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226. Surprised On The Mountaintop

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... 1984. Terry and his fiancee, Madeleine, were visiting her father in Sunderland, England. Terry looked forward to some peace and quiet from his hectic career as a journalist. He was so dispirited that it took him some days to settle down even in the pleasant atmosphere of this English hamlet. As he walked through the streets with Madeleine, inhaling the crisp air, he noticed a church steeple outlined against the pale blue sky. Terry had been brought up in the church but had drifted far from God and, in his ...

227. Whoever Would Have Thought?

Mark 4:26-29, Mark 4:30-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... to complete. The next day, Saturday, Helen took those papers and compiled a list for each student of what others in the class liked about them. On Monday she gave each student a paper with what other classmates had written about them. The atmosphere in the class changed instantly; her students were smiling again. Helen overheard one student whisper, "I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!" The students were happy with themselves and one another again. It was time to continue with their math lessons ...

228. Christian Living As It's Meant To Be

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... her son to have a marketable degree. But in his freshman year, Mailer took English A, a basic course in which students were expected to learn how to write well. A number of well-known writers taught at Harvard at the time. Mailer found the atmosphere stimulating. Although he was an engineering student, he spent many hours reading and writing fiction. For the final exam in English A that semester, the students had to write a novella, and Mailer received an A+, a grade seldom given and one that made his ...

229. I Was There

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Gary Whitbeck

... tell you. I WAS. I was in the crowd in Jerusalem those last few days of Jesus' life. I witnessed what happened. And, sadly to say, stood by and watched as they crucified Jesus. That fateful week in Jerusalem started out exciting. It was an atmosphere of a festival. Perhaps something like your Mardi Gras, or your Independence Day celebrations. The talk was that a certain prophet was coming to town. That was not all that unusual. There were always religious leaders coming to Jerusalem. After all, it was one ...

230. Jesus Prays For Us

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... for a million dollars, and the hardest part would be signing his name at the bottom. He had been sick recently, and his face and his walking showed it. But he walked over to the widow and started to cry, and she cried with him, and you could feel the atmosphere in the room change. This man who had never read a book in his life spoke the language of the heart and held the key that opened the gates of solace where learned doctors and clergy could not. (1) We need people who can speak the language of the heart ...

231. Want To Sit At The Head Table?

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... violinist Pinchas Zukerman was giving a master class to a group of young artists who had come to the Aspen Music Festival. The young artists were being observed by a large audience of their peers and distinguished teachers and performers. The atmosphere was electric. To each of the talented performers Zukerman offered friendly advice and encouragement. He discussed their playing in detail, and would pick up his own violin to demonstrate finer points of technique and interpretation. Finally came the turn of ...

232. Setting The Record Straight

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... the tip of my tongue," Loder recalls, "and began to assure them that I was soon going to be well. It did not seem inappropriate in that joyful Presence to invite the staff to join me in a hymn of praise before the surgery began...The atmosphere of the room seemed to quicken, the humor became contagious even in the aseptic surroundings, and before long, the personnel were smiling and laughing with me." (5) And why shouldn't they smile and laugh? And why shouldn't we? Not only is there life ” indescribably ...

233. Thanks For All You've Done

Colossians 1:15-23, Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." NOT ONLY HAVE WE BEEN BROUGHT OUT OF DARKNESS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD'S SON. This is where we now live. We live among God's people. We live in an atmosphere of hope and affirmation and love. Stanley Newberg, a Jew from Austria, came to this country when he was young to escape the persecution in his native country. His family settled in New York City and began building a life for themselves. Stanley's father worked as a ...

234. What Fragrance Are You Leaving?

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... about the Hollywood actor, Francis X. Bushman. Bushman, the first of the movie idols, started as a sculptor's model. He was working in 1915 for the Essanay studio in Chicago for $250 a week, but his agent David Freedman knew that in the gold-rush atmosphere that prevailed among the competing film studios, the sky was the limit for talent with a proven following. How to prove Bushman was such a talent was the problem, and Freedman conceived of a plan. The agent instructed Bushman to take the train to New ...

235. Who Are Your Gentiles?

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Landon Winstead

... would see the same crowd who also started their day at that diner. One day, the pastor walked into the diner and introduced himself to the crowd, then asked everyone there to also introduce themselves to each other. He was just hoping for a more friendly atmosphere in the place. It worked. It worked for everyone but the owner. All he would reveal of himself was his name, Harry. A few weeks passed, all the regular customers had become friends, and Tony's pastor friend pressured Harry to reveal a little more ...

236. When Your Lips Are One Place But Your Heart . . .

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... hundred yards of the Talbot County jail. One hot summer night during a revival meeting, Jordan noted how carried away the warden of the jail's chain gang became while singing,"Love Lifted Me." He was inspired at how deeply the prevailing spiritual atmosphere had impacted this man. Later that same night, however, Jordan was awakened by agonizing groans coming from the direction of the chain gang camp. He knew what was happening; he had heard these sounds before. Someone had been placed into the "stretcher ...

237. What Are You Afraid Of?

Matthew 10:1-42

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: A golf ball, a bow and arrow, or a cap pistol Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever been in a hailstorm? Hailstorms can be frightening. Sometimes rain freezes in the upper atmosphere and comes down in balls of ice--sometimes as big as a golf ball. It would not be pleasant to get caught in a severe hailstorm without some kind of shelter. It could even be dangerous. Way, way back in the Middle Ages people tried to stop hailstorms by shooting ...

238. Casting Out Demons

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... will get its nourishment; there its roots will bed themselves and find moisture, and it will blossom like a star upon the lawn. But six inches of earth are not enough to grow a daisy. It takes a whole sun and a whole moon and all the stars; it takes atmosphere and rain and untold ages and a great God to grow a daisy! If a daisy cannot live and grow without another world," concludes Goodell, "you may be sure that no person can." Is there a demon troubling you this day? Are you being harassed by the demon of ...

239. Hungry For God

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... from God. Newspaper reporter Dennis Hensley once researched a story on pilot training in the Air Force. In these training sessions pilots are warned about "hypoxia," or lack of oxygen to the brain. The pilots are put in a simulation chamber that simulates the atmospheric conditions at 30,000 feet in the air. Then, the pilots are told to remove their oxygen masks. Next, they are asked to write out the answers to a few questions. Within a minute after they begin writing, their partner in the training exercise ...

240. Excited, Motivated, Changed!

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... are people today who are scared to death of the zeal of the Lord. They associate excitement or enthusiasm or zeal with emotionalism. They associate it with dancing in the aisles and jumping pews. Most of us would not be comfortable in such an atmosphere. Nevertheless, we do hunger for a little more excitement--a little more enthusiasm. The word `enthusiasm' comes from the Greek word ENTHOUSIASMOS which means `the God within you.' Is there anyone in this room who does not hunger for a greater sense of God ...

241. The Sower and the Seed

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Brett Blair

... goal to a cynic and he will see a hidden agenda. Offer the cynic a compliment and he suspects manipulation. Offer an idea and he will be the first one to tell you: we’ve tried it; it didn’t work. The gospel will not take root in that atmosphere. Something has to break up that hard-crusted veneer. The plough has to turn over that soil and find the good soil below. This condition even happens in the church office. When people came in and ask for money they inevitably say two things. First, every one of ...

242. A Ministry of Encouragement

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... are really critical. Unfortunately they sometimes make a lot of noise. I want you to imagine what it would be like if this church became known as a center of encouragement--if everyone here were to develop a ministry of encouragement. Imagine the kind of atmosphere our young people would grow up in. Imagine the kind of fragrance we could carry out with us to our shut-ins and those who are going through painful experiences. Imagine the kind of greeting that newcomer would receive. This church, a center of ...

243. Living with the End in Mind

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... in this world. One day, you’ll be reunited. In the meantime, this sanctuary is a good place to be each week. On February 1, 2003, the U.S. lost seven astronauts when space shuttle Columbia shattered while re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Among those astronauts who lost their lives was Commander Rick Husband. In an interview, Husband’s widow, Evelyn Husband claims that worshiping God provides her with some measure of peace. As she says, “This grieving journey is the hardest thing I have ever ...

244. To Care for the Earth

Leviticus 25:1-7

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... air-conditioning use to a minimum, being sure that this equipment is in good working order. We can buy more fuel-efficient cars and keep them in good mechanical repair. I read once that the typical car has pumped its weight in carbon into the atmosphere after its first 10,000 miles. Our future really is going up in smoke--out our exhaust pipes! Recycling is something we all can do. Every three months this country throws away enough aluminum to rebuild its entire commercial air fleet. Think about that the ...

245. Believing Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... I love you, signed, God,” or something like that. Why doesn’t God do that? It would be easy. Of course, if that happened, immediately a group of cynics would get together and explain to us that it was just a freak accident resulting from certain atmospheric conditions. Why does God not reveal His existence more forcibly? Probably because He does not want to overwhelm us. If God’s aim is to produce mature spirits fit to spend eternity in His presence, it makes sense that He would not reveal Himself in ...

246. Wining and Dining with Jesus

Mark 2:18-22

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... s Supper are meals in which everyone is mad at everyone else; or meals I eat all alone!” (Roland P. Perdue, “A Messed Up Table,” Master Sermon Series, Cathedral Publishers, 1979, p. 95) Sometimes we speak of “celebrating” the Holy Communion. But the atmosphere at most communion services I have attended or presided over is more funereal than celebrative. And, of course, if the good news of the Gospel be true, even our funerals ought to be celebrative! Joy does not depend upon one’s circumstances ...

247. The Lord's Prayer: Lead Us Not Into Temptation

Matthew 6:5-13

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... in the world." WOW! Let faith also be an inside job. Let God''s voice speak to us from the inside out. Let me illustrate it with this story. I recently heard of a black American who grew up in the poor rural South. He was raised in an atmosphere of religious bigotry that discounted his worth as a person because of the color of his skin. His parents were non-existent and he was bounced from one foster home to another. Not exactly the best pattern in life for success and self-esteem to emerge. However, today ...

248. The Day Jesus Asked the Question: The Fourth Word

Matthew 27:45-46

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... empty. There was no one in His chair. I waited in His absence. Finally on my bloody knees I laid my doubting obscene head On His high-gilded guillotine, And meekly said, "I trust!" (1) Silence! Silence! Silence! Three hours of silence! Then, a loud cry punctured the atmosphere all the way from the center of the earth--all the way to Heaven itself. It truly was a cry heard round the world. Yes, we are standing on Holy Ground as we probe the mystery of this text, and it is with deep reverence I approach this ...

249. Nightline

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... is so sad. It was shored up on the inside by large timbers. The Communist Government confiscated two-thirds of the building years ago. But when we entered the little sanctuary, Jerry and I felt we were in another world. There was an atmosphere completely different from the exterior appearance of the building. The dominant Christian symbol in the sanctuary was a huge, multi-pointed Advent star that comes out of the Moravian tradition. It''s a central symbol of worship during the Advent season. "Having heard ...

250. The Greatest Table in the World

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... back down, she can stay." He even brought her a bowl of gray soup. Craddock asked the man next to him, "Who is she?" The man said, "I never saw her before in my life. But if she ain''t welcome, ain''t nobody welcome." Craddock said in that new atmosphere he began to eat his soup and found to his surprise, it wasn''t too bad. In fact, it was almost good. As he finished the soup, he had the feeling that somehow he had tasted it before. Something in the soup reminded him of something. As he walked out ...

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