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301. Do You Have The Glory?

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... , it's a walnut," said still another. "I know," Ruth heard little Bunny exclaim, "it's a morning glory and that's the glory coming up." (8) My most fervent prayer is that you feel the glory of God swelling up in you this day. Glory is a quality ascribed in the Bible to God. But glory abides wherever God abides. How about you? Do you have the glory? 1. PARADE, May 22, 1994, p. 18. 2. Tony Campolo, EVERYTHING YOU'VE HEARD IS WRONG (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1992), pp. 164165. 3. Mary Loftus, "The Other Side ...

302. Living With Pizzazz

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... to be dishonest. He's not just saying: Go and do likewise! He's probably got some attitude in mind which he wants people to copy. And if there's one thing that holds the story together, if there's one idea around which everything revolves, if there's one quality of character on which all the details hinge, IT HAS TO BE THE GENEROSITY OF THE MASTER. Think of it! It was the generosity of Mr. Rich that made it possible for Dirk to do what he did! The generosity of the master gave his CEO time to put his ...

303. Singing The Song Of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... great comfort in that unusual encounter with the singing man, and it helped her to deal with her sorrow. (4) If Martha Williamson wasn't touched by an angel that day, she was most certainly touched by a song. Music tells a lot about us. MUSIC HAS MYSTICAL QUALITIES THAT TOUCH US TO OUR CORE. A story has been circulating on the Internet about a young mother named Karen, an active church member in Morristown, TN, who finds out that she is pregnant with her second child. She does what she can to help her 3 ...

304. July 4th Weekend

Mark 5:21-43

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... important. The red stands for courage, for being brave and standing up for what's right. The white stands for purity or innocence. The blue area stands for justice, which means fairness and doing what's right and true. Courage, purity, and justice. Those are all good qualities. Those are qualities that God wants each of us to live by. And the only way that our country is going to have courage, purity, and justice is if each one of us decides to live that way, to do what we know is right. Let's pray and ask ...

305. Clean Hands and Dirty Hearts

Matthew 15:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... given us your name, what's your question?" he was speaking truth. The young man had stated who he really was on the inside by the quality of his speech. It's a thought worth remembering. Be known for speaking truth and not trash. As the star of Wayne's World said ... each leaf, Lee understood that the same lesson could be applied to human beings too. At a young age, he learned to see the unique quality of every person he met. (4) This is Christ's will for us. Let's not major in minors. Jesus wants us to build ...

306. Wrong Way. On Purpose

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... about these deviations from the rules, any more than the government inspectors were happy about Corrigan's ignoring their decision. They played by the rules and would not be amused by Jesus coming into contact with a gentile woman. That is defiling. Low quality. Slipshod activity for a Jewish savior. But Jesus firmly stood his ground and showed us that acts of love, mercy and acceptance must be elevated above acts of properness and strict obedience to the dictates of law and tradition. Jesus seemed to have ...

307. Children Of The Light

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... at Thessalonica and says, “Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober." We are all familiar with the qualities of light. Light imparts warmth. Light allows us to see things, both good and bad, more clearly. Light provides power (photosynthesis, solar power, lasers). Even a pinpoint of light is quite noticeable in the dark just as the smallest act of love stands out in a ...

308. Where Can I Be Safe?

Psalm 46:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... to prepare myself, and everything is perfectly in place. Ask me then. But please don't ask me to go there now. (Think the rich young ruler)' "Not me, not there, not yet." (4) We let fear keep us from answering God's call. We let fear determine the quality of our service. Fear is a terrible thing. IF WE COULD JUST CONQUER OUR FEARS, WE COULD TURN OUR LIVES AROUND. No wonder the Bible says, "Fear not!" so many times. Many of us could be dynamic ambassadors of Christ if only we weren't so afraid--afraid of ...

309. His Name Was Rocky Johnson

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... rocky one. His very next words recorded in the gospel offended Jesus so much that he called him a devil! Some rock! Citing this particular passage, Dr. Don Strobe has said that Jesus called Peter a rock "not because of his standing qualities, but because of his sinking qualities." He could be right. Simon Peter was not a particularly good rock for Jesus. He may have passed his oral examination, but, like many of us have discovered, just because you have the degree doesn't mean you can cut the mustard. Peter ...

310. Redefining Life

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... can re-define our lives so we see suffering as a positive, and not as a negative. Now for the next few moments I need for you to put on your thinking cap. Use your imagination. How can we re-define the negative qualities of suffering in our lives as positive qualities? Let's start with this: suffering destroys our illusions. This is a hard teaching, but stay with me. Suffering destroys our illusions. Most of us are under the illusion that our primary purpose in life is the pursuit of our own happiness. My ...

311. Who Should I Invite To My Party?

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... for the right reasons. You can't buy the respect of your friends--no matter how impressive your parties, no matter how large your house or how expensive your automobile. The best way to win their respect and their admiration is to live a life of quality. Seth Godin, in a book titled Wisdom, Inc. gives a beautiful example of this in the business world. He tells two stories from the early days of J. Walter Thompson advertising--one of the true giants in the advertising world. Norman Strauss was chairman of ...

312. To Care for the Earth

Leviticus 25:1-7

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... our world and to every other person. In a sense the world is our neighbor. Farmers in Nebraska may be more influenced by crop production in Russia, Argentina and Canada than in California or Texas. The destruction of Brazil''s rain forest affects the quality of the entire earth''s supply of oxygen. The starving people of Africa, stripping the earth of everything green, and thereby increasing the spread of the world''s deserts, ultimately will affect us. As our world becomes a smaller world, we need to think ...

313. So Who Needs A Shepherd?

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... words, reminded us that in Greek there are two words for “good.” There is the word agathos, from which we get the girl’s name Agatha. Agathos describes the moral quality of a thing; then there is the Greek word kalos, which means not only that a thing or a person is good, but that there is in that goodness also a quality of attractiveness, winsomeness, and loveliness. Unfortunately, some goodness is not at all attractive. Mark Twain once said of someone, “he is a good man in the worst sense of the ...

314. No Longer Orphans

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... of a crowded inn. Is it possible that the world missed His "Second Coming" in just the same way...when Christ's presence became real to His Church through the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Of course there is more to it than that. Christ is present in the world in quality, as I said, but not yet in quantity. The New Testament looks forward to the day when the whole world knows in fact what the Church already knows in faith, that "Jesus Christ is Lord," and that there will come a day when "...at the name of Jesus ...

315. Who Counted the Fish?

John 21:1-14, John 21:15-25

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Jesus gently reminding Peter of his braggadocio which had such unfortunate consequences. The late Peter Marshall once preached a sermon on Simon Peter and called him “The Rock that Moved.” Sometimes I think Jesus called Peter “rock” as much for his sinking qualities as for his standing qualities! “Do you love me?” That is the question by which each one of us stands or falls. Peter, like most of the rest of us, had little evidence to show that he did. He failed his Lord. He deeply hurt the One ...

316. Slippery Rock

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... anointed One. This can never happen to you!” That is when Jesus had to tell him that he was a devil, and a hindrance to His cause. Some rock! Sometimes I get the impression that Jesus called Peter “rock” not because of his standing qualities, but because of his sinking qualities. And yet, in spite of Peter’s blunders, let us remember that it was Peter who often dared to speak out loud what was on everyone else’s minds. I feel a great kinship with Peter, the fellow who was always opening his mouth ...

317. What the Maid Said to the Fisherman

Mark 14:66-72, Mark 14:53-65

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... our Scripture lesson of the morning, St. Peter is often pictured as being a coward, cringing in the courtyard before the onslaught of a serving maid’s questions. Sometimes it seems as though Jesus called Peter “the Rock” not because of his standing qualities, but because of his sinking qualities. Actually, it took a great deal of courage for him to be there at all. None of the rest of the twelve were there. Gone were the crowds who, on Palm Sunday, shouted glad Hosannas!” Gone were the other two of ...

318. The Lord's Prayer: Hallowed be Thy Name

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... . Monday through Saturday we go into the world to reflect the holiness of God to others. Holiness begins with God. God is holy. We do not worship God in order for God to be holy--but because God is holy, we worship and adore him. Then we live out this quality of life and share it with others. John Wesley was absolutely correct when he wrote, "We must love God before we can be holy at all; because loving God is the root of all holiness." When the Bible instructs us to be holy as God is holy, it was not ...

319. The Fourth Commandment: The Rhythm of Rest or the Rat Race

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... with its perspective and vision for life. Our Lord was always in the Temple on the Sabbath day. The purpose of the Sabbath was for the adoration of God, for the examination of our lives, for celebration, for acknowledging that God actually wants to spend some quality time with us. The distinguished missionary Gladstone once said, "Tell me what the young men of England are doing on Sunday and I will tell you what the future of England will be." The same principle applies to us as well. It was said our great ...

320. Whose Servant Are You? (Part II)

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... very clear that to be a servant of Christ does not mean that we are to be a "doormat" for someone to take advantage of. As a matter of fact, to be a servant of Christ means that we only give ourselves to those causes and principles which produce a quality of life that is pleasing to God. I agree there are times when being a servant of Christ does probably motivate us to do things that we might not normally do with our own mindset rather than reflecting the mind of Christ. In her book, A GIFT FOR GOD, Mother ...

321. Feasting and Fasting for Lent (Part V)

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... substance. It is very pliable at first, then it gets harder as it is allowed to dry. It is made of a strange chemical substance, and I have attached to this letter a series of research papers done on putty. If you read it through, you will understand the high quality and high grade of this putty. I have also attached a series of studies on the art of putting glass into windows, and the kind of training it takes to be a window-installer...." And the story goes on and on. (2) I hope you can see that Dr ...

322. Party Time!

Mark 2:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... that God gave Mike Yaconelli a glimpse of God’s grace. At L’Arche, he met people who knew how to worship God wholeheartedly, who lived every moment in a state of joy and peace. He writes, “I connected the amount of God’s grace I received with the quality of my performance. They could not perform, yet they ran in and out of the arms of Jesus with the full assurance that they were unequivocally loved by God while I stood on the sidelines wondering whether I was loved by God.” (4) Are we, like Pastor ...

323. The Road Less Traveled

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... that says: "I have the answer to anything that may come to me. My answer is Christ. I know that in his presence (right here in the world) there is fullness of joy and at his right hand there are pleasures ever more." But we must not confuse this quality with mere boisterous hilarity. As Seneca once suggested, "True joy is a serene and sober motion, and they are miserably in error who take laughing for rejoicing." Poet John Keble put it so well in a poem he wrote for "St. Matthew's Day" back in 1789: There ...

324. Easy to Say, Hard to Do

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... says that "love comes from God." The first statement the author of 1 John makes about the specific relationship between God and love makes it clear that God is not an ephemeral, mysterious force field of goodness which we call love. Rather love is a quality of being, a quality of relating which comes from God; it's a gift from God. In other words, the selfless, sacrificial, other-centered love we know from Jesus, which calls us and enables us to forgive those who have wronged us or even to love our enemies ...

325. When the Storms Come

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... idea. He took all of the apples with the little blemishes on the outside and wrapped every one of them the same way he did every year. He put them in the same kind of packages. Then he added a note. It read: "Notice these high-quality apples. This year represents the finest crop. You can see the blemishes caused by the hailstorm, which created the extreme cold giving the ultimate flavor and ultimate crispness to these apples." Well, not a single order was returned. In fact, just the opposite happened. The ...

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