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151. A Chance To Hear

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... people began to get distracted and unfocused. And many of them were not hearing the words of the Guardian Angels: "God loves you. God loves you." Then came radio, television, cell phones, satellite radio and the Internet. And pretty soon the air waves were filled with all kinds of noise. Fewer and fewer people were listening to the words of the Guardian Angels: "God loves you. God loves you." Although the noise level continued to grow, still the Guardian Angels whispered God's love in our ears so our hearts ...

152. Light a Candle

Matthew 5:14

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... it by yourself. You can rub it this way. You can turn it upside down. You can twist it. You can pitch it up in the air. Do anything you want with, but it is not going to light, is it? The light must come from the outside in order to light a ... our new neighbors. We have conquered outer space, but how are you doing with the inner space of your life. We have cleaned up the air, but have we cleaned up our souls? We split the atom, but we have not conquered our prejudices. We have got fancier houses, but more ...

153. Come, Holy Spirit, Come

Psalm 104:24-34

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... giving him a new rule and more work, Jesus asked him to listen to the wind and be born again. The wind, Nicodemus, the wind. The answer my friend is blowing in the wind. In the New Testament the word for wind is Pneuma, which means spirit, breath, air. Your problem, Nicodemus, is that you are short of breath. You are worn out, tired—too many night meetings, too many stressful days. Nicodemus you need to be born again. Quit trying to control the wind; let it blow and be born from above. Try being instead ...

154. Ezekiel: The Problem of Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-10

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... understand. When I was chronically ill, I found it hard to pray. But God is closer than we think. When you think you've lost God, this is what I want to say. Breathe. You have to anyway. Take a breath. Take a deep breath. God is closer than the air we breathe. I was in the grocery store the other day when I watched a two-year-old throw a temper tantrum. Something between the Cheerios and the Frosted Flakes made him unhappy. He screamed to the top of his voice. When that didn't work, he decided to stop ...

155. Brought Together and Sent Forth

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Sermon

Lee Griess

... what characterizes those who follow. Many years ago, a sticky situation happened. It occurred at the wedding ceremony of the Duke of York. All the guests and wedding attendants were in their place. The sound of the majestic organ at Westminster Abbey filled the air. Everything was perfect for this royal wedding of some of the highest in British society. Except for one thing. As part of the wedding ceremony, the duke and his bride were supposed to kneel on a cushioned bench to receive a blessing. A nervous ...

156. There Will Be Peace

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... peace. I picked up another piece of trivia. Did you know that between five and ten people are killed or injured in Guatemala every Christmas by falling bullets? Each December police call on revelers not to fire pistols into the air to celebrate. “Lots of people die when bullets fall on their heads,” a police spokesman said. “This tradition of shooting in the air is a very dangerous practice.” (4) I don’t want to be critical, but, to me there is something very unsettling about firing guns in the ...

157. Reading the Signs

Luke 21:5-19

Illustration

... sparkling of the icy trees hurt the eyes to look, and it moved down the mountain like a wave as the sun backed the night shadow down and down. A crow scout sent three hard calls through the air, warning we were there. And now the mountain popped and gave breathing sighs that sent little puffs of steam into the air. She pinged and murmured as the sun released the trees from their death armor of ice. Grandpa watched, same as me, and listened as the sounds grew with the morning wind that set up a low whistle ...

158. Come with Me to the Mountain

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’s like to lose your way piloting a plane in the darkness of the night sky, flying without instruments. He described the feeling of helplessness of one such flight. Finally catching the whisper of a radio control operator, he frantically asks him to flash the signal at the air field to so he can know whether or not the light he sees on the horizon is safety or a star. When the man replies that he has flashed the light, but the flier sees nothing happen, the pilot knows that he has not yet found the light ...

159. A New Perspective

Illustration

Staff

... funny farm." Walters rigged 42 weather balloons to an aluminum lawn chair, pumped them full of helium and had two friends untether the craft, which he had dubbed "Inspiration I." He took along a large bottle of soda, a parachute and a portable CB radio to alert air traffic to his presence. He also took a camera but later admitted, "I was so amazed by the view I didn't even take one picture." Walters, a North Hollywood truck driver with no pilot or balloon training, spent about two hours aloft and soared up ...

160. How Bad Do You Want It?

Illustration

Brett Blair

... ." Socrates pushed him under again. Thirty seconds passed, thirty-five. Forty. Socrates let him up. The man was gasping. "What do you want, young man?" Between heavy, heaving breaths the fellow wheezed, "Knowledge, O wise and wonderful..." Socrates jammed him under again Forty seconds passed. Fifty. "What do you want?" "Air!" he screeched. "I need air!" "When you want knowledge as you have just wanted ...

161. Fill In the Gaps

Illustration

Staff

... . She was on the very verge. Then I saw that she was blind. She lifted her foot for the next step and it trod air. She was over, and the children over with her. Oh, the cry that I heard. Then I saw more streams of people flowing from ... people under some trees, with their backs turned towards the gulf. They were making daisy chains. Sometimes when a piercing shriek cut the quiet air and reached them it disturbed them and they thought it a rather vulgar noise. And if one of their number started up and wanted ...

162. How Can I Keep From Singing?

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... put whole buildings in danger of blowing up. Leaky seals around doors and windows allow our climate-controlled inside air to escape out and outside air to seep in. Leaking brake lines, transmission fluids, or battery acid can all spell disaster for our safety while driving. Yet ... when what is being “leaked” isn’t water or gas or air, but snippets of information. Such “leaks” are most often greeted as helpful and healthy, providing insider knowledge to those ...

163. All Is Different Now

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... 1903 at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. The engine sputtered, the rudder quivered, but the machine rose. The flight lasted only twelve seconds. But it was the first time a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air, sailed forward without slowing down, and landed. On the fourth flight of this memorable day, Wilbur kept the machine flying steady for 59 miraculous seconds. The world was oblivious of this event. The press had ignored it. But something extraordinary had occurred ...

164. A Rock Thrown, A Lesson Learned

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... There was some freakish problem with the flat screen that was causing it to emit this weird signal that was very much like a distress call. This distress call had been picked up by a very sensitive satellite and routed to the Air Force Rescue Center at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. “They’d never seen a signal come that strong from a home appliance,” the 20‑year‑old told reporters. They had apparently expected to find a malfunctioning transponder on a boat or small plane, the usual problem in ...

165. The Coming of the Lord

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... 7; Acts 1:9–11; Rev. 1:7; 11:12; 14:14–16). Second, the living and the dead will together meet the Lord in the air. The Greek (and, indeed NIV) presents this as the purpose (eis apantēsin, “for meeting”) of their being caught up, while the imagery is drawn ... Att. 8.16.2; 16.11.6; Matt. 25:6; Acts 28:15; the term used for the arrival was parousia; see disc. on 2:19). The air was deemed to be the abode of evil spirits (Eph. 2:2), and its mention now as the meeting place of Christ and his saints may ...

166. A Room with Locked Doors

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... plane. Madden says that once while he was standing in line at the insurance policy machine, he noticed there were three pilots ahead of him waiting to buy insurance, as well. (2) Well, that would make me a little nervous too. You may be perfectly at ease in the air, but all of us are afraid of something. It may be cancer, or if you are of a certain age, Alzheimer’s. It may be losing your job or being deserted by your spouse. It may concern the safety of your children or simply looking silly in front of ...

167. Thank You, Siri...Oops!

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... . And even more remarkably, many asked how to get right with God. Nearly the entire work force repented of their sins and professed faith in Christ. He had an authority that captured their attention. (2) One might expect that Jesus had an even greater “air of authority” than that. “Jesus, Master,” the lepers cried out, “Have mercy upon us.” How could Jesus deny their request? That is why he had come. His Kingdom was not one of power and might but of loving service. We sometimes forget that, even ...

168. The Lord Speaks

Job 38:1--41:34

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... benefit for them. Nesting in a rocky crag, the eagle remains safe as if in a military stronghold. Soaring high above on the air currents the bird has such acute eyesight that it can see from afar the movement of small mice and other creatures of prey ... the armored scales that protect leviathan’s back. The hardened scales are like shields tightly sealed together so that not even air can pass between them. These scales are joined so closely to one another that they cannot be separated. Leviathan is thus ...

169. Positive Mental Attitude

Humor Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

... boy was overheard talking to himself as he strutted through the backyard, baseball cap in place, toting ball and bat. He was heard to say, 'Tm the greatest hitter in the world." Then he tossed the ball into the air, swung at it and missed. "Strike one!" Undaunted he picked up the ball, threw it into the air and said to himself, "I'm the greatest baseball hitter ever," and he swung at the ball again. And again he missed. "Strike two!" He paused a moment to examine his bat and ball carefully. Then a third ...

170. Where's the Magic?

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... . The worst thing the flyer can do is to try to catch the catcher. A flyer must fly, and a catcher must catch, and the flyer must trust, with outstretched arms that his catcher will be there for him.” (2) Do you believe that when you are flying through the air in a time of crisis that God is there, waiting to catch you? That is faith. It is not simply belief that there is a God. It is absolute trust that God cares for you and is always working to your best good. A woman named Edna Butterfield tells about ...

171. Jesus Destroys the Power of Sin

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Richard Gribble

172. Sparkle

Luke 4:31-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... kind of “spirit” or “energy,” as it is sometimes called. Einstein himself maintained that matter and energy are both spirit.* For example, I can wave my hand in the air like this. [Wave your hand in the air.] And now I can touch this table. [Touch the table.] Einstein tells us that there is no essential difference between this air and this table, except that their molecules are vibrating at a difference pace. Because the table is vibrating much faster, it becomes more dense. But each is made up of ...

173. Baby Steps on the Sea of Galilee

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the sneakers that came out in 2019 that were designed for the ultimate celebrity of all—Jesus, Son of God. You heard me right. Last year, a pair of designers created a whole different kind of fashion statement when they bought a pair of Nike Air Max 97’s and re-designed them as “Jesus Shoes.” The “Jesus Shoes” came with little golden crucifixes hanging from the laces and pockets of holy water from the Jordan River that have been prayed over by a priest. The designers claim that they made the ...

174. The Sweet Scent of Death

John 12:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... or how many clothes the guards strip away, the smell of that oil on Jesus’ skin will remain with him to the moment of his death. The feet that trudge through dirt and stone, carrying that wooden cross with every step, send wafts of perfume through the air, reminding him of her care. Even when he’s hoisted onto the cross, the memory of Mary, of her faithfulness, her gentleness, and her love, will stay with him, just as though she were right there beside him, comforting him in his grief. Her presence is ...

175. Daniel Interprets the Dream of a Tree

Daniel 4:19-27

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... describes Nebuchadnezzar’s extensive kingdom and identifies the king with the statue: “The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory; in your hands he has placed mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds of the air. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.” (2:37–38). Before, Nebuchadnezzar was a head symbolizing sovereignty and gold representing wealth; now, he is a luxuriant tree signifying strength and the vast extent of ...

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