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226. It Could Happen To You

Luke 24:36-49

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: a bottle of Joy dishwashing liquid, a bucket of warm water, a dishcloth, a really dirty plate (make sure it's not all dry and crusty though) Good morning ... dishwashing liquid today. Isn't that a pretty name for a cleaner? Joy. Smells good, too. (Let the kids pass around the bottle and sniff if they want) Then I dip the dishcloth in this warm water, and get it all sudsy, then I scrub the plate clean. See how clean and shiny it is. It just took a second to wash all that yucky food and grease right off ...

227. Marks Of A Champion

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... good for another. When the Gospel of John says, "God so loved the world . . ." it means God was committed to do something that would save humankind. It didn't mean that God simply had a warm, fuzzy feeling for humanity. Rather, God acted to better humanity's situation. God gave God's Son. Love is an action. Some people have a warm fuzzy feeling for people who are in jail. Coy Pugh so loves people who are in jail that he works to help them regain their lives. Some people have a good feeling about people in ...

228. Playing Church Or Playing Jesus

Leviticus 19:1-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... aglow. She said, `I love everybody.' After a little conversation I discovered that there were some specific exceptions to her love. She made me think of those old-fashioned woolen mittens we used to wear. They kept the hands warm but you couldn't pick anything up when you had them on. Love for God may seem to warm our hearts, but it is not real unless it helps us to take hold of our neighbor's needs." Playing church or playing Jesus? I believe you see the difference. We are the temple of the living God. We ...

229. Son of Man; Son of God

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... . So, why skunk? “Can you think of something worse? “ asked grounds superintendent Les Potts. Cold weather masks the smell. But warm, indoor air releases it. “We’ll probably still lose some trees,” Potts said, “but I have some satisfaction in knowing ... work out the way the thief thinks it will.” However, he did admit wondering what the campus would smell like when warm weather hits in the spring. How do you change human behavior? Make the consequences so unpleasant that people never want to have ...

230. A Terrorist among the Twelve

Luke 6:12-16

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... be true. I’d like people with about 10% of the passion of Simon the Zealot. Zeal is like fire; in a certain amount it warms and gives life; too much burns and consumes. When it comes to church members, I’d rather have a few over-zealous ones whose zeal ... love, than lukewarm folks who don’t get much excited about anything. It is easier to cool down a fanatic than it is to warm up a corpse! III. FINALLY, I WANT YOU TO THINK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT THE VAST DIFFERENCES WHICH EXISTED WITHIN THAT APOSTOLIC BAND. ...

231. The Greatest Table in the World

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... a little coffee shop and perhaps you can go there and find breakfast." Craddock said, "It was packed with everyone trying to find a warm place." As he entered, there were a few that scooted over, and he was allowed to sit down. A moment later, the door opened ... want to order?" "Nothing." "Listen, Lady, if you don''t order, you can''t stay." "Can''t I just stay long enough to get warm?" "Listen, Lady, order something or leave." (Real loud) With that the woman got up to leave, but as she got up, the people on ...

232. Chosen

John 15:1-17

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... his car. As the reporter raced to the hospital, the man in the back seat said, "Hurry, my friend, my child is still alive." A little later he said, "Hurry, my friend, my child is still breathing." Still later he said, "Hurry, my friend, my child is still warm." Finally, he said, "Hurry. Oh, God, my child is getting cold." When they got to the hospital, the little girl was dead. The man who had been holding the child then said to the reporter, "This is a terrible task for me. I must go and tell her father ...

233. The True Story of the Magi

Matthew 1:1-17

Sermon

John Jamison

... it fell from the sky and dropped down into the city well of Bethlehem. According to some legend, that star is there to this day, and can sometimes still be seen by those whose hearts are pure and clean. It's a pretty story. It kind of makes you feel warm inside. There are other legends about this story of the wise men from the east. For instance, how many wise men were there? In the old days in the east, they believed that there were 12 men who made the journey, but now most everyone agrees there were three ...

234. Who Needs a Doctor?

Mark 2:13-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... The visible church may have lost a militant member, but the invisible church has gained a new soul. The moral majority may be frowning, but the Eternal Majority must be rejoicing that she has put down the frosty glass of orange juice and picked up the warm chalice of charity." (Norman Neaves, "Come as You Are", February 16, 1986). Well, whether you agree with Mr. Harris' assessment or not, the point is well taken. In the human family, even the most exalted is not much different at the core of being than the ...

235. Christmas Is On Top Of A Steep Hill

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... moisture spots under a hot, bright sun. God was reaching down and touching me, a God who cared, a God who loved me, who was concerned for me despite my sins. Listen to this image now. Like a stricken child lost in a storm, I had suddenly stumbled into the warm arms of my father. Joy filled me, so intense it seemed to burst my breasts. Slowly I rose to my knees and looked up to him in the awe of gratitude. Kneeling again on the bathroom floor, I gave him myself totally. Whatever you ask me to do father, I ...

236. Miracles In Contrast

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... as a weapon. But here is the strongest power in heaven and on Earth, this is the reason the gates of hell is taken by surprise. When the cold wind of impersonality blows through the world where we live, what warms us? Love. When the cold wind of anxiety turns our soul’s purple, what warms us? Love. When guilt chills us into utter loneliness, what forgives us and thaws us out into freedom? Love. That’s what we’re celebrating here. At Christmas, God is whispering to every person, I love you. Miracles in ...

237. A Love For All Seasons (ii) (communion Meditation)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... love feast, knowing that it is for you that He died. Communion meditation PAUL'S HYMN OF LOVE #7:"A Love for All Seasons" (II) Scripture: I Cor. 13: 4-7 Picture this scene. "It is dusk, and a couple is sitting on an ocean beach. The sand is warm to the touch. The sun is just about to set, kissing the surface of the ocean. A spirit of romance comes over the young woman. Without taking her eyes off of the ocean and sun she says, "Isn't that sunset gorgeous?" The fellow replies, "Well, strictly speaking, the ...

238. Faith Working In Love

James 2:14-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... him? If a brother or sister is ill- clad and in lack of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead ... James. "If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead ...

239. Who Needs A Doctor?

Luke 5:27-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

240. All This and Heaven Too

Luke 18:18-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that a thousand times; he had even preached it. But, by the miracle of grace, which is always the way it happens because it is always gift, the message took hold of Wesley. He described what happened in those moving words: “I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation. And an assurance was given me that He had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.” Along with Luther, Wesley had finally gotten Jesus’ message: “What ...

241. The Curriculum of God’s Kingdom

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... just beginning, God’s rule has gone from being a correct theory to a present experience. God’s rule and reign is moving in like a warm front, which means that a cold front is now on the retreat. The kingdom of God is breaking in with the result that the other kingdom ... war has begun, and this world is the field of conflict. One influence is displacing and replacing another. Where a warm and a cold front collide, guess what happens? There is a tremendous release of energy in thunder and lightning. Tornadoes ...

242. What Is Required of Us?

Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... to bed. "No, Daddy, could you stay here with me? Daddy, I'm afraid. They told all these stories about demons." And I wanted to say, "They're not real." "Daddy, Daddy, would you pray for me that I would be safe?" I could feel it. I could feel warm-blanket Christianity beginning to wrap around him, a life of safety, safety, safety. I said, "Aaron, I will not pray for you to be safe. I will pray that God will make you dangerous, so dangerous that demons will flee when you enter the room." "All right. But pray ...

243. Thank God for Dads

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... day at work: THANK YOU DAD For waking up every morning when it was still dark outside and going to work, while we slept in our warm beds. For wearing that ugly paper tie I made you in first grade. For teaching me how to pray. For coming to all my Little League ... is what that father wrote: “John’s work, 1959, age 2. How many times have I looked into your beautiful face and into your warm, alert eyes looking up at me and thanked God for the one who has now scribbled in my new hymnal. You have made the ...

244. When Is Being Right Wrong?

Romans 3:19-28

Sermon

Rick Brand

... this matter one year from now?" When you make a mistake, make amends immediately. Crow tastes better when it is still warm. If you woke up breathing, rejoice. You still have a chance. Living well really is the best revenge. Being miserable because of ... times. The law may inspire us, but the law exposes our sin, our missing of the mark. The rule about eating crow when it is warm is a clear reminder that you will fail. The law inspires. The law condemns by pointing out the gap between what we should have done ...

245. The Tree That Didn't Get Trimmed

Romans 11:33-34

Drama

Matthew Powell

... old trees as they tell it is rather solemn, but it is an encouraging story for young saplings to hear. Storyteller 1: On warm, autumn days when your trunk is tickled with ants and insects climbing, and the whole glade smells sweet, drowsy, and sad, and ... crusts and clumps of silver snow on their broad boughs, the keen singing of the lonely wind. Storyteller 2: He remembered Tree: the strong, warm feeling of my roots reaching down into the safe earth. That is a good feeling. It means to a tree just what it ...

246. Willibald Krautman's Trip To Heaven

Matthew 11:2-11

Drama

Matthew Powell

... foot) Then he felt something pulling and tearing at his feet. He plunged down and down and down. (Willibald groans loudly) He heard a well-known voice, Wife: What's the matter? What's wrong, for heaven's sake? Storyteller: He opened his eyes. He was in his own warm bed, in his own room. Beside him stood his wife, shaking him by the shoulder. It was clear to him that he was being awakened from a deep dream. Wife: What's the matter with you, you silly fool? You were moaning and groaning as if somebody had cut ...

247. Why The Evergreen Trees Never Lose Their Leaves

John 1:1-14

Drama

Matthew Powell

... looks upstage, away from the audience) Narrator: Winter was coming, and the birds had all flown south, where the air is warm and where they could find berries to eat. One little bird, however, had broken its wing and could not fly with the others. It was alone in the ... cold world of frost and snow. The forest looked warm, so the little bird made its way to the trees, as well as it could, to ask for help. First it came to a birch ...

248. Lite - Or Light?

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... 't smell or smoke, it uses fuel much more efficiently, and the glass is clear and clean, allowing God to shine sharply, warmly in our midst. Ah, yes, the dysfunction wasn't with God. It was with me. The disciplines of the Christian faith are ... pumps with the bellows of our lives to ensure that the dancing flames of our life together will not turn to embers. Friends, church is like a warm and comfortable fire for many of us - helping us to reflect and enjoy God's gift of life. But it is now time to trim the ...

249. Visions and Voices

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... , we may experience an inkling of visionary magic. But beware. If you try to understand this story with your mind, you will most certainly be disappointed. It is only if you try to see it with your soul, that you may find your heart strangely warmed. In this pivotal story in the gospels we are midway through the story - halfway between the birth and the death - teetering between the baptism and the resurrection. And as midlife, midpoint travelers we are still trying to find Jesus. Up until now this Jesus ...

250. How to Love God

Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... "period." Last winter in Birmingham, Alabama, a woman was walking down the main street. She was shopping for Christmas presents when she saw a small boy about seven years old. He was poorly clothed, barefooted, and standing over a heater vent in the sidewalk trying to keep warm. He had a bundle of newspapers under his arm and was trying to sell them to the pedestrians. The woman went up to him and said, "Son, where are your shoes and socks?" "Lady," he said, "I ain't got none." She took him to a department ...

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