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  • Christ Is King! Series

    Contributed by David Smith on Dec 3, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 25,413 views

    Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, ’Are you the King of the Jews?’ Jesus answered, ’Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?’ Pilate replied, ’I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief

    Welcome to the last Sunday of the Christian year - a day traditionally referred to as the feast of ’Christ the King’. I appreciate that there are probably not many here that manage their schedule according to the ecclesiastical calendar, yet I’m sure w are all familiar with the way in which ...read more

  • Abused And Used But Not Used Up

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 3, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,231 views

    We must determine that the children with whom we are surrounded are God’s gift and God’s assignment for us, no matter how difficult or inconvenient they are.

    I received a letter the other day from someone very close to me. His letter was written hurriedly, because I had written him asking some questions. He felt he needed to answer those right away. He had a conviction he wanted me to hear immediately. I had asked him if he was going to leave his ...read more

  • A Deadly Virus

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 3, 2010
     | 7,194 views

    Sin is not excused by good works, and unrepentant self-indulgence is destructive. Sexual integrity is not just a private matter; how we handle it will determine what happens with our church.

    This has the potential for being the shortest sermon I’ve ever done. At first glance, it seems all I need to do with this text is to praise the church for doing so well, declare myself to be against sin, and wrap it up. The shortest sermon I’ve ever done, and maybe the shortest on record! Anybody ...read more

  • Every Barrier Down: Mary Magdalene

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 6, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,985 views

    Commitment to the living Christ will let Him break down circumstantial, cultural, and spiritual barriers to our success. Illustrated with the story of Marian Anderson.

    I think it was John Lennon, one of the Beatles, who once observed, "Life is what happens while you are making other plans." That really is the issue, isn't it? Getting a fix on our lives. Getting hold of life. Being able to make it go the way you want it to go. And the trouble is that life just ...read more

  • Every Mother's Child Matters

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 7, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,968 views

    Sarah's me-ism blinded her to Ishmael's value; Abraham's comfort blinded him to how best to support Hagar and Ishmael; Hagar, like many of our mothers, had to trust God in the desert. We today must support the Hagars of this world.

    The barren landscape seemed to dance before her eyes, as she looked toward a horizon littered with debris, strewn with the rubbish of thousands of careless people who had gone this way. Filthy and dirty as it was, though, it seemed to dance before her eyes, for the sun was high above and hot; the ...read more

  • Eyewitnesses Of Majesty

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 8, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,426 views

    We tend to see only what we expect to see, and thus at Christmas we do not see the glory and majesty of the Christ child in the homeless, the downtrodden, the ashamed.

    They say that "seeing is believing". Well, that depends. That depends on whether you can trust your eyesight. And it depends on whether you have decided to see what is really there or just what you think is there. "Seeing is believing." It depends on whether you can trust your eyesight. My ...read more

  • Doing More With Less

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 9, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,185 views

    In times of scarcity or stress, two personalities respond: fear, the cup half empty; and faith, the cup half full.

    A few moments ago we sang, "Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace." Those are beautiful words; they are lofty sentiments. But how? How can such things happen? In an ...read more

  • Doubt, Dignity, And Discovery

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 10, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,678 views

    Often we are not credible because we do not accept others’ doubt as real, nor do we permit them to retain their dignity. We are called simply to invite them on a voyage of discovery where they will find that their hurts are healed.

    What do you do when you try to help, and those you are helping are not sure they want that help? What do you say when someone has a need, you propose an answer to that need, but they don’t believe that what you want to give will really do any good? How do you help people who are not sure they ...read more

  • Coach God

    Contributed by Bill Smith on Jan 10, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,459 views

    Imagine God as a coach

    January 10, 2010 Mt. Tabor United Methodist Church Rescue United Methodist Church Luke 3:15-22 A funny thing happened last Thursday night, and no I don’t mean Alabama won the national championship. That wasn’t a funny thing……that was a great thing! The sermon that I had been ...read more

  • Driving Under The Influence

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 11, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,098 views

    Energy and passion in worship are fine, but they must push us toward authentic living and toward dedicated mission, else they will be destructive.

    I could not help noticing this car that morning. It was a tiny little car, one of those that looks like a sardine can on wheels. The rust spots and the dents suggested that it had survived more than its share of bumps and bruises. But that was not all that made me notice this little puddle ...read more

  • The Dysfunctional Family Of Jesus? Series

    Contributed by David Smith on Jan 12, 2010
     | 11,969 views

    Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did

    For he was our childhood pattern Day by day like us He grew; He was little, weak, and helpless; Tears and smiles like us he knew; ... Christian children all must be Mild, obedient, good as He. (Cecil Frances Alexander, 1848) It’s the first Sunday after Christmas - the ’Feast of the Holy Family’. ...read more

  • The Yuletide Cheer Of John The Baptist Series

    Contributed by David Smith on Jan 12, 2010
     | 6,144 views

    [John] said therefore to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ’We have Abraham as our father.’ F

    Last week we welcomed back to the Christmas stage that most unlikely of Yuletide figures - the gaunt and rather unjolly figure of John the Baptist. He emerges from the background shadows of the Nativity scene each year at this time, and last week I focused on just what an unexpected and unwanted ...read more

  • The Unexpected Yuletide Messenger Series

    Contributed by David Smith on Jan 12, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,048 views

    n the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesth

    Some of you may remember the answer to the question: ’What is green, has four legs, and if it falls on you from a tree and hits you it will kill you?’ The answer, of course, is a billiard table, though some of you may have been wondering whether the answer was ’Christmas’’, which is also green ...read more

  • Remember My Chains Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Aug 24, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,424 views

    Like some of Paul’s companions in prison, we may be held back by tasks too small, by shame, or even by our own prejudices. But once we accept our limitations as part of God’s will, they become ways to help others and fulfill our life callings.

    If you suffer severe limitations, what do you wish for? What is your prayer, if you are bound by something that keeps you from doing what you really want to do? Do you wish you could be free from it? Likely you do. Do you even pray that you might have that limitation removed? I expect that I ...read more

  • Church Support Series

    Contributed by Duane Smith on Aug 26, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,612 views

    This message is intended to help us, the church, to see areas of support that we need to strengthen and, then draw us to make commitments to do just that.

    CHURCH SUPPORT Acts 9:19-31 INTRODUCTION: A. What do these pictures have in common? 1. They all have support – that which holds up the rest of the structure (Use a collage of different items with supports such as overpasses, bridges, etc.) 2. And in a spiritual sense the church needs ...read more