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1876. Amazing Authority

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . He usually didn't say too much, not that he was unfriendly or anything but simply because that was the nature of who he was. But when Roger spoke everyone listened because everyone knew Roger had thought it through and what he had to say would be important. Some people just have an air of authority about them. II. He Said A. That's the way Jesus was. Whenever He spoke, He spoke with authority. He wasn't arrogant or prideful, He just carried Himself and presented ...

1877. The Dachshund Dilemma

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... Top Ten Ways to Promote Growth in Your Church.” These suggestions are offered with tongue firmly planted in cheek, but I thought you might enjoy some of them. These are ways we might grow our church: Offer free frequent flyer miles with every ... go. “Sometimes all I could see was the hand ahead of me and the one behind me,” this woman said. “Sometimes my arms ached so badly I thought I would cry out loud, but that is how we made it at last. We found our way home by holding on to one another.” (5) That ...

1878. The Devil Doesn't Tempt, He Suggests

Luke 4:1-13

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Carla Thompson Powell

... . S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters (1943) are fictional letters written from one devil to another. In one letter Screwtape writes to Wormwood: "I once had a patient, a sound atheist, who used to read in the British Museum. One day, as he sat reading, I saw a train of thought in his mind beginning to go the wrong way. The Enemy, of course, was at his elbow in a moment. Before I knew where I was I saw my twenty years' work beginning to totter. If I had lost my head and begun to attempt a defense by argument I ...

1879. Dealing With the Pain of Rejection - Sermon Opener

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

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James W. Moore

... was attractive, outgoing, personable, radiant, and happy. She was an only child and her parents were devoted to her and so proud of her. A member of his church she did a youth "speak-out" in an evening worship service. Her words were inspired and thoughtful from the pulpit that night. She was so wholesome, so clean-cut, so full of life. But, the next morning, an urgent ringing of the telephone. It was Jessica's mother alarmed, concerned, frightened saying that Jessica had been taken to the emergency room ...

1880. What Matters In the Light of Eternity: “Life Matters”

Luke 9:18-27

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... and lose his own soul?” Life, what a wonderful four letter word. Life, what a gift. Life, what an opportunity. Life, what a trust. It is one of those things that matters in the light of eternity. I’d like to take this brief time to share with you my thoughts on living a life that really matters. I. God-Size Your Demons Sandy and I were in New York a couple of months ago and managed to see the Broadway Musical South Pacific. A supporting actress in the play has a song that goes, “You gotta have a dream ...

1881. Jesus Saves, We're Called To Invest

Matthew 25:14-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... be a writer. Who do you think you are they said that you should be a writer. What do you know about life. Some of the young men she dated thought she was a genius. She didn't want to be a genius, she just wanted to be like everyone else. So she dated boys who didn't think she ... wanted to be a writer. But her family and her new boy friends just laughed at her. So she gave up any thought of writing. She married and had a couple of kids and felt very unhappy and unfulfilled and divorced her husband and became ...

1882. On Your Mark, Get Set, Hope!

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... classroom. A child shall lead them. I read two philosophers this week, both of whom said Hope died in the 20th century. I didn’t believe the first, but when the second one said it I thought maybe I ought to think about it. Hope died in the 20th century they say. I thought at first, how could that be? We started so optimistically. Consecrated to the “survival of the fittest” we believed in human progress and achievement. The 20th century alone gave us the telephone, the television, the automobile, the ...

1883. Winning the War Over Stuff (Series: Winning The War Over Daily Life)

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... , I noticed one consistent thing about the five countries we visited. They had plenty of places to shop. Given the choice between food and shopping, several of our group consistently chose shopping. I bought a boat the other day. I didn’t need it, but I thought my grandchildren would like it. You know what they say about boat owners – “The two happiest days in a boat owner’s life is the day you buy and the day you sell. All other days are costly.” Possessions give a feeling of STATUS. In Verse ...

1884. Stewardship of the Earth (Series: Stewardship: Discover This Word and Love It!)

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... . Another group who ignores the Lord’s ownership of the Earth are those who say, “Who Cares?” If the Earth is the Lord’s then let him worry about it. Let God take care of it. He’s probably going to destroy it anyway, so why bother? This thought is prevalent among conservative Christians. If this world is not our home, then why should we care what happens to the Earth? If we plan to fly away, why be concerned with what’s left behind? If it’s just a matter of time until the world self-destructs ...

1885. Am I In Shape Spiritually? (Series: Real Faith for Real People)

1 Timothy 4:1-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... the microphone, visibly shaking from head to toe, confessing that she had never seen that many people in a room before. Then she said something I will never forget. She said, “I didn’t know you were supposed to get an award for leading boys and girls to Jesus. I thought that’s what you were supposed to do. I didn’t need any award for it. Jesus is my reward.” C. Public worship is a means of grace. I sit on my deck once in a while and watch the airplanes land at the Nashville Airport. From my deck ...

1886. Finding Common Ground

Galatians 3:15-25

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... you. Christ can give you new life. He can give you meaningful life. He can give you everlasting life. In Christ there is life. II. In Christ, There Is Liberty John 8 says it this way: “If Christ sets you free, you are free indeed!” Have you thought about that? “If Christ sets you free you are free indeed.” Robert Fulghum tells the story about trying to ride herd over 80, 7-10 year- olds in a church fellowship hall while their parents were in the sanctuary for a very important meeting. Fulghum writes ...

1887. Follow Your Failures (Series: An Invitation to Christian Discipleship)

John 21:1-14

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... of our own hearts” (Isaiah 53:6). People who pray like that are my kind of people. Why do we fail? The reasons are as numerous as the sands of the seas. But a few seem all too common. Power intoxicates us. Peter was a natural born leader. He thought he could walk on water and never hesitated when it came to jumping out of the boat. Here is the point. Our strengths can become our greatest weaknesses. If we think the devil only knows what we cannot do, we are badly mistaken. He wants our strengths for his ...

1888. Will 2012 Be the End of the World?

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... movie called The Three Bs, based on the lives of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. Bruce Willis signed up to play Beethoven and Mel Gibson agreed to play Brahms. When the casting director approached Arnold Schwarzenegger and asked him if he’d like to be in the movie, too, he thought about it a minute, then nodded and said: “I’ll be Bach.” O.K., I said it was a bad joke. Jesus said he would be back someday. Jesus is our friend. Jesus is our redeemer. His return can only be good news for those who love him ...

1889. Resurrection Living

John 11:1-45

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... was coming home. She screamed and hung up the phone. Next he tried going to the homes of several friends. They took one look at him, thought he was a ghost and slammed the door in his face. Finally, he found a friend who hadn't heard he was dead. He convinced that ... 's hard to do good to those who hate you. It's hard not to judge. It's hard to tithe. It's hard to give without thought of reward or wondering "What do I get out of it?" It's hard to love God with all of your heart, soul, mind and strength; there ...

1890. Hope in a Plain Brown Wrapper

Luke 1:47-55

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... call me blessed; [49] for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. [50] His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. [51] He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. [52] He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly; [53] he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty. [54] He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, [55] according ...

1891. Magnificent Fools

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... cost. So, Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” That did it for that timid, would-be follower. He didn’t join the ranks. Jesus asked the next man He met to follow him. The man thought it might be a good proposition and agreed to do so if he might be allowed to first go and bury his father. It was as though he was saying, “When I have no more family responsibilities I will be a faithful disciple.” Jesus’ response to that kind of ...

1892. Take Off Your Shoes...You Are Standing on Holy Ground

Acts 7:1-53

Sermon

James W. Moore

... hug us and wish us well in this new chapter in our lives. The people in our St. Luke’s family are always so amazingly thoughtful, so generous, so gracious, so loving… and we were touched by the kind words and tender hugs. Toward the end of the line, a woman ... my Bible which I had left on the pulpit. I stood there and looked at our amazing Sanctuary and our magnificent Pulpit and I thought of what that Mom had said: “After 9/11, my children all called and asked, ‘What did St. Luke’s do and what did ...

1893. The Third Kind of Love

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James W. Moore

... . Fitzgerald. He accomplished a lot and corrected some of his mistakes of the day before… and he came home whistling, feeling good about himself and about life. When he went into the master bedroom, he immediately saw a suit hanging on his closet door… and he thought, “Great, my wife has exchanged the other suit for this one.” He tried it on: “Now, this is more like it. This suit looks good. It feels good and it fits great. It’s perfect,” he said to his wife. To which she responded. “Ernest ...

1894. Holiness of Heart and Life

Romans 2:21-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... aiding the poor and needy. We’re rightly upset as citizens and especially as Christians about the present economic situation of our nation — the staggering deficit that grows daily. Hopefully we are learning that there are limits to what we once thought was the endless abundance of the American economy. Government deficits must be curbed, lest they continue to fuel inflation which is morally indefensible and threatens the very fabric of our national life. But, let’s keep perspective. If inflation is a ...

1895. Discipline and Means of Grace

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... for what he hoped would become a full-scale apology of the Christian religion. He wanted to use the brilliant mathematical mind Cod had given him to defend the faith. Pascal’s notes now fill up several hundred pages in the book we know as Penses, or ‘Thoughts’. The scope of what Pascal intended must have been enormous because he stated that it would take ten years of good health to bring the book to completion this from a man who had already accomplished more in his first thirty-five years than most ...

1896. One to Take the Place of Jesus

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... you desolate, or forlorn — I will come to you.” The Greek word here is orphanos and means without a Father. It was a word used of disciples and students who had lost the presence and teaching of their master. Plato said that, when Socrates died, his disciples “thought that they would have to spend the rest of their lives forlorn, as children bereft of a father, and they did not know what to do about it.” Not so with us who are Christians. Jesus told his disciples that that would not be the case with ...

1897. Dying to Live

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... directed them. For them, “the trumpet-call of eternity had sounded, and the might of heaven was on the march and the campaign of victory was on the move.” But what they expected didn’t happen. Because what Jesus meant by “glorified” was not what they meant. They thought that all the kingdoms of the earth were going to be subjected under the son of man’s feet. But Jesus meant that he was going to the cross, and He was going to be glorified by being crucified. He was not going to be lifted up and ...

1898. What Is Man?

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... never was something like us before and there never will be something like us again. But for 650,000 hours the miracle that is uniquely us exists. Bryson contends that it’s likely one of our atoms was a part of Shakespeare a few hundred years before we were a thought in our parents’ minds, and that one or more of our atoms will become a part of a leaf or a tree a few years after we die. (5) It is a miracle beyond comprehension. We are so tiny, so seemingly insignificant. The only reason we have any claim ...

1899. Whatever Happened to Respect?

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... reach Fort Kearney. Heartbroken the young man took her body to the highest hill and buried it, using the wagon bed to make a coffin. He drove down some wooden stakes to mark the grave, thinking that he would go on west and later come back. But as he thought about it, he said to himself, “I’ll forget where this is. I will never remember it.” So he retraced his steps all the way to St. Joseph, Missouri. He found a stone cutter, and had him prepare a tombstone with the name “Susan Hail” on it, along ...

1900. The Darkness Where God Was

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... about today. You can imagine the terror and the panic-stricken fright and flight. There was “thundering and lightning and the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking, and the people were afraid and trembled; they stood afar off. Of course they stood afar off. They thought they might die. They turned to Moses, their mediator, and asked him to intercede. Listen to what they say to Moses in verse 19: “You speak to us, and we will hear. But let not God speak to us, lest we die.” You see, they were ...

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