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1. God Gives the Pharisees the Finger!

John 7:25-44, John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... have been quite shocking as well….because they departed silently…one by one….smitten by their own consciences.^ Jesus had won big time. The Sanhedrin consists of 71 members plus others invited to take part in the deliberations of a trial of adultery. Jesus, called “Master” here, as Master Rabbi, was obviously invited to judge or take part in it on the very last day of the Feast of Tabernacles –just after Jesus had called out to those he was teaching in the Temple that all should come to him and ...

2. Body Building at Its Best

1 Corinthians 12:13-27, Ephesians 4:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... does not need every member to be there. You may be a foot in the body of Christ, but if you don't take part in your church you cripple the body. You may be an ear in the body, and if you don't come to your church you deafen the body. You may be an ... eye in the body, and if you don't take part in your church you blind the body. Just as your body needs every part working together, so does the body of Christ. Everybody is needed. But not ...

3. Response Ability

Luke 17:5-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the table, every one of the animals speak up that they are eager to help her eat the bread. But the little red hen decides to eat it all by herself. The moral of course to the story is that those who do not take part in the responsibilities will not take part in the reward. While Jesus is not saying that his salvation is dependent on works, he IS saying that our commitment to follow him, to be his disciple, does come with responsibilities. In fact, our covenant of faith with God comes with responsibilities ...

4. Wicked

Luke 20:9-19, Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... for the glory of God…but for reasons of merely upholding a building or paying a bill….that money means nothing! If we come here today to worship, and all we do is pay a token of attention to God, or sit and listen to the music, but don’t take part in worship and in praise, if we aren’t all of us harbingers of joy and veneration, we too are just selfish tenants, taking advantage of the living and sovereign God. We were created to be the beauty and the glory of God! We ARE the fruit. We were created ...

5. Parabola

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

[This is an interactive sermon. In order to preach this well, you need to allow your congregants to take part, answer questions, imagine themselves as part of the story.] Prop: ostrich egg I have here an egg. [You can pass around the egg.] This egg belongs to an ostrich. Let me tell you a story about the ostrich, who one day took her eyes off of the place in the ...

6. God's Call for All

Acts 9:35-43

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... charity. It's mutual aid. The community of God is commanded to find a way for individuals to take care of each other. In the case of these laws, the door was opened even for an outsider, Ruth the Moabite, a member of a nation despised by Israelites, to take part in the bounty of the land and ultimately to become a part of the faith story. The impatience of the prophets at the people's inability to share God's justice and bounty is evident in all their pages. "I desire mercy and not sacrifice" (cf. Hosea 6:6 ...

7. Caring for the Vineyard We Did Not Plant

Matthew 20:1-16, Joshua 24:1-27

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Can you do it? Will you be my creative, innovative “minds in the field”? And we reply…. “No way, YHWH!” Whaaaat? Where’s the passion? Where’s the excitement? Where’s the drive? Where’s the intrigue? Where’s the faith and the energy to take part in God’s awesome creativity? [Folding arms across chest.] “NO!,” No, no no,” we say. “Nooo thanks!” And God’s like, “This is the invitation of a lifetime, people! This is a great project! And I have the utmost faith in you that you ...

8. It Takes Two to Preach!

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... hear." To Preach Is To Hear If it takes two to preach, then the laity can preach, too! Pulpit and pew are partners in preaching. The one is as important as the other. This may seem foolish to you and you may be asking, "How can I in the pew take part in the preaching?" One way is to be a hearer, to be present to hear the sermon. There can be no preaching without hearers. Without hearers, the preacher is talking to deaf pews and is wasting his time and energy. It is like television. There can be a powerful ...

9. The Sound of Joy

Genesis 17:1-27, Genesis 18:1-15, Genesis 18:16-33, Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... t. But it is an act. And when we act in praise and worship, when we put our focus on Jesus, when we contemplate His awesome gifts in our lives, the blessings God has given us, when we gather together in song and dance and communal worship, we take part in “joy,” and we experience joy. Joy is contagious. Joy is something we give as a gift to God. Think of it as your primary “offering.” It is the “etching” of our hearts that sings out of dedication, and faith. We often believe that we are passive ...

10. Translucent Grace

Mark 9:2-13, Luke 9:28-36, Revelation 1:9-20, Revelation 2:12-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... it. When anyone tells you that we just have to “get back to the apostolic age,” that golden age when the church got everything “right,” ask them this: “Have you read the New Testament?” John warned them to beware of those who talk Jesus talk and take part in Jesus’ church, but on the side were part of such groups as the Nicolaitans and those who subscribed to the ways of Balaam. What did this mean? Let’s look for a moment at the story of Balaam and Balak. Balaam, a “seer” from Aram, was ...

11. Marketplace Christianity

John 2:13-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... first glance, we see Jesus objecting to the barter of goods in the court of the Temple. But why? At Passover, all Jewish families are required to purchase a sacrifice for the Temple ritual. We know in fact that Jesus himself came as a good Jew to take part like everyone else in the Passover celebrations. So, what’s really going on? Well, it definitely has to do with “economy” but not the kind we might think. Let me show you something. Let’s take a look for a moment at the Jerusalem Temple. [2] The ...

12. No Forks Or Napkins

John 13:1-17 · Philippians 2:5-11 · 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... , with the worshipers reduced to spectators, it was no longer possible for believers to commune together. The communion meal is not the only messy aspect of the Lord's Supper as it should be practiced. The feetwashing is messy as well, and difficult for some people to take part in. It means losing a part of yourself, humbling yourself. And it means walking in the path of Jesus. In the Gospel of John, we read that Jesus laid aside his garments, took on the form of a slave, and after he had washed the feet of ...

13. The Man In The River

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

John Jamison

... steps I heard one of them grumble something about the "river." As I made my way up the steps, through the tunnel, and into the temple courtyard, I guessed that the high priests were doing some special ritual or sacrifice and everyone had come to take part. But the vast courtyard was empty, except for one or two tables selling pigeons and goats, and a small cluster of colorfully robed priests huddled under the colonnade. They seemed at the end of the same discussion the rabbis were holding on the steps. They ...

14. The Lamb

Luke 19:28-44, Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, John 12:12-19

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... look at the historical and cultural context. In Jesus’ day, all Jews came to Jerusalem for major Jewish festivals. The Festival of Passover was the largest of all, and tens of thousands flocked to Jerusalem every year to take part, to stay at the home of their extended families or simply to camp out, and to take part in the festivities. But it wasn’t just a fun festival. It was the most important time of year for your family, because at this time, the patriarch of your family would offer up a lamb for ...

15. Let's Get Serious

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... . The key sentence is back where he is talking about the Macedonians, back at the beginning of the eighth chapter. "They gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means of their own free will, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in this offering." All of that is so impressive, but that is not the key. The key to the whole passage is in the next verse, "First, they gave themselves to the Lord." Paul is not a fund-raiser, he is a recruiter. You see, Paul believes ...

16. A Faith that Will Bring You Alive

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... Scriptures to the heart of the One who inspired the Scriptures, so he was never trapped by those who would discredit him. Notice his answer here. Jesus replied, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection. But in ...

17. R.S.V.P.

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

... the neighborhood to be a part of your church’s youth ministry. You had leaders. You had a structure in place. You were well equipped and all prepared. All you lacked was youth to make it come alive. And now, you say, some are taking part in catechetical classes, learning about the faith, doing odd jobs around the church, visiting the Lutheran Home, coming to worship. Some are even assuming leadership roles. Fantastic! What a witness to have youth with names like Shareeta, Miguel and Nguyen serve as youth ...

18. Missing the Mark

1 Samuel 8:1-22

Sermon

Charles Allo

... me broadside. Well, some of my favorite movies involve what I call "thinker movies" where an ending scene is shown first and little clues are dropped all over the place to help you figure out all the story developed to make sense. These movies involve us, the audience to take part and see how the people in the story got into the situation they were in. Let me tell you about the single dumbest thing that I did in my life. I broke up with my wife. What? Let me explain. We were dating for about 1 year and most ...

19. I Love You — If You Know What I Mean

1 John 3:16-24

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... belongs to, believes it is acceptable for women to take an active role in their services, which is something this church does not believe. Because the church loves the man so much, as he comes to the altar with his family to take part in communion this morning, he is passed by and not allowed to take part in the Lord’s Supper. John was writing to a church that was trying to understand what it meant to love others the way God wanted them to love. He explained it by writing, We know love by this, that he ...

20. Times Of Refreshing

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... Peter, though, was quick to attribute it to Jesus whom God had raised from death. There are a number of ways to explain the ill man's recovery but what's important here is Peter's commentary to the gathered crowd. He first reprimanded them for taking part in the death of Jesus, but hurriedly, he acknowledged that they probably didn't realize the gravity of that event. So Peter immediately went on to assure the listeners that all is not lost. For one thing, the entire drama was "foretold," and because God is ...

21. Mrs. Proverbs

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... that soon thereafter, the judge was shunted aside for a chief judgeship he had been promised. Learning about that, the pastor of the black church visited the judge to apologize for putting him in that career-wrecking position. Judge Oliver replied however, that taking part in that Maundy Thursday service was more important to him than the chief judgeship. The church where this had taken place had been named the Holy Church of Zion, but after the incident and the judge's humble acceptance of the consequences ...

22. Communion With Christ

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... Communion. But, they had no cup for Communion. They had no wine for Communion. They didn't even have water for Communion. Nor did they have any bread for the Sacrament. So, they practiced the Communion of Empty Hands. "This meal in which we take part," Pettepeice said, "reminds us of the imprisonment, the torture, the death and final victory of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The bread is the body which he gave for humanity. The fact that we have none represents very well the lack of bread in the ...

23. The Ominous Invitation

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , and cheetahs! Oh my! For Jesus’ cup is a cup of sacrifice. And his baptism is one of fire. The reward will be great. But the journey will be treacherous. We often like to think of discipleship as attending Bible Studies, engaging in community missions, taking part in worship, or working together in love. And while it can be all of that, it can be so much more! In some countries around the world, Christians are still being persecuted and even put to death for proclaiming their faith in Jesus. In some ...

24. The Gathering at Cana

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... exists in relationship. And the covenant relationship with God IS the most important relationship of your life! If something in your life is an authentic Christ generated miracle, you can bet it will be relational! It will be a shared miracle, one that all can take part in. For God does not single out, but extends his love and salvation to ALL people. Look closely at your life. Examine your cause for celebration. Can others share it with you? Is it a blessing for the entire community? The wine of Christ is ...

25. All Mine To Give!

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... to God and allow no blockage in us. Koinonia In Romans 15:6 Paul says about giving "that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." And in 2 Corinthians 8:4 he mentions "begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints." The word used in both these passages is koinonia or fellowship. The idea is that we are not a bunch of individuals all out funding and fighting our own wars for personal glory. Rather, we are a unit, a team, an army, a ...

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