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626. Resting at the Mediocre Inn

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... Lord found in John’s Gospel, “The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” And deep in our bones we realize that Jesus is talking about a way of life that doesn’t stop at ... let’s examine these words: “The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who ...

627. The Day Is Not For Sleeping

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... simply replied, "I just imagined that if Jesus had gotten the call, that's what he would have done. I had to go!" (Dr. Norman Neaves, "And Nobody Picked Up a Stone!", April 1, 1990 (copyrighted 1990). Well, what about you and me? The only thing that is going to keep us awake as Christians is to know who we are as disciples of Jesus. For Jesus died that whether we wake or sleep we might live with Him. FINAL GREETING: Let me give you a prayer to pray in the days ahead:Ageless God, let me not just grow old ...

628. Can a Rich Person Go to Heaven?

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... to shreds by rats. So he begs for a second loincloth from the villagers. When the rats come to destroy that one, he gets a cat to keep the rats away. But now he has to beg not only for food but also for milk for the cat. To get around that, he buys ... for their stuff. That’s what life is all about: trying to find a place for your stuff. That’s all your house is: a place to keep your stuff. If you didn’t have so much stuff, you wouldn’t need a house. You could just walk around all the time.” I wonder ...

629. Escape from the Island of Spiritual Sloth

Matthew 6:16-18

Sermon

Frank G. Honeycutt

... When you fast ... When you pray ... When you give alms." Not "if." Spiritual disciplines are what disciples destined for death do to keep our inner lives in shape. Somehow we have accepted the notion that although it takes hours of sweat and discipline and hard ... that the girl took into adulthood.3 Martin Luther once said, "You cannot stop the birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair." Death will come to us all. In fifty years or so, less for some and more for ...

630. Power For Christian Living: Am I On My Own?

Romans 3:3-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... POWER FOR DAILY LIVING Paul reminded the Colossians that God “has rescued us from darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins” (Col. 1:13-14). The Holy Spirit empowers us to be obedient and keep Christ on His throne in this New Kingdom into which we have been transferred by the gracious mercy of God. Walking in the Spirit In Galatians 5:13-6:10, the work of the Holy Spirit is most clearly spelled out as Christians are commanded to ...

631. The Way Up Is the Way Down

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... decision.... My boyfriend said he would give me no emotional or financial help whatsoever. All the people that mattered told me to abort. When I said I didn't want to, they started listing reasons why I should. I started feeling like maybe I was crazy to want to keep it? I finally told everyone I would have the abortion just to get them off my back. But inside I still didn't want to have the abortion. Unfortunately, when the abortion day came I shut off my feelings. I was scared to not do it because of how ...

632. What Making a Difference Looks Like

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... to temptation.... I was the first.... The mercy you are receiving, I received. It is only the grace of God that can keep us both.”8 Notice that the specifics of mercy are left unspecified. Jesus speaks of the merciful person but not their actions. This ... are biblical in that they are unshakeable in their conviction that the future belongs to God with enough of God in the present to keep us hopeful and aimed in the right direction. I have tried and failed before, and I now admit it publicly. I cannot make ...

633. The Privilege and the Price

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... and sins in my words or deeds, as some of you do on a regular basis I might add! I am at first defensive because of a silly wounded pride, but later on after honesty rises up and humility kicks in, I am grateful. Here is why: I want to keep the gap as narrow as possible between my theology and my ethics, between what I preach and how I actually live. It might not make John Wesley happy and even stretch my ordination promises to the limit, but I aim a little short of perfection; I aim at credibility, which ...

634. What Is Required of Us?

Matthew 5:17-20

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Phil Thrailkill

... don’t fit since I put on weight and I’ve got this place on my neck I’m concerned about and why do bad things keep happening to good people like me and did you see the spiritual teacher on Oprah yesterday talking about seeking the-god-who-is-within and ... for your church. Thank you for this privilege. Thank you for the encouragement.” God sends me this stuff from time to time to keep me on track! These are real people, people God loves and for whom Christ died and for whom life is just not stable and ...

635. Getting Your Politics Right

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... we are doing, we don’t need to show off for anyone else. It’s not about looking pious; it’s about seeking God in secret and keeping your eyes open for how God answers. Think of it as a form of Hide-and-Seek and a dare from God. Hide away and seek God. ... his voice. And don’t think that you have to use lots of words; silence is OK. It’s not like a slot machine where you keep feeding in quarters hoping to hit the mother load. God is not like that. That’s how pagans pray, first to this god and then ...

636. A Broken Vessel for Jesus

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Michael Milton

... fallen from the side of the mountain onto the highways. That boulder kept us from going home that night. Pride is like that boulder. Pride blocks our way, keeps us from giving our lives to Jesus. Pride keeps us from giving our all to God. Pride keeps us from receiving God’s blessing. Pride keeps us from being used of God. Pride is a boulder that keeps us from going home. The late British writer and commentator, Malcolm Muggeridge wrote of one of his earlier visits to a then unknown nun in Calcutta, India ...

637. Where's the Fire?

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... when you are all alone, all by yourself, and it is all quiet, do you know what you are left with? Just your own thoughts, and that is dangerous. If you don't want to think about your life, then always keep busy, keep moving, keep talking, keep listening to the radio, keep listening to the television, because sure enough, when you get off by yourself someplace where you are all alone, where it is all quiet and you start thinking, anything can happen. You could start seeing things, maybe hearing things. Moses ...

638. Discipline

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... as punishment, you will miss what the writer is saying. What is the aim of discipline? The aim of discipline is to help us grow into mature responsible adults. Our goal is to help our child develop the strength and discipline needed to be a successful adult. Keep this goal in mind as we read this passage from Hebrews. The writer begins by quoting Proverbs 3:11‑12, “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those he loves ...

639. Strategic Planning

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... hurried off the bus, leaving the engine in gear and running, with no parking brake engaged. She walked around to the front of the bus and reached in the driver’s window to pull the lever that closed the door. The bus is equipped with automatic brakes that keep it from moving as long as the doors are open. Once the doors shut, the brakes release after a one‑and‑a‑half‑second delay. As Dianne passed in front of the bus again, she suddenly found the 15‑ton bus creeping slowly toward her. She could ...

640. Night Crawler

John 3:1-17

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. Right Side: The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand. Left Side: The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. One: The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. All: The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore. (based on Psalm 121) Collect One: (Jesus said) "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but ...

641. Look Who Is Standing at the Door

James 4:1-12; 5:1-12

Sermon

James L. Killen

... biblical witnesses refer to the way of the flesh as the way of the world. One of every Christian's greatest challenges is to keep living according to the Spirit, that is to say, living a life that is being shaped daily by a relationship with the living ... the world's way of thinking about things and of acting and of living. It really won't lead to happiness - in spite of what it keeps telling you. Follow the way of Jesus, the way of faith and love, no matter what it costs you. That will lead to the life that ...

642. The Reward

1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23

Sermon

James L. Killen

... that you [you Christians, you churches] are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?" (1 Corinthians 3:16). If we can keep our lives from being cluttered up with things that distract us from what is important, the Spirit of God will teach us real wisdom and ... world, in all of life, yes, and in death too, are yours. Don't try to own them in some way that hoards them and keeps them away from others. That won't work. That will spoil it. But simply move through life with arms and heart wide open to ...

643. King of the Mountain

1 Peter 3:13-22

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... we hold Jesus in high esteem on the inside, it will show on the outside. Time and time again, throughout the New Testament, it seems as though followers of Jesus are called upon to live a life that does not conform to the surrounding cultural norms. We are asked to keep Jesus and his example in his rightful place and not to let anything take his place on the top of the mountain in our hearts. When we do that, it forces us to do things that go against the grain of our society. We do not seek what we feel ...

644. No Shame

Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-28 (29-31)

Sermon

William G. Carter

... people worked out a theology of works. They believed that you had to be good. You had to maintain a good reputation. Your family needed to keep a good family name. And if there was ever a mistake, if there was a moral miscue, if there was an obvious and public sin, ... telling who might come." I said, "I thought that was the point." He said, "We don't want just anybody to come. We want to keep it manageable. If anybody shows up, it could get out of hand." I don't know why he was worried. In my kind of church, ...

645. The Cloak

1 Thessalonians 2:1-8

Sermon

Rick Brand

... highest has affected professional sports and changed the entertainment world, or affected the way we shop and the way we eat, the way we accumulate more and more stuff, to get and to move on to the next thing to get. More and more catalogues for more and more stuff keep coming into our houses, and, afflicted by the same culture that we all live in, we look at them to see if there is "anything I need." There is a new tool. We don't need another tool, but we don't have that tool. We put the catalogue down ...

646. Plant It and Stand Back!

Luke 17:5-10

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... go into an unknown future in spite of the doubts. Faith doesn't remove fear either. Faith is the courage to do the right thing even when your knees are trembling. Faith doesn't remove disappointments, or guarantee victory. Faith is the courage to keep on going even when you want to give up, but you keep on going. That is what faith looks like. Madeleine LEngel put it perfectly. "I don't have to have some special qualification to do what I have to do. All I have to do is have the courage to go on and do it ...

647. Lent 1

Genesis 2:4-25, Genesis 3:1-24, Romans 5:12-21, Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... whose transgression is forgiven" (v. 1). Psalm 51 (RC, E) - "Cleanse me from my sins" (v. 2). Prayer of the Day "Lord God, our strength, the battle of good and evil rages within and around us, and our ancient foe tempts us with his deceits and empty promises. Keep us steadfast in your word, and, when we fall, raise us up again and restore us through your Son." Hymn of the Day "Who Trusts In God, A Strong Abode" Theme of the Day: The Source And Solution Of Sin Gospel - Temptation to sin can be conquered ...

648. Live and Learn

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... refers to the Canaanite woman, to all he people, as mere house dogs in God's household, to her that means they're indeed part of the family. She hears inclusion, not exclusion, for house dogs are a welcomed part of the household. A householder keeps faith, keeps care, of all those in his household. This is what the Canaanite woman learns from Jesus' example. And this is what she reveals back to him. In other words, Jesus "learns" to hear his own words through the ears of her faith. That's why ultimately ...

649. Cross Purposes

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... " "Do not fear" the repercussions that may come from such pronouncements, for enemies can only (only!) kill the body, not the soul. " " There's no hiding the fact, Jesus said, that discipleship may divide families, strain or even snap the bonds that keep human homes and hearts together. " The final directive Jesus gives in this list of dubious discipleship duties is the ultimate test of commitment, the greatest evidence of foolishness for Christ's sake: "take up the cross and follow me" (verse 38). What ...

650. Soren's Heart

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... mementos or jewelry. But they're really talismans. According to the dictionary, a talisman is a trinket or piece of jewelry thought to afford some protection against danger and evil. Maybe you wear a locket that holds inside it photos of loves ones. Maybe you keep a worry stone (or a rosary?) in your pocket for your anxious fingers and anxious thoughts to turn over again and again. Maybe you wear a ring from a parent or grandparent, letting that circle around your finger remind you of the family circle and ...

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