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401. The Piety That Isn't

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Carl Jech

... of (1) church doctrine and practice, (2) abortion, (3) church and state issues, (4) interpretation of the Bible, (5) life-styles, and (6) views on morality. In this video age of images, where the outward image is so strong that Michael J. Fox, Tina ... faces as a way of showing how humble they are. Now most of us don't stand on street corners and many of us do not mark our foreheads with ashes, but in a variety of subtle ways we may well be guilty of "practicing our piety before men," contrary to the Spirit ...

402. The Life We Prize

Luke 9:18-27

Sermon

Various Authors

... denial; I reluctantly do so. Even then I rationalize taking back my own schemes. When I compromise God’s commandments, I leave a mark, often invisible, on everything I touch. But eventually these flaws show up as my apparently self-sufficient life begins to fall apart. ... have been united with him [Christ] in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his." (Romans 6:5) Christ’s call to deny self means to turn away from all that is less than God’s best for me. 2. Self ...

403. The Gospel According to Christ’s Enemies

John 11:1-16

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... this actually happened, it should have somewhere found a place in the framework of the gospel accounts presented by Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Van der Loos offers no solution to this problem. He simply states, "The difference between the Synoptics and ... . Ibid. p. 578. 4. Alan Richardson, The Miracle Stories of the Gospels (London: S.C.M. Press, 1959), p. 120. 5. Ibid. p. 120. 6. Van der Loos, op. cit. p. 429. 7. Brown, op. cit. p. 429. 8. William Barclay, The Gospel of John, Vol. 2 (Philadelphia: Westminster, ...

404. Voluntary Blindness

Matthew 6:1-15

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... Hodder and Stoughton, 1905. 4. C. E. Burbank, Editor. Hawthorne's Mosses From An Old Manse, pp. 24-25. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1916. 5. C. S. Lewis. Surprised By Joy, p. 104. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. 6. Bernard DeVoto, Editor, Mark Twain: Letters From The Earth, p. 14. Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Publications, Inc. (A Crest Reprint), 1963. 7. Henry David Thoreau. Walden, p. 101. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1963. 8. Cited by Henry Sloane Coffin in The Meaning Of The ...

405. Strained Gnats

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... best of intentions, was simply wrong in what he or she counted of greatest importance. In his Letters From The Earth, Mark Twain ridicules the concept of religion and of heaven which a celestial visitor to earth finds among people. He says that ... one night, "Q is very unhappy, but not about world history, of which he notices nothing, but about their daughter’s divorce."6 Tillich should have been able to empathize with this man in that situation. He surely recognized the legitimacy of personal interests. Yet ...

406. Will Names Never Hurt Us?

Proverbs 10:1-32

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... , a psychologist at the University of California at San Diego. Eighty elementary school teachers were handed eight essays to mark. The essays, done by fifth and sixth graders, were of identical quality. There was only one variable factor: the ... company with Jesus Christ: "... to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved" (Ephesians 1:6, NKJV). The classic example of one who used the power of a good name is Christ. In the records we have about Christ, we see him ...

407. Called to Be Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... We need saints. We need them as examples and for inspiration. We need Mary the mother of Jesus; Simon Peter and John Mark; Aquila and Priscilla; Phoebe and Lydia; Barnabas and Timothy. We could not get along without them. We must also have Thecla and ... going on to perfection? Do you expect to be made perfect in love in this life? Are you earnestly striving after it?6 It was at questions 2-4 that one young candidate expressed reservations. It was impossible! Responding, that brilliant Francis J. McConnell, the ...

408. His Baptism and Ours

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life" (Romans 6:4). What needs to be stressed over and over again is that baptism is the working of God, not a work of ours. This is the ... our Lord says to us as he once said to his first disciples, "With the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized" (Mark 10:39). We pray that our lives may be united ever more closely with his saving life. As this takes place, the heavens will open ...

409. The Ten Commandments #2: No Idols!

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... arm; he becomes hungry and his strength fails, he drinks no water and is faint. The carpenter stretches a line, marks it out with a stylus, fashions it with planes, and marks it with a compass; he makes it in human form, with human beauty, to be set up in a ... fable about the miser who had a sub-basement under his regular basement, known only to himself, where he kept his silver and gold.(6) Each day he would come down and run his bony fingers through the coins and say, "My beauties, oh, my beauties." One day ...

410. A Gospel for Losers

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... time one-season home run record - 61 by Roger Maris in 1961. As of this morning, Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs are within striking distance - Mark has 54 and Sammy 53, both with the month of September left to play. People ... the game-winning shot...and missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."(6) What? Failure is why he succeeds? Being a loser has made him a winner? Absolutely. There is a reason to go through ordeal; ...

411. Going Fishing

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Braude's Treasury of Humor, (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1964), p. 78 2. James C. Humes, Podium Humor, (New York: Harper & Row, 1975), pp. 189-190 3. Braude, ibid. 4. Quoted by William Barclay, The Gospel of Mark, Daily Study Bible Series, (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1956), p. 19 5. Barclay, p.20 6. G. Duane Baun via Ecunet, "Gospel Notes for Next Sunday," #2946, 1/24/97 7. Brian Stoffregen, Rock Springs, WY via Ecunet, "Gospel Notes for Next Sunday, #2918, 1/20/97 8. Bible Illustrator for Windows ...

412. Make It Right!

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... contempt, the [one] who destroys another's good name, may never have committed a murder in action, but [that one] is a murderer at heart.(6) There is something else the Lord points out to us here: there is a relationship between our getting along with each other and our getting ... offer your gift." MAKE IT RIGHT!!! After all, the same Bible that says BELIEVE also says BEHAVE. Amen! 1. Mark 3:1-5 2. Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45-46; John 2:13-16 3. Quoted by Peter J. Blackburn, http://members. ...

413. Ephphatha...Be Opened

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... theological spectrum gathered in a church parlor outside Chicago for the purpose of "speaking the truth in love"(6) to each other while studying passages from the New Testament book of Ephesians. Michael Adee, an openly gay ... . O'Leary off the bus. But it is a word we need to hear...over and over and over again. "EPHPHATHA...Be opened!" Amen! 1. Mark Sprowl, Meadowview Presbyterian Church, Louisville, KY, via PresbyNet, "Eculaugh" #3160, 7/17/96 2. Luke 2:52 3. Susan O'Shea, via PresbyNet, "SERMONSHOP 1996 ...

414. Sunday's Coming

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... farewell to the Romans, but that was not their true priority. Truth be known, their deepest hope would have been for Jesus not to upset their apple cart. No chance. According to Mark's gospel, the day after the parade, Jesus came to the Temple and made a wreck of things. Of course, near the end of the week, Jesus gathered with the Twelve in ... Parade," Pulpit Digest, March, April, 1999, pp. 73-78 3. Psalm 31:9-10 4. II Maccabees 10:1-8 5. Mark 15:9-14 6. Waco, TX: Word Publishing, 1985 7. ibid., pp. 124-126

415. What Makes A Family?

Mark 3:31-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... had any thoughts of suicide. (1) Where does Superman draw his strength? From his wife and children. What does it take to make a family? Mark tells us about a most unusual event in Jesus' life. Jesus was not very far into his ministry. Already crowds were starting to gather ... was there, just like he said he'd be. And it's still that way with my dad. He's always true to his word." (6) Wow! Does anyone doubt that Elaine's Dad is committed to her? Do you think it would have mattered if he had been her biological ...

416. Stealth Christians

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... a meal. He found a gimmick that worked! We don't need gimmicks to bring people to Christ. Notice what happens in this story from Mark's Gospel. Jesus charged them to tell no one; but the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. The truth of ... once thought of becoming a nun. She said, "Jerry, what does that mean?" He said, "That means I'm gonna shoot a free throw." (6) A religious sign out of context can be confusing. What is not confusing is when we live our lives with the integrity, love ...

417. Who's The Blind One Around Here?

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... a newly-sighted girl saw photographs and paintings, she asked, "Why do they put those dark marks all over them?" "Those aren't dark marks," her mother explained, "those are shadows." The mother then explained, "That is one of the ways ... lived had I not been blind." "One can be blind in his eyes," Stanley says, "but that doesn't make him blind in his heart." (6) Stanley knows that there are two kinds of blindness, blindness of the eyes and blindness of the heart. Sometimes when we are brought from darkness ...

418. Working For Love

Mark 7:24-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... , for prayer ” a time away from the crowds in a place where he thought he would not be recognized. "He entered a house," says Mark, "and did not want anyone to know he was there." But Jesus' plans were interrupted almost at once. News of his presence had gotten ... changed, I don't care what their life was like, they'd have to know that it was possible for them to change, too." (6) John discovered, even through his pain, that the love of God was there and available even to him. This Labor Day weekend we need ...

419. On Knowing What's Best For Your Kids

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... of his nose. After looking for some time, he asked, "What gave you those red marks on your nose?" "Glasses," was the reply. After further reflection, the little boy asked, "Glasses of ... and forth, trying to avoid these huge linemen, you suddenly heard a voice call out from the sidelines, "Sidney, let them have the ball. I'll buy you another one." (6) We can appreciate that. We want to protect our children not only from physical hurts but from emotional hurts as well. And yet we realize that where there is no ...

420. Temptation

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... jail with his mother saying, "I have just blown my life away." His maternal grandmother said, "And he wept all the way home." (6) Temptation. The reality and the ruin. Don't they know better? we ask. Knowing better does not seem to be enough. Dr. Arthur ... power were the remedy. Just say no. Isn't that what they say? But some people have no will power. They are like Mark Twain who said, "I can resist everything except temptation." Some of us are stronger than others. Much of this was determined in our ...

421. Washing Away The Junk

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... Code of Hammurabi, these are also the words one would use in legally adopting a child. This baptism by water and the Spirit marked the beginning of Jesus' ministry, revealed his identity to those who witnessed it, and deepened the faith of many of the witnesses. LET' ... her to know about Freud and DNA and bulldozers? Probably not, but it is important that her sons know they are loved. (6) How do we know God loves us? Because Christ has walked where we walk. He experienced what we experience. At Jesus' baptism ...

422. Who Is Your Hero?

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... She replied, "Dustin Hoffman." (1) Well . . . Dustin Hoffman is one of the finest actors in Hollywood, but a hero? Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire have become baseball's new heroes. They seem to be fine men of remarkable athletic ability. They came along at a ... friends will be impressed with both your good taste and your great wealth. That's what the authors mean by "surface chic"! (6) Many celebrities today are no more than surface chic. Invariably, when we get a closer look, they disappoint. One reason to make ...

423. Is It Time To Tear Down Our Church?

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... pew from leaving the church, than getting them to fight to put people into it!" (1) Our lesson today is from the 13th chapter of Mark. It is stark chapter about the return of the Son of Man. But the chapter begins with a warning that you and I need ... upon them to their advantage. That is, wearing lipstick or letting their hair show have become powerful forms of political protest. (6) Now let's apply that to our situation. In a society where people are floundering ethically, morally, spiritually a person who ...

424. On Picking Your Battles

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... things you know need to be done. What if I had waited to tell my dad? Take the time to do what you need to do and do it now!" (6) That's the advice that Jesus would give us. People hurt us. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes without meaning to. But sometimes who is in the right and who is in the ... Cramer Tucker, TODAY'S CHRISTIAN WOMAN, Sept./ Oct. 1998, p. 49. 6. "Do It Now!" CONDENSED CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL, Copyright 1996 by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Patty Hansen (Chicken Soup for the Soul ).

425. It's A Question Of Priorities

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... four balls--family, health, friends, and [faith] are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same." That is powerful imagery. Work is a rubber ball--but ... to 194 lbs. Meagan's kidney surgery was performed on December 12, 1997. Both Randy and Meagan have recovered fully from the surgery. (6) Because of his love for his daughter, Randy Leamer took a needed action that may in the long run give him a longer ...

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