Sermon and Worship Resources

Showing all results

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... frigid weather in Norway. Runners do not run faster just to keep warm, though that might make sense to some of us. And it’s not the altitude. Wind resistance is no different in Oslo than in most other cities. The secret is the track itself. It is a narrow, six‑lane track, and the stands that surround it are very steep. According to RUNNER’S WORLD, when 21,000 fans all scream, “Go, go!” in this kind of up close and personal setting, you run faster. The crowd forces you to keep your rhythm and push ...

2. A Word to Prodigals

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.” According to some experts, when the younger son demanded his share of the estate, he was saying to his father, “I wish you were ... some time in our lives all of us have known what it is to be lost. There was a funny true story years ago out of Oslo, Norway, about a fifty-year- old man named Jermund Skogstad. Jermund was moving into his new apartment when he took a break to get something ...

3. Empty Prisons Without Walls

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

Carl Jech

... including the government, stands beside the apostles' statement about obeying God rather than men. Bishop Eivind Berggrav of Oslo, Norway defied the Nazis and had this to say about "conscientious objection": "Revolt is Christian. But we ... said we visit him when we visit prisoners), and work to eliminate the need for jails. (Remember that the first thing Jesus did after his death according to 1 Peter 3:19 was to "preach to the spirits in prison," an image which has meaning on a number of levels.) As with the ...

4. Sister Act

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... article went on to describe Decker's phenomenal performances in San Diego, Los Angeles, Gateshead (England), Stockholm, Paris, and Oslo. One comment was made about Mary Decker by the writer of the article that is relevant to our discussion ... . Martha was worried about the "menu" when Jesus wanted to teach her about a meaningful life. David Gooding, in his book, According to Luke, writes: "In those circumstances there is no doubt what Christ would have preferred. He would have preferred Martha's fellowship ...

5. Last Words Are Important

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... age.” This is the Easter message: resurrection. The guaranteed presence and power of the living Christ. If things had gone according to plans made three months ago, I would have just returned from Macedonia and Bulgaria. We would have been in ... Albanians, and that he helped save Macedonia from being another Bosnia or Kosovo. The World Methodist Council gave him the Peace Award in Oslo, Norway, in 2002. His testimony was a powerful one. Time and time again as he spoke, he emphasized that there is no true ...

6. Big Fish

John 21:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

According to the book Ripley’s--Believe It or Not!, Thomas MacClure of Detroit, Michigan, has an interesting hobby. Mr. MacClure has developed ... and the fisherman waits and lies. Someone else asked, “What happens to lying fishermen when they die?” The answer, “They lie still.” The Associated Press carried a good fish story from Oslo, Norway sometime back that turns out to be true. The story was about a school of herring that sank a 63-foot boat. The herring were caught in the fishermen’s net ...

7. One in Christ

Ephesians 2:11-22

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... of Humankind in Colossians and Ephesians,” in God’s Christ and His People, ed. J. Jervell and W. Meeks (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1977), pp. 209–21. The Gentiles Apart from Christ The apostle begins by describing the condition of the ... uses in his sermon on the day of Pentecost, when he is addressing a mixed audience (Acts 2:39; cf. also Rom. 10:15). According to Ephesians, nearness to God has been made possible through the blood of Christ. 2:14–15 Since the author returns to the concepts of ...

Showing 1 to 7 of 7all results