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Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus to lift us up out of the dirt. By his own sacrifice, he carried us to home plate. Notice in verses 5-8, Peter wants to build three booths on the mountain, one for Jesus, one for Moses, and one for Elijah, so they could stay there a while ... philosophies simply disappear in the truth of who Jesus is and what his mission accomplished. Many of you are familiar with British singer and songwriter Adele who has sold millions of songs worldwide. She has won just about every music award you can imagine. She’ ...

2. The Real GPS: Gospel Positioning System

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the byway. And more, much more than this, I did it my way.” In “My Way” the singer proclaims as the highest mountain “the things that he truly feels” and disclaims the sacrifice and sanctity of “the words of one who kneels.” When Simon Peter confessed his love to the risen Christ, he was charged with a shepherding mission. But Jesus also let his First Follower know that there was a price to pay. In Simon Peter’s “old age,” that is, in his new life as a witness to a resurrected Jesus ...

3. Song of a Churchgoer

Psalm 92:1-15

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... words of thy hands I sing for joy. (Psalm 92:1-4) To be sure, the Almighty’s ways are past understanding. But their intent is clear. And, because the singer knows this, he can trust the Lord for what lies ahead, confident that God wills only the best for those who believe. So he can bow before the Eternal in ... can no longer sing his love song to the church, the Apostle Peter sums it all up by urging the saints in his fellowship to exert every effort to continue growing in grace and the knowledge of God (2 ...

4. Who Is Your Hero?

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... she was visiting an old friend named Faye in Portland, Oregon. They went to the mall, knowing that if the famous singer were recognized things could get really hectic. Olivia said, "Don't worry, we'll deal with it if it happens." Sure ... Jesus in the experience we know as the transfiguration, he was in the presence of Moses and Elijah. You know the story. Jesus took Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by themselves. While they were on the mountain, something quite ...

5. Keeping Our Souls

John 13:18-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... their hearts. But that’s not the only bomb He set off that evening. A second bomb was detonated in the personal encounter He had with Peter. We didn’t read it in our Scripture lesson. The story is that Judas went out into the night and Jesus continued to talk -- to talk ... of great men. Think of King David, “a man after God’s own heart,” Scripture calls him. The hero of Israel, the singer of God’s songs of praise and trust and confidence. But listen to him as he moans and groans in one of those ...

6. The Window Of Time Is Closing

2 Peter 3:8-15a

Sermon

Ronald Love

... took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.” The seriousness of what Jesus spoke, and Peter wrote, should compel us to be evangelists because the window is closing. We don’t have the privilege of waiting until tomorrow. We must act this ... tactics, we must be serious in our presentation that there is a day of judgment. Lauren Daigle is a Christian singer who has won most every award possible for her inspiring songs. A part of her evangelical mission is preforming concerts ...

7. Jesus Is The Star

1 Corinthians 2:5

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... Rogers' cowboy movies and all his fans would come. When people really like a movie star or a football player or a singer, they usually try to get that person's picture and autograph. Did you ever get anyone's autograph? (Let them answer.) Did ... one person that all Christians should follow. Can you tell me who that is, boys and girls? (Let them answer.) Right! Jesus is our leader. Peter and Paul and the other Apostles didn't want to start fan clubs. They wanted to lead people to Jesus. Do you think Paul had ...

8. Where Heaven And Earth Meet

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... in your jeep. That was surely God, and you'd better be true to that experience." Much to his father's surprise, Peter went on to seminary with plans to enter the ministry. (3) "Surely the Lord is in this place." Sometimes we encounter God ... on God's vision for his life. He responded to this vision with a total commitment to God. Suddenly, his ambitions had changed. The great singer Pearl Bailey once said, "A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love ...

9. Superman: More Than A Super Hero

John 1:1-5, 9-14; John 13:31-32; John 20:30-31

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... In disgust, he threw it on the floor and in anger said, "This thing doesn't work." (5) B. One of the things Brian Singer and the writers of Superman and every other comic book that has ever been written make very clear is that we are in desperate ... to walk. How else could he give hearing to the deaf and cure leprosy. How else could he raise the dead. High on a mountaintop, Peter, James and John heard the truth right from the mouth of God. With Moses and Elijah pointing all of humanity to Jesus, God spoke and ...

10. Superman: More Than A Super Hero

John 1:1-5, 9-14; John 13:31-32; John 20:30-31

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

11. The Great Inescapable Question of Eternity

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... billion people follows his memory — that's pretty remarkable, 2,000 years on."1 On the opposite end of the spectrum, Bono, lead singer of the rock group U2, asked if he believes the claim of Jesus' divinity is farfetched, replied with this statement. No, it's not ... man. When they do, they often believe they accord him honor. Nothing could be further from the truth. Until we see Jesus as Peter did, as "the Christ," all miss the mark. What Do Jesus' Followers Say About Who He Is? Ask some people who walked ...

12. Religion's Built-in Hazard

Isaiah 58:1-14

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... a musical instrument?" What's more, it is so satisfying to let one's golden tones ring out above the ordinary noises made by fellow singers! To know that others are hearing the same lovely voice that rings in one's own ears; what could be sweeter? But is God ... Christian Sunday school teacher died and went to heaven. At the gate he was met by Saint Peter who began asking him some questions about his life on earth. Peter then explained that he would need a total of 100 points on this exam to enter heaven ...

13. What to Do When Life Is the Pits

1 Peter 5:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... miles? The sound of that roar registers somewhere between one and three kHz. (To put this in perspective, if the deepest bass gospel singer tried to sing that loud, he would blow every vocal chord in his larynx.) That roar is so loud and so low that if ... . James 4:7 says, "Resist the devil and he will flee from you." But how are we to defeat the devil? We are to do it Peter says, "By being steadfast in the faith." You don't defeat the devil with fight. You defeat the devil with faith. I heard about one of ...

14. Everyone Is Looking for You

Mark 1:35-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... s out of the question. So, if you’re interested and want to go instead of him, here’s the relevant information: it’s at St. Peter’s Church in New York City at 5 p.m. Her name’s Louise. She’ll be the one wearing a white dress. Of course, even ... sign as you walk down the stairs toward the baggage claim area of the Memphis, Tennessee Airport. Memphis, of course, was the place singer Elvis Presley called home. On the sign in the Memphis airport is the motto of Graceland, the former home of the king of ...

15. Friends In Low Places

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

Marc Kolden

... able to see that some really important things had gone on before Jesus got to Matthew. Jesus had already called the four fishermen, Peter, Andrew, James and John, to be his disciples and he had taught them what discipleship means in the Sermon on the Mount. Not ... alone. As Jesus said in another place, "You did not choose me; I chose you" (John 15:6). Several years ago the country-western singer Garth Brooks had a hit song titled "I've Got Friends In Low Places." It's the story of a young man whose girlfriend ...

16. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... will miss some of life's greatest blessings. Look at Jesus, for example. Jesus got angry most often at His close disciples. He screamed at Peter and called him "a devil." He became irritated at the whole lot of them at Gethsemane when they all went to sleep on Him and ... that they are never fooled by the false. Essentially, that's the Bible's approach to life. How, for example, does a great singer learn to detect bad or mediocre singing? Week by week, hour by hour, and day by day, he hones his craft. He sings ...

17. Even The Bosses Wash Feet!

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... of his, receives that honor. The offended pastor tells someone that he will never give another dime to that institution. A singer in the choir is deeply offended because he is not allowed to do solo work as often as he thinks ... My salvation is based on his cleansing. And only through his transformation can I ever hope to become a humble servant. This is why Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Unless I wash you, you can have no part of me." You can't have a servant's hand until you first have a servant's heart. A ...

18. Finding the Truth That Makes Us Free

John 8:31-41

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... in His fellowship, and, as an ineffable mystery, they shall learn in their own experience Who He is.2 They shall learn, as did Peter, that he is the Christ of God. They shall learn, in their own experience with the Christ of God, what truth is, because he ... , which framed a craggy profile. Now nearly forty, he had been the lead singer with a well-known pop-rock group. At the present he was singing religious soft-rock music. The singer told the interviewer about his childhood and youth. He had been raised on ...

19. I Say, Rejoice!

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... , we shall meet in heaven!” And, finally, how about this bulletin blooper? “The angels rejoice when one singer repents!” (1) Not in our choir, of course. None of our singers need to repent. But down at [sister church] there are probably a couple who do. St. Paul writes ... that comes from weakness, but from an internal source of strength. This is the Pauline version, says one scholar, of 1 Peter 2:23, which says of Christ: “when they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he ...

20. What Church Is All About

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... of victory. That's why a Christian ought to be one big hallelujah from the top of his head to the sole of his feet. Peter Bohler once said to Charles Wesley, "If I had a thousand tongues, I would praise Jesus Christ with everyone of them." Wesley was so ... use in breathing, and increases lung capacity. A study by the National Institute on Aging found that professional singers, and particularly opera singers, have the healthiest lungs in America, and outlive the rest of the population by as much as twenty ...

21. Look and Live

Isaiah 44:24--45:25

Sermon

James Merritt

... man seek his own salvation’ is one of my favorite scriptures. . . .” Well, by all indications Parton is a gifted singer, actress and business person, but she is an extremely poor theologian. First of all, the only thing wrong with that ... so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life.” 2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” 1 Timothy 2:4 “God desires ...

22. A Man with No Name

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... valuable and will hear our call. It is also instructive to us about how we view others. Nobody is beyond his grace. Singer Andre Crouch penned a song years ago that captured this idea powerfully. He wrote the song “The Blood” in which he said, “It ... despondent, he had doubts, he was in physical pain. He turned to the Bible for comfort and found these wonderful words in I Peter 5:7: “He cares for you.” After meditating on that truth, Graeff wrote a song titled, “Does Jesus Care?” The first verse ...

23. When Your Nets Are Empty

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... know how rotten things were about to become. But may the Lord also preserve me from perpetual optimists, whose smile is pasted on like singers in a show chorus. People who insist everything is fine all the time may be sitting on a supply of industrial strength anger, disguised ... him on his mission, but they had made no decision. As they were visiting after the crowds had gone home, he said to Peter, "Take your boats out and let down your nets one more time -- over there in the deep water." "Won't do any good ...

24. The Baby Who Changes Everything

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... loves us, and with God's help, how much of life can be changed. Jesus never eliminated the qualities that made Peter Peter or Paul Paul. Peter's impetuosity and Paul's imperturbable drive were still there after Christ had touched them, but you would have to look ... the needy and warm-hearted lover of nature. In our own times it has been Emmanuel's touch upon people like singer Ethel Waters, atomic scientist William Pollard, onetime agnostic C. S. Lewis and writer Dorothy Day that has made a radical difference ...

25. Philip the First

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... part of the story is that Philip did not take them directly to see Jesus, but rather took them to Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, and then fortified with Andrew’s help, the two apostles brought the Greeks to Jesus. Perhaps Philip was timid. Perhaps ... that we have even begun to understand His teachings about love, brotherhood, sisterhood, non-violence. Some years ago, a black opera singer was refused permission to sing in a white church in Washington, D.C. The church’s bulletin board announced the title ...

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