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126. Black Preaching: A Four-Cornered Universe

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... preacher determines the true intent of a particular passage of scripture by employing specific criteria for evaluation, such as the writer of the text, time, intent and purpose of writing, audience and other important elements which will help disclose the true "design" of the author. Invariably, in determining the form and pericope of any text, the preacher must devote time to analyzing both the text and the context of scripture. Such analyses are often influenced by what the text literally and figuratively ...

127. Give Me A Break!

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... us to take, the yoke that in itself brings rest to weary souls, is one that is made exactly to our lives and hearts. The yoke he invites us to wear fits us well, does not rub us nor cause us to develop sore spirits and is designed for two. His yokes were always designed for two. And our yoke-partner is none other than Christ himself. When I begin to envision what that yoke looks like and feels like, I come to realize that Jesus in this invitation has cut through to the very heart of the problem for most of ...

128. A Chosen Vessel

Acts 9:1-19a

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... ugly) vase with a larger mouth, and a number of wrapped flowers that can only fit in the plain container (because of the size of the bouquet). Lesson: I have some very nice things to show you this morning. What are these? Show the vases. (response) Pick up the designer vase. This vase is very pretty, isn't it? What do you see on the vase? (response) Discuss the intricacies of the vase, and tell a story of its meaning to the family, or of something that gives it value. Now pick up the plain vase. Do you like ...

129. Building Blocks

2 Timothy 3:16

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... can look at to tell me what is missing? (response) Is there some kind of book that will help me? (instructions, directions) Oh, an instruction booklet. Well, I have one right here. And here's what I'm building. Show the picture to the children. According to the design, I just need to add one more thing. Can you help me find it? (children should help you search in the box for the missing piece) Now add the missing part. Hey! That's it! Now it's finished because I used the instructions. Application: [Hold up ...

130. Lord, I Believe - Or Do I?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

... casual concern that says, "I’ve heard that one before. What’s new?" They refuse to be defused, for unlike a land mine that is detonated only once, the parables are detonated every time we step on them. The parable may be the same, but in kaleidoscopic fashion the design is changed with every turn of time. The word it brings us in the here-and-now will be quite different from the word it brought us in the there-and-then. So it is with this one, The Parable of the Unrighteous Judge, or the Parable of the ...

131. The First Sunday In Lent

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Kendall McCabe

... our Lord at the beginning of his ministry. It is important to note that the devil does not try to persuade Jesus away from ministry; he attempts instead to influence how Jesus looks at or carries out his ministry. The temptations which come to us may not be designed to discourage us from participation in the life of the church. Rather, they may encourage us to go about the work of ministry in a way which will finally do the church more harm than good. Let me explain what I mean in each case. The temptation ...

132. What Does It Mean To "Believe"?

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... doom is certain; therefore, they tremble. The second step will save no one, and yet that is where multitudes stop. They take the second step, but not the third. Hence they are not yet saved. III. Trust: The third step and the only step that saves, Luther designated by the simple word "trust." The correct and most explicit translation of Acts 16:31 - the response to the Philippian jailer who asks, "What must I do to be saved?" - is in the New English Bible: "Put your trust in the Lord Jesus, and you will be ...

133. Called to Be Saints

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... one up even shorter, if possible, to hear Jesus say, "You are the salt of the earth." You can hear Jesus say still something else in this passage with another change of emphasis, however. "You are the salt of the earth." You are something unique to the world, someone designated as a peculiar gift from God for the world, a person given to "flavor" the world for God. To use the words of the Second Lesson of the day, "You are called to be saints together with all those who in every place call on the name of ...

134. A SUNDAY OF THE PASSION [PALM SUNDAY] SERMON-DRAMA

Drama

Tom Eberle

... over sea and land to win one convert; and when you have won him you make him twice as fit for hell as you are yourselves." Mr. Iscariot, can you sit here and tell me that you believe these statements are made as constructive criticism and are not designed to offend? Judas: If the statements were taken in context I am sure they would not sound as blaring as they do now. I will admit that my boss sometimes overstates the case for dramatic effect. Scroll: When one man tells another where to go, I don’t ...

135. The Light that Shines Within

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... we never knew before. One may draw half a dozen straight lines on paper which, when seen, appear to be only a flat design having length and breadth. But a messenger comes and says, "Look again; look for something else." Then, as the viewer does this, all ... a stone; time and weather may change its shape a little, but it is still just a stone. But not so with you - this creature of divine design and plan; you can change. If God’s man can fall as he did and does, he can also climb. If he could reach for the ...

136. Chapter VII

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... Commandment, does not see sex as bad, or smutty, or dirty. Sex is good. In fact, it is very good. It is one of the most beautiful drives that God built into us, and we must never forget that the sexual urge and feeling we have are God-designed. When God created man he was soon aware that nothing among the animals or created order was a fit compliment for him. In the second account of creation (Genesis 2:4ff), after the basic work of creation was finished God paraded the living creatures before man so that ...

137. Humankind: The Climax of Creation

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... " means "exact resemblance." Haven't you heard the old saying, "She is the spitting image of her Mom." Or, "He is a chip off the old block." A chip of God is in you. God signed you with his DNA. Essentially, you are not an earth creature. You were designed in heaven and for heaven. Though this world may condemn you, reject you, and kill you, it cannot banish from you that spark of divinity, that reflection of God that is inextricably bound up in you. What evidence is there that God's image is in us? For one ...

138. How Can We Foretell the Future?

1 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... , the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., and the Westwood Methodist Church in Los Angeles. Speaking of his work, Harold Wagoner said, "The great thing about being an architect is that you can walk into your dreams." An architect is the person who designs and lays out plans of buildings, and then sees that these plans are followed by the workers who put up the buildings. David’s son, Solomon, was an architect. It was during his reign as king that he was the architect, the chief builder ...

139. The Two Most Important Questions A Christian Can Answer

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

Brett Blair

... we are not trying to learn; we are trying to injure. The Pharisees come to Jesus once again with a question designed to do damage to the reputation of Jesus. And once again Jesus proves he is equal to the task. Teacher, which commandment ... , and then how I had disappointed her hope. 'O God!' she prayed. 'take this boy of mine and make him the boy and man he is divinely designed to be.'” Then she bent over, kissed him and went out and left him alone in the silence with God.(1) Now that’s creative love! You ...

140. When Ten Equals Two

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Larry Powell

... . One thing is for certain; this lethargic oddity is not in the least concerned with such engaging matters as theology or morality. This is not to condemn the sloth for being unable to do what it was not designed to do, but rather to distinguish the animal kingdom from humankind, which was designed to specifically pursue what the animal cannot - theology and morality. Aristotle concluded, "It is characteristic of man that he alone has any sense of good and evil, or just and unjust, and the like." And in one ...

141. A Happy Ending

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Brett Blair

... a tangled mass of disconnected threads. Certainly the resurrection and the ascension of Jesus must have appeared like that to the disciples. But as the disciples looked back upon that event and as we look back on our personal lives, we can see God’s design in the fabric of our lives. The Ascension of Jesus was part of God's design. The apostle Paul said: He ascended into heaven and led captivity captive. Another way of saying that is he ascended into heaven and caused death to die. There my friends is the ...

142. The Pitcher Is Not Alone In This

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... ” or mouth organ ” to take the place of the church organ. (Frankly, you will find it difficult to play and sing at the same time. But you can master it, and after all there must be some challenge.) "One abbreviated New Testament with familiar selections designed to be read in less than one minute each. "One small offering plate ” to be held in the left hand while putting coin in with the right. (Denomination of the coin is unimportant as you will get it back anyway.) "One brief sermon entitled `What ...

143. The Baptism of Our Work

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... the word meaning `to please.' Well doing is pleasing to God! Our task may be a great one or a small one. The size is irrelevant to God. God is as impressed with the brick mason who lays the brick for a building as he is with the architect who designed it, if the job is done well. In God's eyes, the person who scrubs the floor has just as much dignity as the president of the corporation. Pianist Nadia Boulanger tells about an elderly woman, Madame Duval who cleaned the floors in her home. She was 80 years of ...

144. Living With The Birth Pangs

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... was so unstable she capsized while at anchor during a severe gale. According to one account, she was found in the morning looking "not unlike the back of a whale . . . the vast hull on its side washed by the seas." No attempt was ever made to design a faster cargo-carrying sailing ship. The builders and their employees sought other things to do. The age of commercial sail ended with the THOMAS LAWSON, and steamships began to rule the seas. (1) Change is not easy whether you are building a ship or building ...

145. A Devastating Storm, An Incredible Promise

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Brett Blair

... walking along a beach. But there are millions of people who have climbed tall mountains and walked miles on beaches who have not given a thought to God. But when you come into this room, the room itself whispers "God." The architecture, the symbols, the windows all designed to bring us into God's presence. Even more important are the hymns, the prayers, the reading from the Sacred Word. And even, from time to time, a word said from the pulpit. Of course, you can read the Word, and sing the hymns and pray ...

146. You Feed Them!

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... to survive. If you ever have any doubt about the existence of God, simply consider the wonder of our created world. Dr. Paul Brand is a medical doctor who writes of the wonders of God. He tells about what he calls the "perfection" of "God's design for providing food for newborn babies. A mother's body extracts the raw materials for the milk from a wide variety of vegetables and fruit, grains and meat, which have been eaten, digested, and absorbed into the bloodstream. This milk is the perfect food for a ...

147. Bearing Fruit

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... students who qualified for Who's Who in American Schools and Colleges. Over 85% of these honor students said that their faith in God was extremely important to them." C.S. Lewis wrote, "God has designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on. There is no other. That is why it is just no good asking God to make us happy without bothering about religion. God cannot give us happiness and peace apart from ...

148. I Say, Rejoice!

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... to our souls. That is why serving others can be a joyous experience. Anytime we move out of ourselves and connect with another human being in the name of Christ, joy is possible. In 1995, fashion designer Mary Anne Sinclair turned her designing skills to a daunting new task: designing clown costumes. While undergoing cancer treatments, Mary Anne decided to fulfill a lifelong dream of bringing more joy into the world. She went to clown college, a move that stunned all her friends. After graduating, Mary ...

149. Adoration And Confession

Psalm 103:1-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... we are before God, and (3) allowing God to name us as we are and as he is calling us to be. Conversation is the key. Communion, being with God. Speaking and listening, giving and receiving. The acts of prayer consist of basic ingredients designated by the letters that spell the words so they’re easy to remember. A C T S - Adoration - Confession - Thanksgiving - and Supplication. Let’s look at two of these acts this morning. Adoration and Confession. I. Adoration The first ingredient is adoration - to ...

150. The Game Is For A Team

Colossians 4:7-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... could call him a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord. II Now move to another person -- Onesimus. He is also referred to as a faithful and dear brother. We have to know who Onesimus is to get the full impact of this designation. Onesimus is one of the two primary characters in the little book of Philemon. I hope that you will read that book this week. You may have difficulty finding it in your Bible, because it's only one chapter long. It's wedged between Titus and the book ...

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