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1051. The Other Woman

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... have learned that love is a choice, and that sometimes this choice must be renewed every day. Abraham and Sarai developed a special kind of relationship. That is why it hurt Sarai so badly that she could not give Abram a son and heir. Sarai knew that Abraham stayed faithful to her, in spite of her barrenness. He could have left her long ago. This lack of children was a heartbreak they shared together. Then came the day when God changed Abram's name to Abraham and Sarai's name to Sarah. And God made them a ...

1052. At The Edge Of Broken-ness

Job 1:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... " 30 people, lots of smoke 9:09 a.m."male caller states 2 World Trade Center" "people are jumping out the side of a large hole" “no one catching them" 9:12 a.m."male caller states on 106 floor about 100 people in room"“need directions on how to stay alive 9:36 a.m."female caller states very hot door"“states she is going to die"“still on phone"“wants to call mother 10:00 a.m."2 World Trade Center has collapsed"”all calls disconnected 10:29 a.m."1 World Trade Center entire tower down" all calls ...

1053. Receiving Christ

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... and started providing the boys with nourishing meals. One night Mario appeared in full clerical robes. After his buddies stopped laughing, he explained that he was, in fact, a priest. By this time, the bonds he’d established were strong enough to make them stay; Mario had won their respect. And so the House of the Urchin was established, where young throwaways could find a home, hope, and the streetwise spiritual guidance of Mario Borrelli. (7) Christ is not asking most of us to make that drastic a change ...

1054. Son of Man; Son of God

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... God accomplish this? God would become one of us. This is not so mysterious as it sounds. Look at it this way. Leaders in today’s companies are continually looking for ways to motivate their employees. They want people to enjoy their work enough that they will stay self-motivated. The problem is, how can they get rid of the image that they are pressuring people to perform? One way is to meet them where they are. Get rid of your own vestments of power so that your presence no longer intimidates. Here’s ...

1055. Transforming Tragedy into Triumph

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... each day. The lad protested that he knew nothing of banking. The president told him, "Never mind, you will learn a lot faster if you just stay by my side and keep your eyes and ears open." The young boy did just that and later recalled, "Being with that man made me just ... , "I hardly cared if I lived myself. The other night the Lord told me I couldn''t keep on like I was going. I couldn''t stay buried in my grief. I had to cheer up and smile and begin to get out of the house some. My reply to Him was, 'I can ...

1056. Where Meek Souls Will Recieve Him Still

John 3:22-36

Sermon

Darrick Acre

... hearing, receiving, much less worshipping the Savior who comes to us? We are journeying through the Advent season, and as we have done so we have spoken of the journey as a movement from hopelessness to hope. We began Advent in the shadows. But we didn’t stay there. We recognized a greater reality, a Savior who comes to us. This Savior chases the shadows with His coming; and our response is to watch and wait and anticipate what God will do. This Savior is God’s new beginning of salvation for us who ...

1057. ONE SHRED OF SOUL

Drama

Angela Akers

... Stan left for Vietnam. Tell him hi'' for me. I was a regular back then. But then I got older, and church just didn''t feel right. I mean, the world was going crazy, and the church just...stayed the same. They didn''t even seem to notice. "Mom and Dad broke up a few years later, and I went to stay with Dad. I started going to a new school. That''s where I got in with the doper crowd. There''s not much to tell after that. Lots of dope. Lots of other stuff. I don''t even ...

1058. The Huddle Is Not the Game

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Skinner to flesh out the metaphor which gives us the title for this chapter and which helps us to understand the mission and purpose of the Church. He writes, In football we have what is called the huddle. We have only 25 seconds in the huddle. If you stay longer than 25 seconds, you are penalized five yards for delay of game because they want you to spend more time playing the game than in the huddle. And the only responsibility of the huddle is to call the next play. The huddle is where strategy is made ...

1059. Angels in the Wilderness

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... across several versions of it; but here is the version I want to use this morning: A man named Wilbur lived in a valley near a river. The river had reached flood stage and everybody was being evacuated to higher ground. But Wilbur stood firm. He was staying at his house and not abandoning it because, said, he, God would take care of him. Soon the water had risen to Wilbur’s porch. His friends paddled by in a canoe and found Wilbur sitting on his windowsill. “Wilbur,” they said, “we have come to save ...

1060. On Getting the Gospel Out

Mark 6:7-13

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... ride trucks in the hot sun, to come to church when so many American Christians miss because of ‘weather’ or whatever excuse...” (p. 2) “Weather” is always a good excuse: good or bad, it can be used. If it is too bad, we stay at home. If it is too good, we stay at home. In the second century, when Christians were only a small, persecuted minority, one of their most outspoken opponents was a man named Celsus. He said, with a mixture of scorn and admiration, that the gospel was being carried forth by ...

1061. When Tradition Gets in the Way

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Sounds crazy, no? But in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof, trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck. It isn’t easy. You may ask, why do we stay up here if it’s so dangerous? We stay because Anatevka is our home. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one word - tradition! Because of our traditions, we’ve kept our balance for many, many years. Here in Anatevka we have traditions for everything - how to ...

1062. Dealing with Our Doubts

Mark 9:14-32

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... of the problem of suffering: “There is no answer to that question in any philosophy or religion under the sun, in nothing but Jesus Christ nailed to the cross, and he is the answer, the flesh-and-blood proof that God cares, cares so much he didn’t stay up in his blue heaven but came down to earth to enter into and take upon himself our sufferings, to share our sufferings - no matter what - all the way. The noblest fellowship on earth is the fellowship of those who suffer. To suffer is truly to care. God ...

1063. Sleeping through a Revolution

Mark 14:32-42

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... to her son: “Get up! It is time to go to church.” The son said, “Aw, Mom, I don’t want to go to church. The people there all make fun of me. They don’t really like me. Nobody there ever listens to what I say. I’d rather stay home in bed.” The mother said, “But son, you’ve got to go.” The son said, “Give me two good reasons.” The mother replied, “Well for one thing, you are forty-two years old; and, for another, you’re the minister!” I’ve always had sympathy for that fellow ...

1064. What the Maid Said to the Fisherman

Mark 14:66-72, Mark 14:53-65

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... I find myself picking them up. I am not consciously trying to mimic or make fun of them, but I find myself speaking the way people around me speak. After my pastoral exchange with Peter Bolt back in 1974, I returned to this pulpit and invited folks to stay after the service for a “spot of tea.” I got kidded about it, but I had unconsciously picked up the British way of saying it. Accents are easy to pick up. At least most of them are. The Galilean accent, however, may be the most difficult to imitate ...

1065. Living Large for God (Part 3)

1 Chronicles 4:1-23

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... way things are. Change means work. It means discomfort. It means added responsibility. They would just as soon stay where they are. Now that’s all right in business, perhaps, and maybe in our personal lives-- but in the kingdom, it is deadly. Jesus did not save us or ... the world by staying in his comfort zone. He did it by going to a cross. The cross, not a rocking chair, is the central symbol of our ...

1066. The Lord's Prayer: Hallowed be Thy Name

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... was where Bobby Jones and the greatest golfers of all times had been. People did not throw their cigarettes down and grind them into the ground; they carefully placed them in the proper containers. People arrived on time and stayed until it was over. If a player had trouble moving along, they stayed with him until he had completed his round. There was a sort of holy hush over the entire tournament. "The next day we returned to our church, where we had just completed a new sanctuary. People came late and ...

1067. The Lord's Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... lives: the here and now and our eternal destination. Dr. William Barclay, the distinguished Bible teacher, shared this insight on this dimension of our Christian life: "This is no prayer for the man or woman who wants and desires to stay the way they are." However, you and I know full well how easy it is to stay the way we are. It is not easy to participate in the work of the Kingdom of God. We prefer our own safe "Kingdoms." Unless you have been traveling in a foreign land, you know we have a new president ...

1068. The Lord's Prayer: Deliver us from Evil

Matthew 6:5-13

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... outside the fence line, or along the road, but they are never content with that. They insist on invading the field. The same is true about life. Evil would not be a problem for us if we could always count on it staying where it belongs, but it has a way of getting all tangled up with the good. We expect evil to be present in some other neighborhoods, and we could name those other neighborhoods if you asked us to, but lo and behold, we find it present in our own neighborhood. ...

1069. What Is Your Response toe the Resurrection?

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... have it abundantly." It is not true that violence and hatred should have the last word and that war and destruction have come to stay forever. This is true: "For unto us a child is born and unto us a Son is given and the government shall be upon ... Look at the Lord Jesus Christ! If your response to the Resurrection has been and is one of silence or fear, I plead with you to stay with the story and allow the truth of this Glorious Day to lead you from "fear" to "faith" in Jesus Christ. Remember, the day you ...

1070. The First Commandment: Who's on First?

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... a meaningful life that would last beyond the latest offer and the latest headlines. The greatest problem with "false gods" is that they cause an inner corruption of the spirit. The call of such gods will take us farther than we want to go--cause us to stay longer than we want to stay--and cost us more than we want to pay. They also provide no way out of the bondage they lock us into. The Ten Commandments give us ten ways to love and experience love from our God--not ten ways that destroy us. This is why ...

1071. Looks Like We're in for Stormy Weather

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... completely spaced out. A calm person in this generation just does not grasp the situation at hand. How do you stay calm when the phone rings at the wrong time, the checkbook balance is low, the kids are not happy at school, the boss is in one of his ... angry moods, the car won''t start? How do you stay calm when promotions don''t come, family quarrels break out, the body develops aches and pains, world peace deteriorates, or a neighbor is abusive? ...

1072. Blank Walls or Filled Lives (Part V)

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... it that we can find in Paul''s life that prevents any human limitation from stripping his life of joy? I would like to share two principles for your consideration today. PAUL LEARNS IN PRISON AND SHARES WITH US THAT WHEN WE CANNOT SEE THE WAY IT IS WISE TO STAY CLOSE TO THE ONE WHO DOES. A Swedish fisherman went with his two sons on their daily fishing run. As usual, the mother went down to the wharf to see her family off and to wish them safety and a good catch. By mid afternoon, the waves were rolling ...

1073. Facing Difficult Decisions in Life! Part VI

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the first time in our marriage, my husband and I had plenty of time to spend together. We started taking walks, and stayed up late to talk. Our oldest boy became his father''s shadow, following him and imitating him whenever possible. My husband was ... places, do things, and travel lighter than I have. If I had my life to live over I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would play hookey more. I wouldn't make such good grades, except by accident. I would ride on ...

1074. Tired of Trying?

James 5:7-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... he finally had to quit. He turned to odd jobs; errand boy, newspaper boy. He turned over the dollar-a-day to his family, but papa saw him as lazy. He finally came to believe his dad. Eventually, though, he found something that interested him and he stayed with it. His passion for it was so great that two of his brothers quit fishing and joined him. He would become the most successful of all the children. His name--Joe Demaggio. (5) Remember the patience Jesus had with the disciple who had the shortest fuse ...

1075. Paths of Righteousness

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... in the valley--unless we choose to do so. God''s presence and power always want to help us navigate through the valley and become stronger people because of it. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, in his book Stay Alive All Your Life, shares a story about a hurricane that arose while he was on a ship in the Atlantic. Under the skillful guidance and knowledge of a seaworthy captain, the ship managed to sail around the storm. Before leaving the ship, Dr. Peale had an opportunity to share ...

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