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1101. A Song of Promise

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... raised about music that it is totally unwholesome for the ears and may impair the hearing of young people at an early date. However, the more serious complaints are about music that also reflects a lack of morality and expresses only the more primitive passions of people. Besides complaining about loudness, the repetition, and the lack of artistry, one critic asked, “Why don’t the songs have an ending?” The answer is that bad music has no soul to reflect a genuine and positive hope. A Special Song One ...

1102. Kingdoms in Conflict

John 18:28-40

Sermon

Brett Blair

... , he could be assured of a good future in the foreign service of Rome. But from the beginning almost everything went wrong for Pilate. At first Pilate tries the strong-arm approach with these fanatical Jews who hate the Roman government with a passion. In an attempt to force Rome upon the people he ordered his soldiers to carry images of Caesar into the Jewish Temple (Recall the 10 Commandments? No graven images.). Caiaphas, the high priest, immediately retaliated by ordering 2000 praying Jews to surround ...

1103. The Greatest Show on Earth

Matthew 24:36-51, Mark 13:1-31, Mark 13:32-37, Luke 21:5-38

Drama

Dave Marsh

... universe, the most powerful, omnicient being, who became a man in the form of Jesus Christ, died for our sins so we might have joy everlasting in this world and in the next lives inside of us, cares for our needs and is head-over-heels, fanatically, passionately in love with us? How can we take that for granted? I mean, what greater celebrity is there and what greater friend can we have? How is it that we are not overcome daily, moment by moment, by the realization that we have the greatest friendship that ...

1104. Sheep

Matthew 18:10-14, Matthew 18:15-20, Luke 15:1-7

Drama

Dave Marsh

Director's Notes: God pursues lost people with a vengeance. He cares about us so much that He will passionately seek us out to bring us home. This drama shows the difference between how God might pursue us (Donna) and how we humans normally view the lost (Jim). Cast: Donna: a good shepherd Jim: a not-so-good shepherd Props: 2 staffs (staves?) A laptop computer a bag (to hold ...

1105. We Interrupt This Service

John 1:1-18

Illustration

Brett Blair

... of peanuts at the opera, an ungainly moment of mundanity wedging its way into an hour of inspiration. What he tried to say to the questioner was that he understood how he felt and that, yes, the announcements were often rattled off without care or passion, and, yes, they did sometimes seem to be somewhat uninspiring, but that, after all, the details of the church's institutional life were important, and five minutes of them couldn't hurt, and so on. After the meeting Rev. Long realized he blew it. He didn ...

1106. The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... . “Love? What do you mean by love?” shouts the cynic. The word has lost its meaning. We’ve used it too freely, too frequently, too lightly. We’ve tossed it about for every sort of feeling… from the mildest preference to the wildest passion. · We love potato chips and we love the Bible. · We love pepperoni pizza and Tom Hanks. · We love the Rockets, the Astros, and the Texans …when they are winning. · We love our children, our churches… and antique furniture. · We love our parents… and ...

1107. His Teachings

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Brett Blair

This morning we are continuing our Lenten series on the Passion of the Christ, the last week of the life of Jesus. Previously we looked at the events of Sunday when he enters Jerusalem on the donkey fulfilling the Messianic prophecy of Zechariah. It was a day of celebration. On Monday Jesus weeps over Jerusalem, curses the fig tree, and clears ...

1108. Would You Take The Crown Without The Cross?

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... , we would be able to identify it with one of the three temptations Jesus faced. We will also be better equipped to answer Satan with the words and obedience of Christ. This is the first Sunday in Lent. It is a time of in-depth reflection upon the passion and death of Jesus, as well as a period of repentance for both the church and for us personally. Our Lenten journey begins this year with a review of the temptation of Christ. At the beginning of his ministry, Jesus spent forty days and forty nights in the ...

1109. Journey To Jerusalem

Luke 9:51-56

Sermon

Brett Blair

... leaders and institutions which should have opposed the Nazi philosophy bowed meekly to its authority. Only one institution met it with vigorous opposition and that was the Christian Church." Einstein confessed, "That which I once despised, I now love with a passion I cannot describe." The commitment of the Church in standing against evil made a profound impression upon Einstein. Those individuals in the 1930's understood the cost associated with their actions, and they did not back down. The church today ...

1110. Jesus and Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... about this? What will he say to me or do to me over this? I had all these haunting questions until… until I saw that young man standing there by the pool, waiting for me. I’ll never forget the look on his face. The commitment, the urgency, the passion, the gratitude, the relief, the determination, the intensity, the resolve in his face. It was incredible! And I thought to myself as I greeted him, “I don’t know what the letter of the law of the church says about this, but I do know one thing: I know ...

1111. Jesus and Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

1112. Jesus and Mary and Martha

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Dr. Boyd E. Wagner

... you will see where it says, “When the days drew near for Him to be received up, He set his face steadfastly to go to Jerusalem.” I want you to see that he was on that journey to Jerusalem. That we are going towards Easter, towards crucifixion, towards Passion Week. We’re just a few hours away from that Palm Sunday entry into Jerusalem. That’s the journey that we are on. Right after he made that statement there in the ninth chapter, if you look, the very next thing was that on his journey he went to ...

1113. Growing in Faith

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... to racial and gender equality and affirmation of cultural and religious diversity, which includes a personal sense of responsibility for the welfare of others; 7. advocates social and global change to bring about greater social justice; and 8. serves humanity consistently and passionately through acts of love and justice. These are the eight dimensions of a mature faith according to the study. Does that sound like you? If it does, you are one of the few. The study reports, "For most adults faith is ...

1114. Civil War Isn't!

2 Samuel 18:1-18, 19--19:8

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... time we hear anything of Absalom beyond his brief birth announcement is as the avenging hero in a tawdry family drama.(2) It seems that David's eldest son, Amnon, had become romantically obsessed with his half-sister (and Absalom's full sister) Tamar. Passion took over. Amnon raped Tamar. Tamar told Absalom. Absalom gave her refuge in his home and coldly plotted revenge. Two years went by. Absalom invited Amnon to a sheep-shearing party, got him drunk and had him killed. Father David was not happy. Absalom ...

1115. Wise Leadership

1 Kings 2:1-12, 3:1-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... more to say. One of the elders graciously led off with words of thanks and appreciation. He and I had conversed earlier in English, but for his public comments to me he spoke in Arabic. "After more words of welcome, he paused and with passion spoke eloquently about the America he knew in the past, the America of FDR, of Harry Truman and General Patton. He lauded the America that gave the democratic example to the world, the America of Christian values, the America that he had admired. Almost plaintively ...

1116. Hungry People

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , and who grows weary of being the only partner working at the relationship. No, it is not as bad as Prince Charles and Lady Di. He is still around...some. But not enough. And when he IS there, his mind is somewhere else. Hungry for a rekindling of the passion, she is left with saying sadly, "There is nothing here but five loaves and two fish." It is the response of the youngster who finds life on campus so demanding that he or she no longer knows how to cope. I was intrigued by a letter to Ann Landers ...

1117. Integrity

Song of Songs 2:1-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... yearnings I knew quite well. These dignified and upright people - who, before my discovery, I could only imagine going to bed fully clothed - also had a love for one another that was as hungry and tumultuous as the sea. And as their lives demonstrated, passionate love for another person need not eclipse God but can enlarge a life in ways that make room for God to be manifest - something I might have missed if those letters had remained undiscovered and my picture of my grandparents had remained incomplete ...

1118. Religion and Politics

Isaiah 1:1-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... justice issues, clearly political issues - must be discussed. If we fail to do it, God says our worship is worthless. My bedside reading lately has been William Sloane Coffin's Credo, a collection of some of the more remarkable writings of this passionate, prophetic pastor whose life has been dedicated to issues of social justice and national morality. He writes, The separation of church and state is a sound doctrine, but it points to an organizational separation. It is not designed to separate Christians ...

1119. Would You Take The Crown Without The Cross?

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

1120. A Fool and his Money

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... world but have no treasure in heaven." The fool and his money are parted...permanently. There are no pockets in a shroud, no U-Hauls behind a hearse. Please be careful here. Do not make the man worse than he is. He is not unlike most of us in his passions and motives. Notice too that what happens is not a punishment. The message of the parable is not that God does not like people who work hard and are successful. The parable is simply an observation of the way life is for all of us, rich or poor, successful ...

1121. Carrying Worshipers out on Stretchers

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... with no power to change the world. If you had taken love out of the church at Pentecost, you would have had a fragmented and ineffective group of people. We don’t pray like they did, we don’t love like they did. And we don’t have a passion for service like they had. They were on a mission, a mission from God. And that mission had something to do with the world for which Christ died. Some of you are familiar with the Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. It is a controversial church in some quarters ...

1122. Hard to Believe

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... a fascinating column called "This is True." This is what came last week: "According to the officers on the scene, she told them she was attempting to reenact a scene from the movie," said New Britain, Conn. police spokesman Sgt. Darren Pearson. The movie: "The Passion of the Christ." The unnamed woman, married and in her 40's, purposefully drove her Chevrolet Lumina into a pond at a city park in order to baptize herself, officers said. She was taken to a hospital for a mental evaluation. (New Britain Herald ...

1123. The "E" Word

John 1:35-42

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... them to repentance and winning them to Christ. Now, I do not know about you, but when I was in Elementary School, if someone had called me a whoremonger or a fornicator or an adulterer, I would not have had the foggiest notion what he meant. The only passions I had were baseball and peanut butter. I did not learn about the birds and the bees until I was twelve, and even then I was not sure I believed it. At any rate, I doubt that too many Elementary school students would feel moved to repent of their ...

1124. A Fishing Trip To Remember

John 21:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... the Top and Confessions of a Happy Christian, are among a number authored by a man who is far better known to millions of people around the world as Zig Ziglar. (4) Zig Ziglar discovered what millions of people before him discovered. Life has no meaning, no purpose, no real passion, if you try to go it alone. The risen Christ comes to each of us to confront us with how we are living our lives, to challenge us to focus not on our own needs but on the needs of others, and finally to say to us what he said ...

1125. The Problem With The Big Ten

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... keep the Ten Commandments. They tell us what we are not to do. But that's not enough for Christian living. We need both personal integrity AND compassion. We need to have both morality AND love for the least and the lowest. Purity AND passion for the oppressed. The Ten Commandments and a strong social conscience. The Ten Commandments are wonderful, but they are not enough. In the book, AWAKEN THE GIANT WITHIN, motivational speaker Tony Robbins takes us back to two events that captured the national spotlight ...

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