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1776. On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

John Smylie

... not a particularly spectacular river. Above the Sea of Galilee the waters run faster and clearer. The river is fed by the streams and mountains of Lebanon. Today there is a pilgrimage rest stop a little below the southern end of the Sea of Galilee where the Jordan River continues to make its way south toward the Dead Sea. This pilgrimage stop is designed for visitors to ponder a few moments on the bank of the River Jordan. The water moves slowly, the riverbed is fairly shallow, and by and large its color is ...

1777. Maybe Today

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... . He describes himself as a self-professed Jesus Freak from the 1970s. You know the type? Going to malls and stopping people asking them where they would spend eternity if they were to die that night. Thanking God for everything including ... window, but they were all taken care of. He went to find the cattle, but they were all rounded up. On the way back to the house, he stopped in to check on the hired man who was asleep ... on a windy night. The truth of the biblical teaching of the second coming of Jesus is ...

1778. The Story That Shapes Us

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Nancy Kraft

... to bumper and you're late. You're in the right hand lane on the freeway and all the cars come to a stop. You look into your rearview mirror and notice that, a long way back, a car has gotten out of line and it's traveling on the shoulder, passing ... all the other cars that are stuck. Then, much to your amazement, that car stops right in front of you and the driver puts on his left turn signal, motioning to let him cut in front of you. (Apparently when he ...

1779. I Love You, Too

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Nancy Kraft

... in this house." The result might also be a life on the straight and narrow, but it is motivated by fear and not by love. As God's beloved children, he expects us to love one another — not because he will stop loving us if we don't do what he tells us to do, but precisely because he will never stop loving us no matter what we do. That's why John can make the bold assertion: "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not ...

1780. Eyes on the Prize

2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1

Sermon

Gibson “Nibs” Stroupe

... our status. It is a truth - this decay - from which our culture is also in flight. We spend millions, if not billions, on research to discover products that will delay the effects of aging and decay, but nothing will stop the process. We may slow it down so that living to be over 100 may become routine, but we will not stop it. We remain mortal creatures, as Isaiah 40 puts it: "All flesh is grass." It is a difficult truth to accept, but we must come to terms with our own death if we are to find our lives ...

1781. Yielding to Spiritual Maturity

Matthew 7:15-23, James 2:1-10 (11-13) 14-17

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... is how it translates into behavior: • Do you pray for patience? • Do you give generously to others? • Do you treat the less fortunate with the same deference as you would the wealthy? • Do you seek to understand, not just to be understood? • Do you stop yourself from responding rudely to others? A George Gallup poll found that more than half of the Americans who are experiencing grief turn to God, prayer, and scripture for comfort. And of those who do, 94% say that it is highly effective. If these ...

1782. Antidote for Bad Times

James 5:13-20

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... afraid of the future, he went off to pray. When he was disappointed, he sought comfort in prayer. Prayer helps us deal with our frustration and anger. Have you ever been so angry with someone that you couldn't stop thinking about it? Here's an antidote to that anger. Don't pray to stop being angry. Instead, pray that good things will come to that person who has angered you. Pray for his welfare. Pray for blessings to rain upon her. Amazingly you will feel the hurt and anger drift away. The obsession with ...

1783. Living in The Present

Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... of Jesus' brothers and sisters who have been crowned with glory and honor. Once you grasp the potency of this relationship you have with Jesus, your brother, and once you come to the realization of who you are in God's fellowship of faith, no earthly circumstance can stop you. Wake up! You have been crowned with glory and honor. It is confirmed not by the size of your house or your bank account but by the halo of glory and honor God has placed on your head. Helen Keller said, "Life is a daring adventure or ...

1784. Make a 119 Call

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... cajole Hong Zhu, another May Davis employee who stood frozen in fear, into joining them down the stairs. On the 53rd floor, their group passed a stranger, a very heavy man named Victor, whose legs were injured and seemed unable to support him. Mr. Ramos and Mr. Zhu stopped. They helped Victor to his feet and supported him as he slowly made his way down the stairs. On the 36th floor Victor gave up, ‘I can’t move my legs anymore,’ he said. A fireman rushing by told them to leave Victor and get out. Mr ...

1785. The Difference Between Getting and Giving

John 1:1-18

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... back, my sore feet. (cranks up his voice to the proper pitch and tone) Ho, ho, ho! (continues to fake being jolly) Happy holiday, everybody! Ho, ho, ho! Narrator: The old man plodded on wondering what it all meant. (Old Man walks on.) Narrator: His next stop was at the home of a devout gentleman who was at the very moment reading a properly threadbare leather-bound copy of the Bible. It took only one deft flick of the wrist to find the correct passage to explain how giving and getting differed. Devout ...

1786. Prepare: An Advent Play

Matthew 24:36-51

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... TV shopping is on channel (number). (brightly) And the malls are open ’til 10 o’clock every night. Wow! Can you believe it? Such convenience. (shouts) Bring your little ones, I’ll be there — lap and all — I’ll promise ’em whatever they desire. John: Stop it, Mr. Claus. Santa: Just call me Santa Claus. John: Santa Claus, Santa humbug. You’re out to lunch. I came to tell these folks here, to prepare for the coming.... Santa: (interrupts) Cool it, John B. Take it easy. Everybody knows that the ...

1787. The Ball Game

Mark 13:1-31

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... No, my son was! I had to wait for him! Frank: Well, okay, so then what? Bill: I left the house late and ran to the bus stop. I saw the bus turning the corner to leave just as I came around the corner. I had to wait about fifteen minutes for the next ... ) Oh — fifteen minutes! How awful! Go on. Bill: By the time I got downtown I was hungry. I hadn’t had time for breakfast, so I stopped at Mac and Don’s for a quick bite. Wouldn’t you know, they didn’t have enough help on duty and I wasted ten minutes ...

1788. The Need for Transformation

Jonah 3:1-5, 10

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... anything you propose, just try me!" "Fine," said the priest, "I want you to follow me into the church sanctuary." The man followed the priest, who stopped at the foot of a large figure of Christ on the cross. He said to the young man, "I want you to look at the ... ignored the request and continued to walk. As he was heading back to the office he decided he wanted a little dessert. He stopped at a pastry shop and bought himself a chocolate éclair. As he was leaving the store, a young boy came racing down the ...

1789. Death Meets The Lord

Isaiah 25:6-9

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... the letter from his professor. In death I am really ... at my end. But at the same time I am one whose history with God cannot stop, since I am called by my name and I am the friend of Jesus. The Resurrected One is victorious and I stand within his sphere of ... side of the gloomy grave.4In death I am really ... at my end. But at the same time I am one whose history with God cannot stop, since I am called by my name and I am the friend of Jesus. The Resurrected One is victorious and I stand within his sphere of ...

1790. Who Am I?

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... survived. He came home and a new post-war life began in their home, unscathed by the bombs, in Hanover. The post-war years were the worst. The survivors went to the train station to "appropriate" coal from the open American train cars when the trains stopped to move onto different tracks. The family lived on potato soup and crusty bread soaked in milk and baked in the oven. Paul continued his work as a Protestant deacon, passed the exams, and was ordained as a pastor in 1964. Gertrude related that, later ...

1791. Ascension Answers

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... . During an automobile outing in the mountains of the northern Steiermark, some Austrian friends and their American visitor stopped at a small romantic village. The town was a teutonic wonder caught in time about 200 years ago, ... Testament that safely delivered Noah and his family to dry land. The ship sails in all kinds of weather, on all the seas of the world. It stops at many harbors and its crew invites all to board it for the journey. The crew is always granted shore leave so that it can engage in ...

1792. Joy Is for Leaping

Song of Songs 2:8-13

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... to choose happiness. What joy to see young men leaping in 100-degree heat, like gazelles. Broadway can be as formidable as any mountain. There was joy in their dance down the street. The next part of the passage, after the gazelles leap, is that the gazelles stop at the window and stare in through the lattice. The image is so descriptive and so full of longing. After we dance, often we want to sit quietly and not dance. We want to gaze. From gazelle to gaze — we know the passage. Then after the dancing ...

1793. Job Is for Real

Job 1:1, 2:1-10

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... is created. In fixing it, we often join the de-creation. Instead, with humility and in joy, we transform the size of our footstep on earth. We think outside of the box of ourselves being the center of it all. We who commit mass murder by complacency can stop. We can stop the complacency. We can see the whole earth, not as a catalogue, but the whole earth and ourselves as planted within it. That is the reframe that can begin the saving of the air and water and our island home. I find going to PETCO helps me ...

1794. What Does It Mean to Be Blessed?

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... wise man who changed his life. “In countless ways,” Bono says, “I was always seeking the Lord’s blessing. I was saying, you know, I have this new song, look after it. I have a family, look after them. I have this idea. The wise man said, ‘Stop.’ He said, stop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Get involved in what God is doing because it’s already blessed. Well? God is with the poor,” Bono continues. “That, I believe, is what God is doing.” (6) So you say you are blessed. I have no ...

1795. Building Moral Communities

Illustration

Georgia Anne Geyer

... come to the conclusion that it is impossible to have a moral community or nation without faith in God, because without it everything rapidly comes down to "me," and "me" alone is meaningless. Today Americans have stopped acting in terms of their own moral, ethical and religious beliefs and principles. They've stopped acting on what they knew was right and the "me" has become the measure of everything. However, moral societies are the only ones that work. If anyone thinks there is not a direct and invaluable ...

1796. Train Danger

Illustration

Dennis Heatherington

... on you. If a train engineer sees you on a track, he or she will blow the whistle. Often it takes more than one blast to get the average person's attention, say train engineers. But trains can't stop the way motor vehicles can. A freight train has about 100 cars, weighs 12 million pounds, and takes a full mile to stop. An optical illusion happens with tracks. When you see a train coming, it looks as if it is traveling half as fast, and is two times farther away from you than it really is. For example, if it ...

1797. Freedom Rings

Illustration

Brian Peterson

... -smashing ceremony begins, complete with champagne and music. Just before the smashing the M.C. says, "We will now release any remaining ties to your past by transforming your ring which represents the past into a token of your new beginning. Now take the hammer. Stop for a moment to consider the transformation that is about to begin your new life. Ready? With this swing let freedom ring!" She then uses a four-pound sledgehammer to whack her emblem of love and fidelity into a shapeless piece of metal. And ...

1798. The Final Dong

Illustration

Staff

... tower," he said, nodding out the window, "is a bell which is rung by pulling on a rope. But you know what? After the sexton lets go of the rope, the bell keeps on swinging. First ding, then dong. Slower and slower until there's a final dong and it stops. I believe the same thing is true of forgiveness. When we forgive, we take our hand off the rope. But if we've been tugging at our grievances for a long time, we mustn't be surprised if the old angry thoughts keep coming for a while. They're just ...

1799. Set the Sail

Illustration

Warren Wiersbe

In 1853, when young Hudson Taylor was making his first voyage to China, his vessel was delayed near New Guinea because the winds had stopped. A rapid current was carrying the ship toward some reefs and the situation was becoming dangerous. Even the sailors using a longboat could not row the vessel out of the current. "We have done everything that can be done," said the captain to Taylor. But Taylor replied, "No, there is ...

1800. Concert Chopsticks

Illustration

... the uproar backstage, he grabbed his coat and rushed over behind the boy. Reaching around him from behind, the master began to improvise a countermelody to "Chopsticks." As the two of them played together, Paderewski kept whispering in the boy's ear, "Keep going. Don't quit, son...don't stop...don't ...

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