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301. Jesus Is the Recipe for Eternal Life

Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... into oxygen which allows us to breathe. Plants, which use this photosynthesis process, make our world possible. But, photosynthesis without light is not possible. The chemical reaction will not occur without light. Light is an essential element in our lives. Light brings warmth to our earth and our feelings. We feel more comfortable in the light. Darkness is cold; it brings fear and danger. Light also gives us strength. We feel more confident and strengthened in will when we walk in the light. Light gives ...

302. Fuel for Our Faith

Matthew 20:25-28

Sermon

Shirley Gupton Lynn

... accident. Greg sat near the back, Sunday after Sunday. But he never sat alone. Different members would spot him, greet him and sit with him. I spoke with him often after church and called him on the phone. He told me he was amazed at the warmth and acceptance of the congregation. He came to the membership orientation class several weeks before Easter. We talked about faith in Christ, baptism and church membership. Greg said he was not ready. I said, "Think and pray about it, and I'll call you in a ...

303. Christ the Righteous Judge

Revelation 20:11-12

Sermon

Shirley Gupton Lynn

... and loyalty in Jesus Christ. Those who want to continue to love self more than God will end up without God's company. To be without God is what hell is, you know. Think of it. If we are without the Presence of God means to be without light, love, warmth, goodness, peace, life, all the things God is. Judgment is God's… but the choice is ours. In a Blondie cartoon, Blondie hands Dagwood the broom. "Honey, I want you to sweep the cellar. And do it right this time or don't do it." In the next frame Dagwood ...

304. Perceiving the Presence of God

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... set a little earlier each day. Additionally, they noticed that the sun was not as high in the sky as it had been earlier. It just was not as warm these days in the forest. "But what of it?" they said. "We don't really need the sun." As the warmth of the summer months turned into the cooler months of autumn, Lily continued to speak with her friend the sun. One sunny but cool day a strong driving wind rushed through the forest. The wind blew the beauty that once was Marigold all over the place. Her suitors no ...

305. Discipleship: The Beauty and the Cross

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... , no patient shaping under loving hands. Scarcely a thought went into the creation of this little bowl. The quick impersonal movement of a few machines and a trip through a hot oven was all it took for him to be created. There was really nothing to look at, no warmth and no beauty. He was shipped off to a store to be sold. One day this bowl was purchased, not because he was beautiful, but simply because he was cheap and would serve a purpose. And he did that very well. Meal after meal and day after day he ...

306. God Is Amazing

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... lives. The mere fact that we are still alive should prompt a prayer of thanksgiving, especially when we realize that many will die without seeing another day. Sensing the weather is another way to appreciate the amazing power of God. We might see a beautiful sunrise, feel the warmth or the cold of the air, or hear the call of morning birds. God's creation is all around us; we should be amazed. As we prepare for the day ahead, we might eat breakfast, read the paper, or watch or listen to the morning news on ...

307. No More Camping Out

2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... 't we, after all, just have a nice homily and retire to the fire with cocoa and our stockings? Shouldn't we just take a large breath and decorate the tree? Well, yes. Yes, that is, and no. Certainly your pastor plans on celebrating Christmas with all the warmth and joy that our traditions offer. But it is important, in the midst of our comfort, to understand that it is into a most uncertain world that the people Israel were planted. It was into the land of another people that the lineage of David was placed ...

308. Keeper of the Springs

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sermon

Peter Marshall

... come back. Do not think me fanciful, too imaginative or too extravagant in my language when I say that I think of women, and particularly of our mothers, as Keepers of the Springs. The phrase, while poetic, is true and descriptive. We feel its warmth, its softening influence, and however forgetful we have been, however much we have taken for granted life’s precious gifts, we are conscious of wistful memories that surge out of the past–the sweet, tender, poignant fragrances of love. Nothing that has been ...

309. Break Free From the Scrooge Syndrome

Mark 1:1-8

Illustration

Gregory Knox Jones

... a living wage to dedicated workers. He clutches onto his money and despises the thought of parting with any of it. But it is not only his money that Scrooge withholds from others, it is his entire being. He withholds love and kindness, he withholds warmth and friendship. Then, one night, Scrooge undergoes a profound crisis. He sees himself through the eyes of others. He has a vivid vision of his past; and then his present. But what is most frightful to him - what shakes him to the core of his being ...

310. A Womb With a View

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of Jesus' message. They continue to misunderstand his role as the Christ. They fail to comprehend what discipleship will come to mean, will come to cost. Not unlike many of us, the disciples were stuck in a "fetal faith" position, resting in the warmth and weightlessness of a protective womb. But unlike the physical womb, which is a place designed for growth, faith that remains in utero enjoys a no-growth/no-risk dependency. Fetal faith feeds off of borrowed life and spirit, deriving all its nourishment ...

311. In Christ, or in a Jacuzzi Jesus?

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don't want enough of God to make me love a foreigner, or pick fruit with a migrant farm worker. I want ecstasy, not transformation; I want the warmth of the womb, not a new birth. I want a pound of the eternal in a paper sack. I would like to buy $3.00 worth of God, please. (With double discount coupons, if possible!)" The promise to those truly "in Christ" is that everything will become new. How many ...

312. Global Warming

Genesis 2:18-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... proportions. What we are calling for this week, then, is some positive, personal "global warming." We are suggesting you let a new meaning of this phrase "global warming" build up in your people. Challenge them to be a source of warmth for a world that is cold with indifference, selfishness and prejudice. Unlike that physical phenomena which is the battleground of scientists, politicians and environmentalists, this global warming doesn't raise the temperature of the oceans, melt polar icecaps, or shift ...

313. Welcome Home, Joseph

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... animals. What Kenneth Bailey points out is that Palestinian peasants kept any livestock they might own in their homes during cold nights. Not only were the animals likely to be their most valuable possessions, they also added to the home's warmth at nights. To accommodate this arrangement, Palestinian homes were often constructed with an upper level to be used by its human occupants, leaving the packed earth floor below for the animals. Built into this floor were wooden or stone feeding troughs - mangers ...

314. Will You Join the Jesus Team?

Exodus 24:12-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... by one of those civilized intrusions into our lives - everything suddenly becomes much harder. Making dinner means first building a fire. Water becomes a precious liquid, carefully portioned out, not that noisy stuff that flows endlessly from the tap. Comfortable warmth fades to a memory as the house grows colder with each passing hour. Darkness falls early and completely. About two or three days into a major power failure, the power company no longer evokes grumblings over high rates and bureaucratic ...

315. Fan the Flames

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ourselves off from the possibility of a living spirit within us, we shut down our own air supply. 2. Love-Perfect Living: It is not enough simply to fan the flames of faithfulness within ourselves. Until we open ourselves up to others and let the warmth of this fire spread though our family, our friends, our church, our community, it is bound to gradually die out. Paul never shirked from citing his own life as an example to the Christian communities he addressed. Sometimes, he pointed to his previous life ...

316. Home Improvement

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the reasons the TV sitcom "Home Improvement" is so popular is that besides all the goofiness and sight gags provided by comedian Tim Allen, we appreciate its realistic yet loving portrayal of a family. Consider how some of these "improvements" might add new dimensions of warmth and security to your own "home." 1. A need for an infrastructure of rituals. The drawing of rituals has once again been proven by this Thanksgiving just past. But rituals do more for us than simply give us a good excuse to over-eat ...

317. Invitations from the Christ Child

Luke 1:26-38

Illustration

King Duncan

... and pine boughs scented the church. Afterward friends invited her family to breakfast. They would return home from sharing fun and laughter, and then exchange gifts. They sipped hot chocolate and listened to bells toll Christmas joy throughout the town. The peace, love and warmth now seemed far away. Christmas was lonely and cold. She hadn't gone to church in many years because of rebellion as a young woman. The pain and the bitterness of remembering seared her heart. As tears fell, she felt a gentle hand ...

318. Mark 6:7-13

Mark 6:7-13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... the outside world. In fact, Jesus spends more time stripping the disciples of presumed traveling necessities than he does outfitting them for their expedition. His instructions appear foolhardy: take "no bread, no bag, no money," not even an extra tunic for warmth or sturdy shoes "just in case." The only equipment Jesus advises them to take along is a staff an item designed to facilitate movement, not slow them down. Jesus' additional instructions further focus his emissaries' energies on the task at hand ...

319. 2 Samuel 23:1-7

2 Samuel 23:1-7

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... path. According to these last words of David, all that is necessary for leaders to trust their judgment is to make all their decisions "in the fear of God." Verse 4 declares that such a ruler will be easily identifiable. Just as light and warmth and moisture enable crops to grow to maturity, a leader is to govern in such a way as to enable individuals to develop to their fullest potential. A harvest of capable, confident and productive individuals, not blindly obedient, status quo-seeking subjects, populate ...

320. Christ Is Willing to Heal

Luke 4:18

Illustration

... have to observe any sort of social convention; and as a result, I can break all the rules, say what I want. But one look at this Nobel Prize winner, this woman so many people view as a living saint, and I was speechless." Incredible vitality and warmth came from her wizened, piercing eyes. She smiled at him, blessed a religious medal, and put it in his hands. This murderer who wouldn't have walked voluntarily down the hall to see the Warden, the Governor, the President, or the Pope, stood before this woman ...

321. Hurts Can Heal

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... almost impossible to fold the paper so that you could throw it with gloves on. So much of the morning route was spent with no gloves in freezing cold conditions. When I would return home, my hands were often frozen numb. I could feel nothing. But the warmth of the house would bring the blood back . . . and as the blood returned to my hands, some of the most painful hurting sensations I have ever experienced would literally cause me to cry in agony. But those hurts, those pains, were a sign that my numbed ...

322. Proper 17

James 1:19-27, Song of Songs 2:1-17, Mark 7:1-23

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... his beloved who is dressing to meet him. Love for the beloved cannot wait to see the person he loves. 3. Winter is gone (v. 11). Spring has come. The cold winter is at an end. All of nature responds with blooming. It is the time for love. Spring means warmth and a time for the expression of love. Epistle: James 1:17-27 1. My (v. 1). The speaker refers to "my son," "my words," and "my commandments." Who is the "my?" He is a teacher, and in Hebrew custom, the teacher in the family was the father. Hence he ...

323. We Plow the Fields

Mark 4:26-34

Illustration

Matthias Claudius

... , Matthias Claudius wrote the following poem that later became a hymn and a moving song in the movie Godspell: We plow the fields, and scatter The good seed on the land, But it is fed and watered By God's almighty hand; He sends the snow in winter, The warmth to swell the grain, The breezes and the sunshine, And soft refreshing rain. All good gifts around us Are sent from heav'n above; Then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord For all His Love. We thank Thee then, O Father, For all things bright and good, The ...

324. Stilling Storms

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... our workplace or our community or in the world as a whole. In the nineteenth century, philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer compared the human race to porcupines huddled together on a bitter cold winter night. The colder it gets outside, the more we huddle together for warmth; but the closer we get to one another, the more we hurt one another with our sharp quills. Pastor John Ortberg has a delight discussion on porcupines in his book, Everybody’s Normal Until You Get to Know Them. Porcupines are members of the ...

325. Penguins in Mission

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... are unable to eat during this whole period and lose almost half of their body weight. In order to preserve this egg, and maintain their own body heat, the male emperors don’t try to fend for themselves. They huddle together in tight bunches for warmth and protection against the bitter winds and sub‑zero temperatures. The entire flock moves as one, huddles as one, stays together as one unit in order to preserve these eggs. They strive together for one goal to stay warm in order to produce offspring; and ...

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