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1051. "Hold Your Horses!"

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... God, "When will this problem be over?" "When will I be better?" "Is the answer on the way?" "God, are you sure you heard me?" We want God to work by our calendars, by our time clocks, and by our judgments, but if God is God, then he’s in charge of ... you wait for a human or for God. In the waiting times, God prepares us for the next step we are to take with him. If we want to amount to something as a Christian, we must let waiting become a virtue. When James A. Garfield was head of Hiram College in Ohio, a ...

1052. Peter’s Net

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Richard F. Bansemer

... no answer, no faith, no one to hear or to care, no assurance of God’s presence in my life." Like the great St. Peter, we know ourselves and our business. We know how earnestly we’ve fished for faith, what bait we’ve used, and how much we’ve wanted to believe. Peter was the fisherman. Jesus was just a carpenter. What did Jesus know about this lake and this profession? It was bad enough for Jesus to tell Peter to go fishing, after the nets had been cleaned and he was through for the night, but to go ...

1053. How’s Your Appetite?

Matthew 5:6 · Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... a life of prayer and study, of being a servant. We Christians do not even read our manual as frequently as a good businessman reads the Wall Street Journal, much less become all-absorbed in patterning our life-style after it. Jesus is saying that he wants us to be as eager and ingenious in our attempt to be his followers as is the person whose primary pursuit is to be successful in business. He wishes our appetites for truth and goodness were just this ravenous! Think, too, of the person who loves pleasure ...

1054. Whatever Became of Sin?

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... a miracle they reached the bottom, but something was different. One of the players had flung away a dirty sex book he was reading. "I didn’t want to be caught dead with it." he said. In the crisis of facing God, the vulgar book didn’t seem to fit. But it’s not ... , "Son, as long as this sin was a part of you, it separated you from me. I could not get to you; you didn’t really want me to. You held the sin between us. But, now, you have turned; you hate this sin; you are fighting it. I can come in and ...

1055. The True Nature of Happiness

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

... to that day represented the world in miniature. Yet, as different as they all were, Jesus understood that they were all on the same quest. They were all after the same thing. They all wanted happiness. Well, we are just like them aren’t we? Isn’t that what we want for ourselves. Isn’t that what we ultimately want for our children: Happiness. The problem is that we really don’t grasp the true nature of happiness, and because of that it so often seems to elude us. You see, we think that happiness ...

1056. Journey To The Cross VII (Easter): Jesus And The Women At The Tomb

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... he had and went to the coast of the Black Sea in search of the touchstone. He began immediately to walk along the shoreline picking up one stone after another in his diligent and intentional search for the touchstone. He was consumed with this dream. He wanted desperately to find this miraculous stone. However, after several days had passed, he suddenly realized that he was picking up the same stones again and again. So he devised a plan… pick up a stone; if it’s cold, throw it into the sea. This he ...

1057. The Un-Parade

Matthew 16:21-28, Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... on a better footing. There is a power in weakness that is often found to be stronger than the strength in strength. Third, our parades are not found to be terribly purposeful; this "un-parade" was dripping with purpose. Jesus knew where he was going; he knew how he wanted to get there; and he knew what he had to face. He was a man on a mission with a sense of urgency. And more of us need a sense of purpose. Louis Kronenberger has described our age as one of "all signpost and no destination," and looking ...

1058. Holy Tares!

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... Christ? The first thing we human beings think of is, "Throw out the bums!" In the parable the servants ask the farmer-owner, "Then do you want us to go and gather them?" This seems to be the natural and sensible thing to do. If there is a rotten apple in the ... people who belong to the church - some of them yours - who are not as good in the church as I am out of it. You want the picture I have in my mind of an average church member? Mix a little Christianity with a few cocktails and some silly conversation ...

1059. Not For Sale at Any Price

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... heaven, we, too, must be in search of it. To look for the pearl means you and I will be open and receptive to what we want. Jesus enunciated this principle when he taught: "Ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you." ... Cross we sing this truth, "So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross, till my trophies at last I lay down." Like the merchant, we want to buy this great pearl. To get it we sell all that we have because it is worth it. This is done voluntarily. We do ...

1060. Being Set Free

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... the first time to sing." When we are bound to Christ, we are like that string - free to sing. We are free from self, free from fear, and we are free from other people. So much of our lives can be aimed at pleasing everyone - doing what others do and want - worrying about what other people say or don’t say. When we are freed as one of Christ’s disciples, we don’t worry about what other people will think, and we concentrate on what God thinks. Mark Twain tells a quaint story of the man who spent years ...

1061. Laying Hold On God's Willingness

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... in all the world is prayer." My purpose this morning is to share with you what Jesus said about prayer. And I want to challenge you to respond, with a twelve-week prayer experiment. Twelve weeks from now, on Easter Sunday, I will invite you ... , positive, and enthusiastic. God is better than the best parent. We don't have to persuade him to do what is best for us. He wants that more than we do. I suspect that often God has been wringing his hands, wondering why we did not seek his help earlier. Another ...

1062. Glorious Surprises

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... a fresh infilling of God's Holy Spirit. In Ephesians 5:18, God commands us to be filled with the Spirit. Then in First John 5:15, we are told that if we ask anything of God in accordance with his will, He will do it. We know that God wants us to be filled with the Spirit; therefore, when we ask sincerely, we can be assured He will fill us. If you are a Christian, the Holy Spirit already dwells within you. The Holy Spirit took up residence in your heart the moment you confessed your sin and claimed Jesus ...

1063. SURVIVAL IN THE RAT RACE

Psalm 46:1-11

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... of lethargy of spirit, an exhaustion of emotions, a dullness of response. We yearn, we cry out for rest; and yet, we are restLESS. We want to relax. We work so hard at relaxing; and yet, we are taut as bow strings. We’re tense. We’re all on edge - on ... you used to see in the Greek amphitheater at Tarsus, but we’re thinking of another race, one in which we are all entered, whether we want it or not. We don’t call it by any fancy name - a marathon, or a sprint, or a relay, or any other athletic term - we ...

1064. But Men Loved Darkness

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... t get me wrong," she said, "I don’t intend to keep this up forever. When I’m older and I’ve had all the fun I want to have, then I’ll get married and settle down and have a family. I’ll probably even go back to church." "Tell me," I asked ... and in spite of herself, she blushed. And then she spoke, and her whole case fell apart as she said: "No, I don’t suppose I’d want a daughter like that." We all love darkness, but, somehow, we can’t live in it as happily as we think we’d like to. Christ ...

1065. Just Common People?

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... of grows around people’s heads when they say that - "We’re just common people." Our lives are pretty much like everyone elses. We aren’t geniuses. We aren’t talented. We aren’t leaders. We don’t want much out of life - just to get along. We don’t want to set the world on fire, we just want enough heat to make the house comfortable. Or let it be in the words of the old cliché’: "God must have loved the common people, because He made so many of them." Of this sacchrine sentiment, Philip Wylie ...

1066. Chapter VII

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... part of what she wrote: I realize now that the people I thought were squares were the ones who knew what they were talking about, and the ones I thought were so tough didn’t know a thing. All through school I went with the cool group, the ones everybody wanted to be with. We used to have drinking parties and really got bombed. We did everything and anything, for a kick. But my parents never knew. I fooled them pretty well, but I fooled myself much worse. I wish I could tell all the kids in the world that ...

1067. God Honors Jesus' Checks!

John 16:23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... . At least this is what happened almost 2,000 years ago. Well, how are you really? Did you have a good week? Is there anything that you wanted real bad that you got his week? Look what I have with me. What do you call it? A check. That's right. How many of your ... I haven't put anything in the Bank of Faith. I know what I’ll do. I believe in Jesus and he said that whenever I wanted anything that God had, all I would have to do is sign Jesus’ name and I could have it. Since I believe that Jesus died for ...

1068. DON'T GET LOST!

Matthew 28:16-20

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... get to church and some other places near home hut what if you had to go to a far away city? Suppose you wanted to go to Chicago, or suppose you wanted to go to San Francisco or Washington. How would you get there? What roads would you take to get to Chicago? You probably ... a map book. We call it an Atlas. This book tells you where to go or where you are going. If I live in Cincinnati and I want to go to Chicago I can look in this Atlas, my book of maps, and find out which way to go. It tells me where certain ...

1069. God's Design for Marriage

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . A bright young wife told me some time ago, "If my husband loves me as Christ loves the church, if he cherishes me, puts my happiness above his own, and is willing to sacrifice unselfishly for me, I’ll be more than happy to take all the leadership he wants to hand out." THAT BRINGS US TO THE SECOND ADMONITION IN THIS TEXT: "WIVES, BE SUBMISSIVE TO YOUR HUSBANDS." This is not an isolated scriptural command. You will find it also in Colossians 3:18, Titus 2:5, and I Peter 3:1. Submission here does not mean ...

1070. Legends Of Christmas

Drama

Georgianna Summers

... have to be punished. Becky: Oh, goody! Do we get to steal his pants? Katie: I’ll go sneak them out of his room. [She goes out.] Becky: And this means he won’t get to kiss any of us under the mistletoe this year, either. Marcia: Who cares? Who wants to kiss him anyway? [Katie comes back in carrying a pair of patched jeans like the ones Danny is wearing.] Katie: Here are his pants. Let’s go nail them to the gate. [They go back to classroom, hiding the pants under a chair as Danny starts to wake up ...

1071. Not of the World

John 17:6-19

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... in life. Then claim it. Claim that the Lord has given it to you. If you name it and claim it in true faith, it will be yours. If you fail to get what you ask for, then your faith is obviously weak. Anyone who wants to prosper in this world, and who claims that prosperity in true faith, will prosper indeed. That is the message of the so-called "prosperity Gospel." On another televangelist’s program, the host interviewed a guest who was a Christian will and investment counselor. She helped Christians manage ...

1072. Joseph of Arimathea

Luke 23:50-56

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... and he was part of the special group of people who made decisions about his government and his church. He was a very powerful man. I want you to listen to his story. I know that you will like him. [Raise the mask.] My name is Joseph, and I come from a small ... and it was the saddest day of my life. I will never forget the day that Jesus carried the cross up the hill to Calvary. I wanted to do something so much but I couldn’t think of anything to do. From where I stood I could see Calvary and the men that ...

1073. Called into Friendship

John 15:1-17

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... in the class to come forward. Before the class the teacher said, "I told you the next boy who laughs will get fifteen lashes. My son laughed, and he cannot physically stand the punishment. I will take the lashes for him." Turning to the big boy, he said, "Now I want you to strike my back with my belt fifteen times as hard as you can." That’s what Christ has done for us. God said: "You shall not," and we have disobeyed him and his laws. Jesus said, "I will take their punishment for them." And so he died on ...

1074. Advent 3: Let Us Go Over To Bethlehem And Find The Peace of Christmas

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... let the Christ of Christmas bring us back to the Father who loves us and set us right with the One who made us. The first step toward the peace of Christmas is to be set right with God. II. SECOND, WE NEED TO BE RIGHT WITH OURSELVES…if we want to find the peace of Christmas. More and more psychologists are telling us that we can’t feel good about life and other people until we feel good about ourselves. They call it a healthy self-esteem… which is simply another way of saying that we need to be right ...

1075. Jesus and Zacchaeus

Luke 19:1-10

Children's Sermon

Shirley Jennings

... behind some taller people and then he wouldn’t be able to see Jesus. Zacchaeus was a full-grown man, but he was shorter than lots of men. You’re shorter than grown-up people. What do you do if you’re behind a group of grown-ups and you want to see something that they’re looking at? I’d push myself in front of everybody who’s taller than I am. I’d ask them to move. I’d ask my dad to put me on his shoulders. Do you know what Zacchaeus did so he could see Jesus ...

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