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3301. Pentecost ... Again!

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... to the world? Can't you hear the voices in so many different languages? Our world speaks a multitude of languages, not only languages like English, German, or Chinese, but also the language of different cultures, different values, and different points of view. As you go from this place out into the world and translate the love of Christ into a myriad of different cultures, worldviews, values, and perspectives, you are just like those disciples who spoke in so many different languages on that first Pentecost ...

3302. Fido’s Dilemma

Romans 6:1-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... asks a question for them: "Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound?" In other words, does it matter how you live your life or how much you sin because God is going to forgive you anyway? Perhaps you have heard this same point of view in the words of the streetwise corner newsboy who upon hearing the good news of Jesus Christ exclaims, "God loves to forgive sins. I love to commit them. Isn't the world admirably arranged?" In other words, the gospel of the forgiveness of sins simply becomes ...

3303. Righting Wrong

Romans 9:1-5

Sermon

Larry Lange

... time, the congregation was almost certainly headed toward a substantial debt that would not be conveniently cleared up by the year's end. Jim believed it was time to make critical cuts in the budget. He believed there were enough people committed to the new view of the church to handle the staff cuts that the budget cuts demanded. As if by divine providence, he was offered a position on the budget-cutting team and became the team's number cruncher and PowerPoint® man. He was chosen to present their plan ...

3304. The Heifer that Will Change the World!

Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32

Sermon

Larry Lange

... will be particularly devastating. No amount of tuck-pointing appears to be standing in the way of the apocalypse now. But before you pack your rapture bags (no liquids or gels, please), there's some bad news. Or good news, depending on your point of view. Melody grew a white tail. According to some rabbinical authorities, even two white hairs are enough to disqualify any heifer aspiring to be the heifer that will change the world. Lucky for Melody. She was only going to get burned anyway. Now she and an ...

3305. The Armor of Light

Romans 13:8-14

Drama

Larry Lange

... armor of light thing all wrong. Harry: How's that Margaret? (begins coming out from behind the box) Margaret: First of all, you just can't go around quoting one line of scripture here and another line there to support your own sick and twisted point of view, Harry. Harry: You insulted me, Margaret! You're liable to the hell of fire! Margaret: Someone will need to keep you company there, Harry. You have to understand every line of scripture in its context, Harry; how it's related to the rest of the letter or ...

3306. Just a Crazy Story

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Larry Lange

... swayed and hummed along or sang along; they were completely filled with joy and happiness. They got into the old, rusty, extended-cab pickup, started the coughing, sputtering engine, backed it out on the highway, and started down the road. At a curve where a spectacular view of a plunging rocky chasm suddenly opened before them, the rusty front axle snapped, sending the truck into a spin that took them all over the edge to their deaths. It was then that Zack truly became like God: When he had come to have ...

3307. God Is Personal

Luke 15:1-10

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Carl B. Rife

... in an attempt to be intellectually respectable, God got turned into an impersonal being or force. God became an "it" in most philosophical systems. One thing that helped me more than anything else was to understand that God is personal and is not an "it." Such a view holds its weight intellectually because the highest thing we know on the human level is human personality. If that is the highest thing we know, then God can be no less than that, God cannot be an "it." God is at least like a person. Some have ...

3308. Heroes of Faith

Hebrews 11:29 – 12:2

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Bible is our backpack full of the "guys" and "girls" who are our companions in life. We know their names and know their stories. They are our friends. And those stories shape who we are, what we think, how we act and react but most importantly, how we view and interact with God. The stories of Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, of Ruth and Naomi, of Rahab, of David, of Peter, James and John; the stories of Jesus and Paul, these are our stories. These are the stories of our faith. The stories that ...

3309. Living The Faith For Dummies

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... cut. As luck would have it, he spotted the cloud of dust first. Coming down the road was a BMW. It turned out to be driven by a very well to do woman. There was a fish on the trunk of her car and a rosary hanging from the rear view mirror. She even stopped. But then when she found out he needed a ride, she said she was in a hurry to get to her daughter's house. It was her grandson's birthday and she had an ice cream cake that she didn't want to melt. Besides that ...

3310. Tears, Perfume and Forgiveness

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... see, all he saw was the woman's sin, not her need, not her potential, not her worth, just her sin. It was as if she had on a hideous costume the covered her from head to foot. Or he had on a pair of glasses which distorted his entire view. But not Jesus. Jesus recognized the presence and action of this woman as profound gratitude and pure love sparked by the saving grace of His ministry. And so He spoke to Simon and then to the woman. Simon: "Her great love shows that her many sins have been forgiven." And ...

3311. LENT: The Passion of Christ: "Tempted"

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... more miracles or do more signs and wonders during His ministry. He didn't want the message to be overshadowed by Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show. It wasn't a show, Jesus invites us into a relationship where we can experience the love of God not view it like a movie. B. Now the reason for the short recap is simple. It's a reminder that Jesus faced every temptation you and I face every day. We face physical, political and theatrical temptations in all that we do. We are constantly tempted to think ...

3312. It's Just A Little Thing

Mark 12:38-44

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... says that into this miasma of noise, motion, and excitement, people would come to make their offering. Some of the rich people put in large sums. And some of the rich people did it with great fanfare. You see, those receptacles sat in plain view and the clinking and clanking of their offering advertised to the crowds around the size of their offerings. The loud noise would cause people to turn and look. Sometimes these rich people would go from one metal receptacle to another, loudly proclaiming just how ...

3313. Connected

John 15:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... at the light. I saw you screaming and beating your steering wheel, and I said to myself, 'What a jerk! But there is nothing I can do to him for throwing a fit in his own car.'" "Then I noticed the 'Cross' hanging from your rear view mirror, the bright yellow 'Choose Life' license plate, the 'Jesus is Coming Soon' bumper sticker, and the 'Fish' symbol, and I thought . . . . that must be a stolen car. Surely a Christian wouldn't act like that." Being unplugged from Jesus causes us to wither. Being unplugged ...

3314. 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... word reminds Timothy of the impending eschatological implications of this charge, identifying Jesus as the one “who is to judge the living and the dead” and suggesting that this eschatological age, while yet in the future, is nevertheless already “in view.” The specifics of the “charge” Paul lays upon Timothy recall many of the “useful” qualities of scripture just itemized. First and foremost, Timothy is to “proclaim” or “preach” the word, that is, the gospel message of Jesus Christ ...

3315. People of the Book

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

King Duncan

... in point of practice, will find no condemnation in the Word of God.” His critics were silenced, and a new day dawned in medical science. (4) So, the Bible can be used for proof-texting in a positive way. A better use for the Bible, however, is to view it as something that is alive and appropriate to the day in which we live. We sit with our Bible and prayerfully read it and let God speak to us through it. Prayer is important, because the Word only comes alive through the power of the Holy Spirit at ...

3316. There Will Be Light

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... of death a light has dawned,” he is describing that kind of anticipation about seeing the light which the Messiah will bring. One writer has said that, if you want to really appreciate the contrast between darkness and light today, all you have to do is view nighttime satellite images of North and South Korea. South Korea is bathed in light, with its cities gleaming in the blackness, while North Korea, still primitive in so many ways, is dark. But it’s more than just the lack of visible light that makes ...

3317. There Will Be Peace

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... . They believed that God would soon straighten out the world and that they should follow their Master’s example and lay down their lives for the world. However as time passed and Christ did not come as quickly as they had expected, they began to moderate their views on war. Sometimes it is necessary to don armor and fight in order to keep evil people from forcing their will on the weak and innocent. At such times it is permissible to take up arms, but this should be the last resort. War should always be ...

3318. Eyes To See, Ears To Hear

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

James McCormick

... , walking hand in hand, but Alfie had no part in it. He was utterly alone. A little dog danced in and out of the surf, celebrating the sheer joy of life, but Alfie did not share in it. He was miserable! The camera moved back to show a panoramic view of the beach, and there it all was, laid out before us: couples holding hands, looking lovingly into one another’s eyes, and little dog dancing in and out of the water, and Alfie, utterly alone and miserable. Then the theme music began to play and the words ...

3319. A Small Man Who Was Given a Big Heart

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... and was quite wealthy. In spite of his wealth he wanted to see Jesus as he passed through town. Being a short man, however, he could not because of the crowd. So he ran ahead of the crowd and climbed a sycamore tree so he could get a better view of this man he had heard so much about. I understand there is an ancient sycamore tree still standing in Jericho surrounded by a fence and reputed to be the very tree from which Jesus called Zacchaeus. Tour buses stop there for people to be photographed beneath it ...

3320. The Political Controversies of Jesus - Sermon Starter

Luke 20:27-47

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Brett Blair

... to me to see how fundamentalist Protestant denominations find a partner in the Roman Catholic Church on the issue of abortion. It is interesting to me to see how fundamentalist Protestants and Jews are brought together because they have similar views on the protection of Israel. Groups that would normally not have communication are sometimes strangely brought together for a temporary goal. That is what happened that night in Jerusalem. Here is the background. The three groups conspired together that evening ...

3321. Accepting a Human Messiah

Luke 23:26-43, Luke 24:1-12

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Brian Stoffregen

... Hunting the Divine Fox presents a wonderful picture of our typical American Messiah and it doesn't look much like Jesus on the cross. Almost nobody resists the temptation to jazz up the humanity of Christ. The true paradigm of the ordinary American view of Jesus is Superman: "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. It's Superman! Strange visitor from another planet, who came to earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal ...

3322. Admitting Guilt

Luke 23:26-43

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Brett Blair

... Finally one man, however, looked down at the floor and said, "your majesty, I am guilty, and richly deserving punishment." Frederick bellowed for the warden. "Free this rascal and get him out of our prison," he ordered, "before he corrupts all the noble innocent people here." You often view ourselves as the innocent imprisoned souls. We are not sinners, we protest. But we are all sinners here. We stand in need of the all-sufficient, sacrificial, substitutionary, atoning death of Jesus Christ for our sins.

3323. Full Body Scans or Re-spect Spectacles

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... upon what we want for ourselves. What would happen if instead of looking at others with our self-centered stare; what would happen if instead of looking up or looking down at others: what would happen if we let Jesus throw a new light, give us a new view, a new perspective on people? Paul told the Roman Christians that in order for them to see the light of the new day that was approaching they must “put on” Christ. What would happen to our vision of others if we “put on” Christ like a pair of ...

3324. Romans 15:4-13

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... with God. For Gentiles, Christ’s sacrifice did not fulfill any promise. Christ’s actions on their behalf were a pure act of “mercy.” As he noted in v.4, Paul now returns to citing scripture texts that are newly revealed and fulfilled when viewed from this side of the cross with the eyes of faith in Christ. Paul’s Pharisaic scholarship is revealed by his selection of citations. He chooses texts from all three portions of Hebrew scripture. 1) From the Law Paul quotes Deuteronomy 32:43 (Romans 15 ...

3325. Are You Swapping Heaven?

Matthew 3:1-12

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King Duncan

Let me tell you a legend about a beautiful swan that alighted one day by the banks of the water in which a crane was wading about seeking snails. For a few moments the crane viewed the swan in stupid wonder and then inquired: "Where do you come from?" "I come from heaven!" replied the swan. "And where is heaven?" asked the crane. "Heaven!" said the swan, "Heaven! have you never heard of heaven?" And the beautiful bird went on to describe the grandeur of the ...

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