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3001. Mary's Revolutionary Song

Luke 1:46-56

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... of the chart. Now, my next question is, 'Where should we put you on the chart? You don't want to be above Mother Teresa, do you?" The man replied, "If Mother Teresa is not good enough to get into heaven, I guess I'm in worse shape than I thought." Then Bill Hybels drew a cross right across the middle of the chart. Underneath that cross he wrote these words from I John 2:2: "But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins ...

3002. The Forgiving Father (Father's Day)

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Brett Blair

... was pushed too far certainly this young found it. He crossed every line in the sand that the father could have drawn. But the point is clear. From the father’s perspective at least, there is no condemnation. He doesn’t greet him with the words: Well, I never thought I would see you again; he greets him instead with open arms. I don’t care what you have done; you have not stretched beyond the limits of God’s love. His love knows no limit. II Secondly, the story tells us that God’s love is a patient ...

3003. A Time to Dance

Psalm 30:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... positive, I would have fussed with God big-time. I am ashamed to admit that I have heard myself whining something like this: "Lord, I have tried to serve you faithfully all these years; I can't believe you are letting this or that happen to me. I thought I was your pet, or at least in the top 20 percent!" The climax of Psalm 30 comes when King David realized this glorious fact: Even when God seems absent, He is powerfully present. Even when I desert God in foolish self-sufficiency, God does not desert me ...

3004. The Burden Bearing Christ

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Brett Blair

... throughout all scripture from the beginning to the end is the theme that ours is a burden bearing Christ. He is not just a Lord whom we burden, and we do, but a Lord who actually solicits our burdens. I want to think with you this morning concerning that thought. He who would be effective must first be free from his burdens. I First, I would suggest to you that ours is a burden bearing Christ who sets us free from the burden of sin, but only after we have seen how much our sin burdens him. James Laney ...

3005. Our Lord's Abundant Table

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... teaches us who Jesus is. He is the fulfillment of the Word of the Lord. And secondly it teaches us that we are to serve at the Table of our Lord. We all watched last week as the rescue team in Pennsylvania served in an effort that many of us thought would end in tragedy. Little did we know that they were participating in a miracle. Chills ran down my back each time a miner was pulled from the earth. That round cage they used to extract them gave me a claustrophobic feeling just looking at it. I am sure you ...

3006. The Prodigal Daughter

Drama

Maxine Dudley

... I will need all the money you have saved for my college education. (Mother looks at Sarah with concern.) Mother: Sarah, have you given this some thought? Is this what you really want to do with your life? Sarah: Yes, it is. All my friends are going to New York to find a ... later. Clarissa is perfect for what we want. See you later, Sarah. (Photographers and model walk off laughing.) Sarah: I thought we were friends. Why Clarissa? Why not me? (Sarah walks off stage and removes her shoes.) Act III (While Mother ...

3007. Forgiveness

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Burton F. Blair

... the nature of her sin. She was now a widow of three years. She had been married to an older man, who had been very cruel to her. In her confession to Father Zossima, she laments, "He lay ill. I thought looking at him, if he were to get well ... If he were to get up again, what then? And then the thought came to me ...." At this point, she whispers her sin to Father Zossima. The reader is left to conclude the exact nature of her sin. Yet, the one thing that is for sure in the story is that she ...

3008. Suffering

John 19:28-37

Sermon

Burton F. Blair

... sand he left no footprints. Jesus, the Gnostics insisted, went through the whole ordeal of the cross without any real suffering. In fact, in their gospel, they preached that on the cross Jesus was faking it, playacting. It was not real. And, to say the least, such a thought is a radical perversion of Christianity. It does not take a genius to figure out what this would mean for us. Such a savior would be of no use to us. Because when we suffer, it is real. And, further still, our death is no playacting, no ...

3009. The Temple

John 2:12-25

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... he commanded them to leave the temple and stop acting like thieves in a house that was meant for prayer. The people ran from the temple and from the angry words of Jesus. They knew that he meant what he said. The priests were angry too, because they thought that they needed that money more than they needed to have people praying. It makes a difference what you think about church and what church should be used for. Jesus called it a house of prayer. What do you think about church and how do you use it?

3010. A River Of Destiny

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Susan Hedahl

... commercialism around us. Among all the gifts we give, which are the good gifts? What speaks of our commitments and to whom? John’s words to heed the coming Kingdom ring out. They are fierce, insistent, an invitation to turn and live life differently than we thought possible. But we are not left floundering before what may seem an impossible set of imperatives. As Jesus emerged from the Jordan, we see the person in whom we may place our complete trust. It is time to gather at the river and then to be ...

3011. Advent III - Children’s Sermon

Luke 1:26-38

Children's Sermon

Susan Hedahl

The Lighting Of The Third Candle: The Name Candle Everyone has a name. Even before you were born, your parents talked about what to call you. They probably thought of all kinds of different possibilities. They might have looked up names in a special dictionary or thought about names which were special favorites for them. And when you were born, your name was written on your birth certificate before you left the hospital. You might have even had a little bracelet on your wrist with your name on it. Do you ...

3012. To Our Heart’s Content

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Susan Hedahl

... parents and child, a blessing which acknowledges the impact of the baby on humanity. Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed. (Luke 2:34, 35 RSV) We, too, for another year, are leaving the cradle of the child and venturing out. What will this year bring? If last year was difficult, will this one be better? Will our prosperity continue? What ...

3013. The Vicarious Servant

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... an affluent assignment in the South to assume leadership in a popular diocese in the North where social problems of every sort abounded. Someone asked him "Why?" and he replied, "I see Jesus Christ in the face of the poor." 2. This leads us to a second thought: We must become more sensitive to the effects of sin. One day a man went into a small shop that specialized in religious souvenirs and similar mementos. He asked the clerk if she had any small silver crosses. "Yes," she replied, "but do you want a ...

3014. A Perspective on the Ascension

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... month, he became the recipient of power. Peter emerged from the period of waiting as a man of decision, of brave standing and of firm resolution. Like other early Christians, this disciple was to be described - as T. R. Glover put it - as one who "out-thought, out-lived, and out-died" the pagan world. This is what Jesus meant when he said he would send to his followers a Comforter, a word which means "strengthener." And whenever in the New Testament this spiritual power was given, it was for a purpose: that ...

3015. Rules For Living

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Robert Allen

... from the thorn and it began to fly away. Then, the butterfly came back and changed into a beautiful fairy princess right before the little girl. "For your kindness," the fairy told the little girl, "I will grant you your fondest wish." The little girl thought for a moment and replied, "I want to be happy." The fairy princess smiled and leaned over and whispered something into the girl’s ear. Then, the fairy princess vanished into thin air. But, as the girl grew older, there was no one in the kingdom ...

3016. The Lord Is My Shepherd

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Robert Allen

... night, the call was to let me know that Bob had taken a turn for the worse. A family member was calling and asking if I could come to the hospital. I slipped a jacket on and headed toward the hospital. As I drove to the hospital, I thought about the man I was going to visit. Bob had unusual abilities and energies. He had started working with one company, but eventually formed his own company and became very successful. Perhaps, it was that drive and determination which led him to a heart attack at the age ...

3017. A Season Of Joy

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Robert Allen

... experience in an inward way. Some time ago, someone asked me, "Robert, if your house caught on fire, what one thing, after your family, would you want to save?" What would you save from your house? I thought about some expensive items like the televisions ... or the china ... or the silver dinnerware. But, the more I thought about it, I knew what I would save if I could save only one item. I would save the family photo album. It has pictures of my grandparents, my parents, and there are photos of my wife ...

3018. Create Your Own Happiness

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Robert Allen

... clearly last spring when the big sycamore tree in our backyard broke out of its brick planter. The roots were just below the surface and they were threatening to do damage to the house. So, we had to have the tree taken down. When the tree expert was hired, I thought he would saw through the trunk and let it fall to the ground. But, he didn’t do it that way at all. First, he trimmed off the small upper branches. Then, one by one, he sawed through some of the large limbs. Then, he tied a wire to the ...

3019. The State Of The Church

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Robert Allen

... a couple who lived across the street in an apartment complex. When I left the apartment of that couple, I was walking back toward the church when I heard an elderly voice call out, "Are you Reverend Allen?" I stopped and looked around, but didn’t see anyone. I thought I was imaging things so I started to walk on toward the church. Again, an elderly voice called out, "Are you Reverend Allen?" I stopped again and looked around. I saw no one at first. Then, as I looked at one of the windows, I could see an ...

3020. Facing Life’s Central Tests

Mark 14:32-42

Sermon

Robert Allen

... that doubt as he simply prayed: "... nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done...." We all face moments like this in our lives. Each of us has prayed to be spared, if possible, some tragedy so real to the imagination that with many of us, day and night, the thought of it is in our minds. We all have those moments when life seems to be closing in. We all have those moments when doubt and fear seem to be getting the best of us. We all have those moments when we feel like we are facing the central tests ...

3021. The More Excellent Way

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Robert Allen

... is an essential element if we are ever to achieve any excellence in living. Recently, I went to see the Rogers and Hammerstein play, South Pacific. The starring role was played by Robert Goulet. But, because of sickness, the female lead was played by the understudy - and I thought she stole the show. She was vivacious. She was alive. She was enjoying her chance to be a star. At one point in the play, she begins to sing: I’m stuck like a dope, with a thing called hope. While that is a lovely attitude, it ...

3022. Exercising Self-control

Illustration

Orien Johnson

... was the same young man! There has probably never been a lesson pounded home with such force as this: You cannot excel in sports unless you exercise self-control in order to put your body in first-class physical condition. Every coach tries to instill this thought in the minds of the athletes he works with. He can set rules about getting enough sleep and the proper diet, but a coach cannot possibly oversee every minute of a person’s life. Any would-be-athlete has to exercise self-control and cannot depend ...

3023. Comfort

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... word to captives? "Free at last! Free at last! Great God A’mighty, I’m free at last!" But becoming free is not usually an easy matter - not just a matter of walking out and being free. There is always a price for freedom. The Hebrew exiles probably thought they’d paid it all, but listen to the Prophet’s word: In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground ...

3024. A Prophet Like Me

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... unpopular things is part of the job description, but it should be part of the job description of anyone in Christian ministry. I remember hearing the admonition to some new ordinands to beware of being too well thought of. Of course we want to be well liked, but let none of us be thought harmless or ineffective in proclaiming the Word in prophetic fashion. Even so it is one of the least appreciated aspects of ministry. It opens one to criticism, and hence some lose all but a faint glimmer of prophetic ...

3025. Wade In The Water

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... with the king. So the king of Aram wrote a letter to the king of Israel, and gave Naaman generous gifts he thought appropriate for someone who would cure the general of his army. Off went Naaman to seek the prophet Elisha, perhaps thinking ... probably would have returned home thinking the God of Israel was powerless after all. If the Galilean leper had not been healed he might have thought Jesus a fraud, or at least not so remarkable a healer as he had heard. Both of these were success stories of the sort we ...

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