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726. "Gone Fishing!"

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... founder John Wesley had followed his preferences rather than God’s call. Wesley wrote in his diary one day in May, 1738, "I went quite unwillingly to divine services on Aldersgate Street." Well, that night on Aldersgate Street, John Wesley’s heart was strangely warmed and the Methodist movement was launched. When your "want-to’s" don’t agree with God’s directions, go with God. III. God Doesn't Call the Qualified; He Qualifies the Called Here is the third life-lesson: God doesn't call the qualified ...

727. The First Council

Acts 15:1-21

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... his letter to the Galatians while he was at the council in Jerusalem, since he would have been unable at that moment to return to Galatia to offset the Judaizing influence of the "men from Judea." Arriving at Jerusalem, the missionaries received a warm personal welcome, but a traditionalist group identified as converted Pharisees promptly raised the divisive question in its most offensive form: "It is necessary to circumcize them (the converts) and to charge them to keep the laws of Moses." This led to the ...

728. "I appeal to Caesar!"

Acts 24:1-27, Acts 25:1-12

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Two years at Caesarea! Today people might regard that as an ideal vacation - warm Mediterranean breezes, a rocky shoreline with some sandy beaches, daily pageantry with the drills of the Roman legions, plenty of sunshine and swimming. Today, only a few miles to the south, the shore is lined with the high-rise resort hotels of Tel-Aviv. Caesarea itself has become a tourist ...

729. Shipwrecked on Malta

Acts 27:1-12, Acts 27:13-26, Acts 27:27-44

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... were on Malta. Once ashore, the soldiers rounded up their prisoners, who must have been weak and emaciated as well as tired from their struggle through the surf. A crowd gathered at the shore to help the shipwrecked group, bringing food and kindling a fire to warm them, because it "had begun to rain and was cold." Weather reports are rarely given in Scripture, but again Luke is the conscientious reporter who notes down the facts. Since it was probably now mid- or late-November and a rainy day on a barren ...

730. Under Covers

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Wilson O. Weldon

... fast and he had learned Braille. During the conversation, someone referred to Grey’s eyesight and expressed sympathy. Lord Grey looked up with a smile and said, "Oh, well, I take my books to bed with me and put them under the covers and read with my fingers and keep warm and comfortable and that is what none of you can do." Then he laughed heartily.

731. For Christ’s Sake, What’s Going On?

Matthew 18:15-20

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Michael L. Sherer

... be long before a crushing sort of loneliness and hopelessness swept over us, persuading us that by ourselves we could do nothing to effect a better situation in the world. That, of course, is true. We can’t. No more than any fiercely glowing coal, removed from the warm hearth and left to "go it on its own" out on the front edge of the fireplace, can hope for long to keep the fire within it. Matthew calls the church to share its work, its good times and its bad, its hope, its future, its experiences. In ...

732. It Isn’t Fair!

Matthew 20:1-16

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... them social grace, a lot of poise, the center of attention in the midst of guests in any situation, and the abililty to win friends and influence people - with or without the Dale Carnegie Course. By contrast, others of us struggle to remember names, have difficulty warming to a stranger, and wish we would be regarded with more importance when we’re in a group. It seems unfair. There are all kinds of other imbalances as well. Why should some people be born into comfort and not ever have to struggle for a ...

733. Opportunism? Or Opportunity?

Matthew 21:33-46

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... , not only is the property, but the right to make use of it, lost. Before we laugh too easily or judge too harshly or shake heads too readily, let’s put ourselves into this picture. God has given us a planet, rich in natural resources, watered and warmed without our asking, creeping with all sorts of living things, thriving with all manner of productive vegetation. He asks us to make use of it. When we are finished, we are to return it. But what are we doing with what we are given on approval? We ...

734. Welcome to the Training Table!

Matthew 22:1-14

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... a sports event at which one of the coaches, for some reason or another, decided to replace key players with the scrub team? Almost all of us have seen it happen one time or another: Something happens to those green, untested players who have warmed the bench forever and forever. Suddenly they seem to jell and come together. Against everybody’s expectations they begin to move, to execute smooth plays, to score. Out of admiration and sympathy, the crowd comes to life in support of their performance. Many a ...

735. Surprise! Surprise!

Matthew 25:31-46

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Michael L. Sherer

... and why it happens. All God’s children have a ghetto mentality, one way or another. The upper-crust of any society is as much ghetto minded - maybe more severely - as any other segment. The natural tendency is toward exclusivism. Everybody wants to find a warm niche, a smooth rut, and a comfortable slot where things fit well and don’t need to be unlearned and relearned. We teach ourselves complex habitual patterns so that we don’t have to keep relearning routine things. We memorize ways to drive to ...

736. "A" Lamb to "the" Lamb

Exodus 12:1-30

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Barbara Brokhoff

... never seen a real, live lamb. To many, a lamb is an animal that a farmer raises on a quiet, peaceful farm somewhere, far from where they live in the city’s din. To others, it is an animal that somehow gives up its wool for making fine, warm, winter clothing. Still others are vaguely acquainted with a lamb only in the form of the chops they purchase at the butcher’s counter in the supermarket. And little children associate a lamb with the little verse that sounds good, but has no reality to them: "Mary ...

737. No Longer Spectators - But Participants!

Acts 2:14-41

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Barbara Brokhoff

... say, "Don’t worry about it. It was part of the divine plan that Christ should die. He ought to have suffered. The prophets foretold it. But that dark day is now past, and Jesus is truly alive!" We can tell them how our own hearts have been strangely warmed as the same winsome Stranger of the Emmaus Road now stops in our homes too and transforms them into places of communion with the risen Lord. We can reassure the doubters that, at their invitation, he will also walk and eat and stay with them. F. H. Lyte ...

738. Does God Give A Damn?

Exodus 5:22--6:12

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John R. Brokhoff

... is a national tragedy and disgrace in the richest country of the world. In New York City, 36,000 people walk the streets, sleep on park benches or in alleys and eat out of garbage cans because they have no place to stay. Imagine sleeping night after night over a warm air vent on a sidewalk of a deserted city street! Does God care that people are hungry and homeless? Indeed, he does, just as much as he was concerned about the 5,000 in Jesus’ day. If so, why then do we have so many hungry and poor people ...

739. Abraham’s Promise Perpetuated

Romans 4:1-25

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Richard F. Bansemer

... six is a child. Children all, according to directions, your name is not to be named, but you know, don’t you, that this is about you. You have been given many good things by our benefactor. You have persons who love you. You have friends. You have a warm bed and a lot of toys. Although you may already know it, you should be reminded that not many miles from here, there are children who have no parents, who will sleep on dirt floors, and will be hungry all day today, and tomorrow, and the next day, just ...

740. Stephen’s Stones

Acts 7:54--8:1a

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Richard F. Bansemer

... thwarted. The dying words of Stephen keep coming back, as though we were there and heard him say things that dying persons seldom say. Let’s try to imagine ourselves standing down by some lake where there are plenty of stones. The sky is blue, and the wind is warm. A seagull from the coast is soaring, and a mob wants to kill someone - me - you, because of what we believe. It’s tough to believe it could happen, but if it did, I see it ending very differently. Who among us would be able to keep the faith ...

741. "It’s Time to Send Christmas Cards"

2 Samuel 7:1-17

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Peter Rudowski

... his wealth, with all of his health, with all of his riches, he begins to think, "How do I say thank you to God? What can I give back to God for giving me all of this?" What can we give back to God for giving us houses that are warm on a cold day like today? What can we give back to God for giving us cars to get us here; for providing us food so that we’re not hungry? As David walked around that big house that he had built for himself, he said, "I know what I ...

742. Do We Want to See?

Luke 6:17-26

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Wallace H. Kirby

... , the hostess asked the actor if he would recite something for the group. Perhaps, she suggested, he could do the Twenty-Third Psalm. With perfect diction, a well-modulated voice, and proper intonations, he gave a very polished reading. He was rewarded with very warm applause. For some reason, another guest who was virtually unknown to the group was requested to follow suit. He had nothing of the practiced art of the actor, but he had the eloquence that comes only from being indeed earnest. The people who ...

743. He Bore Our Sins

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

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Dennis Kastens

... exemplified during his visible ministry of his thirty three years in our midst. There is no record of Jesus ever refusing anyone (regardless of the wretchedness of the past) if only that person stopped making excuses once he or she had been touched and warmed by the spirit of Christ. "Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation." (2 Corinthians 6:2) During Jesus’ ministry, thieves came to him, and he took them in. When an adulteress was flung at his feet whom the Pharisees ...

744. Shepherding One Another in a Collapsing World

Romans 9:1-29

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Robert G. Tuttle

... . My friend noticed that Schweitzer was relaxed and was carefully gazing into all those faces on the side lines. He was seeing them as individuals, he was looking into their hearts and into their hurts. My friend felt the caring of God in the warm, caring glance of the missionary. In his personal collapse, Charles Colson was captured by the caring love of Christ. He was shepherded before he learned to shepherd others. After his conversion he came back to Washington scared, wondering how he could handle his ...

745. Clouds and Son-Shine

Ephesians 3:1-13

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Hubert Beck

... ’s presence among us we find the very heart of our motivation for life. Or, to use the suggestion of the title of this sermon, when the clouds of life darken our existence, we can be sure the Son-shine will again break through the clouds and warm our lives with God’s grace. The problem is, though, how to keep going while the clouds hang over our heads. How do we maintain ourselves in the dark moments while waiting with faith that the Son-shine will break through the clouds? The Epiphany lessons we have ...

746. The Strength of Poverty

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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Hubert Beck

... be to commit suicide. We have it to have and to hold - as a possession, if you will. To sustain it we must eat and drink, which means we must lay hold on food and water as possession, even if only momentarily. We need to keep warm and sheltered which in some way means obtaining clothing and housing. In one way or another, all these things are possessions of sorts, and possessions of necessity at that. Beyond these things one accumulates a host of other items, some of them essential, some necessary within ...

747. Journey To The Cross VI: Jesus And Pontius Pilate

Matthew 27:11-26

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James W. Moore

... God... of people... of love. Some years ago, a church group toured China. One Sunday morning, they had the privilege of worshipping in a Christian Church in Guilin, China. It was packed with worshipers. They had gone to the church unannounced... and the people accepted them warmly in the Spirit of Christ. The minister preached a three-point sermon in Chinese and though they couldn’t understand all of what he was saying, they got the drift of it. He was lifting up Jesus Christ as the Lord of Life and the ...

748. WHEN WINNING MEANS LOSING

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John H. Krahn

... toward you no longer make their way to your ears. Temptation runs against you, then retreats in dismay. Money is no longer a problem, for you’ll have more than enough. Lovely flowers moving in the fresh breeze send their fragrance your way as the warming rays of the sun fill your body with the feeling of health and beautiful harmony with God and nature. You are God’s special person. He spares you from pain, problems, and poverty. Hogwash, unmitigated hogwash - more like heresy. If Christianity is as I ...

749. LOVE TAKES SWEAT

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John H. Krahn

... is sentimental, abstract, romantic, drivel. A lot of it is Madison-Avenue hype. It is too often connected to things, as if love is something that can be purchased. Don’t get me wrong, there is a place for candlelight, secluded beaches, special warm feelings, carefully chosen words, a quiet touch, a caring embrace, but Christian love is more often concrete than abstract. It is more real than mysterious. The dynamics of Christian love are produced more often with sweat than with perfume. They must be worked ...

750. The Joy of Being a Caring Person

Mt 25:31-46 · Lk 16:19-31

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Robert G. Tuttle

... . It was mid-winter. At the city gate a beggar pleaded with Martin for alms. Martin had no money, but he saw that the beggar was blue and shivering from the cold. Martin fook off his soldier’s coat, cut it in half, and gave half of the warm coat, now ragged, to the beggar. That night Martin had a dream. He was in heaven and saw Jesus wearing half of a Roman soldier’s coat. The angels were gathering around Jesus and were asking him, "Why are you wearing that ragged old coat?" Jesus answered, "My servant ...

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