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2201. Lifestyles of the Rich and Faithful

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... aptly, saying, "For the past few years, my watchword has been, ‘I came, I saw, I bought!' Or, as they say in Latin, ‘Veni,Vidi, VISA!' " Peter Marshall, whose life was immortalized in the book and movie, A Man Called Peter, had an uncanny ability to capture people's attention and cause them to think. On one occasion when he was pastor of Atlanta's Westminster Presbyterian Church, Dr. Marshall interrupted the worship service as the congregation was singing the hymn "Take My Life And Let It Be." He called ...

2202. When Bullies Take Hold

Luke 19:45-48; Mark 11:15-19

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Brian Stoffregen

... the Disciples. Why should we expect to? Of course, we should not set out to intimidate the bully or to kick people out of the church. But a strong response means that we care enough about the future of our church not to allow anyone to stifle its ability to liberate people from bondage or victimization. It also means that we care enough about the bully that we will not allow him or her to intimidate the church, because we know the spiritual vitality of both the bully and the church is at stake. I quote from ...

2203. All In A Day’s Work

Proverbs 10:4 · Genesis 2:15

Children's Sermon

Marti Kramer Suddarth

... do, think of Solomon’s words and think of the little red hen. Remember that what you accomplish when you work is one of God’s gifts to you. Prayer: Dear Lord, Thank you for this beautiful day and for loving us. Thank you, too, for creating us with the ability to plan and to work. Please help us remember that work isn’t a punishment, but a gift from you, and help us remember that when the job is hard, you’ll help us if we just ask. In Jesus’ name. Amen. Optional: Tell the children that crackers are ...

2204. Does God Use Children?

2 Kings 5:1-27

Children's Sermon

Marti Kramer Suddarth

... if you are willing to trust him. Prayer: Dear Lord, thank you so much for this beautiful day, and thank you for allowing us to be a part of your plans. Please help us to remember that you are always with us and that it’s not our talents and abilities, but our willingness to trust and follow you that you most value. Help us to be willing to serve you, no matter how young or old we are. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

2205. Like A Potato

Ephesians 4:11

Children's Sermon

Marti Kramer Suddarth

... at different times in your life. The important things to remember are that: 1. Everyone is able to serve God — so never think that you can’t. 2. God is never “done” with you. God is always able to use you, even when you think you don’t have any abilities, even if someday you think you’re too old, or too tired. Even if you think you’ve sinned so badly that God won’t ever want to hear from you ever again, he still loves you and will still use you if you let him. So always be alert ...

2206. There's Something about Con Men

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... of people shared the island. Amazingly they welcomed him warmly and treated him very well. In fact, they made him their king and catered to his every desire. He was delighted but puzzled. Why were they treating him in such a royal fashion? As his ability to communicate increased, he learned that they had a tribal custom to choose a king for a year. But when the year was over, this king would be transported to a certain island and abandoned. The man’s delight instantaneously turned into distress. Things ...

2207. Radiate Love

Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... of mutual love. We may not be able to get everyone to love us in return, but that should never keep us from giving our love. Because love is the key to life and faith. The author reminds us that the measure of our new life in Christ is our ability to love. Radiate Love. "Let mutual love continue." II. Hospitality A. Then there is the call to "Hospitality." The call to love the stranger. It's easy to love people who are look like us and talk like us and think like us. It's difficult for a lot of ...

2208. Step Into The Vision

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... because God has created you in a unique way. A place where souls and bodies are healed and a place where the spirit and flesh can rest. H. I see this as a point of empowerment, where we come to discover our place, our gifts, our strengths and abilities and our resources for answering God's call in our lives. I. With the growing diversity in both work and culture, I can see as many as 5 different Worship experiences on a Weekend. Each tailored for the needs and desires of various types of people and how ...

2209. LENT: The Passion of Christ: "Betrayed"

John 13:21-30; Matthew 26:14-16; 45-50

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... but I think it contains a kernel of truth. Whatever the motive behind the Betrayal by Judas, Jesus death on the Cross offered him second chance. A chance at repentance and new life. All Judas had to do was ask. Judas is the Scariest of the disciples because the ability to Betray our Savior lies within all of us. But the Good News is that FAILURE ISN'T FINAL AND FAILURE ISN'T FATAL IF WE COME TO JESUS. Who knows, maybe Jesus IS still waiting for Judas. But an even more important question might be: Is Jesus ...

2210. Mystery of the Unlikely

Luke 1:39-55

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... why God chose Mary and Joseph. It may simply have been because they WERE descendants of David. It may have been because Mary was so young. Probably no more than 16 or 17. At that age she still had a great enthusiasm for life and faith. And a great ability to adapt and adjust, which was greatly needed when they had to flee to Egypt. And Joseph, maybe it was because he WAS a carpenter. That was one of the most honorable trades of the time. As a carpenter, he was educated. And a carpenter at that time worked ...

2211. Which Way Will You Go?

Luke 16:19-31

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James Merritt

... so nearly in the same place, and yet actually wind up oceans apart? That is exactly the way it is with people. There are people who come from the same backgrounds, have the same opportunities, in many cases even many of the same genes and chromosomes, the same gifts and abilities, the same outlook on life, and yet when they die they will wind up literally worlds apart, never to see each other again.

2212. Just a Little Faith Will Do

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... DNA in which is coded the very alphabet of life . . . Beyond lies the great darkness of the ultimate Dreamer who dreamed the light and the galaxies [into existence].” (3) It is not knowledge that brings us to God; it is something that goes far beyond our ability to comprehend with our gray matter the mysteries of existence. No, it is ultimately not our minds that are saved, but our souls. There is something deep within the human soul that cries out for God, and will not be satisfied until it is in perfect ...

2213. How's Your Serve?

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 ...

2214. Made Perfect In Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:2-10

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the abandonment of reliance on them. All through history God has chosen and used nobodies, because their unusual dependence on him made possible the unique display of his power and grace. He chose and used somebody only when they renounced dependence on their natural abilities and resources." (4) IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD, THERE IS STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS. "Remember: We are made perfect in our weakness. For whenever we are weak then we are strong." III. Strong In His Weakness A. And that's the basic philosophy and ...

2215. Earth, Wind and Fire

Acts 2:1-21; John 15:26-27, 16:1-15

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 ...

2216. Luke 18: 9-14

Luke 18:9-14

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... outside the mainstream of Temple traffic. His prayer space was special, but not segregated. As the Pharisee begins his prayer his thankfulness is immediately self-directed. His “thankfulness” has no divine reference. Everything he names is based upon his own abilities. The Pharisee focuses on differentiating himself from the rest of humanity: he is “not like other people;” he is not even like other ostensibly observant Jews. The particulars he offers as proof show that he fasts more than the legal ...

2217. The Cunning Craftsman

Luke 18:9-14

Illustration

Allan J. Weenink

... craftsman, God." On reading it, this phrase stands out: "The cunning craftsman, God." As used, the word cunning does not mean some kind of craftiness which might be our modern interpretation. But taken in its pure sense it indicates skill, wisdom and ability. The phrase then really means that the Master artist God can take our blundering efforts and still make something useful out of them. He takes our mismanaged lives, our failed efforts, our missed marks, our shameful deeds, our alien attitudes, our ...

2218. Accepting a Human Messiah

Luke 23:26-43, Luke 24:1-12

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Brian Stoffregen

... of the ordinary American view of Jesus is Superman: "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. It's Superman! Strange visitor from another planet, who came to earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men, and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice and the American Way." If that isn't popular christology, I'll eat my hat ...

2219. Back to Real Life

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... he sleep at night if he walked away from this? “So he finally resolved that he could not turn his back on the fate of this unknown woman, even if it meant risking his life. “Known neither for his bravery nor for his athletic abilities, he nonetheless summoned up all the moral courage and physical strength he could muster. And once he had finally determined to help the girl, he became strangely transformed. He ran behind the bushes and pulled the assailant off the woman and wrestled with the attacker ...

2220. John 1:29-42

John 1:29-34

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... , the final reported words bore almost no resemblance to the initial whisper. The text message world makes this game less applicable today, although there does NOT seem to be any downturn in misinformation or malicious rumors among texters or tweeters. The ability to uniquely interpret revealed information seems to be a constant issue for the duration of human history. In today’s gospel text we read John’s (as opposed to Matthew’s) personal rendition of Jesus’ first actions in his public ministry ...

2221. Cheap Talk about an All Powerful God

John 1:29-42

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Shirley Guthrie

... All cheap and easy talk about a God of sovereign power who is in control of a world in which there is so much poverty, suffering, and injustice is obscene. All self-confident talk about a powerful church that has the mandate and the ability to change society with this or that conservative or liberal social/political agenda or with this or that evangelistic program is increasingly absurd in a disintegrating church that cannot solve its own problems, much less the problems of the world. The only gospel that ...

2222. The True Nature of Happiness

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Brett Blair

... As A Man? The article stated that some extensive research had been conducted on the 20th century standards for measuring a man. The criteria were quite interesting and I thought that I might list them for the men here this morning just to see how they measure up. 1. His ability to make and conserve money (That lets me out already). 2. The cost, style and age of his car. 3. (This is my favorite) How much hair he has. 4. His strength and size. 5. The job he holds and how successful he is at it. 6. What sports ...

2223. The Case of the Dancing Men

Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... As you and I come to this sacred place on this special night, we probably do not feel the weight of our sins like David did. That is not because we have not sinned. It’s just that as a culture we have developed a highly effective ability to rationalize and justify our behavior. We don’t even use the word sin anymore. We “make mistakes.” We “mess up.” We shrug our shoulders and declare, “Oh, well, nobody’s perfect” as if somehow that is an acceptable excuse for our misdeeds. Something has ...

2224. Playing the Blame Game

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... friend looks at him with tears in his eyes and says, “People wonder why I love the Lord.” Twice in 24 hours he came close to death. He survived because he knew how to dig good foxholes and was in good enough shape to walk instead of ride. These abilities came from the punishment he had received earlier on grunt patrol. (3) “In all things God works for the good of those who love him . . .” That’s a hard thing to remember when you are going through difficult times, but it’s true. God can use any ...

2225. K.I.S.S.

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... pointed to a sagging Venetian blind on the right side of the court room and explained, “I was thinking maybe someone from maintenance!” Communication is difficult. However, effective communication is critical. How many marriages fail because couples lose the ability to communicate? How many families are in distress because parents and offspring fail to communicate? How many hurting people could be helped if someone would simply take the time to communicate with them? Dr. Steve Stephens tells about a ...

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