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1. Stirred, Not Shaken
Hebrews 13:1-25
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
On the morning the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, died, a good-sized earthquake hit Hawaii. I know because a group of college students from Linfield College was there (Elizabeth Rennie was one of them), doing a summer studies program at the University of Hawaii. How appropriate it seemed to this group of teenagers to have the whole world around them shake, rattle, and roll as the news of El...
2. Settle for an F
Hebrews 13:1-8
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
If "A" is for adultery and "F" is for faithfulness, settle for an "F." Faithfulness is central to an "I Do" marriage. "I never knew what happiness was until I got married, but then it was too late." "Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to spend the rest of one's life in an institution." Without the lumps and bumps, woes and warts of marriages, stand-up comics would starve. In so...
3. God's Say-So
Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
I don’t know how many times I have used Oswald Chambers’ devotional classic, My Utmost for His Highest. At least every three or four years I go back to it for resourcing my daily spiritual reading and always -- without fail -- I am ministered to, receiving challenge and insight not received before. I remember the experience I had the last time I used it. The meditation began with this sentence fr...
4. The Cost of a Priceless Gift
Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16
Sermon
Clayton A. Lord
Sacrifice is not valued very highly by society. Those who give the most are often frowned upon as though something was wrong with them. Most people can only think about the bottom line and what is in it for them. The cost of any action, or anything for that matter, will depend upon the prize. With that in mind, I want to talk about our relationship with God and how we can make it better. Sandi Pa...
Sermon
Charles L. Aaron
When we come to church, we usually do not come primarily to learn about doctrine. We come to find inspiration, to lay our hurts at the altar, and to draw strength from the fellowship. Doctrine can seem kind of dry. Doctrine causes arguments and who needs more of those? The book of Hebrews has been committed to the idea that a proper understanding of doctrine sustains our faith and keeps us from dr...
6. Entertaining Angels
Hebrews 13:1-25
Sermon
King Duncan
There was a fascinating story in Time magazine sometime back about Melissa Deal Forth, 40, a film maker in Atlanta. It was about the day her husband Chris Deal died. It was exactly one year after he had been diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia. The last months had been gruesome: treatments that could not save him, nights when she could not sleep. But Melissa was sleeping soundly at his hospi...
7. A Winning Life
Hebrews 13:1-25
Sermon
King Duncan
If you could win an Olympic medal, which would you prefer the silver or the bronze? The answer appears obvious, doesn’t it? The silver is for second place; the bronze is for third. Or is it as simple as it sounds? Kent Crockett, in his book I Once Was Blind but Now I Squint tells about a surprising study of Olympic medal winners. You would assume that the silver medal winners would be happier tha...
8. Radiate Love
Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
I love old Science Fiction movies. When you look back at all the faulty science and scientific assumptions plus the early 50's and 60's concepts of computers. It's really a hoot. With the development of Atomic Power in the 40's, Sci Fi writers and film makers started letting their imaginations run wild. We didn't know that much about Radiation and the effects of radiation, so everything was fair g...
9. Your Home Page
Hebrews 13:1-25
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
What used to be true for boats is now equally true for cell phones. The best day of your life? The day you bought your boat. The second best day of your life? The day you sold your boat. That kind of love/hate relationship is even fiercer when it comes to our most beloved, most bemoaned tech toy — the “smart phone.” Every time you “upgrade” from a version “3" to “4” to “5” . . . it seems that on...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
Have you ever taken a new puppy for its first walk in the park? It takes forever. Not only because the pup is clueless about that leash-thing pulling at its neck. Not only because the pup has no understanding of the words you keep shouting at it. But mainly because to the puppy every single thing before its eyes, ears, and (mostly) nose, is brand new and endlessly enticing. A clump of grass is...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
The Christian faith boasts a "Six Step" Recovery Program to repair and restore broken relationships. If, as we discussed in last week's sermon ideas, the marriage covenant is sealed in freshness and finality through the culturally dubious virtue of faithfulness, that is still only half the story. In order for one weak, struggling, stumbling, sinful human being to remain faithful to another simila...
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