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501. Blast From The Past

John 17:1-19

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... to the sky and whooped. Apparently when the coaches met before the big play, Frantz (from Northwest) had reminded Dewitt (from Waverly who was leading 42 - 0) of the plan, that Jake would simply take a knee. But Coach Dewitt wasn't satisfied. He said, "No, I want him to score." Frantz objected, but Dewitt insisted. Dewitt then called his defense over and said, "They're going to give the ball to number 45. Don't touch him! Open up a hole and let him score! Understand?" Jake had the run of his life, scoring ...

502. Being Two People at Once

2 Samuel 11:1-15

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Donna Schaper

... eating. It hangs upside down. It becomes something else. A butterfly is born, a bit of blue heaven, a jazzy design. It is a gesture of beauty almost too casual." Becoming new is a gesture of beauty almost too casual. It is a set of incremental steps in learning to want what we have rather than becoming the prisoner of our own desires. Do we really need a full sabbatical to do it? Do we really need a long vacation to become new or can we put in place very quiet simple rituals that allow us to be who we are ...

503. The Reluctant Celebrity

Mark 1:40-45

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King Duncan

... desires for his people. Believe that. Is it God’s will for anyone to have leprosy, or cancer, or heart problems, or whatever pain we may have? No, it is not God’s will for anyone to suffer. That’s why God gave us the gift of medical science. God wants us to live free from disease. But Christ did not come into the world to be a medical doctor or a psychologist. There was no way for Christ, while he was confined in a physical body, to heal everyone who needed him. There were not enough hours in a day ...

504. Forgive Us

Luke 11:1-13

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... the line at Easter candy.) Somehow her persistent calling gets through to me. This is a family in need, not like the woman who wanted me to make a payment on her flat screen television. But then, that's a story for another day. Jesus says that God answers ... around his little town, tearing through neighbors' yards, and screaming up and down the street for hours. I can't tell you how much I wanted one of those. In my eleven-year-old mind I thought that I needed a go-cart. We lived in the country and there ...

505. Show Me Your Credentials

2 Corinthians 6:3-13

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Steven E. Albertin

... profit margins — the political conflict between the company's executive staff? They are kept out of site. The chair of the meeting prays that no one will ask about them. Or if they do come to light, every effort is made to "explain them away." Everyone wants to look good. Nothing lends more to your credibility than a bright and shiny success story. But ... that is not what we do here, is it? We started our public gathering by dragging out all of our dirty underwear for everyone to see. We confessed our ...

506. When We Don't Know God

Philippians 3:1-11

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King Duncan

... all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.” Saul’s experience leads us to two critical questions: first, what is ...

507. But First...

Luke 9:57-62

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King Duncan

... my Mom and Dad depend on me,” this man is saying, “I better stay home.” The third man makes a request that is just as reasonable, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.” Hey, these are nice guys and they want to follow Jesus, but they’ve got responsibilities. And so they say to him, “Yes, but first . . .” Jesus is just as short with this third man as he is with the others. Jesus says to him, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit ...

508. The Right Connection

John 15:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... with them and fall asleep with them. Some of the most precious pictures I have are pictures of the kids sleeping with their grandparents. The day came for Mom and Dad to leave and they purposely got up very, very, early in the morning, because not only did they not want to wake the kids, but also they knew the kids would be very emotional when they left. They were getting in their car to leave and somehow Jonathan woke up. When he saw my dad wasn’t in the bed he ran outside to the garage just as they were ...

509. The Desperate

John 9:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you.’ He said, ‘Lord, I believe,’ and he worshiped him.” (John 9:35-38, ESV) Because this man had responded to the first light that Jesus had offered him he now received the full light of who Jesus was. I want you to notice how this man’s faith in Jesus progressed. In verse 11 he says, “The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.” (John 9:11, ESV) The first ...

510. Be Careful What You Ask For

Mark 10:35-45

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King Duncan

... hoped to be at this stage of your life? We spend our whole lives pursuing dreams and goals. The aim is to go higher, to become greater. To have more perks, as it were. That is the mark of success. It even affects our families. We want our children to become doctors and lawyers and engineers. Nobody tries to persuade their children to become servants. What?! A servant? But sometimes God’s way confuses man’s wisdom. In Mark 10, Jesus tells his disciples for the third time about his impending death. “We ...

511. Job Hears the Whispers of God’s Works

Job 26:1--31:40

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... are wrong. Upset by their false accusations that he is guilty of sin, Job utters a powerful imprecation, or curse, against them. Job wants God to treat them as wicked men deserving divine judgment. All three of the friends have called Job wicked, so now he ... it (James 1:5–8). Wisdom resides in God, who is the creator and sovereign of all. God has said to humans that if they want wisdom, then they must receive it from him. Wisdom is found in the fear, or reverence, of the Lord. By revering the Lord, a person ...

512. Good to Great

Ezekiel 45:3-5

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Charley Reeb

... , service and witness to Pasadena Community Church. In order for our church to go from good to great we must go deeper with God, we must give extravagantly to God. Ankle deep, knee deep and even waist deep won’t cut it. In order for Pasadena to be everything God wants us to be we have to be ALL IN. Being “all in” means giving our financial resources to the church. It means tithing. The Bible is clear. We are to give 10 percent of our income to the Lord. That’s it! We get to keep 90 percent of it ...

513. Pop Verses: Proverbs 3:5-6

Proverbs 3:5-6

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... of a funk in life. No matter what it is! Today’s text can move anyone from a dead end to a new beginning. If you want to get unstuck in life and find joy and freedom again, listen up! Let’s dive in to Proverbs! The very first thing this passage in ... go. The path the Israelites were on looked like a dead end. But it wasn’t a dead end to God. He knew exactly what He wanted to do. He could see what they could not see. He opened the Red Sea and they walked through it. Years later, the Israelites looked back ...

514. On Welcoming the Imperfect

John 10:22-30

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R. Robert Cueni

... . We will welcome you if can’t spell or have illegible handwriting. We welcome those who are inked, pierced, or both. We will even welcome you if your tattoos are illegible or have misspellings. Perhaps you came to church this morning because grandma is visiting. She wanted to go to church and she needed a ride. Welcome. If you got lost in traffic and wound up here by mistake, welcome. We especially welcome those who could use a prayer right now or those who had religion shoved down their throats as kids ...

515. God Gives the Pharisees the Finger!

John 7:25-44, John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in a year or so, all of us will go to the polls and “judge” for ourselves which of these candidates will perform the way we want them to in Washington when they take the oath of office as President! But wait a minute…. We’re supposed to do that….aren’t ... without support. She could then go back to her father’s household, or marry another. Think of the story of Ruth. You didn’t want to be a woman who was widowed or divorced. When Ruth’s husband dies and she is left only with her mother in law ...

516. The Plank

Matthew 5:38-48; 7:1-6

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Lori Wagner

... You’ll transplant it into moist, nutritious ground. If it has dead leaves on it, you’ll remove them, so the other leaves can get the nourishment they need. You’ll help fix the problem, so that the plant will grow. Now, I do know people however, who don’t want to go to that trouble. Instead of nurturing that plant back to health, they’ll rip it out by the roots, and they’ll throw it in the garbage and buy a new one. Right? We all know those people. It’s called instead of having a green thumb, a ...

517. Oh, That You Would Come Down?

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... , and again. Finally the policeman stopped the young man and asked him why he was driving backward. At first the youth didn’t want to explain the reasons for his strange behavior, but eventually he admitted that he had borrowed his father’s car for the evening ... financed him? Did an apathetic German population share the blame? But then a man comes up out of the crowd and says, “Do you want to know who is really to blame for all the suffering we’ve been through? I’ll tell you. God is to blame. He ...

518. We Fools

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Will Willimon

... everything. We didn't know that we were suffering from a malady called ''heartburn'' until TV told us there was a cure for it. Remember when the worst we could have was ''post nasal drip''? Desire seems to be contagious, imitative. I want something because someone else wants it. We want what others have in order to have their approval. Yet such desire, rather than linking us to others, puts us in conflict. Whatever our neighbor has that we don't have diminishes us. When you build your self-image on what you ...

519. The Just-In-Case God

Acts 17:22-31

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... of the early Christian church. But once he saw the truth of God in the life of Jesus, he repented and gave the rest of his life to sharing the message of Jesus. Please don’t miss the power of his message: God has made Himself known to us. God wants to have a relationship with those who seek Him. And now is the time to decide: will you continue to live as if there is no god? Will you continue to believe in some higher power that doesn’t require any relationship or commitment? Or will you search for the ...

520. The Main Thing

Luke 12:32-40

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Dean Feldmeyer

... as he gets the job done. “So that’s how I end up on my neighbor’s roof, nailing down shingles when all I really wanted to do was eat a cheese sandwich.” We’ve all probably had an experience like that, if not quite that extreme. John’s problem was ... s opinion, we share our ideas and feelings, we hold hands, and, sometimes we still manage to surprise each other. If we want to have and maintain a personal, loving faithful relationship, the first thing we do is to decide to commit to the relationship ...

521. Which Way To Jesus?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life." That was not a very good prospect for these people who wanted to follow Jesus. Jesus was headed for the cross, and he knew it. It was a moment he had been preparing for. This was zero ... must die in the earth to illustrate that he must die and be buried for the sake of humankind. The point for the people who wanted to follow is that they should also be willing to die. They have to put to death their own sinful lives. Jesus called that " ...

522. How to Affair-Proof Your Marriage!

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... bad. But if the sparks land in dry lives, then a flame is quickly kindled. What we are talking about is a bonding, a meeting of needs between two people never meant to relate on such a level. A hand on the shoulder. Words like, "Sometimes I don't want to go home." "You have a nice figure." He volleys in her court. She responds. And, so, the two begin to flirt, to look for opportunities to be around each other. At the desk. On the phone. At the water cooler. Feelings sent. Feelings received. The hook is set ...

523. All Mine To Give!

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Stephen M. Crotts

... to Jesus as he's given to us and see his kingdom grow among us and throughout the whole wide world. I for one do not want to forget that these ten meanings of giving are all mine to give! After all, no one has taken away my right to give. And I' ... our custom here, each of us is to go home and seek the Holy Spirit, asking him to put in our hearts and minds a figure he wants us to give regularly. When you think you've arrived at that figure, check it out to see if it represents a loving sacrifice for Christ. ...

524. An Arranged Wedding, But An Intentional Marriage

Genesis 24:1-67

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R. Robert Cueni

... For people today as it was for Isaac so long ago, a loving relationship can be a tremendous comfort in a time of trouble. It is also still very difficult to discern the will of God. Throughout chapter 24 of Genesis, people keep asking, "Is this what God wants?" And then, as usually happens today, the people really didn't know until later. God, it seems, seldom speaks clearly in the present moment. It is only in retrospect, as we stop to think and pray about it, that we realize, "That was the leading of God ...

525. Behold The Man Who Tried To Be King

Matthew 21:1-10

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... and watch the parade go by. They did not even have to shout. Many of them were there simply because they were curious. They just wanted to find out what was going on. Allegiance to him cost nothing. However, all along the way Jesus had been saying it does cost ... in a nursing home. Her resources were gone. Her existence was meager. She knew she was dying, and one day she said to her pastor, "I want someone to sing 'I'm The Child Of A King' at my funeral." All of us can be if we choose to be. There was a ...

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