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Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... bees!”[12] Glory! Soon after settling in the White House, the Lincoln family rented a pew in Washington’s New York Avenue Presbyterian Church where Mrs. Lincoln became a member. The whole family regularly attended on Sunday mornings. The President also ... , no more tears, no more pain, no more war... a time when every valley would be exalted and every mountain made a plain. Peter, James, and John had seen who was in charge, and with the lyric of the spiritual that slaves of Lincoln’s day would sing ...

2. Oops! I Did It Again

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... want to follow him, we must take up his cross. In August of 2003, the Church of the Holy Cross in New York City was broken into twice. In the first event, thieves made away with a metal moneybox. Three weeks later, vandals escaped with ... We don’t try to repeal the Great Commandment or the Great Commission. We try to live them out. Oh, we backslide sometimes, just as Peter did, but by God’s grace we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and even more importantly, we hoist the cross back on our shoulder ...

3. Barking Pigs and Determined Disciples

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... long, too frighted to let go. When morning dawns he discovers his toes are only an inch off the ground. It's amusing to think of Simon Peter climbing out of the boat trying to imitate his Lord by walking on the water. Then, like a cartoon character, he makes the mistake of looking around. " ... Hold Fast to Your Dreams, Carrie Boyko and Kimberly Colen, editors, (New York: Scholastic, Inc. 1996), pp. 89-90. 2. Ripley's—Believe It or Not! Encyclopedia of the Bizarre, by Julie Mooney and the Editors of Ripley's Believe ...

4. The Joy of Being a Caring Person

Mt 25:31-46 · Lk 16:19-31

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... bring Simon Peter back into fellowship, after Peter had denied him, he asked Peter: "Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?" And Peter said that he did. Jesus added: "Feed my sheep." Again, Jesus came back, "Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?" Peter answered impatiently ... young theologian who died tragically at an early age tells the story of preaching one Sunday as a guest minister in New York City. At the close of the service, Dr. Michalson was delayed and happened to be the last person leaving the church. ...

5. Smother Love

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... according to plan. I didn't. After college I made plans to go to graduate school in New York City. All summer I was telling my parents how excited I was about going to New York. On the day I was to leave, I piled up my luggage in the middle of the ... skip the trip to Jerusalem and find another way to save the world. If it hadn't been tempting, he probably wouldn't have reacted to Peter so harshly. There's another problem here. Jesus says he must be ready to suffer and die. Is he expecting us to do the same? ...

6. Unlimited Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... who has wronged him, it was not because he was deficient in mathematics, but because he was short on love. In asking the question, Peter must have known that he was speaking for a lot of other people. Injuries of one kind or another are inflicted upon every person ... To Be A Transformed Person, p. 182. New York: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1951. 4. The Works Of John Wesley, Vol. II, p. 277. 5. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, p. 57. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1958, 1965. (A Perennial ...

7. Building On A Firm Foundation

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... , the sports world watched with amazement as the U.S. Olympic hockey team won a gold medal at Lake Placid, New York. Those collegians shocked the world by upsetting the powerful Soviet team. Then they grabbed the championship from Finland while the crowd ... player. You are meant to be here at this time. This is your moment." (2) This is how we should read these words from I Peter. They are words of encouragement and hope. He was saying to them and to us, "Don't get discouraged. Your life has meaning. It has ...

8. The Parable Of The Kindly Innkeeper

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... enemy by the rebels; now he was a welcome guest among them. They returned him safely to the area where he had been captured, and even posed for a picture with Peter before they left. (1) It's nice, isn't it? when good works are rewarded. Once there was a 14yearold girl in Cleveland, Ohio who got so angry with her parents that she ran away to New York City. Cold, hungry and friendless, she was shivering on a street corner when a cab pulled up. As some partygoers got out, a man in the group noticed the girl ...

9. Inexpressible Joy

1 Peter 1:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... is a letter to the churches in what is now Turkey. The letter would be passed from one congregation to the next. It is thought that Peter wrote this letter somewhere around 64 A.D. At that time, the vast Roman Empire was ruled by Nero, who reigned from 54-68 A.D. ... your heart? May you receive his joy this day. (6) 1. "Police commissioner sees a changed New York" by Martha T. Moore, USA TODAY, Nov. 12, 2001, p. 2A. 2. Miles Corwin, "With Honors," ROSIE MAGAZINE, Oct. 2001, pp. 58-61. 3. From a ...

10. A Time of Transition

Joshua 5:9-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... House, vol. 13, no. 16 (September 2000), Cited Stan Toler, Lead to Succeed (Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 2003). 2. A M E R R Y H E A R T. 3. Summit Books, New York, 1986, p. 252. 4. (Northfield Publishing). Cited in PreachingNow, Vol. 3, No. 16, Michael Duduit. 5. Tom Peters, The Brand You 50 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999), pp. 149-154. 6. Tom Dooley, Eight Habits of Highly Effective Christians, http://www.christianstudy.com/data/nt/habit_number_one.txt . 7. The Shelter of Each Other, Published by G.P ...

11. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:1-15, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... 5–11 On the identity of the super-apostles in 11:5 and 12:11, see Victor Paul Furnish, 2 Corinthians (AB 32A; New York: Doubleday, 1985), pp. 502–5. 11:8–9 Note that in 6:9 Paul describes himself as “poor” and as “having nothing” (cf. ... language than with Paul’s nationality, although these two aspects are, of course, closely related (cf. Gen. 10:5, 20, 31). Cf. Niels Peter Lemche, “Hebrew,” ABD, vol. 3, p. 95; K. G. Kuhn, “Israel,” TDNT, vol. 3, pp. 365–69, 372–75. A late ...

12. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 1:1-11, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

13. Sleeping Through A Tornado

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... and on our church afresh so that we, too, may be transformed, and so that we may be a blessing to others. 1. Bill Bryson, THE LOST CONTINENT (New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989), p. 295. 2. Peter J. Dyck, A LEAP OF FAITH (Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1990), pp. 63- 65. 3. Phillip L. Berman, THE SEARCH FOR MEANING (New York: Ballantine Books, 1990), pp. 281-283. 4. Grace Wenger, Dave & Neta Jackson WITNESS: EMPOWERING THE CHURCH (Scottdale, PA, Herald Press, 1989), pp. 170-171. 5. Eddie Fox and George ...

14. With a Bang or a Whimper?

2 Peter 3:1-18

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... 's name. What a splendid halo this wonderful privilege drapes over this year's journey toward another Christmas celebration. May each of us embrace it with joy! Returning to the question with which we began -- "Will it end with a bang or a whimper?" Dear friends, after listening to Peter, it really doesn't matter, does it? Amen. 1. The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company Inc., 1952), p. 344. 2. John Dryden, "Design" quoted in Masterpieces of Religious Verse (New ...

15. Oh Say, Can You See by the Dawn’s Early Light?

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... alive and John's life changes forever. What does John see? He sees what he could not see from the door. He sees what only Peter has seen until this moment; he sees, "The cloth that had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in ... uncomfortable at a prayer meeting." They bring back memories of that children's song about the Grand Old Duke of York, do you remember? The Grand old Duke of York He had ten thousand men He marched them up to the top of the hill And he marched them down ...

16. Is There Any Wind?

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... persons are not drunk as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning." Peter then called to their attention the words of the Prophet Joel. This wasn’t the same Peter we have encountered earlier in the Gospels. He was now empowered by the Holy Spirit. He ... day to all who desire it. 1. Stories for the Christian Year. Eugene H. Peterson (ed.) New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1992, pp. 152-153. 2. The Saints Among Us. George H. Gallup, Jr. & Timothy Jones. Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing, 1992, pp. ...

17. No Partiality

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Will Willimon

... the Gestapo rolled into one; the kind of man who only a few weeks back, had (just following orders) hung Jesus up to die. Peter’s actions hurt them deeply. “Why did you do it? How could you—an ignorant man, who only three years ago, knew little more ... twenty, I was talking to a guy, my age, who had never seen New York. I was amazed. We put our money together, found that we had just enough to pay for the gas, left for New York, went up the Empire State Building at sunrise, out on the Staten Island Ferry ...

18. Blinding Specks

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... thereby deprive ourselves of that upon which our very salvation depends. In Richard Sheridan’s play, The School for Scandal, Sir Peter thinks Joseph Surgave is too lenient in his opinions of others. He says to him, "Ah, my dear friend, the goodness of your ... ." 9. Helen Keller. The Story Of My Life, p. 81. New York: Dell publishing Company, Inc., 1961 (copyright Doubleday and Company, Inc.). 10. Jean Anouilh. Becket, p. 84. New York: Signet Books, 1960. 11. Leo Tolstoy. War And Peace, Great Books ...

19. The View from the Mountaintop

Mark 9:14-32, Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... bees!"(9) Glory! Soon after settling in the White House, the Lincoln family rented a pew in Washington's New York Avenue Presbyterian Church where Mrs. Lincoln became a member. The whole family regularly attended on Sunday mornings. The President also ... sickness, no more tears, no more pain, no more war...a time when every valley would be exalted and every mountain made a plain. Peter, James and John had seen who was in charge, and with the lyric of the spiritual that slaves of Lincoln's day would sing ...

20. People Who Would Destroy God’s Temple

1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... because of the harmful effects of nicotine. Please don’t think I am picking on cigarette smokers this month. I was just captured by the dramatic picture Peter Hanson gives us of this particular health problem. It reminds me of the words of St. Paul. He writes, “Do you not know that you are ... everyone on earth. 1. Pete G. Hanson, Stress for Success (New York: Doubleday), pp. 20-56. 2. Joyful Newsletter, 189, p. 2, Robert C. Savage. 3. David Buttrick, Homiletic (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987). 4 ...

21. To Who Can We Go?

John 6:60-71

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... we are all haunted by a truly awful sense of impermanence. I have always had a particularly keen sense of this at New York cocktail parties, and that is perhaps why I drink the martinis almost as fast as I can snatch them from the tray …the ... the hands of the God who had revealed Himself as his heavenly Father in Jesus Christ. “To whom else can we go?” asked Peter. “You have the words of eternal life.” Jesus Christ wears the uniform of One who represents trust. It is a simple uniform, consisting ...

22. Time To Walk On The Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... ridiculous." And as his faith sagged, so did his body. He began to sink. "Lord, save me," he cried. This was not the last time Peter's impetuousness would get him in trouble. There was the time in the garden when he cut off the ear of the high priest's ... us to step out on faith to make a difference in our community and in our world. Theodore Roosevelt read a book by New York newspaperman Jacob Riis. entitled, HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. It described the slums of the city, with all its vice and crime. Theodore ...

23. Political Pardon

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... ." Personal Pain Several themes emerge from Jesus' story. First, it becomes obvious that forgiveness is always personal because pain is personal. Peter asks about what he should do when his "brother" sins against him. That makes sense to us, even if we don't ... were sentenced to modest prison terms by a New York judge. Police had booked the pair on rape and assault charges in a highly publicized case. Four months earlier, they had entered a convent in New York City and had brutally victimized a thirty-year-old ...

24. The Credibility of the Gospel Paul Proclaims

Galatians 1:11-24

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... also at 1 Cor. 1:12; 3:22; 9:5; and 15:5, where it refers to a person of great eminence in the Christian community. The name Peter (Petros) appears in Paul’s letters only at Gal. 2:7–8. Most scholars have equated Cephas with Peter. See R. E. Brown, K. P. Donfried, and J. Reumann, Peter in the New Testament (Minneapolis: Augsburg/New York: Paulist Press, 1973), p. 23. There is, however, a tradition going back to Clement of Alexandria’s Hypotyposeis, recorded by Eusebius, that the Cephas referred to at ...

25. The Eleventh Commandment

John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the U. S. including the World Trade Center in New York City. In response to that tragedy, Pat Tillman, at the age of twenty‑five, walked away from his dream to play professional ... in Christ. When confronted by a servant girl concerning his association with Jesus, he gave a curse and denied he ever knew him. Judas, Peter—then the rest of the disciples. Jesus tried so hard to get through to them even though he knew that for a while, ...

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