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2576. He Commanded Us to Preach

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... towards remorse and conviction to make ourselves and others better. We cannot therefore compromise the gospel of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection, for he commanded us to preach. Our great commission may be found in Luke 4:18-19 as well as Matthew 28:19-20: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord ...

2577. Choosing the Way to the Cross

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

James W. Moore

... called to be prima donnas… We are called to be servants. We are called to take up the mission of Christ… and to emulate the servant spirit of our Lord. Have you heard about the man who went up to Alaska? After he had been there for a few months, he ran into ... the Christian faith, isn’t it? Jesus chose not the way of the crown, but rather the way of the cross. And listen! That’s the spirit in which He wants us to live. He calls us to follow His lead and to choose the way of the cross… a cross, not a ...

2578. It's O.K. To Be Extravagant

John 12:1-11

Sermon

James W. Moore

... and tell my story… and you can tell them for me that I am so grateful for what I’ve already had… but I’m keeping my fork because I know that something even better is coming!” Let me ask you something: Do you have that kind of victorious spirit? Do you have that kind of deep faith? Do you have that kind of extravagant gratefulness? If not, why not? Because Jesus taught us that it’s O.K. to be extravagant in our generosity and in our gratitude. III. Third And Finally, It's O.k. To Be Extravagant ...

2579. All I Want for Christmas is a Savior

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

James W. Moore

... ourselves. We all need to be converted from selfishness to love, or to put it more dramatically, we all need a Savior! Well, this is the good news we celebrate at Christmas. Two thousand years ago, God looked down and saw the sick disillusioned Scrooge-like spirit of the world, and He knew that would not work, so He sent His Son to save us and change us and show us a better way. Christ came to change us from greedy, selfish, disillusioned people into generous, loving, gracious servant people. That's Number ...

2580. David and Bathsheba

2 Samuel 11:1-27, 12:1-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... no consequences to what we do. Rather, the cross "crosses them out," makes it possible for life to continue, and for God to do great things. We have come to call that "Amazing grace!" YES! Then, "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me." Amen! 1. Young & Drake, "Blondie," The Washington Post, January 28, 2000, C12, quoted in Homiletics, July-August, 2000, p. 33 2. I Samuel 13:14 3. I Chronicles 11:4-6 4. Homiletics 5. cf. II Samuel 23:18-39 6. Homiletics 7. Deuteronomy. 23:9 ...

2581. What Do You Believe About Eternal Life

John 14:5-14

Eulogy

James W. Moore

... was the bedtime prayer taught to little children during Biblical times. “It was the First Century Version of ‘Now, I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep…’” “Father, I’m about to go to sleep now… so into Thy hands I commit my spirit.” “I’m going to sleep now, Father. I know You are here to watch over me… and I know You will be near when I wake up.” It was the prayer of total and complete trust. It was the prayer of total and complete confidence. It was the prayer ...

2582. The Apostles' Creed: I Believe

Mark 9:14-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Father, Almighty." You said you believed in Jesus Christ, God's only Son. You went on to describe Christ's miraculous birth, his sacrificial death, his resurrection and ascension, and your conviction that he is coming back again. You said you believed in the Holy Spirit and this incredible community of believers called the church. You said you believed in the power of the present and future over the past when you said you believed in the forgiveness of sin. And finally, you said you had a living hope that ...

2583. The Birdies

Luke 18:15-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... sound and flew into the garage. They took care of me." "They did?" "Yes," he said. "One of the "birdies" came and got you. She came to tell you I got stuck under the door." Mrs. Glenn realized that a three-year-old had no concept of death and spirits, so he was referring to the beings who came to him from beyond as "birdies" because they were up in the air like birds that fly. "What did the birdies look like?" she asked. Brian answered. "They were so beautiful. They were dressed in white, all white. Some of ...

2584. Let's Play, Stump The Theologian!

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... , not by knowledge. But one day it will be revealed to us. We will be in the presence of the Father and the Son and the Spirit. How can we be in the presence of all three at the same time? It beats me, but as St. Paul says in another place, "I ... contain. But our greatest need is not understanding, but trust that God is with us ” whether we experience God as Father, Son or Holy Spirit. God is with us and will be with us until that day comes when all will be revealed. 1. Arnold Willis, SENSE AND NONSENSE, ...

2585. A Time For Miracles

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... no end." The bewildered Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am a virgin?" The angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore, the child to be born will be holy; he will ... answered, "I knew you would come. I asked Jesus to send you." Elizabeth went home to her family, but now she was in the Christmas spirit. (1) This is a season of miracles, isn't it? It is also a season for stories. There was a story in the newspapers sometime ...

2586. A Firm Grip On Your Balloon

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... at least three kinds of people. SOME WERE MERE SPECTATORS. We read that three thousand persons were added to the church. Surely at least twice that number paused for a moment and then moved on. They were attracted by the spectacle but they were not moved by the Spirit. They held their balloons firmly in tow. Some people are like that. They're like this shy fellow I heard about who had his first date with a young woman who seemed to take things a little faster than he did. After taking her to a movie, he ...

2587. Peace

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... more than Four, so anything that Four claims, I can claim one extra." Six, of course, had a great deal to say for himself because six means half-a-dozen. Nothing could be more important than Six. Then Number Seven spoke, "Well, there are seven gifts of the Holy spirit, and seven cardinal virtues and seven vices and all the rest, so Number Seven has as good a claim as any to be the most important." Number Eight came in to say, "Well, after all, if you know anything about rowing, it’s an eight on the river ...

2588. The Manger Is Empty

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... prepare for Christ's birth. I. MANGER EMPTY Right now, the manger is empty, because in the time line of our celebration, Christ hasn't been born yet. In our preparation, it's time to rummage through the boxes and trunks in the attic of our minds and spirits and dig out the trunk labeled Christmas Memories. It's time to dig out and open that drawstring sack of hope and promise and carefully pour out its contents. Then with equal care so that none of the fragile memories are broken or destroyed, we read, scan ...

2589. Waiting For The Angels

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... this, and when the temptations started up again, he did not pray that the struggle be taken away from him. Instead he prayed: "Lord, give me strength to get through the fight." (1) The Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. How else could he know our situation, if he had not walked the valley we walk. The Spirit led him into the wilderness. It is a very familiar scene to you. Jesus had been fasting. He was hungry. The devil came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, command ...

2590. A Most Successful Sermon

Acts 2:14a, 36-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... to make a reaffirmation of your faith? Do you need to allow Christ access to more of your life than you have been permitting him in the past? Repent of your sins. Reaffirm your faith. Finally, Peter says to the new believers, receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. There was a young lady who worked in an enormous factory, one of the largest factories of its kind in the world. One day she confided to her pastor that she would have to quit. “What’s the matter?” he asked her. “Doesn’t the factory have ...

2591. Christ Has Gone Up

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... rule, to put all things under his feet.” Deus Ascendit. God has ascended. The setting for our lesson today is the Mount of Olives. Jesus has broken bread with his disciples. He has announced to them that soon they will be baptized with the Holy Spirit, and when the Holy Spirit has come upon them, they will be given power to be witnesses for him, not only in Jerusalem, not only throughout Judea, not only in Samaria, but to the very ends of the earth. When he had spoken these words, he was lifted up before ...

2592. How Have We Made It This Far?

Acts 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... something, they give freely to the man who has nothing; if they see a stranger, they take him home, and are happy, as though he were a real brother. They don’t consider themselves brothers in the usual sense, but brothers instead through the Spirit, in God.” It was that quality of caring, so unique in that pagan empire, that most impressed those who encountered early Christians. That quality is still the church’s greatest earthly asset. Of course, that doesn’t mean that every Christian contributes a ...

2593. The Way Life Ought To Be

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... 's a crazy world!Still we dream. We share with St. Paul that idyllic hope of a world patterned after the life of Jesus himself. Listen to St. Paul's words: "So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any incentive of love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to his ...

2594. A Pentecostal Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... infused with the same joy, the same love, the same energizing power that characterized the church on the day of that first Pentecost. That is only natural. We need to understand, however, that the first Pentecost was an unique event in human history. The descent of the Spirit on the church on that sacred day was an act of God, not of man. It was not something that was conjured by the disciples. Because it was an act of God, we need to see some of the very important implications. FIRST OF ALL, PENTECOST ...

2595. Visioning Or Vanishing?

Proverbs 29:1-27

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... off the coast of Maine, being surrounded by water in every direction, we also often miss the VISIONS that are often right in front of our eyes if we would only take the time to really look. We not only need sight, but insight which only the Holy Spirit can impart to us to claim the "Vision" God wants us to claim. One of the wonderful Lincoln stories concerns an incident that took place in his White House years during the Civil War. He didn't go to church regularly on Sunday because his presence was rather ...

2596. The Forgiven

Hebrews 10:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... father teared up, but wouldn't allow himself to cry. Robert's mother wept openly. Everyone in the family sat in emotionladen silence when Robert was finished. Christmases past had been times of anger and bitterness, but this Christmas Robert brought a new spirit into the family, a spirit of togetherness and reconciliation. Robert's parents hung the tribute in the best spot in the room, and they left it there for the rest of their lives. It was moving proof that they had done some things right in their lives ...

2597. Finishing In The Top 10%

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... thanksgiving. Impiety consists in deriding God, while, at the same time, counting upon having bread next year." The words of the Doxology remind us that we're not alone in our praise to God. The pious know not just the words to the Doxology but the spirit behind them: "Praise God, from whom all blessings flow!" God is the source of all blessings. "Praise Him, all creatures here below!" Not just the preachers, all of us! "Praise Him above ye heavenly host!" We're surrounded by a cloud of witnesses in heaven ...

2598. Four Ways To Defeat Stress

Matthew 14:13-21

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... food for the body, so they wouldn't be hungry and their tummies wouldn't growl. But Jesus also gave people food for their spirits. You know what food for your spirit is? It's not like food we can eat. It's like love, and caring, and knowledge and wisdom. This is the kind of "food" our spirit needs. And Jesus can give us both kinds. He will give us food for the body and food for the spirit if we'll just ask Him. Let's pray right now and ask Jesus to give us both kinds of "food" that we need ...

2599. Behind Closed Doors

Joel 2:12-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... :10-12 NRSV). That's what we want most of all--to have the joy of our salvation restored. And that can only happen when we reflect and when we repent. The joy of restoration comes only after we have regained a "pure heart" and a steadfast spirit." A few years ago, an angry man rushed through the Rijks Museum in Amsterdam. When he reached Rembrandt's famous painting "Nightwatch" he took out a knife and slashed it repeatedly. A short time later, a distraught, hostile man slipped into St. Peter's Cathedral in ...

2600. I Didn't Expect This In Church!

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... to teach. The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. And then it happened. Visualize this if you are an X-Files fan. A man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit suddenly cried out, "What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!" Ooh, that's spooky. I've seen some strange things happen in church, but nothing like that. Baptist pastor Bruce McIver ...

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