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4351. Batman: Driven By Guilt or Grace?

Romans 5:1-11; 8:1-2

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... was known as the Big Fisherman. Rough and tumble, rough around the edges. My favorite quote about Peter is that he always had his foot in his mouth and the only time he ever took his foot out of his mouth was to change feet. Peter, one of the reluctant disciples. We know he was married. We know he was a kind man who took care of his mother-in-law and made sure she was comfortable. It's estimated that Peter owned a whole fleet of fishing vessels and may have been one of the wealthiest fishermen in the area ...

4352. Saturday: The Week Of The Cross: Lazarus, Come Forth

John 11:1-7, 17-44

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and somebody tapped me on the shoulder, you can bet I'd have screamed like a little girl. I'm kind of goosey anyway. Just ask Mary or the staff. If I'm concentrating on something it's not hard to startle me. To say that Mary, Martha, the Disciples and the mourners gathered at the grave Lazarus were startled, would be putting it mildly. Today is the First Sunday in Lent. And today we begin a look at the Last Week of Jesus and the events traditionally associated with each day of the week as Jesus made that ...

4353. He Could Have Called Ten Thousand Angels

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... , as he prayed, his sweat fell like great drops of blood. “Let this cup pass from me,” he prayed. “Nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.” Then one of his disciples, a man named Judas betrayed him with a kiss. He was taken before the authorities to be tortured and interrogated. Meanwhile, in an act of cowardice, his most trusted disciple, Simon Peter denied he ever knew him. According to Jewish law, all legal proceedings in which a man’s life was at stake were to be conducted during the day ...

4354. Nehemiah: The Fix

Nehemiah 1:1-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... to strengthen our faith is by putting it into action, by doing something with it just like the apostle Peter. That's what the great commission is all about serving. Jesus told us to go into all the world with the Good News, preaching, teaching, baptizing, making disciples, feeding, nourishing and caring for God's flock in the world today. B. In other words, we all need to serve, that's the way God made us. That's what has been so good about our Mission Project this year. Every child and every adult could ...

4355. A Chance To Drink

John 4:5-29

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... worship in spirit and truth." [25] The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us." [26] Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who is speaking to you." [27] Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, "What do you want?" or, "Why are you speaking with her?" [28] Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, [29] "Come and see a ...

4356. Being A View Master

Romans 2:9-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... didn't start that way. So what is a Saint? Who is a Saint? The best definition I've ever heard came from a little boy who attended a church that had beautiful stained glass windows all around it. These windows depicted all the Gospel writers, the Disciples and Paul. The boy was told that the windows contained pictures of Saint Matthew, Saint Mark, Saint Luke, Saint John, Saint Paul, and other saints. One day in Sunday School he was asked, "What's a saint?" He thought about it a minute and the he remembered ...

4357. This Is Where We Come In

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... wine, Jesus’ “first hour” is revealed. This wine, pressed together and poured out for others, “revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in Him” (v.11). As his final hour approached, Jesus would again pour out wine, even as he prepared to pour ... out his own life for others. In a borrowed room Jesus gathered his disciples to celebrate Passover — a meal that would become their “Last Supper” together. As Jesus shared the bread and wine with his ...

4358. John 2:1-11

John 2:1-11

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... wine. But the one who “saves” is not the young man who was celebrating his wedding day. The “bridegroom” is Jesus himself. In John’s telling of this “first sign” everything is understated. Instead of recording the reaction of Jesus’ disciples to this miracle, John closes this unit with the “inclusio” of v.11, repeating the location of “in Cana in Galilee” from v.1. Yet the result of this first “sign” (“semeia”) is momentous. The “sign” “revealed his glory” and ...

4359. The Wedding Was Saved, but the Marriage?

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... and load the dishwasher. (2) We laugh to keep from crying, don’t we? Jesus’ first miracle was performed at a wedding. You know the story. A wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother Mary was there, as well as Jesus and his disciples. But something happened that cast a pall on things. They ran out of wine. This was most embarrassing for the family hosting the wedding. Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” “Dear woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied, “My time ...

4360. Superman: More Than A Super Hero

John 1:1-5, 9-14; John 13:31-32; John 20:30-31

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... himself and will glorify him at once. John 20:30-31 (NRSV) [30] Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. [31] But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, ... and blood and became one of us. We need Jesus, the perfect Son of God who came not only to teach us how to live as Disciples, but to save us and offer us life eternal. And Jesus did it, not with fisticuffs and bare knuckles, not by bending steel with his bare ...

4361. Here I Am, Send Me

Joel 2:28-32, Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... for us?" Our response should always be, "Here I am, send me." II. The Vision A. The Apostle Paul reminds us that we are not only children of God but heirs to the Kingdom. And remember, in Gospel of John, at the Last Supper, Jesus told the Disciples and through them, us, "I no longer call you servants....now I call you friend." Friends, brothers and sisters, children of God, you and I have a very unique relationship with God through Christ. It's one that calls for action. One that calls for reciprocity. One ...

4362. The Adventure Begins

Ephesians 1:15-23, Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and has made him the head over all things for the church, [23] which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. Specifically in verse 17 Paul says, "I pray that God....may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation." Just like the Disciples at Pentecost, just like those gathered at the Ascension, we've been given the power and presence of God's Holy Spirit, the Risen Christ with us, as close as our breath, every moment of every day. Whenever we read and study Scripture that "spirit of wisdom and ...

4363. Cross Eyed: Anger

John 2:13-22

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... days I will raise it up." [20] The Jews then said, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?" [21] But he was speaking of the temple of his body. [22] After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. Jesus with a whip of cords in hand is not the picture we have the Good Shepherd is it? An angry Savior just doesn't seem to fit. But being Cross Eyed ...

4364. The Dachshund Dilemma

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... effective Paul would have been had it not been for Barnabas, who had that marvelous gift of encouragement. When Saul of Tarsus claimed Jesus Christ had turned him around, the disciples in Jerusalem refused to believe it, or accept him. They gave him the cold shoulder. You can understand their feelings. The Jerusalem disciples thought Saul had joined the spy business. They suspected their arch-persecutor of adopting a deceitful ploy. By becoming an undercover agent in Christian guise, he would discover the ...

4365. 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... that have been accrued by a sinful humanity (v.19). Christ’s death and resurrection, and God’s own creative bookkeeping, has now “cooked the books” forever in our favor. The “ministry of reconciliation” that is given to those who become disciples is a divinely sanctioned cheat sheet. It is the mission of the newly reconciled to pass on the good news that all debts have been cancelled by the cross. “Old” Christians let “new” Christians know that the answer is always “a.” Paul ...

4366. Discover the Perfect Gift of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... that this child is born in our hearts and not just in our memories. Because it's only when Christ is born in our hearts that we can begin to fulfill God's purpose for us. And that purpose is to bring Good News. To be Disciples who "make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world." And when we allow the Perfect Gift of the Christ Child to live in our hearts, it changes everything. II. Two Babies A. In 1994, two Americans answered an invitation from the Russian Department of Education to ...

4367. Discover the Surprise of Christmas

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... that Disconnect is not just in or with the STORY of Christmas, it's with the Author and Creator of Christmas. It's with the Purpose of Christmas and the Hope it holds for us Now and in the Future. The job of the Church is to live as Disciples and make Disciples so we can help others Reconnect not only with the Hope of this season but with the Author of the Season, the very Author of life. God. II. Time To Reconnect A. Wise Men from the East got the connection. Somehow, whoever these Wise Men were, Jews from ...

4368. One Lord, One Table

Exodus 20:1-4

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... even sit at the same table for this most sacred and delicious of all meals we share, known as Holy Communion or the Eucharist or simply the Sacrament. That's not what Jesus wanted on that night so long ago when he sat at the table with the disciples, hours before His arrest. He made it clear, in the celebration of that first Communion meal that He expected unity for His church. He said do it remembrance of me. Remind yourselves of the sacrifice I'm making to give you new life through forgiveness, so you can ...

4369. Getting It, Together

Matthew 10:24-39

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... provider. Our passage today talks a little bit about what it takes to be a good Christian, a good follower of Jesus. And it implies some things about being a faithful Christian parent. Matthew 10:24-39 [24] "A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; [25] it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household! [26] "So have no fear of them; for ...

4370. Could We Start Again, Please? (Series: Real Faith for Real People)

John 3:1-21

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... old to the new, a metamorphosis of caterpillars to butterflies. Transformation is our path to true freedom, our hope of becoming fully human. New birth means new life. New birth means new life in Christ. John the Baptist, responding to an argument between his disciples and the disciples of Jesus, says “Christ must increase; I must decrease. The One who comes from above is above all...” (John 3:30-31). Paul says in Galatians 2:20, “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” Jesus prayed ...

4371. Follow Your Calling (Series: An Invitation to Christian Discipleship)

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... make a difference. One of the greatest stories in the Bible is the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000. It is late in the day. The hills are crowded with people. The disciples have not made plans for supper. There are no fast food places on the Sea of Galilee. So, Jesus passes a miracle and feeds the crowd with plenty of leftovers for the disciples to take home. As John tells the story, the whole thing was made possible by a little boy who happened to have a small lunch consisting of five barley loaves and two ...

4372. Stewardship of All (Series: Stewardship: Discover This Word and Love It!)

Matthew 26:6-13

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... , they understood. Sometimes you just long for the good and the beautiful. II. A Negative Reaction “But when the disciples saw it, they were angry and said, “Why this waste? For this ointment could have been sold for a large sum and the money given ... to the poor” (Matthew 26: 8). When the disciples saw it, the called ones, the in-crowd, the friends of Jesus, the blessed ones, the leaders of the Christian movement; they were ...

4373. The God Who Is, Who Was, and Who Is To Come

Revelation 1:4-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... who was” touched Mary and the “God who is” was born. The “God who is” walked this earth, chose disciples, was crucified, dead and buried, and promised the appearance of the “God who is to come.” When the “God who is to come” became the ... “God who is,” the “God who was” transformed disciples into apostles and the church was born. The God who is to come. Christ’s death and resurrection shows us the God “ ...

4374. The Golden Hour

Jn 21:1-14

Illustration

King Duncan

... . Just before sunset, when the fading sunlight washes over the caramel soil and the lush yellow flowers, it lends everything a shimmering, golden glow. What once looked dull and lifeless, in the glow of the golden hour, takes on a whole new beauty. This was the disciples' golden hour, the hour when everything would begin to fall in place for them. Jesus appears to them and challenges them to throw their nets on the other side of the boat and the harvest of fish which they reap is beyond their wildest dreams ...

4375. Shaped By the Fire

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Taking the fire of His Love & Light that has been put into our hearts into the world, and letting it shine through us with Grace and Peace in His Service." (2) Let the Fire of God's Holy Spirit warm your heart and set it on fire like the early disciples. Then let the Fire of God's Holy Spirit shape you, form you and mold you into the person God would have you be. Let Christ perfect you and make you transparent, so His light will shine through you and bring Him glory. 1. Parables, Etc. (Saratoga Press, P.O ...

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