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776. Time to Pick a Side

Luke 12:49-53

Sermon

King Duncan

... believe is the ultimate commitment. We want the church to be a beacon of peace in our society. We want our faith in Jesus to bring greater peace and unity and understanding to our families, our towns, our world. But committing to Jesus as Lord means giving up all other gods. It means putting God above everything, including our love for our family or our love for our own lives. The life, death and resurrection of Jesus bring peace to our hearts. But it also marks the greatest dividing line in human history ...

777. Shockwaves of Joy

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... say “Hallelujah!” today and every day. Hallelujah! He arose and lives for evermore! Praise the Lord! We can say hallelujah, first of all, to the victory of love over hate. The world turned against Jesus in the last week of his life. Why didn’t he give up on humanity right then and there? In those last, lonely hours of his arrest and torture and crucifixion, why didn’t he put a stop to it all? Why would he remain faithful when we were faithless? Why would he remain courageous when we became cowards ...

778. The Pure In Heart

Sermon

John A. Terry

... teacher. "I am grateful that you took the time to talk with my son, but I don't understand why it took three requests for you to do so." The teacher looked back at the mother and said, "I didn't realize how hard it would be for me to give up sugar." 1 The teacher could not teach the lesson with her lips without teaching the lesson with her life. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall help others see what God desires. It is not uncommon for people to seek singleness of purpose. Perhaps at some time ...

779. The Pure In Heart

Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

John A. Terry

780. Faith To The Finish

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8, Isaiah 14:24-27

Sermon

Erskine White

... look forward to a terrifying, painful death in Rome. How does he do it? How does Paul fight the good fight to the final round, run the race to the finish line and keep the faith all the way to the end? How does he avoid the temptation of just giving up in bitterness - and saying, in effect, "I'm not what I used to be, Lord, so I don't care any more what I still might be. Lord, I can't do what I used to do, so I don't care about doing what I still might do today ...

781. Generic Christians Or Disciples?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... he had no reason to believe that he could do it now. As he was running, he was not full of confidence or hope. And it showed. The further along he went, the more he felt sapped of energy and strength. Just about the time he was ready to give up, the first cadet noticed what was happening to his friend. He decided to help him. This was not an easy decision, because it meant that he would lose valuable time, and that would cost him points in his overall standing in his class. The young man concluded that his ...

782. Easter Heart Burn

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... squarely into the face of Jesus Christ. He realized that, rather than running into a signpost, he had climbed a roadside crucifix. Then he remembered the One who had died for him. The one who had endured so much for his sake. The one who didn't give up and had never turned back. In that moment of despair, in the darkest night of his life, he experienced that Easter Heart Burn. And the next morning that soldier was back in the trenches. (2) Conclusion In Winnie the Pooh, Pooh and Piglet take an evening walk ...

783. How Can I Keep From Singing?

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... cleansed skin and his clear voice. What does it mean for us to be a “remanation” of the divine emanation? What does it mean for us to be an echo, a reflection of Christ in this twenty-first century? Like the first century leper, it means giving up some control, letting the personal experience of a Christ-encounter take hold and take you away. Once you add leavening to a mixture of flour, water, and sugar, things are going to happen. You cannot tell the infused dough not to rise. Once we experience the ...

784. When the Going Gets Tough

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... church. Alexis (age 10). Dear God, Want to hear a joke? What is red, very long, and you hear it right before you go to sleep? Give up? A sermon. Your friend, Frank (age 11). Then there is one that is more thoughtful than humorous. It goes like this: “Dear God, I have ... a car crash left him a quadriplegic. The unthinkable had happened to him. This is the point at which so many people would give up on God and life, but not Campanella. After he was injured, he spent a lot of time in the Institute of Physical ...

785. Choosing a God

1 Kings 18:20-21 (22-29) 30-39

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... 're going to wake him up. I sure hope he's not the kind of god who's in a bad mood when he gets up. Heh, heh, heh. Then Elijah just sat back and roared with laughter, and the people began to join him. The opposition did not give up. Elijah's jibes just made their dancing and chanting all the more furious. They began slashing themselves with knives and spears, hoping that the sight of their blood would spur Baal into action. But nothing. Now it was Elijah's turn. First, he repaired the old broken down altar ...

786. Find Joy Again!

Romans 15:4-13

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... how this shorter catechism begins? “What is the chief end of humankind? To glorify God and enjoy him forever!” Ironically, I come across many people who won’t allow God into their lives because they think God is going to make them give up fun. Many misguided Christians have perpetuated this nonsense. They give off the impression that to become a Christian means the party is over -- that being spiritual means being miserable. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, to become a Christian means ...

787. I Am The Door

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... to the door. He said that he is the door to life. You can tell false religious teachers because they point to themselves or to their teaching as the door instead of pointing to Jesus as the door. Jesus is the only one who has made the ransom by giving up his own life that others may have life. All other doors, no matter how ornate or attractive, are entrances to the kingdom of death. Jesus, the door, leads to the kingdom of abundant life. What is life? How is it received? John 3:36 points us to the answer ...

788. The Doubting Sum

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

... . 7. Read books by and about people who have accomplished what you wish to accomplish. Study what they do. 8. Pray about it. Ask the Lord for strength but believe he has already given it to you. 9. Look at what you are gaining, not at what you are giving up. We must stop. Please remember that the sum of doubt is zero, or worse, a negative number! The sum of faith is living power in Jesus Christ. This power will give you and me the courage to change and free us from old ruts of negative thought and physical ...

789. Amazing Grace

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... that Nell Mohney has from Christ that can open our eyes and put us to work in love and caring. We, too, can become winsome in his spirit. By grace we come to know a living presence and he lives and loves and ministers through us. Are we going to give up on ourselves? You, too, can he saved by grace through faith. For the rest of your life, you work out your salvation, as God works in you. Hans Kung, in On Being a Christian, gives us a formula: By following Jesus Christ man in the world today can truly ...

790. The Lord Has Saved His People

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... it in the faithfulness of people. Too bad, then about the faithfulness of God, for where, indeed, are faithful people? How could one believe that there’s a Father who is heavenly when one’s own father is so earthly? Or what is so great about God giving up his Son when it has become a national pastime to beat up on our sons? But now, can you hang onto this, the faithfulness of God, even though you cannot seem to find a faithful person? Can you affirm with certain hope the presence of a faithful Father ...

791. Servants Without Portfolio

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... call to be a servant. The way most of serve keeps us in control. We chose whom and when and where and how we will serve. We stay in charge. Jesus is calling for something else. He’s calling us to be servants. And when we make this choice, we give up the right to be in charge, and that’s the most difficult thing that you and I can do. But the amazing thing is that when we make that decision, when we surrender our right to be in charge, we experience great freedom. We become available and vulnerable, and ...

792. The Final Exam

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Steven Molin

... take inventory of our lives, each of us would likely find that "one thing" of which Jesus spoke. And if we take this vignette at face value, it becomes for us a crossroads in our lives, the mother of all final exams! Jesus looks at us in love and says "Give up your (fill in the blank) and you will have riches in heaven." But here's the loophole: The man was asking Jesus what he could do to gain eternal life, so Jesus gave him the answer. "If you want to do something, here's what you can do. But there ...

793. The Hidden Treasure

Matthew 13:44

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... have that you would be willing to trade for my treasure map? It will take a lot, as a matter of fact I don't think that I could trade such an important map for anything that isn't just as important to you. You are going to have to give up a lot for this map. I could be a rich man if I followed this map to the treasure. (Begin to bargain with the kids for whatever they have - make partners out of them so that if Jack gives everything he has and Sally gives everything she has and they ...

794. Extreme Measures

1 Kings 21:1-29

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... would be so the king could plant his vegetables! The newspapers recently carried a story of a woman who was murdered in her house by teenagers. When asked why they murdered the old lady, the youngest boy, who was fourteen, said, "Because she would not give up the gold watch we wanted." A woman, who was the pillar of support in her community, was murdered because she refused to part with the precious gold watch handed down from two generations to her. Like Naboth, her refusal cost her her life. Another boy ...

795. To Have And To Hold (Your Tongue)

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... do you suppose that is?" He drew his eyebrows together in a puzzled line and looked up as if lost in the mystery of the strange tap-tap-tapping in this chest. Then his face broke out in a wondrous grin. "Is that Jesus knocking?" he asked. God never gives up. Neither should we! But let's go back to our text. "And they spoke in tongues." Oh, no! One of those "supernatural gifts" that one part of Christendom says is obsolete, while another says is active, a gift for today. One side is fearful of it; the other ...

796. Easter 7

Jn 17:1-11 · Acts 1:1-14 · 1 Pet 4:12-19, 5:6-11 · Ps 68 · Ps 27 · Ps 47

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... 2: 1 Peter 4:12-19; 5:6-11 The pinnacle and the precipice. Few men have experienced the pinnacles and the precipices of life more than President Richard Nixon. He had an indomitable spirit. One of his favorite maxims was: "Failure is only fatal if you give up." His life began in adversity; his family was so poor that the children had to pass on their shoes to the next one in line. One of his brothers had asthma and so the mother took him to Arizona, leaving the other members of the family in California ...

797. Poolside Blessing: Monologue of a Paralytic

John 5:2-16

Drama

Dr. Raymond Bailey

... manipulative style of control. Jesus' question to the paralytic by the pool was, "Do you want to be healed?" Do you want to get a life, or is life as you now live it a means of avoidance and control that you find too comfortable to give up? Setting for the Sermon Monologue: The scripture is a lectionary reading. How does it feel to be a paralytic with little hope of being healed, and to find yourself singled out by an unknown healer with a challenge? Poolside Blessing: Monologue of a Paralytic Thirty-eight ...

798. Overcoming The Blues

1 Kings 19:1-8

Sermon

Robert Allen

... I can relate to that. We know what it is to be blue and depressed by the pressures of life because we feel cheated, because we feel alone, because everything just seems too much for us sometimes. Now, when you are feeling blue, you have two choices. You can give up and go under or, you can grit your teeth and summon up all your courage and try to overcome the blues. Obviously, I believe you ought to fight your way out of the blues. I want to suggest three things that are important in overcoming the blues. I ...

799. Soli Deo Gloria

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Mark McGilvey Livonia

... voluntarily suffer loss, refrain from pleasure, or lower their comfort level in life for an idea that cannot be proved? That seems like squandering the precious few days we have on this earth. But as martyred missionary Jim Elliot once said, "He is no fool who gives up that which he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." To such a standard of life each of us also is called. The composer Verdi stood in the shadows of the concert hall in Florence during the performance of his very first opera. Though ...

800. Like A Big Happy Family

1 Peter 3:8-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... off again. Back downstairs I went, from one end of the church to the other, following him. Up against the top of the window it hit, trying to escape its captivity, but could not find its way out. The struggle went on for a long time. "Then in utter exhaustion, giving up, the bird fell to the floor. He was not dead, but he must have felt half- dead. I walked over to where he was, knelt down, reached out my hands, and gently picked up the fallen bird. I carried the bird in my hand over to the window and ...

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