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1526. Remember: No Deposit, No Return

Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... on the prison's road crew, Carter taught his fellow convicts a mournful song called "Po' Lazarus." A visitor happened to record the men singing. The recording ended up in an archive file. Forty years later, the producers of the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou came across the recording and used "Po' Lazarus" as the opening song on their soundtrack. The soundtrack was a surprise hit, selling millions of copies. Imagine James Carter's surprise when, 41 years after his stint in prison, two men from a record ...

1527. Connected

John 15:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... in to Christ, abide in Christ, making our home in Christ means we don't have to face the uncertainty and cruelty of the world alone. We don't have to face the alienation of the world alone. B. A little girl had been trying for months to learn the art of tying her shoes. She final grasped the knack and was able to do it by herself. Her parents expected delight in the child but were surprised by her disappointment. Her father asked why she was crying. She sobbed, "I just learned how to tie my shoes." He said ...

1528. Acquired Taste

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... focus on some pleasing aspect of an unusual food, while learning to ignore what might have been initially off-putting. Acquired tastes challenge us to experience the uncommon and embrace new sensations. Acquired tastes reach beyond the pantry. Appreciating opera, modern art, square dancing, Sudoku, all can be acquired tastes. In fact, some not-easy-to-love people can be acquired tastes. Singer Tori Amos, the daughter of a Methodist preacher, once admitted “I know I’m an acquired taste. I’m anchovies ...

1529. 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... growing, ever changing entity. This is as true for the language of faith as it is for English or Spanish or French. The Apostle Paul was arguably the greatest contributor to the new lexicon of Christian faithfulness. The language in the Pauline letters artfully combined Old Testament faith traditions with the new message of the gospel of Jesus Christ, through new combinations of words and ideas. In today’s epistle text we might think Paul’s apostolic urging of Timothy to continue his ministry is couched ...

1530. There Will Be Singing

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... gave lessons to under‑privileged kids. The idea worked. Pride, self‑esteem, and academic performance among these kids from disadvantaged backgrounds were all enhanced. Not only that, but the program caught the attention of the Rockefeller Foundation for Fine Arts in New York. The foundation thought the program might be developed nationally. So they sent world‑renowned pianist Lorin Hollander to go to Jackson and take a look. While Hollander was there he shared something significant with his audience ...

1531. Love the Questions

Luke 20:27-40

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Brett Blair

Rainer Maria Rilke's was a famous German poet and correspondent with an aspiring American poet. The letters were published in a book titled, "Letters to a Young Poet?" In the letter the "young poet" has many questions about their art form. Rilke doesn't mind. In fact she relishes the questions and says to the young poet: "Love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Live the questions now. Perhaps then someday far in the future, you will gradually ...

1532. Reading the Signs

Luke 21:5-19

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... us an understanding that most folks didn't know." Little Tree learned from his Grandpa how to read the signs of nature. Reading signs, not the printed ones we see on our streets and highways, but the signs of nature and life and living is an art that takes time, practice and patience. The reward is what Little Tree called, "...an understanding that most folks don't know." In our gospel reading this morning, Jesus talks about "signs of the times" and particularly the signs of his coming. In effect, he says ...

1533. His Unique Contribution

Matthew 11:2-12

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Brett Blair

... reached their highest perfection of melody in the hymns, symphonies, and oratorios they composed in his praise. Every sphere of human greatness has been enriched by this humble Carpenter of Nazareth. His unique contribution to humanity is the salvation of the soul! Philosophy could not accomplish that. Nor art. Nor literature. Nor music. Only Jesus Christ can break the enslaving chains of sin. He alone can speak peace to the human heart, strengthen the weak, and give life to those who are spiritually dead.

1534. Jesus' Flight to Egypt

Matthew 2:13-23

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It was Christmas and the Pastor had planned a visit to a Pre-School Sunday School class. The teacher, wanting to impress the pastor had the each child draw a picture of some part of the Christmas story. The teacher put the art work on the wall; the preacher came and he was impressed as he identified each drawing's meaning. There was one with a barn and a man and a woman. It was obvious that this was Joseph, Mary, and Jesus at the manger. Another had sheep, men, and angels in ...

1535. The Great Physician

Matthew 4:23-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... whom doctors had given up on, but somehow people prayed, and the doctors were proved wrong. It does happen. Not always not even most of the time but it does happen. Sociologist and respected evangelist Tony Campolo tells of being at a Midwest church-related liberal arts college, and being in the chapel on a particular evening. As he was delivering his lecture, a woman walked down the aisle, accompanied by a young boy whose legs were in braces. She asked for prayer for her son, that he might be healed. So ...

1536. Why Are You Here?

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... Christ. There is a time-honored story about the novelist Somerset Maugham. We’re told that Maugham kept a cracked earthenware cup on the mantel of his plush London home. When someone asked him about that ugly, broken centerpiece among all of the beautiful objects of art there in his home, he explained that during the First World War he had been on a troop ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean. During that crossing the soldiers’ rations of water were reduced to just one cup a day. He said it was that very cup ...

1537. K.I.S.S.

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... , but I didn’t think I was [so] fat and large [that they would yell ‘jumbo’ and ‘super’].” The interpreter burst out laughing, then explained, “In Swahili, jumbo means ‘hello’ and super means ‘hello very much. ’” (5) Communication is a difficult art even under the best of circumstances. We’re told that during World War II, a misunderstanding over just one word the verb “to table” created great debate and ill will. According to the memoirs of Sir Winston Churchill, he and his ...

1538. You Are God's Temple

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2003), p. 85. 3. (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005), pp. 101-102. 4. Finishing Strong Going the Distance for Your Family (Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, Inc., 1995), pp. 93-94. 5. Http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=35176. Cited by Stephen Arterburn, The Secrets Men Keep (Nashville: Integrity Publishers, 2006), p. 136. 6. (New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2003), p. 25. 7. http://www.etdiocese.net/sermons/2005/1-30-St-Francis-Ooltewah.htm.

1539. Wonder: It Is So Exciting

Matthew 17:1-9

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Brett Younger

... sun goes down, and the stars come out; and then in the morning the sun comes up again. It's so exciting to live in the desert." We've gotten used to sunrises and sunsets, mornings and evenings, the moon and the stars. We've gotten used to music and art, friends and family, joy and sorrow. We too easily grow accustomed to the wonders that surround us. Laziness keeps us from seeing the flashes of brightness.

1540. Cross Purposes

Matthew 10:38-39

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Leonard Sweet

All around the upper ledges of the curved glass windows in our living room perches a collection of dappled and dimpled art glass tumblers. These brightly colored tumblers come from an old family collection. They were put together long ago by grandparents long gone. They bring hundreds of different shades and hues of color into the room on a sunny day. Of course, our house is also located in an earthquake zone. ...

1541. A Style in Mistakes

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

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Kent Moorehead

... in just a minute you say, "that's Brahms," or "that's Beethoven." How do you know? That's their style, the way they do it. No one else does it quite that way. We had quite a controversy some time ago when somebody gave two wonderful Rembrandts to the art museum in Detroit. So we all went and ooohed and ah-h-d and thought they were wonderful. Then a couple of Philistines came in and said, "Fakes." What do you mean fakes? "They are not originals." How do you know. So the press had a great time and we ...

1542. The Parable of the Soil

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and visions . . . all are ignored and allowed to disappear — as though consumed by a flock of hungry birds. More common than out-right hard-packed, hard-driven, hard-heartedness is the short-lived sweetness of shallowness. Nobody has better mastered the art of sowing and reaping the rootless commitments of wanna-feel-goods than the infomercial mavens. Channel cruise late at night and you will be bombarded by sales pitches that absolutely convince you what they are offering is exactly what you need that ...

1543. Super-Size Your Faith

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation” — I repeat, there is nothing in the universe that “will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (vv. 38-39). Just as the art world proclaims “beauty is in the eyes of the beholder,” people of faith know that faith IS the victory. An ancient symbol of the victory of faith over the “powers” that sought to slay it is the palm branch. The reason that when Jesus approached Jerusalem ...

1544. Save Me, Lord

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... God!” do you offer a faith that wants to please God by trusting in the unwavering presence and matchless power of the Master? When you “walk through the valley of the shadow of death,” can you say with the Psalmist, “I will fear no evil: For thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me” (Psalm 23). Jesus was “there” for his disciples from the moment he chose them until the moment he chose the cross. But as he prepared to ascend to the Father, Jesus promised to send another to “Be ...

1545. The Day God Voted

1 Samuel 15:34-35, 16:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . One campaign is hardly over before the next one begins. The political commercials on television are endless: the charges and the countercharges, one side "pointing with pride," the other "viewing with alarm." Someone once said, "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it wrongly, and applying unsuitable remedies." Sounds like a perfect description of what we get with all these thirty-second paid political announcements. As wearying as all that may be, elections ...

1546. Peace In the Midst of the Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... He who keepeth thee will not slumber" (Psalm 21:3b KJV). He affirms his presence with us even in the midst of our most dire crisis when we read, "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me" (Psalm 23:4 KJV). Even when we fear that our situation would prevent his presence and help, we hear "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress or persecution or famine, or nakedness, or peril or sword? No! ... neither death ...

1547. When Words Are Not Enough

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... I improvised a simple accompaniment. I noticed, too, that the first section of the song — thirteen bars in length — formed an effective loop which repeated in a slightly unpredictable way. I took the tape loop to Leicester, where I was working in the Fine Art Department, and copied the loop onto a continuous reel of tape, thinking about perhaps adding an orchestrated accompaniment to this. The door of the recording room opened on to one of the large painting studios and I left the tape copying, with the ...

1548. The Miegakure Messiah

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and shade, our gardens don’t offer too many surprises. We want uniformity and unanimity among our canvas of crops. Japanese “gardens” are much different. For centuries creating gardens — large strolling gardens or tiny tea gardens — has been a deliberate art form. One of the guiding principles behind these garden creations is a technique called “mie-gakure.” Can you say that word? Mie-gakure. “Mie-gakure” means “to hide and reveal.” It is the goal of the gardener to alternatively ...

1549. I Went Down to the River to Pray

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... those around them. Why does baptism matter? Water baptism stands at this very time and gives voice to the truth that God is Lord, no matter to what lengths our world may go in denying it. Do you recall the film of a few years ago, titled Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Watching that film was the first time I ever heard the song, "Down To The River To Pray," that has since been arranged as a choral anthem.2 Seeing the river baptism scene in the movie, or any baptism on any given Sunday, we might be given to ...

1550. On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

John Smylie

... , a power that never leaves him, a power that might best be described as the real presence of God. When Jesus came up from the waters of baptism in the River Jordan there the Spirit, like a dove, descended upon him and a voice from heaven proclaimed, "Thou art my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased" (v. 11 KJV). We hear the voice of the Father who is absolutely delighted with his son who becomes vulnerable by sharing in our humanness. We experience the Father in heaven who looks upon this action and sees ...

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