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Showing 1926 to 1950 of 1964 results

1926. God's Ridiculous Commitment

Acts 2:14a, 36-41

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... of sitting and listening to them? I read about one pastor who was shaking hands with his parishioners after worship. At the end of the line was a church member who always had something to say about his messages. The woman shook the pastor’s hand warmly and said, “Pastor, today your sermon reminded me of the peace and love of God!” The pastor beamed. “No one has ever said that about my preaching before. Tell me why you felt that way.” She answered, “Your sermon reminded me of the peace of God ...

1927. People of the Rolled Stone

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... heart breaking as Jesus, His only Son, died on the cross. The silence of Friday night on is the sound of God's grief. But on Sunday morning, the sound of the rolling of the stone, the birds singing, the disciples running, and even the sound of the Sun warming the earth and plants and trees, was the sound of God's laughter. That laughter began as a quiet chuckle that built to a roar of laughter as the disciples discovered the empty tomb and the realization of the resurrection set in. We are the people of the ...

1928. With Challenge And Invitation

John 10:1-10

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... them from anyone who might try to harm them or steal them away. Jesus’ disciples and all of us are the sheep who belong to him, who gather together, who listen for his voice. As a parable of our relationship with God, this word picture paints a warm and tender portrait. However, in the context of the gospel of John, this parable also functions as Jesus’ commentary on his healing of a man who had been blind from birth. These ten verses appear at the start of chapter ten, and the chapter break might ...

1929. The Flow

John 7:37-39 · 1 Corinthians 12:3-13 · Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and the light of joy and hope. Do you cry when you are moved and happy? Do you feel energized and strong after a difficult workout? Do you feel a sense of elation while tackling a challenging assignment? Do love stories make you both sad and yet warm in your heart?[1] These kinds of peak moments usually result from a kind of intensity of the moment, an immersion kind of experience in which you are fully attuned to something which touches you holistically in a powerful way. Just as in looking at the aurora ...

1930. The Debt of Love

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... One former inmate, when recalling this moment, said, “I'm not a religious man. I'd spent two years in another prison before being transferred to La Mesa and had turned off all my feelings, turned off the world. But when she spoke--mister, she's the most warm, caring person to walk the face of this earth. Her love changed the life of every prisoner she met.” (6) Sister Antonia demonstrated the grace-filled Gift-Love of God to these inmates in such a way that it changed their lives. So, I ask once again ...

1931. Division of the House

Matthew 10:24-39

Sermon

William G. Carter

... minister. In the name of Christ they left. They began a Congregational church one block away.14 How did Jesus know? How did he know a church would be burned to the ground in Charlotte, North Carolina? It was such a pretty building, full of warm and joyful people. The congregation was steeped in history. It was created as a Christian fellowship for freed African American slaves. One night, a teenager with white skin crept through the shadows to set the building on fire. She could not tolerate the possibility ...

1932. Immediately, They Followed

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

... with just a couple of fisherman, Jesus, and "Follow me"? "It was a bright, cloudless day in Galilee. The waves gently lapped along the shore, surging in, drifting out. The mid-day sun was now arched in the heavens, casting down hot, bright rays upon the beach, warming the backs of two brown fishermen as they worked, knee deep in the water, toiling over their nets…" See? We're off and running on a sermon about the romance of the fishing industry in Israel! Think of what Mark could have done with a good ...

1933. Go In There and Get Hurt

Illustration

Maxie Dunnam

... to play. But week after week he sat on the bench. Finally, his moment came. It was the final quarter of the game, his team was behind by three points, and they were in good field position. The coach motioned for him and called his name. He threw off his warm-up coat and ran to the coach for instructions. “We’ve run out of time-outs,” yelled the coach. “Go in there and get hurt!” [1] That may not have been what the rookie wanted to hear, but he knew what the coach meant. To win in anything is to ...

1934. Glimpses of Eternity

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Will Willimon

... blessed, gift of revelation. Peter wanted his glimpse to go on forever. You also have had times when you wished the choir would go on singing, even were sad to see the sermon end, wished that you could tell everyone exactly why and how your heart was strangely warmed in some moment of ecstasy and worship. But you can't. It would be hard for them to understand why so inexplicable a moment has changed you. They would have had to have been there to understand. So you cherish it. You go back down to the valley ...

1935. God's Will for Your Life

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... in a return letter: “Colored clothes, for one thing. Get rid of everything in your wardrobe that is not white. Stop sleeping on soft pillows. Sell your musical instruments and don’t eat any more white bread. You cannot, if you are sincere about obeying Christ, take any more warm baths or shave your beard. To shave is to lie against him who created us, to attempt to improve on his work.” (1) Talk about a killjoy. Better advice is to be found on a plaque in a pastor’s office: “If you have the joy of ...

1936. How About Some Applause for the Creator?

Luke 2:1-14, (15-20)

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... Christmas that brings out the best in people—at least a great many people. Don’t you imagine that is partially because at Christmas we are particularly conscious of the people in our lives who mean the most to us? And our hearts are warmed by their presence. Christmas is a time of relationships. Our relationship with God and our relationship with those we love. Over the past three years we have been through a time that has been difficult time for maintaining normal relationships. I’m thinking about ...

1937. The Subject Is Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Steve Molin

... sins a third time, forgive him. But if he sins a fourth time, do not forgive him.” In an overly generous offer, Peter more than doubled the legal requirement; “Shall I forgive seven times?” Surely, Peter was expecting a pat on the head and a warm smile from Jesus, but instead he heard these words, “Not seven times Peter, but 77 times.” In other words, there is no longer a limit to how much forgiveness one should offer. Now there’s a mouthful! To forgive, and forgive, and forgive, like there is ...

1938. Spirit Soaked

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... cares for us, sacrificed on our behalf, and has the ability to unlock every door for us in our lives and in our future. When we allow him to take up residence in our hearts, he will bring his supernatural light into the darkest recesses of our hearts and will warm us and remind us who we are and the amazing potential we have in our lives. All we need to do is “be ready” –be faithful, look for him, pray to him, believe in him. Often in our lives, we can get so sidetracked and bogged down with sadness ...

1939. Embarrassing Visits

John 3:14-21

Sermon

Mary Austin

... a beer as soon as she got up, and taking it into the shower with her. Feeling awful about herself, one night she stumbled into a Catholic church to make her confession to the priest. On the way to the confessional, she found a small room that was warm and safe, with the smell of incense and in that room she felt less alone. She tripped on the carpet and took off her shoes, letting her feet sink into the carpet. The softness was comforting. She saw a huge painting of Mary, cradling baby Jesus, with a ...

1940. Knowing, and Known

Romans 4:13-25

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... handful of leaves and when the water began to steam, he dropped them in the pot. The old man got four small cups and set them on the ground in front of him. When he decided it was ready, he lifted the pot and slowly filled three cups with fresh, warm tea. He lifted one cup and held it out to offer to one of the visitors. The visitor shook his head and held his hands up to say no to the tea. The old man offered the cup a second time and the visitor again refused to accept it. A ...

1941. The Great Discovery

Luke 15:14b-18a

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... meeting in Aldersgate Street in London. We were reading Martin Luther’s Preface to the Commentary of Romans. About a quarter before nine, while Luther was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust Christ – Christ alone for salvation and an assurance was given me, that Christ had taken away my sins...and saved me from the law of sin and death. My brother, Charles Wesley, had experienced a similar conversion only three ...

1942. Beloved Just As You Are

Mark 1:9-15

Children's Sermon

Various Authors

Good morning girls and boys. How are you today? Good, better, or best? (Let the answer.) (Engage in small talk with the kids.) I love to see children here at church. Of course I love to see moms and dads and others too. But your coming to worship warms my heart. I have a couple of questions to ask you this morning. First of all, when are you loved? Are you loved just as you are, or are you loved because you did a job you were asked to do? When are you loved? For example: Do your parents ...

1943. Being Hello People

Illustration

Maxie Dunnam

... . They back off, get cool, and say goodbye. After several such goodbyes, he says to one of them, "You're so much better at saying goodbye than hello. You don't want to get involved. You open the door just a chink. But when you say goodbye, you're warm and palsy.” Much of the time, we're the goodbye people - fending off intruders from our privacy. We don't want people to get too close. What the world needs, however, is not people who are good at saying goodbye. We need hello people. People who will break ...

1944. That Mountaintop Moment

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , the founder of Methodism understood this better than anyone. John had been a social advocate, a sincere loyalist to God, a disciplined disciple, and an Oxford professor of theology. But until his encounter at Aldersgate in which his “heart was warmed” and his spirit touched by God in an emotional and spiritual way, his faith remained an intellectual endeavor. Only after his “spiritual awakening” did the movement called Methodism take off. We love a good adrenaline rush. We cherish those lovely ...

1945. God Is Light

1 John 1:1-2:2

Children's Sermon

Various Authors

... . Has that ever happened to any of you? (Let them answer.) Her parents wanted to help her get to sleep. So, they bought a night light, like this one. They put it in her room. She was able to turn it on herself at night. Her night light had a warm glow to it that really made her feel safe. Whenever she went to bed from then on, she had no problem getting to sleep because she felt safe with her night light. This night light makes me think of God. In this morning’s lesson, the Bible says that God ...

1946. The Practice

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , but as we follow the series, we realize that he has been rejected and mistreated in his past. Through non-judgmental patience, compassion, and empathy, despite much of Jamie’s behavior, his character begins to change. He begins to grow. His transformation is heart-warming, as he learns to trust his coach, his teammates, and most of all to value himself. What we learn from both of these examples is that compassion is a practice. Forgiveness is a practice. Love is a practice. And all of these take an ...

1947. You're In the Army Now

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

... , but you must admit that the training fit the purpose. It gave us what we needed to, in the words of Paul, “be able to stand.” Of course, if being a Christian is only a matter of doing what comes naturally, feeling a few warm thoughts in your heart when you’re seated in this beautiful Chapel, pondering an occasional noble religious sentiment, then you don’t need any armament. But if what we are about is something not unlike war—all out attack, guerrilla raids, or undercover operations—then ...

1948. The Christian Mother

John 15:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... was split in two, so keen was my desire to follow her and yet so deep was my longing for the woman who's spirit had truly companioned me and upheld my own. And there she stood. Her pale, plump face was gentle and sensible, her grey eyes had a warm and kindly twinkle. I did not hesitate. My finger gripped the small worn blue leather copy of the book which was to identify me to her. This would not be love, but it would be somthing precious, something perhaps even better than love, a friendship for which I had ...

1949. Light in the Darkness

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Will Willimon

... night in this peaceful, beautiful Chapel, there is a certain tension, isn't there? It is the tension within tonight's gospel: Tension between darkness and light. The child at Bethlehem brought light, but he was light into the darkness. We gather here, illuminated by warm candlelight, but outside, cold December night is falling. The Carol we love to sing expresses this tension: The everlasting Light; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight. We don't want to think about it, but in a sense ...

1950. Taking the Long Way Home

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Will Willimon

... at Aldersgate Street in London. Somebody was going to read Luther's Preface to the Book of Romans, a piece about as exciting as an okra sandwich. Well, Wesley went, as he said, “reluctantly,” and while he was there, unexpectedly, his heart was “strangely warmed” and.... As a young man Martin Luther was walking along a country road when a violent storm blew up. He took cover just as lightning struck a nearby tree. The terrified Luther screamed, “God save me, I’ll become a monk.” And the rest ...

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