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276. The Bedrock of Faith

Mark 13:1-8 · Luke 21:5-19

Sermon

Brett Blair

... . With the Temple so central to their life and worship this major question then arises: How would they worship God without the Temple? It was a question for which the Disciples had no answer. We understandably get tied to things. We can even develop sentimental attachments to them. But the Temple was unique. God himself is said in Deuteronomy to be the architect giving the exact dimension of the Altar, the grounds, the Walls, the doors, down to the very size of the stones. This was God’s building ...

277. Does God Care Who Wins the Superbowl?

John 14:5-14

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... -second spots. Is it worth it? Apparently. Recent statistics indicate that more and more people every year tune in to the Super Bowl just to see the new commercials. Intriguing. So, who's gonna win? Packers? Broncos? Green Bay is heavily favored to repeat as champion. Sentiment is with Denver though, a team that has been there four previous times and come away empty. Folks (including me) look at the super-star career of John Elway and hope, for his sake, that he gets the chance to include a Super Bowl ring ...

278. There's No Such Thing as Too Much Sugar

Psalm 91:1-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , "Remember, Sparky, no matter what they tell you, there is no such thing as too much sugar." That is, at least, the gist of both the line and the character, not to mention the message of the movie. Now, I will admit that, left alone, that sentiment sounds awfully pollyanna-ish. Like the line, "If life hands you lemons, make lemonade." Hard to say that to all those families who lost loved ones on September 11th, or those affected by Hurricane Isidore. As one editorialist has it, "Pain is a human condition ...

279. A Religion that Shows

Haggai 1:1-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... months into the work, they got discouraged: "Gee, this place won't amount to much. It won't be all that special. What are we bothering for? Let's just give it up for a bad job and go on about our business." To be honest, those sentiments are echoed in churches all around the nation every week. They see all sorts of magnificent programs and staff that might be available to them; they see great community projects in which they could participate and make an impact in the name of Jesus; they see a tremendous ...

280. A World in Turmoil

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... one. If such a hero were to present himself, this is exactly how he would begin his bid for power: with a triumphant procession into the city, palm branches and clothing strewn in his path. Perhaps that explains the remarkable turn-around in the sentiments of crowd from Palm Sunday to Good Friday. In times of turmoil, people turn to violence. My friend Carlos Wilton called my attention to a fascinating article by Walter Wink, an author and Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Auburn Seminary in New York ...

281. The View from the Mountaintop

Mark 9:14-32, Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... assent to the Savior's statement of the substance of the law: `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind and thy neighbor as thyself' - that church would I gladly unite with." Many today would echo that sentiment. He went on, "Probably it is to be my lot to go on in a twilight, feeling...with him of old time, who, in his need, as I in mine, exclaimed, "Help Thou mine unbelief."(11) Honest Abe was a man of honest faith...and honest doubt. Those words, "I ...

282. The News from Nazareth

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Christmas itself says it is not. In a unique way, that humble birth in Bethlehem affirmed God's unflagging interest in this world. No wonder we celebrate! Despite the Scrooges out there who annually decry the commercialization, the crassness and the blatant sentimentality of so much of the Christmas preparations, it is still a magical time of the year. The multi-colored lights at doorways and windows, the magnificent window displays, the wreaths, the tinsel, the reds and greens and sound of bells - it all ...

283. True Excellence

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... are your poems about?" the editor asked. "They're about love!" gushed the poetess. The editor settled back in his chair and said, "Well, read me a poem. The world could certainly use a lot more love!" The poem she read was filled with moons and Junes and other sticky sentiments, and it was more than the editor could take. "I'm sorry," he said, "but you just don't know what love is all about! It's not moonlight and roses. It's sitting up all night at a sick-bed, or working extra hours so the kids can have ...

284. When What's Lost Is Found

Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... TEN silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?" What's the significance of the number ten? Rogers suggests that these ten silver coins Jesus referred to were valuable because of the sentiment attached to them. When a man took a bride, he would give her a ribbon on which would be strung ten coins. She would wear this token of love on her head even as women do in the Middle East today. Like a wedding band these coins represented ...

285. Peace

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... God’s dream for the world. Sometimes we encounter that dream in the most unlikely places. Those of you who are computer buffs will appreciate a piece that appeared in the comic, SHOE. Santa is sitting in front of his computer typing the following sentiments: Twas the morning of Christmas, and all through his house . . . . Not a creature was stirring, Except Santa’s mouse. For there at his screen, The old fat man designed The ultimate gift for a tattered mankind. He squirmed and he puzzled as all through ...

286. The Manger Is Empty

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... he walks down those same steps thanking God for the help God has given that day. Mr. Rank is ready for Christmas. Mr. Rank is ready for anything. Unfortunately, there are too many people who think that Christmas is to be celebrated by working up some mushy, sentimental feelings about God and the Christ child one day out of the year and then putting those feelings back on the shelf or back in the trunks and baggage for another 365 days. Those folks aren't really ready for Christmas. They're not ready for the ...

287. Good News For You

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... gave it to the surprised young parents and simply said, "I didn't want the little fellow to be disappointed." As he walked back down the steps they said, "Goodbye, Rabbi Podolsky. Have a Merry Christmas." Happy Hanukkah would probably have been more appropriate, but the essential sentiment was the same. The Rabbi wanted to bring joy into a young boy's life. * God wanted to bring joy into the life of every person in this world. Thus God kept the promise God had made to Israel that the Savior they had so long ...

288. Are You Going Down?

Luke 2:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the Heavenly throne. And the voice of God spoke, saying, "Of all the gifts of all the angels, I find this small box pleases me most. Its contents are of the earth and of men, and my son is to be King of both." Dismiss it as silly sentimentalism if you will. But in our world of power breakfasts and power suits, in our world dominated by the pursuit of pleasure and the almighty dollar, we need the reminder of the Christmas story that the truly important things in life bear no price tag. Love for God and ...

289. Some Things To Get Choked Up About

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... mind. Later he said the music seemed to "come down from Heaven." He got out of bed and wrote the notes down, and that Christmas morning in 1868 the children of Holy Trinity Church sang for the first time "O Little Town of Bethlehem."(2) I can't express my sentiments as poignantly as Phillips Brooks, but my imagination is captured by that little city of David as well. It was never a city as we think of a city. Never would it rival Jerusalem or Rome or Athens or any of the other great cities of its day. Still ...

290. Flight To Egypt

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... containing more serious matters of world affairs, like the rioting in the Congo and a bank robbery in Chicago. The editors explained that they were arranging the news in this fashion out of deference to "the spirit of the season." (4) It was a noble sentiment. Nevertheless, the way our Bibles describe the first Christmas stands in marked contrast. The Gospel writers do not tell about the birth of Christ with `two front pages.' When you turn to the New Testament there is no separation of the good news and ...

291. God Sometimes Changes His Mind

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... that Nineveh be destroyed. It was God's will that Nineveh recognize its need for repentance. Jonah would have done well to remember the second part of Johnny’s prayer: Forgive us our trash baskets, as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets.” This sentiment is the thread that is woven through the entire bible. Read Jonah’s story in light ofJohn 3:17 about Jesus' purpose for coming into the world. "For the Son came into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be ...

292. Love In Action

1 John 3:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... or devotion to a person or persons." Then he sat back down and resumed playing his piano. Lucy sat there stunned and then murmured sarcastically, "On paper, he's great." That is the kind of love that I John is writing about. Love on paper. Long on sentiment, short on action. Sometimes we have to ask, "Are you going to sit there or are you going to fish?" There are some characteristics of Christian love that we ought to consider this morning. The writer of I John gives us some standards for knowing if our ...

293. Rushing And Realizing

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... of disappointment escaped the crowd when they realized that, per the old man's will, the picture of his son would be the first piece to be auctioned. The other collectors called out impatiently that they had come there to bid on the real art, not some sentimental piece. No one would make a bid. Finally, a friend of the family bid ten dollars for the painting. He had been fond of the son, and he knew how much that piece meant to the father. When his bid was accepted, all the other collectors cheered. Finally ...

294. Save The Tokens For Uncle Sam

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... domination. Thus Jesus' dilemma when someone asked him that loaded question, "Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?" Would he offend the Jews by siding with the despised Romans or would he risk the wrath of the Romans by siding with Jewish sentiment? He did neither. "Whose likeness and inscription is this on the coin?" he asked. "Caesar's," they answered. "Render, then," he said, "to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and render unto God the things that are God's." A classic answer. An irrefutable ...

295. Face To Face With God

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... that he must be crucified but after three days he will rise. Mark tells us that they did not understand what he was talking about, "but they were afraid to ask him." Gentle Jesus, meek and mildhow could anybody ever be afraid of Jesus? We have so sentimentalized this man from Nazareth that we cannot even imagine grown men being afraid in his presence, but they were. And why not? If he is who we say he is, who could help being fearful in his presence? Here was absolute purityabsolute love. Have you ever been ...

296. Rise Above It

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... ingrown toenail on his left foot. The pain was so intense that he was on the verge of dropping out of the show. Instead, he managed to relieve the pain that fateful night by getting down on one knee halfway through the performance, and pouring out his sentimental ballads with a great show of emotion. He later worked the technique into his famous "My Mammy" number--long after the offending toe had healed. It became his trademark and helped make him a star. (5) As Tim Hansel says in his book, YOU GOTTA KEEP ...

297. The Wondrous Possibility Of Change

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... their dreams and remedy their defects, there is also a grand exhilaration. Ann Landers carried a writing from an anonymous source that speaks to our need. It is entitled "The Dilemma." To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out for another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk rejection. To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds ...

298. Extraordinary Faith

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... immortal: "I shall pass through this world but once. Any good I can do, or any kindness that I can show any human being, let me do it now and not defer it. For I shall not pass this way again." This centurion would surely have endorsed those sentiments. He was a kind man. HE WAS ALSO A HUMBLE MAN. Jesus was impressed by the testimony of these Jewish friends and went with the delegation toward the centurion’s house. As they neared the house the centurion sent out another delegation. This time it was some ...

299. Surprised On The Mountaintop

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... to hunt and fish, a strong self-made man." The man told his pastor, "I love you and I love this church, but I'm not going to participate in this Forty Days of Love stuff. It's OK for some folks," he said, "but it's a little too sentimental and syrupy for me." A week went by. The next Sunday this man waited after church to see his pastor again. "I want to apologize for what I said last Sunday," he told him, "about the Forty Days of Love. I realized on Wednesday that I was wrong." "Wednesday?" his ...

300. The Unexpected Jesus

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... most basic rights if they were put to a vote. My guess is that the same thing would happen if we put many of Jesus' teachings to a vote among Christians. "Love your enemies. Turn the other cheek. Blessed are the poor." Would you vote for such sentiments? Many of us don't in our everyday lives. There was a pop song back in the golden days of the televangelists that asked the question, "Would Jesus wear a Rolex?" Where WOULD Jesus position himself today? Where would he stand on gun control? Or aid to Bosnia ...

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