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26. Get the Garbage Out!

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... 3:1-2). Repent was the first word of Jesus’ gospel (Matthew 4:14, Mark 1:14-15). Repent was the first word in the preaching ministry of the twelve disciples (Mark 6:12). Repent was the first word in the preaching instructions Jesus gave to his disciples ... . But the Bible teaches us that sin comes from turning away from the love of and reverence for God. Sin is anything that misses the mark of God’s holiness. So the farther we move away from God, the closer we move to sin. So what we need most is to ...

27. Dusted

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... life? Bite the dust? Or breathe the Spirit? The choice is ours. To be dusted. Or to be “dusted.” That is the question. And Jesus …He is always the answer. *Wired. Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text Mark Records Jesus’ Sending Out of His Disciples in Order to Call People to Repentance (Mark 6:6-13) Matthew’s Account of Jesus’ Instructions to His Disciples on Going Before Him (Matthew 10) Luke’s Account of the Sending of 12 and then 72 Disciples to Proclaim and Warn All the Towns of Israel ...

28. Prophet Without Honor

Mark 6:1-13

Sermon

David Coffin

... instead. They told the young man that while they knew him and his family background, they could not see him as their “pastor-per se,” he would always be associated as an employee at the major manufacturer in town. Welcome to the world of Jesus in our Mark 6 lesson today. The story of Jesus being rejected in his home town of Nazareth is also cited in Matthew 13 and Luke 4. This means it was well known by all of the synoptic gospel writers. In Luke’s gospel, the home town crowd expects some special ...

29. When You're Overwhelmed

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... about worship. It’s a time when we can sit still and reflect, and listen to the voice of God. Jesus knew it was important to settle the crowd down. And so he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down.” Mark adds the interesting detail that they sat down in groups of fifty and 100 (Mark 6:40). You see, the problem with feeling overwhelmed is that we see our problems coming at us from every direction, and so it keeps us from solving the problem right in front of us. Which leads me to ask this question ...

30. Giving Up Control

John 6:1-21

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... theme of the Bible is that by faith we can turn control of our lives over to God. One theme of these two stories in Mark is that given inadequate resources, we sometimes wake up to the need to turn to Jesus, and let God be God. Given a desperate ... . It's just that we fight that idea as if he is an enemy. Control is one of the big messages in the second story in Mark 6. The storm comes up on the Sea of Galilee. Many of the apostles were fishermen. They had seen storms before. Yet, it was evening. It was ...

31. Who is That Crouching at Your Door?

Genesis 4:1-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... 11 and 12) Joseph’s Brothers Throw Him into a Pit for Dead and Later Regret Their Deed (Genesis 37) Psalm 102: Hear My Prayer O Lord The Book of Esther (3): Haman Plots to Destroy the Jews The Death of John the Baptist (Matthew 14:1-13; Mark 6:14-32) Herod Thinks that Jesus is the Risen John the Baptist (Luke 9:7-9) The Conversion of Saul, Persecutor of Christians (Acts 9) Image Exegesis: Cain and Abel: “If you are pleasing…” It’s easy to recognize the theology of “struggle” that goes on in ...

32. Clean Hands

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... describes Jesus' ministry in Gennesaret: "And wherever he went--into villages, towns, or countryside--they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched him were healed." (Mark 6:56) Jesus let sick people touch him! Let that sink in:Jesus let sick people touch him. The diseased and disabled were ritually unclean under Pharisaical law. They were barred from offering sacrifices in the Temple. They were unacceptable in the sight of God ...

33. The Pointer

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... the people and forgiveness of those sins through Jesus Christ. John's preaching included pointing out the specific sins of King Herod. In Mark 6:14-29 we hear about John the Baptist being sent to prison for his preaching about Herod's sins with Herodias.1 John ... of the patriarchs and heroes of the Bible who had followed God's will in spite of the hard-heartedness of the people (Acts 6 and 7). He pointed to Christ who followed God's will and offered salvation to all who believed. He pointed out the sins of ...

34. Reveille

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . “Go!” “Keep on going.” “Proclaim Jesus’ good news to everyone you can!” Be Jesus to even one person in your life, and your life will never be the same! Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text Mark Records Jesus’ Sending Out of His Disciples in Order to Call People to Repentance (Mark 6:6-13) Matthew’s Account of Jesus’ Instructions to His Disciples on Going Before Him (Matthew 10) Luke’s Account of the Sending of 12 and then 72 Disciples to Proclaim and Warn All the Towns of Israel ...

35. Little Jimmy

Mark 3:13-19

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... ., 1966, pp. 190-191) They remembered that when Jesus visited His home town of Nazareth, the people asked, “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” (Mark 6:3) Now, here is where the whole thing really gets muddied. Early in the life of the church, there arose the notion of the “perpetual virginity” of Mary, and thus these half-dozen or so “brothers and sisters” of Jesus could not really have been blood ...

36. When the Winds Are Against Us

Mark 6:45-56

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ?” And isn’t that our desperate need - to trust what we believe - to exercise faith. To lay our life on the line, believing that who Jesus says He is, He is; and what He says He will do, He will do. Our scripture lesson, the Sea Story from Mark 6, closes with these words, verses 51—52: “And he got into the boat with them and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded, for they did not under stand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.” It’s a sort of puzzling word, even when we ...

37. T.G.I.F

John 1:43-51

Sermon

William Luoma

... friends and acquaintances. He said, "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them." (Luke 6:32) God meant his kingdom on earth to be wide enough to be all-inclusive, but we manage to find restrictions and limitations. Someone has said ... response to Peter's sermon in Acts 2; Someone counted five thousand at the feeding of the multitude; (Mark 6:44) And the Book of Revelation is full of descriptions of impressive numbers, even the multitude which no man ...

38. When Things Don’t Work Out, What Then?

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... the people who knew him there when he was growing to manhood. "He was not able to perform any miracles there, except that he placed his hands on a few sick people and healed them. He was greatly surprised, because the people there did not have faith" (Mark 6:5-6, TEV). Furthermore, he failed to win his nation Israel to his way. During the last week of his life, he spoke of his nation’s capital: "Jerusalem, Jerusalem ... How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers ...

39. Shall We Take the Escalator?

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... change the barrels--or you could stop firing for a while. Some of us are like that machine gun--we need to quit firing for a while. We need to get away and let our barrels cool. Even Jesus needed to get away from time to time. We read in Mark 6: “The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to [the disciples], ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get ...

40. Who Do You say He Is?

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

Erskine White

... . For example, they know that Jesus already has a powerful enemy in King Herod, the man who cruelly butchered John the Baptist. Herod has heard of Jesus' miracles and His effect on the crowds, so he thinks that Jesus is John the Baptist raised from the dead (Mark 6:16). "Who do the people say I am?" The disciples answer Him, "Some say You are Elijah." Now, Elijah was a legend in Israel, a great and powerful Old Testament people who lived nearly a thousand years before Jesus. It was said that Elijah did not ...

41. The Compassionate Christ

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... have ever been to a church covered dish supper, why there was food left over. It is significant that all four gospels tell variations of this story of the feeding of the multitude. Matthew and Mark tell some version of it twice (Matt 14:13‑21; 15:32‑39; Mark 6:32‑44; 8:1‑10; Luke 9:10‑17; John 6:1‑15). There are very few miracles that have that level of reporting. That this event occurred can scarcely be denied. The scriptural evidence is overwhelming. On at least one occasion, we can say with ...

42. Keys That Unlock Miracles

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... when Jesus was said to have been amazed. The first time was when he began his public ministry in his hometown of Nazareth. Do you remember what happened there? Jesus was rejected by those who knew him best. The Gospel of Mark tells us that Christ “was amazed by their lack of faith.” (Mark 6:6). The second time the word “amazed” is used is this encounter with the Roman centurion. This time Jesus is amazed not by a lack of faith but by how genuine this Gentile’s faith was. Jesus turned to those who ...

43. All I Need Is A Little Rest!

Mark 1:35-39

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... 7:24). Jesus went into a house there to hide, to get away from everybody. He didn’t want anybody to know where he was. But they found out anyway and he was not allowed to rest. Mark further tells us that Jesus was so busy he couldn’t even eat in peace (Mark 6:31). The Lord was a "man of sorrows and acquainted with grief," the One who bore the sicknesses, griefs, and sorrows of the world - the world’s sin - and he was tired. Today’s Gospel lesson records for us one of those days in our Lord’s life ...

44. The Whole Family Survival Kit

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... s gospel gives a partial listing of Jesus’ big family. Astounded at the words and deeds Jesus is performing, his hometown crowd wonders, “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” (Mark 6:1-4). Jesus’ own family was less than supportive of his public ministry early on. Surrounded by a hometown crowd “his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, ‘He has gone out of his mind ...

45. Holy Quail!

Exodus 16:1-36, Numbers 11:4-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of Restoration (2:18-19) The Apocalyptic Apocryphal Book of Baruch: the Prophecy of the Messiah and Feasting from Leviathan (29-30) The Apocryphal Book of 2 Esdras: the Prophecy of God’s Provision from Leviathan (6:49-52) Jesus Feeds 5000 People (Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-15) Image Exegesis: Mystery Meat We talk a lot about manna, but seldom about the mysterious quail that fell into the camp, as a result of the Israelites’ irrational craving for meat! If one metaphorizes ...

46. Amazing Faith

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

Twice in Jesus' ministry, Jesus is flabbergasted. Once, in Mark 6:6, after Jesus is rejected in Nazareth, his own hometown, he is dumbfounded — stunned — at their unbelief! Today ... peace. I say the love of God is all around you, even now. Faith is your finally falling upon that love, and your knowing who it was that caught you.6 Amen. 1. Walt Wangerin Jr., The Lutheran (Augsburg Fortress, November 2, 1988), p. 5. 2. Jim Henderson and Matt Casper, Jim and Casper Go to Church (New York: Barna, an ...

47. The Twelfth Man

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... been his childhood home, Jesus was still at home in that synagogue. It was his chosen home base, his home field. Mark doesn't relate what it was Jesus actually taught. Just that his words astounded the locals. They were impressed not just ... the people looked at him as some kind of freak show, where the crowds were filled with the sentiment "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Mark 6:5 says "And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them." Do you ...

48. The Sending Plan (Alternate title: Our Human Predicament)

Mark 6:7-13

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... or the exterior dimensions of what Saint Paul calls "the powers of the air" (Ephesians 2:2) or "the Principalities and Powers" (Ephesians 1:21; 6:12; Romans 8:38; Colossians 1:16; 2:10; 2:15). In the baptismal service parents are asked to renounce "the Devil and all his ... . Hearing Jesus' call, the twelve went out and spoke clearly. "They went out and preached that people should repent" (Mark 6:12), following Jesus' plan of salvation. The new sending plan was that believers should do what they saw Jesus ...

49. Family Ties and Good-byes

Luke 12:49-56

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... us?" "What did we ever do to him?" "Is Joseph's son suddenly condemning his friends?" We pick up the story in verse 29. "When they heard this, all the synagogue were filled with rage" (emphasis mine). In the account of the same story in Matthew 13:54-58 and Mark 6:1-6, we are told that Jesus' brothers and sisters were in the synagogue that day. Listen to what happened next. "They got up, drove him out of town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they might hurl him off ...

50. Feasting on Leviathan

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Apocryphal Book of Baruch: The Prophecy of the Messiah and Feasting from Leviathan (2:29-30) The Apocryphal Book of 2 Esdras: the Prophecy of God’s Provision from Leviathan (6:49-52) Minor Text God’s Feeding of Manna and Quail in the Wilderness Through Moses (Exodus 16) God’s Promise of Abundance and the Call for Faithfulness (Deuteronomy ... Restoration (31:10-14) Ezekiel’s Prophecy of Restoration (2:18-19) Jesus Feeds 5000 Men Plus Women and Children (Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17; John ...

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