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4651. Go With Positive

John 2:1-11

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Brett Blair

In his second year at college, Martin Short lived at home, helping to care for his sick father. Listen to what he says about this tragic moment: "When my dad died at the end of my sophomore year, I stopped and took stock of my life. There was this real sense that my childhood was officially over. I decided that I wanted to be an actor. I knew I was loved as a kid. The thing you can always rely on, your core person, comes from your family's attention and love. When my mother got sick, and I'd see ...

4652. Oh, How The Mighty Have Fallen! - Sermon Starter

Luke 2:39-56

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Brett Blair

... she had been chosen to be the mother of the long-awaited Messiah. Gabriel told Mary that her aunt Elizabeth, well past the child-bearing age, had become pregnant. Immediately Mary went to visit Elizabeth. Under the influence of the Holy Spirit, both women sensed that God has chosen them for special tasks and would do great things through their children. Mary was then given by the Holy Spirit insights far too profound for a simple teenager to originate. She declared the impact that her son would have upon ...

4653. There Had to Be a Father

Luke 1:39-45, (46-55)

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William G. Carter

... questions.” “Really?” the pastor replied. “Like what?” “Like the virgin birth. I’ve taken a lot of biology, as you know,” which meant one semester in which he received a B-, “and I think this whole business of a virgin birth doesn’t make much sense to me. It doesn’t fit with what I have learned in biology class.” “What’s the problem?” he asked. “There had to be a father,” he announced. “Either it was Joseph or somebody else.” His pastor looked at him with a coy smile ...

4654. Christian Liberty

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

... . He then pointed to a bird flying by outside the window and asked: to what Kingdom does that belong? They replied: animal. Then he asked: Now, to what kingdom do I belong? He had raised a profound theological question. To what kingdom do we belong? In a scientific sense, we are, of course, part of the animal kingdom. I belong to the same kingdom as my dog Ruff. He has many human traits. He can pout, he can get excited, he has a temper. But yet, Ruff does not understand time. He cannot grasp that there is ...

4655. It's O.K. To Be Extravagant

John 12:1-11

Sermon

James W. Moore

... . Let me share with you a wonderful story about a woman who was known far and wide for her grateful spirit. Even when she was diagnosed with terminal illness and told that she only had three months to live, still she maintained that twinkle in her eye, that terrific sense of humor, and that radiant spirit of gratitude. She went to see her pastor to plan her memorial service, and with a laugh she told him, “Don’t you make this a somber or sad occasion or I’ll come back to haunt you! I’ve had a great ...

4656. God Works From the Inside Out

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

James W. Moore

... the power of brute force or blatant intimidation… not the power of political clout or wealth or weapons. But rather the power of knowing God’s presence in our lives… and what that presence produces… integrity, honesty, commitment to a great cause. The sense of being God’s co-worker, the assurance of God’s love… there is nothing stronger than that. That’s the fire power of Pentecost that fuels and mobilizes and energizes us… and enables us to do great things. Being totally convinced that ...

4657. Increasing Our Standard of Giving

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Brett Blair

... steward has squandered his master’s money; he was reckless and wasteful. Notice that this story follows another story about a reckless young man who squandered his father’s wealth, the prodigal son. But in this story the reckless young man does not come to his senses in time and he is fired from his job. Then he does something so shrewd and so conniving. As he is cleaning out his desk and clearing out his things he calls in his master’s debtors, those who had outstanding accounts, and he cuts those ...

4658. A Famous Atheist Believes In God - Sermon Starter

Matthew 1:18-25

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Brett Blair

... God, “I'm thinking of a God very different from the God of the Christian and far and away from the God of Islam, because both are depicted as omnipotent Oriental despots, cosmic Saddam Husseins.” He goes on to say that God “could be a person in the sense of a being that has intelligence and a purpose, I suppose." Here is what I would like to say to the Professor, “Dr Flew, what you missed in the garden 54 years ago you have missed in Christianity today. The Christian God is no tyrant. He is no ...

4659. Work (Labor Day)

Genesis 1:1 - 2:25

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... were spiritual and moral, not simply financial. Our own John Calvin said that we know that men were created to busy themselves with labor for the common good - not simply to get rich. One more legacy the Puritans left us concerning work was a sense of moderation. The Puritans were not workaholics. In a day when moonlighting and multiple incomes for families have become the rule, we might benefit from listening to the advice of Richard Steele, another old Puritan preacher, when he writes, that a person ought ...

4660. Beating Babel

Acts 2:1-13, Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... striking out on a quest of seismic proportions" and concludes, "Never in recent memory has spirituality seemed to be so much on people's minds."(6) What an opportunity for us! Can we experience the miracle of Pentecost again in our day? Can that sense of joyful abandon, the party atmosphere, return? Of course. The Spirit is still active...still ready to bridge those communication gaps. The task of the church is to make itself available for the Spirit to come in real power. If we can restore corporate ...

4661. The Grief Grinch

John 11:17-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... tears during the holidays for no apparent reason, STOP WORRYING. If someone does not understand, too bad for them. Be yourself. Do what YOU need to do. Back to the story: Jesus has come to Bethany. He has met and talked with Martha and Mary. He has seen the deep sense of loss that each expressed in her own way. He has seen the mourning of all the friends and neighbors. Now, He wants to see the tomb. They lead Him to it; He sees the rough-hewn cave where His friend has been laid with the large rock wheel ...

4662. God's Not Done With Us Yet!

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... that we will continue to experience new visions for ministry and mission. Why? Because God's not done with us yet. • I believe we will continue to see new growth, both spiritual and numerical. Why? Because God's not done with us yet. • I believe that the wonderful sense of excitement that is here in this church will continue to grow. Why? Because GOD'S NOT DONE WITH US YET! God is never done with us. Why? Because of God's unconditional covenant love that we begin to see in Abraham but come to know in a ...

4663. The Ten Commandments #2: No Idols!

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... be faithful. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen! 1. Isaiah 44:9-17 2. Orion Pictures, 1986, Robert Greenhut, Producer, Written & Directed by Woody Allen 3. Exodus 25:18-20 4. Exodus 28:33-34 5. John A. Redhead, Uncommon Common Sense, Vol. II, The Ten Commandments, (Greensboro: Worth Family Foundation, 1997), p. 34 6. W. Herschel Ford, Simple Sermons on the Ten Commandments, (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1956), p. 32 7. Walter Brueggeman, "The Book of Exodus," New Interpreter's Bible, Electronic Edition, CD ...

4664. The Ten Commandments #3: God's Name

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... flowers and candy and all sorts of indications of affection to the girl of his dreams, but she does not respond appropriately, we say his gifts were IN VAIN. A failure. But using the name of the Lord IN VAIN??? Failure? That makes no sense. What else could it mean? We can go back to the Elizabethan English of the King James Version. We recall "Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher..." from Ecclesiastes. VANITY there means "nothingness" or "emptiness" or "meaningless." Aha. Perhaps a clue there. "You shall ...

4665. The Ten Commandments #4: The Sabbath

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... a rat race where it seems that only the rats ever win, a break from a world that does not care whether I live or die, a break from a world full of pain and suffering and hate. Men and women, boys and girls will come when they begin to sense their need of a loving and gracious God and for the company of God's people, a God and a people who care when no one else does. When the churches of this land begin to do a better job of communicating that rather than making folks feel MORE unwanted ...

4666. Look Up and Live

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

Snakes. Do you like snakes? Not many do. I can think of no other creature on the face of the planet that so universally brings forth a sense of revulsion and disgust. True or not, we think of snakes as icky, slimy, nasty, and as our Old Testament lesson reminds, DANGEROUS. It seems that the children of Israel, in the midst of their wilderness wandering after the escape from slavery in Egypt, had stumbled on to a location ...

4667. Super Sunday

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... a rat race where it seems that only the rats ever win, a break from a world that does not care whether I live or die, a break from a world full of pain and suffering and hate. Men and women, boys and girls, will come when they begin to sense their need of a loving and gracious God and for the company of God' people, a God and a people who care when no one else does. When the churches of this land do a better job of communicating the love of Jesus rather than making folks feel MORE unwanted ...

4668. Year-Round Christmas

1 Kings 17:1-24

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... joy and discovery that it is indeed more blessed to give than to hoard. You know what I am talking about. We all love the feeling of discovering just the right present to give to someone we love at Christmas or for their birthday. Who has not felt the great sense of pleasure and excitement you first felt as a child, when you made or carefully saved money to buy a present for a parent? All of us find joy in giving to those we know and love. As the little poem has it, I love the Christmas-tide and yet ...

4669. Do I Matter?

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Serbriakov. Growing up, Victor acted a little differently from other students in school because he was bored. But an insensitive teacher gave him the nickname "Dummy," and it stuck. Victor was placed in a class for slow learners which gave him such a bad sense of himself that he dropped out of school at age sixteen. What else could a "dummy" do? Victor drifted from job to job because he knew he could not really amount to much. But when Victor was 32 years old, something marvelous happened - he applied ...

4670. From Mountain to Mission

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , hovering clouds and heavenly voices. Amazing! It was so extra ordinary that when it was all over, and Jesus and Peter and James and John were headed back down the mountain, Jesus told them not to tell anyone about what they had seen. That made sense. Who would have believed it anyway? Back down the mountain. The real world. The mountaintop experience was wonderful, exceptional, inspirational, but it comes to an end, because there is work to be done. Back down the mountain. Yes, we need to be inspired once ...

4671. A New Look at an Old Treasure

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... have all been there. In all such experiences, it is common to feel utterly alone and cast off, to think that certainly the world cannot possibly know what we are going through. The message of the Psalm is that the shepherd IS near at hand, even if we fail to sense it. And it might even be in the person of a shepherd...or a cab driver or a banker or a teacher or a nurse or a deputy sheriff, a mom or a dad, or even the occasional preacher. Who knows? Keep your eyes open. The vision of a helping ...

4672. God Bless America

Psalm 33:1-22

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , I think even Dr. Johnson would agree that patriotism has its place. There are times we need to recall our national heritage, to remind us of our roots and to help us reaffirm our priorities. And for the sake of our own national self-esteem, we need to feel the sense of pride that only citizenship can bring...to share the feeling of the poet when he wrote: Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said, This is my own, my native land.(1) I love this country and I know you do too. And ...

4673. Beyond Despair

Psalm 43:1-5, Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Eve communion that warmed you to your depths, that Easter morning when the truth of the resurrection became so real to you that reunion with a lost husband or wife or mother or father was almost close enough to reach out and touch. The psalmist recalls times when his sense of the divine presence was so immediate and full that he felt as if he were beholding nothing less than the face of God. But that was then, this is now. Now all that he hears is the sound of his own pain - "Why have you forgotten me? Why ...

4674. Who's The Boss?

Psalm 50:1-23

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... we are no less foolish than those of ancient days who would cut down a tree, carve it up, then set it in a place of honor and bow down to it as a god. Bad idea. The result of the idolatry of money is that terribly skewed sense of priorities that we find pervasive in modern society. Fathers and mothers are always at work trying to earn more and more so their families (whom they never see) will have everything their little hearts desire...except for some time with each other. Business people become convinced ...

4675. The Best Birthday Ever

Psalm 90:1-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... voice and always referred to himself by the last name: "This is Raese." "Hi Curtis, I bet I know why you're calling. When do you want to do this thing?" "O, this week." "That's fine," I said. "At a certain point in life, long engagements don't make sense, do they?" Come to think of it, at 96, most folks would not even buy green bananas! I continued, "How many folks do you anticipate will be coming?" "Nobody." "Now, Curtis, you can't do that! You would expect your friends to come to your funeral; why not let ...

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4651. Go With Positive

John 2:1-11

Illustration

Brett Blair

4652. Oh, How The Mighty Have Fallen! - Sermon Starter

Luke 2:39-56

Illustration

Brett Blair

4653. There Had to Be a Father

Luke 1:39-45, (46-55)

Illustration

William G. Carter

4654. Christian Liberty

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

4655. It's O.K. To Be Extravagant

John 12:1-11

Sermon

James W. Moore

4656. God Works From the Inside Out

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

James W. Moore

4657. Increasing Our Standard of Giving

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Brett Blair

4658. A Famous Atheist Believes In God - Sermon Starter

Matthew 1:18-25

Illustration

Brett Blair

4659. Work (Labor Day)

Genesis 1:1 - 2:25

Sermon

David E. Leininger

4660. Beating Babel

Acts 2:1-13, Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

4661. The Grief Grinch

John 11:17-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

4662. God's Not Done With Us Yet!

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

David E. Leininger

4663. The Ten Commandments #2: No Idols!

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

4664. The Ten Commandments #3: God's Name

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

4665. The Ten Commandments #4: The Sabbath

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

4666. Look Up and Live

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

4667. Super Sunday

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... a rat race where it seems that only the rats ever win, a break from a world that does not care whether I live or die, a break from a world full of pain and suffering and hate. Men and women, boys and girls, will come when they begin to sense their need of a loving and gracious God and for the company of God' people, a God and a people who care when no one else does. When the churches of this land do a better job of communicating the love of Jesus rather than making folks feel MORE unwanted ...

4668. Year-Round Christmas

1 Kings 17:1-24

Sermon

David E. Leininger

4669. Do I Matter?

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

4670. From Mountain to Mission

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger