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551. The Power of One Passion and One Prayer

Acts 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... Holy Spirit and living out their calling that they joined together with one passion and one prayer. And they waited for God’s promise to be fulfilled in their lives. There are a couple of lessons from the art of improv acting that I think apply well here. Improv acting or improv comedy is an art form, and it’s a learned skill. Although it looks like it’s entirely spontaneous, there are certain rules that guide improv entertainers. But the first rule of improv is the most important one, and I think it ...

552. Daniel Interprets the Dream

Daniel 2:24-49

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... some tension with Israelite religion. If Daniel goes to the head of his class and then becomes the dean of the college and the chief magician, it suggests that he learned the Babylonians’ arts and could use them more proficiently than they. At the least he would have allowed them to continue in their arts while he appealed to God in prayer for revelation, for we read of no conversion of the Babylonian school of sages to Jewish practices. The biblical writer is not concerned to address this, however ...

553. The Raising

John 11:32-44

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... stone. Rocks could signify God’s intervention and help. To this we raise our “ebenezer”! They witnesses to the entry into the promised land. They witnessed to the death of Abel. They witnessed to our covenants with God.[2] And they witnessed to God’s art of resurrection! In the story of Lazarus’s death, we note that he has been buried in a cave with a heavy stone (lithos) covering and sealing the entrance. The sealing stone witnesses to the death of the family’s loved one. Even then the large ...

554. The View from Cloud Nine

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... fog, clouds, or storms. There’s nothing like a cloud and fog filled marsh to stimulate our sense of supernatural anticipation. But the movies aren’t the only place we revere the clouds or use their metaphors to signal our sense of the intrigue. Religious art, prominent in the time of the Renaissance, and present from the most ancient of days, has employed clouds and fog to illuminate the presence of the divine. In fact, the Hebrew scriptures are filled with depictions of YHWH as cloud cover. One of the ...

555. The Three Tenses Of Our Faith

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... of grief, we know the comfort and the strength that comes from the presence of the Lord in our time of need. David expressed it so powerfully in these words, "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me" (Psalm 23:4). Consider how this assurance is offered to Abraham. God says, "Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great" (Genesis 15:1). And Abraham believed. He trusted in this provision of ...

556. Whom Shall We Obey?

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... in the world. If we remain faithful to our call, in spite of our suffering, we will experience the blessing that comes from faithful obedience to God. There is no deeper joy in life than to sense that affirmation that comes from pleasing our Father who art in heaven. A minister I know had his wallet stolen a couple years ago. The thief took the minister's bank card and cleaned out his bank account. Eight hundred dollars was stolen and when they discovered that they had no money in their account, the ...

557. Easter Power

John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... to be advocates and reconcilers in the human relations that always suffer from the push people make for their individual rights and for their special agendas. The people who have the real power at the top in international situations are those who can practice the art of reconciliation. One editorial stated that one of the problems we had in the Middle East was that our Secretary of State came at his task out of Christian traditions, and it is difficult to work with those peoples who do not have the same ...

558. Anybody Listening?

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

William G. Carter

... today; you were speaking to me." So today, I want to preach a sermon about sermons. I invite you to reflect with me on the curious business of Christian preaching. Is anybody listening? That's a good question, because preaching is primarily an oral art. If people cannot speak, they cannot preach. Sermons, by definition, are aural events. Somebody speaks to people who come to hear something. The eternal gospel of God is entrusted to the vibration of words across the eardrum. Most of us have known ministers ...

559. It's OK To Stir Up God

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Richard Patt

... with Alzheimer's disease frequently report that when such patients seem to exhibit no awareness or understanding of what is going on at the moment, they do immediately join in and pray aloud with the minister as those familiar words are intoned, "Our Father, who art in heaven...." Prayer itself, and the Lord's Prayer, can be a sustaining habit. Along with this thought, is it not true that most of us require some kind of structure in the practice of prayer? The prayers that others have prayed can give ...

560. The Fear Of Taking The Plunge

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

Richard Patt

... disposal. But some of them have no trouble with that at all, because in earlier years they developed interest and expertise in a variety of cultural and mental activities that have now become a valuable storehouse upon which they draw. Music, literature, hobbies and arts fill their hours as they maintain a fascination with life and its rich spectrum of offerings. For them the plunge into retirement has not been half bad. Not the least of the things that can prepare us to meet life's challenges is developing ...

561. A Spear, A Nail, A Cross

Psalm 22:1-31

Sermon

Don M. Aycock

... try to read it front to back. We know now that the one they expected was Jesus of Nazareth. In Jesus we see that there is something mysterious and even God-like about suffering. Listen to Psalm 22:1 again: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? And consider again Isaiah 53:3: He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hid their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not ...

562. How Good News Spreads!

1 Kings 8:22-61

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... broken by the shrill November winter winds sweeping across the Soviet plains. And to this day I remain an uncommissioned artist. There is in my life and yours, however, a genuine commissioning that, if you think about it, far outshines any other possible call to art. It is the Great Commission of Jesus Christ. "Go," God commissions in Matthew. "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations...." In 1 Kings 8:42, it is said of God, "Men will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched ...

563. Queen Of Hearts!

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... 've heard Proverbs 31 called the Statue of Liberty of Womanhood. My wife calls the Proverbs 31 lady "The Bionic Christian Woman." After all, she sells real estate, does lap work, is a cook, wife, mother, and directs a staff. Indeed, she is the Empress of Domestic Arts. Today when motherhood is so avoided, when male and female roles are so confused, when the home is so frequently broken, when college Home Economics majors are a dying breed, so many women are asking, "How can I be the woman God wants me to be ...

564. All Dressed Up And Somewhere To Go!

Isaiah 62:1-12, Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... -American woman called a North Carolina pastor. She told him that she had moved to the state two years earlier from Georgia. Her sole purpose for the move had been her little boy. He played the viola. She enrolled him in the North Carolina School for the Arts and took odd jobs to enable the two of them to survive financially. His mother explained to the pastor that she had picked church phone numbers out of the yellow pages and had been calling all morning. No church had been able to help her. Her son ...

565. Buying Swamp Land For God

Jeremiah 32:1-44

Sermon

Robert P. Hines

Years ago Art Linkletter had a portion of his show dedicated to showing us that kids will sometimes say the most unusual things. In a similar way, Allen Funt's Candid Camera showed us that people of all ages will sometimes do the strangest things. Well, the people of God have also been ...

566. The Voice From Heaven

Luke 3:1-20, Luke 3:21-38

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... Jesus. One more powerful than I is coming. Asker: What a powerful statement. You must have a sturdy internal strength to draw people near enough to hear you. On the other hand, your self-confidence lets you nurture Jesus and revere him as mentor. John: The art of nurturing others is also important in your day. As an evangel, I bring good news. Particularly in your time, persons must choose what news you bring, whom you will encourage, and for what reasons. Those who bring others to the faith for the sake of ...

567. Opening Your Heart To Jesus

Revelation 3:20

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

... brass. People were often very proud of this sentinel at their door, and they made or bought ones that said something about their trade or their names or something that they liked especially well -- like a pet. One of the most often printed pictures in Christian art is this picture of Jesus knocking on a door. (A large size copy would be helpful here. Talk a little about the picture.) Why do you suppose Jesus is knocking on that door? (Responses -- He wants to find out if anyone is home, He wants in, and ...

568. Memorial Day

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

Sermon

Brett Blair

... that enormous carving on the side of a mountain that depicts three heroes of the Confederacy: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis. Although it is a fascinating memorial, the logistics that were required in creating such a work of art is mind boggling, but the message is somewhat disturbing. For, all three men are clothed in battle uniforms and sitting atop white chargers. The message rings out loud and clear--war is glorious. Despite any positive personal qualities that these men may ...

569. Time Out

John 12:1-11

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... time. Give me, amidst the confusion of my day, the calmness of the ever-lasting hills. Break the tension of my nerves and muscles with the soothing music of the singing streams that live in my memory. Help me to know the magical, restoring power of sleep. Teach me the art of taking minute vacations -- of slowing down to look at a flower, to chat with a friend, to pat a dog, or to read a few lines from a good book. Let me look up into the branches of the towering oak, and know that it grew great and strong ...

570. Prayer

Ps 19:14 · Mt 6:9

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... we do not need such things to help us pray. All we have to do is to talk to God as we would talk to a friend or to our parents. You see, when Jesus taught his disciples to pray, he told them to begin by saying, "Our Father, who art in heaven ..." (Matthew 6:9). Prayer is very important to your life as a Christian, for it is one way that you can bring God into your life, just as you let a friend be a part of your life when you talk to that person. Remember, God is everywhere ...

571. Emmanuel: An Advent Dayenu

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... a great joy. For to you is born... a savior, Christ the Lord." And because this is so, we in faith can say with the psalmist, "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil." Why? "For thou art with me." When such fearsome foes as cancer and AIDS and debilitating disease and relentless pain assault us; when alcohol or chemical dependency, physical abuse or mental confusion, marital breakdown, or parent-child strife, dead-end job, or the news that "your department has been ...

572. Proper 12

Mt 13:31-33, 44-52 · Rom 8:26-39 · Gen 29:15-28 · Ps 105:1-11, 45b

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... bought by Alexander Galleries in New York. The painting was bought so cheaply because it had not been authenticated as by Chase. His name was written on it in green paint, but others who examined it thought he would never have written his name that way. (Reported in Art News, 84:19-20, Feb. '85.) 5. Rich but Poor. Robert Polchek won $7.5 million in an Ohio Super Lotto. He quit his $14,000-a-year job. He married his high school sweetheart and built a house on eight acres of land he bought. But friends and ...

573. When God Is The Problem

Psalm 13:1-6

Sermon

Robert G. McCreight

... knowing that the cry for mercy was heard. Hymn No. 1 Psalm 90 (Tune: St. Catherine, "Faith Of Our Fathers") Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place Through the ages of our race;Before the mountains had their birth Or even Thou hadst formed the earth.From everlasting Thou art God; To everlasting our abode. O teach Thou us to count our days And set our hearts on wisdom's ways;Turn, Lord, to us in our distress. In pity now Thy servants bless.Let mercy's dawn dispel our night, And all our day with joy be bright ...

574. The Sure Foundation

Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Marc Kolden

... , goodness and mercy for us. Because of our sins we may forget this or even not want what God intends for us; we won't see that it is for our good. And so, we need Jesus' words over and over -- in speech, in deeds, in song, in poetry, in art -- because that is how God comes to us. [Today we receive Jesus in what the early church called "visible words," the body and blood of Christ which come to us through the bread and wine. Here we can see the elements, hear Christ's words of promise that they are ...

575. The One Thing That Would Make The Biggest Difference

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... learn so much about love and forgiveness and lose so much of their arrogance and self-righteousness and hardness of heart that just their presence in this world creates peace around them. The church was meant to be the school in which we learn the art of rebuilding relationships. Heaven knows that there are plenty of schools in which to learn war. Our tax dollars support four military academies and a graduate school called the War College. In fairness, most of the graduates of those schools whom I have been ...

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