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1201. Keeping His Word

John 14:23-29

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... believers. No one could accuse him of not planning ahead! His successor would be in place and all of the power and unlimited variations are to be enjoyed and enriched by his disciples. Is there thanksgiving in our hearts? If there isn't, there should be. Is there a sense of being at one with the Lord and drinking from his bottomless well of blessings? If there isn't, why not? We are privy to secrets hidden for the ages, as Saint Paul says, and now they have been revealed. For some of us, this is so sobering ...

1202. Call to Oneness

John 17:20-26

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... because of the indescribable humiliation for everyone present to view. The bond of love would not and could not break! Even a sense of being forsaken would offer only a brief look into the humanity of Jesus. If he were truly human, how could it possibly ... our theme in glory. We will be living in loving holiness and wholeness. In the meantime, we are to be faithful not just in a military sense but in a loving style of living. The intent is clear for this world and the one beyond. We are to be one in the Lord ...

1203. Only the Lost and the Least

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... revolutionary book. As a matter of fact, the whole Bible is revolutionary. Does anyone know who wrote the last book of the Bible?" Johnny's hand went up. "Was it Saint Paul Revere?" Johnny was wrong about Saint Paul Revere but, in a certain sense, he was right about the Bible being revolutionary. Love for the least and the lost flies directly in the face of the way many people think. Christianity offers a revolutionary reversal of values. Saint Paul the Apostle, the premier missionary and theologian of all ...

1204. Prayer - What’s in It for You?

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... People often raise questions about religious institutions. Why do denominations exist? There are, of course, many answers to such a question, but one clear answer is summed up in one word, "accountability." Without accountability we run the risk of becoming corrupt by our own sense of pride or arrogance. It really should not be surprising to any person living in today's world that so many people believe that the only person they can trust is themselves. The Bible tells us to trust God, but somehow we manage ...

1205. The Promise that Won’t Be Broken

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Sermon

Clayton A. Lord

... life; it sets them free to be what God intends them to be." If you have ever watched a young child at play, you get a sense of what it means to be fully alive. Just go to the playground and you will see boys and girls filled with a desire to ... in spite of his circumstances. Wow! A sixth promise is that we will have God's peace, the peace that passes all understanding. Peace is that inner sense of well-being. It is knowing that God is in control and that you are in his hands. It is the peace that a man named ...

1206. Dedicated to God

Luke 1:39-45

Illustration

Mickey Anders

... . But finally, he hit upon the idea of dedicating the surgery to God. And he reported that it was amazing the power of such dedication. He could sense that God was with him. For this doctor, it was a specific way of living for God. We should do the same thing. We should live our lives with the sense that we are dedicating every moment to God. Then we should sense God's presence with us and even God's hand on our shoulder. So Mary and Elizabeth give us two techniques for making the mess magnificent. First ...

1207. Braveheart

John 20:24-29

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... you want from me? Enough is enough. There's just too much about church and all that I just can't believe." "Well, what can you believe about it all?" Sophia asked. "Jesus," Tommy blurted out after a few moments of silence. "I like Jesus. He makes a lot of sense to me at times. There's some very good advice about life in his teachings. But to buy into Jesus I've got to buy into too much other stuff that isn't helpful at all. In fact, it just confuses the issue. Take this Virgin Mary business, for example ...

1208. A Stone’s Throw From: The Rolled Stone

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... ." Apart from God's purpose in and through the Cross, I've often wondered if that wasn't part of the reason the Sadducees and Pharisees reacted like that did to Jesus' teaching. It was beginning to make sense. And if it made sense then it meant their faith was inconsequential, their lifestyle without purpose and their whole life had been without meaning. Rather than repenting, renewing their faith and embracing God's purpose for their lives, they protected their life and lifestyle by eradicating the one ...

1209. Amazing Authority

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , we have to believe that good will ultimately triumph over evil or else we lose all hope. The details aren't that important, but the values the story teaches is everything. In my own life, the book To Kill A Mockingbird, had a great influence on my sense of justice and standing up for what is right especially in the area of race relationships. The book is pure fiction but the lesson is unforgettable and was life shaping. I wanted to grow up and be just like Atticus Finch. The parables of Jesus were stories ...

1210. When God Is Like a Mother

John 14:15-31

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... in the creation of life, I suggest that birth is primarily a motherly affair. A mother’s body changes with pregnancy. She feels the first movement of life, the pains of labor, and the ecstasy of delivery. While a father is elated, it is the mother who first senses that this child is flesh of my flesh and bone of my bones. Indeed this child is life from my life. Jesus said to Nicodemus – You must be born from above. Just as there is a physical birth there is a spiritual birth. Most of my life I ...

1211. Jesus’ Trail of Tears (Series: Questioning Our Values)

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... And then the text gets intense. “And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.” Does anybody know what is happening here? If we are good Calvinists, as many people are, the whole scene does not make much sense. If Christ was the Lamb of God slain from the foundation of the world, what choice did he really have in this deal? Why is he asking to be excused? But what if life is not so cut and dry? What if it is not so predetermined? What if ...

1212. He Breaks the Power of Cancelled Sin

John 8:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... what he found at the bottom - meaninglessness. It is even the story of the minister who awakens to the fact that he has been seduced by the way of his church – but Christ frees us. He frees us from meaninglessness by providing a sense of purpose, a sense of mission, a sense of responsibility, a feeling of self-worth, a basis for relationships, and a reason for being. He breaks the power of cancelled sin. Listen to him. “He who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the Light of Life.” II ...

1213. Is It Okay To Laugh In Church?

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

James W. Moore

... gospel” literally means “good news” or “glad tidings” - Have we forgotten the word of the angel that first Christmas night? “Fear not, He said, “for behold I bring you good news of great joy which shall be to all people.” If we do not have this sense of joy, if we do not have this deep spirit of happiness,… then we are missing something God wants to give us; we are missing something basic to the Christian faith. Reminisce with me a few moments about this and we will see it together. Here ...

1214. On the Road with the Hemorrhaging Woman

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

James W. Moore

... ?) parental!! I thought: “Jodi, Jodi, couldn’t this wait til we get in the car after church? I’m doing big stuff up “up here!” But, I didn’t say that. There was something about that tug… and God was with me that morning and He gave me the good sense to realize it. So, I just shut everything else out… and dropped down on one knee to be on eye level with 8-year old Jodi. She beamed… and she said: “Daddy, it’s Father’s Day… and I have a special present for you. I made it in Sunday ...

1215. Discipline and Means of Grace

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... forever. He takes it away so that he can better give it, so that He can give it back without the impurity of this evil sense of ownership which we mingle with it without noticing it in ourselves. The loss of the gift takes away our ownership.... Then the gift ... short-term missions trip. She sent me a letter explaining that she was considering staying in Mexico for another year. A close friend, sensing my anxiety over Lisa’s plans, wrote me a letter after he had spent some time praying for us. Rob said I had ...

1216. When Are We Most Like God?

Exodus 2:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of our sermon today: When are we most like God? Now the obvious answer to that is when we act as God acts. Doesn’t that make sense? We are most like God when we act as God acts. I could stop there. But it would make for a very short sermon. Even you who ... thousands of people like Maya Angelou. But, for so many years, we pulled the shade of our mind in order that our hearts would not sense and feel the pain of it. But Moses was “grown up” now and when he looked upon the burdens of his people, he saw ...

1217. The Gospel of Marah

Exodus 15:22-27

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Red Sea, but whether we can sing in our troubles at Marah. The proof of faith, the testing, always comes in the barren desert at Marah, not in the oasis at Elim, where there were 12 springs of water and 70 palm trees. The testing comes when nothing makes sense, except to God. It’s the kind of testing that came to Job, and his faith lights our way: “Though He slays me, yet will I trust Him.” Stay with the Hebrews for a moment. They went from triumph to trouble from trouble to testing, and from testing ...

1218. Taught by a Golden Calf

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... atheists do you know? That which is destroying the moral fiber of our nation, weakening the Christian witness, and turning Christian churches into reflections of the club mentality of a secular age is a shadowy sense of God’s reality. Just let that image tumble around in your mind for a moment - a shadowy sense of God’s reality. Everything rather vague; nothing very strong, no clear outline, no driving passion. So we come today to talk about an episode in Israel’s history – that teaches us so much ...

1219. A Glimpse of God

Exodus 33:19-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is important. He saw a cloud, and remember, whenever you see a cloud in the Old Testament - open your eyes wide - because God is close by. While Moses is standing in the crevice of the rock, the Lord passes by - and Moses sees Him - sees Him in the sense of sensing his presence. But what Moses sees is not nearly as important, he hears. Because, as the Lord passes by, He says to Moses - look at it there in verses 6 and 7. The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in stead ...

1220. Just When We Think We're Safest, There's a Sunset Touch

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... healings really is a story of a healing that takes place on the way to a healing. You see this is one of those interruptions in Jesus’ life, because He was on his way to heal Jairus’ daughter when in the midst of the jostling crowd, He sensed something going on, someone was touching Him. What a bold thing this woman had done what wild abandonment in faith and trust - just to touch the hem of Jesus’ garment. She did, and Jesus did - He healed her. We can cope with our interruptions and integrate them ...

1221. The Shared Life of the People of God

Galatians 6:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... opportunity f or other decisions, and narrows the range of choices. Every day we are confronted with choices: to speak out or stay silent in the presence of evil. To hear the silent pleas of a neighbor and become involved, or retreat into my safe family circle. To sense the heartache of the poor and lonely and respond with time and money, or draw back and become more calloused. To accept the assessment of a friend about my own weakness as an act of tough love or as a act of judgment to which I respond in ...

1222. Liberated Women

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... playing a leadership role as well, a move that is long overdue. The women who followed Jesus did so out of an enormous sense of gratitude. These were not groupies. They were not crowding in to be near a rock star. It would be easy to misunderstand. ... woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” People who are most fervent about their Christian faith are motivated by a sense of gratitude. This woman was a known sinner. She had many sins to forgive. Simon thought of himself as being righteous. Therefore ...

1223. Where Is He?

Isaiah 60:1-6, Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... . They didn’t know where to go, or what they would find when they got there. They went looking for one thing and found another. Most of all they discovered they had not come to Him but He to us. Maybe it’s because I am a pastor, but I sense there is a spiritual hunger in America of fast growing proportions. We can’t buy enough toys, have enough money, travel enough places to fill the void inside. We hunger for meaning and purpose. We want to know that life matters and that we can make a difference. We ...

1224. The Power to Be Saved

Acts 4:5-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... ; it's life down here." I've been reading Tracey Stewart's biography of her late husband—pro golfer Payne Stewart. I no longer play golf. I just fantasize about it. As Tracey describes the up-and- down life of a pro golfer, she says, “We began to sense a need for a stronger religious foundation in our home. We were raised in the faith, but being in a different city every week, it was difficult and we wanted our children to be grounded in the faith, as well, so we started attending church regularly. As a ...

1225. Holy Waste

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... imagine that Simon is enjoying the party most of all. He seems like a guest, he’s enjoying it so much. And there is a sense in which he is a guest in his own house. He’d only recently been allowed to come back home, because you know the ... we are too shy to do it, and that we feel awkward about it. It may be that second thoughts suggest a more prudent and common sense course. It comes in the simplest things — the impulse to send a letter to someone, to thank them for something that they have done, the ...

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