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4576. It's Thanksgiving Time!

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

James W. Moore

... have pride and said, "It happened during my administration!" What a joy it is to be part of this great church… which provides the atmosphere of worship, study and service for over 7500 members as well as a vast television audience… and has a program of Christian concern that reaches around the world! What a challenge it is to be part of a church with a $7 Million plus budget of which one dollar of every three goes out to others! What an inspiration it is… to hear our incredible choir sing, to see our ...

4577. Recognizing Christ

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther. But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them and had ...

4578. What More Can He Give?

Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

James McCormick

... revelation of God. Paul wrote: “In Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell. He is the visible image of the invisible God.” Or, as Jesus himself put it: “He who has seen me, has seen the Father.” So, we don’t have to be confused any longer concerning God. Look at Jesus and you will know all you need to know about God. And there is a second kind of revelation we see in Jesus. In Him we also see a revelation of what we are intended to be. Look at Jesus and you will see what God ...

4579. Life in the Living Stone Age

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the stones can so share in the suffering of the “Son of Man” that they will “cry out” if we fail to praise the “Son of God.” But whether or not stones might be in some way “alive” is not the issue for this sermon. What concerns us this morning is that the metaphor of “stones” and “living stones” looms large in the imagination of how we live our lives. As we read in 1 Peter’s text today, “stone” images are everywhere in the Hebrew scriptures. Though traditionally identified as a ...

4580. Ten Days of Prayer

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.” Ten days they spent in prayer, preparing to receive the gift Christ had promised them. Ten days they shut out the concerns of the world including their fear of the authorities. For ten days they humbled themselves, surrendered themselves, emptied themselves of anything that might impede their service to Christ. No wonder they were so responsive to the Spirit when Pentecost came. They were ...

4581. We Need Help

John 14:15-31

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Brett Blair

... attention. Now one other thing Mayor Daly was famous for was not reading his speeches until he got up to deliver them. So there he stood before a vast throng of veterans and nationwide press coverage. He began to describe the plight of the veterans. "I'm concerned for you. I have a heart for you. I am deeply convinced that this country needs to take care of its veterans. So, today I am proposing a seventeen point plan that includes the city, state and federal government, to care for the veterans of this ...

4582. Losing Sight of Life's Goals

John 17:1-11

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Brett Blair

... value my children. I love them, I want to help them. I value my role as their father. But I don't always see those values. I get caught up in the "thick of thin things." What matters most gets buried under layers of pressing problems, immediate concerns, and outward behaviors. I become reactive. And the way I interact with my children every day often bears little resemblance to the way I deeply feel about them." For us Fathers...to truly be known by our children would be wonderful. I suspect that this is so ...

4583. Spirit Power - Sermon Starter

Acts 2:1-21

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King Duncan

... in Toronto. But his most famous bequest was that he would leave his fortune to the Toronto woman who gave birth to the most children in the ten years after his death. This last clause in his will caught the public fancy--concerning the woman who produced the most children over a ten-year period. The country was entering the Great Depression. As people struggled to meet even their most basic economic responsibilities, the prospect of an enormous windfall was naturally quite alluring. Newspaper reporters ...

4584. Driven by Great Purpose

Acts 2:1-21

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King Duncan

A schoolmaster in France was discouraged with one of his student Louis. He wrote in his roll book concerning this student: "He is the smallest, the meekest, the most unpromising boy in my class." Half a century later, an election was held in France to select the greatest Frenchman. By popular vote, that meekest, smallest, most unpromising boy was chosen. His name? Louis Pasteur, the founder of modern medicine. ...

4585. Some Pentecost Thoughts

Acts 2:1-41

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Bruce D. Prewer

As I see it, the Holy Spirit is graciously and unobtrusively busy all over the place. The quiet Helper. The unpretentious Friend. The Helper is quietly at work: in the sincere concern of a friend for our health, in the grace of folk who go the second mile, in the inner resources we discover in times of crisis, in those who dare to go against the tide of popular opinion, in the grace that enables us to admit when we are wrong, ...

4586. The 3 Rs of a Holy Life

2 Corinthians 13:1-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... were greatest or who was a true member of the new covenant, that they had forgotten they had all been called together in Christ. Paul called the Corinthians to listen to his words, to heed and respect his directives, because his only concern was Christ. Here is the essence of respect: There is no understanding without standing under. Too much of what goes for “understanding” is really “overstanding,” as we seek to place ourselves “over” others, treat them like objects, size them up and judge ...

4587. Be of One Mind

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... not the same as faith. Theology is the human attempt to understand God. That is not the same as revelation which comes directly from God. Theology can be in error. We need to be humble about our theology and about church doctrine. And most certainly we cannot elevate these concerns over love for one another. By the way, here is that proof text I promised you. It comes from St. Paul: “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I ...

4588. What to Preach

Matthew 28:16-20

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Johnny Dean

Shortly after I had gone to my pastor and talked with him concerning this vague sense of calling to ministry that I was experiencing, he suggested that I preach while he was on vacation. By doing that, I could get some sense of what preaching was about and perhaps help to determine if that was the direction God was leading me. That sounded ...

4589. Don't Worry! Be Happy!

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... how we process it on the inside. You don’t need to raise your hand, but is there anyone in this room in danger of going hungry tomorrow? Anyone at risk of being thrown out of your home? Probably not. The people Jesus was speaking to had real concerns about survival. There were no government programs to serve as a safety net. If they lost their job, they really could starve. They really could lose everything. Most of us live lives that are much more secure than that. We worry more with less reason than any ...

4590. Don't Worry, The Light Is Still Burning

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... worriers as a cold, uncaring, capricious place. But instead of finding desolation and defection, Jesus sees evidence everywhere of an attentive, involved, compassionate Creator – a true “Father in heaven.” Like any loving parent this “heavenly Father” is concerned with any and every thing necessary for the continued well-being of all creation. The “birds of the air” – seemingly weightless, inconsequential creatures--are provided for, with enough food available to them each day for them to ...

4591. The Shifting Sands of Tower of Pisa

Matthew 7:21-29

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Brett Blair

... inches. Why was this necessary? Because the tower has been tilting further and further away from vertical for hundreds of years, to the point that the top of the 185-foot tower was seventeen feet further south than the bottom, and Italian authorities were concerned that if nothing was done, it would soon collapse. What was the problem? Bad design? Poor workmanship? An inferior grade of marble? No. The problem was what was underneath. The tower was built on the shifting sands of a former estuary. The soil ...

4592. Sermon Opener – “Where Are the Laborers?”

Mt 9:35 - 10:8

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King Duncan

... our vision of evangelism to one of these cups, we may be stifling Christ's work on earth and cheating ourselves out of one of the most rewarding endeavors Christ offers us: Evangelism. What is needed is for all of us to become daily involved in evangelism. How? Anchoring Our Concern in Christ's Compassion for the World Shepherding Those who are Lost in the Crowd Committing Ourselves because the Workers are Few

4593. Cook Food. Serve Love.

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... spontaneously appear to hear his words, Jesus kept it simple. No matter where he was or to whom he was speaking, Jesus’ specialized, not in hocus-pocus holiness or wham-bam miracles, but in simple presences of divine love, compassion and concern for all creation. Commentators and theologians like to debate about the centrality of certain themes in Jesus’ teachings—-the kingdom of God, eschatological expectations, messianic identity, a Jewish vs. Gentile mission. But the best way to get to the heart of ...

4594. Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments

1 Peter 3:15

Sermon

James Merritt

... The mother's health accounts for 3% of abortions; the baby's health accounts for 3%; rape or incest accounts for 1%. In other words, 93% of all abortions are for purely social reasons. Here is the breakdown: 16% of abortions are because the woman is concerned about how a child would change their life. 21% of abortions are because the woman said she was not ready for the responsibility. 21% of abortions are because the woman said she could not afford the baby. 12% of abortions are because of a relationship ...

4595. They Lied and They Died

Acts 5:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles' feet." (vv. 1-2) Now why did they do this? Well, let me tell you what I think their root problem was. They were more concerned with their reputation than they were with their character. You see, they wanted the same reputation Barnabas had, but they didn't have the character Barnabas had. Do you know the difference between reputation and character? Reputation is what others say you are; character is ...

4596. Just Know Him in His Victorious Resurrection

Acts 13:29-39

Sermon

James Merritt

... water buffalo. Buddha rotted with food poisoning. Muhammad died in 632, and his body was cut up and spread all over the Near East. But Jesus Christ rose from the dead. The very first point of Paul's message is this: "Now when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb. But God raised Him from the dead." (Acts 13:29-30) Every other religion speaks of a leader who was alive, but is now dead. The New Testament does not preach a Christ who was ...

4597. The Only One Who Is Number One

Exodus 20:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... other "gods" before The God. The Bible talks about all kinds of wrong gods. Some people worship the god of food. Paul spoke of those "whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly." (Phil. 3:19) Some people worship the god of fashion. They are more concerned with style than they are with substance. Some worship the god of fun. The Bible speaks of those who are "lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God." (II Tim. 3:4) Many worship the god of finances the god of money. Paul declared this to be ...

4598. The Church: The Health of a Godly Family

Hebrews 10:22-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... which institution they felt most decided what was important to them? An astonishing 43% listed the media, 22%listed Washington, and 10% listed Hollywood. Only 7% named religion.3 Confidence in the church is also going down. Listen to these sobering facts concerning the church: Fact: Since 1980 there has been no growth in the proportion of the adult population that can be classified as "born again" Christians. Fact: Since 1970 there has been no appreciable change in the proportion of adults who attend church ...

4599. Heaven: The Home of a Godly Family

John 14:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... that point? Well, that just tells us that heaven cannot be overbooked. There is plenty of room for everybody. You have to have a reservation to get in, but the reservations are unlimited. We don't ever have to worry about heaven being over-populated. Don't ever be concerned that the golden streets will look like I-285 at five o'clock in the afternoon. In Rev. 21:16 we read about the capitol city of the new heaven, called the New Jerusalem. It tells us that the length of the city is as great as its width ...

4600. Love Them Before You Leave Them

John 19:25-26

Sermon

James Merritt

... there is such a thing as luck, your luck has run out. After you die, your opportunity to love in this life is gone forever. As you study the seven sayings of Jesus as He was dying on the cross, it is interesting to note that his first three statements concerned others. First, he spoke to the mob. He said to them: "Father, forgive them." Then he spoke to a malefactor. He said, "Today you shall be with Me in paradise." Now he speaks to his mother as he says to her: "Woman, behold your Son." No mother ever had ...

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