Saturday, March 14, 2015

Index To Scriptures Used




  If you wish to use this index, look for the scripture; following the scripture you will find the posting date.  (Remember, it is the posting date, not the date the sermon was preached.)  You may then go to the month and year to find the sermon title.  Click on the title and the sermon should open.  The format didn't transfer perfectly but I think it's still usable.


Genesis    1:1             7/13       The Grand Assumption Revisited
     2:15           8/13        Our Work
                 2:18           9/13         Lonely People
   22:1-19       10/12     The Test

Joshua 14:6-14  1/12  Sailing Through the Doldrums

I Kings  19     8/13   Brightening the Dark Night    

2 Kings 6:1-7 5/12  Beware of Flying Axe  Heads

Psalm   8        11/11                           Identity Theft
             63      7/12                 Desert Thoughts
           106:1  11/14             The “Who” of Thanksgiving
           121      11/10               Help for Today

Proverbs 31:10-31   5/13   Standing Out from the Crowd

Matthew 
      1:18-23    12/11             The Advent Look
                  1:18-24    12/14             Joseph:  Good Man, Bad Reputation
                  5:5                        11/13            Taming the Beast for Good
                  5:9                        7/12               Elect Some Peacemakers--Quick     
                  5:43-45    5/13               Blessings Add Up
                 6:12           10/11             A Prayer for People Who Sin
                 6:25-34     10/11             Good News for the Anxious
                 6:25-34     8/14              Bivocational (A Labor Day sermon)
                 7:1-6          1/12               Judging the Judged
                 9:35-38     9/11               Workers Needed
                11:28-30    9/12               The Yolk
                13:45-46    6/12               Looking for Treasure?
               16:13-16     3/12               Who is Jesus?  The Messiah
20:13-16       2/12                  Who is Jesus?  Answers that Tempt You to Say,                     “You’re Kidding.”
               22:18-22     1/28/11        Choosing to Believe or Not
               20:28           4/12               Who is Jesus?  The Man for Others
               28:16-20     7/12               Who Are We?  We Are Disciples?

Mark 
1:14-15          11/26/11      Thanks for the Good News

2:17                8/12               Living Like Jesus in An Angry Time
4:35-41          8/41               Storms
           10:42-45         9/12               Who Are We?  We Are Servants

Luke  1:5-23              12/12             Unexpected
           1:26-38           12/11             Christmas Story
            1:26-38          12/12             Song of Christmas:  A World Turned Upside    Down
            1:26-28          5/12               Mother Mary (A Mother’s Day sermon)
            2:1f                 12/14             Reading the Christmas Story Again--Slowly
            2:1-7               12/12             No Vacancy
            2:8-20                        12/12             The Shepherds find The Shepherd
             2:16-20         1/11                 The Day After Christmas
            3-21-22          1/13               Endorsements
            4:14-30          1/13               You Can’t Go Home Again
            5:17-26          1/13               Through the Roof
            7:11-17          2/13               A Funeral Canceled
            7:36-50          2/13               The Uninvited
          10:25-37          2/13               Traveling Mercies
          10:38-42          3/13               Priorities
          15:11-32          12/12             Wasteful Sons
          16:19-31          3/13               Unbelievable Unbelief
          19:1-10                        3/13               The Kind of Man He Was
          19:28-44          3/13               A Ride Into Town
          20:25                7/14               July 6
          23:32-34          10/11            Shocking Words from a Cross
          24:1-12                        3/13               It’s Easter—Are You Listening?
          24:12                4/13               Peter and Easter
          24:13-35          4/13               A Walk with a Stranger—Who Wasn’t
          24:36-49          4/13               I’m Back
          24:50-53          4/13               Worshiping and Waiting      

John 1:1-8                    12/10                       Christmas in One Word
          1:10-13                        2/14              Believe
          1:40-42                        8/12               Escape Your Comfort Zones
           2:13-17                       11/11             Shaken for Good
           2:23-3:14        10/14             Getting to Belief
           3:1-15             10/12             About Being ‘Born Again’
            3:1-15                        7/13               The Snake and the Cross
           3:16-21                       1/11               The Verse
           4:1-41             9/13               Good News for a New World
           4:39-42                       3/12               Who is Jesus?  Savior of the World
           4:43-54                       7/13               A Desperate Father
           7:37-38                       11/16/10      Flood of Blessing
         10:10                 8/12               Why Become A Christian?
         13:33-35                       2/12               Public Displays of Affection
         14:27                 3/14               Peace for Troubled Hearts
         17                    10/14               Because Jesus Prayed
         17:20-21                       9/11               One Nation
         20:1-9               4/24/11        An Easter Way of Seeing
         20:24-29                       3/12               Who Is Jesus?  Incarnate Jesus (See I Jn. 4:1-3)

Acts     
2:1-14                        4/12   Who is Jesus?  Giver of the Spirit
2:1-4;13-21   11/13 Lord, Pentecost Us Again
2:1-4,12-21   11/14 Generations
2:42-47          11/11 Christians and Stuff
3:1-19                        4/14   The One Who Died
9:13-19          8/13   How to Pray for the Hard Cases
            10                   11/12 Barriers Down
            18:1-11          6/11   Defeating Discouragement
            18:1                5/14   Two—A Tribute to a Christian Couple

Romans  1:1,7            10/12 Who Are We?  We Are Saints
                  1:16-17    11/10 Bulletin Board Changes the World
                  1:16-17; 3:23-27              2/12 Arrogant?  Not So Much
                 6:23           9/11   Buying Trouble
                   8:26-39   2/12               Committed
               12:14ff        10/11 Climbing Inside Their Skin

I Corinthians 2:3       6/11   Defeating Discouragement
                         4:10   6/12               Who Are We?  Fools
                         9:24-27    8/12        Who Are We?  We Are Athletes
                       11:17-32    11/12     Thanksgiving Meal
                       15:20-26,54-57   4/14              Happy Day
            

2 Corinthians
               1:8-11         5/13   Stressed by Stress?
            12:1-10          7/13   Giving Up Hope for Good

Galatians  (In 2013/14 I presented a series on Galatians; sermons not part of that series will be outside those dates.)  
            1:1-10            9/13   A Study in Christian Freedom—Introduction
            1:11-24          9/13   An Autobiographical Reminder
            2:1-10          10/13 Cooperation and Challenge, Part One
            2:11-14           10/13            Cooperation and Challenge, Part Two
            2:15-21           11/13            The Unthinkable: What Difference Does It Make?
            3:1-9                11/13            A New Look At Abraham
            3:10-14           12/13   Curses
            3:19-29          1/14   Why the Law or Who Are We? Part I
            3:19-29          2/14   Who Are We? Part II
            4:1-7               2/14   Oh, Grow Up!
            4:4-5               12/14 On Time for Christmas
            4:8-12                        3/14   Backsliding
            4:13-20          3/14   Back in the Day
            4:21-5:1         4/14   Born Free
            5:2-12                        5/14   Peril and Promise
            5:13-15          5/14   A New Law
            5:16-18          5/14   The Conflict
            5:19-21,26     6/14   Not a Pretty Picture
5:22-23          6/14   The Spirit’s Orchard, Part I
5:22-24          5/12   Crazymakers
5:24-25          7/14   The Spirit’s Orchard, Part II: Cultivating the Orchard
6:1-5               7/14   What a Community of Grace Looks Like
6:6                  8/14   Good Things for a Learning Community
6:7-10                        8/14   Harvest Insurance
6:11-16          9/14   Big Word
6:17-18          9/14   Stigmata
             

Ephesians
            4:1-7               12/14             Final Wishes
4:26-27;31-32          6/13   Hulked Out Lately?
            6:10-17          9/12   Who Are We?  We Are Soldiers (NSS)
            6:11-20          5/14   Remembering the Warriors

Philippians
            1:12-20         11/14  Notwithstanding
1:21-26         10/13  Life After Death
4:6-7               1/12   Everything I Needed to Know About Prayer
4:10-12          1/12   Change or Change
4:13                9/12   Facing the Uncertain Future

Colossians—In 2011 I presented a series on Colossians I called Counsel for a Church Facing a Crisis of Confidence.  

1:1-8               3/3/11           The Gospel at Work
1:9-12                        3/3/11           Praying for Open Eyes
1:13-14          3/12/11        The Rescue
1:15-17          3/14/11        The Cosmic Christ
1:18-20          3/21/11        In Charge
1:21-23          3/29/11        Reconciled
1:24-29          4/3/11           Proclaiming Confidently
2:1-7               4/16/11        What Kind of Church Would You Like
2:8-15                        5/5/11           Complete
2:16-19          5/8/11           Who’s That Knockin’ at the Door?
2:20-23          5/16/11        Throw Away the Rule Book
3:1-4               5/29/11        Keeping Your Focus
3:5-11                        6/7/11           How To Live Now That You’re Dead
3:5-11                        6/13/11        How To Live Now That You’re Dead, Part 2
3:12-17          6/20/11        Dressed for the Occasion
3:18-19          7/11/11        A Word to the Wives…and Other Interested Parties
3:20-21          7/19/11        All in the Family
3:22-4:1         8/2/11           Whether Pushing a Broom or Sitting in a Corner Office
4:2-4               8/7/11           Praying with Open Eyes
4:5-6               8/15/11        On Not Leaving a Bad Taste
4:7-17                        8/21/11        That Old Gang of Mine
4:18                8/29/11        Don’t Forget

I Thessalonians    
            1:1-3               1/15               Change of Plans—the Original
            1:4-6               1/15               Topsy Turvy
            1:7-10                        1/15               Ringing It Out
            2:1-12                        1/15               Trustworthy
            2:13-16          1/15               Responses
            2:17-3:8         1/15               Missing You
            3:9-13                        2/15               A Lesson On Prayer
            4:1-8               2/15               Sanctified Sexuality
            4:9-12             2/15               Love on the Inside and Out
            4:13-14           2/15                Coming Back
            4:13-18           3/15                Meet and Greet
            4:13                3/15                Comfort One Another
            5:1-11             3/15                Like a Thief
            5:11                1/14               Comforting Comforters
             5:14-15          6/14               Problem Children
             5:16-24          1/12               Rollovers for a New Year
             5:23-28          7/13               Delays On the Road


2 Timothy
            2:7                  5/13               Steady


Heb 
            10:19-25        3/14   Family Matters
12:1                1/11   Things to Keep in Mind for a New Year


James 
            1:19-20      7/14       Temper Tempered
3:13-18    10/12       Who Is Wise?

I Peter 
1:3-21                        1/13   Wonderful
4:12,19           4/12   When “Why?” Goes Unanswered
5:7                  1/13   On Not Being So Careful

2 Peter 3:3-4 5/23/11        A Sermon I Might Have Never Preached

I John   2:1-2 5/12               Who is Jesus?  Our Advocate
            3:2      1/14               On the Way to a Better You
4:1-3   3/12               Who is Jesus?  Deity Incarnate  (See Jn 20:24)

Jude 22          10/28/10      A Sermon for All But a Few of Us

Revelation
            1:9-18                        4/12   Who Is Jesus?  The Victor
            8:1-6              10/14  When the Praise Stopped


ESSAYS, LECTURES, COMMENTS, TOPICAL STUDIES

            Highlights of Church History   5/13
            Introducing the Reformation  5/13
            Catholic Christianity Comes to the New World  5/13
            Protestants and Missions  5/13
            Missions in the 20th Century  5/13
            The Challenge of Same-Sex Marriage (Revised early 2015) 2/14
            Movie Night  6/14
            Vanity, Vanity or A Matter of Enthusiastic Ignorance  8/14
            Vanity Revisited  8/14
            Brothers and Sisters Under Pressure (a topical sermon on persecution) 9/14
            Violence 11/12
            Thoughts on the Tragedy in Connecticut  12/12