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2476. The Most Important Thing

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... The mother was so proud of her son for being a gracious host. She said, “Yes, what do you have?” He opened his refrigerator door, stared in for a few seconds, then said, “I have pickle juice or water.” (1) What a choice! I’m guessing they drank the water. A journalist with Bon Appetit magazine asked readers to submit examples of their worst dinner party experiences. Another woman named Bea Stein wrote about how the candles on her patio table fell over and set the whole table on fire. Erica Johnson ...

2477. Shameless!

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... your daily needs. Seek his forgiveness and the strength to forgive others. Ask for the courage to resist temptation. But above all, ask him for his Holy Spirit. This was his bottom line. This was his exclamation point. You know how to give good gifts to your children. Guess what! So does your Father in heaven. Ask him for a good gift. Be audacious enough to ask him for his best gift. Ask him to give you the gift of his Holy Spirit. When you approach your good and holy heavenly Father, ask him to fill you ...

2478. Depart from Me

Luke 5:1-11 · Isaiah 6:1-8

Sermon

Will Willimon

... teeth in you, he doesn't let go. In my first church in rural Georgia, I stood one Sunday, as I will shortly, and invited the congregation to the Lord's Table. But nobody came forward for Communion. After the service, I asked why no one came forward. ''I guess they just didn't think they was worthy.'' said one. ''Oh,'' I said, ''they' re not. Nor am I.'' We admitted all that up front, at the very beginning when we confessed our sin. We are unworthy even to gather up the crumbs under this table. Depart from ...

2479. Giving Away the Kingdom

Luke 12:32-40

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... , it sounds like he wants us to sell it all. It really doesn’t make a lot of sense to do that. For one thing, if every Christian sold all their possessions and gave all the money to the poor, we would die out inside two weeks. I’m just guessing, but I’m pretty sure that’s not the Lord’s intent here. Being a guy who believes the Lord meant what he said; I’ve got to struggle with this one. The apostle Paul once wrote to the Christians at Thessalonica and reminded them of a rule they had ...

2480. Find Joy Again!

Romans 15:4-13

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... been a part of my family history. I love to laugh, and you need to know that I have a very loud laugh. I do a lot of things loud. If I think something is funny, I really think it is funny! And that is a good thing, I guess, because someone once said that the sound of heaven is not singing but laughter. The holiness of laughter reminds me of a story about C.S. Lewis. A group of theologians and scholars approached the great Christian thinker and asked him, “What is the most important theological discovery ...

2481. Why Christianity?

Romans 1:1-7

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... way out of the labyrinth, there is a door to a tall tower in the center of the garden. Lucado said that if you were to look at their family pictures of the trip, you’d see four of their five family members standing on the top of the tower. Guess who was missing? That’s right. Lucado was stuck in that maze. He couldn’t figure out which way to go. But then he heard a voice from above. “Hey, Dad.” He looked up and saw his daughter Sara looking down on him. “You’re going the wrong way,” she ...

2482. Stay Awake

Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... see them. That’s really important. Many of us have a heart for people, but we may not have the eyes to see the needs right in front of us. And some people see the needs around them, but they don’t care enough to do anything about it. I guess you could say Dave Graham’s faith in Jesus “woke him up” to the needs around him. It gave him a heart for people and the eyes to see them. (5) And the final lesson we learn from Jesus’ daily life is he never missed an opportunity to share God ...

2483. Watch This!

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... malady. This was a set-up if Jesus ever saw one. And, as scripture so aptly points out, Jesus “was being carefully watched.” The guest with the “abnormal swelling of his body” (Luke 14:2) was positioned right in front of the Lord. I’m guessing the Pharisee wanted to make sure there was no way Jesus could miss the man’s suffering. Understanding the situation, Jesus asked the religious types at the gathering if it was lawful to heal on the sabbath. No one uttered a peep. Hearing no objections ...

2484. A Young Man's Vow

Luke 14:25-33

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... along down the highway with a license plate that bore on it the one word out of all of the words in the dictionary that I needed most to see exactly then. The word was trust. Later on he learned that the owner of the car, as Buechner guessed, was a trust officer in a bank. Later, Buechner mentioned this incident in an article he had written. The trust officer traced his address and one day appeared on the doorstep with the license plate. Buechner now keeps the battered license plate on a bookshelf in his ...

2485. The Joy Of Being Found

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... in the world.)… I am not great at quoting scripture but I do an okay job of sharing my experience with Christ so I figured God could do his work and I’d be willing. One of the people of the group was sort of the leader — I’m guessing he had some experience with this because he seemed to know when to move this girl forward. The rest of us gave our “amens” and shared whatever we were inspired to add. We held hands, cried, prayed, and gave thanks … eventually we were led in prayer by this girl ...

2486. You Don't Have to Yell

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... met a dejected-looking man standing on a street corner. He struck up a conversation with the man and began telling him about the peace and hope he found in following Jesus. The man responded, “Mister, nobody with peace and hope ever comes down here. I guess even Jesus would not come here.” (4) But Jesus did go there. He went exactly to the people and the places that everyone else avoided. Why? Because Jesus loves those whom the world rejects. That’s the first insight we get from today’s lesson. He ...

2487. He Loves You Anyway

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... were excommunicated from the synagogue. They couldn’t participate in the religious and social supports of their community. Our Bible passage says that Zacchaeus was wealthy, so it’s likely he was profiting off the exploitation and oppression of his neighbors. I’d guess he earned the title Least Popular Guy in Jericho. I think that explains why Zacchaeus didn’t want Jesus to see him. These Bible verses tell us that Zacchaeus ran ahead of the crowd. It’s reasonable to assume he could have gotten ...

2488. Put On Your Apocalypse Jacket

Luke 21:5-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... say five or three or ten until you know it.” And his second piece of advice was, “You gotta walk big. You gotta mean it. Like Dolly on a dinosaur. Because you got it.” (Little Clark is a big fan of Dolly Parton and dinosaurs, so I guess Dolly on a dinosaur is the ultimate image of courage to him). (5) Clark had more advice for his mother, but I just included these first two affirmations because I think they perfectly demonstrate what it means to prepare yourself beforehand to not be afraid. This young ...

2489. Silent Sinning

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... you no longer have anything to fear. You don’t need anyone watching out for you. You can handle this lion. He respects your power. Distracted by the crowd, and welcoming of what you see as well-deserved accolades, you take your eyes off of the lion. I guess I don’t have to finish that story. The lion won. The tamer, well, he’s been devoured so to speak by his own overconfidence. Sometimes as people of God, we can feel too taken with our own “goodness,” and too confident in our own salvation that ...

2490. The Sound of Silence

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... was teaching about and living out the values of the kingdom of God. Jesus kicked off his ministry by preaching about the kingdom of God. And after his death and resurrection, when he appeared again to his followers, he spent 40 days speaking to them about, guess what? That’s right, the kingdom of God. His miracles and healings were signs of the restoration that God promises in God’s future kingdom. Why does Matthew 4: 23 say that Jesus preached “the good news of the kingdom”? Jesus explains that in ...

2491. Beware! Jesus Is Coming to Church!

John 2:13-22

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: a lightbulb Good morning, boys and girls. Guess what I brought to show you this morning? A lightbulb. Not very exciting, I suppose. But I learned an interesting fact about light bulbs this week. Did you know that when light bulbs are made in the factory, they have to be kept completely clean inside? I mean completely clean. ...

2492. The Most Important Question

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... , Time magazine has named a “Person of The Year” on its January cover. In 2013, the editors of Time decided to go for the doozie and name the most significant person in history. They did an exhaustive study and a complex analysis of historical figures. Guess who won? Jesus (Rick Lawrence, The Jesus-Centered Life, Group Publishing, 2016, Kindle version). Yet, do we really know who Jesus was? Do we really know? I remember the first time I saw a picture of Jesus. I was just a little boy in Sunday school ...

2493. Beloved

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... your spouse, partner, parent, friend, or someone you’ve been dating, relationship therapists tell us to look for certain “signs” that you are feeling love toward that person, or that that person loves you.[1] Those signs are pretty straightforward, and I’m guessing every one of us has encountered at least some of them. If you’ve been fortunate enough to encounter them all, you know what it means to share a loving relationship: You feel safe with them. They listen. They acknowledge your differences ...

2494. On the Mountaintop

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... ready for the movie to end. I imagine that’s how Peter felt on the mountaintop with Jesus. One day Jesus took Peter, James, and John up a mountain where they could be alone, away from the crowds and the other disciples. The three might have guessed something special was in store for them, for the mountains had long been a significant place for their people to meet with God. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai and received the Ten Commandments. Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, and God ...

2495. Mandatum

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... a corporate meal. And what is it that we remember and proclaim? It is the bread, the Body of Christ broken for us, and the cup, the blood of Christ shed for us. We are to remember and pro- claim the death and resurrection of Jesus. I guess the question for us now is this — is their unity in our congregation? Those who have been sent out with sackcloth and ashes have now returned. They have knelt before us in sorrow, but have we truly forgiven and accepted them? We must ask—does grace and forgiveness ...

2496. The Mountain

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

John Jamison

... walking. They were not seeking some kind of emotional, religious high. They were creating change. They were different. Some traditions say that Jesus, Moses, and Elijah talked for a while on that mountain. We don’t know what they might have talked about, and I guess it really doesn’t matter all that much. What Matthew told us was that when the disciples heard the voice speaking to them they were terrified and fell to the ground. Jesus walked over and touched them. He told them to not be afraid. When ...

2497. Converts Or Disciples?

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

William G. Carter

... goes hand in hand. The clue for all of this is the place where the Easter Jesus met his disciples. Do you remember from our text where that was? They went to Galilee, “to the mountain where he directed them.” What mountain? Anybody want to guess? It’s the mountain where we have been before – the Sermon on the Mount mountain. After Easter, he directed them back to the place where he gathered them together and began to teach. The Easter Christ continued to instruct us, saying, Blessed are the poor in ...

2498. Wrestling with God

Genesis 32:22-31

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

How many of you are into the sport of wrestling? I guess I should clarify which kind of wrestling I’m talking about, because there are a surprising number of competitions with the word “wrestling” in them that aren’t exactly sports. I’m sure all of us have tried arm wrestling or thumb wrestling at one time or another. But have ...

2499. Seeing the Truth of Jesus

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... for being Steve 2. He argued that 0 comes before 1, so he wanted his name tag to read Steve 0. And since no one wanted to argue with this “logic,” Steve Jobs was assigned the employee name tag Steve 0. (1) Was Steve Jobs competitive? I guess you could say that. A woman named Kathy tells about the day she gave birth to her first child. Coincidentally, one of Kathy’s colleagues was at the same hospital giving birth that day too. Kathy and her husband had prepared for this day with natural-childbirth ...

2500. Division of the House

Matthew 10:24-39

Sermon

William G. Carter

... wedding. The highlight for one father was not hearing the vows, throwing the birdseed, or eating a slice of cake. It was watching his four-year- old girl walk down the aisle in a white dress. This time she was only the flower girl, but you can guess what he was thinking. There may be a day in twenty years when she walks down the aisle in another white dress, this time with Daddy on her arm. When the scriptures are opened today, the words are stunning, for Jesus says, “Whoever loves his daughter more ...

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