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1101. An Empty Cup

Job 23:1--24:25

Sermon

King Duncan

... and action in life. The first two stanzas read: Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!-- For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returneth, Was not spoken of the soul. Friends, there will come a time when all of us will stand before God with an empty cup. But remember those words: Only an empty cup can be filled. If we will not lose hope, but trust fully and completely ...

1102. God's Design and Our Destiny

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... God: Christian Meditations for Recovering Persons by A. Philip Parham, HarperSanFrancisco, 1987. 3. “Our Wondrous Heavens,” Pentecostal Evangel, May 19, 1996, p. 10. 4. “Culture or politics,” by Marvin Olasky, World, January 13, 1996, p. 30. 5. The Fine Art of Being Imperfect And Other Broadcast Talks (Nashville: Abingdon Press), 1998. 6. Bill Hybels, Engraved On Your Heart (Colorado Springs, CO: Victor, 2000), p. 110. 7. Seven Miracles of Management by Alan Downs, Prentice Hall Press, Paramus, N.J ...

1103. After Katrina

Song of Songs 8:1-14

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... an audience of some 5,000 that what the voice of the flood had to say was that nature was merciless and that any sort of religious attitude toward nature meant emptiness. He said, "There are those who tell us they want only the religion of sunshine, art, blue sky and beautiful grass. The book of nature must be their book. Let me ask such persons what they make out of the floods in Pennsylvania." The theme that set the most heads nodding in agreement was the old, old theme of divine punishment. The story ...

1104. Is There Hope for the Hapless Wedding Guest?

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Darrick Acre

... in this parable is God. Well, if it is, He bears no resemblance whatsoever to the God who, after the Fall, comes gently walking in the garden, not with the flaming sword of judgment but with the plaintive cry of a wounded lover, “Adam, Eve, where art thou?” Who not only graciously forgives before they even ask, but himself clothes their nakedness. This king bears no relationship to the father whose heart so yearns for his lost son that he is out at the crack of dawn scanning the distant horizon; who ...

1105. FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH

Revelation 1:1-3

Eulogy

Edward Inabinet

... saints, but in a biblical sense that is what we are if we are willing to die to self and be alive to Christ. This promise is to those willing to make that kind of offering of themselves. There is a painting by Poynter in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool titled, "Faithful Unto Death." It shows a Roman guard on duty while the palace is falling into ruins during the destruction of Herculaneum. The dead are lying in the background. Others are falling to the pavement amid the red hot eruptions of Vesuvius ...

1106. The Death of a Child

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... return to me." David is not discounting the necessity of expressing grief at the loss of a child. Remember, though, this is the man who wrote, "The Lord is my Shepherd...Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me...." David truly believed the promises of God. He knew that his child would not be returning to him, but one day he would be going to his child. No wonder David was called "a man after God''s own heart." This is a day for recounting the ...

1107. Confronting Hypocrisy with Humility

Matthew 23:1-12

Sermon

Brett Blair

... enough to correctly teach people the rules. Leaders must live by the advice they give. If you tell people to build a home on a solid foundation but then use cheap nails in the construction of your own home, then you are a hypocrite. General Eisenhower used to demonstrate the art of leadership with a piece of string. He'd put it on a table and say: "PULL it and it will follow wherever you wish. PUSH it and it will go nowhere at all. It's just that way when it comes to leading people. They need to follow a ...

1108. Father? Almighty?

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Wesley which I believe sums up the unique contribution which Methodism has made to the Church Universal. Wesley wrote: “Tis Love! tis Love! thou diedst for me! I hear thy whisper in my heart; The morning breaks, the shadows flee, Pure, universal love thou art. To me, to all, thy mercies move; Thy nature and thy name is Love.” (No. 529, 1966 hymnal) Those words may not seem unusual to us, until we remember that they were written against the background of a popular eighteenth century theology which denied ...

1109. Who Is Jesus Christ?

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... is the one who revealed that God’s name and nature are love. In the words of my favorite Charles Wesley hymn: “Tis Love! Tis Love! Thou diedst for me, I hear thy whisper in my heart. The morning breaks, the shadows flee, pure, universal Love thou art. To me, to all, thy mercies move; thy nature and thy name is Love!” (No. 386, 1989 United Methodist Hymnal). One of my favorite stories comes from the life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In her days as Elizabeth Barrett she was known as the poor invalid ...

1110. Making Sense of the Ascension

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... . Nothing is out of bounds to Christ. Hitler once said to Pastor Niemoller: “You can deal with heaven, but the German people belong to me!” But the Ascension says, No! Christ is Lord of all! And the building where Adolph Hitler lived as an art student in Vienna in 1909, now houses the United Methodist Church. . . where I preached three weeks ago today! Jesus Christ is Lord!! The world fails to know it yet; there are even parts of the church which have not yet gotten the message. But Christ ...

1111. God’s Body Language

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... . M. Nouwen wrote: “To live a spiritual life does not mean that we leave our families, give up our jobs, or change our ways of working; it does not mean that we have to withdraw from social or political activities, or lose interest in literature and art; it does not require asceticism or long hours of prayer.” What, then, is different? What is new? Fr. Nouwen says: “What is new is that we no longer experience the many things, people, and events as endless causes for worry, but begin to experience them ...

1112. Born Again? When?

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... it: “No matter how strong the breeze when you leave the dock, once you have reached the farthest point from the port from which you started, the wind will die.” Those who have the hobby of sailing can attest to the validity of these “laws.” In fact, the art of sailing is a good analogy for the receiving of God’s grace. While sitting in a sailboat, have you ever tried to make the wind blow? It cannot be done. Neither can you, by your own efforts, cause God’s grace to come upon you. While sailing ...

1113. On Doing the Truth

John 3:14-21

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Fourth Gospel would have us see judgment not as something we happens at the end of time, but as something which is going on all of the time. Our reaction to Jesus is what judges us. There is the old story of the visitor to a famous art gallery who said to the attendant, after a cursory tour through the gallery, “Sir, I don’t think much of your pictures.” To which the attendant replied, very courteously, “Madam, the pictures are not on trial!” St. John reminds us that “....God did not send the ...

1114. What about Spiritual Healing?

John 4:43-54

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... movement which eventuated in the Methodist Church. It is called Primitive Physick. Some of it does sound pretty primitive, and some of it seems downright ridiculous in the light of modern medicine. But the book is a compendium of the “state of the art” in folk medicine in the 18th century. Now, one might well ask what John Wesley, a preacher, was doing publishing a book on folk medicine and distributing it with his Bibles, tracts, sermons, and pamphlets. He wrote it and published it because John Wesley ...

1115. So Who Needs A Shepherd?

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... any problems. It does mean that they need never face any problems alone. The 23rd Psalm does not promise us that we will never have to go through “the valley of the shadow” but it does promise us that none need make that journey alone. “Thou art with me.” Faith is not a means of evading or avoiding the difficult times of life, what Shakespeare called “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.” They come to all people. Faith is rather a means of facing them head-on and winning victory over ...

1116. Whatever Happened to those Mansions?

John 14:1-4

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the future has Of marvel or surprise Assured along that life and death God’s mercy underlies. Or, a Tennyson: Thou wilt not leave us in the dust, Thou madest man, he knows not why, He thinks he was not made to die; And Thou has made him: Thou art just. Our faith is based not on wishful thinking, but rather on what we have come to know of the nature of God as revealed in Jesus Christ. We certainly do not trust in something as flimsy as our own “immortality.” That is a word from Greek philosophy which ...

1117. No Longer Orphans

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... published in 1908), G.K. Chesterton said, "We have all forgotten who we really are. All that we call common sense and rationality and practicality and positivism only means that for certain levels of life we forget that we have forgotten. All that we call spirit and Art and ecstasy only means that for one awful instant we remember that we forget! " One of the reasons that Jesus came into the world was to help us to remember that we have forgotten! "You are not orphans!" He said. By no means. We are children ...

1118. If Christ Had Not Come

John 15:18--16:4

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... its record, after all, is far more positive than you seem to recall? Christianity lay behind many of the greatest accomplishments in the last two thousand years, ranging from basilicas and cathedrals in architecture, to Leonardo and Michelangelo in art, to Johann Sebastian Bach in music. The Church has fostered some of the greatest minds ever to enlighten our world—Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, Luther, Shakespeare, Milton, Newton....” (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1994, pp. 312-313) “If Christ had not come ...

1119. God Doesn’t Take Vacations

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... of time. Give me, amidst the confusion of my day, the calmness of the everlasting hills. Break the tension of my nerves and muscles with the soothing music of the singing streams that live in my memory. Help me to know the magical, restoring power of sleep. Teach me the art of taking minute vacations - of slowing down to look at a flower, to chat with a friend, to pat a dog, to read a few lines from a good book. Remind me each day of the fable of the hare and the tortoise, that I may know that the race ...

1120. An Unpopular Profession

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... became a world-famous novelist and preacher. Like Buechner, Matthew heard the word spoken and responded immediately. Most of us hear the call many times, but manage to put off responding for one reason or another. In fact, we are masters at the art of dodging Christ’s call. In August of 1961, 2000 young people gathered on the campus of the University of Michigan for the North American Ecumenical Youth Assembly. As a part of that Assembly experience, a dramatic revue was commissioned and written by ...

1121. The Saint without a Name

Luke 6:12-16

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... is that we have often given the wrong name to God. Names, in the Bible, denote character. We speak of a person as either having a “good name,” or a “bad name.” Jesus came to help us give the proper name to God: “Our Father, who art in heaven....” Our knowledge of Nathanael comes from two passages in the fourth Gospel. He came from the village of Cana in Galilee. (John 21:2) Remember, the place where Jesus’ performed His first miracle of changing the water into wine? He was a friend of Philip ...

1122. Jesus and the Baptists

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... tree. He was lost, lonely, and afraid. But then he remembered that at home in his father’s house there was warmth and gaiety, music and joy . And he came to his senses, remembered who he was, got up and went home. In His Baptism, God said to Jesus: “Thou art my beloved Son! With whom I am well pleased.” In our Baptism, God says to us, “You are my dear sons and daughters....with whom I want to be well pleased. You are my dear children. Now go forth and act like it! Remember who you are.”

1123. What Do You Want Me to Do for You?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... that he has done many wondrous things,” they said. Suddenly a bright hope was born in Bartimaeus’ soul. “Perhaps he can help me!” In the words of another old Gospel song, this man prayed, “Pass me not, O gentle Savior, Hear my humble cry; While on others thou art calling, do not pass me by.”(Number 145) II.”AND HE BEGAN TO CRY OUT AND SAY, ‘JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME!’ AND MANY REBUKED HIM, TELLING HIM TO BE SILENT.” (10:47-48) “Shut up you, in the back row, there, you’re ...

1124. Holy Tuesday

Mark 11:27-33

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... not awake, or be roused out of his sleep.” (Job 14:10-11) Not very comforting words. Yet there are a few places in the Old Testament where glimpses of the divine truth come through. Psalm 139 says: “Even if I make my bed in Sheol, thou art there.” That must have shocked the first persons to hear it, for Sheol was the one place (they believed) where God was not! But the Psalmist said that even in Sheol God is there! Therefore, there is hope! But the Sadducees simply could not believe it. The Sadducees ...

1125. Please, Don't Let me Jabez Anyone Else (Part 5)

1 Chronicles 4:1-23

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... evil. We’re told that wild dogs on the African plains kill their prey by separating individual animals from the herd. They accomplish this with precise cutting abilities. Isolated, the victim seldom escapes. Satan utilizes a similar tactic in the cunning art of temptation. He is most efficient when his enticements are aimed at believers lacking mutual accountability and a relationship with fellow Christians. This is the second greatest reason we come to church: to see and talk with and rub shoulders with ...

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