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Seeds of the Sower By Michael Guido
A boy refused to take his sister fishing. “But,” said the mother, “she
promised not to make any noise.”
“Mom,” answered the boy, “it’s not the noise that bothers me. She eats all
the bait.”
Often it’s in our closest relationships that we eat each other’s bait and
douse the fire of love that once burned in each other’s heart.
But the Living Bible says, “Be like one happy family, full of sympathy
toward each other, loving one another with tender hearts and humble minds.
Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t snap back at those who say unkind things
about you. Instead, pray for God’s help for them, for we are to be kind to
others, and God will bless us for it.”
Sermon of the Week: Transfiguration of Jesus
Rev. Sean Esterline, Messiah Lutheran Church
The text for this sermon is Mark 9:2-9 Transfiguration of Jesus.
Big things often happen on high mountains in the Bible: Noah’s ark landed on
Mt. Ararat, and God promised never again to flood the entire earth. Abraham
climbed a hill to sacrifice Isaac before God provided a lamb instead. Moses
climbed Mt. Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments, that Old Testament of
Law. The Transfiguration of our Lord is no exception: Jesus took Peter,
James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves; and
He was transfigured before them.
Jesus is transfigured, shining like lightning; in other words, He
demonstrates that He’s not just another man. He’s fully human, yes—but He’s
also fully God. What’s more, Moses and Elijah are there—but not to dispense
advice. We know from Luke’s account that they’re talking about Jesus and His
work. These greatest of prophets from the Old Testament are there to point
again to Jesus. Peter, James and John witness that Jesus is more than just
another prophet: He’s the Messiah the prophets foretold. That’s not all: God
the Father overshadows them in a cloud and speaks: “This is My beloved Son.
Listen to Him!” God declares that Jesus is the Father’s beloved Son. He’s
God’s beloved Son, sent by the Father to do the Father’s will of salvation.
Then God the Father recedes and the prophets disappear, leaving only the
very ordinary-looking human Jesus standing in front of three bewildered
disciples.
We know the story, so now we need to ask the question, “So what?” Why is
Jesus transformed? Why then, in front of Peter, James and John? Well, we
need to remember something very important: the disciples had the joy of
witnessing Jesus’ glory at the Transfiguration before proclaiming it. You
weren’t on the mountain that day, and you don’t get to see Jesus’ dazzling
glory on this side of heaven unless He returns soon. But you have something
better: you have the Word of God. Although you haven’t seen the
Transfiguration with your eyes, you’ve heard the Transfiguration with your
ears. Jesus was Transfigured back then in front of them so that you would be
strengthened here and now. Or, to put this truth in the language of the
text, you don’t see God’s beloved Son standing there in front of you on
Sunday morning; but if your understanding of God’s Word is correct, then you
understand that you do listen to Him, you do hear Him all the same.
What I mean is this: there are two basic ways to run theology—either you
teach and follow what’s called a theology of glory or you teach and follow a
theology of the cross.
If you’re a theologian of glory, then you go by what you see. You go by what
you experience. You go by what you feel. You look for God in the glorious
things on earth—beautiful sunsets, vibrant health and exciting experiences.
That means that your relationship with God—your worship—is about having
experiences, about good songs, powerful sermons, it’s about excitement and
motivation and emotions. (These are all things that tend to fluctuate over
time.)
If you’re a theologian of the cross, you operate differently though. At the
cross, you know that the Lord won salvation even though it didn’t look
glorious: His power and glory were hidden under bloody suffering and death.
You trust that Jesus’ death is your salvation not because it looked good,
but because you hear His Word of promise that there is where Christ saved
you. That means that according to His Word, you don’t expect God to always
act in glorious ways; but like the cross, you look for God to work in ways
where His glory is hidden. (This means that God is always acting in your
life, even if it’s not obvious to you at the time.)
What complicates things is the sad truth is that no matter who you are, you
live in a sinful world. And while you obviously want to see heavenly glory,
there’s just not much heavenly glory to be seen in a sinful world—instead
there’s plenty of worldly glory, to distract you and lead you away from the
faith you’ve been given. But please listen and hear the Word of God that
tells you to repent of your sins—and rejoice that you are never forsaken by
your loving Father in heaven. We know this to be true because the glorious
Son of God became flesh in this world in order to bring you to heaven. Sure,
you don’t see His glory now, but you do hear His Word of grace and truth—and
that means that right now, you live by faith on earth, but some day He
promises that you will see heaven. This is most certainly true because by
the grace of God, through the work and person of Jesus Christ, and according
to His Word, you are forgiven for all of your sins in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Worship with us...
Agape Family Ministries
Pastor Jim Weihrauch
5529 Industrial Road
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-838-2232
Sunday/Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.
Wed. Prayer Service 7 p.m.
Apostolic Bible Church
Pastor Greg Morrison
9808 New Harmony Road
Poseyville, IN 47633
Phone: 812-851-5456
Sunday Service at 10 a.m.; 6 p.m.
Wed. Night Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
Bethesda General Baptist Church
1600 Savah Road
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Black’s United Methodist Church
Pastor Lester Howard
8012 Baldknob Road
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-838-0318
Sunday Worship 9 a.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Calvary Baptist Church
Rev. Kevin Petty
618 Main Street
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-838-4777
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; 6 p.m.
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.
Church of Christ
700 Mill Street
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-838-2635
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Church of the Nazarene
531 E. Steammill Street
New Harmony, IN 47631
Phone: 812-682-3288
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Covenant Reformed Presbyeterian Church (OPC)
Pastor Russ Westbrook
Pastor Sam Allison
4101 Caborn Rd. Mt. Vernon
Sunday Worship, 9:45am
Wednesday Prayer Meeting, 6:30pm
Fair Haven Christ Fellowship
Pastor Mike Douglas
Church St.
Cynthiana, IN 47612
Phone: 812-724-4735
Sunday Worship: 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday Evening: 7:00 p.m.
First Baptist Church
Pastor Derrick Ousley
1205 N. Main Street
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone number: 812-838-2187
Sunday Bible Study: 9:30am
Sunday Worship Services: 10:40am and 6pm
Wednesday Prayer Meeting: 6pm
First Baptist Church
E. Tavern Street
New Harmony, IN 47631
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:40 a.m.; 7 p.m.
Wed. Evening 7 p.m.
First Christian Church
Pastor Mary Hurley
7226 Hwy 66
Wadesville, IN 47638
Phone: 812-673-4278
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.
First Christian Church
Rev. Tom Buffington
1403 Country Club Road
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-838-2855
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Wed. Bible Study and Children’s program 6:30
First Church of the Nazarene
Rev. Myers Hyman
424 Vine Street
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
838-2743
First Presbyterian Church
Rev. Monica Gould
120 E. Sixth Street
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-838-2473
Sunday School 9 a.m.
Worship Service 10:15 a.m.
First United Church of Christ
Pastor Bret A. Myers
Corner of North & Walnut
Cynthiana, IN 47612
Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m.
First United Methodist Church
Pastor Tim Ahlemeyer
601 Main Street
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-838-2640
Sunday School 9:30
Sunday Worship 8:15 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
Griffin Christian Church
Rev. Doug Emberton
319 N. Main Street, Griffin, IN
47616
Phone: 812-851-3291
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Harvestime Temple
Pastor Mark Tabor
101 Roosevelt Drive
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-838-5447
Christian Education 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; 6 p.m.
Wed. Worship 7 p.m.
Holy Angels Catholic Church
Father Thomas J. Kessler
423 South Street
New Harmony, IN 47631
Phone: 812-838-2535
Sunday Mass 10:15 a.m.
Immanuel United Church of Christ
Rev. Paul Seburg
5812 N. Ford Road
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-985-3115
Sunday School 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.
Independent Pentecostal Assembly
Pastor David Payne
312 Mulberry Street
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; 7 p.m.
Thursday 7 p.m.
Johnson United Methodist Church
Rev. John Adams
403 Raintree, New Harmony, IN 47631
Phone: 812-682-4648
Sunday School 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Lighthouse Assembly of God
Pastor Jason Farrar
1005 E. Tavern St.
New Harmony, Ind. 47631
Messiah Lutheran Church
Rev. Sean Esterline
7700 Middle Mount Vernon Road
Evansville, IN 47712
Phone: 812-985-2278
Sunday Worship 8 a.m. & 10:15 a.m.
Sunday School 9 a.m.
Wed. Folk Service 6:30 p.m.
Thursday Bible Study 10 a.m.
Mount Pleasant Church
3801 Blackford Road
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-838-3930
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Mount Vernon
General Baptist Church
Pastor Matthew Watson
1717 N. Main Street
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-838-4555
Sunday School 9:30
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Wednesday Student Ministries 6 p.m.
Mount Zion General Baptist Church
Rev. Rick Sellers
1425 Oliver Road
Wadesville, IN 47638
Phone: 812-783-2337
Sunday School 9:30
Sunday Worship 10:30; 6 p.m.
Wed. Bible Study 7 p.m.
New Beginnings
Christian Fellowship Church
11420 Middle Mount Vernon Road
Evansville, IN 47712
Phone: 812-985-5288
New Harmony Christian Church
Rev. Harry Wheatcroft
307 N. Brewery Street
New Harmony, IN 47631
Phone: 812-682-3626
Sunday School 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.
Wed. Bible Study 6 p.m.
North Posey Community Church
Dr. Lee Brown, Pastor
Poseyville, IN 47633
812-874-2028
Worship: Sun. @10:30
Bible Study: Sun.@6:00 p.m.
Small groups for men, women,
youth and children, Wed. @6:00
PoCo Joes, Fri. from 7-11
Old Union Christian Church
Rev. Don French
Hwy 165 Poseyville, IN 47633
Phone: 812-874-3186
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:15 a.m.
Wed. Kid’s Bible Club 4:30 p.m.
Point Church of the Nazarene,
Rev. Troy DeKemper
12611 Bonebank Road
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-838-5182
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Wed. 6:30 p.m.
Poseyville Christian Church
Rev. Doris Beckerman
Main Street, Poseyville, IN 47633
Phone: 812-874-3411
Sunday Fellowship Time 9:15 a.m.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Saint John’s Episcopal Church
Rev. Allen Rutherford
600 Walnut Street
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-838-5445
Sunday Holy Eucharist 10 a.m.
Monday Women’s Bible Study 7 p.m.
Saint John’s United Methodist Church Rev. Alice Crawford
700 West Caborn Road
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-985-3751
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.
St. Matthew Catholic Church
Father Thomas J. Kessler
421 Mulberry Street
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-838-2535
Saturday Mass 5:30 p.m.
Sun. Mass 8:30 a.m.
Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church
Rev. Rev. Paul Huntsman
46 Cales Street, IN 47633
Phone: 812-874-2251
Saint Peter’s United Church of Christ
Pastor Rev. Michael Erwin
10430 Hwy 66,Wadesville, IN 47638
Phone: 812-985-3416
Sunday School 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.
Saint Peter’s United Methodist Church
Pastor Jeff Pinney
2800 S. Saint Philips Road
Evansville, IN 47712
Phone: 812-985-3751 or 812-985-2025
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Saint Philip Catholic Church
Father Thomas J. Kessler
3500 St. Philip Road South
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-985-2275
Saturday Mass 5:30 p.m.
Sun. Mass 9:30 a.m.
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church
318 Main Street
New Harmony, IN 47631
Phone: 812-682-4604
Sunday Christian Education 10 a.m.
Holy Eucharist Rite II 8 a.m.
Holy Eucharist Rite II 10 a.m.
Saint Wendel Catholic Church
Father Edward Schnur
10542 W Boonville New Harmony Road
Evansville, IN 47712
Phone: 812-963-3733
Sunday Mass 7:30 a.m.; 10:30 a.m.; 6 p.m.
Salem Heusler United Church of Christ
11325 Lower Mount Vernon Road
Evansville, IN 47712
Phone: 812-985-2542
website:www.salemuccheusler.com
Sunday School 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:15 a.m.
South Gibson Apostolic Chapel
Pastor Joe Sizemore
6144 S. 1075 W.
Owensville, IN 47665
Phone: 812-729-7231
Sunday Worhship 10:00 a.m.
Wed. Bible Study 7:00 p.m.
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Father Edward Schnur
10 N. St. Francis Avenue,
Poseyville, IN 47633
Phone: 812-874-2220
Saturday Mass 6 p.m.
Sunday Mass 9 a.m.
Stewartsville United Methodist Church
Rev. Bill Ping
RR 2
Poseyville, IN 47633
Phone: 812-851-5561
Sunday School 8:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.
The House of Prayer COGIC
Pastor J.I. Hargett
816 E. Third Street
Mt. Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-985-3841
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.
Tuesday Worship 7 p.m.
Friday Worship 8 p.m.
The Turning Point
9800 Middle Mount Vernon Road
Evansville, IN 47712
Phone: 812-985-9800
Trinity United Church of Church
505 Mulberry Street
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-838-3805
Sunday School 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:10 a.m.
University Heights Baptist Church
8800 Middle Mount Vernon Road
Evansville, IN 47712
Phone: 812-985-5158
Wadesville General Baptist Church
3262 Princeton Street
Wadesville, IN 47638
Phone: 812-673-4660
Sunday School 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.
Zion Lippe United Church of Christ
Rev. Jay Warren
9000 Copperline Road East
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812-985-2437
Sunday School 9 a.m.
Family Worship 10 a.m.
Zoar United Church of Christ
Rev. John Motz
4600 Church Road
Evansville, IN 47712
Phone: 812-963-3749
Sunday School 8:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.
Monday Bible Study 10 a.m.
Thursday Evening Bible Study 7 p.m.
