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851. Holy Arithmetic!

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... upon your life experiences. Some, I hope, will be totally offensive. First there is God, the Commander-in-Chief. God sits "up there," in the divine HQ, directing the troops down here on earth. If the infantry gets outnumbered, General God can always bring in the Air Force (angels) to join in the battle. General God is always totally on your side and against "the enemy," whoever the enemy happens to be on any given day. Then there is God the Head Coach. If you pay attention to the signals from the sidelines ...

852. Been Fishin' Lately?

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... all walks of life to be his disciples. Personally, I’m thankful that my calling to follow Jesus didn’t require previous expertise at catching fish. I’m afraid I would have been passed over. Don’t get me wrong, I really like fishing. Just being out in the fresh air and sunshine make the activity enjoyable for me. And I can cast with a rod and reel just as well as the next person, although I’m sure there are lots of folks who are more accurate with their casting than I am. I know a lot about fishing ...

853. Don't That Just Beat All?

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... wonder where they are now. I haven’t seen either of them in the last twenty years. You see, although we were as close as friends can be all those years ago, somehow we drifted apart after high school. The bond we shared had gone. I joined the Air Force. Larry went to college and got a degree in accounting. The last I heard, he was working at one of the local hospitals in Memphis. Freddy went into business with his older brother, and together they developed and patented a new type of locking device for ...

854. Making Christmas Last

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Brett Blair

... Helen Keller graduates from Radcliffe College 1910 The "week-end" becomes popular in the U.S. 1912 The S.S. Titanic sinks 1914 World War I begins 1915 Albert Einstein formulates his General Theory of Relativity 1918 Ex-Czar Nicholas II executed; Air-mail service established in the United States *1919 Versailles Peace Conference; 1920 The 19th Amendment gives American women the vote; Mahatma Gandhi emerges as India's leader in its struggle for independence 1922 Mussolini's March on Rome; Formation of the ...

855. The Dice And The Robe

John 19:23-24

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... for the bottom part of the cross. They took off Jesus' clothes and put them in a pile, then they nailed Jesus to the cross. You can imagine how much Jesus must have hurt when this happened. But He stood the pain. The cross was lifted high in the air with Jesus on it so that everyone could see Him. It was a terrible way to die. The people who knew and loved Jesus were crushed. They cried and screamed, but mostly they just stood and prayed for God to give Jesus strength. The soldiers were different from the ...

856. What's So Good About Feeling Bad?

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Joann Hary

The other day as I was sitting outside the pre-surgical room at the hospital with nothing much to do but wait, I opened one of the multitude of magazines there and saw this wonderful cartoon. There were two witches on brooms flying through the air. You know how we picture witches to look. Well, one looked pretty happy while the other was obviously very upset as she complained to the other, "I told you before we started out today that it was going to rain. But no, you wouldn't listen to me, you and ...

857. Hard Times May Drop In For A Visit

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

Joann Hary

... this atypical nun had that convent rocking and reeling, and singing and swaying, and the church began to fill up with people. The doors were unbarred, the windows were opened, and the convent became the center of life for the community. There was a breath of fresh air blowing. The place that had been a valley of the bones, where all hope was lost, became alive and thriving, something like the song, "Dem Bones." Let's have a little fun, and try singing that right now. It matters not that we sound like a ...

858. And Who is my Neighbor?

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Johnny Dean

The final Episode of the Seinfeld show which aired at the end of the 1998 TV season received a lot of flack for being disappointing. Perhaps the reason so many were disappointed in the show is because it moralized. It wasn’t very funny; in fact, it was self deprecating. All of the characters receive a one year sentence ...

859. When You Least Expect It...

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... No teacher, no preacher, no book, not even the Bible, can prove that this story actually happened. It defies logic and reason, and it breaks the laws of nature as we understand them. No one can come back from the dead, and no one can just vanish into thin air. If we are to believe that Jesus lives, with everything that implies, then we have to believe without the benefit of proof, for true faith can only exist in the absence of proof. That’s the only way it could be. If something can be proven, then you ...

860. Life is Messy

John 1:29-34

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Johnny Dean

... do I mean by that? Well, church researchers have pointed out that one reason many people give for not coming to worship is they don’t feel they have the right clothing to wear. Where did they get that idea? Did it just pop into their heads out of thin air? I don’t think so! A friend of mine told me that one of his church members – a devoted, I’ll-be-there-every-time-the-church-doors-are-open woman – came up to a visitor one Sunday and said, "It was nice to have you with us today. But ...

861. Trying to Face the Strain

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... one of my personal favorite writers of that era, talked about change as something to be anticipated and dreamed about, but also as something that was inevitable. Listen to these words from one of his songs, appropriately titled "Changes." Sit by my side, come as close as the air, Share in a memory of gray, And wander in my words And dream about the pictures that I play Of changes. Green leaves of summer turn red in the fall To brown and to yellow they fade And then they have to die Trapped within the circle ...

862. Happiness

Matthew 5:1-12

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... Why would you be happy? (response) This morning I brought something that makes me very happy. Do you want to see it? (response) Do you really want to see it? (response) All right, this makes me so happy! Bring out the football hold it up or toss it air. When Tennessee wins today I am going to be happy! Application: Each of us has something in our life that makes us happy. What makes you happy? (response) It could be chocolate chip cookies or a special toy or a pet. Happiness is pretty important. Jesus even ...

863. The Dripping of Water

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... now to the sound of dripping water. We hear it twice during that week. In one instance, the sound of dripping water is heard twelve times, never varying in intent or meaning. In the other case, the sound is swift, quickly over and done, with a deliberate air of finality about it. On both occasions, the water is being used for cleansing, to wash off or wash away something undesirable. The first time we hear this sound of dripping water is in an upper room on Thursday evening. Created by Jesus, it makes us ...

864. The Crowing of a Rooster

Matthew 26:31-35, Matthew 26:69-75

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... a noose around his neck, but they weren't! They scattered all over the city, hiding in the homes of friends. Only Simon Peter and perhaps one other, as John's Gospel suggests, followed Jesus to court. Peter stood outside, waiting to hear the verdict. The night air was cool so he sat down around a fire with some folks he didn't know. We can imagine that there was little conversation as they all waited to see what the religious court decided. Peter's troubles began when one of the servant girls, looking at ...

865. It Dawned on Me

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... die the agonizing, suffocating death of crucifixion as he pushed off with his feet in order to relieve the pain in his hands, and then struggled to shift his weight back to his hands to relieve the pain in his feet. He was crushing his lungs, forcing the air out of his body. Back and forth. Back and forth. Back and forth. For six, blood-red hours. The agony of it, coupled with the darkness which covered the place like a blanket though it was only noon, gave a horrifying sense to the bizarre death of this ...

866. "Oh Yeah, Thanks a Lot" -The Grateful Leper

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... someone help us? They always tell us to pray ... "No. The priests are the health officers ... They are the ones who declare the lepers clean. "Clean ... But we are not ... Why, you are ... So am I ... The sores are ... gone. It has been years since I smelled fresh air. My God! I am clean ... We are all clean. Clean. Are we really clean? Feel. See. Touch. Smell. Everybody is clean. "What to do next? There are different opinions. 'I must run home and see my wife.' 'I'll bet my son is grown.' "Don't you think ...

867. Praying With Tears in Your Eyes

Hebrews 1:1-14

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... of praying with tears. Why not tears? We, too, want to live. We enjoy life. We dread the unknown and leaving loved ones. I myself had to face up to this issue some years ago. Having a fear of heights, for many years I refused to travel by air. The time came when railroads were impractical for travel. I had a preaching mission in a distant state and found that I could keep the appointment only by flying. A couple of weeks in advance I bought the ticket. Until the time of departure, I had my own Gethsemane ...

868. WHAT IS MAN?

Sermon

Larry Powell

... feet on the ground. Henry David Thoreau has said, "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put a foundation under them," Let us be careful not to neglect the foundations, especially since the future, whatever its form, will be built upon a certain foundation for sure - the little ...

869. In Quest of a Treasure

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

... spoke these words: "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow or reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither ...

870. Worship, Work, Rest, and Play

John 4:1-26

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... we can rest? (nap, sit down, sleep,) Sometimes if we are working really hard it's good to stop and take a short rest and catch our breath. What would happen if we stopped resting? (response) I brought one other thing this morning. Throw the ball up in the air and catch it. Now what am I doing? (playing) How many of you like to play? (response) What do you like playing the most? (response) What does you mom like to play? (response) What does your dad like to play? (response) You know what I like to play the ...

871. Shower the People

Acts 2:1-13

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... predominantly red and a powerful fan. Hide the confetti in a solid colored container from which you can slowly pour the contents. Practice this with a sample to be sure your fan is strong enough and your confetti is light enough to be pushed up in the air above the kid's heads. Lesson: Good Morning! (response) Who can tell me what today is? (response) Today is Pentecost and what do we celebrate on Pentecost? (response) It is the birthday of the church. Jesus sends the Holy Spirit to come and be our teacher ...

872. The Gift of Peace

Sermon

Alan Bacon Bond

... ; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you." John 14:27 At the drive-in window of the bank there is a pneumatic tube. The transaction slips, checks, and money are put in a capsule, which is dropped into the tube. As air is sucked out from in front of the capsule and pressured behind it, the container is pushed through the tube. I used the tube one day. It came as no surprise to me, then that a pneumatic tube showed up in a dream, in which I was attempting to assemble ...

873. The Big Influence of Small Things

Matthew 13:31-35

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that birds of the air come and perch in its branches.” Imagine that. A little seed smaller than a BB grows up to be a ten foot high tree. How does that happen? (response) Can you name something else that’s small but has a lot of power? (response) I have here in my hand ...

874. Encounters With Christ VI: Jesus and Caiaphas

Matthew 26:57-68

Sermon

James W. Moore

... · Lift it higher! · Hold it up! · Twist it this way!” Well, as this husband and wife were moving the chair, trying to maneuver it through the door and shouting instructions to each other, six-year-old Sarah suddenly ran up to them. She held both hands up in the air to get their attention and said, “Stop! Wait a minute! We need to talk. I need to say something to you!” They stopped and she put her hands on her hips and said, “Now, you two are just going to have to learn how to get along… Now, I ...

875. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Bulletin Aid

Robert G. McCreight

... coming of God's Son to bring a reign of peace where there was hatred and alienation. Descended from the family of David, this child is the King of Righteousness. (Raise The Sanctuary Lights To The Level Of EIGHT). Congregational Hymn: "There's A Song In The Air!" Narrator: Jesus was recognized as the fulfillment of God's promise to redeem all people and complete all creation. In him God had done this! Hebrews 1:1-3 Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these ...

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