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Showing 1651 to 1675 of 2552 results

1651. Are You Ready for the Journey?

Mark 8:27-9:1

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... those young men would look over at him, recognizing him as a chaplain, and they would smile and make the sign of the cross. At that time [Bernie says], the sign of the cross took on new meaning in my life. So I have to admit, at that point, I guess I am a kind of closet Roman Catholic, because there have been many times for me that there is no symbol, no act more significant than the sign of the cross..."In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen." [2] Jesus says, "If anyone would come after ...

1652. Worship and Wonder

John 1:1-14

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... she is going to be married and that the wedding will be at the Methodist church. She wants him to come. At first, he hesitates, and you just know he is going to make excuses. "They need me down in the Tetons." Then he pauses and says, "But I guess they'll have to get along without me if my little girl is getting married." Ennis is going to church…the Methodist church, the church with the motto which says: "Open hearts, Open minds, Open doors." And I thought, "O God, I pray that someone in that small- town ...

1653. Lost in Wonder, Love and Praise

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

John E. Harnish

1654. Gifts: Standing on the Promises

Malachi 4:10

Sermon

John E. Harnish

1655. Will The Real Saints Please Stand Up

Esther 4:1-17

Sermon

John E. Harnish

1656. Gathered In, Sent Out

1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

John E. Harnish

1657. Growing Up

1 Corinthians 13

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... she is going to be married and that the wedding will be at the Methodist church. She wants him to come. At first, he hesitates, and you just know he is going to make excuses. "They need me down in the Tetons." Then he pauses and says, "But I guess they'll have to get along without me if my little girl is getting married." Ennis is going to church...the Methodist church, the church with the motto which says: "Open hearts, Open minds, Open doors." And I thought, "O God, I pray that someone in that small- town ...

1658. Called to be a Christian Community: Cracked Pots and Clay Jars

2 Corinthians 4: 1-18

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... she is going to be married and that the wedding will be at the Methodist church. She wants him to come. At first, he hesitates, and you just know he is going to make excuses. "They need me down in the Tetons." Then he pauses and says, "But I guess they'll have to get along without me if my little girl is getting married." Ennis is going to church...the Methodist church, the church with the motto which says: "Open hearts, Open minds, Open doors." And I thought, "O God, I pray that someone in that small- town ...

1659. Grasshopper Religion

Numbers 13:25-33, 14:1-10

Sermon

John E. Harnish

1660. Praising God on an Oatmeal Box

2 Samuel 6:12-23

Sermon

John E. Harnish

1661. When Religion Becomes a Laughing Matter

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... considered God faithful who had promised. (Hebrews 11:8-11) Faith always contains within it an element of the unknown, the unexpected, the unpredictable, the impossible, the outrageous, the laughable. Otherwise it wouldn't be faith. So they obeyed and they went, and my guess is the promise of a land was easier to believe than the promise of children. After all, there was plenty of open land around, but children? Well, that was another matter. All the evidence said it would never happen—they were too old ...

1662. Worship Like A Wesley

Philippians 4:4-9

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... to be 100. I remember the year we celebrated her centenary on her birthday, Groundhog Day, February 2. She had never been in the hospital until a month or so after her 100th birthday party. She went into the hospital that month, and by April, she died. I guess she just felt a hundred years was long enough and she was ready to go. Onetime I was invited to return to my home church to preach, and my Uncle Frank brought Grandma to hear me. Every Sunday he faithfully went to his own Presbyterian church first ...

1663. Apostolic Instruction

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... of the faith could hardly miss. "Giving thanks in all circumstances" was something most unique in a world of rudeness and crudeness. Someone must be out of his/her mind to live that way! Of course, how many people do you know who would agree with the ancients? My guess is that a very large number of people would insist on the sheer impracticality of it. It's a fine idea but it won't work in a real honest-to-goodness world. We serious-minded Christians have been in that bind for years. The world tells us in ...

1664. Being Single-minded

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... cold and committed communist has this! Some follow and are absorbed by various ideologies but we must be very careful to stay the course with our Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Some say, almost derisively he/she finds identity only in his/her job. Well, I guess in a way that's we Christians! People and positions come and go in our lives but our true occupation or vocation remains the same. To live differently from this is to invite spiritual complications that only tend to muddle and postpone what (who) is ...

1665. Are You a Taker or a Giver?

2 Corinthians 8:7-15

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... . Even if they still had their land, they would not be able to grow food. It was for those Judean Jewish Christians a time not unlike our Great Depression. Consequently, Paul and Titus set out to collect money to help the famished, poverty-stricken Judeans. And guess where they go for help? They go to another area of the world which at that time, as far as Christians were concerned, was also poverty-stricken. They went to Macedonia, home territory of Alexander the Great. They went to the churches in Berea ...

1666. Why We Need to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... expire on the robbery, out of the blue, one of the robbers confessed. His motive? Anger. Revenge. The other members of the gang had let him down. This was his way of payback. Eleven days before the statute of limitations was to expire! Boy, I guess he showed them. Of course, he was punished right along with his buddies. Why? He couldn’t forgive. Lewis Smedes in his book Forgive and Forget? portrays a self‑righteous man named Fouke, who is betrayed by his wife. Superficially he forgives her, but secretly ...

1667. Does Forgiveness Really Exist?

Matthew 18:21-35

Illustration

Scott H. Bowerman

... a little, asking what a pastoral counselor was doing with all those books. And the fellow replied he was doing some research on forgiveness. Tom says he was surprised and puzzled. "Research on forgiveness? What are you trying to find out?" The counselor thought for a moment and replied, "I guess I'm trying to find out if forgiveness really exists or not. You know, I see so little evidence of it in my work."

1668. Two Million Dollar Mistake

Matthew 18:21-35

Illustration

Dale Galloway

... didn't have any choice, however, since he had an appointment with the boss. So he straightened his shoulders and walked into Rockefeller's office. As he approached Rockefeller's desk, he looked up from the piece of paper on which he was writing. "I guess you've heard about the two million dollar mistake our friend made," he said abruptly. "Yes," the executive said, expecting Rockefeller to explode. "Well, I've been sitting here listing all of our friend's good qualities, and I've discovered that in the past ...

1669. Repent In Or From Dust And Ashes?

Job 42:7-17, Job 42:1-6, Psalm 34:1-22

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... no longer consider ourselves alone or abandoned, but found and redeemed! Amen! Prayer Of Confession I'm convinced: You can do anything and everything. Nothing and no one can upset your plans. You asked, "Who is this muddying the water, ignorantly confusing the issue, second-guessing my purposes?" I admit it. I was the one. I babbled on about things far beyond me, small talk about wonders way over my head. You told me, "Listen, and let me do the talking; let me ask the questions. You give the answers." I ...

1670. How Many People Work Here?

Matthew 20:1-16

Illustration

A reporter once asked Pope John XXIII, "How many people work here in the Vatican?" to which the dear, old Pope answered, "Oh, about half, I guess."

1671. Pray, Baby, Pray

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... (LHC) was finally turned on, and we weren’t turned off. What is the Large Hadron Collider? It’s the largest machine ever built, a seventeen mile long circular tunnel designed to smash together protons in a re-enactment of the Big Bang. How’d it do? You guessed it. It broke down only after being “on-line” for a few hours. But the cooling unit that failed was soon replaced and within a week the LHC was back in service, warming up, or more accurately cooling down (since the protons must be kept at a ...

1672. Clothed with Jesus

Matthew 22:1-14

Illustration

King Duncan

... said, "No." He looked in her nose and said, "Who's in there? Mickey Mouse?" Again she said, "No." He put his stethoscope on her heart and said, "Who's in there? Barney?" Amanda replied, "No, Jesus is in my heart. Barney is on my underwear." I don't guess it matters who's on your underwear if Jesus is in your heart. And if Jesus is in your heart, your life will be clothed in proper apparel faith, hope, love, forgiveness, tolerance and all the virtues of the Christian life. And you will not be speechless at ...

1673. Christ the Righteous Judge

Revelation 20:11-12

Sermon

Shirley Gupton Lynn

... judged "according to their works, as recorded in the books" (20:12). Apparently we are each writing our own book, choosing ourselves what will go in it. Some of us have a hard time with choices. A polltaker asked a woman her opinion on a certain matter. She replied, "I guess you could put me down as undecided, but I'm not real sure." What we need to be sure of is that the choice is ours. Those who want to be saved for eternity will be saved. They will put all their faith and loyalty in Jesus Christ. Those ...

1674. The 6 Words that Can Save Your Life

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... think of the thought-energies of certain sounds in Hinduism and Buddhism. And you’d be right. But Christians have mantras too. One of the earliest mantras was 4 simple words, said three times in different combinations, and in every circumstance imaginable. Anybody guess what this early Christian mantra was? Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy. Four words, spoken three different times, or as many times as you needed to beat back those forces and powers that were dragging you down. In this ...

1675. Oh, You'd Better Watch Out!

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... is the anti-Christ. The parts of the Bible that foretell the end of time, the apocalyptic literature as it is called by scholars is written in a kind of code and is open to much interpretation. And, obviously, it is all pre-space age imagery. My own guess is that, if it were being written today, instead of Revelation 19:14 describing the armies of heaven going to war at the end of time “riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean,” they would be coming in rockets or flying saucers ...

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Showing 1651 to 1675 of 2552 results

1651. Are You Ready for the Journey?

Mark 8:27-9:1

Sermon

John E. Harnish

1652. Worship and Wonder

John 1:1-14

Sermon

John E. Harnish

1653. Lost in Wonder, Love and Praise

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

John E. Harnish

1654. Gifts: Standing on the Promises

Malachi 4:10

Sermon

John E. Harnish

1655. Will The Real Saints Please Stand Up

Esther 4:1-17

Sermon

John E. Harnish

1656. Gathered In, Sent Out

1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

John E. Harnish

1657. Growing Up

1 Corinthians 13

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... she is going to be married and that the wedding will be at the Methodist church. She wants him to come. At first, he hesitates, and you just know he is going to make excuses. "They need me down in the Tetons." Then he pauses and says, "But I guess they'll have to get along without me if my little girl is getting married." Ennis is going to church...the Methodist church, the church with the motto which says: "Open hearts, Open minds, Open doors." And I thought, "O God, I pray that someone in that small- town ...

1658. Called to be a Christian Community: Cracked Pots and Clay Jars

2 Corinthians 4: 1-18

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... she is going to be married and that the wedding will be at the Methodist church. She wants him to come. At first, he hesitates, and you just know he is going to make excuses. "They need me down in the Tetons." Then he pauses and says, "But I guess they'll have to get along without me if my little girl is getting married." Ennis is going to church...the Methodist church, the church with the motto which says: "Open hearts, Open minds, Open doors." And I thought, "O God, I pray that someone in that small- town ...

1659. Grasshopper Religion

Numbers 13:25-33, 14:1-10

Sermon

John E. Harnish

1660. Praising God on an Oatmeal Box

2 Samuel 6:12-23

Sermon

John E. Harnish

1661. When Religion Becomes a Laughing Matter

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

John E. Harnish

1662. Worship Like A Wesley

Philippians 4:4-9

Sermon

John E. Harnish

1663. Apostolic Instruction

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

1664. Being Single-minded

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

1665. Are You a Taker or a Giver?

2 Corinthians 8:7-15

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

1666. Why We Need to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

1667. Does Forgiveness Really Exist?

Matthew 18:21-35

Illustration

Scott H. Bowerman

1668. Two Million Dollar Mistake

Matthew 18:21-35

Illustration

Dale Galloway

1669. Repent In Or From Dust And Ashes?

Job 42:7-17, Job 42:1-6, Psalm 34:1-22

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

1670. How Many People Work Here?

Matthew 20:1-16

Illustration

A reporter once asked Pope John XXIII, "How many people work here in the Vatican?" to which the dear, old Pope answered, "Oh, about half, I guess."

1671. Pray, Baby, Pray

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1672. Clothed with Jesus

Matthew 22:1-14

Illustration

King Duncan

1673. Christ the Righteous Judge

Revelation 20:11-12

Sermon

Shirley Gupton Lynn