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126. Love without Limits

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... The world says, “Just a few.” Jesus says, “Everyone!” The world says, “Threaten him!” Jesus says, “That won’t stop me!” The world says, “Arrest him!” Jesus says, “That won’t stop me!” The world says, “Ridicule him!” Jesus says, “That won’t stop me!” The world says, “Wound him!” Jesus says, “That won’t stop me!” The world says, “Crucify him!” Jesus says, “That won’t stop me!” The world says, “Shut him up in a tomb!” Jesus says, “That won’t ...

127. It Is Always the Third Day

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... in the midst of a medical emergency. She was falling down drunk. It was late at night. She was at home alone. She felt someone with her in the dark. She claimed she just knew beyond all doubt that it was the presence of Jesus. A week later she stopped resisting. “I shouted, ‘[expletive deleted] I quit. You can come in now.’ ” Ann’s life was changed. She was set on the right path by the power of the presence of God encountered in the course of an ordinary day; an ordinary day that proved to be one ...

128. Jacob's Well

John 4:1-26, John 4:27-38, John 4:39-42

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... those lost sheep of Israel to bring them back to God, back to faith, back to wholeness and life. And God is seeking YOU. Many of you have strayed. Even those of you who attend church every single week –some of you have weakened in your faith, have stopping believing in the coming kingdom, in the power of the risen, living, present Jesus in your life in the here and now. Jesus is telling us in this scripture today –he is here! He IS the Life. HE is the living water, the eternal fountain. God the Father ...

129. It's Okay to Cry

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to the Great Shepherd of Life, we mourn. It’s okay to mourn. It’s okay to cry. When Jessica, a mom of four, couldn’t stop her 18-year-old son from doing drugs that she knew would eventually kill him, she sat down and cried. She had tried everything in ... son. When Jim, a coach and mentor to a faltering older man in an AA group, saw his friend stagger into a bar, he tried to stop him. The friend, drunk and angry, beat Jim badly. The next day, Jim tried to pick him up and tried to take him in to rehab. ...

130. The Foot-board of the Pulpit and the Floor of the Parlor

Ephesians 3:1-12

Sermon

Ron Love

... become a Methodist minister, would have a dynamic sermon for his son to preach on his first Sunday in the pulpit. Charles Peale responded immediately to his son’s request, replying with this telegram: “Suggest text John 10:10. Stop. Preach your own sermon. Stop. Good luck. Stop. Dad. Stop.” Realizing that he was on his own, Norman wrote a sermon to the text shared by his father: “I have come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” On Sunday morning Norman looked ...

131. For Us Or Against Us?

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... no one asks us if we measure up either. We’re simply broken people helping other broken people, sharing a cup of cold water in the name of Jesus. Pay attention. People outside our church, even outside our faith, may be doing God’s work, and we should not stop it. The front lines of ministry are no place for protecting what we imagine is our territory. We’ll leave it for God to decide who’s saved. After all, the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. But Jesus has more to say in this passage ...

132. Long View — Long Haul

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... how we live out our lives? Today as we reflect on this gospel passage we see a Jesus who stands his ground in Jerusalem. It doesn’t matter if the police are coming to arrest him. He is committed to the work of ministry and neither soldiers nor politicians will stop him. When he is warned of imminent danger, he says, “You go tell that fox that I’ll be right here today, tomorrow and the next day.” In other words, “You tell that fox that I’m in this for keeps and if he wants to come get me, he ...

133. The Way For Troubled Hearts

John 14:1-14

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... our anxieties might be - we might be anxious about our personal lives, we might be anxious about our life together as a church, we might be anxious about the world at large - we’re not alone with our anxieties. We have God, and we have one another. Together, we can stop letting our hearts be troubled. Together we can trust in God. This is the way of Jesus: the way of trust, the way of faith, the way of peace. It is the way for mothers on Mother’s Day and all year round. It is the way for all of ...

134. Maybe Today....

Luke 21:25-36

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... today,” he said. He stepped from his house to go to work. Along his way, he was very careful to be aware of his surroundings. Every day, he heard the stories of what had happened to others; some from his own neighborhood. The fortunate ones had been stopped by one of the official security groups who had forced them to show some proof of who they were and where they were going. Some of them had been ordered to carry things for the groups, give them their coat, shoes, or in some other way demonstrate their ...

135. Miracle Ten: Healing A Blind Beggar

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon Aid

Harold H. Lentz

... the heart of the beggar. So he cried out, hoping Christ would hear him. When he was told to be quiet he disregarded the admonition and continued all the louder. His cries caught the ear of Christ, who must have sensed a need of healing. So Jesus stopped and ordered that Bartimaeus be brought to him. When they were together, though he knew what Bartimaeus wanted, Christ asked the blind man to state his desire. Was this request meant to crowd out all other thoughts in order to center on the one thing the man ...

136. New Year

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

... never get up late, you'd always be on time for dinner or your chores, wouldn't you? (Response -- By this time someone will object that you can't stop time.) I've been very disappointed because I found that out, too! You can stop the hands of the clock but you cannot stop time. It doesn't stand still. It goes on in regular daily, weekly, monthly, yearly cycles, and none of us can stop it, even if we'd like to. That makes me realize that time is a very precious gift that God has given to us. There is a wise ...

137. I Can't Say No

Romans 7:15

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... my very favorite kind of cookies. Do you like them, too? (Let them answer.) Once I start eating these cookies I just can't seem to stop. One time I ate about twenty of them, one after another! If I do that very often, I will soon get fat, won't I, ... bet you would dig right in and eat it! Some of those temptations are just too strong for us. The only way for my fatfriend to stop eating is to remember how much better she will feel and how much better she will look when she starts to lose weight. Then, maybe, ...

138. But You Can't Get Water Out Of A Rock!

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Steve Burt

... waved to people, but no one waved back. Wherever he asked for food, people offered excuses instead. "Poor harvest." "Not enough for my own family." "Sorry, got to keep some for seed." "Too many mouths to feed. Can't spare it." Finally the hungry soldier stopped under a tree in the town square. He prayed he might at least dream a delicious meal. He lay his head on his knapsack, the stone making a hard pillow, and fell asleep. He dreamed of a wonderful soup, with people laughing, dancing, enjoying it together ...

139. Mind Your Manners

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... them because of my last name. Though I know where real culpability ultimately resides (avec moi), I'm really peeved when I'm stopped for speeding on an open highway in the middle of nowhere. Being in the middle of nowhere, I don't succumb to the temptation ... I've got to ask why the rest of the women in your car look so shaken and afraid. They haven't said a word since I stopped you." "Oh," the woman explained, "they'll be all right in a minute or two. We just got off Highway 119." Then there's the story about ...

140. Thanksgiving

Lk 17:11-19 · 1 Tim 2:1-4 · Phil 4:6-20 · 2 Cor 9:6-15 · Deut 8:1-18 · Ps 65

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... your diet once you reach your weight goal. The Christian faith consists of the sometimes unexciting discipline of worship, prayer, service and giving. Paul encourages us to keep on doing it, because once you stop doing it, you will soon stop being it. Behavioral specialists tell us to act like the person that you want to be and it will come to pass. The Bible teaches: Act according to the new nature God gave you in baptism, so that you will realize your true identity in Christ. Lesson 2: 1 Timothy ...

141. Proper 25

Hebrews 7:11-28, Job 42:7-17, Job 42:1-6, Mark 10:46-52

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... or whatever it is that you have to do, until you arrest the attention of the Almighty. The power of faith is an absolutely necessary prerequisite for catching and holding God's attention. Extending Christ's invitation (v. 49). After Jesus heard the cries of Bartimaeus, he stopped in his tracks but he didn't go to the blind man. He ordered others to tell the blind man to come to him. Christ generally uses the invitations of others to draw men and women to himself. We in the Church are called to extend Christ ...

142. When The Boat Keeps Rocking

Psalm 46:1-11

Eulogy

Robert Noblett

... hundreds of times a year. Telephones have receiving components and sending components. Who ever heard of a telephone where you could only listen and not speak, or speak and not listen? In Christian friendships we do both and that mutuality is wonderfully beneficial when the boat won't stop rocking. Third, when the boat keeps rocking we can pray. We can use a prayer that has been in the household of faith for years or we can speak with God as we feel led. We can pray in our homes or autos, or we can come to ...

143. Marked At The Cross

Sermon

George Bass

... with her family when she was a little girl. Her grandfather asked if she could stay a few days after her parents went home; she could and did. Her father had said, “Now be a good girl, Barbara, and I will be waiting for you on Friday when they stop the train to let you off at the crossing west of our farm.” When the time came for her to return home, her grandfather took her to the train, gave the conductor her ticket and told him where she was going. Her grandfather asked, “You aren’t afraid, are ...

144. Let It Shine!

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... and standards of yourself and others around you. They specialize in bringing out the worst in you because they have such a low opinion of themselves. Watch out for the legislators of the light. They'll vote your light right out of service. The legislators cannot appropriate this light. Stop trying to fit in with those around you. Sometimes you have to go along to get along, but don't sell out God to the devil. Don't trade in your soul for a few glad moments of cheap grace. God has given you a light and that ...

145. Take Off The Grave Clothes!

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... successes and failures of their entire lives revolve around this one incident or series of instances. The result is they have stopped living. They live their lives not as victors but as despairing defeatists. They have put on the garments of despair and ... his son for you. Come out of the grave clothes of "I can't do it," for in Christ all things are possible. Stop looking for reasons to die, and find reasons to live. Trade in that cross for a crown and live life in all of its fullness, wholeness, and vitality. You are ...

146. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... God have to work? Are we so evil that we need a sign? Are we so incapable of living with limits that faith without certainty is impossible? Let me illustrate from personal experience. I was standing in the checkout line of a Boston bookstore where I knew the manager. He stopped me and said, "I've got a check I need for you to vouch for. We normally don't take checks, but this man rummaging through the used books back there says you know him and can reference him. He doesn't have any cash. He's very polite ...

147. Forgiving the Bully

Matthew 5:38-42, Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

John Jamison

... are thous," and was obviously not in a good mood. He made so much racket finding a place to sit that Jesus finally stopped preaching, looked over at the guy, and asked, "Do you have a problem?" The guy almost exploded. He apologized for being late and ... fast becoming a top of the line gripe session. Finally, he jumped in and said "I'll tell you what. The next time some soldier stops you and asks you to carry their bag one mile, carry it two miles!" He had their attention. "And the next time one of them ...

148. I Came Back -The Risen Young Man

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... , but my mother was a widow, so I took on responsibilities to help feed our family of two, and forgot how to play. Then I grew sick. The doctors were mostly quacks. The healers were mostly fakes. People asked Mother about me, "Is there any word yet?" Then they stopped asking because I was dead. My funeral was the day of my death as was the custom of our people. My coffin was an open box, a kind of portable frame used to carry the bodies to the graveyard outside the city. We never made it to the graveyard ...

149. Worship, Work, Rest, and Play

John 4:1-26

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... ? (response) What does you mom like to play? (response) What does your dad like to play? (response) You know what I like to play the most? (response) Name your favorite hobby. It doesn't matter how old you get. You always will like to play. What would happen if we stopped playing? (response) Life would get pretty boring wouldn't it? Now we've named three important things we do in life. Can you name them? (Work, Rest, and Play) We need to do all three of these or life is just no good. We all need to work and ...

150. Counterfeit Christians and the Rest of Us

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

Gary W. Houston

... minister to and to save. The good news is that even with our sin, even with our counterfeitedness (if that be a word), even with all the bad that is in us, still we were worth dying for in the loving eyes of Jesus Christ. That is tremendous when you stop to think about it. Jesus Christ came to save us not only from destruction, but from each other and from our divided selves. He came to pull us away from condemnation and judgment of others. Christ wanted and still wants for us to let the good part inside of ...

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