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826. Plaque Buildup

Romans 5:12-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a Savior. The planet needs a Savior to save it from human greed and selfishness. We have a Savior. Decades ago, a missionary named John Paton tried to translate the New Testament into the indigenous language of the people to whom he was sent to tell about Jesus. ... length on the two chairs, he muttered some words about how good it felt to "lean his whole weight on" those chairs. Instantly, John Paton wrote down the word used for "lean one's whole weight on." He knew he had discovered the precise word for " ...

827. Say What?

Luke 9:28-36 (37-43)

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... other days, and wrote, still in a kind of holy hush: "We had been eyewitnesses of his majesty" (2 Peter 1:16). The Transfiguration took place during an experience of private meditation and prayer _ not during a public speech or one of ... happened. The disciples preferred building over being. Being in prayer or being in an attitude of expectancy is very difficult. When Peter, James and John were asked to simply be, they usually fell asleep, as they did here (cf. Matthew 26:36-46). They believed that the best way ...

828. Eight Days until Eternity

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... first of all, Christ’s courage as he faced incredible cruelty and suffering. But there is a second theme in this magnificent drama. It is God’s love poured out in the death of His Son. “God so loved the world that He gave His own Son . . .” (John 3:16) Pliny, the Elder, was a Roman writer who lived during the same time period as Jesus. He told a story of the erection of a giant obelisk. An obelisk is a tall, narrow, four-sided, tapering monument which ends in a pyramidal top. Imagine the Washington ...

829. Evangelism is Holy Communion

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... Samaria.” 2. Second, he practices what he preaches. Recall the good news we heard last week: “God so loved the world….Indeed, God did not send the son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him” (John 3:16). It is a world that includes women, Samaritan women, Samaritan women who feel unworthy and unwanted. Jesus asks her for a drink. He demonstrates how he sees her by letting her know he needs what she can give. What better way to convey esteem for a ...

830. The Power of Belief

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... is only one thing you can believe that will transform your life, and that is that Jesus Christ is the Lord of life. The writer John concludes our lesson for the day with these words: “Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples which are not recorded ... pp. 60-61. 5. Contributed by John Bardsley. Source: Joel Osteen, Your Best Life Now, pp. 4-5. 6. Bob Fenster, Well, Duh! Our Stupid World and Welcome to It (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Pub,. 2004), p. 16. 7. The Museum of Hoaxes by ...

831. The Power of Belief

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

832. Growing Up Is More Than Showing Up

1 John 2:12-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... you can attain spiritual maturity. I. I Must Desire My Spiritual Maturity You will notice in verses 12 through 14 of 1 John that he identifies three levels of spiritual maturity. In verse 12 he speaks of "little children." In verse 13 he speaks of "fathers ... you for sure that big Christians are Bible Christians. In reality this book is God's manual for maturity. 2 Tim. 3:16 says, "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in ...

833. American Idol

Exodus 20:4-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... time for all people. In fact, 1800 years after this command was written, the Apostle John said in I John 5:21, "Little children, guard yourselves from idols." (I John 5:21, NASB) The first and second commandments sound similar, but they really are ... what God said in Deuteronomy 4. "For your own good...don't sin by making an idol in any form at all." (Deuteronomy 4:15-16, GN) There is nothing as liberating and nothing as freeing as worshipping the right God in the right way. Think about how it sets your ...

834. Smooth Out Your Day

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... voluntarily took on the yoke of His father in heaven. Jesus said in John 8:29: And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him." (John 8:29) He also said this: "For I have come down from heaven ... coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus, for what was lacking on your part they supplied. For they refreshed my spirit and yours. (I Corinthians 16: 17-18) It is used again in this verse. "Let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the ...

835. A Day of Singing

Zephaniah 3:14-20, Luke 3:7-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... Driving home from church one Sunday, a father turned the radio to a country station. “How can you stand that stuff?” complained his 16-year-old son. “It’s all sad stuff about dogs and pickup trucks and bar rooms and broken hearts.” Knowing his son ... musical glory without giving it a second glance. “Except for two people. A postal worker named John described as a ‘smallish man with a baldish head.’ John had learned the violin as a youth. He recognized the quality of Joshua Bell’s performance ...

836. Altar Your Presence

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the world around us. Jesus was trying to get this point across to the Disciples at the Last Supper. Here's how He put it. John 15:1-17 (NRSV) [1] "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. [2] He removes every branch in me that bears ... know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. [16] You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father ...

837. LOST? Pursuing Purpose

1 Peter 2:9-10

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , not a one time fix. But experiencing forgiveness and forgiving others helps us as we Pursue the Purpose for our lives. B. John Locke in the series Lost, understands or believes that every individual on the island is there for a reason. He voices it ... tennis abilities. If you remember, she was sort of the brat of the tennis world, always mouthing off to line judges and the crowd. At age 16, it looked like she was going to have it all. The only trouble was she felt alone and cut off in the winner take all, ...

838. Thursday: Broken Bread And Broken Trust

Mark 14:10-26

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... eat the Passover with my disciples?' [15] He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there." [16] So the disciples set out and went to the city, and found everything as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover ... one candle remained. Only one would follow Jesus to Calvary and stand at the foot of the cross with Jesus' mother. And that was John. When the Light of the World was hung on the cross to die; When the Bread of Life was broken for our sakes, when ...

839. Being A View Master

Romans 2:9-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and spirit. It's the same with God. We are the children of God. God loves us. The Son of God came to prove that love. In his first letter, John reminds us, "We love because God first loved us." (1 John 4:19) God's love enables us to love because we found out just how much God loves us. God loves us so much that God sent Jesus, His only ... Box 8, Platteville, CO, 80651; 970-785-2990), July 1986 2. Successful Meetings, April 2004. Cited in PreachingNow, Vol. 3, No. 16. 3. William Barclay. Leadership-Vol. 8, #2

840. God's 'Yes!' To Every Promise

2 Corinthians 1:18-22

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." B. The world says: Nobody really loves me. God's "Yes!," Jesus, says: I love you. John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." John 13:34 "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another." C. The world says: I'm not smart enough. God's ...

841. What Difference Does It Make?

John 14:15-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... we have experienced through Christ is supposed to be shared. Let's look at the passage: John 14:15-21 (NRSV) [15] "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. [16] And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with ... two most important commandments: "Love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. And love your neighbor as yourself." Later on in John 15:17 Jesus says, "This I command you, to love one another." Pretty simple, pretty straight forward isn't it. Then why is ...

842. Chosen by God

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... had hands of ordination laid upon me. Chosen by God! Paul never thought of himself as having chosen God. It was the other way: God had chosen him. This was Jesus’ moving word to the disciples “You have not chosen me but I have chosen you” (John 15:16). What bracing power! What motivating inspiration - chosen by God. Every time I read this passage of Paul and hear him talk about God having chosen us before the foundation of the word, I can’t help but remember psalm 1:39. You recall that moving Psalm ...

843. Crucified with Christ

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of Israel and the house of .Judah. . .1 will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.’ John 1: 14: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only son of the Father.” John 3: 16: “For God so loved the world that He gave his only son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” Acts 1: 8: “But you shall receive power when the ...

844. Exit and Entrance

Galatians 4:21-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... verses in order to get the full impact of our text. To grasp allegorical meaning, we need to rehearse the story from Genesis 16, 17, and 21. Sarah and Abraham were without children. They were getting old; Sarah far too old to bear children. She did what ... that I had done with sin. I knew that Christ had given me birth to brother all the souls on earth. (John Masefield, Poems by John Masefield McMillan Company, New York, 1962, p. 118) The freedom Paul is talking about, the freedom given by Christ is a glorious ...

845. The Shepherd Lord

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... they follow me; and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.” (John 10: 14, 27, 28 RSV.) No language or even music can reveal the full power and tenderness of those words. Yet — the fact remains ... never be able to return, certainly if he came back now, he would in all likelihood be killed. When her three children were 14, 16, and 18, they were all in detention at one time. Can you imagine how you would live with that as a parent – your children ...

846. Led by the Spirit, Tempted by the Devil

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... remember how much you owe…you don’t need it…you’ve worn the last dress only once…you owe a fortune still…remember how John feels about it…don’t do it…get the behind me Satan.” She made it for about six weeks, and then came home one ... confidence draw near to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”(Hebrews 4:14-16). He’s the one - our great high priest who can give us a tomorrow. III. That leads to the last action phrase: “And the angels ...

847. Why Am I A United Methodist?

I Timothy 1:12-17

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... visit. Grace for Wesley was free. “Whosoever will” may receive it. In fact, the hymn his brother wrote on the occasion of John’s conversion has a line that goes something like this: “Outcasts of men to you I call, harlots and publicans and thieves ... because I believe in the assurance of salvation. I need to tell you I don’t have time to develop this theme. Romans 8:16 The spirit himself bears witness with our spirits that we are the children of God. Mr. Wesley’s last words on earth were these, “ ...

848. Pray

Matthew 6:5-13

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... than they could provide themselves and that has led them to intercessory prayer. “Pray for one another so that you may be healed; the effectual, fervent prayers of the righteous availeth much" (James 5:16). Jesus said, “I pray for them. …for those you have given me, for they are yours" (John 17:9). It is an affirming and humbling experience to receive the prayers of others. Prayer is love unspeakable. Love communicated through the prayers of others lifts us, fills us, strengthens us, and encourages ...

849. The Loving Friend

John 4:1-15

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... . It just feels better to fetch your water alone. What's going on here? I'm not sure we really know. Except that in Verse 16 — Jesus says to her, “Go, call your husband." She replies, “I have no husband." Jesus says, “You are right when you say ‘I have no ... friend is a person with whom I may be sincere, with whom I may think out loud without fear." Jesus said to his disciples in John 15:15 — I no longer call you a servant...instead I call you my friends. What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins ...

850. The Way Things Are

1 Corinthians 1:18-31

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... coliseum would leave their seats to hear him speak. Listen to a description of some of them in Corinth from John Chrysostom: He says you would hear these individuals, "shouting and abusing each other, and their disciples, as they call them, ... followed Jesus and supported him. Sergius Paulus, the proconsul of Crete (Acts 13:6-12), Erastus, the city treasurer mentioned in Romans 16, although he may well have been from Corinth, and various women of means mentioned at Thessalonica and Berea, all remind us that ...

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