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4001. Hope That God Is Nearby

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... the world. Silence is scary for most of us. Let a TV broadcast go silent for a few seconds and panic sets in from the station to the living room. A few months ago, I stopped in the middle of my sermon for one minute. What I thought would be calming proved to be alarming. E-mails came. “Don’t ever do that again,” pleaded one church member. “You nearly scared us to death.” If God is silent, maybe it’s because we are too noisy. We value: Information over reflection Communication over contemplation ...

4002. Hope That Hangs In There

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... deserts of Iraq, people in the Middle East understand the value of water. It’s even more precious than oil. So, when the prophet Isaiah promised that waters would break forth in the wilderness and streams flow in the desert, people paid attention. The thought of a crocus blossoming in the desert was reason to rejoice. So it is that droughts come in all kinds of ways. There are physical droughts and spiritual droughts. There are mental and emotional droughts which sap the strength right out of you. But ...

4003. Reviewing Our Hungers (Series: Questioning Our Values)

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... to teach us? Let me form the sermon in two questions. I. What Are We Full Of? I know that is poor English, but it is real life! Woe to you who are full now, for you will go hungry. We are full of OURSELVES, our thoughts, our needs, our desires, our fantasies. The evolution of magazine titles over my lifetime tells the story. In college, I read LIFE magazine. Then came LOOK; later PEOPLE magazine came into being. Then along came US. Surfing the internet for this sermon, I discovered a magazine entitled ...

4004. Winning the War Over Fear (Series: Winning the Wars of Daily Life)

Luke 12:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... I don’t know if Brandon has been reading American History or watching Dave Letterman, but Roosevelt was right. Fear, which causes nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror, paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. So whether you are paralyzed by the thought of another terrorist attack or just afraid to speak up in public, here are some fear busters that Jesus suggests and I have found helpful. I. Avoid Hypocrisy “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy ...

4005. Winning the War Over Worry (Series: Winning The War Over Daily Life)

Luke 12:22-34

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... , Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better.” A Greek proverb says this: “A bow that is always bent will break!” II. How Can We Handle the Worries of Life? What Are Some Thoughts That Might Free Us? Jesus specifically mentions three. Know your value. In Verse 24 we read, “You are much more valuable than a bird. Two sparrows are sold for a penny. You are worth more than sparrows.” Said the robin to the sparrow, “I would really ...

4006. Jesus’ Trail of Tears (Series: Questioning Our Values)

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... take this cup from me.” We need to sense and understand that he, in fact, drank the cup. If the cup tasted too bitter and the anguish felt too great, then we ask the question, what gave him the courage to do it anyway? Let me suggest just a thought or two. One is he had tremendous trust in his Father, Abba. You remember how he said it? “If you, being evil, want only good for your children, how much more does your heavenly Father want good for you?” He trusted his Father. The second thing, it seems to ...

4007. Am I My Brother’s Keeper? (Series: Real Faith for Real People)

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... stumble across a vagrant sleeping in the straw, while they are playing in a country barn. The frightened children shout, “Who are you?” The shocked vagrant replied, “Jesus Christ.” What the man meant as an expletive, the children took as a fact. They thought the man was Jesus Christ. So, they treated him with awe, respect and love. They brought him food and blankets; they talked with him, and listened to his story. Their tenderness transformed this ex-convict’s life and opened his eyes to the Lord ...

4008. Follow Your Mission (Series: An Invitation to Christian Discipleship)

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... butter and jelly sandwiches to the other, put on a parachute, hung a CB radio to his belt, and sat down in his lawn chair with a BB gun in his lap so he could pop the balloons when he wanted to come down. Larry thought he would go up about 200 feet. Instead, he shot up 11,000 feet, right through an approach corridor of the Los Angeles International Airport. When Larry finally shot out enough balloons to safely land, reporters immediately asked, “Were you scared?” “Wonderfully so,” Larry replied ...

4009. Praising God All the Way Home

Psalm 150:1-6

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... the Lord For sixty-nine years Roy lived in an institution for mentally handicapped persons. Then a few years ago he moved to the L’Arche Daybreak Community in Toronto, a place where the handicapped are treated with dignity and personal attention. Many people thought Roy would not make the adjustment, but they were wrong. Within weeks this exuberant, warm-hearted man had friends eager to take him fishing or out for a cup of coffee. He delighted in the unlocked kitchen refrigerator, where he could have all ...

4010. I’m in the Bible!

John 20:29

Illustration

Scott Hoezee

... , my mother commented, “Jesus means us. He’s talking about us. We’ve never seen him the way the disciples did, but he is our Savior and we believe in him. Jesus is talking about us.” All these years later, I can still remember marveling a bit over a thought that tantalized my young heart: I am in the Bible! Little Scott Hoezee of Ada, Michigan, is in the Bible! How cool is that? A few years later when I ran across that same passage in high school, I realized that my mom might have been guilty of a ...

4011. The Voice of the Shepherd

John 10:1-10

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... know what to do. Frustrated and seeing no way out, Nick's wife, Liz turned to prayer. Every morning she'd be in church praying that something good would happen to change their fortune. She was in church one morning, praying about their dilemma, when she thought she could almost hear the words, "Make the mustard." Her family had a mustard recipe from Russia, and every Christmas she made this special mustard and gave it to her family and friends as a special gift. At first she ignored the words. But they kept ...

4012. Easter Heart Burn

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... are so many more choices. It wasn't until a little over a year and a half ago that I discovered I had an ulcer. I just thought it was normal to eat Tums. My Dad did it. So when I started eating Tums it wasn't anything unusual for me. As I got ... for a boat to England that night, he ended up wandering in the pitch black night, hopelessly lost. In the darkness, he came across what he thought was a signpost. It was so dark that he began to climb the post so that he could read it. As he reached the top of ...

4013. Come and See

John 1:29-42

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... disciple I aspire to be the most like is Andrew. Andrew became like John the Baptist, not just a Seeker but a Pointer. I. Come and See Andrew and John, the unnamed disciple in this passage, were disciples of John the Baptist. They were Seekers who thought they might have found the Messiah. And if not the Messiah, then the one who would point them to the Messiah, because John the Baptist was definitely a Pointer. And that's exactly what happened. John the Baptist told them what had happened and Pointed to ...

4014. If, Because, Regardless

2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... ll see you tomorrow, maybe." But the viewer knows he will be back again and again, as long as he is needed. Have you ever thought about how much we take God for granted. Think about all the complex details that have to come together every day, just to sustain our ... father and he tells her, "Scout, I think next time Mr. Cunningham comes, you'd better not call me." Scout says that she thought he would want to thank Mr. Cunningham. Atticus says, "Oh, I do. I think it embarrasses him to be thanked." Scout asks, " ...

4015. Pursue the Life That Really Is Life

1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 1 Timothy 6:6-19

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . A salesman called his wife from a coin-operated phone in a distant city, finished the conversation, said good-bye and replaced the receiver. As he was walking away, the phone rang. He went back and answered it, expecting to be informed of extra charges. But the operator said, "I thought you'd like to know. Just after you hung up, your wife said, 'I love you.'" (6) That was an act of love. Not the wife, Yes hers was an act of love as well, but I'm talking about the operator's action. He/she could have just ...

4016. Let's Make A Deal

Luke 16:1-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... for years. People would dress up in outlandish costumes in hopes of being one of the 36 people chosen to be a Trader on Let's Make A Deal. I almost dressed up today. You see this is International Talk Like A Pirate Day and I thought what more appropriate time than today. But I thought that might have been a little over the top. As you've seen, the title and the theme for today is Let's Make A Deal. It comes directly from the Gospel of Luke 16:1-13. [1] Then Jesus said to the disciples, "There was ...

4017. The Real Thirst Quencher

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... delirious. His tongue was dry and cracked and his throat parched. About two years later, Mora spoke with Stone Philips on NBC Dateline and told his incredible story. He said it was God who kept him struggling to survive. The most excruciating thing of all? The one thought that took over his body and pounded in his brain was “Water!” (2) In the middle of a sea and dying of thirst. Have you ever been thirsty? Probably not like that, but perhaps you have had times when you knew it was important to hydrate ...

4018. To Live in Joy

Revelation 1:1-3

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... top flight reporter keeps asking, ‘What’s not getting reported? What’s the big story we’re all missing?” When I read that, lights began to flash in my mind. That’s the task of preaching, I thought to ask the question, “What’s not getting reported? What’s the big story we’re all missing?” I thought of Reston’s words again as I began to prepare for this day with you. This is probably the only time I will preach to you as a congregation therefore, that makes my preaching today even more ...

4019. Where Do We Grow from Here?

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of his life were spent in and out of hospitals. Toward the end of his life this teacher traced the steps and stages of his ministry. He said: “When I began I thought of myself as standing upon the bank of the stream of life, shouting instructions to the swimmers who were down below. I was the expert. The second stage of my ministry, I thought of myself as the rescuer. If I saw someone going down for the third time, I would plunge into the water, rescue them, get them started in the right direction again ...

4020. Dealing with Stress Creatively

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

James W. Moore

... , - Run away, - Fly away, - Take a pill to ease your nerves, - Take a drink to drown your sorrows, - Take a shot to kill the pain, - Get drunk, take drugs, sleep a lot, - Do whatever you have to do to escape the stress. That’s what this first school of thought says to us. It’s not a good answer to the problem of stress, but it is a popular one these days. If you want to check that out, go watch our TV commercials… and notice how many of them advocate this escape philosophy. They brag about it. They ...

4021. When You Have To Face Your Own Personal Goliath

1 Samuel 17:1-58

Sermon

James W. Moore

... have to do battle with our own personal Goliath. Now, with that in mind, let me ask you this: What can we learn from David in this story that will equip us, prepare us for that hard moment when we have to face a giant? Let me underscore three helpful thoughts that emerge from this scripture lesson in I Samuel 17. I. FIRST OF ALL… BE YOURSELF When you have to face a giant, when you have to face a bad day, be yourself! Notice in verse 39 that David couldn’t wear Saul’s armor. You know why don’t ...

4022. On the Emmaus Road with Cleopas and His Friend

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

James W. Moore

... paid for her ice cream… (and discreetly fanning her flushed face) went outside… proud of how disciplined and poised she had been in the presence of Paul Newman. Out on the sidewalk, she realized that she didn’t have her ice cream cone. She was so embarrassed, but she thought: “I wanted that ice cream cone. I paid for it… and I’m going to go back in there and get it!” Back inside, she told the clerk: “I didn’t get my ice cream cone. I paid for it and didn’t get it!” “Well, I gave it ...

4023. Navigating the Stages of Life

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

James W. Moore

... a different person. In these three stages, we see precisely the ways in which people relate to life today, the ways people relate to the church, to marriage, to work, to school, to the nation, to others and to God. Let me show you what I mean with three thoughts. A. First of all, think with me about the church and how to relate to it. I have been around the church a long time now and over the years I have come to realize that these three approaches are precisely the three way people relate to the church ...

4024. The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James W. Moore

... about the purpose of the pastor's visit, so she called him and said: "Oh Dr. Morgan, I'm so sorry I was inside the house all the time when you were knocking and calling... but you see, I didn't come to the door because I was afraid... I thought you were the landlord coming to collect the rent... when after all you were a friend coming to bring a precious gift." Think about that! What a parable that is for us! God comes knocking at our door, calling our name... and He has a wonderful life-saving gift for ...

4025. Assurance: The Privilage of All Believers

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the assurance given us that we are no longer slaves but sons – and that we’ve not been given the spirit of fear, but the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, “Abba, Father.” We can sin not today and know that Jesus forbids us to take any thought of tomorrow. And we can keep singing that hymn that Charles wrote in a celebration of his and his brother’s conversion. Where shall my wandering soul begin? How shall I all to heaven aspire? A slave redeemed from death and sin, A brand plucked from eternal ...

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