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776. The Hillside and the Basket

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... masterpiece. That is art. John D. Rockefeller could take a worthless check, sign his name to it, and make it worth a million dollars. That's capital. A mechanic can take a piece of scrap metal and bend and shape it into a $500 automobile part. That is skill. Jesus Christ can take the commonest bread and pickled fish, bless and multiply it, and make a banquet for 5,000! That's a miracle. Likewise can God Almighty take a vile sinner, wash his sins away, fill him with the Holy Spirit, and make him a blessing ...

777. Everybody Loves a Parade!

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... this world is passing away" (v. 31). The words "passing away" are a translation of a Greek word meaning "to lead by." It suggests the picture of a parade of soldiers being led past a reviewing stand. Look at them! Notice the evidence of their manly strength and skill. But then, in a moment, they are gone, out of sight. "So it is with this world," says our text, "there it is -- but watch -- soon it will be gone. How foolish it is to put all of your time and energies into something so transitory, so temporary ...

778. What It Takes to Do the Job

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... what I need to adjust! The coach might come up to me game after game, angry with me for not making the needed adjustment, while I'm trying this and that and the other, not knowing what I'm doing wrong. How much more helpful if I had a skilled batting instructor who would be able to tell me, "Now, Paul, you need to keep your elbow higher and your stance a little more open ..." There, now I could try to do something constructive to improve my hitting. I think we sometimes enter Lent with a general idea that ...

779. Easy to Say, Hard to Do

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... impossible. Another day he was struck by their Bible study which revealed again and again that God loves you as you are. "In Jesus Christ, know that God loves you." "Impossible," he thought. Another day he was touched by the joy of the sharing of skills, money, and effort with others in meaningful, difficult service and mission projects. "I can't be doing this," he thought. "Impossible." And suddenly, one day, he got up in the morning and looked in the mirror and realized that for the first time in his ...

780. Grace in the Midst of Exasperation

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... she finds the nest of another bird that already has eggs -- often the nest of a thrush -- and wait until that mother bird is absent. Then she will dart in to the nest and deposit at least one egg of her own. Thrushes are apparently not overly skilled in algebra, for when the mother returns, she doesn't notice that there is an addition to her nest. She continues to go about the work of hatching the eggs. What happens when the nestlings appear? There are four tiny thrushes and one lumbering cuckoo, two to ...

781. Grace in the Midst of Weakness

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... it? And how many points did Michael Jordan score that night? Sixty-nine. Stacey King had hit one free throw. It helps when you're playing with the very best. That's precisely where we stand -- except that any time we "score" in ministry it's by grace, not by skill. Those called to bring about God's work aren't so much partners with the Lord as servants who are awaiting their next command. The ministry belongs to God. As Paul puts it in verse 1, "Since it is by God's mercy that we are engaged in this ...

782. Sweet-Smelling Fragrance

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... realize how serious are the obstacles to developing morality within an institution. Experience does not serve us like it does when we learn avoidance of danger lessons through having hurt ourselves physically. We do not retain habits of morality the same way we maintain the skills required to play golf or ride a bicycle. Some force in life keeps drawing us away from the best we know and making it difficult for us to act on our beliefs even after we have understood what they require. Turning from self to God ...

783. And When You Pray

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Brett Blair

... , calm in the midst of calamity, and love in the midst of our loneliness. It is not that we don't know how to pray; it is that we have lost what it means to be in relationship with a loving, hearing, forgiving and gracious God. Prayer is the only skill the disciples ever asked Jesus to teach them. They didn't ask him how to heal, to teach, to ask for money, to run meetings, to do miracles, to manage crowds, or to organize a movement or start a church. They asked him to teach them how to pray. And ...

784. Resting at the Mediocre Inn

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... however, prepared to envy them. But as he now reflects on the two groups side by side, “stars and servants, the servants clearly emerge as the favored ones, the graced ones. They work for low pay, long hours, and no applause, ‘wasting’ their talents and skills among the poor and uneducated. But somehow in the process of losing their lives they have found them. They have received the ‘peace that is not of this world.’” Yancey goes on to say that when he thinks of the great churches he has visited ...

785. The Challenge of God Brings Hope

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

Richard Gribble

Carlo Rienzi, an attorney with no prior mission or court case, had never been tested. He was fearful and apprehensive, because he had never been challenged in his chosen profession. He did not want the trial that would test his will and challenge his skill, but he knew it must eventually come. When the case came, it seemed an impossible task for him. A young woman had shot the mayor of a small village without provocation, at least so it seemed on the surface. Carlo was assigned by the court as the woman's ...

786. No Other Name

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... in Zambia had to make a dangerous trip by dugout canoes through churning waters to reach the opposite shore. After five people died during a crossing in 1971, Brother Crispin decided to build a bridge to span the Zambezi. Brother Crispin had no skills as a contractor; he also had no money. But he had a goal--to prevent further suffering among the Zambian people. That was enough. After studying books on bridge construction, Brother Crispin gathered donated materials and volunteer labor to begin building the ...

787. Martyrs, Monsters, and Miracles

Acts 9:19b-31

Sermon

King Duncan

"Mr. Hoess was a loving husband and father, and a devout member of his church. His five children respected and adored him. He was also a business leader. He had grown prosperous as a farmer, largely because of his administrative skills. One of his acquaintances in the government took note of how he managed his farming business. He was offered a post in the government, where he proved himself very capable. This led to a series of promotions, and Mr. Hoess rose rapidly in a series of government offices. "Mr ...

788. Breaking The Negative Cycle

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the blinds that the sun might illuminate the dark rooms of our life. It is the deliberate self conscious exposure of the limitations and sins of our life to the healing and forgiving light of Christ who is the divine yes. Such a disciplined function, like a skilled doctor, probing the body and diagnosing a malignancy, the doctor doesn’t do that simply to identify the malady or to be preoccupied with it, or to enjoy his findings. He does it in order that he might exorcise it, cut it out, rid the patient of ...

789. In The Kingdom Now

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... makes the point by coming in the back door. We can stand fast in the Lord because we’re not standing in our own power. And if there’s any need for escape, our flight will not be a runaway frenzy of our human speed or sidestepping skills, it will be the deliverance that comes through Christ himself. Paul gave us a graphic picture of it in his first letter to the Corinthians chapter 4. He’s talking about the ministry of the Christian, and the Christian source of strength. He said the transcendent power ...

790. The Gift Of Sleep

Psalm 127:1-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... he was batting. He said that at times he could actually see the seams of the ball as it came at him 90 miles an hour. Commenting on that, Mark Trotter said, "That's strange stuff." But the testimony is common among those who have mastered a skill or an art. They say there comes a time when everything just falls together, when everything goes the way it should. There comes a time when things come easily, fear and anxiety pass, time stands still, and you have this extraordinary confidence that you can do it ...

791. East Of Eden

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a baseball fan, he would have known better. "Pete Rose was not created equal. Neither was Ted Williams nor Willie Mays nor anyone else who could hit 95 mile per hour fast balls, let alone fork balls low and away. "Such men were blessed with unequal abilities, skills beyond the reach of less gifted souls." Dunning went on to tell the story of Pete Rose's collapse into what he called "a black hole." I like the way he closed his story. "Gambling alone did not bring Pete Rose down. His main problem was failure ...

792. East Of Eden And The City Of Beginning

Genesis 4:1-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... his gifts; he died, but through his faith he is still speaking." Could that have been it? Abel offered a humble token of gratitude -- the very best out of his flock of sheep. But Cain offered a gift in the proud spirit of who he was -- proving his skills, his superiority, the quality of his works. We need to learn from this. What sort of gift is acceptable to God? In the way of money, it's not the _amount_, but the spirit in which you give. And it also has something to do with _proportion_. How much ...

793. Swift To Hear -- Slow To Speak

James 1:19-27

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain." James is simply saying that if people don't control their tongues, their religion is useless. But in this particular section of Chapter 3, he goes even further than that. Always skillful with language and metaphor, he boldly announces that "the tongue is a fire." It has the ability to poison the entire body. And he says the origin of that fire is Hell itself. That's colorful language -- but hardly an overstatement. He uses two ...

794. The Rejected Cornerstone

Luke 20:9-19

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... more sensual pleasures, so he paid handsome sums to indulge his every sexual urge. He wanted more thrills, so he designed, built, and flew the fastest aircraft in the world. He wanted more power; so he secretly dealt political favors so skillfully that two U. S. Presidents became his pawns. Yet this man concluded his earthly life emaciated and colorless; with a sunken chest; fingernails in grotesque, inches long corkscrews; rotting, black teeth; tumors; and innumerable needle marks from his drug addiction ...

795. When Jesus Comes

Luke 8:22-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... thing to think of the sleeping Jesus. He was tired, just as we become tired. He, too, could reach the point of exhaustion when the claim of sleep is imperative. He trusted His men; they were the fishermen of the lake and He was content to leave things to their skill and seamanship, and to relax. He trusted God; He knew that He was as near to God by sea as ever He was by land. Then the storm came down. The Sea of Galilee is famous for its sudden squalls. Storms come up without much warning. A traveler says ...

796. When the Doctors Can't Help You

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... teach. Even more to the point, they were coming to him for healing. We can understand. There were no reliable doctors. No MRIs. No CAT scans. Not even x-rays. No diagnostic tools of any kind. Only prayer and herbs and doctors of the most primitive skill and knowledge. So, people who were desperate for help had no reliable place to turn. But then word got out about a man whose very presence brought healing. So, quite naturally, the people rushed to him. And reached out to him. And, of course, he responded ...

797. From Hurting to Helping

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... short time back, and it happened in our own land. Such success stories have become almost commonplace in our world today. Little Elisabeta was blind just as Bartimaeus was blind, but now she sees. God is still in the healing business, but today He uses skilled doctors, and dedicated nurses, and Christian people, including missionaries, who see others in distress and help them get the care they need. [A portion of every dollar you give to this church, by the way, goes to help people in need around the world ...

798. Christmas and the New Family

John 1:1-18

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... the story in our scripture -- the opening verses of the Gospel according to Saint John. I don't know that there are any three or four paragraphs in all of literature with the sustained beauty, elegance, and power which can be found here. No actor is skilled enough to read them with proper power, and no preacher can hope to explain them adequately. Only through the Spirit of God can we begin to touch a fair measure of their grandeur. "In the beginning," the inspired writer says, "was the Word." It doesn't ...

799. Purpose-Driven

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... about his brother Ben. Ben is the executive pastor of a thousand-member church in the Midwest. Early in his pastoral career, Ben questioned his role as a full-time pastor. He has many talents, says his brother Tim, including musical, literary and rhetorical skills, as well as a special flair for art. Ben wondered if he could make the best use of these talents in the pastorate. He was frustrated from seeing others using their talents, having fun, and earning a much better living. While wrestling with the ...

800. Get Rid of the Junk

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

King Duncan

... days. She describes the homes she grew up in--and they moved a lot--as beautiful. The first thing her mother did in a new home was plant flowers all around the house. She carefully saved the seeds each year, and tended those flowers with great skill and love. The flowers responded accordingly--blooming with great abandon. At the end of long days, after she had worked hard in other people’s houses, Mrs. Walker would sit out on her veranda, surrounded by her flowers. Neighbors would come to visit and they ...

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