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Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... source of strength--God had called him. He was a called man; and where God calls, He will not desert His chosen. The story is told of Bishop Hugh Latimer when he preached before King Henry VIII. Latimer had greatly displeased King Henry by his boldness in a sermon preached before the king, and was ordered to ... Victor Hansen. E-zine: Chicken Soup for the Soul http://www.soupserver.com/. 4. Leonard Fein in a Baccalaureate address at Stanford University. Series: Choosing Christ at The Crossroads, #1 (Alternate)

2. Maturity in Stewardship

2 Corinthians 9:6-15, 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... thrill as a teenager to ride that motorcycle. One day he asked, "Hugh, can I ride your motorcycle again today?" Hugh’s words have stuck with him ever since. "You can ride it anytime you want to," Hugh said, "anywhere you want to, and as often as you want to. ... and the cattle upon a thousand hills." Over and over again the Bible tells us that God owns the world because He made it. Leonard Sanderson, a Baptist pastor, tells how this was brought home to him by a layman that he came to know. They were visiting ...

3. The Time of Our Visitation

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... hope. But it’s now. This is the time of our visitation. A little while ago, writing in The Upper Room, a lady named Hazel Hughes told a story which has meant much to me. While a student, she had as her botany teacher a wonderful, kindly, elderly gentleman. She wrote ... . And when I read that school-days story, I thought how many times my Lord Christ may have occasion to say to me, "Leonard Mann, I have been looking at you all morning, and you haven’t looked at me once." All morning? Yes, perhaps, and maybe ...

4. More Than Skin Deep

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... of your old mind. Get rid of your old heart. Get rid of the self-centered attitudes and emotions that separate you from God. In 1992, Professors Gloria Clayton and Leonard Poon published their results of an intensive study of centenarians--people who live to 100 years old, or more. One of the men they studied was Jesse Champion, 102 years ... ," Library of Anglican Spirituality, 1931, p. 67, The Clergy Journal, Feb. 2002, p. 32. 4.Hugh Downs. Fifty to Forever (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1994), p. 65.

5. The Lenten License to Steal, Drink, Lie and Swear

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

The world is divided into two kinds of people. Those who like cruises and those who don’t. Or to be more precise: those who think a cruise is a foretaste of heaven, and those who think a cruise is the aftertaste of hell. The world is divided into two kinds of people. Those that suck the life out of every day, and those that let every day suck the life out of them. The world is divided into two kinds of people. Those who walk into a room and say, "There you are!" and those who say, "Here I am!" (Thanks! ...

6. Wrong!

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

Today is Pentecost, the birthday of the church. The symbols of the Pentecost gift are wind and fire. Every birthday is accompanied by a cake over which there is the ritual of wind and fire. But in the course of blowing out candles in your lifetime, have you ever missed one? Ever miscalculate the amount of wind needed to get it 100% right? [To make your sermon more EPIC, you might want to showcase a birthday cake, and blow out some candles. You could even have some fun and include some gag (magic re- ...

7. In the Service

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

Anyone here remember what they used to call places where you put gas in your car? They weren’t called “gas stations,” or “fueling centers,” but “service stations.” When you pulled in, someone (or sometimes even more than one) raced out to greet you, ask what you needed, and proceeded to fill your gas tank with fuel. While you sat, warm and comfy in your car, the “service station” attendant washed your windows, checked your oil, even checked your tire pressure. After filling up the tank they took your ...

8. Attics, Basements, Closets

Psalm 130:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

[An inventory of things accumulating in one of your closets or a drawer stuffed with all sorts of interesting items . . . these visuals would greatly enhance your preaching of this sermon.] Grace to you and peace, sisters and brothers. From the one who is . . . the one who was . . . and the one who is to come. Good morning, saints. [Wait for a good morning.] Good morning, sinners. [Wait for a LOUDER good morning.] We're all here. And all we are is here. And I'm delighted YOU'RE here. Icons are not having ...

9. Night Vision

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

Ever eat breakfast by moonlight? One of my favorite resurrection phrases in John 20 is this one: early and dark. That's when some of the disciples discovered the greatest event in the history of Planet Earth: Jesus' resurrection from the dead. Think of how many things we miss in life because we aren't accessible to the world of early and dark. We aren't awake to the early and dark moments of life. It was only those two disciples (Peter and John) and the apostle to the apostles (Mary) who lived the ...

10. The Uncloudy Cloud?

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

One of my favorite books is a children's story called The Trip to Panama (1981) by Janosch, the pseudonym of Horst Eckert, the German illustrator. It's a story about two animal friends, (Little Bear and Little Tiger) who live in a house by a river. They're reasonably happy but share a belief that somewhere else, life might be so much better. One day they find an old banana crate floating past their garden. On the side it says "Panama." Without knowing anything about the place, they decided that Panama is ...

11. All God's Children Can Dance

Psalm 30:1-12

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Leonard Sweet

How many of you out there today have "Baptist feet?" I'm not asking how many of you were or are Baptists (though I confess: the Methodists raised me, but the Baptists saved me). I'm asking this: When you find yourself in a social situation which involves music and moving people, do you suddenly freeze to your chair? Wish yourself invisible? Get a sudden urge to go out for fresh air? Remember you are nursing an old football/tennis/gardening injury? If so, then you (like me) have "Baptist feet," a handy ...

12. Pit and Rock

Colossians 1:11-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

The Bible teaches us to praise God for everything. For everything? Really everything? Yes, everything! We are to praise and thank God constantly, "in all circumstances" (1 Thessalonians 5:18), "at all times and for everything" (Ephesians 5:20), "always asking God with a thankful heart (Philippians 4:6,TEV). During the height of one of Cyprus' political crises, Sir Hugh Foot became governor of the country. He exchanged telegrams with his father, the Rt. Hon. Isaac Foot. The first, from England, read: "Foot ...

13. Home Improvement

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

God has given us a spiritual home in which to live. When will we move in? When will we appreciate the home we've been given? A recently spotted bumper sticker made the following poignant plea: "You are a child of God. Please call home." Remember the blockbuster hit movie of the early '80s, "E.T."? The strange little space alien dubbed "E.T." is accidentally left behind by his companions. Through his friendship with a human boy, the creature learns to speak the English language. The first full phrase the ...

14. Mark 4:26-34

Mark 4:26-34

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

We owe Mark a great debt, for he alone records this parable of the seed (4:26-29). There is no clearer insight into the mysterious transformations of the Spirit of God, the germinal power of the gospel, than in these companion parables of the seed and the mustard seed. The seed parables instruct us not to expect complete comprehension of the transforming power of the Spirit's presence. It comes by God's initiative and appointment, not by our understanding and manipulation. There is something fundamentally ...

15. Mark 4:26-34

Mark 4:26-34

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

16. On-Beyond-Zebra Living

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

William Shakespeare may be the second most quoted source in the history of English literature. You know what the most quoted source still is . .. The Bible. What you may not know is that every day Shakespeare scholarship adds to the pile an average of 8.8 articles and books. I don’t know what biblical scholarship adds every day to the pile of knowledge, but I suspect it’s much, much more than that. If the French novelist Gustave Flaubert could write, “When I read Shakespeare I become greater, wiser, purer ...

17. What Would Jesus Do? - or - How Would Jesus Do It?

John 17:6-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

The worst thing you can do to your children is to “be cool” as a teen. You say, what? “Being cool” means you will be immortalized in pictures sporting the “coolest” fashions of your teenager years. And one day your children and grandchildren will groan in embarrassment at how “cool” you look in those pictures which, of course, will be the opposite of “cool” by the time they look at them. [Here is where you throw up on the screen pictures of members of your congregation looking ridiculous in what were the “ ...

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