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26. The Best Advice He Could Give

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... is not at work. During the Korean War, Communist forces invaded the city of Hungnam and began mass executions of Koreans who were suspected of sympathizing with the American cause. The American Navy responded to this atrocity by sending 200 ships to evacuate the refugees from Hungnam. On December 22, 1950, Captain Leonard LaRue and his crew steered their ship, Meredith Victory, in to the Hungnam harbor. The Meredith Victory was only supposed to be delivering jet fuel, but they were immediately called into ...

27. Generic Christianity Is Not Enough

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... s too exclusive to claim Jesus as the way. There are all sorts of ways, they say. Did you see the TV segment about the orphanage in Albania? A young man, Mark Nyberg, is the director. Burning, looting, and wild tirades of killing forced our government to evacuate American citizens from Albania -- but Nyberg would not leave. He moved into the orphanage and is staying with the children. He is there, he says, out of his love for Jesus. Ask him about the way. I’ve been reading a lot about the church in China ...

28. Let Not Thy Will Roar, When Thy Power Can But Whisper

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , on the panhandle coast of Florida, to begin our renewal leave. That is one of my favorite places in all the world. We arrived there on Monday evening, September 21. Hurricane Georges was doing his thing way down south of us. But by the following Saturday we had to evacuate the island. We moved in with my sister and her husband on the mainland. For three days we were there, and that is where God taught me. I had gone to the beach to be alone with God – just Jerry and me and maybe a person here and there ...

29. What Making a Difference Looks Like

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... that after years of soaking in this sentence prayer it has moved down past the narrow sliver of waking consciousness and taken root in my heart where it functions as a sort of spiritual drag line, pulling the crud of sin and self-deception to the surface to be evacuated through confession and repentance. When I wake in the night I heard this prayer bubbling out of my heart. My heart’s desire is to be full of mercy. I want to give away what I most need. And when I stand high on principle or am tempted to ...

30. Pass the Pigweed

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... , his home and all he'd worked for, all he'd ever owned was directly in the storm's path. He didn't want to leave, and he believed the Lord would take care of him. A bus came by and a Red Cross volunteer told the man they were evacuating everyone in the path of the hurricane. The man sat tight on his front porch and said, "The Lord will provide." The water came up and the man retreated to the second floor of his house. A boat came by and a National Guardsman said he should get on the ...

31. Trapped in Paradise

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... is . . . "Have a Plan." " Households need to have a plan in the event of a natural disaster. " " Cities need to have a plan in place to deal with all the challenges and emergencies they will face. " " States need to enact a plan to evacuate high-risk areas and isolate contaminated sites. " In fact, we now have a Department of Homeland Security to devise and execute plans in the event of terrorist attacks or natural emergencies. The problem becomes when plans, emergency or otherwise, are suddenly faced with ...

32. Still in One Peace

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... -the-year occasions that make for mandatory attendance. For the many schools and corporations whose fiscal calendar ends on June 30, it's a month of deadlines, hoped-for-donations, and hold-your-breath budget squeakers. June can be just plain busy. June can leave you jaded and evacuated. But the start of July signals a kind of collective sigh of relief. By the Fourth of July we settle into a new set of routines that aren't routine. We stay up later because it's not even dark until well after 10 p.m.. Or we ...

33. The Bridge over Troubled Water

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

James W. Moore

... loved ones; - or, the man in the yellow jersey who had tried desperately to hold his wife and three children above the flood waters,… describing through tears how his wife was swept away from them. - or that couple who in the rush and the confusion of the evacuation out of New Orleans had gotten separated from their new-born baby and the tearful, joyful re-union when their baby was found alive and well in a Fort Worth hospital, - or, how about the elderly man in Biloxi who rode out the storm in his boat ...

34. There's an Elephant in the Room and Her Name Is Katrina

Exodus 14:10-15

Sermon

James W. Moore

... unfolded. They had been trapped in their apartment building for four days… living without light, food, air-conditioning or milk for the baby. They kept waiting for the flood water to go down, but it wasn’t going down. They realized that they needed to evacuate. When the helicopter arrived, the parents were told: - To send the children first, - To get them to safety, - To get them to food and water and milk… and the helicopter would come back for them in about 25 minutes, - But something went wrong and ...

35. A Purse and Two Swords

Luke 22:35-38

Sermon

... best means to the best places. That is, until their plane went down….suddenly….dramatically…..into the choppy waters of the sea. But the emergency exits opened (as engineered) and the inflatable slides were positioned (as instructed), meaning that virtually all were evacuated (as scripted). There they were, crammed into lifeboats, with barely room to breathe, let alone move. When the woman turned to her husband and said: "Tell me, George, do you think we are still in first class?" I suppose you can be ...

36. Being Good ... for Nothing

Job 23:1-9, 16-17

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... Sixty Minutes news team waiting in your office. You know it is going to be a bad day when your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles. You know it is going to be a bad day when you turn on the evening news and they are showing evacuation routes out of the city. You know it is going to be a bad day when your twin sister forgets your birthday. It's good that we can laugh at some of these silly suggestions, isn't it? It's good, because we know that we all have some of ...

37. Homeland Security and Watchfulness

Matthew 25:1-13

Illustration

Phil Gunther

... . Be watchful for signs of terrorism: a back-pack left unattended, a strange request for chemicals at a fertilizer plant, a white powder in the mail or unusual behavior by a neighbor down the street. Be prepared to call the police or FBI. Be prepared to evacuate a building. Be prepared to take defensive measures when your life or the lives of others is threatened. Be vigilant, be watchful, be prepared. It's a good motto because it is the same motto Jesus expects His followers to live by. It is the same ...

38. Stepping Out on Faith

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... to the claims office of the California State Automobile Association. The package consisted of a used Fruit Loops cereal box. Workers quickly became suspicious. Suppose it contained explosives? Security guards called the police, and about 400 office workers were evacuated from the building. The bomb squad soon arrived on the scene. The Fruit Loops cereal box was “neutralized” with a small cannon, and its contents were blasted into the air. The bomb squad, however, found no explosives. Inside the ...

39. One Breathwork, Many Bodyworks

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , or how many of your neighbors, would be willing to have African-Americans taken to a "better home." Now, consider what your reaction would be if these same benevolent aliens identified, not African-Americans, but all red-haired people as those who should be "evacuated" from planet Earth. What if the designation was all people over six feet tall? Or all left-handers? Does your reaction to the aliens' offer now change? Are some people members of your "tribe" and others definitely not? What do you say to the ...

40. Finding God in Fellowship

John 2:13-22

Illustration

King Duncan

... hot burning desert in buses. He noticed a woman who looked very distressed. She had small children around her. As Franklin began talking with her he discovered that she had given birth to a baby just three days before she and her family were evacuated from Kuwait. The newborn baby was dirty and smelly. Franklin was able to help this young mother with needed supplies. He saw to it that she received medical attention as well. The mother thanked him for helping them. As they continued their conversation she ...

41. Lift Up Your Eyes

John 6:25-59

Illustration

Stephen M. Crotts

During World War II a delightful Christian English lady kept a personal diary. It tells of her husband's death in the war effort. It tells of food rationing and the horrible bombing of London . It tells of her children's evacuation to the countryside. One night during the bombings the woman confessed that she woke up and could not get back to sleep. She kept thinking of Hitler, invasion, and the S.S. troops. She trembled until she suddenly thought, "Where is Alexander the Great who gobbled up the world? ...

42. No Need to Worry

John 10:11-18; 27-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... English government knew that Hitler was planning to invade the BritishIslands. They encouraged their people to prepare for the invasion and they did several things: they boasted their defenses, they put guards on constant watch, and they developed early warning systems and evacuation routes. They did one more thing - the government passed a law requiring every community to take down all the road signs and any sign that named any town or village. They knew the Germans had maps of England, but if they couldn ...

43. Dead Man Walking

John 11:38-44, John 11:17-37, John 11:1-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... eternal life which He bought and paid for with His own death and resurrection. Jesus also wanted to show us a dress rehearsal of what it is going to be like at the end of time, because one day, there is going to be a world-wide grave evacuation. Jesus Christ is going to return and call all of his followers out of their graves to their own physical resurrection. You see what Jesus did was not only liberated Lazarus from the bonds of death; He liberated Lazarus from the fear of death. We read these words ...

44. Rahab: Seven Minutes To Midnight

Joshua 6:15-25

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... miss a deer and winds up plunging into the icy river. The driver abandons the kids, the minister is knocked out and that leaves, Simon, Joe and the other kids who are all in a panic. Simon realizes this is that moment. He yells Stop it and takes charge of evacuating the kids through the emergency exit door in the back of the bus. As each of the kids leaves he counts them and then realizes there is one missing. The boy's foot is caught. Simon frees him but while getting his foot loose the door closes and the ...

45. Blessed Are Those Who Hand Over Their Controllers

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... suddenly out-of-touch, out-of-control, on their own. When mudslides and drowning rains and hurricanes cascade upon unsuspecting communities, what is the biggest headache for emergency crews? People who won’t leave their homes for safety. People who refuse to evacuate areas judged to be in grave danger for killer avalanches or washouts. The people who stay think they are staying in charge of their property. They think they are keeping tabs on their “stuff.” They think they are guarding their “life ...

46. Who Do You Put On?

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and camps to reach out to the tens of thousands of displaced people currently residing in Arkansas and for those yet to arrive. The conference is working with the governor's office in offering shelter and getting buses to New Orleans for the evacuation happening there. Pat Bodenhamer, Conference Minister with Mission in Outreach is organizing much of the effort. Churches and Camps are already helping people displaced in the state. "If people see a Louisiana license plate, they will stop and ask how they can ...

47. A Gratitude Adjustment

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... roads washed away, bridges collapsed, houses half-buried in mud and debris, cars washed away by the floodwaters. Along with pictures of people on rooftops, waiting to be rescued, waving and calling for help to the helicopters filming them. Thousands were evacuated until the floodwaters receded. A few days later, there was a story that illustrates thankfulness in the fullest. Somebody sent a letter to the Fukui disaster management center, one of the prefectures or states which was hit the hardest. The letter ...

48. No Instant Maturity

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... said it convincingly and some how it lodged in my mind. Well, last week, when the hurricane came, I remembered what you said about God answering prayer, and I began to pray that God would save me and not let my house be destroyed. Well, I had to evacuate my house, and it was destroyed. I want you to know, you are a liar. God doesn’t answer prayer.” Dr. Angel’s undaunted response was beautiful. “Lady, God was too busy with his regular customers to get to you.” Now, we may not like that tongue-in ...

49. Living on the Edge

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... . By Tuesday, the power was out, the water supply was cut off, and the hospital was flooding. Ruby continued to take care of her patients — bathing them, feeding them, and dressing their wounds. When help arrived on Wednesday, Ruby assisted in the evacuation. She finally left the hospital on Thursday, having kept her promise to care for her patients. Her faith sustained her through those dark days. During the most harrowing moments of Katrina, Ruby would recite Bible verses for guidance and strength. She ...

50. The Armor of Light

Romans 13:8-14

Drama

Larry Lange

... . Margaret: You don't need those stupid things to see the cross! In fact, you can't see the cross at all if all you're doing is looking for Jesus to come back to smite evildoers. You can see the cross in those firemen who died trying to evacuate the World Trade Center. You can see the cross in the life of Margaret Hassan, who had been leading efforts to restore water and sewage systems in Iraq but was kidnapped and murdered by religious extremists. You can see the cross in those people in our church who can ...

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