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551. Some Things To Get Choked Up About

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... BEGAN - BETHLEHEM. Some of you are familiar with the name, Phillips Brooks. Brooks, a big preacher both physically and mentally, stood 6 feet 6 inches behind the pulpit of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, where he would speak powerful sermons at the rapid ... exception. If you looked closely at Santa's fat tummy, you would see one small blemish. You would find some tiny teeth marks. One little tyke had wheeled his or her chair over and taken a bite. (7) There is a significant truth there. ...

552. The Riches Of God

Romans 11:33-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... it fill up with water, and the extra weight causes the plane to crash. The three adult fishermen survive the crash as does Mark, the 12-year-old son of one of the fishermen. After praying, the four abandon the sinking plane and begin to swim ... The father could have made shore alone, but his son, much smaller, could not. The father decides to die with his son rather than leave him. (6) Paul's testimony would be that this father's love is a reflection of the love God has for us. Even more so, though, because " ...

553. With Your Head In The Clouds

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... plate changed because it ended with 666. She stated that her fellow church members were shunning her. As you may know, the mark of the beast in the book of the Revelation is 666. Swindoll goes on to note that the 666 scare stuff is ... Ronald Wilson Reagan was elected president, mischievous Democrats pointed out that each of the President's names had six letters ” 666, etc. (6) Maybe you find all this fascinating, maybe not. There are some people, though, who are very susceptible to such logic. And there ...

554. The Lions Are Shackled

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

King Duncan

... us of Paul’s statement: “God commandeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (see Rom. 5:8). (6) That is why we are here today. To remind us of what Christ has done in our behalf. “Therefore I will give him a portion among ... Guilford, Connecticut: The Globe Pequot Press, 2003), p. 135. 2. http://www.gotquestions.org/Book-of-Isaiah.html. 3. Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen, The One Minute Millionaire (New York: Harmony Books, 1990). 4. Sermon Fodder, http ...

555. How Can Religion Go Bad Doing Good?

Matthew 7:21-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... comments on this public art have only just begun. But whether one thinks this latest memorial is eloquent and moving or mute and misses the mark, it does rivet our attention on a place and a time within the living memory of people we know. It was a time when ... are far more shocking, and should be far more distressing to each of us then they may first appear. "Not everyone who says to me [6]'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven." Doing God's ...

556. The Oneness of Twoness

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , to offer “one voice” to God in praise and worship. In verses 7-13 Paul concludes the discussion extending from 14:1-15:6 as well as makes some general remarks toward the betterment of the Roman Christian community. As 15:1 had begun with Paul admonishing ... who are recorded as being in attendance at Jesus’ lofty yet lowly birthplace. Here is the Jewish messiah whose birth was not marked by Jewish rabbis and authorities but by a multi-cultural mix, a “motley crew” if there ever were one. We think ...

557. Changed Lives: The Man Born Blind from Birth

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... are a problem. Steps and rugs are landmarks, felt by the feet. Canned goods can be labeled with Braille or other markings. A person blind for many years will rather find that it is the demeaning, belittling, or patronizing attitudes and opinions ... to be endured, but a gift to be received and treasured, shared and enjoyed. And much of the difference is a matter of choice.” (6) You and I have so many blessings in our lives. What a difference it would make in our attitude if we started each day thanking ...

558. Honor To Whom Honor Is Due

Exodus 20:12

Sermon

James Merritt

... look after their parents; and half of the 45 and over population said they didn't think their children would take care of them in their old age.[6] I'll tell you what God's word says about this. I Tim. 5:4 says, "But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to ... . [3] Patrick M. Morley, The Man in the Mirror, pp. 95-96. [4] Mark H. Hollender, "The Wish to Be Held", Archives of General Psychiatry, Vol. 22, 1970, p. 445. [5] Ross Campbell, How to Really Love Your Child, (Wheaton, ...

559. America: You Are Too Young to Die

Psalm 80:1-19

Sermon

James Merritt

... /2 of all the money, eat 1/7 of all the food, and have ten times more doctors than the rest of this world put together.6 Even our poor are rich compared to many nations. For almost 200 years no enemy bomb has dropped on our soil, no enemy army has set ... Battle for Religious Liberty, Lynn R. Buzzard& Samuel Ericson, David C. Cook, 1982, p.31. 3. Steven McDowell and Mark Beliles, America's Providential History (Charlottesville, Virginia: Providence Press, 1989), p. 141. 4 Charles Barton, The Myth of Separation ...

560. God’s Guidance System

John 16:12-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... , and follow the lines that come into the city, you would come to various transmission plants along the way that would be marked "Danger, High Voltage—No Trespassing." There are hundreds of thousands of volts of energy available to your home and mine. But the ... that the Holy Spirit never leads a Christian to marry a non-Christian. For II Corinthians 6:14 says, "Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers." (II Corinthians 6:14, NKJV) That's why I know that the Holy Spirit would never lead a church ...

561. In God We Trust

Proverbs 3:5-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... If you will do your part, God will do His part and this is His part, "And He will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:6, NASB) Even though this is a promise, it is a conditional promise. You will not be controlled by God's will for you unless you ... football coach had been hired at the University of Georgia and was giving a press conference on the radio. I turned it on and Mark Richt was giving an interview. Just as I turned the radio on, somebody asked Coach Richt the question, "Why did you come to Georgia ...

562. Harmony and Humor: The Ties That Bind Christianity’s Many Christianities

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... as we offer to God this beautiful hymn of prayer written by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, “In Haiti, There is Anguish” (St. CHRISTOPHER 7.6.8.6.8.6.8.6 ["Beneath the Cross of Jesus"]. 1. In Haiti, there is anguish that seems too much to bear; A land so used to ... the Inquisition. Hear the Salem witch trials. Hear the Ku Klux Klan. Hear the Nazis. The cross isn’t the only scandal that marks our faith. Christians are scandalous in so many ways. Long before Jesus was convicted as a criminal of the state, as a ...

563. How Connected Are You?

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... 3) participating in social groups. The “real age” for a 55-year-old man who meets all three criteria married, has at least 6 friends, and goes to church is 46 in terms of life expectancy. And you thought being married made you older. Not so, ... connection to God. “What good is it for someone to gain the whole world,” said Jesus on one occasion, “yet forfeit their soul?” (Mark 8:36) We know the answer to that. Lose your connection to God, and nothing else you accomplish will have any real meaning. ...

564. One-Way Street

John 14:5-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... made a statement that He had better be ready to back up it was this one. “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6, ESV) Let me make this simple. What Jesus said in effect was, you have exactly a zero chance of getting to God if you don’t go through Me. It is not that you have a little ... C. Hough, Jr., Ways of Knowing God, Bible Review 23/3 (2002): 16. [3] Bill O’Reilly, The O’Reilly Factor, p.163. [4] Mark Driscoll, Vintage Jesus, p. 188.

565. The Power of the Wilderness

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... (Jacob [Israel] wrestles with God) Deuteronomy 4 - 6 Psalm 91 Psalm 3 Proverbs 11 The Book of Job Hannah’s Prayer (I Samuel 2) Matthew’s Witness to Jesus’ Temptations in the Wilderness Mark’s Witness to Jesus’ Temptations in the ... is to worship anything else but God). This would be a way out of the hard road to come for Jesus. But again, Jesus quotes Deuteronomy (6): “Watch yourself that you do not forget the Lord who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall ...

566. Fleeced

Judges 6:1-40, John 20:24-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” A week ... , not because he is disloyal, but because he is very loyal. He wants to follow Jesus. He wants to know what to do (John 14:1-6). And still…he wanted to touch and see. Was it that he didn’t trust Jesus? No. It’s because, he doesn’t trust his colleagues. There ...

567. Here Be Dragons

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... there is trouble –Lord, Send ME! For here be dragons. Here be God. Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text Isaiah’s Dream (6) Minor Text The Call of Moses (Exodus 4) Psalm 1: The Chaff of Sin Psalm 35: Chaff Before the Wind Psalm 91: God’ ... Prophets in Jerusalem (28) Zephaniah’s Warning (2) Jesus Chooses His Apostles (Matthew 9:35-11:1 and 11:2-12:8; Mark 3:13-3:19; Luke 6:12-6:16 and 9:1-9:6 and 10:1-10:24) The Addition of New Apostle (Acts 1:12-26) Paul’s Letter to the Ephesian Church about ...

568. Against the Grain

Mark 3:13-19, Isaiah 28:1-29

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Psalm 51: the wicked blow away like chaff (dust) in the wind. Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text Jesus Chooses His Apostles (Mark 3:13-19) Isaiah’s Warning to the False Prophets in Jerusalem (28) Minor Text The Call of Moses (Exodus 4) Psalm 1: The ... Psalm 121: God’s Protection The Call of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1) Isaiah’s Dream (6) Zephaniah’s Warning (2) Jesus Chooses His Apostles (Matthew 9:35-11:1 and 11:2-12:8; Luke 6:12-6:16 and 9:1-9:6 and 10:1-10:24) The Addition of a New Apostle (Acts 1:12 ...

569. Sheep? Seriously?

John 10:1-21

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... do not just have the ten verses of today’s scripture, do we? We have all the gospel of John, plus Matthew, Mark, and Luke. We have letters Paul wrote, letters written in Paul’s name, and letters by an assortment of others. We have ... now he’d be allowed to marry, have children, take care of his parents, and take up community responsibilities alongside the other men.”6 Fullness of life vaporizes when some group denies the well-being of others. Fullness of life becomes tangible when each group is ...

570. Rules for Basic Living

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... we are to help others find the richness of God’s grace! Second basic rule for living — hope in our weeping and need (Luke 6:21b). Where does hope stem from in life? It stems from help from God. Dr. W.T. Purkiser said that the future belongs to ... life. It was Aristotle who wrote, “It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want.” What purpose do you have in life? Are you living a Christian life with ...

571. Much Love. Hope Sent.

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... the church food pantry. The following Christmas, he joined a team that cooked and served Christmas dinner at a local health clinic. His baptism marked the start of a new life of service in Jesus’ name. (4) John Chrysostom was a leader of the early church in the Middle ... years as a nurse at the hospital in Abu Dhabi; when she retired, infant and maternal mortality rates were below one percent. (6) I’ll ask you this question again: where do you find hope in this Advent season? Is your hope that you’ll ...

572. A Reminder of the Graciousness of God

Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... ‘tax collectors’ and ‘sinners.’ Jesus saw people he cared about, people he wanted to hang out with. “And he knew their names.” (6) Why did Jesus choose the least reputable, least powerful, least likely people to be his disciples? Because he loved them. Because he knew ... out to share that love with others. 1. “God in True Light” The Rev. Dr. Roy W. Howard, Saint Mark Presbyterian http://www.saintmarkpresby.org/pageSermondecember%205,2004.htm. An earlier version of this sermon was published in ...

573. Heroines of the Faith

Mark 1:29.39

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... about her at once. He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. Then the fever left her, and she began to serve them.” (Mark 1:30-31) Years ago, I thought nothing of it, but now... She was sick in bed, Jesus healed her, she got up, and went about playing the ... ’s official entrance into ministry: one man asked, “What do we do now, address everyone as brethren and sistern?”[6] Why not? As anyone with eyes can see, the number of women ministers in mainline congregations has increased exponentially ...

574. No Excuse

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... 10. No one showed me how; 9. I was going to do it later; 8. My supervisor doesn’t understand; 7. I had too many interruptions; 6. I didn’t know it was my job; 5. We’ve never done it that way before; 4. I didn’t have time; 3. Something ... of peace” (Ephesians 4: 1ff). And Jesus: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent and believe in the good news” (Mark 1:15). God asks us to change, to turn our lives over to God’s will. And yet, we make excuses for our inability to ...

575. What Does Jesus Expect of Us?

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... , countless ministers and missionaries of the Cross have been caught up with the grandeur of this sacrificial enterprise. Denying comforts, careers, and material gain, they have said, with St. Paul, "Henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus." (Galatians 6:17) 3. Jesus expects us, by sharing his life, to reach an understanding of what our life ought to be. William Barclay wrote, "God gave us life to spend and not to keep." There are life hoarders whose eyes are always on ...

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