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Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... . So when he came to be baptized, I knew he was way ahead of me on matters of religion. So I asked him to baptize me! He said, "No. It is better for the baptizer to baptize than be baptized. You do your thing." So I did. Jerry: Then what happened? Marshall: I can only tell you what I saw and heard. You may not believe this. A bird flew down, just as Jesus was walking out onto the shore, and it landed on his shoulder. Jesus and I heard a voice that seemed to be all around us that said, "This ...

2. God, The Son

Matthew 2:1-12

Drama

Jerry Eckert

3. Jerry's Christmas

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Clark D. Cowden

... leaves it under the tree for us. It is already ours, but it is not ours yet. The gift of Jesus doesn't do us any good until we receive it, and open it, and enjoy it to the fullest. The good news of Christmas is only good if you receive it. Well, that night Jerry slept in his car, in the driveway of the mansion. The next morning was Christmas morning, and he wanted to give his gifts to his children. As usually, the youngest ones woke up first. They quietly snuck downstairs and looked at the tree, and all the ...

4. What If

1 Chronicles 7:1-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... power, that we can appropriate the power that is available to all of us. And so, I remember the word of Jesus that I have only to have faith no bigger than a grain of mustard seed to move the mountains in my life and to share in the intercession that ... girl named Kay who played with imaginary characters down by the creek behind our house. One of the most precious things she has ever done. Jerry never heard from Kay. She even tried to get in touch with her by phone, but was unable to do so. I'm quite certain ...

5. Convinced Beyond A Doubt

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... is what is at stake in our lesson today from the Gospel. Thomas (also called Didymus) was one of Jesus' disciples. Thomas is only mentioned a few times in the Scriptures. On one occasion he showed great courage. In John 11, Jesus is headed back to Judea ... from my calf to use in the heart bypass." Looking up at Jerry, he asked, "Can I see your legs?" Jerry rolled up his pants. The man got on his knees. Without shame, he put his hands on Jerry's legs, touching the scars with his finger. When he rose to his ...

6. The Gospel Of Another Chance (choir Dedication)

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... led a homosexual lifestyle which had brought him nothing but heartache and sorrow. His life had consisted of drinking and depression. He had also come from a family in which he had been physically and sexually abused. Jerry shivered at his enormous problems and really became very frightened. He felt there was no where to turn, that if he could only end his life he would find peace. He even said to Jerry that he had the pills and was ready to take them all and end it all. It was a heavy, heavy experience for ...

7. Are You Strong Enough To Forgive?

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... by his willingness to forgive. Mahatma Gandhi once said something that deserves our thought. "The weak," he said, "can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." That is the same discovery Jerry Levin made as a hostage in Lebanon. Levin was stronger than his captors because he was willing to forgive them. Only the strong can forgive. Ernest Campbell wrote over twenty-five years ago about a clergyman in Boston who for some reason had inflamed the anger of a woman in his parish. This woman ...

8. All You Need Is A Miracle

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... didn't think that there would be enough, but she would try. She would serve the stew to her guests while she and her husband would only eat biscuits and milk. But that night when the stew was passed around, there was plenty. There was even enough for seconds. And afterwards, when her ... was not really interested in religion. One summer at a campground he met some people who reached out to him. Jerry had broken up with a young woman several months before and was still feeling hurt. He told his new friends ...

9. Jesus and Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... I were any better I would be twins.” Someone once asked him why he was always so upbeat, and Jerry said, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself, “Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be ... and made me whole, It took a miracle of Love and Grace. Isn’t it beautiful here in Mark 10 how Jesus not only heals Bartimaeus and restores his sight, but He does it so tenderly, so graciously. Everybody else considered Bartimaeus to be an outcast and a ...

10. Jesus and Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

11. In The Flesh

John 1:1-18

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... the spirit of God that "the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh" (2 Corinthians 4:11). It means that we not only see the heart or soul as religious, but that we "love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength" (Mark 12: ... and receive from us. May the love of God which we talk about so freely be recognized in the love of human beings like us. Jerry had lived down the street from the church for nine years, but no one in the church or the neighborhood knew him very well. He ...

12. When Tragedy Strikes

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

James W. Moore

... learned from her When Sorrow walked with me." Well, what can we learn from our sorrow? Many things for sure, but let me for now just list three practical lessons that can be helpful to all of us as we walk together through this hard valley… and, interestingly, even though Jerry was only 15 years old, he had already learned all three of these crucial life lessons. I. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON OUR RELATIONSHIPS. This week a close friend came by to see me and he said, "I can't get ...

13. The King on a Donkey

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... hope you will accept how difficult it is for me to share in such a personal way, but this is the only way I know to let you know what our commitment is. Jerry and I have $12,000 in a savings account. This is our emergency fund. Well, we haven’t had a ... , but we’ve been led to do it. So that $200 per month for three years will amount to $7,200. Add to the other, then, Jerry and I are pledging $31,200 to the “Because We Care” program. And you know - we feel good about it. We feel good because we believe ...

14. The Favor

John 20:1-9

Drama

Dave Marsh

... , right? To be honest, I don’t mind doing this all that much. I mean, I know I’ll catch some heat for it from the guys but she’s worth it, you know? I only put on the sour face because A) After 12 years, she expects it and B) I’ll be able to buy that DVD player I want without much of a struggle. Jerry: Anyway, she did spend 6 weeks making the beast and she really doesn’t ask for much. It’s always around the big 3 holidays that she seems to go all out and really ...

15. The Favor (A Drama about Backsliding)

John 6:60-71

Drama

Dave Marsh

16. I Am Christ's

2 Corinthians 5:17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... -hour process. When the last drop of the liter of marrow had gone into his system, the nurse took the i.v. bag down and said, "That's it, Randy, this is your new birthday. You've been given a new life." Wow! I can only imagine the joy of Randy and Jerry -- and the special oneness they now have -- her life creating life in him. And you know that's suggestive of the opportunity that is ours with Christ. Receiving Him, and cultivating his presence, we have a new status. We now have a Christ-centered existence ...

17. Leave It On The Course

1 Timothy 3:1-16

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... oil change guy on Route 19 who keeps saying, "Your daughter brought in the van yesterday." I never confess being the father only of sons. But the most recent greatest indignity occurred at a local restaurant when the waitress said I look like a clergyman ... get back to them with a little more energy and a lot more perspective after recreation. I think of a story from Martha Albertson: Jerry is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone ...

18. Twelfth Night

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... largest inn here in Bethlehem. It is a cool night, clear, and hardly a breeze. It is quiet on the square where I stand. There are only a few people moving about the street. Let me try to speak to some of them. (A young man comes toward the Field Announcer.) Field ... ma'am, I need to get back to my post. (Light 5 is turned on.) Field Announcer 2: Thank you. I appreciated your speaking with us. Jerry, I'm going on across this field to visit with a woman who lives in a cottage near the road. I should be ready in ...

19. The Future You Hope For

Jeremiah 29:1-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... -figure, to some degree, when we first came back from seminary and were appointed to serve on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He was serving a church in Moss Point, we were in Gulfport, and our dearest friends, Jerry and Marlene Furr, were in Biloxi. Then came that tragic time when Marlene gave birth to twins, but they lived only a day. It was at the funeral that dear Dr. Smith used that analogy, that metaphor or seeing a parade through a knothole to offer us comfort about the mystery of life and death and the ...

20. Two Small Coins

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... a copy of the letter in question. To his surprise, he found that it was one of the boilerplate form letters that they’d been sending to people for years. There was only one difference. In an update of the University’s database, some tired secretary had miskeyed the name of the would-be donor. Instead of saying, "Dear Jerry . . ." the letter simply read: "Dear Jerk . . ." (1) That wouldn’t work with everybody, but it worked with this man. "Dear Jerk . . ." John Maxwell tells the story of a woman in a ...

21. Dabar Adonai

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Tony Everett

... we were able to give. Each of us has a prepared list of reasonable excuses for just such occasions. Each of us, like Jerry, remembers times in which refusal was not an option. This is precisely what happened to another young boy, Jeremiah, about 627 B.C. ... best excuse in his repertoire to get out of this awesome request: "Ah, Lord God, I don't know how to speak, for I am only a boy" (v. 6). But the word of the Lord, Dabar Adonai, came to Jeremiah. This phrase, Dabar Adonai, is not merely a static stringing ...

22. All This and Heaven Too

Luke 18:18-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... life and becoming classic resources for the Christian pilgrim. I am ready to confess with Leon Bloy that “there is only one sorrow, the sorrow of not being a saint."” I wrote a book—Keeping Company with the Saints, which ... s look at these gifts. I. First, pardon for the past. When we were in Memphis, Jerry had a jail ministry. (Tell of ministry.) I remember baptizing one of the women. I didn’t know her story, but Jerry did. Jerry had met her when she first came into the jail. Let’s call her Jane. ...

23. Oh Taste and See

Psalm 30:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... staggering realization. It was a word from the Lord. There is a place in God’s heart that only I can fill. Wow! Think of it. There is a place in God’s heart that only you can fill. Say that with me. Late that afternoon after my experience with Psalm 30, we were all in the room with David: Marguerite, his precious wife – one of God’s great women, his two sons – both United Methodist ministers -- Jerry and me. It just seemed right that we worship together. We prayed and sang hymns. I told the group ...

24. A Child Will Be Born

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... get nothing else for Christmas that year. The pickup truck had been loaded when the two men started out on their journey but now, only one box remained. It was covered with an old piece of tarp to protect it against the rain. The address on the card meant a drive of several miles beyond the city limit. “What do you think?” Jim asked. He was the driver and it was his truck. Pastor Jerry knew what Jim was thinking. Why drive way out in the country when we could give this last box to someone close by and ...

25. The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... did so well over the course of its nine years. It hid the apathy of the characters behind the mask of humor. In that final episode Jerry Seinfeld unmasked it and the critics couldn’t stand it. The show wasn’t trying to get a laugh it was trying to make a point ... an inkling that one of his bombs hit the church, but war was war. On the ground that day a young woman in Kleve mourned not only the loss of her church, but the loss of her parents who happened to live in a house next to the church. For the town ...

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