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1301. Never Say What You Won't Do!

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... true when they are engaged. For example, a man may tell his wife-to-be how much he loves the symphony. He eagerly escorts her to these performances, grinning like a mule eating briars, trying to impress his fiancée with how much he loves the arts. She is thinking, oh boy, I finally found a really cultured man! However, when they return from the honeymoon, he determines that he is never going near the symphony again. He lied! Women are just as guilty, only with them it’s fishing. A lovesick woman will ...

1302. The Treasure Principles

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... giver. This principle is tried and true as long as one’s attitude is one of gratitude. But if one’s attitude is wrong, it does not apply. If one gives only out of grim duty, then the happiness of giving vanishes. The old TV personality Art Linkletter once asked a little girl named Debbie, “What is salt?” Debbie answered, “Salt is what spoils the potatoes when you leave it out.” (4) Great giving is motivated by a great attitude, something like this—“Lord, when I consider all you have done and ...

1303. Do I Really Matter To God?

Psalm 139:1-24

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... by God. That’s why they deserve to die with dignity.” (3) Christianity never measures people by how useful they are. Instead, we measure them according to the specifications of their Maker. If I had to vote for the greatest work of art in the world, I would vote for Michelangelo’s “David,” that 17-foot-tall statue in Florence, Italy. This was the masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture. The artist portrays David at the moment he decides to do battle with the giant Goliath. Michelangelo created ...

1304. I Believe In God The Father Almighty

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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Bill Bouknight

... refer to God as “Abba” which is an exceedingly intimate term meaning “Daddy” or “Papa.” In our New Testament, Jesus used that expression for God nearly two hundred times. (2) Remember how Jesus began his model prayer, “Our father who art in heaven.” Another reason I will stick with “Father” is that every alternative term tends to make God rather impersonal. “Daddy” is so much more personal than “Creator,” “the Force,” “The Ground of our being,” or just “God.” Several ...

1305. The Question

Matthew 16:13-20

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Christopher Drew

Even someone as pious as the great hymn-writer Charles Wesley wrestles with Jesus' identity when he writes: I need not tell Thee who I am, My misery and sin declare; Thyself hast called me by my name, Look on Thy hands, and read it there; But who, I ask Thee, who art Thou? Tell me Thy name, and tell me now.

1306. Personal Understanding

Matthew 16: 13-20

Illustration

... camera crew went along. When she finally reached the snow-capped peak they ask her how she felt: "Once you have experienced the peak, your life is never the same." Friends, once you have come to the point that you truly can echo the words of Peter: Thou art the Christ the son of the living God, your life will never be the same. Ask the woman at the well, ask Mary Magdeline, ask Paul, ask Martin Luther, ask John Wesley, ask Charles Colson, ask somebody in this church. Who do you say that I am? Discover the ...

1307. Stumbling in Darkness, Looking for Light

Isaiah 9:1-7, John 1:5

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... little match and instantly, the darkness was gone! The darkness was completely shattered, scattered and defeated! Just one little light and the darkness was completely overwhelmed. "The light shines in the darkness," says John, "and the darkness will never overcome it." 1. www.depthography.com/times.html, Matt Lake, "An Art Form That's Precise But Friendly Enough to Wink"

1308. Moses: A Traveling God in a Pop-Up Camper

Exodus 13:17-22, 33:7-11

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... night, in the sight of all the house of Israel. (Exodus 40:34-38) I believe in "sacred space." I believe in the importance of a place set apart, places made sacred by our encounters with God. I believe in the power of symbol and sound, art and music, the holiness of beauty as well as the beauty of holiness—and these sacred spaces become holy ground when God meets his people. Cherry Run Camp is a small Methodist campground nestled in the hills of western Pennsylvania, one of those old-style Methodist camp ...

1309. Zechariah I: Stuck Like a Dope With a Thing Called Hope

Zechariah 9:14-17

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... signs of changing, he was able to face it all with overwhelming joy, with hope. He lived that future into the present, and now in his present struggle against cancer, he witnesses to the audacity of hope in the face of death. One of my favorite pieces of public art is at Stone Mountain in Georgia, but it is not the huge carvings of the confederate heroes on Stone Mountain which impress me. It's a small statue in a little garden around the side of the mountain of stone. There you will find a memorial to the ...

1310. High Noon

Psalm 91:1-16

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John E. Harnish

... a poem he had learned in high school; probably the only poem he ever memorized and certainly the only one I had ever heard him quote. It was Longfellow's "Psalm of Life:" Life is real, life is earnest And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art to dust returnest Was not spoken of the soul. And that was my dad. Life is real. Life is earnest. Life is serious business. I sometimes think we Harnish men are burdened with a congenital disease...an inherited case of terminal seriousness. But at high noon, in the ...

1311. What Ever Happened to Norman Rockwell?

Colossians 3:1-17

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John E. Harnish

For those of a certain age, Norman Rockwell was the artist who captured our American way of life. Beginning in 1916, he painted over 300 covers for the Saturday Evening Post which have become classics in American art—everything from childhood adventures in the old swimming hole to moving tributes to war heroes, gentle laughter and deep sentiments. He imaged what we imagined life was, or could be, like in those days of my growing up. Along the way he also challenged some of the narrow attitudes and ...

1312. In the Upper Room

John 17

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John E. Harnish

... and me. 1. His first prayer is that we would all be one. With a kind of rapid redundancy and blinding repetition, he prays, not only for his disciples, "but for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one; even as thou Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and thou in me, that they may become perfectly one." St. Paul will pick up the theme when he calls the Ephesians to "the unity of the spirit in the bond ...

1313. A Matter Of The Heart

Psalm 51:1-19

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John E. Harnish

... but oh, who will convert me? He says he continued to seek it, "…though with strange indifference, dullness and coldness." Sounds like hardness of heart, perhaps? Until May 24. Again, in his journal he records that in his morning prayers he read from the scriptures: "Thou art not far from the kingdom." In the afternoon he went to evensong at St. Paul's Cathedral and heard the choir sing "Out of the Depth I Cry to Thee, O Lord"….which pretty much described how he felt. Then that evening he records: I went ...

1314. Apostolic Instruction

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... take of living that saints are born. During my doctoral program, a special and lasting lesson was learned. Simply stated: Preachers must be in touch with the living concerns of their parishioners in order to be effective. The finest homiletical and theological works of art will fall on deaf ears, unless such concerns are addressed. Paul must have been an expert at correcting this! By his own admission, he was not much of an orator and hardly an average speaker. What he did understand was the necessity of ...

1315. Training for a Purpose

Titus 2:11-14

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Donald Charles Lacy

... God has not abandoned us. The validation for which we were looking virtually stuns our senses and thought categories. Christmas wrappings and the gifts contained therein go together in cohesive beauty. Being zealous in the right ways is a pure work of art to watch. Demagoguery doesn't rear its ugly head. Our works are free from egotistical yearnings. Our love is for more than a bit of kindness. Our motivations are pure and undefiled. Aggressiveness and helpfulness do not collide in bitter disagreement. We ...

1316. Looking Out for Others

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... been a part of it. Oh, I don't mean we can document it! Mostly, our contributions don't come about that way. How fortunate we are because that means we cannot brag about it! Some Christian's are truly a work of art, as they go about being formed in the likeness of Christ. Their independence and sometimes brashness eventually becomes a gift for the wider body of believers. As experimentation comes and goes, the Holy Spirit synchronizes, harmonizes, and sometimes formalizes. Precious and essential spiritual ...

1317. The Acceptable Time

2 Corinthians 6:1-2

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Maurice A. Fetty

... time to believe and to respond to the grace and generosity of the gospel and the church. And that is not the message of Paul alone, but the message of the church of the ages. Think of the church's approach to us through art and architecture, through literature and philosophy, through theology and service, through helpfulness and compassion, through music. The history of the church and its ministry is one of openness and generosity. We are beneficiaries of an enormous inheritance, and now is the time for us ...

1318. The Paradoxical Power of Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... is essentially worship; woe to the presumptuous man who in his presumptive strength would be audacious enough as a strong man to worship God! The true God," said Kierkegaard, "can be worshiped only in spirit and in truth — but precisely this is the truth, that thou art entirely weak." (2) Do we not, in our strength, deride the man, who in his weakness, worships God? Do we not heap scorn on the man who needs a crutch, who admits to a flaw in his character, who acknowledges unsureness, a frailty? Are we not ...

1319. A Time for Us

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... Our great land struggles now with its identity corporately, as we do individually. As philosopher William Barrett says in his book, Time Of Need, "Contrary to the confidence in our powers of technology and information, the prevailing image of man we find in modern art is one of impotence, uncertainty and self-doubt."1 Barrett goes on to comment about the middle-age of our nation, saying, "the discontent that now creeps through modern culture is the self-doubt of a civilization that has lost faith in its own ...

1320. To Be Known

John 10:11-18

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in ...

1321. A Hasty Execution

Mark 6:14-29

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... you are Lord, and are willing to lose all to gain all, clinging to the cross when all chase after shadows. Grant us your light in this and every hour. These things we pray in your mighty name. Amen. Hymns A Mighty Fortress Soon And Very Soon Our Father Who Art In Heaven

1322. Real Peace, Lasting Peace

Ephesians 2:11-22, Psalm 23:1-6

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

1323. I Think You Said You Wanted An Answer

Job 38:1-7 (34-41)

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... wind turns chilly, green beans finally fail, and you are the author of all of this. We don't know how it's done, but we praise you for the overwhelming majesty of creation! Prayer Of Confession Glory! Glory. Glory.... Hymns This Is My Father's World How Great Thou Art Jesus Shall Reign

1324. Repent In Or From Dust And Ashes?

Job 42:7-17, Job 42:1-6, Psalm 34:1-22

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... lived by rumors of you; I have it all firsthand — from my own eyes and ears! I'm sorry — forgive me. I'll never do that again, I promise! I'll never again live on crusts of hearsay, crumbs of rumor. Amen. Hymns Just As I Am How Great Thou Art It Is Well With My Soul

1325. Philippians 2:1-11

Philippians 2:1-11

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... the hymn continues, Christ’s total acceptance of this slave identity is spelled out: “he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death — even death on a cross” (v.8). The absolute horror of a death by crucifixion, torture carried to an art from that was practiced only on the lowest class and most worthless criminals, testifies to the depth of Christ’s humility. Yet this suffering and death were not random. Christ took on this human form and went to the cross out of “obedience” as ...

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