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1401. Minding the Store of Our Lives

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... Moab women leading to their worship of Baal (Numbers 25:1-18). Again, referring to the Israelites' sojourn in the desert (Numbers 16:41-49 and 21:5-6 as two examples) Paul tells the Corinthians how the people tested God and complained against ... it is the only proper path. Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me" (John 14:6). We must do what we can to lessen the burdens of the Lord. Jesus said it well to Satan during his temptation in the desert ...

1402. A Little Town of Great Renown

Micah 5:2-5a

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... At that moment, like a rushing wind, the Spirit of God enters David, and at the same time departs from Saul (1 Samuel 16:1-13). Later, when David is fleeing from the wrath of the maniacal King Saul, who is after his hide, David hides ... , the village lives up to its name. The "Bread of Life" comes down from heaven to enter human history in Bethlehem, the "House of Bread" (John 6:35, 51). There had been some big events in the life of Israel: The Exodus, Moses and the Ten Commandments, David anointed king, and ...

1403. The Light of Christ

Isaiah 9:2-7

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... God spoke again through the prophet Isaiah to say, "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light" (Isaiah 9:2; Matthew 4:16). The first time God spoke to light up the world, the second time God's Word came to light up our hearts with the promise ... died for the sins of the entire world so that all nations might turn from darkness to light. Jesus is the light of the world (John 8:12), and so are we, his people. Just as Isaiah brought the message of God's light and salvation to his dark times, so ...

1404. Home at Last

Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... gathers them to give them instructions. He advises them to be "wise as serpents and innocent as doves" (Matthew 10:16). Nehemiah would have understood this advice of Jesus. He has already employed this strategy with those who are trying to undermine ... would commit to forgiveness, justice, and love for one another. King shared the dream of the prophet Isaiah (40:3-5), also proclaimed by John the Baptist (Luke 3:4-6) that ... one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, ...

1405. Jailhouse Rock

Acts 16:16-34

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... out on many occasions, "These men are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you a way of salvation" (Acts 16:17). Most High God was the Gentile name for the God of the Hebrews. Evidently this began to annoy Paul after ... up by Christians as an example of the way that the love of Jesus trumps even concerns for our own safety. In the book of Revelation, John sees martyrs like Willems rejoicing in heaven, vindicated as part of the heavenly choir singing to God's glory, doing just fine, thank you very much ...

1406. The Perfect Gift

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... enough money to buy shoes, the teenager said, but she’ll probably never get enough money to. The bus driver, a man named John Williams, said that the pregnant woman was about 35 years old and she got on the bus wearing a tattered coat and ripped socks ... than I do.’ Contacted later, the young Dailey said ‘the deed was really nothing, and he smiled, after all, it’s Christmas.’ That 16- year old boy had found the answer. Emanuel dwells in us in love, and stays alive in us as we share that love. When ...

1407. Every Day God Equips

John 14:15-27

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Every Day God, Equips us for our task. In other words, God supplies the tools we need to carry out the Great Commission. Listen to what Jesus tells the Disciples in the Upper Room on the night He was betrayed and arrested. John 14:15-27 (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 you forever. [17] This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him ...

1408. Same Table, Different Chairs

John 15:11-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... gathered the Disciples he had a lot of things he had to say to both Disciples and to us. Listen to what Jesus said as recorded in John 15:11-17 (NRSV) [11] I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be ... 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 ...

1409. Walking First Class

2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... is still there, since only in Christ is it set aside. [15] Indeed, to this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds; [16] but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. [17] Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, ... , our Christian Disciplines and the work of the Holy Spirit we are becoming more and more like Christ each day. John Wesley would call this Sanctification or Sanctifying Grace or going onto Perfection. Today, as it relates to Walking First Class ...

1410. That's All I Want

Psalm 23:1

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... by rote without ever thinking about the meaning. Because we know it so well, we don't listen to it any more. It's right up there with the two great commandments to "love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourselves" and John 3:16. These are some of the core beliefs of our faith but because they are so familiar, we've let them lose their meaning in our lives. It's sort of like when you move to a new community. The first thing you do is start learning street names and ...

1411. Followed By Mercy

Psalm 23:6

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... being chased and haunted by our past. There is a big difference you know. God's goodness and mercy aren't there to judge and condemn, God's goodness and mercy are there to set us free from the baggage we've been lugging around so long. We all know John 3:16, we can quote it in our sleep. "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. But we forget verse 17 which clearly states: "Indeed, God did not send the Son ...

1412. Compliments Of The House

Psalm 23:6

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... we'd all feel guilty about it but excited that we'd gotten away with it for another year. It wasn't until we were 15 or 16 that we figured out that Aunt Viola knew what we were doing all along. Not only that, but after that first year, she made sure there ... house or the mansion or the place prepared and built just for us by the very hands of Jesus our Savior. If you remember the passage from John 14, that's what Jesus said. "I go to prepare a place for you so that where I am, you may be also." What will it be ...

1413. The Character Of Christmas; Herod: The Not So Great

Matthew 2:13-22

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, "Out of Egypt I have called my son." [16] When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around ... never melts, a Scrooge whose heart is never touched and remains hard as stone and cold as ice. He may be the one John Calvin was thinking of when he came up with the theology of the Total Depravity of Humanity. In all of Christian history, there ...

1414. Show and Tell

Mark 1:16-22

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Crackers. (1) I know that was bad but I couldn't pass it up. This morning we continue our series "Reaching Out Without Passing Out" and the topic for today is Show and Tell. Let's look at the passage from Mark 1:16-22. Here we have the call of Peter and Andrew, James and John. Obviously they saw something in Jesus, in his personality and lifestyle that was inviting. Jesus SHOWED them who he was with how he lived. And then Jesus took time to TELL them how to have the same thing. And Jesus called them to ...

1415. The Adventure Begins

Ephesians 1:15-23, Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the Ephesians 1:15-23. [15] I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason [16] I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. [17] I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus ... mistake because there on our own Road to Damascus we discover that Jesus died for us, just like He died for Paul and Peter, James, John and everyone else. And that changes our lives. So you see, this Book is not only God's story it is Our story. Stanley Hauerwas ...

1416. What's In A Name?

John 15:9-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... that I discovered I wanted, desired, needed for myself. One I've discovered I can't live without. Listen to how Jesus describes that relationship. John 15:9-17 (NRSV) [9] As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. [10] If you keep my ... 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 ...

1417. Cross Eyed: Promise

John 3:14-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... situation. In the Scripture this morning, Nicodemus' actions are almost comical. And a bit ironic as we'll see as we hear Jesus message to Nicodemus. Let's look at the passage, John 3:14-21 [14] And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, [15] that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. [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. [17] "Indeed, God did not ...

1418. Valley of Suffering (Series: Peace in the Valley)

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... said, “Life is not fair—get over it.” That night I held a mother in my arms as she absorbed the news that her 16 year-old daughter has been killed in an automobile accident. Through her tears, she looked me in the eye and said, “Life is not fair ... Slowly a sense of quietness and peace filled the room. III. Resurrection Wins “Jesus said, ‘I am the resurrection and the life”’ (John 11:25). “We are dust and to dust we shall return. But thanks be to God who gives us the victory.” Almost ...

1419. Seen The Doctor Lately?

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... strangers. [14] Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. [15] Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. [16] Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are. [ ... so the church can pay the light bill, salaries, buy curriculum and continue reach out to others through evangelism. The apostle John writes, "We love because Christ first loved us." And the same could be said for giving and for evangelism. We ...

1420. A Sunday Kind of Love

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... him down to hell and back, back to Earth and back to Heaven. But Jesus was also the Beloved: “This is my Son, the Beloved” (Matthew 3:17). And God the Lover “so loved the world that God gave his only Beloved, God’s only begotten Son” (John 3:16). What is perfected in God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, being the Lover, the Loved, and Love itself, isn’t so perfectly expressed by God’s people. I like the story of the church that took as its Lenten theme “The Hard Sayings of Jesus.” Each ...

1421. When You Want to Run Away

Psalm 11:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... wisdom to know the difference.” (Barry Boulwaro, “The Power is Not Yours”, a sermon preached at Francis Street UMC, St. Joseph, Missouri, February 16, 1986) Do you see the point I am making? We can’t simply function by our own will power. Of course there is a ... reason, brought her a Bible, It was a half of a New Testament in a popular paper-back edition, containing St. John’s Gospel, the Acts of the Apostles, and the letters of St. Paul. It was illustrated with charming line—drawings. Leafing ...

1422. Impossible Possibilities

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... you have been chosen for a partnership which fulfills the will of God on earth as it is in heaven. Mary is chosen. Jesus said to his disciples, You did not choose me, I have chosen you, and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last (John 15:16). You are a chosen person today. When I was growing up, I was a little kid among older teens and adults. On Sunday afternoons we all played ball, not in nice parks and great recreation centers as we do today. In the winters it was basketball in the barn ...

1423. Let Go of the Stone

Mark 16:1-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... the first day of the week, Mary, the mother of Jesus; Mary Magdalene, a devoted follower of Jesus; and Salome, the mother of James and John; make their way to the tomb to finish the embalming rituals left undone in the darkness of Good Friday. As they travel along, one question ... Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb because they were afraid (Mark 16:8). Bewildered means confounded, confused, distracted, dumbfounded, disconnected, dazed, mixed-up. Is there anywhere we are more ...

1424. Can the Rich Be Saved?

Mark 10:17-27

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... says, “He who trusts in his riches shall wither.” 2. Matthew 6:9 says, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth.” 3. Luke 16:3 says, “You cannot serve God and mammon.” 4. I Timothy 3:3 says, “A bishop should not be a lover of money.” Then ... 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 ...

1425. The Power to Do Good

Acts 10:34-38, 44-48

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... on public buildings, we would be wise to inscribe them on our hearts and honor them with our lives. Paul dares to say in Romans 2:16 that people who have never heard the gospel will be saved by following their consciences. The law written on their hearts will be credited to them ... only prayer now is to finish well. So, I leave you with these words from our founder, John Wesley: “Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can ...

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