Sermon and Worship Resources

Showing 1 to 25 of 37 results

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... life and pay tribute to her. The Carter Fold, a musical performance center located in Hiltons strives to preserve the traditional music that June's mother and A.P. and Sara Carter made famous. More than a thousand people waited for the show to begin. It had ... left many teary-eyed. Daughter Laura Cash joined her father in singing, "Farside Banks of Jordan." The chorus goes like this: And I'll be waiting on the far side banks of Jordan. I'll be waiting drawing pictures in the sand. And when I see you coming, ...

2. Proper 12

Luke 11:1-13, Psalm 138:1-8, Genesis 18:16-33, 2 Kings 5:1-27, Colossians 2:6-23

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... saints' days. The first section ran from Trinity Sunday to June 29th, the day of Sts. Peter and Paul, and Sundays were numbered consecutively; the second went from the end of June to August 10th, St. Lawrence Day, and were numbered "after ... didn't even go to the door of his house to greet Naaman, but simply told him to go and wash seven times in the Jordan, and "your flesh will be restored, and you shall be clean." Despite his anger and resentment, Naaman did what the prophet ordered and, indeed, "his flesh ...

3. Who Is Your Hero?

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... LEGITIMATE HEROES IN OUR WORLD. There ARE people who live courageous lives, compassionate lives, meaningful lives. Senator Barbara Jordan was such a person. Jordan had a trail blazing career as the first woman and the only black person so far to represent ... our Hero, too. 1. Harold Kushner, WHO NEEDS GOD. 2. "Now Rodman can be on tip of your tongue," LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, June 17, 1996, p. C2. 3. Bruce Felton and Mark Fowler, BEST, WORST (New York: Gramercy Publishing Company, 1975). 4. Ivins, Molly. You ...

4. A Tale Of Two Brothers

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... Sherrill, DAILY GUIDEPOSTS, 1998 (Carmel, N.Y.: Guideposts, 1997), p. 15. 3. Robert Dale, LEADERSHIP FOR A CHANGING CHURCH. 4. Dr. William P. Barker, TARBELL'S, (Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook Church Ministries, 1994). 5. SELLING POWER, June 2000, p. 96. 6. David Halberstam, "Becoming Michael Jordan," VANITY FAIR, Oct. 1998, p. 143. Cited in Linda S. Austin, M.D., WHAT'S HOLDING YOU BACK? (New York: Basic Books, 2000), pp. 121-122. 7. ILLUSAURUS 8. "Walter Scott's Personality Parade," PARADE magazine, Jan ...

5. Cleaned and Claimed

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... This is interesting. One writer tells us that in the 1500s most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, with a month having passed they were still starting to acquire an odor, so brides ... of John tells us that Jesus made a journey from Galilee to the Jordan River for the purpose of being baptized by John the Baptist. We don’t know exactly where on the Jordan River Jesus was baptized, but it would have probably been between 60 and ...

6. When Storms Hit Home

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... crowds have finally gone home, and it’s time to pack up and head to their next ministry spot in the region of Gerasenes, in modern-day Jordan. It must have been a tiring day. Jesus went to the back of the boat to catch a nap. And suddenly a storm swept in. Verses 37 ... you do not, today is the day to appropriate that faith for yourself. 1. (@JimGaffigan, June 20, 2010); (@primawesome, June 17, 2015); (@DadandBuried, June 18, 2017); “Tweet Roundup: The 15 Funniest Tweets About Father’s Day” by The Dad ...

7. Proper 15

Hebrews 12:1-13, Luke 12:54-59, Luke 12:49-53, Psalm 82:1-8, Jeremiah 20:7-18, Jeremiah 23:9-32, Jeremiah 38:1-13

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... in fact, his body was always "wet" - the Jordan water never really dried up; the voice was always in his ears, penetrating into the depths of his soul. His baptism was so vividly etched into his consciousness that he was ever aware of his relationship to God. Why then, does Jesus say, "I have a baptism to be baptized with ...?" 1. For one thing, Jesus knew that he had to die and that the time for his "exodus" on a cruel cross was getting close. At the beginning of June, 1990, Amos Owen, the most influential ...

8. Son of Thunder, Son of God

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Gollub. It came out of Religious News Service in June of 1989. It seems that Jordan Gollub was leader of the Mississippi Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. (Now there’s a contradiction ... says that he now plans to start his own organization, so he can kick everybody else out, I suppose. It’s going to be a pretty small group in the end! Jordan Gollub was a bigot who was “hoist on his own petard.” Did you know that the term “bigot” comes from “by God,” and began as a term applied to those ...

9. A Double Portion

2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... clothes and tore them in two pieces. [13] He picked up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. [14] He took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, saying, "Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?" When he had struck ... , P.O. Box 8, Platteville, CO, 80651; 970-785-2990), June 1994 Tom Bresko "All In a Day's Work" Reader's Digest, 3. Autoillustrator 4. Christian Reader, "Lite Fare." 5. From Dennis The Menace, January 15, ...

10. Confrontation in the Temple

John 2:12-25

Sermon

George Bass

... she is out of step with reality. That was not the case with Jesus. He, too, had a dramatic experience when John baptized him in the Jordan River; the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, came down upon him and he became a marked man then and there. But Jesus never ... for twelve years. His body, according to columnist Jim Klobuchar, who tells the story in the Minneapolis Star and Tribune (June 3, 1983), had rejected several kidney transplants. For seven years he had been on an artificial kidney machine, and his ...

11. Choices

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... significant choice. Jesus had just received the "seal of approval," if you will, for his ministry. He had been baptized by John in the River Jordan; at the moment of baptism, a dove had descended from heaven and the voice of God had announced "This is my beloved son, with him ... Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D., O, The Oprah Magazine, Jan. 2002, p.30. 3. Contributed by Jon B. Cox, Reader's Digest, June 2002, p.115. 4. Stories of God's Abundance for a More Joyful Life, compiled by Kathy Collard Miller (Lancaster, PA: ...

12. Life's Loose Threads and The Tie That Binds

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... this!" God finally exclaims, "Never speak to me of this matter again! Go up to the top of Pisgah and look around you ... for you shall not cross over this Jordan" (Deuteronomy 3:26b-27). To be sure, "speak no more" is a tough line for the Almighty to take after a lifetime of service, but at the very least it ... ), p. 86. 4. Murray Baumgarten, "That Stutterer Moses," Western Political Quarterly, No. 32 (June 1979), p. 153. 5. William Muehl, Why Preach? Why Listen? (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986), p. 92.

13. Are There Two Baptisms?

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... professor of Homiletics for one year. Also guests for dinner that evening were missionaries to Tanzania (in Africa), Orville and June Nyblade. They told us of the Masai women (a certain tribe in that country) who are demon possessed. These ... be re-baptized!" "I think I understand it better now," or "I’m going to the Holy Land, and I want to be re-baptized in the River Jordan, where Jesus was baptized!" Friend, we do not believe in re-baptism! That is to negate the work of God that was done for you at your ...

14. Meeting And Mastering Temptation

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... he can (and often does) lead us to the place of temptation. When Jesus was anointed by the Holy Spirit at his baptism in the river Jordan, the Scripture says that Jesus was 'led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil' (Matthew 4:1). When we ... If God expects that kind of courage from anyone, then God should provide some guarantees." (quoted by Donald Shelby, "God is God", June 26, 1988). Well, He does -- but not the kind of guarantee most of us wish for. The guarantee is not that the ...

15. Will The Real God Please Stand?

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... examine Luke's account of the temptation we find an intriguing thought, as he says, 'And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness' (Luke 4:1). Later, in verse 14, it says that 'Jesus returned in the power of ... If God expects that kind of courage from anyone, then God should provide some guarantees." (quoted by Donald Shelby, "God is God", June 26, 1988). Well, He does -- but not the kind of guarantee most of us wish for. The guarantee is not that ...

16. Onward Christian Hell-busters

Matthew 10:40-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and Gaulinitis. Caesarea Phillippi was famous in Jesus' day for a couple of things. First, it was celebrated for its natural beauty the Jordan River begins here. Second, here was built the sanctuary to the god Pan, the god of nature. Third, a cave known as the ... Pride Parade participants reached the front of St. Mark's Church, they were met with an unexpected surprise. On that hot and steamy June afternoon, the church had set up a small oasis offering cups of cold water to all the marchers who felt hot and ...

17. Total Recall

Deuteronomy 6:20-25

Sermon

James Merritt

On June 24, 1826, Thomas Jefferson sent a letter to Roger C. Weightman, declining an invitation to come to Washington, D.C., to help celebrate ... you shall say to your son, 'We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and the LORD brought us from Egypt with a mighty hand." (Deuteronomy 6:21 NASB) Israel was poised to cross the Jordan because of God's providence in her life. God had reached down with His mighty Hand and delivered Israel from the clutches of the most powerful nation on earth. Just as you can see the ...

18. The Promise of Hope

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... food was locusts and wild honey. [5] Then the people of Jerusalem and all Judea were going out to him, and all the region along the Jordan, [6] and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. [7] But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadduccees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you ... Hope. 1. Parables, Etc. (Saratoga Press, P.O. Box 8, Platteville, CO, 80651; 970-785-2990), June 1989 2. Garfield by Jim Davis (11/29/04 Paws, Inc.) 3. Worshipfilms.com

19. Israel’s Ill-Placed Confidence

Amos 5:18-27

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... to Beersheba” (e.g., 2 Sam. 17:11). Transjordan pertains to the area east of the Jordan River, the area through which the Israelites had to pass before crossing the Jordan on their way from Mount Sinai to Canaan. (Israel was denied direct passage to Canaan by ... days after Passover), the Festival of Weeks took place on the sixth day of the third month (corresponding to our May or June). This marked another occasion when all Jewish men were required to come to the sanctuary. They were to bring an offering of ...

20. Proper 10

Luke 10:25-37, Colossians 1:1-14, Amos 7:10-17, Psalm 82:1-8

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... of respect for the life that had been. The opponents were so demonized that this man was left lying in the road and people passed by without giving him the normal and appropriate respect as a person. 4. The Jerusalem to Jericho Road. In June, 1967, Jordan and Israel fought along the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Tourists going down the road in August observed burned-out and destroyed tanks. They all looked the same. They were American tanks. Only the symbols painted on the sides told which were Jordanian ...

21. Behold The Man Who Takes Away Sin

John 1:29-34

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... not the Christ. It would be another who would come after him. And so, one day when John was preaching there in the wilderness along the Jordan River, he saw Jesus coming toward him. John knew he was the one. So he pointed to Jesus and said to the people, "Behold! The Lamb ... friendship, led forward on an exciting adventure. 1. George Thompson, "Kissing The Joy," Pulpit Digest, Harper, San Francisco, May-June, 1992, p. 22. 2. Harold Kushner, Who Needs God, Summit Books, New York, 1989, p. 75. 3. George Wesley ...

22. Advent 3

Zephaniah 3:1-20, Philippians 4:2-9, Luke 3:1-20, Isaiah 12:1-6

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... glory, now and for ever. Amen." The Lutheran Book Of Worship has modernized the older collect for The Nativity of John the Baptist (June 24) and shares it with the Third Sunday in Advent. If nothing else, this prayer functions as an antiphon to the Baptist's ... said similar things to the tax collectors and the soldiers, who obviously were in the crowd of people gathered at the Jordan. That sounds like an ethical exhortation, "Correct your lifestyle and do good to others, and all will be well with you." When ...

23. Saints Alive!

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... sick to him for healing, and great crowds were gathering from as far as Jerusalem, the Decapolis, Judea and areas beyond the Jordan. Seeing the crowds, Jesus gathers the disciples and goes up on a mountain. The opening of his sermon appears to be ... kingdom of heaven. Indeed so! 1. Myron R. Chartier, "Peacekeepers or Peace Makers," The Clergy Journal, Vol. 61, No. 7, May/June 1985, (Austin, Church Management, Inc., 1985), p. 16. 2. William Barclay, The Gospel of Matthew, Vol. 1, (Philadelphia, The Westminster ...

24. A Noble Patriotism John D. Mauney, Jr.

Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

... and faculty of Moscow State University, as he commented on his talks with Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the Moscow Summit of June, 1988. Mr. Reagan went to Moscow as an agent of peace and a champion of human rights. The people of the U. ... of Moab opposite Bethpeor; but no man knows the place of his burial to this day." (Deuteronomy 34:5) By Nebo’s lonely mountain, On this side Jordan’s wave, In a vale in the land of Moab There lies a lonely grave; And no man knows the sepulcher, And no man saw it e ...

25. Real Religion

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... and others. When their very existence was threatened in Moab by King Balak, God rescued them yet again. When they crossed the River Jordan, from Shittim to Gilgal, God was with them once again, protecting them, leading them. Clearly the evidence to the court shows that whatever ... Bible lecture via Internet at the meeting of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches, Hartford, Connecticut, June 27, 1999, http://www.naccc.org/hartfor/features/bible_3.html 4. Daniel J. Simundson, The Book of ...

Showing results