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301. Seeing God In The Ordinary: Friends

John 11:1-45

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

A Shoebox Greetings card had this message about friends: "You're the kind of friend who wouldn't laugh if we were in a fancy restaurant and I came out of the bathroom with a streamer of toilet paper on my heel." (inside the card) "O.K., you'd laugh, but you wouldn't start singing, "I know something yoooooou don't know" and make me guess till I figured it out." (1) One of ...

302. Seeing God In The Ordinary: Work

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... to call it. You can use it to wipe your forehead in this heat. You can use it to dry dishes or wash the car or even dust off the Bible you haven't picked up in awhile. You can hang it across your arm like a waiter in a fancy restaurant or stick it in your belt as a make shift apron like a short order cook. Or you can look at it as a reminder of the Last Supper and the foot washing which preceded it. You see, as salt and light, we're called to be foot washers ...

303. WaterFire Faith

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... carefully contained, fire in the middle of the water. People flock to water-fire and watch the flames from the shore while they dabble their toes in cold water while warming their faces by firelight. Note: it didn’t take the construction of fancy shopping centers, or giant skyscrapers, or a big urban sports stadium, or a bells and whistles amusement park to bring people back downtown. All it took was the unquenchable artistic combination of two symbols that were allowed to spread their magic: fire-power ...

304. Sermon Opener - WaterFire Faith

Acts 8:14-17

Illustration

Leonard Sweet

... carefully contained, fire in the middle of the water. People flock to water-fire and watch the flames from the shore while they dabble their toes in cold water while warming their faces by firelight. Note: it didn't take the construction of fancy shopping centers, or giant skyscrapers, or a big urban sports stadium, or a bells and whistles amusement park to bring people back downtown. All it took was the unquenchable artistic combination of two symbols that were allowed to spread their magic: fire-powerand ...

305. No Room At The Inn

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... is Christ the King, whom Shepherds guard and angels sing; haste, haste to bring him laud, the babe, the son of Mary." Conclusion This "babe, the son of Mary" WAS, IS the Son of God, the King of Kings. He wasn't born into royalty. There was no fancy castle or crown. He was born in a stable and laid in a manger. There were no royal attendants, just shepherds and stargazers from the east. There were no royal robes, just swaddling clothes. Yet, this IS Christ the King, Emmanuel, God with us. There was No Room ...

306. Living In ‘Oddville’ With ‘Peculiar’ People

Romans 12:1-2, 19-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... I say that you and I would qualify to live in Oddville is because we are not the "Normal People." We're called to be abnormal. Normal is what you see on TV, in the movies, in magazines and in the Reality TV shows. Normal is the big house, fancy car, greedy, bling bling filled, self important, in your face, self centered life of the celebrity that everybody seems to want. Normal is the American Dream on steroids and out of control. You and I called to be abnormal. We're called to live by a different standard ...

307. The Smell Of Smoke Still Lingers

John 21:1-19

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... boy said, "We're Jewish, and we're going to have a Hanukkah celebration." Her little boy chimed in and said, "We're Texans, and we're going to have a barbecue." (1) How many of you like to barbecue? Barbecue grills come in all shapes and sizes. All the fancy designs are for better heat control and air flow. Some are simply designed to attract us to buy them Each one is designed to do the same thing, barbecue meat. And there's all kinds of ways to barbecue. You can prepare your ribs or sausage or chicken or ...

308. Conflict Resolution (Series: Fundamentals of Family)

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... a school in which her daughter, age 11, was about to enroll. She had just learned her daughter would have to wear a uniform to school. It was not the expense that upset the mother. It was the fact that her daughter would not be able to wear the fancy designer clothes she had purchased for her. The pain she felt was that of a mother whose daughter had been mugged on Main Street. — Sometimes we need to get things in perspective. It will be a happier day in our families when we stop demanding perfection of ...

309. Dare To DV8

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... just for the sake of being different but as part of our walk of faith. We're called be abnormal. We're not the normal people. Normal is what you see on TV, in the movies, in magazines and in the Reality TV shows. Normal is the big house, fancy car, greedy, bling bling filled, self important, in your face, self centered life of the celebrity that everybody seems to want. Normal is the American Dream on steroids and out of control. We're called to be abnormal. We're called to live by a different standard. B ...

310. The God Who Is, Who Was, and Who Is To Come

Revelation 1:4-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

It has always bothered me that the symbol for Easter is a rodent. It is bad enough that the symbol for Pentecost is a dove, a fancy name for a white pigeon, or a trash bird. But the high and holy festival of Easter a rodent? How’s that for a beginning to what is sometimes known as “Low Sunday?” Okay, okay. Technically, no longer are rabbits classified as rodents. As of 1912, rabbits and hares went ...

311. Magnificent Fools

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is an image that will move us to grapple with our discipleship, and that’s really what I’m talking about - dynamic discipleship, magnificent fools. Look at our Scripture lesson. Listen to Paul again: “Make no mistake about this: if there is anyone among you who fancies himself wise - wise I mean, by the standards of this passing age - he must become a fool to gain true wisdom. For the wisdom of this world is folly in God’s sight. Scripture says, “he traps the wise in their own cunning” and again ...

312. That The World May Believe

John 17:20-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

In one of his writings, Thomas Carlyle told of a country boy who went to a fancy dinner. In the midst of the meal, he got a piece of hot potato in his mouth. Much to the embarrassment of all those dignified ladies and gentlemen there at the table, he spit the piece of potato out and put it back on his plate. Then he looked around ...

313. When a Person Is Called

Galatians 1:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... need to look solidly at what it means to be confident in the Power of God. I heard a story the other day about a Texan who drove into a little roadside filling stations in the hills of east Tennessee. He was wearing a big ten gallon hat and fancy cowboy boots. He had diamond rings on both of his hands, and he was smoking a giant cigar. “Fill ‘er up”, he yelled at the attendant and strolled inside. Sitting over at the side of the room on a keg was an old Tennessee hillbilly. “Live around here?” the ...

314. Why Jesus Didn't Perform Funerals

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... men who ever lived. But first of all he needed life abundant life the life only Christ can give. Life is hopeless without Christ. Many people today live in a fool’s paradise. They keep themselves sedated with alcohol and drugs and the accumulation of fancy toys rather than confront the meaninglessness of their lives. They buy self-help books religiously, but despair that so few real changes take place in their life. They seek to cultivate a positive attitude, but deep within they know it is a show a sham ...

315. Stepping Into the Stream

Matthew 14:22-33

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... on the water and came toward Jesus.” If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat. Are you a boat potato or a water-walker? My favorite piece of furniture in the house has become the La-Z-y Boy Recliner. It is the fancy kind with the built in massager and personal heater. It even has a secret place for my remote. It’s not called a risk-boy or a work-boy; it’s called a lazy-boy. From that secluded spot I watch golf on Sunday afternoons as if I were on ...

316. The Holy Spirit and You

John 14:15-27

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... 's meanest neighborhoods, and by the power of the Holy Spirit transformed it into a six thousand member congregation with the renowned Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. When asked how he did it, Jim replied: “People just want to be loved. They don't care about fancy sermons and polished organizations; they just want to be accepted as they are and loved into what they can become." He is serious about love. He challenges every group of new members to stamp out slander, gossip, criticism toward anyone in the church ...

317. Make Disciples—Intentionally

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... , all that I hope to be. V. DISCIPLESHIP IS GOING FISHING. This is leadership. Everything I know about fishing I learned from my father-in-law. He was not the most educated man in the world, but he knew how to catch fish. He didn't have a lot of fancy things in his tackle box, but he had a lot of wisdom in his mind. He couldn't afford a boat, but that never seemed to deter him either. According to Jesse Lewis if you want to catch fish: Go to the right place, Fish the right way, Do it ...

318. Lighting up Your Neighborhood

Acts 13:44-49

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Somebody collecting for the blind." 1) Loving calls for open eyes. 2) Loving calls for listening ears. 3) Loving calls for engaged minds. 4) Loving calls for servant hearts. It was Immanuel Kant who said, “Loving unavoidably puts us side by side with strangers, with people alien to what we fancy." Neighbors are rich and poor, neighbors are black and white, neighbors are near and far away. Oh Jesus, fill us with your love, show us how to serve the neighbors we have from you. What kind of neighbor are YOU?

319. Rejoicing in God’s Saints

Philippians 1:1-6

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... know it, act upon it, and live by grace without angling for stained glass status in their lives. Saints are strugglers who are faithful to the end. Being born and bred in Kentucky, the horse racing capital of the world, I am more interested in great finishers than fancy starters. I have observed through the years that the first out-of-the-gate are not usually thefirst across the finish-line. The real criteria in life is how will you finish—will you finish well? It was what I refer to as a courtesy call. I ...

320. Sharing God’s Blessings

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... rat infested alley of Calcutta? Why do good things happen to ordinary people? If I didn't know better, it would make me believe in predestination. So much of life is a given. We have been blessed. The sin of suburbanites is the illusion that our fine houses, our fancy cars, our elite life style, is a product of our own ingenuity and imagination. We did it our way. We worked for it, paid for it, earned it, deserved it, and now all we have to do is protect it from individuals or institutions who might dare to ...

321. Luke 10:38-42

Luke 10:38-42

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... of genuine hospitality is not opening the door, not serving an elegant meal, not providing a flawless environment. The real measure of hospitality is attending to the presence of the guest, basking in his beauty, hearing what he says, welcoming his words. The fancy dishes, the elaborate meals, the good wine, will all be gone. What remains is Jesus. In attending to Jesus’ person and presence, in listening to his voice, Jesus assures Mary that she invested in a gift that “will not be taken away from ...

322. Exactly How Wide Is It?

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... assumed that they would be in because they were descendants of Abraham. Surprise! Being a descendant of Abraham was no longer enough to guarantee you entry into God’s kingdom. But here’s what’s totally unnerving: It is possible that there are even many who fancy themselves Christians who might be in for a rude awakening as well. Listen as Christ continues: “Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come ...

323. Mistaken Identity

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... Herod's rule in territorial acquisition and the conferring of titles. Herod wanted to get rid of John, but he hesitated to kill the man. For one thing, John was a popular figure, and Herod didn't want to build too much resistance. After all, he fancied himself a true "King of the Jews," even if his ethnicity made that a huge stretch, and his religious devotion announced it to be a farce. Fear of a popular uprising wasn't the only reason Herod didn't want to execute John. Herod was also superstitious ...

324. What Were You Thinking?

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

Tony Everett

... next door to a beautiful church. Although he often stopped by to chat with the staff and members, he steadfastly refused to attend any worship service. "I ain't a worshiping kind of guy," he would comment to everyone who invited him. "Besides, y'all wear them fancy clothes and drive them big cars and recite them high-falutin' words I can't even pronounce." One day when a church elder offered to help him understand the worship service, C. J. began muttering to himself. The elder said, "I can't hear you, C. J ...

325. Sentimental Slaves

Exodus 16:2-15

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread." What's wrong with our memories that we should long for Egypt? To daydream, however unrealistically, about a place we have never been is somewhat excusable. To fancy that the "someday" future will be infinitely better than the present may be delusional, yet it is at least understandable. But how can we justify our hazy picture of a place where we've been? How can we be sentimental about our slavery? This foolishness, you ...

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301. Seeing God In The Ordinary: Friends

John 11:1-45

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

302. Seeing God In The Ordinary: Work

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

303. WaterFire Faith

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

304. Sermon Opener - WaterFire Faith

Acts 8:14-17

Illustration

Leonard Sweet

... carefully contained, fire in the middle of the water. People flock to water-fire and watch the flames from the shore while they dabble their toes in cold water while warming their faces by firelight. Note: it didn't take the construction of fancy shopping centers, or giant skyscrapers, or a big urban sports stadium, or a bells and whistles amusement park to bring people back downtown. All it took was the unquenchable artistic combination of two symbols that were allowed to spread their magic: fire-powerand ...

305. No Room At The Inn

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

306. Living In ‘Oddville’ With ‘Peculiar’ People

Romans 12:1-2, 19-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

307. The Smell Of Smoke Still Lingers

John 21:1-19

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn