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Revelation 21:1-6a

Sermon

King Duncan

... at him. All of a sudden Ortberg said his own attitude was transformed, and, with a new-found confidence, he said to those guys, “You better not let us catch you coming around here again!” He was a different person, he says, because he had great, big ... . What a tragedy that is. Do you think that the God who has loved you and sustained you to this point is suddenly going to forget you? Of course not. The future is in God’s hands. This is the secret of facing an uncertain future. God is the God of the ...

2. MR. CAIN

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... if in sleep) CAIN (Sleepily) Right in the belly. JAREL (Not moving) What? Who? CAIN What a bull! He must have weighed a ton. Right into the heart, like a knife. JAREL Forget it, forget it. CAIN (Now wide awake) I know a guy, he had his nose trimmed down. He still looks like a rat. JAREL Go to sleep. CAIN What’s the difference. JAREL Forget it, forget it. CAIN (Singing, with a dirge-like quality) "Happy days are here again, No more skies of gray again, Happy days are here again." (Lights dim down and out)

3. Let's Get Ready to Rumble

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... on the stool between rounds, his manager would say, "Go get him tiger, he hasn't laid a hand on you!" Well, for seven rounds this guy was getting beat from pillar to post and every time his manager would say the same thing. Finally, with both eyes closed shut, bleeding from the ... This wicked force is deceptive. But listen to me carefully. He is not invincible. I will never forget how frightened people were of Saddam Hussein at the start of the Gulf War, and people thought he would be such a formidable foe. But ...

4. We Are At War

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... the stool between rounds, his manager would say, "Go get him tiger, he hasn't laid a hand on you!" Well, for seven rounds this guy was getting beat from pillar to post and every time his manager would say the same thing. Finally, with both eyes closed shut, bleeding from ... destructive. This wicked force is deceptive. But listen to me carefully. He is not invincible. I will never forget how frightened people were of Saddam Hussein at the start of the first Gulf War, and people thought he would be such a ...

5. How Many Times Should We Forgive?

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... up in Japan." Next he hit him square on the back of the neck. "That's karate. Picked it up in Korea." The little guy squirmed away from the bully and went out to his truck. When he came back in, he went right up to the bully and ... small people who cherish revenge. Be a good forgetter. Business dictates it, and success demands it." (9) Do you understand that? Big people forget and forgive? Only little people carry around resentments from the past. III. Even more important, forgiving is life lived in the image ...

6. The Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... home. You should get home too. Why did you even follow him? You’re not sure. But you have the feeling, you’re in the midst of something extraordinary. You stand there stunned. You have just witnessed an event you will never forget. Why did he do this? Sounds like something Jesus would do. But the guy’s not even Christian. Neither of them are! [pause to let the story sink in] Now open your eyes. [You could even have them pause here, stand up, stretch, take a moment to think.] It’s easy for all of us ...

7. We Are the Champions

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Larry Lange

... should know," said Jack's hired man, "I've been working for him night and day." That summer the youth continued to forget to sweep the grass off the walk, and so people tracked clods of grass into church on Sunday morning. The youth also ... in newness of life. — Romans 6:3-4 This story is so unlike the world's way of telling stories. The Messiah was crucified as a bad guy. Christ was a Lamb who was slain, just like a State Champion Steer. But our Champion was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father ...

8. When You’re Out Of Tune

1 Corinthians 3:1-9

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... It is the Great Commission. Unfortunately, it has become the Great Omission! Dr. Eugene Brice tells about a guy who toured the world’s largest grease factory. “They walked through rows of machines with gears turning, wheels revolving ... read the Bible; or how they pray; or how they baptize; or, Lord have mercy, how they vote! While all this nonsense is going on, Christians are forgetting that Jesus said the world will know we are his by disciples not by how we worship, not by how we read the bible, not by ...

9. The Collateral Damage of Our Attitudes

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... all you had to do at any moment is watch the Mayor. Watch how this guy behaved. Watch how this guy conducted himself. Watch what this guy did. Listen to what this guy said. Rudolph Giuliani is the personification of courage. He's an amazing man and ... occupied with the making of money but our occupations can be many. I have seen hundreds of images this month that I will never forget. One that keeps playing in my mind over and over is that upper middle class woman who, when asked about her business, said that ...

10. A Holy-wood Ending

1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... Hollywood ending" isn't so predictable. Whether it's on the big screen, or our favorite television shows, the good guys don't always win. The guy doesn't always get the girl. Grandma's house has been torn down and a gambling casino has been ... suffering and pain. We cannot escape it. There will always be those elements of life that will beat down upon us and try to make us forget that Jesus ever lived. There will always be those times of weakness when we will question God's wisdom and his love for us. But the ...

11. Like a Phoenix

Mark 6:1-13

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... of us. He ain’t nothin’.” Tex says that was a lesson that always stuck with him. If you wanted to get along with these guys you had to keep your mouth shut and admit that you were, just like them, nothing. That’s what Jesus was confronting. He was nothing special ... human genome mapped out at our feet, we are lulled into inattention, forgetting that the ritual is cathartic to the physician, necessary for the patient — forgetting that the ritual has meaning and a singular message to convey to the ...

12. The Good

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Will Willimon

... humble religious stance rather than a proud one; it is a warning to drop all religious stances. I want you to give this Pharisee here all the credit you can. I know the Pharisees get a bad press in the Gospels but forget any bad thing you may have heard about Pharisees; this one is a great guy. He has never cheated on the church or his wife, never raised his voice to his kids, did his time as President of the PTA, does work on weekends for Habitat for Humanity, and even though he won the Congressional Medal ...

13. True North

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... confused all we have to do is remember Jesus’ most important lesson and we can get on the right path again. We get lost when we forget this lesson from Jesus. We can study the Bible and still get lost. We can go to worship every week and still get lost. We can ... over the heart of our faith. Theology and interpretation are important but they never supersede the greatest commandment. I knew a guy when I was in college who would debate anybody on theology and the Bible. He would take on any-one who disagreed with ...

14. The Greatest Story Ever Told

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... has been trying to train for months, the very same one who will grin from ear to ear each time she says "Da Da", the same guy who will come quickly if she screams. She also notices that if she raises an arm, the good- looking baby in the mirror will do ... my son." Now remember, in Jesus' story the father is God. We are the kid straggling up the road toward home. Don't you ever forget that the very first moment you turn from the far country toward your heavenly Father, you'll find God running up the road to ...

15. Entertaining Angels

Hebrews 13:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... I've never seen that color blue on any human before. They were more the blue like some of those Husky dogs have. I'll never forget the eyes." Chris seemed to want to be left alone, and so she reluctantly agreed to leave. When he came back to his room, she says ... seen them in so long. He didn't have the air of a terminally ill and very weak man anymore." “Who was that guy?" she asked. “You're not going to believe me," Chris said. “Yes, I will," she answered. “He was an angel," Chris said. “My ...

16. Thanksgiving: Where Are You Looking for It?

Psalm 103:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... a corrective for the ingratitude found amongst his own people, as he writes, "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits." That''s right, only those who pause long enough to remember can be truly grateful. I find the Psalmist ... is correct when he instructs us to "forget not his benefits." As Izaak Walton once said, "God has two dwellings; one in heaven and the other in a meek and thankful heart." I''m reminded of the guy who said, "I really hate that guy. He''s always slapping me on the ...

17. Get Lost

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... Hollywood westerns always followed a formula. The plots were always the same. There were good guys and bad guys. Every town had a saloon. Every saloon had swinging doors on it. And every swinging door ... "sin" in the Bible, preoccupation with the self, inability to get outside of the self. So the Bible says that the only way that they will be saved is to forget the self, to lose the self. There is a phrase that has become very popular recently, "This is not about you." I have heard it as a mild rebuke, but I ...

18. Connected

John 15:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... isn't healthy. Just like being plugged into an intermittent power source can be unhealthy. A friend of mine sent me a story about a guy who one day was sitting at a stop light. The lady in front of him was going through papers on the seat of her car ... . "Lean on him and let Him lean on you." And then know this. There will probably be times when you do leave home, when you do forget, when your life gets off center. It happens to all of us. Remember what Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz said: "There's no place like ...

19. The 5 Worst Things Christians Say After A Tragedy

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... change, a “metanoia,” a “turn-about” or “about-face” to a new life with new possibilities. We tend to forget that the option for repentance is wholly dependent upon God’s imploring invitation to take that action. Repentance is not ... make such a straight-line assessment of the Galilean tragedy. Jesus even refuses to divide the world into “good guys” and “bad guys,” into “us” vs. “them.” Instead, Jesus declares the need for universal repentance. All of “us” are “them,” ...

20. R.S.V.P.

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Will Willimon

... a king who gave a wedding party for his son." Heaven's kingdom is a feast, a party. Sitting here in church, we're apt to forget how often Jesus not only talks of parties but goes to party. Sometime, take a gospel, any gospel (but preferably Matthew or Luke) and just ... young deadbeat off the street comer who looks like he grew up on Rodeo Drive. But his eye falls on one guy sitting there, one guy whose clothes, much less his odor, spoil the whole, wonderful scene. "You jerk, how did you get in here without a ...

21. The Bridge

John 1:1-18, Matthew 2:1-12, Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 1:26-38, Genesis 3:1-24

Drama

H. J. Hizer

... One: Going to take a vacation, Lord? Great idea. Five: Not exactly a vacation. Three: [Ignoring Five] Swell, you need a rest -- don't forget to write. Two: Have a good time, Lord. See you in two weeks. Five: Well, It might be a little longer than two weeks ... have known that anything that belongs to him would never get lost. Two: You know something? Three: What? Two: The Chief is quite a guy. Four: He sure is! SCENE 11 DEVIL'S COUNCIL One: Has anyone seen Discord? We're all here but Discord. Three: I wouldn't ...

22. The Man Who Came to Dinner

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... basic Christian principles: the first is humility, the second is humility and the third is humility. But Leo Durocher said, "Nice guys finish last." That is more to our way of thinking. Yet, underneath, we know that the verdict of Jesus is sound ... that kind of people? So, we do much of our "charity," our "benevolence" on an impersonal basis. Our Christian duty is done and we can forget it. He dropped a dollar in the plate And meekly raised his eyes, Glad that the weekly rent was paid For his mansion in the ...

23. Are We Able?

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... responding to a challenge, where would we be?” (David H. C. Read, National Radio Pulpit, October, 1980, p.5) Give these two guys credit for one thing: they believed that there would be a “glory.” That’s more than most of us believe. We ... banner slogan, which says that we should “Expect great things from God. Dare great things for God.” We freely do the first, but forget the second. Those two disciples dared to take the big risk, make the bold commitment. So when Christ looks at us on this Advent ...

24. God Will Be God

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the kids want a zillion pieces of plastic junk. The guy narrating sighs and states, "So I pay. I'm the Dad. It's my job." More vacation scenes. The family stops at a touristy restaurant. After everybody chows down, the guy again concludes "So I pay. I'm the Dad. ... clearly no longer qualified to be running the show. We are constantly tempted to "play God." Why do we so quickly forget that the most basic kindergarten lesson in spirituality is this: "God is God ... and we are not." Jim Jackson, senior minister ...

25. Dead Man Walking

John 11:38-44, John 11:17-37, John 11:1-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... are the only creatures who know they are going to die and therefore they are the only creatures who are desperately trying to forget it? If you don't believe that, just start talking about dying and watch people hit the conversational remote button and change the ... what would you like to hear them say about your funeral?" The first guy said, "I would like to hear them say, ‘He was a great doctor and a great family man.'" The second guy said, "I would love to hear them say, ‘He was a wonderful husband ...

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