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3326. When It's Time To Unite

I Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... does not exist to meet your needs. The Church does not exist for your pleasure. The Church exists to serve a common good and a reigning Lord. What is true in the Church is true in culture as well. You and I have got to change the question. It is not, “What's ... with the middle and so I say to you today, will you meet me in the middle? Will you meet me in middle where Jesus is Lord and freedom is celebrated? Will you meet me in the middle where red and yellow, black and white are all equal in God's site? ...

3327. The Miracle of Peace

Psalm 85:1-13

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... disproportionate. We tout our lifestyle as the model for the world without understanding if everyone enjoyed our way of life we would all be doomed, because we would consume it all in a generation. Righteousness becomes reachable when there is a Savior in the midst. O, Lord, will you not revive us again?( Psalms 85:6). E.T. is back in a theater near you. This frog-like character, that invades our planet from another world, has a heart that glows and a finger that heals. Discovered in a garage, he stirs the ...

3328. Come, Holy Spirit, Come

Psalm 104:24-34

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... of life, that same spirit can sweep over our being and make us anew. III. WHEN THE SPIRIT COMES, WE ARE RECREATED. “I will sing to the Lord all my life. I will sing praise to my God while I have being" (Psalm 104:33). Are you still singing all the day long? Is ... birthday of the Church? What has happened to our song? The best thing that could happen to any of us today, would be for the Lord to send his Spirit in this place. O that he would breathe into our dead bodies—the breath of life. O that he would ...

3329. Repent

Matthew 3:1-12

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J. Howard Olds

... 51:1-3). Are you ready to be honest? Are you ready to come out of denial? Are you ready to stop pretending? Then you are ready to repent. Repentance is remorse. In a Hank Ketchum cartoon, Dennis the Menace says in saying his prayers one night, “I’m sorry, Lord, but I have a whole bunch of ‘I’m sorrys’ for you tonight.” Six of the hardest words in the English language are “I was wrong; I am sorry.” These words stick in strong men’s throats and cause women to blush. But, if we’re going to ...

3330. The Door of Prayer

1 Timothy 2:1-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... attack both body and soul. When you are down in the valley, prayer becomes difficult. The soul becomes numb. As I struggled in the hospital last November, I was comforted by the thought of thousands holding me up in prayer. At one of my lowest moments, I asked the Lord to remind me that I was not alone. The next morning there appeared at my window a tiny sparrow. It came back the next day and the next. Slowly the scriptures came to me. “Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is ...

3331. Watch!

Matthew 24:36-44

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J. Howard Olds

... time and space, let me put it another way. The Babe of Bethlehem is the present Christ who is returning as King of kings and Lord of lords. I hope we’ll all be ready. That’s what Jesus was trying to say in the scriptures for today. The sermon in a single ... you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me. I was in prison and you came to visit me. And the righteous will answer, “Lord, when? I don’t ever remember this.” I didn’t go out on purpose to serve Christ, I was just doing what I needed to ...

3332. David: The Problem of Family

2 Samuel 18:28-33

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J. Howard Olds

... Rise and anoint him; he is the one." Potential is not always perceivable from résumés. Potential is not always evident to the observer. A résumé will tell you about degrees earned, positions held, and experiences accumulated. But potential is a matter of the heart. The Lord looks at the heart. In unlikely places, David had been preparing to lead a nation. In the desert he learned how to fight a bear and kill a giant. As a shepherd he learned how to play the harp. With time on his hands out in the fields ...

3333. From Envy to Gratitude

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... and minds of fair-minded people, people like you and like me. Let's probe a little deeper. I. Envy runs in the family. Cain and Abel were brothers, the sons of Adam and Eve. Abel was a shepherd. Cain was a gardener. Cain offered some grain to the Lord. Abel brought a prize lamb, the best of his flock. God was pleased with Abel's offering but rejected the offering of Cain. The pain of rejection was too much. A few days later, Cain coaxes Abel into the desert where the first murder in the history of the ...

3334. Honoring God in a Pluralistic Society

Matthew 22:37-40

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... more of me. The Christian attitude is that of hospitality to the stranger, as well as friends. I used to give a lot of public prayers. When I pray in church I pray in Jesus' name, even though we are not told to do so in the Lord's Prayer. When I pray in inter-faith gatherings, political gatherings, I leave that salutation off my prayers. Am I compromising my Christianity? I do not think so. I am trying to extend hospitality. B. The expression of love is Equality. Love your neighbor as you love yourself ...

3335. Conversion or Credentialing?

Acts 9:1-5, 10-12, 17-19

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I have known hunger and thirst. I have been cold and naked. Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. But when I am weak, I have discovered that I am strong in the Lord." Lee Strobel who converted to Christianity as an adult says the greatest assurance of his conversion came months later when his five-year-old daughter went up to her mother and said, “Mommy I want God to do for me what He's done for Daddy." She knew ...

3336. Luke 10:38-42

Luke 10:38-42

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... , who had opened her house to these travelers, had not yet opened her ears or her heart to pay attention and attend to the message Jesus is speaking in her own home. Instead she is “distracted by her many tasks” (v. 40). Although Martha addresses Jesus as “Lord,” you wouldn’t know it by her speech or actions. The words she directs at him are focused only on herself and her situation, her needs and agenda. She complains that “my sister has left me to do all the work by myself. Tell her to help ...

3337. Investing in God’s Future

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Chris Ewing

... means to do something, and choosing not to. Clarence Jordan, a famous activist in the southern States, and author of the Cotton Patch Version of the New Testament, wrote: I've heard so many sermons preached on this idea: "Give your talents to the Lord." They got that thing backward. The Lord gives the talents to us ... What are these talents? Are they money? No, Jesus had no money to give. What did he have? What is the stock-in-trade of a great teacher? It's his ideas, his concepts, his teaching. He leaves ...

3338. Caught in the Middle

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... understand themselves as set apart for God's service in the Corinthian crossroads of the world, but in the whole world (or at least the whole Mediterranean basin, which for Paul would have been the world), with all those who called upon the name of the Lord. Even in a very large and diverse city, like Corinth, one might travel in a very small circle indeed. Some of you have probably had my experience of attending a meeting at the O'Hare Hilton or the Denver Convention Center. If someone inquires about what ...

3339. With Our Own Eyes

2 Peter 1:16-21

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John N. Brittain

... think we are to believe (these promises) completely and build our lives on them....Sell a piece of land and use the proceeds to support the Lord's work in the world, and you'll get one hundred pieces of land from him in return.… I think we are to believe (these ... Ten Commandments? Toward the end of the New Testament era, the church was exhorted to remain faithful to the witness of the Lord Jesus Christ, a witness which the community had seen with its own eyes. It was a different set of values from those ...

3340. Lighting up Lent

Ephesians 5:8-14

Sermon

David O. Bales

... Paul says we must strain and even labor to learn how to live for God. Verse 10: "Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord." By our trusting Jesus' resurrection, God has made us similar to Jesus. It's not the other way around. We don't reduce Jesus to ... strive to show our family resemblance to God our heavenly Father. When Paul writes, "try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord," the verb, "to find out" in this context can mean, "to find out by experience." You might begin by asking yourself who has ...

3341. Life in the Resurrection Zone

Colossians 3:1-4

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David O. Bales

... and all of life is oriented around him. We even write our calendars as AD —anno Domini —"In the year of our Lord." His resurrection doesn't make our lives simple. Jesus struggled and suffered. We'll struggle and suffer and make mistakes and fail. ... times our lives can be termed "empty." The tomb is empty because it once was full, holding in death's hand the body of our Lord. The empty remains of what used to imprison Christ is where our lives with him start. As surely as Jesus was dead and is now alive ...

3342. How Beautiful the Feet

Romans 10:5-15

Sermon

Larry Lange

... 's job ..." "It's okay, Judy. He's probably on his way back to the city now. We can't very well expect him to drive all the way back out here, can we? I'll meet you there in fifteen minutes." And so he did. Pastor Kyle read, "The Lord is my shepherd ..." and not long after, Judy's father died. The next day, Judy gave her husband the task of calling the new pastor to request that the Pastor Kyle be allowed to do the sermon at her father's funeral. "Pastor Kyle knows Judy's dad so much ...

3343. Tomb It May Concern

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... in the God who raised Jesus. "We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died." Paul writes to the Thessalonians to assure them that both the dead and the living will share in the resurrection at the "coming of the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 4:15). The essence of Paul's word of hope to the Thessalonians is that the living will have no advantage over the dead when Christ comes again. The friends of those who have died are naturally concerned about what has and will become of ...

3344. It's Not Booby Trapped, But . . .

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and soar high into the sky, leaving the other birds far behind. The father explained, "When a hawk is being pestered, all it needs to do is catch the currents and rise above the reach of the pests." (3) Isaiah 40:31 says: "But those who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles." NRSV In other words, if we STAY CONNECTED through prayer and worship and don't forget to READ THE MANUAL, we'll be able to soar like eagles and rise above the temptations of life. But ...

3345. Advent 1

Matthew 24:36-51

Bulletin Aid

Amy C. Schifrin

... . A time for silent reflection Leader: May God’s love pierce your darkness and his mercy tear down your walls. All: Come, Lord Jesus, and interrupt our lives. Amen. Hymn And Prayer For Lighting The First Advent Candle Sing verse 1 of one of the ... Look East All Earth Is Hopeful Within Our Hearts Be Born People In Darkness Are Looking For Light Burn brightly in our hearts, Lord, and fill our lives with your love. Offertory Prayer Leader: We thank you, Father in heaven, All: that your love is greater than ...

3346. Easter 5

Psalm 31:1-5, John 14:1-14, Acts 7:55-60, 1 Peter 2:2-10

Bulletin Aid

Amy C. Schifrin

... mercy, you come to our troubled hearts preparing the way, speaking the truth, and breathing new life. Enfold us in your loving arms, that we might be freed from our fears to trust in you alone, through Jesus Christ, your beloved Son, our Lord. All: Amen. Intercessory Prayers After each petition: Leader: You who are the way, the truth, and the life, All: hear our prayer. Offertory Prayer Leader: We give you thanks, heavenly Father, for the faithful witness of the martyrs who held nothing back. Inspire our ...

3347. Thanksgiving Day

Deuteronomy 8:7-18, Psalm 65:1-13, Luke 17:11-19, 2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Bulletin Aid

Amy C. Schifrin

... -Communion Blessing Post-Communion Prayer Leader: O God, as you have crowned the year with goodness and clothed the hills with joy, so fill our lives, that we will forever sing of your mercy and share your generous love, given freely through Jesus Christ our Lord. All: Amen. Benediction And Dismissal Leader: God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work. Go now in his love. In the name of the Father, and of ...

3348. Acts 2:14a, 36-41

Acts 2:14-41

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... . But now this baptism is done “in the name of Jesus Christ.” It is the power of the one who is both Lord and Messiah, the one who broke the bonds of sin and death, which those who “repent” may ask for the forgiveness of their ... their future generations, so too does this new promise of forgiveness and the Holy Spirit. The redeeming power of Jesus’ name, of Jesus as Lord and Messiah, is God’s promise to those listening to Peter that day, and to all their “children,” and even to those “who ...

3349. A Gospel for Losers

Jonah 3:1-5, 10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... day. They were awful! Jonah split rather than take the chance on a Ninevite Nazi revival. Then there was that storm at sea, the big fish, and history's first submarine ride. Finally, Jonah is barfed up on the beach - loser - and we read, "Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time...." God is giving this loser another chance. There is gospel in that. There is a word of grace. There is good news for those who need a second chance, or a third chance, or a hundredth chance. It is a gospel for ...

3350. When the Impossible Becomes Imminently Possible!

John 6:1-21

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... enemy. We tend to run from opportunities and blame it on others. If we are not careful, we become prisoners of our own finite imaginations but here is the eternal and unchangeable truth: "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8-9 NRSV). We say, "Send them away." However, Christ says, "No! Feed them." Today he says to you and to me, "Feed ...

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