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3401. The Transfiguration

Luke 9:28-36

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

Call To Worship Leader: May this time of worship be for each of us a mountaintop experience in which we behold the glory of the Lord. People: Come into my heart, Lord Jesus. Come in today; come in to stay. Leader: Remember, when we come down from the mountain the world and all its problems await us. People: May we be so inspired and strengthened by this worship experience that we will go from this place to serve our Lord by ministering to his people. Amen. Collect Lord Jesus, like ...

3402. On Level Ground

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of what we might yet be by the power of Christ. Did you catch Peter's confession? When he saw the miraculous thing that was happening, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!" But Jesus didn't let him stay on his knees. He said to him and to James and John -- "don't be afraid; from now on, you will be catching people." And the story closes with a dramatic word. "When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him." The beginning of ...

3403. To Live Is to Dance

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... has problems with that and sings about it, how do you solve a problem like Maria? How do you catch a flower and pin it down. Many a thing you know you’d like to tell her, many a thing she ought to understand. But how do you make her stay and listen to what you say? How do you keep a wave upon the sand. Oh how do you solve a problem like Maria? How do you hold a moon beam in your hand. Isn’t that a glorious picture of freedom and joy, of life as a dance. Now ...

3404. Oh, God!

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... , I can honestly say there was Something down there in the darkness. The mystery of Godness was present. I was given help. No ecstasy. No great energy. Just the gift of endurance-- that was all that met me in the depths of darkness. By the grace of God, somehow I stayed on my feet! I did not blow up in presumptive bitterness; neither did I give up in hopeless despair. I was given the gift just to stand and hold on.’” (6) This is not a Pollyanna faith we are espousing. It does not say that we will avoid ...

3405. Children in the Arms of a Loving God

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Michael Milton

... , but that baby did. My beloved, Jesus is the one who will meet the need you have inside of you for your children. A college-age young lady from our congregation told me about how her parents allowed her to go on several missions trips, one being for an extended stay in a tough environment. She told me that she was actually amazed at her parents’ faith. They told her that they would miss her, but that they had given her to Christ and serving Him was where they wanted her to be. She was in the will of the ...

3406. Identifying a Christian

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... down on the old sofa and began to play with the baby. I put a diaper on the baby, even though I had never put a diaper on a baby before in my life. When the woman offered me a cigarette, even though I don’t smoke, I smoked. I stayed there all afternoon talking, playing with the baby, listening to the woman. “About four o’clock, the woman looked at me and said, ‘Let me ask you something. What’s a nice college boy like you doing in a place like this?’ So I told her everything I knew about ...

3407. What We Want for Our Children

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... a child. God help the parent who fills a child’s head with negative messages; who takes out their own frustrations on a little one. Oh, I know it’s not easy to care for a small child. During a flood, one family sent its little boy to stay with an uncle in another part of the state, accompanied by a letter explaining the reason for the nephew’s sudden and unexpected visit. Two days later the parents received a telegram: “Am returning boy. Send the flood.” Those of you who have little boys in your ...

3408. Message from a Cloud

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... , professor Morrie Schwarz, before Morrie died of ALS. Mitch asked Morrie if he were afraid of being forgotten after his death. Morrie replied that he wasn’t worried about it. Recalling all the lives he had influenced, Morrie remarked, “. . . love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.” And then professor Schwarz asked Mitch a question: “Do you ever hear my voice sometimes when you’re back home? When you’re all alone?” And Mitch answered yes, of course he heard his old teacher’s ...

3409. The Blessed Promise

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... that makes their suffering bearable is that on the other side there is no suffering, no heartache, no tears--only eternal peace and joy. Heaven is real. And heaven is a gift. As Mark Twain once put it, “Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.” The scriptures are very clear on this. No one has earned the right to dwell for eternity with God. “All have sinned and fallen short of his glory.” Heaven does not depend upon our merit but upon God’s love and ...

3410. Spirit Power

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... witnesses that it was said of one of the disciples, Simon Peter, that his mere shadow passing over a physically distressed person could bring healing. Before Pentecost, the disciples were fearful, fickle followers who could not be depended upon even to stay awake while their Master was praying. After Pentecost, they were willing to face persecution, even surrender themselves to torture and death in order to testify that this same Master had been raised from the dead. Before Pentecost, they were pathetic ...

3411. A Time of Grief

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... turn to help her. “Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took the boy from her arms, carried him to his own bedroom, and laid him on the bed. Then Elijah cried out to the Lord, “O Lord my God, have you brought tragedy also upon this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?” Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, let this boy’s life return to him!” And the writer of I Kings tells us, “The Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the ...

3412. How to See the Future

Matthew 26:17-30

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... 't think anyone who took the cup felt like saying, "cheers!" It was a different mood in that service. A penitential mood, and an introspective mood, focusing on me, me, me, and my sins. The reason I believe that so many people back in those days would stay away from communion, and why it was celebrated so seldom, they would tell me, was because they didn't understand it. But I don't think that was it. I think the problem is, they did understand it. It communicated clearly what it was designed to communicate ...

3413. Simeon's Song

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... the story. Simeon is the one who sings the beautiful song announcing that the Messiah has come. Anna is there to add a silent testimony. She, like Simeon, is very old. She is probably older than Simeon, as a matter of fact. You could say these two people staying there at the Temple every day are the "odd couple." They are there every day looking for the Messiah. There is enough information about Anna in the text to calculate what her age might be. We know how long she was married. We know how long she was ...

3414. Where's the Fire?

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... it. They say, "It was all in his head." Or, "It was sensory deprivation." That is nonsense. The real miracle was not that a bush was on fire. The real miracle was that God put a fire under Moses, who like you and me, was just trying to stay the course, right up to retirement. Don't get distracted. Mind your own business. Live well. Leave well enough alone. And just hope the duchess doesn't pay a visit. That was Moses' goal in life. Sound familiar? He just wanted an ordinary life. His mistake was he ...

3415. You Are Somebody!

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

King Duncan

... crying. He went around some ruins and there, to his amazement, he saw an eight‑year‑old boy sitting and sobbing on what had been a building. Somehow the child had gotten lost trying to get to the air raid shelter and had managed to survive by staying on the surface. Weatherhead went up to the little lad and said, "Where do you live, son? Where is home?" The child pointed to a street where there was nothing left but rubble. He said, "Where are your parents, your mother and father?" The little boy said ...

3416. Good Neighbors

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... a fruit market right at the curve on the road, and he opposed changing the road in any way. Someone asked the preacher to say a word about it to the mayor, as well as the congregation. However, the preacher and his people figured they had better stay out of politics, and that’s what they did. On the next Sunday, the preacher preached on the Good Samaritan and encouraged the people to continue their fine work of ministering to accident victims-- which they did. For this was a religious work. (6) Would you ...

3417. The Perfect Prayer

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... old TV show “Hee Haw,” with all its corny jokes and country music. In one episode, the doctor, played by Archie “Grandpappy” Campbell, was confronted by a patient who said he broke his arm in two places. Doc Campbell replied, “Well then, stay out of those places!” Sometimes that is the best advice. So we pray daily, “Deliver us from evil . . .” “For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever . . .” These words were probably added later, but they are certainly an appropriate ...

3418. Divine Dinner Party Decorum

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... ' time were not unlike people of every generation. They wanted to know, "What gives my life meaning?" The Pharisees in Jesus' time answered that question by saying, "Our lives have meaning because God has a covenant with us. We are the chosen people of God. We stay faithful to God by the careful observance of the Hebrew Law. When we keep the religious law, God is pleased with us and the world knows we are the chosen people of God." Jesus answered that question in a different way. He took his relationship to ...

3419. The God of Lost Sheep

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... when one tiny lamb wanders from the flock. And God is willing to get His hands dirty bringing that lamb home. That’s who God is. That’s how much God cares. One little lamb goes astray, and God is willing to leave all the nice lambs who stayed at home and go through the briars and the brambles until God finds that one lost lamb. It’s a beautiful image that every Christian should cherish. Whether you’ve ever been lost or whether you have someone you love who is lost right now, it is great comfort ...

3420. Family Tree

Genesis 3:1-7

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... 's a limit to God's love? Do you think that for a moment I stopped loving you? But you still rely on yourself, my child. You must rely only on me. Ask my pardon and get up quickly. You see, it's not falling that is the worst, but staying on the ground.

3421. Pass the Pigweed

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... seeing it. The one closest to God, even Moses, is only allowed to glimpse the promised land from Mount Pisgah before he wanders off into the wilderness to die in an unknown place. God loves us the way we are, but too much to let us stay this way. The Israelites complain, we are weak, and some have a questionable past, but God, in Christ, still offers us all living water. All through the book of Exodus that is more or less the attitude of the children of Israel. They complained about everything, especially ...

3422. Chimps, Mount Saint Helens, and the Holy Gust

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... ," this notion of a continuing unfolding of activity in our human events is really God's idea (even from the time of the old covenant). Right now all of us at this church are involved in God's continuing story of salvation history for the world. Stay tuned for previews of what God will do next! And just when the world thought God's story was about to end! There is an active volcano in southwestern Washington state in the Cascade Range called Mount Saint Helens. Dormant since 1857, in early 1980 the ...

3423. Commencement Address

Acts 1:6-14

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... of a problem, second-class ticket holders would have to get off until the problem was resolved. You could stand off to the side and watch as other people worked. You didn't have to get your hands dirty. But second-class ticket holders were not allowed to stay on board. When the stagecoach was unstuck you would get back on and take your seat. If you had a third-class ticket, you would definitely have to get off if there was a problem. Why? Because it was your responsibility to help solve the problem. You had ...

3424. The Witness of Being

Genesis 1:1—2:4a

Sermon

James L. Killen

... someone's wife. She had lived a long and well-spent life. When the pastor went into the room where Miss Blanche was, he asked, "How are you doing?" She answered, almost matter of factly, "I am dying." And, she was. She knew. The pastor took her seriously. He stayed a while, talking to her about her life and about the Christian hope that she knew better than he did. Then he prayed with her a prayer that was appropriate for the ending of life, and he left. He knew that he had probably had his last meaningful ...

3425. A Voice from Beyond

Genesis 12:1-9

Sermon

James L. Killen

... life in that day were familiar to Abram and Sarai. Are you getting the picture that Abram and Sarai were enjoying a lifestyle very similar to the one enjoyed by some of the most fortunate among us? We might have thought they would have wanted to stay there and benefit from all of their advantages. But Abram was different. Somehow, he had come to a realization that there was some greater reality out there beyond all of the things that were so important to the other people around him, something bigger than ...

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