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3226. Hope Again!

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... days of the Civil War, Lincoln constantly wrestled with unrelenting depression and despair. Basler writes about those twin feelings ... It can strike anyone. No one is immune. Not even a nation’s president. Here is this marvelous man with magnificent character, feeling absolutely alone ... Surely, the president ought to sleep well because of his protection, because of his wise counsel, to say nothing of his financial security. Yet there he was, tossing and turning through the night, haunted by dark and ...

3227. Thanksgiving Means Giving

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... joyfully because these are people we know and love; there was no great strain to be physically present with these people. We welcomed the opportunity. However, Paul’s concept of presence as an action of thanksgiving requires more of us. Being an excellent judge of human character, Paul realized that to be present to people we know, like, or perceive can be of advantage to us is not difficult at all. He realized the need, and so must we, to move beyond being present simply to those we like, but in an act ...

3228. But…!

1 Corinthians 15:19-26

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... tried to teach a class or make a presentation to a group has experienced something like this. You have a perfectly planned lesson. You have your presentation all worked out. Then as you begin, there is always this one student, this one participant, this one character in the audience who interrupts you and begs to differ with what you have to say. "But pastor, what about this? What about that? I see things differently." At first you may be pleased that there is actually someone who is paying attention and is ...

3229. But When God ...

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... Testament and how it points to Jesus. In a similar way, when God breaks into our lives, we too can receive a new way of seeing, a new way of living that changes everything. A new way where real success is not measured in dollars and cents, but in the character qualities of love, patience, kindness, and goodness. A new way where getting ahead is not as important as being faithful. A new way where the kind of clothing we wear doesn't count as much as the kind of people we are. A new way where we see people in ...

3230. The Assurance of Things Hoped For

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

In the movie, Cast Away, Tom Hanks' character, Chuck, is stranded on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean. To keep himself company, he finds a volleyball that has washed up from the wreckage of the plane he had been flying in before becoming stranded. Chuck paints a face on the volleyball with his own blood and names ...

3231. Running with Perseverance

Hebrews 11:29 – 12:2

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... examples, Abraham and Moses. For these two prominent figures, the author gives brief descriptions over a few verses. At the point where our passage starts today, he picks up speed. In rapid-fire pace he tells of some of the lesser-known characters in scripture. Each incident receives only one verse. He condenses the entire exodus event into one verse about the people crossing the sea. The walls of Jericho fall; Rahab was obedient; then comes Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, and Samuel. After the ...

3232. A Peaceful Life in an Unpeaceful World

1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... for the president and our elected officials. The first thing we can say to this call is that they need our prayers. The world is a scary place. If our prayers have any influence on their decisions, if it grants them any additional wisdom, if it moves their character up even one notch, then our prayers have done some good. Even if we do not see any immediate benefit from our prayers, let us continue to pray for them. They may continue to make mistakes, even big mistakes, but let us pray for them. Even if ...

3233. The Things Close to Your Heart

Mark 13:1-31

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... . The Temple is a person, and a community that incarnates the person of the Holy Spirit who perpetuates the presence of that person. William J. Locke was an early 20th Century British novelist whose novels became best-sellers in the US. One of them features a character who has every amount of money imaginable. This woman has spent half a lifetime on touring the sights and galleries of the world’s greatest art. And she has now become bored and weary. Then she meets a Frenchman who has no money but a love ...

3234. The Temple of Doom and the Bridegroom

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

3235. Simple Bible Quiz

Humor Illustration

... us out of house and home. Q. Which servant of God was the most flagrant lawbreaker in the Bible? A. Moses. He broke all 10 commandments at once. Q. Which area of Palestinewas especially wealthy? A. The area around the river Jordan. The banks were always overflowing. Q. Which Bible character had no parents? A. Joshua, son of Nun.

3236. To God Be The Glory!

Isaiah 60:1-6

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... our earth is great ... the beauty of the earth, the intricacies of our bodies, the sight of a rainbow, the variety of species, the details of a snowflake. It is also discovering God's glory inside our hearts. His glory will bring a distinctiveness or noble character to a life that has been ravaged by sin. Though we were chained like a slave, held by sin's galling fetters in life, God broke those chains apart and now there is a glorious freedom from the dungeon of life. Glorious light! Holy light! Pure ...

3237. A New Name

Isaiah 62:1-5

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... influence others? It may not be as dramatic as Techow's, but even the little acts can make a difference. II. A New Name Denotes A New Gift From God (Isaiah 62:2) God offers his gift of righteousness through his grace and manifested in his work and character on our behalf. Just as it is in God, so it should be in the redeemed of Israel of Isaiah's day and so it is in the New Testament believer. God instills within the believer his righteousness as characterized through our life and work by his grace. What ...

3238. The Call of God

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... is the skill to respond with insight. Knowledge is the rare trait of learning with perception — discovering and growing.[2] * Leadership — Fred Smith said that leadership is both something you are and something you do. Clergy and lay leadership need both — character and action. * Faith — God has given us the power to have faith. Accept it now. Faith is companion to all the ingredients that make for the best things in life — hope, love, joy, to name a few. Fear is stranger to all of ...

3239. Lessons From a Hurricane

Jeremiah 17:5-10

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... Barclay[4] To be "a saint" to live from the inside out means that we will: * listen to God's directions, * enjoy the fellowship of God, * master the world and not allow the world to master you, * move steadily toward God, * conform to God's character, * be passionate for Christ, * receive the power of the Holy Spirit to conquer the ravages of sin, and * radiate the love of Christ to others. To exist in life's hurricanes is to exist in Christ! III. Examine The Heart In The Hurricanes Of Life (Jeremiah ...

3240. The Gospel According To Pronouns

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... some measure of how person-filled Peter's message is by the preponderance of personal pronouns. In the nine verses of my English translation (NRSV), I count more than twenty different uses of personal pronouns. He, we, they, and you: These are the characters in the story — the gospel story — that Peter shared in Cornelius' living room. The first, the most frequent, and the most important of the pronouns is "him." The dozen or so references to "he," "his," and "him" in this passage are all references ...

3241. Help From Habakkuk?

Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... one that will make us more Christ-like in sacrificial living, giving, loving, and forgiving. In one scene in the movie Evan Almighty, Morgan Freeman, who plays God, is incognito as a waiter in a restaurant. He has a conversation with the wife of the lead character, Evan Baxter, a first-year US Congressman, who believes God has told him to build an ark. In some lines of great wisdom and spiritual insight, the waiter/God says: If someone asks for patience, do you think God gives that person more patience, or ...

3242. Making Something Out Of Nothing

Haggai 1:15b—2:9

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... had returned from Babylon in the sixth century BC were also suddenly afflicted with a faulty memory of their recent past. We should not be too quick to criticize, though, because those discouraged people in Jerusalem did not have a monopoly on that particular character flaw. Humanity in general seems to be afflicted with the same spiritual "genetic" defect in terms of memory. When the real world does not match up to our oftentimes unrealistic expectations, we tend to elevate the not too distant past to ...

3243. Shepherds Who Will Shepherd

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... and the flock, bringing evil on the people. The words for shepherd and for evil (v. 2) are very close in Hebrew: ra ‘ah (shepherd) and roa‘ (evil). In written form the only difference between the two is that of one less root character for "evil." This wordplay suggests that when shepherds are less than they were meant to be, the people under their care experience evil — they are destroyed, scattered, go missing, and are filled with fear and dismay. Therefore, because they had not attended to God ...

3244. Pet Peeves and Pet Pleasures

Luke 3:21-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... is always a life of joy. No wonder Jesus was always gathering together friends for dinner. No wonder Jesus was viewed askance by the “seriously religious” as an almost scandalous “party animal” — eating, drinking, talking and kanoodling with all sorts of questionable characters. Jesus felt God’s pleasure, every day of his life, and the gift of that approval brought him unlimited joy. It was a joy that Jesus shared with all those who believed they were forever outside God’s pleasure — the tax ...

3245. Prayer-Conditioning Your Life

Luke 2:29-32

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... him in vs. 23. Every individual in Luke 2:22-40 receives from Luke a detailed “ancestory.com” examination of their roots and the reasons for their actions. Into the “family moment” of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus there suddenly appears a new character — Simeon. Every detail Luke provides offers a spotless spiritual “resume” for this man Simeon. He is described as “righteous and devout.” Most importantly he is identified as one upon whom “the Holy Spirit had rested” (v.25). All of Simeon’s ...

3246. Luke 2: 22-40, Luke 4:21-30

Luke 2:21-40

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

3247. Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Luke 15:11-32

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... a story that has touched the hearts and souls of every generation. While all who read the “Prodigal Son” parable agree that it is a magnificent, multi-layered description of relationships and emotions, there is less agreement about who is the central character in this “novella.” It’s commonly known title suggests that the driving force behind this story is that of the younger, wayward, ultimately repentant son. It is, of course, this younger son’s actions — his audacious early request for his ...

3248. Are You Part of the Scandal?

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

3249. Belonging to Christ's Flock

John 10:22-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... , nourishment, correction and care, as well as the opportunity to be useful and productive. Being part of the flock is the sheep’s equivalent of American Express membership has its privileges. But membership also has its responsibilities. And in our more mule-like character, we are sometimes resistant to those responsibilities. It requires the work of the Holy Spirit to make us into the right kind of sheep to follow Jesus especially those of us who, if you don’t mind a bad pun, are seriously “hard ...

3250. On God's Side Or In God's Way?

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

I want to go back for a few moments into TV history. Some of you grew up watching the hilarious Roadrunner cartoons. These cartoons featured a character named Wile E. Coyote. Wile E. Coyote’s virtually endless quest in life was to capture his nemesis, the Roadrunner. The coyote was stubbornly persistent in this quest despite the fact that, not only did he fail time after time after time, but meanwhile he repeatedly plummeted from high cliffs, ...

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