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2776. It's Not Nice To Call Someone A Dog

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... for her daughter. Jesus’ mission was to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. The woman badgered Jesus and his disciples until her request was fulfilled. Jesus in turn cut across the deep divisions of his time in order to help someone in distress. The moral of both responses is that love will find a way. That is the story of the cross. Humanity cut off from its Creator. A chasm which no man or woman could cross. Until God set down a piece of wood in the shape of a cross. And that cross became a bridge ...

2777. Roll Call

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... . During the Communion service there was a pause. The congregation was silent. Then someone called out a name. In one voice everyone responded, "Presente!" Another name was called out. Once again the response was, "Presente!" During the service at least twenty names were called out and each time the same response: "Presente!" Ron DelBene, the pastor leading this group of Christians did not understand what was happening until he heard the name Oscar Romero. Then he realized that all the names were those ...

2778. Afraid Of The Water

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... call conversion? No voice came out of the sky. No thunderclap struck nearby. Later while attending church his pastor explained that the literal meaning of conversion is "turning." That made sense to Dan. It was as if he'd been walking in one direction and then in response to some inner pull, he turned - not even all the way around, but only at what seemed a slightly different angle. (3) But now he had a new identity. He also had a new set of beliefs. Baptism is a statement of what we believe. BAPTISM ALSO ...

2779. You Can Be Happy

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... to a concentration camp in Germany. It was Christmas Eve when Gorman Williams heard about the plight of these Jews. Immediately he went to the dock, entered the first building and called out, "Merry Christmas! What would you like for Christmas?" The response was slow. "We're Jewish," someone called out. "I know," Williams said, "but what would you like for Christmas?" The weary Jews, fearful for their very lives, replied, "We would like some German pastries." At that point Gorman Williams sold his ticket ...

2780. The Jesus Connection

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... me of a story about a French light-house keeper who worked near Calais. As he was showing his lighthouse to some guests one day, one of them asked what would happen if one of the lights went out. His response was an emphatic "Never!" He said that if he permitted that to happen, he would live in fear of being responsible for a ship crashing into some unseen rocks along the coast. And then he went on to say, "Sometimes I feel as if the whole world is looking at my light." (5) That is how we ought to feel ...

2781. Strength Through Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... faith. He had felt only anguish and despair immediately following the accident, and he spent many nights crying himself to sleep. He healed poorly in those first few months, and one day his physician came in and told him frankly that if he didn't become responsible for his own healing, he would never recover. Campanella knew that he would never leave his wheelchair. He knew that he would never play ball again. But he also knew that the doctor was right. All of his life he had found help in his faith. And ...

2782. Coming For The Right Reasons

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... right with God and made all the corrections he needed to. (5) Tom's change of life is a far cry from the man who prayed, "Oh God, let me get away with it just this once." Many people come to Jesus for the wrong reasons. They seek to flee responsibility rather than to take up a cross. Giving your life to Christ involves allowing him to make some real changes in our life. But here is the good news for the day: He Gives us power to make those changes. The people once again asked Jesus a question, "What must ...

2783. How Shall We Prepare?

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... Did you know they couldn't vote in Switzerland until 1971? In the 1960s most states wouldn't let a woman sign for an apartment lease, obtain a credit rating, or apply for a loan unless her husband or a male relative agreed to share the responsibility. At that time, many people believed it was smart for women to act dumb; some parents wouldn't even send their daughters to college. According to a 1965 study, fifty-one percent of men thought women were temperamentally unfit for management positions. (5) We're ...

2784. I Am Doing A New Thing

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... I shall try to be good!'" Lucy has a grimace on her face as she thinks this through. Finally, in the last panel, she cries out, "I'd rather die!" Unfortunately, that is the response of many of us. God has done a new thing. He has done a new thing for the world. He has done a new thing for each of us. What is our response? Shall we continue in our same self-destructive ways? Shall we continue to hurt those who love us most? Or shall we begin to do a new thing ourselves? "This is what the LORD ...

2785. Help Wanted, Dad. Ask For Calvin And Hobbes.

1 Kings 19:1-8

Sermon

Lowell D. Streiker

... weekends....(7) So here we are on this weekend, on Father's Day no less, trying to brush up on our fathering skills. No one gave us a guidebook when we took on this job, but there are a few obvious rules. First, as a father realize that your only responsibility is to do the best that you can do, to be aware of the impact you have on your children, and to respond as fully as you are capable of responding to their needs. Second, do the best you can do under the circumstances, just as your father did the ...

2786. One In Christ

Galatians 3:15-25

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... what's going on in Rome?" "No," said the second. "I haven't. What's going on in Rome?" The first lady said with great pleasure, "A meeting of high Catholic churchmen has decided that we Jews are not responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus." The second Jewish lady raised her eyebrows. "And who is responsible then?" she asked. "I'm not sure," said the first. "I think they suspect the Puerto Ricans." Why must we always categorize people into groups? Why are we so hung up on those things that divide us? And ...

2787. More Than Meets The Eye

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... faith. Instead, Jesus was affirming them for the faith they already had. IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF HOW MUCH FAITH A PERSON HAS, BUT HOW ONE IS ABLE TO USE THE FAITH ONE ALREADY POSSESSES. The disciples said, "Increase our faith." Jesus affirmed them with his response, "If you had faith (and of course you do) the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree: `Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you." It was not a question of increasing their faith, because the disciples already ...

2788. The Gift Of Inadequacy

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... communion for as long as they could remember. After one service Pastor Keen asked her, "Why do you cry while kneeling at the altar every time you receive Holy Communion?" Her response surprised her pastor. "Every time I receive the bread and cup I can't help but think that Christ died for me," she said. "I feel that the only fitting response is crying. By crying I am remembering what Christ did for me. I feel so sorry, so sad, so unworthy, to receive the communion." (4) The tax collector felt unworthy. He ...

2789. A Message From Above And Beyond

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... Pentecost it was time for the disciples to put the teachings of Jesus into practice. They were the ones responsible for spreading the Good News "in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." We follow in those special ... footsteps. Every generation has the joy and the responsibility of transferring the message of Jesus Christ to the next generation. The apostles spread the message of salvation to the next generation ...

2790. Responding To The Roadblocks Of Life

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... . The scriptures picture the church as the fellowship of the redeemed, also the beloved community, the body of Christ, the salt of the Earth, the light of the world, the leaven in the loaf, and the list could go on. What our church needs to do is to response to just ONE OF THESE BIBLICAL ROLE MODELS AND THEN ALLOW IT TO BE THE FOUNDATION OF ALL THAT WE DO. The creeds of the Church have always said we are to be "holy, apostolic and universal". As the dreams of our forefathers and foremothers propelled them ...

2791. Humility You Can Be Proud Of

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... to crop up. Just like Peter, who had begun in confidence but then took his eyes off Christ and let the winds drive him to terror, she too was beset by anxieties: "How will I provide for myself? Will I be able to learn the language? What will be the response of the people?" One night she went to sleep deeply troubled by all these uncertainties, and she had a vivid dream. It was as if she were standing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean all by herself with nothing but a two-by-four supporting her at the ...

2792. When God Speaks

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... said, "You think that's funny? Listen to this one!" (4) Some of us are not very good at listening particularly to God. Do you set a time each day to listen to the voice of God? Do you take your family to God, your work to God, your daily responsibilities? Do you take this church to God and ask God's guidance in how you may help us be what God wants us to be? Is the problem one of God's speaking or of our listening? Marshall McLuhan once made the observation that nature has not equipped us with ...

2793. The Greatest Temptation Of All

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... one of life's great success skills. The observation that Robert E. Lee is said to have made a century and a half ago is still valid. A mother asked this man of deep character what was the greatest lesson she could teach her child. Lee's response was, "Teach him to deny himself." Life calls for vigilance. Temptation is always at hand. The ability to resist temptation is one of life's great success skills. But there is one temptation that towers above all others. THE GREATEST TEMPTATION IN LIFE IS TO ACCEPT ...

2794. Family Resemblance

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... did in school today," she began. "We had so much fun! First, we . . ." Whenever she paused for a breath, her father would say, "Sarah, I love you." But Sarah couldn't hear and would continue her excited recap of the day. "Sarah, I love you." No response. Finally, little Sarah simply ran out of steam. "Well, gotta run, Daddy," she said. "See ya later." Click. She was gone. She never heard her father's simple, but important, message: "Sarah, I love you." (4) Some of us have allowed the years to deafen us to ...

2795. Thanksgiving: Where Are You Looking For It?

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... asks: "What's a tradition?" His brother interrupts to say, "Something we've been doing so long we can't even remember why." That's the danger isn't it? That we will forget what Thanksgiving is all about. When we give thanks, we are reminded of our responsibility to others. That is why people open up their hearts this time of year to give to the homeless and to families who do not have the bounty that most of us enjoy. Oh, not everybody gets caught up in this spirit of giving. I realize that. Some Christians ...

2796. Passing The Baton

Deuteronomy 11:1-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth." I am staggered by how casually many families take their responsibility for the spiritual life of their children. There are families who would not dream of letting their children miss a soccer practice or a school play who feel no such responsibility toward having them in Sunday School or church. You say, "Oh, they don't learn that much in church anyway." And that's true. But what they learn by your making ...

2797. What It Means To Be A Family

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... he could not help but be attracted by the character of Alyosha. Alyosha had a love in his heart that could not be argued away. And in the end, that love overcame all of Ivan's arguments in Kent's mind. (3) Kent Hill's loving response to the Russian professor ended the tension in the room and restored positive communication. Don't you wish that all Christians could handle their emotions like Kent Hill? Love is the distinguishing characteristic of Christians. And that brings us to the final thing to be said ...

2798. Peace, Blessed Peace

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... and of the German people. Hitler snapped, "You confine yourself to the church. I'll take care of the German people." Niemoller replied, "You said, ˜I will take care of the German people.' But we too, as Christians and churchmen, have a responsibility toward the German people. That responsibility was entrusted to us by God, and neither you nor anyone in this world has the power to take it from us." Hitler listened in silence, but that evening his Gestapo raided Niemoller's rectory, and a few days later a ...

2799. The Parable Of The Kindly Innkeeper

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... . This study was repeated many times with generally the same result. These studies led psychologists to conclude that our response to another person's plight is often determined by how other people respond. This is our cue about whether ... us, "What I did for you, you are to do for others." This is what following Jesus is all about. Our text for the day comes in response to the question of a lawyer, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" "What does the law say?" Jesus asks. The lawyer replied, "You ...

2800. Can A Christian Brag?

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... me." (6) And that is the relationship between our faith and good works. None of us can boast about being a Christian. Faith is a gift that we did not, could not merit. But because of what Christ has done in our behalf, we live our lives responsibly, sometimes heroically, in an attempt to prove worthy of the investment Christ has made in us. 1. Kay Allenbaugh, CHOCOLATE FOR A WOMAN'S SOUL, Simon & Schuster, N.Y. 1997. 2. "Why in the World?" From: Dan Cole, 40plus_humor@onelist.com. 3. W.C. Heinz, "Ghost of ...

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