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John 11:17-37

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... (present tense) eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” So Jesus says to Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life.” Note: He says “I am,” not “I will be.” Here is John’s unique message: Eternal ... the Reformation, he was asked, “Where will you be, Brother Martin, when all your friends desert you? When your enemies finally kill you? Where will you be then, Brother Martin?” And Luther confidently replied, “Then, as now, safe in the ...

2. Sermons

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... did not suggest that no one should be cooking dinner or that Mary should never be expected to help Martha in the kitchen. He did suggest, I am certain, that Martha should not bother to put on five-course meals all the time -- that two or three courses or even ... , is not worth living for its own sake, it is simply not worth living. But it is! Dietrich Bonhoeffer would tell you so. Martin Luther King would tell you so. Archbishop Romero of El Salvador, gunned down in front of the altar for standing up for the ...

3. Sister Act(s)

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... tablet per person per day. It appears that most everyone in the US has a headache most of the time.2 We are worried, anxious, and stressed. In Martin Luther's day the populace asked the question, "How can I find a gracious God?" Years ago they asked, "How can I get to heaven?" Now today, people are asking, "How can I get through the day?" "Martha, Martha, you are worried...." We are like that couple who had their home broken into. The husband heard a noise in the middle of the night. He went downstairs ...

4. Sister Act

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... accepting. There is evidence that he had a great sense of humor. This was a happy occasion. So, it was something of a downer when Martha made her cryptic remark to Jesus, "Sir, doesn't it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the ... first sat at his feet and listened to him long enough to find out what he regarded as the paramount necessity." Remember how Martin Luther said in that great hymn, 'A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,' "The body they may kill, His truth abideth still." Notice ...

5. Making Christmas Last

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Brett Blair

... my breakfast guests don't stay too long, I have 40,000 cranberries to string with bay leaves before my speaking engagement at noon. Love, Martha Stewart P.S. When I made the ribbon for this typewriter, I used 1/8-inch gold gauze. I soaked the gauze in a mixture of ... Yitzhak Rabin - 13.29 - 597737 Adolf Hitler - 11.48 - 516155 Billy Graham - 10.46 - 470307 Albert Einstein - 9.85 - 443079 Martin Luther King - 8.48 - 381284 Pope John Paul II - 8.27 - 371899 Gordon B. Hinckley - 5.66 - 254665 Mohandas Gandhi ...

6. Mary, Martha, and the Martha Stewart Church

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... in an “uproar,” disturbed and distracted by what she thought were her main activities, her primary concerns. During the uplifting, upending upheaval that is now known as the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Philip Melanchthon and other reformers referred to this Martha-type activity as “adiaphora” — literally “things indifferent” in the Greek. Jesus is gently reminding his hostess that “hospitality” is not about yourself. Hospitality is about giving over your time, your ...

7. Jesus, Where Are You?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... left the retreat center, Father Lambert gave him another picture of a smiling Jesus. This picture, painted by a Mrs. Joyce Martin, was like the first picture of the laughing Christ in certain ways. Instead of a pale, blond, sorrowful man with a ... their cabin. The argument with the inner Voice began again. So, the next morning, he took his wife Martha with him. They rowed back to the middle of the lake. Martha held one hand and with the other, Shedd took each pipe, dropped that particular old friend overboard, ...

8. Singing The Song Of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... be able to tell a lot about you. Hum me a few bars of your favorite songs, and I will have a window into your soul. Martha Williamson, executive producer of the show, Touched By An Angel, tells of a unique experience when she felt that her life had been touched by heavenly ... is filled with Christmas carols and that music will dominate the celebration of this sacred event in churches across the land? Martin Luther once said, "The devil takes flight at the sound of music, just as he does at the words of theology ...

9. The Resurrection Is Freedom

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... us on the other side of death. Let us hear the story. Jesus certainly loved the dying man and his family. When Mary and Martha (Lazarus' sisters) first came to tell Jesus about their brother's illness, they did it by telling Jesus, "Lord, he whom you love is ... we recognize how he has walked in our shoes. A little easier to love him when we see how much and how deeply he loves. Martin Luther said it so well in a sermon that he preached in 1518 on this very gospel story. About the love that Jesus showed ...

10. Things That Make Jesus Angry

John 2:12-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... the days of the Civil Rights marches. But there have been other times, other places, and, my, the hurt that has been done. Martin Marty once said that you can divide religious people into two groups. Not the liberal and conservative, not the Catholics and the ... play out this scenario in your mind. Imagine further that the judge okayed the swap. Bill goes to prison. Martha walks. Bill pays the fines. Martha is debt free. (5) There is much about the theology of the cross we don’t understand. But Scripture ...

11. The Better Part

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

John G. Lynch

... distracting concerns, so she didn't have to listen to what was really going on in Jesus' heart or in her own. Jesus answered her: "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things. You need to listen for a while. For a long while. You need to let things cool ... and the breasts that nursed thee." Jesus cried back: "Rather, blessed are those who hear the Word of God and keep it." Martin Luther said that those who listen are those who are truly wise, because they always begin anew so that they may ...

12. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:1-15, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... . Gal. 2:11–14, with the anathema of Gal. 1:8–9). 11:21b–33 For a structural diagram of this passage, see Martin, 2 Corinthians, p. 370. 11:22 In Hellenistic-Jewish literature, the term “Hebrew” occurs much less commonly than its synonyms Israēl and ... Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press, 1995), pp. 95–122 (esp. pp. 108–9). On the verb caught up (harpazein), see Martha Himmelfarb, “The Practice of Ascent in the Ancient Mediterranean World,” in Death, Ecstasy, and Other Worldly Journeys, pp. 123– ...

13. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 1:1-11, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

14. Honk If Something Falls Off

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... the right thing and it’s important to be true to the principles of your faith.” (6) Now, you may not agree with Martha. But I hope you will respect her for standing up for her convictions indeed, for standing up for Christ’s teachings. “Be perfect . . ... live? 1. http://www.fpcboulder.org/Sermons/Sermon3 22 98.htm. 2. Gene Shalit, Great Hollywood Wit (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2002), p. 188. 3. Used by permission. Kerry S. Doyal, Pastor, Christ Community Fellowship (an EFCA congregation), Sarver ...

15. Lent 5

John 11:1-16, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Romans 8:1-17, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... without our physical death. Of course, looking at it from another perspective, life involves many births and many deaths. As Martin Luther states, we must, through repentance, die daily to sin so that we might rise to newness of life. Don' ... being magnified? How is God making himself known to me and others through this event? Anger and death. About the first thing that Mary and Martha said to Jesus when he arrived at their home was: "Lord, if you had been here my brother would not have died" (v. 21). At ...

16. If I Live To Be A Hundred

Psalm 30:4-5

Illustration

John E. Sumwalt

... buried their firstborn infant son, the details of the funeral of his grandson Sam who was killed in Vietnam, and what the weather was like on the day Martha died. Sam also remembered the friends who had been most dear to him. They had all been gone for many years: Boots Martin, who had served with him in Germany in WW I; Alvy Hankins, who had gone to school with him and farmed outside of town; Dick Travis, who had been his business partner for nearly forty years ... all dead and buried long ago. It hadn ...

17. Take Time To Pray

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... changed very much. So, many women are, in effect, working at two fulltime jobsat work and at home. They sympathize with Martha. "There is not time!" One author suggested years ago that this was one reason women have always valued worship. It was ... we struggle, we plan until we are utterly exhausted, but we forget to plug into the source of our power." You will remember that Martin Luther said that when his day was packed with appointments and other duties, he found it necessary to spend an EXTRA hour in prayer ...

18. Will I Really Live Forever?

John 11:18-27, 39-45

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... make a lot of difference to many people, but what about the lives that really mattered? What about Lincoln, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, Jr., Beethoven and Bach? Shall we go down the list of those who have marched across the stage of ... believe in me, though they die, yet shall they live. And whosoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Can you believe this, Martha?” Well, can you believe it? You see, for Christians, immortality is not an argument, it is an announcement; it is not a debate, it ...

19. The Voices Of Christmas

Drama

Jerry Nordstrom

... ’t you do the Christmas shopping? She’s your mother, you know. CORPORATION MAN: (On phone) Hello, Linda? This is Paul Martin. You know, down the block? - Tommy’s dad. - Ah, we were wondering if you could sit with Tommy Monday the 24th. - ... I go! SPORTSMAN: (On phone) Hello, Mom? - Oh, yeah, Merry Christmas. I’ve got some bad news: I broke my leg. SHOPPER: (On phone) Hello, Martha! Tell my husband when he arrives at home that I am in serious trouble. I am snowbound in Des Moines, Iowa! And the airline ...

20. When Jesus Arrives Late

John 11:1-16, John 11:17-37

Sermon

Thomas Long

... air of expectation that day since the sermon for the morning was to be delivered by the world famous civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. But Dr. King did not show up for the service. The hymns were sung, the prayers were prayed, and the ... dying. More than that, it was Jesus' friend Lazarus who was dying. Lazarus' body grew weak, hot with fever. Mary and Martha were wringing their hands with worry. The whole village of Bethany was troubled. Naturally, from Bethany's perspective, this was the ...

21. A Terrific Trade

2 Corinthians 5:17-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... smarter. This put me at a disadvantage. Teachers in school would compare my work to Martha's and wonder if I came from the same litter. When I was four or five and Martha was seven or eight, she sometimes took advantage of my financial ignorance. I would have ... magnanimous, so caring, so loving that it rattles our selfish bones. At the heart of the Gospel is a terrific trade, what Martin Luther called "The Happy Exchange." A sinless Christ took upon himself the sin of all people, bore it to Calvary, suffered ...

22. Give Me Jesus!

John 6:60-71

Sermon

Richard Patt

... we face as earthly citizens. But mostly we have come here today because we want a foundation - a place to stand. With Martin Luther we want to be able to sing, "A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing." With another hymn-writer we ... . With us, by arrangement, were a few members of her family and her attending physician. The physician had come to explain to Martha that she had an uncontrollable case of leukemia. It was overtaking her body so swiftly that she would probably live for only ...

23. "yes, And..."

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

King Duncan

... : "Yeah, but I'm too tall." (4) Do you hear a continuing theme? "Yeah, but...." Contrast the "Yeah, but...." attitude of Martha Beck's clients with the attitude of comedian Tina Fey, a cast member on Saturday Night Live. She credits her current success ... on the spot. Improv is a risky, exciting art form and requires a lot of courage to do it right. Fey's teacher, Martin de Maat, gave the class a list of rules about taking risks. Among the rules were statements like these: "Greet everything with "˜Yes, and ...

24. Excellence in Giving

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... announced, “Now, before we pass the collection plate, I would like to request that the person who stole the chickens from Brother Martin’s henhouse please refrain from giving any money to the Lord. The Lord doesn’t want money from a thief!” The ... before us sacrificed, did without, gave of their very best. Gov. Mike Huckaby [remember him?] tells a wonderful story about Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Back in September of 2005, on ...

25. Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory!

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... us and are now departed. We remember such saints as Abraham, Moses, Isaiah, Mary, the mother of our Lord, Peter, Paul, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King, Jr., and so on. We look to the example of their lives for inspiration as we struggle with what ... the dead his friend, Lazarus of Bethany. Lazarus had been dead four days before Jesus finally arrived. Lazarus' sisters, Mary and Martha, were disappointed that Jesus had not come sooner. Perhaps if Jesus had been there before Lazarus died, he might have been ...

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