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John 1:35-42

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... wash your feet or we are through." "Well, in that case," said Peter, "give me a whole bath. Wash my hands and feet, my arms and face - my whole body. Give me a bath" (John 13:4-10). That’s the volatile, changeable, reed-like Peter. On the Mount of Olives, Jesus told the disciples that he would soon be arrested ... and crucified ... and that they would all forsake him. "No! No!" exclaimed Peter, "Not me. Though everybody else forsake you, you can count on me." "Before this night is over," said Jesus, "you ...

2. Whispering The Lyrics

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Thomas Long

... murmuring in advance the next verse of the song. The story that grew up around this -- and perhaps it is true -- was that Jimmy Reed was so absorbed in the bluesy beat and the throbbing guitar riffs of his music that he simply could not remember the words of ... in her hands -- the gifts of God for this daughter of God. In his book The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, Oliver Sacks tells the story of Jimmie, a former sailor, now a patient in a nursing home, whose severe neurological disorder had left him with ...

3. Whispering The Lyrics (revised)

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Thomas Long

4. Hey! I Want To Believe!

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... leading the children of Israel through the Red Sea with the Egyptian army in pursuit, it really means that it was a Reed Sea. That was no great miracle. There were only about two inches of water in that Reed Sea. It was more like a marsh. A wind came along, blew the water aside, and they were able to slip on ... He will for us as well. 1. David McKechnie, EXPERIENCING GOD'S PLEASURE, (Nashville: Oliver Nelson Publishers, 1989). 2. Robert A. Schuller, POWER TO GROW BEYOND YOURSELF, (New York: Jove Books, 1987).

5. The Flood

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... receded from the valleys. The dove returned. Seven days later he released the dove. This time it returned with a freshly plucked olive leaf, informing Noah that plant life was growing and the earth could again sustain the animals that were on board. Seven days later ... scheme to alert Utnapishtim, a resident of Shurippak, about the coming destruction. Ea did so indirectly, by speaking to the reed hut where Utnapishtim lived (11:20–31) so that some humans might survive. Ea took this devious means in order ...

6. Runaway Lives

2 Samuel 18:1-18

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... , and David grief on more than one occasion. In our day, for example, it cost Richard Nixon the Oval Office; Oliver North public censure and criminal prosecution; and as we have seen recently, the Exxon Corporation much money in controversial attempts ... the deceiving frog has something else in mind. He pulls the mouse under the water and drowns him. But before he can untie the reed that is binding him to the now dead mouse, a hawk comes sailing over the pond, swoops down, and seizes the mouse with the ...

7. Believing Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Bethany. Bethany was sort of a “bedroom community” for those who worked and worshipped in Jerusalem, situated just over the Mount of Olives, a couple of miles away from the Holy City. The disciples knew that in going to Bethany, Jesus was putting Himself ... thing. There can be no true faith without it. In late-19th century Denver there was a preacher named Myron Reed. I came across this excellent epigram from brother Reed: “A man who says he has never had a doubt in matters of faith wears a No. 6 hat.” ...

8. Israel’s Ill-Placed Confidence

Amos 5:18-27

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... night and usually went to bed soon after sunset. The only light in the home was a small oil lamp set on a stand, which burned expensive olive oil. Light is a biblical synonym for life (Job 3:20; John 8:12). Seeing the light means living (Ps. 49:19; see also Job 33: ... Shawms have a bell-like flare at the end, while the shaft of a flute is straight to the end. What is likely a double-reed shawm is frequently translated “flute” (1 Sam. 10:5; 1 Kings 1:40; Isa. 5:12; 30:29; Jer. 48:36 [NIV: “pipes”]). It ...

9. SHEPHERD

Gen. 47:3; Luke 2:8

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... into a triangle and held by a black ring of goat’s hair was also worn. He also usually had long hair and a beard. Several days’ food supply was carried in a bag. The food consisted of bread, cheese, olives, and dried raisins. While the flock grazed, he could nap or play his reed pipe. The shepherd was very devoted to his flock and willing to give his life to save them. During the summer, the shepherd slept outdoors. During bad weather, he slept in a tent or a special tower. Some shepherds gathered ...

10. Embedded In Bedrock Or Destroyed By A Typhoon

John 18:25-27

Sermon

Dale Dickerson

... priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, challenges him, "Didn't I see you with him in the olive grove?" Now the question is asked in a manner that suggests Peter say "Yes." The question hits Peter like a typhoon hitting a Pacific Island. ... his Lord, Peter fails. Not once, but three times. Yet this is not the end for Simon Peter. This man who has plays the reed in the courtyard will yet become the rock. Not out of his own strength, but out of the grace of Jesus Christ. In all ...

11. Palm Sunday (Prologue)

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... offer, the sceptre, the seat? Their King wanders hungry, forgotten in the street, Early on Monday. -- Edwin McNeill Poteat. John Reed (1887-1920) was an American journalist who wrote a famous eyewitness account of the 1917 Russian Revolution titled TEN DAYS ... , which was sort of a bedroom community for Jerusalem, located just two miles east of the Holy City, over the Mount of Olives. Bethany is where Jesus usually stayed when in the Jerusalem area, probably at the home of Mary and Martha and Lazarus. On this ...

12. Can You Smell the Perfume?

John 12:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... are reclining on the floor, probably on mats, around a low table, eating from a common bowl, dipping chunks of bread into olive oil. Suddenly a woman crashes their party and crashes on Jesus' head a flask of perfume. She broke the expensive vial ("snapping ... 's residence, the soldiers decked Jesus in royal clothes like some play-doll. They draped over him a scarlet robe, and stuck some reeds into his hands to mock a scepter, and then used that instrument to bludgeon Jesus on the head. They beat him about the ...

13. A Beautiful Void

Illustration

Chuck Colson

... lean, immense Secretariat building rises into the sky, the sun reflecting off its window walls. Bright flags of the nations of the world fly in the breezes off the river; the most prominent is the blue and white UN flag, its two white reeds of olive branches surrounding the world. A visitor is immediately struck by the grandeur of the building, stirred by the sight of dignitaries stepping out of black limousines to cross the massive plaza. He realizes that if this place represents the powers of the world ...

14. Anointing Oil

Exodus 30:22-33

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... liquid myrrh, . . . cinnamon, . . . fragrant cane, . . . and cassia. The Lord’s recipe called for a total of fifteen hundred shekels (approx. 38 pounds) of spices and one hin of olive oil (perhaps six quarts). “Myrrh” is a resin from the sap of a shrub of southern Arabia (commiphora). “Fragrant cane” is produced from an aromatic reed (calamus). “Cassia” is a type of cinnamon. The priests were to use this fragrant oil to consecrate everything in the tabernacle: the Tent of Meeting, the ark of ...

15. Join in the Singing

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the desert. The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs. “In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow. And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who ... see the new life, the new beauty, the new hope God intends for God’s people. In 1969, neurologist Oliver Sacks began testing an experimental drug on patients suffering from encephalitis lethargica, better known as sleeping sickness. The patients ...

16. Masks Off!

John 7:25-45 and 8:11-59

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. (Psalm 130) *Mary Reed Newland, The Catholic Resource Center. **Catholic Cuisine: Recipes for Feasts and Festivals of the Liturgical Year Based on the ... and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.” Then they all went home, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. The teachers ...

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