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Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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2476. One More Angel

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... was, "Now don't be afraid. I have some very good news for you - You can be filled with joy, everyone can. There is a newborn baby. The baby is the Savior...the Anointed one of God. The baby is the Lord. And, you can find that baby. You can touch, see, and hold that baby. Then the Angel Choir could not hold back any more, and they started to sing. When the angels were through singing, the shepherds went and checked it out. It was exactly the way the angel said it was. Wow! Beloved, that story still means now ...

2477. Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

Temptation. Oscar Wilde is quoted a saying, "I can resist everything -- except temptation!" Humorist Robert Orben has observed, "Most people want to be delivered from temptation but would like to keep in touch." Another wag has asked, "Why is it that opportunity knocks only once, yet temptation bangs on the door constantly?"(1) Once there was a small boy who wanted a pair of skates. His parents, hoping to teach him the value of money, informed him that he would have to save ...

2478. Ban the "Buts"

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the answer could well be NEVER. Still, the "Let the dead bury their own dead" response sounds a bit harsh. Perhaps we should understand it in the same way as Jesus' instruction to pluck out our eye out or cut off our hand if we look at something or touch something we shouldn't(2) - a bit of Semitic hyperbole that dramatizes a point but is not meant to be taken literally.(3) SERIOUSLY, but not literally. Now another says he wants to come along. "I will follow you, Lord; BUT let me first say farewell to those ...

2479. Leaping Lepers - Thanksgiving

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... in a Pear Tree. But wait. One of them is coming back. And he is yelling something. What's that? As the text says, he was "praising God in a loud voice." He comes right up to Jesus, throws himself at the Master's feet...and says Thank You. Nice touch. But now the zinger - he was a Samaritan. Aw, Luke, why do you have to go and mess up a nice healing story with that little detail. A Samaritan. Now, as you Bible scholars know, during an ancient Israelite war, most of those citizens living up north in Samaria ...

2480. Building a World

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... that they were each sired by different fathers, and that Mikey’s father was so abusive that the children’s mother was filing for a divorce from him. The mother had dropped the kids at the park so that she could go gambling at the local casino. With a touch of sadness, Deanna reported that ever since their mother had lost her job, the family had been living in a tent on the outskirts of town. Then Deanna asked Matthew if he had a job. He replied that he was a pastor. Deanna thought about this answer for ...

2481. Different From A Camel's Hair Sport Coat

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... century "Macarena," popular for a moment, but forgotten the next day? Would he end up on the back pages of PEOPLE magazine under the banner "Camel Hair, Locust Eating Preacher Drawing Attention." No. John called people to repent, and what he said touched them so much that not only did they regret their past sinfulness, they even were baptized by him, symbolic of their identification with his movement. John the Baptizer is not a carnival sideshow, but is solidly within the tradition of the prophets, and ...

2482. Good News For Parents And For Kids, Too!

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... bulletin: "Weight Watchers will meet this Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. Please use the large double door at the side entrance." Some of us have resolved to pursue an exercise program. One fellow says that he doesn't believe in exercise. He says if God meant for us to touch our toes, God would have put them farther up our body. One man said his doctor suggested he try running in place. The man asked, "In place of what?" I don't know where your focus is this New Year's Day. It may be on your weight, or some ...

2483. Now Is The Day Of Salvation

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... the expression, "knock on wood?" Many people knock on wood before undertaking a project for good luck. Will Rogers once humorously said: "I always knock on wood before I make my entrance." The "knock on wood" superstition is alleged to have originated in the practice of touching wood on the occasion of good fortune in gratitude to Christ who is associated with a wooden cross. (4) We all ought to be knocking on wood daily for what Christ has done for us. Someone has said that long ago a question was asked ...

2484. Lips And Hearts

Romans 10:8b-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... cotton thread on a wooden wheel, as the Mahatma did, while holding conversations. The physical resemblance between Gandhi and Kingsley proved startling. After filming a scene in a village south of Delhi, Kingsley stepped out of a car, and an elderly peasant knelt to touch his feet. Embarrassed, Kingsley explained that he was merely an actor playing the Mahatma. "We know," replied the villager, "but through you he will surely live again." (6) That is the world's appeal to you and me. They would see Christ in ...

2485. Messies Anonymous

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... contemporaries. The first, Clifford Baron, was one of the greatest orators America has ever seen. One respected pastor called him, "the greatest preacher since the apostle Paul." Audiences everywhere were spellbound by his messages. At age 25 Clifford Baron had touched more lives, influenced more leaders, and set more attendance records than any clergyman his age in American history. The other man was Dawson Trotman. Trotman was bright, artistic, and highly articulate. He was a man who loved a challenge. At ...

2486. God Is Greater

John 10:22-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... Doctor, I am going to stand before my Maker soon, and I am ashamed of the scar. My moustache won't hide it from Him. Doctor, take the scar off before I die." The doctor, already crying, said, "Where is this scar, Cremona?" He reached up and touched the face of Cremona and looked for the scar underneath the moustache, but he couldn't find it. He said, "Cremona, are you sure that's the right place?" "Yes," Cremona answered, "right down across the upper lip." Dr. Maltz said, "I examined it carefully, but there ...

2487. On Being Mistaken For A Mannequin

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan

... during his routines at shopping malls and amusement parks that he's sometimes mistaken for a mannequin. Fuqua discovered his unique talent at the age of fourteen while standing motionless in front of a Christmas tree as a joke. A woman touched him and exclaimed, "Oh, I thought it was a real person." Doing nothing is really impossible ” even for the Motionless Man. Fuqua attributes his feigned paralysis to hyper elastic skin, an extremely low pulse rate, and intense concentration. He may not laugh ...

2488. Let's Play, Stump The Theologian!

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... were no shortcuts. God alone was in charge. She learned to deal ruthlessly and fully with sin in her life. She committed her life completely to Jesus Christ as Lord during that time. The seeds of her ministry of writing ” a ministry that has touched thousands of people ” were planted during this period of convalescence. She developed an increasingly strong faith in God's ability to heal. At first she was told there was no progress. Then x-rays began to show progress. And finally she was pronounced well ...

2489. Good News For Broken Hearts

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... after an alcoholic father who was about to kill the mother, and then of rushing for the butcher knife. Such scars have been buried in pain for so long that they are causing hurt and rage that are inexplicable. And these scars are not touched by conversion and sanctifying grace, or by the ordinary benefits of prayer. "In the rings of our thoughts and emotions, the record is there; the memories are recorded, and all are alive. And they directly and deeply affect our concepts, our feelings, our relationships ...

2490. Who Is Your Lazarus?

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... financial. People need love, they need recognition. They need an encouraging word. They need a role model. They need a relationship with Christ. People have a myriad of needs that may go unnoticed if we do not look in their direction. There was a sad but touching movie that was nominated for an Emmy many years ago titled, “Verna: USO Girl.” Terry Hershey tells about it in the book, Go Away, Come Closer. In the film Sissy Spacek portrays a clumsy, tone-deaf song-and-dance girl hired by a USO troupe ...

2491. Some Things We Can Do, God Can't

2 Timothy 2:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... be some people God would like to turn away. Murderers, adulterers, thieves, those who gossip and bear false witness. Some of us WOULD turn such persons away, but not God. "He who comes to me, I will not cast out." (Jn. 6:37) Max Lucado relates a touching, true story about a mother named Maria and her daughter, Christina. Maria and Christina lived in a poor village in Brazil. Maria's husband died when Christina was an infant. Maria got a job as a maid in order to support herself and Christina. There were no ...

2492. God Believes In Us, Too

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Dr. Chane M. Hutton

... How do we know? Because he had taken a job with the Roman government as a district tax superintendent. Tax collectors in those days were among the most despised people in society. In fact, tax collectors were considered religiously unclean because they touched money that belonged to the emperor. They worked on a commission basis and became wealthy by collecting more than the required amount from people. They prospered at the expense of their fellow Jews. It is entirely possible that because of his physical ...

2493. Comfort My People

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... have a problem at school. Can you help me, Santa? Kids laugh at me because of the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy. I just want one day where no one laughs at me or makes fun of me. Love Amy." Thousands of people were touched in the USA and as far away as Australia and Great Britain by Amy's letter: Residents of a Kansas home for people with cerebral palsy asked to be her pen pal. Philadelphia Eagles coach Rich Kotite sent her a football signed by players. Eric Grimm, 10, of Stayton ...

2494. A Time For Miracles

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... are cold and indifferent toward the poor and the downcast, suddenly feel the urge to drop money in a Salvation Army kettle. People who have ignored Christ all year long, find their way to a Christmas Eve service where their hearts are touched once again by this most beautiful of stories. Something happens to us at Christmas. Something magical, something miraculous. In the December 1995 issue of Guideposts, Elizabeth King English tells of a very special Christmas that she once experienced. The year was 1949 ...

2495. Be Careful Which Entree You Choose

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... said the painter. "On the contrary, he was a very good man. The best man who ever lived. He died for others." The little girl looked up at him and asked, "Did he die for you?" Steinberg was not a Christian, but the gypsy girl's question touched his heart and awakened his conscience, and eventually he became a believer. By the way, years afterward a young count chanced to go into the gallery at Dresden where Steinberg's painting of "Christ on the Cross" was on exhibition. This painting spoke so powerfully to ...

2496. Who Could Forget That?

Mark 14:32-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... word in today's world. Indiscretion is a term we are more comfortable with. Or mistake. Or weakness. Because we trivialize the breaking of God's Law we cannot experience the richness and the depth of God's grace. Book Four of War and Peace contains a touching scene. Nicholas Rostov has lost a huge sum at gambling. Now he must face his father. Only the week before he has borrowed money from his father with a promise that he would never borrow again. Nicholas is filled with grief over this breach of honor ...

2497. I, Caiaphas

John 18:12-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... the garden that night to arrest Jesus. It was immediately after Judas betrayed the Galilean with a kiss. One of Jesus' disciples, an impetuous man named Peter, drew a sword and cut off Malchus' right ear. To this day my servant Malchus swears that the Nazarene touched him and immediately his ear was healed. (Prayerfully, looking up) My God, what had I done? Is it possible he was who he said he was? Only you can answer that. Has he brought healing into your life? When I looked into his eyes I was looking ...

2498. Friends

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... hasn't eaten yet. She tries to pick up her fork, but can't manage it. So Hoke says, "Let me help you with this," and he cuts a small piece of pie with the fork and feeds it to her. She smiles and nods her thanks. It is a touching scene. Slowly Daisy enjoys a simple piece of pie because of Hoke's kindness. Hoke cuts another piece for her. There's no dialogue. The lights fade and the play is over. (3) There are many societal factors that separate Hoke and Miss Daisy but there is also a bond ...

2499. Are You Successful Or Do You Just Have Money?

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... he was three. His father, a doctor, seemed broken by her death and ceased his medical practice. Bill's first child, a son, died right after birth. Not too many years later, his wife died as well. But these things explain only part of Bill's sadness; they don't touch upon his one great dark secret. You see, Bill had once embezzled $1000 as a bank teller! He was hiding in Central America when his wife became deathly ill. His return to care for her couldn't save her, but it did earn him a number of years in ...

2500. Where Is Your Home?

2 Corinthians 5:6-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... trembling little hands revealed his fear at several points in the flight. Mom was oblivious, however, to what was happening in Teddy's mind. If there were things he wanted, one would never know because he sat quietly throughout the entire flight. No words or touches were exchanged. Teddy did not share whatever thoughts he had about things he wanted to do or learn. In many ways, he was flying alone. (6) Doesn't that example make you wonder how many children are flying alone through life? How important it is ...

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