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  • "O, Lord, It's Hard To Be Humble..."

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Oct 23, 2004
    based on 28 ratings
     | 3,812 views

    It shouldn’t be hard to be humble, but it is.

    Luke 18:9-14 “O, Lord, It’s Hard to Be Humble…” By: Rev. Kenneth E. Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org You wouldn’t think it would be all that difficult. We were all formed from the same dust of the earth, by the same Creator. Basically, ...read more

  • A Life That Is More Than Normal

    Contributed by Christopher Raiford on Oct 26, 2004
    based on 66 ratings
     | 8,725 views

    Living a life touched by God

    A Life that is More than Normal 21st Sunday after Pentecost October 24, 2004 Luke 17:11-19 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud ...read more

  • Not A Leg To Stand On

    Contributed by Marv Mutzenberger on Oct 26, 2004
    based on 55 ratings
     | 7,371 views

    Neither the Pharisee or the tax collector, and none of us have a leg to stand on when we use the standard of God to make judgments about ourselves.

    NOT A LEG TO STAND ON Luke 18:9-14 The parable of The Pharisee and the Publican, in today’s lectionary, is called the Pharisee and a tax collector. Some of you have heard four or five, maybe nine or ten, or even more sermons on this text. It’s very familiar. It’s a bible story so familiar to ...read more

  • Pruning And Pinching Series

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Oct 27, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
     | 6,128 views

    HOw the secrets that grow a Bonsai tree will kill a church.

    Pruning and Pinching (On Not Becoming a Bonsai Church- Part 2) Luke 19:11-26 Recap: What is the first secret to keeping a Bonsai tree small? Keep the pot small. This week I want to share with you two more secrets for keeping the Bonsai small. They are things that sound unhealthy for the tree ...read more

  • Zacchaeus

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 28, 2004
    based on 29 ratings
     | 16,445 views

    What can we learn from this tax collector’s encounter with the Son of God

    The story of Zacchaeus Story: On 12th February 1809, in a one room log cabin with a dirt floor on a farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky, a baby boy was born. When he was only 9 years-old, his mother died. He was a boy with rugged determination. And although he only had less than a year of formal ...read more

  • "I Want To See Jesus!"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Oct 28, 2004
    based on 48 ratings
     | 6,358 views

    Have we dined with Jesus?

    Luke 18:9-14 “I want to see Jesus!” By: Rev. Kenneth Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org Zacchaeus was a chief among tax collectors, and I’m sure his parents never would have dreamed that he would turn out the way he did. You know ...read more

  • The Prodigal Son

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Nov 2, 2004
    based on 28 ratings
     | 18,411 views

    Jesus tells of God’s wonderful grace and His all-encompassing love by relating the three experiences of the wasteful son: Rebellion, Repentance, and Rejoicing!

    The Prodigal Son by Scott R. Bayles (after Warren Wiersbe) Church of Christ Several years back, during a conference on comparative religions, experts from around the world debated, what--if any--belief was unique to the Christian faith. The debate went on for some time, until C.S. Lewis wandered ...read more

  • Short People Got No Reason

    Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on Nov 2, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,726 views

    It isn’t Zaccheaus size or that he climbed the tree that matters, it is that he was willing to come down and meet Jesus and transform his life.

    Zacchaeus’ story reminds me of a song made popular by Randy Newman called short people: Short people got no reason Short people got no reason Short people got no reason To live They got little hands And little eyes And they walk around Tellin’ great big lies They got little ...read more

  • Mustard Seeds & Mulberry Trees

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Nov 2, 2004
    based on 19 ratings
     | 8,135 views

    Jesus Illustrates How Small Faith Can Do Big Things like restrain, rebuke, and forgive sin.

    “How does she do that?” I think that whenever I see our organists play – especially at choir practice when they effortlessly play music they’ve never seen before. As much as I would like to do what they do, I can’t, even though I took eight years of piano lessons. I just don’t have the God-given ...read more

  • The Reward And The Punishment

    Contributed by Don Schultz on Nov 3, 2004
    based on 35 ratings
     | 4,188 views

    Part of our "Sights and Sounds of Judgment Day" series. The what and the why of reward and punishment.

    Luke 19:11-27 THE REWARD AND THE PUNISHMENT This past Tuesday was “judgment day.” Not “Judgment Day,” the end of the world. But a day of judging – the voters of our country “judged” the candidates that were running for office and made some decisions. In the presidential race especially, ...read more

  • The Tragedy Of Lost Opportunity

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Nov 5, 2004
    based on 45 ratings
     | 10,084 views

    Palm Sunday Sermon

    LUKE 19:28-44 “THE TRAGEDY OF LOST OPPORTUNITY” A) From all outward appearances, Palm Sunday was a triumph! * Christ was riding into the city like a King ... The crowds were praising God and honoring Jesus! * Then, at the top of the hill, Jesus stopped ... He looked down and saw spreading before ...read more

  • The King Is Returning Home With Expectations

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Nov 5, 2004
    based on 25 ratings
     | 3,346 views

    Jesus focuses on our expectations prior to His coming and at His coming

    November 7, 2004 Luke 19:11-27 While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once. He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed ...read more

  • Treasures, Trees And Transformations Series

    Contributed by Marc Bertrand on Nov 5, 2004
    based on 20 ratings
     | 4,624 views

    So we see an extraordinary parallel. For Zacchaeus stands up and makes the pronoucement, (if you will permit a paraphrase) “I surrender all that I have to own you.” And Jesus, reply is similar, “I surrender all that I am to make you mine.”

    Introduction: What would you do if you knew you had less than two weeks to live? Less than two weeks to accomplish anything of significance in life? Less than two weeks to spend with loved ones? Less than two weeks? Today is Palm Sunday. A day when we normally remember the entry of the Lord ...read more

  • The Bread, The Cup, And The Lamb Series

    Contributed by Marc Bertrand on Nov 5, 2004
    based on 20 ratings
     | 6,791 views

    A Good Friday focus on the last supper. When our congregation observed Good Friday this sermon had hymns and communion worked between the points.

    Introduction: How old was the little Lord Jesus when his family returned from Egypt? You remember the story; the wisemen came and brought their gifts to the little child. Many feel that Jesus may have been nearly 2 when they arrived. Herod insanely jealous and anxious to keep his throne declared ...read more

  • Dinner To Go Series

    Contributed by Marc Bertrand on Nov 5, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 6,262 views

    A Narrative in five movements: Heavy Hearts, Broken Hearts, Passionate Heart, Burning Hearts, Peaceful Hearts

    I. Heavy Heart – The Long Walk Home There’s a grief that can’t be spoken. There are wounds that will not heal. My eyes are blind; my heart, a stone. Somehow the sun has nerve to rise again. Somehow the clouds break to reveal a blue sky. Somehow the birds still sing. Somehow it is still ...read more