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Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... England's leading contemporary composer until 1993 to create and produce what he felt was a proper accompaniment to this homeless person's song of trust and obedience. This he did in partnership with one of America's leading composers, Philip Glass. Glass, who is probably most popularly known for his work "Koyaanisquatsi," (the title, translated from Hopi, means "Life out of Balance") brought his musical mixture of rock realism and mysticism to the project. The result is a CD entitled "Jesus' Blood Never ...

2. When the Pressure Is On

John 6:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... this, and that is the disciples lacked faith. "Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, ‘Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?" But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do." ( ... into the water. Well, the worms just swam around that water; had a great time. Then she dropped some earthworms into that glass of alcohol and those earthworms curled up and died. She said, "Now boys and girls, what does this teach us?" One little ...

3. With Jesus No Mission Is Impossible

John 6:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... multitude, and then he looked at the source of the meal, and he says, "Illogical!" Now the reason why there was a failure in Philip's faith, and a flaw in Andrew's faith, was because both of them had made the tragic mistake of calculating without Christ. We ... the water. The worms just swam around in that water and had a wonderful time. Then she dropped some more earthworms into that glass of alcohol and those earthworms just curled up and died. Then she said, "Now boys and girls, what does this teach us?" ...

4. When You're Overwhelmed

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... how do you deal with overwhelming situations? Let me suggest some simple steps. First of all, sit down. I can just see Philip frantically running around, “What shall we do? What shall we do?” Jesus knew that panic never solved any problem. “Have the people sit down.” A lecturer on stress managemen raised a glass of water and asked his audience, “How heavy is this glass of water?” Various answers were called out. Then he replied, “The weight really doesn’t matter. What matters is how long you ...

5. Faith-based Living

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... problems to Jesus. The next step in faith-based thinking is to follow Jesus' lead. This is harder than the first step. Imagine Philip and Andrew swallowing their pride and directing this crowd of people to sit down and be patient. What was Jesus going to do? Did ... . It is not an idea in the air but feet on the ground going God's way. It is not an exotic to be kept under glass, but a hardy plant to bear twelve months of fruits in all kinds of weather. Fidelity to duty is its root and branch. Nothing we can ...

6. The Scattering of Lesser Figures

Acts 8:9-25

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... at today’s text, its unspoken objective is to provide us with an appropriate interpretation of our own lives. The story of Philip among the Samaritans possesses all the ingredients necessary to bring truth to lesser figures like you and me. The text is not ... holding up our favorite passages of Scripture to justify our liberality or our fundamentalism. We use our gothic facades, stained glass, and booming choirs to create an ambiance that arrests the spirit on one hand, while also acquiescing to the ...

7. Why Not Now?

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... African tourist, a black government official, making the journey into the Middle East. In many ways, this encounter between Philip and the Ethiopian symbolizes our world today, where boundaries are blurring, cultures are clashing, and the world is ... that a visiting athlete went into an Atlanta jewelry shop hoping to add to his collection. And in the shop there was a glass display case full of crosses. Some were on chains, some in gold or silver, some with jewels or artistically painted. The sales clerk began ...

8. When Evil Wins

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Herod's pig than Herod's son.) Another who survived was Herod Philip, Antipas' half-brother. Another half-brother was Aristobulus. Aristobulus had a daughter named Herodias. She married Herod Philip. They, in turn, had a daughter whose name was Salome. Clear so ... ago. During a drunken party in Mexico one night in 1951, he undertook to play William Tell - he used a pistol to shoot a glass off his wife's head. He missed...and put a bullet in her brain instead.(6) How stupid. How evil. Yes, it often seems ...

9. What’s the Big Deal about Baptism?

Mark 1:9-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... I mean after all, it doesn't take much water to sprinkle people. If baptism was done by sprinkling, I could take two glasses of water and sprinkle this entire congregation. So, why does it take "much water?" The reason is because to be baptized you have ... what we read about Jesus. We also read it about another man in the Bible. "So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him." Acts 8:38 Now, why is it necessary to go down into the water ...

10. Focus Your Faith

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... out everything we need, and we still do not get things straight. "Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied (John 14:8)," Philip said. It is rather like the questions we ask: "We want to know what God is really like, Jesus. We want to know why ... is a loving God. For there are things in life that do not seem so beautiful. Jesus is rather like a pair of glasses, a pair of glasses that we need to wear. Without them, you do not quite see things correctly. Yet once you are wearing them, then you can ...

11. Grace in the Midst of Weakness

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... heaven. His name was John. The Bible calls him "the disciple whom Jesus loved." Can we walk with God in the company of stained glass saints? We most certainly can -- as long as we follow the path they blazed for us. We must acknowledge our essential brokenness, even as ... of those individuals whom he believes exerted the greatest moral and spiritual influence in the twentieth century. Author Philip Yancey comments that of the six he chose -- Billy Graham, Pope John Paul II, Nelson Mandela, Alexander ...

12. Wayward Spouses

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Undoubtedly, the most stressful time for any couple is parenthood. Carolyn and Philip Cowan, psychologists with the University of California, Berkeley, found that 92 percent of new parents report more ... new roles makes one ripe for philandering. "Even given a rich, happy marriage, it's often easier to form a new image in the eyes of someone new," says Glass. "Trying to change your identity inside a marriage is akin to the new CEO of a major company visiting his parents, only to find they still see him as the ...

13. Sparkle

Luke 4:31-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Memorex commercial. Why can a note shatter glass? How can the invisible be more powerful than the visible? Well, scientists would say that when the frequency of Sharon’s voice matched the frequency of the glass, the glass shattered. So I ask you: What frequency ... the fishing town of Capernaum on the northern shore of the Lake of Galilee. The town is right on the border to Philip’s Tetrarchy. Should “that fox” Herod turn on him, Jesus can easily slip into his brother’s territory. Busy with his ...

14. Sinner to Saint

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... Jews?" One of his disciples, Philip, was with him for three years, but still did not know him. Philip said, "Show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied." Jesus replied, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip?" So often we think ... have to ask who a sinner is, because each of us knows himself. But, what is a saint? He is one who, like a stained glass window, lets the light of Christ shine through him. He does this because Christ lives in him and he in Christ. Luther once said, "If ...

15. Leadership Styles For A New Millennium

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... to do a hard, dirty job was the one that mattered . . . and you can be sure everyone was aware of it." (4) Philip Pillsbury is a different kind of leader. I understand that Jim Wallis, editor of Sojourner magazine is that kind of servant leader. We ... know is this, and I will stake my very life upon it: It is not God's will that any child should die. Now we see through a glass darkly, but then we shall see face to face. There is much we do not understand, but God is the God who revealed Himself in the manger of ...

16. All You Need Is A Miracle

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... , "Six months wages wouldn't even buy enough bread for each of them to get a taste." Another of the disciples, Andrew, saw Philip's distress and tried to help. He told Jesus that he had seen a young boy with five barley loaves and two fish. "But ... , too, was delighted, and watched intently as he opened the package. Inside, he found his wallet, his pen, his watch, his glasses case, and his pocket knife. What had happened was this: When the prisoners had gathered around him to offer their congratulations, they ...

17. Count It All Joy

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 's a long way from what James is talking about. "Count it all joy...that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." Philip Yancey, in his book Disappointment With God, gives us the clue for allowing our steadfast faith in suffering to work its full effect in ... . Douglas' wife was badly shaken, but unhurt. His daughter suffered a broken arm and severe facial cuts from windshield glass. Douglas himself received the worst injury, a massive blow to the head. After the accident, Douglas never knew when ...

18. A Man of God

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... as Jesus’ father. Even though Joseph was not biologically related to Jesus, he was willing to claim him as his own. Pastor Philip McLarty tells about a friend of his years ago whose girlfriend was pregnant. Naturally, he assumed he was the father. But the ... he profoundly touched someone’s life perhaps the family of the woman with cancer he looked after. Maybe a pair of his cast-off glasses will be of real benefit to someone whose life might touch the lives of others in the future. You and I now know his ...

19. We Would Like to See Jesus

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... such a commotion in that little region called Galilee. That is why those words first spoken by some Greeks to the disciple Philip are so important to men and women and young people and boys and girls today: “Sir, we would like to see ... faith. (6) William Gibson needed to see Jesus. That’s what he was missing. It wasn’t the chair or the prayer book or the glasses that shaped his mother’s character or brought her such peace. It was her relationship with Jesus. Gibson’s mother saw Jesus, and that truth ...

20. When Nothing Can Be Done

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Thomas Long

... his neck, his face lined with concern. "I’m sorry," he begins, "there’s nothing we can do." A woman sits before a desk in a glass cubicle in the corner of a large room full of similar desks. She has spent the day in front of these desks, passed from one clerk ... the leper with tender mercy and flung him far into the deep and healing waters of the sea of grace. 1. Philip Yancey, Open Windows (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1985), p. 161. 2. D. E. Nineham, Saint Mark [The Pelican New Testament ...

21. When the Word Comes to the Wilderness

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

William G. Carter

... of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, when Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and when Lysanias ruler of Abilene ... the word of God came to John.” ... about being struck by lightning. I can’t speak for Annas and Caiaphas but I can tell you how it can be behind the stained-glass facade. Did you know it is possible for a minister of God to go through the motions? To act religiously? To merely find the right ...

22. From Russia With Love

Acts 3:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... You probably can buy it at the bookstore. A marvelous little book entitle Praying with the KGB. I hope you will read it. Philip Yancey and his delegation were meeting with the press and Yancey, a writer, was hoping that this meeting with the press would be ... got their food and came to serve them. They get a bowl of rice, a bowl of hot soup, a piece of bread, a piece of meat, a glass of hot tea. And I sat down by one of them -- a woman. I learned by an interpreter, that she's seventy six years old. And her face ...

23. A Kingdom that Can Not Be Shaken

Hebrews 12:14-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... there comes a time when each of these solutions is inadequate. Where do we turn then? We turn, of course, to our faith. Philip Yancey, in his book REACHING FOR THE INVISIBLE GOD, tells of his father‑in‑law, a Bible teacher and committed Christian. The ... way to satisfy her. “It was then that I remembered that I had my own blood,” writes Susanna. Using a jagged shard of glass, Susanna slit her own fingers and allowed her daughter to drink some of her blood. For the next eight days, until mother and ...

24. The Vastness of Relationships

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... ," he prayed, "to choose the right woman. Whom shall I 'ave Lord, Sally or Maria?" And he got his answer as he looked up at the stained-glass window and saw the words, "Ave Maria." Such people become preoccupied with figuring out what God's plan is for them, as if it is some secret ... you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9). While most of us have heard Philip Yancey's story from What's So Amazing About Grace? at least once, it is worth recalling. A friend involved in urban ...

25. They Call It Grace

2 Peter 3:8-15

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... . And we would be rewarded with a place at the table. We don't think the way of grace until we experience it first hand. Philip Yancey, in his book, What's So Amazing About Grace, tells the story of a pastor who was battling with his fifteen-year-old daughter. He ... and blamed them saying, "It's your fault for being so strict." The pastor basically said, "I remember standing before the plate-glass window in my living room, staring out into the darkness, waiting for her to come home. I felt such rage. I wanted ...

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