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2101. Living In The Spirit Of Faithfulness

Galatians 5:22-25, Hebrews 10:23-24

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... ;" the centurion said he was "not worthy;" Paul said, "I know that nothing good lives in me." And look at what God did through them. God calls us. God does not ask if we are suitable. God doesn't ask if we have the training or skills. The only ability God asks about is our availability. What can God do through you? What can God do with your availability. I know what God is going to do with all the volunteers for VBS, God is going to bless them and their families for all their hard work, perseverance and ...

2102. Joshua People Obey and Serve

Joshua 1:6-8, 24:14-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... When Daniel shows up, Mr. Miyagi doesn't give him any Karate instructions, he simple gives Daniel a series of what appear to be useless chores. Feeling a little like slave labor, Daniel confronts Mr. Miyagi. (CLIP) The results, of course, are Daniel's ability to transfer that the muscle memory into the needed defensive moves in karate. B. So, what does that have to do with service? Service is the natural outcome of Obedience. Just as Hope springs from Trust and Trust springs from Faith, Service springs from ...

2103. A Stone’s Throw From: New Life

John 8:3-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... what God might see. We're looking at our life through a mud spattered windshield whose wipers quit working years ago. What we don't realize is that thinking like that has tied heavy weights around our hearts and the ankles of our life. The weights inhibit our ability to travel this journey of faith. The other thing we don't realize is that because of what Jesus did on the cross, God sees us through a sparkling clean windshield. All that muck and mire of sin that has blocked our view for so many years has ...

2104. For Comfort, Guidance and Strength

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... entire house where they were sitting. [3] Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. [4] All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. [5] Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. [6] And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. [7] Amazed and astonished, they asked, "Are not ...

2105. Spiderman: Saved To Serve

Colossians 3:1-4, 12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... don't believe in Jesus." And Dr. Goulter said, "But I do. I do." (2) That's the whole concept of "Saved To Serve" in a nutshell. Conclusion Paul and Peter Parker both shared something that changed them forever. Not special powers. Not amazing abilities but the both experienced redemption and forgiveness. Uncle Ben's death haunted the character of Peter Parker until he confessed to his Aunt May and she forgave him. And guilt over Stephen's death and all of his vitriolic accusations against the followers of ...

2106. Altar Your Service

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... He died in 1990, yet he continues to teach even in his death. On his tombstone are the words: "Potentially a good plumber ruined by a sophisticated education." His whole concept was that if you're called to serve by plumbing, then plumb to the best of your abilities. You can serve anywhere God's calls you to be a servant. Servants are people who understand what it means to be last. And if that means that someone else is empowered to be first, then they've received their reward. Servants are people who don't ...

2107. LOST? Pursuing Purpose

1 Peter 2:9-10

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... player in the world, now 41, is now a Dominican Nun in the Episcopal Church? In her testimony or witness or interviews, whatever you want to call them, she says she felt called by God at an early age. But she was side tracked by the discovery of her tennis abilities. If you remember, she was sort of the brat of the tennis world, always mouthing off to line judges and the crowd. At age 16, it looked like she was going to have it all. The only trouble was she felt alone and cut off in the winner take all ...

2108. That's All I Want

Psalm 23:1

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . Frightened of being ejected, they all laud the idea. C. We live in a consumer driven economy and if we're not careful, we can get consumed by that consumerism. There's nothing wrong with things, per se. God created all those things. God gave us the creative ability to create all these things. But as the abnormal people, the people of God, if we get consumed by things, then we've missed the main thing, which is our relationship with God. I've got a little framed poster that a friend of mine gave years ago ...

2109. Rahab: Seven Minutes To Midnight

Joshua 6:15-25

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... after their escape from Egypt and the years of wandering in the wilderness. Moses wasn't allowed to cross the Jordan and Joshua was put in charge because of Joshua's faith. He and Caleb were the only spies sent into the land who truly believed in God's ability to give the promised land to them. They are the ones who described the land as one flowing with milk and honey. They are the ones who carried the bunch of grapes so big it had to be carried on a pole between them. Joshua, son of Nun, successor ...

2110. A Chance To Sing

Matthew 9:32-34

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the way he said it that made them all stop what they were doing and listen as the old man read: "Thank you for a beautiful performance." It was signed very simply: "Your King." You and I are called to Sing The Lord's Song to the best of our ability in all circumstances because we never know who will be in the audience. Besides, we know we're always singing for God. Conclusion I'm not sure how it has happened but somehow over the years, about forty percent of churchgoers seem to have picked up the idea that ...

2111. A Chance To Dance

Luke 5:17-25

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... as "wretched" in a 1933 studio memo. However, this did not affect RKO's plans for Fred Astaire who later, danced his way into the hearts of America through musical after musical. Like Top Hat, Swing Time, Shall We Dance, Carefree and Holiday Inn. Fred Astaire had the ability to make dancing look easy. He made you feel like you could get up and glide across the floor with the same grace and agility he had. Unfortunately for most of us, it wasn't that easy. Some of us, like me, suffer from two left feet. Of ...

2112. Celebrating Generosity

Mark 12:38-44

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... all we are is the result of God's gracious Generosity. God created us. God provides for all of our needs. Not our wants and desires, but our daily needs. The talents we have are given to us by God. We use and build upon those God given talents and abilities in order to earn a living for our families. We may buy stuff with the money we earn but even those things can be attributed to God because we used our God given talents to earn the money to buy the things. There is nothing which we have which does ...

2113. The Wedding Was Saved, but the Marriage?

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... pond and declare them both insane, but he resisted the impulse. Then, as he had a chance to reflect on this unusual ceremony, he decided he admired a couple who could laugh in the midst of such a serious commitment. “If they can hold on to this ability to joke and poke fun at each other, there is hope for the survival of their marriage,” he wrote. “Maybe this same lesson can apply to each of us.” (1) Reading these absurd vows reminds me of the three men who were sitting together bragging about how ...

2114. How Does Jesus Show He Is the Greatest?

John 2:1-11

Illustration

Sigurd Grindheim

Imagine that the Bible was lost and somebody today was given the task of recording, to the best of their ability, the deeds and words of the Son of God. They were to give an account of the good influence that Jesus had had in people's lives. What do you think would have been recorded as the first instance through which Jesus showed his greatness? Imagine that there would be ...

2115. Spiderman: Saved To Serve

Colossians 3:1-4, 12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

2116. Shaped By The Fire

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

2117. The Monk and the Pearl

Matthew 13:44-46

Illustration

Richard A. Wing

... , "Here, take it." And he gave the young man the pearl of great price. The young man was delighted and danced for awhile and then sat under a tree to contemplate. "The pearl of great price! I have it! But is it better to have it or to have the ability to give it away like Theophane the Monk? How long will this question rob me of my joy?" God calls us to live on the edge, not with an ancient word recited and unlived, but with a living word to be given away in us and recited in the rituals ...

2118. Harmony and Humor: The Ties That Bind Christianity’s Many Christianities

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Gargoyles with grotesque faces defended the church and its holy places with the power of parody, laughter and mockery. After all, the promise of the beatitudes was this: those who mourn or weep will be comforted and able to “laugh.” It has been our ability to “laugh” at ourselves, and to laugh at life, that has enabled the many Christianities of Christianity to play together side-by-side. Humor and harmony are the greatest detoxifying forces in life and in faith. There is very little in life that a ...

2119. Focusing on the Flaws

Luke 4:21-30

Illustration

King Duncan

... young men and women who would soon be facing a very tough and critical world, he said, "I have an architect friend who says, 'I can take the newest building, built by the finest builders anywhere in the world, and if you give me a camera and the ability to focus various lenses, I can make that building look like it's about to fall down because I will find five or six minor imperfections, focus on them and convince you that the entire structure is about to topple.'" In a society where a handful of people ...

2120. A Gospel to Save

Luke 4:14-30

Illustration

Leonard Sweet

... of the singing skiers and smashes it in the fire. Here Juicy Fruit is making fun of its own jingle, its own marketing strategies, its paradigm, in a self-effacing way that symbolically admits the need to go in a new direction to reach a new culture. Juicy Fruit's ability to laugh at itself and its past fixations, without ever introducing a new product, is in stark contrast to a defensive, insensitive church that isn't offering gum to chew but a gospel to save.

2121. The Law of the Pendulum

Mt 14:22-36; Mk 6:45-56

Illustration

Brett Blair

... Youth Pastor, Ken Davis, has a way of discovering whether someone actually does have faith. In his book "How To Speak To Youth" he tells of a college lesson he had to prepare for his speech class. He says, we were to be graded on our creativity and ability to drive home a point in a memorable way. The title of my talk, he says, was, "The Law of the Pendulum." I spent 20 minutes carefully teaching the physical principle that governs a swinging pendulum. The law of the pendulum is: A pendulum can never return ...

2122. Blessed Are Those Who Hand Over Their Controllers

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , James, and John, it nearly sank their boats. And it totally deep-sixed their illusions of control. Instead of being a fisherman or an independent businessman, Simon suddenly saw who he really was: “I am a sinful man!” The only control Simon Peter wielded was the ability to let go, to fall on his knees, and to confess his humble humanity. The last step Simon, James, and John ever made on their own was that step off of their boats and onto dry land. Once they had “dry feet” their lives went totally ...

2123. Facetime and Facebook

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the basis of all social interaction. To gain face was everything. You did everything you could, and went to every extreme possible to avoid losing face. The first century Mediterranean world Jesus walked through defined relationships and responsibilities, advantages and abilities, on the basis of a similar concept: It was called “status.” One’s status among the Roman rulers, one’s status within Greek culture, one’s status within Jewish religious life, all defined one’s identity. But the “face ...

2124. Fully Awake

Luke 9:28-36

Illustration

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... surely include the name of Blaise Pascal the seventeenth-century French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. In his brief 39 years, he made scientific discoveries which are basic to a great amount of our most significant contemporary knowledge. But with all his ability in logic and all his commitment to tough-minded scholarship, Pascal found his greatest personal assurance, not in science but in faith. On the evening of Monday, November 23, 1654, he felt the reality of Jesus Christ in such an intense ...

2125. Abysmal Heights

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of the 2010 Winter Olympics, the opening of the Paralympic Games welcomed a whole new host of athletes into world-class competition. Whatever “disability” may qualify each of those athletes to compete in the Paralympics, it is their astonishing abilities that make them champions. Skiing, snowboarding, sledding, ice hockey, curling, all familiar winter sports are played but with specially designed equipment that enables these athletes to soar, speed, and spin. It seems a bit of a stretch to put ...

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