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1376. Why Don’t You Send Somebody?

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... leaves his servants in charge, each with his own work to do; and he tells the doorkeeper to keep watch" (Mark 13:32ff). The watchfulness he describes is not mere idleness, but the work of faithfulness and discipline. God comes to those who watch expectantly; who do not give up or fall idle, or simply go to sleep. Those who anticipate the coming of the Lord do something to prepare. If Christ is to come once more to us we need to be watching and waiting. This season of Advent reminds us it is time to prepare ...

1377. A Man Who Laughed at God

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... " (John 1:29). Can you demonstrate the kind of faith that Abraham had? What will you do, in the hour of severe trial, when God asks for what you love most - your wealth, your health, your ambition, your child? How much are you willing to give up, to let go, to sacrifice? Will your trust enable you to say, "Yahweh-jireh; the Lord will provide"? Abraham For personal reading: Genesis 12--25 For public reading: Genesis 17:15-19 Outline An Obedient Faith (Genesis 12) An Unselfish Faith (Genesis 13) A Courageous ...

1378. I Am The Good Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... of life and death in his hands. When Jesus comes to us, when Jesus comes to people whose lives are imperiled by death, he comes as the one who has conquered death. Each one of us faces death. That is a perilous reality. We might just go to pieces or give up on the meaning of life in light of death’s stark reality. But there is this word of hope for imperiled people. The good shepherd has laid down his life for our lives. The good shepherd has claimed victory over death also for us. Life’s greatest peril ...

1379. Life's Not Always Fair, But God Will Straighten It Out

Habakkuk 2:2-20, Habakkuk 1:12--2:1, Habakkuk 1:1-4

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... be to putting an end to life’s unfairness here and now. People who have been to the mountaintop, who have seen the End God has in mind, will be the real change-agents of the present. Are you down in the dumps about life? Have you found yourself giving up on the dream of a just society? I ask you, then, two more questions: Have you believed what I am saying? Do you believe that you are justified by grace, have been made righteous by God (like Habakkuk and Paul say)? Then, behold, a miracle is happening in ...

1380. I Am Sombody!!!

Mark 1:9-13, Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Frankl. In spite of the horrors and the odds, he survived. Around him, next to him, each day of his ordeal dozens, hundreds, thousands of fellow Jews and others died, many of them, of course, in the ovens -- but many others who were killed by giving up hope, losing heart, overwhelmed by horror and fear and hopelessness. Frankl survived, he said, because two forces sustained him: one was the certainty of his wife's love. The other was an inner drive to rewrite the manuscript of a book he had completed after ...

1381. A Birthday Celebration

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Many people remember when Ms. Reese was known primarily for her singing. Today she is known as one of the co-stars of the television program, TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL. When she was co-starring in an earlier television show, she was asked if she would be giving up her singing career altogether. Her answer was no. She said, "I don't work on July 6 and December 25--my birthday and Jesus' birthday--but outside of that I have to sing." Those are two good exceptions--her birthday and Jesus' birthday. A five-year-old ...

1382. More Than Skin Deep

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... the time, but it doesn't seem to make any dramatic difference in how close I feel to God. What's all the excitement about?" Maybe we don't understand what repentance is all about. Christian writer William Temple puts it this way, "Repentance does not merely mean giving up a bad habit. What it is concerned with is the mind; get a new mind. What mind? To repent is to adopt God's viewpoint in place of your own. There need not be any sorrow about it. In itself, far from being sorrowful, it is the most joyful ...

1383. The Christ Of Healing

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... news on the medical front almost every day. Did you know that fewer men are dying of heart attacks today, particularly young men? It appears that our concerns about exercise, diet, and cigarette smoking are beginning to pay off. I know that there are some of us will never give up our bad habits. We identify with Robert Maynard Hutchins who wrote: "I never run when I can walk. I never walk when I can stand still. I never stand when I can sit down. I never sit when I can lie down. Whenever I feel the urge to ...

1384. Yes, But How?

Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... was the answer, "and he told me that it looked great from back there, too." Satan gets blamed for a lot of things, but you and I have to take ultimate responsibility for our lives! When we yield control of our lives it does not mean that we give up responsibility. We are still accountable, even though we are only human. It is a glorious thing to be human. It means that God has placed all things under our feet. It means that God allows us control over our own destiny. After we surrender ourselves and ask God ...

1385. What Is Your Response toe the Resurrection?

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... afraid. He did not know where he was being taken. Out in the country there was a plane waiting for him. The plane flew for hours. From the plane, he was led to a train which took him safely out of the Soviet Union. He was forced to give up this opportunity to witness to the Russian people. It looked like the power of evil had won! However, some twenty-five years later, Dr. Robert Schuller found himself flying to the Soviet Union to investigate the possibility of preaching a sermon on the one and only state ...

1386. What Is Your Response to the Resurrection?

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... us from bystanders to witnesses. "In the year 1403, one of the wealthiest men in Paris died. He left his entire estate to his teenage daughter, Agnes. She was beautiful and virtuous young woman, and many men wanted to marry her. But Agnes decided to give up her fortune and become a recluse. To isolate herself from society, she asked to be sealed into a cell within the wall of a church. The entrance was plastered shut except for one small hole through which food could be passed. She was confined in ...

1387. When "Well Done" Is Rare

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... for Jesus--without Jesus having to give you a wake-up call." If this is your orientation to life then a job "well done" will not be a rare thing. As you open the doors to the future and all its opportunities--seek the truth; serve faithfully; don''t ever give up; love generously; let God be God! Amen and Amen!

1388. Against All Hope

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... is something to it. Our attitudes can affect our destiny. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7, KJV). Many doctors and nurses believe that some older people die simply because they think it’s time for them to die. They give up, as it were. Others, with a more hopeful attitude, seem to live long vigorous lives. There was a study at the State University of New York at Geneseo which tested this hypothesis. A psychologist began suggesting to fifteen healthy eighty-year-olds in a New ...

1389. Secret Revealed

Romans 16:25-27

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... lights in all of the history of religions. Some charismatic personage would come on the scene and even do wonders for a time. It wasn't long, however, until it was evident their Messiah had not arrived. But the Jews were tough people who refused to give up, so it eventually happened. They didn't know and probably didn't even suspect he would also be made known to non-Jews. The apostle tells us "made known to all the Gentiles." Then, he wants his Jewish brothers and sisters to know this is "according ...

1390. The Quiet Day of Pentecost

John 16:5-16, John 15:18--16:4

Sermon

George Reed

... requires discipline and patience. It is a new skill for most of us. We get impatient and edgy. We sit there and feel that we are wasting our time because nothing is happening. We don't immediately hear a word and we feel nothing deep within and we decide to give up and begin just talking to God or to get about the important work that is before us. We fail to recognize the important work that God is doing within us and for us in that silence. Like a ham radio operator who has to carefully tune in the set to ...

1391. Setting All the Idols Down

Hosea 2:14-20

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... , of course. This is nothing new. The language of faith has long been subsumed under the weight of secular culture. The word "martyr," which means "to witness," grew in church tradition to refer to ones who gave up their lives rather than give up their witness, and now refers to a psychological malady. Have you heard anyone accused of having a "martyr complex"? Similarly, preaching has taken on a negative connotation in secular circles. Preaching is now the equivalent of nagging or offering an unwelcome ...

1392. Luke 14:25-33

Luke 14:25-33

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... , as he nears Jerusalem. Subsequent events will demonstrate that his fears are realized. In his hour of need, there is no one who "hates" family or life for his sake, there is no one who joins him in his hour of radical self-denial, and there is no one who gives up all his possessions for him. His tormentors do not say, "This fellow began to build and was not able to finish" (v. 30), but they do say, "He saved others; let him save himself" (23:35). It is too late to sue for peace with his enemy. He is alone ...

1393. You Must Start Over!

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... only cost us everything that matters to us. It’s the paradox of grace. V. The paradox of grace In Luke’s gospel, Jesus teaches his disciples about the cost of discipleship. He concludes, “None of you can become my disciples, if you do not give up all your possessions” (Luke 14:33). To receive, we must let go. To win, we must surrender. To live, we must die. It’s the paradox of grace. All our possessions: including our religion, our understandings about God and how God works, our assumptions about ...

1394. Have We Been "Slicked"?

Jeremiah 2:4-13

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

... after a while, but they just kept dealing. Fall for the smooth talk once and people might have sympathy, but after that the local folks would just shake their heads and say, "You got slicked!" We all get "slicked" from time to time. It happens when we give up something valuable in exchange for what is cheap, like tossing away $1 worth of nickels to get a ten-cent coffee cup. Most of us get cheated from time to time regardless of how carefully we live; but sometimes we plunge right into a bad decision based ...

1395. Come and See

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... morning as they were leaving a restaurant. One of them asked, "Where are you going this morning?" "I'm going to play golf. What about you?" The first man responded rather apologetically, "I'm going to church." The other man said, "Why don't you give up that church stuff?" The first man asked, "What do you mean?" His partner said: "Well, we have been partners for twenty years. We have worked together, attended board meetings together, and had lunch together, and all of these twenty years you have never asked ...

1396. Opening and Closing Doors

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ? It’s so simple, yet so difficult to live. When we have found our security in God, we can trust God with our needs. Let me say that again. When we have found our security in God, we can trust God with our needs. Christ is calling us to give up our limited securities for the greater security of God’s grace. The question is, “How do we do that?” How do we live out a commitment to the security of God’s grace? III That will be our third concern today: Practical ways to practice the security that is ...

1397. Living on the Edge

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... she was just doing her job — one she has carried out with boundless compassion for over 45 years. Ruby was a model of caregiving at a time when some health care providers abandoned their posts.2 God is at work in our world. Just when you are about to give up all hope, there are subtle signs that God is at work, through people like you and me who are able to accomplish God's own purposes. What glimpse of the future is God giving us? Working together with God we can make that glimpse come true. If you look ...

1398. Rejoicing Brings Peace

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... . Rejoicing truly can bring peace. Rejoicing must become a way of life, not simply a momentary respite from our general worrisome and dour countenance. We cannot win every game; we don’t always hit home runs. But, if we continue to play the game, if we never give up, we can rejoice that God is with us. As we draw closer to our Advent goal, as the signs, smells, and sounds of Christmas draw near, let us as Paul suggests, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice” (v. 4a). Our spirit will ...

1399. Rejoicing Brings Peace

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... . Rejoicing truly can bring peace. Rejoicing must become a way of life, not simply a momentary respite from our general worrisome and dour countenance. We cannot win every game; we don't always hit home runs. But, if we continue to play the game, if we never give up, we can rejoice that God is with us. As we draw closer to our Advent goal, as the signs, smells, and sounds of Christmas draw near, let us as Paul suggests, "Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice" (v. 4a). Our spirit will bring ...

1400. All in God’s Time

Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... . We get angry. We abuse our children, our spouse, our neighbor. We lose our tempers. We become violent. Or worse yet, we give up ... as all too many Christians did at the end of the first century when they decided to burn incense to Caesar and ... waiting. We get tired of God's timing. We join those first-century Christians in Asia Minor crying out for more faith. We are about to give up on God. But God's time is not our time. In his time, he truly does keep his promises. In his time, he rights the wrongs ...

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1376. Why Don’t You Send Somebody?

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

1377. A Man Who Laughed at God

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

1378. I Am The Good Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

1379. Life's Not Always Fair, But God Will Straighten It Out

Habakkuk 2:2-20, Habakkuk 1:12--2:1, Habakkuk 1:1-4

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

1380. I Am Sombody!!!

Mark 1:9-13, Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

David E. Leininger

1381. A Birthday Celebration

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

1382. More Than Skin Deep

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

1383. The Christ Of Healing

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

1384. Yes, But How?

Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

King Duncan

1385. What Is Your Response toe the Resurrection?

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Eric Ritz

1386. What Is Your Response to the Resurrection?

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Eric Ritz

1387. When "Well Done" Is Rare

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Eric Ritz

1388. Against All Hope

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

1389. Secret Revealed

Romans 16:25-27

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

1390. The Quiet Day of Pentecost

John 16:5-16, John 15:18--16:4

Sermon

George Reed

1391. Setting All the Idols Down

Hosea 2:14-20

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

1392. Luke 14:25-33

Luke 14:25-33

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

1393. You Must Start Over!

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Mike Ripski

1394. Have We Been "Slicked"?

Jeremiah 2:4-13

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

1395. Come and See

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

1396. Opening and Closing Doors

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

1397. Living on the Edge

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

1398. Rejoicing Brings Peace

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Richard Gribble

1399. Rejoicing Brings Peace

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... . Rejoicing truly can bring peace. Rejoicing must become a way of life, not simply a momentary respite from our general worrisome and dour countenance. We cannot win every game; we don't always hit home runs. But, if we continue to play the game, if we never give up, we can rejoice that God is with us. As we draw closer to our Advent goal, as the signs, smells, and sounds of Christmas draw near, let us as Paul suggests, "Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice" (v. 4a). Our spirit will bring ...

1400. All in God’s Time

Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

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