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701. Comfortable Christianity Is a Big, Fat Lie

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... if I told you anything else, I’d be a false prophet. Sorry, friends, it’s just the way it is. It’s why we have to support and pray for one another and stick together. Everyone is on the field of combat. And if you turn off the narrow way onto the broad avenue I ... membership and Christian faith seriously, than a larger one made up of those who do not." While his approach is supported by the church's official Westminster Confession of Faith, which says that saints "are bound to maintain an holy fellowship ...

702. Panic Room

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... day after he disappeared in 1947. (1) It’s amazing what fear will do to us, isn’t it? There was another man who hid in his home for 32 years. This time the voluntary imprisonment was a bit more just. Janez Rus feared punishment for his wartime activity in support of the Nazis. Rus says he used to cry when he heard happy voices outside, but he dared not show himself even at his mother’s funeral. Rus was a young shoemaker when he went into hiding at his sister’s farmhouse in June 1945. He was found 32 ...

703. Children in the Arms of a Loving God

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Michael Milton

... he, too, needed Christ. In a similar way, we must paint ourselves into the biblical painting of “Children in the Arms of a Loving God.” This passage does not only teach that we must bring our children to Jesus, support our church to fulfill baptismal vows to support families in the Christian nurture of their children, evangelize children through our children and youth ministries, it also says something to every person here. This passage says that until we see ourselves as children being brought to Jesus ...

704. Good Neighbors

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... early in the morning, or the one who doesn’t take care of his lawn and the dandelions are continually creeping over into your lawn? How about members of your extended family, the sister-in-law who’s obnoxious, the ex-husband who’s late again with child support, the parent who always belittled you? This is where the rubber meets the asphalt in our Christian discipleship. Every once in a while I run across a story of someone who is able to live in the spirit of Christ, and it nourishes my soul. In the ...

705. Family Tree

Genesis 3:1-7

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... about Sam's sandwich ministry. Al read the story and was impressed. He sent Sam a letter telling him Al and his friends were praying for Sam's ministry and wanted to support it. He enclosed a check from the church for $250. A few weeks later, Al received an answering letter from Sam. It read, "Dear Al. Thank you for your support and prayers. Make your own blank sandwiches." The $250 check was enclosed, uncashed. See, this life with God's love is about your relationship with God and his world. You don't ...

706. Look Who Is Standing at the Door

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

Sermon

James L. Killen

... hoping to find a new job that will get him back on some company's ladder. But, right now, he is just hoping for a generous tip. The woman who is collecting dishes from the tables has bad feelings, too. She is a single mother, holding two jobs to support her family. She is very anxious because she can't give her children the quality time she knows they need. She thinks it is really unfair that some people have so much and some others have so little. No, not everyone who hears is celebrating. As a matter of ...

707. Effective Suffering

Romans 8:26-39

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... is constant. In our weakness, our failures, and our problems with prayer, the Spirit is with us and beside us, praying for us, interceding with God. In our suffering, as we learn about effective suffering, we also learn that God is with us comforting us, and supporting us in our suffering. Finally, as we realize that the answer to "Who is against us?" is us, we also realize that Jesus intercedes for us. There is a pattern here. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all involved in interceding for us, helping us ...

708. Body Parts and Pride

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... role the church might ever need. Rather, this is a generalized list of some of the more important roles necessary in the life of the church. This list of roles is mentioned to support an idea that is even more important. In the life of the church, the concept Paul expresses here is more important. That concept of the roles is mentioned to support and to serve as an example for others. The concept is something that has become known as the Body of Christ. Paul's insight here is that the Body of Christ can be ...

709. Being More than Civil

1 Corinthians 1:1-9, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... lexicon. It is the word that is used by one of the classes in this church as their name, Koinonia. Koinonia is like shalom, it is a community in which there are right relationships. Where we care for one another, where we accept one another, we support one another, we love one another. "All our mutual burdens bear." All of this is based on grace. As Paul says elsewhere, "We love because Christ first loved us." So as I said before, there is only one requirement for entering the Church: confess your need ...

710. Blind Ambition

Mark 9:30-37

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , must be last and the servant of all." That is our text. I learned a long time ago that not everybody is going to hear that text the way it is supposed to be heard. Several years ago I was on a panel discussing Liberation Theology. I support much of what Liberation Theology represents. I find strong biblical evidence for it. Especially for that phrase that comes out of Latin American Liberation Theology, that "God has a preferential option for the poor." I just don't see how you can read the Bible and not ...

711. Called to Freedom

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... not like Albrecht, the man who was buying the archbishoprics. He feared that Albrecht was gaining too much power. He also had long resented the Vatican for its imperialistic policies and taxation. So for a number of reasons, Frederick supported Luther. Without that support, there would have been a Reformation, but it would not have been like a Lutheran Reformation. The pope called for Luther to recant the ninety-five theses. Luther refused. Luther was summoned to Rome. Frederick intervened. He had enough ...

712. Look Ma, No Hands

Mark 6:7-13

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , it's about faith. It's about what faith looks like. Faith looks like traveling toward the goal of life with no visible means of support. Faith looks like riding a bicycle with no hands. I've always admired that. As a matter of fact, when I was a boy, I ... right. Do it the way it is supposed to be done. Journey with grace. Make your journey without any visible means of support. Make your journey with the spiritual equivalent of "no hands," so that others, seeing your faith, seeing the way that you make ...

713. No Fear

John 15:1-8

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... our society. In fact, this church has always been involved in what is happening in our society. But next month you will have another opportunity when Cecil Steppe will be with us. He is also going to speak at a fund-raiser for the Good Neighbor Center. You ought to support the center, the presence of the Methodist Church in a part of the city where there is an abundance of children of high risk. But he is also going to be here on May 18. After he speaks we hope we can organize a task force that will try to ...

714. Now What?

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Mark Trotter

715. Plain Talk

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... of substance and status in this life, especially women, who were among the faithful. He always mentions them and he always mentions them by name. First of all in the gospel, he says they were part of those who followed Jesus around and provided the support for the band of disciples. In the Acts of the Apostles, he said, they were the ones who supplied the houses to meet in and provided the financing for the movement. Paul, in his letters, announces proudly that he is financially independent. He is not ...

716. The Cathedral Within

II Corinthians 9:6-15

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... ve seen one cathedral, you've seen them all." But I don't feel that way. I'm fascinated with the nooks and crannies of old cathedrals, especially the crypts and the vaults, down where the graves and the bones are. Down there you will notice that the supporting foundations in so many of those cathedrals, the footings on which the present-day cathedral rests, are the walls of an ancient church, often going back to Roman times. I am very much aware of that in this church. We moved out here from downtown, so we ...

717. This Nation, Under God

2 Samuel 7:1-9

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... of grace, who in this instance reminds David that he is king, because of God's grace alone. "You cannot build me a house, but I have built you a house." That is to say, a dynasty. I don't need your support. You need my grace. I don't need you to defend me. You need me to support you. So be humble, and remember who is God, and who is not. Interestingly, David's son, Solomon, as soon as David dies, will ignore all of this and build the Temple in Jerusalem. As a result, according to the biblical historians ...

718. What If He Shows Up?

John 2:13-22

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... he at times forsake us? Do you see what a preacher is up against? This is not an easy job that I have. I have concluded that you've got three choices. You can ignore those texts that contradict one another, and pick out only those texts that support your own personal point of view. That's one option. The other is, you can rationalize them, explain them away. Say, "Of course what it says is not what it really means. What it really says is this..." Or you can accept the contradictions and assume this radical ...

719. Where Can I Find the Church?

Acts 2:1-8; 4:32-37

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... up me! I tried to hitchhike from PacificBeach to downtown. Nobody picked me up!" He complained about Americans. Then he began to complain about the Church again, saying he pays his taxes in Germany, and that part of his taxes go to support the Church, and this is what he gets out of all that support. So he is back complaining about the Church again. Then he turns on the priests. "They are all phonies, you know, every one of them." He was quiet for a moment, and then said, "You're not Roman Catholic are you ...

720. Why Not a Christian Live 8 for the Environment?

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of Live 8 were even more varied than its predecessor of 20 years ago, Live-AID. Rap, jazz, rock, hip-hop, country, heavy metal, Christian contemporary, ambient, New Age - all kinds of musical styles and talents were performed in support of this battle against poverty. In Rome, there was red-haired rocker Roman Fiorella Mannoia one moment, and blond-blue-eyed country western signer Faith Hill the next. It was this unconventional coming together of artists and their completely different sounds, coming from ...

721. What Names Are You Naming?

Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... resurrections that could come out of this deadly tsunami is if individual churches were to adopt individual communities in the 11 countries affected by the tsunami. What if this church adopted a named community for prayer and support? What if your family adopted a named family who suffered the loss of loved ones for prayer and support. You will have to hunt to find them. But next week, during our prayer time, will you come with the names of devastated families and offer them up to the Lord? It won't be easy ...

722. Soul Deep Not Skin Deep

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... towards it on a broad protective plank - like a door - and even then one of its hundreds of arms is sure to inflict some painful scratches. We're talking blackberry picking. Is there any more well-protected fruit than this one? The long, supporting vines can have diameters of well over an inch. They are studded with huge, curved thorns, hooked on the end. The smaller vines hold the luscious fruit, but they too are awesomely armored. Smaller barbs surround the berries completely, no matter how slender ...

723. Inward, Upward, Outward

Romans 9:30--10:21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... heard this overweight teen describe himself getting up, taking out that ice cream and eating it . . . all. I heard and felt the sorrow in his voice over his own failure to resist temptation. But he was helpless before his addiction. And his family, far from supporting him in his struggle, was aiding in his downfall by providing an endless selection of tempting goodies in his home. We're tempted only by those things that are within our reach, within our own range of possibilities. I may be tempted to let my ...

724. Are You a Leg-Grabbing Christian?

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... 's love. God wants us to be leg grabbing children. Are you hanging on to the unshakeable Truth? Are you clinging to the unswervable strength of God's love? No matter how big we get, no matter how old we are . . here at last are the only legs that can support us and carry us. Instead of those fragile feet of clay our own children must settle for as a temporary resting place, God's legs grow out of a rock-hard foundation. At the base of God's pillar of love is that cornerstone that had been rejected by so ...

725. Maker's Mark

2 Corinthians 1:12--2:4

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... church the Sunday School, the Prayer Circle, the altar guild, the choir program? Giving life to new, emerging ministries in your church the e-mail visitations, the nontraditional services, the flexible ideas of community? Giving life to support those in need continents away from you? Giving life to support those in need right next door to you? Or is your life project bloodsucking, mind-crushing, soul-searing? Are you more concerned with making your mark than with looking at any marks, any scars, you may ...

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