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2801. To Care for the Earth

Leviticus 25:1-7

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... on new values and attitudes. A redeemed person understands the earth to be a gift from God of which he or she is only a steward. Calvin DeWitt once put it this way: Creator word, by whose great power The oceans roar and plants do flower, Create in us a love for the earth, All life, the sky, the sea. Oh, Word of God who earth did frame, Who gives to man all things today; Grant us the knowledge of Thy ways To care for earth, to bring Thee praise. Redeemer Lord who earth did save, Lifted humankind from the ...

2802. Because He Lives

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... trust in. The psalmist declared, "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Even as we mourn her death we can rejoice for _______________. She is in the eternal presence of Christ. She loved her church. One of her fondest wishes was to be back with her friends in the worship of God one more time. Now she has gone to a far better church, that church of the just-made perfect and to the continual worship in the presence of the Lord ...

2803. How Do You Explain the Resurrection?

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... at our hearts and gouge great holes into the fabric of our being. In that moment, we begin to feel real grief. Someone we have loved is dead. What more can be said? Lazarus is dead, and nothing more can be said. Unless Lazarus is a friend of Jesus. Without Jesus, ... God was not, the ancient writer said that Sheol is a place where God is, for God never lets go of any one of us. God loves us too much for that. What a magnificent faith! Most of us still have not caught up to it! But it was a minority view in ...

2804. If Christ Had Not Come

John 15:18--16:4

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... time to the church, and silently slip in by a side entrance. The church is now a sad and lonely place, but it still holds some beautiful memories for us. What wonderful things were done and said within these hallowed walls! Our children were baptized, our marriage vows spoken, loved ones laid to rest, our hopes were buoyed up here, in the church, by the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. But all this is in the past. Now, all that we have left are the memories of days long gone by. A young couple bring ...

2805. God’s Strange Arithmetic

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Jesus would insist that people stay together in a situation of pain and suffering no matter what. We must never forget that our Lord had immense sympathy for anyone who was suffering. When He dealt with people, it was never on the basis of Law, but of Love. He ate and drank with sinners, saved an adulteress from being stoned; even forgave the soldiers who crucified Him. And when He met the infamous woman at the well, a woman who had had five husbands and who was currently living with a man not her husband ...

2806. What the Maid Said to the Fisherman

Mark 14:66-72, Mark 14:53-65

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... ! Peter, at least, was there. Most of us reflect the words of that great hymn, “O Young and Fearless Prophet:” “We marvel at the purpose that held thee to thy course/While ever on the hilltop before thee loomed the cross;/Thy steadfast face set forward, where love and duty shone/While we betray so quickly and leave thee there alone.” We dare not point the finger at Peter, for when we do, we find three fingers pointed back at us. We warm ourselves at the fires of Jesus’ enemies. (How much does our ...

2807. The Lord's Prayer: Our Father

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... my hope and great desire that everyone here today knows that the God who Jesus describes as Abba, Father, delights in you, whether you are male or female, young or old, rich or poor, black or white, American or Asian. All are precious in his sight. This God loves you so much that he wants to spend some time with you. FINALLY, OUR GOD IS APPROACHABLE AND IS AWAITING YOUR RESPONSE TO HIS INVITATION. I read a story about two 74-year-old persons who were married in Wales. The story said that the man and woman ...

2808. Half-Time is Now Over

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the mail in a way that was extra-ordinary for the people on his route. He’s the only mailman I know that on his birthday the people on his route get together, hire out a gym, and throw a party for him. They love him because he’s a mailman who expresses the love of Jesus everywhere he goes. In his own subtle way, my friend Charles is changing his world, changing the lives of people, touching them where they are, making a difference in their lives. It may not sound like much, but that man who is ...

2809. A Faith that Works with a Victorious Attitude

Philippians 2:12-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... in which Paul is describing how we work out our salvation experience. We want to bring honor and glory to the one who has loved us and sought us from the foundations of the earth. It was Dr. R. Maurice Boyd, in his book PERMIT ME VOYAGE, who shares that ... your bars, or you can look through them. You can be a role model for young inmates, or you can mix with the troublemakers. You can love God and seek to know Him, or you can turn your back on Him. To some extent, Waymon, we are in this together. The choice is ...

2810. The Lord Is My Shepherd

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the imagery of the shepherd is still the most important analogy for Ordained Ministers, regardless of the urban/technological society and culture we now lived in. Years later, he wrote a book on this subject. Dr. Oden was right--because God has had a long standing love and preference for the role of shepherd. The symbol and imagery of the Shepherd and the Sheep is one of the most constant themes in the Bible. The father of the nation of Israel, Abraham, who according to the Bible was a shepherd, had such a ...

2811. Getting Ready for Advent

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... longer have to do the "prison shuffle" because the period of their forced labor is ended, and they have more than paid for the sin of breaking off their personal relationship with God. Hence, God now speaks tenderly to their hearts inviting them to respond to his love. This same comfort is at the heart of Advent. As the chapter 40 of Isaiah suggests, Advent offers us the good news that we can find this same comfort in the midst of our exile and estrangement from God. The expectation of such comfort can lead ...

2812. Living Lightly

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and emotional bankruptcy, estrangement in relationships may be too much - you simply can’t dance. But you can at least do a happy hop. That is, you can if you will leave your stuff behind, accept the forgiving grace of God and receive the power and spirit and energy and love Jesus has for you, believing that he wants to do and can do far more for us than we’re usually even willing to ask or think. He wants us and will provide us the power to live lightly. And if we can’t dance, we can at least do ...

2813. Miracles In Contrast

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of anxiety that turns the soul purple with chill. It does it when we announce a fear, it really is more than a fear, it is death itself. And we all know about that kind of fear, first hand in our own life or in the lives of others we love. A friend’s 16 year old son commits suicide. Our beloved Sandra Brady continues a valiant battle with malignancy. And just Thursday of this week, one of the closest friends of my son, Kevin, killed in an auto accident, and we could go on and on. Can any self-respecting ...

2814. What If

1 Chronicles 7:1-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... may think that I'm beginning to challenge the sovereignty and power of God, but stay with me. It's commonplace for us to affirm that God acts through persons. We do that all the time, don't we? Deeds of mercy, acts of reconciliation, expressions of loving kindness, deliberate righteous activity, performance that makes for peace, cups of cold water given in the name of Jesus. We see all these things as God's work through persons. God's will is accomplished through us, we say, and on earth His will and His ...

2815. A Rod For The Back Of Fools

Proverbs 25:1-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in their own eyes.It is like cutting off one's foot and drinking down violence, to send a messenger by a fool. We're called to speak -- but to speak wisely, sincerely, -- to speak our mind and heart. Sometimes we have to speak the truth in love -- and we have to speak in judgment but flavor that judgment with concern. Walter Wink, in an article in the Sojourner's Magazine, recalled a story out of the turbulent weeks in Selma, Alabama at the height of the civil rights struggle years ago. A large crowd of ...

2816. Samaria and Our Spiritual Journey

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... did forsake me,” she said, ”and the Lord did take me up.” I was stunned. I knew mother was an orphan, but she never talked about it. And I had never heard that story before. Here she was, an 85-year-old woman, remembering her first experience of the love of God in an orphanage! I’d never heard that Bible verse, but I found it in Psalm 27:10 (KJV). She went on to say that all through her life, God had always provided for her, and still was. She felt she had always been surrounded by the providence ...

2817. The Work of An Evangelist

Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it. We desire to be found faithful with whatever He entrusts to us.” Don’t you feel it? Carlos is clear about his calling. He is crazily in love with Jesus. Two, be certain of the good news. Someone has said that Jesus came preaching the gospel in order that we might have a gospel to preach. Be certain of the good news – the good news of Jesus Christ. Remember the definition I gave of evangelism a little ...

2818. A Chosen People

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... a disastrous mistake. If God has chosen us, it is for a reason. It is because God wants us to declare God’s praise before our friends and neighbors and coworkers. Now, how do we declare God’s praise? We do it by living a life of genuine Christian love. Author Max Lucado tells about a woman in a small Arkansas community who was a single mom with a frail baby. This hard-working Mom had a neighbor who would stop by every few days and keep the child so she could shop. After some weeks this neighbor shared ...

2819. The New Commandment

John 13:31-38

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... that when you partook of the Last Supper with your disciples you gave them and us a new commandment: that we should love one another and thus show the world that we are Christians. We must confess, merciful Christ, that we failed time and time again to love as you have taught us. Forgive us, we pray, and by the power of your Holy Spirit make us to be faithful and loving disciples. Amen. Offertory Prayer Blessed Savior, in this time of remembrance our hearts are filled with thanksgiving for your great gift ...

2820. Playing to the Right Audience

Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... fasted every Tuesday and sought God's guidance for our future. Every day I reap the benefits of that year of fasting in a loving wife and a solid marriage. In times of great temptation and of weighty personal decisions I have fasted, once for five days until ... , “What did you do in the hotel office?” “What do you mean, What did I do?” She said, “It’s different down here, like love is all over the place. You can feel it. The cleaning lady said you prayed for her. Will you pray for me?” I did, but ...

2821. A Kingdom Investment Policy

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... option. He writes: “This ‘heresy’ (i.e. a false idea) has created the impression that it is quite reasonable to be a ‘vampire Christian’ (I love his imagery!). One in effect says to Jesus: ‘I'd like a little of your blood, please. But I don't care to be your ... . It can buy you a book, but not knowledge. It can buy you a position, but not respect. It can buy you sex, but not love. It can buy you medicine, but not health. It can buy you blood, but not life.”20 What is Jesus after? He is after it ...

2822. A Broken Vessel for Jesus

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Michael Milton

... have time right now for Jesus, dance class, piano lessons, groceries, and my husband’s business dinners.” The businessman might say, “I would love to spend more time with church stuff, but I have a business to run! It is not practical to follow Jesus and meet ... . Maybe He did not come in time to save your job or to save your marriage. Maybe He did not come in time to save your loved one. But to see the heart of our Savior is to see that Jesus knows. He knows your anguish. He also is in control of all ...

2823. Out of Conflict

Genesis 25:19-34

Sermon

James L. Killen

... who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1). Paul goes on to talk about discovering that we are beloved children of God and about living in a growing, life-shaping relationship with God. And he ends by saying that nothing in the whole creation can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. If we can find our way into that kind of a relationship with God, we will have a new confidence in our own personhood and that can change a lot of things in our lives. It can enable us to deal constructively ...

2824. Body Language

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... Lord,' not those who say, `I'll go,' not those who sing, `Here am I Lord, I will go,' but those who do the will of my heavenly father." It is as if he were saying, the language that I want to hear from Christians is the language of love, the silent language. I want to see some body language. I want to see Christians get up and start doing something. As St. Francis said to his monks, "Preach the gospel at all times, and if necessary, use words." The primary mode of communication for Christians, what ought to ...

2825. Coming Home

Luke 15:1-3,11b-32

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... ever had is yours." But that doesn't matter. The one thing he doesn't have is the blessing, the assurance of the father's love, expressed in words, or in some tangible symbol of blessing like the cloak and the ring and the party. A man had two sons. And ... describe it--he had what we would call nowadays a "breakdown") it was only then, after he had spent himself in trying to earn God's love, that he discovered that God's grace is given to him freely. You don't have to earn God's blessing. All you have to do ...

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