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1726. There's an Elephant in the Room and Her Name Is Katrina

Exodus 14:10-15

Sermon

James W. Moore

... you imagine what those parents went through? Can you imagine what six-year-old Deamonte Love went through… when he realized that the parents, (that his mom and the other mom’s) weren’t coming. But, bless his heart! He promised his mother he would take care of the children and that he did! He picked up his five-month-old brother, had the other children hold hands in a chain of love and started walking up the road… going forward up the road… and eventually they were saved… and the following Sunday ...

1727. Changed Lives - Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... saints who have ever lived struggled with doubt. In fact, the more committed you are to serving God, the more intensely you will struggle with the things of faith. Persons for whom faith is nominal never struggle. That’s because they don’t really care. But, if you really care, if you’re really seeking to give up everything to follow Christ, you are going to wrestle with the meaning of it all as well as the reality of it all. Thomas really wanted to serve Christ. There is another incident in the New ...

1728. Matthew 6: 25-34

Matthew 6:25-34

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... such as commands and illustrations) and a coherent summary (7:12), there are general themes that link these diverse styles together. In today’s text that theme is “faith,” specifically faith in an Omni God--an omniscient, omnipresent divine being who loves and cares for all of creation. While this may hardly sound like a radical claim to our 21st century ears, in the first century’s religious milieu such a declaration was strikingly strange. The Greek and Roman pantheon of deities was known more for ...

1729. The Little Wild Orchard

Illustration

John Killinger

... It had to do, he finally concluded, with the way a small orchard fits into the scheme of creation, with many people caring for their tiny plots of ground. The huge orchards of the conglomerates, on the other hand, were sad reminders of the commercialization ... fact I feel a sort of pleasure in watching it turn wild and useless. When I walk in it, it tells me that a man's caring comes to an end. It tells me that life is lived within the boundaries of extremes, of wildness and domestication. It tells me that my ...

1730. A World Without Easter

1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... particular day he was going up the wall of a huge department store in Los Angeles. There was a crowd watching him as the policemen were holding the crowd back, and they watched him climb up window ledge after window ledge, crevasse after crevasse. He was making his way carefully up the sides of this building until he almost came to the roof. There was a ledge that he was standing on and he needed to get up just a little higher in order to make it to the top of the roof. He saw a little protrusion sticking ...

1731. They Lied and They Died

Acts 5:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... words he heard were "you have not lied to men but to God." (v.4) Immediately, he dropped dead. "Then Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and breathed his last. So great fear came upon all those who heard these things." (v.5) The church wasted no time taking care of him. "And the young men arose and wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him." (v.6) Then in v.7 we read, "Now it was about three hours later when his wife came in, not knowing what had happened." Now the question has been raised, "Where ...

1732. Planting Seeds

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... . In his parable, the Sender is perfect. So is the message. All the burden is upon the receiver to respond. That is us. May I say, if you are among those who have provided hard ground to the Gospel message, if you are one of those who has let the cares of this world choke out the message that God is trying to lay on your heart, I hope you understand that ultimately the responsibility is upon you to provide “good soil.” Only for so long can you blame the poor efforts of the person in the pulpit or the so ...

1733. Beautiful Flowers

Matthew 13:1-23

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... Boys and girls, I pulled these out of my garden. What is this? (Let them guess the flower.) I love flowers, don’t you? Flowers add so much beauty to our world. We all love to smell a beautiful flower. Girls can look so pretty with a flower placed carefully in their hair. A man might even wear a flower in his lapel on special occasions. When someone is sick we send them flowers. When we are in love we send flowers. We place flowers on our altar to remind us that Christ is alive bringing love and beauty ...

1734. High and Lifted Up

Isaiah 6:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... in America, might answer that question. I believe there are some people who see a God who looks like Santa Claus, and really doesn't care whether we are naughty or nice; a God who winks at sin and giggles at iniquity; a God who is "too loving to let ... a human king, one is a heavenly King. One king had died as all kings do, one King lives forever as no king can. Notice carefully how he sees the Lord. He does not see the Lord pacing back and forth, wringing his hands, barking out orders, breaking out into a ...

1735. Getting Rid of Grudges

Luke 23:34

Sermon

James Merritt

... with Him. II. The Sympathy That Is Expressed If anyone ever had a right to be bitter it was Jesus. He was crucified for something he did not do (sin) by the very ones who did it (sinners). Do you ever feel unappreciated? Do you ever feel like nobody cares about what you do for them? Well, think of this: The Lord Jesus was not only dying for those who were crucifying him, but there was no sympathy for him at all. Look at the crowd around the cross: There were the skeptics who were saying: "Come down from ...

1736. Saving Private Ryan

Acts 1:8

Sermon

James Merritt

... that does not glow, a spring that does not flow, a seed that does not grow, is no more of a contradiction than a life in Christ that does not witness for Christ. I believe anywhere you find a Christian, you should automatically find a witness. But notice carefully that God has called us to be "witnesses." He has not called us to be lawyers. He has not called us to be prosecuting attorneys. He has not called us to be judges. He has simply called us to be witnesses. Our English word witness comes from an ...

1737. The Ministry of the Holy Spirit

John 16:7-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... sinners by nature; and we sin by choice because that is our nature. We do what we do because we are what we are. Notice carefully that the Holy Spirit has been sent to convict us of sin, not sins. Now the world thinks that man's problem is sins: ... it is the preeminent sin. In a word, unbelief is the unpardonable sin. God can forgive a man of practically any sin; I do not care how horrible, hurtful, or heinous it might be. But if a man dies steadfastly refusing to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, there is ...

1738. The Thrill of Victory Beats the Agony of Defeat

Judges 7:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... torches in their hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing and they cried, ‘The sword of the Lord and of Gideon!' And every man stood in his place all around the camp; and the whole army ran and cried out and fled." (vv. 16-21) Now notice carefully they did not throw a spear, did not hew an arrow, did not hurl a rock, did not wield a sword. What did they do? At the command of God they blew the trumpets, broke the pitchers, and bared the torches. They got the victory and God got the glory ...

1739. Joy to the World

Luke 2:8-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... was not just a show. The Lord Jesus was not faking it. He watched his hand in amazement just like any other baby. Like other babies, he didn't understand words. He needed to be changed, he needed to be fed, he needed to be washed, he needed to be cared for just like any other baby. Think about this. Let this sink into your heart. God, in the flesh, had to learn how to talk, how to walk, how to feed himself. Where ordinary passersby would have seen just another baby, what Mary, his mother, saw was God. One ...

1740. Thou Shalt Not Judge - True or False?

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... in v.2, "For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the same measure you use, it will be measured back to you." Now what Jesus was saying was this: The person who forms a noose of judgment for another person must be very careful, or he might find his own neck in the knot. Let me give you two practical examples: John Whitehead, President of The Rutherford Institute, was a student in law school back in 1974. He was working for a liberal local newspaper, and went to interview an associate ...

1741. Don't Forget to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... records, love does not. The law has a long memory, love has no memory. You may be sitting there thinking: "Well, I could never forgive anyone that many times." I want to remind you here that Jesus is not making a suggestion, He is giving a command. Listen carefully. Forgiveness is not a prisoner of your emotions, it is a servant of your will. Whether you feel like forgiving or not is irrelevant as to whether or not you can forgive. Through Jesus Christ, as you will see in a moment, not only can you forgive ...

1742. Fiscal Fitness

Proverbs 3:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make them-selves wings; they fly away like an eagle toward heaven. (Prov. 23:4-5) To put this verse another way: Money talks, I'll not deny I heard it once, it said, "Good-bye." I don't care how much money you make, how much money you save, how much money you invest, and how much money you keep. Eventually, either your money will leave you, or you are going to leave your money. III. The Managing Of Money Managing money is not so much a matter of ...

1743. How to Turn the Ballot into a Blessing Box

Proverbs 29:2

Sermon

James Merritt

... no one was looking, and the damage was very minor, but noticeable, would you leave a note? Well, I read a true story of a man who really did just that, except some people were watching. As they looked on, he took out a piece of paper, wrote a note, carefully folded it, stuck it under the car's windshield wiper, smiled at those watching and then drove away. When the owner of the Porsche came and saw the damage done to his car, he noticed the note under the windshield. He opened it, and here is what the man ...

1744. Mom: The Heart of a Godly Family

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sermon

James Merritt

... , in sickness or in health she stands by her man. c. Delight "She seeks wool and flax, and willingly works with her hands." (v.13) The word "willingly" literally means "delightfully." A godly wife and mother carries out her domestic duties with joy. She does not care for the family because she has to, but because she wants to; not out of compulsion, but out of compassion. Hers is a labor of love. She does what she does because she loves her family, and because she loves her Lord. d. Decisiveness "She is ...

1745. The Client

Zechariah 3:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... was covered up with the skin of that dead lamb, we put it in the pin with the mother and she began immediately to love it, and care for it. She accepted it because it was clothed in the garments of her own." I want to tell you before you get saved, you, too, are ... He will not take, and no case He cannot win. So I can say to you with the authority of the Word of God, I don't care what you have done, whether you are saved or lost, if you will bring your guilt and your sin, and become His client, He will take ...

1746. Why?

Job 3:11-12, 16, 20, 23

Sermon

James Merritt

... beautiful virgin women. No, the only God we can turn to is the God of the cross. It is the cross that tells me that God cares. It is the cross that tells me that God is good. It is the cross that tells me that God is love. It is the cross ... all be rooted out, and then separate the good and the bad. Remember this: The tares of evil do not worry the Master. He will take care of them in due time. Make no mistake about it. God's control is never interrupted. His sovereignty is never challenged. The world is His ...

1747. Are You In the Know

Job 19:23-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... walked into the man's office and said, "You know that we've got a lot of factions going on in this business, and you better be careful which side you take." The boss looked the man in the eye and said, "Mister, I don't know who you are, but I haven't come ... to explain to the son that the mother couldn't come home. He said, "Son, we're going to go home, and God is going to take care of us and we're going to have to live without mother for a while." They started to leave and that little fellow broke away from ...

1748. Hazardous to Your Wealth: Myths about Money

Malachi 3:7-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... church came to call on them. He was an Englishman. He also was 75. He was a widower and he spent most of his free time taking care of two invalid sisters. He was full of enthusiasm, full of joy, and had a blazing love for Jesus. The man looked at Dr. Graham and said, " ... . If you make a lot and keep it, you're a miser. If you make it and spend it, you're a spendthrift. If you don't care about making any, you're unambitious. If you make a lot and still have it when you die, you're a fool for trying to take it ...

1749. Your Word is Your Bond

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... turned to his wife and said, "Sarah, would you please shut your mouth!" The officer turned to the woman and said, "Ma'am, does your husband talk to you that way all the time?" His wife said, "No, only when he's drunk." You see, you should take very great care to either speak the truth or not speak at all. But I don't want to be misunderstood about this matter of honesty. You should always be totally honest in what you say, but you don't always have to say what is totally honest. In other words, you don ...

1750. For His Eyes Only

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... dish washing. They were more concerned with their reputation than they were with their character. In my study here at the church I have a little plaque on my desk. It's a quote by Dwight L. Moody. It simply says this: "If you will take care of your character, God will take care of your reputation." Whenever you try to use your goodness to cause other people to notice you and to brag on you, and to give you praise and honor and glory; when that becomes your motive so that "you may have glory from men," as he ...

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