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1501. Proper 6

Matthew 10:1-42, Matthew 9:35-38, Romans 5:1-11, Psalm 116:1-19, Genesis 18:1-15

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... our lives were not lived in obedience to God's will. But perhaps because he has already devoted significant attention to our sinfulness Romans 1:18-3:20), Paul does not ponder that matter here. Instead, with the time and space of our ungodly past evoked, Paul drops God's saving work in Jesus Christ into our midst. Then we move back to the present, and Paul once again declares our current status by saying that now we are justified by the death of Jesus Christ. The apostle is not interested in explaining how ...

1502. Hypocrites

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... other field than religion. And that’s all right. Jesus doesn’t want us to make a show of our faith. Jesus wants us to be authentic in our commitment to him. That’s what Ash Wednesday is all about. That’s what Lent is all about. It’s about dropping the pretense. It’s about living the Christ life to the best of our ability and not worrying about what the rest of the world thinks. Even though we are in this treasured fellowship, in a sense it’s just us and God. We are humbling ourselves in the ...

1503. Changed Lives: Adam and Eve

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... the seriousness of that problem which the Bible calls sin. When Leslie Weatherhead, the late English pastor, lived in India as a young man, he had a sturdy garden wall around his house. It was a foot thick, built of stone, and cemented over. A tiny seed, probably dropped by a bird, fell into a crack in the cement. When Weatherhead noticed a little plant growing out of the top of the wall, he cut it off and forgot about it. He went away to serve in the British Army. On his return, he found a healthy ...

1504. Make a Decision

John 11:17-37

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Robert AuBuchon

... way He wants you to live, that's the most important thing in life?" Ed Young goes on to say, "That was the greatest sermon I have ever heard. God used the mouth of an atheist. I'll never forget it. I couldn't answer. I went to my room, dropped on my knees and said, Lord, I know you're there. I believe Jesus is Your Son. I've gotten away from that? Just lead me. I'm yours." Do you believe there's a God? The most natural response is "of course!" Our lives, the way we live - do ...

1505. Changed Lives: Judas

Matthew 26:14-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... to Judas’ betrayal than just money. The next scene in our narrative shifts to a house where Jesus and his disciples are celebrating Passover. While they are eating, Jesus says, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me.” This was quite a bombshell to drop on the disciples. “One of you will betray me.” The disciples were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely not I, Lord?” Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. The ...

1506. What Does It Really Mean to Be a Christian?

Mark 10:17-22

Sermon

James W. Moore

... young man turned and walked away sadly. Can’t you see him? Shoulders slumped Eyes downcast Feet trudging away in sorrow Just bent over… the picture of defeat Emotionally spent… Because he knew Jesus was right, but he just couldn’t do it. He couldn’t drop everything and put Christ first. He couldn’t make that commitment… and he missed the new life that only Christ could give him. In this young man’s failure to respond and follow Jesus that day, we find some key insights into what it means to ...

1507. Matthew 28:1-10

Matthew 28:1-10

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Leonard Sweet

... : “chairete” or “hello” or “greetings.” No grand pronouncement. Just Jesus addressing the women as one old friend greets another. The women respond in an anything but casual manner. As befits this Jesus who is now the risen Christ, they run to him, drop to the ground, “took hold of his feet, and worshiped him” (v.9). The first witnesses are also the first to worship and adore the risen Lord. Jesus’ bodily reality is evident. They hear his spoken voice. They feel his feet with their ...

1508. The Lost and Found Elder Brother

Luke 15:25-32

Sermon

James W. Moore

... own. And, when he heard how the people thanked him and complimented him, the main soloist could not stand it. Something happened within him. He knew he could not sing as well as the new man… and envy moved into his spirit. It consumed and ruined his life. He dropped out of the church and out of the choir… and he has sulked for thirty-three years. He rarely comes to church anymore and when he does, he sits in the congregation with bitterness written all over his face. He is mad most of the time: He is ...

1509. The Lost and Found Job

Luke 16:1-13

Sermon

James W. Moore

... gas pump. The man got out of his car and went over to check on her. As he approached her, he realized that she had not slipped at all, but had slumped against the gas pump, crying. She looked tired and anxious and as she had slumped over, she had dropped a nickel. The man picked up the nickel and handed it to her. At that moment, it all came into focus for him: - the crying woman, - the ancient Suburban crammed full of stuff, - with three kids in the back, - one in a car seat, - and the gas pump reading $4 ...

1510. A Mother's Love

Mark 7:24-30

Sermon

James W. Moore

... and he was in total darkness. He was absolutely terrified. He began to cry. He thought to himself: "This is how it all ends for me. I'm going to die down here. I don't know which way to go. I don't know how to get out." He dropped down on his knees to pray: "O God Help Me!" he said out loud. "O God Please Help Me!" Then he noticed something. As he was kneeling there to pray, he felt his right knee touching something hard. He felt it. It was a railroad track. He realized that if ...

1511. What in the World Are We Doing?

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... ’s, a religious leader from Vermont named William Miller, announced that Christ would return to earth in 1843. Some of his followers got carried away and announced the exact day and time. As that moment approached, the tension mounted - Farmers stopped farming. - Children dropped out of school. - Merchants gave away their goods because soon there would be no need for them. - Fear of the last judgment caused some to commit suicide. One man put on a white robe and climbed a tree on the appointed day. When ...

1512. The Bridge over Troubled Water

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

James W. Moore

... the airport to board the private plane. As I boarded the plane, I was surprised to see the bride and groom seated there. I thought: “O my goodness, I have done the wedding and now I’m going on the honeymoon!” But, the pilot said, “We’re going to drop the bride and groom off at Love Field in Dallas. You can sit back here with them… or up front with me… whichever you would like.” I chose the co-pilot’s seat to let the bride and groom have their post-wedding privacy. We flew quickly to Dallas ...

1513. His Name Shall Be Called Emmanuel

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

James W. Moore

... Carols. In their serene young beauty, they looked like angels in disguise. Margaret added her quarter to the pile of change in their open flute cases. The train came and went, but Margaret lingered… fascinated by the people who came forward to drop coins, even bills into the flute case. Most were shabbily dressed, but their faces seemed alight with happiness. These were the poor… the people Christ had greatly loved. On that cold, noisy subway platform they were joined without knowing one another, in ...

1514. What Christmas Gives to Us

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

James W. Moore

... , he went to the Manger Scene that his family had on display in their den. Secretly, when no one was looking, he reached over and picked up the figurine of Mary, took it upstairs to his room and hid Mary in his closet. He then went over to his bed, dropped down on his knees and said: “Lord, I hate to get tough… but if you ever want to see your mother again… be sure that Santa brings me a red sled for Christmas!” Now, I know there is a sermon there somewhere! I’m not certain what it is, but ...

1515. The Bloodline of Christ

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... :” We sing, we sing the Easter song: God keep you healthy, sane and strong. Sickness and storms and all other harm Be far from folks and beast and farm. Now give us eggs, green, blue and red; If not, your chicks will all drop dead. --Austrian “pace-egging” children’s song “Easter Symbols and Food,” . Accessed 21 September 2007. “I am a philosopher because I am a Christian. To many intellectuals, this probably sounds like saying that I am a ...

1516. How to Live a Sizzle-When-It-Drizzles Life

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of the water and out of the jaws of the reptiles! Yet just as the lion was preparing to drag away its prize, the herd, the community of huge, well-horned wildebeests, assembled. They surrounded the lion. They charged the lion. They forced the lion to drop its hold on the calf and back off. Then the herd surrounded the calf — horns out. Ultimately the lion and its pride-mates were driven off. And, against all possible odds, against the jaws of alligators and lions, the little calf survived. That is some ...

1517. Abundant Life

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... things.” The next tomb said, “He died providing things for her.” Did you know that there are more malls than high schools in American today? In a recent year, more people filed for bankruptcy than enrolled in college. Our credo today is, “Shop until you drop!” Americans, on the average, spend six hours shopping each week and 40 minutes playing with their children. As one commentator has put it, “We have defined ourselves by what we have and what we use, not by who we are and the kind of people ...

1518. Unconventional Mother’s Day Gifts

2 Timothy 1:5

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... worries, we can only imagine the level of instinctive stress that uncertainty can provoke. There are many ways to celebrate Mother's Day, but here are a few unconventional suggestions that will prove to your own mother that she did a good job raising you. How about dropping off a box of diapers and/or a case of formula to a local food bank or women's shelter? If you have some baby furniture or clothing that your own children have outgrown, how about donating that stuff to a local charity? Does our local ...

1519. The Play's Playbook for the Game of Life

1 Peter 4:12-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... compared the unredeemed self to a long, thin shaving of wood that hopelessly and continuously curves inward on itself. That is an image for too much of the church. 3) Always Keep the Ball in Play. Whatever you do, don’t drop the ball. Keep the ball in play. Norman Mailer described the Devil’s technique as more “left brain,” moving down the field by plowing right through the middle of everything and everyone, beating down his opponents with overwhelming and systematic destructive, technological ...

1520. Against All Hope

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... attitude, with God’s help we can accomplish much, much more. 1. Robert Anthony, How to Make the Impossible Possible (Berkley Publishing Group, 1996), pp. 85-86. 2. From an article by Douglas Colligan in New York magazine. Cited in Charles R. Swindoll, Dropping Your Guard (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1983), p. 193. 3. http://www.ccpc.bowiemd.org/sermons/oct242004.doc 4. Nien Cheng, Life and Death in Shanghai (New York: Grove Press, 1986). 5. Music by Leigh Harline / Lyrics by Ned Washington. Copyright by the ...

1521. Matthew 9: 9-13, 18-26

Matthew 9:9-13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... he would be forced to deal extensively with non-Jewish individuals and culture. In fact, Jesus’ call to Matthew comes when he is most ritually grubby — inside the hated tax booth, up to his elbows in levied lucre. Yet Matthew, like the fishermen, immediately drops what he is doing, rises to his feet, and walks out of his job. Every other time Matthew had exited that tax booth, he left behind the mantle of authority and influence that clothed his manhood with governmental clout. Outside the protection of ...

1522. This Is Not a Race

Prov. 4:1-4; 2 Tim. 4:7

Illustration

Bill Bouknight

... . Words were exchanged. Challenges were made. And the race began. The competition was keen as the boats roared down the Mississippi. One boat began falling behind. Not enough fuel. There had been plenty of coal for the trip, but not enough for a race. As the boat dropped back, an enterprising crew member took some of the ship's cargo and tossed it into the ovens. Their boat began to catch up, so they made fuel out of more and more cargo. They finally won the race, but in the process they burned their cargo ...

1523. The Disappearing Dad

Ephesians 6:1-4

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Harold L. White

... on the children is significant, if not devastating. Time goes on to say, "Studies of young criminals have found that more than 70% of all juveniles in state reform institutions come from fatherless homes. Children from broken families are nearly twice as likely as those in two-parent families to drop out of high school." The decades old article was right.

1524. Good Actions

Matthew 10:40-42

Illustration

King Duncan

... . While the artist, Ary Scheffer, was painting him, the financier sat before him in rags and tatters holding a tin cup. A friend of the artist entered, and the baron was so well disguised that he was not recognized. Thinking he was really a beggar, the visitor dropped a coin into the cup. Ten years later, the man who gave the coin to Rothschild received a letter containing a bank order for 10,000 francs and the following message: "You one day gave a coin to Baron de Rothschild in the studio of Ary Scheffer ...

1525. Looking in the Light

Matthew 10:40-42

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... the world are you doing out here on your hands and knees?" Sam looked up and said, "Oh, Hi Preacher, I'm hunting for my keys. I lost my keys." The preacher, being kind hearted, got down on his hands and knees to help and said, "Show me where you dropped them and I'll help you find them." Sam pointed off about 50 or 60 feet in the distance and said, "Oh, I lost them way over there in the grass." That really got to the preacher so he asked, "Well, if you lost them way over there in the ...

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