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326. On Your Mark, Get Set, Hope!

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... it in college. For years I was afraid I would not make it in the ministry, that somebody would stand in the way of my success, stop me from reaching my full potential. I ministered through fear. Then, one day with God’s help, I let go of my fears. I heard the ... may go to love his neighbor, even if they act like enemies. What does it mean to go the second mile? It means don’t stop; don’t stop too quickly; don’t give up too soon; don’t turn back before it’s time. Push on. Hope is lying out there in ...

327. Give Yourself

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in the Old Testament; a section of Scripture which tells the story of people who started an offering but the offering had to be stopped because the people gave so generously. Now do you believe that? It was as though I would start an offering here this morning and ... would empty them and start all over again, and by the time they got to the ninth row, I’d have to say “Wait a minute, stop! We’ve got enough.” Now do you think I’m mad. Go this afternoon and read Chapters 35 and 36 of the book of Exodus ...

328. Clear to the Better End - Parent Burnout

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... apropos of this. A man went to his physician complaining of constant headaches. The physician asked him if he smoked. “Yes I do,” said the fellow. “Well, stop smoking,” suggested the physician. So he stopped but the headaches persisted. He went back to the doctor. “Do you drink?” “Yea, I drink considerably.” “Stop it.” So he stopped. The headaches persisted. Back to the doctor again. “Are you engaged in physical labor that would in some way put pressure on your back?” “Yes, I am ...

329. Finding Answers to Family Feuds

Genesis 25: 21-34

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... decide today to form your family into a team where one is for all and all is for one, where you win and lose together. You can make that choice. Your children and grandchildren will bless you for it. There is one other thing you can do, you can stop the cycle of hate. In a Peanuts cartoon, Lucy is chasing Charlie Brown. “I’ll catch you,” shouts Lucy “and when I do I’m going to knock your block off.” Suddenly Charlie screeches to a halt. He turns to Lucy and says, “Wait a minute Lucy, if you ...

330. Repent

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me” (Psalm 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 ...

331. The Road No One Wants to Travel

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... what was ahead for him, and for them. And in those moments of conversation Jesus spoke to them about the meaning of life. It is a strange and paradoxical word, but one of the truest things they would ever come to know, and we with them. Don't Stop Here For one thing, Jesus told them that life is a journey, not a destination. You see, when Peter made his testimony, his confession, his blubbering statement about who Jesus was, there was a sense of euphoria in the group. You know how it is. Remember when you ...

332. Lighting up Lent

Ephesians 5:8-14

Sermon

David O. Bales

... nation's interests and their group's prejudices and to embrace the entire world as God's good creation rather than to fear it. God is more than an American and God cares about more than America and its allies. We need to turn to God for the power to stop our destructive habits and also to allow God to open us to more and more of God's blessings in this good world. In Lent, we get into the habit of inviting and urging each other to advance further into the light and life of Christ: "Sleeper, awake! Rise from ...

333. A Vision Vanished

Philippians 3:4-14

Sermon

Larry Lange

... and just kept looking at Jesus even as he passed him. When Arnold returned his attention to the curving road ahead, he saw a moose right in the middle of it — a bull moose, with a rack of antlers as wide as his car. Arnold slammed on the brakes and stopped a foot in front of that lumbering Paleolithic mountain of moose flesh which did not move, and which, if he had hit it, still would not have moved. Arnold had seen what was left of a Mack truck after it had hit a moose. Arnold wasn't driving a truck ...

334. Football Versus Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Children's Sermon

Marti Kramer Suddarth

... scoreboard, the team names might be listed, or maybe the scoreboard says, “Home” and “Visitor.” Either way, there are two teams and each team is divided into two squads: The offense and the defense. The offense tries to score points and the defense tries to stop the offense of the other team. In love, we work together. Whether we’re talking about the love you feel for a friend, the love you feel for someone in your family, or a boyfriend and girlfriend kind of love, there is only one team. When ...

335. Living Upside Down

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... remade. That is, if we can first look in the mirror and see what we are doing to ourselves. Everywhere I go, I see people with their ears plugged into machines or their eyes intent on a screen. I am among the worst of them. I can hardly make myself stop when I get on a roll, cranking out the work like crazy. What am I thinking? Am I thinking that I prove my worth by the work I do? I need others to help me see myself and my world. We need each other if we are to understand and ...

336. God, The Good Ally

Exodus 20:1-17

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... modern Americans to avoid making "graven images." Our graven images are anything that is other than Paul Tillich's "ultimate concern." A man began to lose his commitment to his church congregation over a period time. His attendance at church dropped; he stopped making a yearly pledge and occasional checks in the offering plate diminished to zero. First-class letters sent to his address were returned "no forwarding address." He was not angry at the church council and was not offended by changes in worship ...

337. A Death on a Long Friday

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... path seems to wind its way above and beyond the tip of the hill! The servant is vindicated! There is light and life beyond the grave. The story does not end on the cross. Once a well-dressed man casually strolled down a busy city street. He stopped to take a closer look through a window displaying the scene of Good Friday, dominated by three stark crosses set against a grayish-black sky. The figure on the center cross, tragic and lifeless, brought an emotional tear to the viewer's eyes. A small seven-year ...

338. Bridge Builders

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... fallen from here?" Michael asked. "Not that I know of," Sam replied. "Are you ready to start again?" "Okay. Just take it slow," Jeremy pleaded. "Do as I say and you'll be fine," Sam said with a mischievous grin on his face. Then he began to rock the bridge. "Stop that! Stop that! You'll make us fall!" Jeremy cried out in fear. "Hey, it's a swinging bridge, so let's sing and sway," Sam laughed and began singing a campfire favorite, "Do, Lord, O do Lord, O do remember me. Do, Lord, O do Lord, O do remember me ...

339. Killing What Is Already Dead

Colossians 3:1-11

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... the physician's office: high blood pressure, overweight, danger of heart disease. The physician has ordered the man to lose weight and to stop smoking. Sitting in the pastor's office, the man swears he is going to take better care of himself. He's said it ... months later, the wife comes in. She is beside herself, angry and hurt. Despite her best efforts, she can't get her husband to stop smoking, to exercise, or to cut back on the calories. "What else can I do?" she pleads. Is the husband just a hypocrite? Was ...

340. Are You in Labor?

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... problems, then you can easily see what Jesus meant when he said the harvest is plentiful. Pastor Jeremy Houck put it this way: The church is designed for the single mother who works two jobs to support her kids. The church is for the drug addict who can’t stop his habit. The church is for the young person who struggles with self esteem. The church is for the young couple who lives together and has never been exposed to the best way to build a home. The church is for the man who does not respect his boss ...

341. What Really Matters

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... It was her first time away from them. The father reminisced about his first day of college. It seemed like a lifetime ago, riding in his father’s rickety old truck with his whole life packed into the back. The drive was incredibly long. He remembered a stop by a stream and eating lunch. But the similarities to his daughter’s experience ended there. His daughter had a much larger dorm, stuffed full of electronics he could’ve only dreamed of at her age. When his father left him, he looked him in the eye ...

342. Wake Up!

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... passed down in a slop bucket and bodies being passed up to be dumped into the sea. They were in that hold for three months unable to tell night from day. Of seventy‑five men that went into the hold, only twenty‑six survived. Then the engines stopped. They had arrived at some port far away. Some soldiers ordered them at bayonet point down the gang‑plank and to a concrete building. The prisoners by this time were disoriented. One said to another: “Do you know what week it is?” The prisoners didn’t ...

343. What Do You See?

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... are about to beat this boy to death… they are still doing it…there is nothing I can do.” That 13-year-old boy was left with a broken arm and two black eyes. Now, under his county’s regulations, this man was not required to jump in and stop this fight. But here is the question. This man did what a legally correct. He even did what was physically smart, but did he do what was morally right? When you begin to rationalize with your mind why you shouldn’t get involved and why you shouldn’t help and ...

344. "Gotcha" Questions from Mean-Spirited People

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!" (Luke 19:38). It is a grand celebration. There is, however, little opportunity to savor the excitement. Before the parade concludes, the Pharisees shout for Jesus to stop the noisy demonstration. The Pharisees are upset. Visiting teachers from the rural hillsides of Galilee are not supposed to be welcomed with a parade. When the Pharisees ask this country preacher to curb the enthusiasm of his fans, they expect him to do ...

345. A Squirrel Crossing a Busy Street

Romans 5:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... When an opposing player hits a running back,” says pastor Kenneth Squires, “he doesn’t throw the ball down. He doesn’t just stop. He doesn’t announce, ‘I’m taking my ball and going home if you are going to play that way.’ What does ... 85 times in the Bible.” The class started to laugh a little thinking that old Mr. John’s memory was starting to fail. When the laughing stopped, he said: At 30 I lost my job with six hungry children and a wife to feed. I didn’t know how I would make it. At ...

346. Making a Successful Future

Numbers 34:1-29

Teach the Text

Joe M. Sprinkle

... it was no different from any other weekend,” Laura Bush said of the trip the couple took with friends to Colorado Springs in 1986. “George just woke up and he knew he wanted to quit,” she said. “And he stopped and he was able to stop. A lot of people can’t. A lot of people need help to stop. He just stopped cold turkey.” In the book, she wrote: “I was not going to leave George and I wasn’t going to let him leave me with twins. Our marriage was enduring, we loved each other and we were two ...

347. A Happy Ending

Joshua 5:9-12

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”[10] The Beginning Is the End When we embrace a new beginning, we are able to celebrate the end: the end of an old, worn-out life; the end of a life stuck in the wilderness of the past; the end of a life once stopped by stagnation; the end of a life stunted by fear. And as we look over the grave of our past and have the happiest funeral of our life, we will affirm with honorable pride, “The old has passed. The new has come. I am a new creation in Christ!” Then ...

348. Defeating Discouragement

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... do, well, we had faith. That’s not faith. Someone once said that “faith is not the means by which we achieve victory; faith is the victory itself.” Victory is achieved when we trust God’s timing and wait hopefully for him. Victory over discouragement is achieved when we stop rushing ahead of God, quiet our hearts before him, and wait for his strength. Some of you may be thinking, “Okay, I’ve got my Bible open on my lap and I’m saying, I am waiting on you, God. Is that it? Is that all I have to ...

349. Stages in Israel's Journey

Numbers 33:1-56

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

... leaving Sinai is Kibroth Hattaavah (see Num. 11 for the account of the people’s craving for meat and their murmuring, which brought a plague; thus the place name means “graves of craving”). Numbers 11:34–35 specifies the place name and the next stop on the journey, Hazeroth. The places listed in verses 18–29 do not occur elsewhere in the OT. Their location is uncertain; perhaps they were along the western shore of the Gulf of Aqaba. Some of the places in verses 30–34 also appear in Deuteronomy ...

350. David Counts the Fighting Men

2 Samuel 24:1-17

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... s prayer seems to indicate that he was unaware that the events of v. 16 had taken place—which is strange if he had seen the angel for himself. The prayer provides evidence of David’s attitude, but its further significance is not discussed. The stopping of the plague is presented as resulting from God’s sovereign mercy, not as a direct response to David’s actions either in prayer or in sacrifice. In the Hebrew text of Chronicles Araunah is given the alternative name of Ornan. Araunah was a Jebusite ...

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