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1601. The CatWalk Church and the CrossLove Church

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Each bird seeks out the best alignment for drafting behind its immediate predecessor. Geese fly in formation, but a formation that is always changing and adjusting. The formation depends upon wind velocity and direction, the strength of the individual birds, the quality of the air, and the weather the flock encounters. Next time you hear that familiar yet haunting sound of honking geese in flight, look up in the sky. Rarely will you see a perfect "V" overhead. One side of the formation might lag and droop a ...

1602. The Monsters We Are All Afraid Of

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... fish, a culinary delicacy among Japanese gourmands. The only problem is these fish have gonads and a liver that contain a deadly poison. If these aren't taken out and cleaned carefully, the meal will kill you. When approached by a predator, puffer fish take air or water into a special sac in their gullet and puff up to several times their normal size. What once looked like a manageable meal becomes too big to handle. Puffer fish egoboos puff themselves up out of all proportion to who they actually are ...

1603. The Real Dish Network

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and more households are sticking out their own little satellite downloading system and beaming in anywhere from 100-600 channels of entertainment and information. Our overwhelming desire for this kind of electronic-overload is played for laughs in the commercials aired by DISH Network and Direct TV. In one series of ads the satellite installer has the stuffing hugged out of him by an emotionally overcome client. Another shows satellite installers carefully trained in CPR so they can revive their stunned ...

1604. You've Got Mail!

John 10:22-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... she's clueless. We can call, say her name, cajole. Forget it. Snore. Nothing. If there isn't a person, there isn't a purpose. She dozes in the corner and shows no interest in the disembodied voice floating out that plastic tube, drifting through the air. Staying connected these days is both far easier and infinitely more complex than it has ever been before. Cell phones, e-mail, pagers, call-forwarding--all keep you constantly in touch. Can you even imagine still depending on snail-mail to keep you informed ...

1605. The Crowd that Watched God Die

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... Rome's grizzliest handiwork. The attraction that had drawn them from their jobs, their homes, was a crucifixion. Three men criminally convicted and condemned were tied and nailed to rough wooden crosses. The blood spurted and oozed, the groans of the dying permeated the air, and all the while, the text says, "The people stood by, watching." They had been drawn to the execution as if it held some magnetic power. Jesus. Jesus of Nazareth was dying. He was the man in the middle. He was the preacher, the ...

1606. Are You Turned On to Christ?

1 Peter 1:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... contemporary music, consider ending the sermon with a selection from Santana's "Turn Your Lights On." Or conclude with this fifteenth century poem that lifts up the holy harmony of the resurrection power: Thou shalt know him when he comes not by any din of drums – nor the vantage of airs – nor by anything he wears. Neither by his crown – nor his gown. For his presence known shall be by the holy harmony that his coming makes in you. – Fifteenth century, anonymous

1607. DodgeGod

Amos 8:1-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to be inside? You probably remember it as great fun or as hideous torture. For kids who were naturally strong, agile, and competitive, dodgeball was a great gladiator fight. Leaping out of the path of an oncoming ball, snatching a missile out of mid-air, firing back a well-aimed shot and wiping yet another opponent off the playing field. The current movie "Dodgeball" captures some of these images and memories for us. For kids who were slower, more mild-mannered, or just plain shy, dodgeball was just another ...

1608. Life's Four Big 'Ds' and One Bigger 'D'

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Will you refuse to allow the Four D's what are they? Doubt, disappointment, despair, depression to rule your life and to affect and infect the lives of those around you? Did anyone happen to see the "Sweet Alice" episode of Extreme Makeover Home Edition? It aired on March 28, 2004, on ABC. A community activist named "Sweet Alice" Harris had spent 35 years trying to better her Watts neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. In 2002 she was named the Lieutenant Governor's California Woman of the Year for her ...

1609. The Spiritually Incorrect Spirit

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... at what horrible catastrophe must have occurred. Dan's father jumped up, snagged the protesting kiss-watchers, and with Dan and his mom, ran for the nearest exit. But the pretty purple-haze ambiance of newlywed bliss was punctured like a hot-air balloon. Some guests scowled. Some smiled in pity. Some snickered up their sleeves. The bride and groom quickly kissed, giving everyone an excuse to make some congratulatory noises. Safely behind closed doors, the parents looked at their wretchedly bad children and ...

1610. Go Meditate!

Revelation 19:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... your family to the table but now the family scene is a free-for-all. Brothers, sisters, mom, dad, grandparents, aunts and uncles, are all gathered around a long table, shouting for bread, salad, pastas, pass this, pass that, food flies through the air and some of it onto plates. It's chaotic and crazy and completely believable. It's the way big family meals really look! Throughout all these different family images, whether saccharine-sweet or disorderly real, the theme remains the same: the family together ...

1611. Make Me a Sheep

Revelation 5:1-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... following press release comes as a shocker: "Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold, and I have withdrawn my troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy, did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone." He put this note in his wallet and prayed. Thank God, General Eisenhower never had to pull out this note ...

1612. The Naked Christian

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... his good looks and jolly working-class, boy-next-door-charm got him on TV. But now that he was suddenly famous, Jamie Oliver needed something to be famous for. Since fixing his do-able-in-thirty-minutes standard wasn't enough to fill up all the air-waves, The Naked Chef show became known for detailing young Jamie's jazzy, ride-my-scooter-about-London, hang-out-in-my-loft-with-beer-and-buddies lifestyle as much as for its recipes. Backlash soon started. Today, now that The Naked Chef is a marketing mantra ...

1613. Dare to Be Different, Not Just Better

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... there's exercise in just getting out of the front door or out of the driveway. Shoveling snow and scraping ice are great little calorie-burners not to mention all the calories it takes just to keep toes from freezing off. Unfortunately, all that fresh air and exercise tend to rev up the old appetite, especially for some kind of warm, cozy, comfort food. Ever notice how comfort food is never calorie-conscience food? But there's one family favorite, mid-winter snack that bucks the killer-cholesterol-cozy food ...

1614. Wherever You Are, You Are Always at Home

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... 3-6) Jesus' human parents taught him how hard love will search for the lost. As an adult, Jesus took the knowledge of this intimate, unbreakable bond between himself and the Father on the road. While he may have declared that "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head" (Luke 9:58), Jesus was never truly homeless. God the Father was always in residence in Jesus' heart. After his twelve-year old truant-trip to the temple, Jesus learned to take his Father ...

1615. A Personal Testimony

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Russell N. Gallimore

... polls, so they could be duly taxed. Of course, this meant many thousands had to make their way across the countryside to the city which represented their political interests. I recall the weather...still cool...although the fresh smell of spring was in the air. Grass was even good enough for limited grazing on the nearby hillsides. And the days...rather pleasant, but I must admit the nights were somewhat chilly. But one night in particular stands out in my memory. It seems that the crowds had been unusually ...

1616. A Personal Testimony

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Russell N. Gallimore

1617. Are You a Leg-Grabbing Christian?

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... not crucial to our survival. Rather, it grows out of the second half of his message. The truth, Jesus proclaims, is that "your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things" (verse 32). If the God who created and cares for the birds of the air (verse 26) and the grass of the field (verse 30) lavishes so much concern on these simple life forms, Jesus declares, "will God not much more clothe you" (verse 30)? Jesus insists that his disciples not only stop worrying about their lives, but that they should ...

1618. Drop It!

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... difficult to drop, ending with a steak bone.] Jesus' entire teaching was punctuated with one Drop it! after another. Jesus said to the disciples, "DROP IT!" "Don't worry about what you will eat or drink. Is not life more important than food? Look at the birds of the air; they do not so or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them." (Matthew 6:25-26). This doesn't mean that Jesus wants you to go hungry. This means that Jesus wants you to trust him to feed you. "DROP IT!" Drop your ...

1619. Tiny Pencils

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the world is tiny. We have instant access to more information than we could ever hope to process. We have front row seats to events unfolding on the other side of the world. We can communicate with soldiers on the front, sailors at sea, pilots in the air as they're moving into battle. We can also visit the most remote villages, the poorest countries, the most pathetic hospitals--whether they're in the next county or 10,000 miles away from our front door. Yet even with all our insights, all our familiarity ...

1620. Don't Lose Your Footing

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Take ballet. Ballet dancers almost always end up with the most gnarled, nobbed, ugly stumpy feet you can imagine. In fact, once you've seen a dancer's unslippered foot, you can never watch the grace and beauty, the fluid movement across the floor and into the air, in the same way. How can they move so seemingly effortlessly on such bandaged, bunioned, blistered feet? The box at the end of a ballerina's toe shoe makes it possible for her to go up on point. But only by crunching and compressing the cartilage ...

1621. All God's Children Can Dance

Psalm 30:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... raised me, but the Baptists saved me). I'm asking this: When you find yourself in a social situation which involves music and moving people, do you suddenly freeze to your chair? Wish yourself invisible? Get a sudden urge to go out for fresh air? Remember you are nursing an old football/tennis/gardening injury? If so, then you (like me) have "Baptist feet," a handy theological misnomer (after all there are plenty of dancing Baptists), that allows you to escape any and all invitations to get up and ...

1622. Not What We Expected

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... as they completed the song, a gust of wind came in through the windows and blew out the candle! Mary’s three kids stared in amazement. One of them said, “Jesus blew out his candle!” (6) Some will say, it was only coincidence that a gust of air came through the house at just that moment. It would have been hard to convince those children, however. For them, it was proof positive that Jesus was with them. You and I need to understand that God is with us. It doesn’t make any difference how difficult ...

1623. Looking for Shoots or Roots?

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... were covered with bright colored lead-based paints. *We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking. *As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat. *We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. *We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this ...

1624. Wrestling for a Blessing

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

James McCormick

... t know what it is like “out there.” It does know what the cocoon is like. How tempting to return to the safe, familiar, warm surroundings! But, of course, to do so would be to die, and to miss out on the experience of dancing through the air as a butterfly! I believe that growth always takes us in a good direction, but often that good direction requires even more struggle. I have discovered that not everyone applauds our growth. I remember seeing a cartoon depicting a prince and a princess talking. The ...

1625. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

John 16:17-33

Sermon

James McCormick

... preaching. My professor was a well known, rather egotistical man, with a real gift for sarcasm. One of the students would begin a sermon in class, the professor would go to the window, throw it open, stick his head out, and shout, “My God, give me air!” One day I was reading to the class an Easter sermon I had written. I was attempting in my inexperienced way, to contrast people’s preoccupation with fashion and the Easter bunny with the real reason for celebrating Easter. I had read no more than a ...

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