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Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Steve Burt

... kairos time. And kairos time is often holy time. It's holy not because of the purity of the people or the purity of the place, but because God is present in those events. And when God is present, there is hope. Vermont writer/pastor Steve Burt describes a burning bush experience. "I remember my daughter Wendy's junior high prom. One minute she was in eighth grade, and the next she was making the transition into ninth grade, high school. In no time she'd be graduating. But, oh, that junior high prom. That ...

2. Spiritually Prepared

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... I feel so bad because I don’t want to hurt people.” (4) “Maybe we all have broken brains,” says her pastor, Dr. Steve Stephens. I’ll have to say that’s sometimes true of me. Sometimes my brain seems broken. Who hasn’t said things they’ve ... and I don’t want to give this up. I know it’s wrong, but I don’t care. If that means I’ll burn in hell, then I guess I’ll burn in hell.” Even many years later, White reports that those words still send a chill down his spine. He was looking at a ...

3. The One Who Came Still Comes; The One Who Spoke Still Speaks

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Michael Milton

... be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, … you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you… (Isaiah ... 43:1-4). These were the words of God preparing His servant for a journey. When Steve went home to be with the Lord, Jesus came. The One who came still comes. The One who spoke still speaks. Jesus Came[2] ...

4. The Promise of Hope

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire." While a little on the confrontational side, John was really just trying to prepare us for the coming of Christ. John ... the party. The daughter says, "Mom, I'll clean the house if I don't have to go with you all to see Uncle Steve." Mom says, "Nice try. But you're going." The daughter objects. "But Mom, why should I have to go. I hate going to that place. There ...

5. How Connected Are You?

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father ... ll bet you do. They are all around us. Author Max Lucado tells about a friend of his named Steve who worked at a pharmacy while attending college. Steve’s primary job was to deliver supplies. One of his customers was an older woman, perhaps in her ...

6. The Foolishness of God

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... punishment.” Consequently, a Roman citizen could never be crucified. The other official means of execution decapitation and burning alive were equally terminal but less shameful. (2) Jews equally despised crucifixion. The Old Testament says, “Anyone hung ... , Cokesbury had plans for a Family Life Center. That sounds like a solid Christian name, doesn’t it? Family Life Center. The first thing Steve did was to tell the trustees to change the name. It was not going to be a Family Life Center. It was going to ...

7. Son-burned, Wind-blown, Earth-Stained

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... do go with the blow when the breezes blast forth from the wind of God's Spirit. Earth-stained: To this Son-burned, wind-blown, generally mussed up looking presence we must be willing to add one more component a little dirt. Grubby knees, greasy ... knees to please some customers made such an impression on the author that he wrote a whole article based on this one incident. (Steve Hamm, "Why High Tech Has to Stay Humble," Business Week, 19 January 2004, 76.) Corporate executives will get on their hands and knees ...

8. Stand Up and Be Counted

Daniel 3:1-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... in this matter.'" I just love that. They did not fear, flinch, or fudge. They said, "Neb, the time for talk is over. It is not up for debate, discussion, or deliberation READ OUR LIPS: We may burn, but we won't bend, and we won't bow, and we won't budge." Now it is right here you need to learn your first lesson. In a storm it is the tallest tree in the ... , without hesitation, reservation, or equivocation, we will stand with the God of the Word, and for the Word of God. 1. Standing Tall, Steve Farrar, p. 113.

9. God's Power Over Death

Exodus 1:1-22, 2:1-10

Sermon

Steve Burt

... They were both crying now. "As a friend, I've got to be honest with you, Gary -- you're going to die." Todd's own words cut through his heart like a burning knife. But Gary seemed glad to know finally. They cried more and Todd went to Gary's mother. "We don't know what'll happen to Gary," she said. "Jesus will ... God, we must share the wonder of our God with the world. 1. Steve Burt, "The Power Of The Resurrection Over Death," 56 Lectionary Stories For Preaching (Lima, Ohio: CSS Publishing, 1993), pp. 51-52.

10. Stephen’s Stones

Acts 7:54--8:1a

Sermon

Richard F. Bansemer

... and devotion to him, Paul would spread a persecution of the church from city to city. That was his plan, and Stephen’s death, and Steve’s dying words, didn’t change a thing that day. Paul was among those standing there who heard the words of forgiveness, but neither ... - the person who harmed us, but we don’t forgive him ourselves! And we wonder why the anger still lingers - why the poison still burns. It is because we have tried to give to God a job that he’s given us to do. It is because we have ...

11. Some Things We Can Do, God Can't

2 Timothy 2:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... noticed a familiar face. She looked again, and there on the lobby mirror was a small picture of her mother. Christina's eyes burned and her throat tightened as she walked across the room and removed the small photo. Written on the back was this compelling ... For you see, God's nature and God's name is Love. There is one thing God simply cannot do. He cannot deny Himself. 1. Steve Allen, HI-HI, STEVERINO! (New Jersey: Barricade Books, Inc., 1992), p. 99. 2. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, October 1, 1984, p. 23 3. Robert ...

12. Half-Time is Now Over

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... any way. Anytime you’re in New York, I''d love to spend time with you. But I don’t think I can come to Apple.'' Steve’s head dropped as he stared at the pavement. After a weighty, uncomfortable pause, he issued a challenge that would haunt me for days: 'Do you ... Lord Jesus who shared dinner with them even though they had failed and forsaken him, "they never felt more loved." Their hearts burned with His love. Jesus declared to them that the game of life was only half over. They were to turn around and ...

13. A Ministry of Encouragement

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... , Gracie Allen, was roasted by some of his friends. Here are some of the things they had to say. BOB HOPE: “The first time I saw George Burns on the stage I could see he had what it takes to become a big star . . . Gracie Allen.” WALTER MATTHAU: “I did The Sunshine Boys with George, and everything I know about acting I learned from . . . Jack Lemmon.” STEVE ALLEN: “I was very excited about George’s last book because I thought it was.” MILTON BERLE: “I have to say this about my friend George ...

14. A Place Of Honor

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... respect, honor. They wanted their place in the sun. They wanted to sit in places of honor in the kingdom of God. Steve Brown tells about a pipe organ at the Pacific Ocean Studios on Clement Street in San Francisco called the "Chamberlain Music Master." ... her. And that day, Phyllis Cross gave her life to Jesus. On Easter Sunday of that year, Phyllis Cross came into work to find that Edith Burns had passed away in the night. On her lap was her great big Bible. One of Edith's hands was on a passage from John ...

15. The Dark Side Arrives

Sermon

James Merritt

... said, "Sex is like a fire?" That means it can either be powerfully constructive or powerfully destructive. Fire can heat your house when it is controlled or burn it to the ground if it is not. I am going to give you two simple rules that I guarantee you if you will follow them, you ... on the light side; it is the right side and let that be your testimony. Endnotes [1] Steve Farrar, Point Man, p. 68 [2] Michael Mebed, Hollywood vs. America, p. 145 [3] Cal Thomas, The Things That Matter Most, (New York:Harper ...

16. The Difference Is You

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

King Duncan

After the Los Angeles riots, Steve Futterman of CBC radio broadcast an interview he had with one of the riot ™s many looters. The man had been ... was instructing his followers to allow their light to shine in a dark world. A light hid under a bushel basket isn ™t seen by anyone and serves no real purpose. Such a light would burn itself out without anyone even noticing it. Jesus said, "No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it under the bushel basket, but on a lamp stand." In other words, what we do in the ...

17. You Can't Please Everybody

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... they take their toll. They put Jesus on the cross. But truth cannot be defeated. Hold on if someone is criticizing you. Do the right thing and eventually you will be victorious. 1. Steve Goodier, One Minute Can Change a Life: Sixty-Second Readings of Hope and Encouragement, Life Support System Publishing, Inc., 1999. 2. George Burns, Gracie, A Love Story (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1988), pp. 233-235. 3. William Morrow and Co., Inc., New York, 1992, p. 65. 4. Chuck Shepherd, et. al., News of ...

18. Bad News from a Good Man!

1 Kings 21:1-29

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... of Alexander the Great, who sat and wept because there were no more worlds to conquer. He had it all, yet he had nothing. Steve Brown writes, “The most unhappy person in the world is not someone who didn’t get what he or she wanted. The most ... to be paid. Elijah must deliver the message faithfully, as must I. Some years ago in Logan County, West Virginia, a mountain cabin burned to the ground. All that remained was the large stone fireplace and its smoke-blackened chimney. Since the owner wanted to keep ...

19. Getting Rid Of Fear

2 Timonty 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... if one is to escape harm. But sometimes we are afraid out of proportion to the actual dangers we face. In an interview Steve Allen once had with a doctor, Allen's guest said to him, "The only two really instinctive fears in men are the fear of ... a major difference in our world. (5) If you and I are not as powerful as we ought to be, maybe it is because we have no mission burning in our soul. God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power. God has also given us a spirit of love . . . IT IS LOVE THAT ...

20. Man, Give Me Some Bread: I Want To See God

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... something that took her breath away. Looking back at her from a flat tortilla was the face of Jesus! The skillet had burned a perfect representation of a slender, bearded face onto the surface of the bread. Now I am not certain how Mrs. Rubio knew ... see that he was the bridge they were seeking. They could not see that he was the answer to their frustrating search for God. Steve Winger of Lubbock, Texas, writes about his last college test--a final in a logic class known for its difficult exams. To help them ...

21. Warts and All

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... they did me. Physicians offer all sorts of scary, messy solutions to remove these miniature mountain ranges. One treatment is to burn them off which is done not with fire but with freezing nitrous oxide. Or there's the slow process of ... the most interesting thing about Nightcrawler isn't his courage or powers. It's his vulnerability and weaknesses warts and all. Steve Beard, one of my favorite scholars of pop culture, calls Nightcrawler "the most intriguing, devout, and unique Christian character that has ...

22. In Prayer’s Way

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... walker? Babies seem absolutely driven to get on their feet. No matter how many times they tumble and topple, crash and burn, bump and bruise, babies in the “cruiser” stage keep letting go with their hands and start moving their feet. Standing upright, ... on my own I wasn’t going to make it, so I asked for help, and, getting down on my knees, I surrendered. As Steve Beard puts it, and he’s the one who tells this story in a powerful recent essay called “The Crossroads, Sobriety, and the Grave,” ...

23. A Remedy for Rejection

Luke 4:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... Eventually he was taken back, of course, and Apple went on to become the most profitable company in the world, but even Steve Jobs knew what it was to fail. Stephen King’s first novel, Carrie, was rejected 30 times before it was published. Carrie ... and had forsaken God by worshiping Baal. The people of Israel had even gone as far as building high altars to Baal in order to burn their children in fire as offerings. The nation had deviated so far from God that, in God’s eyes, they had broken the covenant, ...

24. Pentecost ... Again!

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... had to continually recall throughout my ministry every time I want to turn the church into a club where I am keeping score. He said, "Steve, remember that you have no right to expect anyone to ever walk through those doors on a Sunday morning. That anyone comes at all is ... Pentecost is here ... again. Can't you hear the wind blowing and its power in our midst? Can't you sense the fire burning, that burning zeal in our hearts to carry Christ and his love to the world? Can't you hear the voices in so many ...

25. Excuse Me!

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Carl Jech

... I am slow of speech and tongue." Moses doesn't mention it here, but the reader remembers that not long before this famous incident at the burning bush, Moses also had killed an Egyptian in a fit of anger. Even his fellow Hebrews had criticized him for being a murderer, and Pharaoh ... him to face Pharaoh and demand "Let my people go!"? 2. We bark "Excuse Me!" to mask our anger Comedian, Steve Martin, is known for the retort "Well Excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me!" The expression as he uses it contains a strong element of ...

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