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Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... choosing two very opposite kinds of men for his growing team. Simon (who we will know later as Peter) and brother Andrew are busy casting nets. James and brother John (the sons of the fishing mogul Zebedee) are engaged with mending nets. All of ... all around it is wound around the arm and then is cast out into the sea by a circular kind of motion. One wound the net around the arm (kind of like a hula-hoop motion) and then threw it outward into the sea to sink. The hope would be that after a period of time ( ...

2. It’s a New Year: Take 7 Steps Forward

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... see.” Notice, it was not “sit down and listen,” or “kneel and pray.” It was an invitation to movement, motion, and mission. Notice too: Jesus’ invitation was not to “follow him” to some specific location or to “come and see” a ... the invitation to “follow me.” It is possible to assume that the subject of all this activity is still Andrew (from v.40). If that is the case, Andrew makes the decision to take the jaunt to Galilee where he continues to offer invitations to others to join him ...

3. Jesus' First Disciples

John 1:35-42, John 1:43-51

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... . It is simply an appendix to Day Three, included for the sake of completeness and to prepare for the events of Day Four. Andrew finds Simon and says, We have found the Messiah (v. 41); Philip finds Nathanael and says, We have found the one Moses wrote ... him” (i.e., on Jacob). The phrase in John’s Gospel uses the Greek preposition epi with the accusative case to denote motion toward an object. The one preposition actually does service for two; the meaning is that angels ascend from and descend to the ...

4. The Next Two Days: The Call of the Disciples

John 1:43-51, John 1:35-42

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

5. A Zealot’s Greatest Battle

Drama

... while! It’s so good to see my most promising young officer again! Simon And it’s good to see my old captain once more. (Motions to Matthew, who still half lies on the ground) Looks like you’re still up to your old tricks ... you almost did in one of ... an angel sitting on the large stone that blocked his tomb. Simon What is this? You say he is alive? (Beginning to get excited) Andrew Mary Magdalene saw him and even talked to him. She couldn’t believe it either; in fact, she at first thought he was the ...

6. The Curriculum of God’s Kingdom

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... gesture I remember from that boyhood drama. On horseback, the trail boss would lift his hand, index finger up, make a rapid circling motion in the air, then point ahead with these words, “O.K. boys, head ‘em up, and move ‘em out.” It was a call ... way the promise of adventure and a pay out at the end. That is the gesture I see Jesus making in these call stories. “Simon, Andrew, James, John, head ‘em up, and move ‘em out.’ Follow me, and I will help you corral people for God,” or, in the case ...

7. Give Me Jesus!

John 6:60-71

Sermon

Richard Patt

... normally eight hours a day and more, for over a week. The hours on the convention floor were filled with motions and amendments to motions and amendments to the amendments. After a few days of this Robert’s-Rules-of-Order maneuvering, I had a ... among us as the innocent babe of Bethlehem, who grew to sterling manhood and walked along the shore, just calling out to Andrew, "Follow me!" and Andrew dropped his nets and found a new Master to follow and serve; the kind actions of his hands as he reached out and ...

8. The Personal Touch

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Brett Blair

... not a major soul-winning moment. But it was a true sowing of a seed. By a simple word she made a small motion that opened the door for further conversation. Unfortunately we have been convinced that we have to say some dramatic far-reaching thing to ... not everyone is called into the ministry full time but all of us are called to minister to one another whenever and wherever we are. Andrew was called from his nets and he put them down to follow Christ. Peter was called away from the fishing trade and he too ...

9. The Call of the Disciples - James, A Fisher of Men

Matthew 4:23-25, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

Drama

Thomas Blowers

... and begin heading the boat toward shore. Well, I got busy with the nets again and the next time I looked up there were Simon, Andrew and the stranger standing directly in front of me and my younger brother. You know, I still don't believe that all he said was " ... stand to impart to us his vision his vision of a new heaven and a new earth his vision of "God and man in love and motion." And then suddenly his absence became a special form of his presence and it was as if he were in our midst again teaching us, ...

10. Apocalypse Wow!

Isaiah 25:6-9

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... have not had any time to prepare ourselves or to say "good-bye." In the book, Andrew, You Died Too Soon, Corrine Chilstrom shares with us the death by suicide of her adopted son, Andrew.1 Her journey through grief involves helping the heart to learn what the head already ... become more of a mainstream vocabulary word in the last quarter century, since the appearance of Francis Ford Coppola's epic motion picture, Apocalypse Now. The movie is set in the Vietnam War era, focusing on a trip up the Nang River into ...

11. Legacies of Power

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... the white government threw Mandela into prison for life. A worldwide campaign to free him from prison was set into motion, resulting in his release in 1990. When apartheid was abolished in 1994, South Africa held its first democratic elections and ... slaves in this country. Within minutes, tens of thousands of people in the stadium were standing and singing this black African miners' song. Andrew Young confessed, "I don't know anything about rugby, and I did not understand the words of that song, but I was in ...

12. Conversation or Monologue?

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... homes for the poor in Uganda, Africa. This was not long after the fall of Idi Amin, and Uganda was still a very dangerous place to be. Andrew Young would later make this confession: "I tried to talk her out of it. I mean, I wanted her to go to church, find a nice ... or reading a book or surfing the Internet on the computer; or one Sunday when you’re in church, just going through the motions, there is a voice. You hear your name, you recognize the voice, and your world will never be the same. Now, if ...

13. The Compassionate Christ

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Very likely the boy had set out for a picnic, had seen the crowds, and had joined them. Most likely, says Barclay, Andrew made the suggestion about the boy and his lunch shyly and with embarrassment. It seemed so utterly inadequate. (2) But they weren’ ... were forbidden from speaking to prisoners like Al. They were not even allowed to look them in the eye. One day a German woman pointed, motioning for Al to go to another part of the room. Al waited until no one was looking and he went to the spot she had ...

14. Scandal

Matthew 16:21-28, Matthew 17:14-23, Matthew 20:17-19, Matthew 26:1-5

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... sticks waiting to be sprung. Sticks and stones. The things that we throw at each other when our eyes are not on Jesus! [Make a motion as if to throw.] The Church, like Jesus’ early disciples, can sometimes be like a gun with the trigger cocked. It exists in a state ... from Bethsaida in Galilee, and put this request to him, ‘Sir, we should like to see Jesus.’ Philip went to tell Andrew, and Andrew and Philip together went to tell Jesus. Jesus replied to them: ‘Now the hour has come for the Son of Man ...

15. The Leadership Principles Of Jesus

Hebrews 5:11-6:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... is empty save for John Adams, who reviews the facts as he sees them. South Carolina and Pennsylvania are opposed to the motion for independence. Delaware i s undecided. New York's representatives are awaiting further instructions. It looks hopeless. Wrestling with a vision ... be said for leading by fear. Some of our most effective leaders have been great intimidators. It was said of General Andrew Jackson that he "got the most out of his men because they feared him more than they feared the enemy." David ...

16. Food For The Body And Food For The Soul

John 6:25-59

Sermon

J. Will Ormond

... to see something of the complete design. The controlling motif of this long discourse of Jesus is bread. The event which sets in motion the weaving of the design is John's account of Jesus feeding the 5,000 in the wilderness. Loaves of bread dominate the ... multitude. Philip observes that six months' wages is not sufficient to buy bread so that each of this horde can get a bite or two. Andrew reports that there is a boy in the crowd who has five barley loaves and two small fish. Jesus takes the boy's lunch, ...

17. Moving At The Speed Of Light: Unknown Apostles

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... in the tenth chapter of Luke? In some cases we have names but little else: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector, and ... and sputter. Before my fear turned to panic, there was a splash next to me in the water, an arm around my chest, a fast pulling motion and a voice saying, "Here, hold on to this," and I found myself safely at the side of the pool, grasping the pool gutter. An unknown ...

18. Man Of Sorrows

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Larry Powell

... top of the first page, write in the following names: Simon Peter, James the son of Zebedee, John the brother of James, Andrew, Phillip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanean. The name of Judas has been written elsewhere ... , HEROICALLY EXPOSES HIM AS FALSE TEACHER Regarding the matter of legal proceedings, they simply went through the motions. Jesus appeared first before Annas, who questioned him about his disciples and the nature of his teaching. When ...

19. Why Are You Troubled?

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... listening intently. This went on for some time before an attendant finally came up and asked him what he was doing.. "Sh!" whispered the patient, motioning him over to listen as well. The attendant pressed his ear to the wall and listened carefully. "I can't hear a thing," he ... News. Cited in Guideposts, July 1993, p. 6. 3. Daily Guideposts, (New York: Guideposts, 1983)., p. 172 4. Lewis M.Andrews, Ph.D., To Thine Own Self Be True, (New York: Doubleday, 1989). 5. John Costello, Virtue Under Fire, (New York: ...

20. Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... "Die Hard," "Dirty Harry," Charles Bronson, Arnold Swarzzeneger, Sylvester Stallone-type heroes who simply blow a hundred of their enemies away in a typical motion picture. So, Jesus praised a con-man. The question is, why? What was the one point Jesus was trying to get across? Here it ... us to be. 1. Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo, The Hollywood Walk of Shame (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1993), pp. 80-81. 2. Scriptures in this sermon are from the NIV bible. 3. Someone sent this illustration to us years ago and ...

21. Memorial Day

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Angela Akers

... . Using their new toy, they came across a live shell that dates back to the Civil War. The boys, Michael and Andrew Zimmerman of Winchester, Virginia, didn't know what the shell was at first. Neither did their uncle, Michael Robinson. He reports poking ... you afraid?" The private replied, "We'll do okay . . . I'm not afraid because I'm with my family." As he said this, he motioned toward the other soldiers sitting nearby. A few of the soldiers called out, "Tell him again! He didn't hear you!" With even more ...

22. 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 ... said, "There are moments in every game when time seems to slow down in an uncanny way. It's as if everyone were moving in slow motion. As if I had all the time in the world to watch the receivers run their patterns. And yet I know that the defensive line ...

23. Seeing the End from the Beginning

Numbers 13:1-2, 17-33

Sermon

James Merritt

... was the Beatles. Over 150 years ago Martin Van Buren, the Governor of New York, wrote a letter to President Andrew Jackson with this observation about a new transportation phenomenon called "The Railroad Train." Here is what he said: Mr. ... to buy a ticket to get into the games. He hated to practice, he did his laps only hapheartedly. One day while he was going through the motions the coach came over and said, "Son, there's a telegram for you." He said, "Coach, what does it say?" The boy was so lazy he didn ...

24. John 12:20-33

John 12:20-33

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... and the scope of Jesus' mission is revealed. Ironically, it is in bringing Lazarus back to life that the wheels are set in motion for Jesus' own death. To confirm the Pharisees' fears, voiced in verse 19, that "the world has gone after him," John immediately ... It is likely that Philip, from the ethnically diverse region of Galilee and bearing a Greek name, himself spoke Greek. Likewise Andrew, the disciple Philip next turns to, is the only other one of Jesus' 12 sporting a Greek name and, thus, perhaps ...

25. When We Are Uncertain about The Future

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... you go to the beach, which do you worry most about drowning or a shark attack? Some of us still hear the theme from the motion picture Jaws whenever we venture out deep. Even when we know that our fears are overblown, many of us are afraid. Of course, a little ... p. 272. 7. Stephen Arterburn, Flash Points (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2002), p. 167. 8. (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1996). Cited by Steve Goodier, http://www.lifesupportsystem.com. 9. Jerry Ruff, http://www.sumcnj.com/sermons ...

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