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976. Father Knows Best?

Matthew 5:1-12

Drama

Dave Marsh

... : Of course. Trust me. Adam: (really skeptical) Ooookay. How about this one? Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Dave: Ah, now that’s a typo. It should read “Blessed are the ‘pizza makers.’ Pizza making is an ancient Hebrew art and tradition and was the main food at weddings, funerals, and when folks were raised from the dead. Adam: Well, um, thanks a lot, Dad. This was, er, very enlightening. Um, I’ve got to get ready for school now. (Hands the bible back and leaves ...

977. If You Build It

Haggai 1:1-15

Drama

Dave Marsh

... fancy new contemporary churches. Okay, what do you call it? A worship center? A community cathedral? A multipurpose celebration tent? What? Claire: No, it has nothing to do with what I call it. Johnny: And what architectural style will it be? Victorian, post Modern, Art Deco, what? Claire: It’s not any style! And it’s not a church! Would you listen to me please?!!! Johnny: (starts recorder) Woman is extremely agitated by simple questions…(talks to her) Yes? Claire: Look, I’m not building a church. I ...

978. The Healing Power of the Resurrection

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... of history that speaks to this. Ignace Paderewski rose to prominence as Poland’s most famous pianist and Prime Minister. During his long and illustrious career, Paderewski scheduled a concert in a small out-of-the-way village in hopes of cultivating the arts in Poland. A young mother bought tickets for the Paderewski performance. Her young son was taking piano at the time – just a beginner. She brought him along to encourage him in his piano training. When the night arrived, they found their seats near ...

979. His Triumphal Entry

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Brett Blair

... of Jesus Christ has been lost. Let me tell you what I mean: The next time you go into a Christian bookstore find some artwork of any kind that depicts the death of Jesus. They will not reflect the horror of the crucifixion. If you find a piece of art that reflects the piercing of his side it will probably be a trickle of blood. Not at all the reality that John records, “One of the soldiers stabbed him in the side with his spear. Blood and water gushed out. (John 19:34)." Watch any of the Hollywood ...

980. His Last Supper

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

Brett Blair

... to remind them of the bitterness of the experience. Applesauce is eaten to remind them that they were required to make bricks without straw. It was at this point that Jesus took the matzo bread and broke it and spoke the ancient words of the Baruch: Blessed art thou O God, LORD of the universe, who brings forth fruit From the earth. Suddenly Jesus broke with tradition and began to speak in his native Aramaic: Take, eat, this is my: body broken for you. Jesus then took the cup and said: Take, drink, this is ...

981. It's O.K. To Be Extravagant

John 12:1-11

Sermon

James W. Moore

... what she had done. Now, the point of the story is simply this: sometimes it’s O.K. to be extravagant. That’s Mary’s mind-set. If you lived strictly by the Judas mind-set, you would have no Spire on the church, no flowers on the altar, no art, no robes for the choir, no fine organ, no beautiful weddings. Your daughter would come to you and say, “I’m in love and I’m so happy… I want to get married.” And you would say, “Well, why don’t you just elope? It’s much cheaper. It would ...

982. Neighbors Who Never Met

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... in our present time. He was a progressive kind of a guy. He was self-indulgent and this is the age of self-indulgency. The contrasting life-styles of these two men is so obvious that you can’t miss it. Dives was a connoisseur, a lover of the arts, one who knows and appreciates fine living, four star restaurants. We are told in vs. 19 that he habitually dressed in purple. Purple was known as the color of royalty because it was the most expensive dye in the ancient world. Only the upper echelon and the high ...

983. What Can We Count On From God?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

James W. Moore

... when we are hurting. III. THIRD AND FINALLY, WE CAN COUNT ON GOD TO GO WITH US WHEREVER WE MAY GO. Remember how the psalmist put it: Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? If I ascend to heaven, thou are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, thou art there! If I take the wings of the morning and Dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there thy hand shall lead me and Thy Right hand shall hold me. (Psalm 139) The unjust judge wants to get rid of us, but God wants to enfold us in ...

984. I've Got a Strong Case of the 'Can't Help Its'

John 1:35-42

Sermon

James W. Moore

... love endures forever and his faithfulness to all generations. This is just a sample of how the Psalms reverberate with gratitude. That same theme of praise and gratitude is still very much in evidence in our present-day hymnals. Hymns like, How Great Thou Art; Now Thank We All Our God; Come, Ye Thankful People, Come; Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above; O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing; Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee, and hundreds more like these great hymns of gratitude fill our hymnals and our hearts ...

985. The Devil Made Me Do It

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... on one of the trees in Eden. Poor Eve - she was only a victim. She could not be held responsible for eating the fruit. Neither could Adam. "The Devil made me do it!" Adam and Eve's descendants--especially we here in this country--have refined victimization to a fine art. We do not use victimization merely to get off; we use it to cash in. If we trip on our shoelaces and fall flat on our face in the middle of the sidewalk, we sue everybody from the City of Warren to the shoelace manufacturer. If you want to ...

986. Excuses

Luke 14:15-24, Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

David E. Leininger

Excuses, excuses! We love 'em. Our national credo seems to be, "Any excuse is better than none." One college president, after years of working with students, said that he was not sure whether the degree B.A. stood for Bachelor of Arts or Builder of Alibis.(1) Douglas Bernstein, a psychology professor at the University of Illinois, recently asked faculty members for the "most unusual, bizarre and amazing student excuses" they had ever heard. He got dozens.(2) Listen: • Grandparent death: an old favorite, ...

987. The Ten Commandments #2: No Idols!

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... me and keep my commandments. That seems pretty clear - no more carved statues. And frankly, if the Hebrew word is to be taken seriously, we would have to say no other statues either, no portraits or photographs, images of any kind. In other words, no graphic arts. That is what it sounds like, right? And such a command might be appropriate. After all, think of the danger those things had been posing to proper worship for all these years. "You shall not make for yourself an idol," or in the language of the ...

988. It's All in the Perspective

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... small and fragile and such a precious little spot in that universe that you can block it out with your thumb, and you realize that on that small spot, that little blue and white thing, is everything that means anything to you - all of history, and music and poetry and art and death and birth and love, all the tears, joy, games, all of it on that little spot out there that you can cover with your thumb."(1) It is all a matter of perspective, is it not? Truth be told, our lives are lived on the basis of our ...

989. The Language of the Heart

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . 3. Twelfth Night, 1, i, 1 4. "Missouri School Music Newsletter," collected by Harold Dunn 5. Kemp P. Battle, Great American Folklore, (New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1986), p. 281 6. Quoted by Cynthia Pearl Maus, Christ and the Fine Arts, (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1938), pp. 19-20 7. Paul Brand, Fearfully and Wonderfully Made quoted by James S. Hewett, Illustrations Unlimited (Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc, 1988) p. 295 8. Quoted by Robert Craft, Conversations with Igor Stravinsky, American ...

990. Thank God, We're Not Alone!

Psalm 133:1-3

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... will not be content to train them in school to be technically competent to handle some job. This world is more than nuts and bolts, but for our children to learn that, the education they receive will have to place more emphasis on the liberal arts - language skills, literature, history, music, drama. To teach them only specialized technical competence says to them that the rest is unimportant, that the only thing that matters in life is making a living. That is not true. We do our children a disservice if ...

991. The Lord's Prayer: "Thy Will Be Done"

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... ? Do you simply repeat the words of Jesus' pattern one after the other with no thought to their meaning? Or are you praying that God's will might come to pass...beginning with you? May God grant it. Have Thine own way, Lord, Have Thine own way; Thou art the potter, I am the clay; Mold me and make me after Thy will, While I am waiting, yielded and still.(8) Amen! 1. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987 2. The State, Columbia, SC 3. Leslie Weatherhead, The Will of God, (Nashville:Abingdon-Cokesbury, 1944), pp ...

992. The Incomparable Christ

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... of melody in the hymns, symphonies, and oratorios they composed in his praise. Every sphere of human greatness has been enriched by this humble Carpenter of Nazareth. His unique contribution to humanity is the salvation of the soul! Philosophy could not accomplish that. Nor art. Nor literature. Nor music. Only Jesus Christ can break the enslaving chains of sin. He alone can speak peace to the human heart, strengthen the weak, and give life to those who are spiritually dead." (2) "Are you the one, or are we ...

993. Stay in the Boat!

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... mission is not beyond our plausibility threshold. In fact, the church from the beginning and through the centuries has rather liked the lesson gleaned from the story, the promise of Christ's presence even in the midst of life's stormiest seas. Medieval art often pictured the church as a wind-and-wave-battered boat, symbolic of the church's often turbulent trip through history. We even borrowed a nautical term for this space in which a congregation gathers for worship, a NAVE - navis in Latin means SHIP ...

994. Peace in the Midst of the Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Psalmist wrote, "He who keepeth Thee will not slumber."(5) He affirms his presence with us even in the midst of our most dire crisis when we read, "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me."(6) Even when we fear that our situation would PREVENT his presence and help, we hear "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress or persecution or famine, or nakedness, or peril or sword? No! ...neither death nor life, nor ...

995. "If I But Touch..."

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , I got wet, but I did not care. Ashley was one of God's great huggers. Over the next several days, I spent a good deal of time in Ashley's home as I tried to offer comfort to her family. While there I noticed something in that universal American art gallery also known as the refrigerator door - it was a piece of paper held by a magnet which Ashley had colored years before when she was only in the third grade. It was entitled HUGS (and I still have a copy of it in my office). It reads: There is ...

996. A Lesson in the Snow

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Adam's rib. Later that day he came down with some sort of intestinal bug and said to his mother: "Mommy, my side hurts. I think I'm going to have a wife." Children bring us smiles as they learn. For example, one child prayed, "Our Father, who art in heaven, how do you know my name?" Another, asked to describe love, answered, "comforting your puppy when there is a big storm outside and he is full of slobber." Children know exactly where to go when they need something. They know who provides supper and who ...

997. Building a World

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... , this message of Pentecost, but it is the means by which God is transforming this world. Something positive has come into our world. Something positive is expected out of God’s people. Something positive is expected from you and me. 1. THE ART AND SCIENCE OF BUSINESS PERSUASION, Carol Publishing Group, New York, 1994. 2. Richard A. Swenson, MARGIN: HOW TO CREATE THE EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, FINANCIAL, AND TIME RESOURCES YOU NEED (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1992), pp. 39-40. 3. Nancy S. Hill, ACTUAL FACTUALS ...

998. "Weird People" Everywhere

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... was expected of him as a child. Various researchers have found a tendency for first-borns to choose studies such as mathematics, engineering, physics, architecture, and chemistry. Later-born men and women make up the majority of those practicing the creative arts. One study found, for example, that writers tend to come from the ranks of later-borns. Among writers polled in a statistical study, only 23 percent were oldest children. Nine percent were only children. Does the order of your birth really make ...

999. The Cross: A Gift Of Life

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... signed an organ donor's card. You and I are alive spiritually because Jesus of Nazareth was willing to lay down his life. Won't you accept his gift of life today? 1. Madeleine L'Engle, WALKING ON WATER; REFLECTIONS ON FAITH AND ART (Wheaton, Illinois: Harold Shaw Publishers, 1980), pp. 7071. Cited in "Crying Saints," by Louise Stowe Johns in John K. Bergland, ABINGDON PREACHER'S ANNUAL 1994, (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1993), pp. 336337. 2. Susan Howatch, SCANDALOUS RISKS (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990 ...

1000. On Being Mistaken For A Mannequin

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan

... , and intense concentration. He may not laugh at your jokes, but he readily admits that he still has to breathe and blink ” occasionally. (1) I read about Bill Fuqua, the motionless man, and I thought about so many churches. So many congregations have mastered the art of doing nothing. We read about the church on the Day of Pentecost ” the flames of fire, the sound of a mighty wind, the strange excitement that catches the attention of passersby. This is not the church as we know it! The church on the ...

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