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Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... were drunk. It fell upon Simon Peter to interpret to the crowd what was occurring. They were not drunk, he said. The prophecy of Joel was being fulfilled. God was pouring out His spirit on His people. And Peter began telling the good news of Jesus ... an exciting analogy. It is from Jack London's masterpiece, THE CALL OF THE WILD. It is the story of a magnificent dog named Buck. Buck was half St. Bernard, half Shepherd. He was 150 lbs. of pure muscle. Because he was such an impressive animal, he was stolen, ...

2. Torn Curtain

Luke 23:44-49, Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... house of the high priest. Simon Peter follows cautiously behind. He warms himself in front of a fire near the place they are interrogating his Lord, and there in that courtyard on that fateful night, Simon Peter denies his Master three times, ... business.” “OK,” said Craddock, “Leave it up.” Buck said, “I can’t leave it up.” “Well, take it down.” Buck said, “I can’t take it down.” He’s in terrible shape. Conflicted. After a while, Buck said, “If I take that curtain down, I lose ...

3. Are You Ready For Your Inheritance?

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... titled, The Call of the Wild. It's a story about a dog that was brought to Alaska during the Alaskan gold rush. This dog, named Buck, was sold to a couple of men, Hal and Charley, who knew nothing about dogs and sleds, but were determined to try to operate a dog ... . She could lose her job, or her finances, or reputation. Just as her anxiety reached a fever pitch, she recalled these words from I Peter 1:4, "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy he has given us new birth ...

4. Crossing the Great Divide

Matthew 27:11-26

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Michael J. Anton

... village that would not give Jesus the time of day. The son who quickly restored the ear of the soldier attacked foolishly by Simon Peter. The son who came to another garden where the devil did not win this time. The son who wrestled with his destiny to the ... society, and to begin honestly examining ourselves and shouldering our own share of the blame for misunderstanding. To stop passing the buck and start facing up to the need for our own maturity, our own responsibility. If we are citizens worn-out and ...

5. Pilate's Ruse

Matthew 27:1-26 · Luke 22:66--23:25 · John 18:28-40; 19:1-16 · Mark 15:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... his back, letting him know they are there. None. And when the soldiers arrive to arrest him, what do they do? After an initial stand by Peter, they all flee. It’s easy to say we believe in Jesus. It’s not hard to go through the motions of being a Jesus follower. ... overcome him? Did he merely want to get rid of this problem called Jesus? Make him someone else’s issue. Pass the buck. Get him out of his realm of responsibility. That doesn’t sound much like the Pilate described in the history books. But ...

6. Staying Close

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... took the crucifixion and the resurrection and Pentecost before Simon Peter really understood what it means to say yes to Jesus Christ. I like the way Dr. Clovis Chappel once put it. He used the analogy of breaking horses. He noted that out West, a colt is turned loose on the wild prairies and it literally goes wild. Later, when the horse has grown enough, he is brought into a corral, a heavy saddle is slapped on his back, and a cowboy mounts. Tke horse kicks and bucks, but as long as he lives he will know ...

7. No Withdrawal

Sermon

James Bjorge

... beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,’ we heard this voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain" (2 Peter 1:16-18). Christmas can be a mountain top as the Good News is proclaimed, carols sung, love spread all around. And as we head back ... Thornton. The pull was so strong it could hardly be resisted; but there was also the powerful pull of love to his master. Buck had shared Thornton’s fires and food, had felt his hand on his tawny coat of hair, and had looked into his eyes. ...

8. Proper 14

Mt 14:22-33 · Rom 9:1-5 · Ex 14:19-31 · Ps 106:4-12

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John R. Brokhoff

... they have a right to think they would have a calm, easy and trouble-free crossing? Instead they ran into a storm. They bucked the wind by straining on the oars. They were in danger of drowning. This means that Christians can be faithful and obedient ... fear of God removes all reasons to be afraid, for if God is for and with us, we have it made. 4. Pride before a Fall. Peter illustrates the truism that pride precedes a fall. With great bravado he challenges Jesus to ask him to let him walk on water, too. He is ...

9. The Household Leader

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... repeating on this Father's Day. A crowd of men was standing outside the pearly gates of Heaven waiting to be admitted. They were instructed by Saint Peter to get into two different lines. The left line was for all those men who were henpecked and had to live with domineering wives. That line ... Dad - the baby really belongs to God. God is permitting Chesley to live with Buck and Libby. He is entrusting Chesley to their care. It is sort of like God has chosen them to babysit for his child. And ...

10. When It's Time For Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... is a man who is forgiven billions of dollar and what does he do? He goes out and finds somebody who owes him a few bucks. If you read the parable carefully, you discover that the dialogue is exactly the same in both of these conversations. So what does the guy say ... on here. The rabbis had a saying that if you forgave somebody three times you were a perfect person. Look at what Peter does. He doubles the formula, adds one for good measure, and says to Jesus, “How about it, Jesus, isn’t seven enough?” ...

11. The True Feng Shui Life

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ended up battlinghigh winds and whipped up waters for hours. What should have been a short crossing became a seeming endless night of bucking waves and blustering winds. When Jesus at last makes his surprise appearance, it is in the “fourth watch of the night” — that ... swirls, blows and bullies in wholly unexpected ways. Our focus on Peter stepping out of the boat has blinded us to what Peter stepped into: the wind creating the waves. Jesus invited Peter to step into the wind and waves if he truly wanted ...

12. The Ashes of Our Lives

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... and he together couldn't handle? Don't let the ashes of the past cover you so completely that you give up hope. When Peter met Jesus that first time, he was cautious in turning over control of everything, from his heart to his trade. He approached commitment ... the town's people, he had almost approached his dream of making it a million-dollar business. He did not retire with mega bucks, and the money he did receive went to making the last years of his wife's life comfortable and memorable. Having been told ...

13. In Spite of Evidence to the Contrary

Romans 4:13-25

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... news broadcast, and the latest best seller. See how people treat one another. See how it is that the folks with the guns and the bucks run the world. See ... how the world is in my hands. See how it belongs to me. I look more like the Son of God ... back there again in the wilderness being tempted by the devil. Once again the promise of his baptism is being attacked. It is as if Peter, like the devil, is once again saying, "Jesus, you can't trust those crazy words you heard that day in the Jordan River. You ...

14. No Grey Area

Acts 15:1-21

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... closed doors. There is the "good old boy" system where persons in power maneuver the meetings to keep the "young bucks" under control and to maintain safe middle-of-the-road policies. This results in the church following social trends rather ... disciples which neither our fathers nor we were strong enough to bear?" The phrase used here - "tempting God" - is an interesting one. As Peter uses it, it means to tease or to challenge God by adding additional requirements to his act of salvation in Jesus Christ. ...

15. Faith's Curious Dynamic

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... dynamics - of life? Do they mean that we are people of weak moral fiber? Do they mean that our faith has fled or that like Peter, it's been overwhelmed with fear or perhaps even sin? Consider a couple of verses from Lamentations. As you might surmise from the name ... the right shape. Outrageously tall men might feel him to be short. Very short men might feel him to be tall. Old bucks who are growing stout might consider him insufficiently filled out; old beaux who were growing thin might feel that he expanded ...

16. When the Impossible Becomes Imminently Possible!

John 6:1-21

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... . Let another person carry the load!" Without considering what Christ might do through willing hands and hearts, we "pass the buck!" Or, as an old saying goes, Everybody says, "Let Somebody do it." Somebody says, "Let Anybody do it." And, when ... what was to happen. Jesus "already had in mind" some things for Peter. Jesus knew everything there was about Peter. He could see past the denials near Calvary to the power of Pentecost when Peter would preach and thousands would be converted. It would not have been ...

17. The Jamie Farr Connection

Joshua 24:1-27

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... to Toledo and of his cravings for Tony Packo’s hot dogs. Those ad libs are from the heart; he’s not trying to make a buck on them. And if some of you say of that face on the screen (as I’ve heard you say), "That’s good old Jameel Farah ... those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the ways we went, and among all the people through whom we passed." From Peter: "... we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God." Shades of Klinger drooling over those hot dogs he ...

18. The Lord's Prayer: Please Forgive Us as We Forgive

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... that forgiveness might be offered more than twice that much - SEVEN times. You remember Jesus' reply: He told Peter, not SEVEN times, but SEVENTY-SEVEN TIMES (or as the King James Version has it, SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN); forgiveness should be unlimited. Then he told that story of the fellow who, in spite of being forgiven an astronomical sum by his king, refused to forgive the debt of his buddy who only owed him a few bucks. Word of the situation got back to the king, and the king was mad...MAD. He had that ...

19. Live Together In Harmony

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... off a chain reaction. Soon the cousins get in the act too. Eventually, everyone is killed off and that is the end of the feud. Of course, as Buck adds, "... it's kind of slow, and it takes a long time." Huck wonders what really caused the trouble in the first place. Was it land? His ... relationship with the person of Christ. The third group argues, "I belong to Cephas." Cephas, of course, was Peter's original Jewish name. The people who surrounded him undoubtedly favored keeping Jewish laws and customs along ...

20. God Stood Up

Sermon

James Bjorge

... written in three phrases: the passing of the Indian, the passing of the buffalo, and the passing of the buck. Soren Kierkegaard said, "A humorous rejoinder must always contain something profound." Perhaps the humor of Jesus has often been ... his disgust to his disciples for their wrong action. Peter was shook up over the fact Jesus said he was going to go to Jerusalem and die. He said, "God forbid, this shall never happen to you." Jesus then turned to Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance ...

21. The Apostle's Creed: Jesus Christ...Our Lord

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... modern world, to call Jesus "Lord" is to say he is the chief, the boss, the main man, the head honcho. The buck stops with him; his decisions are final. Hear the "Declaration of Faith" written by the Southern Presbyterians a few years ago:(2 ... and you. I would not expect your response to say anything about "proleptic" or "salvific" or "eschatological." No, my prayer is that, with Simon Peter, you would simply say with every fibre of your being, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." "I believe in God ...

22. The Prize of the High Calling of God

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... predictable situation rather than risk the joy of an unpredictable one.” Then there is that pointed story in Luke 9. Jesus took Peter, James and John up on the mountain to pray. It was a marvelous experience. You remember – so intimate, so charged with ecstasy ... person I really am – not Maxie’s daughter, but Kim. That question led me to take my husband’s name when I married, bucking the practice of most of my friends to keep their maiden names. With a new name, I could control who knew my family ...

23. Characteristics of Christ That You and I Need

Mark 8:27-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... same shabbily dressed man smiling as he handed her a roll of bills. When she asked what they were for, he replied: “That’s the sixty bucks you won, lady. Don’t Despair paid five to one.” (1) I sure wish that life always worked like that, don’t you? I wish ... , one of the prophets.” “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” It was, of course, Simon Peter who answered, “You are the Messiah.” At this, Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him. Then he began to teach ...

24. The Favorite

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... loves. Zip forward 20 years – Jake has embarked on an edgy campaign. He’s making outrageous claims. He’s bucking authority and disputing his colleagues. He’s going against his religious traditions and insulting its leaders. He’s hanging ... say to Peter when he began insisting on his own version of Jesus’ mission and outcome? “Get behind me, satan! You are a stumbling block to my mission!” Peter was his most loyal follower, the “rock” of Jesus’ future church. But Peter had decided ...

25. Candle Lighting · all five services

Matthew 3:1-12, Psalm 119:1-176, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, 1 Peter 1:1-12

Bulletin Aid

J. B. Quisenberry

... and imperfections. He wants us to take the responsibility for our own sins. He'll accept no finger pointing and no "passing the buck." It would be much easier for us to rest comfortably in the shadows, and ignore John's call. It would be much easier to ... people." If we have truly prepared ourselves for Christ's coming, we too will be ready to receive that joy, the "joy unspeakable" that Peter wrote about, the joy of a soul set free, the joy that comes from knowing we are never alone, the joy that shatters our ...

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