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Romans 16:1-27

Sermon

Brett Blair

... her two sons. We are told in this very grisly scene that she drove away the vultures by day and the jackals by night. When David heard of the tenacity of this mother's vigil he was moved to compassion and he went to Gibeon personally and had the bodies removed ... home is. A minister was visiting a family who had just moved to Memphis from Baltimore, Maryland. The minister asked the man if he was originally from Baltimore and he said: No, family transferred around quite frequently and there is really no one ...

2. A Salute to Mothers

Romans 16:1-27

Sermon

Brett Blair

3. Murphy's Law and Messiah's Law

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... It is so much simpler to bury reality than it is to dispose of dreams" (Don DeLillo, Americana, the epigraph to David Mitchell's Number9Dream [Sceptre, 2001])? One of my unsung heroes is an unnamed veteran Detroit firefighter. After years and years of ... tree, the whole glory of God. -Tim Keller, "Why We Need Artists," in It Was Good Making Art to the Glory of God, ed. Ned Bustard (Baltimore, MD: Square Halo Books, 2000), 87. All that you and I get is a leaf. That's all we're responsible for is that leaf. Put ...

4. The Dawn's Early Light

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... as well. God called a halt to the wilderness wanderings of the Hebrews and settled them in Israel. While this week's text denies David the honor of building a permanent "residence" for the formerly nomadic Yahweh, it does reveal that God had decided to pitch his tent ... But he ultimately declined the offer to serve as an assistant rector at the highly respected St. Paul's Church in Baltimore. He feared that by taking such a prestigious position some might feel he had acted "under the influence of unworthy ...

5. Where Are You?

Hosea 11:1-11

Sermon

Richard L. Sheffield

... 1:00 I was in a cab heading back to LaGuardia. At 2:10 I was on the way -- to Baltimore. At 4:00 I was sitting in a hot plane on the ground in Baltimore listening to the pilot explain that they couldn't get the engines started! At 4:45, having been reassured ... try anyway! But the Bible calls us to learn from the mistakes of all those people you thought were perfect like Moses, and David, and Isaiah, and Jeremiah, and even the 12 disciples. To learn from their lives, and our lives, as we live them where we ...

6. The Lord's Prayer: Our Father

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... a summer camp. For one week every summer, we had the opportunity to get out of the heat of Baltimore, to play, to swim, to enjoy good friends, and to learn more about the Lord. After all, it was ... , that was Erin's problem and as soon as she got some dinner, she quieted down and has been a delight ever since. There were a number of things that David and Erin had in common, but one in particular stands out: Christie and I had loved those children before we had ever even seen them. For all those months before ...

7. Remembering Charlie

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... about how meaningful letters from home were to the boys in the service, and in spite of my mother's constant badgering (Gee, David, you KNOW how much a letter from you would mean), I never wrote - big brother taking little brother for granted. The closest I came ... . The only visible reminders of Charlie's time on earth are a few photographs in scattered family albums, a gravestone in a Baltimore cemetery, and a name on a black wall in Washington. Yes, the pain is less, but our desire for fairness in life ...

8. Baptism of the Lord

Psalm 29:1-11, Isaiah 42:1-9, Acts 10:23b-48, Matthew 3:13-17

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... with the divine spirit. Scholars debate whether this is a reference to the anonymous prophet, a royal figure from the house of David, or even the Persian ruler Cyrus, whose rise to power is given a messianic interpretation (Isaiah 45:1). We will not solve ... now a dove is to reveal that the world's shipwreck is at an end for ever. (Christian Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours [Baltimore: Helicon Press, 1976], p. 1760.) Those lines quoting today's lections might be used as a heading or part of the cover for the ...

9. A Strong-willed Woman

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... Roosevelt, wife of our 32nd President, knew how to assert herself. She once left the White House to visit a prison in Baltimore. Her departure was so early in the morning that she decided not to disturb her husband. Shortly after he got up, he ... good and decent and lasting. At such times the follower of Jesus must speak up. But it’s hard for some of us. Years ago, David Seamands, in his book, Healing for Damaged Emotions told about a man named Ben. Seamands said that Ben was one of the most timid souls he ...

10. Fanning the Flames of Family

Ephesians 5:8-10

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... I just read a book this week entitled Season of Life. It's the story of Joe Ehrmann who played professional football for the Baltimore Colts from 1973—1980. There he earned a reputation as the “sack pack," the man who could mow them down on the field. Joe ... it. Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery. King David had an affair and covered it up with a murder. Even Jesus realized his mother and brothers could not embrace his mission. As surely as Noah, Jacob, and David found grace in the eyes of the Lord, so ...

11. Looking for Rainbows

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... That’s a lie. Your heart, your soul, your mind will be blessed but the flood waters will still rise. Pastor Jerome Cooper of Baltimore tells about a woman named Lynn. Lynn was a woman seeking for truth. Even though she had been a member of a Christian church ... died. God has made a covenant with us and that covenant will not fail. 1. The Practice of Pentecost. Cited by David Pytches, Does God Speak Today? (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers). 2. http://www.colours-of-the-rainbow.com/legends.html. 3. Moody ...

12. Expecting the Unexpected

Judges 4:1-24

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... his avoiding the barbershop than working out in the gym? Who could have possibly foreseen that from the imprudent affair of David and Bathsheba there would one day be born the wisdom of Solomon? Or move ahead into the New Testament and think ... 59. 2. Thomas G. Long, from a sermon delivered at the 203rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Baltimore, Maryland, June 8, 1991. 3. As cited in William H. Willimon & Stanley Hauerwas, Preaching to Strangers (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, ...

13. They Also Serve Who Wait

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Thomas Long

... for action and hope. According to the account in the New York Times, it was just before Christmas several years ago that David Storch, a music teacher, borrowed a copy of the score of Handel's Messiah from the Brooklyn Public Library. Through a ... Worner, Schoenberg's Moses and Aaron (London: Faber and Faber, 1959), pp. 137 & 163. 5. William F. Lynch, S.J., Images of Hope (Baltimore: Helicon, 1967), pp. 177-8. 6. John W. Dixon, Jr., Art and the Theological Imagination (New York: Seabury Press, 1978), p. 96. 7 ...

14. To Bethlehem and Beyond

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... but at Christmas it is always young." At least it ought to be. We live in a world of dangerous complexities. Near Baltimore, Maryland, a few years ago, one of our fast military planes fired its guns at a make-believe target straight ahead, ... he does. What was the message heard by shepherds that night in the fields of Bethlehem? "Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior who is Christ the Lord" (Luke 2:11). It was the simple announcement of the coming and presence of a living Person. May we ...

15. They Also Serve Who Wait

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Thomas Long

... for action and hope. According to the account in the New York Times, it was just before Christmas several years ago that David Storch, a music teacher, borrowed a copy of the score of Handel’s "Messiah" from the Brooklyn Public Library. Through a clerical ... ’s ‘Moses and Aaron’ (London: Faber and Faber, 1959), pp. 137 & 163. 5. William F. Lynch, S.J., Images of Hope (Baltimore: Helicon, 1967), pp. 177-8. 6. John W. Dixon, Jr., Art and the Theological Imagination (New York: Seabury Press, 1978), p. 96 ...

16. Go ... Be the Church ... Do the Gospel

Sermon

... ... Be ... Do A. The year was 1833, 25 years before the founding of our congregation. A band of German-American Lutherans came from Pennsylvania and through the western gateway from Baltimore, Maryland, to the Northwest Territory - the Ohio Valley. They had felt the urging of the Lord, "Go, Be the Church, Do the Gospel." Go settle; go tell the Gospel; go ... 1830 liturgy. The theme: "Go. Be the Church ... Do the Gospel" is based on the recent WCC document, Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry. - David A. Genszler

17. A House Divided

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... once said, "It is better to debate a question without settling it, than to settle it without debate." David Augsburg in his helpful book CARING ENOUGH TO CONFRONT suggests there are five possible steps to solving disagreements: ... of the sanctuary. "A house divided against itself..." OF COURSE THAT DIVIDED HOUSE CAN EVEN BE AN INDIVIDUAL. Carl B. Rife, a pastor in Baltimore, Maryland, had a common but vexing dilemma. He writes, "My wife and I were visiting our folks in our hometown. We ate supper at ...

18. Extraordinary Faith

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... It is amazing in modern Israel, the church, how little we expect out of God. Our lack of confidence in God reminds me of an incident early in the playing career of Baltimore Orioles coach Jimmy Williams. Williams was invited to attend a Brooklyn Dodger tryout camp in 1948. After working out for more than a week, he was one of nine players told to ... FOR PEOPLE, (New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., 1971). 3. Source Unknown. 4. Ron Luciano and David Fisher, REMEMBRANCE OF SWINGS PAST, (Toronto: Bantam Books).

19. The Edge Of Night

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... handle disappointment--disappointment at home, disappointment with our friends, disappointment on the job. There is a humorous story concerning David Marston, former U.S. Attorney for Pennsylvania under Jimmy Carter. In response to a direct summons from President ... snowstorm in years to get to Washington, D.C. All flights were canceled, so Marston grabbed a train, which derailed outside Baltimore. Not one to take a presidential summons lightly, he pressed on to the capital by bus. When he arrived at the ...

20. A Miracle Child

Exodus 2:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... into a ministry of education, teaching the poor children first of all in New York City and then in Boston, and then in Baltimore, and then it spread all over the United States, and then it spread to other countries. And other women accept the call to ... faith, he included the mother and father of Moses, along with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and Joseph, and Gideon and Samuel and David. These anonymous persons are not put in the broad daylight, because by faith, they braved death and kept their child hid for ...

21. Faithquest: Directions For The Journey Of Life

1 John 3:16-24

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

Alice Steinbach in an issue of the Baltimore Sun writes: "It begins one night in early September. While watching TV, you decide to pop some corn, so you ... And when we are filled with that Love, "not [just] in word or speech, but in truth and action" then coming to church will be like walking into the very heart of God. B. Rev. David Rankin in Calgary, Canada told how one day a resident who's not a member of his church, but lives close to the church, stopped and engaged him in a conversation. This man told him ...

22. When You’re Free (In Christ), Sacrifice Is No Burden!

Matthew 10:24-39

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... : Zondervan, 2002), p. 232. 2. Ibid. 3. For these insights I am indebted to Eduard Schweizer, Good News According to Matthew, trans. David E. Green (Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1975), p. 245. 4. See page 256, n.1, for references. 5. Op cit, Schweizer, p. 251. 6. ... Ibid. 7. Blaise Pascal, Pensees, 564, trans. A. J. Krailsheimer (Harmondsworth, UK and Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1972), p. 222. 8. Op cit, Warren, p. 232. 9. See pages 230-231 as well as nn. 7-8 of ...

23. Crossing the Jordan

Joshua 3:1-4:24

Understanding Series

J. Gordon Harris

... Gen. 34 refers to Shechem as the town led by Hamor the Hivite (G. E. Mendenhall, The Tenth Generation [Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973], p. 156). Anatolian archaeological evidence at Shechem indicates the presence of Hivites. Hivites ... During the time of Samuel, Gilgal seems to be an important cultic center (1 Sam. 7–11). It is mentioned as the location where David greets the men of Judah as he returns victorious after the death of Absalom (2 Sam. 19:15). After these incidents, Gilgal is not ...

24. Jesus Before Pilate and Herod

Luke 22:66--23:25

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... and parallels in Matthew and Mark); Acts 2:34–35; Rom. 8:34; Heb. 1:3, 13; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2 (see further David M. Hay, Glory at the Right Hand: Psalm 110 in Early Christianity, SBLMS 18 [Nashville: Abingdon, 1973]). Since the Son of Man title can ... the death of their wise king, because from that same time their kingdom was taken away?” (See Robert Dunkerley, Beyond the Gospels [Baltimore: Penguin, 1957], p. 27.) From Josephus (ca. A.D. 90) we have: “… Pilate, upon hearing him accused by men of the ...

25. Terms of Endearment

Luke 3:21-38

Sermon

David E. Leininger

"Terms of Endearment" - those distinctive words or phrases we use to let folks know they are special to us. I came across an article by a new father who noted the phenomenon: he writes,(1) "I recently ran through the list of nicknames Alene and I have called Bridgette since she was born. I was amazed. In only 22 weeks, we have referred to her, alternately, as: Bridgette, Bridge, Bridgey, Bridgelet, Bridgester, Bridgemeister, Bridgeman, Bridgette-the-Fidgettey-Midget, Bridgettes-of-Madison-County, Pooh, ...

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1. Mother's Day

Romans 16:1-27

Sermon

Brett Blair

2. A Salute to Mothers

Romans 16:1-27

Sermon

Brett Blair

3. Murphy's Law and Messiah's Law

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

4. The Dawn's Early Light

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

5. Where Are You?

Hosea 11:1-11

Sermon

Richard L. Sheffield

6. The Lord's Prayer: Our Father

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

7. Remembering Charlie

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

David E. Leininger

8. Baptism of the Lord

Psalm 29:1-11, Isaiah 42:1-9, Acts 10:23b-48, Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

9. A Strong-willed Woman

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

10. Fanning the Flames of Family

Ephesians 5:8-10

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

11. Looking for Rainbows

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

12. Expecting the Unexpected

Judges 4:1-24

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

13. They Also Serve Who Wait

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Thomas Long

14. To Bethlehem and Beyond

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Leonard Mann

15. They Also Serve Who Wait

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Thomas Long

... for action and hope. According to the account in the New York Times, it was just before Christmas several years ago that David Storch, a music teacher, borrowed a copy of the score of Handel’s "Messiah" from the Brooklyn Public Library. Through a clerical ... ’s ‘Moses and Aaron’ (London: Faber and Faber, 1959), pp. 137 & 163. 5. William F. Lynch, S.J., Images of Hope (Baltimore: Helicon, 1967), pp. 177-8. 6. John W. Dixon, Jr., Art and the Theological Imagination (New York: Seabury Press, 1978), p. 96 ...

16. Go ... Be the Church ... Do the Gospel

Sermon

17. A House Divided

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

King Duncan

18. Extraordinary Faith

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

19. The Edge Of Night

Philippians 2:1-11