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1301. Defeating Giants

1 Samuel 17:1-58

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... with that heavy metal gear, but it wasn't comfortable for the boy. He took what he had--his slingshot, his staff, and a few slick river rocks. You can't do battle with someone else's armor. You have to use your own gifts, experiences, and abilities. God has equipped you with all things needful for victorious living. Just use what you have. I love the story of John and Mary who were sitting on a bench in the moonlight. The fragrance of flowers filled the air, and everything was conducive to romance. John ...

1302. A Risky Lifestyle

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... in just fine." Christians are risk-takers. Let's turn to the parable where Jesus makes this truth abundantly clear, in Matthew, chapter 25. It's a shame that we call it the parable of the talents, because the word "talent" means for us an aptitude or ability. That's not what it meant in biblical times. It was a weight measurement of a precious metal. For example, one talent of silver was worth about $1000 in our money. Jesus' story is about a master who gave various amounts of money to his servants before ...

1303. Our Lord's Abundant Table

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... that did not exist in the instant before Gods unfolding blessing by a Messiah who calls them to serve. III God is at work first fulfilling his word, and second, calling us to serve in responding to that fulfillment. And third we are given the ability to use what we bring. In 1872, at the age of 16, Booker T. Washington decided he wanted to go to school. He walked 500 miles to Hampton Institute in Virginia, and presented himself to the head teacher. Washington later recalled, "Having been so long without ...

1304. Surrender

Luke 23:44-49

Sermon

Burton F. Blair

... his last." Then, Jesus’ body slumped down, as if everything had been drained out of it. He was dead on the cross. Yet, to speed up the death process, the soldiers were already using a mallet to break the legs of the thieves, reducing their ability to lift themselves up to breathe and thus accelerating their asphyxiation. When they came to Jesus, he was already dead. They did not break his legs. Because Jesus’ bones were not broken, he is firmly identified with the Passover lamb, whose bones should be ...

1305. Reclaiming Our Covenant

Genesis 9:18-29

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... material considerations or sheer selfish interests can break any arrangement even when one has said, "My word is my bond." But in a covenant relationship God, the third party, invites the allegiance of both persons, and in response to their commitment he supplies the ability to adhere to it. This is the peculiarly biblical three-way relationship in which God always holds the trump card. From our human side, then, he looks for our humble acceptance of his will for us in this event or situation and with it ...

1306. Servants Without Fiber

Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... message? That of the true servant does, because its central purpose is to invest the redeeming power of our religious conviction into the life of the person in need, so that it will bring him or her to the fullness of the self-realization of personal abilities, talents and potential. A cup of cold water only prolongs an unfortunate situation. What a difference there is when the aim and purpose of the servant is to advance a Kingdom in which everyone can find their place! 3. A third, and final thought: the ...

1307. Living with the Consequences

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

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Larry Powell

I suppose it would have been a far easier, more convenient thing for God to have created robots instead of offspring capable of making choices. If Adam and Eve had not been cognizant, thinking individuals with the ability of choosing, the Garden of Eden would probably still be in full flower. If Absolom had been a puppet, history would surely remember him as something other than a long-haired renegade son. If Jonah had not had a choice, there would be no story of Jonah and the "great ...

1308. Unfulfilled Potential

Judges 16:23-31

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Larry Powell

... larger theme of Samson’s life; he forgot God and wasted himself. There is suggestive evidence that Samson did not have the monopoly on frivolity and unfulfilled potential: 1. twenty-three million Americans, or one in five adults, lack reading skills and writing abilities to handle minimal demands of daily living; 2. an eighteen-year-old New Yorker named Ben dreads using the subway because he cannot read the names of stations; 3. a top eastern law firm has hired a professional writing instructor to work ...

1309. Man Up A Tree

Luke 19:1-10

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Larry Powell

... who must travel long distances to trade. His childhood peers doubtless reminded him of his size by numerous remarks and omissions. But there was apparently one thing he could do well: cipher. He would excel in the area of his strongest ability and greatest interest ... money. The Scriptures depict him as short in stature, crooked in dealings, self-seeking, but interestingly enough, retaining a glimmer of moral consciousness. 2. The encounter. A large crowd had gathered to see Jesus as he passed through ...

1310. The Lord Is My Shepherd

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Robert Allen

... a turn for the worse. A family member was calling and asking if I could come to the hospital. I slipped a jacket on and headed toward the hospital. As I drove to the hospital, I thought about the man I was going to visit. Bob had unusual abilities and energies. He had started working with one company, but eventually formed his own company and became very successful. Perhaps, it was that drive and determination which led him to a heart attack at the age of 52. When I arrived at the hospital, the doctor was ...

1311. I Believe In Judgment

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Robert Allen

... judged everyday of our lives. We don’t have to wait for some Judgment Day in the future, because every day is a Judgment Day. II. I believe God’s judgment will be tempered with his respect for life. It was God who created us and gave us the ability to make our own decisions. Some of our decisions are right and some are wrong. God is not going to condemn us simply because we make some decisions that are wrong, simply because we come up short of everything he expects of us, simply because we failed to be ...

1312. The Ultimate Christmas Gift

Psalm 85:1-13, Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

Erskine White

... other people about this gift and they do not believe you either, because it is a gift which cannot be purchased for any price or obtained by even the most strenuous of human effort. It is a gift so far removed from our experience, so far beyond our grasp and abilities that we have not even dared to dream we might some day receive it. Yet receive this gift we did on a silent, holy night so long ago in Bethlehem. It was announced by a choir of angels who came upon the midnight clear. "Glory to God in the ...

1313. You Always Have a Choice

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Dale E. Galloway

Eight-year-old Tommie was bragging to his dad about what a great hitter he was becoming. His dad took him out in the backyard to give him an opportunity to demonstrate his newfound hitting ability. When they got in the backyard, Tommie’s dad said, "Go ahead and show me what you can do." With a confident grin, Tommie threw the ball in the air, swung at it, and missed. "Strike one," said his dad. Knowing he could hit the ball, Tommie threw it in ...

1314. Feeling Down And Looking Up

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... apparent. Jesus had an amazing power to uplift people, in ways more than just the curing of bodies. I think that is why, when he healed someone, he was as likely to say "your sins are forgiven" as to say "rise up and walk." Jesus had the ability to free people from whatever power, real or imagined, kept them from living full and fulfilled lives. I am convinced we have that same healing quality. In fact Jesus himself indicated to his disciples that they would do even greater things than they had seen him do ...

1315. The Path of Maturity

Drama

William Grimbol

READER 1 Somehow, Lord, everywhere we look in Scripture, the concept of maturity is always fused with our capacity to love, and our capacity to love is always bonded to our ability to first love ourselves. Why? Why did you have to make the task of maturation so brutally simple ... so crucifyingly modest? Why does our maturation migration always have to wing its way home to the context of loving ... the art of loving ... the work of loving? It is just such ...

1316. The Path of Quality

Drama

William Grimbol

... 7 It is Palm Sunday, and we rejoice and give thanks for the triumphant testimony of the path of quality, a passion path which leads to a Cross, a path which opens to us all the way of wholeness, the capacity to not just cope but to celebrate, and the ability to say to Life, not "Is that all there is?" but rather, "My God, there is just so much ... so much to live ... to love ... to learn. Let us enter Jerusalem with Him, and find in that Holy City, the quality of Life we all so deeply yearn for ... we ...

1317. Nazareth: The Hidden Years

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... wonderfully educated man, trained by one of the finest scholars of his time and learned in both Judaism and Greek philosophy. So what happened after he was converted to Christianity? "I went away into Arabia," he said.4 With all of his training, all of his ability, he went out into the desert. As he tells it, he spent a total of some three years in essential isolation before he embarked on his full ministry. Those were the Nazareth years, the hidden years, the time to grow. It is not surprising, then, that ...

1318. Stewards of Creation

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... midwest-American farmers are paid not to grow it, yet we see on the television newscast thousands of Africans and Asians starving. Then, we must consider our physical health - our bodies and our responsibilities to care for them as God’s temple. Next, our skills and abilities must be examined. We will look at the special and varied gifts we have and how we manage them for God’s glory and the Kingdom’s benefit. After that, we’ll consider how we get, spend, and save our money. In the United States ...

1319. Stewards of Life, Death, and Beyond

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... process, and even what happens after that. First, let’s look at life’s beginnings, and then at its end, and finally what happens after our death. Life’s Beginnings We are stewards of life itself. In this wonderful creation, God gave us the ability to conceive and bring into the world a new person. We have the privilege and stewardship of being able to plan safely when we conceive to bring a new human being into this creation. Christians ought take very seriously that stewardship of conception. We ...

1320. Resurrection: From Burn-Out to New Vision

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... , befriended, healed, made whole. We dare not shut the windows of life, cutting off our ties to those around us. You have made us, Eternal God, to be a family-being. Here, in this gathering at worship, we are sustained. Our spirits are nourished. We pray for the abilities to care for one another. Even as the prophet of old found that "still, small voice within," so we would be hushed to listen and to respond. You do not shout at us. You only speak in ways that need our attentive hearts. We listen now. Speak ...

1321. A Dead Man in a Witch’s Cave

1 Samuel 28:1-25

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... Endor, have the capacity to bring back Samuel from the grave? The answer this time is, "No." She was as surprised as anyone when Samuel appeared. She was not only surprised, she was terrified. She didn’t know what to do. She had done something far beyond her own abilities. It was of God, not of the witch, that Samuel came back. Question No. 3: Is it possible for us to talk with the dead? The answer again is, "No." But God, who is the creator of the universe, is at liberty to send back whomever he pleases ...

1322. A Man With Lips on Fire

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... 6); Judgment (1:20); Prayer (56:7); Renewal (40:31); Prophecy (42:9; 46:10); Millenium (11:6, 7). The whole Gospel ... for all time ... for all people ... for all places ... is in the book of Isaiah! Aflame With the Christ of Christmas Isaiah had the amazing ability (under divine inspiration) of looking down the corridors of time and seeing the events of the future as if they were happening in his time. He saw more than he knew ... he said more than he knew ... he wrote more than he knew. After all, that is ...

1323. A Man With a Scalpel and a Pen

Acts 16:6-10

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... ages - for the inspiration and the instruction he has left us. Let us remember that Luke was a doctor. He was not a preacher ... not a pastor ... not a seminary graduate ... not an ordained minister. He was a devoted lay-person - one who dedicated his talents and his abilities (apart from earning a living) to serve the King of kings. This, every one of us can do. For personal reading: Colossians 4:14 Philemon 1:24 2 Timothy 4:11 Luke 1--24 Acts 1--28 For public reading: Acts 16:6-10 Outline Luke, the Doctor ...

1324. God So Loved the World

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... . God sent Jesus that we might be saved. I have to do some real soul-searching here. As a spokesman, as a preacher of the gospel, I am charged to bring the news of Jesus to the world. And I do it. I do it to the best of my ability. And you know what I see? I see a lot of people who hear God’s saving story through my voice, through the voice of many preachers, and simply pay no attention to it. That disturbs me. It disturbs every preacher I know. And you know what I would like ...

1325. Epiphany 6

2 Kings 5:1-27, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27, Mark 1:40-45

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... squander either our physical or our spiritual gifts, but may develop them to their fullest potential for service to you and Christ Jesus, in whose name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Most understanding God, we regret that we often waste the talents and abilities that you heap upon us, especially the spiritual ones. We confess that we are sometimes so obsessed with keeping our bodies in shape with diets and exercises and sports, that we forget that our spirits need work-outs as well. Forgive us our one ...

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