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1. Are You a GOT TO or a GET TO Christian?

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... read both of them and then he'd say to me, 'You take that one, this one's mine.' Then he's wink at me and say, 'I got the good one, didn't I?' That's what happened two Sundays ago. Dale didn't know if Stevie was even going to be at the track, ... the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.' Dale read it, then he looked at her and said, 'I got the good one, now don't I?'" - ("A Farewell Lap for 'The Intimidator,' Newsweek, 5 March 2001, 53). Into the steamy, sometimes seamy life of ...

2. Sometimes You've Got to Shout!

John 12:12-19

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... to hold down the fort telling me to call the MINUTE I knew anything. So, with kisses all around, my bride and I headed off. We got to the hospital at about twenty after eight. As soon as Christie was checked in and put to bed, the staff told me that they ... Big deal," I thought. "I have enough food in me to last for three MONTHS, but that doesn't keep me from being hungry." They finally got us out of the Delivery Suite and into a room across from the nursery. They had taken our daughter from us to do all the ...

3. What Have You Got To Lose?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Erskine White

... fruit. He says that like Him, we must lose our life in order to keep it, so ask yourself in the weeks ahead - what have you got to lose? What part of you should die, so that a more faithful part may live? When we use this expression, we are usually being ... comes to living with Christ, the things we give up count as nothing compared to what we gain. So really now, what have you got to lose? Amen Pastoral Prayer Most Holy and Gracious God, who watches over us and hears our prayers, who inspires us when we are ...

4. Surprise--One Got Out!

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... Then he would suddenly join in the conversation. “Surprise!” Wayne had all kinds of stories of the various startled reactions that they got with this stunt. I like surprises, don’t you? If I had to choose one word to characterize the reaction of Jesus ... it is the most important truth known to humanity. A young woman for years kept house for her father and mother. Morning, noon, and night she got their tea out of a can which had a picture of the rock of Gibraltar on the lid. Later in life she was able to ...

5. You've Got Mail!

John 10:22-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... t sign on to your e-mail account, it doesn't matter how many messages you receive, you will never read them, you will never even know they are there. If you don't "click in" you'll never hear that affirming proclamation: "You've Got Mail." Turn to someone around you and say: "You've Got Mail." The other way you can miss e-mail messages is to ignore the call of your mailbox when you are logged on-line. Venture out of town for a few days without computer access and what happens? The mailbox just keeps getting ...

6. I've Got a Strong Case of the 'Can't Help Its'

John 1:35-42

Sermon

James W. Moore

... God still loved her, forgave her, accepted her, valued her, treasured her. She was absolutely bowled over by that “Amazing Grace” and she committed herself to Christ heart and soul. Recently she said to her minister, “I’m so excited to be a Christian, that I’ve got a strong case of the “can’t help its.” This is also true of Andrew. He, too, had a strong case of the “can’t help its.” He was so grateful, so thrilled, so excited about Christ that he just could not sit still. He could not ...

7. Do We Know What We've Got?

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... one by one. After everyone broke their stick he then told them to go back outside and get another stick. Now this had seemed very odd to his children but they did what they were told because, after all, their father was about to be with the Lord. After they got a stick and gathered around his bed, he told them this time to pass the sticks around in one stack and bring them to him. When they had done this he pulled out some fishing line and told them to tie the bundle tightly at each end. Then he told ...

8. Have I Got News For You!

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

William L. Self

... the young boy who was given a very important role in the church Christmas play. He was to be the angel and announce the birth of Jesus. For weeks he rehearsed the line that had been given to him, "Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy." The grandparents got in on it and any time the family was together and the boy was there, they would dress him up in his costume and he would rehearse his part for them, "Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy." They were certain that when he grew up he would ...

9. I’ve Got a Home in that Kingdom

2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 14-17

Sermon

Gibson “Nibs” Stroupe

... see, everything has become new!" He put it another way in his letter to the Galatians: "There is no longer Jew or Greek; there is no longer slave or free; there is no longer male or female, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus" (3:28). I've got a home in that kingdom — ain't that good news! It is good news — good news that will often require us to re-examine our lives and our categories to discern where we are captured by the human point of view. Our hearts are restless. The African theologian, Saint ...

10. You've Got Spirit

Luke 3:15-22 · Acts 8:14-17 · Psalm 29 · Isaiah 61:1-4

Sermon

Will Willimon

... . Just trying to keep our heads down. But they came to us." "Who came to you?" "The Samaritans, the sick, the poor. You know, we couldn't tell the difference between a paralyzed Samaritan and a paralyzed Jew. So we just healed them. And that's how the Samaritans got in the church." "That's it. He's baptizing Samaritans already. You baptize a Samaritan, and the camel's head is in the tent, the horse is out of the barn. You don't know who we're going to be baptizing next." "Now Philip, you should have checked ...

11. Got Milk?

1 Peter 2:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... the yard all day and you decide to go out to a restaurant that night, you obviously come in and take off your dirty work clothes, shower and put on clean clothes to go out. Before you can sit down to eat at the table called the Bible, you've got to be clean. Psalm 66:18 says, "If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened." (Psalm 66:18, ESV) In other words, if there is sin in your life prayer is useless until you get rid of that sin - you can't talk to ...

12. We Haven’t Got To Them Yet

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... and started to drink the “pure water.” The lab assistant rushed up to me, “No, don’t swallow that!” “Why not? It’s just water.” “Well,” he said, “there’re lots of procedures before you can drink it, and we haven’t got to them yet.” Young people fall madly in what we call “Puppy love,” because from experience we know that life holds out many new experiences for them both. Yet they invest themselves totally in the relationship. Their love will always be pure, undiluted ...

13. God Got Personal

Sermon

James Bjorge

... I cannot deny the fact that those which have attached a personal note written in longhand carry a message that no copywrited verse can ever convey. No matter how they are expressed the thoughts that are created by the sender contain the freshness of a personal encounter. God got personal at Christmas so long ago. He told us that he loved man before but at Christmas he came down to tell us firsthand. This Jesus stepped out of the manger and spread the word that God loves us. He told it to whomever he met. He ...

14. The Tenth Commandment: How Zacchaeus Got His Groove Back

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the invitation of Jesus for a new life. Here is the story of a man who was robbing his own people. And to make matters worse, it was legal. His desire for power--position--prestige were not met until Jesus helped him to get his groove back. He got it back by restoring four-fold everything his covetous ways had gotten him, and living an honest and ethical life from that point on as evidence of the new creation that was in him. However, let me tell you that the sin of covetousness does not belong exclusively ...

15. I've Got Your Back Covered

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of drugs and alcohol; the threat of a rocky marriage; the threat of a rebellious child; the threat of an abusive parent; . . . that in the face of all these threats we can rest easy with the assurance that someone has promised, "I've got your back." That kind of presence, that kind of protection, is what Jesus describes to his disciples in today's gospel text. Wringing their hands over Jesus' continuous references to his impending departure, the disciples panicked at the prospect of being left behind and ...

16. FEAR NOT! You've Got To Be Kidding!

Luke 1:26-37

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... all people." The angelic greeting comes with incredible monotony throughout the Advent story, the same greeting, the same command, repeated over and over again: "Fear Not!" And the logical, sensible, responsible, first century or twenty-first century response is: "You've got to be kidding!" 1. The command sounds perfectly absurd. Mary had every reason to be afraid. Just imagine…an angel, no less, with word of an unexpected, unplanned and probably unwanted pregnancy. I realize there is a time and place for ...

17. When Jacob Got a Vision

Genesis 29:15-28

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

The storyteller is talking about great men and women of vision. He is a park ranger dressed in a green uniform matching the Ponderosa pines that surround the campsite. Campers from many states and a couple of foreign countries sit fascinated in the park's natural amphitheater. Soon they will go back to their tents, cabins, and recreational vehicles to reflect on images dancing in their heads of Chief Crazy Horse battling General George Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn, of Gutzon Borglum sculpting a ...

18. Have You Got a Prayer?

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

Mark Trotter

In the season of Epiphany we look at those special events in Jesus' life where his presence was especially manifested with power. Jesus' baptism is one of those epiphanies. You heard Luke's version read this morning. The Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form as a dove, and a voice came from heaven, "Thou art my beloved Son; with thee I am well pleased." In newer translations, which are thought to be more accurate, the adjective "beloved" is made a separate phrase to emphasize the intensity of the ...

19. You've Got That Healin' Touch

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

God is Creator (Father) and Redeemer (Son), but God is also Sustainer (Holy Spirit). God's sustaining nature always seeks to heal, to restore each creature and the entire creation to its original state of wholeness. Take time this week to explore with your congregation the diverse ways God has brought healing into your life together - either through other people, relationships, or the created cosmos surrounding you. It has been estimated that nearly twenty percent of the gospel narratives are devoted to ...

20. We've Got a Friend in High Places

1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28, Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

King Duncan

It was one of those events that you can never forget witnessing. A skyscraper was going up. Hundreds of people paused daily to glance up at it. One day they watched as a giant metal beam was raised to be placed high on the enormous steel skeleton of the skyscraper. And then something terrifying occurred. As the girder came near, a workman leaned out from the sixteenth floor to seize it. The spectators gasped as he lost his balance and fell. Fortunately, he was able to clutch the end of the giant beam that ...

21. On Having The Right Attitude

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... there's a chance that God might change our minds." (4) I don't believe I have heard a better description of the, "I got it, but it's not for me" mentality. Don't think that the people Jesus described as rocky soil are necessarily outside the ... longer have to hurry frantically through life. This, of course, brings us to the fourth response we can make to the life of faith: "I got it, I want it, thank God for it!" There are people--Jesus called them "good soil"--who are receptive to the Good News of Christ. ...

22. Evangelism Jesus' Style

John 1:29-42

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... know whether you can help me or not, but I can talk to you like nobody else. Will you listen to me?” And they sat down and shared for two hours. And then Steve opened the Word, and God was there. Bear Bryant said, “How do I do it?” He got on his knees and reached up toward heaven, and like a little child confessed his sins, and Jesus Christ came into his heart. In less than ten days, Bear Bryant was dead. He had won the greatest ball game of his life just before the final whistle blew. (quoted from ...

23. Death Has Been Conquered

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... I turned the page to ulcers and I said, ‘So now I know what causes those pains in my stomach I’ve wondered about. I’ve got ulcers.’ “I turned to pellagra, and I just knew I had pellagra. The only thing I found in that medical book that I didn’t ... I turned the page to ulcers and I said, ‘So now I know what causes those pains in my stomach I’ve wondered about. I’ve got ulcers.’ “I turned to pellagra, and I just knew I had pellagra. The only thing I found in that medical book that I didn’t ...

24. Harvesting What We Plant

Mark 4:26-34

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... me how to shave. Before I could answer, a memory I had forgotten for many, many years popped into my head, and I smiled. "Doctor," I replied, "this is so cool. I remember standing at my dad's side as a little boy, infatuated with the process of shaving. It got to the point that when he shaved in the mornings I was always there, watching him. My dad bought me a little toy razor, with a little knob on the bottom of the handle that opened the top, just like his. The blade was a piece of cardboard that looked ...

25. When to Be Extravagant

John 12:1-8

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... what do you do?" I said, "I'm a preacher." "Jesus Christ!" I said, "No ma'am, I just work for him." The shuttle arrived. We got in. It was just the three of us on the shuttle. She said, "Preacher, I want you to meet my friend." She introduced me to ... her companion. I said, "Hello." Shook his hand. "Nice to meet you." He didn't say anything. She said, "He don't say nothing. Cancer got his voice box. I love this man. He's my friend. I love this man more than anything else in the world." She asked him, "Don ...

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