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1926. Thanks for the Memories

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... . (Verse 6) People have been stopping me all week. Tell us about our new preacher. Can he teach like Jesus? Does he preach like Peter? Is he a visionary like Paul? – I’ve never met your new preacher. While everything I hear about him is good, my confidence is ... fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes, so that it will be even more fruitful. (John 15:1-2) The fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. (Galatians 5 ...

1927. If Everybody’s Okay, What’s the Problem? (Series: Real Faith for Real People)

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Dumpty, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. The Bible calls that problem sin. “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves” (I John 1:8). Forty years ago, Dr. Tom Harris wrote a best seller entitled I’m OK, You’re OK. As a tool for ... day. When Moses escaped to Midian, God finds him at the burning bush. When Elijah hid in a cave, God shows up for a visit. When Peter hovered around the fire, Jesus caught his eye. Ain’t no mountain high enough, ain’t no valley low enough, ain’t no trouble deep enough, ain’ ...

1928. The Shared Life of the People of God, Part 2

Galatians 6:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the people of God we need to accept and affirm strength, but we also need to accept and minister to weakness. That brings us to verse 1 of our scripture lesson. We could have begun with this as Paul did, but it’s a heavy truth, and I saved it to close with ... wild horses of our nature may take a sudden turn or make a dramatic buck wending us sprawling to the ground. Or, like Peter, we may be betrayed by overconfidence and end up denying Christ. The second signal Paul it giving us is that we need to realize ...

1929. Design for Discipleship

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... was only earthly life only the beginning of an activity which knows no end. (Barclay, The Acts of the Apostles, Daily Bible Study p. 1). It goes on and on in the church which is Christ’s body that is, it goes on provided the Church is faithful to ... from the fact that there were 120 disciples who came together on Pentecost, and 3,000 responded to that mighty sermon of Peter. He had said to the gathered multitude, “Be saved from this perverse generation.” And there were those who gladly received his ...

1930. Deciding To Excel In Everything

II Corinthians 8:1-7, 11-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... critical to the finance committee and the responsible parties in this church to make it happen. I can tell you that we need 4.1 million dollars to hold our own and Missional Apportionments went up 14%. I can tell you all the statistics you want to know. ... and if you would be kind enough to pull it out I would like to talk about it for just a moment. According to Peters and Waterman in their book, In Search of Excellence: Lessons From America’s Best Run Companies, there is a common characteristic of the ...

1931. How to Make Heaven Our Home

Philippians 3:17-4:1

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... for a seat in the U.S. Congress. His opponent was a Methodist Circuit Rider by the name of Peter Cartwright. One night, Lincoln went to hear Cartwright preach. As the fiery Cartwright came to the conclusion of his ... comes to us as a beautiful gift of God. We ought to taste it and share it with the world. IV. HEAVEN, IT’S A MATTER OF CONTINUATION V 4:1 Therefore my brothers and sisters, stand firm in the Lord. The longer I live the more I am interested not in great starts, but great finishes, of making it to ...

1932. Checking Out the Scene

John 1:35-42

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Nicholson, it’s all about movies. If you are Donald Trump, it’s all about money, power, and prestige. If you are James and John, Peter and Andrew, it was all about fishing. They got up every morning and went out to the Sea of Galilee while the mist was still ... it out; give it a chance. It could mean life to you. So for seven days I want to invite you to do three things. 1. STOP Charles Kuralt said, “It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole world is not in flames, that there ...

1933. The Door of Service

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... previously strangers will form a hierarchy based on power and control. They will determine through a series of skirmishes who will be chicken #1, number #2 all the way down to number #10. They will form a pecking order. Put people together in a room, spread ... 't alter my practice, however. It was one small way I could help on Sunday morning. Some service is rendered in being served. Peter protests against Jesus washing his feet. But Jesus said “unless I wash you, you have no part of me." It is always easier ...

1934. Living on Full Alert

Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17. 20-21

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... our lives. So these spiritual writers from the desert often used the analogy of thirst to describe our spiritual need for God. Psalm 63:1, “O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you as in a dry and weary land where there is no ... Book of Revelation and begins to talk about the old Apostle John. John is old now; his body is weary, his friends are gone. Peter is dead; Paul has been martyred. Andrew, James, and Nathaniel have all faded into the background. John is isolated on the tiny island of ...

1935. Follow

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... their boats. I'll never forget 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 ... heard Him calling—start walking. Some of you who are not sure you can trust Him—try it out. For 50 days would you do these 5 things? 1. Put God first in my life. 2. Seek to do what Jesus would do. 3. Worship at least once a week. 4. Pray for world peace. 5. ...

1936. The New Road

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... country from starvation. Solomon had a dream that the Lord would give him a discerning heart. On the day of Pentecost, Peter, taking his text from the prophet Joel said, “The Spirit will be poured out on all people. Your sons and daughters ... chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. “The righteous live by faith" (Romans 1:17). Personally, I would rather live by sight. I like to know what's going on. I prefer to project what is going to happen. ...

1937. Ezekiel: The Problem of Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-10

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

On the day of Pentecost, Peter preached about daughters prophesying, young men seeing visions, and old men dreaming dreams. The Church was born not on what was, but what ... Harvey would say: here is the rest of the story! I. THE VALLEY IS REAL This vision was the third major vision of Ezekiel, a vision of hope for people in the valley of despair. Verses 1-3—The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord, and set me in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. He led ...

1938. Converting to Christianity

Acts 2:14, 36-41

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... need to "repent," in the sense that they're all messed up. How do you invite people to change from the "inside out"? (Mark 1:8, The Message). Probably the best way to invite someone to such a life transformation is to demonstrate that change in your own ... a convincing proponent of nonviolence. Neither can a nontransformed Christian invite others into lives of thorough change. Indeed, could Peter have issued the call so powerfully if he himself were unchanged? Could Paul, after pursuing the new church to ...

1939. Was There No Other Way?

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... HIS DISCIPLES TO PAY A GREATER PRICE THAN HE WAS WILLING TO PAY. Think of Stephen as the stones rip his flesh, and Peter as he dies crucified upside down. Many of the followers of Jesus were burned as torches in Nero’s gardens or torn apart ... that love, to cast off the sin that so easily besets us, and to give our lives to Him as He gave His life for us. 1. Source unknown. 2. Make a Difference: Responding to God’s Call to Love the World (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2004), pp. 87-88. 3. Rev. Adrian ...

1940. The Scope of Love

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... (1770-1844) is the only non Italian sculptor commissioned to have one of his statues erected in St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. He was not allowed to sign his “Monument to Pope Pius VII” because ... was another mist that molded the First Adam into an image of vulnerability and beauty. There are two creation accounts in Genesis: a macro one in Genesis 1, and a micro one in Genesis 2. In the Genesis 2 micro-creation story, God creates “Adam,” “the human being,” the first inhabitant of the earth ...

1941. Life in The Spirit

Romans 8:22-27

Sermon

Gibson “Nibs” Stroupe

... us, seeking us out, wanting us to know that we are loved, that we are known. This is the vision of the Spirit that Peter notes in his quote from the prophet Joel when he speaks on Pentecost. "Spirit" is not another god, nor an angelic messenger from God ... the reign of God: "The time is fulfilled, and the reign of God has come near; repent and believe in the good news" (Mark 1:14-15). The word "repent" means to "turn around," to reorient ourselves and our lives. It certainly means that we should change our ...

1942. Whistling Jesus

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Whistling Dixie. You’ll be Whistling Jesus. COMMENTARY This week’s gospel text is really the second half of a longer unit (15:1-17). Jesus, the master of metaphor, uses the image of the vine, the branches, and the vine grower to talk about the ... of them. Furthermore, among these “friends” still stands Judas Iscariot, the one who will betray Jesus, as well as Simon Peter, the one who will deny him. These “enemies” and “betrayers” are the “friends” for which Jesus will offer his sacrifice ...

1943. Simple Enough?

John 13:31-35

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end" (John 13:1). Love is central to the verse. Jesus is about to demonstrate what love means — first in the upper room, and then on the cross. This ... feet of his disciples before the Love Feast they were shocked — scandalized. Most of them sat silent, not sure what to say. Only Peter could bring himself to protest. Jesus made it clear that if anyone wanted to be a disciple of his, they needed to be ...

1944. A Faith That Matters Between Sundays

Romans 3:19-28

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... 31, then and now that is the date for All Hallows Eve (Halloween, as we know it), the day before All Saints Day, November 1, a day that saw church attendance in medieval Europe at its peak as people gathered to remember the dearly departed. So, as in all of ... . Indulgences had paid for the Crusades. Now, the pope was using them as a "Capital Campaign" to complete construction of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Enter a new player onto the stage, a Dominican friar named Johann Tetzel. Tetzel had been ...

1945. God's Gift

Jeremiah 33:1-26

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... drawn and colored and painted, nailed and hammered, and pasted and sewed. But they were presents, luxurious beyond our dreams....” Peter’s gift to his parents was a crayon drawing of flashy colors in the most modernistic style of the Depression era ... a little boy. They had their arms around one another and were, in a sense, one person. Under the picture Pete had printed one word: US.1 The prophet Jeremiah looks down the corridor of time to see that God has given us a gift. It is the gift of his one and ...

1946. The Great Sacrifice of Love

Luke 9:18-27, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... is impossible to not associate this work of art with the sacrifice of love it represents. In today's lesson from 1 Corinthians, Saint Paul describes the earliest account of the greatest act of sacrificial love the world has ever witnessed, the ... rewards will be great. Jesus says, "The measure you give will be the measure you get back" (Luke 6:38b). We recall Jesus' response to Peter when he asked what would be received for living a life of discipleship. Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house ...

1947. A Resume of Righteousness

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... the tragic division of the kingdom after his death. Likewise in the stories of Jacob or Elijah, of Joseph or Mary, of Peter or Paul. They rank among the great heroes of faith, but the Bible does not pretend that they were perfect. On the contrary, ... to Abraham in a vision and told him, "Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great" (v. 1). What a marvelous word to hear from God! It is encouraging, it is reassuring, and it is generous. We might reasonably expect Abraham to ...

1948. So Send I You

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to show the world the way in which it can be saved. As newborn children of God, we are sent, we are storytellers, and we sing. #1 We are sent into the world, just as was Jesus. We are the sent ones. “As the Father sent me, so send I you.” Various theologians ... seen the Lord” (20:13). Yet . . . Easter Eve still found Jesus’ disciples bewildered and disbelieving. The eye-witnesses of Peter and the “beloved disciple” John and the ear-witness of Mary’s astonishing announcement had not been enough to ...

1949. The Lifesaver App

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... bank is a never completed project. Best-selling author Bill O’Reilly even has a vocab test every night on his #1 Cable News show, “The O’Reilly Factor.” The great thing about a truly “living language”, like English, is that it ... risen and regnant Christ that has made possible the new life on offer to all who follow Jesus. Paul, Apollos, Cephas (that is Simon Peter) were among the most respected and the most rejected followers of Christ in the first century. Yet Paul refuses to allow their names to ...

1950. Do You Have Any Leftovers?

John 6:1-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.” (John 6:1-4, ESV) Matthew tells us that it was evening time when this miracle took place. It was around 6:00 pm and the sun was about ... and He is the baker. Philip flunks his test. It looks like all is lost and then this happens… “One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, ‘There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so ...

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