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Ezekiel 26:1-21, Ezekiel 27:1-36, Ezekiel 28:1-19, Ezekiel 28:20-26

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... 5:15); it is in this way that the cities usually appear in the New Testament (e.g., Matt. 11:21–22; Mark 3:8; Luke 6:17; Acts 12:20). Likewise, with one exception (Jdt. 2:28), Tyre precedes Sidon when the Apocrypha mentions the two cities in the ... editor has inserted this list of gemstones is to beg the question: why would someone have inserted such a list? As Robert Wilson observes, since the list can have no other referent than the high-priestly breastplate, “the purpose of the list must be to identify ...

2. Leading a Friend to Jesus

Luke 5:27-32, Luke 5:17-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... of drawing James to himself. Our scripture today offers two beautiful examples of how a friend can lead someone to Christ. In verse 18 of Luke 5, we meet a paralyzed man who was brought to Jesus on a cot by some mighty good friends. The house where Jesus was teaching ... where we need a major healing. The former head of the psychiatric department at the Duke Medical Center was Bill Wilson, a committed Christian. An active United Methodist, he spoke in churches all over the Southeast. One of his patients at ...

3. A Voice Calls in the Wilderness

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... to prepare the world for the coming of Jesus. His name was John. We know him as John the Baptist. Listen as the Gospel of Luke describes John’s ministry: “The word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. He went into all the country around ... crossed the rugged Tehachapi Mountains. At one point the road rises to an elevation of more than 4,000 feet. An old deacon told Wilson that when he was young it took him two full days to drive a large truck only 110 miles from Los Angeles to ...

4. Cure for an Aching Back

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... the physical pain, but the emotional pain of this kind of obvious deformity of the entire body. Dr. Ralph F. Wilson suggests that this woman’s problem was probably what physician’s today would call Ankylosing Spondylitis, or Marie-Strümpell ... kind of spirit, a spirit of legalism and condemnation. Immediately after reading that this woman straightened up and praised God, Luke tells us about this second character. Listen to these words: “Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue ...

5. Love to Life

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... synagogue, the woman he calls forward without her ever seeking him out, is “bent over and quite unable to stand up straight.” Luke’s text doesn’t tell us anything else about this woman. We do not know if she was rich or poor, a paragon ... dancing is unforgettable. I have provided the link above, or you can Google “Naomi Feil and Gladys Wilson,” and it will take you there.] We are all locked up. It’s not just Gladys Wilson who is locked up inside. We are all locked up, and some of us are seized up ...

6. Bridges Over The River Kwai

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... your sins. I am simply privileged to announce on behalf of God that your sins are forgiven. But I do have that authority and it is an aweinspiring privilege. Bill Wilson, a Christian physician, is head of the psychiatric department at Duke University. One of his patients was a Vietnam veteran who had been nonfunctioning for years. In the course of his ... PULPIT," April-June, 1994, p. 6. 3. March 31, 1994, Page 12-15. 4. Bruce Larson, THE COMMUNICATOR'S COMMENTARY (Luke) (Dallas: Word, Inc. 1983), p. 109.

7. Ezekiel's Call

Ezekiel 1:1-28, Ezekiel 2:1-3:15, Ezekiel 3:16-27

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD” (Deut. 8:3; see Matt. 4:4//Luke 4:4). In the same way, God tests Ezekiel here with the command to eat whatever it is that the Lord gives him. What the Lord gives him ... This is a “vision,” after all; its images and ideas need not correspond to our sense of logic (see R. R. Wilson, “Prophecy in Crisis: The Call of Ezekiel,” in Interpreting the Prophets [ed. J. L. Mays and P. J. Achtemeier; Philadelphia: ...

8. Proper 21

Luke 16:19-31, Psalm 146:1-10, Amos 6:1-7, Joel 2:18-27, 1 Timothy 6:11-21

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... " in a dream she had shortly after he died. In it, he was "whole and strong and wearing an Irish hat he loved." Jeri Wilson writes, "In my dream he was dancing a jig. And laughing. And saying, in a sing-song voice: 'Hey, look, I got away. Hey, ... again today. Then they may pray, "Come, Lord Jesus! Come quickly!" A Sermon For St. Luke's Day On The (LBW) Gospel For The Day, Luke 1:1-4; 24:44-53 - "Luke, The Story Teller." 1. Luke set out to tell the world's most important story, the gospel of Jesus Christ, ...

9. The Resurrection

Mark 16:1-20

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... that the women flee in great agitation and fear and say nothing to anyone. It is striking that the parallels in Matthew 28:8 and Luke 24:8–9 say the opposite, describing the women as obeying the command of the angel at the tomb and proclaiming to the disciples the ... yea” (the text can be read in translation in E. Hennecke, W. Schneemelcher, New Testament Apocrypha, trans. R. McL. Wilson [Philadelphia: Westminster, 1963], vol. 1, pp. 185–86). It is evident that, compared with these examples of the ...

10. In The Lion's Den

Daniel 6:1-28

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... fact that over 1500 of you are in a specific prayer ministry. Also, on a typical weekday morning forty or fifty of us drop by Wilson Chapel to pray for a few minutes on the way to work. Nobody sends these people a reminder card or even a thank-you. Those ... of lifted hands and eyes, but it most often refers to bowing and kneeling. Luke tells us that Jesus knelt to pray in the Garden of Gathsemene the night before he was arrested. (Luke 22:41) Matthew tells us that Jesus actually "fell with his face to the ...

11. The Coming Judgment Calls for the Saints to Leave Babylon

Revelation 18:1-24

Teach the Text

J. Scott Duvall

... pride of nations, kingdoms, churches, or individuals (e.g., Job 40:11–12; Ps. 5:5; Prov. 16:5, 18; Isa. 2:17; Matt. 23:12; Luke 18:9–14; 2 Thess. 2:4; James 4:16). Earlier in the book of Revelation, the risen Christ rebuked the church at Laodicea for this very ... . Illustrating the Text God takes economic persecution seriously. History: “Revelation,” by Mark Wilson. Commenting on the economic disparity present in Rome, Wilson observes: Today the salary of a person receiving a wage of $6 would ...

12. The Appointing of the Twelve Apostles

Mark 3:13-19

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... the divine plan for Jesus’ ministry. For other examples of events in the Gospels connected with hills, note 9:2–9 and Matt. 17:1–8 and Luke 9:28–36 (the transfiguration); 13:3–35 and Matt. 24:3–44 (the discourse on the future); Matt. 5:1 (the Sermon on the Mount); ... on the writing, and an English translation, see E. Hennecke, W. Schneemelcher, New Testament Apocrypha, trans. R. McL. Wilson [Philadelphia: Westminster, 1965], vol. 2, pp. 425–531.) Judas Iscariot is called son of Simon Iscariot in ...

13. The Signs Of Salvation

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... where Zacchaeus was that day - curious but not yet convinced, driven but not yet converted. A few years ago the comedian Flip Wilson was asked about his religious affiliation. "I'm a Jehovah's Bystander," he answered. "They asked me to be a Jehovah's Witness ... were all drawing near to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured saying: "This man receives sinners and eats with them" (Luke 15:1-2). Jesus answered the charge in the famous trilogy of parables about lost persons and things: the Lost Sheep, the ...

14. “Create in Me a Pure Heart, O God, and Renew a Steadfast Spirit within Me”

Psalm 51:1-19

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... from their deities. 51:4 Against you, you only, have I sinned.Wilson explains: “The measure of the psalmist’s sin in this case is ‘ ... Luke 15). Like the prodigal, David has engaged in “wild living” (Ps. 51 title; Luke 15:13, 30), is obsessed by his sinful condition (51:3; Luke 15:17), and is aware that his sin is basically against God (51:4a; Luke 15:18–19). In both instances God is justified in the verdict (51:4b; Luke 15:19), and God is responsive to a broken and contrite heart (51:17; Luke ...

15. The Lost and Found Celebration

Luke 15:15-24

Sermon

James W. Moore

... When did you get food poisoning?” I asked. He said, “The spring of 1947.” - We excuse ourselves by blaming evil spirits. Flip Wilson’s phrase “The devil made me do it” can cover a multitude of sins. The idea here is that our behaviors can ... Christ came to show us that forgiveness is at hand. We see it powerfully in the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Go read it in Luke 15. The prodigal comes home rehearsing his confessions all the way. When he comes face to face with the father he begins to blurt it ...

16. Spiritual Blessings in Christ

Ephesians 1:1-14

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... God’s “good pleasure” is put into effect or administered by Christ (for the use of oikonomia as “management,” “stewardship,” or “administration,” cf. Luke 16:2–4; 1 Cor. 9:17; 1 Pet. 4:10). He is the steward through whom God is working out his plan for the ... we” and “you,” see D. Jayne, “ ‘We’ and ‘You’ in Ephesians,” ExpT 85 (1974), pp. 151–52; R. A. Wilson, “ ‘We’ and ‘You’ in the Epistle to the Ephesians,” Studia Evangelica 2 (1964), pp. 676–80. 1:13 G. ...

17. The Four Horsemen

Revelation 6:1-17

Teach the Text

J. Scott Duvall

... ; 3:15–16; Hab. 3:6–11) and in the teachings of Jesus (e.g., Mark 13:24–27 and par. in Matt. 24:29–31; Luke 21:25–28; cf. Acts 2:19–20; 2 Pet. 3:10). In the Synoptics, the dissolution of the universe is connected with Jesus’s second ... 21–23). Illustrating the Text Christians have always faced persecution—from the beginning to today! Quote: “Revelation,” by Mark W. Wilson. The martyrdom described in Revelation is being repeated around the world today at an alarming rate. In fact, the 100 ...

18. The Sign of the Dove

John 1:29-34, John 1:19-28, John 1:1-18, Luke 3:21-38, Luke 3:1-20, Mark 1:1-8, Matthew 3:13-17, Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... even in death, there is Life in Jesus, and a garden of beauty in God’s kingdom. There is an unknown book written by Eliane Wilson in 1998 called The Lost Dove of Peace. You can read it in one evening. The illustrations by Hans Erni are enchanting. It’s a story ... like a dove on him. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” Luke: In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee ...

19. Words As Images

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... , and this is done by making sure that the listener knows what the primary theme, or "controlling image," is. Patricia Wilson-Kastner advises, Normally we will want to make one particular image central; other images will either clarify or support it. Sometimes ... distracted from the message of the text itself, which should always be the heart of the sermon. I recently heard a sermon on Luke 15, the Prodigal Son (Cycle C, Lent 4), where the pastor told a moving story about a college girl who messed up her ...

20. The Plank

Matthew 5:38-48; 7:1-6

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. Luke’s Witness to Jesus’ Teaching About Loving and Judging “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate ... of Time.” Robert H. Stein. “Jesus the Messiah.” Justin Martyr, “Dialogue with Trypho 88.” **See Marvin Wilson. “Our Father Abraham.” P. 120. ***Photos for threshing board in Nazareth taken by Tim Frank Archaeology. ...

21. Paul Today

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon Aid

T. A. Kantonen

... the people to whom the parable of the Pharisee and the publican was first told: "they trusted in themselves that they were righteous" (Luke 18:9). "Both Jesus and Paul agree," says Jeremias, "that no man is so far from God as the self-righteous person."26 ... relevant but never a simple possibility." We may recall, for example, the jeering words of Clemenceau when Wilson tried to apply this approach at Versailles, "Wilson talks like Jesus Christ." When agape was laughed out of court, seeds of hatred were sown ...

22. No Litmus Test for Jesus

2 Kings 5:1-14

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... Congress in 1896, 1909, and 1915 were vetoed by presidents Cleveland, Taft, and Wilson. However, in 1917, a literacy test bill was again passed and made law over the veto of Wilson. The United States had created a situation where, in essence, immigrants had to ... many examples of how Jesus reached out to all. Jesus asked no litmus test for one's physical condition. Saint Luke (17:11-19) describes how Jesus cured ten lepers. Due to purification laws, lepers were ostracized from Jewish society, literally ...

23. Rising to New Life

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... of the resurrection. While the gospel of Mark, the first evangelist chronologically, presents a very brief story, Matthew, Luke, and John give more full accounts, including many famous post-resurrection stories. Interestingly, however, the first written ... compliance or obedience. Rather, the gift of resurrection is extended; it is our choice whether or not to accept it. Bill Wilson and Bob Smith were two down and out alcoholics who experienced through their addiction the throes of death, but fortunately for ...

24. It Happens In The Best Of Families

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... igloo, oil in your lamp, and peace in your heart. That is my New Year's wish for each of you. Our lesson for the day from Luke's Gospel has to do with family life. The most important thing that could happen to many of us in 1989 would be that we might renew ... and children committed to each other. That, of course, is also a lifelong commitment. At each stage, however, the relationship changes. Sloan Wilson, the author of THE MAN IN A GRAY FLANNEL SUIT, compared it to teaching a child to ride a bicycle. A ...

25. Christ Arose

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... disciples that they had seen the risen Lord, even “they did not believe it” (16:11). Luke is more blunt: “[The disciples] did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense” (Luke 24:11). Even after the risen Christ had made himself known to many witnesses, Thomas, one ... , http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermon.asp?SermonID=34943. 4. Cited by Dr. James L. Wilson, http://www.freshministry.org/alameda/10.htm. 5. Marilyn Omernick, http://www.stjohnslaverne.org/SermonReadingArchive ...

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