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351. Design for Discipleship

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , by a work of grace, a community of caring develops, and who doesn’t need that? I’m reminded of Charlie Brown of the Peanuts series. He was sitting on a curb with the rain pouring down in sheets. He was as dejected as he was wet. A hundred feet away a stranger yelled out, “Hey, Stupid, get out of the rain.” Charlie Brown looked up and said to himself: “Gosh, I think I will. Somebody cares!” Caring - genuine caring — that’s what characterized the fellowship of the early church. That’s what ...

352. When It's Time to Wait

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... out." You see, he had a reason for living. For four hundred years there had been no word from the Lord. Simeon had lived through the Roman invasion and Pompey's massacre of the priests. He had seen the holy of holies destroyed. He had watched hope sag like a wet rag. Through it all, he hung on to a revelation. He hung on to hope. He hung on to a promise. I will not die before I see the Messiah. That was reason enough to be alive. Hope does that for us. Hope sees the invisible. Hope feels the intangible ...

353. An Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... his grace I know. O deeper yet I pray, and higher every day, And wiser blessed Lord, in his precious holy word. Peter and his buddies had fished all night and had caught nothing. You can read about it in Luke, Chapter 5. Whether or not you have ever wet a line in the water, you know that feeling of failure. You try, but you miss the mark. Elisha Otis invented the elevator, but first he failed three times as a mechanic. Ernest Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea. First he got forty-six rejection slips ...

354. The Constant God in a Changing World

Psalm 48:1, 9-14

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... shall never forget one day when the wedding party was gathered at the altar and I was about half way through that reading when the groom fainted— he hit the floor and went out cold as a cucumber. Of course, the whole ceremony stopped while we got a wet cloth, fanned him back to consciousness and with the help of his groomsmen got him back on his feet. As I returned to the service and the scripture reading, the only thing I could think to say was, “And sometimes love is overwhelming." If I Corinthians 13 ...

355. Marching Forward by Faith!

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... . Under the white rock I buried a bottle of water. It's out of the sun and all corked up. There's enough in it to prime the pump, but not if you drink some first. So pour about a quarter of the water in and let it soak to wet the leather. Then pour in the rest medium fast and pump like crazy. You'll get water. Have faith. When you get all you want, fill her up for the next fella. Signed, Desert Pete. P.S. Don't go drinking up the water first, you have to prime the ...

356. Diving Deeper

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... too close to where I got in.” Living on the edge is a problem, not just for toddlers, but Christians, as well. Some of us have stepped into the kiddie pool of God’s grace, but have yet to experience the thrill of diving deeper. We’ve gotten our feet wet, but have not yet known the joy of having our souls soaked. If that strikes a chord with you, then diving deeper on the River of Life is designed for you. And that’s what I would like to talk about today. I. WHEN SURFACE FAITH IS NOT ENOUGH, IT ...

357. News Too Good To Tell

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... help come? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth” (Psalm 121). At Mt. Sinai, God gave Moses the Law and his face shined brightly, so bright that people were afraid. At Mt. Carmel, Elijah exposed the priests of Baal when God consumed a soaking wet sacrifice and thousands of people came to believe. From Sabbath School Jesus knew that when you want to meet God face-to-face, to feel His power and know His grace, you go up the mountain to pray. And He went up a mountain to pray. Jesus is ...

358. Make Disciples—Intentionally

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... that moment of life is not a sermon from a theologian; they need a friend to hold their hand. II. DISCIPLESHIP, IT'S STEPPING IN THE WATER. It's becoming a member of the body of Christ. It's belonging. It's making a decision. It's getting your feet wet. It's going with the flow. It's stepping into the flow of God's grace and mercy that flows through the universe itself. It's making a personal decision to step into it; nobody can make you do that but you. Come on in, the water is fine. The ...

359. When the Winds Are Against Us

Mark 6:45-56

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... moving in a long line through the passage. As you look at Moses, you immediately notice that he has a very perturbed look on his face. He is listening to the men walking next to him, and irritated, he responds to them by saying: “Of course your feet are wet, but it strikes me as a pretty petty complaint to be making at a time like this.” There is a difference between believing in Jesus and having faith in him. Belief is what you have in fair weather; faith is what you need when the storms come. There is ...

360. A Kingdom that Cannot Be Shaken

Hebrews 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... , Wright got a telegram from Japan. The Imperial Hotel was completely undamaged. Not only that‑‑it had provided a home for hundreds of displaced people. And when fires that raged all around the hotel threatened to spread, bucket brigades kept the structure wetted down with water from the hotel’s pool. Frank Lloyd Wright had built a hotel that could stand an earthquake. However, there is more than one kind of earthquake. Even this world-renowned architect could not protect the hotel from the shifting ...

361. Ecological Politics

Matthew 14:22-33

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... his bare feet form in place like a shoe's gel insert. He suddenly had an unusual place to stand! He tested his left foot against the flood and found he could walk! Gingerly, he shuffled toward Jesus, wondering when he would come to the edge of the wet precipice. But the terra aqua held firm. Still, the storm had not abated. In fact, it seemed almost as if the wind packed a new punch in its insistence that these strange events not take place. Peter was pummeled by gales that sneaked in from every direction ...

362. Mistaken Identity

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... the variety of ways in which people think about Jesus. Each time I teach this course, I ask my students to write a paper which requires that they talk with their parents about how Mom and Dad view Jesus. Invariably, I get some papers still wet with tears from students who never before knew the Jesus of their parents' religious devotions. Too long they had passed by one another snickering at the religious folly of others while never having to face the question of Jesus' identity themselves. Somehow Peter had ...

363. Lighting up Lent

Ephesians 5:8-14

Sermon

David O. Bales

... water into the light of Christ's new life. "Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." Christians witness the baptism and confirm the changed identity of the newly baptized Christians. They say, "You're different now that you are a Christian. Dripping wet with water, you are part of the life and light of God." Here's the way to start every day as Christ's person. Repeat to yourself, "Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." It's short enough even for adults ...

364. Seeing God Work for Good

Romans 8:26-39

Sermon

Larry Lange

... planned to stop at the town hall for a walleye fry benefit for Larry which, I supposed, was like everything else in Larry's life, ruined. The parking lot, when I finally reached it long after there were any walleye left to fry, was completely full. I was soaking wet, shivering, starving. Inside the town hall it was bright as day and as warm and humid as a June afternoon. I saw Larry, a man on death row, standing near the door, laughing and smiling. The crow's feet on his face were bright with tears of joy ...

365. It Was Only Fair

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

Larry Lange

... high voice. When she was mad, you couldn't even tell what she was saying. But we knew. Little Mikey had to go inside, and I had to shovel off their driveway otherwise she'd call my mother and my mother would whale on me. Night was falling. I was wet and cold and hungry. It took forever to clean all the snow off the driveway. It was dark when I finished. The snow was so deep and I was so tired, I didn't feel like taking the short cut between Little Mikey's house and my house. So I ...

366. The Armor of Light

Romans 13:8-14

Drama

Larry Lange

... the church in Rome makes this essential truth so memorable: "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good" (Romans 12:21). And finally, Harry, putting on the armor of light is really all about baptism. Harry: (to congregation) Now I know she's all wet! Margaret: When the apostle Paul encourages the Christians in Rome to "put on" the Lord Jesus Christ, he uses the same Greek verb here as he does when he writes about putting on the armor of light, which is also the same verb the apostle Paul uses ...

367. A Vision Vanished

Philippians 3:4-14

Sermon

Larry Lange

Arnold Toivonen was headed to work at 5:06 a.m. Monday morning on a wet highway winding east through the dark pines that came crowding up close to the road from out of the spring fog. Arnold worked at the Caterpillar shop in town, crawling into the iron bellies of enormous Caterpillar tractors, scraping his knuckles on their cold, sharp innards, dropping heavy wrenches on ...

368. Broken Lives and Broken Chains

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and walked back over to his posse and said: "Boys, I've got me a new trail boss. I'm going to work for a different ranch and riding a different herd. I want you to come hear this young buck preach come Sunday night and watch him get me wet. I'm being baptized. I'd be honored if you'd you do that for me? Would you stand with me in that church?" And they did. And that started a cowboy revival. Over the next six or seven months, Howard and I made more trips to "The Booth." Those ...

369. Tears, Perfume and Forgiveness

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... t a decent woman. She was a sinner with a bad reputation. And it was totally scandalous for this unclean woman to enter the house of a righteous Pharisee named Simon. It was even more scandalous that she knelt by the feet of the guest of honor and wet his feet with her tears. It was scandalous that she poured her perfume over the feet of Jesus. And it was scandalous that she dried his feet with her hair. Everyone was offended; everyone that is, except Jesus. You see, everyone else saw "Damaged Goods." Jesus ...

370. Acquired Taste

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... much more do they need me in the days of darkness?” The love and faith Jane Haining tasted by working with her Jewish children washed away the bitterness of their plight. Ordered to sew yellow Stars of David on the clothes of the orphan girls, she wet each star with her tears. A month later she was arrested for "offences" that included spying, working with Jews and listening to the BBC. She was deported, along with many of her students to Auschwitz in late May 1944. In the next three months, over 1,300 ...

371. God Will Be With Us

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... to come out. Rev. Henry Carter went to Tommy hiding under the bed and told him about the lights on the Christmas tree and the gifts awaiting him. There was no answer. Rev. Carter kneeled beside the bed and pulled back the spread. There were two big wet crying eyes looking out at him. Tommy was eight but looked five because of early malnourishment. He could have easily been pulled out from under the bed, but it was not pulling that Tommy needed; it was trust and a sense of belonging. Because he could not ...

372. A Child Will Be Born

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... been an elegant place, the centerpiece of a large farm. Now, the farm was gone and the house had deteriorated over the years. The two men slipped and slid, huffed and puffed as they carried the box up the hill. The red clay offered no foothold and the box, wet from the rain, was beginning to come apart. They climbed the high steps to the porch, set the box down and slid it across the floor. They straightened up just in time to glimpse the face of a small boy at the window. He had been watching them coming ...

373. God the Diver

Luke 19:1-10

Illustration

Raymond Cannata

C.S. Lewis has this really helpful illustration. He says that in the incarnation, Jesus was like a diver. He is God in heaven looking down into this dark, slimy, murky water. That's our sinful, polluted world. God dives in, He gets himself wet. And then God came up again, dripping, but holding the precious thing he went down to recover. That precious thing was Zacchaeus, and you and me. All those sinners who have trusted in Christ. That's how we get out of the slime of tax collecting, or cheating, or ...

374. Worry Not

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... creation. She notes that some birds migrate thousands of miles across empty oceans. Some of these birds, like gulls and sea ducks, can rest on the ocean surface, storing up energy for further flights. Their feathers contain an ointment that protects them from the wet and cold. But there are other winged creatures that fly over vast stretches of the ocean with seemingly no place to break their journey. One example is the Monarch butterfly. The monarch is the only butterfly known to make a two-way migration ...

375. Like

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Awesome Things” are simply things that we “like.” They are “good news” in a “bad news” world. Officially it is almost Spring. But unless you live in the southern regions there are still a lot of dark mornings, snow days, and cold, wet nights before “Spring” is actually sprung. The switch from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time just means more morning blackness for those who already have big time winter. But Daylight Standard Time is still a sign that Spring, that warmth and sun and ...

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