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3151. Jeremy And Jesus

Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... he stepped back off the same elevator. It was only later, after the boy had learned to express himself clearly, that the family learned that for many months the little boy had thought his dad spent his entire day, every day, on the elevator. Life is quite interesting from a child's perspective. Not everyone in our society wants to be a parent. That's okay. No one should ever be made to feel unworthy because they make this choice. But there are some couples who want desperately to have children. Often these ...

3152. A New Look For A New Year

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... the display of his splendor." Isaiah is writing about those who are grieving over a fallen Israel. He is writing about folks who are feeling defeated, disappointed, down-hearted, and he is telling them that someday they will be called "oaks of righteousness...." That's quite a change of appearance, from defeated, disappointed, down-hearted to sturdy, erect and proud, like oaks. How would you like to have a new look for this new year? Well, here's the good news for the morning. It matters not how defeated we ...

3153. The Secrets Of His Success

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... the famine that follows it will be so severe." Then Joseph recommends that Pharaoh appoint someone to be in charge of food stocks to prepare for the coming famine. Pharaoh is no fool. He can tell in a moment that there is no one in his empire quite like this young Hebrew - a young man of such character, such commitment, such confidence in his God. He asks Joseph to take this important job. Indeed, he makes Joseph the second most-powerful man in all the empire. Now Joseph's brothers stand before him, the ...

3154. Resisting The Power Of Temptation

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jeff and Anne were trying to get their marriage off to a proper start. They knew they had some decisions to make. They were having trouble making the minimum payments on their many credit accounts ” not to mention paying down the principal. They had quit giving to their church; they had no savings; they argued about the grocery money. Then Jeff looked at Anne, and they sat down and talked. They admitted the problems they were having because of their materialism and lack of self-control. They changed their ...

3155. Father, Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Philip Ware

... squad would never again torture its victims? What can we say about THIS NAIL OF THE CROSS CALLED CRUELTY? What does cruelty at the Cross of Jesus, the Christ, teach us about God's plan of Salvation? WELL, ONE THING IT TEACHES, ABOVE ALL ELSE, IS THAT QUITE OFTEN WE ARE TOO EVIL TO SAVE OURSELVES WITHOUT SEEING OUR EVIL THROUGH THE SUFFERING OF OTHER PEOPLE. Why does the whole world have to see on network news, over and over again, the brutal beating of a drunken, black speeder in Los Angeles before the FBI ...

3156. A Time To Remember - Memorial Day

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... some things, however, that we should never forget. One of these is the sacrifices that others have made in our behalf. It was a spring morning in 1866, just after the Civil War that had devastated the South. A group of Southerners did something quite extraordinary. They marched down the streets of what was left of their town to a cemetery. There they decorated the graves of the soldiers. ALL the soldiers ” Union as well as Confederate. The mothers and daughters and widows had buried their dead. Now they ...

3157. The Repentant Heart

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Timothy Smith

... to cry. No decent person would do such a thing. Nathan must have been trembling as he said to David, "You are that man." God told Nathan to deliver this message to David. God knew what David had done, and apparently other people knew it too. Nathan took quite a risk in speaking these words to the king. David could have ordered him killed right on the spot. "You are that man." David stood there speechless. He regretted saying he thought the guilty man should be put to death. He never realized that he was the ...

3158. Change Is Possible

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... IF WE HAVE A VISION OF SOMETHING BETTER THAT WE MAY ASPIRE TO. Flip Wilson used to say, "What you see is what you get." Modern research into human behavior says that is true. There is a scene in the original KARATE KID movie that is quite striking. The main character, Daniel, is befriended by the wise and elderly maintenance man, Mr. Miyagi. Daniel goes to see Mr. Miyagi and finds him trimming a delicate bonsai tree. Daniel is fascinated by this, so Miyagi tells him to try his hand at it. Daniel replies ...

3159. Empowered By Angels

1 Kings 19:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the Holy Spirit. There will be times when each of us in our own particular mission, whether in our home or in our work or in our service to Christ, will face despondency and fear. Lacking courage and a resolute attitude we may falter and be tempted to quit. Take heart, we need not despair, for the angel of the Lord will also come unto us saying, "Arise and eat." If we heed His voice, and if we move out in faith, we will discover that God is faithful to His promises. We will win victories we never ...

3160. Help Wanted, Dad. Ask For Calvin And Hobbes.

1 Kings 19:1-8

Sermon

Lowell D. Streiker

... he is running. As the bike picks up speed, he lets go, and I lose my balance and fall in the street. We repeat the sequence again and again. Balance still eludes me. He demonstrates, explains as best he can, and we try again. It is after dark when we quit. A few days later we try again. He rides the bike for several minutes, and has me try. He steadies the bicycle again. I manage a few yards on my own, become frightened and stop. Then we try again. I add a few more yards to my range. We try ...

3161. Traveling Light

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Caroly R. Gibson

... our church. We can't just pop things in at the last minute. Voice: They must hear me. I have so much to give them. Pastor: Well, I'm very sorry, sir, but you see, our theme for this month is "God is great in 88." Now, I don't quite see how your subject would fit with ours. As I said, we are a very busy church...why just this week alone...let's see here...Monday we have softball practice and in the evening Sara Plimpton will be showing her wildlife slides. And Tuesday's out. Oh my! The ...

3162. One Thing Is Needful

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Arthur E. Dean Windhorn

... portion, which shall not be taken away from her." Can't you just empathize with Martha here? Shocked. Embarrassed. What was she supposed to do, let the casserole burn in the oven? If we don't know the rest of the story, we may assume that Martha had quite a shallow faith and that Mary had all the spiritual depth. Not so! Recall when Lazarus died? They had sent for Jesus several days before. When he finally comes, Martha hurries to him while Mary stays home. "If you had been here," she says to Jesus, "my ...

3163. A New Vantage Point

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... , and his thinking got a little fuzzy. But that's what we all like to feel, now and then. A sense of standing over everybody else. The Jolly Giant who fears no little creatures below. But there's another reason we like the view from above, something not quite so selfish. It's a sense of perspective. When you look out the window of an airplane, you begin to see how things fit together, how the hills and valleys interlock, how the fields form a mosaic, and the towns have some shape and definition. That's the ...

3164. Responding Instead Of Reacting

Jeremiah 28:1-17

Sermon

Dr. B. Bruce Humphrey

... next well-attended meeting. Otherwise someone's liable to say the first thing that comes into his head, and then start thinking up arguments to justify what he has just said instead of trying to decide what's best for the community. That type of person is quite prepared to sacrifice the public to his own prestige, just because, absurd as it may sound, he's ashamed to admit that his first idea may have been wrong ” when his first idea should have been to think before he spoke."(2) Wouldn't it be wonderful ...

3165. Hope For The End Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... were in Jerusalem for what would be Jesus' last week on earth. It was a confusing time for the disciples. They thought that once they got to Jerusalem great things would happen, and Jesus would establish his earthly kingdom. Things didn't turn out quite that way. Jesus had upset the religious officials and they were actively plotting against him. It was in this time of confusion that the disciples were admiring the beauty of the Temple. The Temple had been restored some thirty years before and workers were ...

3166. Visioning Or Vanishing?

Proverbs 29:1-27

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... rather than a launching pad to reach the lost and unsaved for Christ. If we believe that in the shining face of Jesus Christ we have our truth about God, the truth about the world, the truth about ourselves, then we must share him. Quite frankly, our present vision is limited and needs extension. It always is unless we focus on the Cross and its horizontal and vertical dimensions. There was a time when the center of Christian evangelism and missions was Jerusalem. Is there anyone today who would argue ...

3167. Pax Augusta, Pax Christi

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... " people? Does, it make you a little nervous to think that God might be somewhere else [tonight]? Somewhere with people who aren't so "nice?" In the AIDS hospice, perhaps? Or in the red-light district? Or in another corner of town that doesn't look quite as pretty as this? In the second century, one of the greatest critics of Christianity was a man named Ceisus. He had very little good to say about the Christian Church. In fact, in one of his cutting observations, he had this to say, "All other religions ...

3168. The Fourth King In The Christmas Story

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... , HEROD REFUSED TO SUBMIT HIS LIFE TO A HIGHER AUTHORITY. Herod was a tyrant. He had no regard for either God or humanity. He was a Jew but by the end of his reign the Jews hated and despised him ” even though on a material level, his rule had been quite favorable to them. His rule ended as the rule of all cruel despots end with his alienation not only from his enemies but from his family and friends as well as the people he ruled. Herod knew that when he died, nobody would shed a tear. So he had made ...

3169. The Cross We Do Not Want To See

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... camp is Camp Sumatanga's own landmark, a large, lighted cross. Dave has collected many stories of that cross's impact on people's lives. One winter night, a stranger came to Dave's house to ask if Dave would take him up on the mountain. The trip would be quite dangerous on this snowy night, but the stranger seemed desperate to see the cross, so Dave and the man set out for the mountain. As they drove, the man explained why it was so important. The night before, the man had set out in his small plane to fly ...

3170. A Cup Of Cold Water

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... come from France, she called it Cherie. Oh, how she loved Cherie. The doll became her most valuable possession. About that time, her cousin, Doris, came to live with her family. Doris was 12 and her father had just died. Doris played with Cherie and also became quite attached to the doll. When the time came for Doris to leave, she held Cherie tightly against her. The girl's mother said, "Doris has lost her father, and she needs the doll more than you do. Let Doris have it. God will return it to you." The ...

3171. Focusing On The Possibilities

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... powers is Franklin Jacobs, one of our country's premier high jumpers a few years back, though he is only five feet eight inches. "People have been asking me one basic question," he says. "How can a guy five-eight jump twenty-three and a half inches over his head? Quite honestly," says Jacobs, " I never thought of myself as being small. Height to me is just a relative thing. When I approach that bar, I think I'm six-six." (3) Jacobs was a winner because he didn't listen to people who said he couldn't do it ...

3172. The Greatest Temptation Of All

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... . And if you are up to the limit, no big deal. Just get another card. You get offers all the time. You can get a cash advance on one card to help pay off another. One counselor says that the first step in getting our finances under control is to quit using credit cards (and ATM cards too). "Take those cards out of your wallets and purses and file them," he says, "so they will no longer burn a hole in your pocket." He tells about one person who put his cards in a bowl of water and put the bowl ...

3173. Yes, But He Started It!

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... though, I must add this: I don't think there is any sadder place for unresolved conflict than in the home. During World War II Perry Avery was minister of the First Congregational Church of Kokamo, Indiana. The Bunker Hill Air Force Base was located nearby and quite a few of the airmen came to Avery's church to be married in the cozy and attractive little chapel. The church was wired for sound. Just prior to the ceremony Avery would place a pile of religious records on the automatic changer to provide soft ...

3174. The Appearance of Love

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... this world grasping. Our chief concern is our own needs. We cry and someone meets our needs, and we are contented. Unfortunately, some people never get beyond that kind of approach to life. But most of us learn somewhere a long the way to share. We learn to quit grasping and to start giving. We learn to return love as well as to receive it. We learn to love because someone important in our life models love for us. Sandra Palmer Carr in The Upper Room tells about rocking her younger son Boyd, then four years ...

3175. Wouldn't You Prefer Real Freedom?

John 8:31-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... thought, the blond, blue-eyed youngster can now smile. "The smile looks great," her mother said. "It looks very natural. She still has to work at it. It's not spontaneous yet, but perhaps in a year it should be . . . I ask her quite often to smile, just to see it," she said. "Now when somebody's taking her picture she does it without being asked." For Chelsey, freedom from this debilitating physical condition is wonderful. "Freedom from . . ." is not necessarily bad. And yet some people, in exercising ...

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