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726. But Wait! There's More!

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... , stole to support himself, worked in a variety of criminal businesses, became addicted to alcohol, and lived on the streets. But in 1930, Arthur Stace heard the message of Jesus Christ and turned his life over to his Savior. Inspired by an evangelist’s message on eternity, Stace began writing the word “Eternity” wherever he went. He tried to keep his new vocation a secret, writing this important word on the sidewalks and public buildings of Sydney each night. He believed that God was calling him ...

727. Thanks Be to God

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... to break up and the those attending were packing to leave, a young woman from East Africa arose and said, "In my country when we hear that a pagan village is ready to accept the Gospel we don't send books, videos, a Bible or even an evangelist. Rather we send the best Christian family we can find because we have found that the example of a good family speaks louder and more clearly than all the books, speeches, and videos in the world." The truly important things in life are generally the intangibles, like ...

728. Eleven Plus One

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... were all lay people. None of them were priests. None were lazy. All were in some way weak and took their problems to the master. But it was their very differences that made them so effective as witnesses to Jesus. Some as evangelists (Andrew, James the Less, Nathaniel), some as apostles and prophets (John, Judas – later supplanted by Paul, Peter), some as pastor teachers (James, Thomas, Philip), and some as deacons or administrators (Matthew, Thaddaeus, Simon). Does anyone here know the names by heart of ...

729. Hands On

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ministry to the five fingers of the hand. The apostle is the thumb. He gives stability, holds the counterbalance, and can literally touch all the other fingers. The prophet is the index finger. He points at you and says: 'you are the man!' The evangelist is the middle finger, the longest of all and sticking furthest out into the world. The ring finger resembles the pastor/shepherd, caring for internal relationships. The little finger is the teacher: he can worm his way deep into any ear, and there share ...

730. You've Won the Heavenly Sweepstakes!

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and providence, to God's pre-eminent place in their lives. We can read about the immediate effect this Spirit-possession had on the disciples. Overnight this confused, inarticulate group became on fire: governing apostles, fearless prophets, relentless evangelists, discerning teachers, compassionate pastors--proud eye-witnesses of all Christ's words and deeds. Only when they gave up trying to "process" Jesus life and death and instead became "possessed" by Christ's Spirit did the disciples finally ...

731. The Longest Distance in the Universe

Mark 10:35-45

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Leonard Sweet

... You used the wrong yardstick" or "You've got the wrong parameters." The role of disciple doesn't require an agile, always alert mind, skillfully discerning the best and quickest way to glory. And contrary to many make-'em-feel-bad-to-feel-good evangelistic techniques, neither does discipleship require a broken, bleeding, guilty heart. Heart-felt faith in and of itself is not the mark of genuine discipleship. Jesus' words to all his disciples at the end of today's text reminds his followers that it's service ...

732. Luke 2:1-14

Luke 2:1-7

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Leonard Sweet

... of this sign, this baby in the manger, but they eagerly advertised their experience and witness to many others. The shepherds themselves are so convinced and convicted by this message and the sight they see in Bethlehem that they pick up the angel's evangelistic baton: they begin "glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen as it had been told to them" (verse 20). Although we know from a portion of last week's Lucan infancy narrative that Mary herself had received angelic information and ...

733. A New Beginning

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... Undetermined. Whether your light is bright, dull, or completely out, you are loved--you can be a light bulb, tulip bulb or a turnip bulb--you are loved. Nazarene: Six. One woman to replace the bulb while five men review church lighting policy. TV evangelist: Just one. But for the message of light to continue, pick up that phone and pledge your support today. Amish: What’s a light bulb? And finally, Presbyterians: Change? My grandmother gave that light bulb!!! (1) Well, Presbyterians are not the only ones ...

734. A New Calling

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... you a real one? I can’t answer those two questions for you. Only you, and God, know the answers. I know about Peter and Andrew and James and John. Peter became the leader of the early church. Andrew is often praised as the first evangelist. John, son of thunder, becomes John the beloved disciple, writing Revelation on the isle of Patmos. John’s brother James is less prominent in the Biblical record. According to Acts, however, James was beheaded for his faith by Herod Agrippa. This is the only biblical ...

735. Christmas Eve\Christmas Day

Luke 2:1-7, Isaiah 9:1-7, Psalm 96:1-13, Titus 2:1-15, Luke 2:8-20

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

... viewing this text with homiletical eyes, the various actions of the characters are remarkable. On the one hand, Mary experienced the results of the operation of grace and meditated on the events. On the other hand, in the shepherds we see the second evangelists. (The angels were the first.) Having seen the baby, they set out to spread the good news, and their own proclamations now produced wonder among those who heard the story. Moreover, notice that the shepherds are not suddenly made celebrities by having ...

736. Easter 2

John 20:24-31, John 20:19-23, 1 Peter 1:1-12, Acts 2:14-41, Psalm 16:1-11

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

... is answered by another appearance of Jesus, but the point of Jesus' appearance is made clear in v. 29, when Jesus blesses those (future) disciples who will accept the message of the first generation of disciples and thus redefine their faith as "hearing and believing." The evangelist enters the narrative in vv. 30-31 to provide even more content to the blessing of Jesus in v. 29. Here we learn that the Gospel of John is the content of what must be heard for us (those future disciples of Jesus) to have faith ...

737. Easter 5

John 14:5-14, John 14:1-4, 1 Peter 2:4-12, Acts 7:54--8:1a, Psalm 31:1-24

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

... calling upon God (through the name of Jesus) becomes a channel for the risen Lord to be present with the worshiping community. This theology of the name of Jesus will be difficult to communicate in preaching, because it appears magical when preachers and evangelists invoke privileged access in order to manipulate their God. Yet the point of the text is precisely that the name of Jesus has special power for the Christian. Thus one task in preaching this text will be to convey how all of our conversations ...

738. Proper 7

Psalm 86:1-17, Romans 6:1-14, Matthew 10:1-42, Genesis 21:8-21

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

... Christian witness. Preaching what we practice is important because it keeps us connected to the theological reason for activity. Some of us perform actions of Christian witness, but we hesitate to point to the reason for our deed for fear of appearing to be the fanatic evangelist or the buttonholing manipulator. We end up with the credit, not Christ. It becomes our work, not God's. And we no longer have to make those distinctions between what we do on our own and what we know we can do only because Christ ...

739. Experiencing Salvation

John 3:1-21

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Robert V. Dodd

Noted evangelist Billy Graham says that he can point back to a definite time in his life when he experienced conversion. But his wife, Ruth, says that she grew gradually into the faith and can point to no definite starting point. Her experience is similar to the testimony of Count Von Zinzendorf ...

740. Changed Lives - The Woman at the Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... . The greatest problem is the animosity between differing groups of people. Jesus reached out to the Samaritan woman. That’s the second thing we need to see. When she somewhat curtly turns aside his request for water, he turns a seemingly chance encounter into an evangelistic opportunity. Jesus says to her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” This is a significant statement. Jesus is offering the gift ...

741. Some Things Must Be Shared

John 4:5-42

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King Duncan

... understatement. We believe that Jesus Christ MUST be shared with our friends, our neighbors, the world. The work of sharing the news of Jesus Christ we call evangelism. The Christian faith has been advanced through the ages by people who were willing to take upon themselves the responsibility of being evangelists - those who spread the good news of Christ.

742. Changed Lives: Lazarus

John 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... for three days, but after three days, according to this tradition, the soul of the dead person would depart. Four days may have been a statement by Jesus that Lazarus really was dead. There was no life left in him. Some of our older members may remember when evangelist Oral Roberts claimed one time that he had raised people from the dead in his ministry. When pressured by the news media he fudged a bit on these claims, as well he ought. As scholar R. C. Sproul notes, it is one thing for people to be revived ...

743. I Will Be More Alive

John 11:1-45

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David E. Leininger

One of my favorite quotations, one I have used over and over again at funerals, comes from that great evangelist of the last century, Dwight L. Moody. Moody said, "One day you will read in the newspaper that D. L. Moody of East Northfield, Massachusetts is dead. Well, don't believe a word of it. I will have gone up higher, that's all. Out of this old clay tenement into a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. And at that moment, I will be more alive than I have ever been."

744. A Shoe Clerk Named Moody

Matthew 21:1-11

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Brett Blair

How did Billy Graham become a Christian? Well, let me lay it out for you. A 19th century Sunday School teacher named Kimball led a shoe clerk named Moody to Jesus Christ. Dwight L. Moody became a famous evangelist who influenced Frederick B. Meyer to preach on college campuses. Meyer led J. Wilbur Chapman to the Lord on those campuses. Chapman while working with the YMCA arranged for Billy Sunday to come to Charlotte, North Carolina to attend revival meetings. Community leaders in Charlotte, seeing the ...

745. My Business

John 20:19-23

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Brett Blair

As D.L. Moody walked down a Chicago street one day, he saw a man leaning against a lamppost. The evangelist gently put his hand on the man's shoulder and asked him if he was a Christian. The fellow raised his fists and angrily exclaimed, "Mind your own business!" "I'm sorry if I've offended you," said Moody, "but to be very frank, that IS my business!" Moody rightly observed that this is the business of the church. The church has one primary motive: The proclamation of God's forgiveness in Christ.

746. The Gospel According to Winnie the Pooh

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , ‘That's not a walking cane. It's the king's very own scepter, and with it you will find entrance to every village in our country. The king has honored you greatly.’ The native was right. God opened Central Africa to Livingstone, and as successive evangelists followed him, wave after wave of conversions occurred. We believe that when you, as a church leader, find the keys to your culture, it will be similar to receiving the king's scepter. With it, new doors will open to you. Dreams you've had for ...

747. New Doors Will Open

Luke 24:13-35

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Wayne Cordeiro and Robert Lewis

... explained, "That's not a walking cane. It's the king's very own scepter, and with it you will find entrance to every village in our country. The king has honored you greatly." The native was right. God opened Central Africa to Livingstone, and as successive evangelists followed him, wave after wave of conversions occurred. We believe that when you, as a church leader, find the keys to your culture, it will be similar to receiving the king's scepter. With it, new doors will open to you. Dreams you've had for ...

748. What's Holding You Together?

Matthew 7:21-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

One of the hottest YouTube videos the past couple of weeks is one where evangelist Louie Giglio introduces the molecular cellular structure called “laminin.” Giglio uses laminin to show how we are “fearfully and wonderfully made.” I want to use laminin to challenge you this morning with a fearful and wonderful choice. It’s a choice that determines how you go through life: trying to ...

749. I Will Remember No More

Matthew 9:9-13,18-26; Hebrews 10:17

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Billy D. Strayhorn

The evangelist, Luis Palau, met Maria Benitez-Perez. Maria had made an appointment under false pretenses. She claimed that she wanted to interview for a job. But as soon as she entered his office, Maria made her intent clear. She was the secretary to the Communist Party in Ecuador. She denounced everything ...

750. Sermon Opener – “Where Are the Laborers?”

Mt 9:35 - 10:8

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King Duncan

... only cup we have, "answered the boy, "and we need it to stay in business." It's difficult to operate a Kool-Aid business if you only have one cup. We sometimes make that mistake in the church. This morning we are focusing our attention on the evangelistic task of the church. For many persons the word "evangelism" brings to mind one cup: The televangelist and the tent revival, or the street corner preacher handing out tracts. In some churches, it means a once a year special event or a particular strategy for ...

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