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1751. Coming Back Down

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

John Jamison

... my arms. Inside the blanket were two blue eyes. The eyes looked straight into mine and said things that I could not hear, but could feel more clearly than I had felt anything in my life. My daughter. MY daughter. I would like to go back there. I would like ... ever mean to me, but I could still go back. I could go stand at that altar forever, looking into her trust and feeling like she made me feel. As nice as it is here, I could go back in a minute. I think Peter would understand that. I think that whatever ...

1752. James the Lesser · A Small Man for a Big Job

Matthew 10:1-3

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... badly. When Jesus and the disciples called James the "Lesser" they were not talking about the way that he did his job. He did his job very well and all the disciples respected him. When you call someone "dummy" or "fatty" you are making fun of him and hurting his feelings. James was a short man, but he had a big job. He preached to the people and taught them what Jesus had said and done and he was a great disciple. It is said that James the Lesser was brave enough to die for Jesus. He may have been short ...

1753. The Shepherd King

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

Sims Robert

... is truly the “King of kings, the Lord of lords, and he shall reign forever and ever. Alleluia!” Christ our King is here with us today. Can’t you feel his presence when you enter this place of worship, when you kneel or pray, or lift your voice in song? Can’t you feel the presence of the King? He is here. He is sitting there beside you. Can’t you feel it? He is standing here beside me. When we kneel, he kneels with us. I know he is here because he promised, “Lo, I am with you always (Matthew 28 ...

1754. Chosen For Good News

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... indeed fill your life with joy of purpose. I’ll bet you’ve heard people say that if they miss church, they just don’t feel right; or if they go there is a joy and satisfaction in going. This is often indication that here are disciples who have found rewards in serving and ... ’s Bible says: “For enter a church during a time of worship, and one finds gravity and seemliness and a feeling of reverence. But would anyone, stumbling in, sense that here are people who have made a glorious discovery, and are ...

1755. For a Man in His Sixties

Philippians 4:2-9

Eulogy

Louis M. Pratt

... us in the presence of suicide. We look back and see little signs ... and ask ourselves, "Why didn't we see those signs?" "Why didn't we see them in time?" "Would he still be alive if we had done something different when he must have been feeling so much pain?" To make matters worse, we often fail to find relief from our grief from quarters to which we normally turn. We find friends unwilling to talk about our loved one's death. One man once expressed great appreciation to me simply because I was willing ...

1756. A House! a House! and a House!

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... and personal life. It has been said that delinquency in children is related to the mobility of the family. Children suffer when there is no feeling of permanence, no sense of belonging. For many people, the thought of the family home, even though it may have been sold several times since, conjures feelings of warmth and belonging. David was so satisfied with his home that he began to feel guilty. That's when he decided to push a building boom for God! He wanted to do something great! Why is it that we so ...

1757. Stairways Of Heaven

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

Justin Tull

... in the right direction. Or, to put that same idea theologically, there does not seem to be a way to go up when I’m feeling down. There does not seem to be an access to heaven when the world has dropped me in the pit. But our story of Jacob ... on the run, the next time fear has the best of us, the next time we are estranged from a brother or sister, the next time we feel lost in a foreign land, let us remember Jacob’s dream and the promise of God’s presence. We should not be surprised to find God there ...

1758. Stairways Of Heaven

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Justin Tull

... don’t know what would have happened had Jacob given up, but we do know about ourselves. We all know times when we have stopped short in our struggle, when we’ve had our fill of struggling and quit before the payoff. We all know the empty feeling that comes when we have experienced the pain without receiving the payoff. But that is as tragic as going through a domestic fight, getting all upset and never having the joy of making up! Jacob’s strategy, Jacob’s advice, makes good sense: “Don’t let go ...

1759. Giving

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Brett Blair

... up the offering and brought the plates down to the alter rail, he took the plates and held them up in the air and he gave a prayer: "Lord, regardless of what we say about you, this is really what we say about you, this is really what we feel about you. Amen." Your money follows your heart. If your commitment to Christ has not yet reached your billfold then it has not yet reached tour heart. And this principle is true in other areas is it not? Take the stewardship of time for example. Have you ever noticed ...

1760. Recollections of Reuben, Uncle of a Young Bethlehem Shepherd

Matthew 2:13-18

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... any of us know. All I can tell you is that he was gone from Bethlehem before your men arrived. But I should tell you one more thing. I was not totally surprised to hear that Herod was stirred up and soldiers were coming. The whole event had a remarkable feel to it. Even though I never went to the stable, and never saw the baby, I felt it myself. And Nathanael told me how he felt. He said, from the moment when the angel started speaking, he felt that the single reason and the single purpose of his life was ...

1761. Saved By Water: The Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Steve Swanson

... or one about a posse of cowboys on the desert. Sooner or later, in those films we see John Wayne or Gary Cooper under a relentless sun, crawling on hands and knees toward a water hole - which may or may not be dry. As we watch, our mouths begin to feel chalky, our tongues swollen and parched. Just then the station cuts away and we find ourselves watching a commercial for Coke or Pepsi or 7-Up. We trot to the refrigerator and that's the end of our struggle with thirst. It wasn't so easy in olden times. Water ...

1762. Forgive and Go Forward

Romans 8:18-27

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... upon you, until you believe that forgiveness accepted from God is duty to God. I declare unto you, according to the directive found in John 20:23, the total forgiveness of all your sins. Entrust ____________ to God's mercy.The second channel for today's thoughts revolves around our feelings of anger. We are hurt. We don't like at all what's happened. We'd like to be able to try to talk him out of it. We'd like to explain to him in detail all the beautiful reasons for going on with one another. We'd like ...

1763. Step Six - Willingness

Jn 5:2-9a · Heb 4:14-16 · Is 1:12-20

Sermon

John A. Terry

... yourself some welfare." This is not a justification for the hardness of heart. Some folks think it is always okay to be gruff and insensitive. That is not what the gospel is about. Jesus did not yell, "Look, do you want to be healed or what?" to make the man feel worse about himself. It was a healing question out to remove the obstacle, not to crush a frail ego. This is a story about Jesus giving the man, not what he asked for, but what he needed. Jesus did not do what the men wanted, because he wanted too ...

1764. Do What Is Right

2 Thessalonians 3:13

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... open before you begin. John said, "We need to find out who owns the wallet and get it back to them." Joe said, "Nah, I don't feel like it. I'm getting tired. Let them find it themselves." But John picked up the wallet and found that it belonged to a man who ... said, "Why did you tell him to come on when he saw the dog and wanted to help it?" Joe said, "Because I just didn't feel like it." So the mother said, "Well then, only John gets a piece of candy, because only John was good." Have John pick up a piece ...

1765. How Much Is Enough?

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... defend to the death my theory that the most perfect food, the one item that provides nourishment for body, mind, and spirit is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on whole wheat bread. I have felt that way for as long as I can remember. When I’m feeling a little depressed or lonely or homesick, when I just want a snack, when I’m having lunch by myself, nothing satisfies the hunger of the body or lifts my spirits like a peanut butter jelly sandwich on whole wheat bread. It’s a complete meal. The peanuts ...

1766. Oh Me of Little Faith

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... step out on the waves and enter into the struggles of all God’s children everywhere. Yes, our numbers might be declining, but we are still the church, the Body of Christ, and Jesus is still with us, calling us to provide a calming presence to those who feel tossed about on the waves of life, the unloved and the unlovely, the stranger in our midst. In his parable of the church, Matthew wants us to experience the storm. He wants us to realize that Jesus does not come to take away all our hardships, all our ...

1767. Exasperating Grace

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... clock, Mr. Gallo made one last trip downtown, and again he found some folks who were willing to work in the vineyard, making them the same offer as he had been making all day to the other workers he had hired. By 6 p.m., with air already beginning to feel cooler and the storm clouds forming on the horizon, Mr. Gallo looked with relief on the overflowing baskets of grapes, picked and ready for the wine press. It was time to pay the help, and Mr. Gallo was in a very generous mood. He gave his foreman a stack ...

1768. The Men

Drama

William Grimbol

... JOHN: Exactly. He is crazy. Completely. BILL: This helping the poor can be taken too far. Obedience yields blessings. That is certainly the heart of the message in the Torah. If one obeys God, one is blessed. If one disobeys ... well ... naturally, curses. I can't help but feel that at least some, if not a vast majority of the poor may very well be there because they deserve it. ARNOLD: Exactly! Who are we to say that is not God's will? JOHN: It is possible that Yahweh is using their poverty to cleanse them ...

1769. The Invisible God?

Colossians 1:15-23, Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... is ultimately in charge? The kingdoms of this world will all eventually pass away. But one kingdom endures. Plans for human betterment rise on the tide and trickle off to nothing. But humanity is not without hope. In times when the world seems to be coming unglued, and we feel exposed and vulnerable, and we wonder if life is really worth all the pain and struggle, isn’t it great to know who’s in charge? Isn’t it great to know that our ultimate destiny is in the hands of a God who loved us enough to ...

1770. Not Your Favorite Father's Day Scripture

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... , and he has a big problem. He has no heir, no son to carry on the family name, no son to make him immortal. Men do feel that way, you know? If we have a son, a little part of us will live on even after we’re dead and gone. To compound ... recess and lunch time because the things they said to me cut me so deep. What was worse was going to town on Saturday afternoons and feeling like every eye was burning a hole through me, wondering just who my father was. "When I was about 12 years old, a new preacher came ...

1771. A Visit With An Old Friend

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Johnny Dean

This sermon written after the Columbine Shooting incident. In the first semester of seminary, I remember one of my professors saying something like this: "During your ministry, there will be weeks when your cup overflows with joy and you feel a keen awareness of the presence of God. The sermon will not be quite as difficult to prepare then. In fact, there may even be times when it just seems to write itself, and you are finished with it by midweek and you cannot wait for Sunday to arrive so ...

1772. The Sound of Weeping

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... try to create a sound picture of the Passion, and let's begin with the sound of weeping. Are you listening? How does if make you feel when you hear someone crying? Have you ever walked down a hospital corridor when a family has just been told that a loved one has ... sobs as he looks at Jerusalem? We can only weep brokenheartedly when we care very deeply. A scientist may feel disappointed about an experiment that fails. A business executive may experience failure and frustration about a transaction that does ...

1773. The Clanking of Coins

Matthew 27:1-10

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... , our truthfulness, in order to get something that will give us immediate gratification, quick satisfaction. The sound of clanking coins may remind us of our greed, however hidden that greed may be. Often God does not come up to our expectations by giving us what we want, or feel we deserve. Knowing we cannot force his hand, we take matters into our own hands and assume that his way is our own. Our whole society is built around the philosophy that we can get what we want so long as we have the money to pay ...

1774. The Crowing of a Rooster

Matthew 26:31-35, Matthew 26:69-75

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... confess their fear, not of the birds, but of what could happen when a flock invades a field. That brief conversation gave me the freedom to confess my fear, not only of birds, but of chickens as well. "Me, too!" the wife replied. "I'm glad to know somebody else feels that way about chickens. My mother and I used to water and feed the chickens on my father's farm. Every time we went out to gather eggs those dumb things would go into orbit, cackling all over the place. They should have been used to us, for we ...

1775. The Sound of Everlasting Joy

Luke 15:11-32, Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... of creation, and we see a reflection of that gladness in the beauty that surrounds us. These are the times when we feel at one with all creation. Gloom in God's world is the result of disharmony, wrongness, sin. On Good Friday night, the ... of gloom and sorrow, we experience that rightness and our hearts swell with the sound of joy. We hear it in music. We see it in art. We feel it in all the upward strivings of our hearts. The joy of conversion is like that. When we return to our true home in Christ and find ...

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