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276. The Ladder from Our House

Genesis 28:10-19a

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... , the pastor said, "Chris, the only help that can do you any good must come from Jesus Christ." The minister was telling Chris that Jesus was the way, the ladder to God. That was precisely what Chris did not want to hear. He left in anger and disgust. But, apparently the pastor had planted a seed. A week later, Chris came across a book titled Authentic Christianity and felt compelled to buy it. He soon found himself engrossed in the book, and while reading, he began to cry. He fell on his knees and asked ...

277. In Spite of Evidence to the Contrary

Romans 4:13-25

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... . Sarah, impatient with her plight, abused Hagar. Sarah treated Hagar poorly and forced her to flee for her life with her son. When Sarah heard those three messengers at the oaks of Mamre announce that she would give birth the following spring, she could only laugh with disgust and disbelief. We also are tempted to despair, to be discouraged, to just throw up our hands and shout, "No way! We can't do this!" It is then that we need to remember the words of Paul. "Hoping against hope," in spite of evidence to ...

278. The Armor of Light

Romans 13:8-14

Drama

Larry Lange

... -wrapped instruction book out of box) Let's see, uh, batteries not included. Margaret: It figures. And just how many batteries does something like that need, Harry? Harry: (still reading instructions; then sheepishly) Uh ... 163 D batteries. Margaret: (looks over paper, disgusted) 163 D batteries, Harry? Couldn't you just plug it in? Harry: How could I go anywhere with it then? Margaret: (had returned to reading paper, but now looks over the paper again) And just where were you planning on going dressed ...

279. Just a Crazy Story

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Larry Lange

... car just like Bruce did in the movie, but this wasn't a movie. It was reality. Because computers ran all the car's systems (which God had not created), Zack couldn't get the car started. After Zack had slammed the hood of the car down in disgust, he noticed he was surrounded by some extremely creepy looking characters who had slunk out of the woods behind him. "Dude," they said, "what are you doing out here at two o'clock in the morning?" Zack explained his life-long wish to see the Olympic Mountains and ...

280. Moving Day

John 14:23-29

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... every Christian teaching. And, especially to what we've read today. From a Christian perspective, the end never justifies the means if it means forgetting who we are a, who we represent and to whom we belong. I really wish I knew what to do other than being appalled and disgusted and embarrassed. I really wish I knew what to say. You and I are called to Honor God in all that we do. It's not enough to be preparing or even welcoming, we have to strive so that everything we do can be seen as a way of honoring ...

281. Oops! I Didn't See You

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... think he ever paid attention to Lazarus? I doubt it. His reticular activating system probably filtered this poor man out of the scene. Lazarus was a nobody in the rich man’s world. If he was noticed at all, it was probably as an object of disgust. It’s interesting, though. In Jesus’ parable we know Lazarus’ name. We don’t know the rich man’s name. Guess who counts in God’s reticular activating system? However, there came a time when the rich man did notice Lazarus. “The time came when the ...

282. Beneath The Shadow Of The Cross

Mark 15:16-37

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... fell. That wasn't enough. Pilate thought it would satisfy the crowd but they were like a bunch of bloodhounds on the scent of death, and they wouldn't settle for anything less. They even chose to free Barabbas, a known murderer over Jesus. And when in disgust Pilate asked, "Then what do you want me to do with Jesus, the one you call King of the Jews?" The people yelled, "Crucify him!" So Pilate washed his hands of the matter, signed Jesus' death warrant and let Barabbas go. The priests and elders glowed ...

283. WWF: Smack Down In The Wilderness

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... moves it. She kicks it. She tries to ignore it but it keeps calling her name. She finds herself drawn more and more to the package. First she makes a little rip. Then tears the package a little. Then the peeks inside but can't see a thing. She gets disgusted with herself but continues to come back. She finally gets the box open but then can't figure out what's inside. She sees a handle and pulls it. And rather quickly a self inflating raft opens up. Laura panics. She tries to hide it. And she tries to hide ...

284. The Seeds of Discouragement

Luke 17:11-19

Illustration

Keith Wagner

... . The man asked him, "Why the abundance of discouragement seeds?" The helper laughed and replied, "Because they are so effective and they take root so quickly." "Do they grow everywhere?" the man asked. At that moment the devil's helper became very sullen. He glared at the man and in disgust he said, "No. They never seem to grow in the heart of a grateful person."

285. A Small Man Who Was Given a Big Heart

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... expense of his countrymen, and he was regarded as human filth. Zacchaeus, whose name meant ‘the pure one’ and ‘the righteous,’ had turned his name into a sneer on the lips of his fellow Jews. He was a standing joke. The mention of his name evoked not a grin but disgust.” (4) This was the kind of man Jesus went home with. It’s almost as if Jesus liked stirring up the crowd. He was dining with the most hated man in town a man who was vile and corrupt and regarded as an enemy agent. Can you see why ...

286. Time to Unpack

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... their vulnerability in the shrubbery of Eden, hiding their nakedness from God, God came looking for them. Just like God comes looking for us every year during the Season of Advent. When God saw Adam and Eve hiding in the bushes, God didn’t turn away in disgust and abandon them. God didn’t throw them away and start over. When Adam and Eve were at their most vulnerable, when they were naked and they KNEW they were naked, that is exactly when God came walking down the garden path looking for them, seeking ...

287. Lamplight vs. Starlight

Matthew 5:13-16

Illustration

Leonard Sweet

... the stars that light the sky during this morketida period may shine for long periods, they are not enough to dispel the gloom that pervades the streets and can easily poison the soul. Those of us who curse "light pollution" for dimming our stars are disgusted, not at losing light, but at losing a beautiful, heavenly starscape to ponder. Stars are both too distant and too overwhelming to offer us any real nighttime comfort or vision. During our own periods of morketida, we don't really need more stars - we ...

288. Get Down and Dirty for Lent

John 9:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to make a mud-pie poultice of “polluted” stuff that he smeared over the face of an unsuspecting, unprepared blind beggar. Under John’s story you can hear Jesus saying, “Here’s spit in your eye — now go wash it out.” Gross. Disgusting. Dirty. Unsanitary. Healing. Miraculous. Restorative. Powerful. Jesus used something common, dirty, even insulting to transform the world of the blind man and to give him the gift of sight for the first time. Jesus wasn’t just spreading saliva and dirt around ...

289. Look Up and Live

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

Do you like snakes? Not many do. No other creature on the face of the planet so universally brings forth a sense of revulsion and disgust. True or not, we think of snakes as icky, slimy, nasty, and as our text reminds, dangerous. It seems that the children of Israel, in the midst of their wilderness wandering after the escape from slavery in Egypt, had stumbled on to a location south of the Dead Sea that ...

290. Be Not Afraid?

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... . Napoleon often referred to Marshall Ney as the bravest man he had ever known. Yet, the captain's knees trembled so badly one morning before a battle that he had trouble getting on his horse. When he was finally in the saddle, he looked at his knees and said with disgust, "Shake away, knees. You would shake worse than that if you knew where I am going to take you."1 Now that's a man I can really like. But what makes the difference? What do we do when we are afraid and Jesus says we shouldn't be? For ...

291. Nocturnal Christians?

1 John 1:1—2:2

Sermon

Nancy Kraft

... . In the darkness they become so convinced that they are right that they can't see the truth. This can be true for entire nations. Perhaps we all have our blind spots. We consider ourselves compassionate people, but we look at the beggar on the street with disgust. We don't think we're racists, but we'll laugh at a joke about an ethnic minority. We speak out against those who pollute the air with their cigarette smoke while we drive around in our SUVs. We get angry with parents who abuse their children ...

292. “Love Your Enemies” Doesn’t Mean Don’t Make Any

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

Mike Rowe has made a career out of doing disgusting stuff. As the host of the Discovery Channel series “Dirty Jobs,” Rowe has mucked-out, dug under, flushed, slogged, and slid through some of the most filthy and foul places on the planet. But whether he has been hanging from rafters or slipping through sewers, Rowe has consistently shown his ...

293. Love Your Enemies Doesn’t Mean Don’t Make Any

Matthew 21:23-27

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

Mike Rowe has made a career out of doing disgusting stuff. As the host of the Discovery Channel series “Dirty Jobs,” Rowe would muck-out, dig under, flush, slog, and slide through some of the most filthy and foul places on the planet. But whether he has been hanging from rafters or slipping through sewers, Rowe consistently showed his viewers ...

294. Dirty Dignity

Matthew 21:23-32

Illustration

Leonard Sweet

Mike Rowe has made a career out of doing disgusting stuff. As the host of the Discovery Channel series "Dirty Jobs," Rowe has mucked-out, dug under, flushed, slogged, and slid through some of the most filthy and foul places on the planet. But whether he has been hanging from rafters or slipping through sewers, Rowe has consistently shown his ...

295. America: Fight For Your Country

Illustration

William J. Bennett

... and a cynicism to our era. The worst of it has to do with our children. Our culture seems almost dedicated to the corruption of the young. We have become inured to the cultural rot that is setting in. People are losing their capacity for shock, disgust and outrage... The ancients called our problem acedia, an aversion to spiritual things and an undue concern for the external and the worldly. Acedia also is the seventh capital sin sloth but it does not mean mere laziness. The slothful heart is stepped in the ...

296. Those Who Can't Do

Illustration

Don McCullough

John Killinger tells about the manager of a minor league baseball team who was so disgusted with his center fielder's performance that he ordered him to the dugout and assumed the position himself. The first ball that came into center field took a bad hop and hit the manager in the mouth. The next one was a high fly ball, which he lost in the ...

297. Without Saying a Word

Illustration

R.C. Sproul

... golfer was playing in a tournament with President Gerald Ford, fellow pro Jack Nicklaus, and Billy Graham. After the round was over, one of the other pros on the tour asked, "Hey, what was it like playing with the President and Billy Graham?" The pro said with disgust, "I don't need Billy Graham stuffing religion down my throat!" With that he headed for the practice tee. His friend followed, and after the golfer had pounded out his fury on a bucket of golf balls, he asked, "Was Billy a little rough on you ...

298. What Are You Good For?

Illustration

... , Craig Massey told about being in a restaurant when he heard an angry father say to his 7 year old son, "What good are you?" The boy, who had just spilled his milk, put his head down and said, "Nothing." Years later, Massey said he was disgusted with his own son for a minor infraction. He heard himself ask what he called "the cruelest question a father can ask." He said, "What are you good for anyway?" His son replied, "Nothing." Immediately he regretted the question. As he thought about this, he realized ...

299. The Way of the Compass

Illustration

Source Unknown

... friends gave him a compass and urged him to use it. The next time he went out in his boat, he followed their advice and took the compass with him. But as usual he became hopelessly confused and was unable to find land. Finally he was rescued by his friends. Disgusted and impatient with him, they asked, "Why didn't you use that compass we gave you? You could have saved us a lot of trouble!" The sailor responded, "I didn't dare to! I wanted to go north, but as hard as I tried to make the needle aim in ...

300. The Source of the Problem?

Humor Illustration

... with more water so he could locate the leak more easily. The enormous bag of water was impossible to control and began rolling on the hilly terrain. He tried to hold it back, but it headed downhill and landed in a clump of bushes, which poked it full of holes. Disgusted, he threw out the waterbed frame and moved a standard bed into his room. The next morning, he woke to find a puddle of water in the middle of the new bed. The upstairs bathroom had a leaky drain.

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