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1451. No Shame

Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-28 (29-31)

Sermon

William G. Carter

... family the real reason. He was ashamed. There's a newlywed whose marriage is not going well. When he was a little boy some things happened that he never told anybody about. He shoved it down inside. Now he has a hard time getting close to his new wife. He wants to, but he can't. She said, "Let's go talk to a counselor about it," but he is afraid to go. He's ashamed. There seems to be some shame around the church. Sometimes it keeps people out of church. An older couple stopped going to church after their ...

1452. The Cloak

1 Thessalonians 2:1-8

Sermon

Rick Brand

... come back to the house. We pick up the catalogue and look for the next tool. Why? It is the hunger of greed in us that wants more and more, that encourages us to super-size my meals when we do not need all the calories in the regular serving. But we ... in Jesus Christ we have been given life and life more abundant, there becomes less and less we have to have, less and less we want. We begin to look around and discover that we have too much stuff. We have cluttered our lives with piles and piles and we now ...

1453. All Your Facilities Intact

Acts 17:16-34, Colossians 1:15-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... upon him the ascriptions of divinity or lordship, and now call him, "very God of very God"? I would suggest that we do it because we want to remember that it was God who came to us in Jesus. If it was God who came to us in Jesus, then we believe that ... after him. There is something in us, as St. Augustine said, that is restless until we rest in him. What is that something in us? I want to suggest that it is something like a "sense." It has often been called the "soul." That's fine, but if it is a soul, then ...

1454. Even God Can Change His Mind

Exodus 32:1-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. What I want you to see this morning is that the Church sought to describe what happened to the world in Jesus Christ by using that same language ... place for all people. This is a very strange way to be paid back." Brouer said to his son, "Steve, I don't believe that God wants me to have cancer. But what I have come to believe during these days is that God can't do anything about it. That raises some ...

1455. Eye Exercises

Matthew 6:25-33

Sermon

Mark Trotter

1456. How about Something Different?

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... take the first step toward it. It is like those old rabbinic midrash about the Exodus that said that when the Jews came to the Red Sea, the first Jew had to put his foot into the water before it would part. God has a wonderful plan for everybody. God wants you to live. Having faith in that means that you start moving toward what is promised right now. "While they were on their way they were healed." The climax of this story comes in another detail. Only one of the ten comes back to give thanks, and it was a ...

1457. Moving on Up

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... give us a glimpse of the end time. It says, don’t count on what you count on now, counting then. Don’t count on what you think is important now, being important then. All this jockeying for position. All this self-aggrandizement. All this wanting to be in the right place. All this wanting to be number one, being on top. None of that is going to count. The only thing that counts in the Kingdom is humility. For at that banquet, at that time, the appropriate place for all of us is at the foot of the table ...

1458. No Fear

John 15:1-8

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... is not what "No Fear" refers to. Which caused me some trepidation, because some time ago I borrowed a word from the teen culture to use as a sermon title. I put it out there on the board. The younger members of the staff told me that I would probably want to change the title since the word I put out there for all the world to see had a meaning in the sub-culture that would embarrass me. So now all titles for my sermon go through a committee, headed by Randy Newton. He tells me that it is all ...

1459. Now What?

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Mark Trotter

1460. Will You Be in that Number?

John 11:32-44

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... soldiers, who had importance only in relation to their value to the king. His life was what was important. The state, the nation, or the empire was what was immortal. The common individual was unimportant and soon forgotten. That is the grave in Peru. Now I want you to go to another grave, this one in Palestine. This story, which was read to us as the gospel lesson this morning, takes place about the time that priest was buried in Peru, because the Moche Indians lived from about the first century until the ...

1461. Lent 4

John 9:35-41, John 9:13-34, John 9:1-12, 1 Samuel 16:1-13, Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... 's 1977 hit song "You Light Up My Life" refers to the boy or girl who lights up the other's life. The lyric appeals: We want someone to light up our lives that we may have love and happiness. If a lover can light up a life, how much more can Christ ... a prophet" - v. 17. c. "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" - v. 35. Old Testament: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 1. The Ruler God Wants (16:1-3). Need: Every one or two years Americans have the task and privilege of choosing a ruler of city, county, or state. Every four years ...

1462. Proper 20

Exodus 16:1-36, Isaiah 55:1-13, Jonah 3:1-10, Jonah 4:1-11, Philippians 1:12-30, Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... vision place God in the distance. God does not break down the door of our hearts to enter our lives. We open the door because we want and need him. 2. Return (v. 7). "Return" implies we have gone away from God. When we realize how far we have gone away, we turn, ... he had the privilege of suffering for the gospel, and because he had Christ. 3. Gain (v. 21). Paul has a death wish. He wanted to die to be with Christ. Life on earth for Paul was really great because he knew Christ and worked for him. Death for ...

1463. The Price of God's Glory

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... the first tree one of the men said, "We will make this one into a manger." The tree shook its branches in protest; it did not want to become a feed box for animals. It had grander ideas for its beauty. But the woodcutters made it into a manger and sold it ... for eternal life" (John 12:24-25). The price that must be paid to find the glory of God is to a large extent not what we want or are often willing to pay; we must be open to what is not expected and what we would rather avoid. We must be willing to suffer ...

1464. Kudzu Frittata

James 3:13-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Survivor has encouraged one Hollywood mogul to suggest yet another short series that goes yet more over-the-top. His idea: ten volunteers in a doomed plane with only nine parachutes. One will die. The other nine will jump to safety and become millionaires. Who wants to be a millionaire now? According to the Hollywood mogul, he would have no trouble finding ten "volunteers" willing to risk being that one who goes down with the plane in order to gain the notoriety, the fame, and the wealth. What do you think ...

1465. DodgeGod

Amos 8:1-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to rise up. His dog wasn't in this fight. He lived in the southern kingdom of Judah, south even of Jerusalem, so he had no apparent right or reason to go messing about with the dodgeGod games of his northern neighbors. Like Jonah, Amos didn't want to get involved. And there were good reasons not to. Who's going to look after his sheep and sycamores while he's gone? Besides, he's not trained to speak. Amos didn't go to prophet school like his contemporaries Hosea, Isaiah, and Micah. Like Moses, Amos also ...

1466. Help!

Romans 7:7-25

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... is gone. Wow! That was strange, wasn’t it? (response) Look over at the tray of food and then turn back to the children. What I wanted to talk to you about was . . . Look back at the tray of food. You know, all of that looks really good, doesn’t it? (response ... eat it. Place your finger over your mouth as if you are telling the children to be quiet and not to tell. I didn’t want to do that, but I couldn’t help myself. Have the other volunteer, seated near the front, come up and take the tray away with ...

1467. Rise Above It

John 21:15-19

Sermon

James W. Moore

... her and when she opened the box, he saw that it contained… two crocheted doilies and two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in cash. “Let me explain,” the wife said. “The night before we married, my grandmother called me over to her house and she said.” “Honey, I want you to have a long marriage, so I’m going to tell you how to accomplish that. Here is the key: Don’t fuss with your husband. If you get upset with him, don’t fuss with him. Just rise above it.” “But Gramma, how do you do ...

1468. Just Do It

Romans 12:1-2

Sermon

James W. Moore

... ’t hear much (if anything) of what is being said, but you are always here at church. Why do you come?” He answered: “Because I want the world to know whose side I’m on!!” Let me ask you something: Can the world tell by the way you live, by your ... words in all the world are: ‘I’ve got a job for you!’” The church has a job for us. God has a job for us. He wants to put us to work. We are called not to be privileged people, but servant people. That’s why we have tried so hard in the last few ...

1469. Love Came Down at Christmas

Luke 2:15-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... around him that he shouted, “If I were God and saw people acting the way they do, I would smash the world to bits!” Luther might have, but not so with God. God comes into the world offering the gift of forgiveness… “I pardon you. I forgive you. I want to reclaim you.” That’s the gift He offers, but we have to do our part. We have to accept the gift in faith. And when we accept forgiveness and offer forgiveness to others, and live in the spirit of forgiveness, then we are doing a God-like thing ...

1470. Be of One Mind

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... to end their quarrel. Woerner goes on to say, “There are those who have long waited for the church to fall. The vultures are circling overhead. We dare not lose time arguing over who is the greatest in the kingdom. Christ calls us to unity and service.” (4) I want to challenge you to pray for this church. Pray that we will love one another. Pray that God’s will will be done in our midst. And pray that we will be the kind of church that can lead people to Jesus. Paul pleads with the church at Corinth ...

1471. Building a Successful Life

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... Montana. I stopped playing the guitar. I called my record company and management group at Colombia and told them I had no desire to play anymore. I had earned enough from my music that I didn’t need to work anyway. “So for several years I did everything I wanted. I learned every trout stream in the area and fished to my heart’s content. But as time went by, I became very unhappy with my life. I don’t know how to describe it, but my life became boring to me. It was totally empty. “When you arrive ...

1472. To Tell The Truth

Exodus 20:16

Sermon

James Merritt

... you, but just take away his wealth, and you'll see him curse you to your face!" Satan was saying to God, "Job is just playing you for a sucker. The only reason he serves you is because you have bribed him. Who wouldn't want to serve a God who gives them everything they ever wanted." You know the story. God allows the Devil to take away Job's fortune, his family, and his fitness, to prove two things: First of all, that Satan was a liar, and secondly, to show that Job served God not because of what God gave ...

1473. The Supreme Worth of the Second Birth

John 3:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... understand very much about the wind at all." He said, "All I know to do, is to set my sail and leave the wind to God." I want to tell you today that if you will just set the sail of your heart toward the Lord Jesus Christ, the fresh wind of the Holy ... in need of a teacher, but he needed to come as a sinner in need of a Savior. Get it down, and get it plain, if you want to know whether or not you are going to heaven, answer this question. How many times have you been born? Have you been born twice, or have ...

1474. Nobody's Perfect--Except Jesus

Hebrews 4:15-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... for the word of God, but also that he had the right ambition for the will of God. "And Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve." (v.8) I want you to always remember something: Whenever Satan offers you something, I don't care how beautiful it looks, how sweet it tastes, or how nice it smells, it will always involve two things. First of all, there will be a cost. It may cost you a clear conscience, it ...

1475. Don't Get Too Big For Your Spiritual Britches

Judges 16:20

Sermon

James Merritt

... get your hair cut and shave your beard, and I will buy you a car." The boy said, "Well, dad, Jesus had long hair and Jesus had a beard." "Yes, and Jesus also walked everywhere he went." Take the matter of associations. It has been well said that if you want me to know the kind of person you are, show me the kind of crowd that you run with. The Bible warns us in Pr. 12:26, "The righteous should choose his friends carefully, for the way of the wicked leads them astray." The best friends of a Christian ought ...

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