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John 6:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... who are willing to take the time to figure out how something cannot be done or why things are so bad. In the Los Angeles Times years ago, Barry Siegel wrote an article entitled, "World may end with a splash." In this article he shows how ... small fish. He looked at the size of the multitude, and then he looked at the source of the meal. Where Philip said, "impossible" Andrew said, "illogical." Both of these men had made one fatal flaw. They had both calculated without Christ. We do the same thing all the ...

2. Jesus and Andrew

John 1:35-42

Sermon

James W. Moore

... man whose one desire was to share the glory. He is the man with the missionary heart. Having himself found the friendship of Jesus, he spent all his life in introducing others to that friendship. Andrews is our great example in that he could not keep Jesus to himself.” Shaquille O’Neal plays in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers. He loves coming up with nicknames for himself. When he received his first Most Valuable Player award, Shaq gave himself a new nickname. He said, “From this day on I want to ...

3. Not Your Lips, but Your Life

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... the practice of drinking, the 18th Amendment just drove it underground—literally. One example of this can be found in the city of Los Angeles, California. While law enforcement and government officials pretended to stop the flow of liquor in the city, underneath the city there were ... ref=SermonSerps. 9. Frank Cox, “Take Your Burdens to the Lord,” pastorlife.org. Cited by Dr. Steve Andrews, https://www.lifeway.com/en/articles/sermon-kingdom-living-seek-first-righteousness-matthew-6. 10. “Living Inside ...

4. Epiphany 2

Jn 1:29-42 · 1 Cor 1:1-9 · Is 49:1-7 · Ps 27

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... minorities face in our society. This has been brought to our attention by the riot that followed the first Rodney King trial in Los Angeles. In that riot a white truck driver was pulled out of his truck and brutally beaten by some young black men. One ... our sins on the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. 2. Sermon Title: The Inviting Christ. Sermon Angle: When Andrew and the other disciple of John the Baptist tailed Jesus, he turned to them and asked, "What are you looking for?" They inquired as ...

5. Can't We All Just Get Along?

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... recognize that question. On the night of March 2, 1991, Rodney King and two of his friends were driving west on the Foothill Freeway in Los Angeles. The three men had spent the night watching a basketball game and drinking malt liquor at a friend’s house. As King drove, ... Them (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2003). 2. Life As We Know It. Edited by Daniel Kelly (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1996), p. 32. 3. Pastor Glenn Schwerdtfeger, http://maynardav.org/sermons/BaptismSermon.htm. 4. http://en.wikipedia ...

6. You Are God's Child

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... when that happens, they assume identities that are a poor substitute for their real identity. Father Greg Boyle is a Jesuit priest who works with gang members in East Los Angeles. Father Boyle has put together a team of physicians trained in the laser technology of tattoo removal. The team is part of a program that takes the tattoos ... 2010/03/spring-pruning-a-sermon-on-john-1518.html. 6. Craig Brian Larson and Andrew Zahn, Movie-Based Illustrations for Preaching and Teaching (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003).

7. An Army Officer Deeply Concerned

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... man. Did you realize that such people as this centurion exist even today? There was an article by Richard Marosi in the Los Angeles Times dated October 17, 2013 about the death of Sister Antonia Brenner at the age of 86. Several years ago Parade ... out each and every day all over this world. We certainly see it in the Scriptures. The centurion sent for Jesus to heal his servant. Andrew heard Jesus preach and he ran to get his brother Peter. Four men removed tiles from the roof of a house where Jesus was ...

8. Oracles of Restoration

Ezekiel 34:1-31, Ezekiel 35:1-15, Ezekiel 36:1-38, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Ezekiel 37:15-28

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... feasts (v. 38). This is an ironic image, given what happens to sheep at the temple (as Andrew Mein has observed [“Profitable and Unprofitable Shepherds: Economic and Theological Perspectives on Ezekiel 34,” presented at the ... as though the text said the opposite—and indeed, the Heb. ʾim-loʾ dam saneʾta, if read literally, would be “if you did not hate blood.” However, in an oath formula, the Heb. ʾim-loʾ (“if not”) “expresses not the negative, but an emphatic affirmative” (Darr, “ ...

9. Monologues: Disciples Redeemed

John 20:10-18, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

Drama

Raymond I. Keffer

... as I walked through the valley of the shadow of death. Glory be to God for the life He gave me free of doubt." Andrew "I am Andrew, brother of Peter, a 'fisher of men.' I first was a follower of John the Baptist, until Christ called me to put down my ... telling others in the world of His sacrifice and redemption? "I knew that winning others to Christ would not be easy, but Jesus had said, 'Lo I am with you always, even until the end of the world.' Armed with His promise and the power of the Holy Spirit, I set ...

10. The Ashes of Our Lives

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... drawing those around us to him. When we read about these two sets of brothers in the book of Matthew, we are told that Peter, Andrew, James, and John became Jesus' first disciples. When Jesus called them the first time, they knew what kind of man he was and were ... sickness and in health." After his morning routine, Carmen left for work at the Braille Institute for the Blind in Los Angeles, a direct service organization for the blind and visually impaired. She also served as a technical advisor for actors ...

11. The Natural Look

Luke 9:28-36 (37-43)

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... Moses! The greatest stutterer of all time suddenly becomes eloquent. Moses pleads with God to save, not destroy, the people. Lo and behold, God listens! Yes, Moses manages to change God’s mind! The journey continues — the journey of God’s ... awful. For ten minutes I heard someone described that had no connection with the person I know myself to be. Not only was the Susan Andrews they described a total stranger to me, I didn’t even like her! That was the day, after hours of private tears, that I ...

12. Something To Do While The World Falls Apart

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

William G. Carter

... God hath willed His truth to triumph through us. The prince of darkness grim, We tremble not for him;His rage we can endure, For lo! his doom is sure,One little word shall fell him ... 3 ... and the Word is Jesus Christ. He is stronger than all that can hurt ... . God has not given up. God is going to win. That's what we have to say. No wonder, then, Jesus said this to Simon, Andrew, James, and John. They walked with him ever since he said, "The time is fulfilled; God's kingdom is at hand. Turn and believe the ...

13. The Master Has Come - And Calls Disciples

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

... sand. Jesus looks down the beach as far as he can, and he sees - there in the distance - some fishermen. It is Simon and his brother Andrew. As he draws closer to them, he hears the loud swearing of Simon, and as he walks past where they are, he says to them, " ... I think we’ll stick together to the end." He walked. That is what it means to follow Jesus. It means to share in his promise, "Lo, I am with you always." II Second, we learn that to live is to learn to give. Yes, that too. To follow Jesus is to ...

14. The Deal Of A Lifetime

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... disciples were astonished at the harshness of this teaching. Jesus reassured them. "All things are possible with God." Peter then said to him, "Lo, we have left everything and followed you." And they had. It was at this point that Jesus made his hundredfold promise. The deal ... for solace, she, alas, too was turned into gold. And Midas cursed his gift and himself for his foolishness. Andrew Carnegie was one of the richest men who ever lived. He was also very generous. Perhaps he explained his generosity ...

15. Bearing Fruit

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. He said to the vinedresser, `Lo, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down; why should it use up the ground?'" ... Jerusalem; Matthew was slain by a sword in Ethiopia; and Philip was hanged in Phrygia. Bartholomew was flayed alive in Armenia; Andrew was crucified in Archia; Thomas was run through with a lance in East India; and Thaddeus was shot to death with ...

16. When the Storms Come

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... think we ought to prepare for them? A TV news camera crew was on assignment in southern Florida filming the widespread destruction from Hurricane Andrew. In one scene, amid the devastation and debris, stood one house on its foundation. The owner was cleaning up the yard when a reporter ... life on the rock of faith. Rabbi Jan Goldstein recalls one unexpected benefit from the 1994 earthquake that rocked Los Angeles. The disaster caused massive power outages all over the city. But, for the first time in years, ...

17. The Gift Of Sleep

Psalm 127:1-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... wisdom literature of which Solomon was the Patron Saint. (See The Daily Study Bible, Psalms, Vol. 2, G. A. F. Knight, The St. Andrew Press, Edinburgh, p. 278). So, the probability is that the Psalm was written at the time of the rebuilding of the temple and ... is talking about the temple, when you get to verse three, the emphasis is definitely on the family -- a house with children. Listen, "Lo, sons are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward." In the faith of Israel, people knew that ...

18. Living Hope

1 Peter 1:3-9

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... , Ohio, became the butt of many jokes nationwide. In the same way that smog was used to get a laugh in talking about Los Angeles, mention of the Cuyahoga River flowing through Cleveland and into Lake Erie was sure to get a rise out of people. What ... the followers of Jesus, not even physical death of the body will destroy our hope. None of us walked the earth with Jesus, as did Peter, Andrew, James, John, and the rest. And yet we love him. None of us can see Jesus now, not like Mary and the other women saw ...

19. Because

1 Peter 1:1—2:3

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

20. Who Is This Man?

Mark 14:43-52

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... research, incidentally, is just that. It's detective work. It's following clues. It's looking at the evidence. And lo and behold, they found something. Of course it is still a theory, but it intrigues me. They noticed that this ... a photograph, and beneath it were the names from left to right, we could point over here and say, there's Peter, James and John, Andrew, Philip, and all the other disciples. Kneeling in the center, that's Jesus of Nazareth. Over here in the corner, name unknown. He followed Jesus ...

21. So You Want to Be in the Lead?

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , the undisputed leader of space exploration, and you could almost hear the collective thud across the heartland from Long Island to Los Angeles. That thud was the sound of a nation's heart suddenly dropping, stunned and in shock that we were now ... listen to his words himself, shuddered in the realization: "I really did it. I blew the first words on the Moon, didn't I?" (Andrew Smith, MoonDust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth [Bloomsbury, 2005]). But even though these words weren't spoken as they were ...

22. There's an Elephant in the Room and Her Name Is Katrina

Exodus 14:10-15

Sermon

James W. Moore

... placing the death toll in the hundreds, maybe even the thousands and it is expected that the damage will surpass Hurricane Andrew as the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. Over a million people were displaced creating a humanitarian crisis on a ... flew the children to Texas to re-unite them with their families. (See Houston Chronicle, p.A19, September 6, 2005, by Ellen Barry, Los Angeles Times) When I first discovered the story of six-year-old Deamonte Love, my mind darted back to the story of Moses ...

23. When God Builds the House

Psalm 127:1-5, 1 Corinthians 3:10-15

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... at night for fear of burglars. One night she and her husband heard a noise downstairs. So the husband went down to investigate. Lo and behold he found a burglar in their living room. “Good evening," said the husband to the intruder, “I'm pleased to see ... world, whatever they may be, that they are things that will last and stand in the storms of time. In 1992, hurricane Andrew destroyed thousands of homes in South Florida. In one area where the wreckage looked like a war zone, a house remained standing, ...

24. Oh, Jerusalem

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... The Battle of New Orleans was a decisive victory for the new nation in the War of 1812, and it catapulted General Andrew Jackson into national prominence and eventually the presidency. The battle, however, took place two weeks after the peace treaty was signed ... when we can get overwhelmed with something that's called compassion fatigue. It happened to me when I'd been a pastor in Los Angeles for twelve years. Our church was located at a busy intersection in a large city, and we lived on the church grounds ...

25. The World's Largest Covered Dish Lunch

John 6:1-15

Sermon

... church was holding a picnic that afternoon. He hurried home from church to pack his lunch and get to the picnic grounds. But, lo and behold, when he opened the refrigerator door, he discovered only a single piece of dried up bologna and two stale pieces of ... , they didn’t have anywhere near enough money to buy food for a crowd numbering in the thousands. Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will ...

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