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251. Time to Come Home

Jeremiah 31:7-14

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... from God's Spirit, the call comes to leave everything and come home to God. Where we have lost sight of God, the beacon of holy love shines out so that we might follow the light back home. My friends, I want to say to you in closing that having one family reunion, nice as it may be, is never enough. Getting a family together only once doesn't solve the problem, does it? We need to schedule more. Whether it's army units or college classes, if you only go once, you don't really pull the relationships together ...

252. In the Wilderness of Temptation

Mark 1:9-15

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... . Hebrews 2:18 is very clear, it says, "Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested." And Hebrews 4:15 says, "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin. " When we put our lives in Jesus' hands, when we accept Him as Lord and Savior and call on him, Jesus is there to strengthen us and encourage us and empower us to say "NO!" to temptation ...

253. Confronting a Christless Culture

2 Timothy 3:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... the zoo. In v.3 Paul describes the culture of the last days as being "brutal." By all accounts, America is now perhaps the most violent culture in the world not to be involved in a civil war. Listen to the following situations. They all have one thing in common: Returning a lost dog and being accused of stealing it. Wearing a set of earrings you're suspected of stealing. Eating more than your share of gumbo. Cutting part of your neighbor's lawn without permission. Blocking traffic on a street in front ...

254. The Parables About Response

Mark 4:30-34, Mark 4:26-29

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... is all about. Saint Paul puts is this way: I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. -- 1 Corinthians 3:6-9 When it comes to being God's fellow workers, the first thing to realize is that we are not ...

255. Are You Ready For Your Inheritance?

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... / Sealed with the Holy Spirit / Treasured by God / United with other believers / Validated as an authentic child of God I have: His Wisdom And one day I will be: Exalted with Him! (4) What a beautiful way of saying that in this fast-changing world we have one thing we can count on--an inheritance from God. At some point in our lives, many of us start to feel like we are losing more than we are gaining. We experience the loss of friendships, jobs, health and strength, new ambitions, respect or status. Where ...

256. Jesus' Tears

John 11:32-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... and repeated what her sister had said, “Lord, if you had been here my brother would not have died.” Mary was grieving uncontrollably over her brother’s death. The people who followed her out to meet Jesus also began weeping and wailing. Here we have one of the most beautiful scenes in all the Scriptures. John tells us that “when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. ‘Where have you laid him?’ he asked. “‘Come ...

257. Who Are the Christians?

Judges 1:1-36

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... ." Butch got this puzzled look on his face and then asked a difficult question: "These people called Christians, how do you spot 'em when you see 'em?" How would you answer Butch? How does a Christian think, act, and look? Surely, it means more than just having one's name on a church roll. Surely it means more than just trying to keep the Ten Commandments. When the infant church was still wet behind its ears, people were already debating what it means to be a Christian. That question was addressed by the ...

258. A Great Love Story Gone Awry

Genesis 24:1-67

Sermon

King Duncan

... man and woman go out from their homes and pledge themselves to one another. They still love their parents, but they make a new life for themselves. This is one of the things that will make it bearable for them when they lose a parent to death. Now they have one another. I would like to say Isaac and Rebekah lived happily ever after, but that would not be true. A little girl had just been told the story of “Snow White” for the first time in her life. She could hardly wait to get home from nursery school ...

259. Bread for the Party (Bread of Life I)

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... since the crowds were all hyped up over this very different kind of teacher, prophet, and rabbi, they followed him to this spot. When five thousand or more ate and were filled, leaving basketfuls of leftovers all, as it seems, from the little boy’s generous lunch we have one of those it-can-never-be-done kind of events, otherwise known as a miracle. This little boy fascinates me. I can just imagine how he begged his mother to prepare his lunch bag so he could get ahead of the crowds to see this One called ...

260. Your Faith: Winning or Whining?

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... simply receive it. There is no gamble involved. When you receive His grace, you can''t use it up. Instead, you "reinvest" it by giving it away, and the more you give, the more you get. If you do not respond positively to God''s grace, you don''t have one chance of ever going to Heaven. If you receive God''s grace and respond with a life of discipleship, you will be the richest person in the world! And the rewards are out of this world--they will be for all eternity! There is no gamble involved. God doesn ...

261. Night Moves

Genesis 32:22-32

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Mark Trotter

... Laban is sort of the Olympic Games of dirty tricks. They are both world-class tricksters. Jacob wins that contest, too. Jacob leaves Padan-Aram a wealthy man with two wives, Leah and Rachel, who are Laban's daughters. He has eleven children as he leaves (he will have one more son), and heads for home. He leaves with most of Laban's cattle and sheep, and his servants as well, all of which he has won from his father-in-law. He is on his way home now to be reconciled with Esau, his brother. He has experienced ...

262. What Is Success?

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... most, the most real people, are the store clerks at the little hardware store by the crossroads, the woman who is single and has taught school in the same inner-city neighborhood for 21 years. Possessing very little width or length or even height, they have one thing - depth. In a shallow world, that made them stick out." I know in my own life I struggle with success. I, too, can easily give myself to the pursuit of making more money, publishing, making a name for myself, looking younger, gaining power ...

263. With a Song in Your Heart

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

James L. Killen

What kind of a song does your heart sing as you go through your days? Almost everyone sings some song. Of course, we may sing different songs from time to time, depending upon what is happening in our lives, but most of us have one song that is our song, a song that expresses our feeling about life. Some people dance to meet life, singing something like, "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay; My, oh my, what a wonderful day." Others drag themselves into life singing something like, "Nobody knows the trouble ...

264. Maximum Marriage

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... last part of our text is saying. And how does a Christian fight? With love and listening ears and swallowed pride. With a willingness to build a win-win situation, an obligation to soothe, to say, "I've been wrong, forgive me." Not having always to have one's way, but with prayer and so much more! In the mountains of Georgia there is a waterfall called AnnaRubyFalls. It is a perfect example of what becoming one in marriage is like. Two separate mountain streams lap and gurgle down a mountain and plummet ...

265. The Importance Of Asking The Right Questions

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... little girl from India was astounded at the thought that she and others had this scary-looking skeleton inside them, and so she pressed the issue a bit farther. "Even you got one of these inside you, Mrs. K?" The teacher replied, "Yes, I have one too." The next question was the theological one. "Even God got one inside him?" Now in a class made up of children from many different countries, cultures, and religious backgrounds (most of them not Christians), you can imagine that this question had the potential ...

266. Be Joyful

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... some of the letters: "Dear Santa: Last year you didn't leave me anything good. The year before last year, you didn't leave me anything good. This year is your last chance. Alfred Dear Santa: My baby brother would like a cowboy suit. Do you have one with diapers? --Andy Dear Santa: In my house there are three boys. Richard is two. Jeffrey is four. Norman is seven. Richard is good sometimes. Jeffrey is good sometimes. Norman is good all the time. (Signed) Norman." Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes comic strip fame ...

267. Dodging the Thrust

Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... we care? This Gospel is not simply aimed at the Pharisees. It is aimed at us; and the thrust of its message is : Do you care? It’s no use trying to dodge it. It doesn’t matter who they are, where they are or how they got lost. We have one message, to be expressed in quiet words and in compassionate kindness "Jesus cares about you." Who on God’s green earth is going to tell them if we Christians don’t? Dear Lord, bring into our minds today the name of someone who does not know you as Jesus revealed ...

268. The Gift that Matters

Hebrews 2:5-18

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... us because he shared all these experiences. We can identify with someone who knows and understands what we experience. Jesus is not “ashamed” to call us his brothers and sisters. The author of Hebrews claims, “For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.” It is an act of grace to be included in God’s family. Jesus blazed a path for us to follow that led to God. We follow Jesus down that path ...

269. God's GPS

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , the sun and the stars. These were a shepherd’s positioning and guiding devices. In fact, the staff was so effective as a way of predicting direction that sailors used a similar kind of cross-staff in order to guide and position their ships in the right direction. I have one here today. [Get out your shepherd’s staff or rod. Or if you have a cross staff…even better.] The actual staff the shepherd used looked kind of like a cross-bow. It was a long stick that could be held up. At the top was a cross ...

270. We Can't Afford It! Oh, Really?

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... were going out to eat that night so they didn’t need water for cooking. By experience of days past, she assumed they had plenty of water to get them through until the next morning when they would leave. Lunch came and everyone was told they could have one bottle of cold water from the fridge. The afternoon passed, then, as they were leaving for the restaurant where they were to eat that last night, one of the group reported they had no more water. Rev. Neff thought that couldn’t be so--they had plenty ...

271. Getting in S.H.A.P.E. for Ministry

Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... to chair the board. After a few weeks you could hear the raven crying, “Nevermore, nevermore. We’ve just got a church for the birds!” Why are we here? We are here to glorify God and make disciples of Jesus Christ. Sometimes it is good to be reminded that we have one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God who is Father of us all, who is over all, through all and in all. Are you willing to join the team? II. ARE YOU IN S.H.A.P.E. FOR MINISTRY? Verse 7 “To each one of us grace has been ...

272. Hard Questions!

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... just smiled blissfully and explained, "This is a very special pastry. I accidentally drove by the bakery this morning, and there in the window was a display of all these luscious goodies. I felt this was no accident, so I prayed, 'Lord, if you want me to have one of these wonderful pastries, let me find a parking space directly in front of the bakery.' And sure enough," he smugly continued, "the eighth time around the block, there it was!" All of us are experts at claiming to trust God, but we cop out when ...

273. Your Money and Your Life

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Robert Bachelder

... a good question for us. What is the meaning of our city? Is it meant merely to be an arena for merciless competition? Or is it intended for something more than that? Is our city meant to enjoy a spirit of merciful cooperation? Modernity seems to have one answer to this question while the Gospel has another. As Jesus puts it, it is the difference between laying up treasures on earth and laying up treasures in heaven. We cannot have it both ways. "You cannot serve God and mammon," Jesus says. The conventional ...

274. Don't Forget Your Ticket

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Luke 14:15-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... and poured into him our sins. Then, in exchange, he poured God's goodness into us." (2 Corinthians 5:21) You and I don't have to be worthy. All we have to do is be joined with Christ. Christ makes us worthy. Would you like to have one of Jesus' personal invitations to experience the blessings of the Almighty as one of God's special guests? This "ticket" is being offered to you this very day. The Associated Press carried a story recently datelined Atlantic City that begins like this: "The Rev. Steven Siniari ...

275. Screaming For A Reason Why

Matthew 26:36-46; 27:45-46 · Job 3:1-26

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

There are three rooms in the city of Raleigh, and though they are different in size and shape, they have one thing in common. The three rooms are located in three hospitals. They are intensive care waiting rooms. Let me describe one of these rooms. It is on the second floor of the Wake Medical Center. Surrounding it are three units: cardiac care, surgical intensive care, maximum intensive care. A lot ...

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