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1201. Football Versus Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Children's Sermon

Marti Kramer Suddarth

... love someone, you try to build that person up. How do you build other people up? You help them. You do nice things for them and encourage them. So football and love are opposites in that sense. In football, you knock people down. In love, you build them up. God wants us to build each other up. There’s something else different about football and love. In football, there are a lot of rules! There are rules about how long you can hold the ball, who you can throw it to, when you can move and when you can’t ...

1202. If You’re Angry

Matthew 18:15-20

Children's Sermon

Marti Kramer Suddarth

... be mad at him, too. Do you know what he did? You see, he … Assistant: (interrupts) Wait a minute! Should you be telling us why you’re mad? Speaker: What do you mean? Assistant: Well, maybe you should be talking to Ignatz instead of us. Speaker: But I don’t want to talk to Ignatz. I’m mad at him. I’d much rather tell all of you all about it. Assistant: I know, but what does the Bible say about being mad? Speaker: I don’t know. Assistant: I do. It’s written on this card. (holds up card stock ...

1203. Remember: No Deposit, No Return

Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... of God, as beloved children, [2] and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. As we look at this passage, it's significance for stewardship and how we can incorporate it into our own daily lives, I want us to look at how we CLUMP IT and THUMP IT, and then how we can DUMP IT and TRUMP IT. I. Dump It A. First of all, we Clump It: We all have spiritual and emotional baggage, clutter and garbage in our lives. Sometimes we don't acknowledge that ...

1204. I Doubt It

John 20:19-31, Act 4:32-37

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... photos and cartoons have no other purpose but to make you laugh. (SHOW CARTOONS) Now don't you feel better? Haven't your spirits been lifted a little? There's a couple that you'll probably never forget. Humor and laughter are some of the tools we need if we want to be a Barnabas. Be a Barnabas. Be a "son or daughter of encouragement." Help yourself and help others live BEYOND A DOUBT. We can't live life without a doubt, but we can let God breathe within our doubt and help us live beyond a doubt so we can ...

1205. The True Nature of Happiness

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Brett Blair

... to that day represented the world in miniature. Yet, as different as they all were, Jesus understood that they were all on the same quest. They were all after the same thing. They all wanted happiness. Well, we are just like them aren’t we? Isn’t that what we want for ourselves. Isn’t that what we ultimately want for our children: Happiness. The problem is that we really don’t grasp the true nature of happiness, and because of that it so often seems to elude us. You see, we think that happiness ...

1206. The Evangelist Has a Shady Past

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... fear that they will look like failures. It’s strange that when we tried our best and, at least on the surface, succeeded in our Christian lives, we didn’t touch other lives. Now that we are having problems with our son, other people ask for our help they want to know how God is working out our problems.” (8) If, like the Pharisees, we parade our superior righteousness or spirituality, we will do more to turn people off than we will do to attract them to Christ. The only man who has ever lived who was ...

1207. Eyewitness News

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... talk about heaven, but regardless of how wonderful we have heard it described, most of us are not eager to make the journey. We’re like the man who was sentenced to death. He was asked if he had any last requests. He said that he loved to sing and wanted to sing his favorite song one more time. He was asked what his favorite song was. He replied, “One Billion Bottles of Beer on the Wall.” We don’t know how long it would take to sing all the choruses to “One Billion Bottles of Beer on the Wall ...

1208. Christmas In the Crossfire

Titus 2:11-14

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . A couple of days later, 7:15 a.m., the phone rang. It wasthe Red Cross. This was the call they said I would get. They wanted to know if everything was all right, had there been any after effects, if there was anything they could do, and so on and so on. ... purpose except to those who are trying to exploit them and us, and they certainly do notreflect well on us as Christians. All I want for Christmas this year is grace — just grace. The story of Christmas is, after all, at its heart, a story of grace. The ...

1209. It’s about Grace

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

Nancy Kraft

... the grace of God alone. Then he tacks on this verse, putting in a plug for good works. "For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life." What's the deal? Paul doesn't want anyone to get carried away and think that he's against good works here. He's not against good works. He's just against those who live as if they must score brownie points with God as a way of earning their own salvation. Salvation comes by grace alone. But ...

1210. Oops! I Did It Again

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... them hit baseballs in here?” (3) Okay, we might think she’s a few fries short of a Happy Meal, but all of us have blurted out remarks just as clueless. Simon Peter rebuked Jesus. The truth is that Peter cared about his Master. He didn’t want him to suffer and die. But something else vexed Peter. How could the Messiah be put to death? That didn’t make sense. Peter was impetuous and a little impertinent in his rebuke of Jesus, but he was being quite honest. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall ...

1211. Mary's Song

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... Christmas Candy; don’t forget wrapping paper, don’t forget to visit Santa, don’t forget last minute gifts.” Billy goes home and draws a picture of Mary, Joseph and Jesus and the star and writes on it simply, “Don’t forget.” (5) Among the things we will want to remember is the song the gentle maiden sang as she awaited the birth of her son, God’s son. The song was about her son and his mission in the world. Jesus came to turn the world right side up. Jesus came to give dignity to those who ...

1212. Jailhouse Rock

Acts 16:16-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... If you were to die tonight, would you go to heaven?” It was because he saw that Paul and Silas not only talked the talk, they walked the walk. He could see by their attitudes and by their actions they were special people. They were God’s people. And he wanted to be one of God’s people too. He cried out, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” Paul and Silas replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved you and your household.” Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all ...

1213. The Widow and the Unjust Judge

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and praises unto the Lord, who loves you and is waiting to grant you your heart’s desire? *Why do you have more faith in your own manipulation and in the ways of the world than faith in God's mercy and God's means? *Why do we want to "assure" an outcome we can see and manipulate rather than live in "assurance" of God's love and mercy for us? Pestering may change circumstances, but praying changes us. There is an old nineteenth century hymn, the music written by the same person responsible for “Abide ...

1214. Praying In Jesus' Name

John 14:5-14

Sermon

David O. Bales

... . We don’t pray because we’re good, although we are good. Maybe the best reason to pray is because we’re also bad. We don’t pray because we have a lot to say that God doesn’t know about. We pray because God loves us and wants to share our lives. That’s part of our taking communion, sharing a meal at God’s table. A New York book editor arranged a meeting between author William Faulkner and physicist Albert Einstein. Despite the editor’s efforts to get Faulkner to talk more, Faulkner remained ...

1215. Honk If Something Falls Off

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... susceptible to falling apart without notice. He didn’t need us to tell him he was not the picture of perfection. He knew it and wanted us to know he knew it. “Wait a minute,” you say, “if he knew he might lose a part, he shouldn’t be on ... bumper, a hubcap, the transmission. With wear and age, the old truck may just accidentally litter the road. This is not something he wants, but knows may happen. Yet, says Pastor Doyal, he is an optimist. His expectation is that . . . as he travels down the road of ...

1216. Of Peace and War

Deuteronomy 20:1-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... man looked at him and the big guy said, “That is karate. Got it in Japan.” The small guy, being a mild-mannered fellow not wanting any trouble just got back up and sat on the stool. Ten minutes later the big bully came back on this guy, picked him up ... (Ecclesiastes 3:8, NIV) There are times when it is wrong to fight and times when it is right to fight. The question that I want to answer now is this one, “When you do fight, when you have to fight, what are the ground rules?” In other words, “When it ...

1217. Family Re:Union - Inverting the Pyramid

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... now believed that you can easily see Starbucks from outer-space because there are so many of them. However, there is a myth that I want to dispel at the very beginning of this series that I think has become as destructive to the family as any myth I know. It ... God. We must teach our children the number one thing they are to do is to love God. That means that I am a mirror. I want everyone to repeat those words, “I am a mirror.” God said the number one priority for a family is to love God with all their ...

1218. Family Re:Union - (PG) Parental Guidance Required

Psalm 127:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... did to him he will never spit again.” III. Give Your Children Emotional Development The first thing an archer does with an arrow is polish it. After he polishes it he sharpens it. If he doesn’t that arrow will not do what it was intended to do. Likewise, God wants us to help our children to develop emotion. Once again, you’ve got to begin early, very early, when the child is 2 and 3 years old, because children do pick up things early. I heard about a doctor who told a story about how he was taking his ...

1219. Ignite: Fire Extinguishers

Acts 15:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... what that did to the New Members Class? I can just imagine the husband taking his wife and kids to this new church and he is wanting to join, but then he finds out what he is required to do and you can’t blame him for saying something like, “Honey, I don’ ... , “Before you come into the church you need to look like we think you ought to look. You need to do things the way we want them done.” In other words they were saying, “You’ve got to be just like us before you can become one of us.” Before ...

1220. Lost Baggage: The Middle Seat

1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... you.” (1 Corinthians 5:2, ESV) The church was so focused on how good they looked on the outside that they didn’t want to focus on the cancer that was on the inside. Some of you unfortunately can relate to this. When you find out you have ... to judge sinners who should live like sinners. It is our job to judge saints who shouldn’t live like sinners. Too many churches want to keep sick sinners out and keep sinning saints in. There is something wrong with that picture. Church, let’s always be willing to ...

1221. For the Hearing Impaired

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... don’t know the soil. What may appear to be soil that is hard as a rock can be soil that is soft as a pillow. I want to share with you the true story of a man who died several years ago. He name was Pacey Cohen. That name probably means nothing to ... a plane back to Louisiana. There was really nothing there to keep Pacey Cohen and he could have gotten up and left himself and he wanted to, but he told me later, for some reason, he couldn’t do it. Pacey was Jewish. He had never heard the Gospel in his life ...

1222. The Big "W"

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... every week and seek out God’s transforming presence in our lives. God sent Jesus to be a Messiah-in-our-midst because God always wants to be near to us. When we act as Jesus’ disciples, when we follow his way of laying down the self and taking up the ... you're in the Lord's army. Yes, sir. Doing what? may I ask. The reason I bring this up is that if you want the real deal, if you want the life and freedom that Jesus offers, then you are going to have to break free of this religious fog in particular. "It is ...

1223. Turn On the Light

John 8:12-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... pathetic that I felt the need to post this, because I don’t have anybody else to talk to in real life. I don’t want to sound like a stupid, immature teenager whose problems are meaningless compared to others, I hate that, but I probably sound just like that. I ... and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.” (Matthew 5:15, ESV) What God wants us to do in a world engulfed in darkness is simply to show other people the light that we have found. You play sports and you ...

1224. Determining Your Destiny

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

James Merritt

... is this, “Hell is truth seen five seconds too late.” This man has five brothers. As much as he loves his family, he does not want them to join him where he is, so he asks for Abraham to send Lazarus back from the grave to warn them to not make ... do. He never repented. He never turned away from his sinful nature and his sinful ways and he never placed his faith in God. He wants Lazarus to go back from the dead and make one more appearance and tell his brothers to repent thinking that will do the trick. How ...

1225. Tarzan He Was Not

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... around the world. Back in 2005 they carried a story about a Romanian man who was recovering in the hospital after trying to escape from his wife by swinging from tree to tree on a vine like Tarzan. Stefan Trisca a 66-year old man, of all things - -had wanted to join his friends for a night of drinking, but his wife locked him in his bedroom. This did not stop Stefan. He was on a mission. He climbed through the bedroom window and grabbed a tree vine. He managed to swing to another tree. Great, only one more ...

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