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3301. One Year to Live

Jeremiah 28:10-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... 8:7-8, NLT) What Paul was saying was, "I don't want to force you to give. I am not going to nag you about your giving, but the sincerity of your loving is proven by the activity of your giving." In other words, you can give without loving, but you can't love without giving. If you truly love God and you truly love God's church and you truly love God's work, then you will give to God's church and you will give to God's work. Has it ever occurred to you that it is a compliment to a church ...

3302. The Underlying Mercy

Job 1:1, 2:1-10

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... this matter of a response rather than an answer. What enables us to respond in faith when we have lost someone we love deeply or have experienced some other heart-wrenching loss? One of those things is a conviction that God is good. Earlier, I ... me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. Whittier was convinced that greater than the reality of evil is the goodness and mercy of God that underlies our lives. That's ...

3303. Welcome, Rich and Poor

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... if you have the wrong attitude toward them. The Word of God doesn't teach that money is the root of all evil, but that the love of money is the root of all evil (1 Timothy 6:10). That verse is in our second lesson for the day. Paul urges his young prot ... that day and he was carrying me to safety when a bullet struck him in the heart. He died instantly. He often talked about you and your love of art." The young man held out a package. "I know this isn't much. I'm not really a great artist, but I think your son ...

3304. Operation Omega

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... t have it all! You can only have all that you are willing to sacrifice for, value most, pay the cost for, counting “all things but loss” (Philippians 3:8). That is the only way we can become “slaves to all.” As Elvis Presley’s song “Big Hunk of Love” put it, “I ain’t greedy, Baby, all I want is all you got!” All God wants is all you got. Nothing more, nothing less. In the words of the Jewish Shema, spoken daily by the observant — words I like to call “God for Dummies” God is to be ...

3305. A "Somebody Done Somebody Wrong" Song

Hosea 1:2-10

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

... pursue and woo us despite our faithlessness is almost beyond belief. Those who insist "you can't put Humpty Dumpty together again" don't know God's power or Christ's mercy. Still, the task of such reconciliation is not easy. Ask anyone impacted by an extramarital affair. Before love can be restored, there is a lot of "hell to pay" - a lot of screaming and a lot of silence to be endured; a lot of confession to be made and tears to be shed; a lot of hard work before trust can be re-established. Israel paid a ...

3306. Good News about Christ

Revelation 1:4-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... a feeling of condemnation this day, leave it at Christ’s feet. This is what we believe: Christ is God incarnate. He is not our condemner, but our Savior. But there is one thing more to be said. Listen to the rest of that verse from Revelation: “To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father to him be glory and power forever and ever! Amen.” Christ has called us to be a “kingdom” and “priests to serve his ...

3307. 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... Paul’s prayer looks to the future and he offers all the help he can in order to prepare the Thessalonians for that final day of judgment when they will stand before God. Only faith in the “Lord Jesus” and the superabundance of a life lived in love will enable all the faithful to stand “blameless” at that moment. Again, Paul’s prayer teaches as he prays, for it emphasizes that these events will be ushered in “at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.” The end-time return of Jesus ...

3308. Spiderman: Saved To Serve

Colossians 3:1-4, 12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... $5.00 each. I was saving as much of the money as possible to buy a 5 speed English racer that I had fallen in love with at the local bicycle shop. I had allotted $1.00 of my weekly allowance for comic books and another $1.00 for my favorite ... and belief. But rather our faith is all about what's in here, the heart and how our heart guides all that we do so that the love of God in Christ emanates through everything we do. We aren't saved so we can feel good about ourselves. Just like Paul and Peter Parker, we ...

3309. Altar Your Gifts

Malachi 3:10, Luke 6:27-42

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... value on a changed life or a renewed life. What price are we willing to pay to for our children to grow up knowing and loving Christ and the Church. It's hard to put a dollar value on Christian values and Christian education, but we try. All of that is ... 9:7 the Apostle Paul writes: "Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." All any of us can ask is that you prayerfully consider what God wants you to give for the work and ministry ...

3310. LOST? Looking For Peace

Matthew 18:21-22, Colossians 3:8-15, Hebrews 11:1

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... just become Baloney in your life through the Holy Baloney of your faith. And I'd like you to bring each of those hurts forward and place them in this bowl that sits under the pitcher which is a sign of servanthood and the outpouring of God's Spirit and love in our lives. As you come forward, listen to these words from Paul's letter to the Colossians 3:8-15 (NRSV) [8] But now you must get rid of all such things anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth. [9] Do not lie to one another ...

3311. A Soul Restored

Psalm 23:2-3a

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the waters. It stirs them up and muddies them to point they are undrinkable because the trust level has dropped to zero. I think it's the insidious work of the devil trying to build disharmony in the life of the body of Christ. But when our lives reflect the love of God, when we are trying to live our best even when we fail, our lives still become Still Waters for others. And you never know what a simple drink of water can do or the impact an act of kindness can have. There's a story told about Christopher ...

3312. He Could Have Called Ten Thousand Angels

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... hill of Golgotha, the place of the skull, where they drove nails in his hands and feet and he was suspended on a cross and left to die. You know the basic story, but what does it mean? It means, first of all, that you and I are loved with an amazing love. I heard about a new Marine recruit who went for training at Parris Island. He was a little different from the other recruits so he was constantly being picked on. The men in the barracks he was assigned to were particularly cruel. One day someone came up ...

3313. A Chance To Sing

Matthew 9:32-34

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and compose it into a beautiful symphony. We're simply called to Sing The Lord's Song like the mute who was finally given A Chance To Sing. As a matter of fact, that's how we're supposed to respond to Christ. Jesus came singing love. Jesus lived singing love. Jesus died singing love. But Jesus rose in silence. If The Lord's Song is to continue, then we have to do the singing. The Lord's Song awaits your Response. Jesus sang straight from His heart and He offers you A Chance To Find Your Voice, A Chance To ...

3314. Cross Eyed: Promise

John 3:14-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... through him. [18] Those who believe in him are not condemned; but those who do not believe are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God. [19] And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. [20] For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. [21] But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be ...

3315. Amazing Authority

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... it was too cold for her to get out. Mrs. Davis was deaf as a stump but had a radiant smile for everybody. The kids just loved her. One Sunday we had one of the holy moments, an E.F. Hutton moment when everybody just stopped to listen. One of the little girls ... to go and physically look for the Prodigal Son. But we did learn a deep lesson about grace and repentance and how much God loves us. In that sense, our response to the story is more important than whether it was historically true. III. He Said and Did A ...

3316. The Christian Gospel in a Nutshell

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... radiant glory of j d shin in the face of Jesus Christ. Jesus is central in The Gospel because Jesus is God’s movement of love toward us. Jesus is God’s invitation to salvation and eternal life. Jesus is God’s affirmation that we are not left to make it ... longer I who lives but Christ lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Here it is, not from Paul 2,000 years ago, but from our time and our place. Let’s call her Judy ...

3317. Take Off Your Shoes...You Are Standing on Holy Ground

Acts 7:1-53

Sermon

James W. Moore

... When I heard that, I wanted to take off my shoes because I knew that I was standing on Holy Ground… the holy ground of love and respect for others. Have you heard about the man who fell into a deep man hole? He tried and tried but he could not ... in this new chapter in our lives. The people in our St. Luke’s family are always so amazingly thoughtful, so generous, so gracious, so loving… and we were touched by the kind words and tender hugs. Toward the end of the line, a woman came and hugged us… and ...

3318. Clear to the Better End - Parent Burnout

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... will not depart from it.” How we need to hang on to that. The witnesses are clear, I think. To be sure, there is the occasion now and then when it doesn’t work out that way the cases are multiplied far more of persons who, having received the love and the training of Christian parents do wander astray. They journey into the far country, but they come to their senses and come home. We need to hang on to that promise to give us hope. So I’m talking specifically, in the primary thrust of the sermon today ...

3319. Are You Paying Too Much For Your Whistle?

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... mulching, aerating. The cost will be time, sweat equity, and not a little moolah. Want your family your marriage, your children, your relatives to be strong and whole and healthy? It doesn’t just happen by happenstance. You have to make special time for each person you love. You have to listen to each concern and care about every problem. You have to watch Barbie go shopping instead of the basketball game. You have to be able to know the names of the Jonas brothers and the four kinds of Pokemon and how to ...

3320. We Are in the Middle of It

Luke 7:11-17

Illustration

King Duncan

... been a very difficult service to preach, because he was newly widowed. He was standing against the rail of the ship, looking out at the vast and magnificent ocean, when his daughter asked him if God loved them as much as they had loved her late mother. "Of course He does," answered her father. "There is absolutely nothing bigger or more powerful and all-consuming than God's love for us. It's the biggest thing there is!" The little girl pressed on for more information, wanting to know exactly how big God's ...

3321. Proper 4

Lk 7:1-10 · Gal 1:1-10 · 1 Ki 8:22-23, 41-43 · Ps 96

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John R. Brokhoff

... Day: "Lord God of all nations, you have revealed your will to your people and promised your help to us all. Help us to hear and do what you command, that the darkness may be overcome by the power of your light." Hymn Of The Day: "Lord, Whose Love In Humble Service" Theme Of The Day: The Universality Of God Gospel - God's mercy through Christ is extended to non-Christians. Lesson 1 - God hears and answers the prayers of all people. Lesson 2 - God's gospel of grace is the one gospel for all sinners. Earlier ...

3322. Led by the Spirit, Tempted by the Devil

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... layer in the story. For in reading of Jesus’ temptation, you also see Adam, the first man, created by God to be his son, and Eve, and created to be his daughter. They are to live in that kind of family relationship with God, as sons and daughters of a loving Father, and immediately they were tempted to see if they could be what they were created to be, and they failed. The rest of the story of Adam and Eve, the rest of the story of mankind, is a story of the search for redemption. How can they restore ...

3323. Miracles in Contrast

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... what Christopher Frye was trying to summarize poetically? The darkest time of the year The poorest place in town Cold and a taste of fear Man and woman alone What can we hope for here? More life than we can learn More wealth than we can treasure More love than we can earn More peace than we can measure Because one child is born. Born into a world, I remind you, as violent as Israel and Lebanon, Iran and Iraq. Living among people as poor and miserable as those in Chad, the Sudan, India, and some sections ...

3324. Facing Our Fears with Faith

Matthew 10: 27-31

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... shadow of death, I will fear no evil for God is with me." “The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?" “Fear not, for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people." “There is no fear in love because perfect love casts out fear." “God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, nor mourning, or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away." Fear not, for God is there. We sing because we're happy We sing because we're ...

3325. Touching Hearts and Transforming Lives

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... time an elevator. As they stood trying to make sense out of all those numbers above the doors, they noticed that two, frail, elderly, ladies went into the elevator. The doors closed, the numbers ran and in a very few moments the doors opened again and out stepped two lovely, young, women. “Did you see that, Pa?" asked the son. “Sure did," said the Dad. “Son, why don't you go out and get your Ma. Let's put her in there and see if that thing will do the same for her." If transformation were a matter of ...

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