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276. Pentecost! Slow ... and Sure!

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... might harm a plant. There is no frost, no drought, no disease, no busy feet to step on them. But there is one thing more. There is the presence of all things vital to a plant's development. Water, sunshine, a gardener's careful pruning, fertilizer, and warmth. This is what Jesus is saying is with the disciples. "Peace! Shalom!" "The absence of everything harmful, the presence of everything helpful be with you." And not once but twice does he tell us this! Now he goes on to say, "As the Father has sent me ...

277. Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired?

Matthew 9:35-10:8

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... be a sickness in your life that is fatal. If there were not, how would you ever get to heaven? Can you imagine two unborn twins in their mother's womb? What if they could talk? When the time of birth comes they struggle against it. Where they are is warmth and food and security. The outside world is new to them. They are afraid to be born, and they fight it. We do that with death, too, don't we? Here we have our loved ones, a home of sorts, and a familiarity with the way things are. When a ...

278. Supper's Ready!

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... " (John 10:10). He didn't come to take the life out of the party, he came to put life in the party. When I was a student in college, my hall adopted a stray dog as a mascot. One winter this mangy, undernourished mutt wandered into the dorm seeking warmth. The fellows on the hall immediately loved that animal and sought to help him. Can you imagine what went on in that dog's brain as the fellows washed him in the shower? Soap and water were alien to a dog used to ugly, smelly, matted fur. Then there was ...

279. Once More with Feeling!

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... Thanksgiving of all is a mixing bowl. Your own heart can serve the purpose quite well. Just mix in several heaping cupfuls of thanksgetting, an abundance of thanksliving, and a large quantity of thanksgiving. Then bring it to a boil with all of the warmth and love of our Savior Jesus Christ. You will have the best dish ever served! You know, friends, traditions can grow very empty over the years. They can be little more than hollow liturgies filled with polite insincerities. People just go through the ...

280. I'm a Chunk of Coal, but I'm Gonna Be a Diamond

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... out all the color, depth, and beauty trapped within it." Are you a sympathetic jewel or a Centenary Stone? God's favorite gemstones are the sympathetic jewels – those that only really dazzle and radiate their colors when gripped by another. It is the warmth and life of the hand that sets fire to sympathetic jewels and sympathetic hearts. And the stronger, more powerful the grip, the more depth and color, and complexity the sympathetic respondent displays. Will you allow your life to be gripped by the hand ...

281. I've Got Your Back Covered

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , or think of the Holy Spirit, don't think babysitter or blanket. Jesus isn't sending us a comforter in the sense of a babysitter who's going to take care of us. Jesus isn't sending us a comforter who is going to blanket us with warmth and encouragement, telling us to cheer up and be chirpy everything will be fine. This Paraclete is our battle companion and protector who will, in the words of one preacher, "bear every burden of service, lift every load of care, climb every mountain of difficulty, ford every ...

282. Trust that Leads to Transformation

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... all the winter ice and snow because we know and understand why the warmer, brighter days are coming. Our confidence comes from observable scientific knowledge. We know how the rotation of the earth around the sun affects the length of our days and the warmth of our climates. About other less measurable matters we're less bold. If results and conclusions can't be nailed down with calculated numbers or provable facts, we back away from declaring any firm commitments, or taking any leaps of faith. In today's ...

283. What to Do with Yesterday - A Sermon for a New Year

Psalm 103:1-22

Sermon

James McCormick

... no sin that God is not anxious to forgive. God wants to forgive us even more than we want to be forgiven. Because what God wants for us is to live today and tomorrow and all the tomorrows of our lives as His beloved sons and daughters, secure in the warmth of His love, and walking in the wonderful light of His Way. Listen to the promise of scripture: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” “As far as the east is from the ...

284. The Church on Main Street

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

James McCormick

... on each side of him, pressing their warm bodies against his, until his body temperature returned to normal and he was able to swim freely again! That is what the Church is supposed to be. We support one another when we are falling. We surround one another with warmth and love when we are hurting. Because I belong to Christ, I also belong to all those other brothers and sisters who also belong to Christ. The Church on Main Street will not let us forget that! III. Finally, to be a disciple means that we are ...

285. Be Kind

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

James McCormick

... and clinical. They would come into her room and talk about her instead of with her. She became, not Dr. Bearing, a real live human being with feelings and needs, but a certain disease being studied. They gave her the best medical treatment, but no human warmth. That was left to her nurse, Suzie, a wonderfully caring person. In one of those moments when Vivian was talking out loud to herself, she said, “They always want to know more things - I always wanted to know more things, too. After all, I’m a ...

286. Can You Tell Time?

Philippians 3:7-11

Sermon

James W. Moore

... , And the great outdoors. It was summer But it was Fall I wanted The colorful leaves, And the cool, dry air. It was Fall. But it was winter I wanted The beautiful snow, And the joy of the holiday season. It was Winter But it was Spring I wanted The warmth, And the blossoming of nature. I was a child But it was adulthood I wanted, The freedom, And the respect. I was twenty But it was thirty I wanted, To be mature, And sophisticated. I was middle-aged But it was twenty I wanted The youth And the free spirit ...

287. When Do You Feel God's Pleasure?

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

James W. Moore

... to show me around. He gave me a tour and we talked a few minutes, then parted company. That made a lasting impression! I was just a high school kid who came in to “listen to Dr. Moore talk,” and he showed me a great deal of caring and genuine warmth. Over the next year and a half, I realized that so many people at the church showed the same qualities… I mentioned it to a friend in the Pure Sound Youth Choir and he told me… ‘Patrick, that’s what faith is.’ (Finally) I joined the church and got ...

288. What's So Great about Going to Church

Isaiah 6:1-8

Sermon

James W. Moore

... I see… - Little children rushing to Sunday School with such joy and exhilaration on their faces, - Cars and buses and vans circling the parking lot trying to find a place to park, - The ushers and greeters welcoming people to church with genuine warmth and affection and kindness, - Choir members scrambling to get into their robes and scurrying to the pre-service rehearsal, - Young people making their way to church early on a Sunday morning to serve the church even though they were out late on Saturday ...

289. How to Live a Sizzle-When-It-Drizzles Life

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . When your abundant life springs a leak, seek shelter under the communal umbrella. Jesus used the image of sheep, the ultimate herd animal, to describe his people because sheep find identity in community. In the midst of a dark night sheep need to feel the warmth of the herd pressing about them. A lone sheep is a lost sheep. Michael Blewett, an Anglican priest in St. Louis, tells of a parishioner who hadn’t been to Sunday worship in a while. She rarely missed a Sunday for a couple years. Then she ...

290. To Be a Christian

Acts 11:19-30

Sermon

James McCormick

... . And, as such, we are loved unconditionally. Our worth is not something we achieve by our performance. Rather, our worth is a gift. It is a gift conferred upon us for the simple and sufficient reason that we are God’s children. And God wants us to live in the warmth and security of His love, and by that He wants to make life good for us and for all His children. When we talk about conversion, we are talking about the process by which we come to believe all of that, and we decide to trust it and to live ...

291. Bridging the Generation Gap

Ephesians 6:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... man wrapped his coat around him. Eventually, the wind gave up and the sun came out from behind the cloud and smiled kindly upon the old man. Before long, the old man mopped his brow, pulled off his coat and strolled on his way. The sun knew the secret: warmth, friendliness, and a gentle touch are always stronger than force and fury. You can be wind to your kids or you can be a sun. The sun will work better. III. Teach Children the Right Master It is not enough to give your kids physical food. You must also ...

292. How To Get Better When You're Bitter

Exodus 15:22-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... with manna, God parted the Red Sea, God destroyed Egyptian armies, and there were no headaches, no heartaches, no hardships. God had handed them everything on a silver platter and they had eaten it with a silver spoon. Every day had been all sunshine and no rain, all warmth and no cold. But all of a sudden they were now in the wilderness. But I want you to see that when their circumstances changed, they also changed. Now what is important to see is how they had gotten into this mess to begin with. They had ...

293. Try a Little Kindness (Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... the old man wrapped his coat around him. Eventually, the wind gave up and the sun came out. He began to smile kindly upon that old man. Before long the old man mopped his brow, pulled off his coat, and strolled on his way. The sun knew the secret: warmth, friendliness, and a gentle touch are always stronger than force and fury. I believe with all of my heart that one of the greatest marks of leadership is kindness. It is nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice. One time Abraham Lincoln was ...

294. Don't Forget to Remember

Jude 1:5-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... from light and life, until the judgment that will take place at the second coming of Jesus Christ. Now this tragedy is multiplied when you think about this: They tasted heaven, but they went to hell. There are people who come to church on Sunday, and they feel the warmth of a place that loves Jesus; they bathe in the glow of a praise that exalts Jesus; they are exposed to the fire of a pulpit that preaches Jesus; they experience the joy of a people who receive Jesus; then walk out the same way they walk in ...

295. The Key That Unlocks the Door to Spiritual Power

Mark 14:36

Sermon

James Merritt

... in the Old Testament is God ever personally addressed as "Father" in prayer. That was a distinction Jesus made and that Jesus has passed down to us. b. It Is a Precious Relationship But not only did Jesus use the term Father, He added an intimate warmth and tenderness when he prefaced the term by using the Aramaic word Abba. Abba was the address of a small child to his father. In fact, there is a statement in the Talmud that says, "An infant cannot say ‘father' [Abba] and ‘mother' [Imma] until it ...

296. Keeping Shut About the Good News

Acts 3:1-10; Acts 4:13-20

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... by was to beg. So there he was, doing the only thing he knew to do. He sees Peter and John and thinks he can get something from them. Now, I wonder just what it was that he saw in them. Maybe it was their demeanor. Maybe it was their warmth. Maybe you could see the love of Jesus just flowing from them. Or maybe they just looked gullible—a couple of country bumpkins, just common fishermen in the city for the first time. Maybe the lame man was a good con man who knew who to hit up, who could ...

297. From the Tomb

John 20:1-18

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... speaks your name…yes, when God calls your own name: MARY. [2] What wouldn't you give this morning to have a CD of just that one word—"Mary"? The same old inflection. The loving sound of his familiar voice which she thought had been silenced forever. The warmth, the intonation. The same greeting she had heard a hundred times, now more precious than all the gold in the world. He called her by name—"Mary"—and that was all it took! Now she is off running again. Remember, this is her fourth time to make ...

298. Wake Well, Wake Welcome

Romans 13:8-14

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... was not necessarily a time for sustained sleep. In fact, our ancestors most often lived out of a tradition of “two sleeps.” Every 24 hours used to be divided into a day of “work” and a night of “two sleeps.” When the sun set and the warmth left the air, it was time for the “early sleep.” But the demands of keeping a warm house, tending to children, or just keeping an attentive ear out for intruders, necessarily meant this “early sleep” might be brief. After waking from a couple hours of ...

299. Making Disciples

2 Corinthians 3:1-6

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... to the benefit of patients. Wholeness and holiness are frequently accepted in a context showing science and religion are partners. The strides we have made here, especially in the last two generations, have been remarkable. After all, God is the God of both! The warmth and contentment of the Father's boys and girls — regardless of their ages — has no real substitute. We can at times see salvation in the faces of others. Our spirit bears witness to their spirit. There is a sense of both peace and ...

300. Looking to the Unseen

2 Corinthians 4:18

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... of God, he could never again embrace his narrow creeds and content himself with his self-righteous dogmatisms. As a result, Paul had a new openness about him. He was no longer rigid and unbending. Released from the role of obnoxious, religious snob, Paul now emitted warmth and humanity and humility that made him an agent of the very mystery that lured him on toward the unseen but real. Following in Paul's footsteps we too look to the unseen mystery of God that beckons us from our stuffy rooms wherein we ...

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