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2026. Kiss The Chef! Thanksgiving Day

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Chris Ewing

... praise.2 This is such a core Judeo-Christian value: We need to remember and to recognize the abundance that surrounds us, the love that enfolds us, the providence that guides us. In a very real sense, gratitude is the key to a functioning faith. "I did not make the air I breathe," says Rabbi Ben Zion Bokser, "nor the sun that warms me ... I did not endow the muscles of hand and brain with the strength to plough and plant and harvest ... I know I am not a self-made man."3 I know that I have received benefits ...

2027. A Honeymoon at Church Camp: A Real Homecoming

Jeremiah 31:7-14

Sermon

Tony Everett

... held in my hand on the night we became engaged. This was the coin I held in my hand at our wedding when the pastor asked me, ‘Will you, Wally, take this woman, Rachael, as your wife?' " "That's nice, Wally," said Rachael, now shivering in the frosty night air. "The well was filled with dirt years ago. It's only a few feet to the bottom. Go down and get it. I'll hold the light for you." Becoming more desperate now, Wally began to cry, "I can't go down there, my darling. I have claustrophobia. Besides, with ...

2028. What Did The Turkey Say? (Or Contentious Communities)

Isaiah 58:3-9a (9b-12)

Sermon

Tony Everett

... for windshields that would both keep the windshields intact as well as causing no harm to the birds. They tested this by using turkeys that were the same size and weight as the shore birds. The engineers then placed a turkey into an air cannon and fired it at a windshield. They repeated this over and over with no harm to either the turkey or the windshield. Success! Another airline was experiencing the same problem and requested the formula and the method for testing. Unfortunately, when these engineers ...

2029. God, What Are You Up To?

Genesis 12:1-9

Sermon

Stan Purdum

One of the better programs on television from 2003 to 2005 was a series on CBS called Joan of Arcadia. Like many thoughtful shows, this one did not score high enough to stay on the air for long, but it did last two seasons. The title alludes to Joan of Arc, the fifteenth-century teenager who believed she heard the voice of God urging her to save France from England during the Hundred Years War. That Joan led an army into battle, successfully forcing the British ...

2030. A Blessing in Disguise

Genesis 32:22-31

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... hours ago" or "Just don't look in the closet where I stuck everything." She doesn't want them to see her mess, but somehow she is still eager to confess it. A couple with trouble at home tries hard to be on their best behavior in public, not to air their dirty laundry. But then they freely make jokes in public — jokes that nibble around the edges of their painful truths. We are a mixed bag: so eager to hide our blemishes, and yet so needing to get them out in the open. We suffer from the conflict of a ...

2031. In the Balance

Romans 5:12-19

Sermon

David O. Bales

... to but can't solve. Put Jesus and his grace on one side of the balance and Adam and his sin on the other, and Jesus far outweighs him. Put Jesus on one side of the teeter-totter and sin on the other. Jesus will hold sin safely in the air so it can't get down and hurt anyone else. Jesus is God's "much more" than sin. If people are going to worry about "original sin," a phrase that's not in the Bible, we must look more seriously at God's habitual grace. The grace of our Lord ...

2032. Life in the Resurrection Zone

Colossians 3:1-4

Sermon

David O. Bales

... how and how not to live. Setting our minds on the things that are above means learning to live on earth in a heavenly manner. Think of the Wright brothers and all their difficulties over years of learning how to sail a self-propelled vehicle upon air. They looked above, committed to rise above the earth. We join in a similar task as we struggle to follow Jesus. All this is because of the primary Christian conviction that Jesus was dead and is now alive and that changes everything. Jesus is really alive ...

2033. Boast in Our Suffering

Romans 5:1-8

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... to end this way. She had so much of life yet to live. Your boss calls you into his office. Other members of the department are gathered around his desk. No one wants to look you in the eye. Something is wrong. You can feel it in the air. The silence is deafening. Finally he speaks the words that stick a knife in your heart: "Your services are no longer needed." You accidentally discovered the lump one day in the shower. You casually mentioned it in the course of a routine exam to your doctor. You never ...

2034. Seeing God Work for Good

Romans 8:26-39

Sermon

Larry Lange

... is hardship and distress and persecution and peril. Especially when all we can see is creation subjected to futility and in bondage to decay. One late afternoon, the winter before Larry died, I was driving north through open country when an invisible blast of cold air suddenly turned a mildly irritating rainstorm into showers of ice and snow. In the course of a half hour, night had fallen and the road had become solid ice. I released the accelerator, and the car crept to a crawl. Since the car was hardly ...

2035. A Truly Universal Operating System

Romans 14:1-12

Sermon

Larry Lange

... if chapter 14 specifically addressed the dispute in Billius' church that distressed him so. Billius was glad the church was still as full as it had been the first Sunday the presbyter began reading the apostle Paul's letter. Billius wanted a chance to air and settle this quarrel with as many members as possible. The presbyter read: Welcome those who are weak in faith, but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions. Some believe in eating anything, while the weak eat only vegetables. Those who eat must ...

2036. Just a Crazy Story

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Larry Lange

... released him after taking $8 to cover the ticket. By then Zack had missed his flight. It was dark when he finally reached the Seattle Tacoma International Airport, but he was very anxious just to be in the Olympic Mountains, just to smell the cedar-scented ocean air. He rented a car right away and headed south on I-5. At about two in the morning, in the middle of the Olympic National Forest, the car just quit running. Being God you'd think he could have just snapped his fingers and repaired the car just ...

2037. Tomb It May Concern

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... . He speaks of the return, the descent from heaven, to call all who have been faithful, both those who are living and those who are dead, to be at his side in the heavens. Just think, caught up in the clouds together, meeting the Lord in the air, to be with the Lord forever. Isn't that an incredible image? That very image has inspired hope in generations of believers. Finally, our hope rests in the fact that while we are here and while we are waiting, we have encouragement in each other. "Therefore," Paul ...

2038. What We Do, We Do to Others, Too

Matthew 18:1-9

Children's Sermon

Marti Kramer Suddarth

... with scripture reference and verse; Decorative paper, one sheet per child; Printed directions for making a paper fan, one per child, copied from this chapter (Sit down next to one of the children and fan yourself with the paper fan. Hold the fan so that it also blows air on the child sitting next to you.) This breeze feels good. I made this fan myself by folding a piece of paper backward and forward. (Stop fanning. Show the folds.) It’s not very big, but it’s just the right size to fan me, and no one ...

2039. Willing

Judges 6:1-40

Children's Sermon

Marti Kramer Suddarth

... were being attacked by the people of Midian. The Midianites would come in and kill the Israelites’ animals, steal their food, and burn their crops. One day a man named Gideon was threshing his wheat. In Bible times, a farmer would toss the wheat plants in the air, letting the wind blow away the parts that couldn’t be eaten and letting the edible parts fall to the ground. The problem is that the Midianites would attack anyone they saw threshing wheat, so Gideon came up with a plan. He hid in a wine press ...

2040. Tears, Perfume and Forgiveness

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... of her gift filled the room. But there was a smell more beautiful, that made her perfume smell like nothing. And that was the sweet scent of grace. Not judgment. The Pharisee sat in judgment. Yes, he smelled the perfume but the sour smell of his judgment over powered the air around him. You see, all he saw was the woman's sin, not her need, not her potential, not her worth, just her sin. It was as if she had on a hideous costume the covered her from head to foot. Or he had on a pair of glasses which ...

2041. The Burning Question

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and fell safely to the ground. Others panicked and hung on to the end of their ropes as the nose of the dirigible rose higher and higher. Several men who couldn't hold on any longer, fell and were seriously injured. One man, however, continued to dangle high in the air for about 45 minutes until he was rescued. Reporters later asked him how he was able to hold on to the rope for so long. "I didn't hold on to the rope," he replied. "I just tied it around my waist, and the rope held on to me." (1 ...

2042. Step By Step

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... in a trance I saw a vision. There was something like a large sheet coming down from heaven, being lowered by its four corners; and it came close to me. [6] As I looked at it closely I saw four-footed animals, beasts of prey, reptiles, and birds of the air. [7] I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter; kill and eat.' [8] But I replied, 'By no means, Lord; for nothing profane or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' [9] But a second time the voice answered from heaven, 'What God has made clean, you ...

2043. Good and Mad

Luke 4:21-30

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... as far as I could throw it into the waters of Pamlico Sound. And just about the time that ratchet left my fingers, I realized that the only socket we had, that would work, was on the end of that ratchet. And I watched helplessly as it tumbled through the air in slow motion and made a loud "sploosh" as it hit the water and sunk to the bottom along with Blackbeard's treasure. I was "Good and Mad" but the result of my Mad wasn't Good. We all know, or should know, that it's healthy to get angry ...

2044. Oops! I Didn't See You

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... system. The reticular activating system is our brain’s filter; it allows us to filter through all the sensory stimuli we receive and focus only on what is important to us. The reticular activating system allows us to filter out the hum of the air conditioner, the itchy sweater we’re wearing, the flickering light overhead, so that we can focus on the pastor’s message. Now there are three types of information that are so important that they automatically get through our built-in filter. The three types ...

2045. Self Restraint

Luke 16:19-31

Illustration

Matt Ridley

... of the cottonwoods, as far as Meade, twelve miles away. Today the creek is dry, the bogs and the springs have gone, and the inhabitants of Fowler must dig deeper and deeper wells to bring up water. The reason is plain enough: seen from the air, the surrounding land is pockmarked with giant discs of green quarter-section pivot-irrigation systems water rich crops of corn, steadily depleting the underlying aquifer. Everybody in Fowler knows what is happening, but it is in nobody's interest to cut down his own ...

2046. Just a Little Faith Will Do

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... s gravitational field, a rocket must attain a speed which, in round figures, is 25,000 miles an hour. At a fraction less than this speed [the rocket will] fall back to earth. At a fraction more, it [will attain] the freedom of space. The first Army and Air Force shots missed the crucial figure by only about 2 percent, but that was enough. Then came the Russian moon probe, which beat [the crucial figure] by about the same slim margin, and that was enough to take it not merely to the moon but, at the extreme ...

2047. It's Not Booby Trapped, But . . .

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... for dogs. "Do not 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 ...

2048. Made Perfect In Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:2-10

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... putting God first in everything. In every aspect of our lives and ministry. And that's why we talk about money. Because God should come first even in our finances. The little that we give may not pay for all the light bill or Sunday School literature or the air conditioning. It might not cover all the water that the VBS kids drank or flushed down the toilet but remember the passage from last week? 2 Corinthians 8:15 "As it is written, 'The one who had much did not have too much, and the one who had little ...

2049. Family Matters

Romans 8:12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... take such good care of them." Ms. Parker says she shut up and waited her turn. Chuck helped take her sacks to the car and she tipped him $2. He looked at the two dollar bills; he looked at her. Then his face lit up, and he jumped in the air and yelled at the top of his lungs, "Look at me, look at me! Someone thinks I'm worth two whole dollars." And he danced his way back to the store. The next time she went to the store, one of the employees who had witnessed the events of that ...

2050. The Dawn of Forever

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... classroom. The arm of a little girl was swinging wildly back and forth. She could hardly contain herself as she shouted excitedly "I know, I know!" "Good" said the teacher, "Tell us." And at that the little girl crouched down and then jumped up into the air extending her arms high and shouting: "TA-DA!" Although it's not recorded in Scripture anywhere, I think that little was right. Jesus may not have spoken those actual words, but that sure was their meaning. "TA-DA!" That first Easter morning was the "The ...

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