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726. Holy Waste

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... tempted to lose all touch with reason – we do things that we would not normally do – we do extravagant things. Our scripture today is about that kind of experience. The crowd had gathered in the home of Simon the Leper in Bethany. Now that’s significant within itself. Mark wants us to know in whose home the party was being held — Simon the Leper. We can imagine that Simon is enjoying the party most of all. He seems like a guest, he’s enjoying it so much. And there is a sense in which he is a guest ...

727. Where the Rubber Meets the Road

Isaiah 52:13--53:12, Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... with the body on the cross because, I was told, we focus on the risen Christ, which I was also told, is really the point anyway. So there you have it. Body or no body, it's still the cross, and now that I've brought all this up, I want to say that I'm going to choose to avoid this discussion in any meaningful way except to say that tonight, it's important that we think together about that body hanging from the cross. Tonight, the image of our Lord having made that sacrifice is something we really need ...

728. For Example

Romans 4:1-5, 13-17

Sermon

David O. Bales

... : our good works for God's blessings. Business transactions and laws are for less than intimate relationships. Who'd ever say, "I love you and want to marry you; let's decide on the terms"? At one time or the other we've all tried to bargain with God this way. " ... game board and says, "Faith is a different game with rules of promise and principles of love. Trust me on this." If you want a deal, this is such a deal! Paul calls this relationship "grace." It is the same way God treated Abraham. Abraham didn't ...

729. Captive Free!

Romans 7:15-25a

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... choose to do or not to do certain things. But we are not free to choose to be something that we are not. A pig may want to fly but it can't fly. Pigs just don't fly. Likewise, sinners may choose to do or not to do certain things. But sinners ... , "Then who can be saved?" implying that no one could ever do what Jesus had demanded of this man. Jesus has got them just where he wants them. He has trapped them, just like he trapped the rich ruler and us, the readers of this story. Jesus exposes to us all just how ...

730. Getting Off the Merry-Go-Round

Romans 8:1-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... to you if you fall off. And round and round the merry-go-round goes. When it stops, nobody knows. You are stuck, caught between wanting to get off and unwilling to let go. This experience of being stuck on a merry-go-round often seems to be the way we ... call it our sinful nature. I like to call it the "old you," the old Adam and Eve inside of everyone of us that always wants to "eat of the forbidden fruit" and be "like God" deciding for themselves what is good and what is evil. The sinful flesh, the old ...

731. Moving Day

John 14:23-29

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... first thing we do is sift through everything and get rid of all the junk. You CAN take it all with you but why would you want to? In PREPARING to move, you have to weed through everything because if you don't, the movers will pack everything up, including the trash. We ... never heard of, and you won't know which way to turn sometimes. You 'member how you used to tug on my apron string when you wanted something and I'd see to what you was after? You 'member how when you was too close to the road and I'd holler ...

732. See What Love . . .

1 John 3:1-7

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... you wish that you could wait and listen for your father to whistle and tell you it's time to come home. Don't you wish you knew that when you got home there would be food on the table and enough so you could have as much as you wanted? Enough so your Mom or Dad might even say something to the effect of, "Slow down, we're going to eat tomorrow." Don't you wish there was someplace you could go and experience that same simple life. Where you could let go of your worries and sit in your ...

733. Tough Talk for Tentative Disciples

John 6:56-69

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... own, but his own did not receive him. — John 1:10-11 Later, the same people argue, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" (John 6:52). They reject both him and his teaching. They are like those people outside and inside today's church who want to rewrite the gospel. Dan Brown's The DaVinci Code is a typical example of this. From the outset, Brown claimed that his book had merit in its historical accuracy. In fact, it is nothing more than a speculative novel in the style of so many before it, written ...

734. Calling Out in the Darkness

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Steven Molin

... in the West — are the proverbial "what do you give to people who already have everything?" We have forgiveness for our sins, we have the promise of life eternal, and we have the keys to the kingdom of heaven. What else is there? What else could we possibly want Jesus to do for us? Perhaps only this; to see the world as Jesus sees it. To look at the fringe people of our world with compassion instead of judgment. To look at the poor and reach out to them in mercy, instead of grabbing and guarding our ...

735. Love in Action

1 John 3:16-24

Sermon

Nancy Kraft

... are we giving in judgment? I have come to the conclusion that deep down inside most of us pass judgment on the poor. We may want to help them, and we may feel compassion for them. But there is a part of us that believes they are poor because of ... Archbishop Desmond Tutu says that when we give to the poor, we should give as if we were giving to our own family. Would you want someone from your own family to wear clothing that has been rescued from the trash bin? Would you send your children to school in those ...

736. Do You Know How to Listen?

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’s listening.” You’ve heard the old aphorism that God gave us two ears but only one mouth indicating that God wanted us to spend twice as much time listening as talking. However, it could be that God gave us two ears and one ... caddy this course day after day. Every inch of the fairways, rough and greens was etched permanently on his brain. Ed, the caddy, told Ron Mehl, “If you want to play this course well, you have to trust what I say.” (7) Well said. In the game of life, you and I need to listen to ...

737. It’s a Good Thing He’s Gone!

Ephesians 1:15-23, Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... friend of sinners, as the one who suffered and died and rose again so that their sins, shames, and embarrassments might be forgiven. Yes, it's a good thing he's gone! It is good news that he is gone because that means whenever we are ashamed and embarrassed and want to run and hide, he is there to forgive us, to clothe us in his righteousness, to make us clean and whole again. Yes, it's a good thing he's gone! It is good news that he is gone because that means whenever we feel alone and forgotten, whenever ...

738. At Points of Dispair

1 Kings 19:1-4 (5-7) 8-15a

Sermon

Stephen P. McCutchan

... of him. He, you will remember, had planned to just die and everything would be over. When we are feeling sorry for ourselves, when we allow ourselves to be depressed, it is natural not to consider the future. Like Elijah, when things don't go our way, we want to slink away and lick our wounds. Yet, for the faithful, even in our despair, there is that tap, tap, tap on our shoulder. God gently tries to awaken us from our self-absorbed slumber and open us to the greater journey ahead of us. If we will ...

739. A One Sentence Legacy

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... consideration. How much time do you spend planning for the future? Some people spend more time planning for a vacation than they do planning for their life. We are so busy with so many things in our lives, we may not even think about the things that really matter. I want to ask you two questions that all of us must answer at sometime or another. Let’s begin here: what kind of legacy do you hope to leave to those you love and to the world? One of these days you will be leaving this earth. How will people ...

740. Be Patient

James 5:7-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... a doll waiting for her that she would receive on Christmas morning a doll much better than the one she was begging for. A doll that she would enjoy more than any doll she ever had. At that moment, though, in her demand for instant gratification all the little girl wanted was a shabby imitation of the gift her mother had already intended to give. Any of you ever had a child like that? Any of you ever been a child like that? Any of you ever been that way with your heavenly Parent? The writer of the epistle of ...

741. Envision: The Great Commitment

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

James Merritt

... duration of your life—how long you live—that matters, but the donation of your life—how did your life impact others—that counts. You need to ask God, if you don’t already have it, to give you the attitude of a servant. It’s against our nature to want to serve others. When the average person looks for a church here is the question he asks: “How can this church meet my needs?” When you get to the stage of maturity where you ought to be as a Christian, you’ll begin to ask “How can I be used ...

742. Up Close & Personal: Seeing Clearly

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... in Isaiah’s life was not the one who was being buried, but the One who can never be. What Isaiah saw then is what God wants you to see now. These were troubled days for Isaiah and the nation of Judah. A good king had died and Judah is facing invasion ... you will see others the way they really are which is in need of the same relationship with God that you now have. You say you want them to have the relationship with God that you have? Then you will do everything in your power to make it happen even when you ...

743. Lost Baggage: Losing Your Baggage

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... I say to this young solider?” Then it hit him. The pastor looked at him and said, “John, I am sorry for the life that you have lived and I am sorry for the tragedies you’ve endured and for the junk you have had to go through, but I want you to hear me. If you go through life without getting this bitterness and this anger and this rage resolved in your heart you are either going to wind up doing something you regret or you are going to live a miserable life.” He said, “Yes, Pastor I know.” Then ...

744. Supernatural: Running On Empty

John 2:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... League Baseball than to hit a homerun in your first at bat. You could not script that kind of debut any better. To me, the most interesting and puzzling debut I’ve ever known about was how Jesus first comes on to the scene as He begins His ministry. I want you to imagine that you have been appointed by God as the PR agent of Jesus. Your Public Relations firm has been given the job of planning how Jesus is going to enter into His earthly ministry. You decide the best way to do it is for Jesus to perform ...

745. The Door Is Open

John 10:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... (John 10:9, ESV) In other words, the door is open. It stays open. You can walk through the door of security anytime you want to knowing that Jesus himself will protect you and provide for you. II. Through Jesus You Can Walk Through the Door Of Significance Remember ... his dad a letter that said, “Dear Daddy: I love you and I hope you live all of your life.” That is exactly what God wants for you. He gives you life so you will truly live your life. You were put here by God to live for God. There is no ...

746. Welcome Home

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... you have to go there they have to take you in.” Just like a pigeon, the homing instinct had kicked in on this kid and he wanted to go home. there is one door that is always open and that is the door to the Father’s house. “And he arose and came to ... have a happy ending. If you are away from God or on the run from God, there is a Father who is watching, waiting, willing, and wanting to welcome you home. No matter how far away you’ve gone you can come back. No matter how far out you’ve gone you can ...

747. Digging Deeper

Luke 1:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... volume of this two-volume work and the beginning of Luke and the end of Acts spans more than 60 years. Luke tells us more about Jesus than any of the gospels. It has 1,151 verses and 568 of those are simply the words of Jesus. Do you want to know what Jesus said then read Luke’s gospel, because roughly half of this gospel just quotes verbatim exactly what Jesus said. Taking Luke and Acts together, Luke wrote more of the New Testament than anyone else, including Paul. It isn’t how much Luke wrote; it is ...

748. A Man with No Name

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... , and give them something to eat or possibly even a few coins. The situation was not unlike our present problem with the homeless living in the streets of our cities. And, like today, the beggars were an embarrassment to most people. They weren’t what residents wanted important visitors like Jesus to see. Among the beggars that particular day was a blind man called Bartimaeus, which means, simply, the son of Timaeus. Note that: We know his father’s name, but not his. He’s a man with no name--and given ...

749. Gift

2 Corinthians 8:16--9:5, 2 Corinthians 8:1-15, 2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... taken when he comes for the third time to Corinth would include not just the capital of Achaia but the province as a whole. 9:1–5 The apostle now turns to Achaia as a whole and recommends the brothers mentioned in 8:18, 22–23. 9:1 Paul wants to give a warrant and explanation for his exhortation to accept the three delegates who are coming to Corinth and to be ready to make the contribution to the saints. The NIV unfortunately leaves untranslated the word “for” (gar), which links 9:1 to 8:24. As in 1 ...

750. Jesus Is Tested in Gethsemane

Mark 14:32-42

Teach the Text

Grant R. Osborne

... . But as we see in the prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane, prayer is not only pouring our heart out to God but also an act of surrendering our will to the will of God. Are we willing to surrender so fully to God in prayer that we actually want God’s purpose more than our own? The cry of agony in prayer Testimony: Evangelist Billy Graham is thought to have said, “The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, ...

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