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3001. Jesus and Mary Magdalene

John 20:10-18

Sermon

James W. Moore

... all we’ve got to face, maybe I should just go on and retire and then I could be there all day, every day, just to take care of you.” And she said, “Well, I was just thinking that with all we’ve got to face and all it’s going to cost, you may ... And Sarah said, “Momma, that’s why I’m here! Sarah was right, wasn’t she? Helping each other, loving each other, taking care of each other. That’s why we are here. That is our Easter mission. Easter has some very special gifts for us. Easter gives ...

3002. Jesus and Mary and Martha

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Dr. Boyd E. Wagner

... of what it really says. If you have your Bibles you might want to just kind of stay with the Bible text a moment as there are really just two things I think are crucial in understanding what the text really says and I want to begin looking very carefully at these. We begin with that first verse in which Martha receives Jesus into her house. Now, those words are very, very powerful, but to understand those words you need to go back to the ninth chapter the 51st verse. If you are following there you will see ...

3003. The Devil Made Me Do It

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... succumbed, he would have had wonderful excuses - no one could blame him. The passage we read from Matthew has three strong temptations presented. Jesus, you are incredibly powerful; use that power to meet your own needs. If you don't take care of yourself, you will not be able to take care of anyone else. On top of that, if word gets around that you turn stones into bread, think how many folks would follow you. Everyone can use a little extra bread. Who could have blamed Jesus for doing something like that ...

3004. Unexpected Evangelists

John 4:1-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... and faith of Christian friends proved helpful? Who were some of the people who helped guide you on your spiritual journey? Those to whom you might speak a word for Jesus will care far more about your real-life experience of faith than any deep theological speculation, just like the people of Samaria. And, if you are wondering, folks are ready to listen. In the words of Jesus, "Open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest." Statistics indicate ...

3005. When The Risen Christ Comes Looking For Us

John 21:15-25

Sermon

James W. Moore

... know you can do it. I want you to lead out. I want you to take up the torch of My ministry. I want you to take care of My sheep. I want you to watch over My flock.” Now, we know that these words of love became the wake-up call Simon Peter ... He’s right, you know. That’s precisely what the Risen Christ was saying to Peter that day. If you love Me, then feed My sheep, take care of My flock. That’s the direction I want you to take. That’s exactly what I want you to do.” Now, let me tell you something ...

3006. God's Not Done With Us Yet!

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Egyptian maid, Hagar (which might make US blanch, but was a perfectly acceptable practice in that culture). You see, children were the Social Security system of the day - when you got old and were no longer able to manage for yourself, they would take care of you; it was their solemn duty. Not having any children was more than an embarrassment, it was socially and economically dangerous. So the deed is done. Hagar gets pregnant. Now things get even stickier. Hagar thumbs her nose at Sarai and her barrenness ...

3007. The Prod of the Past

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... property - plenty of space, good physical plant (some age on it now, but still very good). Let us put it to use as a tool for outreach. Three things I can think of off hand. We NEED to look seriously at the establishment of a day-care enterprise. Pre- school, after school, or both. I know we have had such programs in the past, and there were probably good reasons for stopping them at the time. However, considering the desperate need for such services, and with us having such a wonderful but under- utilized ...

3008. Remembering 9/11

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... reports of phone conversations from the upper floors of the Trade Center towers, or the cell phone calls from United flight 93, not to express fear or anger, but simply to say, "I'm stuck up here; I don't think I'm gonna make it...I love you...Take care of the children." We wanted to talk with our own family. We appreciated in a new way how fragile life really is. No doubt that is why church attendance took such a jump in the days following the tragedy. Even folks who, for every other day of their lives ...

3009. The Ten Commandments #4: The Sabbath

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... give them a break, a break from a rat race where it seems that only the rats ever win, a break from a world that does not care whether I live or die, a break from a world full of pain and suffering and hate. Men and women, boys and girls will come when ... begin to sense their need of a loving and gracious God and for the company of God's people, a God and a people who care when no one else does. When the churches of this land begin to do a better job of communicating that rather than making folks feel MORE ...

3010. Sunday Dinner

Leviticus 19:1-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... often, the preacher and his family would be invited to join them. Of course, as the resident "Holy Man" I was the designated pray-er...careful not to go on too long with the blessing. It was wonderful. No one will ever have to explain to any of the Robinson clan ... what it means to be family; no one will ever have to explain what it means to belong or be loved - Sunday dinner takes care of that. In a way, that is what we are about to do as we gather at the Lord's Table. The bit of bread and sip ...

3011. Super Sunday

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... I live or die, a break from a world full of pain and suffering and hate. Men and women, boys and girls, will come when they begin to sense their need of a loving and gracious God and for the company of God' people, a God and a people who care when no one else does. When the churches of this land do a better job of communicating the love of Jesus rather than making folks feel MORE unwanted and unloved than they already do, people will come. You could not keep them away with clubs. People NEED that kind of ...

3012. Blessed Be The Title That Binds

Deuteronomy 14:22-29

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... law - justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former."(2) Jesus is glad that they carefully tithe - do not "neglect the former" - but he wants to make sure they know that tithing is not the be-all ... together, give thanks for all they have earned through the grace of God in a given year, support the good work of God's house, and care for the poor. It is a concrete way in which we can acknowledge that everything good we have comes from God. And if you do it ...

3013. The Voice

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . You stand up for justice. You be my drum major for righteousness. I will be with you." He had heard his name called. He knew what God wanted. His life was forever changed and through his life, so was the world.(5) The voice. It could happen to you. Be careful. Where are you most likely to hear the voice? It could be anywhere, but I will submit that the most likely place will be in the church, and the reason I say so is that the church is the most likely place for getting the help we need in hearing ...

3014. Civil War Isn't!

2 Samuel 18:1-18, 19--19:8

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the news to the king. When the messenger arrived, the first words out of David's mouth were, "Is the young man Absalom safe?" Oh, he cared about the progress of the battle, but not as much as the well-being of his son. First things first. Then the news, and a ... too far from the tree? That Absalom's bad behavior was simply the fruit of David's own? That we should be careful about provoking our children or someday they might try a palace coup? That hard as we try, sometimes "Stuff Happens?" That "Civil War ...

3015. God the Boggler

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... a million years for the light from one of them to show up in my Carolina sky some night. And the God who made all that cares more for us than about all THAT! There is BOGGLE for you! And when I think that God, His Son not sparing, Sent Him to die, ... his thoughts to one of his professors, an eminently wise man. "Mr. Shoemaker," he said, "your problem is that your God is too small. God takes care of the sun, the moon, and the stars with just a word. Now, God has all the time in the world just for you and me ...

3016. The Apostles' Creed: "God...Almighty"

Mark 15:33-41, Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... than anybody in Morrisonville was willing to admit. That day I decided that God was not entirely to be trusted.(1) Young Russell is not alone. Some of you may feel that way at this very moment. We hear these wondrous claims of a world in the care and keeping of a loving heavenly Father, then look around and see one catastrophe after another. Still, we stand together and say, "I believe in God, the Father, ALMIGHTY..." Really? Lots of folks do not. Of all the barriers to belief, none are quite so strong as ...

3017. I'm Thankful for...

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... is, or that will be, that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country, previous to their becoming a nation, for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable ... deliverances and blessings they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners, or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are ...

3018. Thank God, We're Not Alone!

Psalm 133:1-3

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... have mixed attitudes about that - we do not like shelling out and shelling out and shelling out for welfare programs. But if the common good is important, we WILL need to do something - money for job training and retraining, money for child care, money for remedial education, money to take care of those who are not physically able to support themselves. We have no choice if the common good is genuinely important. With the poet we will realize, No man is an island; No man stands alone; Each mans joy is joy ...

3019. When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough

Ecc 2:1-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the Warren Schmidts of the world never learn. It is exactly what Christ's church is all about. We make our way through this vale of tears, we become confused, we get lost, we search for a way out. We finally find our way with the help of others who care, others who can share with us their own disappointments, their own blind alleys, their own roads already tried. And at the end of the road, together we see one who taught us long ago that to save our life we must be willing to lose it, one who beckons with ...

3020. Do You Hear What I Hear?

Luke 1:46-56, Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... gave the children three small pieces of cardboard to make a crude manger. Each child was given a small paper square, cut from yellow napkins I had brought with me. (No colored paper was available in the city.) Following instructions, the children tore the paper and carefully laid strips in the manger for straw. Small squares of flannel, cut from a worn-out nightgown an American lady was throwing away as she left Russia, were used for the baby's blanket. A doll-like baby was cut from tan felt we had brought ...

3021. Giving Dangerously

Malachi 3:6-18

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the urgent need of particular missions. Do not give to alleviate hunger, disease or poverty. All of that comes under the category of what I call giving dangerously. You and I know each other well by now, and you know I love you and what this church has become. I care about your relationship to the Lord, and I want you to do right as you deal with this one area of discipleship which for so many is a problem. I want to help you to exercise responsible stewardship of what God has given you to manage, but I do ...

3022. It's Time to Get Up

John 11:1-45

Sermon

Brett Blair

... to discover that Jesus performed no funerals, only resurrections! Here in John 11, Jesus resurrects Lazarus. He raises him up and brings him out of the tomb. “Lazarus, come forth,” he says. See how personal this is! He calls him by name. Now, if you will listen real carefully this morning, you can hear him calling your name. He has a resurrection for you. He wants to bring you out of that tomb (whatever it is) that is imprisoning you. He wants to set you free. And he has the power to do it. If you will ...

3023. The Lord's Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... turned the pages of history into a bloody mess. But Jesus described God's kingdom as a great banquet with folks coming from North and South, East and West. This kingdom is universal with no boundaries at all. God's kingdom is different. Earthly kingdoms are very careful about who is acceptable as a member of society. But Jesus described God's kingdom as a large tree in a garden with branches so extensive that all sorts of birds will be able to nest in it. This kingdom is open to all who, by faith, would ...

3024. Regis and Jesus

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Their rabbis taught that HEAVENLY treasure came from two sources: deeds of kindness and a good character. Of course, the early church operated on that principle. One of the most important tasks those first Christians felt they had was in the care of those who could not care for themselves. Story has it that, during the days of terrible persecution, the Roman authorities broke into a church to loot whatever treasures they might find there; they demanded of the deacon in charge that he hand over everything of ...

3025. Tragedy and Triumph

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , the truth dawned on her. "How selfish I have been," she said. "Sorrow is common to all." Hearts break every day - perhaps yours...and not just because of sudden death -- a marriage that had held such hope and promise falls apart; a home into which great love and care had been invested burns to the ground, a total loss; a precious possession that is prized for more than just its monetary value is stolen by a sneak thief. The problem is that we do not expect it to happen. We do not worry about those things ...

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