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426. As The World Turns

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... we make a new start? How do we make a new beginning? WE BEGIN BY TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR LIVES. This is one mark of a mature person, and it is the mark of the person for whom there is hope--we quit blaming our situation or our parents, or our boss, or our spouse. We ... of the tree took in contaminated water--which was killing the men--and turned it into something pure and life-giving. (6) What a beautiful analogy of what Jesus does in our lives. Jesus takes that foul, debilitating part of our life and ...

427. Expectant Living

2 Peter 3:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... it requires concentration and guidance. The day keepers remind the people to do every job, no matter how mundane, with a sense of purpose. (6) Let's take this message from the apostle Peter and use it as our "day keeper," to remind us of how we should live ... Mark Abbott, Light & Life, August 1995, p. 9. 4. Ron Mehl. The Tender Commandments (Sister, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 1998), p. 63. 5. "The Last Taboo" by Mark Matousek, an interview with Bill and Judith Moyers, Modern Maturity, Sept./ Oct. 2000, p. 46. 6 ...

428. Any Friendly Bears Out There?

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... University of Texas, found that those who regularly attended worship services lived an average of seven years longer than those who never attended." (6) What can I say? Listening to me each week is good for you. A healthy bank account and a healthy body will take ... Morrow and Company, Inc., 1993), p. 33. 5. The Futurist. 6. The New Republic (July 19 & 26, 1999). Cited at tim@cybersalt.org (Tim Davis). 7. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Mark & Chrissy Donnelly, and Barbara DeAngelis, Ph.D. Chicken Soup for ...

429. Loved By The Father

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

King Duncan

... a black pen, she made him spell out the names of the pictures all over again. He rewrote the words right over the faint yellow marks. He says, "Each new stroke of the solid black pen gave me a sense of security and comfort, and seemed to bring a layer of ... branch just like he did in his family. Eventually, Ethan develops a serious illness that forces him to take time for himself. (6) Can anyone see yourself in this picture? Now here's the dangerous thing. It is tempting to say, "What a wonderful Christian ...

430. Piercing A Hole In The Darkness

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

King Duncan

... Job who the Creator is and who the created is: "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!" As Paul Smith writes in his book God's Plan for Our Good, "There is a problem with standing ... claim that on his deathbed, William Cowper found great peace and joy as he exclaimed, "I am not shut out of Heaven after all." (6) This is the assurance Job found in the presence of God. He is not shut out of God's grace and mercy after all. ...

431. What God Has Joined Together

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... you know your spouse? Are you sensitive to one another’s needs? That’s question one on our test. Here’s question two: Is your marriage marked by positive comments and words of encouragement? Now here things get a little stickier. How easy it is for marriage partners to aim barbs toward ... override, she overlooks the irritability. Her overall positive feelings about him override the isolated negative action. (6) In other words, do your positive feelings toward your spouse allow you to accept and forgive ...

432. On Defeating the Devil

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Frank G. Honeycutt

... and Row, 1975), p. 51. 2. Fred Craddock, Luke (Louisville: John Knox Press, 1990), p. 55. 3. Hidde Hoekstra, Rembrandt and the Bible (Weert, Netherlands: Magna Books, 1990), p. 298. 4. Mark Buchanan, "Go Fast and Live: Hunger as Spiritual Discipline" The Christian Century (February 28, 2001), p. 16. 5. William H. Willimon, "Not for Men Only" The Christian Ministry (March-April 1998), p. 39. 6. Martin Luther, "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" Lutheran Book of Worship (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1978).

433. Homesick For a Future: New Life for the New Millenium

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... this new land, nor gift of prophecy as to its imminence. I do believe, however, that persons of faith need to be in to mark the road of God’s coming. We need to seek new visions and dream fresh dreams. Anticipation is not enough; we cannot merely ... wrote boldly, underlining every word: “Circumcision is nothing; uncircumcision is nothing; the only thing that counts is a new creation!” (Gal. 6:15,NEB) This is the yearning that I think Nicholas was expressing, the yearning that is deep within all of us: we ...

434. The Authority of Scripture: God's Breathed Word

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... body is a temple of the Holy Spirit with you, which you have from God? You are not your own; you have been bought with a price. So glorify your God in your body” (I Corinthians 6:19-20). We serve the god of power, prestige, worldly influence, but the Bible says, “But many that are first will be last, and the last will be first” (Mark 10:31). Listen, friends, if you read this book, you will meet the living God who will lay His claims upon your life. And that leads me to my next point. More than a book ...

435. Going Hard against the Grain

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... Universe. He tells of walking along a beach "littered with the debris of life.... Along the strip of wet sand that marks the ebbing and flowing of the tide, death walks hugely and in many forms. In the end the sea rejects its offspring ... magistrate requireth, in a cause of faith and charity, so it be done according to the prophet's teaching, in justice, judgment, and truth.”6 We all have daily temptations to outright lie, to engage in evasion, in false exaggerations, and in spinning things to make us look ...

436. The 4 LAWS of a Whole Personality

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , and continue through to January 6, Epiphany, when the church calendar marks the arrival of the three traveling kings or wise men at the baby Jesus' bedside. December 12 is NOT the start of Christmas. It is, rather, the halfway mark for the season of Advent. ... upon his shoulder. And his name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6)). In today's text Jesus articulates each one of these personality portraits, or compass points, when he speaks to John ...

437. Christianity's First Sermon

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... 68:22 (“In my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink . . ..”), offer Jesus “oxos,” a sour vinegary wine (see Numbers 6:3). Again, the insult is followed by a challenge to Jesus to “save yourself,” if indeed he is “the king of ... ” who is coming to terms with the truth about truth, I quote from one of my precocious students at Drew Seminary, Youth Minister Mark Karris, who wrote this meditation on “Absolute Truth” in the process of his question for an answer to Pilate’s question: Oh absolute ...

438. Changed Lives: Judas

Matthew 26:14-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... this “Judas goat” was so handsome, bright, and commanding in appearance, the sheep eagerly trailed after him, only to meet their doom. (6) Judas is the most maligned name in human history. Judas made a bad choice and he paid for that bad choice, just ... way. Christ was sent to reach out to people who have made bad choices. That was the whole purpose of his entry into our world. In Mark 2:17 Jesus says to his followers, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the ...

439. The Bloodline of Christ

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the cross. The risen Christ did not sugar-coat the reality or enormity of that sacrifice. His resurrected body bore the marks of his humanity — he showed the wounds on his hands and his side to his disciples as “proof” that he was ... are you looking in the place of the dead for someone who is alive? Jesus isn’t here! He has been raised from death.” –Luke 24:5-6 Back in February of 1993, I visited Jesus’ tomb in the old city of Jerusalem. There was a nun and a priest guarding the door to its ...

440. The Agony of Defeat

2 Samuel 11-12, 1 Kings 15:5

Sermon

James Merritt

... lacks understanding; he who does so destroys his own soul. Wounds and dishonor he will get, and his reproach will not be wiped away." (Pr. 6:32-33) Now I want you to understand that this sin had been a long time in the making. This sin did not just happen ... you, but my Dad says if my grades don't improve somebody is going to get a spanking." When God's children fall into sin, mark it down, they are headed for the woodshed. They are going to get a spanking. "For whom the Lord loves He corrects, just as a ...

441. The Greatest Ability Is Dependability (Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... his own ability, and immediately he went on a journey." (Matt. 25:14-15) Now talents here refer to a measure of money. A talent was equivalent to about 6,000 denarii and one denarius was equal to one day's wage of a common laborer. Certainly it does deal with money management, but it deals with more than ... and it is to that faithful servant that Jesus will say, "Well done." 1. Randy Pennington and Mark Mockmon, On My Honor, I Will , p. 51. 2. Cited by Pat Williams, Go for the Magic, p. 146. 3. George Duncan ...

442. There's God In Them There Hills

Psalm 19:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... would die. If the ocean had been a few feet deeper, carbon dioxide and oxygen would have been absorbed and no vegetable life could exist.6 The earth spins at one thousand miles per hour on its axis, while orbiting the sun at 60,700 miles per hour. Just a ... President of the New York Academy of Sciences, Dr. A. Cressy Morrison, once gave this illustration: He says: "Suppose I would take ten pennies and mark them one to ten, and give them to you to put in your pocket. I ask you to give them a good shake and then ...

443. A 24-7-365 God

Hebrews 7:23-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... have mercy on me!" Despite the shushings of others, Bartimaeus calls out again, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" (Mark 10:47). Hearing the blind man's cries, Jesus stops his journey, "stands still," and calls Bartimaeus to him. In ... cosmos as "Abba." Anyone who is a parent knows that parenting is a 24-7-365 undertaking. It doesn't matter if your child is 6 months, 6 years, 16 years, 36 years, or 60 years old you are forever "on call," forever "available." Consider then how much more extensive is the parental ...

444. Stilling Storms

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... Our scripture lesson today concerns that time when Christ stilled the storm on the Sea of Galilee. You know the story from Mark’s Gospel. Jesus and his disciples are crossing the sea when a furious squall comes up. The waves are breaking over the ... is the most widely respected turndown in all the animal kingdom. Fear and anger make them dangerous little creatures to be around.” (6) People can be like porcupines, can’t they? How often, even in the closest of relationships, we can hurt one another. Even ...

445. “Bad Form” and Bad Jesus

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... -weary, worn out and worn down by the needs of the crowds that constantly pressed them. Mark’s text notes that “they had no leisure even to eat” (6:31). Jesus proposes a respite, a boat trip to a “deserted place by themselves” (v32). But by ... to be used by God in order that all men might be free. 5. Sacrifice personal wishes in order that all men might be free. 6. Observe with both friend and foe the ordinary rules of courtesy. 7. Seek to perform regular service for others and for the world. 8. ...

446. Bad Form and Bad Jesus

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

447. Decoding the Da Vinci Code (Part One - Exploring the Fiction)

1 Timothy 1:4

Sermon

James Merritt

... traits and embellished those Gospels that made Him god-like. The other Gospels were outlawed, gathered up and burned." [[6]] This is important to substantiate, because the next claim is that Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalene and ... few will die for what they know is a lie unless it is for a greater cause." The gauntlet has been thrown down. Do you believe Matthew, Mark, Luke and John or do you believe Dan Brown? Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the divine Son of God or just another human being like ...

448. Will the Real Christian Please Stand Up?

Acts 11:26

Sermon

James Merritt

... by Christian principles, read a Christian Bible, and even have a Christian worldview and still not be a Christian. Now these things may mark a Christian, but they do not make a Christian. There is a difference between being a Christian in name and being a ... short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23) The reason that is a problem is because Romans 6:23 says, “The wages of sin is death”. (Romans 6:23) That death is not just physical death, but spiritual death, which is eternal separation from God. Now ...

449. Am I a Real Christian?

Acts 11:26

Sermon

James Merritt

... short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23, NASB) The reason that is a problem is because Romans 6:23 says, “The wages of sin is death”. (Romans 6:23, NASB) That death is not just physical death, but spiritual death, which is eternal separation from God. ... actual seat where Agrippa sat. Interestingly, Paul had come to give a defense, but he wound up giving a witness. That is a mark of a Christian, that whenever the circumstances allow, he will take a stand for Jesus Christ. Believe it or not there is not ...

450. What Do I Do When My Prayers Go Unanswered?

Deuteronomy 3:1-11, 23-26

Sermon

James Merritt

... more than anything else in your relationship to Him is your faith and your trust in Him. Hebrews 11:6 says, "Without faith it is impossible to please God." (Hebrews 11:6, NIV) God's number one desire for you is to please Him and the way you please Him is ... every right to pray, "Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet now what I will, but what You will. (Mark 14:36, NASB) He asked God to make another way to do something else, to come up with another plan, to spare Him the agony ...

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