of his being and he cried out to Paul, "What must I ...

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