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2301. I've Got Your Back Covered

Revelation 22:1-6

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Leonard Sweet

... world. Jesus' peace remains with his disciples even when they're: In the midst of Fallujah; On the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan; On gang-ravaged urban streets in our big cities; Lying in a critical care hospital unit; Struggling to support a family; Coping with addictions, depressions, failures, and foibles; Leaving home; Returning home; Convinced they're completely alone. This peace isn't acquiescence, or ambivalence. This peace isn't Pollyanna-ish. This peace doesn't sugar-coat evil and or rose ...

2302. Warts and All

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

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Leonard Sweet

... . It might have been a perfect personality match for Paul to be a front-line soldier for Christ, but the thorn that hindered and hurt taught him that he was also a child of Christ weak, helpless dependent wholly on the Lord for strength and support. Gradually it dawned on Paul that his much-hated affliction was a source of spiritual strength and a symbol of God's strength to others. Paul had his own personal encounter with the power and person of the risen Christ, and had preached Christ crucified ...

2303. Attics, Basements, Closets

Psalm 130:1-8

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Leonard Sweet

... in someone else's misfortune, or relished a rumor about someone. Maybe even relayed it. Think about all the things that you did that you don't want anyone else to know about. Now confess these things before God and ask for forgiveness. Now offer a prayer of support for Martha Stewart that she won't put herself under such pressure to be so perfect. Pray for Sammy Sosa that he can make peace with the pressures of aging when your body starts to let you down and you are tempted to find shortcuts to propping it ...

2304. Are You Running?

John 12:12-19

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Leonard Sweet

... banners denouncing "US Genocide." On the other hand the Seattle area is also home to two large military bases, a submarine port, and several squadrons of military aircraft. Huge crowds of concerned, outraged, impassioned people have marched through the city calling for support for the US military involvement in Iraq and the service men and women who have found themselves in the midst of that war. Some of them are carrying banners denouncing "Traitors in our Midst." The din of both crowds is considerable ...

2305. The Church on Main Street

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

James McCormick

... underneath him, holding him up. Two other dolphins began swimming on each side of him, pressing their warm bodies against his, until his body temperature returned to normal and he was able to swim freely again! That is what the Church is supposed to be. We support one another when we are falling. We surround one another with warmth and love when we are hurting. Because I belong to Christ, I also belong to all those other brothers and sisters who also belong to Christ. The Church on Main Street will not let ...

2306. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

John 16:17-33

Sermon

James McCormick

... other words, his music came too easily. He needed to be able to struggle. And so do we. Struggles in life also can make us more caring about the difficulties of others. When we have been hurt, we can get close to others who have been hurt and be supportive of them. We know. We understand. We have been there. I love the quote: “In love’s army, only the wounded soldiers can serve.” I don’t like the struggles of life. You don’t like them either. But the fact is, without the struggle we become shallow ...

2307. What Is That in Your Hand?

Exodus 4:1-17

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James McCormick

... sparrow, pulled his horse to a stop, and dismounted. He asked, “Why are you lying in the road like that?” “I heard the sky was going to fall today,” the sparrow answered. The horseman laughed out loud and said, “Oh? And do you expect to be able to support the sky on those spindly little legs of yours?” The sparrow shrugged his shoulders and said, “One does what one can!” Well, that says it, doesn’t it? All we are responsible for in life is to do what we can with what we have to work with ...

2308. Which End Is Up?

Ephesians 3:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... beings in 3:1 immediately breaks off into a lengthy digression (an “anacoluthon”). It first explains Paul’s mission, its origin and content (vv.2-7). It then goes on to explore the “mystery” itself in greater detail (vv.8-12). The first “credential” supporting Paul’s apostolic mission and message is that he is “a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles.” Physically Paul is imprisoned as a direct result of his Gentile mission. But it is also true that he is “the [note the ...

2309. Under New Leadership

John 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the overflow of his presence. In a dark movie from a couple of years ago, The Clearing, Robert Redford plays the role of a very wealthy businessman. He has been very successful in his career and made a lot of money and has a beautiful, loving and supportive family. That, too, had come at a hefty price. Like too many, he had strayed once during his marriage, but he and his wife had been able to reconcile and even restore their love for each other. On his way to work one morning, Redford’s character is ...

2310. The Lonesome George Church

Matthew 4:23-25, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

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Leonard Sweet

... bachelor–-a giant turtle. The story begins almost 200 years ago (by the way, 200 years is about the life expectancy of “Lonesome George”) with someone you may have heard of: Charles Darwin. Perhaps no one in history has been used to support more contradictory theories and agendas than the British naturalist Charles Darwin. As George Bernard Shaw put it, “he had the luck to please everybody who had an axe to grind.” The two place-names most associated with Darwin are “Beagle” and “Galapagos ...

2311. Ash Wednesday

Mt 6:1-6, 16-21 · 2 Cor 5:20b--6:10 · Ps 51:1-17 · Jl 2:1-2, 12-17

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