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2501. The Kindness of Strangers

1 Kings 17:8-24

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... he were carrying cash, yet he received enough food to get by and was sheltered in people's homes along the way. He stayed one night with an older woman who was caring for her brain-damaged granddaughter, yet she welcomed him, too. On another occasion, he found a sense of family on a South Dakota ranch. Elsewhere, he was taken in by a low-income couple that gave him a tent to take with him, even though it was one of their most valuable possessions. Not everyone he met along the way was kind and generous, but ...

2502. As Seen from the Solitary Broom Tree

1 Kings 19:1-18

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... . You'll have a better grip on your situation if you spend less time worrying and more time taking care of your real needs. MIT View: If you're not worrying about work, you must not be very committed to it. We'll find someone who is. 12. Keep Your Sense Of Humor. Begin to bring job and happy moments into your life. Very few people suffer burnout when they're having fun. MIT View: So, you think your work is funny? We'll discuss this with your director on Friday, at 7 p.m.!3 Those suggestions and others like ...

2503. The Smell of Bread

2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... that in this case, Elijah is taken up without even going through death. And sometimes, at the dying of a loved one, some of us sense the power and glory of God as well. What's more, this story comes to us with the assurance that death is not the end; ... into the hands of God who never lets them go. There is no mention of bread in this story but there is the clear sense that whatever happens during the transfer of this righteous person to the heavenly kingdom is not a fearful thing. Knowing that death awaits ...

2504. The Sign of God

Amos 7:7-17

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... with a few fellow Christians — asking them to listen objectively and probe your motivations. 5. Use your best God-given judgment and pray for clarity as you proceed. A man once said, "I prayed for advice but got no clear answer, so I just used my common sense." Of course, God can use common sense as a way to communicate with us. So ask yourself what seems most likely to be the direction you should go? One way to test that is to pray, "Lord, I think you want me to do thus and so. I am going to begin in ...

2505. When Nothing More Can Be Done

Amos 8:1-12

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... life in its enduring form. Yes, we observe and remember the crucifixion of Christ, but our highest holy day is not Good Friday; it is Easter. Ultimately, while the whole Christian year, in one sense, marches us toward the cross, it does not leave us there. It pauses there, to be sure, but eventually it delivers us to Easter. That sense of eternity sometimes comes out in the darkest moments of finality, the time when it is suddenly clear that nothing more can be done. On 9/11, Madeline Amy Sweeney, a 35-year ...

2506. Tales of the Spiritually Stupid

Jeremiah 4:11-12, 18-22

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

... or in salvation. "I have not relented, nor will I turn back" (Jeremiah 4:28). In this, we have hope. In later years, after terrors foreseen by Jeremiah had come to pass, a devastated people looked back through pain and sorrow. It was Jeremiah who helped them make sense of it all and it was his words, which inspired hope in Yahweh's redemptive power. This we profess above all else: Redemption is God's specialty. "For God so loved the world, he gave his only Son," the Bible says. When all the hatred and fear ...

2507. Letters from a Loving Prophet

Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... halt during troubled times. They are to face the cold, hard fact that they are a people in exile. They are going to be where they are for a long time. They should, therefore, settle down, engage themselves in everyday normal activities that lead to some sense of normalcy. In this chapter, the prophet sheds much light upon his concept of God and religion. It also shows that he is now an impressive and influential person among his people. It is a letter that reveals an amount of raw courage that flies in the ...

2508. Calamity and Hope

Joel 2:23-32

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... lived in Jerusalem because his audience was Judah, in the southern kingdom. Whoever he was, Joel speaks forthrightly and forcefully in this short and powerful book. His message is one of foreboding and warning, but it is also filled with a sense of what might be, a real sense of hope. Joel states that our Creator, the omnipotent judge, is also merciful, and wants to bless all those who put their trust in God. Joel begins this book by describing a terrible plague of locusts that covers the land and devours ...

2509. Saintly Visions!

Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... and ever." We, like those who lived in the time of Daniel, live in an uncertain world. People look for security where they can find it. It is especially true in today's world, filled with the threat of terrorism, that people will look for guidance and a sense of hope from our political leaders and our church leaders. We place our hope in them and pray that they will be able to solve the problems that seem so overwhelming as we live our day-to-day lives. Of course, very possibly, the biggest problem we face ...

2510. The Shepherd King

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... those verses prior to the ones we are working with today, one would think that such a leader would possess all the qualities that people expect from a king. There are certain expectations of a king. Kings are from royal blood; they are excellent warriors and lead with a sense of dignity and power. But our reading from the Hebrew Scripture for this day tells us of another image; it is not the image we would expect in a leader. On this Christ The King Sunday let us begin by taking a look at the image of God ...

2511. A Voice in the Wilderness

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... God?” Gordon said the most spiritual moment of that experience was Christmas 1944. Out of deference to the holiday, the men were not given work detail that day and were given a bit more food. He said that as they moved around the prison yard, they sensed that things were somehow different. In one of the barracks (basically a thatched hut with a dirt floor and open sides where the men slept), one soldier began to sing a Christmas carol. It was echoed over the infirmary where men were dying. Then all around ...

2512. A Squirrely Holiday

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Thanksgiving is a wonderfully squirrely holiday. It may not be officially winter according to the solstice, but it is already plenty cold. Snow is on the ground in many places, and the “harvest” we are supposedly celebrating is actually long past. Any one with any sense would find late November a prime time to start rationing supplies, cutting down on excesses, hunkering in the bunker as the cold winds start to whip about. But what do we do? Pull out all the stops? Load up our platters? Put in hours of ...

2513. I Am the Ressurection and the Life

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... witness of history. We have the testimony of people through the ages and therefore, our hope – our hope is not hoping in the normal sense off the word, it’s not wishful thinking. It is the, it’s the very substance of life itself. It’s our greatest certainty ... You’ve come into the Christian life and you’re excited about the faith and you try to live the faith. But it doesn’t make sense to your friends, they want you to be cool as you once were. A wall is there, and we could go on and on. You know ...

2514. I Am the Alpha and the Omega

Revelation 1:1-3

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... am the first and the last and the living one. And behold I am alive forever more, and I have the keys of death and Hades. Sense the power of that. Try to get your mind and heart around it and feel the vibrations of Christ’s presence among us even now. ... comes again? If comes today, if he comes tomorrow, or next week, the question will not simply be, are you ready, in the sense of have you believed and trusted Christ for your salvation? That’s crucial of course. No one is taken to glory except those whose ...

2515. The Perfect Gift

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , all our life seems dark and gray, we can’t sleep at night, and we can’t find meaning in the day. We never thought we would feel this way, but we do, and it’s awful. And we look around, but no hand is there in the darkness; we sense we’re totally alone. Now, I may not have cataloged your need in these two instances, but you know the predicament I’m talking about. Regardless of how diligently you work, how devoted you live, in spite of how many friends you may have or how pleasant your disposition ...

2516. Every Day God Encourages

Acts 4:36-37; 11:22-24

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... all my career who has ever written me a letter to express thanks. I will keep it and treasure it as long as I live." (3) With that letter in hand, he thought of someone else. So he wrote another letter and another. And you know what, because of that sense of gratitude that took hold of his heart, he didn't even notice when he got well. But that gratitude was the curative for his heart and soul. Every Day God Encourages Us To Be Grateful because God knows just how sweet and how much healing power there is in ...

2517. A Bethany Blessing

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... for God. And for many of us, it holds deep significance. And while we are engaged in the work and ministry of this place, it is, in a sense, a home away from home. A safe haven and a place of rest and renewal. Jesus, who had no home of his own, had one of those places ... of his burial. Of course, nobody knew what he was really talking about, but that's beside the point, Mary did. Or she sensed that this was the right time to use the perfume, which, of course, it was. Because shortly after this event, still in ...

2518. Seeing God In The Ordinary: Family

Luke 4:16-30

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... The only role model my family could have been used for was that of a "dysfunctional family." But we put the word fun in dysfunctional. A lot of you grew up in similar situations. And yet in the midst of those difficult situations, some of us found a sense of inspiration. We saw God working in and through the life of another member of the family and it inspired us. We may not have recognized God at the moment but the inspiration of the moment continues to live on. Thank you for sharing your stories about how ...

2519. No Room At The Inn

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... slipping into automatic response mode. And yet, somewhere along the way, usually when we least expect it, this story is born again in our hearts; faith and hope are birthed once more in our spirit. And with Faith and Hope filling our spirits, the world may not make sense, but our place in the world begins to. With Faith and Hope we can face anything because the baby born tonight, Emmanuel, God with us, means we are not alone. The universe is not some black hole sucking the life out of us, it is home to God ...

2520. Overcoming Obstacles - Together

Luke 2:1-7, Psalm 107:1-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . Some say it was an arranged marriage and that Joseph was much older than Mary. That’s OK, that works. But I like to think they were contemporaries, fairly close in age, and not because it makes a better Christmas card but because, to me, it makes more sense in their relationship. The first thing that happened was that Mary and Joseph were betrothed. They were engaged to be married. Back then, it was harder to get out of a betrothal than it was to get a divorce once you were married. It was a social faux ...

2521. What's In A Name?

John 15:9-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... never bothered to look me up. Not once. My Mom remarried when I was about 4 and my step-dad made it pretty clear early on that I wasn't HIS son. So there I was the unwanted son and the unwanted stepson. I can't tell you the sense of belonging and sense of being loved that flooded my soul and filled my heart when I met Jesus and accepted Him as my savior. And because of that love I was one of the most willing servants He'd ever found. And I would have been happy just being a servant ...

2522. The Dachshund Dilemma

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... our mission. Jesus called his followers salt . . . he spoke of the kingdom as leaven. What he was saying is that we should be having an impact on our surrounding culture. A vital church understands its mission. The second thing that a vital church must have is a sense of unity and fellowship. In our lesson from Corinthians, St. Paul writes, “The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ . . .” The church at Corinth was ...

2523. Luke 5:1-11

Luke 5:1-11

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... John, the brothers who had manned the second boat, share in an expression of “amazement” (“thambos”). Thambos means a sense of overwhelming religious awe experienced before the Holy One (see Acts 3:10). Jesus’ words turn attention back to ... .10). While Luke’s verbiage is not as memorable as Mark and Matthew’s “fishers of men,” his use of “zogreo” emphasizes the sense of being “captured alive.” The man whose nets used to bring in a haul of dead fish will now be engaged in capturing ...

2524. Celebration (Series: Fundamentals of Family)

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... . It might save us! Life is a trust. Invest it wisely. II. Celebrate Homecomings You Can Go Home Again. “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘I will arise and go back to my father’” (Luke 15:17). Thomas Wolfe in his famous 1940’s novel says you ... state of health, I am probably never going to play another round of golf. The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on. There is another sense in which Wolf is all wrong. If by going home I mean a return to the essence of who I am, if by going home I ...

2525. Confirming the Testimony

John 10:22-30

Illustration

Brian Stoffregen

... whether he had accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior? The gentleman replied, "Why do you ask me such a thing? I could tell you anything. Here are the names of my banker, my grocer, and my farm hands. Ask them if I've been saved." There is a sense that one cannot testify to one's self. When Mohammed Ali testified, "I am the greatest," that meant nothing until his works testified to that fact. In a ...

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