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1626. Fire from Heaven

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ” ingredients required. David Loth’s book Lorenzo the Magnificent (1929) told the story of Lorenzo de Medici (1449-1492) as a pageant director. We know Lorenzo for being one of the key movers behind the Italian Renaissance — and one of the greatest patrons of the arts who ever lived. But Lorenzo also got hands-on with some of his benefactions. Even though I can’t verify whether this story is true or not, it has become a favorite Pentecost story. Loth tells how Lorenzo love to provide the citizens of ...

1627. Good Hearts

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . Dorothy’s tiny terrier Toto had pulled back the curtain that kept the true identity of “The Wizard” a secret. Instead of being “Oz, the Great and Powerful,” the “wizard” was revealed by the pup to be an ordinary man, a con artist, practicing the art of smoke and mirrors to impress the people with his faked naked powers. Oz may have been a charlatan, but human beings have always been leery of coming face to face with a greater, non-human power. After they noshed on the forbidden fruit, Adam ...

1628. Galatians 2:15-21

Galatians 2:11-21

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... this French phrase as “afterwit.” In this week’s epistle reading we get Paul’s first full expression of the great truth that would be repeated throughout his life and writings — justification by faith through grace. Yet Paul did not artfully arrange some theological treatise to present this foundation of faith. Rather it flowed as a part of his passionate rebuke of the actions taken by Peter and other Jewish Christians. It was a perfect “zinger.” Peter, apparently under pressure from ...

1629. It’s Complicated

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1630. Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... implied critique of the religious establishment of Jesus day. Has anyone here seen the Taj Mahal? It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is widely recognized as "the jewel of Muslim art in India,” and one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. There are many legends surrounding its building, but my favorite one highlights something that supposedly took place during its construction. According to legend the emperor often visited the site to ...

1631. The Dirt on Jesus

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a “paper trail,” but a set of dirty footprints of where we have invested our hearts and souls. The investments offered and made by those who are faithful should never be “laundered,” they should always be dirty. In fact, you might even call discipleship the art and science of dirt. Let’s read Philippians 4:13 in this light: “I can do all things (you can’t get more confident than that) through Christ (you can’t get more humble than that) who gives me courage” (Phil.4:13). The gospel keeps ...

1632. A Faith that Does Not Quit

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... could not lie to the man. The visitor was disappointed, but seemed to expect Rossetti’s judgment. He then apologized for taking up Rossetti’s time, but asked if Rossetti would look at just a few more drawings these done by a young art student? Rossetti looked over the second batch of sketches and immediately became enthusiastic over the talent they revealed. “These,” he said, “Oh, these are good. This young student has great talent. He should be given every help and encouragement in his career as ...

1633. The Right Reason

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

David O. Bales

... the impossible dream come true that finally focuses all our devotion to God. 1. Jeremy Bernstein, “The Merely Very Good,” in Cynthia Ozick, ed., The Best American Essays 1998 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998), p. 40. 2. Jean Strouse, “The Real Reasons,” in William Zinsser, ed. Extraordinary Lives: The Art and Craft of American Biography (New York: American Heritage, 1986), p. 163. 3. T.S. Eliot, The Complete Poems and Plays (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934), p. 196. 4. www.teamhoyt.com.

1634. Hope from a Stump

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... God. There is no other foundation for hope in this world. Economic systems crumble. Governments rise and fall. Only God’s truth marches on through the ages. In the book, When God Is Taken Captive, James DeLoach puts it this way: “I am not a connoisseur of great art, but from time to time a painting or picture will really speak a clear, strong message to me. Some time ago I saw a picture of an old burned-out mountain shack. All that remained was the chimney . . . the charred debris of what had been that ...

1635. Really!

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... 1Jn3:2). If we are to approach every person we meet as Jesus did, we will see at least three things in every person: First, original. Jesus treated everyone he encountered as a one-of-a-kind, an original piece of divine art. Jesus never saw Samaritans and sinners, tax collectors and tarnished souls, possessed spirits and the pitiful poor. Jesus only ever saw singular creations, unique children, resurrection saints, heaven-sent, heaven-bound angels. Jesus only ever saw uniquely original gifts to this world ...

1636. Jesus Tempted In Us

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

David O. Bales

... his belief in “the reverence for life.” He built, equipped, and maintained the hospital with royalties from his books and proceeds of organ recitals and lectures on visits to Europe. His life commitment was to sacrifice his own needs, even his higher needs for art, by obeying Jesus Christ. Albert Schweitzer received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1952, which he used to build a leprosarium. Our Lord Jesus helped him to live not for his own needs but to live for God alone and learn reverence for life beyond ...

1637. A King Like No Other

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... What Would Jesus Do?” Later, when the WWJD bracelet rage really started to catch on, people came up with some alternative bracelets: WWPMD for quarterbacks: “What Would Peyton Manning do?” Or WWMSD for homemakers, What would Martha Stewart do? Or DYWFWT for Liberal Arts graduates: “Do You Want Fries with That?” For teens, there was a bracelet with simply a W: “Whatever” or “Whatsup,” take your pick. [There was even one for those of us who are aging NWDIPOTB: “Now Why Did I Put On This ...

1638. A New Name for a New Year

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... assures him that she is “the most casual bride of the murderous scum of the earth.” Her real name she says is Aldonza. She resents Quixote’s intrusion in her life and screams at him, insisting that she is no kind of lady. But Don Quixote persists, “And still thou art my lady.” He says that he sees heaven when he sees her, to which she replies that all she can see is a dream covered with rusty tin. Don Quixote’s family tries to make him face reality. They want him to see the world as it really is ...

1639. Let It Go

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ” houses the home team advantage for logical, rational, sequential thought processes. The right brain gives intuitive, reactionary, environmental responses the upper hand. Together these dual strengths have given us astonishing advances in science, the beauty of art, structures for politics and power, and the magic of music. John 3 reveals Nicodemus as the patron saint of left-brained people. Nicodemus’ vigorously offensive, literal response to Jesus’ declaration that the coming of God’s kingdom ...

1640. Apron Up (Mother's Day)

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a life in which they would toil and labor for the benefit of their children. The apron is a symbol of humility . . . and of service. Around the waist, the apron was worn by all laborers, by those engaging in trades, by those practicing medicine and healing arts. Its linen held healing in its “wings,” almost like the tallit Jesus wore. Paul’s apron exudes healing power even when removed from his body. The power of the apron is used also in prayer. Similar to the veil, it covers one in humility toward ...

1641. Family Re:Union - Great Expectations

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

James Merritt

... submit and to serve one another. At my house, there are a lot of things we haven’t gotten right in our marriage. I’ve not been a perfect spouse by far, but I will tell you one thing that we have gotten right. We have learned the art of mutual submission. In our years of marriage, we have never made a major decision unless we both mutually agreed to do it. We have no problem doing that because we are mutually submitted to Jesus Christ. II. Wives Should Surrender Willingly To Their Husband Ladies, don’t ...

1642. God Is Not Dead

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... lining the walk to his grave, or the women shedding tears over the Presley family plot that gave my idea more weight... mostly though it was a poignant bit of graffiti scratched into the famous iron gates outside his home: “Elvis, how great thou art”... he was called the king, and his home is Graceland words rife with significance... people treasure icons and mementos of him from gaudy ceramic figures to pieces of cloth ripped from his sequined jump suits. On the anniversaries of his birth and death ...

1643. Lost Baggage: Losing Your Baggage

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... old son. What do you think of John’s experiences to this point? What would the pain and sin this man endured do to him? Can you imagine the rage, bitterness, and the anger that is literally oozing out of his eyeballs? In the military, John became a Mixed Martial Arts expert and that he had won the Army championship. With tears in his eyes he told talked about how he hated leaving home, because he didn’t want to be away from his son and his daughter the way his dad had left him. When the pastor asked him ...

1644. When “Vocation” and “Vacation” Are One

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... in all of history is Picasso’s 1905 portrait of Gertrude Stein, the novelist and playwright. After over 90 sittings Picasso had still failed to capture her likeness. So he abandoned his studio and went off for a holiday in Spain. There he encountered African art and fell in love with the primitive ceremonial mask. On his return to Paris, he told Stein to forget any more sittings. He said he’d do it from memory and he completed her portrait, in her absence, but with mask-like features. When Gertrude ...

1645. The Knot: Frayed (Part 2)

1 Peter 3:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... to help us understand our wives knowing that is a prayer that God will have to answer every day. God wants us to enroll in the school of understanding our wives. The good news is the tuition is free. The bad news is you never graduate! There is an art to understanding your wife. One of the things you will learn is that what your wife says and what your wife means is often two totally different things. Let me give you some examples. When she says, “We need” she means, “I want.” When she says, “I am ...

1646. The Landlord's Dilemma - World Communion Sunday

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... Pharisees to take stock of their lives. The stone which was rejected has become the cornerstone . . . Has he become the cornerstone of your life? 1. Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution (Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2006). 2. http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jan/30/news/mn-18922. 3. Calvin Miller, Preaching: The Art of Narrative Exposition (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2006).

1647. An Announcement from the Wilderness

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... will know that I am one of His children.” (6) Well, yes, baptism is something like that. It does mark us as one of God’s children. But it is more than that. It is a sign of new life in Christ Jesus. In the movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” three escaped convicts come across a group of people dressed in white. They are singing as they pass mysteriously through the woods toward the river. The three ne’er-do-wells follow the singers. They come upon a service down by the river where people are lining ...

1648. Get Out the Ticker Tape - Palm Sunday

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... he wrote a poem that Christians have been singing ever since to remember the day Jesus entered Jerusalem. Maybe you will recognize it. It goes like this: “All glory, laud, and honor, to Thee, Redeemer King! To whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring! Thou art the king of Israel, Thou David’s royal Son, Who in the Lord’s name comest, the King and blessed One.” (4) He is our Redeemer King. He deserves our allegiance. He deserves our all. [As we stand to sing this great hymn, I hope that in ...

1649. Prescription on a Pole

John 3:1-21

Sermon

David J. Kalas

We have so many aisles of medications in our country today that home remedies may be a vanishing art. So many over-the-counter products boast that they can cure what ails us, not to mention the almost infinite number of prescription medicines that our doctors may commend to us for our good. An older generation, however, remembers the homemade treatments and concoctions that were handed down from ...

1650. Like a Butterfly

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... are beautiful and fascinating. Many butterflies, such as the Monarch, are migratory and capable of long distance flights. They migrate during the day and use the sun to orient themselves. Because of their striking beauty, butterflies are often seen in works of art. Because of the mysterious process by which they change from ugly caterpillars to beautiful butterflies, they are often seen as a symbol of new life. In ancient times a butterfly was seen in Japan as the personification of a person's soul ...

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