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726. The Sheep And The Goats

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Brett Blair

... , or credential that might be listed in an obituary. No, the final judgment is based upon how kind an individual was: feeding those who were hungry, showing concern for those in prison, taking care of those who did not have sufficient clothing. Who would ever have thought that such simple acts would carry so much weight on the final day? Who would ever believe that a man would be judged for what we view as slight oversights? When we think of divine judgment we think of a few life-making decisions, but ...

727. Advent 4: Let Us Go Over To Bethlehem And Find The Christ of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

James W. Moore

... The mantle was moth-eaten. The body disfigured. But, there, open on his lap was the book Charlemagne had requested - the Bible!!!... and one, bony finger pointed to Matthew 16:26: "What does it profit... to gain the whole world and lose your own soul?" That's the first thought... won't you let Him into your heart? II. SECOND, WON'T YOU LET HIM INTO YOUR ATTITUDES? The real key in whatever we do is our attitude. It's really not so much what we do as how we do it and why. Attitudes, motivations... that's what ...

728. Surprise, It's Christmas!

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Brett Blair

... H. Fuller). Think of the fear that must have gripped Mary. Her first reaction was, “You don’t know what you are talking about. I am still a virgin.” But Gabriel assured her that it was the work of the Holy Spirit. That God was with her. Her next thought must have been, “My father will kill me.” It was hard enough to get a good girl married off but one that has lost her purity, that will never do. But the Angel reassured her in a very special way. He said, your relative Elizabeth, in her old age ...

729. The Terrible Tree

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

George Bass

... die so that they could get out of that hot Palestinian sun and back to their quarters in the city. The sooner he died the better it would be for all concerned. The death of this one man would solve a lot of problems, or so they thought. Isn’t it still that way with people and religion and politics? Our world’s slogan seems to be, "Eradicate the enemy through execution." The Romans - and the Jews - were rank amateurs alongside of the "Pilates" of today. In her book, All for Christ, Diana Dewar declares ...

730. No Huggies

Mark 10:13-16

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... restrict Jesus to the movers and shakers of society. Jesus, though, totally reverses that. Not only does he include the child, he makes the child the very center of the Kingdom. To those adults who wished to keep the child out Jesus said that the very Kingdom they thought they owned was a possession of the child and that for adults to enter that Kingdom they must become like children. I don’t know about you, but as much sometimes as I would like a second chance at some events in my life, I certainly would ...

731. Coping When It Seems Impossible

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... our Christian faith and what it meant to us. There were tears in the eyes of one of our guides. The next day we took a long trip in a very noisy bus. One of our guides came and sat by me. She began asking questions about Christianity. I thought she wanted to argue; but soon I discovered that, out of her repressed spiritual hunger, she really wanted to know. A child of God, deprived of the reality of faith, wanted answers that only faith can give. She had seen friends and loved ones die. She was told, "There ...

732. Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... is in John’s Gospel that he emerges as a distinct personality, but even then there are only 155 words about him. There is not a lot about this disciple in the Bible but there is more than one description. When Jesus turned his face toward Jerusalem the disciples thought that it would be certain death for all of them. Surprisingly, it was Thomas who said: Then let us go so that we may die with him. It was a courageous statement, yet we don’t remember him for that. We also fail to point out that in this ...

733. Calming Of The Tempest

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Brett Blair

... doubt that can harm our souls and cripple our lives. That’s what the disciples learned this day on the Sea of Galilee. They thought the danger lie outside the boat. They would soon learn the real danger lie within the boat, within their own hearts. In a word, ... had never met her but had heard of her came to visit one day. "I must find out the secret of her calm, happy life," she thought to herself. As she met her she said:" So you are the woman with the great faith I've heard so much about." "No," came the ...

734. As We Remember - Memorial Day

1 Chronicles 11:10-25

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... woman lifted up her little boy above the crowd and said, "Son, take a long look, he died for you." Just so, we today try to take a long look and view with reverent respect all those whose lives are the price of our heritage. The third thought from Lincoln is consecration to the task of preserving our heritage. The great president asks us, the living, to be dedicated to the unfinished work which the heroes so nobly advanced. He pleads that "from the honored dead we take increased devotion" to the cause of ...

735. The Star Thrower

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... of the Divine. Can you hear it now? Governor Pataki the Great, or President Bill Clinton, Ephiphanes! Other rulers of history were not overwhelmed with modesty. Some of the Caesars began to demand that they be worshiped as gods. The Emperor of Japan until recent times was thought to be the representation of the Divine on earth. And in the West, as well as the East, the doctrine of the divine right of kings was well in place. In fact, it was quite well in place with Herod the Great. He had been made King ...

736. A Note to Fearful Hearts

1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... in funeral settings. Nor are they ammunition to prop up a preacher’s flagging sense of importance. They are words to address fearful hearts. Is it all a terrible lie? Do we live under a misguided delusion? How do we see beyond the horizon of rational thought? Is this some creed from the past whose recitation is supposed to make us feel better? Perhaps a fourth grade student said it best when she wrote to her teacher: “Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry, and … someone yells, ‘Shut up!’ ” If ...

737. A Messenger of Promise

Malachi 2:17--3:5

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... Presence of God in the Temple at the conclusion of the Exile. With that, the people could also be assured of the restoration of the Covenant that God had made originally with the people of Israel. Clearly, whoever collected these oracles of the prophet thought that the prophet who wrote or uttered them was the one to make these assurances real for the people. In time, the people were able to see the promises fulfilled with the rebuilding of the Temple. Yet tensions remained between the ideal and the reality ...

738. Kingdoms in Conflict

John 18:28-40

Sermon

Brett Blair

... , that he alone is king. The Pope’s idea was eventually adapted to what we celebrate this day: Christ The King Sunday. This celebration at the end of the year is a reminder that Christ will return at the end of time as ruler over all creation. It’s the thought echoed in the last book of the Bible: Revelation. Paul’s very last words about Jesus touched upon it (2 Tim. 4:1). It is the last concept touched upon in the life of our Lord as he stands before Pilate. “You are right in saying I am a king ...

739. The Powerful Moments that Change Your Life Forever

Matthew 4:12-23

Sermon

James W. Moore

... when I felt a tug. I turned around and looked down, and it was our 5-year-old son, Jeff. My first response was parental. I thought to myself, “Jeff, couldn’t this wait till we get to the car? I’m doing big stuff up here!” But God was with me ... she might not even survive, might not even get off the operating table. So I walked toward her room strategizing. I was young and thought I was supposed to strategize. I’ve learned since then that you don’t do that you just go love people. But I didn’t ...

740. Sermons in Stones

Psalm 19:1-14

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... and the bitter cold outside. They looked like little miracles that had been formed in the dark of night. I watched them in sheer amazement, and marveled that such beautiful forms could be born during such a winter-cold night. Yet, as I pondered them, I thought of how life is so like that. We live our long, worn days in the shadows, in what often feels like barren, cold winter, so unaware of the miracles that are being created in our spirits. It takes the sudden daylight, some unexpected surprise of life ...

741. There Are Other Worlds To Sing In

John 3:1-21

Sermon

James W. Moore

... calls, tell him that I still say: there are other worlds to sing in.’ He will know what I mean.” Paul thanked her and hung up and he did know what Sally meant. “There are other worlds to sing in.” Isn’t that a beautiful and powerful thought? And that is precisely what John 3 is all about. “There are other worlds to sing in”… in this life and, yes, even beyond this life. When Jesus said to Nicodemus that night: “You must be born again.” “You must be born from above.” That’s what ...

742. The Lord's Prayer: Our Father

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... their requests will do them more harm than good, even though at that moment there is no way they would understand that. My love for them is no less in refusing. It remains as strong as ever. It is the same with our Heavenly Father. One more thought should be added. Our divine postcard which we call the Lord's Prayer is not addressed simply, "Our Father;" it is sent to "Our Father, who art in heaven." This Father is in a higher dimension, a dimension that is beyond our comprehension. The implication is that ...

743. Pentecostal Power

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... may prosper; But the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree trunk, The law runneth forward and back--And the strength of the pack is the wolf /And the strength of the wolf is the pack.” That’s an important thought. The strength of the wolf is the pack. Want to know how to build a great business or a great family or a great church? Learn the meaning of these three words: communication, connection, cooperation. In fact, these are three of the signs of the presence of the ...

744. No Time for a Knapsack Faith

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... from being effective and successful in our living because of inner conflicts that are tearing us apart. A war is going on inside of us. We are being pushed and pulled from within. We desperately need the Spirit of God to come into our lives and take those warring thoughts and feelings and bring them together. To achieve such a unity of mind and heart requires a surrender of all we are and all we hope to be to the presence and power of God. The sad truth is that many of us want only a partial experience of ...

745. Broken Hydrants

Jeremiah 17:19-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... is fresh. And when disaster strikes, the fire fighters will attach their hoses to it, rather than its forlorn-looking cousin across the way. For deep underneath the street, the hydrant with the faded paint and the black band is connected to broken, empty pipes. (1) I thought of that broken hydrant when I read these words from the prophet Jeremiah: Thus says the Lord: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm, who heart turns away from the Lord. He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall ...

746. Lips And Hearts

Romans 10:8b-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... make them pay back their victims with restitution. This is the only effective way we can solve the prison crowding problem. Afterwards members of the legislature came up to Colson one after another and said things like, "That's a tremendous idea. Why hasn't anyone thought of that?" Colson replied, "Read Exodus 22. It is only what God said to Moses on Mount Sinai thousands of years ago." (3) The Bible is undiscovered treasure for many of us. St. Paul wrote, "If you believe with your heart that God raised him ...

747. My Younger Brother Gets Away With Everything

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... he has no idea of the sincerity of his brother's repentance. He is in no place to pass judgement. And you and I know there are many elder brothers in this world. Remember Ann Richard's classic description of George Bush? "He was born on third base and thought he hit a triple." It may have been a bit unfair to describe President Bush like that, but it is certainly true of many of us. Not everybody had the kind of parents we had, not everybody had the opportunities we had, not everybody had the crucial life ...

748. Who Says A Good Man Is Hard To Find?

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... in England. As a scientist, he didn't believe in ghosts. Yet one day while he strolled through the village fair, he thought he saw a ghost . . . and then another one . . . and still another. He stared in amazement. All of these people had been ... but if it does and if I am one of those chosen by God to sacrifice my life, I wanted you to know that my last thoughts before this terrible beginning are of you, my beloved family. "Brenda, I have never been very eloquent with words and far too guarded in expressing my ...

749. When You Are Anxious About Many Things

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... the prison, the guide showed Peale a crude outline of a man~s face that had been carved on the stone wall of the cell. It was someone's representation of the face of Jesus. "When things were the hardest and our people were about to give up because they thought they could stand it no more, they would come in here," the guide said. "They would put their hands on the face of Jesus to remind themselves that they were not alone." The guide told Peale that one night the Nazis came and took away the guide's own ...

750. Get Off The Orphan Train

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... five separate times. He was not dyslexic. He was simply a person who suffered from dyslexia. Five times this was repeated before his friend finally burst out crying. "I've always thought of myself as defective," he exclaimed. "I've thought of myself as a dyslexic. I never thought I was a person who simply learned in a dyslexic style. I thought I WAS dyslexic." (3) Here was a man who was being held back - not by his problem but how he felt about the problem. He had labeled himself as inadequate, unfit ...

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