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1376. Do We Live in ‘Why’ or ‘Whynot’

Romans 12:3-8, 16-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... same function, [5] so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. [6] We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; [7] ministry, in ministering; ... learned two things the first was that God loves me. I will love God and others and the second was God sends me. I will go. In Mark 16:15 Jesus said, "Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation." And you can see that attitude in Askew, MS; ...

1377. Discover the Promise of Christmas

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and wild honey. [5] Then the people of Jerusalem and all Judea were going out to him, and all the region along the Jordan, [6] and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. [7] But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for ... gift. That's how Christmas enters our lives. Not in great leaps but in quiet moments that we can miss if we're not prepared. In Mark Jesus tells us "Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come...And what I say to you I say to all ...

1378. Easter: Seeing Is Believing

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and reached the tomb first. [5] He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. [6] Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, [7] and the cloth that had been ... Rock laughs an evil laugh and goes running to the next spot. And all the signs we see on the highways are really there to mark the places where Falling Rock has played his evil prank. The signs are gentle reminders to be on the look out for the ghost of ...

1379. A Chance To Start Over

John 8:3-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... caught in the very act of committing adultery. [5] Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" [6] They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger ... we threw when we sat in judgment of someone else. I know you've done it. And I don't want this to sound like a mark of condemnation mainly because I've done it, too. Sometimes I didn't even realize I was doing it until afterwards. But I've done it, ...

1380. The Gift of Comfort

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... or very comforting. But actually, John is proclaiming a message of Comfort, answering the call of Isaiah by proclaiming the Good News of Jesus. Mark 1:1-8 (NRSV) [1] The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. [2] As it is written in ... countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. [6] Now John was clothed with camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. [7] ...

1381. Getting It Right

Romans 5:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. [6] For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. [7] Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a ... they would not be." That describes us. Let's face it, most of us can't and don't always do what is right or righteous. We miss the mark. We don't get it right. We all sin and fall short of the glory of God. Consequently there is a gulf between us and God. Our peace with ...

1382. Radical Love is Risky (Series: Radical Love in a Risky World)

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... a close personal friendship with the Senior Pastor, you probably need to join a church of about 25 people, not a congregation of 6,300. The experts are right. It is impossible to relate to more than about ten people at a time. To love everybody is to ... to hate us. We have done those things we ought not to have done, and failed to do the things we should have done. We miss the mark of our high calling. So what are you going to do with those who hate you? How are you going to deal with the people who hate ...

1383. Follow Your Failures (Series: An Invitation to Christian Discipleship)

John 21:1-14

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... in person is now back where he started. What is it about the human personality that drives us into isolation when we miss the mark of our high calling? When Adam ate the apple, he went into hiding. When God called Jonah, he runs right into the belly ... 10). “We err and stray from God’s ways like lost sheep. We follow too much the devices and desires of our own hearts” (Isaiah 53:6). People who pray like that are my kind of people. Why do we fail? The reasons are as numerous as the sands of the seas. But ...

1384. Follow Your Mission (Series: An Invitation to Christian Discipleship)

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

For centuries we have called it the Great Commission. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts all refer to it. Christians in the first century lived by it. ... lawn chair. The rest of the story has been recorded by newspapers and television. One afternoon, Larry hooked up 45 helium-filled, surplus, weather balloons to his old lawn chair. He tied a 6-pack of beer to one leg, some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to the other, put on a parachute, hung a CB radio to his belt, and sat down in his lawn chair ...

1385. Will 2012 Be the End of the World?

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... that Jesus, the ultimate authority on such things, has already told us that no one knows when that day and hour will be (Mark 13:32). Jesus even cried out against those who keep looking for signs. “An evil and adulterous generation,” he said, “looks for ... sit down and eat together. Hicks took his inspiration from the Scriptures that present God’s future kingdom. See, for example, Isaiah 11:6‑9: “The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the ...

1386. Shaped By the Fire

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. [5] Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. [6] And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. [7] ... . Glass Cutting is a very precise and specialized skill which requires steady hands, dexterity and concentration. And while the piece is marked, the pattern is done by memory, whether it is one of the flat cuts or one of the wedge cuts. The ...

1387. The Promise of Hope

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... John's message of repentance in the midst of this season of the birth of the infant Son of God, we also know it marks the beginning of the season of our preparation. And while John seems intrusive, he is really that voice reminding us of the true ... and wild honey. [5] Then the people of Jerusalem and all Judea were going out to him, and all the region along the Jordan, [6] and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. [7] But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadduccees coming for ...

1388. He Breaks the Power of Cancelled Sin

John 8:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... adultery. Now in the law Moses commands us to stone such. What do you say about her? This they said to test him, that they might have some charge against him.” (vs. 4-6) Then the suspense: They waited for Jesus’ word: They were ready for argument and debate. Jesus’ action intensified the suspense and punctuated it with an exclamation mark for He did not speak: He bent down and wrote with his finger in the sand. Then comes the Confrontation. “He stood up and said to them, Let him who is without sin ...

1389. On the Road with the Little Children

Luke 18:15-17

Sermon

James W. Moore

... youngest grandsons to lunch in a local Italian Restaurant. As the waiters brought the food to the table I asked Dawson (age 6) and Daniel (age 4) if either one of them would like to offer our prayer of thanks for the meal… or if they ... child-like ability to celebrate life.) Robert Fulghum says: “We got a message from the world. This is your niche. Stay in it.” In Mark 10, when Jesus said: “Whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it”… this surely was part of what ...

1390. Assurance: The Privilage of All Believers

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... s primary claims was that sanctifying grace gives us power over sin. Recall what we emphasized about that point. Paul said in Romans 6:11: “Consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to Christ Jesus.” In our scripture lesson today, Paul contended that “the law of ... had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.” (Note: My friend, Mark Trotter, has imaginatively suggested that when Charles Wesley shared his experience with John, and John told Charles about his experience ...

1391. Redemption: A Wide Angle Picture

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... us to tour the battle field. But we had the opportunity of visiting the Cyclorama - the giant painting on canvas the high water mark of that awful war. Paul Philippoteaux was the artist. He came to America in 1881 from France to study the battlefield and ... of life, as Joshua had done. It is a complete salvation and this is what Paul was trying to say in Ephesians 2:5 and 6: “Even when we were dead in sins, (God) has quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, ...

1392. Fresh Every Morning - A Test

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... all under the rubric of the title of the sermon? Fresh every morning. First it teaches us about habitual dependence. Mark that down – “Habitual dependence upon God”. God could have provided at once - everything the Israelites needed for their wilderness wandering ... 250 I gave to the woman who is happy in her dependence upon God - you know where it came from? At Christmas time a man gave me $6,000, and told me to use it as saw fit to be a blessing for people. I put into what I call an Agape Fund, and I ...

1393. The Ark of the Covenant

Exodus 25:10-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. “(Genesis 6:5-8 RSV). Isn’t that a marvelous word - that last sentence, “But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.” And the Lord commanded him ... coming to those places where we’ve not been before. Haven’t you often worried yourself sick about things that never happened? Mark Twain spoke for many of us: “I’m an old man, and I’ve seen a lot of troubles in my life ...

1394. Out of the Miry Bog (Dealing with Depression)

Psalm 22:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... hanging on to the confidence and faith we know can be ours. Look at the rhythm of that struggle. Depression and despair – verses 6: “But I am a worm, and not a man,” Confidence and faith – verse 9: “Yet thou art he who took him from the ... that will keep confidence and faith alive. Our voices of praise may crack down and then, and be punctuated with the question-mark, rather than an exclamation point. But, there is power in praise. Look at the spirituals of our black brothers and sisters. Praise ...

1395. When God Seems Far Off

Psalm 10:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... honestly with God how we feel. We’re not to be silent sufferers. Even though God seems far off, even though a large question mark is superimposed over our prayer, still we tell God how we feel. God’s absence is almost never felt when things are going well. ... at them. He thinks in his heart, ‘I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity” (vv. 11—6). In appalling account of arrogance, our good poet tucks an important phrase. We don’t want to miss it. “Thy judgments are ...

1396. When It's Time For Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... has invented forgiveness as a remedy to the past that even He could not change.” Jesus said, “Forgive and you will be forgiven.” (Luke 6:37) So, if we want to move from the house of hurt and hate to a home of love and grace, we must learn the ... s what God teaches us to do.” People find the grace to forgive others. When I think about the times I have missed the mark of my high calling and surrendered to some temptation strong, or lost my soul in the heat of ambition, stumbled at some leadership position ...

1397. What is the Future of Marriage?

Mark 12:18-27

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... instituted by God. There are multiple subjects about which Jesus was silent. Marriage is not one of them. Matthew 19:4-6 says, “At the beginning, the Creator made them ‘male and female’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave ... s necessary, is so painful and costly. Those of you who have been there know it better than I. Marriage is by nature exclusive. It marks off a boundary of privacy and security from the rest of the world. Open Marriage is an oxymoron. Even those who promoted the idea back ...

1398. The Power of a Helping Hand

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... discovered owners were taking inferior fish like sheepshead and porgies and selling them as much more expensive red snapper. They were marking up the prices by packaging them well. Do you ever feel the need for greed? In the movie Wall Street, Gordon ... . “There was blood all over the place and I got out of the cab and looked over the top of the door at the man less than 6 feet away,” says Gordon. “Then I started thinking: I’ve got on a brand new suit that will get messed up. I have to give a speech ...

1399. From Hunger to Satisfaction

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... hungry? Hunger is still a world problem. Twenty-four thousand people die from hunger every day. That's one life every 3.6 seconds. Seventy-five percent of them are children under age five. According to the USDA, 4.4 million households in the United ... in groups on the green grass. So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties." Now what is going on here? Why is it that Mark takes the time to point out this particular piece of this story? I want to break the groups down a little further. How many times a ...

1400. Loosening Up for Better Production

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... sprig of grass peeking through the crevices of my concrete driveway. The grace of God is as relentless as that grass. In Verse 5 and 6 it says, “Some seed fell on rocky places. It sprang up quickly. But when the sun came up the plants were scorched because they had ... in Christ. No prolonged infancies among us, please. We'll not tolerate babes in the woods, small children who are an easy mark for imposters. God wants us to grow up, to know the whole truth, and tell it in love—like Christ in everything." I ...

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