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901. WIZARD

Deut. 18:11

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... the results of that encounter. We have also the fear of the witch herself, who admitted that she was in danger of her life because she granted Saul’s request. Leviticus as well as Deuteronomy specifically stated that the practitioners of the art of necromancy, as well as their clients, were subject to the death penalty. There is, to most of us, something inherently distasteful and frightening in the thought of trying to establish communication with the dead, and yet spiritualism and the spiritualist cult ...

902. A 12 DAY RUNNING START

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G. William Genszler

The twelve days of Christmas could prove to be a practice session for learning the art of CHRISTMAS LIVING. Keep the pear tree and the partridge and start giving love and understanding and forgiveness and peace to one another. Give, not grudgingly, but with the joyful abandonment of a child at PLAY. Who knows, by the grace of God that suddenly floods your hearts, you might ...

903. The Greatest Story Ever Told

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... us all an enormous compliment here simply through his choice of words. Jesus was saying that any time we are thinking straight, we turn toward our heavenly Father. Occasionally on TV I see re-runs of the classic show, The Honeymooners, featuring Jackie Gleason and Art Carney. In one episode, bus-driver Ralph Cramden and his buddy Norton from the sewer are invited to buyout a quick-food restaurant down on the corner. They are promised enormous profits. In a fit of greed Ralph begs wife Alice to turn over the ...

904. Overcoming Fear

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... of David is tranquil, calm, and powerful. In the 4th verse David declared, "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil." But why, one wants to ask David, are you so unafraid? He answers in the next breath: "Because thou, God, art with me." You see, if I have a growing confidence that God is with me and is sufficient for my needs. I can laugh at tomorrow. Because nothing can come down the street that God and I can't handle together. To believe that is to have the cure ...

905. Only One Superpower

1 Chronicles 29:1-9

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... name of Disney. On the other hand, if a company has the courage to stand up for morality and family values, reward it. Wal-Mart is the single largest seller of pop music in the country. Its refusal to stock albums with lyrics or cover art it finds objectionable is affecting the production of music. Because of Wal-Mart's clout, record companies and bands are designing different covers, omitting certain songs from their albums, and even changing lyrics in order to gain a place on Wal-Mart shelves. Other ...

906. God of Wrath and Grace

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... reminded us last week that we have satanic cults here in Shelby County, routinely offering animal sacrifices in their pagan rituals. In recent years, some so-called artists have created blasphemous statues, funded by tax monies, as part of the National Endowment for the Arts. As wonderful as the Internet is, it too is afflicted by the desperate wickedness of persons. Some adults misuse it to lure children into sexual abuse. Verse 6 of our text tells us that God was grieved that he had created human beings ...

907. Building According To Code

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Brett Blair

... of the world Let your “Yes” be “Yes” and your “No” be “No” If someone strikes you on the right cheek turn to him the other also Love your enemies When you give, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing Our Father, which art in heaven… Where your treasure is there your heart will be also You cannot serve God and mammon Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things will be given to you Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself Do not judge, or ...

908. Making a Name for Ourselves

Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... from the Greek philosopher Protagoras: “Man is the measure of all things.” President Eliot did not care for William James’ suggestions. Instead, he chose a verse from Psalm 8 and had it inscribed on the main door. That verse asked, “What is man that thou art mindful of him?” Between those two lines lay a great distance between the human-centered and the God-centered points of view. Arnold H. Glasow in the Wall Street Journal said that if we had our way, most of us would choose the front of the ...

909. How to Handle Criticism

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... years ago, I took a group of travelers to the nation of Israel, with a short side trip to Greece. In Israel, we learned that most of the sales persons in the little shops liked to barter, to haggle over prices. Our people became skilled in this art in record time. One of our ladies almost drove the shopkeepers crazy. But when we got to Greece, especially in those fashionable shops in Athens, there was no bartering. Whatever the price tag said, that was the firm price. As long as someone is talking about ...

910. Legends Of Christmas

Drama

Georgianna Summers

... in wearing a crown and carrying a sword.] Becky: Good heavens. Who’s he supposed to be? Danny: King Arthur. Who else? [Sits down on front row in classroom area. Miss Hardgrader enters.] Hardgrader: [Noticing chalkboard] Well, I see we have some new art work on the chalkboard. A perfect likeness. Anybody know who the artist is? [Everyone points to Danny who denies it loudly.] Marcia: [Noticing the heart] Who did that? [She gets up and erases it. Students snicker.] Hardgrader: Time to settle down, class. I ...

911. The Prodigal Daughter

Drama

Maxine Dudley

... for my college education. (Mother looks at Sarah with concern.) Mother: Sarah, have you given this some thought? Is this what you really want to do with your life? Sarah: Yes, it is. All my friends are going to New York to find a job in theater, modeling or art. I want to go with them. I don’t want to stay here by myself. Mother: I would rather you get a traditional education, but I cannot make you stay. (Mother walks to the safe and removes several thousand dollars and gives it to Sarah.) Mother: Here, I ...

912. Reviving Our Moral Responsibility

2 Chronicles 36:15-23

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... ? Well, we’re not quite sure. People criticize the Middle Ages and certainly they had their faults. But it was in a sense the age of Christendom. Its center of reference was God and the people’s response to this great reality is seen in the monuments of art and architecture and literature they left behind. But something is missing in our day. Jeremiah touched on it when he wrote: "I know that man’s ways are not of his own choosing; nor is it for a man to determine his course in life" (Jeremiah 10:23 ...

913. Service Beset by "What’s the Use?"

Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... no room for futility and no one of us will feel that our work and witness are in vain. 2. Isaiah had another conviction: he was an instrument in the hands of God. Note in verse 3 how he reports God’s word to his own life: "Thou art my servant in whom I will be glorified." While Isaiah was concerned about the task of counselling and encouraging his own people, he believed that the truth of God was being expressed through his words and caring. The Westminster Shorter Catechism says: "God is Spirit, infinite ...

914. A Mountain-Top Experience

Mark 9:2-13

Illustration

Larry Powell

... a symbolic act that all would understand, and 3. certify his divine Sonship. "And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in the Jordan ... and there came a voice from heaven, saying, ‘Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased’ " (Mark 1:9-11). Transfiguration. Six days following the baptism, Jesus took Peter, James, and John and withdrew to the top of a mountain, possibly Mount Hermon. There, he was "transfigured;" that is to say, in ...

915. Song of an Exile

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... martyred for their faith, and the poet knows only too well that at any time he may meet the same fate. Thus, understandably, he begins his song with an appeal for divine protection. Preserve me, O God, for in thee I take refuge. I say to the Lord, Thou art my Lord; I have no good apart from thee. (Psalm 16:1-2) Yet, even as the psalmist petitions the Almighty’s help, he reminds himself he is not alone in his predicament. For others around him are exiles, too. As for the saints in the land [the psalmist ...

916. Song of a Shepherd

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... the cost, will be true to himself. A God Who Guards In the second place, the author of the Twenty-third Psalm is on familiar terms with a God who guards. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. (Psalm 23:4) The Palestinian shepherd literally risked his life for his sheep. For him the "valley of the shadow of death" was no figment of the imagination. Rather, for him it was virtually a daily reality. The grim ...

917. Song of a Churchgoer

Psalm 92:1-15

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... he will never permit evil to attain the final victory (Psalm 92:9). The dull man cannot know, the stupid cannot understand this: that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction for ever, but thou, O Lord, art on high for ever. (Psalm 92:6-8) The Church Gives Men Roots Comforting, indeed, is the revelation the church channels to her worshipers. The future, the psalmist exults, belongs to those who order their lives after God’s will and way. For unlike the ...

918. In The Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Robert Allen

... Is there anybody there?" and they have come back with a bitter atheism - a bitter denial of God. Jean Paul Richter said: I have traveled the world, I have risen to the suns. There is no God! I have gazed into the gulf beyond and cried out, "Where art Thou?" And no answer came. We are utterly alone. And others have asked the question and come back with an awesome vision of power, but a power so remote and so uninterested in his creation that he has forgotten us. Mark Twain, the great American writer, used to ...

919. I Believe In Prayer

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Robert Allen

... to see that prayer was more than just begging God for the things they desired. Apparently, their prayers had been limited to asking God to give them this or give them that. But, now they saw how prayer influenced his life and they asked him to teach them this art of praying. Today, as we look at the idea of prayer, I want to stress some important points about prayer. I. Prayer is a powerful force. Prayer is a powerful force that is available to us. Ages ago Isaiah affirmed this as a fact when he said: They ...

920. The Flight From Light

Isaiah 60:1-22, Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... we come to the brink of real sharing and genuine communion, we back away. When we come to the brink of one searching person deeply touching another searching person with honest love and fearless truth, we retreat and raise our guard. We practice the art of remaining strangers. In ways we may or may not recognize, we are continually fleeing from the light of caring and sharing into the lonely darkness again, desperately wanting communion with others but afraid to open our hearts and be vulnerable, afraid to ...

921. Whatever Happened To Sanctification?

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... ’s bondage to the Darkness in Western society today live in a society characterized by duplicity. One of the primary characteristics of the Powers of Darkness, lying has been elevated to the rank of heroic morality by the government and to the status of art in ordinary commerce."3 Claude Lewis, a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, wrote these words: "It is 1989 and nothing’s changed. We have lived this long in America to learn that if anything at all has been eternally established it is that the ...

922. The Right Spirit Within Us ...

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... and attitude. We are at that momentous year of 587 B.C. (or slightly beyond) when the country of Judah is no more. The beautiful temple, built in the great days of King Solomon is no more. This holy, awesome temple has been sacked and its priceless art treasures carried off to the wicked country of Babylon. The monarchy, reaching back to the golden days of King David is no more. The holy city of Jerusalem is in ruins. God’s people have become God’s refugees. Jeremiah was prophet before, during and after ...

923. Wheel Within The Wheel

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... forget, and that is that the "church goes and grows as the leaders lead." It has been my experience that the single most important factor that influences how a congregation will function, is the nature of its leadership. By leadership, I mean the "art of influencing people to work for the achievement of individual or group goals." There is no substitute for this kind of leadership. A few years ago in his commencement sermon to the graduates of Princeton Seminary, the preacher said these words, "More ...

924. Egypt: Unlikely Refuge

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... concluded that there could be no one in the cave, for anyone entering would have torn the web. So the soldiers passed on, leaving the Family safe. And this, the legend says, is why we put tinsel on our Christmas trees, in imitation of that frosted spider web. Art, they say, seeks to imitate and expand on reality. Both the painting and the legend remind us not only that Egypt was a refuge for the Christ Child, but a rather strange refuge. The idea of the Baby lying asleep in the embrace of the Sphinx, or ...

925. Knowing the Secret

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Thomas Long

... story’s opening episode, when Jesus, coming up out of the waters of baptism, sees the Holy Spirit descending upon him like a dove from the heavens, which have been torn open like a piece of cloth, and hears the very voice of God telling the secret: "Thou art my beloved Son; with thee I am well pleased" (Mark 1:11). Only Jesus sees the Spirit; only Jesus hears the voice. This is, in the words of one commentator, "a secret epiphany."1 God knows the secret. Now Jesus knows the secret. And, because Mark has ...

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