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3401. Straight Talk With A Young Adult

Matthew 19:16-30

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... nut out front who wants to buy half a grapefruit.” Just then he glanced over his shoulder and noticed that the lady had followed him to the back of the store, so he added immediately, “And this gracious lady is willing to buy the other half. I hope that is okay.” The manager was much impressed. Later he said to the young man, “You have a quick mind. You could have a great future in this business. By the way, where are you from?” The young man answered, “I am from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the ...

3402. Wimps Become Warriors

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... disciples were telling people on the day of Pentecost: They weren't discussing their own credentials. They were proclaiming God's mighty acts. The prolific writer Lyle E. Schaller was asked some time ago, "Isn't the hope of the United Methodist Church the young adult?" He replied, "No, that's heresy. The hope of the United Methodist Church is the Holy Spirit." God and God alone can save a soul, transform a life, change a city, and renew a denomination. Therefore, give God the glory! Please allow me to share ...

3403. This Adulterous Generation

Matthew 5:27-30, Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... this morning is to address the problem we are facing in regard to adultery and sexual immorality generally. Then next Sunday, in part II, I hope to offer guides for prevention and cure. THE FIRST THING THAT MUST BE SAID IS THAT AMERICA IS REAPING A TERRIBLE HARVEST OF SEXUAL ... a copy of the wedding homily or sermon delivered on that occasion by the Archbishop of Canterbury. High were the hopes of the world for this young, beautiful couple. But something terrible went wrong. And adultery played a big part. ...

3404. One Good Word - Thanks!

Lamentations 3:1-66

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... surprises and new mercies. Now, here is another Thanksgiving question I want you to ask: "What nice surprise has come my way during the past year?" THE WRITER OF LAMENTATIONS GIVES US A THIRD THANKSGIVING THEME: Lord is my portion, says my soul, therefore I will hope in him." In other words, I have seen so many of God's mercies in the past that I know I can trust Him for the future. Some time ago Sports Illustrated magazine printed an interview with the great Pittsburgh outfielder, Andy Van Slyke. He talked ...

3405. How to do Extraordinary Things

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... he had to God, asking only that it glorify God. Just imagine if in our business affairs, we were to pray regularly, "I commit my business to you, O God; use it for your glory. My greatest desire for my business is not that it be profitable, though I hope it will; my greatest desire is that it glorify you and assist in Kingdom-building. Just imagine if in our prayers for our families, we always added this heartfelt plea: "I commit my family to you, O Lord; use it for your glory." Just imagine what God could ...

3406. Crossing Over

Joshua 3:1-4:24

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... knows what our health will be. For the ancient Hebrews and for us, faith then becomes critical. Faith is the "assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." (Heb. 11:1) Faith is being willing to venture with God, blindfolded. The Memphis zoo has ... joy it will be to look back and say, "I was a part of God's miracle in May at Christ Church." One of these days I hope God will grant me some retirement years when I can chase some old gobblers and try to shoot my age on the golf course. Then I ...

3407. A Haven For Troubled Hearts

John 14:1-4

Sermon

Brett Blair

... heaven. Jesus has just had the Passover meal with his disciples. He has washed their feet in an act of servanthood. He has foretold his betrayal which Judas will soon perform. He has predicted Peter's denial. He has told them he is leaving. But he adds this word of hope: Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many rooms. I go to prepare a place for you and will come again and take you to myself. So that where I am, you may be also. Hardship ...

3408. Here Comes Jesus

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

James Bjorge

... simply, "Here comes Jesus!" The words are recorded in John 1:29: "Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" Big John was born into a family which had prayed for years to have a child. In fact, this husband and wife had given up hope of producing a baby since they were well advanced in age. But one day an angel appeared to Zacharias and told him that in due time his wife, Elizabeth, would bear a baby boy and his name would be called John. So it happened. John developed into a rugged man ...

3409. Jeremiah and the Potter

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

Don Yocom

... as saying that the nation is like a vessel which is such that the potter cannot mend it, but must break it entirely. Is there no hope? Only that Jeremiah is not weeping God’s final word. There was also a custom in those days to fill the flaws and cracks of vessels ... the judgment of God and man. Using the analogy of the pottery, we would see vessels with flaws and cracks with no hope, according to fatalism. But God showed Jeremiah that the master could reshape a vessel and make it into a worthwhile piece. ...

3410. A Lesson from Lettuce

Philippians 3:17--4:1

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... doesn’t mean that he is Christian. Every head of lettuce is not good to eat, and every one with the title of Christian cannot be followed. When you make your choice of which Christian you want to follow, I hope that you do more than look at the clothes he wears or the car he drives. I hope that you listen to him talk and see how he cares for the poor, the sick, and the lonely. If he is kind and generous and helpful to these people and loves others, and calls himself Christian, then you can follow ...

3411. Jesus Clears the Clutter

Philippians 3:8-14

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... . It worked. Paul was happy. His life was not all cluttered up. He knew Jesus and why he suffered and died for us and Paul was happy. He was so thrilled at his uncluttered life that he taught other people to live the same way. It was glorious. He even hopes that people like you and me will try it. Put Jesus first. When you love Jesus and worship him then your life is rich and full. You are never bored. I know boys and girls who are always looking for things to do and no matter how much they have ...

3412. Warm

Romans 15:7

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the people in Rome and told them to treat people who were thinking about being followers of Christwitha warm feeling. Let people who are thinking about the church know that you like them and that you hope they will be a part of the church. The same thing is true today. We should show people how much we care about them and how much we hope that they will be a part of our home church. Jesus always tried to make everyone know how much he loved them and that he wanted them to be his disciples. That is the way ...

3413. THE RECEPTIONIST

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... d write to us. It would start like a letter. "Dear Family, How are you? I am getting along fine. Business is picking up, and hope the same for you." And then, in great big letters across the bottom of the page, there’d be something like ... "What this country needs ... . SETH And my brother Cain off on another tangent, working down some crazy side street - he’s knocking too. Maybe there’s even hope for him. GRACE There has to be. Just like there has to be another door. Do you believe that? SETH Sure I do. ...

3414. THE JOURNEY

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... , taught ‘em how to rummage through courthouses in three states for old deeds and titles. Well, once I got ‘em in the field, the rest was details - I took the tuition money and pulled out of town. GRACE Well, at least you gave them some kind of hope. At least ... CAIN Now there’s the idea. It’s like the time I asked myself, what’s the fastest growing segment of our population. And the answer came quick as a flash: mental patients. They’re increasing by leaps and bounds, but they’re practically ...

3415. THE OLD MAN IS WASTING

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... short cuts. SETH (Snapping his fingers) Say, that’s right! I’m glad you reminded me. JAREL Of what? SETH Another phone call. I hope you don’t mind. It’s local. JAREL Go ahead. Maybe you can make us both rich. SETH (Dialing) Don’t laugh. Things happen ... corn; instead you buy corn that’s going to come in three, four months from now. You put up three, three and a half a bushel, you hope that when it comes in you can sell it for four, four and a half. Damn! Can’t find it any more. (Once more he goes ...

3416. Why Should I Go On Living?

Matthew 12:38-45

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... the embarrassment, the discomfort, and the unfamiliarity, I’d like to have you turn to the person on either side of you and just say to them, the way these kids are doing: "Jesus Christ is my Savior, and I hope He’s yours." Go ahead, try it, will you? Just turn to the other people around you and say: "JESUS CHRIST IS MY SAVIOR, AND I HOPE HE’S YOURS!" How long has it been since you have said that to another person? And, you see, suddenly your life becomes very full, and you have a reason for living.

3417. Well, What's for Sure?

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... , but they still don’t know what either the sky or the trees look like, because they have not EXPERIENCED blue or green. And yet, when one blind young man visited in our home, as he was leaving, he said: "It has been good to see you, and I hope to see you again." He was not resorting to wishful thinking. He was stating a vital truth. The most important things in life are not known by scientific observation but by experiencing them. How do I know what anger is? By being angry, I don’t understand romantic ...

3418. Chapter VI

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... eyes blinded, or are basket cases, even if they are enemy soldiers, our hearts tell us that they are our fellow men. Yes, there may be times when we are faced with stopping the world’s Hitlers, and others like him. In doing that we will die, and kill, hoping to save more lives than we give or take. But always the choices we have thrown up before us are damnable ones. Even when the motives are the best, we must remember that the men we will be fighting against also are the ones into whom God breathed his ...

3419. Fishers of Men

Luke 5:10-11

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... can’t have fun and still follow Jesus. But you and I know better, don’t we? Isn’t it fun to be a Christian? Sure it is, and aren’t we glad that some men like Peter and John decided to find men instead of fish? We hope that some of you will be fishermen or doctors or factory workers, but we also hope that some of you will be fishers of men, or pastors or missionaries, so that the whole world will know what Jesus is really like and how much fun it is to be a follower of Jesus.

3420. Are You a Shirt-Off-Your-Back Friend?

Luke 16:9

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... it’s very good for us to share what we have with our friends because the time may come when we need something that we don’t have and our friends will give it to us because they’ll remember that we were willing to share what we had. I hope you’re willing to share what you have with your friends. I hope you have a lot of shirt-off-your-back friends or real good friends, because that means you like to share and they like to share with you.

3421. TASKMASTER

Exodus 1:11

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... can see that they were hard men to deal with, indeed, and hardly wise to cross. Pharaoh had appointed these taskmasters over the Hebrews to make their work hard and wearisome; he hoped by such oppression to break down their physical strength, and thereby to reduce their numerical growth, and also to crush their hopes of ever regaining their liberty. With such men in their ancestral background, we can understand why the fact that David and Solomon had such men in their administrations was disruptive. This ...

3422. Justification by Faith

Romans 5:1-11

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... . Use all that we are, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we have experienced the hard times in life and complained rather than sought what You would have us to learn through them. Too often we have been quick to protest and give up hope instead of leaning on our faith and turning to Your leadership. Forgive us, Lord, and give us the courage to proclaim Your Lordship and trust You always. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "My ...

3423. Spiritual Markers

1 Samuel 7:2-17

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... Ebenezer down on the beautiful coast of South Carolina where in April, 1994, God said very clearly, "I want you to leave your beloved home state and go west, all the way to Memphis." "Here I raise mine Ebenezer; hither by thy help I'm come; and I hope, by thy good pleasure, safety to arrive at home." What and where and when were your Ebenezer moments? When were the times that God was almost close enough to touch? When was his help critical? When and where did he place his fingerprint on your soul? When you ...

3424. Marriage is Forever

Matthew 5:31-32, Matthew 19:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... most married couples have those moments when they don't like each other very much. One day a wife awakens to see this unshaven, snoring man beside her, and she thinks, "How did I get into this?" On a honeymoon, a husband said to his wife, "Dear, I hope you won't mind if I mention a few little defects that I've noticed about you." "Not at all," she replied. "It was those little defects that kept me from getting a better husband." Everybody has his or her defects. Success in marriage is not so much finding ...

3425. Pillars of the Church

Exodus 17:8-16, Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... , "Thank you, brother, for sharing that with me. But please do me a favor--don't share it with anyone else." Bishop Cannon would testify that while sharing is usually a good thing, it's much better in a small group where people share the truth in love. I hope that you have a small group of people who serve as Aarons and Hurs for you. Such groups are absolutely essential in large churches like this one. If one does not have a small group within the big church, one may become a spectator. Do you have a small ...

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