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1101. The Light of Christ

Isaiah 9:2-7

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... passed down each row. Just as a single candle sheds light and illuminates an entire room, the life of one person, Jesus Christ, casts light on all the darkness of the world. We are very much aware of darkness this time of year. Days are short and nights are long and cold. An overcast sky and the nip in the air combine to make it feel darker than it actually is. Living in darkness is difficult and challenging. We may stumble over hazards in our path. We are sometimes fearful of who or what may be lurking in ...

1102. Abraham Believed God

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... just be done with it? We could stay home on Sunday mornings and put our feet up and read the paper and maybe eat leftovers and get some real rest on the sabbath. If our salvation is by works alone, then does it really matter what we profess as long as we're doing the work of Jesus Christ? Do we even have to know about Jesus to do his work? When Paul wrote his letter to Galatian Christians, faith in Jesus was still centered in Jerusalem, and many assumed a new Christian had to adopt Jewish cultural practices ...

1103. What Are You Looking At?

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... if there are any scientific instruments that could have measured or weighed what happened. But it happened. And the apostles stared into heaven, believers who had just seen the unbelievable. When good friends and family leave us we sometimes stare after them long after they are gone, long after the car has gone around the bend, or the plane has disappeared into the clouds, or the train has become a speck on the horizon. Had we been standing there with the apostles we might have continued to stare as well ...

1104. Song of the Vineyard

Isaiah 5:1-7

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

... most frequently quoted scripture within the Bible is Psalms, the hymnbook of ancient Israel. Some of the best prophetic voices of any culture are its troubadours; so it should be no big surprise that Isaiah, one of the Bible's best known prophets, begins his long and effective career with "let me sing a song." Scholars doubt that the words were ever put to music, but this "Song of the Vineyard" functions more like an introduction to a weightier message. It is likely the parable was preached early in Isaiah ...

1105. Because God Said So, That’s Why!

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Lois Anne DeLong

... : Aren’t you glad you came now? David: Yes. I’m sorry I didn’t believe. King Caspar: I think we should thank God for keeping his promises. David: Thank you, God. Any other promises I should know? I’m ready to believe now. King Melchior: We have a long journey back. That’s gives us a lot of time to talk. Narrator: David returned with the Kings back to his land, and he learned all about the ancient prophecies. As he grew up, his faith grew stronger. He became an able student of God’s Word, and he ...

1106. 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... in their faith and that they are in need of further instruction from Paul in order to properly flesh out their faith. The epistle text for this first Sunday of Advent begins in 3:9 with an extremely complex sentence, one that concludes Paul’s long narrative section with an expression of thankfulness. Paul’s extreme thankfulness, his great joy, echoes the sentiments of Psalm 116:12: “How can I repay the Lord for all his goodness to me.” Timothy’s good news reminds the apostle of the human inability ...

1107. I Am the Ressurection and the Life

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , and whoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. We need to get that scripture in perspective as we continue our long, longing, loving look at Jesus. So see the scripture in its setting, it’s really a love story. Martha and Mary and Lazarus ... . And so God, if you would do this one thing for all us, then I will be comforted by your sacrifice. It’s been a long time, God, a long time since I trusted you completely. And I want to do that now. I want to trust you completely, so I pray that you will ...

1108. Plenty Good Room

John 14:1-4

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Father but by me. If you had known me you would have known my Father also. Henceforth, you know Him because you’ve seen Him. But Philip said to him, Lord, show us the Father and we shall be satisfied. Jesus said to him, have I been with you so long and yet you do not know me Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How then can you say, show us the Father? This is Jesus’ definitive word about himself, and we concentrate on that one line – he who has seen me has seen the Father. This ...

1109. Like a Venomous Snake

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... large rattlesnake wrapped around his head, he got a death grip on the snake’s head and began to squeeze. He said later he could feel the hot venom dripping down his neck from the snake’s fangs that were still caught in his pullover. He squeezed for a long time until he was sure the snake wasn’t moving anymore. Keeping his death grip on the snake’s head, he began to work the fangs out of his pullover. He unwound the snake from his head and kept squeezing. He squeezed so hard that his hands seized up ...

1110. How Great Is Your Faith

Matthew 15:21-28, Matthew 15:1-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... to harass." Even Edith was forced to smile at that remark as she went down the steps to catch the subway. "Ma'am, I appreciate your situation, and I'm sure your son is worthy," a staff member of the foundation said in slight condescension, "but we have a very long backlog of applicants waiting for scholarships...." Edith interrupted, "I can't wait. My son is handicapped, and he's going to finish high school near the top of his class, and he needs to go to college next fall. I don't have any money to pay his ...

1111. A Chance To Hear

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... to drink deep from God's well in Christ. Last week we were challenged to Reform by writing those words our hearts and souls have longed to hear from God onto a piece of paper and placing them on the table that sat here. In response to that, I want ... is bow your head and enter into the exercise in a Spirit of Prayer and of course, listen. Imagine, these are the Words you've longed to hear God speak to you and listen. Get comfortable, close your eyes and listen. "God loves you. God loves you." Hear the voice of ...

1112. Cross Eyed: Anger

John 2:13-22

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , our Cross Eyed: Anger should move us to action every time there's an injustice against God's people. B. Our Cross Eyed: Anger should rise over every child who dies of starvation. We have enough food in the world to feed the world. We just can't get along long enough to distribute it to the people who need it. Our Cross Eyed: Anger should rise over every child who dies of any illness. In Africa, $1.00 a day can not only supply a child with aids, the medication they need to fight it but enough food to live ...

1113. Resurrected Place (Series: Living on the Resurrection Side of Life)

John 14:1-4

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... his own. So, we could do whatever we wished. All was well until we got a 6 page letter about a week later. It was one, long sob from a lonely son who suddenly realized his place to be had been replaced. Even though his bedroom was still intact, he hadn’t even ... gold. Some of you live in that kind of luxury now. What makes heaven, heaven, is that friends will be there we have loved long ago, peace like a river around us will flow. We will be in the presence of God and the company of one another. Separations ...

1114. Blessed To Be A Blessing

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... poor that he didn't have decent clothes to wear to an interview. He also didn't have any money to buy provisions for the long journey to the king's castle. So the young man prayed over the matter. He finally decided to beg for the clothes and the provisions ... Good News that allows you to live like Christ and see Him in the lives and faces of others. Conclusion I saw a cartoon a long time ago that showed an old woman, sitting on a porch, reading the Bible. Two kids were walking by. One said to the other, "That ...

1115. Getting Real

Genesis 22:1-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... gathering, the pastor didn't understand the significance of the chair and kind of shoved it out of the way. And everybody from our church had the same reaction. We all went, "Huh" and thought to ourselves, "He just shoved Jesus out of the way." And then not to long ago, after a wedding, the chair didn't get replaced and was gone for about three or four weeks and we started to get questioned, "Where's the Jesus chair?" Now the chair is just a chair, but because of the significance we have placed upon it, it ...

1116. Led To Follow

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... friend, co-worker, or neighbor asks you about your faith, be prepared to share an answer. Let your faith become so vital that you are vivacious when it’s time to share it. The best definition of evangelism that I’ve ever heard is one given by Albert Outler a long time ago. Outler says, “Evangelism is one beggar telling another beggar where to find bread.” I like that. It’s not that I’ve got it all together, it’s not that I’ve got all the answers, it’s not that I’ve got a four-point step ...

1117. The Inheritance

Colossians 1:11-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... ] That clause, that promise is almost overwhelming. It almost feels too god to be true. But it is. You and I may not have a long rap sheet on file in any law enforcement office but we know that our lives have not always been what God would want them to ... standards and expectations. Thanks be to God that Jesus is different or most of us would have found ourselves in the trash heap a long time ago. Jesus came to reach out to the lost, the damaged, the disenfranchised. He came to lift up the weak and the outcasts ...

1118. They Said 'Yes!'

Ephesians 1:11-23

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... in common? They all said "Yes!" to God. They are the saints of the church. They are the ones who taught us by word and example to be who we are today. B. The movie Amistad is about African slaves who taken captive by Spanish slave traders. In the long voyage, these slave overtake their captor's ship but then they are seized and brought to the US where they are tried for murder. There's a scene toward the end of the movie where John Quincy Adams (played by Anthony Hopkins) is arguing before the Supreme Court ...

1119. Happy Marriage...It's All About Choices

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

James W. Moore

... and encouragement. When will we ever learn? People don’t want to be put down; they are crying out to be lifted up. What have you been choosing lately? The choice is yours: You can encourage or you can discourage. In thinking of this, I remembered some lines written long ago: “I stood on the streets of a busy town, Watching men tearing a building down. With a ho, heave ho, and a lusty yell, They swing a beam… and side wall fell! I asked the foreman of the crew, ‘Are these men as skilled As those you ...

1120. Being and Doing as the People of God

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... have responded, but are infants still in our discipleship. The claim is no less real. Listen to Peter in verses 2 and 3: “Like newborn babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation; for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.” II A ... ahead than ever before. Yet, now once again, I can welcome it. I have the feeling that I am waking slowly after a long sort of unreal dream. As I now look back, I realize I never felt deserted - and I know God was simply waiting patiently ...

1121. Lessons from Rephidim - Being the Lord's Intercessor

Exodus 17:8-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... he grew weary in that, His friends, Aaron and Hur took a stone and put it under him and he sat down on it, and then Aaron and Hur would stand on either side and hold up his hands so that they would be steady. They did that all day long, “until the going down of the sun.” And Joshua prevailed in that battle. It’s a dramatic picture - a picture of the Lord’s intercessor, and a moving picture of the interdependence of the Lord’s people. Let’s look at those two lessons from Rephidim. I. BEING THE ...

1122. A Glimpse of God

Exodus 33:19-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... God tomorrow morning. If God had promised to tell me something that He’d never told anybody else - I would be wide-eyed all night long. No wonder the scripture says that Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to Mt. Sinai. This was to be the day ... . Listen again to this marvelous word that God speaks to Moses: “The Lord, the Lord God is merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin.” A woman took ...

1123. The Unsuspected Trojan Horse

Psalm 139:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . It is the quality of life (Rollo May, Love and Will, New York: Norton, 1969, pp. 172—173) Now that’s a rather long explanation, and somewhat technical but there is power in what Rollo May is saying. Naming can become the beginning point for a new ... re now being hurt by the resentment in them. So what do we do? Not only do we handle the resentment that might have us for a long time by naming it and assessing it, assessing is a style, a way of living from day to day. III And that brings me to the ...

1124. Who Are We Waiting For?

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a different sort. Our exile may not be geographical, but we need someone to ransom us, don’t we? This is what Advent is about. Long before Jesus arrived on the scene to the prophet had a clear idea as to who this God was, and what He was about in ... time was right – when the fullness of time had come, the scripture says – He sent his own Son to show us who He was, to fulfill our longing, to answer our questions about who he is, and what He is like. I don’t know what’s going on way down in the depth ...

1125. Proper 4

Lk 7:1-10 · Gal 1:1-10 · 1 Ki 8:22-23, 41-43 · Ps 96

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John R. Brokhoff

... men or of God?" Gospel: Luke 7:1-10 Jesus heals a centurion's slave and commends his great faith. Today we begin a long series of gospel lessons from Luke extending from the Sermon on the Plain to the Passion account (7-19:27), from Pentecost 2 to ... v. 6 the lowest, cheapest form of humanity v. 2. c. He praises an unbeliever's faith more than all others in the land v. 9. 3. Long distance call (7:1-10). Need: The common view is that to get help from Jesus you must come directly in contact with him, make your ...

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