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2601. Homecoming

Hosea 14:1-3a

Sermon

Will Willimon

... . We feel adrift, lost, nowhere to go. Homelessness has become metaphysical. Now, we're not just lost in North Raleigh but also in the cosmos. Without home, each of us has moved into a "do-it-yourself" universe, a place patched together from whatever impressions life has made on us up to this point, held by the string of our consciousness, mixed with something we saw on TV, the wisdom of Shirley MacLaine, thoughts from Rolling stone balanced by Readers' Digest, wisdom jerry-built personally by us between ...

2602. Imagination

Luke 1:39-45, 46-55

Sermon

Will Willimon

... could for a moment surrender our certainty and expect to be surprised! Imagination is essential prerequisite for creative thought or action. In seminary, when we took a course in ethics, in thinking and acting like Christians, I got the I impression that ethical thought involves uncovering a large array of possible responses to some ethical dilemma, then sifting through those alternatives, finally seizing upon the "right" thing to do or the "only" possible course of action. Ethics is about narrowing-things ...

2603. Homecoming

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Will Willimon

... a desperately poor little village in the mountains. For a week, from dawn until dark, we dispensed medicine, care, to long lines of people. Five Duke doctors, a few nurses, and the rest of us. Every day the lines got longer. Every day, we were cruelly impressed by the gap between the huge need and our meager medical resources. Each evening, before sleep, we would sit in a circle and process our feelings. Toward the end, this Duke doctor just broke into tears saying what most of us were feeling. "I've seen ...

2604. Our Light

Genesis 1:1-5 · Mark 1:9-11

Sermon

Will Willimon

... modern problem. In the old days, Biblical people are always chatting with God, strolling arm in arm with God in the garden. God is everywhere in the Bible. Why is God “Deus Absconditus” in modern life? And yet, even in the Bible, men and women are often more impressed by the absence, the distance, the hiddenness of God than by God's presence. Moses on Mount Sinai wants to know all there is to know about God. "Show me your glory!" he cries. God answers. "You cannot see my face; no human can see me and ...

2605. I Doubt It!

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... .) This morning will be a little different. I am expecting a call from a well-known person. I am taking the call during the service and will put it on speaker phone so everyone can hear. You’ll recognize who it is and I am sure it will impress you that I get calls from this high-level person. (Phone rings. Speaker answers). Speaker: Hello, I am very excited to get this call. Caller: I doubt it. Speaker: No, no, truly. It doesn’t happen every day around here. You are very welcome in our church. Caller ...

2606. Following God's Plan

1 John 5:1-6

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... “churchgoers” have little or no problem loving God. The difficulty, however, arises in loving neighbor and ourselves. We are told that we must love others as we love ourselves, but this, quite obviously, necessitates that we have a positive impression, respect for, and love of ourselves. Unfortunately, many people today have a very poor self-image. Whether literally or proverbially, they look in the mirror and say, “I am not smart enough, attractive enough, athletic enough, or socially outward enough ...

2607. What Do You Expect?

John 6:24-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... to help support the children he had fathered in his many dalliances. That is, until he lost paternity suits in court. Then he had to fork over funds that he should have felt responsible for all along. In spite of spending millions to throw parties and impress people, Steve’s closest friends say that he had few people who really liked him. They just hung around because they wanted something from him. But here’s how this sad story ended. On June 22, 2020, Steve Bing stepped off the window ledge of his ...

2608. How to Beat a Stress Test

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... were arrested and thrown into prison. They were beaten and left in miserable conditions. For six years, Ahn survived in this brutal environment meanwhile sharing her faith with the other prisoners. When they were released in 1945, a prison guard who was impressed by their courage shouted as they passed through the exit, “These are the ones who for six long years refused to worship Japanese gods. They fought against severe torture, hunger, and cold, and have won out without bowing their heads to the ...

2609. Not Your Lips, but Your Life

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... situation, “Now it’s okay for someone else to have my name; I do not have a copyright on it. But what really disturbed me was the fact that people were judging me by what someone else with my name was doing. By his behavior he gave people the wrong impression of this Ron Dunn! I am afraid that is the reason the world has such a distorted view of Christ; it has judged Him by what others with His name have done.” (5) Ouch! Maybe we need some of Jesus’ tough love this morning too. Because the sin of ...

2610. Giving Our Best

Mark 7:24-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... !” replied Smith, “That’s the question. Where is the spoon?” After telling this story, Glenn Van Ekeren, adds this observation for business owners; “Fancy products, gimmicks, and catchy slogans are not facilitators of excellence. Tasty chicken soup without a spoon rarely impresses anyone. If you want excellence, pay attention to the little things.” (1) Some of you will remember the name Cathy Rigby. Ms. Rigby was an Olympic gymnast who went on to become an actress. You may not remember her as an ...

2611. Can You Deny Yourself?

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... up the story of Chuck Lamb’s website, and he got hired to play a dead body in the TV show “What I Like About You.” Since that first TV appearance, Lamb has appeared as a dead body in numerous TV shows and movies. (1) I’m pretty impressed with Chuck Lamb’s attitude. I don’t think I’d be so inspired if I dreamed about my own death. Speaking of weird death stories, last November a French radio station accidentally published a batch of 100 obituaries for famous people who were still alive. Queen ...

2612. Driven to Complete

Mark 9:30-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... as far as you see me following Jesus Christ. Follow me only that far.” (6) “. . . follow me only as far as you see me following Jesus Christ.” Pastor John Robinson knew that the secret of greatness lies in following Jesus’ example. People may be impressed by our achievements, but they will be inspired by our service. Pastor Edward Markquart saw this kind of greatness in a member of his congregation, a man named Bill Grant. Bill and his wife Mary had raised 24 foster children during their marriage ...

2613. Meeting Jesus

John 3:1-17

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” A little flattery, maybe? Or is he sincere? Maybe he’s just here to tell Jesus that he’s a fan, that he’s impressed with the work Jesus is doing. Maybe he just wants to give Jesus a pat on the back, an “attaboy” for all he is doing on behalf of the kingdom of God. Maybe he has a question. Maybe Nicodemus has heard something that makes him question his own understanding, his ...

2614. Religious Rage

Psalm 137:1-9

Sermon

Will Willimon

... in exile. Where will they go to express their rage? Some time ago, I had a woman in one of my classes. Scarcely had the very first class ended, than she was up at the podium challenging me, not liking the way I said things, accusing me of sexism. She impressed me as one of the most angry people I had ever met. Frankly, I hoped that she would trust her instincts and drop the course. But she didn't. She stayed for the whole course, arguing, fighting, raging every step of the way. On the last day she gave me ...

2615. Jesus' Tears

John 11:32-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... understand that this is also one of the most powerful verses in the Bible? Tom Wright in his Bible Study Guide, John for Everyman, asks the question, “Why does John show us a weeping Jesus?” It’s a good question. However, I believe most people are greatly impressed by a weeping Jesus. We may have snickered as children when we were asked to cite a Bible verse and we chose “Jesus wept,” simply and solely because it was the shortest verse in the Bible. But as we’ve aged, I believe most of us have ...

2616. Pulling Our Punches

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... as we shall see here, a rich young man who’s on the right track already. Mark told us: “…a man ran up and knelt before him…”. A man with the wealth this individual has can usually employ someone to do the running for him, but we have to be impressed that he takes off with speed to catch up with Jesus and stop him. It’s admirable that he doesn’t worry about how this would look. And at the end of his run, perhaps breathless, he knelt before Jesus, showing him more honor than most in positions of ...

2617. Faith and Freedom

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... he was to where he was going and he hit a deep chuck hole and wrecked. Two young women saw the wreck. One of them came to the door and told us what had happened. I know our memories play tricks on us sometimes, and sometimes we only remember the impressions of the event or what we want to remember. In my mind I can still see her carrying Paul's limp body up that hill. I really don't remember if Paul was really unconscious or not. All I really remember is the blood. His chin was busted wide open ...

2618. For The Love of God Is Empowering

Matthew 22:36 -40 · John 4:1-32

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the "Me Only" club. Calvin and Hobbes are walking in the woods talking one day and Calvin says: "A lot of people don't have principles, but I do. I'm a highly principled person! I live according to one principle, and I never deviate from it." Hobbes looks impressed and asks: "What's your principle?" Calvin says: "Look out for number one." (2) Isn't that a sad commentary on life and on our concept of a principled life? That's not what God intended. God doesn't want us to live by the kind of principle that ...

2619. Why the Greatest?

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... an attempt to entrap him. In Luke, Jesus answered the scholar’s question with a question, and it was the scholar who came up with the two laws that embody the whole law. Whereas in Mark the scholar asked a sincere question, because he was impressed by Jesus’ answers to questions of controversy, and figured this guy really knew his stuff. Why not just ask Jesus the question of the day — which law is the greatest? What are we to think since three different evangelists told this story in three different ...

2620. When Good People Pray

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... with tools and all the parts he had “taken” from the company during the years. He explained the situation to his foreman and added that he’d never really meant to steal them and hoped he’d be forgiven. The foreman was so astonished and impressed by his action that he cabled Mr. Ford himself, who was visiting a European plant, and explained the entire event in detail. Immediately Ford cabled back: “Dam up the Detroit River,” he said, “And baptize the entire city!” (5) We could only hope that ...

2621. The Richest Family in Church

Luke 4:14-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... community and the magazine of the same name. The Sojourners community advocates for peace and social justice based on the teachings of Jesus. Their ministries focus on meeting the needs of the poor. When Wallis was in seminary, he and some classmates were deeply impressed by all the verses in the Bible emphasizing God’s concern for the poor. So they took a Bible and a pair of scissors, and they cut out every verse that related to justice for the poor, not exploiting the poor, sharing your resources ...

2622. Grace Under Pressure

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... . They could never understand the dangers of warfare from simply reading a textbook. So Lee brought in soldiers who had been through some of the toughest battles, who had been captured by the enemy, who had spent time in prison camps. He recalls the impression that one pilot made on his recruits. This pilot had managed to escape from a Viet Cong prison camp. The young recruits kept asking him questions about the weapons he carried or the training techniques he used to survive his ordeal. The soldier stopped ...

2623. Jesus In Ministry — Us In Ministry

Luke 4:14-21

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... some couldn’t afford the wooden structures they chose to live in their makeshift “homes.” The families who lived in their neat little houses and yards were families who had come to know and experience Christ in their lives. What gave me a lasting impression that day was that these people had a self-esteem that developed from their relationship with Jesus. I understood that Christ took the “poor me” out of them and replaced it with a “rich me” in the heart. Still poverty stricken…still with ...

2624. Provoked

Luke 4:21-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... are. Jesus gets up, reads the scroll, and sits down to teach, as he has everywhere else. Then, like Ezra the priest before him, Jesus prophesied: “Today, this scripture has been fulfilled just as you heard it.” At first the crowd would begin raving about Jesus, impressed by his words. He’s prophesying Jubilee. This is awesome! It’s time to party! No more foreigners. No more Rome. Listen to our boy. This is Joseph’s son, our guy! He’s going to make things good for us! Yay Jesus. And then he ...

2625. The Teacher

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Will Willimon

... man, or raising a young girl from the dead -- this may seem unimpressive. Even when Mark tells us that- all who heard his teaching ''were astounded'' because ''he taught them as one having authority,'' well, a good lesson, even a well taught lesson is not so impressive. But the class is about to get more interesting. A man barges into the synagogue screaming, ''What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth....I know who you are, the Holy One of God!'' Jesus rebuked the troubled spirit within the man, that ...

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