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1451. A Faith for the Uncharted Way

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... for the Child to be born, and when he was, he named him Jesus. Joseph didn’t panic in the presence of the unknown; he moved into the future as though he believed in it. Well, you and I, struggling with the problems of the day and the unanswered questions concerning tomorrow, do not always have an angel to come and tell us what’s happening and what we ought to do. We have to move into the future without the benefit of angels - at least the kind of angels that visit us in our dreams and show us which way ...

1452. Pilgrim Living in a Vagabond World

Matthew 7:13-14

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... would have gone had a correction been impossible. But, fortunately, the correction was possible, and from down here on earth the proper adjustments were made, the vehicle got a fix on the right star, and the mission was successful. In our time there is a lot of confusion concerning directions. Many of us are very much on the go, but where? I am reminded of the man who employed the owner of a small airplane to fly him to a business appointment a few hundred miles away. After they had been in the air for a ...

1453. Significance in Life

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Jon L. Joyce

... things, and I’m successful at them, but somehow, I always end up by asking myself, ‘What’s the use?’ " Her self-diagnosis was correct. She had identified not only her problem, but the pressing problem of our day. Success in life is not our chief concern. Actually, when you get down to cases, it’s not very difficult to be a success in our society today. With average intelligence and a bit of honest application, we can be a success in almost any reasonable type of enterprise. Her problem and ours is ...

1454. Something That Will Last Forever

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... things I received was a bar of silver. It must weigh ten or fifteen pounds. My father bought it in 1982. A banker told me recently that its current value is about half what Papa paid for it. I laughed when he told me that. Papa's instincts concerning stocks, bonds, and financial investments were none too sharp. It didn't matter much because he seldom had enough money to deal in those commodities. But when it came to eternal investments, nobody was sharper than Papa. He taught us that a principle is far more ...

1455. Our Exclusive God (The First Commandment)

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... God demands exclusive loyalty. In the Old Testament the adjective "jealous" is used only of God. There was a man who had been married twice, first to Mary and then to Tilley. He outlived both his wives. But finally as a very old man he gave directions concerning his own funeral and burial. He said, "I want to be buried between Mary and Tilley. But tilt me a little toward Tilley." Our tilt toward God as Lord of our lives must be absolute and unreserved. Either He must be Lord or have no significant place ...

1456. "Hands Off!"

Exodus 20:1-21, Luke 19:11-27

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... God's way of screaming "Hands off!" as it relates to assets which are not rightfully ours. God is calling us to a strict and scrupulous honesty. Why? First, because of our gratitude to God who loved us enough to die for us. Secondly, we must be honest out of concern for those who suffer from our theft. Thirdly, we must be honest so that we can respect the persons we see daily in the mirror. There are at least a hundred ways to steal, but only one way to be honest. One form of stealing is the submission of ...

1457. The Cross In My Pocket

Isaiah 52:13--53:12, Luke 9:18-27

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... you want to see my real I.D., I'll show you a cross. George Sheehan has written countless books on running. He is one of America's foremost fitness experts. Sometime ago, following a speech. Sheehan was asked this question: "What is your big concern in life?" He thought for a moment and replied, "My big concern is this: did I win? Is this enough? I have lived over 70 years and I feel as if I've spent my life playing a game in which I am not sure of the rules or the goal. And I wonder whether I ...

1458. God Stood Up

Sermon

James Bjorge

... music. The fruits of his labors is "Gospel Road," an unusual blend of personal faith and showmanship. Cash commented, "Our main concern was to show Jesus as a human being you could reach out and touch." Again his divinity is not denied ... the audience of man. All the warmth and human feeling which you miss from the back now comes into-full view. His face shows emotions and concern which add a new dimension to the concept of God. And perhaps one of the greatest revelations to man’s soul is that the God who ...

1459. Well, What Did You Expect?

Acts 12:1-19a

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... picture in the paper a few years back that showed the Michigan State football team praying that Ohio State would beat Michigan so that Michigan State could go to the Rose Bowl. Well, I’m sorry, but I don’t think that the God of the Universe is at all concerned about what team is going to represent the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl. We don’t have a right to pray for such things in the Name of Christ. The answer to some of our prayers would require a world of whimsey and caprice, instead of a world of ...

1460. Freedom Can Be Frightening

Leviticus 25:8-55

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... , cutting so deeply into the profits of our supermarkets, reported to be adding at least 15% to the cost of food. You wonder why your food costs are going up? Here is it - by theft! All of these, and many similar scandals, justify our current concern about our so-called national ethic. We look around in bewilderment and ask: "Where did our morals go?" This is just one of the dangers of liberty - the fact that it rests upon the precarious foundation of national ethics and morality. If morality goes - IF ...

1461. Chapter III

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... rehabilitation centers" for it, what conclusions do they draw about God himself? If we act as though we are dead is it any wonder that many of them begin to think that God is dead, too? Too often the world is led to write-off God as a vital, driving, concerned Reality because of you and me. When we are checked off, God often goes down the drain as well. Jesus knew that this could, did, and does happen. He thundered repeatedly about the necessity for those who would bear his name to do it in a way that would ...

1462. A Real Pepper-Upper

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... reaction need not be one of shouting and screaming and running, tearing off my clothes. Just as the disciples at the first Pentecost spoke in many languages, there are many ways of reacting to the work of the Spirit. But my reaction is one of concern, earnest concern, for the people who are tired and don’t know where to turn for the real pepper-upper. The onlookers at the first Pentecost were tired, and their first question after they realized that something really big was going on was, "What should we do ...

1463. God Bless America! Well ... Uhh

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... are first of all citizens of the world community and secondly citizens of our particular country. Through Christ, God makes us concerned not only with the body count on our side of a war but also with the bodies and families of those who suffer and die on ... the other side. Through Christ, God makes us concerned not only with our America forging ahead and staying ahead but also with how we get ahead and who is being hurt in the ...

1464. At The Manger By Invitation

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... give Him my heart." There is a fourth and final thing the shepherds teach us: Once you meet Jesus, you can't help but tell others about Him. Luke tells us that after the shepherds saw Jesus "...they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child; and all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them." Imagine that! The first evangelists on earth were those lowly, foul-smelling shepherds. They were the very first to say: "We have seen the Lord!" I saw this good advice on a church ...

1465. We Are More Than Laborers - Labor Day

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15, Ecclesiastes 5:8--6:12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... we are more than laborers. We are children of the King of kings whose love for us does not drop an iota when we clock out of work. A certain nurse won the admiration of her little Appalachian mountain community with her patience, her cheerfulness, and her genuine concern for others. Her salary was inadequate by any standard. One day a physician said to her, “Joan, why don’t you get out of this backward little community and go where they will pay you a decent salary. God knows you are worth it.” With a ...

1466. The Mission of Christ Church

Nehemiah 6:1-14

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... of our members has started a prayer ministry in one of our city's largest companies, utilizing voice mail. He put out a memo to Christians he knew in the company, asking them to voice-mail to him any prayer concerns. Then on a monthly basis, he sends out by automated voice-mail a list of prayer concerns. He is a mobilized disciple. Let me suggest one additional way you can be a mobilized disciple. We are in the process of planting a brand new church out on the eastern edge of Shelby County, under the able ...

1467. Lessons from a Shrewd Crook

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... , and you would give some assistance and advice to make sure he got coverage. But if you found out that that same person has no plan for eternal life insurance, no assurance of salvation, no personal relationship with Christ, shouldn't you be even more concerned? Jesus used the story of a shrewd crook to teach us the necessity of being shrewd and farsighted in our planning. A SECOND LESSON THAT JESUS TAUGHT US FROM THE SHREWD CROOK IS THIS: WE CHRISTIANS SHOULD USE OUR EARTHLY POSSESSIONS TO MAKE ETERNAL ...

1468. The Healing Power of Touch

Matthew 9:18-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

... flow from me." Whatever happened the important matter of course is that in the midst of the crowd, Christ felt the touch of a single person. Don't ever say that in the enormity of the cosmos God cannot care about my concerns and me. Not only does God care, he actually solicits our concerns "Come unto me all ye who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you peace." Daughter, said Jesus (and I might add parenthetically at this point that that is the only recorded time in scripture that Jesus used that term ...

1469. The Burden Bearing Christ

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Brett Blair

... himself. Running throughout all scripture from the beginning to the end is the theme that ours is a burden bearing Christ. He is not just a Lord whom we burden, and we do, but a Lord who actually solicits our burdens. I want to think with you this morning concerning that thought. He who would be effective must first be free from his burdens. I First, I would suggest to you that ours is a burden bearing Christ who sets us free from the burden of sin, but only after we have seen how much our sin burdens him ...

1470. Suffering

John 19:28-37

Sermon

Burton F. Blair

... is the only word of the seven words from the cross he spoke for himself. So, why would these words be remembered as words from the cross? There is no note of salvation in them - nothing about forgiveness or heaven in these words. There is no voiced concern in them either. Just words of suffering. The One who brings salvation turns his words upon himself. If one has read the Gospel of John before, it is always clear that John deals with several layers of truth. It is clear that John included these words for ...

1471. Service Beset by "What’s the Use?"

Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... and that the quality of the whole depends upon the quality of each single unit in it. If you believe that this universe is merely an accident or that life is (as one student put it), "a bad joke that isn’t even funny," then it is folly to be concerned about one’s self or anyone else. But if you believe that it was God who called you into being, you will see life from a new perspective, yourself endowed with a new purpose and captured by a new meaning, and then you will want to make your life morally ...

1472. Song of a Stargazer

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the sea. (Psalm 8:6b-8) Implicit here is the concept that we are stewards to whom God is entrusting his world. However the poet came by the concept, it nevertheless speaks to an area of distinctive concern for him; and he cannot neglect it. Like all poets, the author of the Eighth Psalm is something of a dreamer; and he is dreaming at this point of an ideal humanity. He makes no prophecies. He offers no panaceas. Instead, he holds before his hearers the ...

1473. Song of a Priest

Psalm 15:1-5

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... duties. Commitment is total, else it is not commitment. Thus, to be good in one area of one’s life while bypassing others of equal significance is neither spiritual nor moral. Significant here is the fact the author is not centering his concern on theology. Since those seeking admission to the sacred corridors are Hebrews he has good reason to assume that they are thoroughly familiar with Israel’s doctrines. Rather, obviously strongly influenced by the prophets and Israel’s three great law codes ...

1474. Song of an Historian

Psalm 78:1-72

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... he has wrought. (Psalm 78:4) There is no doubt about it, the psalmist is declaring. History is both a teacher and a trust. To ignore it is to repeat its mistakes. It is more than that. It is to saddle the future with them. Hence to remain silent concerning it is to betray both God and self to the detriment of all. History: A Mirror Before Israel Having made this declaration, the poet proceeds to hold up the nation’s past as a mirror to her people. None - not even the venerable Moses, he points out - are ...

1475. The Lord Is My Shepherd

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Robert Allen

... which make this Psalm so meaningful in our lives. There are many promises within this Psalm, but there are some specific promises which strengthen us and give us the courage to face whatever comes our way in life. I. There is the promise of God’s care and concern for us. I don’t know if you have ever been in areas where the shepherd stays with his sheep. If you have, you have probably noticed that the sheep are very calm and content when the shepherd is present. They know the shepherd is there and that ...

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