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701. The Longest Running Parade in History

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... celebration becomes a disturbance to our guests. In order to help prevent any problems, we have a few simple requests. Parties will not be tolerated (or disturbances to our other guests). You should consider this your first notice and if we are required to contact you regarding a disturbance, you may be asked to leave. Thank you for staying with us, and enjoy your stay. Thank you, The Fairfield Inn – Fossil Creek Staff Here's the one membership requirement for those who would join the Jesus parade: Do you ...

702. The Real Winning Attitude

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... all but impossible because Shaya didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, let alone hit with it. However, as Shaya stepped up to the plate, the pitcher moved a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shaya should at least be able to make contact. The first pitch came in and Shaya swung clumsily and missed. One of Shaya's teammates came up to Shaya and together they held the bat and faced the pitcher waiting for the next pitch. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly toward ...

703. The King Who Died

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... In spite of her shock and grief, the mother didn’t hesitate when doctors ask if she would donate her son’s organs to someone else in critical need. Many months pass, and the mother discovers that some of her son’s organs went to a Methodist pastor. She contacts him and asks to meet. The day of their meeting, the grieving mother and the grateful pastor talk and pray and celebrate the life of the precious son who died. And then the mother asks one last question: “Can I put my ear to your heart? Can I ...

704. ASAP

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... be weeks, even months and sometimes years before the intended actually received their messages. Yet whatever the distance or however primitive the communications technology, there has always been one historical constant: the comfort of prayer, the solace of frequent and lengthy contact with God on behalf of those so far away. Before instant messaging, email, even before the wonder of the telegram, people of faith kept in touch with the whole world by keeping in touch with God. Knowing that God was hearing ...

705. Will You Still Listen?

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... take up a significant chunk of any explorer's lifetime. Long-distance travel in the twenty-first century isn't quite the same isolating experience it was for the first European explorers to the new world. NASA engineers are in constant contact with their creations. Both Spirit and its companion Opportunity are ceaselessly monitored by hundreds of scientists checking thousands of circuits and systems. These marvelous machines are capable of traveling to a far-distant planet, and are programmed to move about ...

706. Be Ready!

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

King Duncan

... up their pet and took her home. However, almost immediately they noticed something quite disturbing. When they would stroke her large clumps of her hair fell out. Shocked, they called the vet who said that the small animal was stressed by the absence of human contact. If they would spend two hours with her, he said, the hair would stick again. Sure enough it worked. (3) Anyone who owns a dog will understand. Even our pets remind us that life is about relationships. Dr. Mickey Anders tells about twin girls ...

707. A Personal Testimony

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Russell N. Gallimore

... of the Innkeeper. To be given from memory. Possible props: a stool; a manger before which to kneel at end of story] Would you allow me to be personal? I have an unusual story to tell, and I delight in telling it. My work brings me into contact with many people. In fact, I deal with all kinds of people from the humblest country folk to the highest officials. But the event I most vividly recall happened at one of the year's peak seasons. Our country's leader had felt that additional taxes were needed ...

708. A Personal Testimony

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Russell N. Gallimore

709. Loud and Clear

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Nations in international diplomacy? Maybe someone interpreting for the hearing impaired at a public event? These are the kinds of things I used to envision whenever I heard the word "interpreter:" all are someone with whom I do not have regular contact. But I'm beginning to see the need for my own personal, full time interpreter. Our society, even in rural areas, is rapidly becoming multicultural and multilingual. Spanish and Asian language signs are popping up everywhere. In my work at the courthouse ...

710. Don't Lose Your Footing

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , a significance lost on Westerners. As one commentator raised with the proper Eastern perspective explains it: The foot occupies the lowest rung in the bodily hierarchy and the shoe, in addition to being something in which the foot is placed, is in constant contact with dirt, soil and worse. The sole of the shoe is the most unclean part of an unclean object. In northern India, where I grew up, the exhortation 'Joote maro!' ('Hit him with shoes!') was invoked when one sought to administer the most demeaning ...

711. The World's Greatest Cover Up

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... shampoo, then conditioner, then body gel, then body oil, then deodorant, then shaving cream for removing hairs (men and women's different), after-shave, cologne, perfume, toothpaste to cover up our teeth, mouthwash to cover up our gums, moisturizers, hair spray, eye-drops for contacts (to cover up the fact that we need glasses). Men may be able to stop here, but most women are just getting going. Now there's all the concealer (to hide dark circles and red splotches), foundation and face powder (to make skin ...

712. The World's Best Hearing Aid

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to the shore. The waves were so high, that even though the father was an experienced sailor, he could not keep the boat upright and the three were swept into the ocean as the boat capsized." The old man hesitated for a moment, making eye contact with two teenagers who were, for the first time since the service began, looking somewhat interested in his story. The aged minister continued with his story, "Grabbing a rescue line, the father had to make the most excruciating decision of his life: to which boy ...

713. Looking for Shoots or Roots?

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , the Canadian fiction writer Douglas Coupland (born 1961) is today’s Vonnegut among college students, but I cut my novelistic teeth reading Slaughterhouse Five, which fictionalizes his experience as a POW in World War II. In fact, when I was right out of seminary I contacted Vonnegut cold and asked him to come to SUNY Geneseo where I was a part-time campus minister, and to engage in a conversation with me and Robert Short (of The Gospel According to Peanuts fame). I never expected to get an answer from ...

714. If We Had Known It Was You

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

James McCormick

... came in asking for a place to rest. Conrad noticed that his shoes were old and worn, so he selected the finest pair of new shoes he had in the shop, put them on his feet, and sent the man on his way refreshed, because the old man had made contact with someone who cared. Conrad waited for the Lord’s coming through the afternoon, but the only person he saw was a woman struggling under a heavy load. He had compassion on her and invited her in to rest. She looked as if she had not had much to eat ...

715. What Is That in Your Hand?

Exodus 4:1-17

Sermon

James McCormick

... of it and used it. Only an ordinary rod, but when God touched it, it became extraordinary indeed! II. This story of Moses reminds us all that everyone has something which God can use for good. Everyone! It may be a talent. It may be experience or contacts. It may be money or other resources. It may be simply a praying heart and a loving spirit. But, whatever it is, often the most ordinary and most easily overlooked resources turn out to be the most valuable when touched by God. I become discouraged, and I ...

716. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... Epistles" 80.1-3). Whether or not Paul was personally familiar with boxing, he loves terms that are specific to that sport. His description of the boxer beating the air suggests a fighter simply shadow boxing, failing to make any kind of real physical contact. A boxer might shadow box for practice. But in the course of a real contest, competing for a real prize, his body would receive real physical punishment or bruises (hypopiazo). This punishment would result in his body's enslavement. The term Paul uses ...

717. John 1:43-51

John 1:43-51

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... . Not so with the Nathanael Philip excitedly seeks out. John's gospel never provides a name-by-name list of Jesus' chosen twelve companions, and Nathanael's name doesn't appear in any of the Synoptic gospels. Yet the way in which Nathanael is contacted (by Philip) and the dialogue that ensues with Jesus suggest that John did indeed consider him among Jesus' first disciples. Philip uses traditional language and imagery to describe Jesus to Nathanael: Jesus is the one "whom Moses in the Law and also the ...

718. Which End Is Up?

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of his Gentile mission. But it is also true that he is “the [note the definite article] prisoner of Christ”---that is, an apostolic witness chosen by Christ for a unique mission. Although this Ephesian community has not had direct contact with Paul (v.2), they do have knowledge of the apostle through his other writings (“for surely you . . .”). What is translated as “commission” in the NRSV is really “oikonomia,” also translated “stewardship” or “trusteeship.” In the three times this ...

719. Lent 3

Jn 4:5-42 · Rom 5:1-11 · Ex 17:1-7 · Ps 95

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... coming of the Messiah. Again, this sets up Jesus' self-disclosure, "I who am speaking with you am he." But the story does not stop here. Through the following episodes Jesus speaks about proper spiritual priorities, before he finally comes into direct contact with the Samaritan townsfolk. The woman told the others about Jesus, and they initially believed upon the basis of her testimony (apparently that he was the Messiah), but after their encounter with Jesus himself they say, "It is no longer because of ...

720. Proper 24

Exodus 33:12-23, Matthew 22:15-22, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, Psalm 99:1-9

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... petitioning God in vv. 6-7. God, in turn, is pictured in v. 8 as not only responding to their petitions, but even as forgiving them. When the two parts of the psalm are read together the following insights into divine power emerge, which provide points of contact with Exodus 33:12-23. Because God is inherently just, God cannot ignore evil. Wrongdoers will be punished (v. 8b). But when petitioned God is able to forgive (v. 8a). This latter insight is what gives rise to the hymn of praise. Verses 5 and 9 are ...

721. Proper 28

Judges 4:1-24, Matthew 25:14-30, 1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, Psalm 123:1-4

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... in order to provide evidence to God that, indeed, the situation merits divine mercy. The summary of the psalm illustrates how the whole structure of the complaint is built on an unwavering faith in the power of God to act. This insight provides a point of contact with Judges 4. Each text idealizes faith as something that must be sure in believers so that we act without hesitation. Judges 4 and Psalm 123 explore this kind of faith in two very different contexts. Judges 4 is a story about faith that takes ...

722. Thanksgiving Day, North America

Luke 17:11-19, Deuteronomy 8:1-20, Psalm 65:1-13, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... leper's credit they turned to Jesus for help. Somehow they heard and believed that he could resolve their difficulty. The lepers stood at a distance so as not to run the danger of rendering Jesus and his companions actually and ritually unclean through contact with them. There was not much science in the medical diagnosis or handling of "leprosy" in the first century, so to understand this text we need to see how the lepers were regarded and how they regarded themselves, not to collect facts about Hansen ...

723. Strangely Warmed

John 3:1-21

Illustration

Leonard H. Budd

Methodism's John Wesley was already 35 years old when he brought himself into contact with the Moravian missionaries in London. Many years earlier he had finished his studies. He had long ago learned history and philosophy and many languages. He had been ordained a priest years earlier. But now, at age 35, he first discovered his spirit-being "strangely warmed." The message of God' ...

724. Changed Lives - The Woman at the Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... the southern kingdom of Judah. The Jews believed Jerusalem was the only true place of worship, while the Samaritans located the true place of worship at Mt. Gerizim. In 128 B.C., the Jews destroyed the Samaritan temple at Mt. Gerizim. Any close physical contact with a Samaritan, drinking water from a common bucket, eating a meal together, would make a Jew ceremonially unclean. This meant they were unable to participate in temple worship for a period of time. The hostility between the two groups was so great ...

725. An Unexpected Evangelist

John 4:1-26, 39-42

Illustration

David E. Leininger

... . He kept pestering his pastor to put him to work. Finally, the minister handed him a list of ten names with this explanation: "These are all members of the church, but they seldom attend. Some of them are prominent people in the community. Contact them about being more faithful. Here is some church stationary to write letters. Get them back in church." The man accepted the challenge with rugged determination and enthusiasm. About three weeks later a letter from a prominent physician whose name had been on ...

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