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Sermon
Leonard Sweet
Anyone remember "Soylent Green"? It was a sixties sci-fi thriller by Harry Harrison (1964) later made into a movie where the big secret on a horribly over-populated future Earth (set in 2022) was this: the most popular processed food stuff in this urban jungle, soylent green, was made out of dead people!!! And what about 1984 (1949)? Remember George Orwell's scary glimpse into a future where Big B...
2. Help For Hurting Dads
Galatians 3:15-25
Sermon
King Duncan
Jeffrey Zaslow is an advice columnist much like ANN LANDERS and DEAR ABBY. Zaslow says he will consider any question. His readers know that, so they send him whatever oddball questions pop into their heads. Consider this letter which one woman wrote: "My husband is a very special man, and I would love to see his face on Mt. Rushmore. I know this is a big request, but how might I go about getting t...
3. No Substitutes
Galatians 3:15-25
Sermon
King Duncan
A church organist sent the following note to his minister: “I am sorry to say that my wife died last night. Could you please find a substitute for me for the weekend?” Well, I’m certain he meant a substitute organist not a substitute wife. Speaking of substitutes, there was an award ceremony years ago for the legendary baseball player Joe DiMaggio at the Lotos Club of NY. At that event, DiMaggio...
4. Finding Common Ground
Galatians 3:15-25
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
After visiting six different countries the past two weeks, I found myself humming the tune of Lee Greenwood’s song as I touched back down in the U.S.A. a couple of days ago. While we were treated well everywhere we went, I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free. The Apostle Paul was proud to be a Christian for Christ had set him free. Spiritual freedom was on his mind when he wr...
5. One In Christ
Galatians 3:15-25
Sermon
Dr. Ronald Love
It was Christmas Eve. A young Norman Vincent Peale was shopping with his father, Dr. Charles Clifford Peale. Clifford Peale was a physician who gave up his medical practice to become a pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church. They were walking along Fourth Street in Cincinnati when a bum ” what we would call today a street person ” approached them. The man stretched out his filthy hand, placing i...
6. Heirs of the Promise
Galatians 3:23-29
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
As heirs of the promise of abundant life, we are Promise Makers, Promise Keepers and Promise Trusters. Some promises are considerably more lasting than others. New Jersey elementary school teacher Donna Jordan relates how her sister and brother in law realized when they celebrated their 10th anniversary in 1994, that their marriage had lasted longer than almost everything involved with the actual...
7. Our Family Inheritance
Galatians 3:15-25
Sermon
David E. Leininger
We speak of being "baptized into Christ." Baptized ... wanna fight? Let's talk about baptism. Unfortunately, this beautiful sacrament has been a bone of contention in the Christian church for generations. Why does the church baptize? The quick answer is that Jesus told us to do it: "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spiri...
8. Thicker Than Blood
Galatians 3:23-29
Sermon
April Yamasaki
In the classic movie, Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews plays a no-nonsense, yet delightful, nanny to two young children. As a nanny to a wealthy family, she is part teacher, part parent, and part disciplinarian. She gets the children up in the morning, puts them to bed at night, supervises their many adventures, and guides them in many ways. While they are in her care, she is responsible for their over...
9. God’s Grammar
Galatians 3:23-29
Sermon
John Jamison
In the last reading from Paul's letter to the church at Galatia, he addressed the ongoing feud in the early church and reminded the folks that salvation comes from faith alone, and not from working to follow some collection of man-made laws. This week's reading continues Paul's warning to the Galatians. But if he faced strong resistance over the issues of clean and unclean foods, and the issue of ...
Sermon
King Duncan
James W. Moore in his book, SOME THINGS ARE TOO GOOD NOT TO BE TRUE, tells the story of Rapunzel from Grimm's fairy tales. Do you recall that ancient story? I'll bet some of our children do. A beautiful girl named Rapunzel lives with a wicked witch in a drab and dingy tower. The old witch is holding Rapunzel captive, and to keep the girl "in her place," the wicked witch does two things. First, she...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
A few weeks ago, my son Kevin asked me to make some suggestions for his reading. I thought about that only for a moment - immediately I suggested that he read one of my favorite writers, Loren Eiseley. I went back and reread some of his marvelous stuff myself. In his book, All The Strange Hours, he talks about the experience he had at his father’s death. During the last days of his father’s illnes...
Sermon
Scott Suskovic
Throughout the New Testament, there are numerous verses that say something about fulfillment. Jesus said, "These are my words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled" (Luke 24:44). On the cross, Jesus said, "I am thirsty" (John 19:28). He said this in order to fulfill the scrip...
Sermon
King Duncan
This is the last Sunday of 2014. Next Sunday is the year of our Lord 2015. My guess is that for some of us that hardly seems possible. Wasn’t it just yesterday when we were in a tizzy over Y2K and the beginning of a new millennium? On the other hand, it seems like a life-time ago. Besides, according to the ballyhooed Mayan calendar, the world should have ended December 21, 2012. [And according to ...
Sermon
King Duncan
“Dad, will you help me with my homework?” asked one eighth grade boy. “I’m sorry,” replied the father. “It wouldn’t be right.” “Well,” said the boy, “at least you could try.” Welcome on this Father’s Day, 2016. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are problematic for pastors, especially Father’s Day. Some young people today have no real relationship with their Dads. And many others have a relationship...
Sermon
King Duncan
It seems strange that New Year’s Eve should fall on a Sunday. But that, of course, is what today is. Many of you are looking forward to New Year’s Eve parties. I’ve always appreciated writer Bill Vaughan’s words: “Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.” I won’t ask how late some of you will be up. Some of you will celebrate via your te...
16. Sons of God
Galatians 3:26--4:7
Sermon
King Duncan
On Mother’s day we listed nine things a mother will never say. Today on this Father’s Day we list “Ten Things Dad Will Never Say.” See how your Dad would do: 10. Well, how about that! I’m lost. Looks like we’ll have to stop and ask for directions. 9. You know, pumpkin. Now that you’re thirteen, you’ll be ready for unchaperoned car dates. Won’t that be fun? 8. I noticed that all your friends hav...
17. Loved By The Father
Galatians 3:26--4:7
Sermon
King Duncan
Dan Jarrell was speaking at a FamilyLife Marriage Conference when a man came up and handed him a letter. The letter told of this man's lifelong desire to hear his father say, "I love you." His father had died in World War II, when this man was only three years old. His mother had often assured him of his father's love as he was growing up, but it didn't fill the void he felt. One day, this man, n...
18. Freedom's Year
Galatians 3:26--4:7
Sermon
Wayne Brouwer
A man in Alberta, Canada, delights in telling the story of his older brother's second wedding. The man's wife had died suddenly when they were both in their middle years. But then came a widow to the community, a feisty, free-spirited little person, and in just a short while, they asked the minister to come over for a house wedding. The families were gathered for the occasion, and the minister rea...
19. Christ and Time
Galatians 3:26--4:7
Sermon
T. A. Kantonen
At the beginning of a new year we are confronted with the mystery of time. The familiar old year has passed away, and an unknown segment of the future, which we call the new year, has taken its place. "Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away." Where did this stream originate and where does it finally end? What is this invisible something that we call time? What is this mysteriou...
Sermon
Fredrick R. Harm
Welcome to the Sunday after Christmas! Tell me, has the glory begun to fade?  A pastor recently described his shopping experience at one of the busy malls. He watched a small boy put his hand hopefully on an inexpensive Christ-child on a counter. "What is this?" he asked his mother, who had him by the hand. "C'mon," the hurried woman answered, "you don't want that." She dragged him grimly away, he...
21. The Perfect Gift
Galatians 3:26--4:7
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
Someone told me about a man who got tired of the Christmas hoopla. All the frantic haste and the crass commercialism disgusted him. So, he decided not to go along with the crowd. Among other things, he decided not to send Christmas cards, feeling that the expense and effort were non-productive. For the first ten days of December he felt good about his decision. But then, as the mail brought him gr...
22. You Are Somebody!
Galatians 3:26--4:7
Sermon
King Duncan
There is a time-honored story which you may remember that comes from the French Revolution. King Louis XVI and his queen were condemned to death. They were escorted to the guillotine in a public square in Paris where they were beheaded. The mob was not satisfied. "Bring out the Prince," they cried. "He is next!!" The young boy was terrified. He was only six years old, but he was next in line to be...
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
No one really likes labels do they? Especially negative labels and names or stereotype labels and names. Labels and names can be hurtful. What are some of the derogatory names people call each other? This is the interactive part, it's OK to talk in church and during the sermon if the Preacher asks you to. So, shout them out, just remember we're in church and there are children present. My Dad ta...
Sermon
Leonard H. Budd
So often a road is built upon the back of an earlier pathway - one upon the other, built up and strengthened by what went before. The busy Detroit Avenue before our church (Lakewood, Ohio) was once a Pony Express route, carrying mail toward Detroit City in Michigan. That route was earlier an Indian trail through forest lands. So it was with the road that came from Bethany, climbed across to the M...
25. Abba! Father!
Galatians 4:4-7
Sermon
Ron Love
Joseph Mohr, a 24-year-old Austrian priest, believed he needed to instill peace and hope into the lives of his troubled and bewildered parishioners. The year was 1816, just a year after the army of Napoleon destroyed their city and countryside. The salt trade, on whose livelihood the town survived, was savagely disrupted from the fighting. The salt trade was so important to the economy that the re...
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