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Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... on a sheet of paper: the gains and the losses, what he could make and what he could lose. Then he wrote down a category that Maurice Boyd would never forget: integrity. Integrity - what did it matter if he gained the cash to pay the rent, but lost his ability to teach his ... . The Greatest Seduction But the last temptation was the hardest, wasn’t it? No longer desperate, clear-headed and strong, Jesus seemed to be a double winner. That is precisely where evil brought its last seduction. “You have faith! You ...

2. Yes, You Can Work Yourself to Death

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

A study came out last year that was disturbing but not necessarily surprising. The World Health Organization did a study of people around the world who worked 55 or more hours per week compared to those who worked 35-40 hours per week. The study covered health and workplace data from the 1970s to 2018 and included workers in 154 countries. They concluded that, “People working 55 or more hours each week face an estimated 35% higher risk of a stroke and a 17% higher risk of dying from heart disease, compared ...

3. Six Nails of the Cross II: The Nail of Infidelity

Matthew 26:47-56

Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... men and women, brothers and sisters, was and is an advantage to friendship and not an obstacle. Friendship, fidelity, is strongly desired by God and never overlooked in the teachings of humankind. There are many true stories which tell the meaning ... friendship. Two men, professional basketball players, were good teammates and as such played well together. Returning home from an away game, Maurice Stokes was struck with a paralyzing disease. In a very short space of time this giant of a man had no control ...

4. A Prophecy Against Gog

Ezekiel 38:1-39:29

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... chapters) after the folio bearing 42:5–18, and before ch. 45 (as Zimmerli reports; Ezekiel 2, p. 24). However, Pierre-Maurice Bogaert argues that, as no clear reason is given for that particular order (“Témoignage,” p. 387), chs. 38–39 ... of the earth. 38:13 The merchants of Tarshish and all her villages. As the NIV footnote observes, the Heb. kepireha means “her strong lions.” The NIV has followed the LXX, Syr., and Vulg., all of which assume kapar (“village”) rather than kepir. Given the ...

5. The Parable of the Tenants

Luke 20:9-19

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

20:9–19 The Parable of the Wicked Vineyard Tenants follows the preceding exchange between Jesus and the Jerusalem authorities (20:1–8) and makes exceedingly clear Jesus’ indictment of the religious establishment (see v. 19). This parable in effect summarizes the whole of the biblical history, including the gospel story. Servant after servant is sent, but the tenants refuse to hand over the fruit of the vineyard. Finally, the son of the owner of the vineyard is sent, but he is murdered. This outrage ...

6. Easter 5

John 15:1-17, Acts 8:26-40, Acts 9:19b-31, 1 John 4:7-21

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

Theme: The life of faith, begun in baptism, remains alive if we stay close to Christ. Christ is the vine and we are the branches. COMMENTARY Epistle: Acts 8:26-40 Philip is instructed by an angel to go to the road that leads from Jerusalem past Gaza down to Egypt. On the road he encounters an Ethiopian official, the steward of the queen's treasury. He is traveling along in a chariot and reading the Old Testament, Isaiah 53. He was either a proselyte of the Jewish faith, one who was circumcised and accepted ...

7. What It Takes

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... asked him. "Get your books in order. You're fired!" The manager was panic stricken. "What'll I do now?" he asked himself. "I'm not strong enough to dig ditches, and I'm too proud to beg." He decided that the best thing he could do in the limited time he had ... plan carefully for the future today is foolish indeed. Even more foolish is laying up treasure for this world only. Dr. Maurice Boyd, former pastor of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, comments: "Jesus found many who lived as though this ...

8. Where Love Comes From

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... his book, Many Things in Parables, Frederick Borsch says that when his wife became pregnant with their first child, he discovered that he strongly wanted a son. Growing up he had two sisters and no brothers. He badly wanted to have a brother. Now he wanted ... . Suddenly there was an arm about her. It was Maurice Cheeks, coach of the Trail Blazers. With his arm around Natalie, Cheeks began singing the next line and invited the crowd to join in. Maurice, Natalie, and twenty thousand people make it all the way ...

9. The Time Is Now!

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

Unlike John or Peter, the gospel writer Luke was a cool-headed intellect. Luke was a physician. As a physician, he was trained to keep his emotional distance from the events he saw. Nobody wants a physician who lets emotion run ahead of intellect. We want our medical doctors to be able to confront the most remarkable experiences and stay calm; to analyze, decide the best course of action, and prescribe whatever it takes to get the patient well again. Above all else, "Keep calm and carry on." That is, do ...

10. The Tempest

Jonah 4:1-11, Jonah 3:1-10, Jonah 2:1-10, Jonah 1:1-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

“For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.” Psalm 107:25 Wind and rain. Who loves to hear the sound of the wind rustling through leaves outside at night? Or the steady beating of the rain on the roof and windows? Hear the rumbling sound of thunder, see flickers of lightning appear across the sky? We are in awe of that kind of power of nature, aren’t we? It both thrills us and frightens us. Thunderstorms may seem like one of nature’s most powerful disturbances, but for many people ...

11. Adam’s Prime Rib

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... of the young woman whom he loved to ask her hand in marriage, he remembered that the father was a strong religious believer, so he quoted a proverb of Solomon from the Bible: “He who finds a wife finds a good ... will be a marriage made in heaven and a little heaven on earth itself. A mutual Christlike love results in “one flesh.” The Durufles, Maurice and Marie, husband and wife, were both world-famous as virtuoso organists, playing on both sides of the Atlantic, drawing rave reviews from critics. They ...

12. Learning From A Little Child

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... , IS COMMUNICATED BY THAT ANCIENT WORD "IMMANUEL" ” GOD IS WITH US. Isaiah the prophet predicted it hundreds of years before: "Be strong, do not fear; your God will come. . . ." And God did come. And God is still with us. There is a way ... it is finished in our lives is up to us. 1. Thanks to George B. Wirth of Atlanta, Ga. for this material. 2. R. Maurice Boyd, CORRIDORS OF LIGHT, Colonsay House, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1991, pages 71, 206. 3. Earl C. Davis, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PULPIT, Dec. 15, 1991 ...

13. Day Of Decision

Mark 14:10-26, 43-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... also products of our choices. Did you hear of the man who used to think he was indecisive, but now is not so sure? R. Maurice Boyd tells about a friend of writer Robert Frost who was like that. He seemed incapable of making up his mind about anything, to the ... poor boy walked away, he commented that if he'd had good food to eat, like the rich boy did, he would have been big and strong enough to win their fight. The rich boy couldn't get that idea out of his head. The seeds of conviction planted in his heart ...

14. How Do You Explain the Resurrection?

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... centuries. In the 18th century, a French philosopher named M. Lepeaux came to visit the Prime Minister of France, Charles Maurice Talleyrand. Lepeaux made this visit, he said, to tell Talleyrand that he had invented a new religion which, in his ... vice president declared that there could be on the basis of the “canals” which some purport to be able to see through a strong telescope. That view is not widely held among astronomers, however. I suppose a much more relevant question would be: if we keep on ...

15. Connected to Christ: I Am the Vine

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... serve God and mammon. God is waiting for you to come back to his arms again. Take time out for God and with God. The distinguished preacher, R. Maurice Boyd writes: The choosing of one''s priorities brings a sense of peace. An awareness of what one is called to do makes the big decision for us, ... Supply and got a new one. It was delivered and put into place by two strong fellas. Before they pushed it into the corner I notice a tag which said: "No good if detached." Can you think of any other place this ...

16. The Lord's Prayer: Forgive Us Our Trespasses

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... , so they chose the biggest, burliest redneck guy in town to play the part of Jesus because he was the only one strong enough to endure the long Via Dolorosa ("way of suffering") to the hillside where the Crucifixion would take place. The townspeople lined ... and Amen. 1. From R. Cecil Myers, YOU CAN BE MORE THAN YOU ARE, Waco, Texas: Word, Inc., 1976, pp. 56-57. 2. By Maurice Boyd, PERMIT ME VOYAGE, Canada: Welch Publishing Co, Inc., 1989, pp. 35-36. 3. I am indebted to the Walnut Street Baptist Church, The ...

17. The Lord's Prayer: Deliver us from Evil

Matthew 6:5-13

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... on our own dreams and desires. Dr. Calvin Miller shares in his marvelous writing AN OVERTURE OF LIGHT on page 46: "All lust is strong narcotic Nominating different hungers Which we suppose we need: Wine, wantonness, food and leisure All kill us one link at a time And ... liberalism that has flourished and been taught is the mistaken idea of the innate goodness of the human self. Dr. R. Maurice Boyd, in his book PERMIT ME VOYAGE, continues this helpful insight when he writes: "It used to be that we could ...

18. Revitalizing the Lo-cal Church

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... did. Do everything you can in this sermon to remind your people of the importance of prayer-time and a strong prayer-life in their day-to-day existence. In his wonderful study called Crucified Love: The Practice of Christian Perfection ( ... and bargaining with God to give us what we want. In the words of New York City's Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church preacher R. Maurice Boyd: "The problem with making bargains with God is that the best you ever get is what you bargained for." Prayer is offering ourselves ...

19. The Wild Within

Luke 4:1-13, Mark 1:9-13, Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... relationships, love, companionship, community, and God. Everyone needs to spend some time alone in that wild and wooly place. In 1963, Maurice Sendak wrote a children’s book called, “Where the Wild Things Are.” In the book, a little boy dressed in ... wisdom and strength. He would need to prove ready and solid as the rock he would become for others, the stumbling stone to the strong, and the rock of ages to the weak. To prepare, he would need to dive into his imagination, delve into his base emotions and ...

20. Mary and Martha: Nine to Five and Five to Nine

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

(A Dialogue Sermon) Man: Good morning! It's a pleasure to be here in the pulpit. But you may have noticed that I have someone in the lectern vying for equal time. Woman: Yes, indeed. This is a feminist age, you know — a time of equality between women and men, a time for women to catch up on centuries of lost time in subjugation and oppression. Man: That may be, but do you intend to regain all the lost time this morning? Woman: No, but at least I'd like to make some progress. Man: I don't blame you. ...

21. Our Father Who Art in Heaven

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

(A Dialogue Sermon) And he said to them, "When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread; and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation.' " — Luke 11:2-4 Man: If two of the sacred idols of our nation are said to be motherhood and apple pie, no one has ever exalted fatherhood and hamburgers to the American pantheon — although hamburgers are getting close! Despite the complaints of the ...

22. The Paradoxical Power of Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

There are people who speak to us more powerfully out of their weakness than out of their strength. Brian Piccolo was a powerful, professional football player who entertained thousands with his feats of muscular strength and stamina. But cancer attacked, and out of weakness he spoke more powerfully than before. Whenever they show the movie, Brian's Song, we think of him and his faith and courage. Paul experienced a similar fall from glory. He had seen powerful visions of God, had entered into the third ...

23. A New Kingdom Coming

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

A lot of people don't believe it -- but there's a new kingdom coming. Often, like a phoenix bird, it arises out of the ashes of the old. As a young sapling is germinated by forest fire, so the new kingdom is sprouted in the desolation of despair. Like tundra flowers and crab grass the new kingdom has irresistible life impulses and grows anywhere. There is a new kingdom coming. You may wonder where it is -- this new kingdom. You may look for advance press releases, television bulletins, screaming headlines ...

24. How to Get the Job Done

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

And [Jesus] said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." — Luke 10:2 It's a startling fact but true — Jesus and politicians have a lot in common. This no doubt comes as a surprise to those who regard politics as a dirty business, or who think of politicians essentially as liars and who believe steadfastly that politics and religion don't mix. Nonetheless, Jesus and politicians have a lot in common. When you ...

25. How to Rise above Discouragement

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

It's a dramatic scene when you think about it -- I mean -- a funeral procession halted and the trip to the cemetery interrupted. Of course it was not anything like our scene -- a black Cadillac hearse, followed by one or more black Cadillac limousines, followed perhaps by several cars, lights on, concerned not to lose their place in the line in the traffic. No, this scene was at once more primitive and personal. No city traffic to contend with in this procession. No indifferent motorists disturbed that ...

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