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1. You Can Create A Godly Heritage!

1 Kings 2:1-12

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Stephen M. Crotts

... God is king," actually left Israel to live in present-day Jordan. There his two sons married foreign wives. Then Elimalech died. And soon his two boys died also. Thus he left a wife both widowed and bereft of her two sons as well. Not much of a heritage! Then there is King Hezekiah's legacy described in 2 Kings 20:1-19. Hezekiah began to reign when he was 25 years old. The Northern Kingdom had already been destroyed by Assyria. And now Jerusalem and Judea stood alone as a remnant. The young king feared God ...

2. A Goodly Heritage

Psalm 16:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... faith of the Psalmist. II Nail it down then, as the first truth to underline this morning. Like the Psalmist, we have a goodly heritage in this land of ours. A couple of Sundays ago, Gordon Slappey gave me a dollar bill. He wanted to exchange dollars with me, ... of encouragement. God has made you a necessity in some situation and He has provided no substitute for YOU. To choose a goodly heritage calls for a commitment on our part to do those things in our sphere of influence that we can do, always conscious of ...

3. Remember Toward the Future John M. Cobb

Exodus 12:1-30

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... ? But, at least, we are pointed in a good direction. For, I wouldn’t go looking around too much in the Shopping Mall; and I wouldn’t go looking at all in the drug culture. But, if a person, for example, begins to look into a French heritage - then perhaps that person might find God in the Catholic Church. And, if a person, for example, begins to look into Ukrainian culture - then perhaps that person might find God in the Orthodox Church. And, if a person, for example, begins to look into German culture ...

4. A Wandering Aramean

Genesis 12:1-8

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... in us; he established his kinship in Exodus when he said, "You will be my people, and I will be your God." And he demonstrated his involvement in our clan when he sent his Son to struggle and die on our behalf. It's not out of respect for our heritage God accepts us; it's out of involvement in our past that he loves us and stays involved in our present. It is why, in the Lord's Prayer, Christ permits us to say, "Our Father," when addressing God. This is a family affair. "A wandering Aramean was my father ...

5. What We Are About

Acts 13:13-52

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King Duncan

... , when I was your age, I became a student of Liszt. He kissed me on the forehead after my first lesson saying, `Take good care of this kissit comes from Beethoven who gave it to me after hearing me play.’ I have waited for years to pass on this sacred heritage, but now I feel you deserve it." (1) Imagine, if you will, your baptism as a kiss that has been passed down for 2,000 years from the time John baptized Jesus in the river Jordan. Each time we celebrate the Lord’s Supper, imagine it as a kiss from ...

6. This Is Not Rocket Science

Acts 2:1-8

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Mark Trotter

... In fact, it is easy to do just that." She is not yet ready to define herself as a believer. She says that she is still a seeker. And that is why the Church is here. The Church is here for seekers. That is why the Church has a heritage that stretches all the way back to the beginning of faith. So when you move into territories in your life where you have not been before, and you find yourself confused, or questioning, or speechless, you will find here in church a language, and symbols, and stories, that will ...

7. The Surrogate

Matthew 1:1-17

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Lori Wagner

... As a token of this promise, his “arrabon” to Ruth is 6 measures of barley which he puts into her shawl to carry on her back. Just as Elisha is called from the fields by Elijah by placing his cloak upon his back, here Ruth is called into Jewish heritage by means of the barley grain (omer) wrapped in a cloak upon her back. This arrabon is more than just a call however. This metaphor is wrapped and soaked in meaning, for the time of the barley harvest in Bethlehem is the celebration of first fruits, and is ...

8. As We Remember - Memorial Day

1 Chronicles 11:10-25

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T. A. Kantonen

... the last full measure of devotion," who "gave their lives that that nation might live." Memorial Day calls us to pay respect to the brave men, living and dead, who have fought to preserve the nation. But in doing so we are compelled to count the cost of our heritage in terms of the lives of fathers and sons, in terms of widows and orphans. On the long run, we appreciate most the things for which we have paid the most. Our American way of life has been purchased at a high price. We say "thank you" today to ...

9. Remember!

Deuteronomy 31:30--32:47

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David E. Leininger

... who we are depends on knowing from whence we have come. "Remember the days of old," says the lesson, "consider the years long past; ask your father, and he will inform you; your elders, and they will tell you." One of the most valuable parts of our heritage is that it gives us REASONS FOR DOING WHAT WE DO. If we look back to the Reformers...the Calvins and Luthers and Zwinglis...we see a tremendous break. They rejected the practices of the Roman Church of their day because they said the church had FORGOTTEN ...

10. This Gospel Is for Our Children

Mark 10:13-16

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... that era, the relationship between the English and Scots has grown more temperate but until this day the service of the kirkin' o' the tartan is carried out in churches all across Scotland each year as well as places around the world where people of Scottish heritage gather to worship. Each time it is a reminder for all who worship — whether or not their ancestry is Scottish — that the covenant-making God of the Bible is the God and heavenly Father of our families and that he cares for children. In a ...

11. The Winning Word

Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10

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Derl G. Keefer

... key in sustaining the renewal and revival that had begun in Israel. If this kind of work is to continue in the hearts of people, it must continue at the leadership level.[6] The appropriate action occurred when the people remembered their heritage. As Ezra read the passage of the Feast of the Tabernacle, the people learned that God had given their forefathers this special festival. It was a reminder of their temporary wandering in the wilderness and dwelling places after fleeing Egypt and the forty ...

12. Captive To The Word Of God

John 8:31-41

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Theodore F. Schneider

... and law. As far back as the eighth century B.C.E., the prophets cautioned that God had become weary of the sacred festivals and solemn assemblies. He would refuse to listen to their hymns and their religious music. He demanded justice and righteousness as the heritage of his people, the descendants of Abraham. John the Baptist pulls no punches: You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruit that befits repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, "We have Abraham as our ...

13. Song of an Historian

Psalm 78:1-72

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Gordon Pratt Baker

... following it. In the second he reminds the Israelites of God’s many interventions on their forebears’ behalf, from the plagues he inflicted on Egypt to his seating of David on Israel’s throne. Nor can he refrain from calling on his contemporaries to consider their heritage carefully lest they lose their sense of direction. Give ear, O people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! I will open my mouth in a parable, I will utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard ...

14. Thanks for the Memories

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

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Eric Ritz

... as we claim the past, live in the present, and face the future with the richness and insight of all three. WE ARE WHAT WE REMEMBER. While the past defers to the present and to the future, it is not to be discarded. Only those who know their heritage are qualified to be the new pioneers. In order to claim an inheritance, someone from the past has had to pass on something. The scripture teaches us, "We have an inheritance which is undefiled." Jesus has gone on before us. We can''t claim what isn''t already ...

15. How Is Your Memory?

Exodus 20:1-21

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Mark Trotter

... those ideals. I suggest that one reason that this happens in our time is because of a memory loss. It is a common assumption among many people that what freedom in America means is freedom to make money. But that is not our heritage. That is the result of "reinventing" history. The freedom proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence, and embodied in the Constitution, is the freedom to live with dignity, without any discrimination or prejudice against you, with inalienable rights to be treated fairly as ...

16. Fathers in Their Generation

Psalm 103:13

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Mark Trotter

... "the fathers." Sometimes a mother has to be both a mother and a father; but that's not a new phenomenon. That's always been true in history. But in the past, if the children didn't have a father in the home, they still had fathers in the heritage, and they were exposed to the images of adults who were on the same journey that they were on, and who learned wisdom on that journey. Some people object to the presence of children in the church. They say, the kids think its boring. I think that our generation ...

17. The Inconcealable Christ!

Mark 7:31-37, Mark 7:24-30

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... is sidelined from the mainstream by family members who realize society regards such birth defects as evidence of God's judgment. The lesson of these two miracles is to show us the gospel has power for all people and in all places, regardless of heritage or life station. The really big lesson, however, is that Jesus is being revealed as more than a Jewish Messiah. He is the Savior of the world. This newly demonstrated truth does not sit well with the Pharisees and other Jewish religious leaders. Christ ...

18. Greed - Putting Things In Their Proper Perspective

Matthew 6:25-34

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R. Curtis Fussell

... the Canadian government what it would pay for the island. The government said it would pay three million dollars. That meant a loss of ten million dollars. But this couple wanted to leave behind something for everyone to enjoy; they wanted to leave a heritage. As it happened, the Canadian government didn't have the money to buy the island, but this couple persisted and found a group to buy it for three million dollars, preserving its natural beauty as an undeveloped public park. What would you have done ...

19. Finding Our Roots

Luke 9:28-36

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John M. Braaten

... . It is clear that many persons have been motivated to search through history in an attempt to find their roots. As one newspaper columnist wrote, "The once fabled rootless Americans are realizing that the people who formed the foundations of their heritage are important. And more than that, they are enjoying their quest, for there is satisfaction and security in finding one’s roots." Finding our roots, unveiling the people of our past, is a process that helps us discover who we are by looking at where ...

20. Thanksgiving

Ephesians 1:1

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Brett Blair

... and Savior Jesus Christ who has blessed us in Christ with every blessing." Strange words from a man facing execution. Like Job, we are forced to ask the question What has he to be thankful for? The third scenario this morning comes from our own American heritage. It is the story of the Pilgrims. I wish to paint quite a different scene, however, than the familiar painting that we envision of the pilgrims happily dining with their Indian brothers before tables of food.. The scene I would like to paint is much ...

21. Song of a Pilgrim

Psalm 122:1-9

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Gordon Pratt Baker

... courts, it falls far short of the edifice which Solomon built so magnificently and which Nebuchadnezzar destroyed so violently in 587 B.C. Nevertheless, this rallying point of the faithful catches the poet up in visions of the grandeur that was and its heritage redeemed. Accordingly, harboring no sadness over the past, he is conscious only of the Temple’s present sanctity. Unity through Jerusalem The psalmist opens his song with deep-felt gratitude. For he walks as one of a goodly company who share his ...

22. It's Thanksgiving Time!

Psalm 100:1-5

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James W. Moore

... to come into our Church family Sunday after Sunday! What love is felt in the family atmosphere of St.Luke's! The affection, the support, the acceptance, the kindness, the open arms… warm my heart and inspire me to try to be more loving! What a glorious heritage we have here at St.Luke's… and what a bright, bright future! It is indeed "THANKS-GIVING TIME!" In the few moments we have left, think with me about those, three key words... Thanks, Giving, Time. I. FIRST, THE WORD IS "THANKS." What a great word ...

23. Mary, Did You Know?

Luke 1:26-38

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Bill Bouknight

... sin. Gabriel told Mary that her son would be a “holy one.” That made him uniquely qualified to bear our sin. He was the sacrificial “lamb without blemish” who would die for the sins of the world. His virgin birth brought him into the world without our sin heritage. A THIRD THING MARY KNEW WAS THAT HER SON WOULD BE THE PROMISED MESSIAH. Gabriel told her plainly, “He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High…his kingdom will never end.” (Luke 1:32) In the days of Jesus, it was ...

24. Pit and Rock

Colossians 1:11-20

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Leonard Sweet

... Thanksgiving as at no other time of the year. Perhaps this is because we need the perspective of our family tree to measure how far we've come or to see just how much we have to rejoice over. The Foot family's reference to their common "pit and rock" heritage celebrates this same perspective. From the common vantage point of the pit and rock, we all can clearly take stock of our lives and can join our voices with those of generations past to praise God for making us part of a miraculous family of faith.

25. John 4:5-42

John 4:1-26

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Leonard Sweet

... temple located on Mt. Gerizim. The Gerizim temple had been destroyed in 128 BCE, but the site was still the sacred center for Samaritan worship and sacrifices. Jesus’ response opens a new third way for acceptable worship. First, Jesus affirms the covenant heritage of the Jews over that of the Samaritans, because of that divine promise “salvation is from the Jews” (v.20). But the salvation story is not complete. A new chapter is about to unfold — a time when “true worshipers will worship the ...

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