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1. Who Needs a Shepherd? (I am the good shepherd)

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... had learned from his rabbits, built a huge steel mill in Pittsburgh and called it the J. Edgar Thomson Steel works. "Now let me ask you a question. When the Pennsylvania Railroad needed steel rails after that, where do you suppose J. ... heaven as a believer. He told St. Peter that he loved people. St. Peter asks to see the scars on his hands--but Satan refused to show his hands. St. Peter said, "You have not really loved until you have scars and wounds." Then St. Peter showed Satan a picture of Jesus--and ...

2. Were You There?

John 19:17-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... Kent, his alter ego, fooled people sometimes into thinking he was a normal man, but his vulnerability was just an act. Underneath was the man of steel. Real people, on the other hand, try to be Superman on the outside showing no vulnerability, but underneath they are really just a weak and sometimes confused Clark Kent. Peter, for all his bluster, was a weak man. Peter was there when they crucified my Lord. Pontius Pilate was also there. Pilate didn’t want to be responsible for Christ’s death. He tried ...

3. The Ashes of Our Lives

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... 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 ashes, when the ashes are in the wind. Oh, the eagle flies above us As the sun goes down each day In the crumbled steel and concrete Other voices flow away. Can we move that mountain tower 'Til the land is sweet again While the ashes, while the ashes ...

4. The Life You've Always Wanted

Acts 5:27-32

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... ’s most successful financiers sat down at a business meeting. Present were the president of the largest independent steel company, the president of the largest utility company, the greatest wheat speculator, the president of the New York ... bigger than any of you can imagine. You are going to help me transform the world!” This call was so powerfully potent that Peter and the others walked away from their thriving business and comfortable lifestyle to follow Jesus. They left the ordinary in order to do the ...

5. Trials and Temptations

James 1:1-18, James 1:19-27

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... God meant it for good” (Gen. 50:20). The process of testing faith is like the tempering of steel: the heat, rather than destroying the steel, makes it stronger. The apocryphal book Sirach (2:5) uses another image: “For gold is proved in the ... and 1 Pet. 1:6. This shows that in Paul’s mind the positive sense of boasting is close to the eschatological joy expressed by James and Peter in their respective terms. The idea of such joy will appear three times in this one chapter in James (1:2; 1:9; 1:12). 1:10 ...

6. Listening and Doing

James 1:19-27, James 1:1-18

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

7. Superman: More Than A Super Hero

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

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... you did, too. With a towel and a safety pin I had a cape, and a small boy was dramatically transformed into the "man of steel." But I don't ever remember playing Jesus. "Why not?" I'd heard stories about Jesus and the miracles He performed. But I never ... 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 ...

8. Superman: More Than A Super Hero

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

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

9. When Old Nick Met Nicodemus

Drama

... the sunrise, is also strangely quiet. Oh, the sounds that emanated from that hill this week! Sounds of steel against steel as hammers drove nails ... sounds of women weeping and crowds jeering ... and a pleading voice from the cross, ... in the belly of the whale, so must the Son of man be three days and nights in the earth." He must have meant in a tomb! Peter That’s right! I remember him saying that, also. (Music keeps increasing in volume) Mary Magdalene All I know is, he’s alive! I talked to him! ...

10. Like A Rock

Isaiah 44:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... a 400-foot fire hose. The rock still didn’t move. Someone said in exasperation, "The darn thing must be welded to a steel beam down the middle of it!" Superman arrived at the party to promote one of his films. The crowds were enjoying the rock ... is a second thing to see: THE CHURCH IS THE WITNESS TO THE ROCK IN THE WORLD. Jesus certainly had this partially in mind when he called Peter a rock and said "upon this rock I will build my church." (Mt. 16:18) The church is "to be there" for people just as God is ...

11. Embedded In Bedrock Or Destroyed By A Typhoon

John 18:25-27

Sermon

Dale Dickerson

... . Strangely enough only minor damage was sustained. That's because more than 10 million bricks and 400 tons of stainless steel were used to literally embed this mighty structure in the underlying Manhattan bedrock. (1) Jesus referred to the Apostle Peter as the rock on which he would build his church. "And I tell you, you are Peter," Jesus says in Matthew 16:18, "and on this rock I will build my church" (NRSV). Peter WAS a rock--a man of faith who was a devoted follower of Jesus even to the point of giving ...

12. Batman: Driven By Guilt or Grace?

Romans 5:1-11; 8:1-2

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... he is vulnerable and has been bruised and wounded a number of times. That could never happen to the man of steel. Bullets bounce off of him. Batman has also honed his intellect and skills of perception, training hour after hour until he ... in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. Who do you line up more with Batman, Driven by Guilt? Or Peter, Driven by Grace? My hope is that you have experienced the forgiving grace of God. And your life is lived in gratitude for what God has done ...

13. Batman: Driven By Guilt or Grace?

Romans 5:1-11; 8:1-2; Luke 18:9-16

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

14. He Is Risen!

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... in a borrowed tomb. When the tomb was found to be empty that first Easter morning, they were numb with disbelief. Peter and John ran to the tomb to see for themselves. Even after Christ had made appearances to many of his followers, the ... a cemetery in Hanover, Germany, is a grave on which were placed huge slabs of granite and marble cemented together and fastened with heavy steel clasps. It belongs to a woman who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead. However, she directed in her will that ...

15. Jesus: The Original Superhero?

John 18:33-37

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... all things, and in him all things hold together" (Colossians 1:17)? On the plus side, however, the Man of Steel ministry resources did seem to recognize that Jesus was more than just another Superman. Discussion questions asked, "What was Jesus' ... been arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane the night before. During the commotion, Simon Peter drew his sword and struck the slave of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. But Jesus rebuked Peter and told him to put away his sword. The gospel of Luke adds the ...

16. The Cost of Discipleship

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

James L. Killen

... him talking with Moses and Elijah, the characters from the Hebrew Scriptures who represented the law and the prophets. Peter, true to his impulsive nature, spoke up and said something entirely inappropriate. Then a bright cloud, the kind ... of them to protect them with her body. When things stopped ﬂying apart, she was covered with debris and her legs were pinned under a steel beam so that both legs eventually had to be amputated. But her children were unharmed. It seemed the natural thing to do. When it was ...

17. The Church: Identity And Function

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to Egypt as a part of the previous peace negotiations. But more dramatic than that, is the picture of the tenacity and commitment and steel will of the settlers in Yahmit who see themselves as God’s people occupying the land they regard as Biblical Israel. Now I don ... , if we seek to go it in our own power, if we seek to go it in our own power, we are that impotent. But Peter instructs again. Listen to him from our scripture. Like new born babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up ...

18. Keeping Shut About the Good News

Acts 3:1-10; Acts 4:13-20

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... want to see it anymore. And every social worker and care-giver, doctor and nurse will tell you there are times when you have to steel yourself if you are going to do anyone any good. But if our hearts have been strangely warmed by the flame of Pentecost, if we have ... saw. And she cared. You can't share if you don't care. 2. You can't give what you don't have. Well, when old, impetuous Peter saw the man, he said, "Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have I give unto you." And in a daring moment of holy ...

19. Pentecost

1 Corinthians 12:1-11, Joel 2:28-32, John 7:25-44, Acts 2:14-41, Acts 2:1-13, John 20:19-23

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... do with the gifts of the Spirit in the Church and the Lutheran First Lesson (Joel 2:28-29) is the passage referred to by Peter in his Pentecost sermon. COMMENTARY Lesson 1: Acts 2:1-21 (C); Acts 2:1-11 (RC, E) The promised Spirit comes upon the church ... wind. Most of us have witnessed the tremendous energy inherent in wind. A tornado can pulverize a house. A hurricane can bend a steel pole at a 90 degree angle. The Acts account describes the descent of the Spirit as a mighty wind. The demonstration of the ...

20. Don't Be Afraid

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... feeds a strong desire for security and control on the road. In this day and age, people want to put as much steel and iron around them as they can. They equate weight with safety. It’s a factor, but in no way compares to ... to keep our eyes upon Jesus. We need to see his hand extended to us, reaching out to catch us just as it was extended to Simon Peter. Sometimes that hand is extended through our church family and other Christian friends. The point is, Christ is able to deliver us from the storm. Christ ...

21. From His Arrest to His Crucifixion and Burial

John 18:1--19:42

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... of Gethsemane, where Jesus has gone to pray. The police tried to arrest Jesus. Simon Peter, another of the leading apostles, reacted violently. He took out a knife and cut off the ear of the high priest’ ... am riding on a limited express, one of the crack trains of the nation. Hurtling across the prairie into blue haze and dark air go fifteen all-steel coaches holding a thousand people. (All the coaches shall be scrap and rust and all the men and women laughing in the diners and sleepers shall pass ...

22. OUR LORD BETRAYED

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... signal, to let the rabble know which was he, Judas kissed him, and Jesus said sadly, "Friend, why are you here?" For a breathless moment, Judas feared his plan might miscarry. That crazy disciple Peter! He drew a sword! How could that be? They never carried weapons with them. A glint of light, a flash of steel, and the servant of the high priest was screaming and holding the side of his head, blood streaming through his fingers from where his ear had been severed. Then all was pandemonium. The soldiers ...

23. No Grey Area

Acts 15:1-21

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... power of the cross and places limitations on Christ as our total savior. If a bridge to heaven has only one rivet of human steel to hold two beams together, under pressure and stress, it will break down at this joint; it will cease to be a bridge at ... 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. ...

24. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... 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 ... chair, looked me in the eye, and said, "Don't read what we read. We read Reader's Digest, Time Magazine, Guideposts, and Danielle Steele. Read better stuff than we read. Pull us up on Sunday morning. Lift us to a higher plane. Don't try to be ...

25. Security: Deeply Personal

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

... wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." (1 Peter 2:9) Think of it; we are God’s own people! Why can we say this with such optimism? Let us return to Peter. In 1 Peter 1:3-5, we read: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord ... The corporate methodology breeds disillusionments and outright despair. The political machinations might as well be blobs of oppressive steel. The institutional church is not an exception. True, it can care for persons but, all too often, ...

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