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3601. A Vision of Hope

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... her head. She needed a prayer partner to pray for her every day. She was uncertain which friend to ask — they were all busy with their lives. Then she remembered her college roommate. Though they lived in different parts of the country, they had kept in touch over the years via letters and email. Connie emailed Linda asking if she would be her prayer partner. "Yes," Linda replied, "I'll pray with you. Your message was timely. I've been thinking about you and how much I need you." Linda was going through ...

3602. A Little Theology at Christmas

Titus 2:11-14

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... of Jesus; the work of God in "tutoring" us in Christian growth in the present is motivated by our assurance that in the end God's purposes will prevail. This knowledge can make us "zealous for good deeds" (Titus 2:14). I am not so out of touch to be unaware that when one mentions past, present, and future on Christmas Eve, the first thing that will flash into many people's minds is not the theological trajectory of the Advent season, but the Ghosts of Christmases past, present, and future in Charles Dickens ...

3603. Hidden in Plain Sight

1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16)

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... Jesus Christ may have first been called Christians at Antioch in Syria, it is not a term that Paul ever used. He simply refers to them as "unspiritual," without God's Spirit. The other two levels are those whose hearts have been touched by the Holy Spirit, Christians in our terminology. Some Greek philosophers, like Pythagorus, had divided their disciples into two categories: the babes and the mature. Interestingly, Paul uses the same scheme to categorize Christians. In future readings, we will get to him ...

3604. For Example

Romans 4:1-5, 13-17

Sermon

David O. Bales

... as the head of the church. I doubt that anything I said helped, but I suggested that if they wanted to consider the Bible as a mere rule book for marriage, they should at least read Ephesians chapter 5 very carefully. I asked if they'd stay in touch with me, which they didn't. Probably for the best, because my motives were selfish. If they could settle their marriage problems by ordering their wives, I wanted to know so I could submit their marriage for validation in the next edition of The Guinness Book of ...

3605. Fido’s Dilemma

Romans 6:1-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... to know that. But Fido is still not sure, backing up with that nasty bone still in his mouth. You want to tell Fido, "Just drop the bone! This meat is my gift for you. I love you, so drop the bone. Please take the meat." Now you are almost touching his nose. His tail stops wagging. You want to give him the meat, but he's got that nasty bone in his mouth. Fido has a choice to make. What will he do? The bone is a sure thing. It is already in his mouth. Then there is your offer ...

3606. How Beautiful the Feet

Romans 10:5-15

Sermon

Larry Lange

... 's job kept him away from her bedside, except for a few hours each day. Judy's daughter was only able to stay while her children were in school. The new pastor visited every other day and read Judy the word of God and prayed. He kept in touch with Judy's husband as best as he could, and Judy's husband appreciated the calls, the prayers, and the friendly words on his answering machine when he arrived home alone late at night. After almost a month, the doctors felt encouraged enough about the progress of the ...

3607. The Heifer that Will Change the World!

Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32

Sermon

Larry Lange

... sought help from the State Department, who informed officials at the American Embassy in Tel Aviv, who finally referred the matter to the Israeli Ministry of Religious Affairs. In this obviously miraculous manner, it took ninety days for the Reverend Lott to be put in touch with Rabbi Richman. But there were a lot more miracles and signs. The rabbis who worked with Rabbi Richman at his Temple Institute believed it was a good sign that Reverend Lott's last name was Lott, because the Lot in the Bible was also ...

3608. God’s Doing

Philippians 1:21-30

Sermon

Larry Lange

... had been reached to hire Badger Builders. After church, Don asked the pastor if he could see the actual plans and if they could talk a little about where things were headed. During this conversation, the pastor happened to mention something about needing someone to keep in touch with the contractor, "You know, to make sure everything's going okay. There are a lot of guys here who know how to build barns and pole sheds, but not $800,000 buildings and...." "I'll do it," said Don, "I know these guys ... really ...

3609. A Winning Life

Hebrews 13:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... mean word about anyone. He was a leader in the large Episcopal Church in his community, and when he died a couple of years ago, in his late seventies, his funeral attracted one of the largest crowds in the history of that church, for he had touched many lives. Jack was a man who kept on loving regardless of the circumstances. Friends, such people are not fictitious. They are real people, and they embody the kind of life that the writer of Hebrews is commending. Keep on loving. Love everybody family members ...

3610. Soup Like Bread and Wine

Luke 14:1,7-14

Sermon

William A Ritter

... apparent that she isn't able to buy something. So she rebuttons her coat and commences to leave. Whereupon a funny thing happens. One by one, everybody at her table gets up to leave, too. Followed by others ... at other tables. Even Fred (who still hasn't touched his soup) gets up to leave. "All right ... all right," says the soup master. "She can stay." And he brings her a bowl of soup. With order restored, Fred turns to his table mate and says: "Who is she? She must be somebody important." To which the ...

3611. Sometimes Love Does Not Count The Cost of Its Commitment

SOS 8; Luke 14:25-35

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William Gladstone, in announcing the death of Princess Alice to the House of Commons, told a touching story. The little daughter of the Princess was seriously ill with diphtheria. The doctors told the princess not to kiss her little daughter and endanger her life by breathing the child's breath. Once when the child was struggling to breathe, the mother, forgetting herself entirely, took the little one ...

3612. Peace and Quiet

1 Timothy 2:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... that offers “peace and quiet” on demand is a dream that seems harder and harder to realize in a TGIF world. TGIF: that is, a Twitter, Google, iPhone, Facebook culture. All those wonderful electronic connections that make it possible for us to stay in touch, stay on top, stay informed, stay current 24/7 also make it almost impossible to encounter “peace and quiet.” When you made your summer vacation plans, how important was it that wherever you were headed there was wi-fi available? Is there anything ...

3613. There's Something about Con Men

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... recluse who was deathly afraid of having contact with other human beings. His home was a mansion, complete with a giant ballroom, but William rarely left his bedroom. He communicated with his staff by writing notes. No one was to speak to him, look at him, touch him. He had an elaborate tunnel built beneath his estate so that he could move around without ever being seen. In the unlikely event that one of his servants might actually see him, they were warned to pretend he wasn’t even there. (1) Now, there ...

3614. Earn, Save, and Give

Lk 16:1-15

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King Duncan

... , responsible individuals. In fact, some of Wesley's converts became so successful that they began letting their commitment to Christ slide. They had allowed their success, their affluence, to become their god, and in reality, they were as lost as they were when Christ first touched their lives. Wesley's solution? He saw only one: That they should EARN all they could, SAVE all they could and then GIVE all they could. Let me put his formula in the present tense, for it is a good one: Earn all you can ...

3615. Daydream

Illustration

Arthur Seymour John Tessimond

One day people will touch and talk perhaps easily, And loving be natural as breathing and warm as sunlight, And people will untie themselves, as string is unknotted, Unfold and yawn and stretch and spread\ their fingers, Unfurl, uncurl like seaweed returned to the sea, And work will be simple and swift as a seagull flying, And play will be casual and quiet as a seagull settling, or care or notice, And people will smile without reason, even in winter, even in the rain.

3616. Finder's Keepers

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... to go back to sleep, he got dressed and wandered up and down the streets of Honolulu looking for a place to eat breakfast. He found a little place on a side street, walked in, and sat down on one of the stools at the counter. Everything he touched, including the menu, felt sticky with grease. When the guy behind the counter came over and asked, "What do you want?" Tony Campolo ordered a cup of coffee and a doughnut. As he sat there munching on his doughnut and sipping his coffee at 3:30 in the morning ...

3617. Heroes of Faith

Hebrews 11:29 – 12:2

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... has pledged to hold a fund raiser to assure the fulfillment of the goal this year. I've never seen an 8 year old with so much wisdom, so much faith, so much joy and life and so much determination. There was something in what she said and did that touched me deeply. In my mind and in my heart she will always be a true hero. You see we all have heroes, those people who have influenced us on a deeper level either with their lives or what they have done with their lives. There is a part of them ...

3618. Step Into The Vision

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... to it to simulate piano keys. Many years before, Mary had played a neighbor's organ. She never forgot the experience. After the neighbor moved away, Mary taught herself to play piano on the underside of this old ironing board. Although she hadn't touched a real piano in years, through sheer determination and ingenuity, she had developed excellent skills of sight-reading and fingering. (1) Paul says, "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Mary definitely had the ...

3619. A Double Portion

2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... bodies, I believe in healing. But I need to caution you, yours may not be that miraculous healing of body or spirit. It may be a long slow process using the medical technology of the day. That's up to God. But you might be the one whose life is touched and made whole today. Because God still heals, but in God's way and in God's time. But like Elisha, you'll never know how God will act in your life until you ask. And that's what today is all about, a time to ask. A time to ...

3620. Step By Step

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... have love, I'm as annoying as a ringing phone. I can chase a naked toddler through the house while cooking dinner and listening to voice mail. I can fix the best cookies and Kool-Aid in the neighborhood, and I can tell a sick child's temperature with one touch of my finger, but if I don't have love, I am nothing. Love is patient while watching and praying by the front window when it's 30 minutes past curfew. Love is kind when my teen says, "I hate you!" It doesn't envy the neighbors' swimming pool or ...

3621. Mystery of the Unlikely

Luke 1:39-55

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... so, they were a long way from royalty. So, why were they chosen? What was it about them that endeared them to God? I don't know? You might as well ask why did God choose Billy Strayhorn and call him to preach? Or why did God reach out and touch your life. Why did God choose you for the vocation you have? It's impossible to answer. I don't know why God chose Mary and Joseph. It may simply have been because they WERE descendants of David. It may have been because Mary was so young. Probably no more ...

3622. Jesus the Toxicologist

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of the limited boundaries of their interpretation of the righteous. “Prohibition,” the eighteenth amendment, couldn’t cure us, because our cultural “intoxication” was not found only at the bottom of a bottle. You can be intoxicated and your lips never touch alcohol. In fact, you might say we are all intoxicated, but there is no requirement that a drop of liquor passes our lips. The root of “intoxication” is “toxic.” We are a culture “intoxicated” by any number of poisons. The toxin ...

3623. What Should We Do?

Luke 3:7-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... we are that need to be made ready. PARTICIPATE. Make sure you Worship every Sunday between now and Christmas. And if possible came to the Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion service. Use the Daily Devotional the members of the church have written. It will touch your heart and keep your focus on the real reason for the season. Support the choir and the children tonight at the Cantata. Give yourself through your attendance, as they give themselves to you and God through their presentation. You will be lifted ...

3624. One of the Family

Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... it's the story and message of His defeat of death through His resurrection. We can't talk about Jesus without talking about His mission and His purpose and His ongoing call in our lives. Because that has changed our lives. But there's another part that touches each and every person who has been Longing for Belonging. In verse 11, the writer says: "For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters." We are the ...

3625. What'll You Have?

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... order: "I want two boiled eggs, one of them so undercooked it's runny, and the other so overcooked, it's about as easy to eat as rubber; also grilled bacon that has been left on the plate to get cold; burnt toast that crumbles away as soon as you touch it with a knife; butter straight from the deep-freeze so that it's impossible to spread; and a pot of very weak coffee, lukewarm." The person taking the order said, "I'm sorry, sir, but that's a rather strange and complicated order, and it might be a just ...

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