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201. Running a Marathon

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... were blown off in battle. So, when Bob competes, he sits on a 15 pound saddle, covers his fists with pads, and runs with his arms. But he does not quit. He is the very symbol of perseverance. Living a Christian life can be compared to running a long-distance race like a marathon. You get the idea that the author of Hebrews was, like St. Paul, a former athlete. He used the language of track and field. The author senses that more persecution is coming for the Roman Christians to whom he is writing. He has ...

202. Come Home!

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

Richard L. Eslinger

... will shine in the darkness. That is what is prophetic: a brightness of God’s appearing, seeming even more intense because of the surrounding night. And this glory of the Lord will call back the exiles; they will come home. There will be signs you will see, when the long night is about to end. The sign will be the light, the sign will be God’s light, and the nations coming. "King to the brightness of your rising." T. S. Eliot says it poignantly: A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of year For ...

203. The Lord Has Saved His People

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... springs of life still flow. I hear the news. It tells about a world that yawns in emptiness and boredom, that is seeking something that will give life meaning. I listen to the answers and solutions of the experts, and they are dreary answers and solutions that have long ago gone bankrupt. And then I come back to the church again and the gospel of salvation, only to discover that the springs of life are clogged with people who seem not at all the holy people of God, but for whom a holy, chosen people is the ...

204. The Powerful Moments that Change Your Life Forever

Matthew 4:12-23

Sermon

James W. Moore

... going to get you through this. We are going to put the heart back into you.” Holy Communion had never been more holy for me that it was that night as those wonderful people put the heart back in me in a kairos moment of encouragement. Time stood still. How long has it been since you had a kairos moment of encouragement like that? II. The Kairos Moment of Love Jesus had so many of these. We get so caught up in the chronos that we miss so many. I’m haunted by how many kairos moments I’ve missed because ...

205. No More Pain!

John 8:31-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... I think that may be the biggest barrier to many people about the Christian faith. It is so simple. Trust Christ. Let him free you from your sins. You are a child of the King. You can begin a new life today. Maybe if Jesus had set up week-long seminars and charged thousands of dollars, people would find it easier to take his message seriously. Christ can set us free from slavery to sin. He can set us free from our meaninglessness and despair. AND HE CAN FREE US FROM LIFE'S EMOTIONAL WOUNDS. One of the great ...

206. The God Of Peace

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... the crÃ¨che on Christmas eve, putting the animals and the wise men and the shepherds around the baby, who is a small center of sanity in a large and crazy world." That's a good way of putting it “ a small center of sanity in a crazy world. We long for that center of sanity in our families, don't we? This is a family time. Many of our young families will have their best Christmas ever watching their children open up presents from Santa Claus. I hope each of us as parents do not allow the materialism of ...

207. Preparing The Way

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... ...'" (1) People might have looked at John the Baptist in the same way the people in Times Square looked at the street preacher. He wore a camel's hair coat with a leather belt around his waist and he ate locusts and honey. His hair was long and unkempt. When the religious officials came to see him and be baptized by him, he insulted them by calling them names. Apparently John the Baptist had not read any church growth material that says first impressions are important. John the Baptist seems out of place ...

208. When Jiggling Wires Is Not Good Enough

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... Just then the disciples return and are somewhat surprised to find Jesus speaking with a Samaritan woman although they had been with Jesus long enough to have expected this. Jesus confronts the woman at the well, so she can see herself in a new way. As ... , followed a false path that deceived me and lead me nowhere. This was the easiest path for me. The devil controlled my life for so long. He disguised himself as a bottle of beer or whiskey, a joint of marijuana or a pill or anything that gave me a false good ...

209. Never Too Old for an Adventure

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... been never to write about a place in which he hadn't lived. Thus he shied away from this challenging undertaking. The long years 1947-1984 passed with his often thinking of trying his luck in Alaska and always drawing back with apprehension: "I'm ... , and he made friends at an Eskimo school far above the Arctic Circle, where in January and much of February the nights are 24 hours long, and in June and July the days never end. His experience so delighted him that he wondered, "Why didn't I do this 40 years ...

210. Victory Over Darkness

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... it if they could. They are like the convict who was brought out of the Bastille in Paris where he had been confined in one of its gloomy cells for many years. But instead of joyfully welcoming his liberty, he begged to be taken back. It had been so long since he had seen the sunshine that his eyes could not endure its brightness. We ask, how can some people keep making the same mistakes time after time? They have become captives of the dark. CHRISTMAS EVE REMINDS US THAT CHRIST IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. We ...

211. The Longest Night

Psalm 143:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... it will take for many people who worked in the World Trade Center to ever feel comfortable working in a tall building again. Think how reluctant many of us are still to get on an airplane. Those of you who have gone through a grief experience know that this long dark night of the soul can last for weeks, months, even years. As Virginia Woolf noted so accurately in "Jacob's Room," we experience the death of a loved one not at the funeral, but when we come unexpectedly upon an old pair of his shoes. Some of ...

212. The Eternal Question

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , I have an idea, I have an idea that the lamp burned late in that home for many nights, as the father and son talked of the son’s feelings and desires, as the father sought to assist the son in putting his thoughts into perspective and getting his longings all sorted out. But the son had made his decision – he took his part of the family wealth and hit the road. It was a freeway that he traveled, a road with no restrictive bounds, no confining limitations – he was his own man. How often have we heard ...

213. What God Has Joined Together

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... and Florence Arrowsmith married on June 1, 1925 and celebrated their 80th anniversary on June 1, 2005. "I think we’re very blessed," Florence, 100, told the BBC. "We still love one another, that’s the most important part." Asked for the secret of their long marriage, Florence said you must never be afraid to say "sorry." "You must never go to sleep bad friends," she said. Of course, she’s right. There are times in every marriage for forgiving and forgetting and saying "I’m sorry" and going to sleep ...

214. Peacemaking and Self Control

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... but as a settled habit of character. As Vivian Malone said, “I didn’t feel as if I had a choice.” She had lived so long in the faith that forgiveness had become a reflex. If we take the teaching of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount and turn it ... a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you."10 Long ago a wise one of Israel wrote in the Book of Proverbs, "A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot ...

215. Temptation of the Palms

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... different than what we do today? Individuals use other individuals just to get what they want. Governments use other governments and even their own citizens to bring about the ends they desire. And we have adopted the philosophy that the ends do indeed justify the means, as long as the ends are in our favor. Jesus didn’t give in to that philosophy ... or did he? For Jesus, the means to the end that he wanted to achieve was the path to Calvary; a road less traveled. For Jesus, it was a trail of complete ...

216. Living Hope

1 Peter 1:3-9

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... by saying, "Don't be discouraged, sir! You know, no one's ever died of seasickness yet." The nauseous passenger looked up at the steward with a deadly glance and replied: "Oh, please, don't say that! It's only the hope of dying that's kept me alive this long." Sometimes it appears that Christians live, only to die. Yet we profess that Jesus died, that we might live. Is life, as God created it, ever so bad that only the hope of dying can keep us alive? I hope not. The text from Peter tells us that we will ...

217. Because

1 Peter 1:1—2:3

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

218. The Burglar's Christmas

Luke 15:22-24

Drama

Matthew Powell

... the bite on 'em if you have. Will: Never mind if I have, they're out of the question. Young Man: Well, you'll be out of it before long if you don't make a move of some sort. A man's got to eat. See here, I am going down to Longtin's saloon. I used ... I will go to my room. I will see him in the morning. Mother: Oh, James, I thank you, I thank you! This is the night he came so long ago, you remember? I gave him to you then, and now give him back to me! Father: Don't Helen. He is my son, too; I have never ...

219. In the Darkness of Anxiety, There Is the Light of Peace

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... You can decide for yourself tonight that you will accept the promise of God’s peace. A young lady was on her way to China where she would serve as a missionary, teaching in a Christian school. She had to travel by boat, and she found the voyage to be long and difficult. She had many concerns about this and wondered how she would be able to survive there. One night, she had a dream in which she was standing on a plank out in the ocean. In her dream, God told her to start walking toward China. She said she ...

220. God's Delight

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... in charge. Before I leave I would like to leave each of you with a gift; a gift I pray will help you learn how to wisely use your power to rule." Then he placed in each of their hands a single grain of rice. The first daughter tied a long golden thread around her grain of rice and placed it in a beautiful crystal box. Every day she looked at it and reminded herself that she was powerful. The second daughter took one look at the common grain of rice, and threw it away, thus squandering her father's ...

221. Winners Never Quit and Quitters Never Win (Fruit of the Spirit: Patience)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... insensitive treatment of that animal, he suddenly grabbed me by the ears, shook me vigorously and said, ‘That's once.' Now the truth is, the only way to learn to be patient with difficult people, is to love them. Paul said in I Cor. 13:4, "Love suffers long." You all know that the word of God tells us we are to love everybody. Well, if you will love everybody, then you will be patient with everybody, which is why Paul said in I Thess. 5:14, "Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort ...

222. Final Destination

Psalm 23:6

Sermon

James Merritt

... .” Now that really spoke to shepherds because shepherds were always on the move. They lived in tents. As soon as sheep cleaned off one spot, and devoured all the grass in one spot, they had to move on. A shepherd never got to settle down in one place for very long. But David said, “One day I’m going to make my final move. I’m going to reach my final destination, and it is going to be in the house of the Lord.” Now this destination is not just a place, it is a person. You notice that the psalm ...

223. Who Are You?

Hebrews 12:18-29

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Philippines and the Caucuses have also felt the rumbling and fallen to rubble. It seems a worldwide shakeup is under way. The text from Hebrews this week suggests that we will not even escape being shaken up in heaven. The promise of the gospel is this: As long as we cling to our quake-proof sanctuary, the mercy and love of the resurrected Christ, we will be perfectly safe. But the tremors will be felt. In the event of physical earthquakes, most of us have some idea what we should do in order to maximize ...

224. Honor Graduate

Exodus 20:12

Sermon

James Merritt

... is pretty plain English. When you are a child you are to do what your parents say, willfully, pleasantly, immediately and lovingly. As long as you are under their roof you are to obey them. If they are paying for your food, your clothing, your shelter, your ... says we are to rise above the animal nature. We are to be better than cats and dogs. We are to provide for our parents as long as they live. I can speak for a lot of elderly parents and grandparents when I say to those of you who are someone's children ...

225. Compliments Of The House

Psalm 23:6

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , in his famous sermon, "The Weight of Glory" tells us that all of the desires we have or experience on this planet are fulfilled in one way or another. We get tired, there's rest. We get hungry, there's food. We get thirsty, there's water. But the one longing for which there seems to be no earthly satisfaction is our great yearning for home. He says the reason we can't find it here is because Earth is not our home. We all seek a place where we are recognized and loved. Where we can fall into the welcoming ...

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