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Isaiah 62:1-5

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Mary S. Lautensleger

... created by the Holy Spirit to guide us in serving God's purpose here on earth. The disciples were first called by the name "Christian" at Antioch by those who did not believe in the resurrected Christ (Acts 11:26). It began as a somewhat derogatory name for this ... and poise. Her own self-image was transformed into what she hoped to become. Then Claudia's mother caught wind of the name change, and phoned the parents of Claudia's friends, as well as her teacher at school, instructing them to call her Mary ...

2. Meeting Jesus Along The Way

Luke 24:13-35

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King Duncan

... anyone can remember. The spot where the limb was blown off caused quite a stir in the neighborhood sometime back. One of the residents, Claudia Voight, looked at the tree one day and saw what looked like the face of Jesus. "It took my breath away," she recalls. " ... also find Jesus when we remember what we have been taught in Sunday School or worship by a parent or a trusted friend. A Christian lady in Turin, Italy writes of waking up in the middle of the night. A strong wind had been blowing for three days, ...

3. His Trial

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ.” While he is sitting on the judgment seat he receives a message from his wife Claudia: “Have nothing to do with this innocent man. I suffered much on his account in a dream last night.” Tradition has it that she later became a Christian and she has been canonized in the Greek Orthodox Church. In the meantime the scribes and chief priests had stirred up the crowd all the more so that when Pilate raises the question ...

4. Pilate's Dilemma

John 18:28-40

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King Duncan

... if I am not reelected?” Pontius Pilate could sympathize with that Congressman. Pilate married into a political family. His wife Claudia was the granddaughter of Caesar Augustus. So, Pilate was a member of the Emperor’s family by marriage, not merit. Pilate ... is room at the foot of the cross for us. Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu once put it this way: “We tend to turn the Christian religion into a religion of virtues, but it is a religion of grace. You become a good person because you are loved. You are not ...

5. A Pattern For Giving And Living

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

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Maxie Dunnam

... within four months? Can that really be what they mean when they speak about "human dignity"? Of course, I see from the gospel that Claudia and Vera often read to me that Christ loved poverty; but not human suffering, he didn't put up with that. There's a ... least head in that direction is a symptom of our trusting ourselves rather than trusting God. Alan Paton once said the key question for a Christian is not "Am I saved?", but "Am I giving?". I'm not sure I would put it just that way, but there's no question ...

6. The Problem with Signs

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... Christians ... still." Christian faith ... assurance. Christian faith is rooted in God's love. CHRISTIAN FAITH ... the people I love." Christian faith is rooted in ... Christian faith is rooted in God's love and in God's law. MOST IMPORTANT, CHRISTIAN FAITH IS ROOTED IN GOD'S REVELATION. Christian faith is not a philosophy. No one sat down and thought this stuff up. Christian ... Christian ... ." This is what sets Christians apart. We may forget ... Christian faith is rooted in God's love. Christian faith is rooted in God's law. Christian ...

7. With a Firm Foundation, Application Is Second Nature

Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... Matthew 7:22).7 There are rich implications for everyday life in this insight. Realizing that only Christ can provide your foundation makes living the Christian life, makes living in everyday American life, a lot easier. After all, I never saw a building sweat and agonize about how it is ... , 1995), p. 175. 10. Ibid. 11. See page 233, notes 7-8. Also see Sonja Lyumbomirsky, as summarized in Claudia Wallis, "The New Science of Happiness," Time, January 17, 2005, pp. A8-A9. 12. John Calvin, "Commentary On a ...

8. Suffered under (Saint) Pontius Pilate

John 18:28-40

Sermon

David O. Bales

... his wife. We can picture Pilate when he returned one afternoon to their pleasant Roman villa. He stepped in and announced, “Claudia, I’ve been posted to Judea.” The least she would have said was, “Are you crazy?” — which assumes she even ... proper response to him is, “Sir! Yes sir!” That’s only slightly the authority of a king. This shocks lots of American Christians who think of Jesus more as a pal than a commander. Perhaps we need to recalculate our thinking about Jesus. Pilate wants to ...

9. What Will It Take to Make You Happy?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... on, up and down the hierarchy who weren’t optimistic, who thought everything was going bad. You see, there are different ways of being a Christian. “A minister in London told me about a man who never would go inside a church. But he would hang around in the vestibule. And ... Group, 2005), pp. 29-30. 4. Reklau, Destination Happiness. 5. Cited in Reader’s Digest (Reader’s Digest USA). 6. Claudia Wallis, “The New Science of Happiness,” Time, January 17, 2005, p. A7. 7. James W. Moore, Standing on the ...

10. In Praise of Feeling Guilty

Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... That’s nice." Cathy: "Dianne and Tom just had a baby and they named it after Dianne’s old boyfriend." Mother: "That’s nice." Cathy: "Claudia’s going on a 5-day canoe trip with a guy she met last night!" Mother: "That’s nice." Cathy: "What’s the world ... as we experienced the disapproval of parents. But there is an underlying basis for it. Sin has been conceived in Christian theology in three complementary ways, as rebellion, as estrangement or isolation, and as error in performance, a missing of ...

11. The Twenty-Ninth Chapter of Acts

2 Timothy 4:1-22

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John E. Harnish

... landing at Neapolis, hurrying up to Rome. There he seeks out Paul's prison, only to be repulsed by the guard. He seeks out the house of Claudia, or Pudens and the gathering of disciples and he asks where he can find Paul. I can hear them say: "And are you Timothy? Didn't you ... been quoted and used by a multitude of preachers, sometimes with or without proper recognition. It was published in Christianity Today on Oct. 22, 1976, and the quotations I have used come from that version. It was originally preached ...

12. Jesus Before Pilate

Matthew 27:11-26

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... ) his wife sent a message warning against any involvement with that innocent man. She had been deeply troubled during the night in a dream about Jesus. Tradition has given her the name Claudia Procula (or Procla), and in the Eastern church she is regarded as a saint. There is no evidence that she was a convert to Christianity, nor is there any substantial reason to accept the testimony of the apocryphal Acts of Pilate, which reports that just before Pilate was beheaded a voice from heaven said, “All the ...

13. What Kind Of Love?

1 John 4:7-21

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John N. Brittain

... our region," he said, "progress in their careers and education, and the wife just follows along. I wanted Claudia to have the opportunity to do this." Particularly in marriage, which is after all a very complex partnership ... love that which is not naturally lovable, and we all have unlovable parts and our unlovable times. I know of nothing more honest than the Christian wedding vows: for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health. For all those things that are lovable, and the things ...

14. Extreme Sports, Extreme Fashions, Extreme Faith

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... engage in extreme behavior to forget the emptiness within. What has all this got to do with faith? Maybe we have made being a Christian too easy. Maybe we need to offer people the opportunity to risk life and limb for Christ, as did the early church. Maybe we ... Pontius Pilate, and Laurence Olivier flew from London to take the role of Nicodemus. Many big stars played in minor roles. "Claudia Cardinale was the most determined of the stars. She persisted in asking the director for a part in the film, and when ...

15. Rejected

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... magnificent Grace. We are not rejected; we are accepted by God.] 1. Cox News Service 2. "The Turning Point," EBONY, May 1996, pp. 84-86. 3. Claudia De Lys, WHAT'S SO LUCKY ABOUT A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER? (New York: Bell Publishing Company, 1989). 4. Dr. William P. Barker, TARBELL'S TEACHER'S GUIDE, (Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook, 1994). 5. Hans Schwarz, WHAT CHRISTIANS BELIEVE, Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987, p.52). 6. Fred Coleman, U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, October 3, 1994, p. 16. 7. Jill Morgan, A MAN OF ...

16. Who Am I Supposed To Hate?

Luke 14:25-35

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King Duncan

... for family, or love for possessions, and love for God. There are still families in the world today where, if a son or a daughter were to become a Christian, the parents would disown this son or daughter and have no further contact with them. It would be as if they had died. You and I have it so ... , The Tribute (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishes, 1994), pp. 274-275. 4. Claudia Wallis, Time, December 15, 2003 p. 53. 5. Jim Cymbala, Breakthrough Prayer (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2003), pp.190-193.

17. Final Greetings

2 Timothy 4:19-22

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... there during that year, he would need to set right out. Finally he sends greetings from some friends, Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia and all the brothers and sisters. Since three of these names are Latin, one may assume that these are local Roman ... Greek Letter), pp. 69–77 and 111–13. The Pauline closings have been formally analyzed by W. G. Doty, Letters in Primitive Christianity, pp. 39–42, and H. Gamble, The Textual History of the Letter to the Romans, SD 42 (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1977), pp ...

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