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4301. Putting Ourselves into the Picture

Exodus 1:1-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the descendants of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly. They multiplied and grew exceedingly strong so that the land was filled with them. Now here is the fulfillment of the covenant God had made with Israel. You can’t understand the Bible, especially the Old Testament unless you understand the covenant. It began with Abraham. And that’s the reason I wanted you to turn back to the 12th chapter of Genesis, because there the story of God’s covenant with Israel, beginning with Abraham is stated ...

4302. Startled By Jesus

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... like you and me. C. It's startling that after His baptism, Jesus is driven or lead into the desert where He is tempted for 40 days. The only witness we have of that is Jesus. But obviously it was something He shared with His disciples. They probably didn't understand it at the time but it's startling how significant it is for us. Jesus did not give into temptation but instead, triumphed over it. And what's so startling is that He promised to help us do the same if we simply call upon Him. D. It's startling ...

4303. Is There Room For A Prophet?

Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... a few quick groceries and at the checkout, the clerk asked, "Have you kids been good so Santa will come?" Big brother Jason said, "I've been very good, but my sister just robbed a store."(1) Obviously, at four, little Susie didn't fully understand the Commandment "Thou Shall Not Steal." Part of that misunderstanding was human nature and the desire to take whatever you want. But part of it was just her age and inexperience. Misunderstandings like that happen all the time, even to people with experience and ...

4304. Plenty Of Room

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Jessie then says, "Holy mother of Abraham Lincoln, the Prospector will want to meet you." Jessie and the horse, whose name happens to be Bullseye, bring out the Prospector, in mint condition, still in his original box. Woody is confused by all of this but can't understand how they know his name and asks "Hey, how do you know my name?" Jessie says, "Everyone knows your name, Woody." Woody's even more confused than ever. And the Prospector says, "Why, you don't know who you are, do you?" He then has Bullseye ...

4305. A Stone’s Throw From: New Life

John 8:3-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... breaks the spell and asks if he'd like a different club. Junuh says, "I can't do this. You don't understand." Bagger says, "What I'm talking about is a game. A game that can't be won, only played. Ain't a soul on this earth ain't got a burden to he don't ... understand. You ain't alone in that. But you been carryin' this one long enough. Time to go on. Lay it down." Junuh says, "I don't know how." Bagger ...

4306. Altar Your Presence

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... it. Blanche says, "Oh, it was awhile ago. You looked like you had the weight of the world on your shoulders. So alone. But you know, Lucy, you're never really alone. Jesus understands what you're going through. He's there for you. And so am I." When we Altar Our Worship, we both learn and are able to tell others: "You're never really alone. Jesus understands what you're going through. He's there for you. And so am I." D. A number of years ago, we had a woman in our church by the name of Lee Davis ...

4307. LOST? Finding Forgiveness

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... in to make sure he was in bed. When he walked in to the room his grandson was still crying. John asked what's wrong? His grandson answered, "waa waa waa." To which John replied, "I'm sorry, I can't understand what you're saying." Again the boy said, "waa waa waa." And again John said, "I can't understand you when you're crying. If you don't stop crying, I'm just going to leave." His grandson managed to stop crying long enough to say, "I only got one chance." To which John replied, "I'm sorry, there are ...

4308. LOST? Looking For Peace

Matthew 18:21-22, Colossians 3:8-15, Hebrews 11:1

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... to those who have hurt and wounded us; to offer Extreme Forgiveness to those who have sinned against us. It's only after the work of God's forgiveness and Grace cleans out the garbage of our anger and hurt that we can experience the Peace that passes all understanding as Paul said B. All of that baggage we carry, the grudges we lug around, the sacks full of hurt and piles of pain that we just can't let go of, not only weigh us down. But they keep our spirits stirred up and restless. They pollute our ...

4309. LOST? Pursuing Purpose

1 Peter 2:9-10

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... that Purpose. Much of life, for some people is simply Pursuing their Purpose in life. A lot of people have no clue what their purpose is or that they even have a purpose. So, for them, life is simply Pursuing their Purpose. But then are those who understand completely what their purpose in life is all about but they don't want to have anything to do with it. I knew a Chiropractor like that. The year I graduated college and started Seminary, he finally surrendered to the call to preach. I was his pastor ...

4310. Easter: Seeing Is Believing

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , [7] and the cloth that had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. [8] Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; [9] for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. [10] Then the disciples returned to their homes. [11] But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; [12] and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of ...

4311. Close Enough For Comfort

Psalm 23:4, John 14:15-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... will reach out and help remind us that faith frees us to focus on God, not the problem. I think God planned it that way because the one who is most able to help someone else is the person who has faced the same fears or trials or failures. They understand. It's sort of like being a Grandparent. Until I became one I had no point of reference. Until I became one I just sort of smiled and shook my head or laughed at the stories told about grandchildren. But now that I am a grandparent I know that incredible ...

4312. Generous Hearts

1 Timothy 6:11-19

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... are made available to us all, man, woman and child. Now there is no distinction, Paul says. All who believe in Christ and seek to live in peace with their neighbors are welcome at this table. Does that mean we fully understand the mystery of the Sacrament. No, I doubt any of us will ever fully understand the mystery of this Sacrament until we stand with Jesus. But does that keep us from sharing and partaking, absolutely not, because we come by the invitation of our Savior. And it's here that we learn what a ...

4313. Harvesting What We Plant

Mark 4:26-34

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... hardest for some. Let's start with the Tell part. I've talked about the rocky relationship I had with my Dad while growing up. I understand most of it now that I'm older. Most of it had to do with how he was raised and his generation. There were times ... he tell me?" That was the first time I remember hearing that Dad thought anything more of me other than being his stepson. I never could understand why he didn't say anything to me. He told his friends but not me. I don't tell that story to make you feel sorry ...

4314. CSI: Jerusalem

Luke 24:36-48

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... in their presence. [44] Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you - that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled." [45] Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, [46] and he said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, [47] and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from ...

4315. Cross Eyed: Promise

John 3:14-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... second job which paid cash, in order to support his family. (5) As funny as that is, it's also sad and tragic. There are a lot of people just like that man, who still live in darkness and have never been exposed to the light of Christ. We can understand them. But there are also a lot of people who know this passage and can quote it in their sleep. The problem is, they know it up here, in the head, but it's never taken hold, here, in the heart. They know the words intellectually but the promise hasn ...

4316. Your Face Gives You Away

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... meet. They sometimes seem naïve, childlike in their dealings with others. Often they are taken advantage of. But they leave the world a better place because they’ve been here. Do you know what I am talking about people who live in the presence of God? Do you understand when I say that what is in your heart eventually steals out to your face? Do you look for good in all people? Yes, I believe you do. I think I can see it in your face. 1. Mark’s Musings, http://mrhumor.net. 2. Timothy Anger, merry-hearts ...

4317. Live and Learn

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... from us. Instead of big ideas and new knowledge, instead of cosmic insight and a heavenly perspective, God requires only one response from us: Love. Mother Teresa put it like this. She said, “It is a mistake to demand clarity of God. I have made understanding an idol. Loving God supercedes knowing God.” That’s why that old song, “To know, know, know him is to love, love, love him” is less true for the Christian than another song that has yet to be written: “To love, love, love him is ...

4318. How Can God Know All About Us?

Luke 13:1-9

Illustration

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... friend and found out this friend had become a Christian. He saw the change in this man from being selfish and impatient to being patient and at peace. But, Dirks clung to his atheism because he could not understand how God can know all about us, every person in the entire world. He couldn't understand where God could possibly store all the information about every person that ever lived. Dirks went with his friend to a discussion group where a man talked about God. Someone asked "What do you say to someone ...

4319. Abysmal Heights

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... that was “knowing Christ.” In school we quickly figure out that there are cheerleader types and football hero types; then there are “geeks and freaks” types. Everyone knows from which group the next prom king and queen come from. What every high school kid quickly comes to understand is this: “it’s not what you know, but who you know.” So why do we forget that early life lesson when we walk into and out of church? The church’s biggest problem is that we want to know what, not who. We want to ...

4320. What Matters In the Light of Eternity: “Church Matters”

Acts 20:13-38

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... never wavered nor regretted that decision. He has done so much more for me that I could ever do for Him. I didn’t understand all the mysteries of the Atonement and why the Church seemed obsessed by being washed in the Blood, but I knew I needed a ... me.” That’s why self-centered, self-righteous people often feel conflicted in church. Church is not all about them. They have yet to understand why. The Church calls us to do more than just talk a good game. Christianity is not just a creed we profess; it is a ...

4321. Jesus Saves, We're Called To Invest

Matthew 25:14-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... anything. That includes every aspect of our lives, including our wallets. And like the servants in this parable, we are entrusted with the talents God has given us, "each according to their ability." And that word talent is used in both the modern understanding of our gifts and abilities and the ancient understanding of a large sum of money. God gives us both. We're simply the stewards or managers of what God has given us. II. Use It Or Lose It A. We have to surrender our lives to Christ in order to receive ...

4322. One Lord, One Table

Exodus 20:1-4

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Do not be afraid; for God has come only to test you and to put the fear of him upon you so that you do not sin." One God. Ten Laws. Pretty easy to follow, right? Wrong. The story continues because, even with ten well thought out simple to understand rules we couldn't follow them. And our disobedience permeated everything we did. Those of us who used to be one family were now a squabbling bunch of school children. Once there was a family that was a real mess. They finally decided to go to a family counselor ...

4323. Dare To DV8

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . Sometimes I've been more successful at it than at other times. But the point is, I think this passage gets at the heart of who we are and who we are called to be. I. Transformed A. Let's look at verse 2 first. Because I believe if we understand verse 2, it allows us to appropriate and live verse 1. Paul writes: "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God what is good and acceptable and perfect." That comes from ...

4324. How Does Your Garden Grow?

Matthew 13:1-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing. [23] But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty." Jesus tells us that the seed in this parable is the Word of God and you and our hearts are the soil. In this parable, Jesus identifies 4 types of hearts ...

4325. Is God For Real? (Series: Read Faith For Real People)

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... us. We post-modern people want to make God abstract, impersonal, distant, impotent, and irrelevant. Some atheists not long ago demanded the removal of the words “In God We Trust” from our money. If I were an atheist, I would want that too. What I don’t understand is the reply of the political deists who said, “We don’t mean anything by it, just let God be whatever you want.” That’s what happens when God is reduced to civil religion. So Paul stands up in the public square of Athens and says ...

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