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3251. The Keys to Effective Praying

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... the Sabbath can become idolatrous. One of the prime arguments that they used to crucify Jesus was that he broke the Sabbath. Still, there is something wrong in a society where nothing is hallowed. If for no other reason, it keeps us from appreciating the wondrous awe that Bible characters felt in the presence of God. Isaiah fell down in the presence of God and cried out, “Woe is me for I am a man of unclean lips and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips, for my eyes have beheld the Lord” (6:5 ...

3252. Luke 12:13-21

Luke 12:13-21

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... when the “demand” will outpace the “availability” — thus earning him a better price for his product. This “rich man” is, by all accounts, a smart and savvy, forward-focused businessman. However, the other “tell” in Jesus’ parable about the ultimate character of this “rich man” is his penchant for holding secret soliloquies with himself. In Luke’s gospel, whenever someone is described as being engaged in some internal self-dialogue, the results are never good (see Luke 2:35; 5:21 ...

3253. The Dirt on Jesus

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

3254. The Narrow Door

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

Some of you remember George Foreman. Foreman is a two-time former heavyweight boxing champion of the world. He is also an Olympic gold medalist, ordained Baptist minister, author and entrepreneur. Foreman is a colorful character who is probably better known today for his George Foreman Grill. When he won his second heavyweight world championship, at age 45, he became the oldest man in the world to win the heavyweight title. It’s quite a remarkable story. In his book, God in My Corner, he tells ...

3255. Unity and Hope

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.” When we discover how others dealt with a variety of problems and setbacks yet held on to their faith, we know that we too will make it through the rough times. By reflecting on biblical characters we are encouraged to continue on our journey of faith filled with hope. We find that those who cling to faith are able to endure much adversity in their lives. When we read such examples we are filled with a fresh sense of hope, those heroes of ...

3256. Lost, But Not the TV Show!

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... God weeps over any of His children who are lost. That is why it is important that we should reach out to those who are lost as well. It makes no difference whether people are lost to various addictions or to prostitution or to various betrayals of character or to self-righteousness and pride. We are all sinners and God longs for all of us to come home. Imagine how the sinners and tax collectors felt as they listened to Jesus tell these stories. Because of their position in society, they were outcasts and ...

3257. On Speaking Terms

Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon

Argile Smith

... forever reflect in a superlative way the Lord’s great mercy and grace to us. Indeed we have seen the most perfect expression of God’s goodness in Christ. Notice something else the Lord did for Moses. It’s something that reflected well on his character (vv. 21-23). Remember that Moses wanted to see the Lord’s glory. Honoring Moses request would have been a dangerous proposition. However, the Lord really wanted Moses to experience God in an up-close-and-personal kind of way. Such an intimate encounter ...

3258. Who's the Real Leader?

Joshua 3:1-4:24

Sermon

Argile Smith

... the crime committed and attempted to inspire the people to try one more time to take the city. By acting courageously, however, he addressed the crisis and helped the people to regain their momentum so they could conquer Ai on God’s terms. Observing the character traits of a good leader like Joshua begs some gnawing questions. Who’s the real leader in Joshua’s story? Could Joshua himself take credit for leading God’s people to victory as they occupied the land? In order to answer these kinds of ...

3259. The Lamb

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Argile Smith

... in Revelation 7, such remarkable people will gather in heaven to worship the Lamb, Jesus Christ, God’s precious Son, our Savior and Lord. Imagine the scene: lambs slaughtered worshiping the Lamb slain for them. Words cannot express the mood, the character, and the quality of that worship experience. Throughout the Bible, the gentle lamb has been used to describe some of the most moving features of our relationship with God. Starting with the first Passover meal, the lamb has been associated with sacrifice ...

3260. God Cares

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

Argile Smith

... easy. We understand the analogy at first glance. Like scattered sheep, we sometimes find ourselves lost and alone, spiritually and emotionally impoverished, wondering what to do next. For some of us, our spiritual poverty has turned into a serious form of malnourishment. One of the character traits of such a chronic problem is that we don’t even know we are hungry anymore. We have grown so accustomed to the gnawing pain in our soul that we don’t even sense it. We have gone so long without any spiritual ...

3261. Work Like the Who?

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... to him when he no longer had a job. Now for the shocker: Jesus concludes this parable by having the manager’s boss praise him because he had acted so shrewdly. That’s very troubling to many people. Jesus seems to be giving approval to a shady character. This parable has been troubling to people ever since Jesus told it a fact that has probably given the Master a chuckle over the centuries. After all, Jesus often seemed to have a twinkle in his eye when he told his stories. He knew they were upsetting ...

3262. Who Wants to Be Your Brother?

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... indigents, drug addicts, pan-handlers, mentally disturbed people, do you think are allowed to take up “residence” at the entrance ways to the private homes of Bill Gates, Donald Trump, the Prince of Dubai? Right. Zero. One call to security would do it. Any “suspicious” characters would immediately be booted as fast and as far as possible. It was the same in the first century. But not for “Dives.” How about those who of us who aren’t rich and famous? How many of us would let a homeless person ...

3263. You Never Noticed

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... is anonymous. The rich man is sometimes called Dives. Dives simply means “rich man.” We know Lazarus’ name, but not the name of the man who ignored him. Jesus identified Lazarus; Lazarus was named. That is significant. When giving a parable, Jesus never named a character not even once. The rich man was nameless, but Lazarus was named. The difference is ever so big. It is the difference between being known and honored by God and not being known or honored by God. Lazarus knew God and was known by God ...

3264. Broadband Discipleship

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... disciples to a new world. Of course, Jesus wasn’t trying to get his followers booted-up onto the “world-wide-web” that we know. In fact, “www” is the equivalent of 666 in Hebrew. The Hebrew and Greek alphabet does not have separate characters or alphabets for numbers and letters. Letters are also used as numbers. So each letter is a numerical value. The Hebrew equivalent of our "w" is the letter "vav" or "waw". The numerical value of vav is 6. So the English "www" transliterated into Hebrew ...

3265. He's Back

John 20:19-23

Sermon

David O. Bales

... in first-century Jerusalem. Jesus appears suddenly and insists, whether or not he has an appointment, that we deal with him. We might think other things are more important: health, family, job, house, car, or vacation. We might even be concentrating upon improving our character or our church. Suddenly Jesus stands in front of us, eyeball to eyeball with us, and, when he speaks to us, it’s about eternal matters. He tells us we’ll never get away from him — that’s what his resurrection is about. In ...

3266. Wake Up!

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... here . . .” So no slumbering this morning. It is time for us to wake up! Our salvation is at hand. I enjoyed a description that Dr. David Howeth once wrote of his former pastor, a Baptist pastor named Dr. Harry Roark. Roark, he says, was a real character. He smoked, for one thing, and he let the deacons know from the very beginning of his tenure there that he had no intention of quitting. He loved to play a domino game called forty-two. He enjoyed winning so much that, allegedly, he even cheated every ...

3267. A Faith that Will Transform You

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... The next day the grand opportunity would be gone. Luke tells us that Zacchaeus came down at once and welcomed Jesus gladly. It is a beautiful picture of a person seeking faith and that search being rewarded. But Jesus and Zacchaeus are not the only two characters in our story. Also present were the other residents of Jericho and they were unhappy. Luke tells us that “all the people saw this and began to mutter, ‘He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.’” It’s interesting that the stories of Jesus ...

3268. Dancing for Joy (Thanksgiving)

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... He then proceeded to squeeze actress Sophia Loren who presented him his award so tightly that he nearly crushed her. Then Benigni said he wanted to “kiss everybody and die in this ocean of generosity.” You need to know this was not out of character for Benigni. He once bear-hugged the Pope, and kissed him, while calling him “Babbo” . . . or “Daddy.” Which led the Pope to say: “You are very Italian.” (1) At the following year’s ceremony, when Benigni read the nominees for Best Actress, host ...

3269. Nothing to Hide

Psalm 32:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... that confession is to God or to another human being, it is like that child holding its breath, then finally letting it go. Finally, freedom. In the powerful movie, The Mission, starring Robert De Niro, De Niro plays the role of Captain Mendoza, a character so thoroughly vile, selfish, and brutal that there seems to be no hope for him. Among other things, he captures Indians and sells them as slaves. He even kills his own brother. When he decides to repent, a priest suggests that Mendoza accompany him ...

3270. "Before" and "After"

Psalm 31:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... glory of God?” Forget what you believe about death. Forget what you believe about suffering. Forget what you believe about failure. If you believe that God still has a future and a hope for you, if you believe that God can use your suffering to shape your character, if you believe that God can use your suffering to help others who are hurting, if you believe that knowing God and God’s mercy is more important than anything in this world if you believe, you will see the glory of God. So Jesus begins to ...

3271. Hitting the Boss Key

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... , “No, you can’t bring a Bible. Somebody already did that. You’ve got to bring something different.” So she went to this island without a Bible, with no Christian relationships and watched what happened to her life. She fell right off the table. Her character began to change, the way she talked, the kind of words she used, the ugly words she used. The attitudes she had toward others, the jealousy, the hatred. All of it immediately came into her life. She told Greg Lauri, “I didn’t realize how ...

3272. What If You Truly Were Born Again?

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

“It’ll be dark soon,” a character says in the 1968 western Firecreek, starring Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda. Then he adds, “Things happen at night.” (1) Well, they do happen at night. Take our lesson from John for example. “Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling ...

3273. Voice in a Vacuum

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Tony Everett

... from relative obscurity to universal fame; from being a childless husband in a tiny and insignificant family to becoming the founding father of a great multitude of nations. Now what would it look like if we read this story with God as the main character? What would it look like if we examined the text from the perspective of God’s initiating action instead of Abram’s immediate faithful response? After all, it’s pretty intimidating to try to compare our own somewhat tenuous faith to the unquestioning ...

3274. Hey, What’s that Sound?

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Tony Everett

... Samuel, “I have rejected him from being king over Israel” (1 Samuel 16:1). Then the Lord sent Samuel on a strange mission that concluded with the anointing of David as the next king. Now pay attention. As you read this text, notice that the main character is the Lord. The critical decisions are made by the Lord. The mission directions are given by the Lord. Samuel, Jessie, and his sons, and especially David, are mere actors in a story that the Lord produces, directs, and plays the lead role. David doesn ...

3275. In the Mood for Murder

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... , of course, was a super-successful movie that has been viewed by millions of Americans. Most people remember the line, “Life is like a box of choklits,” but there is another line, says McHenry, worth noting. “This particular scene has one of the central characters, Jenny, returning to her old home after her father has died. The old farm house is dilapidated and abandoned. As she reflects on the sexual abuse that she endured as a child, she is overcome by rage and begins throwing rocks at the house ...

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