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2726. Are You Paying Too Much For Your Whistle?

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Paul had paid big bucks to get the anti-Christian, whistle-blower life he believed would bring him everything he could possibly want. Until. Until that moment on the Damascus Road when it was revealed to him that the whistle he was holding was worthless ... No wonder Paul looked at his old whistle and chucked it aside without another thought. Saul the terrorist became Paul the tenderest — wanting nothing more than to encourage and engage and love those whom he had terrorized as evil and ignorant. The ones who ...

2727. A Goodly Heritage

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... seek to serve Him; this is the faith of the Psalmist. II Nail it down then, as the first truth to underline this morning. Like the Psalmist, we have a goodly heritage in this land of ours. A couple of Sundays ago, Gordon Slappey gave me a dollar bill. He wanted to exchange dollars with me, but when I didn’t have a dollar, he gave it to me and said, “You owe me one.” He had found it when counting the Sunday School offering. Here it is. On the reverse side of Mr. Washington, the motto “In God We Trust ...

2728. In the House of the Lord

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... asked me recently, “Do you believe the marriage vows literally?” “Literally!” I said. “I never did before,” he responded, “and that was my problem. But now I know it can’t be any other way. I want to make, and I want her to make, a commitment – for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer. I want her to make a commitment now – as I am willing to do – in spite of, if necessary.” Then he went on to make the clearest Christian witness I heard him make: “I’ve surrendered myself to ...

2729. John the Baptist: Parable and Prophet

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... you can buy with it. It says you’re an achiever. I think it’s time you join the select group that carries it.” The letter was addressed to me personally. It was right there in the greeting: “Dear Dr. Dunnam.” I also know, though I didn’t want to think about it, that American Express by the computer sent that personal letter to a few others, maybe a million others. But it was personal - it had my name on it. And what an appeal - the Gold Card would instantly identify me as someone special. I was ...

2730. Led by the Spirit, Tempted by the Devil

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... one thing you’d rather have more than anything else in the world, what would it be?” The Marine thought for a moment and then replied, “I would ask you to give me a tomorrow.” That’s the perspective we need. That being is more important than wanting or having or doing. Jesus passed through his temptation experience to show us that we have a Saviour who not only loves us, but who loves us as one who knows us, who lived our life, who faced what we face, yet overcame those temptations. Dallas Holmes ...

2731. Simon

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... makes the difference in life. We say it all the time, but we must keep it fresh in our minds. “It is not what life does to us that really matters, it is our reaction to what life does.’ By a wrong reaction, we can change our wealth to want, we can change our strength into weakness, and our blessings into that which brings a curse. Many are doing just that. I know a person who, when he was a poor and struggling worker, was one of the choicest of men; but now, having succeeded beyond his dreams, he has ...

2732. Sons of God

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

King Duncan

... is going to live under this roof without an earring. Now, quit your belly aching and let’s go to the mall. 2. What do you want to go and get a job for? I make plenty of money for you to spend. 1. Father’s Day? Ah, don’t worry about that. ... We are all men and women, boys and girls sons of God. Paul could have used the word “children of God,” but he wants to emphasize that we have attained this exalted position because when we were “baptized into Christ we were clothed . . . with Christ.” Christ ...

2733. Doing What Disciples Do

John 15:12-17

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... had so many husbands along the way. They talked about the intimate things of life as they cut across the culture of the day. Then Jesus said something to her that changed her life, “You drink of this water from this well and you will be thirsty again. But I want to give you water that is living water. It will be a well of water springing up from inside of you and you will never ever be thirsty again.” That is what worship does for us. It gives us a spring of living water welling up inside our souls ...

2734. Unusual Joy

Psalm 126:1-6

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... at our place. His friends said his mouth had gotten Jim in a lot of trouble, so he vowed to keep quiet. As Jim was leaving on Wednesday morning, warm, washed and well fed, he handed two dollars to one of our volunteers and wrote in a note that he wanted it given to the church in appreciation for our hospitality. Down and out, Jim still knew the joy of gratitude. Do you? Joy comes to those who are grateful. III. JOY COMES TO THOSE WHO GRIEVE. May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy! Those who go ...

2735. Why Doesn’t God Do Away With Evil?

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... the midst of evil? God is overcoming evil with good and trusting you and me to embody it. Where is God in the midst of evil? God is making a good delivery. We pray it every Sunday. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. What did you want God to do when you prayed that prayer? What entered your mind? What do you desire from that prayer? What comes to mind when you hear a good delivery? A good delivery is bringing a newborn child into the world. A tied baseball game at the bottom of the ninth ...

2736. When It's Time For Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... we do that? Let me suggest a few ways. I teach a whole workshop on it, but let me give you some pointers. We who have received forgiveness are called to express forgiveness and here is how to start. We surrender our right to revenge. “I don’t want him killed, I just want him maimed,” said a hurt wife one day to me. I suspect we have all been there, haven’t we, at one time or another? The rest of the story goes something like this. Here is a man who is forgiven billions of dollar and what does he ...

2737. Wrestling Alone at Night

Genesis 32:22-30

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... , victim. I do not know what it is, but you know. You know the name. When I was eighteen years old, I announced that I wanted to be a minister in the church. My father said, “He might as well be a preacher. He is too lazy to be anything else.” ... to become Israel, the father of all nations, so we must rise to live a life worthy of the name Christian. What is your name? I want to give you a new name and your new name is Christian. Live up to it. And Jacob called the place Peniel. For there he saw ...

2738. Why Do People Suffer?

John 9:1-7

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... cause you great pain. When bodies break down, they are costly, troublesome, and they bring tremendous sorrow to other people. So, how about it, do you want to run the risk or not? It is up to you." What would you choose? I would run the risk. I know life is iffy. We ... What will we do with what happens to us? We can go to work to stop suffering in our world. I do not like pain, I want it ended. There is a similar instinct in every soul of every human being on earth. It is a God-given instinct. So Jesus comes ...

2739. Praising God All Day Long

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... a curb in Columbus, Ohio sobbing. I asked him, ‘Dad, what is wrong?' My dad said, ‘I've been out visiting people and the sorrows and troubles break my heart and I just needed to talk to the Lord about it.' Norman Vincent Peale said, ‘That day I knew I wanted to care for people like my father cared for people.' When I was preparing my first sermon I went to my daddy and I asked him, ‘What should I say?' My father said, ‘Don't try to show off. Don't try to make people think that you know something ...

2740. The Uniting Peace of Christ

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... I was walling in or walling out And to whom I was like to give offense Something there is that doesn’t love a wall That wants it down. On August 13, 1961, almost over night, a 96-mile wall of barbed wire and concrete was built to separate East and West Berlin ... only separated a city, it separated families, a society, a country, a world. But there is something that doesn’t love a wall that wants it down. And I hold close to me a little piece of concrete that a friend gave to me from that wall. On November ...

2741. We Believe in Life Everlasting

John 11:17-27

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... day when you are fully alive. B. Life is a gift: Share it A young man came running to Jesus one day. He wanted to know, “What can I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus replied, “Keep the commandments and you will live." “But teacher," the young ... the boy did fall asleep. But way before morning, he was wide awake again. Once more he shook his dad awake and said, “Dad, I just want to thank you for all the fun we're going to have tomorrow." With that the dad let the child climb into his bed. When I ...

2742. What Would Jesus Say About Materialism?

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... be also”. We assume that people’s money follows their heart. Get them interested and they will give their money. But Jesus said that we don’t have it right and he needs to turn it right side up for us. The heart always follows the money. If you want to know what is most important in your life while you are filing your taxes, just consider where you spent your money last year and you will see. The longer I live the more I am convinced that only two types of people populate the earth. There are getters ...

2743. Stepping Into the Stream

Matthew 14:22-33

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... THEIR FAITH. In Verse 29 we read, “Then Peter got down out of the boat and walked on the water and came toward Jesus.” If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat. Are you a boat potato or a water-walker? My favorite piece of furniture in ... watch the war in Iraq from the safety of my living room. I said to Sandy the other day, “I’ve done about everything I ever wanted to do in life.” This church is a dream come true. My first book will be on the market this week. We’re only a ...

2744. Does Christmas Make Any Difference?

Titus 2:11-14

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... with a college student this past week. She is taking her first steps into full-time Christian ministry. I was on winter BreakThru a couple of years ago. I really hadn’t been very involved in the youth groups. On that retreat, my life was changed and I want to devote myself to Christian service. A couple months ago, I baptized a 70 year old man and received him and his family into this community of faith. At a little luncheon given in his honor, he said to his closest friends, “I thank God for today; I ...

2745. Come to the Party

Luke 14:15-23

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... is a tiredness that leaves us lifeless. When I have felt most lifeless, I have rolled up in blankets made by your loving hands and prayed: “Fill my cup Lord, I lift it up Lord. Come and quench this thirsting of my soul. Bread of Heaven, feed me till I want no more. Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole.” I have taken joy in the first breath of the morning, the nourishment of each meal, the acts of kindness that pour in from others. I rejoice in ordinary days of grace. Come, everything is now ready ...

2746. The Family As Church

2 Timothy 1:3-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... was almost impossible for a single mother to make it, Eunice, with the help of Lois, by faith, pulled it off. What is the faith factor of your family? On a scale of one to ten how important has faith development been in your home? How important do you want it to be? Does it hold its own with soccer and success? Faith is a life long developmental process. It takes a lifetime to develop a life of faith. A. Faith Comes by Experience. Faith is felt before it is formulated. Joseph and Mary took the baby Jesus to ...

2747. The Fundamentals of Family Ties

1 Corinthians 13:1

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... were moments when it was almost not this grand and I was not far from making a different choice. I am here today, doing what I enjoy most, surrounded by people who love me, only by the grace of God. a. Grace is Pardon for Sin— Everybody knows that God wants us to get it right. God is holy. What else could we expect? The unique thing about the God revealed to us in Jesus Christ is that he is willing to make it all right when we have done it all wrong. Mercy there was great and grace was free ...

2748. The Door of Prayer

1 Timothy 2:1-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... pain that is inside. So, suddenly we are faced with these hurts of our lives and to pray is to face the hurt, the jealousy and the disappointment. We come to God with clinched fists when he invites us to come with open hands. We have treasures we do not want to part with. You know how it is. You have to get a grip on what is yours and hold your own against those who would take it from you. We make excuses. “That's just how it is with me," and we say it as if we have given ...

2749. David: The Problem of Family

2 Samuel 18:28-33

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... although burdened with a lot of problems. He was a leader. He was a lover. He was a man after God's own heart. Today, I want us to catch a glimpse of the life of this great king of the Old Testament about which more is written than any other character in ... . With time on his hands out in the fields, he put thoughts into words; words like “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside the still waters." Those were David's words and those words ...

2750. Ruth: The Problem of Grief

Ruth 1:1-8, 16-18

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... you going to do with my people? Satan replied, “I'm going to tease them a while, make them marry and divorce, fight and kill each other, throw bombs and shoot missiles. Then I'm going to condemn them to hell for they are worthless anyway." “How much do you want for them?" asked God. “It'll take the life of your son," said Satan. That day, God so loved the world that He sent His only Son to set us free. New Life is costly—you are worth it. Detours can be deadly—so let Jesus take the wheel. Our ...

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