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1001. A Full House

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... so on: You knew that these jobs needed doing so you are not surprised. Presently, he starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of--throwing up a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage; but He is building a palace. He intends to ...

1002. A New You or a New Year

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... anew with God. Have you ever noticed that your car''s windshield is fifty times larger than your rear view mirror? It is quite simple--we are to spend 50 times as much energy and time looking forward rather than looking backwards. When you are driving on ... my life. I look back. I remember how different life a year ago was, The slow, quiet erosion of the days has gone on, and I am not quite the same person I was, for better or for worse. I have had a whole year to grow in love or to fall out of love, to turn ...

1003. Biblical Insights for Being a Christian Father

Deuteronomy 1:1-8

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... in others' lives. There is one point that I want to emphasize today. If you only remember this one thing, I will be quite pleased. Being a father is not a position of power but a position of service and servanthood! I've discovered that the greatest ... : 4 years: My daddy can do anything. 7 years: My dad knows a lot, a whole lot. 8 years: My father doesn't quite know everything. 12 years: Oh well, naturally Father doesn't know everything. 14 years: Father? Hopelessly old-fashioned. 21 years: Oh, that man ...

1004. Together, But Not Enmeshed

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... , and while supportive, also holds you to a reasonable standard? And what of our image of God? Some view God as a capricious, vindictive, and erratic presence whose delight is our miserableness. The souls of those who so believe are going to exhibit a climate quite at variance with the souls of those who understand God to be one whose love for us is profound, and whose judgment is for our growth, not destruction. In the imagery of John, God is the vine grower. Chances are there are vines very near where ...

1005. Only Sex? (New)

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... , so he sent the wife to talk with his wife, Edith. As Dr. Schaeffer prayed for and counseled with the husband, Edith explained to the woman the importance, and the joy, of a good sexual relationship between husband and wife. On the advice of the Schaeffers, the husband quit his job. He and his wife went away for a vacation together. When they came back, the husband exclaimed to Dr. Schaeffer, “Hey, I didn’t know who I had for a wife. I almost lost a rare treasure. “ (4) Far too many couples today are ...

1006. He Came by Night

John 3:1-21

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... -- that back of everything is the love of God, who is seeking to win us, not to destroy us. It was also a new concept for me to think of God loving the world. A few individuals, I could believe, though even they would have to be Jews, and quite likely Pharisees, like myself. But for God to love the world! That includes Gentiles; it includes sinners, the foolish, the ignorant, those who love God, and those who do not; those who are repentant, and those who are not; those who think of God as I do, and those ...

1007. Keeping Sunday

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... ahead at a fast pace for a number of days, and one morning when the Europeans were ready to set out, their native bearers, who carried the food and equipment, were found sitting about, making no preparation for the new day's trek. Upon being questioned, they said quite simply that they had been traveling so fast in the last few days that they had gotten ahead of their souls and were going to stay quietly in camp for the day in order that their souls could catch up with them. In their primitive way they were ...

1008. You Are Free to Fail

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... four-stroke hole. She had perseverance, but was it a virtue? W. C. Fields once said, "If at first you don't succeed, then quit. There's no use in being a fool about it." I think that the reality is somewhere between the two. In the passages we ... inventions in his lifetime, that would lead one to believe that he couldn't have had too many failures. The truth is that he failed quite frequently. But he didn't look on them as failures. When something didn't work he would say, "Now we know one more thing that ...

1009. King Forever!

John 6:56-69

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... means to live under the authority of Christ. People say, "I want my loved one's funeral this way. It was his last will." And quite often that last will is not in line with the Lord's will. That's when I have to say that the Lord's ... able. And we can crawl out from under the circumstances, we can crawl out of our churches, our little stained glass fox holes, we can quit talking like cynics, pessimists, and get on top of things. God rules! Hallelujah! I saw a bumper sticker on a car. There amidst the depravity ...

1010. No Salt in the City?

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... with a mosquito in the room! Actually I told the phone researcher that a city without the church would be like life without salt. Why do I say this? In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said to his disciples, "You are the salt of the earth." That was quite a compliment in Jesus' day, for salt was very rare, yet highly prized. Greeks called salt "the second soul of meat." A half pound of salt was worth more than a human being. Soldiers were often paid in salt. The word "salary" is derived from "salt." This is ...

1011. The Impossible Option

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Cathy A. Ammlung

... while hearing the Gospel story of the rich man and Jesus. True, this man came running to Jesus, and not thievery but eternal life was under discussion. But how like Bilbo the man was! Comfortable, well-off, law-abiding, he also sensed that his life didn't quite add up. And when Jesus invited him to sell everything, give the proceeds to the poor, and follow him, the poor fellow was as shocked at this crazy proposal as if Jesus had suggested a stint of thievery for him. Unlike Bilbo, he not only wavered but ...

1012. What Are You Going to Do with My World?

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... to suggest a few sentences that we may use to provoke some interest and further discussion. "What is so important about religion? Quite frankly, Christ has changed my past, my present, and my future and he promises to do the same for each person who trusts him. Will ... you permit me to tell you why?" Christ changes our past. That seems quite impossible at first, doesn't it? The past is a closed book. We have written what we have written. We wish we could change ...

1013. The Holiness of the Sacred

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... begun. At the table, I learned that my father had driven at dawn to one of his favorite streams and gotten a strike on almost every fly he cast. The unexpected breakfast was less of a surprise than the startling realization that my parents lived a life quite separate from mine. Their activities were not limited to my waking hours. A whole world operated without my knowledge. As an adult, I find that God also moves in ways and places of which I am totally unaware. Did you hear that? The writer was shocked to ...

1014. Grace in the Midst of Limited Resources

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... you speak even one word, I'll charge you the ten dollars." Stumpy and Martha thought that sounded fair, and off they went. The pilot put on quite a show. He took his plane through banks and spins and loop-the-loops, and then did the whole thing over again. Amazingly, he never heard a ... variety of interesting sizes. Coins are of different colors and textures and don't "jingle" in one's pocket in quite the same way. Foreign currency may even be said to be fun -- but is completely worthless in an American store ...

1015. The Battle of the Wisdoms

James 3:13-18

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... trophy and cash award. This band could proclaim itself the winner in that city's "Battle of the Bands" contest. Such proved to be an advertising advantage when the band sought to earn a few dollars through securing a gig in another town. Quite often the teenagers in the audience differed vehemently with the decision of the judges. No sooner would the "winner" in the Battle of the Bands contest be announced than all manner of "boos," "hisses," and beverage cups would start flying toward the stage. Audiences ...

1016. First Light

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... mining camp in the West. It was notorious for its murderous fights, thefts, and drunkenness. The miners of Roaring Creek were a tough bunch. The only woman there was a Native American, Cherokee Sal, and she died in childbirth. The baby survived and was quite healthy. The miners, however, were faced with quite a dilemma. What were they going to do with a baby? They made a crib out of an old box lined with dirty rags. The box was not good enough or clean enough to hold a baby. A cradle was purchased from a ...

1017. Lord of All

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... of the broadcast was the report of a little girl who said, "While we were singing, I saw angels holding up the hallway. But the winds were so strong that the angels shouted out 'We need help!' and some more angels came and helped them." This is quite a story! That little girl will never forget what she saw. She will always believe that there were angels watching over all those children that day. You and I may have trouble accepting what the little girl reportedly saw. Yet, when we reflect that our God is ...

1018. The Right Word For Memorial

John 17:20-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to 0?" The man was confused. "I thought you said you were winning." "Oh, we are," explained the little boy. "You see, we ain't come to bat yet!" It was easy for the disciples to quit. The one in whom they had placed their hopes was dead. It was 23 to nothing in their life that Easter morning. And we are sometimes tempted to quit. ...Jobs don't go well. There is strife in our marriage. A doctor's diagnosis is dismal. Children do not become what we dreamed they would be. Remember -- it may be the eight inning ...

1019. A Healing Presence

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to keep vivid signs from me. I suppose you know how gullible and fickle I am. Seeing is believing for me. Maybe you know that I don’t always see clearly and sign are often misread by me. I read more of me than you into them, so I quit putting out fleeces and I just struggle to believe. I keep on waiting and trusting and longing. Well Lord, thank you. Thank you big. You’ve confirmed my waiting and trusting and longing. Not with a sign, but with your presence, your vivid presence. You have tended with me ...

1020. A Converting Presence

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... cage. The bird was an ugly crow-like creature, bedraggled, scrimpy in feathering, downcast looking in every way, really ugly. Bird of Paradise is the label on the cage, and Brother Juniper says, I don’t think he quite made it. That’s our situation. This is what the Eden story is all about, we didn’t quite make it. We were created in God’s image, whole. But we marred that image. Perverted the wholeness, and the struggle of our life is an inner and an outer one as we wonder aimlessly in the land east ...

1021. This Is Eternal Life (Easter Message)

John 17:1-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to 0?" The man was confused. "Ithought you said you were winning.""Oh, we are," explained the little boy. "You see, we ain't come to bat yet!" It was easy for the disciples to quit. The one in whom they had placed their hopes was dead. It was 23 to nothing in their life that Easter morning. And we are sometimes tempted to quit. Jobs don't go well. There is strife in our marriage. A doctor's diagnosis is dismal. Children do not become what we dreamed they would be. Remember -- it may be the eight inning, but ...

1022. A Confidence for All Seasons

Psalm 27:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... manageable. They devastate us because we fear them. Hear that now because it is a key for living, as the Psalmist said, above the heads of our enemies. I repeat, some of our troubles are quite manageable. They devastate us because we fear them. Within themselves they have no destructive power. It is our fear that invests them with power. You have heard of that French woman who said, "I don't believe in ghosts, but I'm afraid of them." We're afraid of so ...

1023. A Love For All Seasons (i)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . Tagore, the Indian poet put it, "Love is an endless mystery...for it has nothing to explain it." Tagore is only partially right. There is something to explain it. What explains it is the people who love. It's not alone a verbal explanation, for words are never quite enough. It is explained by the lives of people who love. We see it and then we try to describe or explain it. Paul did better than anyone in the 13th Chapter of I Corinthians. He gives a kind of summary statement in verse 7: Love bears all ...

1024. In The Beginning And The End...God

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , a crystal and a cell, a jellybean and a sorrey, and caves where cavemen dwell, and a sense of law and beauty and a face turned from the clod some call it evolution; others call it God." But I don't call it evolution and a lot of folks have quit calling it that I call it Creation God's Creation. In the beginning, God God is eternal. In the beginning, God created. We need to rest on that word for a moment, too: God created. Listen to that second verse: "The earth was without form and void, and darkness was ...

1025. Noah: The Bearer Of An Alternative Possibility

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Or me, before I behaved with such cruel lack of consideration to that well-meaning friend? And why, sir, did He not cause your hand to rot off at the wrist before you signed your name to that dirty little bit of financial trickery? You did not quite mean that? But why not? Your misdeeds and mine are none the less repellent because our opportunities for doing damage are less spectacular than those of some other people. Do you suggest that you doing and mine are too trivial for God to bother about? That cuts ...

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1001. A Full House

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

1002. A New You or a New Year

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

1003. Biblical Insights for Being a Christian Father

Deuteronomy 1:1-8

Sermon

Eric Ritz

1004. Together, But Not Enmeshed

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Robert Noblett

1005. Only Sex? (New)

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

King Duncan

1006. He Came by Night

John 3:1-21

Sermon

David G. Rogne

1007. Keeping Sunday

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

David G. Rogne

1008. You Are Free to Fail

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

David G. Rogne

1009. King Forever!

John 6:56-69

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

1010. No Salt in the City?

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

1011. The Impossible Option

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Cathy A. Ammlung

1012. What Are You Going to Do with My World?

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

1013. The Holiness of the Sacred

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

1014. Grace in the Midst of Limited Resources

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

1015. The Battle of the Wisdoms

James 3:13-18

Sermon

Harold Warlick

1016. First Light

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

1017. Lord of All

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

1018. The Right Word For Memorial

John 17:20-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

1019. A Healing Presence

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

1020. A Converting Presence

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

1021. This Is Eternal Life (Easter Message)

John 17:1-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to 0?" The man was confused. "Ithought you said you were winning.""Oh, we are," explained the little boy. "You see, we ain't come to bat yet!" It was easy for the disciples to quit. The one in whom they had placed their hopes was dead. It was 23 to nothing in their life that Easter morning. And we are sometimes tempted to quit. Jobs don't go well. There is strife in our marriage. A doctor's diagnosis is dismal. Children do not become what we dreamed they would be. Remember -- it may be the eight inning, but ...

1022. A Confidence for All Seasons

Psalm 27:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

1023. A Love For All Seasons (i)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

1024. In The Beginning And The End...God

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

1025. Noah: The Bearer Of An Alternative Possibility

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

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