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Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... his head and said to Ann, “I wish just one of them could have won. They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them.” Mike loved kids--all kids--and he knew them, having coached in several sports. That’s when the idea came. That afternoon, Ann went to a local sporting goods store and bought an assortment of wrestling headgear and shoes and sent them anonymously to the inner-city church. On Christmas Eve, Ann ...

2. God Makes All Things New

Isaiah 61:10—62:3

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... match, shook his head sadly. "I wish just one of them could have won," he said. "They have lots of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them." Mike loved children — all children. He spent much time with them having coached Little League, Pop Warner football, and lacrosse. That's when the idea for Mike's present came to me. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought an assortment of wrestling headgear and shoes and sent them anonymously to the inner-city ...

3. A Christmas Envelope

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

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... and said to his wife, "I wish just one of them could have won. They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them." Mike loved kids - all kids - and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball and lacrosse. That is when the idea for his present came. That afternoon, Mike's wife went to a local sporting goods store and bought an assortment of wrestling headgear and shoes and sent them anonymously to the inner-city church. On Christmas Eve, she placed ...

4. Faking It or Making It?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... Then he adds three more words: “and follow me.” What does it mean to follow Jesus? You know what it means. Following Jesus means living a life of loving service just as he did. Let me tell you about a young man named Mike Cohen who was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 18 years old, but intense chemo and radiation treatment eliminated the leukemia, and Mike returned to the active lifestyle of a healthy young man. He became an avid hiker and biker, taking cross-country trips on his bicycle to honor the ...

5. Tomb for Sale

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

George Bass

... ; he must have been her comfort and her hope in life, but now he was dead. Why should she stop weeping for this son she loved so dearly. No one could take his place in her affections and life; no one could bring her comfort, but this man has the audacity ... of high school; they parted at the end of summer as John went off to college and Mike enlisted in the army. Five years went by before they saw each other; Mike was in a wheel-chair, paralyzed from the waist down after being wounded during his second tour ...

6. You're Watching What?

Matthew 11:1-19, Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... first airplane slammed into the building. His life was spared by a simple decision one morning to spend some time with his family. Mike Jaffee has written a book about the tragedy of losing his friends and colleagues in the Sept. 11 attacks. It’s titled Wake ... doubts. It’s that eternal stamp on your personhood that says you were made in the image of God. That’s your soul. And God loves you so much that He came in the form of Jesus to share your life and to die for you. That’s your Savior. Come ...

7. Deathbed Confessions

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... They admitted that the dog was somewhat of a bother, but after all, they said, “He is Mike’s dog, and we love the dog for Mike’s sake.” They saw the dog as Mike’s dog and they couldn’t have him put to sleep, because Mike and the dog and their love were all bound up together. They could see Mike coming home from the University and saying, “Where’s old Pete?” And they couldn’t see themselves saying, “Oh, we put him away because he was such a bother and he wasn’t worth saving!” “Not ...

8. Recognizing The Hidden

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... and who was killed in the squeeze of greed and power and fear, a person whose evil deed was that he preached kindness and love and consideration and friendliness and a Heavenly Father. And that ever since this man was killed people have realized that he was not really ... some haven’t even hit that! But for me, I think I’ve found some of the answer and I’ve found it in Easter." Mike began to feel sorry he’d asked the question. It looked like a Sunday school lesson was about to start. As he was about to ...

9. Don't Stop Praying!

Luke 18:1-8, Luke 18:35-43

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... petitioned to stay with that company, he would have gone down with the ship. But Mike’s faith in his boss and friend stemmed from the relationship he had with him. He put his faith more in that relationship than he did in the “evidence” presented by the legal system of the company. Companies are made systems, structures, strategies, and rules. Relationships are made of trust, understanding, knowledge, and love. Can you be misled in a relationship? Sure. But not in the one with Jesus. And this is the ...

10. Adopted! (New)

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... introduced himself by saying, "I'm Jeremy, and I don't have a family. I never will because I'm too old for anybody to love me." At the end of the school year, after the adoption was finalized, Jeremy proudly announced to his principal, "When school started I was ... others have done through the power of the risen Christ. That's a true story from a major Midwestern city. At last check, Mike was clean. He hit bottom but dared hope for a new start in Jesus Christ. (5) Paul would have understood that young man ...

11. What Did Jesus Do?

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... . In that terrible moment, he had two options: to save himself, or to save his friends. For Mike, this was no choice at all. He threw himself onto the grenade, and absorbed the blast with his body. One of the survivors put it this way: ‘Mikey looked death in the face that day and said, You cannot take my brothers. I will go in their stead.’” (1) And that is what he did. As Jesus himself said on one occasion, “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15 ...

12. How Big of a Risk Would You Take?

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’re here because you’re afraid that God will punish you if you stay home. No wonder there is so little joy and power to your faith. God is looking for people who love Him and enjoy Him and are willing to do great things for Him. It’s like a story that author Mike Barrett tells. Mike is a dedicated surfer. In his book The Danger Habit Mike tells of taking his six-year-old son, Caleb, surfing for the first time. After months of planning the trip and talking to Caleb about how to surf, and how warm the ...

13. A Thinking Person’s Thankful Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... he’ll never be and all of the chances he never had. But I love him just the same. It’s too late for Archie, Mike, and all I can do is love him. But it’s not too late for you, Mike! It’s not too late for you!" It is just that that kind of love - "love full of knowledge and insight," love with no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; love that can outlast anything, Edith Bunker-type love, Christian love that Paul was praying for the church at Philippi. It is just that ...

14. Kudzu Frittata

James 3:13-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... -kid/ lifestyles threatens to turn all of us into perpetual headless chickens. Like Mike, we're out-of-control. Like Mike, we've lost our primary guidance system. And like Mike, the Headless Chicken, we don't even know it. Back in the late ... at Christ on the cross and accuse God of playing too close to the vest. Christ's sacrifice is complete. The resurrection boasts God's love at its most extreme and extravagant. Abundant life is gifted to us in full. But to receive this gift we must first approach God ...

15. Thankful Living In A Grumpy World

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... life, just take out what you have written about God’s faithfulness to you -- and it will encourage you. One of my favorite movies is The Blind Side. It’s based on a true story about an abandoned homeless high school kid called “Big Mike.” He gets taken in by a loving family, and they become his legal guardians. They nurture him so he can live out his dream of playing professional football. There is a powerful scene in the movie that takes place on Thanksgiving Day. It’s just a day or two after Big ...

16. Compound Interest Your Life

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... compound interest. Compound Interest is the 8th Wonder of the World.” “Mike” wasn’t just a rich man gloating over his gold. “Mike” has used his personal wealth to lavishly fund “orphan disease” medical research ... say ‘Why? Why my car out of all the cars in the city?’” The car owner lamented her car “I miss it. It’s my baby. I really loved this car” and lambasted the man it saved “I wonder how he feels now that he made it. Does he feel like an idiot?” Monster math bewails the ...

17. A House for Our Home and a Home for Our Faith

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... you put these specific instructions together, in the context of that overall call of Paul, be subject to one another in love – you have the principle of unconditional love spelled out clearly. Here it is in a story. All of us here, most of us here know Duke Ellington. Duke Ellington was on the Mike Douglas show one day and Mike Douglas asked him about his early years as a musician. Mike thinking that all musicians had the same kind of beginning – tough, tough start. But Ellington said that wasn’t so ...

18. How to Stay Humble in a Haughty World

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Brett Blair

... him down, he gets up. Knock him down, he gets up. Knock him down, he gets up." Mike said, "That's the guy we want isn't it, coach?" The coach answered, "No, Mike, we don't want him either. I want you to find the guy who's knocking everybody ... us in kind is not charity. I do for you and then you owe me and I’ll collect later can not be regarded as pure love by truly religious people. Pleasing God means helping those who have absolutely no way of paying us back. Mother Teresa was once asked, "How do you ...

19. The Jesus Connection

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... the spray was cold, but they were closer to the waterfall than either of them had ever been before, and the view was fantastic. Mike wanted to go just one step farther onto a rock that was just a few feet nearer the rapids. But as he eased himself ... gardener, Jesus is the vine and we are the branches. We stay strong by being connected with him. Our purpose is to bear the fruit of love, hope, and joy in the world. When we do, we glorify God. Jesus said, "Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit." ...

20. A Powerful Testimony

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... are always open to catch us if we fall, his legs are there to carry us when we feel we cannot walk. His love is there to fill our hearts to give us the strength to keep us going. When we cross the final "˜finish line' he will be waiting to embrace us. He may even carry us across that line. Christ is the TRUE Ironman," Mike writes, "and his sacrifice will carry us all across the finish line."(6) Mike's testimony is the same as Kurt Warner's. It is the testimony upon which our faith is built. Jesus is the ...

21. The Little Boat

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... in the other. The flippers which were distasteful to the alligator caused him to let go. The mother won the tug of war. Today, Mike's only evidence of the horrifying event is scars on his head and feet from the alligator bites and scars on his wrists where ... of us will come the experience that we are "perishing," no matter how far we try to run from it or hide. But for all this God loves and God cares. And there is more. He has sent His Son that we should not perish. In this frail craft that we call life he ...

22. Reverence For Life

Exodus 20:1-21, Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... dog? We couldn't bear to say to him, 'oh, we put him to sleep because he was such a bother and he wasn't worth saving."' "Not worth saving." That was the label that Weatherhead could hang on old Pete, but not the parents because of their love for Mike and Mike's love for old Pete. Can't you imagine some cynical angel looking down on the world and saying, "I don't see why God keeps those mangy humans around. Look how they disobey. Look how wretched most of them are. Why doesn't he just wipe them out? They ...

23. I Chose You

John 15:1-17

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... several of the children with questions about their parents? Mike, I might like your parent's. Write down "Mike's Parents" and say "Mike's Parent's" as you write. Do this throughout this interactive time. Does your Dad ever yell at you? (yes) That's not good. Write: Mike's Dad yells. Continue to write down faults. What ... chose you." God wants us to know that he has chosen us because he loves us. He loves us so much that he even calls us his friends. He has chosen us to be his friends. There is no greater ...

24. A Perfect Prayer

Sermon

Erskine White

... and clothes, my condominium and my brand new camper. God wants the best for His people." Then the preacher said to Mike, "Well, it's interesting that God gave you all these things. He gave His only begotten Son a cross! He ... :20-28). Remember also how Jesus taught us to pray. "First," he said, "go into a room and shut the door. Don't be like the holy hypocrites who love to pray in front of an audience, so that people will call them righteous" (Matthew 6:5-13). Then Jesus told us what to say as we pray: "Our ...

25. Choosing to Serve God

Luke 11:14-28

Children's Sermon

... Old Sam was done for, at least until the glue man came to fix Sam up. Here he tried to serve both sides, Sally and Mike, and instead he couldn't help anyone, for he had collapsed. Two sides when they are divided against themselves cannot stand, but instead they ... Today we know that Jesus was sent from God and we know that he did the things he did because he loved us and wanted us to be happy and loved by others. But sometimes we have to ask ourselves whether we are doing the good things that our God wants ...

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