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3676. What Does It Really Mean to Be a Christian?

Mark 10:17-22

Sermon

James W. Moore

... up and married. My mother is a woman, which is a grown-up girl with children. My father is so nice that I think he must have been a girl when he was a boy!” What we learn from this is that right answers are important. But, have you thought about this… so are right questions! And a right question for us to ask today (as we confirm these young people into full membership in our church) is this: “What does it really mean to be a Christian?” There’s a wonderful old story that Billy Graham tells on ...

3677. The Lost and Found Coin

Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

James W. Moore

... you. Help them to discover the power and the light of the Christian faith! Let me hurry to put in this quick thought. I know of situations where the family did everything right and the child still went off and got lost. That does happen and ... … and just as she turned off the engine, it started pouring down rain! There she was with two pre-school children and no umbrella. She thought: “It’s no use. There’s no way I can get into the church with these two girls without getting us all soaking wet. I guess ...

3678. Prison Break

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , mercy and forgiveness. Amen. HMP Holloway, as quoted in The Tablet, 18 November 2006, 22 Have you heard the story about the three doctors who died, went to heaven, and met St. Peter at the gates. St. Peter asked the first doctor why he thought he deserved to enter. “I was a doctor with the Christian Medical and Dental Society,” the physician replied. “Every year, I went to the Southeast for 3 weeks and treated the poor Native Americans free of charge.” “Welcome,” said St. Peter, then asked the ...

3679. The Lost and Found Coin

Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

James W. Moore

... you. Help them to discover the power and the light of the Christian faith! Let me hurry to put in this quick thought. I know of situations where the family did everything right and the child still went off and got lost. That does happen and ... spots… and just as she turned off the engine, it started pouring down rain! There she was with two preschool children and no umbrella. She thought: "It's no use. There's no way I can get into the church with these two girls without getting us all soaking wet. I ...

3680. Breathe on Me, Breath of God

Acts 2:1-4

Sermon

James W. Moore

... Mohney.” Nell Mohney said she had felt the presence of God with her many, many times in her life… and that morning when she needed Him more that ever… He was with her! He was with her in the present, in the spirit and in the love and thoughtfulness of a little 9-year-old girl. In telling that story, Nell Mohney showed us that she has a healthy relationship with God, a relationship built (not on fear or guilt or self-interest… but rather) on “doing your best and trusting God for the rest. That’s ...

3681. What in the World Are We Doing?

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... goes!’… I chased him, tackled him and arrested him.” “And, you trust your partner that much? You would just act on his word?” “Yes Sir, I would trust him… and all my fellow officers with my life.” At this point, the tough lawyer smiled because he thought he knew now just how to trip up the young policeman. He said: “With your life? Well then, let me ask you this, officer. Do you have a room at the station where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?” “Yes Sir, we ...

3682. Love One Another

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

James W. Moore

... . Second, she dries His feet with her hair. And third, she anoints His feet with her perfume. The Pharisee is highly offended. He is shocked that Jesus would let this woman of the streets even touch him. But Jesus sees it as a beautiful, tender, thoughtful, loving gesture… and He commends her, includes her, and forgives her. Now, there are many fascinating elements in this story, but for now let me just lift up one question for us to think about. Namely, this: - What was it about Jesus that drew people ...

3683. When We Are Caught in a Storm

Matthew 14:22-33

Sermon

James W. Moore

... the crowd away, their bodies satisfied. Now, he must feed himself, not with food for the body, but for his spirit. He sends the Disciples ahead by boat to their next destination… while he goes up on a mountain to pray. In prayer and meditation, in thought and quiet time alone… he will again commune with his heavenly Father to recharge his spiritual life and renew the spiritual strength of his soul in preparation for the new challenges which he will soon face. Now, the disciples are out on the Sea of ...

3684. What Christmas Gives to Us

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

James W. Moore

... red sled, I will be a perfect little boy. I will be obedient. Whatever my parents ask me to do, I will do it immediately… if you bring me a red sled. Santa, I really do need a red sled.” He signed the letter and mailed it,… but the he thought he needed a trump card… an insurance plan… a back-up strategy. So, he went to the Manger Scene that his family had on display in their den. Secretly, when no one was looking, he reached over and picked up the figurine of Mary, took it upstairs to his room ...

3685. John 20:19-31

John 20:19-23

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... , Jesus offers his disciples a blessing: “Peace be with you.” Although “shalom aleikem” (“eirene hymin”) was a common Hebrew greeting, the offer of Jesus’ “peace” is a reminder of his previous promises (14:27; 16:33). The Jesus they had thought taken from them by death now stands in their midst offering them the incomprehensible surpassing “peace” he had pledged to make available to them. Before these disciples even ask, Jesus proves his real physical existence by showing them not only ...

3686. Just Because We Can't See It

John 20:19-23

Illustration

Carla Thompson Powell

... we can't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. We could do brain surgery and investigate the parts of your brain and we could do a CAT scan and see the brain patterns in your head. But we couldn't prove that you've had a single thought today. Does that mean that you haven't thought anything today? Just ‘cause you can't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist." Seeing is believing, right? But, "just ‘cause you can't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

3687. What’s the Good Word?

John 20:19-23

Illustration

King Duncan

... Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. On his first day at the school, as he was walking across the campus, an American student casually greeted him with, "Hi, What's the good word?" The Korean boy stopped dead in his tracks. He thought to himself: "I don't know the good word! You would have thought that after nine years of studying English, someone would have told me what "˜the good word' was!" Later, trying to solve this puzzle, he decided to turn the tables and ask an American, "What's the good word?" and listen ...

3688. Like a Rose - Holy Communion

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

James McCormick

... is like a rose. I know that sounds strange, but let me explain. Patricia and I have some good friends who live in California. They are well up in years, now, but they are among the most thoughtful people we have ever known. Again and again they go out of their way to do nice things for people. One of the most thoughtful things they do is for their friends who are in the hospital. They send a rose bud in a vase, a single rose which is always the first gift the patient receives. Patricia received one when she ...

3689. Living as Orphans

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... your family. “This will teach you not to shoot my brother, you sidewinder!” Citizens of the Old West often thought that crimes done to avenge a family member were perfectly acceptable. 3) Leave a false trail. Announce that you are ... decides that he can outsmart the ball and chain. He gets up and tries to walk away--and again falls into the sand. As he becomes more thoughtful, his next strategy is one of reason. “I know. I will talk to it! I will reason with it!” but, again, down he goes into the ...

3690. Would You Make a Good Witness? (Ascension Day)

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... a while the grandson attempted to trade on his grandfather’s fame. As a young man he got big-money offers from impresarios to lead local bands across the country. He couldn’t read a note of music, but the Sousa name packed houses. “At first I thought it a lark,” said the grandson, “and had a good laugh that people couldn’t tell that the band was leading me instead of me leading the band.” But, after a few engagements, Sousa decided he didn’t want to go through life pretending to be something ...

3691. Obedience

John 14:15-31

Illustration

Erma Bombeck

... new luxury automobile. My folks had bought an old jalopy for me to get back and forth to school, but you think I'd drive that hunk of junk and park it beside those Jeep Wagoneers, BMWs, Buicks and Mercedes? My friend had it made. Or so I once thought, but, when we reached age thirty, I had a change in perspective. I had learned that my parents were not so mean after all. I was experiencing: the pleasure of work, the reward of recreation, the strength of a healthy body, the bonds of a strong marriage, the ...

3692. Shake the Dust Off Your Feet

Matthew 9:35-10:8 (9-23)

Illustration

Mark Trotter

... later when I left they had 150 members. I wondered what went wrong. I did everything that I could. I worked as hard as I could. But they just sat there, immovable. I thought, maybe I am in the wrong profession. I went to the superintendent to talk it over with him. He confessed, "We were thinking of closing that church. We just thought we would give you a chance, see what happens." I was sent to close the church. I couldn't even do that very well. It limped on for another few years. The Sylmar earthquake ...

3693. Getting a Grip on Fear

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... me what is that has kept you living so long and so vital so long?” Well, you know the usual answers, says Caliandro: I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, I’ve lived a clean life. These are rather dull answers, he says. But she had another one. She thought for a minute and she said, “I’ll tell you what’s given me this long life. I have learned how to not be afraid.” Wow! This little woman had learned how not to be afraid. Caliandro testifies, “I saw her facing adversity and loss, I was with her ...

3694. Whoever Welcomes You, Welcomes Me

Matthew 10:1-42

Illustration

David Wiggs

... class ended the teacher pulled him aside and said, "Son, please don't come again dressed as you are now. We want to look our best when we come into God's house." He looked down at his old hand me down overalls that were certainly worn and tattered. He thought about that for a moment and said softly, "No ma'am I won't ever." Then he looked at the church member and said, "And you know what... I never did." It was clear that he was done with that conversation. I am sure that the Sunday School teacher meant ...

3695. A Cup of Cold water

Matthew 10:40-42

Illustration

Larry Klaarn

... of was to give them a cup of ice-cold water. That might be a nice treat in the middle of South Dakota, in the days before air conditioning. The towns there are few and far between, and people would like the break, and the drink of water. Ted thought it was silly and too expensive, but Dorothy prevailed. Ted drove a little ways from town in every direction and put up a sign that said "Only twenty miles to Wall Drug Store, and your cup of free ice-water." To Ted's amazement, people were soon lining up for ...

3696. A World Without Easter

1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... to make it to the top of the roof. He saw a little protrusion sticking out from the building like a piece of stone, and he thought to himself if he could just reach that protrusion he had the strength to pull himself up to the rooftop. The problem was it was just ... body and gathered around him, they opened up his hand and in his hand they found the crust of a spider's web. What this man thought was brick was nothing but a spider's web. Well, if Jesus Christ is not the risen Son of God, He is not the Rock of ...

3697. The Death That Ends All Death

1 Peter 3:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... Jesus Christ did. I am reminded of a little old lady who was theologically ignorant, educationally illiterate, but she had a passionate love for Jesus Christ and the Word of God. An infidel asked her one time, "Can you even tell me what it feels like to be saved?" She thought for a moment and said, "Well, it feels to me as if the Lord stood in my shoes, and now I'm standing in His!" III. It Was a Sufficient Death for Salvation Peter goes on to say, "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the ...

3698. The World Needs Less Mother Goose More Mother Teresa

Isaiah 58:1-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , an angel came hurrying to recall him back to Court. There he learned that his sentence had been reversed. Why? The thief whom he had aided on earth had stolen the list of his iniquities. (The Yehudi, as told in The Jewish Way of Life and Thought, Abraham Karp [New York: KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1981], 177.) Who says charity isn’t its own reward! The key that unlocks the gates to a New World? Isaiah says it’s a key chain of charity—acts of justice, mercy, compassion, sacrifice—these are the ...

3699. First-Class Christianity

Ephesians 5:18-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... of your heart toward God and let the wind of God, which is the Holy Spirit, take your ship wherever He wants it to go. Every thought we think, every word we say, every deed we do, every place we go, is to be directed by the Holy Spirit. Paul had said up ... suppose." That is, he did not deny that they appeared to be drunk. He just said that they were not drunk like the people thought. They had been drinking, but they had been drinking from the fountain of the Holy Spirit. They had gotten under the spout where ...

3700. The Scarlet Letter

Exodus 20:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... have interpreted the Hebraic commandment to extend to all sexual relations outside marriage. Jesus even condemned lustful thoughts; saying that the man who indulged them had "already committed adultery in his heart." But in ... were walking in the Garden of Eden the first day they got to know each other. She looked at him and said, "Adam, do you really love me?" He thought for a moment, looked around, and then said, "Eve, as far as I am concerned, you are the only girl in the world." Well, that ought to be the ...

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3676. What Does It Really Mean to Be a Christian?

Mark 10:17-22

Sermon

James W. Moore

3677. The Lost and Found Coin

Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

James W. Moore

3678. Prison Break

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

3679. The Lost and Found Coin

Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

James W. Moore

... you. Help them to discover the power and the light of the Christian faith! Let me hurry to put in this quick thought. I know of situations where the family did everything right and the child still went off and got lost. That does happen and ... spots… and just as she turned off the engine, it started pouring down rain! There she was with two preschool children and no umbrella. She thought: "It's no use. There's no way I can get into the church with these two girls without getting us all soaking wet. I ...

3680. Breathe on Me, Breath of God

Acts 2:1-4

Sermon

James W. Moore

3681. What in the World Are We Doing?

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

3682. Love One Another

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

James W. Moore