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May you receive these in the spirit they are offered -- to help us all have a saving relationship with God through Jesus Christ!

Dr. Nick Campbell

 

 

Sermons from the Gospel According to Matthew

 

Matthew 2.1 Where A Star Leads      Matthew 2.13 Dreams and Nightmares

 

Matthew 3.13 Where A Baptism Leads

 

Matthew 4.1 Lets Make A Deal         Matthew 4.1 When the Devil Speaks

Matthew 4.12 Where A Calling Leads

 

Matthew 5.1 Your Divine Rights

 

Matthew 6.1 When Our Actions Speak          Matthew 6.24 The Spirit That Serves

 

Matthew 7.21 When Testify Wont Justify     Matthew 7.21 The Spirit That Assures

 

Matthew 9.9 A Jar Full of Beans        Matthew 9.35 We Know Their Names           Matthew 9.35 Disciples Are Summoned

 

Matthew 10.24 Desiring Any Thing But God            Matthew 10.24 Disciples Are Challenged

Matthew 10.40 Hospitality     Matthew 10.40 When Christ Comes In Disguise

Matthew 10.40 Disciples Look For God In Others

 

Matthew 11.16 POV Faith     Matthew 11.16 The Ease of the Essential

Matthew 11.16 Disciples Can't Dance

 

Matthew 13.1 Trusting God for the Rest       Matthew 13.1 The Parable of Fruitfulness

Matthew 13.24 The Parable of Faithfulness               Matthew 13.31 The Value of a Pearl              Matthew 13.31 The Parables of Fortune

 

Matthew 14.13 Five Loaves and Two Fishes             Matthew 14.13 Two Banquets           Matthew 14.13 Just Enough Food

Matthew 14.22 Explain          Matthew 14.22 Just Enough Storm

 

Matthew 15.21 Five Crumbs and Two Questions

 

Matthew 16.13 Authentic       Matthew 16.13 Who Do You Say I Am        Matthew 16.13 Just Enough Recognition

Matthew 16.21 The Character of a Methodist           Matthew 16.21 The Power of Suffering

 

Matthew 17.1 Overshadowed            Matthew 17.1 When Clouds Speak                Matthew 17.1 When To Share A Vision

 

Matthew 18.15 The Evidence of Witnesses   Matthew 18.15 God of the Interpersonal

Matthew 18.21 A Faith of Integrity               Matthew 18.21 Keeping Score           Matthew 18.21 In the Kingdom - Forgiveness    

 

Matthew 20.1 Equal to Us      Matthew 20.1 In the Kingdom - Grace

 

Matthew 21.1 Opening the Gates of Expectation                  Matthew 21.23 Getting Out of Line              Matthew 21.23 In The Kingdom - Mystery

Matthew 21.33 When Everything Is Not Anything               Matthew 21.33 Dont Bite The Hand That Feeds You            Matthew 21.33 In the Kingdom - Stewardship

 

Matthew 22.1 Answering The Invitation                   Matthew 22.1 In the Kingdom - New Clothes

Matthew 22.15 Asking the Right Question    Matthew 22.15 In the Kingdom - Holiness

Matthew 22.34 Lens of Faith             Matthew 22.34 You Are Kidding, Right?     Matthew 22.34 In the Kingdom - Love

 

Matthew 23.1 Not About Charge Conference           Matthew 23.1 The Scariest Costume

Matthew 23.1 Humility          Matthew 23.1 In the Kingdom - Humility

 

Matthew 24.36 What We See Cannot Tell Us

 

Matthew 25.1 Long As I Can See The Light                         Matthew 25.1 The Oil of Hope          Matthew 25.1 In the Kingdom - Hope

Matthew 25.14 In the Kingdom- Joy             Matthew 25.31 Good Enough For Now

 

Matthew 28.16 Everything We Need To Remember             Matthew 28.16 The Spirit that Unifies

 

 

Sermons from the Gospel According to Mark

 

Mark 1.1 Crying In The Wilderness               Mark 1.4 Power After Repentance

Mark 1.9 Where The Wild Things Are

Mark 1.21 A Surprise At The Door                Mark 1.29 Searching for Jesus

 

Mark 4.26 Public Parables      Mark 4.35 When Evening Had Come

 

Mark 5.21 When The Inevitable Is Not

 

Mark 6.1 The Unknown Familiar        Mark 6.30 The Sick in the Marketplace

 

Mark 7.1 With Defiled Hands            Mark 7.24 When You Cannot Escape Notice

 

Mark 8.27 The Evil of Plan B             Mark 8.31 Leaving God Out Of It

 

Mark 9.2 Until            Mark 9.30 A Child In Arms

Mark 9.38 Eldad Medad        Mark 9.38 Searching for a Salt Block

 

Mark 10.17 Sacrificing Isaac              Mark 10.17 The Lump in the Road

Mark 10.35 Where We Get Off          Mark 10.46 The Original Home Alone Kid

 

Mark 11.1 Out to Bethany

 

Mark 12.28 The Top One List            Mark 12.38 One Vote Against

 

Mark 13.1 The Greatlessness of Fear

 

Mark16.1 In Mid Sentence

 

 

Sermons from the Gospel According to Luke

 

Luke 1.39 Too Good Not To Be True

 

Luke 2.1 An Amazing Shepherd Tale

Luke 2.1 Good News of Great Joy                Luke 2.1 Here Is Your Sign

Luke 2.22 A Time of Purification                   Luke 2.41 As Usual No More

 

Luke 3.1 Preparing the Way of the Lord

 

Luke 4.1 What to Do When Offered The World

Luke 4.14 Unroll the Scroll

Luke 4.21 No Special Favors

 

Luke 5.1 Convicting Grace

 

Luke 6.17 Blessing My Woe

 

Luke 7.11 The Bier Not Borne           Luke 7.36 Forgiven Much      Luke 7.36 The Note On The Door

 

Luke 8.26 What To Do With A Loud Crazy Naked Man

 

Luke 9.28 A Missed Message On Monday                Luke 9.51 What To Do With A Quiet Clothed Righteous Man

 

Luke 10.1 Know This About The Kingdom               Luke 10.25 When Lawyers Ask About Inheritances             Luke 10.38 Martha

 

Luke 11.1 The  Prayer for Disciples

 

Luke 12.12 Misplaced Confidence                 Luke 12.13 Dividing By Zero            Luke 12.49 Longhaired Freaky People

 

Luke 13.1 Reluctant Fig         Luke 13.10 The Right Time To Do The Wrong Thing           Luke 13.31 A Misplaced Concern

 

Luke 14.1 Fear of Falling       Luke 14.25 Possessed

 

Luke 15.1 God's Point of View          Luke 15.1 This Fellow Welcomes Sinners

 

Luke 16.1 The Friends We Make       Luke 16.19 Right Time For Mercy

 

Luke 17.5 Ask for the Right Increase            Luke 17.11 Your Thanks May Be Delayed

 

Luke 18.1 The Unjust Judge               Luke 18.9 The Importance of a Comma

 

Luke 19.28 Untying the Colt

 

Luke 20.27  I Was Not Expecting That

 

Luke 21.5 An Opportunity to Testify             Luke 21.25 Confused by the Roaring

 

Luke 23.33 Recognizing the King

 

Luke 24.13 Eating Lunch With God              Luke 24.13 Two On The Road           Luke 24.13 Entering A New Relationship   

Luke 24.36 Startle Reflex

Luke 24.44 Mental Can Openers        Luke 24.44 What the Father Promised           Luke 24.44 Witnesses of these Things

Luke 24.44 Entering A New Purpose

 

 

Sermons from the Gospel According to John

 

John 1.1 To Those Who Receive        John 1.6 Testify To The Light

John 1.29 A Second Look At Discipleship

John 1.29 Where A Confession Leads           John 1.43 Out of Nazareth

 

John 2.1 The First Believers                John 2.13 There is a cow in my pew

 

John 3.1 Born Into The Kingdom       John 3.1 When Our Doubts Speak    

John 3.1 Draining the Swamp             John 3.14 We Want To See Jesus

 

John 4.5 Staying With The Samaritans           John 4.5 I'm Amazed

 

John 6.1 In This Telling          John 6.1 Leaving Jesus on the Mountain

John 6.24 Feeding the Right Hunger              John 6.41 When Grumblers Attack                John 6.56 Offended by Jesus

 

John 7.37 A Great Day for Thirsty People                 John 7.37 The Spirit that Glorifies

 

John 9.1 Opening the Gates of the Blind       John 9.1 The Challenge of Used To Be          John 9.1 Blinding Words

 

John 10.1 Entering Heaven                 John 10.1 Following Thieves And Bandits                John 10.1 Entering A New Flock

John 10.11 When the Wolf Comes                 John 10.22 Filtered Through Sheep Ears

 

John 11.1 Opening the Gates of the Mortal   John 11.1 The Stench of Lazarus

 

John 12.1 Gee Your Hair Smells Like Feet    John 12.20 The Delegation from Greece

 

John 13.31 Looking for Known Associates

 

John 14.1 Big House               John 14.1 Trusting The Directions                  John 14.1 Entering A New Power            John 14.8 Ask Me For Anything

John 14.15 Another Advocate            John 14.15 Orphaned No More          John 14.15 Entering A New Love            John 14.23 A Gentle Nudge              

 

John 15.1 Pruned or Lopped              John 15.9 Commanded to Love         John 15.26 Things The World Is Wrong About

 

John 18.1 Opening the Gates of Hell             John 18.33 A Story To Tell To The Nations

 

John 20.1 Finally Joy              John 20.1 From Weeping To Rejoicing

John 20.1 Last One In                        John 20.1 Opening the Gate of Paradise

John 20.19 A Dangerous Confession             John 20.19 How Much Did You See

John 20.19 Who Will Be Added        John 20.19 Peace Be With You          John 20.19 Entering A New Peace

 

John 21.1 Third Time

 

 

Other Sermons

Devotion for a Church Council meeting

Longest Night Sermon

James 5.13 The Practice of the Impractical

Easter Sermon by John Chrysostom