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351. Loud and Clear

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a tornado came from. And the sound of all these languages. Apparently Jesus' followers by this time had moved from the house into the streets, the courtyards, and the temple precincts, praising the wonders of God in these different foreign languages. And guess what? The people who were in the crowd were foreign Jews, who understood the languages being spoken! They were what was called the "Diaspora Jews"; that is, Hebrews who lived in different foreign countries, who were visiting Jerusalem because of the ...

352. Being Christian in the Family

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

James McCormick

... free to decide whether or not to go to school, to do my homework, to brush my teeth, to take a bath, or to go to bed. My parents insisted upon such things, because they were important. And, doing them consistently helped to shape my life in important ways. My guess is that you are with me so far. You agree about the importance of such things. But, just as I was not free to decide about such things, neither was I free to decide whether or not to worship, to come to Sunday School, to participate in the youth ...

353. Two Worlds

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

James McCormick

... , the King asks him, “Are you the owner here?” “No”, he said. “I live hereabouts.” “Then why do you pull them out?” he asked. The old man looked puzzled and searched for an answer. “Why—I don’t know. I guess there’s people that pull things out—that’s what they do. I guess that’s how things get done.” Well, there you have it. There are people who push things in and people who pull things out - that’s our choice. Either we can be a part of the problem, or, by God’s grace ...

354. Changed Lives: Adam and Eve

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... decided to check its files for the people who had accumulated the largest number of parking tickets. Would you like to guess who won this dubious prize? Surprise! Four of the top 10 were people whose job it was to write parking tickets. Each of them had accumulated ... in excess of $5,000 in unpaid fines. I guess they thought the law didn’t apply to them. Another truth about temptation: none of us are exempt. We ought to learn a lesson ...

355. Everybody Get Together

Romans 14:1--15:13

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... needs to be moved. Choose one of the smallest children. Would you do me a favor? Would you go and move the table for me? (response) As the child struggles to move it, say, What’s the matter? (response) Oh no. This is not good. I guess the table is too heavy to be moved. I guess we’re just stuck with it being in the way. Thank you for trying. Is there anything we can do? (response) All of us move the table? Do you think we could do it? Turn to the child who tried to move the table. Do ...

356. The Bloodline of Christ

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... only did he locate his mother. He discovered that he had a family of unknown siblings. One of those siblings, a brother, was gravely ill, suffering from progressive kidney failure and facing certain death without a transplant. But no one in the family was a match. Guess what? The son who had been given away, the son who had conducted his own search for his family, was found to be the perfect biological match for the ailing brother. The bloodline that neither knew they shared became a life line, as the son ...

357. Life in the Living Stone Age

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , in a little cemetery in a small town in Western Pennsylvania. When I saw them there, I had no idea that they had come from Wesley, but I knew that they had been chosen by the man who was buried there. I don’t know where he got them; my guess is that he heard them from some preacher along the way. But I know he had made all the arrangements himself, even dickered with the funeral director–a lifelong friend and neighbor–a bout the cost of the casket. He had chosen the words, I assume, as the way he ...

358. Why God Made Moms…

2 Timothy 1:5

Illustration

... mom? 1. My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff. 2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy. 3. They say she used to be nice. What did mom need to know about dad before she married him? 1. His last ... but she has to because dad's such a goof ball. 2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed. 3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad. What's the difference between moms and dads? 1. Moms work at work ...

359. The Only One Who Is Number One

Exodus 20:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... answered that question when he said, "No man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end." (Eccl. 3:11) You can't find God by reason; you can only find God by revelation. Thank God, that with God we have more than a guess; we have more than a holy hunch; we have his own declared revelation. I heard about a college student that took a course in ornithology, the study of birds. Well, the night before the final exam, this student stayed up all night studying. He memorized every bird in ...

360. Don't Get Too Big For Your Spiritual Britches

Judges 16:20

Sermon

James Merritt

... him lightly. Then she begins to question him strongly. Then she begins to nag him diligently about the secret of his strength. Well, at first he toys with her and tells her different things that will remove his strength. First, he suggests seven fresh bow strings not yet dried. Guess what happened? He wakes up and is bound with seven fresh bow strings and is attacked by the Philistines. But he breaks the bow strings and defeats them. Then he tells her to bind him with new ropes that have never been used ...

361. There's God In Them There Hills

Psalm 19:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... calculate frantically-twelve inches make a foot, one foot would mean twelve million miles, one hundred feet would be over a billion miles, three hundred feet over three billion miles, and five hundred feet over five billion miles. Well, some students guessed three hundred, some guessed five hundred. The professor said: "You are all wrong." He then went on to say that the nearest star at that scale would be approximately the distance from Pittsburgh to Chicago with each inch equaling a million miles. To put ...

362. Science and the Bible

John 17:17, 1 Timothy 3:16

Sermon

James Merritt

... Bible, and said this proves that the Scripture is scientifically unreliable because the earth does not have "four corners." But guess what? Scientists now believe that the reason why the continents are positioned the way they are is because the world was ... that, as we now know, that the moon is simply a reflection of the light of the sun, and gives no light on its own. Well guess what? Job 25:5 says, "If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight." For almost 1700 years men ...

363. Are You In the Know

Job 19:23-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... result of agonized struggle. Opinions are what we think, while convictions are what we know. Opinions are conjectures or guesses, while convictions are firm beliefs founded on evidence. An opinion is something that we may change, but a conviction ... day and age in which we live, to hear someone get up and not just say I think this, or I assume this, or I imagined this, or I guessed this, or I supposed this, or even I believe this, but to say, I know this. Job was that kind of man. Every time you hear the name ...

364. No Place Like Home

Psalm 128:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... wife and the mother of that home. The way to have a healthy heart and a happy heart is to give love, dads, to that heart. I guess the biggest thing every husband does with a good wife, and I’m talking about me, is to take that good wife for granted. I heard ... such a success that the company decided to do the same thing a month later and help inmates celebrate Father’s Day. Can you guess what happened? Not one prisoner lined up to send his dad a greeting card. Why? Because very few men in prison have any ...

365. I Am the Keeper of the Zoo

Isaiah 11:1-9

Sermon

... . fangs pointed for tearing gashes. . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go. There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross. Oh, to be sure, there are other ways of looking at our nature. We are indeed ...

366. Ministry By Faith: Does She or Doesn't She?

I Corinthians 16:14, James 2:14-26

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... can take home with us"—he gathered up all of his own teaching and ministry: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength; and you shall love your neighbor as you love yourself. (Matthew 22:34-40) "That's it?" "Yeah, I guess that's about it." "But Jesus, what about some kind of a litmus test? I mean, there must be something more than that, some list of dos and don'ts, some measurable criteria for determining who's in and who's out of the kingdom. Maybe smoking and drinking ...

367. Moses: On the Manna Diet

Exodus 16:1-5

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... bread. And at the table of Jesus, there is bread enough for all. Daily manna…just enough. Bread for the world…enough for all. 3. In the end, the Exodus people discovered there was more than enough. The Exodus writer doesn't include it, but my guess is there was another case of grumbling over the manna diet. On the first morning, going out to look for "what-is-it?", there was lots of murmuring about whether this stuff was worth eating, whether it would fill their empty bellies, whether there would be ...

368. Abraham and Sarah: Backing Into the Future

Hebrews 11:1-3; 8-11

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... , when God called, "Abraham...go to a land that I will show you." I imagine he went home that day and said to Miss Sarah, "Guess what? We're going." And I imagine Miss Sarah said, "Now do you mind telling me where it is we are going?" "Well," says Abe, ... be full of my descendants." "And how old are you now—95 and Miss Sarah is 85?" "Yes, and we just got the report and guess what? Miss Sarah's going to have a son, because God always keeps his promises." And therefore....from one man, and him as good as ...

369. God Knows....Me!

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... , spirit, soul, mystery and majesty. Science itself is discovering that "just the facts" are not enough. I guess that's why the current debate over evolution and creation, science and the code language "intelligent design" leaves ... remember cutting up all the muscles and organs, drawing sketches, taking notes. We learned all the facts, and by the time we were finished, I guess we knew about all you could know about a frog. But when we were done, there was nothing left…nothing but formaldehyde and pieces- ...

370. A Circle for Dorothy

Ephesians 2:11-22, Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... Dorothy well within their vision and their care. That's grace. That's church. That's what it means to be the body of Christ, the community of mercy, a circle of love which sustains us and surrounds us, never letting us go...a circle for Dorothy. Now, my guess is when you saw the sermon title, you thought this sermon was going to be about Dorothy and Toto of Kansas and the yellow brick road, so I might as well bring them in. On her journey in search of "home," Dorothy is surrounded by a circle of friends ...

371. Zechariah II: Thy Prayer is Heard

Luke 1:5-25

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... a moment. In my favorite Frederick Buechner book, A Room Called Remember, he asks why people come to church anyway? He responds: "My guess is they come because there isn't much else to do on Sunday morning. They come to see their friends and be seen. ... just as well to keep on his good side." Sort of "makin' a list and checking it twice, finding out who's naughty and nice" I guess. "They come year after year, and who is to say how, if at all, their lives were changed as the result? Yet they keep coming anyway ...

372. High Noon

Psalm 91:1-16

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... is in this room?" "Yes." "Does that mean God is at this table?" Again, the answer was "Yes." Then she picked up the little egg cup used for holding a boiled egg (remember, Reg is British) and she said, "Does that mean God is in this egg cup?" "Yes, I guess He is." Immediately, Katie clasped her hand over the top of the egg cup and cried out, "There! Now I've got Him!" [2] In the early dawn of our Christian walk, we live in childlike wonder in the newness of life in Christ, open to God's leading, marveling ...

373. When Seeing is Not Believing

John 20:19-31

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... of the day when Mary saw the Lord, the evening of the first day of the week. The doors are shut. The disciples are scared to death, and Jesus comes and stands among them and he says, "Peace be with you." He says it three times here, you notice. My guess is they needed to hear it! It is an amazing moment, even more direct than Mary's brief encounter in the garden. He shows them his hands...his wrists, really, where the nails had held his body to the cross. He shows them his side...pierced to prove to the ...

374. Building Relationships

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... is. Wouldn’t it be great if everyone who was estranged from a brother or sister or friend or co-worker or spouse would pick up a phone and make an appointment to sit down with that person to iron out their difficulties? Am I a dreamer? I guess so. If you think this is an easy teaching by our Lord, you have never had anyone hurt you. Feelings of betrayal, anger, hurt, bitterness, resentment can sometimes overwhelm. Some of you have been there, haven’t you? After a while, it may become a matter of pride ...

375. Secret Revealed

Romans 16:25-27

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... not available to us, until we have lived many years. Sometimes the surprises are so wonderful and at other times far less than wonderful! All in all, this is God's doing. Had God been keeping something or someone from us in this holy secrecy? Well, yes, I guess so. After all, who has all of the answers here and now and forever and ever? It isn't you and me. Our experience and formal education, regardless of its quality and quantity, are never enough to make us reliable experts on much of anything. We may ...

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