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ATTENTION BLUE FIST - “HOW TO FIT IN” Well, there are a few things you should not do in worship in case you’re wondering. My favorite there was the fact checking the pastor’s sermon. While I haven’t had that happen, I did have trouble remembering something one time, and someone came up to me after the…

ATTN SERMON SPICE - “23" What a powerful description! I know, when you first hear it, you probably think of Christ, and for good reason. He called Himself the “Good Shepherd,” after all, and He is called in our text today, the “Chief Shepherd.” But, the Bible doesn’t just refer to Jesus as a shepherd;…

ATTENTION You’ve probably seen this book written by Pastor Joel Osteen. It sold ___________copies and was part of what popularized his ministry. I think part of its success, though, was not the message of the book as much as it was the chord it struck in the heart. All of us are looking for the “best”…

INTRO/ATTN: Police visited Vladimir, a resident of Berlin Germany. They confiscated his air raid siren because neighbors were complaining about it’s piercing wail. Which may leave you asking the question, “Why did Vladimir have an air raid siren to begin with?” It’s simple: Vladimir was tired of his…

INTRO/ATTN: Police visited Vladimir, a resident of Berlin Germany. They confiscated his air raid siren because neighbors were complaining about it’s piercing wail. Which may leave you asking the question, “Why did Vladimir have an air raid siren to begin with?” It’s simple: Vladimir was tired of his…

ATTN One blogger I found on the internet offered the following top ten list. I must warn you before I read it that it will make you uncomfortable. I want you to understand, up front, that I am not trying to be controversial, but I do want to be real. We live in a world that is hostile to Christianity.…

ATTN Ever make excuses? I do. Ever since my 50th birthday I’ve had in the back of my mind that I needed to go see the doctor and get one of those tests. You know what I’m talking about. The one they give you when you turn 50. They call it a “colonoscopy,” but I really think its more like torture. It…

ATTN Like him or hate him, Neville Chamberlain teaches us this one fact: When someone wants to destroy you, appeasement is not an option. You see, Chamberlain thought he was dealing with a reasonable man who was willing to coexist. He was not. Because he misjudged his enemy, he almost lost England. Misjudging…

ATTN Ok, I know that picture may give you the “willies.” It sure does give them to me! This is an Anaconda and, according to National Geographic, these snakes can grow to a weight of 550 pounds! Wow! Now you know why I’m not ready to go on the mission trip down the Amazon! Someone in the Peace Corps…

ATTN Ever have trouble making decisions? Or have you ever made a decision quickly, thought you were right, only to have it blow up in your face? ME Happened to me back in the summer. Kathy and I were ready for vacation. We were going to the National Association Meeting in Oklahoma City. Since driving…

It was around August 20, 1959 when a cry was heard . . . and heard . . . and heard! It was me. I was wailing, and wailing, or so I’ve been told by my mom who was probably traumatized by the event. I’m telling you, I was a mess. Couldn’t eat by myself, probably threw up on everybody and besides that I…

ATTN To be honest, I’d never heard of that rule, and I have never seen it implemented, but can you imagine the pressure of that moment. Obviously, the opposing coach is going to choose the most unlikely shooter, so the pressure would really be on. If that was me, I’d be running to the locker room or…

Those are some of my favorite scenes from that movie where Bruce Willis, in his hard-hearted personality, tells whiners to call the “wambulance.” Do you ever feel like that? I do sometimes. I especially feel like that when I hear some of the criticism that the world has for the church today. I feel that…

ATTENTION: Many in this room have had the experience: You’ve stood at someone’s front door, or waited in some business man’s office, knees knocking, breath shallow with anticipation, waiting for that “moment” to arrive. You were selling something and this person was a potential buyer. It might have been…

ATTENTION ME McCauley Caulkin captured our hearts with his portrayal of Kevin in the Home Alone series. You remember the movie. When he first realizes he’s been left behind he dances around the house until something frightens him then he runs and hides under the bed. But, finally, as he gets more accustomed…

ATTENTION All of us might say that buying a Hummer on faith is a bad idea, if you’re expecting God to cover your bad decision. But we do tend to take the scriptures out of context when it suits us, don’t we? For instance have you ever heard anyone make this claim? (DVD by His stripes we are healed) That’s…

ATTEN: DVD - CHANGE There are many people who have taken that man’s advice. Haunted by a constant stream of failure, they’ve cashed in their effort and settled for an uneasy defeat and a guilty conscience. I don’t know about you, but I find real change very hard sometimes. In fact, I think everyone does.…

ATTENTION It’s a great and amazing invention, but it also is one of the great abusers of our time. It victimizes many. It’s the internet and one of its greatest victims is . . . the Truth! In fact let me give what one person says is some of the top lies told on the internet, especially in social networks:…

Light flickered from the lone candle sitting, wax-dripped, in the center of the rough-hewn table. It’s light glimmered streaks of yellow and gold off of the worn-out faces that sat silently worshiping quietly as one of them led a hymn. These were the outcasts; the green-card carriers of Bithynia. Driven…

ATTENTION Ever been surprised and disappointed all at the same time? It’s happened many times in my life, but none were more shocking than the time I was about 10 or 11 years old. I was hot and thirsty. I’d been out playing or riding my bike, you know, one of those with the long banana seat and the handle…

ATTENTION Whether he was just stating the obvious or subverting the faithful, the statement by our president caught believers off guard. He said, “Whatever we once were, we’re no longer a Christian nation, at least not just . . .” Now many would agree. We have strayed far from where this country began.…