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John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... the Red Sea with the Egyptian army in pursuit, it really means that it was a Reed Sea. That was no great miracle. There were only about two inches of water in that Reed Sea. It was more like a marsh. A wind came along, blew the water aside, and ... that this same Lord was now alive and appearing to his disciples and friends. It would take more than their wishful assurances to heal Thomas' broken heart. "Unless I see for myself the mark in his hand and place my fingers in his side, I will not believe." Who ...

2. Don't Be Afraid

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... Hedgpeth that she is not alone, that God is watching over her. That might work for some of us who are going through troubled times. “A bruised reed he will not break, a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.” Don’t be afraid. Christ is with you just as he was with his ... & Schuster, Inc, 2007), pp. 176-177. 5. Robert J. Morgan, Preacher’s Sourcebook Creative Sermon Illustrations (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2007), p. 295. 6. John A. Boadus, A Commentary on The Gospel of Matthew (Philadelphia: ...

3. Believing Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... be gullible, and so they are skeptical. “Unless I see, I will not believe,” is their credo. But it is a normal reaction. You or I might have felt as Thomas did. Actually, doubt is not a bad thing. There can be no true faith without it. In late-19th century Denver there was a preacher named Myron Reed. I came across this excellent epigram from brother Reed: “A man who says he has never had a doubt in matters of faith wears a No. 6 hat.” (Quoted in Context by Martin E. Marty, Jan. 15, 1989) Tennyson ...

4. Sitting Shiva Behind Closed Doors

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Lori Wagner

... with some connections. Tomb / Rock / Locked Door / Enclosed Room / Temple / Tabernacle / Noah’s Ark / Moses’s Basket of Reeds / Sukkah / Bindings / Womb / Sign of Jonah / Shiva Wait a minute . . . Shiva? What could shiva have to do with ... Him go and to instead go to tell the others. Later in Jesus’ second appearance to the disciples in the locked room, Jesus bids Thomas to touch and see. In both cases, Jesus is breaking through boundaries that cannot contain Him, even while proving He is there in bodily ...

5. Paul, Phoebe, Patronage, and Spain

Romans 16:1-27

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... letters? Pen and ink were staples of ancient writing. Pens often were cut from a small reed plant that flourished on the banks of the Nile River. One end of the reed was cut to a point. The point was cut with a small split, resembling a quill ... V, and it was ordered that Wycliffe’s remains be exhumed and burned. But it was Wycliffe who had the last laugh. Church historian Thomas Fuller wrote, “To city of Lutterworth they come, . . . take what was left out of the grave, and burnt them to ashes, and cast ...

6. Hiding in Plain Sight

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23, Exodus 2:1-10, Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... scriptures for today, we have stories of hiddenness. When Moses’ mother seeks to save her son from harm, she sends him among the reeds in a basket down river. There, hidden in plain sight, he is discovered by Pharaoh’s daughter, who saves him and nurtures him ... is your time. *The Blade, “Narnia Secret Unveiled” (June 19, 2008). **The Seraph Seal by Leonard Sweet and Lori Wagner, Thomas Nelson, 2011. Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text Moses’ Mother Hides Him and Moses Later Hides in Midian ( ...

7. It's A Miracle

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... . People have tried to do that through the years. The Red Sea that opened for the children of Israel became the Sea of Reeds, a marshy area that could easily be diverted by a stiff breeze. The feeding of the 5,000 became a potluck dinner where ... here is the important message of our Scripture lesson: JESUS PRAISED FAITH IN THE ABSENCE OF SIGNS AND MIRACLES. Jesus says to Thomas: "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." Authentic Christian faith ...

8. The God of the Unlikely

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Moses' mother Jochobed came up with a bizarre scheme - she fashioned a makeshift boat, placed the baby in it, and set it afloat among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. What could she have been thinking? Hard to imagine. We know what happened: the daughter of the Pharaoh ... the storage battery, along with improvements in uncounted other materials and processes, the holder of almost 1100 patents, Thomas Edison, only had three months of formal education before his teacher decided the he was retarded and could ...

9. The Resurrection and Life

John 11:32-44

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... in which he was riding hit an anti-tank mine in Iraq. Roselle was airlifted to a hospital in Germany and later to Walter Reed where he worked hard to walk again. After taking a leave to witness the birth of his son in Colorado, Captain David Roselle ... following means certain death. When the temptation is to draw the shades, latch the windows, bolt the door, pull up the bed sheets, Thomas says, “Let's follow." Is your discipleship like that? Do you believe that much in your Christ? He went. He went to ...

10. The Only Fact That Really Matters

1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... President Eisenhower talked with him many times on the subject after that, including his last conversation with him in Walter Reed Hospital shortly before his death. "It was quite evident that he not only believed in an afterlife," said Dr. Graham in ... can say, even as did Job, "I know that my Redeemer liveth" (Job 20:25). We must confess in joy and awe, even as did Thomas, "My Lord and my God!" (John 20:28). When Horace Bushnell, the great Christian pastor-theologian, was a student at Yale, he claimed to ...

11. The Return to Catholicity

John 17:6-19

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... and couldn’t attend Services, we could have 2,000 of the 3,000 men in our regiment attending Services. We started out with a little reed organ, then with a brass quartette from our band, then with the entire regimental band. I remember so vividly the day we landed on the ... Body, how can we be separated? I don’t care how many thousands of words Martin Luther, or Melanchthon, or St. Thomas Aquinas, or Loyola wrote about how Christ accomplishes this, the wisdom of men is still foolishness with God. You and ...

12. A Man Who Walked the Talk

Acts 7:55-60

Sermon

King Duncan

... that requires little out of us. We are a generation of people committed to the wide road--to comfort at any cost. Clyde Reed, in his book, Celebrate the Temporary, writes, “One of the most common obstacles to celebrating life fully is our avoidance of pain. We ... under the heading of trouble we must not avoid. If we can only be sunshine Christians in the same way that Thomas Paine described sunshine patriots, our level of commitment is inadequate. Stephen was willing to suffer. He did not seek it out. He ...

13. The King Of Ifs

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Richard Andersen

... robe of royal color, it was but a discarded rag and even that was taken from Him. Once He held a scepter, but it was only a reed from a creek bed, stuffed derisively in His hand by jeering guards. Yet Jesus, upon Calvary's cross, was more a King than any other sovereign; certainly ... of Luke; Westminster Press; Philadelphia; 1975, Page 286. (2) Shakespeare, William;Twenty-Three Plays and the Sonnets edited by Thomas Marc Parrott; Scribner's Sons; New York; 1938; As You Like It; Act V, Scene IV, Lines 90, 102 ...

14. Embedded In Bedrock Or Destroyed By A Typhoon

John 18:25-27

Sermon

Dale Dickerson

... hits Peter with fury. Faced with a situation of confessing his Lord, Peter fails. Not once, but three times. Yet this is not the end for Simon Peter. This man who has plays the reed in the courtyard will yet become the rock. Not out of his own strength, but out of the grace of Jesus Christ. In all situations God WILL have the last word. Back in 1968 ... PASTOR'S PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE, lst disk, 1993. Robert H. Schuller, LIFE'S NOT FAIR BUT GOD IS GOOD (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1991), pp. 22-28, 35.

15. Taxes and Tightwads

James 5:1-6

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... greatest challenges to the American people is the consumer orientation and materialism that has gripped the soul of the American people. Thomas Merton, the insightful spiritual writer, has written, "The true law of our day is the law of wealth and natural ... to you above all. For about forty years, I have been a servant to you and to your fathers. And I have not been as a reed shaken with the wind: I have not varied in my testimony. I have testified to you the very same thing from the first day even until ...

16. His Last Command ... Our First Concern!

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Sir Christopher Wren's commission to build St. Paul's Cathedral in London, Walter Reed's assignment to stop yellow fever at the "Big Ditch" in Panama, and Chamberlain's orders to stop the Confederates at Little ... deep sense of responsibility, the disciples' faces reflect the gravity of the moment. One may count them - Peter, John, James, Matthew, Thomas.... But there are only eleven in all. Judas is missing. Judas, the impatient one - the man who sought the kingdom ...

17. Chosen by God

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... dad who was an uneducated Free Will Baptist, tennis hoed, walking country preacher. Dad knows about the books I have written. I think he has reed them all. He knows to some degree the world wide impact my ministry at The Upper Room has had. But he is not overly impressed ... ‘s womb, When I was growing there in secret, You knew that I was there — — You saw me before I was born” Thomas Merton asked, “What am I?” and answered, “I am myself a word spoken by God.” I-low we perceive ourselves, who we ...

18. Right-Handed Sinners!

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... that young man and "he went away sad, because he had great wealth" (Matthew 19:22). It is his moment to decide. Thomas Cranmer was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Henry VIII, the first-ever Protestant so appointed. After Henry VIII died and "bloody" ... . Hand Sins! This gentle one of whom scripture says, "He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out" (Isaiah 44:2-3), now says, "If your hand causes you to ...

19. When Walls Shift and the Ceiling Collapses

John 8:31-36

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... is the God of refuge and strength. Thanks be to this God who is in Jesus Christ, reconciling the world. Amen and Amen. 1. Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back ... , Preaching While the Church Is Under Reconstruction (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999), pp. 11-13 (paraphrased). 3. Adolph Spaeth, L.D. Reed, Henry Jacobsen, et. al., The Works of Martin Luther (Philadelphia: A.J. Holman Company, 1915), Volume 1, p. 29. 4 ...

20. The Journey of Salvation

Luke 22:39-46, 2 Corinthians 5:17-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... they salute him and kneel down in mock homage before him crying, “Hail, King of the Jews.” And they strike his head with a reed and spit upon him. Nearby is another troubled figure who also has a decision to make. It is Pontius Pilate. He has examined Jesus and ... were turned upside down. There were the scars in his hands, his feet, and his side. “My Lord and my God,” cried doubting Thomas. It was incredible, but it was true. “He is alive.” He is alive and because he is alive, we can live too. The ...

21. Whispering The Lyrics (revised)

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Thomas Long

Many of you probably have stashed away in a drawer somewhere around your home the old 45 rpm records. If you have some from the 50s and early 60s you will have Elvis' grinding out "Hound Dog," Buddy Holly and the Crickets' hiccupping "Peggy Sue," Chuck Berry's joyful hot licks in "Maybellene," the Coasters' slapstick tour de force "Charlie Brown," the mournful "Tears On My Pillow" by Little Anthony and the Imperials, the impenetrable and probably scandalous "Louie, Louie" by the Kingsmen, and the teenaged ...

22. Whispering The Lyrics

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Thomas Long

Stashed away in a drawer somewhere around my house, now nearly forgotten, is a batch of old 45 rpm records from the '50s and early '60s. Worn and scratchy, long since outmoded by the flashy digital technology of compact discs, these primitive vinyls were once the jewels of a great treasure trove. Elvis' grinding out "Hound Dog," Buddy Holly and the Crickets' hiccuping "Peggy Sue," Chuck Berry's joyful hot licks in "Maybellene," the Coasters' slapstick tour de force "Charlie Brown," the mournful "Tears On ...

23. Easter Vigil

Genesis 1:1-2:3, Romans 6:1-14, Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

OLD TESTAMENT TEXTS The Old Testament lessons for the Easter Vigil represent a wide sweep of texts that explore the mighty acts of God as both savior and creator. The central text for the Easter Vigil is the account of Israel's salvation at the Reed Sea in Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21. The actions of God in our world—from creation to the full realization of a distant future salvation—are all viewed in light of the reality of Israel's salvation at the sea. This event will also be our lens as we read through ...

24. Whispering the Lyrics

John 14:15-31

Illustration

Thomas Long

There's an interesting story behind Jimmy Reed records. In placing the phonograph needle again and again in the grooves of Jimmy Reed's records, you began to notice something curious. If one listened very carefully, there could sometimes be heard, ever so faintly in the background, a soft woman's voice murmuring in advance the next verse of the song. The story that grew up around this -- and perhaps it is true -- was that Jimmy Reed was so absorbed in the bluesy beat and the throbbing guitar riffs of his ...

25. Proper 20

Exodus 16:1-36, Matthew 20:1-16, Philippians 1:12-30, Psalm 105:1-45

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

OLD TESTAMENT TEXTS Exodus 16:2-15 is the account of how Israel was miraculously fed manna by God in the wilderness. Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45 is a hymn that praises God who cares for Israel on the wilderness journey. Exodus 16:2-15 - "Grace Cannot Be Stored Up" Setting. We observe two background features when interpreting the miracle of manna in Exodus 16:2-15. First, it is important to see that the larger literary setting of this story is a journey. The motif of journeying with God links all of the wilderness ...

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