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976. No Substitutes

Galatians 3:15-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... to give us pleasure, so many status symbols to give us a sense of importance, so many tangible assets to give us a sense of security, anyone who warns against the dangers of materialism is truly a lonely voice crying in the wilderness. There are television evangelists who tell us that God wants us to have all these things. Indeed, we are led to believe that the key to even greater riches is to simply follow their leadership. They have much louder voices and much flashier sets than the local pastor trying ...

977. What Really Matters

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... settlement. Seeking a possible convert, they confronted an Amish farmer and asked him, “Brother, are you a Christian?” The farmer thought for a moment and then said, “Wait just a few minutes.” He wrote down a list of names on a tablet and handed it to the lay evangelist. “Here is a list of people who know me best,” he said. “Please ask them if I am a Christian.” (2) I love that story. Ask my neighbor if I am a Christian. That would be a good test for all of us to take. The clear implication ...

978. Discerning In Love

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... Christ. Dr. Graham has preached before more people than anyone. With many of his crusades televised he has reached millions of people around the world. A couple of years ago Dr. Graham celebrated his ninetieth birthday. People were encouraged to write messages to the evangelist. Many gave moving testimonies of coming to faith during a particularly difficult time in their lives. One person wrote, “I am grateful for the opportunity to tell you how God has used you in my life.” He went on to tell of the ...

979. Lost, But Not the TV Show!

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... is doing it. We fill our lives with the cheap and the trivial while the call to take up a cross and follow Jesus goes unheeded and unanswered. There is a deep flaw within us and that is what the Bible calls sin. A reporter once asked the great evangelist of an earlier age, Dwight L. Moody, what people gave him the most trouble. Immediately he answered, “I’ve had more trouble with Dwight L. Moody than any other man alive.” He was speaking for you and me, was he not? We are sinners in need of a Savior ...

980. The Door of the Cross

John 10:1-21

Sermon

David O. Bales

... the duration. The life he infuses within us helps us live in this world as he does — that’s eternal, abundant life, and that’s what’s most important in this passage. Jesus’ life here is “abundant.” Maybe our Sunday school teacher or some evangelist taught us to concentrate on getting to heaven; but Jesus didn’t traipse around Galilee telling people, “think about getting into heaven.” He told them to live within God’s realm now, the God who’s here right now in Jesus’ invitation to ...

981. The Faith of a Saint

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... century theologian Paul Tillich once noted that readers and students of the New Testament often find that it is not the refined argument of Paul or the mystical wisdom of John, but the simple sayings of Jesus, as recorded by the first three evangelists, which are the most difficult to interpret. (2) He was referring primarily to the Beatitudes. Some of you may remember years ago when the irreverent British satirist known as Monty Python produced a movie called Life of Brian. One thesis of the movie ...

982. Really!

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... -oriented, wealth-supported background completely evaporated after the Temple was destroyed in 70 CE. Instead of being fixated on the past, “resurrection disciples” are open to God’s ongoing participation and presence in the world. In 1 John 3:2 the evangelist notes that, “it does not yet appear what we shall be.” Everyone Jesus personally encountered he approached as someone who was moving towards a transfigured future, not as someone who was trapped in their painful past. The ill are welcomed as ...

983. Praying In Jesus' Name

John 14:5-14

Sermon

David O. Bales

... us to hear God speak to us in prayer. Our reading scripture and listening in prayer gives God a chance to speak to us. An example of how God speaks to us in prayer is the early life of E. Stanley Jones, the great Methodist evangelist, missionary, and social reformer. He was speaking at Asbury College about the need for students to consider becoming missionaries. He prayed that God would give him one missionary as the result of his talk to the students. God answered his prayer by giving E. Stanley Jones ...

984. Where Is Jesus?

John 11:17-37

Sermon

David O. Bales

... .” Jesus comes as a person who cares enough to sit next to you and cry, which is, sometimes, all we need. If we want a fix to all our problems, we can buy the newest self-help book that promises to fix us. We can send money to the TV evangelist who promises to fix us. Jesus, however, loves us no matter what — no matter how much money or how much faith we have. And most of the time love is enough. John Templeton died July 8, 2008. He started the Templeton Growth Fund and gave his money to The Templeton ...

985. Dancing for Joy (Thanksgiving)

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... , an earthquake shakes the prison! Their chains fall off, the prison doors fly open, and all the prisoners are set free. “Praise and thanksgiving will always set us free from our troubles,” says author Tim Storey, “even if circumstances don’t change.” (4) The great evangelist Dwight L. Moody told about an older man who got up once in a meeting that Moody was conducting. The man said he had lived nearly all his life on what he called “Grumble Street,” but not long ago he had moved over to ...

986. Only Time Will Tell

James 5:7-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of cement, to the supportive structure of those sacrificial behaviors upon which humanity struggles to stand taller than themselves. E. Stanley Jones was a Methodist minister/missionary who served in India for fifty five years during the early twentieth century. A preacher, evangelist, and best-selling author, Jones was a prolific writer and speaker and is revered as an gifted preacher. He was also an early human rights advocate both in India and in the USA. E. Stanley Jones’ life and service in India ...

987. The Foolishness of God

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... wealth. Paul was saying, “Look, God hasn’t chosen celebrities to proclaim his word. He’s chosen farmers, fishermen, tax-collectors, housewives.” That’s how God works not from the top down, but from the bottom up. Not through superstar evangelists, but through electricians and plumbers and sales people and teachers. That’s who God depends on. God depends on Sunday school teachers, greeters, people singing in the choir, people filling out pledge cards. Good people. Not superstars solid responsible ...

988. The Woman at the Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... Sunday mornings. Girls from the club stood outside the church in bikinis, holding up their own signs with Bible quotes on them talking about “false prophets.” After the story rolled out about the girls and club owners protesting the church, some different kinds of evangelists showed up. JC’s Girls is a ministry from the Rock Church in San Diego, CA. JC’s Girls reaches out to women in the adult entertainment industry. The girls in this ministry use to be part of that industry and now spend their free ...

989. Where the Church Gets Its Power

John 17:6-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... all, she gets it from the world’s need. The world desperately needs what you and I have to offer. Whether in far off places or here at home, the world still needs to know the good news of Jesus Christ. Years ago, in one of his books, evangelist Billy Graham spelled out the world’s need in very graphic terms. The world has changed much since he wrote these words, but it was the way things were only one generation ago. He writes: “In China when my wife was growing up, frequently babies who died before ...

990. Great Balls of Fire!

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Last Adam “breathes on them,” just as God had breathed on The First Adam, and declares “Receive the Holy Spirit” This Holy Spirit is the confirmation of Christ’s power on earth. The Holy Spirit is what transforms upper-room cowards into out-front evangelists. John’s gospel completes Jesus’ mission by affirming that the presence of Jesus has never left this world. The incarnation is ongoing. The Holy Spirit is what brings Christ to life in each one of us. That is the function of the Spirit: to ...

991. The Key to Getting Enough Rest

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... , but we need to talk about it for a moment. My guess is that there are several of you who do not get enough sleep to function at your best. Some of this lack of sleep, of course, is due to stress and worry. D.T. Niles, the great Asian evangelist, tells of traveling by train across India. It was a long trip and he needed to get some sleep. However, he was so concerned about his suitcase getting stolen that he had a hard time sleeping. He put it on the rack directly above where he sat. He kept dozing ...

992. The Parable of the Careless Farmer

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... According to this poll 81% of young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 said that getting rich was their most important (or 2nd most important) goal in life. Does this disturb you that getting rich is the number one or number two goal of our young adults? Evangelist Billy Graham tells a wonderful story in his autobiography Just as I Am that speaks to this issue. Billy and his wife Ruth were on an island in the Caribbean. One of the wealthiest men in the world had invited them to come to his lavish home for ...

993. The Insanity of Profanity

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... the abundance of the heart a man speaks.” Or, as the old country farmer put it, “What’s down in the well comes up in the bucket.” Profanity reveals a rotten character. If a man’s mouth is dirty, his heart is dirty. Sam Jones, the old Methodist evangelist said, “When I hear a man curse and swear, I lay hold of my pocketbook. For any man who will swear, may also steal.” It also reveals a weak pathetic mind. When a man swears, I know he either has a poor vocabulary, or he is a poor communicator ...

994. Ignite: Fight Fire with Fire

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

James Merritt

... will ask God to give you the boldness to take opportunities to speak His word and to share Jesus, God will make opportunities to bring that about. Let me tell you a story about what boldness for Christ looks like in other places in our world. An evangelistic team from the United States was in Romania years ago on a mission trip. It was not too long after the revolution that over-threw Communism. They were serving with a Romanian pastor named Josef Tson. During their time there they were driving one day from ...

995. Trust

John 4:43-54

Sermon

James Merritt

... grandmothers are going to heaven than we are that our lost neighbors are going to hell. One of the reasons why I know this man really believed in the Lord Jesus is because he wanted others to believe in the Lord Jesus. There was a great Jewish evangelist by the name of Hyman Appelman, who told a story years ago about a little boy in Chicago who had been born hopelessly and helplessly crippled. His legs had been terribly twisted and mangled in the process of his birth. His mother was just a poor scrubwoman ...

996. Envision: The Great Commitment

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

James Merritt

... to confess this is one of my favorite parts of this message, because I get to show you what God expects out of me, and what God expects out of you. Now listen carefully to Ephesians 4:11-12: “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry (service), for the edifying of the body of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:11-12, NKJV) Now don’t get the idea that I am about to say that I don’t have to serve ...

997. Night of Light

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Timothy Cargal

... originally composed. To summarize, the point is not that this oracle is only improperly applied to Jesus as opposed to say Hezekiah. Rather it is to stress that properly understanding its relation to Hezekiah is key to understanding its application to Jesus. The evangelists and others are telling us that what God had said in the past is an important lens for understanding what God has done in Christ. But if that lens is to provide clarity rather than distortion, then we must understand its original context ...

998. Still Surprised After Christmas

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... and Mary, Anna spoke to other people about Jesus. And so it is that Luke, who records for us the spread of the gospel in the book of Acts, shows us in the shepherds (2:17-18), and here in Anna, the very first evangelists. Application A person jaded by experience within a given relationship might say disparagingly, “Nothing you do surprises me anymore.” A human being, perhaps for his own sanity, seems to build up a certain resistance to surprises. After we have been repeatedly surprised, shocked, stunned ...

999. An Announcement for a New Year

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

King Duncan

... of David’s line a Savior would be born and of his kingdom there would be no end. When the Savior was born, Jews were scattered throughout the known world. In every major city, there was a synagogue. This was the first place the early Christian evangelists went to proclaim the new faith. It is clear biblically that there was no other faith than the Jewish faith from which Christianity could have originated. The stage was also set culturally for his coming. About 300 years before Christ, a son was born to a ...

1000. An Annual Reminder

John 20:1-9

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... people who will fill our pews this Sunday — some of them barely familiar to us since we last saw them on Christmas Eve — already know what we’re going to tell them. I sometimes wonder at the challenge faced by the first generations of Christian evangelists: Paul and others who traveled the Mediterranean world with the good news when it was still news. In our day, however, though heaven knows that the folks in our culture don’t really know much about the gospel, the people who come out this Sunday ...

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