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126. Close Calls

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... a close call? Have you ever been in an accident where you almost died? Have you ever been overwhelmed by an event or loss so great that you wondered how you would ever get through it? When a close call came, have you ever felt that God either didn't care or that he was asleep because you couldn't reach him? That is what is going on in our story, the story of the apostles in a little boat during a violent storm on a lake called Galilee where the wind rushes down from the hills with such velocity that ...

127. Eyes Set on Jerusalem

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... a grey cap, a brown leather jacket and holding a very intimidating revolver shouted at him, “Get out of the car!” The doctor said, “But I can’t get out. You see, I’m trying . . .” The man with the revolver cut him off in mid-sentence. “I don’t care what you are trying to do. Get out of that car or I will kill you!” The doctor got out of the car and the man with the grey cap and the brown leather jacket jumped into the car and drove off. The doctor tried desperately to find a telephone ...

128. The Inside And The Outside

1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... the men to have scruffy faces. How about this shampoo, what is this for? (Children respond.) Look at this, we have some deodorant because we would not want to smell bad. Ah, and a bottle of perfume (or cologne) because we want to smell good. It is important to take care of our bodies. Its important to keep ourselves clean. We want to be sure we don't smell bad because no one would want to be around us. Ladies put on make-up and men shave their faces. We all take baths, brush our teeth, and comb our hair. We ...

129. Forever and Ever

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... of Israel. And who was the widow? She was so unimportant that we do not know her name. Moreover contrast their needs in the light of the world’s needs. Elijah and the widow simply needed some water and food. Does God really care for little people with small needs? His care is for everyone no matter how small and unimportant. His providence never runs out. The flour and oil were never depleted. Each day there was an adequate supply. It could go on forever and ever. No one can exhaust God’s infinite ...

130. Where To Go When You Grieve

Matthew 14:1-12

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... your heart that no physician can cure? Where do you go when you feel like you've swallowed a stone? Where do you go when the heaviness of your grief is like a staggering load? Where do you go when tears run down like rain on your face? Who will care enough? Who can help? Who will understand, really understand your grief? There is an old gospel song which asks the same question: Life here is grand with friends I love so dear,Comfort I get from God's own Word;Yet when I face the chilling hand of death,Where ...

131. Saturday Night And Sunday Morning

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... at any moment. And then they’ll crucify us! Maria: (Listlessly.) What does that matter now? Now that he’s gone, I don’t really care what happens to me. Salome: I can believe that! But what about the rest of us? You never think of that, do you, Maria? Oh, ... so sure he was dead, that I didn’t recognize him at first. I thought he must be one of the gardeners who take care of the tombs. Maria: And then? Magdalena: Then he said, "Woman, why are you weeping?" and I said, like a dummy, "Sir, if you know ...

132. Let Us Cross To The Other Side

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... to God - but often this turning is no turning at all, for we are still in the center asking the questions. That is the wrong side of the sea. "God, why did this happen to me? Are you punishing me? Are you there? Have you deserted me? Don’t you care? Are you asleep?" Saint Paul the apostle, as he writes to his friends in Corinth who have found faith but are in danger of going back to former ways of thinking, says, "From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view" (2 Corinthians 5:16 ...

133. Would You Make a Good Witness? (Ascension Day)

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’t face the same challenges as these witnesses, but Christ does expect the same level of commitment. So, how good a witness are you? It’s really a simple assignment if you choose to accept it: Live credibly as a disciple of Christ. And be a person who cares. Be pro-active about it. Live boldly, confidently, creatively, so that the world will know that you are a follower of the Nazarene. “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” 1. http://www ...

134. Courage Under Fire

Jude 1:22-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... situation under the pretext of trying to bear witness for Jesus. The greatest danger that a lifeguard faces, when trying to rescue a drowning person, is not the waves, the wind, or the water. The greatest danger is the one who is drowning. Because if that lifeguard is not careful, he will be pulled under and drowned himself. Dr. Vance Havner used to say, "You don't have to dress up like a clown to witness to a circus." We don't have to drink the world's booze, speak the world's language, go to the world's ...

135. Swept Clean

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... listened to what he was saying. [40] But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me." [41] But the Lord answered her, "Martha ... So, uh, I quit." B. Charlie realized that the most important thing was his son. Through the experience of providing for his son's care, he had cleansed the clutter of his soul, set his priorities for life and now he was able to savor the best, first. ...

136. Good News about Sparrows

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... the house of the Lord (84:3). (1) Is there any passage in the Scriptures that is more reassuring than this one from our lesson for the day: “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” Some unknown author has put it into a little poem: Said the robin to the sparrow: “I’d really like to know; Why these anxious human ...

137. Favoritism Forbidden

James 2:1-13, James 2:14-26

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... , The Love Command in the New Testament (Nashville: Abingdon, 1972), pp. 179–80. 2:9 On the connection between love and caring for the poor see also G. F. Moore, Judaism in the First Centuries of the Christian Era (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University ... 22:3; Amos 8:4; Sirach 34:26; Testament of Gad 4:6–7, and 1 John 3:15 all associate murder with the failure to care for the poor. Thus there was a strong Jewish and Christian tradition for James to use. James is conceptually so close to 1 John that this ...

138. The Wind

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... It said, “Dear Pastor: If you continue with this new-fangled service, we will write the bishop and tell him you are incompetent and not fit to serve our church.” He continued with the service but a year later, he was voted out of the church. We have to be careful with all this Holy Spirit business, don’t we? He didn’t like what his church was doing. He felt it didn’t have much life. It wasn’t doing the things that a church ought to be doing. It wasn’t praying enough and serving enough. It wasn ...

139. Faith and Deeds

James 2:14-26, James 2:1-13

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

140. When a Storm Is Raging

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... accustomed to life on the sea, so you can appreciate the ferociousness of this storm. The disciples thought they might die. They were so frightened they woke Jesus who had somehow managed to sleep through it all. Almost panic stricken, they asked him, “Teacher, do you not care if we perish?” Many of us have asked the same question at some time in our lives. A sudden storm arises in our life--a health or family crisis, the loss of a much needed job or whatever that storm might be--and Jesus seems to be ...

141. No Reason to Worry

Matthew 6:25-33

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... food, shelter, and security -- those who are homeless need a safe place to sleep tonight, and too many children will go to school hungry this coming week. Those who are middle class worry about house payments, car payments, the cost of health care and child care, their job security. Even the rich seem anxious to preserve their wealth or get even richer -- to have the latest clothes, to eat at the right restaurants, to live in the best neighborhoods. To all, Jesus says, "Do not worry." Rich, poor, middle ...

142. Don't Stop Praying!

Luke 18:1-8, Luke 18:35-43

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... or a personal one, or any “code” of rules. You will always be betrayed. You may get what you want by pesting and following lots of rules to get what you are deemed to deserve. But with God, you get what you DON’T deserve! With God, you get caring, and loving, and listening, and mercy. Does anyone here want to see your relationship with Jesus work like your unemployment check? I think not. My friends…we don’t want ultimately to get what we deserve. We pray, because we trust that God will give to us ...

143. When Storms Hit Home

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... didn’t understand his grief. As he said, “. . . the depth of my grief made those words unreal.” (6) The worst part is that Jesus seems to be asleep. “Why doesn’t he intervene?” we cry out in our distress. Where is God in my distress? Do you not care that we perish? Reynolds Price, in his book Letter to a Man on Fire tells of getting a letter from a young man named Jim who had just been diagnosed with cancer. Price had survived his own bout with cancer a few years earlier, and Jim was writing to ...

144. For the Glory of Christ

John 12:20-33 · Hebrews 5:5-10

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... God and to act out of the same love which was shown to us. Love is the acid test of our faith. If we do not care about others in our fellowship or family of faith, then our faith is meaningless. B. Sometimes family life can get hectic. Some pretty rough times ... encourage and support one another. That's why we've started a new ministry. It's very simple. It's a way to be more caring and to show concern or love or celebration for others. The Council on Ministries has developed a way to do that. It's called a ...

145. Week Four Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... in their plight and suffering, we show the face of God to them. The oneness of God which Jesus expresses in the Gospel must be our goal as well, with God and one another. Let us continue the Lenten journey by preparing ourselves to be people of greater care and love. The experience will be fulfilling as we bring the Kingdom to a greater sense of reality in our world. Thursday Week FourExodus 32:7-14John 5:31-47 Accepting The Lord The gifts of God are truly innumerable. God has given us the created world and ...

146. Easter 4

Psalm 23:1-6, Acts 4:1-22, 1 John 3:11-24, John 10:1-21

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... term indicates fitness for the task. It implies that Jesus is the model shepherd. 2. "Shepherd." (v. 11) A shepherd is one who cares for us by nourishing and protecting his sheep. He will do so even though it costs him his life. Therefore he can ... their own skin. Jesus calls his followers to be shepherds rather than sheep and good shepherds in the sense that he was. We are to care enough for people that we are ready to let our life be taken rather than abandon them. So sacrificial living for others is the ...

147. The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

... be dead. Solo 2: He needs help. Solo 3: He needs comfort and medical aid. Solo 2: He needs a loving hand. Solo 3: He needs a caring soul. Jesus: When he saw him he passed by on the other side. Solo 1: I'm so sorry about this! But I'm late for an ... man - a Levite. Solo 2: Yes, a man of the cloth always helps. Solo 1: Surely, he will comfort him. Solo 3: And treat his wounds and care for him. Jesus: So, likewise, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. [Solo 4 returns to ...

148. A Kingdom that Can Not Be Shaken

Hebrews 12:14-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... was suffering from severe illness and depression. He felt that God was very far away. In desperation, he opened his Bible and stumbled on a verse from the book of 1 Peter. He read these words from 1 Peter 5:7, “Cast your care and anxiety on God, for God cares for you.” In that moment, God graciously came near and brought life to Graeff’s difficult circumstances. He still confronted tough times, but he knew with certainty that God walked with him through them. As a response to this encounter with God ...

149. This Is Not Rocket Science

Acts 2:1-8

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... we need more fellowship groups, and why we are continually creating more, as you heard in the announcement this morning for young, married people. It is why when we get together we always pray for one another, "Our mutual burdens bear," because we are to be a caring fellowship. John Killinger tells a story about a woman painting in the woods. The shots rang out from above her. She was hit. Knocked her down. As she lay on the ground, she looked up, and she could see on the bluff two young men with a rifle ...

150. Honor Graduate

Exodus 20:12

Sermon

James Merritt

... 's discipline; whoever learns from correction is wise." (Proverbs 15:5, NLT) If you are a teenager and you think you are smarter than your parents you are just showing how ignorant you really are. Never ever get so old that you don't at least listen carefully to the advice and the counsel of your parents. Proverbs 23:22 says, "Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old." (Proverbs 23:22, NASB) There are some things parents have that you cannot have in your teenage ...

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