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3201. Brace Yourself!

Matthew 5:21-37

Sermon

John Jamison

... was going on. After John the Baptist was arrested, Jesus moved from Nazareth to Galilee where he could do what he needed to do to prepare for his ministry. Galilee was more Roman than Jewish, so the Pharisees and Sadducees in Jerusalem would have less ability to stop him before he was ready. He traveled the area preaching, teaching, and finding those who would become his disciples. One day as they were walking along the northern shore of the sea a large group of people started to gather around them. Jesus ...

3202. Faith or Folly

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... one split second to end a life that could have lasted decades. Now, I don’t say this to frighten everyone. Living life is full of everyday risks. But yet we temper these everyday risks with wisdom. This was Solomon’s message. To the best of our ability, we look out for swarming flies and cover our wine with wisdom. Most of all, we keep our eyes and our lives focused on our relationship with God and watch out for dangerous distractions. For wherever God’s sweetest souls reside, you can be sure the ...

3203. The Just-In-Case God

Acts 17:22-31

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... s what you want God to be. Imagine that you grew up in a polytheistic religion, in a system where you make appeals to the god of rain, the god of grain, the god of take-away-my-pain. Your survival or your prosperity is based on your ability to ward off the evil gods and appease the good gods. But there is only appeasement, not relationship. Contrast that situation with the message that Paul preached to the Athenians. He says that the God who “made the world and everything in it” also breathed life into ...

3204. The Hidden City

John 3:1-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to allow the Spirit to fill us, use us, guide us, and open our eyes to the truth of the Gospel. We as humans see what we are pre-conditioned to see. If we convince ourselves that nothing exists outside of our physical realm, then we will shut down our ability to see beyond ourselves. If we however allow the Holy Spirit to open our eyes and to help us see beyond our physical senses, we will begin to sense God’s presence with us, beside us, among us, and we will be able to “know” God in a whole ...

3205. Singing the Lord's Song

1 John 3:16-24

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... comedian George Burns' love for singing. As Von Zell puts it, "I know George is a great music lover, because a poet once said that every man kills the thing he loves, and I've heard what George does to a song." Burns himself is very modest about his singing ability. For example, he jokes about once going to a party. "At twelve-thirty I said I was going to sing a few songs," he recounts, "and all the guests formed a circle around the piano. By the time I broke through I was too tired to sing." (1) What this ...

3206. Seeing is Believing…or Is It?

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... expects to see, even if it’s not there. We can select or ignore words or visuals in our line of vision depending on whether or not our brain believes they are important to our frame of understanding. That puts an interesting spin on our ability to discern knowledge, let alone truth. Why is it so hard for us to change old habits, old belief systems, to emerge from trauma, to change our inner stories about ourselves or others? Because our brains operate something like an organic architecture. Our sensory ...

3207. Professional Angel

1 Peter 2:19-25

Sermon

Ronald Love

... it is expected. Jesus said of himself, “I am the good shepherd.” This is one of the most forthright statements Jesus made regarding his earthly pilgrimage. It is one that we must take to heart and emulate to the best of our ability. It is not the image of a passive individual, for ministry requires courage. It compels perseverance and courage, always remaining attuned to the assigned task of guardian. This is balanced with a gentle spirit of a shepherd, perceptive of the physical, emotional and ...

3208. Living the FIRE Life

John 17:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to make an impact in the world in which they are living right now. The disciples by way of this “eternal life” condition will experience a special relationship with God. All who belong to Jesus, who believe in him, will be gifted “eternal life” –the ability to forge a life with God in which Jesus resides in them and they in him now and in the future. That FIRE (fully intimate, relational, exceptional) relationship with God will fulfill us in a way that nothing else can. In him, we will discover ...

3209. Wrestling with God

Genesis 32:22-31

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... best one they could think of. (1) Lancashire, England is home to the World Gravy Wrestling Championship, which happens every year in August. There are separate competitions for men and women. Wrestlers earn points for “fancy dress, entertainment value and wrestling ability.” The man and woman wrestlers with the most points at the end are declared the winners. The World Gravy Wrestling Championship is a charity event that raises funds for the East Lancashire Hospice. (2) In case you’re envious of the ...

3210. Trusting God When You've Been Hurt

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... peace was still there and it has never left me.” The next day, Ruth Bozeman was diagnosed with polio. She spent two months in the hospital. She came home on a stretcher. But she and Ray were determined to live their lives to the best of their abilities. Ray took Ruth to church on that stretcher, and even took her to vote in the 1952 presidential election on it. After months spent at a rehabilitation facility, she was finally able to sit up in a wheelchair and regained limited use of one arm. Looking back ...

3211. Overcoming Envy

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... to compare everything, instantly. How much money are you making compared to people your own age who graduated from the same college you did? How many words does your baby know versus millions of babies her exact age, around the world? “This ability to benchmark yourself in seconds,” Popcorn suggests, “will create an epidemic of comparative anxiety--a national wave of insecurity.” (3) And it is not only the young who are tempted by such comparisons. Bestselling business author Simon Sinek gives a ...

3212. Herding Cats

Matthew 9:35-10:8-23

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... nature as our heavenly Father today and going forward. Build relationships with your children. Teach them the way of Jesus by living that way in your life. Share with them your faults and mistakes and tell them how God has gifted you with grace, love, understanding, and the ability to forge a new way. Listen to them, heal them, pick them up when they fall, and guide them. Most of all, feed them with all of the love you can give. They will always respond to love. May God bless you in your mission –in your ...

3213. Let's Get Together

Acts 2:1-21 · Genesis 11:1-11

Sermon

Will Willimon

... to be scattered. We would rather huddle together, in our ''community.'' Different languages, diverse races, families, colors and kinds of people are viewed by us as some sort of divine punishment, something which we must labor to overcome, a threat to humanity's ability to consolidate its own power. If we don't get ourselves together and do something about all these confusing, messy differences, we will be left vulnerable, weak, dependent. If we don't get together we might have to rely on some other power ...

3214. Mind Your Manners

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

Will Willimon

... -- and controversial - - teaching occurred around the dinner table. Bread was important to Jesus. In fact, where some eat and some starve, Jesus says, God is mocked (Luke 16:19-31). In Luke's church, the real test of whether the church was faithful was the church's ability to break bread with all people (Acts 11:1-3). After the resurrection, the disciples did not recognize the Risen Christ until he "was known to them in the breaking of bread" (24:35). What happens at the table is at the very heart of the ...

3215. A Second Look

Matthew 5:27-48

Sermon

Will Willimon

... male to be free of lustful eyes, heart, hand or whatever vital organ. And, in a way, that's what I did with the rest of the Sermon on the Mount. Did you? I found my psychological explanations for lust; my civil justifications for swearing an oath; the ability to return the blow to the stomach before he again slaps my cheek; and quite easily to say No to "him who would borrow from me." even No to impecunious relatives and in-laws. This, we have come to call, "growing up," "being realistic" about the Sermon ...

3216. Easter Is True

Luke 24:13-35 · 1 Peter 1:17-23

Sermon

Will Willimon

... Washington never threw a dollar across the Potomac, he was a giant. Even if Jesus had never walked on water, he was still a holy person whose presence inspired confidence 1n his disciples. OK. Who really cares about silver dollars tossed across the river or the ability to walk on water? But does this reasoning also apply to the resurrection? Because there it does make a difference. Whether or not Jesus was able to skim across the waves may not make a difference. But whether or not the resurrection is a real ...

3217. Love In Action

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Will Willimon

... you have anyone whom love so much that you will tell the truth and fully expect him or her to do the same for you? I'm not talking about "hanging tough," "letting the chips fall where they may," etc. I'm talking about trusting Jesus' ability to produce the sort of people his good news really demands. The church began as a non-violent institution. In the early days, at least until the third or fourth century, soldiers, government bureaucrats, others who made money from war, were excluded. Conversion was the ...

3218. A Violent Week

Mark 14:1-2 · Luke 22:14-23:56

Sermon

Will Willimon

... force. Jesus was born during the days of Augustus, Augustus the great, who presided over the Roman peace. Before Augustus was crowned, noble Cicero had the temerity to question whether or not young Augustus had the maturity to rule over the Empire. Augustus showed his ability to rule by having Cicero beheaded on the spot, his body left in a pool of blood. This was pax romana. Thus Jesus said to his followers, "The gentile rulers lord over their subjects, but it shall not be so with you." The Caesars of ...

3219. Hidden Treasure

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... familiar. So did the people in Jesus’ day. Jesus gives a number of metaphorical examples to describe his concept of the “kingdom of heaven.” Some, like the mustard seed and the yeast, describe the natural multiplication nature of God’s kingdom, as well as its ability to nourish in abundance all who come in contact with those within it. Others, such as the hidden treasure in the field, the pearl of great value, and the net full of fish, describe what it means to be part of God’s unique “kingdom ...

3220. A Good Name

Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9

Sermon

Will Willimon

... that could be expected of ordinary people (like us) is that we learn good habits. A good person, said Aristotle, is someone who has learned good habits. For Aristotle, ethics is not a democratic phenomenon. Goodness doesn't come naturally, is not some innate human ability. Goodness is a virtue which is present in those who have trained under a master. It takes time to be good. Philip Haille wrote of the little village of Le Chambon in France, a town whose people, unlike others in France, hid their Jews from ...

3221. If There Isn’t Enough To Go Around

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

William G. Carter

... the world’s aches and pains. You sing the hymns that praise God’s name. You give your money to further the work of the church.” Usually our first response is to look down and say, “We don’t have what it takes,” or “We don’t have the ability,” or “We don’t have the money.” Then to ease our consciences, we drive off to the Mammon Warehouse and buy a few things we don’t need. It strikes me that Jesus took whatever his disciples gave him, in this case, two fish and five loaves. After ...

3222. Glimpses of Eternity

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Will Willimon

... in. We couldn't stand much more than a moment of such realness and we don't need much more than a moment to change us. I got to know a man who had a serious heart disease. One day I commented to him about how much I admired his ability to function, in his daily work, in stressful situations without much show of distress. He replied, ''It has made a great deal of difference to me to know that, in just a few years, I shall be dead." He meant it. What most of us know only as a dim ...

3223. Master Teacher

Matthew 15:10-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Jezebel, someone culturally outside of Jewish law. In this interaction, he will clearly demonstrate that nothing about this woman’s background, heritage, culture, or traditions matter. What matters is the amazing faith that comes from her heart –faith in Jesus and the ability to identify him immediately as Lord, Messiah, Son, and Healer. But Jesus also knows, his disciples will not expect this, so he waits at first, and watches for their reactions. He needs them to react first, so that he can “twist ...

3224. I Have Been Gifted!

1 Corinthians 1:3-9

Sermon

Ronald Love

... , one of my best attributes is how I spend most of my day, to the extent that I don’t even own a television set. We often hear someone say, “I have been gifted.” The Free Dictionary.com defines gifted as being “endowed with great natural ability, intelligence, or talent: a gifted child; a gifted pianist.” People often admire me for my education and the “doctor” that appears before my name. But that is as far as my gift goes. Beyond changing a light bulb, I am a hopeless case at home repair ...

3225. Pursued by Mercy

John 10:11-18 · Psalm 23

Sermon

Will Willimon

... knows no scripture by heart, can't find a verse when he needs it, he knows this. I see the faded pastel picture from my third grade Sunday School class. Jesus, the Good Shepherd. It is the Psalm of children, expressing a childlike trust in God's ability to protect us, just like a shepherd. "He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters." Restful, reassuring. Sheep don't drink from dangerous, swift flowing rivers. This Shepherd finds just the right spot for the sheep to rest, to ...

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