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John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

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Erskine White

I spent some time recently with a number of clergymen and clergywomen from various churches, the scribes and Pharisees of our day. It was a Bible study session and we happened to be discussing the very same passage from John which is the text for this sermon. Do not misunderstand me. I do not consider myself superior in any way to the ministers I will tell you about. For all I know, they may have ...

2. Show Us The Father, and We Shall Be Satisfied

John 14:5-14

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Larry Powell

A tourist stood for long periods of time upon the beach, facing away from the ocean, pressing a seashell against his ear. The water lapped at his feet, the sun beamed down upon his head and shoulders, and the waves crashed just behind him. Firmly, he pressed the seashell against his ear. He wanted to hear the powerful surge of the ocean as it heaved and rolled. See the picture in your mind's eye: ...

3. Humility Gate

John 14:5-14

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Allan J. Weenink

Every visitor to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, which stands on the site of the stable where Christ was born, must stoop to enter. For the main entrance to the church is so low that no person, except a child, may walk through it erect. The door was made in this fashion to prevent medieval raiders from riding their horses into the church to persecute the Christians and disrupt services of...

4. The Hard-to-Believe Promise

John 14:5-14

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Louis H. Valbracht

As our Lord took leave of his disciples, promising them the coming of the Holy Spirit and the power that would be thereby transmitted to them and through them, he repeated a promise which he had made before. He was attempting to reiterate the power that we have at our fingertips, if we only believe it. Actually, it concerns the subject of prayer, because any petition addressed to Christ is a praye...

5. The Great I Am

John 14:5-14

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Leonard Sweet

It happened in an instant. From top of the mountain to bottom of the heap--literally, the bottom of a heap. Joe Kay was a high school golden boy. All conference basketball star. Senior Valedictorian scholastic star. Lead saxophone musical star. Joe Kay was headed to Stanford after graduation. On the night of February 6, 2004, he was leading the basketball victory of Tucson High School against thei...

6. Embalmed Alive

John 14:5-14

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Louis H. Valbracht

The words are probably the most plain, the most authoritarian, the most all-inclusive of the great "I am" statements made by Jesus Christ. In Chapter 14 of the Gospel According to St. John, verse 6: "I am the way, the truth, and the life." In unmistakable, explicit words, our Lord is saying that the human being cannot have life without him. I suppose that our culture can be divided into two types ...

7. Claim the Promise

John 14:5-14

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Maxie Dunnam

The pages of the Old and the New Testament are punctuated with promises – all sorts of promises: God’s offer of life and meaning to us. The New Testament is especially packed with promises – many of those promises from Jesus Himself. Listen to Him: “Because I live you will live also. I will never leave you nor forsake you. I am come that…. Come unto me all of you that labor and are heavy-laden an...

8. A Glimpse of God

John 14:5-14

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George Bass

Philip seems, according to St. John, to have more in common with Thomas than he does with James the Less, the son of Alphaeus, of whom we have precious little information as a disciple, an evangelist, or even - as tradition tells us - as a martyr. Not that much more is known about Philip! Circumstance linked Philip and James the Less together because their remains, or relics, were moved to the Chu...

9. Focus Your Faith

John 14:5-14

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Mark Ellingsen

"There are so many religions in the world. Everybody believes in God his/her own way. Consequently, it can't matter what you believe: That wouldn't be fair if it did! No, it does not matter what you believe; it's if you believe that counts. As long as you believe in something. That is what counts!" "Ah, the church; who needs it? All you get there is a lot of hassles: Money-talk, changes, all thos...

10. Tell You the Truth

John 14:5-14

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Leonard Sweet

How do art experts determine the authenticity of a particular painting or sculpture? They look for those unique characteristics or quirks held by each artist that give away his or her identity. It could be the type of bristle preferred in a brush. It could be the location from which a marble slab was quarried. It could even be something as subtle as the depth of the paint, or the lightness of th...

11. The Power of the Trust Factor

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

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Robert Leslie Holmes

How can we trust God when life seems to turn on us? You know what I mean, I am sure. You are going through life with ease and smoothness then all of a sudden things begin to unravel. You put your head down and try harder but it does not work. As one old saying puts it, "The harder I try the behinder I get!" No one in all human history personifies those words better than Job. Scripture speaks glowi...

12. I Can Have Anything?

John 14:5-14

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King Duncan

It is said that Gen. George Patton had great respect for Army Chaplains. He always had them at staff meetings when important decisions were to be made. He was always calling on the Chaplains to "get a hot line to God!" During the Battle of the Bulge when the weather was so terrible, Gen. Patton ordered the Chaplain to write a prayer that would change the weather. The resulting prayer went somethi...

13. One-Way Street

John 14:5-14

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James Merritt

It is one of the most photographed streets in America. It is one of the most famous streets in America. Amazingly, it is only one block long, yet tourists will come from all over the world and rent a car just to drive on this street. You may not recognize the name of the street, but you will most probably recognize the picture of it. [Show photo of Lombard Street in San Francisco] This is Lombard...

14. What You See Is What You Get

John 14:5-14, John 14:1-4

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Johnny Dean

This past week I began doing something I’ve been putting off for a long time now. In an attempt to lose some of the extra pounds I’ve been carrying around, and at my doctor’s urging, I enrolled in a water aerobics class at the YMCA in Rocky Mount. Three days a week, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., you will find me there, exercising with my new friends in the heated swimming pool. The major reason for do...

15. All You Need To Know About Heaven

John 14:5-14, John 14:1-4

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Bill Bouknight

I'm thinking of another Easter morning approximately ten years ago. Four neighborhood churches in Columbia, South Carolina were sponsoring a sunrise service. Some 300 folks gathered in the front yard of a Baptist church, with coats buttoned snugly against the early morning chill. Sometime in the midst of the service, I noticed Jimmy, sitting in his car as close to the crowd as possible, with the ...

16. Jesus, Our Rock Foundation

John 14:1-14

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Richard Gribble

When Charlie Atlas was a teenager his parents bought him a dresser mirror that he placed in his bedroom. Before this time, whenever Charlie needed to use a mirror he went to the bathroom, but there he was only able to see his head and possibly his shoulders. When he got dressed up he used his parents' full length mirror in their bedroom. Charlie was happy with his new mirror; he spent many hours i...

17. The Autobiography of God

John 14:5-14

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Donald B. Strobe

Halford Luccock once told of a woman in a certain American city, who called a local minister on the telephone a week or so before Christmas. She was in much agitation, and explained that she was in charge of the community Christmas tree lighting ceremony. What disturbed her was the limited selection of carols to be sung. She could not, she said, find just the right songs for such an occasion. ...

18. Aren’t All Religions Basically Alike?

John 14:5-14

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Donald B. Strobe

College students have an innate sense of fairness. They may not always practice it, but they usually have it lurking around somewhere. And so they often ask ministers questions like, “Why should Christianity claim to be the one true religion? What is God going to do with all those millions of people who are not Christians, and who never heard of Jesus Christ? Aren’t they as sincere as we are? ...

19. The Road to Somewhere (I am the way, truth, and life)

John 14:5-14

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Eric Ritz

Someone has made a list of five things you will never hear a man say: 1. We haven''t been to the mall for ages, let''s go shopping and I can hold your purse for you! 2. Forget "Monday Night Football." Let''s watch Melrose Place. 3. Your mother''s coming to stay with us again? Great! 4. Do these jeans come in lavender? And finally, 5: I think we are lost. We better pull over and ask for direct...

20. House of Jesus

John 14:5-14

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Leonard Sweet

Description: The House of Dior and other well-known "Houses" have defining characteristics that are keys to their longevity. In this session, you'll identify characteristics of the House of Jesus and discover how to implement them into your ministry. As Robert Shaw was not the first to point out, in medieval times the church saved the arts; however, in postmodern times, the arts just might save th...

21. Praying In Jesus' Name

John 14:5-14

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David O. Bales

It’s good to be with you in worship. I appreciate the invitation to preach. I especially appreciate having a worship leader directing me around the chancel, because worship is done differently in different denominations — even within denominations. When you visit a different church, you don’t always know what to expect. My wife and I visited here two years ago. I, ever eager to hear the sermon, ch...

22. Family Resemblance

John 14:5-14

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King Duncan

There was a story on the Internet recently that proves rednecks aren’t confined to the southern part of the United States. According to this story a man in Australia was fined after police discovered that he had used a seat belt to buckle in a case of beer while his five-year-old son was consigned to playing in the car’s floor totally unprotected. Constable Wayne Burnett said he was “shocked and ...

23. What Are Your Chances of Going to Heaven

John 14:6

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James Merritt

U. S. News and World Report did a poll recently of one thousand respondents, and they asked this question: "Who do you think is ‘very likely' or ‘somewhat likely' to go to heaven?" They asked this question about thirteen prominent figures. You will be fascinated by the results. Of all of the celebrities, the biggest vote-getter was Mother Teresa at 79%. Who came in second? Oprah Winfrey at 66%. T...

24. The Way and The Truth and The Life

John 14:1-14

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Lee Griess

The great American humorist, Will Rogers, had the reputation that he could make anyone laugh. President Calvin Coolidge, on the other hand, had the reputation that he never laughed. Want to know what happened the time those two met? Rogers was invited to visit the White House and as was the custom, the president's assistant brought Rogers into the Oval Office. As was the custom as he entered, the ...

25. Who Is Jesus Christ?

John 14:5-14

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Donald B. Strobe

There is a familiar greeting which I try to use at the beginning of each and every worship service. It comes from Paul’s Second Letter to the Church at Corinth: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” (II Cor. 13:14) Now, that may sound simple and even trite, but I would suggest that that sentence contains the essence of t...

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