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1. We Haven’t Got To Them Yet

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... intention, “If only you’d believe,” and we try and try to believe. If it doesn’t work, we resolve to believe harder. “If only you’d keep the Ten Commandments, you’d be pure.” We try, but even here there are subtleties about life that we haven’t gotten to yet. “If only you’d pray.” I recall as a youth going to talk to my pastor when I felt my faith was slipping away. His only counsel was “Do you pray?” Of course I prayed; I prayed all the time. My concern was influencing my whole ...

2. Questions

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

John Jamison

... begin? Will she like me? Will I be able to teach her anything? What if she gets sick? Can I handle that? Oh Lord, what have we gotten ourselves into?" He has worked 40 years for this day. Oh, it has been a good 40 years, but in the back of his mind he ... do this? Can I really do this? Where is this going to end up? What about the boats? What about the family? Oh Lord, what have I gotten myself into?" I have to be honest with you and admit that I don't know if any of these men questioned any of this. Matthew ...

3. Acres of Diamonds

1 Timothy 6:10

Sermon

Russell Conwell

... saying, and he said he found it in the Bible. I asked him whether he had made a new Bible, and he said, no, he had not gotten a new Bible, that it was in the old Bible. "Well," I said, "if it is in my Bible, I never saw it. Will you please get ... and I remember where that bucket was; and when I was young the boys were, oh, so mean, that they went to that tree before that man had gotten out of bed in the morning, and after he had gone to bed at night, and drank up that sweet sap, I could swear they did it.. ...

4. Your Cheatin' Heart

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... in the merry play of her mind; I see him in my son's hands, the hands of a painter who loves the given world." (Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, "Alone in a Lofty Place," New York Times Magazine, 7 xii 1997, 73). "For me, He has gotten into everything." Has He gotten into you too? Has He gotten into your heart drive? Can you see Him in the outcasts and outsiders? Can other people see Him in you? Is your heart-drive strong and sure? Is this church's heart-drive safe and secure? Or is our heart-drive in danger of ...

5. Joey and Nicky at Skull Mountain

Mark 15:42-47

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... happening. One of the guards, ensuring Jesus’ death, took a sword, and struck Jesus in the side, spilling water and blood. Sure he had died, they took him down. Nicodemus and Joseph were waiting in the wings. Nickey and Joey. Waiting in the dusk. They had gotten Pilate’s permission to take the body, and move it to Joseph’s own burial cave. At least they could honor their dead. The others stayed away, afraid to come too near. As members of the Sanhedrin, only Nicky and Joey had enough authority to make ...

6. Sole Brother

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

... terms they hadn’t dusted off since seminary, and it felt good to be airing them again. It even looked as though they’d make the conference on time despite their late departure. Another man left town that morning about two hours behind the ministers. He had just gotten off his night shift at the bakery. After seven hours on his feet moving to and from those miserably hot ovens, it felt good to sit down. It would feel even better to get some sleep, but his mother was expecting him in time for lunch and he ...

7. Experiencing the Reality of God

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

James L. Killen

... Hebrews recalled some of the stories of Old Testament people who lived by faith and said that they had "... persevered as though they saw him who is invisible" (Hebrews 11:29). There are others who live in our own day and in our own world who have gotten in touch with God and who live as seeing the invisible. You probably know some of them. One young man told about his unique experience of the reality of God. He had grown up in the Christian faith, but he said that the greatest religious experience of his ...

8. The Trajectory of God’s Grace

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Robert C. Cochran

... back! It seems she’d seen it lying on the field after I’d returned and had retrieved it. She was waiting for me to tell her what had happened. All I had to do was come down, admit what I’d have done and apologize, and I’d have gotten back the glove and not had to spend the night in my room. Instead, I spent the evening alone and miserable. My mom taught me a valuable lesson that night about responsibility and grace — someday I may forgive her for that! In the first sermon of this series, I told ...

9. Trusting God When You've Been Hurt

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... Revenge” by Biggy 8, fact checked by Darci Heikkinen, Listverse.com September 26, 2021. https://listverse.com/2021/09/26/top-10-most-creative-and-funniest-ways-people-have-gotten-revenge/. 3. Shattered Dreams by Larry Crabb, (Waterbrook Press: Colorado Springs, Colo.), 2001, 2010. 4. Alan Cross is pastor of Gateway Baptist Church. http://www.readjourneymagazine.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=578:meet-ray-and-ruth-bozeman-an-inspiring-story-of-sacrificial-and-lasting-love&Itemid=104. ...

10. The Rich Young Ruler

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... to trip him up and make him commit that one fatal verbal error that might hang him. How refreshing it was to see someone who came in genuine sincerity. "Good Master," he asked, "what must I do inherit eternal life?" He was asking the right question; He had gotten down to the fundamentals. He was in effect saying: Jesus, you clearly have the secret to authentic living. Tell me the secret so that I too may be fulfilled. Let us admit that far too often in the church we spend time on issues that don't amount ...

11. Step Eleven - Spirituality

Mt 26:36-46 · 1 Thess 5:12-22 · Ps 25:1-15

Sermon

John A. Terry

... on our own, the worse it got. The psalmist is trying to strike a deal with God to get him out of what he has gotten caught in. Recall Jacob's dream at Bethel, and how Jacob tried to bargain with God. Jacob said that if God would give him clothes ... s will that a house catches fire, and saying that "if" the house catches fire, God's will is for it to be extinguished and the people gotten out safely. It is not God's will that our enemies exult over us. But if our enemies do what ought not to be done, then ...

12. To Bethlehem and Beyond

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... even at the opened tomb from which he came forth alive. He said, "My Father has sent me," and he didn’t stop until he had gotten himself all the way to us, and can say, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock." Imagine this drama, if you will. The scene is ... m tired of you, too!" There are some kinds of communication for which the stage must be set. I suspect this fellow would have gotten a better response had he set the stage before he spoke. Well, at Bethlehem God has set the stage, and from that stage he ...

13. All-Out Love

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... . His brother, Julio, first had the idea of going bald. Soon, about fifty friends and relatives shaved their heads to cheer up Garcia. His five-year-old son was bald, and his two older boys had gotten shaves or partial shaves. His wife and daughter had gotten their hair cut short. Some of the fifty friends and relatives had gotten partial shaves, leaving a Mohawk-like strip of hair down the center of the head, or a ducktail. "I cut my hair because I’ve known him for about fifteen years," said one 26-year ...

14. It's Hard To Be Number Two

John 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... . While you're at your desk, people working out at the gym are getting ahead of you. While you're at the gym, your co-workers are getting ahead of you. If a friend gets a promotion at work, she has gotten ahead of you. If a colleague reads a book you haven't read, he has gotten ahead of you . . . While you're reading this book," she writes, "EVERYONE is getting ahead of you." The beauty of the concept is that it can be applied across the board, anywhere, anytime. For example, on the road, drivers of more ...

15. Managing Your Anger

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... on a ball field or even at church that you wanted to strike out at them? Maybe you got to the point where you didn't think you could take it anymore. Have you ever felt that way? You don't have to raise your hand. Has anyone here ever gotten fed up with your spouse--keep your hands down, ladies--with one of your offspring--with a parent? Amy Grant, one of the biggest names in contemporary Christian music, was just a teenager when she caught the ear of a record producer. Out of the blue, he called late one ...

16. The Autobiography of God

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... that in Jesus God has written His autobiography. When Philip asked the Lord, “Show us the Father and we will be satisfied.” Jesus replied, as a patient teacher might reply to a dull-witted student, “Have I been with you so long, Philip, and have you not yet gotten the message? The one who has seen me has seen the Father.” Christians are those who believe that God has revealed Himself in Jesus, but it is not quite as simple as that. The God whom we meet in Jesus Christ is both hidden and revealed at ...

17. Whatever became of Kingdomtide?

John 16:17-33

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... When I get these, I am helped by words of an early frontier Methodist Bishop by the name of William McKendree who said that he never let criticisms of his sermons bother him on the principle that “a hit dog hollers.” (Ferguson, op. cit., p. 85) Yes, I have gotten letters, but I do not believe that I have ever suffered real persecution for anything I have done or said as a disciple of Christ. Have you? Does that ever trouble you? That you don’t get into more trouble, I mean? I recall that our Lord said ...

18. Smart Living

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

A fifty-five-year-old man was arrested in Buffalo, N. Y. sometime back for stealing a $270 case of liquor. He wouldn't have gotten caught except that as he ran away, he dropped his ill-gotten goods and shattered all the bottles. He still wouldn't have gotten caught except that, after leaving the scene, he returned with a straw to suck up the pool of booze. He was still on his knees when a police officer showed up. He tried to escape, but was caught and arrested. (1) Obviously he's not the smartest candle ...

19. The Authority of Scripture: God's Breathed Word

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... three A’s and a B this semester. So you see, I have been studying hard. And I have been going to church every Sunday and reading my Bible every night.” The father’s said, “I know son, and I am proud of you. But you still haven’t gotten your hair cut.” The son’s face lit up. “Yes, dad, I know, but I have discovered in reading the Bible that Jesus had long hair too.” The fathers reply was really disarming. “Yes, son, I realize that, but if you will keep reading the Bible, you will also ...

20. Someone Is Trying to Get Through

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

James L. Killen

... have all heard those words, or others like them, a thousand times, haven't we? But lots of us seem not to have really gotten the message yet, at least not completely, because our lives have not really been reshaped by the message behind them. That is why God ... not been paying attention when God has tapped us on the shoulder or spoken into our ears. Or maybe God's message has gotten drowned out in all of the static that confuses our ability to receive. After all, there are an awful lot of voices whispering - ...

21. Move Life from Duty to Destiny

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... After All, It’s a Small World After All . . .” Stop it before we can’t stop it. Disney is rebuilding “It’s a Small World” because Americans have gotten too big for “Small World.” Our butts have gotten too big for our “Small World.” In many ways this is the problem of the disciples in this morning’s gospel reading. The disciples have gotten too big for their britches, and Jesus is taking them down a notch. Like you I was riveted by the images of the devastating fires that raged across ...

22. The Church on Main Street

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

James McCormick

... that the task entrusted to the Christian Church is the most important on the face of the earth. It is far too important to neglect or misdirect. When we spend our time answering questions no one is asking, while neglecting the deepest concerns of the human spirit, we have gotten off into side street religion. When we use our time, energy, and resources doing things that really don’t need to be done, solving little, inconsequential problems, while neglecting the open sores of a hurting world, we have ...

23. One Step at a Time

Nehemiah 2:1-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... of fear. He had carried this burden for four months and for four months he had not complained. He had stayed faithful in his duties. He didn't pout. He didn't whine. He just went about his business, but the burden of God's call on his life had gotten heavier and heavier. Someone once said, "What is down in the well will come up in the bucket." He could no longer hide on the outside what was going on in the inside. He decided to let his feelings be known. The reason why Nehemiah was afraid was that no ...

24. What Do I Do When I Can't Get Started?

Proverbs 6:6-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... right opportunity. In other words, we want everything to be just perfect. Ecclesiastes 11:4 says this, "If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done." (Ecclesiastes 11:4, LB) Teresa and I had only been married a couple of years and I had just gotten my master's degree and was about to start my doctorial work, when we finally decided to have children. Quite frankly, we both looked at each other at the time and said, "There is no way we can afford to have a child." There are a lot of ...

25. The Thick Darkness

1 Kings 8:(1, 6, 10-11) 22-30, 41-43

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... God. How do you answer something like that? Such questions, of course, are appropriate for children, but let me address this question to the adults here this morning: Has it gotten easier or harder to believe in God since you've grown up? If you are like many people, it has gotten more difficult. One adult I know put it like this: The older I've gotten, the less certain I've become about almost everything. When I was a child, I understood things in clear-cut terms. God was this great power in the sky, the ...

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