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John 14:5-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... · House of Ralph Lauren · House of Pierre Cardin For the hoi-polloi, the common people, there are surrogate fashion houses: like Martha's World at K-Mart, or Michael Graves at Target. "Michael Graves Targets Everyman." Companies are trying to become more like houses, with company signatures coming in the form of architect Michael Graves, or lifestyle maven Martha Stewart. Each wants to be your Total Fashion Designer, and to provide you with a Life Style, or what Bruce Mau calls "Styling Life." (Life ...

2. The End Times

Daniel 12:1-13

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... based on who is listed in a book. As such, it calls to mind the judgment setting of Daniel 7 (see esp. 7:10–11, 22, 26). Michael’s function may be to carry out the sentence of destruction on God’s enemies (Dan. 7:9–11, 26; see also Zech. 3:1–5; ... is remarkable in the light of other passages in the Hebrew Bible. Ancient Israelite religion taught that when humans die, they go to Sheol, the grave—a dark place where there is no praise of God (Pss. 6:5; 88:10–11; 115:17; Isa. 38:18–19). If it can ...

3. Daniel’s Vision of a Man

Daniel 10:1--11:1

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... ’s system. He has no strength left (10:8). Saul likewise was enervated after seeing Samuel brought up from the grave by the medium from Endor (1 Sam. 28:20). Daniel’s face turns deathly pale (10:8), a frightening, ghostly ... –38). More important, this celestial one could not overcome the powerful spirit being who exercised control over Persia without the help of the archangel, Michael, which would not be true of God or Jesus. However, to consider vv. 5–6 as a christophany is reading the NT into the ...

4. Poem: In Memoriam

Eulogy

Alfred Lord Tennyson

... face, And seem to lift the form, and glow In azure orbits heavenly-wise; And over those ethereal eyes The bar of Michael Angelo? LXXXVIII Wild bird, whose warble, liquid sweet, Rings Eden thro’ the budded quicks, O tell me where the senses mix, O ... placid awe, The strong imagination roll A sphere of stars about my soul, In all her motion one with law; If thou wert with me, and the grave Divide us not, be with me now, And enter in at breast and brow, Till all my blood, a fuller wave, Be quicken’d with a ...

5. A Broken Vessel for Jesus

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Michael Milton

... had been a Buddhist and had purchased a grave plot in a Buddhist burial ground. But when he received Jesus, desiring to show His love for the Lord, the father sold his burial plot and bought a grave plot in a Christian cemetery. We cannot ... so moved, when your life is so changed, you just can’t help it—worship happens. Once while on vacation in Colorado, Mae and John Michael and I left our place in Summit County to go on a trip to see Richard Rieves, our church planter in Fort Collins. On the way ...

6. The Sin and Doom of Godless Men

Jude 1:1-16

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... guardians of creation (1 Cor. 11:10; Shepherd of Hermas, Similitudes 8.3.3), a responsibility which some angels had abdicated (Jude 6). The OT makes no reference to Michael disputing with the devil and simply states that God buried his servant Moses “in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is” (Deut. 34:6), a secret no doubt designed to prevent the Israelites from turning the spot into an idolatrous sanctuary. The dispute referred to by Jude was recorded ...

7. Planning Your Way Out

John 6:35, 41-51

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... keep that which I have committed unto him against that day." (See 2 Timothy 1:12 KJV). Add to Michael Faraday the names of Roger Bacon, Francis Bacon, Gregor Mendel, Rene Descartes, Nicolas Copernicus, Blaise Pascal, Louis Pasteur, George ... is Lord and that his promise here fulfills the heartfelt desire that every human being nourishes. Has ever parent, child, or lover stood by a grave, and wondered, "Shall we see each other again?" God sets that question in our hearts as a means by which we might be drawn to ...

8. Passion Sunday

Mt 26:14–27:66 · Phil 2:5-11 · Is 45:21-25; 50:4-9 · Ps 31

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... able to stand in the holy presence of the Almighty. Even death cannot separate us from the love of God; our graves now have an open door. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Gospel: Matthew 26:1--27:66 Sermon Title: Christ Confronts The Enemy. Sermon Angle ... head-on in the person of his Son. In so doing, God released the faithful from bondage to death. In the movie, The Deer Hunter, Michael attempts to free his friend Nick from the power of death. They were both subject to combat in Vietnam but Nick was forced to play ...

9. Our God Is an Awesome God

Psalm 139:1-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... God. The word for hell here is the Hebrew word sheol which really refers to the grave. The message is: whether you are "flying high" or "lying low" you cannot get away from God. If you go up to glory you will find God listening to ... that only a mighty, all-powerful, all-knowing God could have created you and me. For those who doubt that, consider the following: Michael Behe has written a fascinating book entitled: Darwin's Black Box. In that book Behe shows that the tiny human cell alone illustrates ...

10. Prologue to the Law of the Temple: The Lord Comes Home

Ezekiel 40:1--43:12

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... (Kap. 40–48) traditionsgeschichtlich untersucht [BHT 25; Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1957], pp. 110–14). Similarly, Michael Konkel (Architektonik des Heiligen, pp. 349–50), who sees only 40:1–43:10 as original, identifies two levels of ... and NJPS; see Cooke, Ezekiel, p. 464). But we have no evidence for royal graves on the temple grounds. Of those kings whose burial places we know, all but Manasseh and Amon (whose graves were on the palace grounds, see 2 Kgs. 21:18, 26) were buried ...

11. His Final Words

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

King Duncan

... his death, he held a last supper celebrating the Passover feast at which he foretold his death. The body was buried in a grave donated by Joseph of Arimathea, a family friend. By order of Pontius Pilate, a boulder was rolled in front of the tomb and ... her preschoolers about Jesus’ arrest, trial and crucifixion. She had their undivided attention--even Michael was listening. When she finished the lesson and asked for questions, Michael’s hand shot into the air; the teacher was thrilled. “I just want to ...

12. A Time To Remember - Memorial Day

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... man, a 13-year-old Scout, was asked if he understood why the members of his Boy Scout Troop were there placing flags on the graves. He quickly replied, "To get service hours." (2) Memorial Day is obviously not one of our major holidays. But we need to remember. WE ... President Roosevelt announced on the radio that the United States was at war with Japan and Germany. At that point director Michael Curtiz came on the sound stage with Jimmy Cagney. They all listened in silence for the national anthem to finish. ...

13. Above All--god

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... a direct experience with the sacred that appeals to more and more people." (1) Can you believe that the most visited grave site in the United States is that of a voodoo priestess! Studies show that our culture hungers for anything that ... Associated Press. 4. Martha Graybeal Rowlett. Responding to God (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1996). 5. Great Preaching 2001, edited by Michael Duduit and Jonathan Kever, The Preaching Library, Jackson, TN, 2000, p. 37. 6. Kristin Merriman-Clarke, Falls Church, Virginia, " ...

14. John 20:1-18

John 20:1-18

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... . When finally she too gets up enough nerve to glance within the empty hole, we are not told whether the discarded grave clothes and shrouds are still lying about on the floor. Instead there is now new evidence, apparently sent as Mary's ... Father, go to my brothers and tell them I am ascending to my Father and your Father and my God and your God" (Michael McGehee, "A Less Theological Reading of John 20:17," Journal of Biblical Literature 105 [1986] 299.) Both these textual changes redirect Jesus' imperative ...

15. John 20:1-18

John 20:1-18

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

16. The Easter Parade

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Charles M. Mills

... of humanity. Dawn, when the women and the disciples stand in humble awe before the open tomb. He is not here. He is arisen. Up from the grave he arose, Jesus, our Savior, Christ our Lord. He arose. He arose. Hallelujah, Christ arose! Wordsworth wrote, "Bliss it was to be alive in that dawn." Dawn ... Let her in! Let her in! When he had sung himself to sleep, And night did begin, One came and opened Michael's gate and Magdalene went in. Heaven's gate is open wide this Easter morning. In the novel The Tale of ...

17. A King Like No Other

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... on them. Jesus looks upon them as a lost brother or sister who needs help. Some of you may remember the well known British actor Michael Caine. Caine wrote a book several years ago in which he described how he fought his way out of a poor South London neighborhood to ... eternal life. It is the promise that you and I cling to every time we ponder our own mortality or as we stand beside the grave of a loved one. It is that promise that allows us to carry on with our lives when life crashes in on us with its ...

18. No Longer Home Alone

John 15:13-17

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... his present job. 4. In 1940, the neighborhood church was the center of the life of the average member -- from the cradle to the grave.5 Today, it is common to church shop every few years. We've discovered as a people that to prevent the pain of ... just life in general in these strange, detached times? And how did you feel when someone came to your side and walked with you? Michael Guido writes in his column, "Seeds From The Sower": My lawnmower had broken down and I had been working on it for hours, but ...

19. Easter 2

Acts 4:32-37, 1 John 1:5--2:14, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... own and among his own. The Lord stands among us with the peace of his presence. Social security and insecurity. Many people are gravely anxious about our Social Security system, as it is predicted to go bankrupt after the turn of the century if we do not ... the light, while they are actually walking in the darkness of sin and death. Michael Corleone and his wife were having their baby baptized in the church while at the same time Michael's henchmen were carrying out a murderous assault on the rival mob family. ...

20. What Makes A Person Successful?

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... other people to recognize us, respect us, even envy us. Who among us has not had our head turned by recognition? Pastor Michael Hartwig of Valparaiso, Indiana, tells about visiting a man in a nursing home who had been instrumental in starting the major ... mistakenly turned to as the funeral director flattered him, I Corinthians 5:1. With much dignity he turned to those at the grave side and read: "It is reported commonly that there are fornicators among you!" Pastor Hartwig doesn't tell us what happened ...

21. Pigs Get Slaughtered

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... around an ambitious young stockbroker, played by Charlie Sheen, and his ruthless, greedy mentor, played by Michael Douglas. Douglas’ character, Gordon Gecko, involves the young stockbroker in an illegal insider trading scheme that ... fact, in one of his books is a picture of the grave he has already picked out, and he likes to visit it. It reminds him to live for the goal of laying up for himself treasures in heaven. And when Fulghum sees the grave, he says to himself, “Don’t get lost here. Know where ...

22. A Humbling Moment

Matthew 23:1-12

Illustration

... Michael Hartwig of Valparaiso, Indiana, tells about visiting a man in a nursing home who had been instrumental in starting the major industry in town. When he died, Pastor Hartwig was asked to do the funeral service. Hartwig was nervous, because he knew their church would be packed with dignitaries. The service went well, and on the way to the cemetery he began to turn in his Bible to the passage he was to read at the grave ... much dignity he turned to those at the grave side and read: "It is reported commonly ...

23. The Good News about the Future

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... I think that God is coming.” Isak Dinesen says that when she heard this, she did get up, and asked why he thought so. He gravely led her into the dining room which looked west, toward the hills. Through her windows she saw a strange phenomenon. There was a big grass- ... html 2. The Rev. William D. Oldland, http://www.stthomasreidsville.org/sermons/20031116.htm 3. (Random House, 1937). 4. Michael W Hopkins, http://www.twosaints.org/Sermons/2006‑08‑06.htm. 5. “Second Coming,” 1991. 6. “The Orchestra ...

24. Surprise in a Graveyard

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... The story of Easter is the honest reporting of baffled believers who had no idea where Christ was leading them until he appeared to them beyond the grave. Surprise, everyone! Easter is such an extraordinary day. No wonder people gather in such numbers all over the world to celebrate the event of the resurrection. Jesus Christ who was dead is alive! Pastor Michael Slaughter tells of traveling to Moscow with a group of church leaders in April 1992 just as the Cold War was ending. These Christian leaders were ...

25. What Are You Working For?

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... food which endures for eternal life...." There are people who are sweating blood, working their hearts out, driving themselves to early graves, who will one day have nothing to show for their labors. They will leave this world just as empty handed as they ... forward to career winnings that will run into many millions more. But Chang is driven by something much bigger than fame or fortune. Michael Chang is driven by his faith in and commitment to Jesus Christ. (4) For what are you working? For whom are you ...

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