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451. God's Way or the Highway

Matthew 7:13-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... a large entrance to a city that opens onto a broad boulevard. The road has a wide entrance and is spacious. It is easy to locate, easy to travel; there are no limitations as to baggage; you can take anything that you please. You don't have to leave anything behind. To stay on it, all you have to do is whatever you please; absolutely no effort is required. It is an easy road to travel. It has few rules, few requirements, and few restrictions. It is an inclusive road. The homosexual travels this road. The ...

452. O Holy Night

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... he heard a tiny voice cry out and say, "Don't kill me! I'm Milton the cockroach, and if you spare me I'll grant you all your wishes." Well, Walter agreed that was a good arrangement and he spared Milton's life. Walter's first wish was to leave the mail room and become a vice president, so Milton granted him the wish. In fact, Milton granted wish after wish until finally Walter was the Chairman of the Board of the largest corporation of the world, with an office on a top floor of the tallest building in the ...

453. Me, Myself and God

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... , you were welcome to stay. But if after several refills they left the cup empty, it meant that your time was up and you had to leave. Now if the host decided he really liked you, and wanted you to stay a long time or stay for as long as you wanted, he ... to sing?” She asked if they could sing Count Your Many Blessings. The pastor said he was so overcome with emotion he had to leave the service. One of his church members followed him out the door and said, “Brother Jack, I guess you’ll never be able to ...

454. A Time for Penance and a Time for Partridge

Ps 100, Col 2:1-7

Sermon

... rose that is going to vie with the geraniums for the title "Best of Show" or "First in Snow." And then there is the tree on the other side of my yard….the tall, stately Bradford Pear….the only tree with leaves….all its leaves….all its throbbing-with- life, brilliantly-red leaves….and then recalling that Toni Segitz gave us that tree, seven years ago, in memory of Bill. Wandering through the Farmers' Market, I realized that for a mere ten dollar bill, I could buy enough morel mushrooms to mix with ...

455. And the Angel Said to Harry Potter

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

... is not always a safe base. How else do you explain the popularity, a few years back, of those ridiculous Home Alone movies? The first one was the best one. But that isn't saying much. You remember the premise. Everybody in the family flies off, accidentally leaving a pre-adolescent boy behind. In the midst of gorging himself on everything in the refrigerator, he is left to fight both bad feelings and bad guys. He is beset by demons within ("They left me")….and demons without ("They're out to get me"). And ...

456. Are You Ready for the Journey?

Mark 8:27-9:1

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... the water and doing a belly splash onto the ice. Then he rises on his little web feet and the rich, resonate voice of the narrator says: "Like most love stories, it begins with an act of utter foolishness. Each year at about the same time, the emperor penguin will leave the comforts of his ocean home and embark on an incredible journey. Though he is a bird, he won't fly. Though he lives in the ocean, he won't swim. For the most part, he will walk. But he won't walk alone." Gradually the scene fills with ...

457. Stepping Out on Faith

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... turns their knees to jelly. At one time in her life, writer and speaker Patsy Clairmont suffered from agoraphobia. She could not leave her house. And that was absurd, of course. As author Stephen Arterburn notes, the chances of her falling in her bathroom, ... decision, I’m certainly not telling you to throw caution to the wind. Sometimes we need to be cautious. But please do not leave God out of the equation. We are sometimes an overly cautious people. God expects great things from us. We are God’s own ...

458. The Three Stages to Truth: A Biblical Philosophy of Education

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... truth must be embodied within. Without an inner conviction of the truth there can be no continued movement. But truth must also become embodied without. It must reach beyond our minds and hearts and escape our lips. When Jesus leaves the travelers in Emmaus, he does not actually leave them, for he leaves himself on the table in the bread. But the action is no longer around the table. Compelled by this new transforming knowledge, the two know they must go where the real action is. And Christ will meet them ...

459. 2 Kings 2:1-12a

2 Kings 2:1-12a

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... the site of his long and arduous career. If Elijah is sensitive to the approaching end of his ministry, he is apparently less in touch with the Lord's plans for his successor Elisha. In verses 2, 4, and 6 Elijah attempts to persuade Elisha to leave him and allow him to make the last of his wanderings on his own. Each time Elisha refuses. Likewise at their stops in Bethel and in Jericho, groups of local prophets try to convince Elisha to abandon Elijah. Rather than castigating these local seers or arguing ...

460. A Violent Wind

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... a powerful force. It cannot be stopped or controlled by people. Likewise, the Holy Spirit is not subject to human control. The moving of the Holy Spirit is God at work. There is great variety in the wind. It may be a soft whisper gently rustling the leaves on the trees, or it may be a hurricane uprooting trees. Likewise, the Holy Spirit may gently bring a person to Christ, such as a little child raised in a Christian home, or he may work in some climactic, dramatic way to bring conviction and conversion to ...

461. Me - A - Missionary?

Acts 1:8

Sermon

James Merritt

... the primary responsibility of this church and the primary responsibility of your life and my life. Now, that is not where we stop. That is where we start. The point is this - you don't have to go overseas to be a missionary. You don't have to leave this community to be involved in God's mission work. Next week, we are going to be sharing with you some exciting plans that we have to get heavily involved in missions right here locally where we live. Without going into detail, I can tell you with one-hundred ...

462. What a Difference a Day Makes

Exodus 20:8-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... worker consumes 45 days per year at lunch. Coffee breaks? Figure 21 days over the course of the year. Take those 21 days from the 42 left from the last calculation and that leaves you 21 days to get your work done. From those 21 days you have to subtract your two weeks vacation - 10 work days. Continuing the subtraction, 10 from 21 leaves only 11 actual full work days in the entire year, but of course, you do not work on Christmas, New Year's, Independence Day or Thanksgiving. Most firms now allow 10 paid ...

463. Decisions, Decisions

Matthew 7:13-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... the gate is so small and the road is so narrow, you can't bring anything with you into this gate. You've got to leave everything else behind. It is not an easy road to travel. Unlike the other road, there are some restrictions. There are some requirements, but ... possession of anything is to do nothing." Yogi Beara once said, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." As you leave this place today, out there are two gates - which one will you enter? Two groups - which one will you join? Two gods - which ...

464. Good for the Soul

Proverbs 28:13

Sermon

James Merritt

... has no place in our hearts." (I John 1:10, NLT) This is the most horrible part of all, because when you start living a lie, you leave the point where you will not tell the truth and come to a point where you cannot tell the truth. That is when our problems really ... was sinful or wrong. d. Apologize Use the words, "I was wrong for doing_______." Don't just simply say, "I am sorry" and leave it at that. e. Accept The Consequences Young people it might mean you lose your car for a month. Adults it may mean you ...

465. Keeping His Word

John 14:23-29

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... we didn't earn any of it. It is all a gift from God. The secret is out (and it really wasn't much of one) that his will and ways are at work individually and collectively. Praise God from whom all blessings flow! Their Savior and Lord leaves them his perfect peace and more. His good-byes are enshrined in the literature of the universe. They are forever relevant to all who would call themselves his disciples. A peace which passes all human understanding is given. It has a purity of purpose and perfection we ...

466. A New Continuing

John 14:8-17, 25-27

Sermon

David R. Cartwright

... that they will continue to have someone on their side, someone who can help them. A judge once said that he felt the best translation might just be a Defense Attorney: someone to speak on our behalf, and to argue our case. When Jesus left this world, he did not leave us alone and without help. He promised that the Father would send us the best lawyer he could find to stand by our side and assist us. Actually, when you come right down to it, the Holy Spirit is the form the Spirit of Jesus now takes in this ...

467. Ministering When You Are Not Welcome

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Sermon

David R. Cartwright

... might just get through. But then, if they were to run upon one of those impasses that we are bound to run upon from time to time, in the church and out of it, they were to move on and to be done with it. Have your say, and then leave it to the Holy Spirit to clean up the mess, is the way I'd put it. What I find particularly intriguing about the instructions Jesus gives these new missionaries, is that while he gives them a pretty tough briefing session, outlining in detail all that could possibly go wrong ...

468. All Is New in Christ

John 11:4-6, Philippians 3:4-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... popular to most. He was caught between faithful Jews who saw him as a traitor and Gentiles who found his claim of a slain Messiah now alive to be unbelievable. Yet, Paul says that Jesus was so important to him, that he willingly cast aside all other things, leaving the past completely, so as to have Christ and Christ alone. As Jesus reached out to Paul in a personal way on the Damascus Road, making the new apostle one with him, so Paul tells us, as Christ's emissaries, to reach out to others, and preach the ...

469. The Light of Christ

Isaiah 9:2-7

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... born within your hearts this night. You are the light-bearers who have answered the call of the gospel and whose task it is to "proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light" (1 Peter 2:9). As we leave here tonight, we become light-bearers to a dark and troubled world. Keep your lights burning brightly so others can follow as you illuminate the path to salvation. May others find Jesus, the light of the world, through you. Go shine. 1. Mary Anna Vidakovich, Sing to ...

470. Angels and Shepherds: Heaven Came Down and Glory Filled My Soul

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a Good Shepherd - Jesus called himself that, a Shepherd that lays down his life for his sheep. So the Saviour’s work is that of leaving the ninety and nine who are saved and going out to seek the one that is lost. And we still see on the Cross, and ... say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant hears.’ So it was there on a winter morning in 1975 I lay face down on a pile of leaves at the bottom of the garden in a Chilean Retreat House and made those words of Samuel my own - (Speak Lord for Your Servant Hears) ...

471. Thou Sayest I Am King

John 18:28-40

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... let’s look at that claim ourselves, to see how we might respond. There are two words that will help us in appropriating meaning as we consider this claim of Jesus. Those words are abdication and coronation – abdication and coronation. Unless a king or a queen leaves the throne by death, he or she must abdicate before ??another kind ascend the throne??. And we’ve had some dramatic examples of that in contemporary history. Now here is the truth of that idea as it relates to us. We occupy the throne of ...

472. Our Children Can Teach Us

Luke 2:41-52

Illustration

James W. Moore

... mother's face, he saw his dad and his doctor, he saw flowers and candy and balloons and the people who had cared for him. For the first time in his life, he saw his teddy bear. It was a joyous celebration! When it came time for the boy to leave the hospital, his surgeon came into the room. The doctor had grown so attached to the little boy that he had to busy himself with those insignificant gestures that we… when we are trying to surmount a great wall of emotion. They said their good-byes with tears of ...

473. Walking First Class

2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... stay long enough to get warm?" And then real loud he growled, "Listen, Lady, order something or leave." With that the woman got up to leave, but as she got up, the people on each side of her got up. Then the people on each side of them got up and then ... the whole table. As she started to leave, the entire restaurant got up to leave. Then the large man with the greasy apron said, "Oh, now wait a minute. Everybody sit back down, she can stay." He ...

474. LOST? Looking For Love

John 3:16-17, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a, 1 John 4:7-19

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... doesn't believe him. Everybody who was supposed to care about and for her has either abandoned her or died. And she says, "You say that now, but you don't you're just going to leave me. I know as soon as we get out of here you're just going to leave me." Sayid says: "I will never leave you. I love you. I'll never leave you." Surprised, Shannon asks: "You do?" Sayid: "I do." And they embrace. (2) This world of ours is filled with people who are Lost and "Looking for love in all the wrong places" as Waylon ...

475. Rahab: Seven Minutes To Midnight

Joshua 6:15-25

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... think I'm God's instrument. He's going to use me to carry out his plan." The minister is completely dumbfounded and doesn't really know what to say. "It's wonderful to have faith, son, but let's not overdo it." And with that he waves Simon to leave, shakes his head in disbelief, and cynically whispers, God's instrument." It turns out that Simon is God's instrument. Because later in the movie, Simon is riding in a school bus with a his classmates down an icy hill. The bus driver veers to miss a deer and ...

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