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1851. How to Make Heaven Our Home

Philippians 3:17-4:1

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J. Howard Olds

... life and you became one of us. We never take citizenship lightly. By water and the spirit, we are born into the kingdom of God. Through the grace of Jesus Christ we are claimed as children of God. By the process of confirmation we embrace the rights and responsibilities of a godly relationship. We are citizens of heaven. Don’t ever forget your homeland and where you really belong. II. HEAVEN, IT’S A MATTER OF CHARACTER. V. 18 As I have often told you before and now say again, Many live as enemies of the ...

1852. Why Join a Church?

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... and I entered that war. I became an officer in the Army. On one awful day of battle, I watched all of those for whom I was responsible killed on a hillside. In that awful horror of war, I looked up to the sky and I cursed God and I walked away, never to believe ... There is no charge at the door. Our services are free. So why not enjoy the benefits without assuming the commitments and responsibilities that come with it? I have only one answer to that question. It is because I want to participate in a partnership ...

1853. The Greatest Story Ever Told

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... loving father who welcomes his children home. That is the nature of God. Don’t ever forget it. That is the God you worship. You who are weary are welcome home. III. HOW WILL WE RESPOND to that kind of unmerited, undeserved, unending grace? What will be our response to a love like that? And a certain man had two sons. The first accepted it. We can accept God’s grace. Paschal said, “Every human heart has a God-shaped vacuum that God and only God can fill.” Deuteronomy 30:19-20 says: “I set before ...

1854. Luke 9:51-62

Luke 9:51-56

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Leonard Sweet

... of prophetic power. If they grasp Jesus as “messiah” in any way at this time, they are still equating messianic identity with personal power — both Jesus’ and the power they feel entitled to share in as his disciples. Little wonder that Jesus’ response to James and John uses the language of diabolical exorcism: “He turned and rebuked them” (v.55). After this initial rebuff, Jesus and his followers rejoin their journey. They “went on.” Now, in a series of three rapid-fire encounters, three ...

1855. Sexual Ethics for the 21st Century

John 8:1-11

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... are doing better with sex education classes in churches, we still have a long way to go to incorporate healthy, sexual attitudes in the minds of our people. May God help us repent and change our ways and find a better way of life. II. OUR SEXUALITY IS A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY Sexuality is about what we do as well as who we are. It has everything to do with our being, with who we are, with how we are made, but it also has everything to do with what we do, how we act, what choices we make, how we live ...

1856. By Humbly Doing Good

1 Peter 5:6-11

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... to the universe" without having to be the “center of the universe." That is a tremendous thing to learn. How to be a part of the universe without having to be the center of the universe. Teddy Roosevelt's love for the outdoors is well documented. He is responsible for many of our nation's parks and monuments. The story I like most about President Roosevelt is how he often took diplomatic guests out on the back lawn of the White House at the end of the day to sit and watch the stars. After sitting there ...

1857. The Good Samaritan - Sermon Starter

Luke 10:25-37

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Brett Blair

... . The question had been asked and the answer given. You would think that the man would be pleased and go home. But lawyers are never happy. A lawyer's responsibility is to define the limits of liability. "But he, desiring to justify himself, asked ‘Who is my neighbor.'" In other words, where does my responsibility stop? Who exactly am I responsible for?" At this point, instead of further defining the question, Jesus tells a story. A way of indirect teaching. A certain rich man was going from Jerusalem to ...

1858. Being Open to the Impossible

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... “F”. The catalogue is endless. True in so many of life’s situations – and what we have is not enough. II Now a second truth from our scripture lesson. Jesus multiplies our resources when we offer them to Him, believing he can do the impossible. Note the two responses to people’s need in our story. Let’s read verses 35-37: And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a lonely place, and the hour is now late; send them away, to go into the country and villages round about ...

1859. Holy Waste

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... you remember that as you make your pledge to “Because We Care”. You’re not going to be happy with your self; you’re not going to experience the joy that could be yours, trying to figure out how little you can give and still be a responsible part of this community. If love gave all it had, indeed if it gave the world, for love the gift would still be too little. Mary teaches us the glory of abandoned praise and how sometimes it is inappropriate to be sensible. Let me illustrate my point. Sometimes ...

1860. Political Pardon

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... were enough, Peter doubled it and added one for good measure. This, surely, will resonate with Jesus' high hopes for his followers. A word of praise was certainly about to come. Needless to say, Peter and those with him were more than taken aback by Jesus' response. "I tell you not seven times, but seventy times seven." Beyond Numbers Jesus steps outside of the numbers game and creates a new playing field which is so large that no scores can be kept. In effect, the message Jesus sends is not "You must try ...

1861. God's Laughter

Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... the infinitely fascinating question, which nobody has managed to answer, of why Americans believe that if a thing is funny it can be presumed to be something less than great, because if it were truly great it would be wholly serious!" White maintained that a humorous response to life can be just as serious as a humorless one: How it has come about that a nation which produces humor in such abundance, and lives by it to such an extent that it would be unrecognizable without it, has concluded that humor is ...

1862. Righting Wrong

Romans 9:1-5

Sermon

Larry Lange

... mob of unprincipled, irresponsible ruffians. He wanted nothing to do with any of them again. Jim missed the phone call of one of the pastors who had heard Jim had given up on the congregation, perhaps even the whole idea of the church. In response to the pastor's call, Jim composed an eloquent condemnation of everything that happened at the meeting and declared he could have nothing to do with people who had so little regard for God's commands, so little regard for mission, for discipleship, for sacrificial ...

1863. Swept Clean

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the Best First A. There's an old saying, "Life is short - eat dessert first." That's sort of what Jesus is telling Mary and Martha in this passage. Savor the best first. I'm not saying we shouldn't work hard. I'm not saying we should shirk our responsibilities. No, what I'm saying is this. If you've cleaned the clutter of your soul and set the priorities of life, then you can take time to savor the best things first. You see, I don't think Jesus minded Martha doing and fixing and being the good hostess ...

1864. Don’t Blow Off What Is God-Breathed!

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... order as the highest over-all. Out of 32 questions atheists and agnostics averaged 20.9 correct answers. Jews got the right answer 20.5 times and Mormons 20.3. Evangelical Protestants only managed 17.6 correct answers while “mainline” Protestants scored 15.8 right responses. How did Christians get to be so ignorant about Christianity? How did the literacy rate for our faith drop so low? Why is it that according to this Pew Trust study, those regions of America where piety is the highest (based on church ...

1865. The Irrational Season

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , dependent upon the Incarnation, offering praise and thanksgiving for the acceptance Christ’s presence on earth made possible. The true human response to the approach of Christmas is not a quest for the new or a longing for the old, but is simply ... May truth’s magnetic pull increase Along the silver path of peace. I invite you to join me in this irrational Advent response to the world of 2010. At the same time we face and confront the enormity of evil in our world, we also fix our eyes on the beauty ...

1866. You Are God's Temple

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... Rosenberg says he suddenly became aware of something new, as though something had been spoken to him. And the message was this. The child in that hospital bed, his child, was in truth, first of all, God's child. As his dad, von Rosenberg had only a temporary responsibility, on God's behalf. But the child belonged to God. Therefore, whatever happened at Duke even the worse that can happen would not change the most important thing that could be said about John. He is and always will be God's child. At 2:00 in ...

1867. John 4:5-42

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... it was the Temple in Jerusalem, for Samaritans it was at the site of much earlier temple located on Mt. Gerizim. The Gerizim temple had been destroyed in 128 BCE, but the site was still the sacred center for Samaritan worship and sacrifices. Jesus’ response opens a new third way for acceptable worship. First, Jesus affirms the covenant heritage of the Jews over that of the Samaritans, because of that divine promise “salvation is from the Jews” (v.20). But the salvation story is not complete. A new ...

1868. Just Say the Word

John 1:1-9, 10-18

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... restore and redeem. The same God who rebukes ice and snow also rebukes sin and evil. People may cry for help, but it is God's nature to help whether or not people cry. It is this reality of the benevolent nature of God that brings forth praise in response on both ends of the psalm, the hallelujahs of verses 12 and 20 ("Praise the Lord!" in some Bibles is simply a translation of the familiar Hebrew word hallelujah). The God of Israel is the Lord of both freezing and thawing, of both death and life, of both ...

1869. Looking Up: Looking Out

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... fails us in light of this report of an unearthly, glowing brilliance, of a visitation from figures long-dead, like some story out of Charles Dickens, of a voice speaking from the clouds. When Peter struggled for an appropriate word to say, it didn't even merit a response from Jesus. Even Jesus didn't talk about it, in fact, Mark says he ordered the disciples not to talk about it until after Easter; and since they hadn't the faintest idea then what Easter was or what it would mean, they pretty much, as Mark ...

1870. We Wish to See Jesus

John 12:20-33

Sermon

John Smylie

... . There didn't seem to be a set of rules or a precedent of how to deal with Gentiles in the disciples' training manual, so Philip consulted with Andrew, the other disciple with a Greek name, and together they went and told Jesus of the Gentiles' request. Jesus' response, on the surface may appear a bit odd to us: "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified ... and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself" (vv. 23-32). Throughout the gospel of John, at various critical ...

1871. For the Life of Betsy D. I. Smylie

John 12:20-36

Sermon

John Smylie

1872. This Gospel Is for Our Children

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... generation away from disappearing from the face of the earth. To kill the message of Jesus in your family, all you have to do is simply not tell it to your children. The disciples, it seems, are momentarily, at least, unaware of this truth. Our primary responsibility as Christians is to testify to the power of Jesus; not to argue about Christian faith, but to simply tell the things that we have seen Christ do in our lives. There is no better witness for Christ than our personalization of these words from ...

1873. Witness: More than Judgment

1 Corinthians 9:16-23

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... was that they were worth taking a walk across the property line. They were worth a knock on the door. They were worth a hug. After the initial shock, they could hear the gospel for the first time. Do you know how she responded? This neighbor's first response was, "Why haven't I heard this before? Why hasn't anyone told me?" Gulp. Good question. Why not? Telling others about Jesus is the greatest thing you can do for them. It has eternal significance. Your job doesn't. Your schedule doesn't. Your mail doesn ...

1874. I Love You, Too

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Nancy Kraft

... changes everything for us. "Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another" (1 John 4:11). Our lives are given in response to God's love given for us. A lot of times we miss this. We may live in the way we think God wants us to ... do anything to hurt or disappoint my mother in any way. It was a silent promise I made to my mother. It was offered in love, in response to the love she had shown me. How different that is from the young woman who lives in fear of a parent who lays down the ...

1875. Reconciliation Day

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... the day on which we would all agree to accept the olive branch extended by a former friend. This day could be the starting place. We could go on from here to heal the wounds in our hearts and rejoice in a brand new beginning. Signed, Van Nuys. Ann’s response was this: “This is a great idea. I propose that every year at this time we do just that that we celebrate “Reconciliation Day” and pick up the phone or write a letter that will bring joy to someone who might be in pain.” (2) I don’t know if ...

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