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401. The Soft-touch God

Hosea 11:1-11

Sermon

Keith Hammer

... own independence and, yet, always have as one of the strongest ties of our lives, love for the ones who have given us life and brought us to the day when we can take our own wings and learn to soar. We all need a soft-touch God and we have one. Amen.

402. Advice For Soldiers At The Front

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... this world, Maya remembers the great faith of her grandmother. (3) God gives us spiritual armor to protect us from the evil we face daily: He gives us truth, righteousness, the willingness to speak up for Christ, and, most importantly, faith. BUT WE ALSO HAVE ONE MORE POWERFUL WEAPON ON THE FRONT LINE ” PRAYER. When we find ourselves in the midst of what seems like an impossible situation, when nothing is going right, we can call on God, knowing that He hears our prayers. Paul urged the believers to "Pray ...

403. Don't Make Me Come Down There

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... for a happy life. He is mildly handicapped, shy, not athletic. Nothing comes easily for Bobby. Bobby always lives in the shadow of his brother’s successes. One day, the boys’ mother makes three cinnamon rolls for breakfast. This is the boys’ favorite treat. They each have one roll, but it’s not enough to satisfy their craving. When Mom steps out of the room, Billy announces that he is taking the last cinnamon roll. He is older and smarter and he gets to choose. And so he snatches that roll off the ...

404. The Flock Paradox

2 Samuel 5:1-5, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, Ezekiel 34:1-31, Jeremiah 33:1-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... not just in its sameness but in its difference and ability to respect change and innovation –individuation. Ever have a parrot as a pet? Parrots are extremely social birds. They need other birds, and they need companionship, or they can go stir crazy. If you have one as a pet, you’ll find yourself needing to attend to its companionship needs every single day. People too are flock creatures. Just take to the roads or look at the stores in the weeks leading up to Christmas. There is no doubt we love ...

405. When Others Serve Your Head on a Platter

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... .” Over two thousand years later it is the teenage Salome’s twisted take on her mother’s well-plotted revenge that survives as the ultimate cultural expression of betrayal and rejection. We all know, and we will all at sometime experience, the horror of having one’s head served up on a platter. And, as it was for John the Baptist, this service might very well come at the hands of a supposed “fan.” There is a surprising detail in this story that is easily overlooked. Mark tells us that Herod ...

406. Aha! I See It Now!

John 1:29-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... are necessary for human life. God is the source of spirit-life, soul-life, eternal life. Separation from God is spiritual death. In 1946, the movie The Razor’s Edge received four Oscar nominations. It is considered a great movie. But it’s also remembered for having one of the worst lines of movie dialogue ever. The movie follows a traumatized soldier and his high-society friends as they search for meaning at the end of World War I. In the midst of this the main character has this awful line of dialogue ...

407. See My Hands and Feet

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... hand and gradually led me to an understanding of what that dedication meant." Secondly, Tournier's consciousness of eternity led him to his career as a doctor. His talents were in the field of mathematics, but he concluded that the world would never miss having one less mathematician. He wanted to give his life to helping others. He writes, "Of course I realize now that a mathematician is as useful to the world as a doctor. But the thing that counted, in my simplicity, was the idea of service." A dedication ...

408. A Day of Passion, Praise and Prophesying

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... words separately mean “to rush along” and “in unison.” To rush along in unison. It sounds like a good word to apply to a close-knit sports team, or to a professional orchestra. In the Book of Acts, it refers to a group of people who have one mind or one passion. (4) If we want to understand the story and the miracle of Pentecost, if we want to experience that same blessing in our church and community, then we must understand how it began. The blessing of Pentecost began with a shared passion. That ...

409. Mary Christmas

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

John Jamison

... sets fire to it to burn away any trace of the hated contact. For several nights Joseph sought to find a resting place for his young Jewish "bride" in Samaritan land. Mary Christmas. And take Mary off that donkey. If they were fortunate enough to have one, Joseph would have been riding, and Mary would have been walking along behind. The old culture is amused by our shock, but it is doubtful that we need to worry about it. Donkeys were "rich-folk" transportation, and these were "poor-folk" travelers. Remember ...

410. Speak And It Will Be

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... I am not worthy to have you come under my roof." Now, that was not just a put-on. Listen to verse 7: "Therefore I did not presume to come to you." What a picture. The centurion did not even feel worthy to come to Jesus, but here we have one of the most revealing sections of the scripture -- a challenging understanding of who Christ is, and a right estimate of ourselves. Let me read some of the text again, beginning with verse 7: "Therefore I did not presume to come to you. But only speak the servant and let ...

411. The High Cost of Christian Living

Matthew 16:24-28

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... minute.” God calls each of us to deny ourselves, take up our crosses, and follow the Christ. We each must take our time in making the decision as to how we will respond to that call, for we have one minute. Prayer Creator and Guide of all people, during this Youth Week, we thank You for the homes in which our youth have been reared, for the schools which they have attended, for the churches in which they have worshiped, and for all the other experiences which have brought them ...

412. A High FLOSS Church

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... were sent to the ravaged areas as part of their paid vocation. The Coast Guard offered the first wave of rescue workers, using their combination of air and water savvy to extricate people from the flooded terrain. One Coast Guard commander noted that he didn't have one diver who wasn't battered, scraped, cut-up, and bruised from having snatched survivors from the dangerous debris they had clung to. But he also noted that each and every one of his rescue personnel had to be forced to take a couple hours off ...

413. Deep Calling to Deep

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... " is to begin to get at these depths of which we are speaking. A crucifix can speak countless words to the believer. An empty cross speaks of Easter. A crucifix conjures up images of Good Friday and that horrendous death scene. Frankly, we can't have one without the other. The "fear and trembling" of the crucifixion is built into the fabric of our fabulous faith! How else can we "live for the praise of his glory"? Note the ongoing depth of Saint Paul's lengthy passage. We have a crucified/resurrected ...

414. Repentance

Matthew 3:1-12

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... not carry any freight. If it is not understood, then there is nothing to unpack. For some, repentance is something that is done when one gets caught. It is something one does if one is caught having an affair, cheating on the Internal Revenue Service, having one's hand in the till, or illegally recruiting college athletes. When caught, an individual will often repent by saying a heartfelt "I'm sorry." But repentance is far more than blurting out "I'm sorry" when one gets caught at something deemed wrong by ...

415. Would That God. . .

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... is that Jesus gives us the chance to see ourselves as he sees us. So we see ourselves in the best and truest possible light. We look at the facts, and this time we see them. We look upon ourselves, objectively, as though out of our bodies having one more drink, one more abusive behavior, one more lying, cheating, deceiving, and on and on. The fact is that we claim one thing for our “better self” and do something other with our real self. The better self never has a chance to show its merits. Our faith ...

416. The Master at Prayer

Luke 22:39-46

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... began to scold him, but he said, "wait. I can explain. This is a very special coffee cake. I accidentally drove by the bakery this morning and happened to see lots of coffee cakes in the window. So I prayed, 'Lord, if you want me to have one of those delicious coffee cakes, then let there be a parking place directly in front of the bakery. And sure enough, the eighth time round the block, there it was." Prayer and scripture give some protection against temptation, but our will power are involved too. I ...

417. The Waiting Game

Sermon

James Bjorge

... casket wishing to say something to a dead body that can no longer hear. After all, they presumed he wouldn’t die. But he did. A poet said it well: Bring me all my flowers, please, today; Be they pink, or white, or red; I would rather have one blossom now Than a truckload when I’m dead. Whittier penned those eloquent lines of wisdom: For all the sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: "It might have been!" -Maud Muller, Stanza 53 The five foolish maidens presumed that the bridegroom would have ...

418. The Forgiveness Business

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... to be so mean? Why do you have to put me down? I'm just sayin' it's my birthday. I don't want anything from you. I mean, why should I have a birthday party? I've never had a birthday party in my whole life. Why should I have one now?" Well, when Tony Campolo heard that, he said he made a decision. He sat and waited until the women left, and then he asked the fat guy at the counter, "Do they come in here every night?" "Yeah," he answered. "The one right next to me," he asked, "she ...

419. Till Death Do Us -- Unite

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... die and then to have your brain start waving again? Were they glad they were back? Did they see God? What exactly happens when you die, Lazarus and sons? We don't know the answers to those questions, but we do understand this: all three of these guys have one thing in common. They died again -- and any questions they still had in their second life about death were answered. There is only one person who died and came back to life again, never to die again! He will remain the only person, that is, until our ...

420. Don't Fall

Luke 22:39-46

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... same time she wanted to be strong. And since she was a Christian woman she decided to pray for the strength to get by. She was still praying as she got into her car. She prayed, “Lord, I do want a donut but if it is your will that I have one please have a parking spot right in front of the door. If there is one then I know you want me to have a donut.” Later as she walked into the office carrying her box of donuts, a co-worker said. “Louise, I thought you were on a diet?” Louise ...

421. After Everyone Had Gone Home

Matthew 2:13-23

Sermon

John Jamison

... leaned back against the wall and closed his eyes, looking forward to a much-needed long night’s sleep. Then the angel showed up. We come together here after our week of celebrating one of the central holidays of our faith. And, as we gather, many of us have one key thought running through our minds. “It is over! We survived another one!” Although this is a joyous season of celebration in the life of the church, for many of us it is also a long line of days filled with stress and pressures, with full ...

422. Did He Dance?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... Bartimaeus began to follow Jesus. Isn't that great? The story ends the way we would want it to end. A blind man has his vision restored. Out of gratitude, he begins to follow Jesus. We all love a happy ending, and this story seems to have one. And so I wonder, did Bartimaeus ever return to the place where Jesus gave him back his sight? Even more important, whatever happened to Bartimaeus? He's not mentioned again in the New Testament. Was he there on Palm Sunday when the throngs of people welcomed Jesus ...

423. Emancipation Proclamation

John 8:31-41

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... we have been taken in so often by a claim to truth, we are suspicious of the claim and anyone who makes it. Congressional investigators seek the truth, but after their reports are opened to the public, it depends on your political affiliation, if you have one, whether you accept the truth that their report affirms. "We may never know the truth," we hear it said. Religious groups make claim to truth, and usually the smaller the religious group, the more exclusive is the claim. We want the truth wrapped up in ...

424. The Narrowness Of The Christian Way - 1950 (date estimated)

Matthew 7:13-14

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... practicing the scale, and with only my right hand. "Listen, son," said my father with excessive calmness, "do you or don’t you want to take piano lessons?" "Well, certainly," I declaimed, "but I want to do what I want to do." "I see," said father. "We’ll have one more try, and you’ll either do as your teacher tells you to - or no more lessons." When dear teacher returned the next time for the second lesson, ‘twas as I feared - she hadn’t learned a thing; we began way back there where we had begun ...

425. A Message From Above And Beyond

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... , because we live close to where he lived," her mother said. "This was her first experience with death. We could tell that, as upset as she was, she was additionally upset that she didn't see him in those days before he died. She didn't get to have one last talk with him." Sarah didn't say much about what she was feeling. One October day she came home from a friend's birthday party with a helium balloon. "She went into the house," her mother said, "when she came back out, she was carrying the balloon ...

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