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76. Mark 4:35-41

Mark 4:35-41

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... water. The Sea of Galilee sits at the bottom of a basin, with hills and mountains surrounding it. The exchange between the cold mountain air and the much warmer, below sea level marine air, provides ideal conditions for the creation of fast, fierce storms. Despite the fact that Jesus and the disciples leave after evening had come, when the air should have been calmer, they quickly find themselves in a “lailaps megale anemou,” a “fierce windstorm” (v.37). The Greek here suggests a violent, tornado ...

77. Go Fly A Kite

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... go fly a kite Up to the highest heights Let’s go fly a kite, and send it soaring. Up in the atmosphere, Up where the air is clear, Let’s all go . . . fly a kite. Flying high. Flying free. Flying solo. Flying together. Flying was the great dream that drove the ... . As long as the kite has wind to buoy it up, as long as the powers of the invisible are there to keep it in the air, and a sturdy string, tethering it to the ground, the kite can fly. But there is a paradox at the heart of kite-flying. In order ...

78. Matthew 6:25-33

Matthew 6:25-34

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... the “two masters” spelled out in v.24, “God” and “mammon.” Jesus calls his listeners to focus on a “life” that extends beyond mere physicality . . . beyond food, beyond drink, beyond the life of the body. To illustrate his point, Jesus, the open air preacher, need do no more than look to the sky. “Look” is a more usual rendering of the Greek than the more cerebral “consider.” Jesus is simply using the natural world to illustrate his words. As birds flitted overhead, they made an ...

79. Stewardship of the Earth (Series: Stewardship: Discover This Word and Love It!)

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... teaches such deism. God so loved the world that he gave his only Son. Consider the lilies of the field and the birds of the air. God cares for each one of them. According to Job, even the whales were made to praise God. When will we come to grip with ... are renters. We are not kings, we are stewards. We are not the masters of our fate and the captains of our souls. The very air we breathe is a gift of God. II. An Awesome Responsibility “You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put ...

80. Greed or the Gospel?

Acts 8:9-13, 18-24

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... lips. You are not Billy Graham." When the hunger for fame becomes a reason for living, it becomes narcissism, arrogance, and pride. Pierre Salinger was John F. Kennedy's press secretary. As Pierre liked to tell the story, he and the President were flying in Air Force One when a severe turbulence shook the plane. For a brief moment they thought they might crash. When the plane righted itself, Salinger said to Kennedy, “I wonder what the news story would have been if our plane had gone down?" The President ...

81. Living in Gratitude

Philippians 4:4-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... . Above was a blue sky, around it were blooming wild flowers. Behind it were deer grazing in the meadows. It was a piece to behold. It was a picture of peace. The other finalist portrayed a terrible storm, winds blowing, trees bending, and debris flying through the air. The sky was dark, the sight was stark, and there was not a person in sight. There was, however, a bird perched on a limb on one of those bended trees. Observers got the impression that the bird was singing. To which painting would you award ...

82. Hey, Foolish Thing!

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... a group of people can do the same thing.’” (4) That’s a pretty good description of what the church is all about. We’re like those bees. On our own we can’t get much done, but flapping our wings in unison we can blow out the stale air of sin and oppression. But each of us must do our part. Once there was a young Methodist pastor serving a two-point circuit in the hills of East Tennessee. [In other words he preached each Sunday morning to two congregations.] The larger church which had their service ...

83. Busy with a Purpose

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it. So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air. (1 Corinthians 9:24, 26) There is a purpose to Paul's busyness. There is an African proverb that says that each morning at dawn in the ... it. We are a loud society. Be still in order to listen and to be heard so that you are not boxing by beating the air. James Dobson of Focus on the Family was talking once about focusing our lives on what is truly important. He told a story about his ...

84. This Fellow Welcomes Sinners

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... thought would not want to be seen eating with those they imagined were beneath them. In first-century Palestine there was no air conditioning, so buildings tended to be built with windward facing windows. The windows were large, and of course there ... We don't know what's going to happen, at least until we decide. The end of the story is up in the air. Our story is up in the air. How will you decide? Are you a prodigal who needs redeeming love? Are you a prodigal's brother, who need not fear eating with ...

85. The Golf Shot That Destroyed an Airforce

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... golf course, but a technicality like that never gets in the way of a dedicated golfer. A man in Benin named Mathieu Boya is a dedicated golfer. Benin has five airfields within its borders, but only one has a paved runway; it was here at the Benin Air Base where Boya routinely practiced driving golf balls. Boya wasn’t playing a round of golf that day in 1987. He was simply practicing driving the ball, but he did hit a birdie while he practiced driving, a real birdie. He struck a hapless passing seagull in ...

86. From Tragedy to Salvation

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... the flight. 1. The tug was unable to push the aircraft off the gate in the deep snow, so an irregular engine assisted power back procedure was used. The swirling snow actually froze in the sensor probes of the engine intake. 2. The engine bleed air anti-ice system was purposely turned off to make more takeoff power available. Another bad option, which resulted in iced up sensors and a false high power indication on the EPR gauges during takeoff. 3. No one confirmed that the aircraft was free of structural ...

87. Breaking News: A World Gone Wild

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... , 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, NIV) You have to understand that good in God’s eyes is perfect in our eyes. Good does not mean there was any room for improvement. This world was absolutely perfect. The streams and the rivers were crystal clear and pristine pure. The air was so fresh it literally smelled sweet to the nostrils. There was no need for a weatherman, because the weather was always perfect. The wind was just a gentle breeze. The rain was just a soft mist. It was neither too hot by day or too cold by night ...

88. Sometimes You Have to Do Something

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... our fears, we are in trouble. You know it’s true. If I laid a 10-foot-long plank across the front of this altar, hardly any of us would have any difficulty walking on it. However, if I were to suspend that plank 50 feet into the air, how many of you would volunteer to perform that same feat? Our consciousness of our circumstances would overwhelm our confidence about walking the plank. That, of course, is what happened to Simon Peter. He suddenly became aware of the wind and the waves and the great depth ...

89. One Heaven of a Party

Deuteronomy 26:1-11

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... -conditioner by absorbing enormous amounts of heat. In addition, an average shade tree serves as a humidifier for our environment, releasing 75 to 100 gallons of water into the air per day. A tree is also an air-filter, removing one-quarter pound of dust particles from the air everyday. And that is not all. An average tree supplies all the oxygen needed by ten people in one year and removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.[3] A tree demonstrates the generous cycle of life. It receives life and gives back ...

90. Lost in Plain Sight

John 1:29-34, John 1:35-42

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... our most primal needs, the needs that we share with all other animal life forms. These are the physiological needs: air, food, water, sex, sleep, movement, and so on. Next up the ladder comes safety needs: security, employment, health, safety of ... freely. He is not lost or hidden like the city of “Z.” He is, like the radio waves that are still echoing all around us in the air after the Big Bang, easy to see and hear, if only we will open our eyes to his graceful presence. And, if he seems hard to find ...

91. The Judge of the Living and the Dead

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Albert G. Butzer III

... idea. Unfortunately, the demonstration took place, not in the hills of the Alps with their upcurrents of wind, but on the bluffs of the Danube River where the wind currents blow downward. Babblinger stood on a high platform, waved to the crowd, and jumped into the air only to plunge like a cannon ball into the river. The demonstration was a total flop. The next Sunday, the Bishop of Ulm stood in the pulpit of the cathedral church, called Babblinger by name during the sermon and chastised him for the sin of ...

92. Tearing The Sky To Get To You

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” No one witnessed those events. No one heard it. No one felt the blast of air as the sky was split so the Father could get to his son. We know it is true. We know that it happened because Jesus gave ... the sky. And me, like all the others, we sat unaware. We didn’t hear the voice of God. We didn’t see or feel the air splitting because that experience was not for us. It was for the saint that laid, drawing their last breath. As the season of Lent marches on ...

93. Only Human?

Psalm 8:5-6

Sermon

Will Willimon

... visiting someone in the Triangle area. If so, we're glad to have you here at Duke Chapel. You should be glad that this place was air-conditioned a few years ago! Ah, the glorious summer! For those of us here, it's a much-welcomed time to catch our breath and ... of thy hands; thou has put all things under our feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the sea. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is thy name in all ...

94. When Good People Pray

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... was moving and reached the central shaft and freedom from their dark captivity. (3) As you know, the Hebrew word for Spirit [ruacḥ] is also the word for wind or breath. In a very real way, we also need to feel the movement of the air, do we not? We need to experience the movement of the wind of God’s Spirit in our life. The great theologian Emil Brunner put it this way: “As children lost in a woods are fearful of the sinister darkness—and then, suddenly, hearing a sound from the somber blackness, ...

95. Daniel Interprets the Dream

Daniel 2:24-49

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... is preferable: You, O king, the king of kings—to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the might, and the glory, into whose hand he has given human beings, wherever they live, the wild animals of the field, and the birds of the air, and whom he has established as ruler over them all—you are the head of gold. (2:37 NRSV) The main clause is “You, O king . . . you are that head of gold” (2:37–38). The second “you” resumes the sentence, which was interrupted by all the material ...

96. You Can Talk the Game, but Can You Play the Game?

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Sermon

Will Willimon

... comes St. Paul with his, “Run in such a way that you may win.... Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one. So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air; but I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified. (1 Cor. 9:24b- 27). Elsewhere in his letters Paul refers to running (Gal. 2:2), boxing (1 Cor. 9:26), wrestling (Eph. 6:12), gladiatorial contests (1 ...

97. The Parables About Response

Mark 4:30-34, Mark 4:26-29

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... build a nest in. Growth in the kingdom of God which comes from scattered seeds, is quiet and slow but can produce great growth, growth beyond what we would predict. A little mustard seed can become a very large mustard bush with such big branches that the birds of the air can find shade there. Of course, a big bush is not the biggest thing in the world. Texan was bragging to an Iowa farmer about how big his ranch had become. He looked at the 100-acre farm of his friend and said, "In Texas my ranch is so big ...

98. The Perisitent Noise Of Solemn Assemblies

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... energy and intelligence and love, and then exhaust it to propel the church on its mission and ministry of social justice and love in its community. Many churches float around like pious blimps with the appearance of being full of the spirit, when they may be only full of hot air! But a jet plane church for the jet age can fool no one. Because it is designed for work and service it must have huge intake and exhaust or it will fall. We are, I believe, being challenged by God to be a jet church for a jet age ...

99. No Freudian Slip!

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... all guilty. We all sin. We all break the first commandment every day. We all serve another master. Jesus must have known that his disciples were worriers just like us. So when he tells them not to worry, he is really accusing them. "Look at the birds of the air ... Consider the lilies of the field ...." They don't worry. They don't scurry about trying to buy the latest fashions at the year's best sale. They don't have their days rise and fall on the basis of the latest Dow Jones average. They don't count ...

100. Prayers for the Sundays After Easter

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... bring before you our great need, in the name of our Lord Jesus. Amen. Now, dear God, we enter the fall of the year. It's the beginning of a new school term. It's the return of Congress to Washington. It's the time for cool brisk air, football, changing leaves, last minute cookouts, and harvesting. It's also the time for the same old "stuff." Some things remain oblivious to the calendar. Drugs continue to be sold on our streets. Prejudice continues to dominate our emotions and our wills. We still use war to ...

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