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1. The Lord’s Supper

1 Corinthians 11:23-34

Sermon

James Merritt

... and totally focus on Jesus Christ and not just Jesus Christ, but specifically His death. Jesus never told us to remember His birth, His life, or His teachings (though we should), but He specifically says we should remember His death. In verse 20, we are told specifically this is, "The Lord's Supper". Keep in mind that we are the guests, He is the host, and our focus is to be solely on Him and what He did for us on a cross 2000 years ago. In other words, The Passion Of The Christ is not just a movie; it is ...

2. Lord of All!

Acts 10:34-43

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Ron Lavin

... to the glorious Easter message that Christ came back from the grave and that we, too, may have life over death through him. Death is not fatal. By Christ's resurrection, death is dealt a deadly blow. We may die physically, but since the grave could not hold our Lord, the grave can't hold us, either. Christ precedes us into our graves and then says, "Come along. Follow me. I'll show you the way out of here." Death is not fatal. That's the good news of Easter. During World War II, a pastor was standing next ...

3. Growing In The Lord

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... is honorable, he is ineffectual in controlling his sons. "Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels; they had no regard for the Lord or for the duties of the priests to the people" (2:12-13a). When sacrifices were made, the priests took not only ... not deny the stranger.1 Into this scene of barrenness comes Samuel, the opposite of the priests of that day. "Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy wearing a linen ephod" (2:18). He had been started out on the right path by his mother, and she continues to set ...

4. Crown Him Lord!

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... been revealed and celebrated in the gospel story of God's work for our salvation since that story began with Advent's hope a year ago. Today it must come together for us into one concluding proclamation about Jesus Christ who is "King of kings and Lord of lords." And today we must address that ultimate question about Christ's lordship in our lives and in our world. From the beginning of the church's year, we have been hearing about the king who was coming, the anointed one of God who would save his people ...

5. Singing The Lord's Song In A Strange Land (ii)

Psalm 137:1-9

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Maxie Dunnam

... she's had an abortion or not -- what moral questions that's going to raise. What do we do with science and technology when they bring us to the place of "human engineering" and such easy control of life over death – and death over life. How do we sing the Lord's song in such a strange land? It's not as easy as some would make it. There are a lot of gray in the area of moral decisions. Everything is not always black and white. (NOTE FOR BOOK: Give two illustrations about two people you have dealt with on ...

6. I've Seen the Lord

John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18

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David & Marian Plant

... stumps of the arms of an amputee, learning to use prosthetics to help fold and stamp the newsletters of the church. When asked, why that task he said, “Because it is what I am able to do now, I want to be of help.” I have seen the Lord. I have seen the Lord in the woman who decided to read through her Bible in a year based on a comment made in a sermon about how it can be done and multiple years later decided that it was such a valuable thing to do, she reads through her entire Bible every ...

7. The Lord's Prayer: A Surplus of Meaning

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... and reveals the bare sheetrock? What do you do when the trusted answers are revealed as no answers at all? The words of The Lord''s Prayer are more than words. They are words that will never roll-up and be empty, void and null. They are sacred words ... feel you are hopelessly lost or that you are slipping in your Christian walk and witness, I plead with you to let the words of The Lord''s Prayer flow from your lips into the deepest part of your soul and spirit. Sing it, shout it, say it--just pray it. If you ...

8. Prepare The Way Of The Lord

Isaiah 40:1-31

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Maxie Dunnam

... creative moment in his life. He said, "I often think that one ought to pray before one works, and then leave the rest to the Lord. I always felt that I stood naked before the fire of Almighty God to go through me." Knowing D. H. Lawrence, he probably did stand ... fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation" (Hab. 3: 17-18 RSV). Isn't that an incredible word? And how instructive. It tells us ...

9. Lord of the Sabbath

Luke 5:33-39, Luke 6:1-11, Luke 7:18-35

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Lori Wagner

... you in God-time. God in your time. --God in our time. This is perhaps the best definition of Jesus in fact: God in our time. Jesus was trying to tell everyone that in the scriptures today. He wasn’t just about healing on the Sabbath. He IS the Sabbath. Lord of the Sabbath. The Song that shook the world. The lullaby that gives us comfort, joy, and rest. And you are God’s Song in the world. When you glorify God in Sabbath time, your voice echoes with the angels in heaven. God has put a Song into every one ...

10. Is the Lord Among Us or Not?

Exodus 17:1-7

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... the wilderness, is a path we have chosen ourselves and at times it is a path someone else has chosen which we have been willing to follow. In any case, the net result is the same: we find ourselves in the midst of the wilderness asking in bewilderment, "Is the Lord among us or not?" A member of our church shared with me his story of putting up all of his resources to join in a partnership with another man. It turned out that the man was dishonest. He had, in effect, put them in a position in which they lost ...

11. OUR LORD DENIED

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... capable, had turned to ashes, been twisted into a sort of betrayal, and he could not, he would not accept this! What had his Lord expected of him? That he would stand there and let them take him? How could this one gesture of devotion have been an ... he tried to cry out in protest, to hold back the rising sun, but no words came. His mind filled with a vision of his Lord. Those deep sad eyes. Remembering how he, Peter, had so bravely vowed, "Though they all fall away because of you, I will neverfall away. Even ...

12. The Lord Has Need

Mark 11:1-11

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Donald B. Strobe

... sermon: “There are many of you in this congregation who think to yourselves, ‘If only I had been there! How quick I would have been to help the Baby. I would have washed his linen. How happy I would have been to go with the shepherds to see the Lord lying in a manger!’” And then, with that harsh realism which was uniquely his, Luther said, “Yes, you would! You say that because you know how great Christ is, but if you had been there at that time you would have done no better than the people of ...

13. Servants Of The Servant Who Was Lord

Mark 10:35-45

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Maxie Dunnam

... his own case. He ascended after the resurrection and now sits at God’s right hand. Therefore, God has highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name. That at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. That’s who Jesus is. And who he is determines who we are, if we’re going to be Christians. Carl Young, the great psychiatrist, told of am an who asked a rabbi once, how come in olden days God would show ...

14. The Day of the Lord

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

Rick Brand

... the most likely time for this event will be a time when everything is going well. When the stock market is humming, and there are no wars, and we as human beings are beginning to think that we have mastered this old game of life, then the coming of the Lord will happen. Paul thinks it is likely to happen when things are going very well. Jesus, who also claimed not to know the day or the hour of this Second Coming, suggests that it is most likely to come when strange events are in the sky. In Luke's Gospel ...

15. In the House of the Lord

Psalm 23:1-6

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Maxie Dunnam

... and Holy Communion in the 23d Psalm. And that is the reason I share this scene from Places in the Heart. The lovely dominant image of the Psalm is that of the shepherd. So gripping that image that we hardly note the change in verse 5. Here the Lord becomes a host, and we are guests at his table. “Thou preparest a table before me.” The ideas of verses 5 and 6 are basically those of the first 4 verses: “Repose and provision, danger and change, again fill the foreground; and again there is forecast of a ...

16. The Lord Has Saved His People

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... ashes, when your little world becomes a deep, dark forest in the gloom of night with specters lurking all about you, and when you, who always wanted to insist that you could manage your own life, can manage it no longer, can you hang onto that "The Lord has saved his people"? I read somewhere not long ago that a person cannot really know the faithfulness of God unless one sees it in the faithfulness of people. Too bad, then about the faithfulness of God, for where, indeed, are faithful people? How could one ...

17. You Need A Point Of Contact With The Lord

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

James McLemore

... Sometimes God has to reestablish contact with his people. This is what God did with Jeremiah in this text. God reached forth his hand and placed his hand on Jeremiah's mouth, and Jeremiah discovered that he was in contact with the Lord. God told Jeremiah, "You don't have to worry about what you are going to say; I have put my words in your mouth." God told Jeremiah, "You don't have to worry about where you are going to go; I have placed you over nations, and put you in ...

18. The Apostle's Creed: Jesus Christ...Our Lord

Matthew 16:13-20

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David E. Leininger

... put the rest of us down? No. Exactly the opposite, in fact. The very idea that Jesus would take on flesh and blood and become one of us is incredible, and elevates US beyond measure. "I believe in...Jesus Christ, [God's] only Son, our Lord, conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary..." One last aside on this virgin birth question - for myself, I prefer to believe the traditional understanding about Jesus' miraculous birth - "conceived by the HOLY GHOST, born of the VIRGIN Mary" - that feels more ...

19. The Lord Needs You

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... curse thee, or abuse thee in any way. But mule," he continued, "what thee doesn't know is that I can sell thee to an Episcopalian." 2. The Lord Needs: Paul taught us never to say to one another, "I have no need of you" (1 Cor.12:21). But to say that God needs us is ... the perfect servant. Zechariah 4:6 says it all, "Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord." 4. The Lord Needs You Now!!! Gore Vidal, one of my most favorite writers and one of my least favorite persons, admits, "I generalize ...

20. The Shepherd Lord

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... face of the evil system, but our power from God is greater than the system. It is no wonder she could laugh her eyes danced - there was an uncommon joy that you could feel just by sitting beside her and listening to her. She was saying in it all “The Lord is MY Shepherd.” We can learn from Joy even though our lot will never be so painfully tragic. Jesus will not be content to be a shepherd, or even a good Shepherd. He wants you to say of Him, “My Shepherd.” You jay do that when you will. Nothing can ...

21. The Passion of Our Lord

2 Corinthians 5:21

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... realize is this: what God went through in His love for us. For as we more deeply realize this, we will more deeply realize the love that God has for us. So for the next few moments, let us do this: let us examine Our Lord's Passion. Let us examine what Our Lord went through even physically in His love for us: in His suffering, His Passion, and His crucifixion: in His agony in the Garden, in His scourging at the pillar, in His crowning with thorns, in His carrying the cross to Calvary, in His crucifixion and ...

22. The Day of the Lord

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... show of fasting in Lent, evident acts of piety are not enough. God wants our inner turning with all our heart. We should not be misled, however. It is not because we clean up our lives that God forgives us. Rather, our text says that it is because the Lord “is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love” (2:13). We can never coerce God’s love for us by something we do. But in contrast to our hearts, God’s is a heart of pure love, finally revealed to us in the cross of ...

23. Lord of the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38, Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.” Image Exegesis: The Power of Prayer / Lord of the Harvest Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that ...

24. The Master Has Come - To Be Lord of Life

Luke 24:1-12

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... . Have you anything to eat?" (Luke 24:1-11, 36-44) He went on to show them how the words of the prophets had been fulfilled, and to tell them that they would be his witnesses when they received the power from on high. The Master has come - to be Lord of life. Because of this, nothing has ever been the same since, nor will it ever be. The Easter message is truly good news, Gospel for us. It is good news about the power of God, the power of good over evil, of life over death, of hope over despair ...

25. Being the Lord's Instrument

Exodus 17:1-7

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Maxie Dunnam

... she promoted love and caring. Erie Street was a better and more beautiful place because Mrs. Dominic Salvino made a difference. She saw herself as God’s instrument, unique and useful. So it must be with you and me. So, there are two essentials. To be the Lord’s instruments, we have to have a sense of uniqueness and a sense of usefulness. I want now to make another big point. To be the instrument of God of us will have to radically break our life-pattern, while others will simply intentionally add on to ...

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