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1. Is It Better To Catch Or Be Caught?

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... never good at catching things, except a cold now and then. I tried to catch a pony to ride and failed. The butterfly trip was a disaster. I tried catching frogs but didn't try too hard because I didn't know what I would do with them once I caught them. Fish weren't my favorite for eating, so catching them was no treat, because I knew it implied that I would eat them with delight rather than gagging on them, which I always did. I never was good at catching things. A major church denomination has as its theme ...

2. When We Are Caught in a Storm

Matthew 14:22-33

Sermon

James W. Moore

... love into 16 years than most people do in a life-time. We are crushed, but we are all right. Don’t worry about us because God is with us. We can feel His presence nearer than breathing. We can feel His presence as never before.” When we are caught in the storm, God comes in special ways to bring strength and help and hope. Now, here is Lesson Number Three. III. THIRD… IN THESE KINDS OF SITUATIONS, WHEN OUR EYES ARE FIXED ON CHRIST, WE CAN DO INCREDIBLE THINGS… AND WHEN WE TAKE OUR EYES OFF HIM… WE ...

3. Caught in the Middle

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... in their lives, who are "enriched ... in speech and knowledge ... not lacking in any spiritual gift" — how can they commit the sins and blunders for which Paul is about to berate them? It is because they, like us, are pulled in so many directions and caught in the middle — the middle of the process of Christian growth. They have been provided with the teaching, they have been given the tools, but they have not yet arrived. They are not what they were, but they have also not arrived. Once again, we see ...

4. Caught Up In A Dream

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... the kingdom is. Or maybe it just hasn't been presented very well. It reminds me of a woman who read somewhere that dogs were healthier if fed a tablespoon of cod liver oil each day. So each day she followed the same routine ” she chased her dog until she caught it, wrestled it down, and managed to force the fishy remedy down the dog's throat. Until one day when, in the middle of this grueling medical effort, the bottle was kicked over. With a sigh, she loosed her grip on the dog so she could wipe up the ...

5. Caught Between God And Caesar

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

Tony Campolo may be the closest thing we have to a prophet in the church today. Many of you are familiar with him. Tony is a well-known Baptist preacher. And he is a professor of Sociology at Eastern College in St. David's, Pa. Like the prophets of the Old Testament, Tony takes unpopular stands. Anyone else taking the same stands would get run out of the country. But Tony is so fundamentally sound in his theology and such an entertaining speaker, we have to pay attention to what he says! For example, Tony ...

6. The Preacher Was Caught by Surprise

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

King Duncan

I heard an amusing story recently about a Southern Baptist pastor who answered his telephone one day and heard a man's voice. "Please send six cases of whiskey to my house," said the voice. "We're having a party." To say the least, the pastor was surprised. Southern Baptist pastors are not in the habit of delivering cases of whiskey to people's homes. Even more surprising, he recognized the voice as being that of one of his deacons. Evidently the deacon had been calling a liquor store and dialed his pastor ...

7. The Broken

John 8:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... our sin is so that we will learn not to sin, not so that we can go out and continue to sin. Psalm 130: 4 says this, “But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you.” (Psalm 130:4, NLT) She was not sorry, because she had been caught. This woman was now sorry, because she had been converted. She wasn’t just remorseful, but she was repentant. Remember I told you that you are in this story? The truth of the matter is either you are the Pharisee or you are the woman. Maybe you are the Pharisee ...

8. Preaching The Miracles

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... of food, and the result is more than enough for all. The breakfast following the resurrection was a "covered-dish" affair. Jesus had a fire going and with it were fish and bread. After the miraculous catch of fish, Jesus asked the men to bring some of the fish they caught. Surely Jesus could have fed seven men when at one time he fed 5,000. Apparently, he wanted them to have a part in the meal in order to make it a mutual affair. Christ does his part, and he expects us to do our part, to make a contribution ...

9. Shame On Who?

John 8:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... hand." She heard him walk into the kitchen where they have a clock with hands on it, so she thought she would test him. She said, "Johnny, what is the little hand on?" He yelled back, "A chocolate-chip cookie!" Well, this was a woman who had been caught in the very act of adultery. What the Pharisees were doing, snooping around someone's bedroom, we are not told. This was most likely a set-up, because the man that was involved is never mentioned. Here is a woman who cannot hide her shame. Her reputation is ...

10. Captive Free!

Romans 7:15-25a

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... there would be no television tonight. He was going to have to go to bed early. "Johnny, come here." He cowered in fear. All he could see were the laces on his shoes. "Okay, Mom, I was just trying to get away with one, hoping that I wouldn't get caught. But I still couldn't help myself." "I know." "You knew this all along ... and still...." "Yes, Johnny, I love you anyway!" And Johnny never had a hug feel so good. It felt like a burden had been lifted, like the chains had been cut loose, like the captive had ...

11. God Sometimes Changes His Mind

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... drop of blood and brought it back. God said, "The courage of one who gives his life is precious, but not the most precious thing in the world." The angel resumed his quest. Wearily he roamed the earth until he came upon a nurse dying of a disease she caught nursing a child back to health. God said, "The selfless devotion of one who saved the life of a child is very precious, but it also is not the most precious thing on earth." The downcast angel continued to wander. One day he saw a farmer prepared to kill ...

12. When Christ Shall Come

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... quietly left the room, walked down the hallway, entered another room. The dog followed his every movement in the hall and the next room. The parrot squawked, "You're gonna get caught!" From room to room the dog paced right behind the burglar while the parrot annoyingly shouted, "You're gonna get caught!" You're gonna get caught!" At last the burglar finished stealing the jewelry and cash he found in the master bedroom closet. Every move by every muscle was scrutinized by the Doberman. The parrot said, "You ...

13. On the Beach

John 21:15-25, John 21:1-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... is like being carried. It is the most wonderful feeling. Or it may be that you reach a point in your life when you look back and realize how dependent you are on other people. You boast of your self-reliance. You brag about that, your own achievements. You are caught up in this great American myth of self-reliance, and believe all that stuff about it being all up to you. You read the books and you go to the motivational seminars that say you can do it all by yourself. But one day, when you grow old, you ...

14. A Chance To Start Over

John 8:3-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... or dressed. Take the stone you're still holding and FLIP it over in your hand. You see, judgment and being judged are two sides of the same stone. Now, remember what it felt like to be judged. Hold the stone in your hand and think about the one you caught that still hurts. Hold on to the stone in your hand and wrap your memories and the pain of that memory around it. III. The One We Carry A. Third, the stone can be the one we carry. The stone can be the one we carry with us from unforgiven ...

15. The Journey Begins

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... -over-hand and repeating the procedure again and again and again. Jesus is asking a man who had not slept all night, hadn’t caught one thing, who had just finished washing his net of the dirt, the debris, the trash and the garbage that simply tangles a net, to ... life on silver and stuff, but being willing as a once missing person to find other missing persons and to catch others the way you were caught. Is it scary? Yes, it is. Is it costly? Yes, it is. It is a risk to start a church or pastor a church. It ...

16. The Sign of Jonah

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, only about a hundred yards’ off shore. When they had gone ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred fifty-three of them; and though there were so many, the net ws not torn. Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” Now none of the disciples dared to ask him ...

17. God Gives the Pharisees the Finger!

John 7:25-44, John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . Does Jesus pause to think as he’s writing on the temple floor? What is he writing? We know that he pauses to give his “verdict,” then continues writing upon the floor. This is significant. If Jesus says convict her, she’ll be stoned, and he’ll be caught in their trap. If he doesn’t, they can accuse him of not honoring the Law of Moses. But Jesus is not born yesterday. He knows exactly the law, and he knows the parts they are not following. We know he repeats the part of the law which requires ...

18. The Problem With Finding The Kingdom

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

William J. Carl

... own condemnation and deceit its own curse. Do you see now the problem with finding or being found by the kingdom? Whether you stumble across it like the poor man in the field or search for it until you find it like the rich merchant in the marketplace or are caught by it like the fish of the sea, if you’re normal at all, you’re not really sure you’re ready for its joy or its judgment. But that’s not the main problem with finding the kingdom. The main problem with finding the kingdom is that in the ...

19. Communion Is Repentance

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

... with God's strength, not returning to it. When we go to the Lord's Table, we should go as repentant sinners. Realizing that God has caught us in our sins. He knows how we act behind closed doors. He knows how we speak to our spouses. He knows how we dishonor our ... how we act on the job and at school. He even knows the secret thoughts and desires of our hearts. Realizing that God caught us in our sins should strip away our pretentious attitudes and leave us with penitent hearts. We go to the altar as sinners ...

20. Repentance

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

... Yet another said, "Repentance is something we do in corporate prayer, not something we do in our hearts." Repentance is more than mumbling the prayer of General Confession on Sunday morning. Repentance goes far deeper than going through some prescribed behavior when one gets caught, is in a bind, or wants to start with a clean slate. In fact, John the Baptizer gave a strange twist to repentance. In most of Scripture, repentance expresses a variety of ideas: (a) a change of mind, (b) the feeling of regret or ...

21. Going Fishing

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... been to church for at least six months for anything other than a wedding, a funeral or a Christmas or an Easter (we have some on our own roll). I guess the analogy might be that these are fish who have jumped out of the boat and need to be "caught" again. The good news is that there are gracious plenty out there. No need to worry that there are no fish in the sea. Another basic: it helps to know when the fish are biting. During warmer months, some TV weathercasters even give the best times of the day for ...

22. Fish Bait

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the third day. It goes on like this until finally, on the last day of their vacation, one of the men finally catches a fish. As they drive home, they are both really depressed. One turns to the other and says, "Do you realize that this one lousy fish we caught cost us fifteen hundred dollars?" "Wow!" says the other, "It's a good thing we didn't catch any more!" Another one. A man was stopped by a game-warden in a State Park with two buckets of fish leaving a lake well known for its fishing. The game warden ...

23. Show Me The Fish!

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... to assist him in his ministry. He chose the ones who were willing to follow Him. And that requires obedience and humility. Isn't it interesting, though, that even though Peter may have heard Jesus preach and teach before, he didn't fully believe in him until they caught all those fish? Isn't that just like us? No matter how much we agree intellectually that Jesus is the Messiah, few of us are willing to fall down on our knees and call him Lord until he has done something to personally affect our lives. If ...

24. Missing the Mark

1 Samuel 8:1-22

Sermon

Charles Allo

... that decision was immediately weighed and counted in my heart. My values of fear and control outweighed the inner competing desires of relationship and peace spent from knowledge given by God concerning the situation. I rejected what I knew to be, to what I held to be. My life caught up to the underlying fears that I held within. It was only a matter of time. I ended what could be for the fear of what might be. It is a matter of time. What are you ending that could be for fear of what might be?. Now this ...

25. Out Into The Deep Water

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... in, he cast and cast and he cast but still didn't catch anything. He got frustrated and wanted to trade spots again. We did and he caught one just over a pound. But then I cast again, into the same spot I'd been fishing before and on the second cast pulled about ... drop, so it hit the bottom, let it sit for a couple of seconds, then reel it in, you'd get a bite almost every time. I caught fish because I knew the secret of the tank but I also put out to the deep water. Jesus did the same thing one day. It' ...

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