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1201. Not Your Leftovers But Your First Fruits

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... having, needing and wanting. We have not prioritized God in our thinking and doing, so as to give God praise and thanks for the things he has done and does each day. We fail to remember to thank God for such things as peaceful rest, the fresh air we breathe, the life we have, the food we eat, the health we enjoy, the smell of fresh flowers, the smiles of children, and the laughter of other people. Our thinking is too horizontal. We need to orient ourselves vertically in the things of God. If we prioritize ...

1202. Twelve O'Clock Rock: When the Jailhouse is Rocked

Acts 16:16-40

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... of the saints. They rock with the rock of ages. While they rock, the jailed in other cells join in the rock and the prison guards begin to roll. 12:00: The jailhouse is rocked! Hearing the music, one of the minor jailer’s throws his keys in the air and does a 360 twirl and catches his keys. The other jailer does a split in the front office and starts singing “Oh, happy day!” The other jailers begin running every which way like they don’t know the time of day! As they rock, a violent earthquake ...

1203. You Shall Receive Power

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... Kingdom of Israel to its former greatness? What kind of power is Jesus talking about? His apostles are nervous, anxious, excited. They envision a power that will forever change their lives and those around them. They sense that a new power is permeating the air: the power of renewal and change. To possess this power would mean a new might and spiritual hegemony for them as followers of Christ. Jesus promises this power to his followers. During his ministry he gave the disciples the power to cast out demons ...

1204. Worship Worries

Drama

Dave Marsh

... just about singing? (starts to panic) What’s going on? I mean, what does worship really mean? Where’s the dictionary? What’s going on? I’m doomed! What, a second set of songs? Ok, here we go… (stands up quickly, closes eyes and shoots both arms straight into the air) (LIGHTS OUT FAST) END

1205. We Interrupt This Service

John 1:1-18

Illustration

Brett Blair

... Supper, the pros and cons of children's sermons, the development of the lectionary, the meanings of baptism, and other assorted topics about worship. Now, the lecturing done, he gulped down a little coffee and asked if there were any questions. A hand shot into the air. It belonged to a fiftyish man with plump cheeks and rimless glasses who was, judging by the way his hand waved and bobbed, eager to speak. "There's one thing about our worship service here which really gripes me," he complained. "To me it's ...

1206. The Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... because people might get hurt.” The image of world leaders and congressional leaders and people in the streets agreeing that something should be done, but strongly disagreeing over how to do it. The image of television newscasters suddenly realizing while on the air last Wednesday evening that the war had started. The image of people all over the world stopping what they were doing and being glued to television sets for hours and hours. The image of President Bush speaking to the nation… and the world ...

1207. The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... to me! And I care about you personally – I treasure you! We see something very special here in Jesus… and something very special about Christian love, namely, that it is intensely personal. It is not enough to spout high-sounding words of love into the air. Real Christian love demands that we get up close and personal. Remember in Peanuts, where Linus announces that he is going to be a doctor when he grows up. Lucy scoffs at this. “You, Linus, a doctor? Don’t be ridiculous! You could never be ...

1208. The Healing Power of the Resurrection

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... face with their heavy boots… and finally, they robbed him and left him for dead. When the police found him lying in the road, they assumed he was dead and called for the morgue wagon. However, on the way to the morgue, a policeman heard him gasp for air, and immediately they rushed him to the emergency room at the hospital. As he was wheeled in on a gurney, a nurse remarked in horror that this young man no longer had a face. His eye sockets were smashed, his skull, legs and arms were fractured; his nose ...

1209. Choosing the Way to the Cross

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

James W. Moore

... up your cross and follow me." No crown offered here, only a cross. No throne offered here, only a task. No mantle offered here, only a ministry. No scepter offered here, only sacrificial service. These were not just high-sounding words that Jesus was speaking into the air… (this call to service and sacrifice)… He meant it! He showed us He meant it… on a cross! This is the message of the Christian faith, isn’t it? Jesus chose not the way of the crown, but rather the way of the cross. And listen! That ...

1210. Dealing With The Pain of Rejection

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

James W. Moore

... the emergency room during the night and had been admitted into the hospital as a patient. When Moore got there and walked into that hospital room, it was a stark, gloomy situation. The drapes were closed, the room was dark, heavy despair was in the air we breathed. There was Jessica only hours before happy, radiant, full of life but now, lying there in a hospital bed, weak, pale, listless, almost the picture of death. She was emotionally drained, completely wrung out, so much so that she literally did not ...

1211. How Do You Describe Transfigurations

Luke 9:28-36

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Brett Blair

... told about Napoleon during the invasion of Russia. He somehow got separated from his men and was spotted by his enemies, the Russian Cossacks. They chased him through the winding streets. Running for his life Napoleon eventually ducked into a furrier’s shop. Gasping for air and talking at the same time he begged the shopkeeper to save him. The furrier said, "Quick hide under this big pile of furs in the corner." Then the furrier made the pile even large by throwing more furs atop of Napoleon. No sooner ...

1212. Journey To Jerusalem

Luke 9:51-56

Sermon

Brett Blair

... belonging, it goes a long way to give us courage. In the early 1920’s Philo Farnsworth was working on a farm, plowing a straight line on a potato farm. His mind was far away, thinking about the possibility of transmitting moving pictures through the air. He had no electronic or engineering background, nor was he a scientist. No one in the world of science would have considered him a serious contender in the chase to find the answer to photographic transmission without the aid of wires. Scientists from all ...

1213. The Temptation To Pass By On The Other Side

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... too passed by on the other side of the road. I am not too sure that our reasons for passing by on the other side of the road have changed too much over the years. Some of you remember the Seinfeld show. In its final Episode, which aired at the end of the 1998 TV season, the main characters (Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer) receive a one year sentence for failing to help someone who was being robbed. What happens is this: Their plane encounters problems and they are stuck in Lakeland Massachusetts. Killing ...

1214. What Can We Count On From God?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

James W. Moore

... list three things we can count on from God. I. FIRST OF ALL, WE CAN COUNT ON GOD TO HEAR US WHEN WE PRAY. When we pray we are not talking to a brick wall. We are not praying in a vacuum. We are not speaking empty words into the air that hit the ceiling and bounce back. We are not just talking to ourselves. No, we are visiting with God… and He is leaning forward to listen. Prayer is conversation with God. Prayer is dialogue with God. Simply put, prayer is friendship with God. So, we can talk to God ...

1215. All I Want for Christmas is Hope

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

James W. Moore

... ?” And the president of the college said, “Well, all kinds of things, Bishop. I believe we’re coming into a time of great inventions. This is the year 1870 and I believe for example that one day soon we will be able to fly through the air like birds!” “You what?” said the bishop. “You believe that one day we will be able to fly?” “Yes, sir, I do,” said the college president. And then the bishop expounded Why, that is heresy, sir. Just plain heresy. The Bible says that flight is reserved ...

1216. The Christmas Promise: God With Us

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

James W. Moore

... the book with these words: “When I say that during most of my life I have been the prey of fear, I take it that I am expressing the case of most people. I cannot remember the time when a dread of one kind or another was not in the air. In childhood it was the fear of going to bed; later it was the fear of school; later still a feeling of dismay at the amount of work to be done before night. And then there’s the mother afraid for her children, the executive afraid for the business, the ...

1217. Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... undergo a baptism in the river like the baptism we Jews require of converts to OUR faith. And people responded...in droves. Even Roman soldiers were inspired by the man and went under the water at his urging. John was quite a figure. During one of these open-air sessions, we from the Jerusalem council sought to question him as to his authority to do what he was doing. Some had wondered whether or not he might be the Messiah who would be the deliverer of the nation; some who believed in that sort of thing ...

1218. Remembering 9/11

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... of the second plane until someone called us to ask if we knew. Needless to say, the plans for the day were scrapped. My wife was supposed to be on a plane back from Caracas at that hour and, according to the Delta website, she was now in the air, having taken off just moments after the second attack. Many of you knew of those plans and called to find out about her. We knew nothing other than the fact that international planes were being diverted and would not be permitted to land in the US. Over and over ...

1219. The Ten Commandments #4: The Sabbath

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... sun worshipers. Previous research had indicated that one day in seven was set aside for the adoration of their god (weather permitting). The rituals would vary, and each required a different form of dress, but most all were conducted in the open air. What the student saw fascinated him. Some creatures gathered in vast arenas to watch strangely garbed priests perform elaborate ceremonies involving a ball (which every Martian school child knows is symbolic of the sun), some strangely-shaped pieces of wood and ...

1220. The Ten Commandments #8: No Stealing

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... services would have been offered in exchange for the gains. It was all a gamble. It lost, and almost spelled disaster. People were looking for something for nothing. It was nothing but greed. Do you remember those news reports of 29-cent transistors being sold to the Air Force for $112? Or 15-dollar claw hammers going to the Navy for the bargain price of $435? Or the Pentagon paying $9,609 for Allen wrenches that you and I could get for 12 cents?(4) Why would defense contractors do such a thing? Because one ...

1221. The Ten Commandments #10: No Covetousness

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... OWN. Such thinking has been around since the beginning of history. Centuries ago, on a gentle Judean hillside, Jesus talked about it. He said, "Do not worry about things like that. Your heavenly Father knows what you need. God takes care of the birds of the air and flowers of the field. Are you not worth more than they?"(7) These are difficult issues, no question, and generally beyond the scope of decent individuals to solve. But frankly, whether or not a mother has food enough to feed her baby should have ...

1222. Remembering the Good Old Days

Numbers 14:1-10a

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... caveats I would bring as we remember. Memories are not all "water-colored;" they sometimes can be right depressing. Memory sometimes can be faulty. And finally, there are some things which are just as well never remembered at all. Think about it. Remember when the air was clear and the rivers were pure? Remember when people could walk alone at night without fear, when doors never needed to be locked, when drugs were something you got from the drugstore, and when we knew more about them than our children do ...

1223. Super Sunday

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Sermon

David E. Leininger

1224. A Mother's Gift

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... part in the promise to Abraham, "In you [and your offspring] all the families of the earth shall be blessed."(1) The laughter and shouts of Peninnah's children at play had wounded Hannah's ears. The sight of Elkanah tossing the little ones in the air and bouncing them on his knee which should have been such a joy had been instead perpetual pain. At times, in quiet moments, Hannah thought of Sarah, the wife of Abraham and mother of the nation, and the pain of childlessness she bore for ninety years before ...

1225. David and Bathsheba

2 Samuel 11:1-27, 12:1-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... named commander, not because of the family relationship but as a reward for heroism in the conquest of Jerusalem.(3) Meanwhile, David lounged about high atop the palace, which afforded him a spectacular view of the Holy City below. One day, after a fresh air nap on the rooftop, the king rubbed his eyes upon awakening. And then, no doubt, he rubbed them again. Yes, the view was breathtaking - and especially so today. The normally panoramic vista this afternoon included the sight of a gorgeous and quite naked ...

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