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1376. What Is Man?

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... the seas. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” That’s a different picture of humanity altogether. It is quite a positive picture. “You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.” I feel better already. However, there are some things we need to consider in these magnificent words. First of all, we’re not the center of the universe. That’s the first thing that jumps out at me. This is a hymn of praise to God. “O Lord, our Lord ...

1377. The Gospel of Marah

Exodus 15:22-27

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Bunyan referred to the slough of despondency.” That may be what Marah is all about. We become despondent because of the circumstances of the circumstances of our life. And Marah may be a condition of emptiness or loneliness or lack of meaning. No one has described the feeling better than the Psalmist, “Why art thou cast down, O my soul?” (Psalm. 42:5) It’s true, isn’t it? If you haven’t had sorrow or bitterness just hang around for awhile, your time will come. In life we come often to Marah, and ...

1378. A Curse for Our Redemption

Galatians 3:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... certainty that sometimes causes you to quiver with joy, and smile all over —— the knowing certainty that “Christ has taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.” We may not be able to explain how we know this, or how we feel this release from sin, or how we’re confident of our forgiveness but we know it. We may say with a man in John’s gospel, “Whereas I was blind, now I see.” Or we may just simply sing that old gospel hymn: At the cross, at the cross, where ...

1379. The Harvest of the Spirit, Part 2

Galatians 5:16-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... diagnosis that is still on target. I Am A Rock A Winter’s day, in a deep and dark December, I alone, Gazing from my window, to the streets below, On a freshly-fallen, silent shroud of snow. Chorus: I am a rock, I am an island. And a rock feels no pain. And an island never cries. I build a wall, a fortress deep and mighty, that no one may penetrate. I have no need of friendship, friendship causes pain, Its laughter and its loving I distain. Chorus Don’t talk of love, but I’ve heard the word before ...

1380. When You Want to Run Away

Psalm 11:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... t get his number), he didn’t get a coin return. Now I see this as just one expression of the frustration that drives us to the point of wanting to throw up our hands in a despairing “what’s the use!” It isn’t just a matter of feeling cheated by a machine that you can’t reason with. That’s the straw that breaks the camel’s back. The problem is far larger, more complex, common, and certainly painful. It’s the problem of life becoming too much, burdens weighing upon us, questions pressing for ...

1381. An Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... . About once a year I go shopping. Usually around December 25, I go to buy a Christmas gift for my wife. I shop so seldom I feel odd in a store, especially in the women’s clothing section. I usually go early in the morning when there won’t be a crowd. As ... day they learned to fish in a new place, in a new way, in a new kind of power. My friends, if you are here today feeling futile with your faith, if you have tried and failed at it, if you have become bored with church and wonder when it is going to be ...

1382. How Can This Be?

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... is what I want to suggest for you today. We spend our lives unblessed, upset and out. We trudge through our responsibilities without joy or meaning. We know the routine; we recite the ritual; but we miss the wonder, lose the excitement. What would it take to feel the brush of angel wings with news that you are highly favored; blessed beyond belief; loved with an everlasting love; known by an almighty God, and called upon by the Most High for a particular plan and purpose and place in our lives. Mary is not ...

1383. My Country, Is It of Thee?

Psalm 9:9-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... to remember. If you are under God, you are not the master of your own fate, the captain of your own soul. You are a citizen under orders, subject to God's control. There is an old story about the commander of a naval ship who was feeling the power of his maiden voyage. Not far from shore the commander received this communication. “Alter your course 10 degrees to the south." Quickly the commander sent this reply. “I am the commander of the ship; alter your course 10 degrees to the north." After a brief ...

1384. Crying Out of the Depths

Psalm 130:1-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... know my transgression and my sin is always before me." If you have ever betrayed your best, stooped to the desires of the flesh, stepped on the gas of your own moral energy only to find it severely lacking in the time of need, and are still conscientious enough to feel bad about it, you, like David, can cry out to the Lord. “Out of the depths, I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my cry." Jeremiah cried out of the depths of DESPAIR. We call him the weeping prophet. He said one time “O, that my head were a ...

1385. Lost and Found

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... we think we can finish in just one more hour, controlled by kids engaged in one more activity. Prone to wander, Lord I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love. I suppose everyone here has felt that sometime in their lives. We are lost because we ... will just happen again and again. People get lost. We nibble our way lost. We are neglected at some urgent moment in our lives and we feel let down and disappointed or we are simply selfish and are trying to fill our own ego needs and so we go our own direction and ...

1386. The Power of a Helping Hand

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... they can find and take it for themselves. “What’s yours is mine and I’ll take it.” People live by that ethic. That’s the neighborliness of the robbers in this story. Let me bring this story a little closer home. Do you ever feel the need for greed? Students at the University of North Carolina doing DNA research on fish in local supermarkets discovered owners were taking inferior fish like sheepshead and porgies and selling them as much more expensive red snapper. They were marking up the prices by ...

1387. Love

John 15:9-17

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... You did not choose me, but I chose you" (John: 16). According to Mr. Wesley, there is no divine election in the commonwealth of God. All are elected. All are chosen. You are wanted. Grace is free. Whosoever will may come. So, if you are sitting here in this Sanctuary feeling like you don't belong, that God is not interested in you, that you have been left out of any divine plan, you are wrong. Jesus is calling you. Why don't you come home? To be loved is to have a friend. How was it Joseph Scriven put it ...

1388. Pray

Matthew 6:5-13

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... on the Go: 101 Quick Ways to Pray. Among her suggestions are these: - Give an alarm clock “Alleluia" when the alarm clock goes off. Mentally commit to living in gratitude for the day. - Practice shower power. As you soap and rinse, pray to be cleansed from all feelings of anger, resentment, bitterness, or regret. - Make a red light act of contrition. Use a red light as a call to prayer. Use the moment to think about your day. One of our Sunday school classes has been challenged to use red lights as a call ...

1389. The Resurrection and Life

John 11:32-44

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled...Jesus wept." Why did Jesus cry? Jesus weeps because he cares. As human beings we feel emotion. When someone is kind to us, we feel grateful. When something good happens, we experience joy. When someone betrays us, we feel anger; when a friend dies, we feel sorrow; when tragedy strikes, we are troubled. Being fully human, Jesus felt all those emotions. He understands; He cares. Leo Buscgalia tells about a four year old child whose ...

1390. Fanning the Flames of Family

Ephesians 5:8-10

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... game. Jesus said in Matthew 7:1, “Do not judge or you too will be judged." - Speak the truth in love. Michael Card says marriage would be much easier if your spouse was a psychic so you wouldn't have to work through how you feel about an issue and then present your feelings in a graceful, Christ-like manner. - Listen carefully. We were made with two ears and one mouth so we would be wise to listen twice as much as we speak. Nobody said communication is easy. We all know it's necessary. Fan the flames of ...

1391. When the Winds Are Against Us

Mark 6:45-56

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... wake up one day and find that they’ve lost touch with each other. They don’t know whether it is easier to go through the struggle of working their way back together again, or just to give up. They seem to run out of resources and they already feel defeated. The winds are against them. Do these illustrations strike a familiar cord? Would you like to add your own situation to the list? Most of us could, couldn’t we? We know about rowing the sea of life when the winds are against us. Let me register some ...

1392. Those Who Most Need a Blessing

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... how we will respond. We can strike back, or we can be merciful. If we strike back, we keep the cycle of hurt going. We may feel better over the short term, but we will never fully heal. If we choose to show mercy, we take risks. Someone may sneer at our ... Supper is a nibble at the first marshmallow. Experiencing God's presence in a crisis is a nibble at the first marshmallow. Feeling the love of other Christians is a nibble at the first marshmallow. Vibrant prayer is a nibble at the first marshmallow. Yet, ...

1393. Choosing a Master

Matthew 6:16-24

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... lifted from their shoulders."5 Did you hear how she talked about clothes: a burden lifted from their shoulders? I do not intend for this sermon to become a harangue about current teen fashion. Yet, is it not true that having to wear the right thing can make us feel trapped? The youth group at a church in Virginia found a way to break the chains that clothes put on them. If any event in youth can become a burden, it is prom night. Every year the bar seems to be raised: the right dress, the right tux, the ...

1394. Sick People Like Us Will Always Need The (Divine) Doctor

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... , and well. Martin Luther put it this way one time in one of his 1535 lectures. Thus if I look at Christ, I am completely holy and pure, and I know nothing at all about the Law; for Christ is my leaven. But if I look at my flesh, I feel greed, sexual desire, anger, pride the terror of death, sadness fear, hate, grumbling, and impatience against God.10 An awareness of our ongoing need of Christ is really the essence of the gospel, what it takes to be truly wrapped up in God. In the very sermon of his that ...

1395. The Road No One Wants to Travel

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... at one another. It was like time stood still. This is the moment! Make this moment last! That is what Peter and the others were feeling when he blurted the words for the first time. "We think the world of you, Jesus! You're the Son of God! We love you! ... often the way we want it, in our books and movies and television programs. We want to linger in the critical moment. We want to feel the emotional high of the kiss in slow motion. We want to sit in the experience of the warm fuzzies and then go get a burger ...

1396. Personal Politics

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... demote the other person from humankind and relegate her or him to animal status or lower. She is no longer my equal; she is a slut or a witch or a bimbo. He has become a pariah or a jackass or a scoundrel. When my friend becomes my enemy, I feel the need to degrade him or her until they no longer deserve respect and have ceased to be bound with me by the rules of gentlemanly conduct or even the combat and prisoner of war stipulations of the Geneva Convention. Then I can blast them with excessive force and ...

1397. Testing, Testing

Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon

Chris Ewing

... in your life that's pushing you, asking you, whether you've quite realized it or not, what your priorities are, what matters most, what's most important. Pick something that's tapping you and saying, "Test ... test...." (pause) Okay. Got the scene? Now, as you feel the tug in two directions, now hear Jesus say, "The greatest and first commandment is this: love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind" (Matthew 22:38-37 cf). (pause) What do you suppose it might ...

1398. Eat and Run

Exodus 12:1-14

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... broad menu to peruse: There's just one dish we're serving. There's certainly no time for enjoying a leisurely meal: shovel it in, eat it quickly, and wolf it down, for you may need to be out the door in a matter of moments. The hurry-up feel of that evening meal was in stark contrast to all that had come before. The children of Israel had been in bondage there in Egypt for four centuries. Imagine that: the equivalent of continuous slavery from the time of Rembrandt's birth to the present! Four hundred years ...

1399. Living on the Edge

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... their gold jewelry to make a golden calf to worship. This might have been a decisive moment in his journey. Maybe Moses was feeling a sense of relief with his sojourn coming to an end. He had done what God wanted him to do. Maybe Moses felt ... . He might have been thinking, "This is it — the moment I've waited for all my life." And indeed it was. At that moment, Moses was feeling the joy of accomplishment. His goal had seemed so far off that at times he might have wondered if he would ever make it. Yet, here ...

1400. A Vision of Hope

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... what is going to happen, but we know that we are going to die like our brothers and sisters who have already gone before us."1 Living under such dangerous conditions is hard for most of us to comprehend. Perhaps what is most amazing is that the people feel a powerful sense of hope. God had not forgotten them. The prophet Ezekiel tried to instill a similar sense of hope in the people living in exile. God had not forgotten them and would act in a dramatic fashion. God would lead the people like a shepherd ...

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