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1901. Priceless

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... on all my pride." Yes, Paul said, "For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified" (1 Corinthians 2:2). But more importantly, we know he is risen. The angels at the ascension asked the apostles why they were looking up in the air. There was work to do. Pick up your cross? You've already got it, but start walking toward your resurrection, now and in the life to come. We began by talking about the noise that Krakatoa, that great volcano made, a noise so great it was heard ...

1902. Fruit with Feet

Acts 9:1-20

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... man with his fist like Cain. No one was stronger or meaner. "Well, he certainly looks like the strongest man in the county," Brother Dove said, watching the way Cain Lackey thrust his shovel into the swamp, and sent great clouds of mud into the air behind him. "I'm going to invite him to the revival," Brother Dove said suddenly. "He'll never come," Brother Elgin said. "He'll definitely never come if we don't ask him," Brother Dove replied. Brother Elgin watched as the Brethren minister descended into ...

1903. A Day of Singing

Zephaniah 3:14-20, Luke 3:7-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... He plays like a god.’” On this Friday morning Bell played on one of the most valuable violins ever made a Stradivari valued at $3.5 million. The train station provided good acoustics for Bell’s performance. His beautiful music filled the morning air. “A reporter stood observing and recording the event. In the first 3 minutes, 63 people walked past without seeming to notice the virtuoso. Then a man stopped, looked and quickly walked on. Across the 45 minutes Joshua Bell played, 7 people stopped to ...

1904. Jesus: What's in a Name?

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ghosts. We pierce the far rim of the universe and roam mentally through light years of time, but we also fear. We do not fear the malevolent ghosts but we fear the ghosts of ourselves. We have come now in our time to fear the water we drink, the air we breathe, the insecticides dusted over our food. We fear the awesome nuclear power we have lifted out of nature, and cannot return. We fear the weapons we’ve made, the hatreds we have engendered…we fear for the value of the money in our pockets that stand ...

1905. A Good Steward

Mark 12:38-44

Illustration

David Reynolds

... business while she cared for a sick aunt. "All my classmates had gone off and left me so I didn't go back," she said. "I just washed and ironed." She never had a car. Only recently at the urging of bank personnel, did she buy a window air conditioner for her home. McCarty's arthritis forced her to retire in December of 1994 at the age of 86. McCarty scrimped and saved, however, until she was able to leave $150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi to set up scholarships for other needy African ...

1906. Predictions of the Future

Mark 13:1-8; Luke 21:5-38

Illustration

... ?" H. M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927. "I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper." Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in "Gone With the Wind." "Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. X-rays will prove to be a hoax." William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, British scientist, 1899. "It will be years not in my time before a woman will become Prime Minister." Margaret Thatcher, 1974. "I see no good reasons why the views given in ...

1907. “Unto Us A Child Is Born... Next, On Omar”

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Lois Anne DeLong

... with thanks. We must welcome the gift of this child by opening our hearts to him, accepting him as our Savior, and thanking God by living the way he wants us to live. Good night, everyone. (Stage Manager’s voice is heard offstage, saying “And, we’re off the air.” Stagehands enter and remove the chairs.) Jacob: (walking over to Omar and giving him a hug) Good show, Omar. I think this may be our best one yet. Omar: I think so, too. You know, it was so good, maybe we should make the gift of this child ...

1908. A Squirrely Holiday

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... “out on a limb.” Confident in their God-given gifts, strong claws for climbing, a long tail for balance, an eye for perfectly gauging distances, they are comfortable and unconcerned perched on the tippy-end of a tiny branch. Forty or fifty feet in the air, clinging to a scrawny twig, the squirrel enjoys the view and the winds that ruffle its fur. Followers of Christ will find themselves “out on a limb” from time to time. What helps to bring in the kingdom and reveal God’s righteousness isn’t ...

1909. What Kind of a Kingdom has Jesus?

John 18:33-37

Illustration

Andrew Daughters

... nor parliament sitting, deciding what laws there will be. Perhaps he has need of but two laws: Love God and your neighbor as well. To obey them is all that is needed, as all of the saintly can tell. He has neither army nor navy, no air force to guard the frontiers to keep out the strangers unwanted and maintain the enemy's fears. Immigration he seems to encourage, of some quite disreputable, like fishermen, publicans, sinners. To such he is hospitable. It seems there's no revenue service or taxes we must ...

1910. Good News about Thanksgiving

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... the Sermon on the Mount Jesus spoke these magnificent words: “Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the ...

1911. Christian Hope Had Changed His Life

Luke 3:7-18

Illustration

James W. Moore

Some years ago a military airplane crashed at Sonderstrom Air Force Base in Greenland. Twenty-two people were killed. The runway and the nearby fields were strewn with bodies. It was a tragic and horrible moment. There was only one chaplain on the base at the time… and the entire burden was laid on him to bring comfort and the ...

1912. The Wisdom of the Wise Men

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... symbolism, though not as popular. It shows Jesus at the door of the carpenter’s shop in Nazareth, when Jesus was a little boy. He has obviously come from the carpenter’s bench where he’s been cramped in work and he comes to the door to get some fresh air and to stretch his limbs. The sun is shining brightly from outside and as the little boy Jesus stretches his limbs, his shadow is cast on the wall of the house inside. And it’s the shadow of a cross, and Mary the mother stands looking with tears in ...

1913. Beware of Cute

Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... his mother’s womb the sound of Mary’s voice jump-starts the beginning of John’s mission and message, the first baby steps into the Kingdom of God. Expectant mothers are cautioned to watch what goes into their bodies. Drugs, alcohol, toxins in the air and water -all can cause dire damage to the baby because of the umbilical connection between mother and child. For Elizabeth, that connection enables her to experience the same power of the Holy Spirit that courses through her unborn son’s being. At the ...

1914. Believing Important Messages

Luke 1:39-56

Illustration

Brett Blair

... ) what she had been told and as a result she is called blessed. Extra note to the above illustration: You might want to compare the excerpt from the song Jack Binns (1909) to the song of Mary. This illustration was drawn form a documentary about wireless technology aired on PBS. Here is the opening of that song: There's a hole in the side of the ship "Jack Binns," The Captain above him cried; Give a message at once to the wandering winds, "Aye, aye, sir, Jack Binns replied. The Captain was brave, but braver ...

1915. The Word that Changed the World

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... Time and the New Year Baby sledding together down a steep hill at great speed. Father Time, with his long beard flowing backwards behind his head, has an expression of panic, dread, terror and fright on his face. The New Year Baby, with hands raised high in the air like a teenager on a roller coaster has a face showing exhilaration, enjoyment, and elation. (3) I guess your perception of time, depends on where you stand in the aging continuum. As we begin this New Year, I want to ask you to focus on some of ...

1916. Every Day God Equips

John 14:15-27

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... more powerful than I was. In our daily walk, the Holy Spirit, the presence of Christ with us Every Day is what give us the power to be the Children of God. One of the Greek words used to describe the Holy Spirit is "Pneuma." B. Through this "pneuma" or air power of the Spirit, God Supplies the tools for the ministry God calls us to. God doesn't always call the equipped but God always equips the called. That means we don't go alone. Knowing that we don't go alone fills us with a Holy Boldness. That boldness ...

1917. Every Day God Enables

1 Corinthians 1:18-31

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... just naturally want to share that good news with somebody. And Our Every Day God Enables Us To Proclaim that Good News. Conclusion William Sloan Coffin, former CIA agent and long time pastor of RiversideChurch in New York City said: "We have learned to soar through the air like birds, to swim through the seas like fish, to soar through space like comets. Now it is high time we learned to walk the earth as the children of our God." Our Every Day God Enables Us To Practice our faith; Persevere in hard time ...

1918. A Crib, A Cross, And A Cave

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . He was face to face with a gas station attendant, who was surprised and shocked to see a body in the back of the hearse staring back at him. With all the color drained out of him and his eyes as wide as saucers, the gas pump flew into the air, and the attendant ran on shaky legs back into the gas station, while the funeral director tried to catch up to explain the whole situation. I'm pretty sure that's how the women who came to the empty tomb that first Easter morning must have felt. They had to ...

1919. Breakfast On The Beach

John 21:1-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... you." As if to say, "Lord, I can't say that any more. Not after what I did, but I DO love you." With love, compassion, mercy, grace and forgiveness Jesus looked at Peter across that charcoal fire, with the smell of that denial still in the air and said, "Feed my lambs." Jesus is being very clear about Peter's role of caring for the young flock of new Christians, the lambs. Peter was to feed and nurture them through his leadership and faith. Peter was no longer simply the apprentice shepherd, now the flock ...

1920. They Devoted Themselves

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... times in the past, certain sessions of General Conference have turned into knock down drag out brawls that were anything but Holy even though much of what was said was in Holy language. This year, while members disagreed on various issues, there was an air of unity in Christ and a sense of respect and love for one another as valuable members of the United Methodist Church. I truly believe that through what we call "Holy Conferencing" the Spirit has lead this Annual Conference. And the world takes notice ...

1921. A Cloud Of Witnesses

Hebrews 12:1-3

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the bat and stared hard at the pitcher. Whoosh! The pitch flew by him. Strike one! From the stands, his family cheered him on. "You can do it! You can do it!" So he lifted his bat again and waited for the pitch. Again he swung and connected with air. Strike two! His shoulders started to slump and his hands began to sweat, as he stared down the pitcher one last time. The ball flew by for strike three! The other team jumped and shouted for joy, while the little boy's teammates gave him the silent treatment as ...

1922. Daddy, Tell Me a Story

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... the cross of Calvary. God loves human beings. God loves you and me. God loves every person on this earth. In Max Lucado’s famous words, “If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.” That’s not something Lucado came up with out of thin air. That is what was revealed to him through a man hanging on a tree on Golgotha two thousand years ago. In one of his books, Robert Farrar Capon says that when human beings try to describe God we are like a bunch of oysters trying to describe a ballerina ...

1923. Batman: Driven By Guilt or Grace?

Romans 5:1-11; 8:1-2

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... while we were sleeping." (1) Almost everyone born before 1960 remembers the 1966 TV series Batman. And there are a bunch of younger folks who remember it as well because of reruns. It literally burst on the scene as a mid-season replacement which aired on two separate nights, Tuesday and Thursday. Tuesday always ended with the cliffhanger ending which was resolved on Thursday. Will Batman fall victim to the Joker's tricks or will the joke be on the Joker. Tune in Thursday for the exciting conclusion. It ...

1924. Discover the Promise of Christmas

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , "What's the secret of being a good talk show host?" King began to have fun. He said something to the effect, "Well, my secret is that I'm a secret agent for the CIA. They pay for the guests and pay me to send out secret messages over the air each night." The hostess was fiddling with her notes and stuff and didn't even notice. Instead she went right on as if nothing happened and said, "That's great. What's the secret of getting great speakers?" Her crew and staff, on the other hand, were going crazy. They ...

1925. Only Jesus

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... flips open his communicator and says, "Two to beam down Mr. Scott." And then there's Moses and Elijah standing with Jesus. Like an episode of Star Trek, Moses and Elijah are suddenly standing there like two ghosts from the past. They appear right out of thin air. Scripture says the disciples were terrified. I've always wanted to tell the author, "No fooling?" We would have been terrified. Out of the clear blue the guy we've been traveling with for the past two or three years starts to glow and shine like ...

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