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3151. Holding On

Job 1:1; Job 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... as well as Job did. Let go of tomorrow and enjoy living this one moment. Live one day at a time. That is the first key. The second key is this: Remember that you are loved. The feeling of being loved is the most critical factor in our ability to function as whole human beings. When we do not feel loved, we do not develop the emotional and psychological resources we need to cope with life’s various stresses. In October 2019 Staff Sgt. Philip Gray was deployed to Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Gray knew he would ...

3152. Perks for Following Jesus

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... ourselves into believing we can achieve our dreams without making hard decisions. And yet deciding is the most god-like characteristic which the Creator has bestowed upon us. If being created in His image means anything at all, it means we have the ability to choose. Not to choose means giving up that which makes us peculiarly human. Drinking from his cup means making the hard decisions no one else is willing to make. British newspaper columnist Oliver Burkeman said he gained new insight on making major ...

3153. What Jesus Saw

Mark 12:38-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... in 1963 in Brazil, a country that is known for its superb soccer teams. Carlos was a naturally athletic young man, and at age 16 he joined a professional team. Sadly, he was cut from the team not long afterwards. In spite of his athletic abilities, Carlos’ soccer skills simply weren’t at a professional level. But that wasn’t the end of Carlos’ professional soccer career. If this were a Hollywood movie, Carlos would begin a punishing workout of soccer drills every day, change his diet and his mindset ...

3154. Joy on an Elephant

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

Mary Austin

... that’s right for them and their kids. They wanted her to grow up, and figure out how to live in the world, on her own. For them, it was important that she be defined by her possibilities, not her limitations. As Caroline Casey says, “they gave me the ability to believe, totally, to believe that I could” (Ted Talks, August 10, 2017). We’ve all had moments like her moment of shock, where despair rises up in us. In your life, it might be a divorce, or the loss of a job. It might be losing your home ...

3155. Public Sex

Mark 10:2-16

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Will Willimon

... faithful to the people we sleep with as Jesus has been to us? Frankly, I don't think you can do it by yourself, sex or discipleship. You need somebody to back you up. There are just too many corrosive acids in modern life, eating away at our ability to be faithful to our commitments. We name them individuality or autonomy, hedonism, or the old who-cares-so-long-as-nobody-gets-hurt? You have been so schooled in the notion that your genitals are your own private, personal business that it is tough for you to ...

3156. Not Guessing

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... ? Our church must remain accessible to those with emotion, those who are broken, those who are suffering, those who are ready to call aloud to Jesus. Our church must remain accessible to the blind, those unable to hear, those with disabilities and inabilities and different abilities. In all of this remember the words of Jesus. Be of good cheer, rise up, he calls you. Go in peace! In wholeness. With Shalom. Remember: Mark tells us that the blind man followed Jesus down the way. What about you? Let us follow ...

3157. To Love

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to reach unattainable goals, to follow the commandments without fail, and at last, he realized, this was an impossible task. His frustration sent him back to the scriptures, to the source of Jesus’ identity and teaching, only to realize that our “goodness,” our ability to love comes not of our own devices, but directly from our relationship with God. When we love God, it then helps us to learn to love neighbor as ourselves. Jesus’ sacrifice was a gift to us, a gift of grace, which allows us ...

3158. The Wedding Planner's Worst Nightmare

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

If you were to make a list of jobs that require the ability to think on your feet and handle extreme levels of stress, which jobs would make your list? Fighter pilots, police officers, kindergarten teachers, perhaps? They’d belong on that list, right? What about wedding planners? Surely not, you say, but think about it. Wedding planners juggle hundreds of tiny details ...

3159. Through the Heart of Jesus

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... tourists up to this spot so they can see views of the city below . . . from Jesus’ heart. (3) Can you imagine what the view would be like from Jesus’ heart? That’s the goal of the Christian life, isn’t it? To continually grow in our ability to view life through Jesus’ heart. It changes our perspective entirely when we realize that the purpose of our life is not our own fulfillment and happiness. The purpose of our life is to live as Jesus lived. That means sharing God’s love with others. The ...

3160. What Are You Bananas About?

Philippians 3:17-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... of U.S. Special Operations Command, University of Texas at Austin Commencement on May 17, 2014. https://news.utexas.edu/2014/05/16/mcraven-urges-graduates-to-find-courage-to-change-the-world/?utm_source=morning_bre 5. “Interview: ‘Our secret superpower is our ability to cooperate’” by Rutger Bregman, May 9, 2020. This is an adapted excerpt from Rutger Bregman’s Humankind, translated by Elizabeth Manton and Erica Moore. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what ...

3161. The Holy Spirit Brings Everyone To The Party

Acts 8:14-17

Sermon

Mary Austin

... all know the story of Pentecost, and how you waited in Jerusalem, just the way Jesus told you to, for the blessing of the Holy Spirit. Then on Pentecost, the Spirit came in a way that you couldn’t miss. A rush of wind. Tongues of fire. The ability to speak so all those travelers in Jerusalem heard you in their own languages. We have been baptized, but we haven’t experienced anything like that. Is it possible that the Holy Spirit hasn’t come to us yet? Are we doing something wrong? Is there something ...

3162. Treasure Hunters

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

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Schuyler Rhodes

... and gracious spirits that are bound up in a world of “fake news” and fear? How can we as a people of faith lead into a tomorrow that is different? I think the answer to these and many other questions of our day has to do with our ability to live life on purpose. So many of us live our lives as though they will go on forever, allowing noble plans and good intentions to waste away. Our willingness to be intentional about how we live our lives makes a difference. As Christians, do we deliberately schedule ...

3163. Easter Makes Us One!

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... to live up to our potential, then we need to be inclusive of everybody.” In fact, we’re more fully human when we are cooperating together. Scholars of evolution have observed that what gives homo sapiens the edge on Earth has been our superior ability to cooperate.[5] An inclusive nation, prodded by the church’s Easter word of inclusivity, will be a happier, nicer, more fully human place. In view of the benefits that being inclusive like Jesus and Peter were, it is obvious that Martin Luther had it ...

3164. Spirit Powered Anointing

Luke 4:14-21 · Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to note that like Ezra, Jesus is not merely referring to a literal and legal Jubilee. Both are referring to a metaphorical/thematic Jubilee –release for those captive to sin and shame, release for those prisoners to their own past and present mindset, the ability to see God and God’s mission anew, and a vision to liberate all oppressed peoples whether Jew or Greek, slave or free (to use the words of Paul). Justice would take on a new definition in Jesus’ ministry, and this would make him immediately ...

3165. Christ’s Call to Discipleship

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... God’s disciplines to shape and sharpen us. Many years ago Richard Foster wrote a book titled Celebration of Discipline. Each discipline became a chapter in his book and a strong reminder that we have the choice and ability to become stronger disciples of Jesus. Included were the inward disciplines such as meditation, prayer, fasting, and scriptural study. He characterized the outward disciplines as simplicity, solitude, submission and service. He shared the corporate disciplines as confession, worship ...

3166. They're Drunk

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Will Willimon

... university chapel. Ushers, where are you?" To read Acts 2, where people get the gift of God's Holy Spirit, the same Spirit which empowered Jesus, transforming a gang of virtual strangers into church, releasing new powers within them, healing old divisions, giving them the ability to speak, to hear, so much so that folk, watching them emerge from church that Sunday said, "They're drunk!" is to read a story where we don't seem to fit. When is the last time you have emerged from church so joyful, so ...

3167. The Teacher

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Will Willimon

... about it, that's all rather amazing. Here I am at fifty and those women, those schoolteachers and their· teaching still controls me. They were paid poorly. You have never heard of them. Yet consider their power! After all, what is power except the ability to change lives for the good? Most of the people Mrs. Vann taught us about in American History were considered to be powerful people - politicians, generals, business magnates. Yet the one who interprets them and their deeds, the one who fixes them in ...

3168. Moving Heaven and Earth

Acts 16:16-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... , our obedience doesn’t have to involve big and impressive efforts. It could be something as simple as listening to someone who needs to talk . . . or praying a simple prayer . . . or sharing with a friend a book that touched our life. It’s not our ability that God uses to mend broken lives—it’s our faithfulness. As Norwegian theologian Ole Hallesby puts it, “Only he who is helpless can truly pray.” (3) Only when we are helpless do we lay down our ego and rely entirely on the mercy of God ...

3169. A Question of Trust

Romans 5:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... into empty promises or fake faith. He wanted to protect this new community of Jesus-followers from discouragement, from giving up when they were persecuted, when they faced suffering, when they felt hopeless. How does our faith in Jesus affect our ability to deal with the challenges of our life today? Starting in verse 3, Paul writes, “. . . we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame ...

3170. The Long and Dusty Road

Luke 19:28-40 · Psalm 31:9-16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . For the joy of the Lord is in the witness of his creative glory, his life-giving power! No matter how hard the world tries to “kill” and “take away,” God retains the power to give back life. This is the story of the resurrection. The story of God’s ability to create life out of dust and dry bones. The will of God to promise new life will commence at the end of that dusty road. Palm Sunday begins a solemn walk for Jesus, one that he knows will lead to his death. And yet he is confident in God ...

3171. Secret Sauce

John 13:31-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... heaven cannot be reconstructed the next day. It’s a once and done affair. The moment the ingredients separate, the sauce is doomed. The symbiotic relationship is no more. The real secret to a great recipe? The ability to keep key ingredients in harmony. Endurance over time. Consistency. Reliability. Trustworthiness. Unity. Indivisibility matters. Integrity matters. The best recipes bring together unlikely ingredients into a unique and beautiful harmony. Great ones endure. Superb ones last. Integrity ...

3172. The Gift

Luke 2:1-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

... God was and what God wanted. He called us forth from our smug securities toward a life of high adventure. There are many skills which are required to be a faithful Christian. But tonight we are reminded that one of the qualities required of Christians is the ability to be able to be surprised by the gifts God gives us. I know that this past year some of you have received many challenges and difficulties that you did not desire. Now, in many of your cases, I would be last person to speak of such difficulties ...

3173. Not As the World Gives

John 14:23-29 · John 5:1-9

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Schuyler Rhodes

... on about how the world should meet our own personal needs. No. The peace of Christ, the peace which Jesus leaves us is rooted in a selflessness which opens the heart to the experience of the other. This empathy, this engagement has to do with the ability to literally feel what people around you are feeling, to stand in someone else’s shoes and become part of their experience. This is our ideal. This is our clear and stated vision. This is the place where hope takes shape. However, the voice of the cynic ...

3174. Greater Works Than These?

John 14:8-17

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Schuyler Rhodes

... of self-giving love. You see, when we pour ourselves out for others, things change. Redemption happens! So it’s not our happiness or the meeting of the quotient of our desires that should “satisfy” us. It is our humble reception of this great gift and our ability to turn around and do likewise that shapes our journey in faith. This understanding sheds light on this passage of John as Jesus insists that the one who trusts in him will do the works that he does, and in fact will do greater works (John 14 ...

3175. Unbound

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and perceptions. Someone who is more “open minded” acknowledges that one’s current knowledge of “reality” may not be the only one, that our minds may be at least in some way limited, or that what is “real” or “true” lies far beyond our human abilities to fathom. This kind of open minded curiosity allows us to imagine, envision, and allow for truths that lie far beyond what our minds currently can make sense of. It allows us to have faith! This is why metaphors are so important to us. They ...

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