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Showing 1926 to 1950 of 4971 results

1926. The Need for Transformation

Jonah 3:1-5, 10

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... one bit.' " So the young man went into the sanctuary, looked at the cross, and screamed as loudly as he could, "Christ died on the cross for me and I don't care one bit." The priest said, "Very good. Now do it again." Again, the young man screamed, but with some hesitancy, "Christ died on the cross for me and I don't care one bit." The priest again complemented the man saying, "You are almost done now. But for good measure, say it one more time." The young man raised his fist, looked at the statue, but the ...

1927. Finding Our Roots in God and Country

2 Samuel 5:1-5, 6-10

Sermon

William J. Carl, III

... and honesty about the task before us. David was anointed king in a very humble service. The Hebrew here is very simple. If you read carefully you will see. It's sparse and bare. No inaugural fanfare with pomp and circumstance. Why? Because David was ready to get to work. ... , "But I got no teeth!" and Paisley yelled back, "Teeth will be provided!" There is an enthusiasm for the gospel and a care for the poor. At the conclusion of the service in Oxford, I was privileged to participate in a laying on of hands ...

1928. When Necks Break

2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... along on a white horse, with a branch straight at his throat. Chapter 18 of the second book of Samuel tells quite a story of violence and death. We get nothing but a slight favoritistic demur from David: Please protect Absalom if you can. Please take care of my son — as he sends three units out to war. The three units also have great casualties — but Absalom is gone. "Oh, Absalom, Absalom, Absalom...." But David's cry might have been for every woman's son, every man's daughter sacrificed to war. How ...

1929. Waiting for a Savior

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... they live in. And they sing: “There’s a place for us, Somewhere a place for us, Peace and quiet and open air, Wait for us, Somewhere. There’s a time for us, Someday a time for us, Time together with time to spare, Time to learn, time to care, Someday . . . Somewhere. There’s a place for us, A time and place for us. Hold my hand and we’re halfway there. Hold my hand and I’ll take you there. Somehow . . . Someday . . . Somewhere.” Of course, we all know that in that world, there was not a place ...

1930. The Life You Leave Behind

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Van Campbell

... . A good example of this was reported by Ralph Neighbour, pastor of Houston's West Memorial Baptist Church in Death and the Caring Community by Larry Richards and Paul Johnson: Jack had been president of a large corporation, and when he got cancer, they ruthlessly ... from your house should pay for your daughter's college. I just want you to know your family will be cared for." Jack cried like a baby. He died shortly thereafter, so wrapped in pain he never accepted Christ. But he experienced God's love even while ...

1931. Black Sheep

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Staff

... black sheep. John and Abigail's eldest child, Abigail, married a good-for-nothing and at her death left her children to their care. Son Charles married the sister of his spendthrift brother-in-law, dissipated family funds, died of alcoholism and left his widow to the care of his parents. Son Thomas Boylston also became an alcoholic, again bequeathing his children to the care of the family. Though John Quincy (1767-1848) turned out well, he and his unhappy wife Louisa hardly went unscathed. Their first son ...

1932. A New Law

Illustration

... Christ, but we're under a new law the law of LOVE. He used this to illustrate: In America there is a law stating a woman must take care of her child. So, a man comes to a new mother's home. He says "Are you taking care of your baby? The Law says you have to." The woman, tenderly holding her baby, said, "I don't need a law to make me take care of my baby." Why? Because she loves her baby! She feeds him, holds him, changes him because she loves him. I no longer need the Law because I ...

1933. Do You Know How to Listen?

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... even able to speak. His parents insisted that he was a fighter, that somehow he’d get through this, but meanwhile, immobile and on a ventilator, Dr. Gilson wondered how Mark was even going to be able to ask questions or be involved in any way in his own care. The solution was simple and at the same time quite remarkable: Mark’s parents, the Orsinis, would sit at Mark’s side each day and recite the alphabet. When they got to a letter Mark needed to spell a word, he’d nod “yes.” They’d write it ...

1934. Mark 16:1-8

Mark 16:1-20

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Leonard Sweet

... present at Jesus’ death on the cross and at his burial in the tomb, are the ones who come to the tomb site “when the Sabbath was over.” The women’s return emphasizes the continuity between Jesus’ death, burial, and the empty tomb. The careful observation of the Sabbath by these women — that they depart just before the Sabbath begins, keep the Sabbath, and return only after the Sabbath has concluded (“early on the first day of the week”) — also enables Mark to count three days between Jesus ...

1935. Be Hatched or Go Bad

Mark 16:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1936. Love Each Other (Mother's Day)

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? I’ve been given so many blessings the church, Scripture, family exponentially greater than this guy, and I don’t know if I could love like this.” When his friend’s mother died sixteen people came to the funeral. None of her other kids came. The son who cared for her had a little toy tape recorder his mother had gotten him one Christmas and he played a tape of he and his mom singing a Christmas carol. He talked about how she loved Christmas and how that when he was a kid he would play the guitar ...

1937. Ministry Everywhere

Mk 3:20-30

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King Duncan

... Jesus doing that kind of ministry if he were with us here physically today. Oh, not just in night clubs. But in offices and in living rooms and at Little League ball games - any place he could be with and get to know people. Jesus cares about people. That means he cares about you and me. Don't be put off by the formality of "church." Look beyond the robes and rituals. Look to a risen Savior who gave his life for only one purpose: people. Note: Paige Patterson, a prominent Southern Baptist leader, and one ...

1938. Truths for Dads

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Steven Molin

... . That means, dads, that if you were a fullback but your son loves the violin, you better learn to love the violin! And I believe that our responsibility reaches beyond caring for our own children, and Jesus expects us to care for all children, everywhere. It was Dietrich Bonhoeffer who said "The true test of a society is how it cares for its children." Taken to its logical extension, it means that we cannot just be proud that OUR kids received a great education when other children receive a poor education ...

1939. Be Healed, Be Held

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and protected us. As small children when we hold fast to a parent’s hand we are truly free. We do not have to worry about being lost, or hurt, or scared. We know there is someone we are physically connected to who is fully willing and able to take care of us, who would even sacrifice themselves for us to keep us safe. That is the relationship the sick woman in today’s gospel reaches out for with Jesus. By holding onto Jesus she knew she could let go of everything else. Let go her illness. Let go her ...

1940. Enough Foolishness!

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... occasion, “I don’t know why I was given this thorn in the flesh, but help me to praise You and use it to Your glory,” then you will be one of the most blessed people on this earth. Here is the secret to a wondrous life: “Be very careful . . . how you live not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the ...

1941. Don’t Burn The Cookies!

Luke 21:25-36

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... the list ... but I won't refuse them. Christ is coming again, so we need to be spiritually fit, taking advantage of the opportunities presented. As we set our eyes on others, we become the presence of Christ in our world. "Keep watch! Be careful!" Jesus reminds us. We are entering a season of countdown the newspaper reminds us: 25 days to shop! We have our "list" and feel relief in checking off each item: Christmas cards, buying and wrapping gifts, decorating the house, inviting friends over for dessert ...

1942. Tradition Can Be Changed

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... had. Tonight Ingrid's Christmas tree lights twinkled brightly as she finally found time to sit and admire it. The Christmas season had been a blur for her this year. She watched it rotate on its plastic stand, waiting for her favorite ornaments to come into view. Who cares if the twelve days of Christmas are over? Why hadn't she bought an artificial tree long ago? Answer? Because it had been tradition in her home to have a real tree. Of course, as dictated, it had to be a blue spruce. They smelled the best ...

1943. Love Walked Across the Field

Luke 4:14-21

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... were expected to be in church this Sunday. If they weren't, he'd personally come and get them even if the service had to be delayed. Next Sunday all three were in church experiencing the love God revealed in Jesus. That love came through a young pastor who cared enough and was persistent enough to walk across a field and share the love he, too, knew in Christ. That walk continued for a long time as he walked with Jimmy across that field to watch a baseball game, to rake leaves with the youth group, to have ...

1944. Risk Takers

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... day." Then came the question that would change lives, "Mr. Vespa, do you have any family?" Andy's eyes teared, "No, I'm alone. My wife, Della, and I had no children. She died a few years ago. I miss her every day." "Well, Andrew, we'll just take care of that. Since we don't have family around here, and you're alone, how about being my children's grandpa?" This question took everyone off guard. What would he say? Andy finally broke the silence, "I think I could do that." "Great! But there are conditions: You ...

1945. No ... On

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... to us in our lives. This is not the God, the church, and the religion we wanted. I remember Ed. He was a middle-aged member of my congregation who one day was stunned to find out that he had ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease. For years he was tenderly cared for by his wife. I used to visit them almost weekly and watch how he was gradually wasting away. I was there on his last day in his last hour as he gasped for breath and finally choked. He was dead, far short of the three score and ten we ...

1946. Appointed and Sent!

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... sent; it made me ten feet tall. How dignifying to walk in borrowed presence down that winding road to the country store. I carried a note, not in my handwriting, of course, because I couldn't write; but I could scribble. I never scribbled on that note. And I was careful, so careful lest it fall in the dirt. I was content just to carry it. To be sent is an exercise in being third. First, there's the sender; second, the one to whom you're sent; and then, you, the sent one. Any two without the other won't do ...

1947. Sister Act(s)

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... , and friendship, no doubt, occupy their time. Mary sits at Jesus' feet as a disciple would sit at the feet of a rabbi master, listening, observing, and learning. Martha is busy with her many tasks in the household and rather crossly asks, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me" (v. 40). What would Jesus' answer be? Jesus surely loved and valued both sisters equally — Mary, the sitter and Martha, the worker. How can two peas in the ...

1948. Trouble In the Parsonage

Hosea 1:2-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... it away - she could sell it. Gomer became a prostitute. Finally, she got tied up with a really unscrupulous character, a pimp. All he cared about Gomer for was the amount of money she could turn in a night. When she was no longer of any use to him, ... all of scripture we learn that, one day, Hosea got word of Gomer's predicament, she had gotten herself involved with a low-life who cared so little for her that he was putting her up for sale on the open market. The prophet scraped together his savings (such as ...

1949. Prayers For the President

1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... asked for the prayers of the Christians and promised them mercy and indulgence if they prayed for the state.[1] In the Book of Common Worship, we find this prayer. O Lord, our governor, your glory shines throughout the world. We commend our nation to your merciful care, that we may live securely in peace and may be guided by your providence. Give all in authority the wisdom and strength to know your will and to do it. Help them remember that they are called to serve the people as lovers of truth and justice ...

1950. Would A Loving God Really Let Anyone Go To Hell?

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , only that he was dirt poor. It does not say that the rich man was a particularly vile sinner, only that he failed to notice and do anything about Lazarus' need. Jesus' emphasis here is not on the fate of people after death, but the absolute imperative of caring for the needy while we are still alive. If folks took that as seriously as they do the picture we get of the punishments of hell, poverty would have long ago been wiped out. But poverty is not the focus of our attention now, even though that really ...

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