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476. In the Lions' Den (Dealing with Stress)

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that story. King Darius loved and respected Daniel, had made him one of three presidents who presided over the affairs of the kingdom, and David had become the most distinguished of all. Jealousy set in, and some of the lesser officials in King Darius’ government tricked the king into setting up rules for worship - rules that required people to worship no other but the king for at least 30 days. Daniel was caught in the trap; and, much to the grief and almost despair of King Darius, he was thrown into ...

477. He Presented Himself Alive

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ’t need the stone removed to get out. He could have passed through that stone as he did the closed door later when he appeared to the disciples in the room where they had shut themselves up in fear and trembling, in deep despair. But God didn’t miss a trick, so he sent the angel to remove the stone not to let Jesus out, but to let the women in. The empty tomb was to be a vivid witness to all. So the angel invited the women to “come, see the place where the Lord lay. Here we come to ...

478. The Shepherd Lord

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... said, “All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye have received them, and ye shall have them” (Mark 11:24). Modern psychology would underline the value of this positive element in praying. The simple reason a negative petition seems, somehow, through a trick which ‘the unconscious mind plays, to defeat its own object. It is as though the unconscious part of the mind leaps up and grasps the very idea which we want to keep out. So let me suggest a change in our normal way of praying ...

479. John the Baptist: Parable and Prophet

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a blind boy who followed the voice of his coach around the track, and a basketball game in which there was not one intentional foul. He closed the article with these words. “Matched on that yardstick, the athletes in the real Olympics will be an inferior lot. It is no trick to win the long jump when you’ve got two legs and neither one is metal. It’s no achievement to win a mile when you can see which way to go. It is no honor to win the 440 when a fellow athlete stumbles and falls and you don ...

480. The Miracle of Peace

Psalm 85:1-13

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... and sinners are reconciled. I. BECAUSE WE HAVE A SAVIOR, PARDON IS PLENTIFUL. Lord, you showed favor to your land. You forgave the iniquity of your people; you pardoned all their sin (Psalm 85:1-2). In the movie, A Christmas Story, some kids on a school playground trick a child by the name of Flick into sticking his tongue on a frozen flag pole. Sure enough, the awful happens. Flick's tongue sticks to the pole. The bell rings. The kids rush to class. Finally the teacher is forced to call the EMS to release ...

481. Finding Answers to Family Feuds

Genesis 25: 21-34

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... our struggle of wills was left on the bottom panels of our bedroom doors where we locked each other out and tried to kick each other’s door in. Parents may set the stage, but it is the boys themselves who close the deal, scheming, tricking, blaming, charging, wanting it now. Esau said, “I’m feeling faint.” “Aw” said Jacob, “no you ain’t.” “Poppa’s blessing,” Esau cried, “Is mine by rights, but I’ll have died Of hunger first. For pity’s sake- My birthright for your lentils, Jake ...

482. How Can We Stand on Holy Ground?

Psalm 24:1

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... childhood, you were created a child of God, no less than the moon and the stars; there is divine purpose in your being here. When I was a kid, I played hide and seek on dark nights with older family members in open fields. They played a cruel trick on me. They let me hide. But they never bothered to find me. As the rounds progressed and my loneliness increased, I would stand out from behind the trees of my hiding. Still they managed not to notice. They would walk right past me, look right through me and ...

483. Let the Living Begin

John 10:1-10

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... killers when you are feeling wounded. Do you ever wonder why every children’s story has a villain? The Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood have to deal with the big, bad wolf. Cinderella has a mean step-mother and step-sisters. Snow White is tricked by the wicked queen. Luke Skywalker is destined to encounter Darth Vader. Are we not trying to warn our children early that it’s dangerous out there? The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. Just as sharks can smell blood in the water from miles ...

484. What Is the Future of United Methodism?

John 2:12-22

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... throughout Methodism and causing delegates to join hands and sing “Blest be the Tie that Binds.” Is Bill a radical? I don’t think so. I prefer to think of him as a realist. It all reminds me of that old fable where the emperor is tricked by two rogues into believing that he is wearing marvelous clothes made from magical cloth that is only visible to the wise and clever. Not wanting to run the risk of being stupid or dunces, everybody goes along with the hoax while the emperor parades around naked ...

485. By Belonging

1 Peter 2:2-10

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... so hard to ask for help? Why is it so difficult to depend on others? I think there are a couple of answers to that question. In the first place, we don't want to bother people. We are built on the notion that we are self-reliant. We are tricked into believing we can handle things ourselves if we just try a little harder. We believe that our problems are not as bad as they may seem and we believe that isolation is safer than community. So we tough it out alone and I say to you again today, don ...

486. The Good Samaritan - Sermon Starter

Luke 10:25-37

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Brett Blair

... is asking a question on the nature of the law. The stage is set by Luke with these words: "Behold a lawyer stood up to put him to the test." Well, it's not the first time and probably won't be the last time that a lawyer phrased a trick question. It was the kind of question in which any kind of an answer would pose still further problems. It was a test question: "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life." Now right away we know that this man was a Pharisee, because the Pharisees believed in eternal ...

487. Leaping Where You Cannot Look

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... ship neared this country, one of the slaves, a man named Cinque was able to free himself. With his help the other slaves were also able to throw off their chains, and soon they took over the ship. However, not knowing how to read maps, they were tricked by the ship’s crew, and were subsequently recaptured and taken in chains to New Haven, Connecticut where they were put on trial as murderers and thieves. Over the next 27 months, these survivors of the Amistad began a new voyage through the court system of ...

488. Religious Balkanization

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... woman, is there the start of a revulsion that may bring healing. III. A Test There is a second reason why Jesus might be using these cruel words, and that is to clarify the issues at stake in this moment of teaching and healing. Jesus is not a magician doing tricks. He is not a spiritual shaman with a few spells in a bag. He is not an itinerant medicine man who fixes up elixirs to sell in a scheming con game. So it is important that this woman and all who will be part of the aftermath of his healing ...

489. A Career in The Kingdom

Matthew 21:23-32

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... awakening from the twisted darkness of the world in which we are trapped: the advertiser who claims to know what I need and what I want and who can make everything better with just a single credit card; the entertainer who promises me a quick fix, a cheap trick, a sensuous fling that really is love; the politician who has my best interests at stake, and who will make me ruler with him if I just give him my vote; the psychiatrist who will help me achieve gain without pain by lowering my standards to the mud ...

490. Can These Bones Live?

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the Lord. — Ezekiel 37:4-6 It seems easy enough. How does the old song go? "Now hear the word of the Lord!" The trick, though, is in the prophesying. Old Testament prophecy is not prophecy the way most of us consider it these days. Ask most of your contemporaries and you will find they think of prophecy as a prediction of the future. That’s not really a piece of what we are dealing ...

491. A Man of the Moment

Genesis 25:19-34

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... righteousness either, but he clearly did have the ability to delay gratification and to work for long-term goals. If you follow Jacob's story, you'll see that he worked for seven long years to obtain the wife he wanted. After his father-in-law pulled a sneaky trick on him, he worked another seven. It could not have been easy, but he did it. Jacob was the brother through whom the people of Israel descended, and in part, he was able to fit into God's plan because he was willing to take the long view. • It ...

492. A Blessing in Disguise

Genesis 32:22-31

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... , in a response that no doubt seemed like cleverness to him, said to Jacob, "What good will my birthright do me if I die of starvation right now?" And so, the writer of Genesis ominously concludes, "Thus Esau despised his birthright" (Genesis 25:34). Jacob tricked his stomach-driven brother out of his birthright. Then, some time later, Jacob cheated him out of his blessing, too. The blessing, incidentally, is a spiritual currency that has lost its sense of value in our culture. We don't use blessings in our ...

493. No Partiality

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... making light of the thousands of people who have their identities stolen, nor of the major brands and institutions (over 20,100 in May 2006 alone) that are victimized by "spoofed" emails that take consumers to counterfeit websites designed to trick them into divulging financial data thinking that they are actually updating their accounts. The Brittains are especially sensitive to identify theft since my wife, Eileen, had hers stolen before the term "identity theft" had even been coined. She was victimized ...

494. The Heifer that Will Change the World!

Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32

Sermon

Larry Lange

... Promise of Purity for the Jewish people. It's already been tried. Or maybe it will transpire as an Israeli official suggested in an interview quoted by Hal Lindsey for his best-selling book The Late Great Planet Earth: maybe an earthquake will do the trick. The earthquake that shook the area in 2004 is just one in a long line of earthquakes occurring along "the Great Rift Valley which runs for 3,000 miles between Syria and Mozambique and passes through the Dead Sea, below Jerusalem's eastern hills." Because ...

495. A Vision Vanished

Philippians 3:4-14

Sermon

Larry Lange

... up too many times by his old man for doing just that. Arnold knew he'd already paused too long — long enough so that if he made up a story, the bartender would know he was lying. Arnold was trembling. The story was too strong for him. It had tricked him. "Whadja' see, Arnie?" asked the bartender smiling. Arnold looked up and down the bar, leaned forward and whispered, "I saw Jesus. I swear to God. I slowed down, because I saw Jesus, and if I wouldn't have seen Jesus, I'd be dead." The bartender kept ...

496. Lifestyles of the Rich and Faithful

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

When a carnival came to town, the strong man was one of the most popular attractions. One of his tricks was to squeeze an orange dry with his bare hand. Then he would offer $1,000 to anyone in the audience who could manage to squeeze even one more drop from that orange. Having nothing to lose, people were always ready to accept the challenge to make an easy $1, ...

497. Living The Faith For Dummies

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . It was at least 20 miles to the last town and he had no idea how far ahead the next town was. And then he heard something. He actually heard the low rumble of the bass before he saw the cloud of dust. It was the unmistakable boom of a tricked out automobile with the big bass speakers, the kind you feel more than hear. Then he saw the cloud of dust. And the truck. It was a big wrecker nearly bouncing down the road to the beat of the music. It pulled up and out jumped an even younger young ...

498. Just a Little Faith Will Do

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... so they could say they ended their college football careers on the field. He told Randy to call any play he wanted, since in the coach’s estimation, they had zero chance of scoring. To the surprise of his teammates, Randy called play 13. It was a trick play that had never been used before in a game. It had never been used for good reason‑‑it had never worked in practice. Well, the impossible happened! Play 13 worked! At the very last second Oklahoma State scored! The fans went wild. As they carried ...

499. Whose Wife Will She Be?

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... the culture in which Jesus lived. A woman could survive being married to seven brothers. “Now,” the Sadducees wanted to know, “whose wife would she be at the resurrection?” Since the Sadducees didn’t believe in a resurrection, this was obviously a trick question. Jesus, of course, saw through it immediately. Yet he decided to indulge them. Jesus replied, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are considered worthy of taking part in that age and in the resurrection ...

500. The Political Controversies of Jesus - Sermon Starter

Luke 20:27-47

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Brett Blair

... their hands. They would much prefer to make him a fool. Let's give him enough rope and he may just hang himself. Thus, each group would in turn ask him a question, not because they thought that they could learn from him, but because they wished to trick him. They were hoping for that one slip of the tongue. Each group would ask him a question that would be dear to their cause: The first question asked was from the Herodians. The next question was asked by Sadducees. The third question came from a Pharisee ...

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