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Showing 1526 to 1550 of 2275 results

1526. Superman: More Than A Super Hero

John 1:1-5, 9-14; John 13:31-32; John 20:30-31

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... minions beat, kick, mock and spit on him just like the Roman Soldiers did Jesus. Singer did a great job in portraying significant scenes in the life of Christ through the life of Superman. But let me make this very clear, while I saw lots of Christ-like qualities and a good Christian message in this movie, Superman is not the Messiah. Superman will never replace Jesus. Nor was he intended to. Only Jesus can be the Savior we need. In Superman we might find hope but in Jesus that hope is made flesh, that hope ...

1527. Shaped By The Fire

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... sudden we heard a loud crash. Some of us jumped. And then she explained, "When you get to the Showroom and Store, you will find that we don't sell culls or seconds. There are no seconds in Waterford Crystal. Anything that is imperfect and not of the highest quality, we destroy. Then we melt the glass down and start over." I wasn't there to write a sermon or even look for anything spiritual, but that phrase, "There are no seconds," clicked in a part of my brain and from that moment on, all I could see were ...

1528. Cross Eyed: Anger

John 2:13-22

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Jesus. We prefer to think of Jesus as meek and mild. But we need to remember meek doesn't mean weak. It simply means gentle. We need to remember, Jesus had other traits besides meekness, some that were a striking contrast. C. S. Lewis illustrated the contrasting qualities of Jesus in his character Aslan the Lion. In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, two children, Lucy and Edmund come to a grassy area. The field covers an area almost as far as the eye can see in greenery, except for one small white spot. The ...

1529. Harmony and Humor: The Ties That Bind Christianity’s Many Christianities

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... language is not easy. But learning a language other than your native one takes more than lessons in grammar and vocabulary. Part of the success of “Rosetta Stone” language software is its recognition that every language has its own distinctive tonal qualities: its rhythms, its cadences, its pitches. A musical and multi-lingual friend recently declared that he had decided to learn a new musical instrument. When I asked him what this “instrument” was he wants to master, he replied “Chinese.” He ...

1530. Becoming What We Are

Lk 13:1-9

Illustration

King Duncan

Somerset Maugham said it best in his autobiography, Summing Up, "I knew that I had no lyrical quality, a small vocabulary, little gift of metaphor. The original and striking simile never occurred to me. Poetic flights...were beyond my powers. On the other hand, I had an acute power of observation, and it seemed to me that I could see a great many things that other people missed. ...

1531. Yes, But How?

Luke 13:1-9

Illustration

Lee Griess

... take better care of myself, but how?" "I know I ought to spend more time in scripture reading and prayer, but how?" "I know I ought to be more sensitive to others, more loving of my spouse, more understanding of the weaknesses of others, but how?" These are all good qualities and we know that, but how can we acquire them? As Christian people we know the kind of life we ought to live, and most of us have the best of intentions to do so, but how? We are afraid because we know where the road paved with only ...

1532. What Would You Have Given the Prodigal Son?

Luke 15:11-32

Illustration

... was serious. He's an attorney, I thought. I thought he was going to tell me a joke. But he was really serious. He belonged to this unofficial organization nationwide, never has any meetings and doesn't have a name, but it's a very strong network that I call "quality control people." They're the moral police. Mandatory sentences and no parole, mind you, and executions. I said, "What would you have given the prodigal?" He said, "Six years."

1533. Abysmal Heights

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... on an athlete who can land a 360 while snowboarding in a wheelchair. “Disabled” would more accurately describe most of us trying to parallel park a truck on a busy street. But the Paralympic athletes know more than almost anyone else about the qualities of suffering and endurance. They have all endured injury and illness, vulnerability and pain. But every Paralympic athlete has found a way to put their personal experience of suffering into the “plus” column of their lives. They have all gained the ...

1534. Valley of Weakness (Series: Peace in the Valley)

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... of Jesus Christ not the victory of Pontius Pilate. Over the years, I’ve interviewed a lot of potential employees. I’ve yet to have one honestly answer the question, “Tell me about your weaknesses?” They might tell me they are perfectionists, hoping I’m looking for a better quality of work. They might say I’m a workaholic hoping I’m trying to hire hard labor, but nobody has ever looked me in the eye and said, “I don’t know if I can do this job or not. It scares me to death, but I am willing ...

1535. God's Whatever

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... up in landfills. 49 million people could be fed with our wasted food. According to Bread for the World, One in 10 people in the U.S. lives in a household that experiences hunger or the risk of hunger. And 7.3% of U.S. households have lower-quality diets or must resort to seeking emergency food because they cannot always afford the food they need. The Society of St. Andrew program Harvest of Hope and groups who help in the ancient Biblical practice of gleaning are example of the "Always" Attitude of "God's ...

1536. Kingdom Values According to Jesus (Series: Questioning our Values)

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

The world is abuzz these days about values. We promote our values, debate our values, vote our values, teach our values, and hopefully, live our values. Values are the personal qualities that sustain us in the big picture of life. Values are a set of guiding principles that help us make decisions. Values are beliefs and attitudes about what is good and right and desirable and worthwhile. People with fuzzy values live fuzzy lives. So, I invite us to use these ...

1537. Do You Love Me? - Sermon Starter

John 21:1-14

Illustration

Brett Blair

... sheep." Then the story ends exactly the way it started months before with Christ saying to Simon at the seashore these words, "Follow me!" Isn't that a great story? Jam-packed with the stuff of life powerful symbols, strong emotions, and dramatic lessons. There is a very real human quality to this story. Let's sort this out with three basic human questions: 1. First, what do we see here physically? 2. Second, what do we feel here emotionally? 3. Third, what can we learn here theologically, spiritually?

1538. Called by Many Voices

John 10:1-42

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John H. Pavelko

... us who do not live in an agrarian society, it is even harder to understand. I have never identified myself with a sheep. Popular artists write songs about soaring on the wings of eagles, not grazing with the lambs. Sheep have one particularly admirable quality. They will follow their shepherd wherever he leads them. They have learned to know him and trust him. They are not easily distracted by another shepherd. Move three flocks into a field, place three shepherds at three strategic points and have each of ...

1539. Shaped By the Fire

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... sudden we heard a loud crash. Some of us jumped. And then she explained, "When you get to the Showroom and Store, you will find that we don't sell culls or seconds. There are no seconds in Waterford Crystal. Anything that is imperfect and not of the highest quality, we destroy. Then we melt the glass down and start over." I wasn't there to write a sermon or even look for anything spiritual, but that phrase, "There are no culls, no seconds," clicked in a part of my brain and from that moment on, all I could ...

1540. If, Because, Regardless

2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... of the factory. Lester started walking out, too. The boss asked him where did he think he was going. "Home." said Lester, "I can't work in the dark." (1) If some people used as much creativity in their work as they do trying to get out of work, the quality of work and productivity levels would sky rocket. The reason I tell that story is that it would have been easy to be like Joe and Lester and come up with an excuse not to talk about the topic on our agenda for today. You see, some people are scandalized ...

1541. Thanks, But No Thanks

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt." This Pharisee should have known better. But his self righteous, self congratulatory attitude got in the way. He didn't offer up any prayer of thanks giving. Instead he stood before God and listed all of his qualities and all that HE had done. He moved himself into the judgment seat when he gave thanks that he wasn't like other people. And you know, when Jesus said: "Judge not, lest you be judged," He wasn't just giving us some pithy little saying ...

1542. What Things Are Perfect Joy

John 14:23-29; Gal 6:14

Illustration

St. Francis of Assisi

... lamb of God! if the Friars Minor could speak with the tongues of angels; if they could explain the course of the stars; if they knew the virtues of all plants; if all the treasures of the earth were revealed to them; if they were acquainted with the various qualities of all birds, of all fish, of all animals, of men, of trees, of stones, of roots, and of waters - write that this would not be perfect joy." Shortly after, he cried out again: "O Brother Leo, if the Friars Minor had the gift of preaching so as ...

1543. The Christian Gospel in a Nutshell

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to heal our wounded psyches, the painful memories of our past. Judy responded, opened her life to Christ’s healing promise. I know I didn’t imagine it. When Judy shared that last time, a new calmness was present. And her speech was not as jerky. She affirmed a quality of inner peace that had not been hers, and I am certain of it, in the words of Paul: The radiant glory of God shining in the face of Jesus Christ was now shining in Judy’s face. That is the incredibility of the Christian experience. The ...

1544. Living While You Wait

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . Twice in this letter Paul urged the Christians in Philippi “to rejoice in the Lord” (3:1, 4:4). The second time, he repeats the call twice “Rejoice…again, I say rejoice!” And adds the word “always” The joy of the Christian is not a pausing quality. Rejoicing is not to be times of worship or praise. It is the style of the Christians, and then it is to be uninterrupted and unbroken. For Paul to repeat twice in verse four the injunction to rejoice must mean that conditions in Philippi were such ...

1545. Bearing the Marks of Christ

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

James W. Moore

... . And this was not the first time they had come back together to be with their teacher. A newspaper covered the event. A reporter asked the 80-year old teacher what her secret was. What had made her teaching so rewarding and had obviously produced so many quality leaders and good citizens? I love her answer. She said: “Oh, I don’t know. When I look at the talented young teachers in our schools today, so well-prepared with training and learning, I realize how ill-prepared I was to teach… I guess I had ...

1546. Some Second Thoughts about Giving

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 10% of our income to Him, then trusting Him to care for us. That trust will never be betrayed. See this truth in another light… Ray Balcomb tells of a friend who was in a group packing clothing contributed for overseas relief. Many of the things were of good quality, in good repair, and had a lot of use left in them; but it made him a little sad to note that some of the clothing was hardly worth sending — it was ragged and torn and needed mending. But the saddest thing of all, he said, was that some ...

1547. The Unsuspected Trojan Horse

Psalm 139:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... myth (a total pattern of life) which communicates to me a way in which I must now orient and order my life. This is so whether it is for two weeks with a cold or twelve years with tuberculosis; the quantity of time is not important. It is the quality of life (Rollo May, Love and Will, New York: Norton, 1969, pp. 172—173) Now that’s a rather long explanation, and somewhat technical but there is power in what Rollo May is saying. Naming can become the beginning point for a new way of life, a new attitude ...

1548. Are You Paying Too Much For Your Whistle?

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... subordinates and then making them toe your line? Paul had all the power, all the clout, all the zealous conviction of “rightness” in his possession when he was suddenly blindsided on the Damascus Road. Paul was totally convinced of the piercing, perfect quality of the tone his whistle played. He was a model Pharisee, one who upheld the Law over all else. He felt no qualms about “persecuting” and terrorizing the “church of God.” Paul freely admits in today’s Galatians’ text that he wanted ...

1549. Shaping People’s Lives through Forgiveness - Sermon Starter

Luke 7:36-50

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Brett Blair

... crucial issues Reagan got it right. He looked into the future and steered us correctly. What is it that gives some people the ability to look at a situation and rightly sized it up? It seems to be a kind of gift doesn't it? This is one of the qualities that separate the great men from the ordinary. In our story this morning (in Luke 7) certain insights are being expressed. A gathering of men at a dinner party has just witnessed a woman, who they all know to be a woman of ill repute, walk into the room with ...

1550. A Goodly Heritage

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . Have you heard the advice of the geneticist who said the first step toward the good life is to select the right kind of ancestors? Oh, if we could… The geneticist toys with matching genes and playing with the idea of a selective breeding up of the quality of the human strain in his stock. That’s one kind of ancestry – biological ancestry – the kind about which we have no option so far as our ancestors are concerned. Scientists have long argued about how much and in what ways and by what means our ...

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Showing 1526 to 1550 of 2275 results

1526. Superman: More Than A Super Hero

John 1:1-5, 9-14; John 13:31-32; John 20:30-31

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

1527. Shaped By The Fire

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

1528. Cross Eyed: Anger

John 2:13-22

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

1529. Harmony and Humor: The Ties That Bind Christianity’s Many Christianities

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1530. Becoming What We Are

Lk 13:1-9

Illustration

King Duncan

1531. Yes, But How?

Luke 13:1-9

Illustration

Lee Griess

1532. What Would You Have Given the Prodigal Son?

Luke 15:11-32

Illustration

1533. Abysmal Heights

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1534. Valley of Weakness (Series: Peace in the Valley)

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

1535. God's Whatever

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

1536. Kingdom Values According to Jesus (Series: Questioning our Values)

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

1537. Do You Love Me? - Sermon Starter

John 21:1-14

Illustration

Brett Blair

1538. Called by Many Voices

John 10:1-42

Illustration

John H. Pavelko

1539. Shaped By the Fire

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... sudden we heard a loud crash. Some of us jumped. And then she explained, "When you get to the Showroom and Store, you will find that we don't sell culls or seconds. There are no seconds in Waterford Crystal. Anything that is imperfect and not of the highest quality, we destroy. Then we melt the glass down and start over." I wasn't there to write a sermon or even look for anything spiritual, but that phrase, "There are no culls, no seconds," clicked in a part of my brain and from that moment on, all I could ...

1540. If, Because, Regardless

2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

1541. Thanks, But No Thanks

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

1542. What Things Are Perfect Joy

John 14:23-29; Gal 6:14

Illustration

St. Francis of Assisi