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Luke 10:1-24

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Larry Powell

In the summer of 1983, I participated in a ministerial exchange program sponsored by my denomination. My assignment was to a circuit of churches on the Isle of Man, a tiny island located in the Irish Sea. The months preceding the exchange included considerable correspondence with the minister on the island with whom I would exchange pastoral duties for six weeks. Additionally, there were all kinds...

2. A Seeking Savior

Luke 10:1-24

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W. Robert McClelland

Christian thinking about salvation has divided itself into two main streams which I like to think of as: "Monkey-hold" salvation or "Cat-hold" salvation. The difference in theological viewpoint is seen in how monkeys and cats protect their young. A mother monkey will sound the alarm when danger lurks. The baby monkeys come running to her and hold tightly to her fur as she runs to safety. A mother ...

3. What Children Can Teach Adults

Luke 10:1-24

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Thomas Slavens

• Children’s Day • Children’s Day • Children’s Day It is the usual thing to think in terms of what adults can teach children. Adults have much to teach. They teach children ways to develop their bodies, personalities and their relationships with God. At the same time children can often teach adults. Adults sometimes become so proud, skeptical or self-righteous that they need to recover some of the...

4. Traveling Light

Luke 10:1-24

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Caroly R. Gibson

Sometime back a young family left for West Africa. Lee and Becky Prior and their three small children packed up and moved to the Ivory Coast. A carpenter and a homemaker, Lee and Becky have joined a group called the New Tribes Mission. Their task is to translate the Bible into the language of the multiple African tribes who have yet to know the story of Jesus ” to bring them the Gospel. They had m...

5. The Kingdom of God Has Come Close

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

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Leonard Sweet

The Bible says there are many for whom "the Kingdom of God has come close." Close is not good enough. What is preventing us from experiencing the presence and power of God in our midst? Winston Churchill had just delivered his tremendous "Blood, Sweat and Tears" speech. Harold Nicholson heard it, went home and wrote in his diary: "Winston makes a very short statement, but to the point." (Ha...

6. I Saw Satan Fall

Luke 10:1-24

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Maxie Dunnam

As we pick up in our preaching journey through Luke, let me review for just a moment. Recently, we looked at the passage from Luke 9, verses 57-62. It was the story of Jesus’ encounter with three different men and their discussion about what it meant to be a follower of Jesus. Jesus spoke demanding words to all of them, concluding with that dramatic exhortation: “No one who puts his hand to the p...

7. Were We Surprised!

Luke 10:1-24

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Alexander H. Wales

There is nothing like success to make you unsure of yourself. Perhaps the greatest obstacle to making a go of a project is the process of doing something so well that you never do anything else for fear of failure. If a writer makes it to the best-seller list the first time out, every novel to follow will be judged by the first. If a baseball player gets a home run the first time at bat, every tim...

8. Ministering When You Are Not Welcome

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

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David R. Cartwright

Jesus knew what to do all the time, and he knew how to go about it. He knew how to serve God in good times and in bad. In these scriptures from Luke, we continue to follow Jesus on the way to Jerusalem. But for now, the apparent destination of the trip has receded to the background. Something else has caught our attention. For one thing, Jesus' message of announcing the coming of the kingdom of G...

9. Mimosa Pudica

Luke 10:1-10, 16-24

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Robert C. Cochran

Have you ever seen a mimosa plant? When touched, the fern-like leaves of the mimosa pudica fold inward and droop downward. This action has a domino effect: the touched leaf folds and droops, and then the next, and the next. It looks like the plant is literally shriveling up and dying right in front of you. Mimosa is a Greek word meaning to mimic. Pudica is Latin for “shy,” “bashful,” or “shrinking...

10. What Do You Call Success?

Luke 10:1-24

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King Duncan

Humor writer Ed McManus said one day he was late leaving home for work. There was a knock at his front door. It was wet and cold outside. He opened the door and there stood two Jehovah’s Witnesses, damp and shivering in the cold. They asked if they could come inside. Well, he couldn’t leave them standing there, so he said okay. He brought them into his living room and offered them a chair. They ...

11. The Not-So-Secret Service

Luke 10:1-24

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King Duncan

Our illusions fall one by one. First the Easter Bunny. Then the Tooth Fairy. Now .007. Surely you know who I'm talking about--Ian Feming's debonair spy, Bond . . . James Bond. He's a fake. A fraud. He's simply unacceptable as a spy. At least that is what MI5 said recently. Our ideas of what makes a good spy have been shaped--or more accurately, distorted---by movies and television. So this partic...

12. Nobody Wants To Make Cold Calls

Luke 10:1-24

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King Duncan

There is a terrible story about two young Mormon missionaries who were going door to door. They knocked on the door of one woman who was not at all happy to see them. The woman told them in no uncertain terms that she did not want to hear their message and slammed the door in their faces. To her surprise, however, the door did not close and, in fact, almost magically bounced back open. She trie...

13. A Mission and a Message

Luke 10:1-24

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A rather well-known evangelist used to send a team of workers to visit the cities included on his tour to prepare for his arrival and the subsequent revival meeting in advance. These people were well trained; they knew exactly what to do. One of them was in charge of publicity, and as soon as he was on the scene he would call a press conference, arrange for interviews with the local radio and tele...

14. Get a Peace of the Rock

Luke 10:1-24

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Leonard Sweet

Introduction: Bill O'Reilly begins every broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor" with a warning: "Warning: You are about to enter a No-Spin Zone." I begin the sermon this morning with a warning: You are about to enter a No-Spin Zone where you will hear words like sin, Satan, and evil. And we don't like to talk about evil or sin or the Devil. We prefer the language of "mitigating circumstances" or the...

15. More Tolerable For Sodom And Gomorrah

Luke 10:1-24

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Maxie Dunnam

Cracow, the ancient capitol of Poland, remains a medieval city for it somehow escaped the devastation that leveled so many other European cities during the war. Cracow was once a flourishing member of the Hanseatic League, an association of independent merchant towns that exerted so much power and influence in the Middle Ages. The hugh sprawl of covered market still stands in the central square, d...

16. What Super Power Would You Choose?

Luke 10:1-11, 7-20

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King Duncan

When you were a kid what superpower did you want to have? Flying like Superman? Scaling tall buildings like Spiderman? What superpower did you want to have and how did you want to use it? I thought about that recently when I saw a question which was posted on the website forum Reddit. The question was, “If you could have a useless superpower, what would it be?” Did you catch that--a useless super...

17. In Prayer’s Way

Luke 10:1-24

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Leonard Sweet

Who is our newest parent here this morning? . . . How old is your baby? May I hold him/her? Let’s bow our heads and offer a prayer of blessing for this child . . . This little baby is embarking on a journey. And it’s an awesome journey to be a part of. All new parents here - is there anything as exciting as watching your baby go from a snuggly little lump you cradle in your arms to a roller, then...

18. Are You in Labor?

Luke 10:1-24

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King Duncan

A woman goes to her doctor. The doctor verifies that she is pregnant. This is her first pregnancy. The doctor asks her if she has any questions. She replies, “Well, I’m a little worried about the pain. How much will childbirth hurt?” The doctor thinks for a moment then says, “Well, that varies from woman to woman and pregnancy to pregnancy and besides, it’s difficult to describe pain.” “I know, ...

19. Appointed and Sent!

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

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Arley K. Fadness

The wheat harvest was glorious that year on our farm in South Dakota. Our pastor even came out from town and shocked grain for us. The two men from Arkansas that my dad hired were less ambitious. When Mom brought lunch out to them she often found them resting in the shade of a shock of grain. Nonetheless, the golden sheaves of wheat were so full and heavy they seemed to bow down to us as we passed...

20. Anything to Declare?

Luke 10:1-24

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Leonard Sweet

When your kids are driving you crazy, there are two default responses. One is to declare a universal “NO” No, you cannot jump off the roof. No, you cannot drive two hundred miles to a rock concert with someone you just met online. No, you cannot see what happens when you put a whole cantaloupe in the microwave and hit “5 minutes.” Sometimes “no” IS the right answer. But the other automatic p...

21. Dusted

Mark 6:7-13, Matthew 10:1-42, Luke 9:1-9, Luke 10:1-24

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Lori Wagner

Dust is one of those things in life that confounds us a bit, doesn’t it? Think about it. You clean. You dust. A day later, you look, and lo and behold, dust! Where did it come from? You cleaned everything! It’s as though the world “sheds.” And in fact, it does! All the time. Even you shed. Every two to four weeks, you shed the entire outer layer of your skin. That’s 8 lbs per year!* But in fact, ...

22. Lord of the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38, Luke 10:1-24

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Lori Wagner

Prop: Shofar I grew up on nursery rhymes. How many of you did too? Today, I want to talk about this one. Say it with me: “Little Boy Blue, Come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, The cow's in the corn; But where is the boy Who looks after the sheep? He's under a haystack, He's fast asleep.” It’s said that in early times, shepherds often carried either horns or wooden flutes that they u...

23. Moving On

Luke 6:12-16, Luke 9:1-9, Luke 10:1-24

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Lori Wagner

Prop: dusty bowl This bowl hasn’t been used in a long time. You can tell, because it’s covered in dust. It hasn’t been touched, cleaned, moved, because it’s been here in this church on this shelf a very long time. [You could also refer to something in a glass case or anything that has sat around for a while.] It’s not being used in ministry or worship. It isn’t something that is used in healing p...

24. Reveille

Mark 6:7-13, Matthew 10:1-42, Luke 9:1-9, Luke 10:1-24

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Lori Wagner

Prop: video of the introduction to “Star Trek” (you may want to put a space / stars backdrop up during the sermon) We recently saw the return to theatres yet another “Star Trek” movie. Trekkies are everywhere. There are trekkie conferences, and trekkie clubs. And still millions flock to the movies to see the new generation of “Jim” and “Spock,” “Bones,” and “Scotty” venture into unknown space. St...

25. Behold The Man Who Trained Disciples

Luke 10:1-20

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

In March of 1860 an ad appeared in many newspapers of the West. It read, "Wanted. Men, sturdy, young, not under 18, good riders, willing to face death. $25 per week. Orphans preferred." Many young men answered the call, and the Pony Express was born. A new chapter opened up in the history of this country. A new chapter is always written in the life of the church whenever Christian people dare to ...

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