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76. Home Economy

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... if the brook dried up. He lived in faith, the faith that if God feeds the birds on wing and clothes the lilies of the field, will he not take care of us as well? We can use a little of that trust and confidence - that inspired boldness, holy recklessness, and fearless faith - faith that casts out fear because it isn’t faith in our capacity to play the role of God and keep our little empires from collapse, but faith that rests on him. We are not without experience in seeing how God keeps his word. Do we ...

77. Good News for Bad Times

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... that none of us can do what is right. All of us sin and come short of what God expects of us. We are like the man who appeared once again before a judge who said, "I've had you up here for speeding, drunken driving, reckless driving, parking alongside fire hydrants, driving a car without a license plate, and the last time you were here I ordered your driver's license suspended. What's the charge this time?" The defendant mumbled, "Jaywalking, your Honor." The way to get straight with God as preparation ...

78. Praying for a Whole New World

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

William G. Carter

... . Jesus reminds us this new world will come only after the old world has passed away. We have no problem imagining the end of the world. Every year, the movie industry cranks out disaster films about global destruction. Maybe it is a spy thriller, where a reckless villain seeks world domination with no regard for loss of life. Or we buy tickets to watch a technicolor asteroid smashing into New York City. The threat can come from above, as aliens hover over the White House and blast it to bits. Or the threat ...

79. "...Yet"

Jeremiah 4:5-31

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... people, cared for these people, rescued them from slavery in Egypt, led them through the wilderness to an abundant land, gave them laws to order their life together. God provided for them in ways great and small, giving himself to them with an almost reckless abandon, hoping that they might abound in faith and love, that they might worship God with heart and soul and might, that they might love their neighbors even as they love themselves. But it didn’t happen. It just didn’t happen. God was faithful ...

80. The Healing of the Man with the Withered Hand

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

James W. Moore

... and precision over the next seven days to save Jennifer’s life. But that day when her dad came out of the emergency room, he was met by a policeman who ticketed him for five traffic violations – speeding, running a red light, running a stop sign, reckless driving, and disturbing the peace, and was put on probation. This true story shows vividly the weakness of legalism. Now please don’t misunderstand me. I’m not fussing at the law. I know that we have to have laws. I’m not criticizing that police ...

81. Angels

Psalm 91:1-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Father in heaven." Amy Grant sings a popular song called "Angels:" (7) Angels watching over me, every move I make, Angels watching over me! Angels watching over me, every step I take, Angels watching over me! God only knows the times my life was threatened just today. A reckless car ran out of gas before it ran my way. Near misses all around me, accidents unknown, Though I never see with human eyes the hands that lead me home. But I know they're all around me all day and through the night. When the enemy is ...

82. What's This World Coming To Anyway?

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Randolph W. Barr

... with him in peace and joy rather than with all this fear of failure and self-examination." "Yeah, but he gives the young kid a party. It's not fair!" Wayne protested. "You're right, Wayne," said the pastor. "It's not fair. It's more than fair. It's reckless. It's extravagant. It's wonderful. And just like the father went out and invited the young son in before he could say his rehearsed piece, the father went out to the elder son, too, and invited him to come in. When the kingdom of God comes near, everyone ...

83. Three Temptations Of The American People

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... privilege." If there is anyone in this room who is not grateful to have been born in such a land, tell me about it after the service. I'm thankful to be an American. Nevertheless, the Fourth of July is a dangerous day. Not because of fireworks, reckless driving, swimming accidents and such. It is a dangerous holiday because it can blind us to our real needs. Like the church at Laodicea in the book of Revelation, we can congratulate ourselves on being rich and be utterly blind to our poverty (Rev. 3:14 18 ...

84. Waking To A World Upside Down

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He was a writer and director of movies. McDermott‘s favorite gag was to take his guests for a ride in his Model-T Ford. Taking them into the mountains, he would careen around curves at perilous speeds. When a guest would complain about his recklessness, he would yank the steering wheel from its post and toss it over the mountain side. His panic stricken rider didn ‘t know that he had installed foot controls for steering. McDermott also had a house replete with secret tunnels and sliding panels. It was ...

85. Standing On Your Head For God

2 Samuel 6:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... the rest of the way to Jerusalem. Then something most interesting occurred. David began to dance around the Ark. He simply could not contain himself. Like Lyman Woodard standing on his head in that New England belfrey, David burst loose with a display of reckless exhuberance. It was truly a time of celebration. David's dancing was so wild and exuberant that he embarrassed his wife. But he was dancing for the Lord, and he was dancing because he had brought the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem according ...

86. How Do You Get To Heaven?

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... 19 when his father died, but he had worked closely with his father in the last years of his life. At night, on weekends and through four summer vacations, he typed, did research or stood beside his father at his desk while he wrote. After much reckless searching, his father had found faith late in his life, and young Ousler was privileged to share in his work on magazine stories - articles of faith, he called them - and his efforts to complete the trilogy that began with THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD. Young ...

87. The Gift Of Freedom

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Sermon

Landon Winstead

... more freedom than many of us. You see, FREEDOM IS A STATE OF MIND. There are people so frozen by fear, that they cannot experience freedom. There are people who are prisoners to many things. Maybe it is an addiction such as alcohol, cocaine, or reckless relationships. Maybe it is the necessity to constantly receive the approval of some significant other before we have the courage to make a decision; maybe it is the fear that something bad will happen, and so we never take risks, lest our fear become true ...

88. The Bridge Builder

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

George Jones, one of country music's greatest stars, has lived a troubled life; his drinking and reckless behavior once came close to ruining his career. Probably the lowest point in his career came the night in 1979 when George performed a major concert in Nashville. That night, Jones did the whole concert--a string of hits--in the voice of Donald Duck. Not long afterwards, Jones checked ...

89. Barking Pigs and Determined Disciples

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... Peter could have stayed safely in the boat. But we wouldn't be reading about him today. II. There is a place for caution in the Christian life. You surely understand that. By praising Simon Peter I'm not endorsing letting go of common sense and embracing reckless, foolish behavior. Cowboy writer Curt Brummett likes to tell how proud he felt the day his father gave him his first real rope. All young cowboys dream of owning their own rope, which they can use to rope steer. As his father tied the rope into a ...

90. I Wish Life Came With An Eraser!

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... outside. I can erase this from my character. The devil made me do it. I can erase it. I am not an alcoholic. If I repeat it long enough and loud enough, I can simply erase it from my character. I am not addicted to pornography, or gambling, or to reckless spending, or to an explosive temper, or to whatever. This is a quirk, it is not me. I will erase it on my own." But the irony is, if we refuse to own it, it will likely own us. Until we say with David, "I acknowledge my sin and my ...

91. Living In The Kingdom Of God

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... professor teaching American politics in Singapore, wrote about an incident that illustrates the difference between our society and theirs. One evening, Steven went to water a sickly-looking fern a previous resident had left at his apartment. He was sort of reckless in his watering, and just about drowned the poor fern. Afterward, he went for a swim, then returned to the apartment. A persistent knock at the door interrupted his peaceful evening. Steven opened the door to find two Singaporean police officers ...

92. It Isn't Easy Getting Ready For Christmas

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... be alarmed. Then he sent his daughter across the street where a police officer lived to tell him to also disregard what he would be hearing in a few moments. And then he got his gun and began firing wildly into the ground. Later, under arrest for reckless endangerment, he said he thought discharging the gun would help him get rid of his anger. (1) Many of us sympathize with that poor man. Hanging lights on a Christmas tree can be most stressful. Someone made a list of Things Not To Say When Hanging Lights ...

93. The Other Woman

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... God just as the children of Israel, Isaac's son, see themselves as heir to God's promise. Should we be surprised that the people of Islam want their place in the sun just as you and I want our place in the sun? And regardless of the recklessness and the wanton destructiveness of their extremist elements, the children of Ishmael have a God-given right to that place. While so many of us sympathize with the state of Israel in the current conflicts in the Mideast, let us not forget that the people of Islam are ...

94. Day People

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.. People of the day and people of the night. People of the light and people of the darkness. People of character and reckless people without self-control. People who live in expectation of Christ’s coming and people who live as if there is no tomorrow. Two kinds of people. St. Paul doesn’t realize it, but he has put himself right at the center of today’s so-called ...

95. More Than "Turkey Day" (New) Thanksgiving

2 Chronicles 9:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... .” “God can pour on the blessings in astonishing ways so that you’re ready for anything and everything, more than just ready to do what needs to be done. As one psalmist puts it, ‘He throws caution to the winds, giving to the needy in reckless abandon. His right-living, right-giving ways never run out, never wear out.’ “This most generous God who gives seed to the farmer that becomes bread for your meals is more than extravagant with you. He gives you something you can then give away, which ...

96. Love Is Extravagant

John 12:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... friend dispensing charity to a poor Carpenter from Galilee. If her motive had been charity she would have sold the perfume and given Jesus the money. Perhaps she should have, I don’t know. But I do know that in that one moment of reckless, careless abandon she poured out her life and her love. And Jesus honored that. The great philosophical theologian Paul Tillich, in his famous book “The New Being” once wrote: “Jesus...knew that without the abundance of the heart nothing great can happen. (He) knew ...

97. What the Maid Said to the Fisherman

Mark 14:66-72, Mark 14:53-65

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... longer than anyone else. Let’s give him credit for that. Yes, Peter failed the final test. But Peter fell to a temptation which could only come to a man of fantastic courage. Up to this point in Peter’s career he had been a man of almost reckless courage. Trying to walk on water just because Jesus’ told him to! Drawing his sword in the garden and cutting off the ear of the high priest’s servant, going against everything Jesus had taught. The last place we should have thought he would show his face ...

98. Extravagant Guestures in a Cost-Effective World

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... 's more, within a short distance of most church families are community people who struggle to provide the basics for the people whom they love. Can one not therefore argue that spending thousands and thousands of dollars on stained glass repair is a form of poor and reckless stewardship? Or perhaps there was a time when you went to an art event and you quickly spied an absolutely gorgeous vase. To your eye, it was singularly beautiful and you had to have it, and to this day you enjoy it. However it cost you ...

99. What Gets Into People?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... chased. The dispatcher advised him to stop, but the man would not listen to reason. He ultimately struck a mailbox and rammed a police cruiser. He was treated for minor injuries and has since been charged with vehicular assault, drunken driving, felony reckless endangerment and felony evading arrest. Not to mention inappropriate use of the 911 system. What gets into people? We’ve all asked that question, haven’t we? How many of you sports fans remember the name Mickey Mantle? When Mickey Mantle played ...

100. Things That Make Jesus Angry

John 2:12-25

Drama

Angela Akers

... bake it until it’s putrid. Mmmm-mmmm! I smell Trouble cooking! Try this at home and see if it doesn’t work out for you, too. Remember to join us tomorrow for our new recipe ‘Cooking Up Some Trouble with Your Finances.’ You’d be amazed what a little reckless credit can do to your bank account! I’m your host, Ivana Heart. Thanks for joining us this morning on ‘Cooking Up Some Trouble.’

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