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4026. Who Has Everything?

Matthew 5:5

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... outside the door, dreading what’s on the other side, afraid to try to enter. The meek man approaches the door and turns the knob to see if the Lord has unlatched it. If it is unlatched, the meek man walks in. What meekness basically means is that we leave everything, ourselves, our rights, our causes, our whole future, in the hands of God. And we trust him to control it. Jesus meant that if we do, we will be able to discipline ourselves. And the person who can do that has the earth - he has everything!

4027. What Is Your Mercy Quotient?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... -month sabbatical. He writes that he was not sure how to spend those months. At first he thought he would write a book about his field, labor relations, but he had already done that several times before. Then he thought perhaps he ought to spend the leave as a visiting professor at a different academic institution. This, too, he had already done. Then he got a very bold idea. Why not do something new? Why not find out something about labor relations from the other side of the desk, from outside the library ...

4028. Salvation Through His Suffering

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... tempted to jump off the pinnacle of the temple and show everybody who he was. He was tempted to answer the dares of his enemies by coming down from the cross in a blaze of glory. He was tempted to ascend to heaven in sight of the wondering crowd and leave us to die for our own sins. But thank God he never yielded. Jesus was not acting that day on the cross. He was dying for you and me! But you say, "How can I know for sure that the man who died on that cross is really the Son ...

4029. The Three Faces of God

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... in different ways; he makes it possible. He is making it easier for us. He is not mad at us. God is not jealous of himself." Another question was put to me by a lay person "Jesus said, 'No one comes to the Father, but by me.' Where does that leave Abraham, Moses and the prophets?" I answered, "John writes: 'In the beginning was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and without him was not anything made that was made.' The Spirit of God has always been the Spirit of Christ, and ...

4030. Amazing Grace

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... could tell that something had happened to her. Nell followed up, as they were approaching Jackson, by giving the girl the address and phone number of someone in Jackson who could encourage and help the girl put it all together. As they were getting ready to leave the hot, stuffy little plane, the girl turned to Nell and said, "I want to show you something." She opened her pocketbook and showed Nell a revolver and a suicide note saying, "I was going to a motel and kill myself, Jackson was the only place ...

4031. An Altered State of Consciousness

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... of God’s universe, a richer personal communion with God, a strong, fresh relationship with other people. Synergy says that anything is so much more than the sum of its parts. Reality is so much more than the sum of its parts. "God is calling us to leave behind that deceptive and small image of our humanness and to accept the gift of our full humanity."4 This is the humanity revealed in Jesus. Body plus mind plus spirit plus relationships equals four. That’s the old math. Now the new math (synergy), body ...

4032. Whatever Became of Sin?

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... have a new birth under God. "Turn back toward God, and he will set you on your feet once more." Listen, it’s been a long, long pull, is there something in your life that you would like to turn loose, drop it on the floor, and walk off and leave it in the hands of God? Right now, you can be free, you know! Tomorrow you might wonder, "Whatever became of sin?" It came by man, it’s in us; it was taken away by the God-man Christ (when we let him). And that is the whole story of ...

4033. The Surprise of Absolute Victory

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... to begin the task of becoming. For life waits not, it hurries by and whispers, "Come along!" You can either join the celebration or simply stand and stare As all your todays become yesterdays, All your tomorrows, race along the horizon into twilight And leave you with a torn parcel of memories Wondering what might have happened If you had really dared To be alive. It does not seem so strange now, the brave declaration, "This is our victory, even our faith!" We continue the realization of the expensiveness ...

4034. The Impartiality of God

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... his very own. St. Augustine once said, "Our hearts are restless, until they find their rest in you, O God." It is also true the other way around! God’s heart is restless until our heart rests in him. Such is the greatness of his love that he cannot leave us alone in our self-deceits and self-destruction. He must stay with us, calling us from our own ways to his. It is this restlessness on our part that makes us so vulnerable to the many false saviors we mentioned at the beginning of this sermon. God takes ...

4035. The Strength of Poverty

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... the Giver to sustain them in every way. They may be outwardly wealthy, but they claim nothing before God. Knowing all is gift, they readily admit to poverty. The First Lesson emphasizes the same thing as it talks about what lies in the future for Israel. "I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord." Not those who in their haughty pride think they possess so much by way of strength or wealth or nobility shall hold the future of Israel, but those ...

4036. The Need for Transfiguration

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... who has seen such glory can never forget it ... nor can one ever be the same again once it has been seen! Peter explicitly says he writes this to communicate the glory of that vision to others. When we read the text and ponder over it we ever so briefly leave our time and place here to stand on the mountaintop with him and see with him the glory of the Lord in Jesus, to be strengthened thereby in our confession of faith, to be swerved and drawn in our ordinary path of life into the way of the Lord. Sharing ...

4037. The True Nature of Happiness

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

... he might increase. In Copenhagen in Denmark there is an unusual statue of Christ. After the bronze had been cast to that statue something happened. Because of either temperature or poor casting, the head of the statue bent forward. Yet, the decision of the church was to leave it that way, the idea being that if one chooses to look into the face of Christ, he must first be on his knees. That is what being poor in spirit is all about. II As much as is possible, pride must first be vanquished from the heart ...

4038. Journey To The Cross III: Jesus And The Extravagant Woman

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

James W. Moore

... for the children, the elderly, the weak, and the ill and the injured… and likely death for many of the strong. The leaders of the tribe huddled up to devise a plan. The logical thing, the reasonable thing, the expedient thing, the sensible thing was to leave the weak ones behind. They were going to be killed anyway… why risk losing the strong in a futile effort to save the others? That was the rational answer but they couldn’t do it! Instead, they chose to be extravagant in their generosity… and ...

4039. Journey To The Cross IV: Jesus and Judas

Mark 14:43-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... he was handcuffed, I must confess that I felt a little uneasy as I was locked in his prison cell with him. I can remember as if it were yesterday… the sound of that cell door slamming shut, and being locked… and the jailor walking away and leaving me alone… all alone with this hardened criminal. I introduced myself and told him that his lawyer had sent me. He just glared at me with a fierce stare. There was a moment of awkward silence, which lasted only a few seconds, but it seemed like an eternity ...

4040. Journey To The Cross VI: Jesus And Pontius Pilate

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

James W. Moore

... . People drug themselves... tranquilize themselves because the mounting pressures of life have torn their inner world to shreds. Some people would give anything for a good night’s rest... for a sense of peace within. Jesus offers it to us. “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you.” This for the Christian is the source of calm and inner strength. It was the contagion of this confidence that enabled those early Christians... to stand unflinchingly against horrible persecution, to sing hymns of ...

4041. Journey To The Cross VII (Easter): Jesus And The Women At The Tomb

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... up all her playmates on C Street and she devised a plan. She told the other kids that they would all fall in line behind Jeter, but when they got in front of Mrs. Hilt’s house, they would all duck behind the privet hedge in her yard and leave spoiled Jeter out in the street marching by himself. Well, Jeter started strutting down the street, his head thrown back and his knees flying up as he beat out that rat-a-tat-tat on his new drum. Rosemary and her friends all followed in line, marching behind Jeter ...

4042. Tis Good To Be Here

Matthew 17:1-13

Illustration

... was near and not having their hopes fulfilled, one of the leaders orders Bilbo Baggins to climb the tallest tree he can find in order to have a look around and see where the dark forest ended. Reluctantly, Bilbo climbs the tree, with limbs, branches and leaves scratching at him all the way. Several times he nearly falls. Having pushed his way through the forest canopy, he is nearly blinded by the sudden and intense sunlight. It took some time for his eyes to adjust, but once they had, Bilbo found that it ...

4043. Don't Your Ever Do That To Me Again!

Matt. 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36

Illustration

Johnny Dean

... lady, what words of comfort he can give her to prepare her for her eminent death. He arrives at the hospital, goes up to her room for the visit. He sits and talks with her a few minutes, just small talk really, nothing earth shattering. When he makes ready to leave, he asks if she would like him to have prayer with her. She answers, "Yes, of course. That's why I wanted you to come." He then asks politely, "And what exactly would you like me to pray for?" "Why, I want you to pray that God will heal me ...

4044. NO OBITUARIES IN HEAVEN

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... and describe what she saw. In the spring she spoke of the tulips pushing out of the ground, the budding trees, the greening grass. In the summer she described the fullness of the vegetation, the squirrels playing in the trees. The fall, the changing colors of the leaves, the wispy clouds. The winter, the drifting snows, the frost on the window pane. The little girl had an operation on her eyes, and she could see. When her mother came into the room, she said, "Mother, why didn’t you tell me it was so ...

4045. IN SEARCH OF HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... s to developing a relationship with God. They are: People, Prayer, and Pursuit. Sort of three P’s in a pod - the pod, or encompassing factor, is God himself. Our first P is for People. It is difficult to discover God in a vacuum. On several occasions teenagers leaving for college have told me that they didn’t plan to attend church at college. They wanted to use the time in college to make up their own minds about God. Taking such a position, they cut off one of the surest ways to experience God - being ...

4046. UP THE DOWN ESCALATOR

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... baby spits up all over her Sunday dress as we are walking proudly into church with her. She is not the first baby who has messed up a dress nor will she be the last. So you have problems and annoyances? - congratulations! Problems are part of being alive - they only leave with death. But remember, you also have Jesus Christ; therefore, there can be joy in all things.

4047. JUNK FOR JESUS

Illustration

John H. Krahn

Simon Peter was the disciple with a foot-shaped mouth. "I will never leave you no matter what the others do," Peter protested one day after the Lord told the disciples that they would all desert him. Not much later, Peter denies the Lord three times in the courtyard, swearing the third time that he never knew the man. After his resurrection Jesus appears ...

4048. DISCOVER THE JOAN AROUND YOU

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... a positive influence in your life." We talked for some time, and she took the brochure. The next day as she left the hospital, she stopped by my room, and we talked some more. She promised to come and talk with me again and go to church. As she was leaving she said, "You know, I like you; you didn’t give me any B.S. but really helped me." I said, "I hope God will give you physical and spiritual health. See you soon." Our Lord is willing to use us wherever we are to bring hope and healing. We ...

4049. FOR UNTO YOU

Illustration

John H. Krahn

Imagine with me for a moment what it was like that first Christmas Eve, the night Jesus left heaven to go down to earth. Like any boy leaving home, Jesus left heaven. Perhaps the Father said something like this to him, "Now, Son, I’ve got to send you down to earth because my people have really messed things up. They are unhappy. Many are lonely and down on themselves. I want you to go down to give ...

4050. FORGIVENESS: PART II

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John H. Krahn

... of Christ is not a snap. When it becomes easy, we probably were sidetracked somewhere and are now following another leader. In our relationships with one another, in our families and our church, we must bury the hatchet. When we do, let’s not leave the handle above the ground. God knows we need forgiveness. I need it. You need it. We all need it. Forgiveness brings healing ... with God ... with others ... and within ourselves. Look at the cross again and see the greatest sermon on love ever preached ...

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