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4926. Fulfill Your Ministry

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the next lap of his race. (Gary W. Demarest, The Communicator’s Commentary, I and II Thessalonians, I and II Timothy, Titus, Word Books, 1984, p 285). The words are a charge – a charge to Timothy: and if you understand Scripture as I do, a charge to us. So I want to join Paul in charging you. ”I charge you,” Paul said. It’s like a judge in the courtroom – or like a general giving orders to his troops as they are about to engage in battle. It’s a charge – from a dying man – or one who knows ...

4927. In the Wrong Place At the Right Time

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... as I began to think of these two days with you here at Calvary, I have built on the reflection begun there. And that’s what I want to share with you today and tomorrow. I thought of that common expression: I was in the right place at the right time. We have all ... described a time when he was under a terrific strain and pressure because of terrible decisions that he had to make. He didn’t want to make them. He didn’t know which way to turn. One day he was invited to give a speech in another town. His ...

4928. On the Road Again

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Land in 1968. That Emmaus is a village west of Jerusalem on the main road to the seacoast. but I’ve been to other Emmaus could have been any place, just as long as it was seven miles distance from frustration, confusion, grief and despair. Cleopas and his companion wanted to get out of town, to get away from it all in order to try to forget, to sort out their feelings and somehow find a way to start all over again. With chins dragging and hope in the ditch, at a low ebb, they headed west, talking together ...

4929. Last Words Are Important

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... leader. He was under house arrest by the Cuban government for a period of time. In fact they put him in jail at the time of the General Conference because the government and a few people within the Methodist Church did not want him elected bishop. Now, because of their faithfulness – because of their prayerfulness, their willingness to sacrifice – their praying and fasting – the Church is growing dynamically. When a person is converted and professes faith in Jesus Christ, he or she is not immediately ...

4930. Facing Fears, Kingdom Style

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... , “And which of you by being anxious can add eighteen inches to his span of life?” The answer to which is No one! No one wants to be around a worrier, and I observe that men or women married to one will find ways to be away from the house as much ... . It was Talladega, one of the biggest races of 2001. "When we won, the first thing that came to my mind was that verse," Tim says. "God wanted to show himself to me."18 Make of that story what you will. The reward was not the win or the purse or the fame or the ...

4931. Identifying a Christian

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... to watch the dog trot to the puddle and begin lapping it up. The dog loved cod liver oil! It was just the owner’s method of application the dog objected to. Is this not true of the church’s commission to make disciples of all people? People desperately want to know that God is alive and that God loves them. Why aren’t our churches full? There must be a problem with how we are communicating our message. Who we are speaks so loud that people cannot hear what we are saying. We’ve seen what’s happened ...

4932. Victory at Sea

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... words what God had done for all of us in the cross and the resurrection, they would say it was like that, it was like crossing the Red Sea, to be given freedom from the slavery to sin, and all that holds us back from the life that God wants for us. God now promises to be with us forever. They remembered that Jesus described the event of Good Friday and Easter in the same way. In fact, the two sacraments that we celebrate as Protestant Christians, the Lord's Supper and baptism, are symbols of the Exodus. At ...

4933. Only One Thing Is Needed

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... a Wal‑Mart on every corner, so whenever the Johnsons have a reason to go into the city, they keep a running list of things they want to do and need to buy. A while back, Betty’s mother was flying in for a visit. Al made a list of all the ... , he was so pleased to tell Betty about all he had accomplished. He had gotten new tires put on the truck and found everything she wanted at the mall. He had even bought her a new dress that he couldn’t wait to show her. Finally, she interrupted him and asked, “ ...

4934. Divine Dinner Party Decorum

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... heal on the Sabbath. Romans, Greeks, and assorted other pagans work on the Sabbath, not faithful Jews. You are undermining what it means to be identified as God's chosen people." Jesus responds to the effect, "Hold on a minute now. Amos' feet hurt. I wanted to give him some relief. The religious law permits rescuing a donkey from a well on the Sabbath. Certainly it should permit the rescue of one of God's children on the Sabbath. You folks are fussing about being decent and following the rules, but should ...

4935. A Place of Honor

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... invite you back and so you will be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." There’s a man I want to introduce you to. He is a Roman Catholic priest named Cardinal Emil Léger. At one time Cardinal Leger was one of the most powerful men in Canada and within the Roman Catholic Church. He was a man of deep conviction and humility. Then one day he ...

4936. Death: A Way of Life

Isaiah 52:13—53:12

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... man in the crowd at Jesus' trial, shouting loudest, as if that's the easiest thing to do, and it is at least the most popular, and so the least embarrassing, and that's the way Satan tempts us. It is obviously the way he succeeds in convincing Pilate, who wanted to avoid a mob riot, to execute a man in whom he could find no crime. Isn't that the best excuse to do something? Everybody's doing it. But just because it's popular doesn't make it right. They outlawed Galileo for saying that Copernicus was right ...

4937. Blinders

Acts 17:22-31

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... world. He points out that God has the world in his hands. What does he need with what we have in our hands? What God wants is our hands, and our hearts, and our whole selves. It's like God is the parent and we are the child -- offspring is the ... think of God like this. We call this "gimme religion." A person who has "gimme-religion" only ever asks God for what he or she wants. "Lord, money's a little tight this month. Help me." "O God, please let my uncle Joe be all right through this surgery." "God, I know ...

4938. A Voice from Beyond

Genesis 12:1-9

Sermon

James L. Killen

... one who is really big. Second, if you are really going to let your relationship with that other shape your life, you are going to want to know all you can about it. You will find, as Abram did, that the one who is out there is beyond our ability to ... experiences with God. Many of those witnesses have been incorporated into the Bible. We will be studying them. Most of all, we will want to take seriously what God has shown us about God's self through Jesus Christ. That is the most important revelation of God. ...

4939. Can You Hear Me Now?

Exodus 3:1-15

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... Hebrew Elders should ask me, â€˜What is your God's name?' and I do not frankly know the name of the God I am called to serve? I am ignorant; I don't have the information. I don't know enough." Are there Bible classes that go wanting because someone says in the congregational setting. "I don't know my Bible; I don't know enough"? What is the reason for increasing biblical illiteracy not only in society but in Christian churches? A pastor was once approached about teaching a class in New Testament Koine ...

4940. Grace for a Complaining People

Exodus 16:2-15

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread: for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger" (Exodus 16:3). Centuries later, Jesus would remind the multitudes whom he had just fed with five loaves and two fishes and who wanted to make him king, "Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you" (John 6:27). An eagle escaped from the San Francisco Zoo, but it didn't get very far. Unused to ...

4941. Writing the Law on Our Hearts

Jeremiah 31:31-34

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... are positive God is on their side, but who knows for sure? The fact that honest and sincere church people can claim God's support for opposite sides of a debate only highlights that God's true will can be confusing. If we don't know what God wants, God seems even further away. Sometimes God seems far away because somewhere in our past our understanding of God got all twisted up. Some purple-faced preacher snarled at us about a punishing God or told us that some horrible thing was God's will, and our view ...

4942. Passing and Failing

Deuteronomy 8:7-18

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... The temptation to despair can be great. We fight to keep our spirits up, not to feel sorry for ourselves, to keep the spark of hope from going out. Curiously, even though despair and bitterness are unpleasant experiences, they can begin to feel comfortable. We don't want to put out the effort to fight them, to feel better. Continuing to hope and trust in difficult times can be hard work. I need to say a word here about true depression. That is both a spiritual problem and a medical problem. If we experience ...

4943. No Time for Napping

Matthew 25:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... shine on you." (Ephesians 5:14) Collect Tell us in a parable, or tell us plainly. Write it in large words, Lord, that we might read while moving fast, or speak to us quietly in the still of the long night. We want to hear your holy word today. We want to understand. May we comprehend with the help of your Spirit. Amen. (reminiscent of Habakkuk 2) Prayer Of Confession Lord, we are only human. We spend your blessings as swiftly as they arrive, trusting that you will always provide what we need spiritually ...

4944. A Hope for Peace

Romans 15:4-13

Sermon

James L. Killen

... children what love is and one said, "Love is what you hear in the house at Christmas time if you stop opening presents and listen for a while" (from PreachingToday.com, May 15, 2002). That is important to us, isn't it? That is really the way we want it to be. But that is not always the way it is. There are estrangement and againstness and hostility in our world and it is especially painful to us at Christmastime. Maybe there is some tension between some people you love, some friends getting a divorce, some ...

4945. The Incarnation: What and Why?

Hebrews 2:10-18

Sermon

James L. Killen

... like he meant it. He came to each workout and practice session with real enthusiasm. He told the team members, "There are two things I want you to do. Believe you can win and live like winners." The team members joked about the coach's platitudes in private. But he ... by the ultimate death that ends our lives or by the little deaths with which we are so often threatened by those who want to control us. He died rather than allow the threat of death to turn him aside from his commitment to God's purpose. He ...

4946. The Reward

1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23

Sermon

James L. Killen

... - and discovered that his dream was true. Quickly, he woke up his wife and children and got them out of the house as it burst into flames. As he stood and watched his dream house burn, neighbors came running up to him and asked if there was anything he wanted them to try to save. He shook his head and said, "No. My wife and children are safe and there's nothing else in the house that is worth the risk of life." Very quickly, the fire had caused him to put things into perspective. It would be unrealistic ...

4947. Light Is as Light Does

Ephesians 5:8-14

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... me?" Is the path to our church, to the Christian life, well lit so that people can recognize it? As people come into our church, and into our lives, they are looking for family and companionship. People want to recognize the aisle that leads to the altar of God and they want to be recognized. They want to know God and they want to be known by him. People need to fit in and have a place among others. Like a lighthouse on the shores of the ocean, light can lead people to safe harbor or it can warn them ...

4948. No Longer Damned

Romans 8:1-11

Sermon

William G. Carter

... haven't talked to one another in years. We looked in on him when he got sick. I guess we were the closest thing to family he had." Tony said, "Did Jerry have a church background?" "Sure, Preacher, all of us grew up in a church. That's why we wanted a Christian minister." Tony said, "Well, it's my privilege to be here. I thought I would read some passages from the Bible." One man said, "Could you read that passage from John 3:16?" Tony said, "Sure." He started, "God so loved the word that he gave his only ...

4949. Speaking of the Spirit

Romans 8:12-17

Sermon

William G. Carter

... not the will of God. God gives us a spirit of freedom, not a spirit of license, not a spirit of "I can do whatever I want." There is no passage in the Bible that says, "Be yourself." No, we are told to become who we were baptized to be. The only ... Holy Spirit, who offers us the direction of holiness, truth, and mercy. The greatest human need is to justify ourselves. Do whatever we want, and say, "I deserve this, because...." But the news of the gospel is that God has already justified us in Jesus Christ. We ...

4950. Life, Death, and Judgment

Romans 14:1-12

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... of the mischief this attitude can cause is the history of the Crusades, when some Christians claimed that God must want various sites in the Holy Land freed from control by non-Christians. As the struggle to free locations proceeded, ... a little fun. They got on top of the house and spoke down the chimney in a deep voice ... "Si ... Si." Rose asked, "What do you want?" The voice answered, "I want Si." "Who are you?" "I'm from the Lord, and I've come for Si." "Well, he ain't here; he's gone." "Then, since Si ...

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