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Malachi 2:17--3:5

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... is on his way and is about to arrive. If God were on his way to your house, what clean-up would you want to do? Frank had his list; Malachi had his list; John the Baptist had his list; and we should have our lists. Malachi's List Malachi2 was the ... purified by fire. Repentance isn't easy, but it is needed. In God's fullers' field people are cleansed. Repentance is like clothing being scrubbed and rubbed clean in the fullers' field outside the walls of Jerusalem. A fuller is one who cleans and whitens cloth. ...

2. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Lora by surprise – to hear a letter, written by their son, going out to bless thousands of people who had heard Frank preach. Well, I told Frank that story. The next week, when he was back in Atlanta, he called my in-laws and shared a pastoral visit ... contracts from the likes of Nike and Titleist. At the Masters, against the best golfers in the world, he had virtually lapped the field, winning by a record 12 strokes. He was being hailed as the next Jack Nicklaus, who is considered the greatest golfer of all ...

3. Breakfast on the Beach

John 21:1-14

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... preaching. But George Whitfield noticed that the common working people weren't there to hear it. They spent their lives in the coal fields, far from the parish church. Early morning till late at night...covered with coal dust, never able to get to the 11:00 ... Some folks thought he was dying. Some heard he had heart problems. Some thought he must be scared to meet his maker. But Craddock says Frank told him why he did it: You know how I always said I work hard, take care of my family, and mind my own business ...

4. Country Songs and Easter Hymns

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Thomas Long

... and a small Little League glove which had the hardly-broken-in look of a mitt worn by a kid you let play right field in the late innings of hopeless games. The foul ball was arching directly toward this boy's outstretched hand, but suddenly, a man ... no village so small, no place so isolated, that there is not at least some taste of the richness, the challenge, and, quite frankly, the grating difficulty, of human differences. It is there in the wild diversity of the "city" -- wherever it may be found -- that ...

5. The Baby or the Window?

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... on the feet cheering Tracy on toward home plate. But as she neared home plate, something wondrous happened. An old dog loped onto the field and parked itself just off the line between third place and home. Moments away from her first home run, Tracy stopped dead, knelt in ... The woman answered wearily, “Eenee, Meenee, Minee and Frank.” The Census Taker was somewhat amused by this said, “Okay, that’s fine. But may I ask why you named your fourth child Frank?” The woman answered, “Because we didn’t ...

6. Everyone Is Searching For You

Mark 1:35-39

Sermon

Brett Blair

... time, but had a profound influence on the rest of his life. The winter he was 9, he went walking across a snow-covered field with his reserved, no- nonsense uncle. As the two of them reached the far end of the field, his uncle stopped him. He pointed out his own tracks in the snow, straight and true as an arrow's flight, and then young Frank's tracks meandering all over the field. "Notice how your tracks wander aimlessly from the fence to the cattle to the woods and back again," his uncle said. "And see how ...

7. Everyone Is Looking For You! - Sermon Starter

Mark 1:35-39

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Brett Blair

8. The Resurrection

John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... . This is a crime scene. I'll run you in if you aren't gone by the time we set up. (Officer then orders the cast members to line up across the front of the church on the "tomb" side.) Field Announcer: We have been here as long as possible to bring you this story. We are gathering our gear, and frankly, I am trying to gather my wits. To be where death is very frightening. And then, to be where something as strange as the dead coming back to life, that has made this assignment very difficult. All I can do ...

9. A Faith for the Uncharted Way

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... them." Well, the far voices are calling us - and always to paths unknown. For a time I was in theology classes taught by Professor Frank Paul Morris. (As I mention his name, I wish to pay tribute to a good and great-hearted man - and somewhat of an eccentric, ... everything’s going my way," and by evening we may be saying with Sara Teasdale: My soul is a dark plowed field in the cold rain; My soul is a broken field plowed by pain. Yes, we walk on a thin edge of danger; and we need a faith for walking here. I ...

10. No Excuses

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

James Merritt

... find where Jesus ever said that if you'll follow him every sea will be calm, every road will be smooth, every sky will be blue. Quite frankly, that is the way a lot of people expect it, and that is the way a lot of people want it. Old Dr. Vance Havner said ... within a month. Now there a lot of people who would say, "What a waste. He spent all of that time preparing for the mission field and died." But he had written in the back of his Bible two words before he died. Not only under the words no reserves and ...

11. There Is a Price for Everything, Part 2

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... somebody, I ought to try and do it.” (Shelby, “Just A Minute, Jesus, Don’t Be So Rough”, September 9, 1984). Anne Frank and Stefania Burminski are dramatic witnesses to the fact that there is a price for being a caring person. Bring it home where we ... It’s the kind of story Jesus would tell. It’s the kind of story he did tell: A man sells everything to buy a field in which a treasure is hidden. A merchant exchanges all the pearls he has collected through the years for the one pearl of great price ...

12. The God of Hope

Isaiah 11:1-10, Matthew 3:1-12, Romans 15:4-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... and Ernest” cartoon, you see Frank rousing slowly from his sleep, then looking out at the sun coming up. He says dryly, “Well, the sun is rising in the east . . . so far, so good.” You may know that the great comedian W.C. Fields died with money in hundreds of bank accounts which were never located. Wherever he went he opened a bank account. Often he used fictitious names and kept no records whatsoever of his deposits. At one point, Fields told a friend in confidence that he had over seven hundred ...

13. In the Darkness of Fear, There Is the Light of Joy

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... joy shine on you and let it be a surprise. You can do that. Saint Luke tells us there were shepherds out in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks. There, they had the surprise of a lifetime. Saint Luke writes, “An angel of the Lord appeared to them ... , we can stand against, above, and even in the midst of, the darkness of fear. Alex, The Life Of A Child, written by Frank Deford, tells the story of his daughter and her fight with cystic fibrosis. She died at the age of eight. During their last Christmas ...

14. Second Chances

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... He is also a polished public speaker addressing corporations about how to protect themselves from people like him. True story. Frank Abagnale, like Alan Simpson, is a man who could testify, “Thank God for second chances.” Here’s something we ... She did, and as they were sharing coffee, she told him what was on her mind. She said that she was serving as a field education student in a local church and that her supervising pastor was requiring her to preach next Sunday. Long said, “Good.” She said, “ ...

15. Endorsing The Future

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... of our lives loving only what we can use, worshipping only what we have bought, and believing only what we can see. And frankly, that's a waste, a tragic waste, because we never get all that energy and those years back in the future, even if ... they saw their bosses riding around in. Some cried and died. Some grew angry and festered and boiled inside. And some stood in the fields of North Carolina and Alabama and Mississippi and other places and said, "I will not live in this valley of sorrow. I refuse. One ...

16. Preaching Unpopular Truth - 1943

John 18:38

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... ? We shall only get ourselves soundly disliked, and the result will be such loss of influence as will destroy our effectiveness altogether. I frankly confess that I feel the appeal of this argument. It is an altogether legitimate, normal, and valuable instinct to desire to be popular. ... leap, and he knew that leap would be the tidal wave. He also saw that his neighbors working in the low fields must be speedily gathered to his hill or swept away. Without a second thought, he set fire to his cherished rice ...

17. Nothing Great Happens Without It

Luke 14: 25-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... The world scorned Him and it will scorn you. The world rejected Him and it will reject you. That is a small price, quite frankly, to pay when you consider the benefit of becoming His disciple and living for Him and with Him for all eternity. Someone once ... been anything he wanted to be: a professor, an author, a doctor. But God had saved him and God had called him to the mission field. In the course of time, God led him to Africa. Now at the time that Livingston went to Africa, no white man had ever entered ...

18. Don’t Sweat the Big Stuff

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

James Merritt

... have an open casket." Then there are people who are worried about fashion. "So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin…" (v.28) We're so fashion conscious. We've got to be in the right style, with ... Jesus had to say about this matter of worry. I'm going to give you three surefire steps on how to deal with it, and quite frankly whether you need it or not, I do. I. Admit The Sinfulness Of Worry Now you may not think of worry as a sin, but it ...

19. Don't Miss Out On Life

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Staff

... time, but had a profound influence on the rest of his life. The winter he was 9, he went walking across a snow-covered field with his reserved, no-nonsense uncle. As the two of them reached the far end of the field, his uncle stopped him. He pointed out his own tracks in the snow, straight and true as an arrow's flight, and then young Frank's tracks meandering all over the field. "Notice how your tracks wander aimlessly from the fence to the cattle to the woods and back again," his uncle said. "And see how ...

20. In Quest of a Treasure

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

... you not of more value than they? Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." (Matthew 6 ... recently have the experts been able to decipher it. He wrote lefthanded, back-handed, and from right to left. Frankly, I would have supposed his penmanship to have given the appearance of the finest caligraphy. Nonetheless, his inability to ...

21. Forgive To Be Forgiven

Genesis 50:15-21

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... he would be ruler and his brothers would bow down to him. The hatred became so intense that while out in the fields tending their sheep, they planned to kill Joseph. But, upon further discussion, they decided to throw him into a pit until some ... ." No wonder the church through the ages called the day of Jesus’ death Good Friday. It can happen to you and me today. When Frank Laubach was honored for his worldwide work of literacy, he responded to the award, "I must remember that when I stand before my Lord, ...

22. The Demanding Word

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

... it may turn out to be a problem for some of us. You know the story well. A farmer in ancient Palestine was out in the field sowing seeds of grain. The seeds fell on all kinds of different ground. Some, for instance, fell on the beaten-down path. It could not take ... times. But isn't there a whole other side to this question that might just put some of the burden upon the hearers? Frankly, don't all of us usually approach the Word of God too casually? It turns out to be like reading the evening newspaper after ...

23. Proper 18

Lk 14:25-33 · Eze 33:1-11 · Phm 1-20 · Prov 9:8-12

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... or family. One of the distressing decisions a minister confronts today: who should come first: family or church? 2. Count (v. 28). Before entering a new field, it is always wise to see what will be expected of you, whether you are going to build a house or conduct a war. Jesus here ... comes to paying the price which he is about to pay, most of them will turn away. In this Gospel, Jesus frankly says that not everyone can be his disciple, only those who pay the price. In our evangelistic efforts and appeals, we ...

24. An Understated Masterpiece

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Thomas Long

... . He had one stunt, but it was a dramatic one. As the human cannonball, he would be shot from a cannon across a field and into a waiting net. The blast of the cannon would rattle windows for some distance and clouds of sulphurous smoke would drift ... The place was a high school English class. The subject was modern drama, and the exercise was a class reading of the script of Frank Gilroy’s "The Subject Was Roses." The reading moved toward the final scene, one in which a young man named Timmy is leaving home ...

25. The Ten Commandments #10: No Covetousness

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , Jesus talked about it. He said, "Do not worry about things like that. Your heavenly Father knows what you need. God takes care of the birds of the air and flowers of the field. Are you not worth more than they?"(7) These are difficult issues, no question, and generally beyond the scope of decent individuals to solve. But frankly, whether or not a mother has food enough to feed her baby should have nothing to do with how many decent individuals are around. Firm public policies and legislation should be in ...

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1. Preparing The Way

Malachi 2:17--3:5

Sermon

Ron Lavin

2. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

3. Breakfast on the Beach

John 21:1-14

Sermon

John E. Harnish

4. Country Songs and Easter Hymns

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Thomas Long

5. The Baby or the Window?

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

King Duncan

6. Everyone Is Searching For You

Mark 1:35-39

Sermon

Brett Blair

7. Everyone Is Looking For You! - Sermon Starter

Mark 1:35-39

Illustration

Brett Blair

8. The Resurrection

John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9

Drama

Jerry Eckert

9. A Faith for the Uncharted Way

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Leonard Mann

10. No Excuses

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

James Merritt

11. There Is a Price for Everything, Part 2

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

12. The God of Hope

Isaiah 11:1-10, Matthew 3:1-12, Romans 15:4-13

Sermon

King Duncan

13. In the Darkness of Fear, There Is the Light of Joy

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

14. Second Chances

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

15. Endorsing The Future

Sermon

Harold Warlick

16. Preaching Unpopular Truth - 1943

John 18:38

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

17. Nothing Great Happens Without It

Luke 14: 25-35

Sermon

James Merritt

18. Don’t Sweat the Big Stuff

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

James Merritt

19. Don't Miss Out On Life

Illustration

Staff

... time, but had a profound influence on the rest of his life. The winter he was 9, he went walking across a snow-covered field with his reserved, no-nonsense uncle. As the two of them reached the far end of the field, his uncle stopped him. He pointed out his own tracks in the snow, straight and true as an arrow's flight, and then young Frank's tracks meandering all over the field. "Notice how your tracks wander aimlessly from the fence to the cattle to the woods and back again," his uncle said. "And see how ...

20. In Quest of a Treasure

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

21. Forgive To Be Forgiven

Genesis 50:15-21

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

22. The Demanding Word

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

23. Proper 18