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Hebrews 10:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... his utter disbelief, his dad calmly replied, “I know.” Silent seconds, which seemed like hours, passed. Then his dad said, “Let’s go eat.” He put his arm around Mark’s shoulder, and they walked to the house, not saying another word about it. Not then, not ever. (5) You and I have a Father with more love and forgiveness than Mark Strand’s dad. If only we would confess our sin. The writer of Hebrews says, “Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he ...

2. Knitted Together from the Womb

Exodus 2:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... risk. Twisty Faith, Twisty Discipleship –that’s our call as Followers of Jesus. For the straight and narrow road is never taken alone, but only with the help of God. The metaphor of the basket –the woven strands that define our identity like DNA, the weave of our relationship with God, marked by our experiences, our unique identity all contribute to the strength of the braid. The basket that is strongly woven, lovingly waterproofed, can carry us through any turmoil, risk or change in life. This is who ...

3. Signs and Oracles of Judgment

Ezekiel 4:1-5:17, Ezekiel 6:1-14, Ezekiel 7:1-27

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... proclamation is deliberately seamless in Ezekiel. Like Jesus, who after his baptism is driven immediately into the wilderness to be tested (Mark 1:12), and Paul, who after his baptism “At once . . . began to preach in the synagogues” (Acts 9:20), Ezekiel ... to the model siege in the first sign). The last third he is to scatter to the winds (v. 2)—except that he is to take a few strands of hair and tuck them away in the folds of your garment (v. 3). But he is to take a few hairs even from these to burn: A ...

4. Parabola

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’” The Parable of the Growing Seed (as told by Mark) He also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and ... pastor, you could choose a parable a week and never run out of them! Each one has a depth of meaning and lots of strands that connect the metaphors in the parable to the Hebrew scriptures and to the context of Jesus’ day, to relationships between humans and ...

5. Mrs. Proverbs

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... the arguments in favor of it, it makes a good bit of sense. And, by following the vocabulary and style differences in each strand, it is possible to do some untangling and make an educated guess about which material came from which earlier source. All of ... how well she serves others. It does, however, feel right if we are willing to apply that definition to all of us. Consider Mark 9:33-37 for example. There, Jesus discovered that his disciples had been arguing among themselves about which of them was the ...

6. Climbing the Right Ladder

Genesis 28:10-19a

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... left you out on a limb of isolation, I have good news for you. God does not desert his own. Sure, Jacob missed the mark. Sure, he has not understood his calling. Sure, he has not really grasped the notion of the blessing that is his. In reality, God ... I make over $100,000 a week. I tithe my income. Trust me, my pastor will find us.” Trust me my friends, when you are stranded in a tough place of you own making, somebody greater than your pastor will find you. The Lord himself will extend the ladder all the ...

7. The Knot: Tied

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... in all of the New Testament. It simple refers to the way we treat the other person or the way we talk to the other person. Mark Twain said, “Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” How does your love measure up to this quality and ... what we call “love” too often is completely and totally different. I will say this, “Show me a martial knot that is tied with the strands of a real love like this and I’ll show you a knot that can’t come untied.” So if my love is real… II ...

8. When the Rules Change

7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Sermon

David Coffin

... got assassinated, inevitable the rules changed again (Malina, 397-398). How can we live as faithful Christians in times when the rules change on us? Mark’s gospel lays out three strands of Jesus’ ministry which could be applied to our discipleship journey today. First, in Mark, Jesus did everything “immediately.” The Greek word euthos is used 42 times in Mark’s gospel. This makes Mark the shortest of the four gospels. In today’s terms, Jesus had a list of tasks or duties to do, and he moved on ...

9. Israel’s Ill-Placed Confidence

Amos 5:18-27

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... 8:9; Joel 2:10; cf. 2:31; 3:15; Isa. 13:10)—a fact significant for the story in the NT of the crucifixion of Christ (Mark 15:33 and parallels). As our Lord says of his death, “Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be ... widely apparent in calls for repentance, personal moral uprightness, mercy, and concern for the marginalized. The NT Epistles continue these general strands of the concept. Righteousness is related to personal conduct (1 Thess. 2:10; 1 Tim. 6:11; 2 Tim. 2:22; ...

10. More Than Enough

John 6:1-21

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... came up with this data: 1) Farming: Roughly 7% of the produce that’s grown in the United States simply gets stranded on fields each year. Some growers plant more crops than there’s demand for, to hedge against disease and weather. ... in fast food restaurants is thrown away before it is served because of time limits. (McDonalds throws away fries at the seven-minute mark.) 6) Households: American families throw out between 14% and 25% of the food and beverages they buy. This can cost the average family from ...

11. Love Is Extravagant

John 12:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God (Cf. Mark 10:25 and Luke 18:25). Now, some commentators would have us believe that the word has been mistakenly translated. They say that a slight slip ... to pass a rope through the eye of a needle, but I guess you could do it if you tried hard enough: perhaps one strand at a time. (But the Greek word kamilos actually refers to a ship’s hawser, so the picture would still be ridiculus!) Others have ...

12. Mark 13:24-32

Mark 13:24-32

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... :10, Isaiah 13:10 and 34:4, Daniel 7:13, Deuteronomy 30:3 and Zechariah 2:10. Jesus skillfully weaves all these various strands into one powerful and evocative vision. The quaking cosmos is the only definitive sign Jesus articulates - no other particular disasters are predicted, no ... religion - dependent only on the timetable ordered by God. Historically this is of great significance. The first generation reading Mark's Gospel would have already witnessed the destruction of the Temple by the Romans in 70 A.D. ...

13. Walking The Familiar

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... the scripture, a story to describe some of the humanness of that day when Jesus entered the hometown synagogue and scored a zero. Mark's gospel, as well as Matthew's, does not tell what Jesus said when he spoke in his hometown synagogue. Luke's ... , "No, the Lord will take care of me." Not long after that, the water had risen to his neck. A helicopter whirled into view. The stranded man shouted, "Go on. God will take care of me." Well, he drowned and went to heaven. Once through the pearly gates he asked the ...

14. Jesus Casts Out Impure Spirits

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us?” Then he reverts to the first person singular, “I know who you are the Holy One of God!” Mark explains to us that this man who was crying out was possessed by an impure spirit. We don’t know if this means that the man was ... was cool but us. Did you ever feel like that? Chandler says many people feel like they’ve “been left stranded in high school forever. Like something happened there that we’ve never shaken off. “Before high school, in our earlier ...

15. Jesus Walks on the Water

John 6:16-24

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... storm on the lake—as give them a glimpse and a taste, however fleeting, of his world. The disciples’ reaction is not expressed (contrast Mark 6:51–52; Matt. 14:32–33). As soon as they reach shore, they drop out of the story until at least verse 60 ( ... on his way to rejoin the disciples at Capernaum. Not only had they failed to find their prophet-king, but they were stranded on the opposite shore. Other boats from Tiberias, however, arrived just in time to allow them to resume their search (vv. 23– ...

16. Imitating Christ's Humility

Philippians 2:1-11

Understanding Series

F. F. Bruce

... :1, where the Davidic king is invited in an oracle to share the throne of Yahweh, sitting to the right side of him. According to Mark 14:62 and parallel texts, Jesus at his trial before the Jewish high priest and his colleagues told them that they would yet “see the ... at the beginning of the fourth Isaianic Servant song (Isa. 52:13): “he will be exalted” (hypsōthēsetai). All strands of NT witness concur in celebrating Jesus’ exaltation: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me ...

17. What Makes People Great?

2 Samuel 23:1-7

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... for their accuracy with a sling. "Everyone of them," says the author of the Book of Judges, "could sling a stone at a strand of hair and never miss" (Judges 20:16, TEV). By killing the Philistine giant, David proved most helpful to King Saul. When Jesus spoke ... about greatness, he said, "If one of you wants to be great, he must be the servant of the rest" (Mark 10:43, TEV). Far from being an other-worldly platitude removed from our daily lives, our Lord’s words underline a principle of ...

18. God and Hurricanes

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... encountered but we made the best of it. The next morning we arose at about six o'clock and just stood around with thousands of other stranded people. It was cold, cloudy and the wind was blowing at about 45 miles per hour. Along comes the local electric company, asking us if we ... of the wonderful people who make this country as great as it is. AMERICA, I am so proud of you!"(8) Amen? Amen. Mark Twain once said, "The rain is famous for falling on the just and unjust alike, but if I had the management of such ...

19. With Your Head In The Clouds

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... that he was really there. "Can you prove it?" Buechner asked him. "Of course," his friend said. Then his friend plucked a strand of wool out of his jersey and tossed it to Buechner which Buechner caught between his thumb and forefinger. Then Buechner awoke. The ... license plate changed because it ended with 666. She stated that her fellow church members were shunning her. As you may know, the mark of the beast in the book of the Revelation is 666. Swindoll goes on to note that the 666 scare stuff is getting ...

20. Get Out the Ticker Tape - Palm Sunday

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... -tape is. For those who may never have seen the stuff, ticker-tape refers to long, narrow strands of paper, with holes punched in them. These strands of paper once carried information about the performance of the New York Stock Exchange. As the information ... that which he preached. So, notice the manner in which he came. In the second place, notice the reaction of the crowd. Mark notes that, as Jesus entered the Holy City, many people spread their cloaks on the road while others spread branches they had ...

21. Offerings for the Tabernacle

Exodus 25:1-9

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... that may be). Rather, the details are there precisely because God wanted a tabernacle that was beautiful in a specific way, marked with gold almonds (not silver) and curtains made with three colors (blue, purple, and crimson). God came down to dwell in ... also known as byssus). The word may have meant that the spun flax threads were six-ply (six strands per thread). They then wove these threads of shesh. Thinner strands and threads made finer linen fabric. The acacia wood was from a tree widely used in Egypt ...

22. Miracle Ten: Healing A Blind Beggar

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon Aid

Harold H. Lentz

... told that it was Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus happened to be traveling this way, headed for Jerusalem. This miracle would mark the end of his public ministry. Just ahead lay a triumphant entry into Jerusalem, followed by a horrible crucifixion just ... rather than food? Sometimes they do not make health or bodily needs an issue. Instead they say they are on their way home but are stranded without the necessary funds to buy a bus ticket or to secure a night's lodging. Should we help them? Are they merely trying to ...

23. Luke 10:25-37

Luke 10:25-37

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... eternal life?" It is Jesus' rejoinder, "What is written in the law?" that puts the story back on the same track as Matthew's and Mark's versions. But since the initial question still looms, Luke records an additional response by Jesus in verse 28: "You have given the right ... hostages and much of their battle-won booty by the promise of Yahweh's wrath, the Israelite and Aramean armies strand their prisoners in Samaria. The four Samaritan leaders then take it upon themselves to clothe and feed these prisoners, ...

24. Luke 10:25-37

Luke 10:25-37

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

25. Where Did He Get Such Authority?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. While he was teaching a man in the synagogue who, Mark tells us, “was possessed by an impure spirit,” cried out, “What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy ... was true of Christ. That is what the cross is all about. Out of World War II comes the story of a platoon of American soldiers stranded on one side of a mine field they had to cross. The commander came up with a plan: one man would walk across the mine ...

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