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201. Just In Time

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... the airport in plenty of time for the pilot to ready her plane for take off. By the time the ambulance arrived with sheriff escort, the engines were warm and ready to taxi onto the runway. The controller held air traffic as the two-engine craft sped down the runway and lifted into the air. But now the weather: Will she be able to complete her route? "Continue ahead," comes the report, "but landing may be a problem." An hour and a half passes, more bad weather. The controller at the receiving airport decides ...

202. The Politics Of The Saints

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... on this plane?" She replies, "There are a couple of congressmen up in first class." By the time the presidential election campaign wound down to its final hours, most of us were eagerly looking forward to a little relief from listening to the air bags. All those speeches that said nothing. All those hours of prime-time television advertising. Really the whole thing could have been carried out much more efficiently. Each of the candidates could have boiled down all their windy rhetoric to one simple slogan ...

203. The More I Understand, The Less I Know

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... book I can buy and read about it? Is there a web site I can visit that has illustrated directions? Is there a fresh wind of the spirit blowing anywhere today? I remember growing up in the South, in cotton country, in the summer, before air conditioning became something almost every home had. Several of those summers I spent working on my uncle’s cotton farm, down in the Mississippi delta, just outside of my birthplace, Cleveland, Mississippi. It was hot work, hard work, bringing in a cotton crop. It still ...

204. Bad Timing

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

Thomas Long

... on the Mount just as he had proclaimed, "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5). Or maybe she could have sidled up to Jesus with her power request just as he had warned a would-be follower, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head" (Matthew 8:20). Or what about the occasion when Jesus was sending out the twelve with no money and no luggage to do kingdom work -- to cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers and cast ...

205. The Man From Galilee VI: The Tragedy Of His Victory

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" But there was something wrong there. It was a hollow victory. There was an undercurrent moving through the crowd, in the minds of the disciples, into the heart of Jesus. Jerusalem was nothing like Galilee. There was a tension in the air. This is not a real victory of any lasting duration. There is a great veil of tragedy which falls over this episode. It is a tragic kind of victory. Today Palm Sunday is a reminder of this fact. Palm Sunday always stands as a great divider ...

206. Proper 27

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, Hosea 11:1-11, Joshua 24:1-27, Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... who have died will rise first when Christ returns and then those who are living. All believers will be caught up in the air to be with the Lord. Believers are to comfort one another with this hope. Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Some of the ... some detail concerning the events of Christ's second coming. The dead would rise first and then the living would be caught up in the air to be with the Lord. There is a good deal of ignorance concerning the Parousia. Some try to describe the events before and after ...

207. I Am The Light Of The World

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... God and our lives. Imagine the possibilities if Christians start using the light God gives them. Dr. Reuel Howe, the author of The Miracle Of Dialogue, told me that one of his most meaningful meditations is to imagine that the inhaling of air is the inhaling of light and the exhaling of air from his body is the exhaling of darkness. In doing this spiritual exercise, Dr. Howe said he was amazed one day to discover that he had exhaled the darkness out of himself while inhaling the light and that he felt that ...

208. The Babel Disaster -- You Are There

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... of a gray,dark dust. The wind came up as I approached and has blownaway a good deal of that ominous cloud. The sun shines now,but the scene of devastation before me is made all the moreawful. The rubble rises dozens of feet, several stories intothe air. There is a smell of tar and of death. Oxen and camels are being used to move the rubble insearch of victims. People are digging with sticks, boards,anything they can find. There are tents and shanties erectednear the rubble, probably for people looking for ...

209. The Righteous

Sermon

John A. Terry

... under the water. Finally, in a last gasp, the fellow wrenched himself loose and his head came above the water. Quietly Buddha asked him, "When you thought you were drowning, what did you desire most?" The young man gasped, "Air." Buddha replied, "When you want righteousness as much as you wanted air, then you will get it."2 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Jesus did not say, "Blessed are the righteous. They have all the virtue they need." That is like ...

210. The Babel Disaster - You Are There

Genesis 11:1-9

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... other and care about each other better. That will be the new birth of religion. FA: Thank you, Pastor. This has been a great tragedy. Despite the winds, there is still dust enough to darken this city early in the evening. The tar smell remains strong in the air and the grim smell of crushed flesh still hovers over the ruins here. Who is to blame? Is it man, his ego, his carelessness, his greed? Is it God, bringing judgment, or just a natural calamity? What can be done? All spoke one language, but they used ...

211. Times Of Refreshing

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... the man seated next to him. That man, however, suspecting a trick of some kind, didn't take the coin. The first pastor tossed it in the air a couple times, then said: "Grace is like this coin. I offered it to my friend here, but it isn't in his possession because he ... known radio preacher. It happened in a slum neighborhood, one of those blazing hot nights, too many people living together, no air-conditioning, too much booze. A father and son got into a terrible fight. The son, furious at his father, grabbed ...

212. The Strange Tactics Of God

2 Samuel 6:1-23

Sermon

Arthur H. Kolsti

... to his people: the true God, bigger than any box. He takes the field of history by delivering himself up. He has his own strange tactics. Listen! We are back at the beginning of this sermon. It's time to retrieve the two texts left hovering in the air. Recall the words of the Psalmist as he broods over the strange tactics of God in history. He abandoned his dwelling at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among mortals, and delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe. This is the Psalmist ...

213. "Remember Me!"

Luke 24:13-35

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... ; a picture of a dog, cat, or some other animal which might be a pet would work. Lesson: Friendship; communion. "Raise your hand if you have a pet!" Immediately almost every child present shoots an arm into the air. "What kind of pet do you have?" I ask a boy in the front row. "A cat!" he answers with an air of authority, almost as if he'd add, "What else is there?" if he were a few years older. This tries the patience of the other children. Immediately the sanctuary is filled with their eager young voices ...

214. The Righteous

Psalm 107:1-43

Sermon

John A. Terry

215. A Formula For Greatness

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... "flow" properly. A better translation of Genesis 1:28 might be: "Be fruitful and mature, grow in wisdom and sensitivity, bring a gift to the earth, rub the earth tenderly, and make it function properly so that the fish in the sea and the birds in the air, and the animals, and the forests, and the lakes, and the rivers, and the streams, and all people will continue to become good!" Hence, God's first words spoken to humanity was the formula for greatness. God desires us to see our work, mission and ministry ...

216. Pathway To God's Kingdom

Mark 4:26-29, Mark 4:30-34

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... the seeds, once planted, are growing. The kingdom of God, in this mysterious growth, becomes something of great worth and service. It is like the tiny mustard seed, when planted, growing into a great bush that is part of the value of nature. Even the birds of the air can use its protection for nesting. (Mark 4:30-32) I want to tell you an incredible story about the mysterious growth of God's kingdom that resulted in a gift of great worth. It is not, like that of Jacob the farmer, a make-believe story. This ...

217. Stilling The Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... at the transition from day to night? And you know how just at dusk the lake becomes choppy? How then everything -- the water, the air, the bird's song -- seems suspended? The silence, the peace? Well, that is the calm I experienced. Only it was not the usual sense ... hot dry wind, and violent wind. South wind is gentle and brings heat. North wind brings rain. A surge southward of air brings heavy rains in March. Peace: "Peace, be still." Is peace always active? Is it ever passive, waiting, simply accepting ...

218. Epiphany 6

1 Corinthians 10:23--11:1, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27, Leviticus 13:1-46, 2 Kings 5:1-27, Mark 1:40-45

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... " (v. 25). Giving in to bodily impulses dissipates energy. The follower of Christ must bring body and mind under the control of God's Spirit to win the heavenly prize. Energy conservation. When Paul states that he does not box as one aimlessly beating the air (v. 26), he's talking about energy conservation. Back in the '70s the Arab oil embargo shocked us into realizing that we could not continue being so profligate in our use of energy. The price of gas went up dramatically to cool demand; it was rationed ...

219. The Politics Of The Saints

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

220. When Is Jesus Coming Back?

Matthew 24:44

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... want to get up in the morning at 7:15. I set the alarm on the clock and go to sleep knowing that the alarm will go off and wake me up at 7:15. I can also know when my favorite TV show is going to be on the air by looking at the TV schedule and finding the hour of the day that it is going to be on. I will not miss it by a minute. But, now, let's suppose that I want to know when Jesus is coming back to earth. People have waited for a ...

221. Living The Alternatives

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... raise a single baby eagle which he had found in the wilderness. He raised it with his chickens and it grew strong. But alas! this king of birds came to think of itself as a chicken rather than an eagle. Each day the farmer would throw it into the air hoping to see it fly, and each time it would return to the earth to eat the chicken feed thrown on the ground. One day, however, something began to stir in the bird's memory when it was launched aloft; a strange and fearful excitement surged through its breast ...

222. Mary Has Chosen The Good Portion

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... to disturb us is that our faith calls this man Savior. He who did not fit in is called Savior. He who did not sacrifice anything to get ahead is called Savior. He who took time to consider the lilies of the field and the birds of the air is called Savior. He who enjoyed living and spoke of its abundance is called Savior. Why? Because he forgives our sins? Yes! But more important for our thinking here, he saves us from the authoritative claims of the system that says sacrificing our humanity for the sake of ...

223. A Faith That Burns

Luke 12:49-53

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you (John 15:18-20)." Basic to all of Jesus' teaching was the assertion that all of us have worth in God's eyes; more worth than the lilies of the field, or the birds of the air. The poor, the meek, those who mourn; all are to be blessed. Those who are the outcasts of society, the lepers, the insane, the foreigners, those who have been ignored by the mainstream of life are the ones who have worth in God's sight. Jesus came to love ...

224. The Ascension Announces a Triumph

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... 't care what you do!" Jon came home some hours later, relaxed and happy with his golf game; but Lynn was far from feeling the same way. She was quiet, mad, and the atmosphere fairly pulsated with her displeasure. This went on for two or three days, and the air was still heavy with unspoken feelings. Finally, when Jon saw things were not getting any better, he said, "Lynn, let's talk about this. I don't understand. What's wrong? You told me you didn't care what I did." Lynn blurted out, "Jon, I can't believe ...

225. No Need For Weeping Anymore

John 20:10-18

Sermon

Erskine White

... ... (Peter Marshall, The First Easter). By the time Peter Marshall finished that sermon, the people in that church felt as if they had been there in the garden to witness the first Easter themselves! When the service was over, the young widow practically walked on air as she left the church and her friend couldn't believe the change which had come over her. "What happened to you in there?" she asked. "The weight has finally been lifted," the young woman replied; "now I can go on living again." That modern ...

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