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276. From Foolishness To Power

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... way of thinking is not God's. Those fishermen turned the world upside down proclaiming and even dying for the Gospel message. God is able to see potential in people that we often miss. So, on the one hand, He keeps us from pride over our religious inclination; on the other, He tells us that everyone of us is a building block for the kingdom. In essence, God is not interested in our level of sophistication, but our level of commitment. Sang Kyoo Lee and his wife, Young Gum, visited Bishop Richard Wilke at ...

277. Responding To The Roadblocks Of Life

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... about God, can be sold if it is packaged freshly; but when it loses its novelty, it goes on the garbage heap. There is a great market for religious experience in our world; there is little enthusiasm for the patient acquisition of virtue, little inclination to sign up for a long apprenticeship in what earlier generations of Christians called holiness." It seems that so many people start the journey with a great bolt of lightning which fades as quickly as the headlines in the morning newspaper. What happens ...

278. When God Speaks

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... Palau notes that throughout the article the authors used terms such as RADICAL, OUT OF HIS HEAD, CONSUMED, and, of course, RELIGIOUS ZEALOT. Evidently, says Palau, the zeal that is such an asset for football coaches is considered a liability for people with spiritual inclinations. A little bit of God is acceptable, but a determination to seek God's will at all costs makes one an extremist. (5) Evidently Abram, whom we would later know as Abraham, was an extremist. Abram heard God's voice. He listened and he ...

279. A Prize Is Waiting For You!

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... on your door? Then you know how it would feel to receive the Kingdom into your life. When Jesus talked about the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of heaven (the two terms are interchangeable), he was talking about the reign of God in human hearts. And the natural inclination of the person in whose life God reigns is joy. Now you and I have met people who claim to have been born again, who claim to have experienced God's grace in their lives, who will tell you they have been washed in the blood of the Lamb ...

280. Positive Faith

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... over the head if they can't play like Tiger Woods. Unfortunately they bring that same competitive spirit to religion. They feel they must win God's love. Listen, you ARE loved. You are already a winner with God. Be a super-Christian if you are so inclined, but it won't change the way God feels about you. There is a popular story circulating about a woman who had just learned her cancer was terminal. She invited her pastor over to help her plan the funeral. After deciding on the order of service, the ...

281. Entertaining Angels

Hebrews 13:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... he died." Squanto even bequeathed his possessions to the Pilgrims “as remembrances of his love." (4) “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers," says the writer of Hebrews. That's an important message to a land that is becoming as multi-cultural as our own. There is a natural inclination to prefer people who are like us, but the call of Christ is to reach out to all people--even those who are very unlike us. Even more important is that we are to be sensitive to any person in need, whoever they may be and ...

282. Love Of Life

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... compassion when an older person is suffering with a terminal and painful illness, we know justice requires that law breakers be punished, but life is a gift from God, and even though there are Christians on both sides of every great issue, our natural inclination is to tread carefully any time human life is to be taken. Jesus said he had come that we might have life and have it more abundantly. (John 10:10). Novelist Anna Quindlen was speaking to the Graduating Class of 1999 at Villanova University. She ...

283. The Power Of A Focused Life

Philippians 3:4b-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... CEO ended his speech by saying, “That’s the price I paid for this job. If you want to pay that price, you can have it.” (7) Many people focus their lives too narrowly. They focus only on financial success or their own pleasure. They have no time nor inclination to allow room for the needs of others. They are successful by the world’s measure, but not by God’s. And they are not happy people. Beware of too narrow a focus. OUR FOCUS NEEDS TO BE LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE A LIFETIME OF GROWTH. In his ...

284. Danny Devito In A Tree

Luke 19:1-10

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... , but what we have on the inside. Some of the most remarkable people who have ever lived have been very short. How many of you know the story of Zacchaeus? Let's all sing the song "Zacchaeus Was a Wee Little Man." (If you are not musically inclined, ask someone to help you with this.) Did you know that the crowd was unhappy with Jesus for going home with Zacchaeus? Zacchaeus was a tax collector and was very rich. He sometimes charged the people more than he was supposed to charge; therefore, the people didn ...

285. The Coming Of The Spirit

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... there is a gusher and everybody hollers and laughs. But Bob states that today the "only gushers are at the movies, not in real life." He adds, "These days, we bring the oil to the surface under carefully controlled conditions, in order to avoid spillage." Some are inclined to think of the Holy Spirit as though it has to be a gusher. Oil is oil whether it comes out as a gusher or "under carefully controlled conditions." So it is with the Holy Spirit. Whenever we seek guidance from the Source of all wisdom ...

286. Living with the End in Mind

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... see a dead man come to life that they jumped up and ran away as well. When the priest arrived at the graveyard, he discovered it was empty. None of the young men had the courage to stay all night. (7) It’s very human to fear death. Our natural inclination is to cling to life. And that’s good. God means for us to treasure life. All of us have seen people whose bodies were wracked with pain who have seen death as a deliverer. That, too, is God’s plan, but it should concern us deeply if a person ...

287. Who Is Jesus Christ?

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... way. All other ways are blind alleys. And here we have a paradox: millions of people proclaim Jesus as the greatest Teacher who ever lived, but only a handful dare to take His teachings seriously. When it comes right down to it, most of us are inclined to dismiss Him as an impractical dreamer. The meek shall inherit the earth, He said. What nonsense! The powerful have inherited the earth—and they certainly aren’t meek. But wait a minute. In our day, as never before, we are coming to realize that unless ...

288. On Doing the Truth

John 3:14-21

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... of Texas once preached a sermon titled “Saints Wanted.” He said that of course we should work hard at getting more people “born again,” and brought into the kingdom of God. But we are also faced with an even more difficult task, he said, “I incline to think that so far as our troubled world is concerned, the greatest thing that could happen would be for some of the babes in Christ’ to grow up.” He reminded his listeners, who happened to be Methodists, that one of the distinctive messages of ...

289. Food for the Fed-up

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.” (Isaiah 55:1-3) “I am the bread of life,” said Jesus. “Whoever comes to me will never be hungry.” In ...

290. The Saint Who Played Second Fiddle

John 1:35-42

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Andrew took a back seat while his more famous brother spent his life in the limelight. Perhaps it had always been that way. Andrew was the “kid brother.” Simon was aggressive, quick-thinking, swift on his feet, a leader. Andrew, on the other hand, was more inclined to be quiet and reserved. All of his life, Andrew had to take a back seat. He had to play “second fiddle” to his more famous and popular brother Simon. One of the professors at Boston University School of Theology some years back was Pat ...

291. Son of Thunder, Son of God

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... religion, noting all the hate mail he had received, asked, “What is there about the thought of God which brings out the worst in people?” There is something in every one of us that cherishes the idea of revenge. If we are rejected, put upon, or put down, our natural inclination is to put down the one who has put us down. There is a story about a middle-aged woman who was in a bookstore. She was in a foul mood and was taking it out on one of the clerks. She accused him of never stocking the books she ...

292. Family Reunion

Mark 3:31-35

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... that the BBC does not allow individuals to set up radio or television “churches.” He says: “One real Father Murphy or Reverend Smith, who knows and serves his congregation, is worth a half-dozen plastic media messiahs. He may be ugly, short-tempered, and inclined to booze, but he is flesh and blood - and he grapples with a flesh-and-blood community, which is what the Church is about. Jesus commanded his followers to love one another - to care for and serve their neighbour - and he made it clear that ...

293. The Laying on of Hands

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... in death. Go and read the three Gospels which relate the story, and see what you find. They seem to be ambiguous as to the exact state of the child, but they are unanimous that faith in God’s power through Jesus Christ brought about recovery. I am inclined to take Jesus’ plain words at face value and believe she was in a coma, and not dead. I could never understand why over the centuries people have insisted on her being dead, when Jesus plainly said she wasn’t. Oh, yes, I know, sometimes sleep is a ...

294. Are We Able?

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the finger unless and until we are willing to take the road they eventually took - the road of costly discipleship. David Read says: “The more I ponder it the more sure I am that these two disciples were right in their response and that our inclination to dismiss them as a couple of brash, boastful young men derives from our own unwillingness to commit ourselves, from the lack of nerve that has been paralyzing the Church today. Aren’t most of us so conscious of our shortcomings as Christians, so aware ...

295. The Eighth Commandment: Why We Need the Police

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... . I agree with M. Scott Peck in his book The Road Less Traveled who writes: "Again and again I have emphasized that the process of spiritual growth is an effortful and difficult one. This is because it is conducted against a natural resistance, against a natural inclination to keep things the way they were, to cling to the old maps and old ways of doing things, to take the easy path." Once again I am thankful that the Bible is honest about its characters. We know that stealing took place in the Bible. Jacob ...

296. Your Faith: Winning or Whining?

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... about God can be sold if it is packaged freshly; but when it loses its novelty, it goes on the garbage heap. There is a great market for religious experience in our world; there is little enthusiasm for the patient acquisition of virtue, little inclination to sign up for a long apprenticeship in what earlier generations of Christians called holiness." It will be extremely difficult for any of us to have a faith that is winsome and holistic if all we do is whine about the preparation and diligence needed ...

297. Tripping the Tempter

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the guidance of God''s Holy Spirit--everything we do will be crooked. We must not allow the seductive powers of temptation to divert us from the road of life that God wants us to travel. You and I know that, even though we are Christians, we still have the inclination to sin daily. That is why we must overcome daily with the Spirit''s sword--the Bible. We do not need to yield to sin''s power. We can be victors--not victims. Temptation''s hold has been broken and Christ is now Lord of our lives. By faith, we ...

298. Trusting the Truth

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... and choose the parts we like. We are Christians, not Buddhists. We must be obedient to God''s word, not reshape the sacred image to reflect ourselves. How can we sing that great hymn? Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land when we have no inclination to go and do what God has laid out in his guidebook--the Bible? We must be willing to submit and surrender all to the superior wisdom of God. As Duffy Robbins has said: God has a plan, Man has a problem. The choice is up to you! The ...

299. Together, But Not Enmeshed

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... and wholesome. Pruning, too, is a part of this imagery. Pruning involves cutting off what is dead, and sometimes what is living, too -- all with a view to increasing fruitfulness. Churches are quite reluctant to put members on inactive lists, and even less inclined to take measures whereby one is dropped from membership. Ministers spend a fair share of time over the years chasing after inactive church members. But sometimes there comes a point where it is better to allow people to drift way, because not to ...

300. The Dangers of Being Religious

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... Once, when Jesus ate with the Pharisees, he didn't wash his hands first. And they became so incensed they rejected him (Matthew 15:1-2). Think of it! Their form, ritual, and traditions stood in the way of their knowing Jesus the person. 4. Are you inclined to see what's wrong with everything? Do you have a critical spirit? Jesus healed on the Sabbath. The Pharisees said, "No!" He ate with a harlot. The Pharisees said, "No!" He ate with unwashed hands. "No!" He cast a demon out. "No!" the Pharisees chorused ...

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