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2101. Obeying God Rather Than Men

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... threat. I have seen it even in the church where servants of the gospel are threatened by powers and principalities in the church, admonished and warned to do things man’s way and not God’s way. This confrontation between man’s way and God’s way is the continuing conflict in the church and is the axis of the power struggle of darkness and light. Some people want to run the church man’s way rather than serve the church God’s way. Man’s way says we don’t talk about the Holy Ghost because he has ...

2102. Twelve O'Clock Rock: When the Jailhouse is Rocked

Acts 16:16-40

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... the town square and beat them more furiously with sticks and bricks. Crowds gather to gape at the awesome spectacle. 4:00: More friends of the owners of the slave girl come and continue their beating of Paul and Silas. Now they are dragged from the town square to the hall of the magistrate. The men continue their accusations and recriminations of Paul and Silas. Nearly unconscious from their beating, the two men can barely speak. Silas has teeth knocked out and bleeds profusely. Paul’s left eye is swollen ...

2103. A Town of Promise

Micah 5:1-4

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... there. Bethlehem Today The town of Bethlehem in Israel pops up in the news in our day from time to time. It has happened that the media has had to report the cancellation of Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem because of the kind of turmoil that continues in the Mideast. Local officials in the Bethlehem area do not hesitate to close down operations when they determine that terrorists are threatening acts of violence in the area. Those kinds of conditions are more normal than we should like to admit in our ...

2104. The Child of Promise

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... one to be enthroned. However, what he does say about the revelation of God in a messianic figure was fulfilled in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ. What is important to note is that God makes this revelation for the sake of people who would otherwise be doomed to continue to walk in the dark. What this adds up to is that God was and is willing to reveal God’s grace and goodness for the sake of all people at any and all times. Because we are included in the people of all times and all places being in ...

2105. The Children of Promise

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... but granted them safety on their return and allowed them to take with them the sacred vessels that had been taken from the Temple. However generous Darius proved to be, the role of Good Shepherd belonged to God, who used the king for his purpose, which God continued until the sending of God’s Son, who would be the incarnation of this role of Good Shepherd. We know the role of Good Shepherd cost Jesus of Nazareth his life as he laid down his life for the sheep. However, the prophet did not ask the ...

2106. The Healing of Jairus' Daughter and the Hemorrhaging Woman

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

James W. Moore

... stores. In anger, they refused to speak for the next 20 years. One day a stranger pulled up in a car and entered one of the two stores. “Have you been in business very long here?” the stranger asked. “Yes, 30 or 40 years,” was the answer. “Good,” continued the stranger. “I very much need to tell you something… Some 20 years ago, I passed through this town. I was out of work and homeless. I jumped off a boxcar. I had no money and I had not eaten for days. I came down that alley outside and ...

2107. Eager For The Journey

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

... places I could find. I kept the little mirror, and as I went about my growing up, I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game. As I became [mature], I grew to understand that this was a metaphor for what I might do with my life ... and asks Jesus to leave. Apparently, Peter thinks to himself, this is a very holy man. But Jesus has other plans. They will continue to fish but the tackle will be adapted. Boat’s will be shored for sandals. The open waters replaced by the open road. ...

2108. His Cleansing Of The Temple

Luke 19:45-48

Sermon

Brett Blair

... Church? Could this be God’s great moment for this church? Could this be God’s great moment for you? The Jews could not see it, so the cheers of Hosanna turned into the tears of Monday. II Following this brief respite on the Mount of Olives, Jesus continued his journey into the city. It was at this point that the second, and perhaps most curious event of the day took place. For this incident we must turn to Marks” Gospel for he alone tells it. Jesus was still outside the city. He was hungry so he ...

2109. His Resurrection

John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18

Sermon

Brett Blair

... all around. That which was dead, a seed, which feel to the earth and rotted, is alive again. Wernher von Braun, the renowned atomic scientist, toward the end of his life, said, "Everything science has taught me--and continues to teach me--strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death. Nothing disappears without a trace." Nature does not know extinction; it only knows transformation. If God applies that principle to the least of his creation, doesn’t it make sense that he ...

2110. Good Friday: The Three Crosses

John 18:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

... all of this the Bible records with the simple words, "And they crucified Him." (Mark 15:24). It is interesting that Jesus is responsible for the abolishment of the cross as a means of capital punishment. In the early part of the fourth century Constantine continued to inflict the penalty of the cross on slaves guilty of, in the old Latin, delatio domini, i.e. of denouncing their masters. But later on he abolished this infamous punishment, in memory and in honor of the Passion of the Christ. From then on ...

2111. A Happy Ending

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Brett Blair

... , never to be seen by the disciples again. We rather suspect that they will turn homeward with heavy steps. How astonishingly then are the words of the Gospel of Luke: And Jesus departed from them. And they returned from Jerusalem with great joy and were continually in the Temple praising God. The question I would like to deal with this morning is “What meaning does the ascension have for our lives?” Many of us are willing to affirm a creed and let our faith rest there. Many Christians have in essence ...

2112. Neighbors Who Never Met

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... relate to the poor. That is the gap that keeps us in hell. You see, Dives didn’t simply die and go to hell. Oh no. He also created his own hell on earth by closing his eyes to suffering humanity. What he experienced in the afterlife was merely a continuation of what he started for himself in this life. Since he did not respond to people in this life, then he will not be allowed to respond to people in the after life. Maybe that is a good definition of hell. Being unable to respond. Well, the point of the ...

2113. Unexpected Evangelists

John 4:1-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... more - he begins talking about eternal life. She was not sure what was happening, but she was finding herself more and more fascinated. "Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water." The conversation continues. The reference to her love life and current living arrangements. So this spunky lady does what we all do when Jesus wants to talk with us about our personal affairs - she changes the subject. Religion. There's a good one. She says, "I can see that ...

2114. Excuses

Luke 14:15-24, Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... a trail of escalating problems." Get real. Do we want to stop the shootings? Really? The truth is we do not care...at least not until it is our own child that is murdered. Meanwhile, we have no one to blame but ourselves. The killings will continue. We have no excuse. Excuses, excuses. They are not limited to school problems or societal issues. Scripture shows that they are as old as humanity. You heard the story from the 3rd chapter of Genesis. Adam ate the forbidden fruit, then when confronted about it ...

2115. Family Feud

Genesis 29:15-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... of his mother Rebekah's brother - his Uncle Laban. He greets the shepherds: "Yo, Bro's. Wha's-sup?" (Or the ancient Hebrew equivalent thereof.) They reply in unison, "Wha's-sup???" The audience in the theatre laughs. After all, this IS a comedy. Jacob continues. "Where are you from?" They reply, "Haran." "Haran," Jacob answers. "Do you know Laban, Nahor's grandson?" "Yes, we know him." How about that! It's a small world after all. "Is Laban well?" "Jes' fine. As a matter of fact, here comes his daughter ...

2116. The Ten Commandments #5: Honoring Parents

Exodus 20:12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... be the obedience that is given grudgingly to a dictator. It should come from a realization that what the parents ask is reasonable and, ultimately, for the child's good. It means a consistency of care and concern that begins in the child's infancy and continues forever. Parents should be respected, but they should respect their children enough to want to deserve it. A family in the East was planning a month's vacation to the West Coast. At the last minute the father's work prevented him from going, but Mom ...

2117. Look Up and Live

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , but for a whole month--until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you..."(4) So there! The wilderness wandering continues. They arrived at the border of Canaan and were instructed to send in a spy team for a 40-day reconnaissance run - 12 ... , calms God down and extracts a promise that they will not be wiped out. But there would be a price: the wilderness wandering would continue - 40 years worth...one year for each of the 40 days the spies were in the land; AND the only men of Israel now ...

2118. Therapy in Melody or Healing in 4/4 Time

1 Samuel 16:14-23

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... legal. Then, by lunchtime I was helping a client evade his workers' insurance payments. It's legal! This afternoon, I have been enabling a woman to ruin her husband's life forever with the sweetest divorce you ever saw. That's my day.' "What could I say? "'Which,' he continued, 'helps explain why I'm in your church on a Sunday morning.' "'I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed,' I said, 'thinking what on earth I have to say in a sermon which might be helpful to you on a Sunday.' "'It's not the sermon that I come for ...

2119. Civil War Isn't!

2 Samuel 18:1-18, 19--19:8

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... on camera, "You know what other Christians are saying about your son? They say he's an abomination. What do you think about that?' 'Well,' the mother answered in a sweet, quavery voice, 'he may be an abomination, but he's still our pride and joy.'" Yancey continues, "That line stayed with me because I came to see it as a heartrending definition of grace. I came to see that Mel White's mother expressed how God views every one of us. In some ways we are all abominations to God - All have sinned and fall ...

2120. Wise Leadership

1 Kings 2:1-12, 3:1-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... his trip and sent it in his weekly letter to council members upon his return. Listen to what he had to say: "Uplifting, discouraging, provocative, overwhelming and stimulating. Describing my whirlwind ten days in the Middle East is still difficult as I continue to work through the incredible and sometimes contradictory experiences. I can say for sure that one thing I did learn is that everything I 'knew' about the Middle East was either wrong or not exactly right. "Victor Makari, Coordinator for the Middle ...

2121. Year-Round Christmas

1 Kings 17:1-24

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... has gone over the past several years, some of you may be feeling that. How is that for a sermon? [I asked Christie that at breakfast yesterday - she said, "That's why YOU are the preacher!"] As I read both scripture and history, one of the things that continually strikes me is God's penchant for using the unlikely to accomplish divine purposes. There were those ravens. Now a destitute widow. I mean, if you were God and Elijah were your prophet, and you had to provide for him, would you send him to a woman ...

2122. Do I Matter?

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... no one to hear, does it make a sound? What about this one? If a person lives and dies and no one notices, if the world continues as it was, was that person ever really alive? I do not worry about whether I am one of the 100 most important people in the ... which he sprinkled on the snow to make a trail into the barn. To his dismay, the birds ignored the crumbs and continued to flop around helplessly. He tried shooing them into the barn by walking around and waving his arms. They scattered in every direction ...

2123. A New Look at an Old Treasure

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... ground. The man said no, he was staying put, because God was coming to rescue him. "The Lord is my shepherd." The waters continued to rise and now had come to the roof line. Another rescue worker came, in a pontoon boat, and offered him a ride. ... deputy sheriff, a mom or a dad, or even the occasional preacher. Who knows? Keep your eyes open. The vision of a helping shepherd continues from the Old Testament into the New. We hear in the New Testament that Jesus Christ is "the great shepherd of the sheep,"(2) ...

2124. Of Rubble and Trouble

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . Rather, it is to attack and attack and attack your opponents for real or imagined shortcomings. The electorate says it finds the so-called "attack ads" distasteful, but we continue to see them (and we will again next year) because they actually work - they convince people how to vote. Once someone is in office, the nastiness continues - here in Guilford County this week we have been treated to hearing a County Commissioner publicly call the County Manager "a Puerto Rican Criminal"...and get away with it ...

2125. The Best Birthday Ever

Psalm 90:1-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... why you're calling. When do you want to do this thing?" "O, this week." "That's fine," I said. "At a certain point in life, long engagements don't make sense, do they?" Come to think of it, at 96, most folks would not even buy green bananas! I continued, "How many folks do you anticipate will be coming?" "Nobody." "Now, Curtis, you can't do that! You would expect your friends to come to your funeral; why not let them come to something they WANT to come to?" "O, all right." "Let's decide. When should we do ...

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