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76. Help For Hurting Dads

Ephesians 6:1-4

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... this week about daddy penguins. Daddy penguins have a neat way of taking care of their families. When the mama penguin lays an egg, the daddy penguin guards that egg and keeps it warm until it hatches. If he didn't guard the egg and keep it warm, it would never hatch and the baby penguin would die. But daddy penguins hold onto that egg and keep it warm for 64 days until it can hatch and the baby penguin can come out. And for those 64 days, the daddy penguin can't go off and find food, so it loses a ...

77. Day People

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... at his new church. The night before his first Sunday, he was too anxious to sleep. The next morning, as he sat in the warm, dimly lit sanctuary, he became increasingly drowsy. At one point, he felt himself leaning further to one side. Then he remembered his head ... times we may feel it’s time to throw up our hands and quit. That’s when we need to realize that we have just warmed up and it’s time to become a true soldier of the cross. People of the day. Biblically there are only two kinds of people-- ...

78. Tomorrow Doesn't Always Come

James 4:1-12

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... not do so. We''re too lazy. We''re separated by folks who are inactive in the life of the church. We could go to them warmly, with love and with encouragement and pray for them, and love them and help them once again to fall in love with Jesus Christ, and the ... the glory of the calling of the church. But we don''t do it. All about us are lost people who simply need to hear that warm message of a Savior who can transform their lives and give them supreme joy and purpose in living. Yet we are just too lazy. We ...

79. CAN WE TALK?

Drama

Angela Akers

... act like you''ve got something better to do than to talk to me." Son: "Well, maybe if you''d ask me different questions." Dad: "Like what?" Son: "Like, What rules do you think we should follow in this house?,'' or What do you think we should do about global warming?,'' or Do you need a raise in your allowance?''" Dad: "Whoa! One of those three questions will never cross my lips." (They both relax a little.) "I''m just kidding. You actually want to talk about global ...

80. The Family: A Place For Persons

Colossians 3:18-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ?""Just the water," she responded."Lady, you have to order.""Well, I just want a glass of water." "Look Lady, I have customers that pay. What do you think this is, a church or something -- now what do you want?""Just a glass of water and some time to get warm.""Look -- there are people that are paying here. Now if you are not going to order, you've got to leave." He was real loud and everybody in the cafe heard him. So the little woman got up to leave, and you'll never believe what happened. Almost as ...

81. The Art Of Borrowing And Lending A Donkey

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... all that bad. I bet we walked a hundred miles, chopping cotton and pushing plows, and learning how to give all we had. As life went on and years went by. I saw the light in Daddy's eye. And felt the love in Momma's hand. They kept us warm and kept us fed. Taught us how to look ahead. Now looking back I understand. We were walking in High Cotton,old times there are not forgotten. Those fertile fields are never far away.We were walking in High Cotton.Old times there are not forgotten.Leaving home was the ...

82. Watering The Garden Of Our Life (communion Meditation)

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... money. But we ought to apply this notion of liberality to the whole of life. My friend Bishop serves in Houston and he is a great supporter of the Houston Symphony. He was telling some of us recently a story that the director of the Houston Symphony told. They were warming up for a symphony one evening when he noticed that something was going on in the bass section. As he observed closely he saw that they were passing a bottle among themselves, each of them taking a drink. So when they had finished their ...

83. My Prayer For You: Barefoot Days of the Soul

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... : springtime and when my mother would give us permission to go barefooted. During those growing-up years, we had only one pair of shoes – we wore them every day – wherever we were going and whatever we were doing -- we called them brogans. They were heavy, warm, high-top shoes; we would wear them all winter long and into the spring and we just couldn’t wait to begin to go barefooted. The signal for Mama – the signal when we could take off our shoes – and begin to go barefooted – was when ...

84. Love without Limits

John 13:31-38

Sermon

John K. Bergland

... I took his fragile hand and began to pray. At the conclusion of my prayer, I said, "Lord, wrap your arms around Walter like a warm blanket. Amen." When I opened my eyes, I could not believe what I saw. There were tears streaming down Walter's face, and his ... one degree or another, are on the outside, where it's cold and lonely, yearning for Christ to pull us inside and wrap his warm arms around us. And would you believe there is enough room in his arms for everyone? There is room. There is plenty of room. 1 ...

85. Bragging Rights

Philippians 3:4b-14

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... , and he told the people who heard his words how he dealt with it. "I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection," Paul wrote, "and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death." There is nothing here about warm and fuzzy, cute and cuddly. Rather, there is talk about sharing the suffering of Jesus, the rejection by family and friends, the poverty, the arrest, beating, trial, and finally, ultimately, his crucifixion and his death. This is not the sort of thing people brag about ...

86. A Pilgrimage To Bethlehem

Matthew 3:1-12

Drama

Matthew Powell

... So that is how he got ahead of me ... God may or may not have accepted my pilgrimage, but he has certainly accepted Gregory's. Storyteller 2: The next morning Ivan bid farewell to the family and continued his journey. Storyteller 1: When he got home, he had a warm reunion with his family. Storyteller 2: Though he wasn't all that pleased with the job his son had done in his absence. Storyteller 1: Early the next day, he went to see his friend Gregory. He was met in the front yard by Gregory's wife. Gregory's ...

87. Salted with Fire

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of some brownish-orange crystal. It's a rough, unsculpted chunk of something mounted on a small base. As darkness falls, this monolith mound begins to reveal that it's illumined from within its small base. The crystallized mineral begins to glow with the warm, steady, dull-orange light of a bright ember in a fireplace. It then becomes obvious: this hunk of night-light is actually salt. It's one enormous salt crystal gathered from deep under ocean waters. The company that collects these salt chunks and wires ...

88. The Oneness of Twoness

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... 2 Corinthians 4:10). There is an atheist in every believer, and a believer in every atheist. Novelty shops sell plastic snow domes, filled with bits of plastic snow, lumps of coal, a hat and a carrot, entitled "California snowmen". In an age of global warming, will we come to see the snowman's destiny as a potent symbol of our collective future? Perhaps the human genius for self-destruction is best symbolized by one card on sale this Christmas: it shows three gleeful snowmen gathered round a roaring brazier ...

89. It's Thanksgiving Time!

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

James W. Moore

... thinking about that wonderful story about the woman in Birmingham who on a cold winter morning saw a little boy standing on a grating outside a bakery. It was snowing and sleeting and the little boy was bare-footed… and he had no coat. He was trying to warm himself with the air coming up from the bakery grating. When the woman saw him, her heart went out to him. She couldn't stand seeing that little boy shivering in the cold. She took him and bought him a nice coat and some shoes and socks. He thanked ...

90. Christmas Gifts That Always Fit

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... start. When I was about 40 yards away from them, I saw all of these beautiful young high school girls turn and look my way. Suddenly, their faces lit up, they pointed in my direction, they squealed with delight, and then they all started running toward me, smiling warmly, with their arms extended. And I thought: “Isn’t that great? Our young people are so good to me. They are always so glad to see me, but today they are really excited. They are just running toward me to give me a big group hug.” So, I ...

91. In Christ, or in a Jacuzzi Jesus?

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Donald J. Shelby (Santa Monica, California) quotes an unnamed writer who expressed this desire for a Jacuzzi Jesus with pungency: "I would like to buy only $3.00 worth of God, please. Not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don't want enough of God to make me love a foreigner, or pick fruit with a migrant farm worker. I want ecstasy, not transformation; I want the warmth of the womb, not a new birth. I want a pound of the ...

92. Something to Whistle About

Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

John Jamison

... telling him about the many adventures of riding the railroad and raising a family. Okay it is fair to ask just what all this has to do with anything, and how it could be considered a sermon. It is a nice story, for sure. Kind of makes you all warm inside. That is exactly the point. The lesson this morning is from the introduction of the letter Paul wrote to the church at Colossia. Did you hear the words? They almost sound like the story of Charlie. Paul is writing to a group of people who have been there ...

93. It Wasn’t The Hilton, You Know

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Lois Anne DeLong

... t go on. We’ve walked all day and she is very close to having our first child. Kristy: Well, there’s the stable. It’s warm, and it’s a lot cleaner than some of the other inns in this town. Child 2 (Mary): That will do fine. Director: How many of ... Jesus. Please come closer. Shepherd 2: But the angels said he had come to save our sins. This little guy, he can’t even keep himself warm. Shepherd 3: Why is he here? He should be in a palace. Child 4 (Joseph): God didn’t want him to come as a king. ( ...

94. Jesus Is with Us Forever

Luke 1:39-56

Illustration

David E. Leininger

... him like everybody else did. But I wanted to stay with Jesus so much, so I thought about what I had that maybe I could use for a gift. I thought maybe if I kept him warm, that would be a good gift. So I asked Jesus, "If I keep you warm, will that be a good enough gift?" And Jesus told me, "If you keep me warm, that will be the best gift anybody ever gave me." So I got into the manger, and then Jesus looked at me and he told me I could stay with him - for always." As little ...

95. Is There Room For A Prophet?

Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... one of the games. Then all of a sudden that empty feeling will hit us. That feeling of "What's the use?" That Charlie Brown feeling of something missing, as if we were thrown into Christmas too fast. That's when we'll realize we needed time to warm up. We Need Someone To Prepare Us. We Need Someone To Remind Us. We Need Someone To Point Us in the right direction, to The Way Out Of The Wilderness, which is Jesus. 1. Clara Null, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Christian Reader, "Kids of the Kingdom." Adapted. 2 ...

96. Walking First Class

2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... little coffee shop. Perhaps you can go there and find breakfast." The place was packed. Everyone was trying to find a place to stay warm. As he entered, there were a few that scooted over, and he was allowed to sit down. A moment later, the door opened again. " ... want to order?" "Nothing." "Listen, Lady, if you don't order, you can't stay." "Can't I just stay long enough to get warm?" And then real loud he growled, "Listen, Lady, order something or leave." With that the woman got up to leave, but as she got ...

97. Discover the Promise of Christmas

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... or a Christmas movie. Then all of a sudden that empty feeling will hit us. That feeling of "What's the use?" That Charlie Brown feeling of something missing as if we were thrown into Christmas too fast. That's when we'll realize we needed time to warm up. I. The Prophet A. Into the midst of all this preparation, all the Joyous Christmas Carols, the lights, the parties and all the celebrations of Christmas comes this voice. A strident voice that seems to show up every year like some unwanted uncle who makes ...

98. The Smell Of Smoke Still Lingers

John 21:1-19

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... disciples, are you?" He said, "I am not." [18] Now the slaves and the police had made a charcoal fire because it was cold, and they were standing around it and warming themselves. Peter also was standing with them and warming himself. [19] Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching. [25] Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They asked him, "You are not also one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "I am not." [26] One of the slaves of the high ...

99. John 2:1-11

John 2:1-11

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... clothing were necessary just to survive. Layers help us in two ways. First, they block cold air from penetrating to our skin. Second, they keep skin-warmed air trapped next to our body, which is the real source of the warmth. Not the layers, but the heat from our bodies keeps us warm. Layers help us create natural insulation, our own personal environment, encircling and protecting us from a harsh world. John’s gospel creates a new world layered with divine intention. It’s a world where every action ...

100. Discover the Perfect Gift of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... him like everybody else did. "But I wanted to stay with Jesus so much, so I thought about what I had that maybe I could use for a gift. I thought maybe if I kept him warm, that would be a good gift. So I asked Jesus, "If I keep you warm, will that be a good enough gift?" And Jesus told me, "If you keep me warm, that will be the best gift anybody ever gave me." So I got into the manger, and then Jesus looked at me and he told me I could stay with him, for always." As little ...

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