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2551. Do I Dare Be Different?

Matthew 5:10; 10:1-42

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... patterns and labels. We like to put a mark on persons to classify, categorize and pigeon-hole them. We do this with professional people: the doctor, the teacher, the lawyer, and especially the preacher. We put a preacher in a certain category and expect him to stay there, conform to that pattern, act in that way. If he breaks out of it, we are suspicious of him or her. We like to label and categorize. When persons fail to conform to the prescribed pattern, to fit the categories we have designed for them ...

2552. On Being Lifted Beyond Ourselves

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... wilt from now on. I am as one with thee; I am thine; I flinch from nothing so as thou dost think that it is good. Lead me where thou wilt; put on me what raiment thou wilt. Wouldst thou have me hold office or aschew it, stay or flee, be rich or poor?’ " Today, the charismatics, with all their weaknesses and strengths, seem to be calling us back to this vital trust in the acting Spirit of God. This reveals the coming kingdom of Christ as something above mere humanistic manipulation, as well intentioned ...

2553. The Surprise of Absolute Victory

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... contentedness, but in a feeling of sureness that Someone was leading on in all the frightening jungles of tangled human relationships - leading to ultimate fulfillment."8 We put it on the line in family relationships, in all relationships. Win or lose, live or die, we stay in there fighting, until the game is called. To this God calls us - not to predetermined success! He will fill out the picture as we go. This is the experience of finding ourselves face to face with God. In his presence the unclean and ...

2554. Journey To The Cross IV: Jesus and Judas

Mark 14:43-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... of expressing appreciation, of giving or accepting forgiveness, of commitment. Judas missed his moment and sometimes so do we. Malcolm Muggeridge once wrote, “Both Mother Teresa and I visited Calcutta many years ago. We both saw the wretched people there and shivered. She stayed and did something about it! I went home and did nothing!” In life’s great moments, what do you do? Judas missed the message, the mandate, and the moment, and that was his undoing. It could be our undoing too. Because, you see ...

2555. Journey To The Cross VII (Easter): Jesus And The Women At The Tomb

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... love and victory and forgiveness and life and salvation. So, you see, events can be redeemed and things can be redeemed. III. Third And Finally, People Can Be Redeemed. Easter reminds us that people like you and me can be redeemed. We don’t have to stay the way we are. We can be forgiven, reshaped, reclaimed, resurrected. Be honest with yourself. Is there something in your life that needs to be changed? Is there a secret sin, a vengeful spirit, a bad temper, a lack of commitment, a hateful attitude in you ...

2556. I WANT TO BE NOTICED

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... to the Lord is saying yes to yourself and the full life God wants you to have. There is also life after death. During his life, Jesus spoiled every funeral he ever went to ... even his own. After his crucifixion they buried him, but he did not stay buried. He is also willing to spoil your funeral if you will only let him. Letting him means believing that in Jesus there is forgiveness for your shortcomings and wrong actions ... that in Jesus there is a bridge from this life into eternity. The next time you ...

2557. TOO MUCH RELIGION?

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... peace and happiness come from being very close to God and trusting in him. Suppose my young daughter came to me and said, "Daddy, I love you and will do anything you want me to." To which I reply, "Lisa, get rid of all your toys, no more friends, stay in your room, and very soon you will be the unhappiest child on Long Island." How ridiculous! If she came trusting me with her life, I would try even harder to give enhancing direction to it. God is no different. When we give ourselves completely to him, we ...

2558. The Excitement of Meaningful Living

John 10:10 · Matthew 6:33 · Ephesians 3:20

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... bits. Everyone else was afraid of him; but Jesus approached him with calm, caring assurance. The wild man found his peace and his sanity and found himself sitting at the feet of Jesus "clothed and in his right mind." He wanted to follow Jesus but the Master said, "No, stay with your people and minister to them." Nicodemus was a man - not too hot, not too cold. He was a prisoner of his intellect, and blind to the heart and soul of things. He was a slave to the routine facts. He was the only one to whom Jesus ...

2559. The Gospel According to Christ’s Enemies

John 11:1-16

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... one is our redemption. It is not a gory deed but a deed of glory - a life revealed in death that is the foundation of our faith. Why the Delay It is a shock when we read John’s statement, "So when he (Jesus) heard that he was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was." Arthur John Gossip refers to this as "The Strange Tardiness of Jesus Christ."11 One would think that, hearing of his friend’s illness, Jesus would drop everything he was doing, saying, "My friend Lazarus needs me. I must go ...

2560. Forever His

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb!’ " (Revelation 7:9-10). This is part of John’s vision in which he authenticates Paul’s words from our text and Jesus’ promises. The dead in Christ are not in the grave. Dead Christians do not stay in their physical bodies buried in some cemetery. To be sure, this is hard for many of us to believe. The undertakers do a marvelous job of trying to make the bodies of our loved ones look natural, for our comfort and peace of mind. But in reality it ...

2561. "Can Do" Christianity

Philippians 4:10-20

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... his new master. It is like a woman who had been under a psychiatrist’s care for many months. Finally the psychiatrist told her, "I cannot help you any more, but I want you to do something. Go sit at the foot of Niagara Falls for two hours. Stay until you are thoroughly wet from the mist. I want you to do this so you will realize that there is something greater than yourself." A "can do" Christian realizes that Jesus Christ is infinitely greater than one’s self in every way, and thus has committed his ...

2562. A LITURGICAL DRAMA FOR LENT

Drama

Tom Eberle

... of which God had spoken. [Mother and son begin walking slowly toward the altar, which has only the parament on it. They will stand behind the altar facing the congregation.] On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. He said to his men, "Stay here with the ass while I and the boy go over there; and when we have worshiped we will come back to you." So Abraham took the wood for the sacrifice and laid it on his son Isaac’s shoulder; and he himself carried the fire and the knife ...

2563. A LITURGICAL DRAMA FOR ALL SAINTS’

Drama

Tom Eberle

... . For the one sitting in the box is each of us. Each one here holds the lead part. Let us begin with the script. Box: I think I should warn you that according to the script I lose, and eventually leave this box. But then again, if you decide to stay in your box and take it home with you - I win. [pause] Or does that mean we both lose? Jew: [standing at the back of the sanctuary holding a lighted candle] Let us begin at the beginning. I am a Jew, but don’t look so startled. [begins slowly walking ...

2564. The Post Launch Slump

2 Cor 8:10-11

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... gotten down to flying the planes in and out. Really, it is no different with the programs of the church. Beginnings are fun, but nuts and bolts are important! Grand openings are wonderful, but what good a grand opening if what has been opened doesn’t stay open? This all amounts, I think, to the utter necessity that in the church, and indeed in other institutions as well, we be attentive to the dynamics of maintenance. Maintenance, I’ll grant you, is not glamorous, but try and live without it and you ...

2565. Are You Still Frightened of the Dark?

Genesis 1:1-5 · John 1:4-5 · Psalm 139:11-12

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... in agriculture. If the sun did not shine with regularity over the state of Florida, there would be no Florida orange juice. That’s true in plant life. Without what the biologists term the process of photosynthesis, the leaves of the prayer plant in my office would stay closed up and soon die. That’s true in human life. Shortly after we moved to Glens Falls, some friends from Boston visited with us. The husband found it necessary to arise in the night and find his way to the lavatory. On his return trip ...

2566. Issachar

Genesis 49:1-28

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... platitudes?’ " We covet the spiritual power of Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena, yet we are unwilling to undergo rigorous discipline, those holy habits which are the essence of spiritual growth. We maintain we want vitality in the church, but we refuse to stay on our knees long enough to learn how to pray. A young man has developed great skill in weight lifting. After months of arduous training the result is handsome muscle. The secret is, if muscle is to be developed, it must be given maximized ...

2567. Phoebe

Joel 2:28-32

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... the church, Phoebe plunged into its life and thought with the identical exuberance and verve she always demonstrated; no half-hearted, lukewarm member. We may be sure she opened her home for worship services, and she offered hospitality to missionaries. During Paul’s stay in the area she may have been his hostess. Who has not seen the Phoebe character, played to the hilt, in the local congregation? Without her, the church would not be the moving, progressive grass roots force it is today. The Phoebes of ...

2568. THE WITCH OF ENDOR

Drama

Marcia Miller

... ... SAUL: No, I’ll be there. We need to get ready. ENDORA: Sir, you’re tired, and you probably haven’t had anything to eat all day long. LEUMAS: We’ll be all right, woman. ENDORA: Let me prepare some food for you. LUCAS: Yes, Saul, let’s stay. You can’t go on without eating. ENDORA: I risked my life for you earlier. Now, do as I say. LEUMAS: Maybe she’s right. LUCAS: Do as she says, Saul. SAUL: Yes, I guess I am tired. Food might help. ENDORA: Girls, girls, bring the food. [The GIRL ...

2569. THIS MAN NAMED JESUS

Drama

Marcia Miller

... parents took him to the temple for Passover, as was Jewish custom. There were other lads who had celebrated their twelfth birthday that year, but those who were there knew that this boy was different. When it was time to return home, the boy stayed behind. He was found three days later, still at the temple, sitting with the teachers, discussing theological questions with maturity and understanding. Mary started to scold her son. "Don’t you know we’ve been worried about you?" she asked. "Your father and ...

2570. Living Water for a Thirsty Soul

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

... She came to the well in solitude; she returns in congregation. She cam to the well as one disgraced; she returns as one graced! The villagers ask Jesus if he will remain with them. Many villages in Galilee ask Jesus if he would leave, this one asks him to stay. And he did remain for several days, we are told. At the conclusion of this time the townspeople say to the woman: “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard him ourselves and we know that this is indeed the Savior ...

2571. The Guy With The Donkey

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... work leading people to Jesus. And he is still busy making money to underwrite the work of Christ. Both she and he lent their donkeys to Jesus. All of us have some donkeys. If some smart aleck claims to be married to one, we will make him or her stay in after church. All of us have something which, if given to the Lord, will help him enter another city, another nation, another heart. Max Lucado, that Texas preacher and writer, claims that the guy with the donkey is one in a long line of folks who gave little ...

2572. Can We Really Get Along?

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... bucket and ate with them. They listened to his message, and their hearts burned with the excitement that only truth dripping with the Holy Spirit can bring. For the first time in any Samaritan's memory, Jews were invited to be their guests. Jesus and the disciples stayed for two days, and many Samaritan souls were saved. After a while they forgot that they were Jews and Samaritans; they were just children of God who had met the Savior of the world. Let me add a footnote. Later, perhaps a year and a half ...

2573. Converting the Converted

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... my mother’s walking three miles each Sunday to church and Sunday school, I most probably would not be standing in this pulpit today. If it were not for the prayers of our parents in our behalf, we might never have been brought into the church or stayed in it. You can cooperate with God in bringing people to conversion by simply witnessing in your own way. Through the years as a pastor I know of people who came to Christ and joined the church because some laymen took the time to make calls upon unchurched ...

2574. Not For Sale at Any Price

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... he finds the best in Christ. Take the matter of money. Money in itself is not evil. It is very necessary. You need money to buy groceries, to purchase clothing, to pay the utilities, and to meet the mortgage payments. You must have money to stay alive. For the Christian, however, money is not everything; it is not the highest value in life. It is secondary to the riches of the grace of Christ. There are things more valuable than money, things money cannot buy: friendship, love, honor, respect, faith, hope ...

2575. Jesus ... Who?

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... do have reason to be proud of Jesus. You and I can be proud of his courage shown when he was threatened by King Herod. Jesus refused to flee even though it was reported that Herod was out to kill him. He replied, "Tell that fox": I am going to stay here and do my work, and when my work is done I will move on! You have to be proud of courage like that. We can be proud of Jesus for the way he handled the woman caught in adultery. Religious leaders were about to stone her to death. It ...

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