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801. Pay Attention!

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Robert C. Cochran

... so he had a ball to use to warm up the other infielders when he returned. The practice stuck, and people were too superstitious to stop doing it.” So the ball is always thrown out before the first baseman reaches the dugout because that’s the way it was always ... so that the word of God can happen to us here: one word from Jesus can change us forever. This is a time when we should stop the mad dash and take time to listen. Of course, if good deeds don’t follow the time we spend here, then we have not ...

802. Hosanna! Please Save Us!

Matthew 21:1-11, Matthew 26:14-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... own. The end goal in war is to conquer your enemy. The end goal in peace is to conquer ourselves. To conquer our selfish, greedy, violent human nature and work together for the sake of God’s glory. Historian Gene Smith wrote the book When the Cheering Stopped about President Woodrow Wilson and the events leading up to and following World War I. President Wilson was viewed as an international hero by the end of the war. This was the war, after all, that was fought to make the world safe for democracy and ...

803. The Garden of Betrayal and the Garden of His Burial

John 18:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... banned from being funny on public television. This is true. According to this report the BBC isn’t allowed to air anything humorous for the 12 days between Queen Elizabeth’s death and funeral. In the event of the queen’s passing, the BBC will immediately stop what they’re doing, make the announcement of her death, and start airing documentaries about the Queen’s life that have been pre-recorded. The station even has black suits and ties ready to be thrown on at a moment’s notice. (1) The British ...

804. Three Wise Women

Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:46-56

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... be ready for those dreams to change, must be aware that a future awaits us too awesome for our own minds to currently grasp, too beautiful for our hearts to begin to imagine. For Jesus is powerful and alive in the here and in the now and nothing can stop him from changing our lives and our world if only we will let him. He is still our Messiah. And He has the power to transfigure the world. He is our pregnant hope. Let us celebrate with joy today….as Mary and Elizabeth did those years ago…. ….that God ...

805. Lazarus Rising

John 11:1-16, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44, John 11:45-57, John 12:1-11, John 12:12-19

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ! And this was a “truth” that the authorities could not bear to muster. What stopped Lazarus from proclaiming God’s glory was out of his control: sickness and death. Lazarus was faithful. Nothing else stopped him. Not peer pressure. He didn’t care about that. Not fear or the ... authorities. He didn’t care about that. Only sickness and death could stop him from proclaiming Jesus and God’s glory…..and even then, his very death became the miracle that increased his ...

806. Joey and Nicky at Skull Mountain

Mark 15:42-47

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... directly to them, asking how he could help. He had gotten angry with his mentor. It seemed to Judas that Jesus had gone off the deep end when he allowed “that woman” to bathe him in an entire jar of nard. That was the last straw. He would put a stop to it. And he’d get on the good side of the priests in the process. Jesus was going down. No doubt about it. Time to save his own skin. Look out for himself! Surely they’d only arrest Jesus. Keep him quiet for a while. Maybe then he’d ...

807. God's GPS

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Apostles (Chapter 5: 12-42): The apostles teach about Jesus, and many come to Christ; they are spared death by the appeal of Gamaliel (of the School of Hillel) The Story of Jacob’s Ladder Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of ...

808. Emergency!

Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... saving grace of God—appears before us, as if out of nowhere, and you realize, God was with you all the time. Anyone know what I’m talking about? We learned that from Jacob. From our scripture story for today. Jacob was on his way to Haran, when he stopped for the night. With a stone for a pillow, he laid down to rest. No doubt he was worrying about his journey. No doubt he was still plagued by his deceit of Esau. Alone on the road in dangerous territory, afraid for his life, he was ridden with distress ...

809. Mercy Me!

Romans 14:1--15:13, Luke 6:27-36, Luke 6:37-42, Luke 6:43-45

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... a miracle in your life today. All you need to do is commit to Him. Amen. Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text Paul Entreats to Stop Judging One Another (Romans 14) Luke’s Witness to Jesus’ Teaching About Loving and Judging (6:27-36 and 6:37-42 and 6:43-45) ... me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’” So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God. Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of ...

810. Let 'Er Rip

Mark 13:1-31, Mark 13:32-37, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... up and wearing your life preservers. But then when you’re ready, you suit up, and you put that raft out there, and you let ‘er rip. It’s an “out of control” adventure from there. Once you start, you need to keep going. You can’t stop and get out. You can’t change your mind. Once that raft is sailing down water, you have reached the “tipping point.” We are now living in the greatest missional opportunity since the great awakening. Don’t believe me? Look at the signs! Look around you. Read ...

811. Living a Jesus Powered Life

Genesis 9:1-17, Genesis 6:1-8:22, Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky. The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down, and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. The waters continued to recede ...

812. Now, It's Personal

Matthew 5:21-37

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... from across the room and smiled. During coffee time after the service it was Sarah’s mother who came up to Julie and hugged her. She just wanted to thank Julie for everything she had done for Sarah on the trip to the amusement park. Sarah, she said, had not stopped talking about what a wonderful time she had. “We can tell them things a thousand times but we’re their parents. It wasn’t until she heard them from you that she believed them. I’m so glad she has you.” Julie looked around at all of us ...

When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.

Lillian Smith

814. Seeking Joy

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... that my life is filled with joy?’ She has an underlying trust that God is taking care of her.” (4) Notice that—she has “an underlying trust that God is taking care of her.” That’s the first instruction for walking the path to joy. Stop worrying. God is taking care of you. Trust Him. The second instruction for walking the path to joy is to develop a gratitude attitude. Notice that sixth verse again: “Don’t worry about anything; instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank ...

815. How Could We Possibly Forget?

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’s some serious gratitude! He was inspired by their faith in the Lord Jesus, and encouraged by their love for one another. Their faith in Jesus gave them a foundation of hope and purpose for their lives. And it inspired their genuine love for one another. Stop and think for a moment about how amazing the church is. Once you claim Jesus as Lord, you become brothers and sisters with people of every nation, language, culture and race all over the world who also claim him as Lord. You gain an instant family ...

816. How Faithful Are We?

1 Corinthians 11:23-25

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... back to sleep. “The days are longer,” she told him. “You know how I like to get up with the sun in the morning. How lovely it is to hear the first bird sing. Don’t you think there are more birds this year? They say that since people stopped using all those insecticides that the birds are coming back. There were some new birds at the bird bath yesterday. I should look them up in your bird book. There were some gulls as well. Remember how the gulls used to fly off to meet the fishing boats returning ...

817. Our Need and God's Provision

John 6:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... . We pray in our cars as we rush to and from work or class or running our families around town. The idea that we should stop all our activities and make time with Jesus a priority really annoys us. Why? We’ve forgotten that the purpose of our life is to ... time, that we have cut out that which gives us the strength, the courage and the wisdom we need to strive successfully. We need to stop for a moment and sit down in the presence of Jesus. Then we need to receive what Christ has to offer us, just as the ...

818. The Power of the Staff

Mark 6:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and care, that Aaron’s rod of healing and miracles, that steadfast sign of presence and assurance, that crutch to lean on and yolk to walk with, Jesus too has given us the ultimate sign of the staff –the very cross he died on. For even this hurdle could not stop Him from flying. Even death cannot thwart Jesus from living. And it can’t for us either. So what are we afraid of? Today, I invite you to grasp the power of faith to fill you. The power of the Holy Spirit to propel you. And the power of the ...

819. The Invitation

Matthew 20:1-15

Sermon

Will Willimon

... this vineyard is determined, not by what's right, justice, but by the invitation, who's called. Our Shepherd has yet other sheep to be invited into this fold. And the hope, the Easter, resurrection hope is that this God who has pursued us so in life, shall not stop pursuing us in death, so that in life, in death, come early, come late, we are invited. The invitation is based, not on how long or hard we've worked, but on the mercy, the pursuing, never-ending mercy. The good news is, he's out looking for you ...

820. Metaphors Be with You

John 6:35, 41-51

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... a way to sit by himself. He didn’t seem unhappy so much as he was just disinterested and bored. Every night we took communion before turning in and he refused to participate. I had scheduled the trip so that, on the way home, we could stop for one night in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, to just have fun and enjoy ourselves. The first afternoon we crowded everyone into two vans headed to the Dollywood amusement park. My family allowed that we would be spending the day with Andrew because he felt more comfortable ...

821. Now That's Rich

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... aren’t they? The late author and humorist Erma Bombeck’s young son once asked her the question, “Are we rich?” And she stopped to consider what her definition of rich is. See if you agree with her. She wrote: “You’re rich when you can have ... me.” (5) It’s not necessary for wealth to keep you out of the Kingdom of God, but wealth can be a snare that can stop your spiritual progress if it becomes an end rather than a means. This brings us to the final thing to be said this morning. Wealth can ...

822. Faith and Freedom

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... month. They couldn't be with their husband and they couldn't participate in any religious rituals. In a very real sense, they were untouchable. And everyone needs to be touched and held and feel like they belong. B. Coming back from a meeting in Waco, one day I stopped at a Kentucky Fried Chicken to get something to take with me to eat on the way home. The girl who waited on me was one of those friendly, bubbly sorts. I was tired and her friendly attitude was what I needed. She apologized all over the place ...

823. For The Love of God is Creative

1 Corinthians 2:6-12 · Psalm 8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor." (Psalm 8:3-5) When you stop and think about it, it is rather mind boggling isn't it. To think that out of all of creation God has chosen to be in relationship with us. And yet that's the love which God has for us. That's the creative love of God. D. But even ...

824. Revolutionary Rules For Living

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... be a do-gooder! (Luke 6:27b-28). “Do good” is the principle that revolutionizes culture, society, and individuals. Selfishness, hatred, and evil of every kind seeps through our world. Sin is at the heart of it all. Jesus comes along and says, “Stop sinning. Stop doing evil. Stop the tipsy-topsy world that is no longer balanced and get it right side up…do good!” Do good by being generous. The late Tom Drake tells that woven into one Christmas Eve, God gave him a crazy mission for Christmas day. He ...

825. Acres of Diamonds

1 Timothy 6:10

Sermon

Russell Conwell

... that, and one man out in Ohio took me through his great factories last spring, and said that they cost him $680,000, and, said he, "I was not worth a cent in the world when I heard your lecture 'Acres of Diamonds'; but I made up my mind to stop right here and make my fortune here, and here it is." He showed me through his unmortgaged possessions. And this is a continual experience now as I travel through the country, after these many years. I mention this incident, not to boast, but to show you that you can ...

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