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Matthew 12:22-37

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... one, or challenges one to make his or her life count. Sometimes there is instruction in words which are not really intended to instruct, there is encouragement in words not spoken definitely for the purpose of encouraging, there is challenge in words not specifically designed for that end. No wonder Jesus said we would have to give an account of our careless words. They are too powerful, too influential, for us not to be accountable for them. But more than that, they are also too revealing. Where do words ...

1027. Unlimited Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... head" and come up with the figure four hundred and ninety, he must have gotten the point anyway. Only in rare cases would one even have the occasion for forgiving another four hundred and ninety times. Yet with his answer, Jesus was not designating the limits of forgiveness. He was advocating unlimited forgiveness. Infinity must be associated with the obligation to forgive, and infinity has no end. Its Nature Just what is this forgiveness? Perhaps its nature can be best seen in contrast to what it is not ...

1028. The First Murder - 1940

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... that under a certain strain snapped, seems too cruel. But human beings can be so unmercifully cruel to their kind. With these precautions, I would consider now the first murderer. This man has been called the corrupt father of all vice and murder. He has been designated one of the most vile criminals of all time. His name was Cain. And the phrase, "the brand of Cain," is in itself an anathema. He is considered the prototype of all criminals. The evil that he did lived after him all right. Suppose we try ...

1029. Christians In A Warring World - 1941

Galatians 6:1-10

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... In the popular mind, the epithet all too generally suggests sentimentalism, spinelessness, weakness, even cowardice. It is used as a term of derision, contempt, and obloquy. But many words that are now held in high regard, words that were once thought of as designations of highest approbation, were as unpopular as the word "Pacifist" is today. Take the word "Christian," for example. To call a man a Christian in the early days was to label him with the worst epithet available. But what did the Christians to ...

1030. EPISODE 7: MAUNDY THURSDAY

Drama

Robert Clausen

... : To them. Why do they hate you? JESUS: Men hate the light and love the darkness. GOVERNOR: You talk to men about a kingdom? JESUS: Yes. GOVERNOR: What kind of a kingdom? JESUS: It’s not the kind you’re thinking of. GOVERNOR: You have no designs against the state? JESUS: To seize the government? No. GOVERNOR: What about the crowds that cheered you? JESUS: They meant it well. GOVERNOR: They called you "king." JESUS: I know, but they don’t understand me. GOVERNOR: You don’t plan to use them...? JESUS ...

1031. Your Image of Tomorrow

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... priceless possession; keep it. Don’t throw it away as though it didn’t matter; it does. I proclaim to you the power to purge this popular pessimism which is the scourge of our time - and it is the power of the gospel of Christ. The gospel was planned, designed, and arranged for this very world. I think the Planner knew what kind of world he was planning for, and I am quite sure the power he devoted to it is power sufficient. In our world have we reason for hope? Yes, I am confident we have many reasons ...

1032. A Faith for the Uncharted Way

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... , and leveling down the mountains, and making the rough places plain. No, he doesn’t always make the journey easy; but we can be sure of this: as we dare to get up and go, he does always make the journey possible. But we must venture to move. Those doors designed to open at the command of an electronic eye remain closed unless we walk up to them. If we approach them as though they will open, they do. If we hesitate and hang back as though they won’t, they don’t. It is an act of faith which opens ...

1033. Moving Fences

2 Corinthians 5:16-19

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... focus on the size of their bank accounts, the color of their skin, the slant of their politics, or the refinement of their personalities. Our vision is dominated by the fact that all persons are made in the image of God, and are designed to be our sisters and brothers. Perhaps in the past we may have regarded Democrats or Republicans as people of debased motives, flawed attitude: dangerous goals. But guess what happens when Jesus captures our hearts. We find ourselves loving Republicans and Democrats when ...

1034. The Wonderful "T" Word

Malachi 3:6-18

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... that belongs to God." According to the Bible, the first 10 percent of our monthly paychecks does not even belong to us. It is God's. He allows it to pass through our checkbooks so that we will know the joy of giving and have the privilege of designating how it will serve his kingdom. But if we take part of that 10 percent and use it for our own purposes, that is called stealing. When my late father was a pastor he became concerned about an elderly widow who had no income other than her social security ...

1035. Marantha: Come Lord Jesus

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... of expectancy was building. Then turn to the very end of the Bible--Revelation 22--and what do you find? The last word of the Bible is that great Christmas word for expectancy---"Maranatha" which means "Come Lord Jesus." The last word of the Bible is designed to launch us into an eternally expectant life style. We are supposed to live on tiptoe as it were, because the Bible promises that God is always doing some new thing. For some, the Messiah may come this Christmas as a healer of strife-torn homes, or ...

1036. Do Wrinkles Hurt?

Psalm 92:1-15

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... person unless the advertisement is about dentures or regularity. Senior citizens are rarely contestants on game shows. They are not hired as news broadcasters. Because of negative overtones about ageing, Americans spend a fortune in cosmetic and coloring products designed to camouflage the ageing process. America needs to hear the truth about ageing and older people. The fact is that senior citizens are the wave of the future. Currently people over 65 constitute 13 percent of our population. within twenty ...

1037. Our Exclusive God (The First Commandment)

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... you think we should do?" The driver looked around, then shifted into gear, saying, "Not a cop in sight. Let's take a chance." Some people have the same attitude toward God and his Ten Commandments. They visualize God as the great cop in the sky whose laws are designed to cramp out style and cheat us out of some good times. So if they think they can beat the rap, they try. The opposite is really the case. The Ten Commandments are God's guidelines toward the good life. Our all-wise, loving God gave them to us ...

1038. The Unknown Hero

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... you?" There is a TV commercial which shows a Mercedes Benz automobile colliding with a cement wall during a safety test. Someone then asks the company spokesman why they do not enforce their patent on the Mercedes Benz's energy-absorbing car body, a design evidently copied by other companies because of its success. The spokesman replies matter-of-factly, "Because some things in life are too important not to share." At the top of that list is the life-changing, soul-saving good news of Jesus Christ. Nobody ...

1039. Reverence For Life

Exodus 20:1-21, Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... a similar decree disposing of those who were deformed. Then he went after the gypsies and the homosexuals. Next he sought to eliminate the elderly. Hitler produced a movie showing lethal doses of air being injected into the veins of older people. This movie was designed to be shown to German children. As the movie showed old people dying, the narrator asked, "Wasn't that the humane thing to do?" But you might say, "Never could such a thing happen in America." Note this: seven states have had bills proposed ...

1040. The Hiding Angel

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... us knows what 1993 could bring. But it is absolutely vital that in the midst of whatever comes we remember who we are and what we can become. When we claim Jesus Christ by faith, we become God's adopted sons and daughters. With Christ living within us, we are designed to be extraordinary. There is an angel or saint within us just yearning to burst forth! I won't bother to wish for us success or wealth or acclaim. But may 1993 be for us all an unforgettable journey with the living Christ!

1041. The Bite of The Lying Tongue

Exodus 20:1-21, James 3:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... love. All lies have one thing in common...the intention to mislead, either by falsifying or by concealing. St. Augustine defined all lies as sins because they misuse God's gift of speech. There are many different kinds of lies. There is the LIE OF FEAR, designed to protect the teller from harm. Even the father of the Israelite people, Abraham, was guilty of this kind of lie. He was married to a very attractive woman named Sarah. When they traveled down to Egypt, Abraham was afraid that other men would find ...

1042. Controlling Our Cravings

Luke 12:13-21, Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... that belongs to your neighbor." To covet is to say, "If I had his money, I could do things my way." This last commandment is the most neglected of the ten, and perhaps the one most frequently violated. After all, television bombards us with endless advertisements designed to make us covet this or that. Let's look at the Tenth Commandment closely. "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your ...

1043. MR. CAIN

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... my eyelashes would fall off if I did anything too strenuous. CAIN You’re jealous, that’s your problem. JAREL Of what? CAIN This. (HoIding up an elaborately lettered scroll) JAREL Rotarian of the Year!? CAIN (Reading from it) "Active in countless community efforts designed to make our city a better and more prosperous place in which to live." JAREL Amen! CAIN "He has given unstintingly of his time ..." JAREL He’s a Scoutmaster. CAIN County Chairman for the Red Cross Fund Drive. JAREL Secretary of the ...

1044. Perhaps Next Summer...

Acts 24:1-27

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... of our lives could be challenged in that same way: "He created you in HIS image. What a waste!" We like to say that it’s our life, and we’ll live it the way we want to. We forget that it’s the precious gift of God, designed for the highest type of stewardship. That should remind us that we are supposed to do something important with these lives of ours before next summer! Yes! YOU have the obligation of DOING SOMETHING VITAL and WORTHWHILE with that life of yours before next summer. In C. S. Lewis ...

1045. Chapter III

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... ’t find a quick or easy answer. God gets it in the neck, and is cast as the fiendish ogre, who bedevils man and causes him all kinds of grief. This is not to say that sin does not bring with it inevitable consequences. It does. God has so designed life that there are some absolutes built into it. When we violate them we do suffer. If men are hard-headed, or blind enough to trample these inbuilt principles the results are painful. And it is God who wove those absolutes into his creation. But, if there is ...

1046. Chapter IV

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... mine who is a heart specialist says that the keeping of the third Commandment could add a couple of years to many lives. "I tell a lot of my patients that they just must have rest. And that rest, for many of them, is Sundays in arrears." Man was not designed by God to burn himself out by functioning like a dynamo. A man needs to let go, get out of gear, and rest for awhile. As Jesus said, "The sabbath was made for man ..." (Mark 2:27). And one of the reasons that it was so made was to give ...

1047. Chapter VI

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... also are the ones into whom God breathed his breath, and that they, too, are his - and are holy. Knowing that fact is one of the things that separates man from the animals. An animal can devour its own and not be bothered by the act. But God did not design, or want his men to be, self-devouring. He wanted us to be wise and loving enough to value one another as he values and loves us all. To keep that fact before us, God gave this Commandment, "You will not murder." And any man who forgets that guide for ...

1048. Chapter VIII

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... . We were lined up ready to punch out for the day when a voice came over the loud-speakers, "All employees will assemble immediately in area C to the west of the main entrance." From the place where we stood all 250 of us were herded out to the designated area. The photo was snapped, and we were free to go. But you should have seen that lawn when we did! It was littered with tools and material that had been dropped by some of the fellows who had been standing there. They had thought they were being called ...

1049. Chapter X

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... . The object longed for is of secondary importance. It is the craving itself that is being rapped! The Hebrew text behind these translations doesn’t help us with this problem of verse division. The first and last Commandments, along with the others, are simply designated as "these words," and no numbers are assigned to them. They may have been divided into ten sections at an early day to help people remember them. Since there were ten fingers on most pairs of human hands, a father could use each finger ...

1050. I Belong to God!

Matthew 22:20

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: Title to a car; a name label on an article of clothing or a sign designating name and position such as Mr. Jones, Vice President in Charge of Sales Good morning, boys and girls. How are you today? Look what I have here. Do you know what it is? (Hold up car title and let them guess what it means. Try to get them if possible ...

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