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1776. A Church Shaped By The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of making converts and not disciples. The more adamant among us may say the mainline church makes neither converts nor disciples. We perpetuate within the Church a “great omission” in the Great Commission. In the document “The Gift of Salvation,” leading Roman Catholics and evangelical spokespersons corrected this “omission” by expressing the close connection between justification and sanctification in our salvation. Salvation is for more than forgiveness; it is also a matter of thorough moral ...

1777. If I Have Not Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is of any use if we don’t love. Paul’s words, though beautiful, are somewhat bombastic, exploding with dire warnings. “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing ...

1778. Partners In the Gospel

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... all these specific issues were to disappear tonight, tomorrow we would still be in trouble as a church. We would be in trouble because we have forsaken the authority of scripture, we have diminished the uniqueness of Christ as God’s revelation, as God’s gift of Himself for our salvation; we have made our personal experience the measure of judgment, rather than the faith once and for all delivered to the saints. And so -- everything is relative. When you don’t have a center, there is no way to define ...

1779. Preparation For His Coming

Luke 21:5-38

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... hustle and bustle of the holiday season, and in so doing, lose sight of what it all means. Be with us, we pray, in our Advent journey, and keep us ever mindful of the real reason for the season. Amen. Offertory Prayer O God, we bring these gifts as tokens of our love for you, and in thanksgiving for your gift to us of your only Son, Jesus. Use these gifts and us, we pray, to further your kingdom here on earth. Amen. Hymns "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" "Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying" "Soon And Very Soon"

1780. Let This Be Your Prayer: That Your Love Will Keep Growing

Philippians 1:1-11

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... we pray, that we have surrendered ourselves to you so that your Spirit working in and through us may accomplish the greatest good. In Jesus' name. Amen. Offertory Prayer O God, as we present these gifts for the work of your church, we know that the gift without the giver is of little use. So we offer unto you today not only these gifts, but ourselves as well, to be used by you in the work of your kingdom. Amen. Hymns "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" "Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates" "Of The Father's ...

1781. The Supreme Sacrifice

Hebrews 10:1-18

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... , and by the power of your Holy Spirit make each of us an ardent advocate of your kingdom. Amen. Offertory Prayer Lord, we know that you do not desire offerings meant to purchase our forgiveness, so we bring these gifts as tokens of our gratitude for the great gift of your Son, Jesus Christ. Bless these gifts, we pray, and use them in the telling of the Good News throughout the world. Amen. Hymns "Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending" "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" "Break Forth, O Living Light Of God"

1782. We Must Finish The Work God Has Given Us

Luke 13:31-35

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... tough, the road seems too rough to continue, and we are tempted to give up, may your Holy Spirit come upon us and keep us at our task. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Offertory Prayer Heavenly Father, your love for us has been demonstrated by the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ. With these gifts we would show our love for you. Bless the gifts and those who gave, we pray, that they may be used to carry on your work. Amen. Hymns "A Charge To Keep I Have" "Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know" "Behold A Broken World"

1783. What Making a Difference Looks Like

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... , especially in its more highly concentrated forms of joy and bliss, even divine ecstasy, is always a byproduct. It comes as a gift of something else, something worthy of your best attentions. When you aim at the right things, happiness will often come and join ... need. Mercy does not wait for the other to come groveling but reaches out, making it easy for the other to receive the gift. Mercy is as close as we can get to the heart of God. Mercy is a spiritual victory. As John Chrysostom preached, “Mercy ...

1784. A Kingdom Investment Policy

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... who ever lived, Jesus of Nazareth, who knew how to live under an open heaven and is willing to teach us. Follow him around in the gospels; where he goes the unexpected happens; divine provision is given. Over him the heavens are open. One of the gifts of living with trust in the Trinitarian God is regularly being startled and surprised. Since I love reading, it often comes to me through the perceptive comments of an author, and one of the best is Dallas Willard, a philosopher who doggedly teaches that what ...

1785. The Kingdom Comes

Isaiah 9:1-7

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... and give thanks for the coming of that Light in Jesus Christ, by your Holy Spirit enable us truly to follow our Master and our Friend, in whose name we pray. Amen. Offertory Prayer Lord, we have given and received gifts this Christmas season, but in this hour we give you thanks for the greatest gift of all, your Son, Jesus Christ. We bring you our gifts of gratitude and with them we commit our very lives to you. Amen. Hymns "Angels From The Realms Of Glory" "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" "Joy To The World"

1786. In the Cross of Christ We Glory

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Michael Milton

... Christ is the secret of God now made plain. The cross, which is the wisdom of God, is a power which shows God’s love for us by sending Jesus Christ to die for sinners; a power that reveals the grace of God by giving us the free gift of eternal life purchased through the shed blood of His Son for you; and a power that forgives, restores, renews, and brings hope to the most desperate person and the most hopeless situation. Two thousand years later, the cross of Christ is the secret that brings joy. You ...

1787. Thank God for Dads

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I ... he could buy that could thank him enough. His father had taught him through his own hard work and faith in God that the greatest gifts come from the heart and not the store. So, that night, he sat down and wrote a list of “Thank You’s” to his father ...

1788. A Fool and His Money

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... our family, what's happened to me. Now my wife and I are trying to raise our children to be happy, right now; to live each day, right now; because there are no guarantees. My message to people would be to accept each day as given to you as a gift from God. Because I lived for twenty-eight years, and then one day I woke up with a headache. It was that sudden." The parable of the rich fool is a judgment parable. Jesus told judgment parables for one reason: to wake us up. Stop being foolish about these things ...

1789. How Is Your Memory?

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... to us, we don't even know them, but whose legacy was offered for the well being of all people, and we have benefited from their generosity. We who sit in this church today are the beneficiaries of a hundred and thirty years of stewardship of people who gave gifts to those who would come after. All of this has been given to us. We forget how much we have been loved, and how much we owe those people who love us. I would say that our problems begin when we forget that. Our problems begin when we forget ...

1790. How Moses Handled Stress

Numbers 11:4-35

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... system of the medieval church, that placed the religious up here on top, and the laity down here on the bottom. The vocation of the religious was to minister to the laity. The vocation of the laity was to be ministered to. Luther said, "no." The gifts of ministry have been given to all who are baptized. We are all priests. We are all here to minister to one another. He called that "the priesthood of all believers." There were radical implications of that in all of western civilization. But the most radical ...

1791. How to Look Foolish

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

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Mark Trotter

... way of the cross is the way this world is going to get fixed. The way of the cross is the way of love. He explains it in the llth and 12th chapters. He describes what is happening in Corinth, people separating themselves from others on the basis of the gifts that separated them, made them better than other people. Paul says if you believe that, you are acting as if Christ had never died. At the end of the 12th chapter he says, "I will show you a more excellent way." Then comes the famous 13th chapter of I ...

1792. Only One Thing Is Needed

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... harvest. To professors, He is the Master Teacher. To prodigals, He is the forgiving Parent. To lost sheep, He is the Good Shepherd. To thirsty souls, He is the Water of life. To the hungry, He is the Bread of life. To philanthropists, He is God’s Unspeakable Gift (5) Let me tell you a true story of someone who came to see in his own life who Christ is. Walt was a sixteen‑year‑old street tough in Brooklyn, New York. “My parents,” he remembers, “were good people, but they didn’t have much money ...

1793. Can You Hear Me Now?

Exodus 3:1-15

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... . We can't know, or see, God directly as Moses had to look away from the brightness of the burning bush, so we know God through his masks. The ultimate mask of God, of course, is Christ. Our Christian calling relates directly to who we are, what gifts we have been given, and our entire life's activities and experiences. The temptation is to take the Time magazine approach to our vocation and calling. Religion is but one segment, one slice, and it should be kept in its place is the message and model of Time ...

1794. Saved (Again)!

Exodus 14:19-31

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... . Passing through the sea transformed slaves into the people of God as God's baptismal cleansing transforms people into Christians. By God's grace in Christ's redeeming work on the cross, and that made personal in our baptism, we are redeemed, saved, forgiven, chosen, gifted, honored, and commissioned. The Apostle Peter sees the flood as a parallel to baptism in 1 Peter 3:20-22. Once again, people in the original story were saved from water, not by water, but both the flood and the crossing of the sea put ...

1795. Free Living Water for All

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... Sychar, he meets a woman from Samaria. Jesus is tired and thirsty. He asks the Samaritan woman for a drink and engages her in conversation. The woman is puzzled because Jesus, a Jew, asks her for a drink, an unthinkable act. Jesus answers her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, â€˜Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water." The Samaritan woman asks for this living water. Jesus tells her he is the living water. The Apostle Paul in ...

1796. Making a Change

Romans 6:12-23

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Frank Ramirez

... is God's dominion. Live by God's rules. Worship God, the giver of all good gifts. Collect We demand not for our due, but beg for the gift of free and flowing grace! Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord we know exactly what we would get as the wages for sin. Why do we show up every payday demanding what we claim we deserve? It's time we change jobs, where we are paid nothing and give everything. We humbly ask for your free gift of grace! We've sinned enough. Enter into our lives and remake us according to your ...

1797. Expectancy

Romans 13:11-14

Sermon

James L. Killen

... doing when we celebrate the season of Advent. Here we are, almost 2,000 years after the birth of Jesus, participating in an observance that has to do with looking forward to the coming of salvation. Yes, the Savior has come and the gift of salvation has been given. But the difference that gift is meant to make, both in our lives and in our world, is something that has yet to be brought to fulfillment. That fulfillment is something that we should hope for and look forward to expectantly. And we are called to ...

1798. Removing Obstacles

1 Corinthians 1:10-18

Sermon

James L. Killen

... into a loving relationship with God and God's people. Paul said some things to the Corinthians that can help us to get all of those attitudes into perspective. First, he reminded the Corinthians - and us - that we all have our status in the presence of God as a gift of grace. None of us can claim any standing in the presence of God because of who we are in the community or because of what we have done or because of our goodness or our wealth or our education or even because of our faithfulness. We are saved ...

1799. Abraham Believed God

Romans 4:1-5, 13-17

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... to get paid; we expect something to be due us. It's the old adage: A day's pay for a day's work. But if we don't do the work, and still get paid, then it's a gift. It's something we get undeserved. That's called grace. Abraham and all the others were credited with righteousness as a gift. It came not through anything they had done, but only through what they believed. And they believed God when he said, "My grace is sufficient." The God "who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things ...

1800. Access Denied

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... at peace with himself while, at the same time, accomplishing the work that had been set before him. A man was confined to his bed due to a lingering illness. His grandson brought him a cocoon of a beautiful species of butterfly as a get well gift. Having placed it on his windowsill, the man watched as the butterfly began its struggle to emerge from the cocoon. It was a long, hard battle with nature. As the hours went by, the struggling insect seemed to make almost no progress. Finally, the human observer ...

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