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1726. You Have Outwitted Me

Hosea 11:1-9

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... similar to this, about God's providence. After the service I was greeting people. A man went by. He said only one thing. "What about Auschwitz?" Then he walked on. Mercifully, he didn't hang around for an answer, because I didn't have one. I have thought about it a lot since, and I still don't' have an answer. "What about Auschwitz?" A woman made an appointment to come and see me. She said, "I have stopped believing. I am not coming to church anymore, because God did not answer my prayers." She prayed ...

1727. You Will Never Walk Alone

Luke 24:13-20, 25-26, 28-35

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Mark Trotter

... Northwest. "If you need anything, just ask, and we'll tell you how to get along without it." It is best to prepare for a trip by asking advice of those who have been there before, and then taking their advice seriously. I don't know if you have ever thought of it this way, but the Bible is a book of advice for travelers. Everyone in the Bible is on a journey. In the Old Testament they are journeying to the Promised Land. In the New Testament it is to the Kingdom of God. According to the Bible, all of ...

1728. A Discussion Among Angels

Matthew 24:36-44

Drama

Matthew Powell

... a point far above his head, were like a living lamp before the altar of the Most High. By this sign, one could tell that this was the archangel Uriel, deepest in wisdom of all the spirits that surround the throne of God. Uriel: I do not hold the same thought as the great archangel Michael. Nor, though I desire the same end which he desires, would I seek it in the same way. I know how often power has been given to the good, and how often they have turned it aside and used it for evil. I know that ...

1729. Proper 11

Genesis 28:10-22, Romans 8:1-17, Romans 8:18-27, Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43

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John R. Brokhoff

... to pray for you? Here we see the imminence and transcendence of God. It reminds us of Jesus, Son of God, praying in Gethsemane to the Father in heaven. 2. Prayer without words (v. 26). Prayer is more than words. It is intimate communication with God. The thoughts and feelings do not have to be verbalized. They go beyond words to sighs. It is not glossolalia. It is no language at all - spirit with Spirit. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Gospel: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 1. Holy Tares! (13:24-30). Need: When a child is ...

1730. In the Darkness of Uncertainty, There Is the Light of Wonder

Luke 2:8-20

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... there had been pain, sorrow, and suffering. I found myself saying, “God, bless the people in that house.” Then, I would come to another home up the street and I would say, “God, bless the people in that house.” The beauty, serenity, and the appealing thoughts of Christmas, with thoughts of quiet streets in Bethlehem, do not get our minds off the way life is. They remind us of life and the great needs all of us have, the great problems all of us face. That is what this little boy Jesus is all about ...

1731. More!!!

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... shall lead them (verse 6). It's a world none dared dream of, none dared ask for...this eschatological recreation and revolution where "They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord" (verse 9). Who had thought to ask for such a thing? And yet this is what God had to give! Yet like our kids wandering though Toys'R'Us in late November, Israel had to wait. The world had to wait. God's activity in the world was not diminished, the divine plan was ...

1732. Your Cheatin' Heart

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... s emotional state. (By the way, don't try sending bowels in a Valentine!). In Hebrew texts the heart includes the functions of thoughts and tasks, of belief and behavior, of all that is central to an individual's very being. How many songs have been ... and in the unruly passions of human love; I see Him in the face of a doctor who serendipitously entered my life at a time when I thought I had no more life left. I saw Him once and will see Him forever in a dead teacher of mine, who rescued my injured spirit. I ...

1733. The Crowd that Watched God Die

Luke 23:26-43

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Stephen M. Crotts

... today? You and I are represented by at least one of those characters from Golgotha's crowd. Are you indifferent? Are you self-righteous? Do you feel like you don't need Jesus? Do you not understand the world in which we live? Is God, why? your constant thought? Or are you like the thief? Have you lived a life of sin and hurt? Broken every law? But do you now see the error of your ways? Will you pray, "Jesus, Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom"? Surely we were all there atop Calvary. Surely ...

1734. The Good Life vs. The God Life

Isaiah 55:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... . Expect to be uncomprehending. Expect to be confused and confounded by God's actions and intentions. Isaiah concludes with God's voice declaring, "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts" (verse 9). So it is that the abundant life God offers will always be a surprise. Abundance doesn't mean bigger, better, flashier, richer, glossier. An abundant life can be lived under very modest circumstances. An abundant life can thrive under ...

1735. Attics, Basements, Closets

Psalm 130:1-8

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Leonard Sweet

... Good morning, sinners. [Wait for a LOUDER good morning.] We're all here. And all we are is here. And I'm delighted YOU'RE here. Icons are not having an easy time of it recently. And I don't know about you, but I'm having some unsanctified thoughts because of it. As of June 4, 2003, domestic goddess Martha Stewart was ousted from her position as President and CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. In a move that seemed as strange as Ford Motor Company throwing out the Ford family, MSO felt that in order to ...

1736. The Most Important Top Ten List

Exodus 20:1-21

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Leonard Sweet

... if we rephrased them in everyday language. Here goes: 'Hey, could you stop killing each other? Oh, yeah, by the way, could you not steal each other's stuff? And it would be really helpful if you wouldn't lie to each other, either. And here's a thought, could you not take other people's husbands and wives and just, sort of, like keep your own?" (Erwin McManus, An Unstoppable Force [Group Publishing, 2000]). It's bad enough that we need to be told these words. After all, do you really forget to put your shoes ...

1737. Jesus' Forty Days, and Ours

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

James McCormick

... open ourselves to Him so that He can do it again right here, right now! That’s what happened to me. When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, at the instant the doctor pronounced the “C” word, there popped into my mind some verses of scripture that I had not thought about for over fifty years. I know my mother had placed them there because they were from the King James translation. Here are the words: “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee.” (Isaiah 26:3) Instantly I ...

1738. It Was for Us

Luke 23:26-43

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James McCormick

... and the rivers, the oceans and the dry land. He created the world with all its living things. And God looked on all that he had made and said, “That’s good!” But, after looking at that world, God said, “I’m lonely still.” So God thought and thought ‘til he thought, “I know. I’ll make me a man!” And so he did.” “I’m lonely,” God said. Perhaps you think that word, “lonely” is too human a word. But it comes as close as any word I know to describing why we are here. If God ...

1739. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

John 16:17-33

Sermon

James McCormick

... use them and even bring something good out of them. There is no question that in my life the times of greatest anxiety, the times of greatest inner turmoil were also the times of greatest growth. When things are going well for me, I tend not to think new thoughts or try new patterns of living. I just put life on cruise control and drive on from day to day. That’s called stagnation. But, when life confronts me with a question I can’t answer, with a problem I can’t solve, or with a situation with which ...

1740. It's My Life, Isn't It?

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

James McCormick

... be the best we can be! I was privileged to have an elementary school teacher, Mrs. Johnston, who believed in me so sincerely. Whenever I was tempted to be less than my best, I could see Mrs. Johnston in my mind. I didn’t want to be less than she thought I was. Her affirming love placed a claim upon me and shaped my life for good. There was my band director, Houston Jenks. He believed in me as few other people have. He gave me a chance to prove myself. And whenever I was tempted to slack off and be ...

1741. A New Vision

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... If only we could see something that we haven’t seen before. Let me give you an example of what I mean by “vision.” If I were to show you a pile of scrap cardboard, old car parts, used tires, and other cast-offs, what would be the first thought that would pop into your mind? Trash heap. Junkyard. Eyesore. Yet there was an article in Time magazine a few years back about a professor at Auburn University who looked at those same items and saw new homes. Professor Samuel Mockbee is the visionary behind an ...

1742. Christmas Is Love

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... again. “You had one chance to make a wish, and all you wished for was a nice house. If you’d been thinking straight, you would have asked for the fish to turn us into a Duke and Duchess who live in a splendid mansion.” The fisherman thought he would never hear the end of her complaining. Then one day, what should pop into his boat, but the shiny, talking fish who had granted him a wish? “I’ve got another favor to be asking you,” the fisherman stammered. “Ask away,” the fish replied. “Could ...

1743. The Lonesome George Church

Matthew 4:23-25, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... qualitative study of its ministry as well as 30 other churches, Greg Hawkins, executive pastor of Willow Creek, recently released their findings in a book Reveal: Where Are You? (2007). The conclusion of this study? The one thing Willow Creek and these other churches thought they were doing they weren’t: making stronger disciples. [If you’d like to show your people a brief video of the findings, here is the link. There is a 13-minute version and a 3-minute version: http://revealnow.com/story.asp?storyid ...

1744. Advent 4

Psalm 80:1-19, Isaiah 7:1-25, Romans 1:1-17, Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... laid his glory by, He wrapped him in our clay; Unmarked by human eye, The latent Godhead lay; Infant of days he here became, And bore the mild Immanuel's name. Unsearchable the love That has the Savior brought; The grace is far above Or men or angels' thought: Suffice for us that God, we know, Our God, is manifest below. He deigns in flesh to appear, Widest extremes to join; To bring our vileness near, And make us all divine: And we the life of God shall know, For God is manifest below. Made perfect first ...

1745. Lent 5

John 11:1-45 · Romans 8:6-11 · Ezekiel 37:1-14 · Psalm 130

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... , 9, 10, 14 that it is the spirit which gives life. The miracle of this story is not simply that God can reverse time but that the spirit of God can give the people life even in the wilderness. Exilic Israel did not think that this was possible, for they thought that God was tied to the Jerusalem Temple and the land. God's two-part miracle is an answer to the assumptions of exiled Israelites, who are quoted in v. 11 as saying, "Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely." The ...

1746. Proper 17

Exodus 3:1-22, Matthew 16:21-28, Romans 12:9-21, Psalm 105:1-45

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... Love" Setting. The discussion of the setting of last week's lesson is applicable to the lesson for this Sunday, so readers are asked to return to that material. Furthermore, in considering the structure of the preceding verses, Romans 12:1-8, we saw how Paul's essential thought in 12:1-2 is reiterated and amplified in vv. 3-8. We also noticed how Paul's directive in 12:2, "Do not be conformed to this world [literally "this age" in Greek], but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may ...

1747. Looking Into the Eyes of the Risen Christ

John 20:11-18

Sermon

James W. Moore

... its best chance to defeat God and could not do it. God wins!... and He wants to share that victory with you and me. That is the good news, the amazing news that can change our lives forever. Let me show you what I mean with three thoughts. I. FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE OF EASTER WE CAN BE PEOPLE OF HOPE. Do you remember the final scene from the Broadway musical Camelot? King Arthur sits alone in the forest. He is resting and brooding. He is totally disappointed and disillusioned. His whole world has come apart ...

1748. The Three Approaches to Life

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James W. Moore

... him a complete physical and then later came in with the results. The man said: “Doc, I can take it. Just tell me the truth. Give it to me straight.” The doctor said: “Well, in plain English, there is nothing wrong with you. You’re just lazy!” The man thought for a moment and then said: “Could you give me a medical term for that so I could tell my wife?” Some years ago, I wrote a book with the title: Are You Standing On The Promises or Just Sitting On The Premises? The truth is that some people ...

1749. What's So Great about Going to Church

Isaiah 6:1-8

Sermon

James W. Moore

... happened to Isaiah that day long ago. There in church… He felt the tug of God… He realized that a prophet was needed for that time. And he said: “Here Am I, Lord, Send Me!” Watching the World Series last night, I had a strange thought. Imagine this: You go out to Minute Maid Park this Tuesday night for the first World Series game ever in Houston. After the pre-game festivities, the introductions, and the National Anthem,… the Astros huddle up in the dugout with their manager and coaches. Suddenly ...

1750. Love Came Down at Christmas

Luke 2:15-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... Jean said, “Honey, they are all here for you! It’s you! This is all for you!” When his wife told him that, Tom Southerland started crying and he couldn’t stop. He sobbed like a little boy. He couldn’t believe it. He said, “I thought everybody had forgotten about me. I didn’t think anybody knew I was in captivity. I felt completely abandoned. I didn’t think anybody cared. Thank God I was wrong.” The shepherds at the first Christmas must have felt something like that. Society had cast them ...

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