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726. You Are Here

John 18:1—19:42

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... kicking and the knifing." They say, if you want something done right, do it yourself. So God sent himself to the government outpost in Jerusalem, hounded by his enemies, cut by whips, and hung finally on a cross. And because God says, "The buck stops with me," it does! We do not carry the burden for Jesus' dying. No, his dying carries the burden of our sin, so we can stand up and be at peace with each other. Then husbands and wives can love each other. Parents and children can hear each other. Communities ...

727. The Great Divide

Luke 12:49-56

Sermon

... issues mentioned in polite company lest someone get offended. Controllers, and there were always controllers, were tolerated and even elevated to board or elder status in hopes that they would see what reasonable and thoughtful people the other leaders were and then would stop their contrary ways. If the controllers held their ground and didn't budge, well then the rest of the leadership would cave in. Don't trouble the waters. Don't stir things up. Let's keep everyone happy. What a sad, sad ...

728. Dinner With Jesus

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . I really couldn't hear him very well until Jesus and the crowd got right near to me and my sycamore. What happened next I will never be able to explain if I live to be older than Methusaleh. As the group made their way under my precarious perch, Jesus stopped. He looked up at me and said, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today" (Luke 19:5). I could hardly believe my ears. He knew my name. Who would have told him? And stay at my house? The house of a tax collector? Someone so ...

729. A Bloody Sacrifice

Hebrews 10:16-25

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

730. Endurance

2 Corinthians 11:24-27, 2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... too early? What about a job that would have led to something or a hobby that once brought you great pleasure? What do you wish you hadn't quit? A marriage? Do you wish you would have tried harder? What about God? Maybe you gave up on God long ago — stopped praying, stopped believing, and now you are just going through the motions. What do you wish you hadn't quit? Why did you quit? We all know the answer. It's the same reason we all quit. Because it was easy to quit. You didn't like taking tests so you ...

731. Saint and Sinner

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... for this bondage we call sin. Step One: Admit that you are powerless over sin. Let's take off the mask. Let's stop playing games. Let's no longer pretend we are actually nice people and God is going to grade on a curve. I may not be perfect, I ... may not be a Mother Teresa, but compared to the other people I know, I am pretty decent. Nonsense! Stop the lies. Each one of us silently jingles in our pockets the nails from the cross. I put him there. I nailed him there. I ...

732. Your Life as a Provenance of the Jesus Story

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

If you’ve ever driven across the U.S. using I-90 (the northern route), you have seen signs for “Wall Drug.” Located in Wall, South Dakota, Wall Drug is a totally smarmy, schmaltzy, middle-of-nowhere “tourist trap.” And it is THE place to stop. Why? Because around 1936 the family running Wall Drug figured out that they were still on the road to somewhere. Wall Drug’s “claim to fame” is that when Mount Rushmore opened, Ted and Dorothy Hustead, owners of a “mom’n’pop” pharmacy/soda ...

733. On God's Side Or In God's Way?

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... it was all pulled up to heaven again. “Right then,” Peter continues, “three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying. The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers ... people. We can fight it by the strength of our sinful natures, we can delay it by our lack of faith, but we cannot stop it anymore than we can stop an oncoming locomotive by standing in the middle of a track and putting out a defiant hand. And so, you and I have ...

734. The Total Gift

Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... journey. Cimeri was afraid to tell him how bad things were and that she wanted to move back home with him for a few months until she could get back on her feet. Two hours from Kansas City, at four o’clock in the morning, the bus lurched to a stop jolting everyone awake. The bus had broken down. By the time they got to the station they had already missed the connecting bus for Arkansas. The next bus would leave in twelve hours. Cimeri called her father in tears, “We’re not going to make it in time for ...

735. The Light Has Come

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... church of Jesus Christ will prevail. Groups of believers would gather and form the church, “so that through the church the wisdom of God in its rich variety might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.” Nothing will or can stop the church. There might be times when the church loses its focus momentarily, but God always sends people to reform the church. The church of Jesus Christ continues in strength as it has for 2,000 years. What once was a mystery has now been made ...

736. Everyone Is Invited

Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... time. Don sat there speechless. He tossed the booklet on his desk. Six months later Don was cleaning out his office; his company was in the process of bankruptcy. As he was putting papers from his desk into a folder he found the booklet the visitor had left. He stopped what he was doing, sat down, and began reading. As he read he said he could almost hear the man’s voice. He prayed the prayer on the back of the booklet, asking Jesus to forgive him and come into his life. That was 25 years ago. Don said ...

737. On Speaking Terms

Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon

Argile Smith

... ? Maybe you haven’t seen him answer your prayers for some time, or perhaps you haven’t sensed his presence in your life for a while. For some reason, you have been led to wonder if he’s giving you a cold shoulder. You begin to think that he has stopped talking with you altogether. If you can say that such a thought has crossed your mind, then you can probably identify with the dilemma faced by God’s people in the story recorded in Exodus 33. They had to contend with God’s silent treatment when he ...

738. Getting out of the Doldrums

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the countryside rolls by and by, Milo begins to grow bored again. He spaces out and begins to be completely oblivious to his surroundings. He doesn’t even notice as his car begins to go slower and slower and then finally coasts to a complete stop. Rousing lightly from his stupor, Milo finally notices there are strange little creatures draped over the hood of his car, snoozing on his head and shoulders, snoring on his dashboard. When the boy demands to know what is going on the sleepy creatures inform him ...

739. Hitting the Boss Key

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... church. The bells were ringing, announcing the morning service. In his mind the young man could see his parents walking into their little home church. He remembered his promise to his mother but he just kept on riding. The bells grew fainter. Finally the young man stopped his horse and said, “Guys, I come from a Christian family. My mother asked me to promise her I’d be in church today. I’ve noticed as we have been riding that the church bells have been getting fainter and fainter. If we ride anymore ...

740. A Breath of Fresh Air

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

Tony Everett

... live in the reality of hope coming to pass in your midst. A breath of fresh air from the Lord reduces exhaustion and renews energy for even the driest bones. There’s a story about a group of senior/seasoned citizens who were on a bus tour in Switzerland. They stopped at a farm, famous for its cheese made from goat’s milk. Pointing to a small herd of goats in a nearby field the guide said, “Those are older goats, put out to pasture when they are too old to produce milk. What do you in America do with ...

741. Around the Family Table

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... of soul food fried chicken, smothered pork chops, greens, cabbage, mashed potatoes and gravy, macaroni and cheese. Sounds good, doesn’t it? [I shouldn’t torture you so close to lunch.] But one day Mama Joe has to go to the hospital, so the dinners stop. And the family begins to fall apart. Her daughters start feuding and they’re on the verge of never speaking again. “Finally, Mama Joe’s grandson Ahmad cooks up a scheme to bring the family together, back to the table, because it’s around the ...

742. In the Mood for Murder

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... had kept his promise. He found the snake miserable and hurting. The Swami, on seeing this, exclaimed, “You are bleeding. Tell me how this has come to be.” The snake was in anguish and blurted out that he had been abused ever since the Swami had made him promise to stop biting people. To which the swami said, “I told you not to bite, but I did not tell you not to hiss.” (3) We need to know that it is all right to hiss when we are being abused or taken advantage of. We need to express our anger in ...

743. For Troubled Hearts

John 14:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... back and look at our lives through the eyes of faith. Webb B. Garrison once told about a minister who had stopped at a small cafeteria for lunch. The food was delicious. However, he discovered he had little appetite. You see, he was quite ... he needed to work out a plan. And when you have a plan, he decided, you don’t have anything to worry about, so he’d stop worrying. He learned to wait to worry. (4) That’s good advice. Sometimes, if you will just wait, problems take care of themselves. J. Arthur Rank ...

744. Family Re:Union - For the Love

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... love in the lives of your children. Key Take Away: Loving God begins with the family. I know lot of you could say, “You can stop the message right there and we can all go home.” Trust me, I wish I could. At least for today, my job would be a ... much to do. In reality, there are two questions still to be answered. First of all, what do we mean by “love?” Have you ever stopped to think about how many different ways the word “love” is used? If you didn’t know any better you would think it is always ...

745. Supernatural: Taken By Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

James Merritt

... was equipped with a single ladder. It only had two buckets of water and three buckets of sand and a few blankets. The truck was so old it didn’t even come with a hose. When that old truck reached the point where all those other fire companies had stopped because the heat was so great this driver didn’t even hesitate. He just kept barreling ahead until he and his crew were right in the thick of that fire. They jumped out of that truck, threw the two buckets of water and three buckets of sand on that ...

746. How to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... . “Up in the church tower,” he said, “is a bell which is rung by pulling on a rope. But you know what? After the sexton lets go of the rope, the bell keeps on swinging. First ding, then dong. Slower and slower until there’s a final dong and it stops. I believe the same thing is true of forgiveness. When we forgive, we take our hand off the rope. But if we’ve been tugging at our grievances for a long time, we mustn’t be surprised if the old angry thoughts keep coming for a while. They’re just ...

747. Changing Times

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... of life and forces us to wake up each morning in a place we’ve never been before, in a place we can never return to again. All our lives we struggle with time. When will we ever have enough time? When will I be old enough? When will time stop long enough for me to love you? One woman went through a great period of depression when her husband died. The grief slowed time for her. A year later, somewhat recovered, she talked with her pastor. “How long did it last for you,” he asked, “these months of ...

748. Satisfied Customer

John 6:25-59

Sermon

James Merritt

... Doughnut sign] Does that sign look familiar? When my sons were smaller we would take them downtown to Atlanta for various reasons and I would wait until I got near the Krispy Kreme on Ponce De Leon and I would say “Ok guys, if the light is on, we’ll stop for donuts.” Their eyes would light up and they would be sitting on the edge of their seats praying like a taxpayer at an IRS audit for that neon light to be on. Sometimes we would have to ride by that Krispy Kreme for two hours for their prayers to ...

749. The Right Connection

John 15:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... your assignment beginning today. You abide in Christ by simply taking the tea bag of your life and soak it in the hot water of His Word. Let Him talk to you as you study the Bible. Spend time with Him talking with Him in prayer. You just stop, look and listen. Stop and take time out of your daily routine and look into His Word and then you listen to what He says to you. The more you maximize your connection to Christ the more He will multiply His fruit through you. The branch does not produce fruit for the ...

750. Shockproof

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... to this shallow, wide river and waded through it to the other side. When they came out of the river, numerous leeches had grabbed on to this man’s torso and his legs. His first instinct was to reach down and grab them off. The guide grabbed his hand and stopped him and told him not to tear those leeches out, because they would leave tiny pieces under the skin and infection would set in. He said, “How do you get rid of them?” The guide told him that the best way to rid the body of leeches was to bathe ...

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