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51. The Ultimate Solution For Sin

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... are some things about sin we need to know. Jesus was probably the most tolerant man who ever lived. Notice in our lesson for today. One of his disciples, John, told him, "Teacher," said John, "we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us." (NIV) Now that makes sense. What we have here is a clear copyright infringement. A man who was not a member of a recognized church was using Jesus' name to cast out demons. If something wasn't done he would soon be ...

52. Do Not Grow Weary in Well-Doing

2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ; the fact of emptiness. However lovely the surface of things, there can be an ocean of anguish below. Whether people are living wasteland lives or wasted lives, whether you are maxed out on materialism or zoned out on drugs, Christ offers us a place to stop. Stopping is important. Among the plush velvets and old leathers in the conference rooms of the Union League Club in Chicago, there are a few subtly placed phone booths. But to use one of these phone booths, located off the main dining room, you can't ...

53. The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... Mount Sinai. There’s nothing NEW about it. The story of the Good Samaritan underscores our apathy. It reminds us how unwilling we are to stop. Stop what we are doing and help someone who is in need. But don’t let this lull you into believing that Jesus is talking ... wasn’t trying to get a laugh it was trying to make a point. It is the point of Jesus’ parable: Anytime we refuse to stop and help and be a friend to someone in need, then we are committing the sin of the Priest and Levite on the Jericho ...

54. The Temptation To Pass By On The Other Side

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... priest from the local temple who saw this beaten man. It may seem curious to us that he makes no effort at all to stop and help but this priest was probably thinking that the man was already dead and that time for help had now passed. But probably ... Sinai. There’s nothing NEW about it. The story of the Good Samaritan underscores our apathy. It reminds us how unwilling we are to stop. Stop what we are doing and help someone who is in need. But don’t let this lull you into believing that Jesus is talking ...

55. Born One Of Us

Drama

... of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, the name of the other Ruth. And after 10 years, both of Naomi’s sons died. 2nd Narrator: And Naomi decided to return to Judea. And her daughters-in-law went with her. But part way there, Naomi stopped and said to her daughters-in-law, "Return each of you to your mother’s house." And she kissed them. Both Orpah and Ruth wept, and Orpah returned to her mother in Moab. But Ruth said to Naomi, "Entreat me not to leave thee And to return from following ...

56. Beaten And Bloody, But Fortunate Nonetheless

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... man lying in a ditch. It is about you and me and everyone we know. We are all needy people. Some of us are needy in terms of material possessions, but all of us are needy in terms of the spirit. We mustn't think this story is simply about stopping the car every time we see someone holding up a sign, "Will work for food." It is about the people we work with and the teenager living next door and the old man with the stooped shoulders and the businessman in the tailored suit. Because, in our heart of hearts ...

57. How To Fail Successfully

Mark 6:7-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... get the point -- there comes a time when we put the anvil down -- because we can keep trying too long. It's not easy -- but we have to find that rhythm -- that balance between not giving up too soon -- but also not continuing too long. There is a time to stop trying. When things do not work and you know it; when people do not respond and you feel it; when the situation goes from bad to worse and you can do nothing about it;...when a broom is not enough to hold back the flood swollen river from your door ...

58. The Most Important Top Ten List

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... whole breakfast cereal long aisle of possibilities that God has stocked up in heaven. McManus declares that "Anything below these standards is choosing to live like an animal, a barbarian. The Ten Commandments don't calls us to the extraordinary spiritual life; they call us to stop dehumanizing one another. The law is the minimum of what it means to be human. The reason the law condemns us isn't because of our inability to live up to an extraordinary measure. We couldn't even pass the test with a D. When ...

59. Love Your Enemies--It Will Drive Them Crazy

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... had lost in war was the same son who had killed his Israeli son. He knew enough to say, "The only way to stop is to stop." Somebody has to stop it. The second undeniable truth is: II. Love makes the world go round. Did Victor Hugo's Les Miserables really bring that to ... where he can give away that kind of love. Most of the New Testament has been written by the apostle Paul. Have you ever stopped to think of what a gross character he was before his conversion? The one who gave us the most of what we call the ...

60. When Your Lips Are One Place . . .

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... might want to take something that belongs to someone else, or we might want to do something that we know is wrong. Those are mean thoughts, and that's not good. So it would be nice if we had a stop sign in our head, and every time we were about to think another mean, thought that stop sign would go up. Stop! That's a mean thought! Throw it out and replace it with a good thought right now. In our Bible story today, Jesus tells us that we need to get rid of our mean thoughts toward others and replace them ...

61. Choose Four

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the tradition of the Last Supper? It's just rice versus wheat?" We shake our heads. But how many of us are also getting hung up on the small stuff. Fighting battles of wheat versus rice. Can we do less judging, do less critiquing and more celebrating? Third, STOP. Stop wasting time and wasting life. I read somewhere these words: "How would you respond if someone came up to you offering you a bank account so fully stocked that every day you had to spend $86,400? You didn't have to do a think, just spend that ...

62. Like a Child

Hebrews 4:1—5:10

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

... than any two-edged sword. Eugene Peterson's paraphrase reads "a surgeon's scalpel." It cuts through the surface of skin, muscle, and bone into the depths of our soul. Jesus, the Living Word, penetrates our defenses and cuts to our core. No body-armor can stop him. No head trip can deflect him, and no busyness of life can obscure his gaze. What we tend to forget, however, is that the knife which penetrates our soul is the Word-Made-Flesh — sharing our humanity and interceding on our behalf. In the hand ...

63. A Pair of Ducks and Abundant Life

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... Finally they took me out of the furnace and someone started to put paint on me and the fumes from the paint made me ill. It made my head swim and I cried out, ‘Stop!’ But they said, ‘Not yet!’ When at long last they had finished painting, they put me back into the furnace and it was hotter than before. And I cried out, ‘Stop!’ and they said, ‘Not yet.’ Finally, they took me out of the furnace, and after I had cooled down, they placed me on a tabletop in front of a mirror. I remembered myself ...

64. The Art of Keeping Quiet

Luke 1:5-25, Ezekiel 3:16-27

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... out in our lives in action and agency. Our spirit is quieted to a peace that passes all understanding, because in faith, we know He is with us. A woman who was mourning the loss of her baby daughter was in deep pain and anguish. She couldn’t stop crying. She felt angry. She felt upset. She felt in turmoil and lost in a wilderness of grief. She felt doubt. She felt despair. Finally exhausted she fell into an uneasy sleep. Sometime in the night, she woke to hear the sound of singing. She got up from ...

65. "Lite Beer by Miller"

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... liberals also created conservatives. The same God who created me is the same God who created the people with whom I am uncomfortable. Can it be that Paul is saying to us that when we get into it with another person, there comes a time when we need to stop and remind ourselves that the other comes into the argument with good intentions? The other person can come with lofty ideals the same as I can come with lofty ideals. That person needs to be heard and respected the same as I need to be heard and respected ...

66. Claudia Procula, Peter, and Centurion

Drama

Jon Joyce

... in his misery, as CLAUDIA and the CENTURION stare at him. In a moment, the CENTURION smiles triumphantly, and gestures as if to reach for PETER, looking as if he is about to say something to the sobbing man. CLAUDIA, without a word, raises her hand and stops the CENTURION’S intent. The CENTURION is taken aback, looks as if he is about to speak to CLAUDIA, but shrugs slightly and says nothing] CLAUDIA: I have heard ... [She is interrupted by a loud clap of thunder and the sound of wind and rain. There is ...

67. Last Ditch Stand

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

... to an old age. JOHN: A lot don’t. How old is old? HELEN: [trying to smooth things over] You’ll feel better tomorrow, dear. It’s all on account of Tom. [brightly] You didn’t drink your coffee! I’ll get a fresh cup. [starts off] JOHN: Helen! [she stops] This is not a whim, an emotional binge. It’s not just Tom. It’s been growing in me for a long time. There are too many Toms. Life’s too hard to save to have stupidity destroy it. NANCY: [pleading] Oh, Daddy, what good will this do? You know ...

68. The Need To Pay Attention

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... what you have given. You get back what you have served up. That law works from God's throne downwards. But we're not stopping there in the sermon today. We have to at least take note of verse 29: "The glory of youth is their strength, but ... ear and the seeing eye -- the Lord has made them both." The hearing ear and the seeing eye -- the way we pay attention. Maybe the reason I stopped here is that it's one of our deepest needs -- to pay attention. It's one of our deepest needs for our own sakes -- but also ...

69. Give Thanks in All Circumstances

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

James W. Moore

... precious, so beautiful, so right. That’s what this story is about. That’s why we know about and respect this Samaritan… because he took the time to go back and fall down at the feet of Jesus and say thanks. So, this morning… let me take the time to “stop and say thanks.” I’m grateful for so many things. Let me mention a few. I’m sure you will think of others. I. FIRST OF ALL, I’M GRATEFUL FOR THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. A few years ago in Oklahoma, a young woman came to a support group in her ...

70. Like a Good Neighbor, Jesus Is There

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... it would have been two days wages for the common laborer. The point is, to help this man cost him time and cost him money. But love is not constrained by cost. You know what I have learned about the average Christian? The average Christian loves Jesus, but his love stops at his calendar and at his checkbook. The average Christian will tell you how much he loves Jesus, and he will tell you he is saved, but don't impose on his time and don't ever ask him to give any money. Why have I titled this message "Like ...

71. Ten Pounds of Mercy, One Pound of Faith

Luke 19:11-27, Matthew 25:1-13, Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ’s kingdom. While in Ezekiel’s scripture, this means, coming home to Israel, in Jeremiah, it means, making a home in Babylon until the time comes for God to rescue His people and bring them home. In other words, when bad things happen, life doesn’t stop. When it seems that God isn’t speaking, you still go on worshiping God. When you look for Jesus to come again, you don’t sit around and wait for it to happen –you continue His mission, doing good, being kind, building disciples, being the Church ...

72. Let Our Kids Pray

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Carl B. Rife

Quite a few years ago I saw a bumper sticker on a car that said, "Let Our Kids Pray." I had an immediate reaction and I acted immediately on the reaction. I went to my car and got a pen and paper and wrote on the paper "Who's stopping them?" and put it under the windshield wiper. Now that bumper sticker and my response get us into the whole area of prayer in the public schools. I would like to preface everything I have to say this morning with the understanding that committed Christians can differ on this ...

73. Traffic Signals

Colossians 4:2-6

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... easy. What does the green one mean? (Children respond.) "Go!" We all like that one, because we don't have to wait any longer. Did you know that when we pray to God, he gives us answers like a traffic light? It's true. Sometimes we pray, and God says, "Stop." (Point to the red light.) God is telling us, "No." We may be asking God for something that is not good for us or for something that is not in God's plan for us. We may not like getting a red light from God, but when that happens, it ...

74. Taking The Risk Out Of Dy(e)ing

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Lee Griess

... the angels saying as they ask, "Why do you seek the Living God among dead things?" Why do you return to places of death? Why go back to sin and wrongdoing? Why go back to habits of life that bring pain and heartache to you and those around you? Stop and hear God speak to you today. Hear God call you forth from places of darkness and death into the light of the resurrection. Let Easter dawn upon you. Let the resurrection fill you with faith and hope and obedience to the voice of God. Perhaps you noticed the ...

75. "Preference by L’oreal"

Lk 17:11-19 · Mt 6:25-33 · Jn 6:25-35

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... beyond just those things that we hear and see and touch. We know we really are special no matter what happens in the world, because God has said we are special. We are so special we’re worth a lot of effort on God’s part. We as Christians can stop and say to ourselves, "God cares for us and God loves us. God has made us special. God seems to think we’re worth it." When I read the first three chapters of Genesis, I see a tremendous theology coming out of those portions of Scripture that says that God ...

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