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2176. A Courageous Leader

Judges 4:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... . She ended up in court over a labor dispute at the hospital. And for a few years, the Indian government wouldn’t renew her visa, making it difficult to travel home to visit family. In an interview with the Baptist Press, she admits that there were many times when she wanted to quit her ministry and return to the comforts of home in the U.S. At one point, when her medical visa had been denied and she couldn’t do her job at the hospital, Dr. Naylor did return to the U.S. and interviewed for a position at ...

2177. Into the Wilderness

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... and strong, Jesus seemed to be a double winner. That is precisely where evil brought its last seduction. “You have faith! You have great faith!” Trust God! Live as if it matters! Here is where the insidious call of the “health and wealth gospel” summons. God wants you to have it all! You don’t have because you don’t ask! Prove your faith by your works! Yes, yes, yes. A young couple started worshiping with my first congregation. They were members of a church in a nearby town, but they said they ...

2178. Doing What Matters?

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... who was hurting, who had lost their job, or were maybe afraid of losing their home, or were worried about their children, if you truly wanted to show God’s care for that person, what could you do? Now, I imagine there are few of us here who have the ... most of us don’t know the secrets of where the fish are hiding. But there are many other things we could do if we wanted to care for someone in need. If we are honest with ourselves, there are probably some things we could do that might directly ease at ...

2179. The List

John 6:27-38

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... to give them your shirt too. If someone asks you for help, give them help, no matter who they are. And if anyone takes something that belongs to you, don’t let them make you angry and do harm, but just let them have it. Remember, think about how you want other people to treat you, and be sure that you treat them that same way.” Now, let’s step back a second. Can you see the faces? They were expecting either another attack aimed at those people in the robes, or at least some words of praise for those ...

2180. The Accent Of Heaven

John 13:31-35

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... he opened it something with too many legs to count might crawl out. The guy behind the counter growled at him. “What d’ya want?” Suddenly Tony wasn’t hungry, no matter how much his stomach protested. He saw a stack of donuts under a cracked plastic cover. “I ... do ya have to be so mean? I was just tellin’ you, that’s all. You do ya have to put me down? I don’t want anything from you! I mean, why should you give me a birthday party? I’ve never had a birthday party in my whole life! Why should ...

2181. God Is Like...a Name

Exodus 3:1-15

Sermon

Kenneth L. Gibble

... has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” See what Moses was doing? He wanted to know the name of this strange deity that spoke from a bush that burned but was not consumed. By knowing the name, Moses would be ... Bible. The voice said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” Moses wanted to know the name of the god and this was the answer Moses received. The name of the god was I AM WHO I AM. We need ...

2182. A Place at the Table

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

Jill J. Duffield

... that time comes, I pray I will bring others with me because they may not know what they are missing, but I sure do and I know you do, too. So now is the time to start making invitations, seeking out those who need to know they are valued and wanted. Right now, as you begin this new phase of your journey, in this season of our life together, our call is to let everyone know they have a place of honor at God’s table and we have the joyous privilege of showing them to their seat ― princess costume optional ...

2183. A Faith That Overcomes

Acts 9:32-43

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... had planned her wedding all the way to the minute details of a lavish reception, complete with live band and cake. She had forgotten just one thing -- the minister. Can we really have much hope for a marriage in which God's presence is merely an afterthought? If we want to be able to draw on the power of God to strengthen and sustain us, then we need to make our relationship to God a top priority. We need to sharpen our focus on God's presence and God's willingness to work through us. Peter did not attempt ...

2184. A Call To Community

Acts 16:6-10

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... wife and the kids had gone down to the animal shelter to adopt a dog. They intentionally selected what looked to be the littlest and skinniest dog in the world. They named him Cocoa but more often than not the father referred to him as their "wimp-dog." They had wanted a dog that would be gentle with the children but secretly Dad had hoped for a "man's dog" (whatever that is). It was a little embarrassing to have a dog that was afraid of its own shadow. Cocoa was afraid of other dogs. He was afraid of other ...

2185. "No Contest"

1 Kings 18:16-46

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... people in the next apartment fight real loud all the time. You should only let very good friends get married. Nan." And Elijah's prayer was selfless. He had the best of motives. He said, "Answer me, so these people will know that 38you, O Lord, are God." He wanted God to be glorified, his name to be honored. There was nothing of self nor selfishness in his prayer. God answered, and fire fell from heaven! God is God, and he longs for his people to call upon him. So often we have made God smaller than he is ...

2186. The Beginning And The Ending

Luke 1:1-4; 24:44-53

Sermon

J. Will Ormond

... They are to wait in faith and patience until it is time according to God's schedule. Now we see that there are only a few more lines in Luke's gospel. There is no room to tell about the coming of this power from on high. Therefore, we want to know more. Now the scene shifts its location. Jesus takes his disciples outside the city as far as Bethany and pronounces a benediction upon them. Then Luke recounts in one single brief sentence one of the most mysterious scenes in the story of Jesus. "He withdrew from ...

2187. The Lord's Maid Servant

Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:46-56

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... d made up. And in a little while the grain would be ground and Mary would be smiling up at me and saying, "What do you want me to do next, Mother?" That's the way she was. God bless her. Mary was intelligent. She was. Of course, she couldn't read. ... was. When she was just a young thing, she couldn't have been more than thirteen, there was a young man in our town who wanted to marry her. Her father said it was all right and the plans for marriage went forward. Well, as it happened Mary got pregnant. This ...

2188. Noah

Luke 12:22-34

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... more. GERHON: (ENTERS) Still at it, I see. (HE FLIPS THE RADIO OFF) NOAH: Hello, Gerhon. What brings you all the way over here? GERHON: I wanted to invite you to my wedding. NOAH: Gerhon, I'd like to come, but I've got to get the ark finished. GERHON: Come on, ... . All the animals. MRS. NOAH: And now we have our own zoo. JAPHETH: Dad, you're the birthday boy. You get to choose anything you want to do today. HAM: Yeah, Dad, what is it? NOAH: Well, I'd like to go on a picnic again. MRS. HAM: A picnic, what ...

2189. Noah

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... an honest and upright man." \n \n Chorus:\n It's gonna rain and rain and rain some more and rain and \nrain some more. \nGERHON: (ENTERS) Still at it, I see. (HE FLIPS THE RADIO OFF) \nNOAH: Hello, Gerhon. What brings you all the way over here? \nGERHON: I wanted to invite you to my wedding.\nNOAH: Gerhon, I'd like to come, but I've got to get the ark \nfinished. \nGERHON: Come on, Noah, what's a few days? There's going to be \neating and drinking and merrying and, of course, giving in \nmarriage. You don't ...

2190. Faith

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... do something I think of her. \nWILL: Of course. Those memories are precious. \nSAM: Yes. She was a part of me. So how do I do it? \nWILL: What? Get back to a normal life? Well, your life will be \ndifferent. You have to accept that. \nSAM: When will I want to pray again?\nWILL: Oh, you will. Prayer was an important part of your life \nbefore Shirley's death. It will be again. It will all happen as \nyou trust the Lord with your everyday life. \nSAM: I do that. I have to, just to get through each day. \nWILL ...

2191. Love And Money

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

William G. Carter

... homes. A quiet voice says, "There must be more money," even though money is coming and going all the time. Two kinds of people want more money those who don't have it and those who do. Either way, the gospel calls our priorities into question. Jesus loved a rich ... ; God can purge us of all our possessiveness. Or is that bad news? Each of us must decide. One thing is for sure. If we want to follow Jesus, we had better brace ourselves. He calls us to serve a God who loves us, a God who will keep disturbing us ...

2192. All Stirred Up

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Richard Patt

... the Father in heaven would bring all of this to a salutary ending in the resurrection on the third day. What food, what bread -- the Master himself giving a personal, unerring interpretation about all the ambiguous events that were about to happen! Who would have wanted to miss out on that? Whenever we sit with the Lord, he brings us insight and understanding, not only about his own suffering and struggle, but about our own as well. When you and I feel nervous and agitated, worked up and wound up because ...

2193. Proper 19

Psalm 14:1-7, 1 Timothy 1:12-20, Jeremiah 4:5-31, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... So he left and later bought three new cameras. A year later he got a call from a fellow with the same last name as his. The fellow wanted to know if he had lost some cameras. It turned out that he had left his bag in a motel room in New Mexico. The maid had found ... we were about to give up, we spotted him and called his name. He was as excited as we were, but we carried him home, not wanting to risk that he would run off again. 4. A young couple had a cat to which they became very attached. The cat loved to ...

2194. Proper 24

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, 2 Timothy 3:10--4:8, Luke 18:1-8, Psalm 119:1-176

Bulletin Aid

William E. Keeney

... the Syrophoenician woman, and Jesus' mother indicates his respect for and treatment of women. 4. Why Persistent Prayer? If God knows our need before we ask, why persist in prayer? Several possible reasons may be suggested. The first is that we need to sort out what we want from what we need. Often our self-interest and desires obscure our sight. What we think we need is not always our true condition. As Jesus prayed in Gethsemane for the passing of the cup and came to submission to God's larger will, so too ...

2195. The Limits Of Love

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... happened to be. It was not the scripture lesson but the sermon that got him in trouble -- specifically the illustrations. He used Old Testament stories to make his point, but they were not the popular stories -- the good-old-boy tales -- people love to hear. We all want our preachers to tell us how much God loves us and our kind. Have you sung "God Bless America" recently? We are not quite as enamored of hearing about how much God loves our enemies. It was not that long ago anybody returning from a visit to ...

2196. Famous Last Words

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Sermon

William L. Self

... the ability to communicate that vision to their constituency. They were able to focus the resources of the organization to accomplish the vision. Martin Luther King, Jr., made a speech in 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. He expressed his vision for America. He wanted "the riches of freedom and the security of justice" for all people. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their ...

2197. Failure Is Not Final

Hosea 2:2-23

Sermon

William L. Self

... people are? Not the ones who have tried and failed. The most miserable people I know are those who never decide. They are living in hell every day. They can't make up their minds. They can see both sides; they keep all their options open, but they never want to close off an avenue or an option. There comes a time you have to choose. You can't live life always having your options open. You are living in an indecision hell. And your life goes down as mediocre, unhappy. You have made no mistakes; there is no ...

2198. The Giver Becomes The Receiver

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... overwhelmed you would be by the awesomeness and indescribable nature of God. You'd think the closer you got to God the less clear-cut would be your expression of God.3 David's ability to step back and let God provide him with the same gift he wanted to give God was an impetus of inversion that was reflected in the grand gift to come. No greater ruler ever commanded the Israelite people. David was depicted as God's personal choice to lead the chosen people. He unified the two nations of Israel and Judah. He ...

2199. Shameless Passion

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... . In the military, one must go through basic training to become a full-fledged soldier. No other way. To be an honorable citizen, we must file taxes each year -- or risk getting in trouble. It's not an "if I feel like it" situation. Jesus did something he didn't want to do and he did it willingly. No IRS agent was going to knock on his door if he didn't follow through on God's plan. Boot camp is a cakewalk compared to what Jesus submitted to. And Jesus walked into this test, yes, with trepidation, but with ...

2200. Decisions, Decisions

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... put our child in a private school? Should we close in the garage or save the money for a vacation? Do I really want to join this church? Is this the woman God wants me to marry or am I just in lust? Should Grandpa live on his own or with us, or be put in a ... could take another step. If we knew the Bible better, we wouldn't be so stymied at times. No, perhaps the specifics you want are not there, but is there an overriding principle to follow? God, in his love, often brings Scripture to our remembrances, but ...

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