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1926. Here I Am

Hebrews 12:18-29

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... be a vision of the Risen Christ. But I stopped, stood up on the tractor and said: "I can't do it." And I remember hearing the words: "YOU don't have to," in both my head and my heart. It was then that finally I shut off the tractor, dropped to my knees in prayer and surrendered to the call to preach. I don't know how long I prayed but it was long enough that Grandpa drove out to see what was wrong. Like Moses: after much debate. After much crawfishing and making excuses, I finally said: "Here I ...

1927. Step Into The Vision

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... supplement the diets of those kids who are less fortunate. I see a safe place where kids can play, or sit and think or develop skills and talents they might have. I envision computer rooms for both homework, research, basic computer skills, GED for those who have dropped out and won't return to a school building simply because of all the personal baggage they carry. I see computer classes for those who know nothing about computers. I see not only a school but Christian Day Care and Parent's Day Out. C. I ...

1928. A Double Portion

2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Fried Oreos. Us Americans are something else aren't we. We think we can take anything and make it better by dipping it in batter and deep frying it. That's exactly what they do with these Deep Fried Oreos. They dip them in pancake batter and drop in the deep fryer. I can feel my arteries clogging up just thinking about it. There have been a number of varieties of Oreos: I can think of at least 16. Original, Mini, Chocolate Creme, Chocolate Creme Mini, Reduced Fat, White Chocolate Covered, Fudge Mint Covered ...

1929. The Burning Question

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... He asked where we were but then was hollering so much that we never got a chance to tell him. Every time one of us said: "But Dad," he told us to shut up and quit interrupting. We carried in the groceries just before it started to rain. Then it dropped a few bits of hail and then quit. It got real still. All this time we were helping to put groceries away. Mom decided since the electricity was off that she would use the gas stove and fix soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for supper. We kept trying to tell ...

1930. Come

Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... with a simple look. Whatever the case, the invitation still stands. "COME HAVE A DRINK. COME." II. Drink A. And that is the Second part. DRINK. Nancy Spiegelberg wrote a short poem: "Lord I crawled across the barrenness to you with my empty cup uncertain in asking any small drop of refreshment. If only I had known you better I'd have come running with a bucket." (1) This passage reminds us that we are invited to "COME AND TO DRINK." The old saying, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink ...

1931. Moving Day

John 14:23-29

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... by the 16th hole, on the last day, he trails again. On the 17th, he slices his tee shot deep into the woods. As he enters the woods, panic overtakes him as he is suddenly transported back to the battlefield and all the memories he's been running from. He drops his clubs and tells Bagger Vance that he quits. He can't go on. The shot out of the woods is too tough. Bagger ignores him and ask him which club he'd like to use? Then he proceeds to tell Junah that his problems have to do with his ...

1932. Out Into The Deep Water

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . That trench was about eight or ten feet deep and on a hot summer day, the big bass would sit on the bottom where it was cooler. And through trial and error, I found out that if you cast across the trench, pulled your lure across and then let it drop, so it hit the bottom, let it sit for a couple of seconds, then reel it in, you'd get a bite almost every time. I caught fish because I knew the secret of the tank but I also put out to the deep water. Jesus did the same thing ...

1933. Jesus the Toxicologist

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , couldn’t cure us, because our cultural “intoxication” was not found only at the bottom of a bottle. You can be intoxicated and your lips never touch alcohol. In fact, you might say we are all intoxicated, but there is no requirement that a drop of liquor passes our lips. The root of “intoxication” is “toxic.” We are a culture “intoxicated” by any number of poisons. The toxin of money — too much or too little. The toxin of fame — leading us to do anything and everything in our quest ...

1934. Just a Little Faith Will Do

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... , in a sweet, refined, gentle, sad way that the bills were due; that she had no money; that, indeed, she did not see how they could get along; that for her part she expected to die in the poorhouse. At this statement of despair, Phillips Brooks’ father dropped his hands to the table, and his eyes sparkled. He said, “My dear, I have trusted God for forty years, and He has never forsaken me; I am not going to distrust Him now.” That woke young Phillips Brooks up. It sank into him. During his earlier ...

1935. Sitting at the Big People Table

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, 1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... laid them on the platter. And then with an impish look in his eyes, because he knew we were all watching, he took a bite of that turkey. And when he did, his face started turning all kinds of shades of red and purple. His eyes started to bulge. He dropped the knife and ran to the kitchen sink. At first we thought he had cut himself but then we heard retching and spitting noises. He turned around wiping off his tongue and proclaimed: "That has to be the worst turkey I have ever tasted. Where did you buy this ...

1936. It's Not Booby Trapped, But . . .

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... use in shower." On a hair dryer. "Warning: May contain small parts." On a frisbee. "Not suitable for children aged 36 months or less." On a birthday card for a 1 year old. "For use by trained personnel only." On a can of air freshener. "Fragile. Do not drop." Posted on a Boeing 757. "Caution: Remove infant before folding for storage." On a portable stroller. "May be harmful if swallowed." On a shipment of hammers. (1) What I want to know is, are we all related Wile E. Coyote. I know some folks who aren't ...

1937. Remember: No Deposit, No Return

Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... garbage dump. Then this morning I want you to bring it to the cross. This is Commitment Sunday for our Stewardship campaign, and I want you to bring your pledge card at the same time. I want you to go down the side aisle and go by the cross and drop your garbage there. Then I'd like you to place commitment on the seat of the chair in front of the altar. Remember, that chair is Jesus' chair. It reminds us that Jesus is present with us in all we do. So here's the plan, toss that sack of ...

1938. Blast From The Past

John 17:1-19

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... us. God doesn't want us to just get the ball and touch a knee to the ground. God wants each of us to score a touchdown. In praying for us at the Last Super, Jesus lifted us all to a higher purpose. He doesn't want us to simply drop a knee to the ground, remember that's the work of a servant and a subject. Last week we learned that He no longer calls us servants. Now He calls us "FRIEND" And as a friend of Jesus, Jesus has a higher purpose for each of us. Jesus wants us ...

1939. Beneath The Shadow Of The Cross

Mark 15:16-37

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... them to the Mount of Olives and the Garden of Gethsemane so he could pray. On the way he asked Peter, James and John to go pray with him. They did but they had difficulty staying awake. While they were fighting sleep and while Jesus was praying great drops of blood, a commotion broke out. All of a sudden the garden was filled with Temple Guards, priests, and Roman soldiers. The chief priests and elders were there, too. And right in the middle of them all was Judas. He stepped out of the crowd, walked up to ...

1940. At Cross Purposes

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... This morning I want us to look at the call of Christ in verse 34 in reverse order. I want us to look at the call to FOLLOW ME, TAKE UP YOUR CROSS, AND DENY YOURSELF. I. Follow Me Jesus' invitation to the disciples was: FOLLOW ME. They dropped everything and followed. But now it seemed like Jesus was changing the rules in mid stream. The disciples, and especially Peter, didn't really understand what Jesus was talking about when He talked about dying on the Cross. That was the reason for the clash. But then ...

1941. Don’t Blow Off What Is God-Breathed!

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... 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 attendance and the pledged “importance” of faith), religious knowledge is in the basement? Why is the book that ...

1942. Parable of the Crazy Old Lady

Luke 18:1-8

Illustration

Brett Blair

... to the Lord explaining her situation and thanking Him for what He was going to do. As usual, the atheist heard her praying and thought to himself, "Humph...I'll fix her." He went to the grocery store, bought a whole bunch of groceries, took them to her house, dropped them off on the front porch, rang the door bell and then hid in the bushes to see what she would do. When she opened the door and saw the groceries, she began to praise the Lord with all her heart, jumping, singing, and shouting everywhere! The ...

1943. Totally Poured Out

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... could be made only inch by painful inch, and at tremendous expenditure of strength and endurance. He began to feel the drag of a huge fatigue, the ache in all his joints, which warned that his strength was failing. And yet, knowing that one relaxed muscle could let him drop hundreds of feet to his death, he went on and on until he reached the moment when he could no longer raise his arm to chop the steps in the ice which were his only safety. He looked up at the overhang still above him, and knew that he ...

1944. Forgetting Your Own Fatigue

2 Tim 3:10--4:8

Illustration

C. E. Montague

1945. A Man Who Could Get the Last Quarter Out of You

Luke 19:1-10

Illustration

Brett Blair

... Mexican weather. He heard the screams of a woman kneeling in front of a child. The man knew enough Spanish to determine that the boy had swallowed a coin. Seizing the child by the heels, the man held him up, gave him a few shakes, and an American quarter dropped to the sidewalk. "Oh, thank you sir!" cried the woman. "You seemed to know just how to get it out of him. Are you a doctor?" "No, ma'am," replied the man. "I'm with the United States Internal Revenue Service." This was Zacchaeus. A shake down artist ...

1946. The Prayer of a Thief

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... confession of guilt that is admissible in court is extremely rare. The Rev. Jerry Ruff tells about one case in the Southwest that involved two men on trial for armed robbery and assault. As the prosecutor questioned the victim, you could hear a pin drop in the courtroom. He quizzed her about the gunpoint robbery she and her husband had experienced. Her voice quivering, the woman spoke of her fear and terror. Noting this, the prosecutor raised his voice and turned away from the woman and asked sternly ...

1947. When the Mood Shifts

Luke 23:33-43

Illustration

Alton F. Wedel

... the glory of the dim and distant yesteryear, and make those good things happen that the prophets had foretold. The land should bloom again, poverty should be exchanged for prosperity, and swords should be beaten into plowshares. So there were fishermen who dropped their nets and followed him. There were zealots who became excited at the prospect of the kingdom, a tax collector closed his booth and invested his stock in this new opportunity. People brought their sick to him, the pained, the paralytic, and ...

1948. The Warning and Promise of Advent

Matthew 24:36-44

Illustration

Susan R. Andrews

... wife attended the funeral held in an off-brand, country Baptist church. He writes: "I had never seen anything like it. The preacher began to preach. He shouted; he flailed his arms. 'It's too late for Joe. He's dead. But it ain't too late for you. People drop dead every day. Why wait? Now is the day for decision. Give your life to Jesus.' " Willimon goes on to suggest that this was the worst thing he had ever seen. He fumed and fussed at his wife Patsy, complaining that the preacher had done the worst thing ...

1949. What the Future Holds

Matthew 3:1-12

Illustration

Leonard Mann

... Maps from before the adventures of Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan? How grotesquely inaccurate those maps were! How vastly they differed from what the explorer eventually found! How fantastic were the notions the ancients had about what was out there - a dropping-off-place, mammoth sea serpents to swallow up ships. But as things turned out, it wasn't that way at all. You know, if Columbus had believed half the maps and legends of his time he would never have lifted an anchor! Well ...

1950. Who Is That with John?

Matthew 3:1-12

Illustration

Jim Kerner

Larry was sick and tired of his friend Stan's constant name-dropping and boasting of how famous he was. The day finally came when Larry could take it no more. He told Stan, "If you're so famous and know so many important people phone the White House and get the President on the line." Stan shrugged and walked to the phone. ...

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