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251. Someday - Today

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the devil eyeball to eyeball, so that is your first clue it isn''t going to be business as usual. Jesus was going to relate religious faith to the realities of Life and Liberty. It seems one word--TODAY--changes the entire atmosphere of that gathering, the difference between SOMEDAY and TODAY. Jesus states in verse 21, "TODAY this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." You see, my friends, there is a BIG DIFFERENCE between SOMEDAY and TODAY. That revealing and necessary difference was expressed ...

252. Titles, Credentials, or Resurrection Power

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... 5 miles from the first. The Apostle Paul knew from his own conversion experience that God''s grace and the joy it produces does not imprison the human spirit and soul but results in our sharing the experience of grace and joy in an atmosphere of a party. We now celebrate a living, loving relationship with God, not rigid rules and forced restrictions. I close our thinking today with a "classic" Tony Campolo story. Dr. Campolo also believes that our Christian faith results in joy, not guilt. Tony Campolo ...

253. Tripping the Tempter

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... sacrifice for us and his continued presence in our lives through the Holy Spirit, we no longer have to succumb to the power of temptation. I recently heard the story of a African-American who grew up in the poor rural South. He was raised in an atmosphere of religious bigotry that discounted his worth as a person because of the color of his skin. He was an orphan, and he was bounced from one foster home to another. Not exactly the best environment in life for success and self-esteem to emerge. However, this ...

254. Feasting and Fasting for Lent (Part V)

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... didn't hear the gnawing, but he didn't take any chances. He continued to fly at that high altitude for a long time. And when he came down at his next stop, he looked in the back and there was a dead rat. (3) To live life in the atmosphere of courage and not in cynicism, we must take the high ground that faith alone can provide. FAST FROM WORSHIP THAT IS SPORADIC AND FEAST ON WORSHIP THAT IS ACTIVE AND FULL OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD. Dr. Fred B. Craddock shares the insight that the "altar" is the oldest ...

255. Good News for Tough Times - Encouragment for the Soul

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... called a family conference and challenged them to be more disciplined in the management of their time during the busy Christmas season. They had to curtail excessive spending on gifts. He talked about better relations between visiting relatives and a more congenial atmosphere around their home. He brought his speech to a crescendo with his final rally cry, "Let''s make this the best Christmas ever!" His little second grade son countered the big motivational speech by noting, "But dad, I don''t see how ...

256. Promises, Promises, Promises

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Paul E. Flesner

... our expectations of God and God's promises. Why? Because when we in the twenty-first century think of having a promise fulfilled, I suspect we usually associate it with getting what we want. Or at least we associate it with a happy and uplifting atmosphere -- or with what I call the "Hollywood ending." Think carefully. What I am suggesting is that you and I look to the promises of God to transform our difficult situations into situations of complete joy and happiness. And, when such an expectation does not ...

257. Our Hope for Years to Come

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Paul E. Flesner

... history. In a way, it was no different than the beginning of any day. The universe continued to exist in the same way it was the day before. The sun still rose at its appointed time as night turned into day. The weather still reflected the conditions in the atmosphere above where we live. What was different about that New Year's Eve and Day is the significance we attach to the arrival of a new millennium. It must be significant, for I have never before in my life celebrated New Year's Day every hour on the ...

258. Grace in the Midst of Judgment

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... the typical American. According to the authors of scripture, however, a Day of Reckoning awaits us -- one that will turn out to be considerably more challenging than a spiritual pop quiz. Appearing before "the judgment seat of Christ" connotes a courtroom atmosphere. Jewish and Christian teaching affirms the existence of an aggressive prosecutor who goes by the title Satan, which means "adversary." The cumulative data of our lives -- everything that we have ever said, done, or thought that has not been in ...

259. Yes! (Easter Sunday)

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... pestilence. Sometimes this is even the language that appears in legal contracts. “This insurance policy protects you against floods and other acts of God.” Friends, these are acts of nature; they are not acts of God. You surely realize that. When the atmosphere in the Atlantic gets agitated and the temperature of the water below is just right, those natural conditions--under just the right circumstances--may cause a hurricane. This hurricane is an act of nature, not an act of God. When people who have ...

260. Miracles In Contrast

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and confidence as though the writer is stumbling over himself, rushing hurriedly on, trying to get down on paper every thought that he has, lest he fails to put something down that’s coming to his mind. We almost hold our breath as we read that story, the atmosphere is so charged. Then we come to that mighty assertion in the 4th and 5th verses, and we have to stop to breathe and take a deep breath. “In him appeared life and that life was the light of mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the ...

261. Working Out Our Salvation

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

William Muil describes a time he visited one of those old colonial houses up in New England. The house still retained the furniture and the atmosphere of the 18th Century. The guide was the last descendent of the original owner of the house. As Muil was walking through the house, he noticed a beautiful old rifle over the fireplace, and reached up to examine it. The old lady pulled his arm down and said, “Please don’ ...

262. Getting It All Together Inside

Psalm 51:1-19, 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... often, counseled with her, seeking to convince her of the healing power of Christ for her memories. I never will forget a weekend retreat when she had her breakthrough to healing. In a beautifully deep experience of confession and sharing, that can come only in the atmosphere of love and trust in the presence of the Holy Spirit, she opened herself to a few people and earnestly invited us to pray that her memories would be healed, and they were. I’m certain this did not solve all her problems, but I’m ...

263. A Christian Style Of Being And Doing

Colossians 3:18-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... early sixties when I had pled the cause of love and of justice. Turmoil and tension, fear and frustration, anger and anxiety dominated the feelings of the people, surfaced above the concern for persons and commitment to the gospel of love, and charged the atmosphere so electrically that persons had difficulty speaking to each other and to me after the worship service. It may have been a sign of kindness that many of those whose anger and opposition was the most pronounced avoided greeting me at the door. I ...

264. God Shaves With A Borrowed Razor

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to go into the dilapidated chapel to meditate. As they did so, without even being conscious of it, they sensed this aura of extraordinary respect that now began to surround the five old monks and seemed to radiate out from them and permeate the atmosphere of the place. There was something strangely attractive, even compelling, about it. Hardly knowing why, they began to come back to the monastery more frequently to picnic, to play, to pray. They began to bring their friends to show them this special place ...

265. Who Loves More?

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... If He realized who she was, He certainly wouldn’t allow her to sit near Him or even be present while He ate. I wonder if I should get the servants to come and take her out of the house.” In Simon’s mind, the woman polluted the whole atmosphere. Now, Jesus either heard the man mumble to himself or knew what he was thinking, because he said, “Simon, listen, when I came into your house you didn’t follow the customary procedure of providing a place for me to wash my dusty feet. You didn’t extend to ...

266. God's Sneak Attack

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... on a table in the front hallway. It was a little wooden barn filled with ceramic figurines of shepherds and sheep, Wise Men and camels, parents and Child. My mother even had bits of straw that she placed on the floor of the little wooden stable for atmosphere. That little crèche captured my imagination as a child. I moved the figurines around as a boy to reenact the story. I still vividly remember positioning my face right behind each of the Wise Men and each of the shepherds in order to imagine what they ...

267. Epiphany: A Faith to Work Miracles

John 2:1-11

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... to be captured by a spirit of unselfish love. Their concern was completely against the tide of the times. It grew out of soil which was hostile to such caring. It was, spiritually speaking, a case of health bursting forth from a plague-ridden atmosphere. Miracle, indeed! But God didn't do it alone. Thalasius, Fabiola, and Apollonius were the servants who bore the water which Christ could then change into wine. Sometimes you and I are privileged to participate in very small, yet very real miracles. Have you ...

268. Whether You'll Weather the Weather

Luke 6:46-49

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... a printed message scrolling across the bottom of the screen. It's tornado season, and so the message usually features one of two words from the National Weather Service. It's either a "watch" or it's a "warning." A tornado watch means that the atmospheric conditions are ripe for the development of a funnel cloud. A tornado warning, on the other hand, means that a funnel cloud has actually been sighted somewhere in the area. If the National Weather Service issues a watch, you are encouraged to be alert. If ...

269. A Church Shaped By The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... centuries during which the Church existed within a culture generally friendly to Christianity. Mead calls this second era, “Christendom.” Today we’ve entered another era. Much of the Church is once again living in a hostile, or at least, indifferent atmosphere. Mead refers to this as “Post-Christendom.” A glaring example of this is the three judges who recently ruled that the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional and to require persons to repeat the pledge with ...

270. Getting Your Politics Right

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... the end product bread to sustain us. Physical hunger for bread and social hunger for someone to eat it with are as basic and you can get. We are not self-sustaining or self-made. We are creatures who stand between a few miles of atmospheric oxygen above us and few inches of topsoil beneath our feet, both of which deserve thoughtful conservation. This a profoundly ecological first petition. And when you make the appeal for daily bread, you are asking for the blessing of God on the whole cycle of production ...

271. The “Sad-You-See” Syndrome

Mark 12:18-27

Sermon

Michael Milton

... need another to help bring the cure. Mankind without Christ is lost. We cannot diagnose our own sin. Not long ago, we sent out an ingenious Mars rover, but the space capsule, as amazing as it was, lost contact with our signal, entered Martian atmosphere at the wrong angle, and the mission was lost. We, too, are like spaceships hurling through space without a signal from ground control. We are sophisticated beings, but we were made to receive our signals from God in order to arrive safely at our destination ...

272. Love without Limits

John 13:31-38

Sermon

John K. Bergland

... Jesus told them he had come to challenge their privileged theology by erasing any lines of distinctions. How did they respond? These hometown friends of Jesus drove him out of the synagogue and attempted to throw him off a cliff! This atmosphere of anger toward "outsiders" still exists today. Everyone has their "Gentiles"! Everyone discriminates against and draws lines of self-righteous distinction. You would think, by now, our world should have moved passed such archaic and cruel ways of thinking. But even ...

273. Surprised by God

Genesis 28:10-19a

Sermon

James L. Killen

... and religious people. Now, we are given to understand that it is acceptable to have a religion, but we must keep it a very personal matter. That is to say, we may believe that there is a God, but we must live as if we don't. In that atmosphere, faith tends to wither away. Our beliefs are supposed to shape our actions. When they are not allowed to do so, our actions tend to shape our beliefs. That has left a huge empty spot in the lives of many people and communities where something important ought to be ...

274. Living Hope

1 Peter 1:3-9

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... end of life, they would speculate on the mutation of living creatures into some sort of monsters that will inherit the earth. Global warming due to our usage of fossil fuels is currently a major issue. We're putting a hole in the protective layers of atmosphere that protect the earth and we're told that we could be headed for another episode like Noah and the flood as the polar icecaps melt away. Overpopulation and too little food and living space continue to scare us. Worldwide diseases, some of which we ...

275. Because

1 Peter 1:1—2:3

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

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