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1. What Is Truly Important

Matthew 6:25-34, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Aunt had made. I felt like the Mother on Little House on the Prairie. Rather like camping out. I invited my elderly neighbor to join me in this adventure and we did just fine. It was amazing to see the traffic! It is estimated that over 2 million people were evacuated from this region and all hit the roads. It took us 4 hours for a trip that would have been just over 2. Some folks sat in bumper to bumper traffic for miles and miles. As we headed back it was astonishing to see all the disabled cars at the ...

2. God and Hurricanes

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... that I am, I normally do not worry much about hurricanes. I have come through a few. During my years of living on the coast, I evacuated in the face of oncoming storms along with everyone else. I still have a home on Hilton Head Island to which I hope to retire one ... writes occasionally for an inspirational web site called Heartwarmers4u.com recounted the experience he and his family had in his evacuation from the coast. He writes: Traffic was so backed up that we never traveled more than six miles per hour ...

3. Better To Be A “Lert”

Mark 13:1-31

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... see, a dangerous volcano above the Land of Nod was acting up again. But as the FEMA agent spoke to the citizens of Nod about the impending danger, they nodded off for several twenty- to thirty-second siestas. Consequently, they missed the details of the evacuation. (FEMA Agent enters and pantomimes talking to the Nods, who keep falling asleep. The FEMA Agent finishes speaking and exits.) Narrator 1: I’m sorry to report that history has it that because the people of Nod nodded off too often and too long ...

4. Advent Of Angels

Malachi 1:6-14

Sermon

Tony Everett

... in the face of the messengers. We simply aren't prepared. There is an old story that portrays what this is like. A devout Christian was living with his family in an area frequently inundated by flood waters. One day, after hours of relentless rain, an evacuation of the area was ordered. The man's wife and children were preparing to leave and urged him to come along. He refused, saying, "God will send an angel to rescue me." Soon the flooding started and his neighbors slogged through knee-deep water to beg ...

5. Doctor Thomas Dooley

Matthew 9:1-8

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

... was temporarily ordered to Viet Nam in 1954. He did not go to Viet Nam with the intention of becoming a modern-day Luke or Schweitzer, nor did he go to Viet Nam with the intention of staying for more than a few months. When the refugee evacuation - known as "Operation Freedom" was completed, he expected that his temporary four would come to an end. He did not go to Viet Nam with the intention of beoming a physician to the thousands seeking to escape domination of the Communist Viet Minh. But his intentions ...

6. Do We Know What We've Got?

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... straight days it rained without ceasing. The creeks began overflowing their banks. It became necessary to evacuate people from their homes. Still the water kept rising. The entire community was now under water. As rescue workers made their way in ... a boat through the perilous floodwater evacuating the last reluctant stragglers, one of the boats passed that little country church, now almost completely submerged. There sat the ...

7. Getting Your Attention

John 2:12-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... hot burning desert in buses. He noticed a woman who looked very distressed. She had small children around her. As Franklin began talking with her he discovered that she had given birth to a baby just three days before she and her family were evacuated from Kuwait. The newborn baby was dirty and smelly. Franklin was able to help this young mother with needed supplies. He saw to it that she received medical attention as well. The mother thanked him for helping them. As they continued their conversation she ...

8. Move Life from Duty to Destiny

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... riveted by the images of the devastating fires that raged across southern California last month. The blow-torching Santa Ana winds spread wildfires across the hills and into neighborhoods at breakneck speed. In order to contact home-owner’s as quickly as possible, emergency evacuation officials put into effect a “reverse 9-1-1” operation. Did you know until then there was such a thing? I didn’t. Do we have a “Reverse 9-1-1" in place here, does anyone know? Instead of a panicked caller dialing a ...

9. Not Bad For a Small Church

Humor Illustration

... four straight days it rained without ceasing. The creeks began overflowing their banks. It became necessary to evacuate persons from their homes. Still the water kept rising. The entire community was now under water. As rescue workers made their way ... in a boat through the perilous floodwater evacuating the last reluctant stragglers, one of the boats passed that little country church, now almost completely submerged. There sat the ...

10. Lessons From a Hurricane

Jeremiah 17:5-10

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... met in the kitchen of Herbert's house. When Katrina hit, Herbert, his mother, and his five sisters were forced from their home. Now eighteen and the man of the house, he watched as their house floated away and the seven of them were evacuated to the Superdome. It was there that they witnessed dead bodies, suicide, rape, knifings, shootings, looting, and continuous cries for rescue and help. A physical hurricane had damaged their lives, but much greater was the hurricane of despair! Herbert asked God what to ...

11. An Awesome Homecoming

Sermon

Tony Everett

... s people are free to come home again. However, experience tells us that joyful homecomings also bring hard work, difficult challenges, and discouraging tasks. A few years ago the residents of the South Carolina coast from Charleston to Myrtle Beach were forced to evacuate their homes in preparation for the violent onslaught of Hurricane Hugo. Six-lane interstate highways moved traffic only one way away from the coast. Hugo was a huge storm that brought winds in excess of 140 miles per hour and a tidal surge ...

12. Confusion Over a Questioned Book

Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... supplied with those. I still cannot believe the foolishness that was seriously proposed by certain of our government officials, who came to our city a year ago to advise us on civil defense measures should buttons be pushed, advising us on how the city could be evacuated with odd number license plates on one day and even the next, thus avoiding traffic jams, apparently unaware that we'd have at best one hour's warning and that one flat tire or blown radiator hose could stop up the tunnel and entire beltway ...

13. Marriage is Forever

Matthew 5:31-32, Matthew 19:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... congregation scramble on TV. That person called in and announced a bomb threat. An usher delivered a note to me and called the police. I told the congregation that we had received a bomb threat that we believed to be a hoax; nevertheless, we had to evacuate the building. I asked the people to move quietly and calmly to the exits. Everybody moved out into the parking lots. The fire truck and bomb squad arrived very quickly with sirens screaming. The captain of the bomb squad came to me and asked if I would ...

14. Courageous Preaching

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

Suppose reliable word came that within hours this area of the country would be attacked by enemy missiles. Orders from the military broadcast over the emergency stations tell us to evacuate our town and literally run for our lives. Perhaps we would quickly plan some strategy of escape, maybe with some close friends and relatives. Or we might hold a hurried congregational meeting and decide to leave in some sort of protective caravan. No matter what our specific response, all of ...

15. Role Models

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... , was even willing to go down with his ship. This time honored tradition was tarnished in August 1991. The captain of the Greek cruise liner OCEANOS abandoned his ship off the coast of South Africa with more than 160 passengers still needing evacuation. Captain Yannis Avranos made a cowardly and convenient escape via a rescue helicopter. Howard Chua, in TIME magazine, reported that Avronos rationalized his behavior like this: "I wasn't needed on the ship, I could contribute more on land."(3) There is ...

16. Running From God

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... night. He told police he called 911 from the church about 6:30 p.m. CDT and told the dispatcher there was a bomb in the church. "When questioned, he was cooperative and told us he made the call," State Trooper Larry Abel said. The church was evacuated after the call, and a police search revealed no bomb. However the 7 p.m. service was canceled. The young man been youth pastor at the Calhoun church for more than two years, according to a statement from the church's associate pastor. He had delivered sermons ...

17. Light

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... of darkness in this world. Light has penetrated that darkness in the babe of Bethlehem. He is what the world has been seeking. HE IS ALSO WHERE THE WORLD IS HEADING. General Douglas MacArthur was a student of history. As his troops were being evacuated from the Philippines he wanted to say something that could be translated into the many Filipino dialects ”words that would give them hope in the midst of impending doom. MacArthur chose three simple words, "I shall return." Two and one-half years passed ...

18. A Story Almost Too Big To Tell

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... person wants to die. We all want to live. Still death is one reality in life that confronts us all. Recently the newspapers carried a story about a small town hospital that received a bomb threat. Officials decided that they had to take it seriously and evacuate the hospital. Some patients were slipped to the local rescue squad building and some, due to a shortage of space, had to go to a local funeral home. One woman, who had been in surgery when the bomb threat was first received, came out from under ...

19. Never Give Up

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... of Grand Forks, North Dakota was practically demolished by a massive flood. You and I watched the devastation on our television sets. Severe winter blizzards had filled the rivers with too much water, and the Red River overflowed its banks, resulting in the evacuation of 95% of the town's population. Most of the houses and businesses in Grand Forks suffered terrible damage. Yet in the midst of all the chaos, the plucky staff of the local newspaperthe Grand Forks Heraldcontinued to put out the paper. When ...

20. Don't Look Down

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... developed appendicitis, and he knew his life depended on making the long journey by ricksha to the hospital. On January 15, 1941, with deep foreboding, Margaret watched him leave. Soon the Chinese colonel came with news. The enemy was near and the townspeople must evacuate. Margaret shivered, knowing that one-year-old Johnny and two-month-old Margaret Anne would never survive as refugees. So she stayed put. Early the next morning she tore the page from the wall calendar and read the new day's Scripture. It ...

21. Loving From The Heart

1 Peter 1:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... events of Sept. 11, 2001. Harry Ramos and Hong Zhu both worked for May Davis, a financial-services firm whose offices occupied the 87th floor of the first tower in the World Trade Center. They were just two of thousands of panicked people who began evacuating the building after the first plane exploded into the tower. On their way down the stairs, Hong Zhu and Harry Ramos came across a heavyset man who was having trouble walking. After descending so many stairs, his legs had given out on him. Zhu and Ramos ...

22. At The Edge Of Broken-ness

Job 1:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... 2: "Their first reaction is disbelief. People think, "Not to my loved one. There must be some mistake." (3) Male 2: "I was in the second tower when the aircraft struck the first. Me and my colleagues all were shocked . . . . When word came around to evacuate the second tower, there was panic. People jammed the stairwells and the elevators were all over capacity. We got out and just ran like there was no tomorrow." (4) Reader: One day when Job's sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the ...

23. Angels in the Wilderness

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... . The story has been around for awhile now, and I have come across several versions of it; but here is the version I want to use this morning: A man named Wilbur lived in a valley near a river. The river had reached flood stage and everybody was being evacuated to higher ground. But Wilbur stood firm. He was staying at his house and not abandoning it because, said, he, God would take care of him. Soon the water had risen to Wilbur’s porch. His friends paddled by in a canoe and found Wilbur sitting on his ...

24. Peace or Pieces

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... gives for the journey. What were those words of Jesus? "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things shall be yours as well." In a midwestern town, a tornado touched down near an elementary school. The children and teachers were evacuated to the northwest corner of the basement. They were filled with fear and great anxiety. They were worried whether they would come out alive or not. One of the teachers in the group who was a devoted Christian and Sunday School teacher whispered in ...

25. King Forever!

John 6:56-69

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... is where God is! During World War II a delightful Christian English lady kept a personal diary. It tells of her husband's death in the war effort. It tells of food rationing and the horrible bombing of London. It tells of her children's evacuation to the countryside. One night during the bombings the woman confessed that she woke up and could not get back to sleep. She kept thinking of Hitler, invasion, and the S.S. troops. She trembled until she suddenly thought, "Where is Alexander the Great who gobbled ...

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