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1701. A Call to Arms

Exodus 17:8-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... rallied his people by making this statement: We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask what is our policy? I will say, "It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in a dark lamentable catalogue of human crime." That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I say in one word: "Victory—victory at ...

1702. Pour the Salt and Turn on the Light

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... . That powder contains enough salt to season meat or to flavor soup, and that's why people used to get their salt from the Dead Sea. But it's also mixed with minerals and it's not pure sodium chloride. It's possible with a little dampness in the air for that salt to be dissolved and basically to dissipate. When that happens the "salt loses its seasoning." Now what does that have to do with you and me? Well, the worst thing that a Christian could lose is not his wealth, nor his job, nor his health, nor ...

1703. The Most Exciting Moment of Your Life

1 Cor 5:1-13, Rev 21:1-27, Rev 6:1-17, Heb 12:14-29, Rev 22:7-21, Phil 1:12-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... you walked in there, the President said, "I want to give you some Presidential Cufflinks; I want to give you a Presidential Pen; I want to give you a Presidential Coffee Mug; I want to give you a Presidential jacket, and then I'm going to fly you home on Air Force One." Now you would the first one to say that all of that wasn't necessary. You would just be grateful to God that you got to go to the White House. God says He is not only going to take you to Heaven, but for those of us ...

1704. Power in the Pulpit

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... faith in God. In effect, the school room became her pulpit. Her father, Darrell, testifying before a House Sub-Committee, read this poem that he composed following his daughter's murder: Your laws ignore our deepest needs, Your words are empty air, You've stripped away our heritage, You've outlawed simple prayer. Now gunshots fill our classrooms, And precious children die, You seek for answers everywhere And ask the question: "Why?" You regulate restrictive laws through legislative creed, And yet you fail ...

1705. Why You Should Trust In God

Proverbs 3:5-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... started, the empty plane taxied away without Sirks, nearly hitting another plane before taking off. Furthermore, the plane was trimmed for landing which means the nose was trimmed up so it just started climbing. That two-seater plane climbed about 2,000 feet and circled the air for about five minutes before heading northeast until reaching a height of 12,000 feet until it rain out of fuel and crashed landed in Northeastern Ohio.1 That is exactly what will happen to you if you try to pilot the plane of your ...

1706. The Empire Strikes Back

Jude 1:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... trumpet of God.” (v.16) The Resurrection of the Saved: “And the dead in Christ will rise first.” (v.16b) The Rapture of the Saint: “Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.” (v.17) Now I don’t know if Enoch understood the second part of prophecy or the third part, but he certainly understood the first part; that Jesus is coming again. We had been listen to Enoch, not only because ...

1707. Who Would Have Guessed?

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Illustration

Mark Braun

... ? Jesus did. "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."

1708. Hidden Treasure

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

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Donald M. Tuttle

I want to invite you to use your imagination this morning. Imagine that you are a network executive. In fact, you possess the power to decide which television shows are produced and aired. As you sit behind your desk drinking a latte, of course a man comes to your office to pitch an idea. He wants to hire a handful of antique appraisers from places like Sotheby's and Christies, rent convention centers in a handful of cities, and invite John and Jane ...

1709. The Compassionate Christ

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... to deliver the refreshments for the next leg of the journey broke down. Finally the pilot decided that it was more important to get his passengers on their way than to wait for the snacks to arrive, so he took off. As soon as they were in the air the passengers started grumbling. “A ticket is a contract,” one said loudly, “and snacks are part of the contract.” “I ought to sue,” another muttered. A man stood up and said, “I’m a lawyer. How many are willing to join in a class action suit?” A ...

1710. Our Lord's Abundant Table - Sermon Starter

Matthew 14:13-21

Illustration

Brett Blair

... Israelites got out of Egypt, but Pharaoh and his army chased after them. So the Jews ran as fast as they could until they got to the Red Sea. The Egyptian Army was gettin' closer and closer. So Moses got on his walkie-talkie and told the Israeli Air Force to bomb the Egyptians. While that was happening, the Israeli Navy built a pontoon bridge so the people could cross over. They made it! By now old dad was shocked. "Is THAT the way they taught you the story?" Well, no, not exactly," Danny admitted, "but if ...

1711. And Hungry People Were Fed

Matthew 14:13-21

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King Duncan

... limited resources. Matthew's story reminds me of another young man, 13 years old at the time, who read about Dr. Albert Schweitzer's missionary work in Africa. He wanted to help. He had enough money to buy one bottle of aspirin. He wrote to the Air Force and asked if they could fly over Dr. Schweitzer's hospital and drop the bottle down to him. A radio station broadcast the story about this young fellow's concern for helping others. Others responded as well. Eventually, he was flown by the government to ...

1712. And the Angel Said to Harry Potter

Luke 1:26-38

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... wonder why God isn't more like a celestial road commissioner, filling the holes in my path before I cross them. Instead, what I hear God saying, over and over again, is: "Fear not, I am with you." Oh, but we've got a question dangling out there in mid-air, don't we? When your children cry out in the middle of the night and, in rushing to comfort them, you say: "There, there now, don't be afraid, everything is going to be all right"….are you (in that moment) an angel, and are you absolutely certain that ...

1713. We Need a Sign

Matthew 14:22-36

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Jon S. Dawson

Rabbi Feldman had been having trouble with his congregation. It seemed they could agree upon nothing, and controversy filled the air until the Sabbath itself became an area of conflict, and unhappiness filled the synagogue. The president of the congregation organized a meeting of 10 elders and the rabbi. They met in the conference room of the synagogue, sitting about a magnificent mahogany table. One by one the issues were dealt ...

1714. Miracles Are Part of Our Lives

Matthew 14:22-33

Illustration

Edward F. Markquart

... microwave, and "wallah!," it puffs up and you have instant popcorn, and you say, "What a miracle!" ..... You go out to the garden and you pour Miracle Grow onto your plants and they flourish so splendidly, thanks to Miracle Grow. ... A rocket is shot up into the air and a man for the first time plants a footprint on the moon, and everybody called it a miracle. ... It wasn't that many years ago that penicillin was discovered and everyone called it a miracle drug. Soon after that, in the early 1950s, Dr. Salk ...

1715. Coasting Along?

Matthew 14:22-33

Illustration

Leonard Sweet

... . One popular but not terribly effective scheme was to tuck your own car right up behind any large truck barreling down the highway. The conventional wisdom was that the tremendous draft created by the truck would help drag your own vehicle along thereby reducing the air friction on it and thus increasing your own gas mileage. Following in the wake of the truck took some of the effort to move forward off of your own car. For many Christians, following in Jesus' steps has become its own kind of spiritual ...

1716. Practical Tips For Powerful Prayer

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... time? Here is Jesus’ fourth pointer about prayer: IT IS FINE TO ASK FOR PERSONAL NEEDS. In the Lord’s Prayer we are taught to pray, “Give us this day our daily bread.” That request represents more than just bread. It refers to our daily needs -air to breathe, clothing, housing, a job, and rest at the end of the day. Notice a fifth and final thing Jesus teaches about prayer: UNFORGIVEN SIN IS LIKE DIRT IN THE SPIRITUAL CARBURETOR. In order to keep our prayer lines clear, we need to be forgiven by ...

1717. From Worry To Trust

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... day. Dear friends, nothing can happen tomorrow that you and God cannot handle together, so let’s have less worry and more trust! (1) Penick, Harvey, with Bud Shrake, The Wisdom of Harvey Penick, (Simon & Schuster: New York, 1997), p.298. (2) Fitzgerald, Ernest A., Keeping Pace, Inspirations in the Air, (Pace Communications: Greensboro, NC, 1988), p. 18.

1718. The Treasure Principles

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... man had to look at life from an eternal perspective. My purpose today is to help us look at life, especially money, affluence, and possessions, from an eternal perspective. In America the love of affluence is almost in the water, inhaled in the air, absorbed into the skin. When we ask, “How much is John worth?” everyone assumes that we are talking about John’s financial worth. When you talk about “the bottom line,” everyone assumes that you’re talking dollars. But for a Christian, the bottom ...

1719. Is There Hope For World Peace?

Matthew 24:1-35

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

I received an interesting Christmas card from a dear friend, a retired Air Force General. On the front was a white dove with an olive branch in its beak, hovering above the world. Inside the card were these words: “Peace on earth.” Beside those words my friend had added a big question mark. Then he wrote, “Is peace possible in a world like ...

1720. I Am the Keeper of the Zoo

Isaiah 11:1-9

Sermon

... meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go. There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross. Oh, to be sure, there are other ways of looking at our nature. We are indeed "fearfully and wonderfully made" as the psalmist says (Psalm ...

1721. Saints By Faith: Good to the Last Drop

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... that there was something crunching under her feet and she was rubbing her face, not against coats, but against tree limbs. A moment later she was standing in the middle of a wood at night-time with snow under her feet and snowflakes falling through the air until she came to a lamppost. [1] The world of Narnia, just on the other side of the wardrobe. I believe C. S. Lewis is suggesting that right alongside this world, this reality, is another—an eternal world, an eternal reality, a different dimension—to ...

1722. Strong in Faith: A Little Dab'll Do Ya

1 Corinthians 16:13

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... for two thousand years: Another parable he set before them saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed; it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of all shrubs and becomes a tree, so that birds of the air come and make nests in its branches." And he told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it leavened the whole lump." (Matthew 13:31-34) Faith like a tiny seed. Faith like a ...

1723. Toward the Cross

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... Gates of Splendor, and I remember hearing in my college days the quotation from Jim Elliott's college diary: "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Even though they had guns with them, they chose to fire into the air rather than to fire on their attackers, and they gave their lives in order to carry the Gospel to the Indians. A movie reviewer in none other than the Wall Street Journal writes: The explanation for the behavior of these men is not easily comprehended in our ...

1724. Out of Solitude

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... in long grass. Let the stars appear and the moon disclose her silver horn. Let the fox go back to its sandy den. Let the wind die down. Let the shed go black inside. Let evening come. To the bottle in the ditch, to the scoop in the oats, to air in the lung let evening come. Let it come, as it will, and don't be afraid. God does not leave us comfortless, so let evening come. Let Sabbath come: a day apart for the days of our lives. Let Sabbath come: time within the days of our lives. Let ...

1725. Are You Ready for the Journey?

Mark 8:27-9:1

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... with Jesus. Ready for the journey under the sign of the cross. While I was with the Division of Ordained Ministry in Nashville, I had the privilege of working alongside the Section of Chaplains for our denomination. One of my colleagues was an officer in the Air Force who had previously been the head of the Office of the Chaplains in the Pentagon. My admiration for our men and women who wear the sign of the cross on their uniforms grew during those years. Methodism has a great history of sending chaplains ...

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