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2426. Wide Receiver

Humor

Our coach would kill to get a wide receiver. I guess the end justifies the means.

2427. Am I Getting Through?

Humor

In BEETLE BAILEY, the General has just set his "mess" tray down on the table, looks at it, and says grace: "Oh, Lord, for what we are about to receive, make us truly thankful." He looks at the tray again and then looks up and says, "I guess I'm not getting through, am I?"

2428. Twenty Years In Love

Humor

Martin Buxbaum tells of two women overheard discussing marriage at a party. One of the women said, "My husband and I have managed to be happy together for twenty years. I guess this is because we're both in love with the same man."

2429. 10 Years From Now

Humor

As part of the admissions process, a student was granted an interview at a prominent medical school. "Tell me," the interviewer asked, "Where do you expect to be 10 years from now?" "Well, let's see," the student answered. "It's late Wednesday afternoon. I guess I'll be on the golf course by now."

2430. Thankful in English

Humor

One young man said to his father, "Guess what? I can say please and thank you in Spanish." His father asked, "How come you never say it in English?"

2431. Not Giving Up on Yesterday

Humor

Linus was talking to Charlie Brown, and observed: "I guess it's wrong always to be worrying about tomorrow. Maybe we should think only about today." Charlie Brown replied, "No, that's giving up. I'm still hoping that yesterday will get better."

2432. An Important Village with a Questionable Reputation

John 1:43-51

Sermon

King Duncan

... found out who the two were, he spent the next six months trying to please those two people. At the end of the year the church voted again and fired the pastor. This time the vote was 230 to fire him and 2 votes to keep him. You want to guess who voted to keep him? That’s right—the two people he sought so hard to please—which highly displeased the rest of the congregation. (4) You see, that pastor wasn’t called to make those 2 people happy. He was called to minister to everyone in that entire ...

2433. Cherish the Moment

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... share the good news of the kingdom of God, but to put the values and priorities of the kingdom of God into action here and now. For the past three years, the country of Finland has ranked #1 in the United Nations’ World Happiness Report. And guess what they did? Finland’s leaders took advantage of this prestigious title by creating an ambassador program of sorts to share the secrets to happiness with the rest of the world. That’s what you do when you’re on to something good. The ambassador program ...

2434. Driven to Their Knees

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the presence of Christ as his divinity was being made manifest? The time came for Jesus and his three disciples to come down off the mountain. As Peter, James, and John descended the mountain they pondered the significance of what they had just experienced. My guess is that they walked back down in silence—they were too filled with awe to speak. The disciples would make their way back into the valley, but a part of them would forever be on that mountain. Their fear had been transformed to faith. The ...

2435. What Really Matters

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... if there was any left over—to church members. The meeting lasted six hours. “It ended when an older, quiet, much respected Elder, a woman, stood up and said, ‘If we do not demonstrate the love of Christ in this place, who will?’” And guess what? The second motion passed. (2) They distributed food to their Muslim neighbors first. I truly wonder how many Christian congregations in our land would be so magnanimous. “If we do not demonstrate the love of Christ in this place, who will?” That would ...

2436. No Promotion Required

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... videos (and audio versions) were played on every T.V. and radio station in the country. The result? “Beatle fever” and “Beatle mania” took the country by storm and swept from state after state like wildfire. When the Beatles finally did arrive in America, guess what happened? They were met by thousands of screaming girls who were losing their minds and fainting all over the place! And the rest, as they say, is history! (1) Of course, the fact that the Beatles were great musicians and very creative ...

2437. A Nod of Recognition

John 3:14-21

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... that keeps cycling back into our lives in different formats. Today, iTunes even has a version of the game. It is called “Name That Tune.” The rules were simple, the host would play a few notes from a popular song and the contestants tried to be the first to guess it. There are some songs that are easy to recognize from the first note and others that elude our memories up until that first word of the song. Many of us do not have that kind of recall but there must be an equal amount of people that hear ...

2438. How Faithful Are We?

1 Corinthians 11:23-25

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... my face. He was there, Arthur, but God knows where you were, for days at a time.” “I atoned and God has forgiven me because God is good, but you never forgave me. It hurt your pride. I was one of your possessions that someone else had used. I guess I don’t blame you, but Arthur, how long will you make me wait for a word — one word?” Mrs. Dowson dabbed her eyes once more and then put on her gray coat. Henry was waiting with the blue Lincoln. They drove through the pylons of Auburn Cemetery. They ...

2439. Gratitude

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

... the nice lady," they tell you when you're young. "Say 'thank you' to the nice God," they teach you in church. And, on that winter midnight in 1974 when we drove hurriedly through deserted streets of North Myrtle Beach, rushing into the labor room for our first child, guess who greeted us there? "I didn't expect to see you out at this time of night, here," I said to him. "Really," asked Gratitude in amazement. "Typical of you to think that all it takes to have a baby is an obstetrician! I'm on duty down here ...

2440. Mutual Submission

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

Will Willimon

... PARENTIS. They want to be Mama and Daddyed while they're here. Then you get faculty who want to play Mama and Daddy. I think the college ought to work harder to help them ‘grow up."' An old, worn out preacher spoke up. "Well, I guess it all depends on your definition of an adult. How do you define being "grown up"? "You know what maturity looks like," responded the consultant "An adult is someone who is independent, autonomous, liberated from dependencies on others, free." "Well, I was thinking," said the ...

2441. Good Sex

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Will Willimon

... in sickness and in health. In your life, in your love-life, as fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, husbands and wives, friends and lovers -- what God has joined together, let us not put asunder. This evening, if you call home to your parents and you say, “Guess what, Mom? I went to church today.” And when your incredulous Mother asks, "What was the sermon about?" you say, "It was about sex." And she says, "What did the preacher say about it?" And you say, "Oh, he said it was good, that God was in ...

2442. Not Gullible; But Skeptical

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... admit it, but some of us are just a little more trusting than others. And that can get us into trouble sometimes. There’s an old story of a man who walked into a local pub and introduced himself to the guy at the next table. The man said, “I guess you’ve probably heard of me. My name’s been in the news recently.” The second man said, “No, sorry, who are you?” The first man puffed out his chest, “I’m last year’s winner of the World’s Most Gullible Man competition!” The second man said ...

2443. It's Worth the Wait

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... , save one. Judas’ place had been taken by Matthias, who had been chosen by the casting of lots. That this was an unreliable means of choosing officers for a church board is attested to by the fact that Matthias is never mentioned again. I guess that is why we don’t cast lots today in order to choose church officers. Jesus’ brothers were there. The resurrection had obviously healed some wounds because his brothers had been embarrassed earlier by Jesus’ ministry. His mother was there, too. She was ...

2444. Don't Fall

Luke 22:39-46

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... with tools can be for me. I only had a hammer and a screwdriver available in the house. The shelving unit only required half my tools—the hammer. Hammering, I was pretty good at. “I allotted myself thirty minutes for this little, quick and easy job. I guess I’ll never learn. I placed a leg in the hole and whacked it with my hammer. Nothing happened. The plastic leg was too wide for the hole. I smacked it harder. Nothing happened. I tried another leg with the same result. Reasoning, I extracted that ...

2445. Victorious, Victims

Luke 6:20-36

Sermon

Will Willimon

... poor, the sick, the persecuted. Victims. Fred Craddock called my attention to how much of Scripture is addressed to victims "When I walk through the valley of the shadow of death." "I lie on my bed and cry aloud to God all night." "Blessed are the poor." I guess that there is so much said in Scripture to the victimized because there are always so many of them. The majority of human beings are born, live, and die in poverty, toil, suffering and early death; thus it is and ever has been. Even today, most of ...

2446. Love Is a Verb

John 15:9-17

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... . There was a news story that circulated years ago about two dwindling congregations that decided to merge. They did but there was a major problem. One group said the Lord’s Prayer with the word debts. The other said it with the word trespasses. I guess the battle waged and raged over a year’s time when the two decided to split. The newspaper described the division as “One congregation went back to its debts and the other went back to its trespasses.” The truth is that in congregations loving each ...

2447. Out of the Saltshaker

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... saltshaker contains pepper. “Oh,” said the waitress when they finally got her attention. “Sorry about that.” Without further comment, she unscrewed the caps of both bottles, switched the caps, and then said, “Will that be one check or separate checks?” (1) I guess the Mensa members learned something about the worth of common sense that day . . . from a café waitress. Let’s talk about saltshakers for a few moments today. Jesus described his followers as the salt of the earth in Matthew 5:13 as ...

2448. Will the “Real” Jesus Please Stand Up

Mark 3:20-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.” So, what does this passage tell us about the will of God? What do Jesus’ actions, his reactions, his choices, his boldness in the face of tradition tell us about the will of God? I’m guessing more than we’re willing to accept. And that’s the point of Jesus’ story today. Those around Jesus do what many of us do in our society today: we label everything and anything we don’t understand, that doesn’t fit into our molds, that sounds ...

2449. Harmless Hospitality

Luke 10:38-42 · 2 Kings 4:8-17

Sermon

Will Willimon

... chose the latter. Medical care, food, counseling, support, hand holding, and listening were developed. Our congregation was converted from a friendly, ordinary, religious club, protecting its club house, to a committed, bold church, 'cause when we opened our doors to fifty-five homeless men, guess who else got in with them?" "The one who said, 'inasmuch as you have done it to the least of these (surprise!) you've done it to me'?" "Right," she said. I wonder if, in your life right now, there is a knock at ...

2450. Being Good

Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

... but God." But then Jesus tells him, "You know what the Good Book says. Obey the commands of God, all of them, then you will have eternal life." Now, in telling the young man this, Jesus probably hopes that the smart young man will say something like, "Gosh Jesus! I guess I haven't been such a success after all, when you put it like that. Why should I be going around looking for even more rules to break when I haven't kept the rules that God has given already!" But this young man was a hard-core success ...

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2426. Wide Receiver

Humor

Our coach would kill to get a wide receiver. I guess the end justifies the means.

2427. Am I Getting Through?

Humor

2428. Twenty Years In Love

Humor

2429. 10 Years From Now

Humor

2430. Thankful in English

Humor

One young man said to his father, "Guess what? I can say please and thank you in Spanish." His father asked, "How come you never say it in English?"

2431. Not Giving Up on Yesterday

Humor

2432. An Important Village with a Questionable Reputation

John 1:43-51

Sermon

King Duncan

2433. Cherish the Moment

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

2434. Driven to Their Knees

Mark 9:2-13