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1151. Jesus Saves, We're Called To Invest

Matthew 25:14-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... at once and traded with them, and made five more talents. [17] In the same way, the one who had the two talents made two more talents. [18] But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. [19] After ... do all his research which changed and improved farming techniques. Booker T. Washington Used it and we all Gained from it. Basketball coach John Wooden may have said it best, "Don't let what you can't do interfere with what you can do!" The same holds ...

1152. Dare To DV8

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... so Christ can make a difference through you. 1. Therefore....A sermon by, Pastor Vince Gerhardy, St Luke's Lutheran Church, Nambour - 29th September, 2002 2. "Low Pay, Long Hours, No Applause," Philip Yancey, CHRISTIANITY TODAY, (November 18, 1988), p. 80. 3. John H. Unger, Brandon, Manitoba. Leadership, Vol. 11, no. 4. 4. Joseph F. Mlaker in Fresh Illustrations for Preaching & Teaching (Baker), from the editors of Leadership. 5. Thomas Merton in The Spring of Contemplation. Christianity Today, Vol. 41 ...

1153. Thanks, But No Thanks

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... child for the Pharisee in today's passage from Luke. Let's look at that passage and you'll see what I mean. Luke 18:9-14 (NRSV) [9] He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: [ ... , the whole Pharisee movement was a holiness movement. They were trying to live a holy life, pleasing to God in all ways, just like John and Charles did in England. Jewish law said every person was to fast once a week as a sign of repentance for their sin. ...

1154. Guard the Good Treasure

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... re like one of the illusions where everything seems to be moving, it's all a trick of the eyes. They are what John Eldredge in his book "Wild At Heart," calls "posers." In the sixties we called them "plastic." My son just calls them phonies. ... a good job it makes all the difference in the world. B. Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit you choose. (Proverbs 18:21 MSG) There may have been no truer words spoken or written. What we say to our children and youth and to each other and about ...

1155. In the House of the Lord

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... I love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge. (Psalm 18: 1, 2) But thou, O Lord, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. (Psalm 3:3) It’s a matter of trust ... I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and shall find pasture” (John 10:9). It is the picture of our being with the Shepherd, and belonging to His flock. Moffatt translates the phrase “in the house of ...

1156. The World's Best-Known Widow

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of starving masses dying daily in Africa; and I wondered to myself: Did they, then, lose? I thought of youngsters - 17,18,19,20 - men hardly needing to take the razor to their faces - who are lying buried namelessly from Vietnam to Guadalcanal ... is also important to God. The image of Caesar may be on the coin, but God’s image is on our souls. We belong to Him! (Lloyd John Ogilvie, Life Without Limits, Word Book Publishers, pp. 227-228) It is not likely that we will ever give in the right way until we accept ...

1157. The Miracle of Peace

Psalm 85:1-13

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... is born. If we confess our sins, God who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness (I John 1:9). As I sorted through some of my father's belongings this week in moving him to a nursing home, I thought about a ... recovery of sight to the blind, the release for the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor (Luke 4:18). Because there is a Savior, pardon is plentiful. Because there is a Savior, faithfulness is feasible. Because there is a Savior, righteousness ...

1158. We Believe in Life Everlasting

John 11:17-27

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... of people afraid of failing to really live. In the movie, Dead Poet's Society Robin Williams plays the role of John Keating, a transformational teacher in a rigid, regimented private school. On the first day of Literature class, Keating takes his students ... . In her book, A Deepening Love Affair Jane writes: “I began seeing life as a gift when I survived a collision with an 18-wheeler on October 2, 1990. After crawling out of my battered car, I wobbled around a field in a daze. What I remember most ...

1159. The Bread We Daily Need

Luke 11:1-10

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... . 800 million people in the world are malnourished. It would take 13 billion dollars a year to end hunger. The U.S. and Europe spend 18 billion dollars a year on pet food. There is a knock on our door in the midnight hour. Like the neighbor in the scriptures we ... leaves us anxious for more tomorrow. Jesus says to the hungry crowd, after feeding the five thousand, ‘Get a life. A Long John Silver’s on every corner with free fish every Friday may fill your stomach, but it will never satisfy your soul.’ ...

1160. Can the Rich Be Saved?

Mark 10:17-27

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... the good of the world. Someday God is going to ask you, “What have you done with what you have?” God can help us hear the cry of the needy. We are not Christian until our hearts are broken by the things that break the heart of God. 1 John 3:17—18 “If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him. Dear children let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.” What can God do for us? He ...

1161. The Power to Belong

Acts 4:32-35

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... a generation of people who live cocooned lives, tethered to our home entertainment systems, barricaded behind our electronic alarms, isolated from one another even in our own homes. The Bible says “It is not good for people to be alone" (Genesis 2:18). We are created for community. John Wesley said, “If your heart is with my heart in love and loyalty to Jesus Christ, take my hand." Paul said, “In Christ Jesus there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female for all of you who were ...

1162. Follow

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... the overwhelming feeling that surged through my soul—this is where it all began—Peter and Andrew, James and John leaving their nets, abandoning their boats and following Jesus. What makes normal, ordinary, business people do that? A. TRUST ... the questions don't matter much. Will you follow? Jesus calls us. To follow is to act. It takes action to follow. B. ACTION In Verse 18 we read “At once they left their nets and followed him." And then in Verse 20 it says, “Without delay he called them, and they ...

1163. Worship

Hebrews 10:19-25

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... is a verb, not a passive verb, but an active verb. It's not something done for us, it is something we do." John Killinger, a long time ago, helped me understand worship as drama. Not a drama you sit in a theater and observe, but one ... contempt on all my pride." I need to see a cross when I get to church. We worship by tradition. We worship by Reason. In Isaiah 1:18 we read, “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow." Christians need to be ...

1164. The Road of Peace

Isaiah 9:2-7

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... west, Shalom is translated “peace," but the word is much more complex than that. Shalom is completeness, wholeness, and unity. John Wesley would have called it sanctification – the holiness of heart and life. I was intrigued by an editorial in The Tennessean Friday concerning the ... moral lapses of religious leaders. It was written by an 18-year-old kid. In it he laments, “If we cannot have faith in people held in such high moral regard, in whom ...

1165. Amos: The Problem of Justice

Amos 5:18-24

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Spirit to perfect us in love. The real fruit of the Spirit-filled church is not emotion packed services where people speak in tongues, but a community of believers where outsiders are shocked at the depth and sincerity of their service to others. I John 4:18 says, “There is no fear in love, for perfect love drives out fear." Love ends competition, comparison, self-defense, judgment, bigotry and gossip. They will know we are Christians by our love. To be righteous is to care for the least of these — the ...

1166. From Envy to Gratitude

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Does it flow from your lips? Can you even get through a worship service without being grateful? Thank you, Jesus. Gratitude is a language that we learn. Gratitude is a life we live. John F. Kennedy once said, “We must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words of gratitude but to live them." I Thessalonians 4:18 says, Give thanks in all circumstances. Not for all circumstances but in all circumstances. Let me explain what I think that means. I don't think it means to give thanks for ...

1167. Come and See

Luke 2:1-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... relationship with Jesus Christ brings true meaning." Eighteen-year-old Will Hinds could not find a reason for life, so the kid who could jam with the best of bands took his life without a word of explanation. Every 18 minutes somebody in this country commits suicide. Many of them are teenagers. John said, In Him was life, and that life was the light of all people. Life is small, fragile, tender, vulnerable. No plant will survive without tender loving care! What is more helpless than a baby? There in a tiny ...

1168. Loving Our Enemies, Christian or Crazy?

Matthew 5:43-47

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... being forgiven, I have had to realize that I am not in charge of other people's forgiveness of me. When I have practiced Matthew 18 to the best of my ability (and I believe the Church ought to be practicing it in its relationship to one another) and no reconciliation ... Housewives frantically trying to keep her perfection intact. Perfection here is Teleos: completeness, wholeness, maturity. And our founder, John Wesley, was not shy about asking his followers if they were going on to perfection, as a concrete ...

1169. The King on a Donkey

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Him. That’s the reason Jerry and I are totally committed to the “Because We Care” program of our church. You heard John announce those goals earlier $3 million, $4 million, $6 million sequential goals. You’ve caught the heartbeat of what this is all ... each month of what we were going to save for retirement, and we’re adding that to our pledge. Over 3 years that will amount to $18,000. Added to the other $6,000 we had decided upon, our pledge now stood at $211,000. But the more we thought about it, ...

1170. The Prayer Life of Highly Effective Christians

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” Jesus said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our ... God always keeps God’s promises. 1. Thomas G. Long, Christian Century, March 21, 2006, Vol. 123, No. 6, p. 18. Cited by The Rev. Charles Booker-Hirsch, http://www.northsidepres.org/worship/sermons/sermon/51. 2. Dr. Dan L. Flanagan, ...

1171. LENT: The Passion of Christ: "Exalted"

Luke 19:28-40, John 19:14-30

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... TO TRIUMPH. II. Tragedy to Triumph Let's look at the passage of Scripture which describes the TRAGEDY OF THAT FIRST GOOD FRIDAY. John 19:14-30 (NRSV) [14] Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover; and it was about noon. He said to ... ] and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. [18] There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus between them. [19] Pilate also had an inscription written ...

1172. LENT: The Passion of Christ: "Tempted"

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need." And Hebrews 2:18 says; "Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested." JESUS GIVES: Jesus gives us ... the Good News is that JESUS FORGIVES. Romans 10:13 "For, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." 1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness ...

1173. Dress For Faithfulness

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the flaming arrows of the evil one. [17] Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. [18] Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the ... no defense like a good offense. Let me give you an example. While deployed in Afghanistan, a Marine received a "Dear John" letter from his girlfriend. IN the letter she explained she had found someone else, wanted to end their relationship and ...

1174. Earth, Wind and Fire

Acts 2:1-21; John 15:26-27, 16:1-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. [18] Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. [19] And ... our heritage or the breath of God. This balloon represents life before Pentecost. We are filled with the breath of God, or what John Wesley called "Prevenient Grace." The presence of God's Holy Spirit in our lives before we are aware of God. And this balloon ...

1175. Blast From The Past

John 17:1-19

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... of that prayer. It's like a Blast From The Past. And we feel it. So, let's look at the passage that tells us about this Blast From The Past. Read here - John 17:1-19 (NRSV) Jesus prayed for the Disciples, the each church that would grow and become the church which we belong to, and for all of His followers, which includes us. Jesus ... Hamilton, Massachusetts 2. http://www.preachingplus.com: Mark Moring, Elburn, Illinois; sources: Sports Illustrated (11-18-02), The Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, W.Va. (11-10-02)

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