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3301. Baptized with Christ

Luke 3:21-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... a preacher, but it has never been my custom to accost people in the name of Jesus, so I just was shaking hands and visiting with him, but he took the offensive. He was not offensive, but he took the offensive. He said, ‘I work hard, I take care of my family, and I mind my own business. Far as I’m concerned, everything else is fluff.’” “You see what he told me?” Fred Craddock asks. “‘Leave me alone, I’m not a prospect.’ I didn’t bother Frank. “That’s why I, the entire church, and ...

3302. Get Rid of the Junk

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

King Duncan

... job he has. You can’t tell it by her clothing or the car she drives. This is a common mistake: to judge people by their external circumstances. “Those poor people,” we might say as we pass by a dilapidated dwelling or a rusted-out old car. Be careful. The people in that house or that old car may have something that we do not. The African American writer, Alice Walker, once wrote an essay about growing up poor and black in the South in the late 1930s and 40s. If you have driven through the rural South ...

3303. Compassion Fatigue

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a degree to which I carry this over into my life at the seminary. Hardly a week would pass when I would not be burdened by the cares and concerns of my congregation that I would awaken two or three mornings during the week at two or three o’clock and begin to think ... and support to pas around. You know what I’m talking about – because the case is no different with anyone who genuinely cares. The only way you can make it with that kind of sensitivity and compassion is to believe that the time comes when ...

3304. If You Get Too Close to the Cross, You Will End Up Carrying It

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is it that we are to finish? Ah, I know there’s a mystery here and I don’t pretend to probe the mystery. But listen carefully – I think this is at least a part of it. Our task is to allow the fullness of Christ’s love to “fill up” the empty ... reconciliation and not leave that business to the courts, or the homeless folks of this city who, with a little grace and care, could at least find protective shelter – maybe even a home, or the marginalized, who because of lack of education, or economics, ...

3305. Some Healing Is Up To You

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... nation with handicapping conditions need to be inspired by the grip that he has on life. I was then the world editor of The Upper Room. He for years traveled all over the nation. You can’t imagine the physical energy that he has to put forth just to take care of his physical needs – just to do those things that you and I take for granted day in and day out. But whenever he received an invitation, whether it was in Iowa or California or New York, he does all of that to get to his destination. When he ...

3306. Generic Christianity Is Not Enough

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... student government -- great promise as a minister and leader. He was killed in an auto accident. A big horse truck literally ran over his car, crushing the top in on Jon. He was trapped there for hours. I wish you could have witnessed the way our students cared for Jon’s family from Pennsylvania who were here with him the five days he lived in the hospital after the accident. No generic Christianity there. They fed the family, kept a 24-hour prayer vigil, took up money and paid for motel rooms, and loved ...

3307. Samaria and Our Spiritual Journey

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... only to find myself outside again.” He had climbed in and out across a corner of the wall. He tried again, this time with more careful attention to where that second wall was. He noticed that there was a gate in the wall, and as the gate was lower than the rest ... she met Jesus. For one time in her life, this woman with a tangled and tired and tinged history, found Someone who could care enough to reach out to her, to respect her, to love her with an uncondemning love. Jesus found a ministry in Samaria and ...

3308. People With Shining Faces

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... if rinsing your cottage cheese makes that much difference or not, but evidently Dave Scott believes it does. Scott burns at least twice as many calories as the average person does each day. He is a lean, mean running machine. Yet he still balances his diet so carefully that he rinses off his cottage cheese to make sure that he reduces its fat content. (4) Now, I don’t know about you, but I would be a little uncomfortable being around someone who rinses off his cottage cheese each day. He would probably do ...

3309. God Will Make All Things New

Revelation 21:1-27

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... have created weapons of war and of mass destruction. But God has promised to make all things new. Come, let us worship our Creator, the giver of new life, the source of our hope. Amen. Collect Almighty and Everlasting God, you have created all things great and small. You care for the birds and the galaxies, and we marvel that you have created us in your own image. Your love for us was made real in Jesus Christ, and we know that you have not forgotten any of us. We rejoice and give you thanks and praise that ...

3310. The Privilege and the Price

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... of his coming kingdom. There is a lock in every heart for which he is the only key. And I would rather mess us than never try. The kingdom of Christ is not advancing here in Georgetown as it should because many either don’t know how or don’t care to speak about the Lord. “Come with me to church” is not a bad place to start. “Let me tell you what Christ as done in my life” is so much better. Perhaps there is something in your life of which you are ashamed and that weakens your credibility. If ...

3311. What Is Required of Us?

Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... . I can help you find one of those, but my slice of the pie is a bit different. What I have to offer is pastoral care and the means of grace God has given the church. We call it wisdom from above. This is not fee-for-services. What we offer ... heart. If your doctor tells you the lump on your chest is benign when it is in fact cancerous, that is a false doctor because she cares more for your feelings than for your health. And if, to make you feel better, your banker sends you a statement that you have more ...

3312. The Heart of an Intimate Matter

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... common human condition in the doctrine of original sin is supremely realistic and has great explanatory power.3 Nothing about the human condition surprises us. We have been hearing confessions and pointing people to Calvary’s cure for two thousand years, and before that through the pastoral care of ancient Israel. And the closer we draw to Jesus Christ, the more clearly we perceive why he had to come as he did in order to do what only he could do. Things are worse than we have been told. I’m not OK, and ...

3313. Going Hard against the Grain

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... . Don’t only give them what they ask for; give them your outer cloak as well, which means you now stand before them and the court buck naked which in Israel was a horror. Show them to be the greedy and cruel person they are, one with no care for the poor. Expose evil by creative non-violence. It was then that Jesus took it up a notch into the politics of Jewish nationalism. Roman soldiers had the right to impress people into temporary service; it’s what happened when Simon of Cyrene was grabbed off the ...

3314. Loving Like God Loves

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... let us be. Let us see thy great salvation, perfectly restored in thee; changed from glory into glory, till in heaven we take our place, till we cast our crowns before thee, lost in wonder, love, and praise.”7 Have you noticed that love has it’s own, carefully monitored comfort zone? If someone is just inside or outside the boundaries, I feel it. I like this kind of people but not that kind, this color and race of people but not that race and color of people, people from this part of the country but not ...

3315. Get off the Throne and Learn Wisdom

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... God, things do not stay as they were before; there is judgment. Relating to this God is not static but dynamic on both sides. Both now and ultimately, God treats me as I treat others. Grace welcomed is blessing; grace resisted is already judgment. God cares that much about us learning to love one another. Jesus’ words make sense within this larger network of biblical convictions. This last insight is played out most clearly with my closest neighbor, my wife Lori. When I am unkind to her in any way (when ...

3316. Joy in the Journey

119:129-136

Sermon

Michael Milton

... “these people.”[1] I guess they were probably thinking about a simple woman like my Aunt Eva, who reared me and was like my mother. My Aunt Eva had little formal education and had to leave high school and her dream of being a home economics teacher in order to care for her younger siblings when her mother was sick. She used to tell me that she regretted that. She wanted me to get an education and get as much of it as I could, because of where we came from. But in my eyes she was the wisest woman I ...

3317. Guidance for a Time of Chaos

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... -turn and go back to that little shopping mall back there; you know the one with the gas station on the corner. You hear what I am saying? Turn left there and just follow the road down to the ocean. It makes several turns, OK? And you have to be careful not to . . . No! Go back to the first way I said. Go down . . . Oh, what the heck. Look, I’ll take you there. Just follow me, and stick close!” Gordon MacDonald writes, “I followed him and stuck close. And it occurred to me along the way that that is ...

3318. Achieving Peak Performance

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... falls into place. I understand that in prisons, even in some hospitals, especially those for the very disturbed people, they let them raise pets. They give them animals to care for because it works better than anything else to bring about healing in their lives. The theory is so simple. The animal becomes the object of their caring. They give themselves to something outside of themselves. If you give yourself to something outside of yourself, you get outside of yourself and you start to feel better about ...

3319. Let's Get Serious

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... is not about talking. Christianity is about doing, living, responding, improving, growing, maturing, giving, forgiving, and loving. So, "what do you chink? A man had two sons." One always said "yes" to the father. In fact, whenever the father was around, he was always careful to say what he knew the father wanted to hear. But he never did anything. The other was a little rebellious, not very religious in speech. In fact, he was uncomfortable with that kind of language. From time to time, he would raise ...

3320. Stick to the Knitting

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... and say that those who do not live up to those codes are therefore not religious. But if the essence of Christianity is simply to be a "servant of Christ," then one will live one's life the way Christ lived his life, being involved with other people, caring about other people, moved by the plight of other people. This weekend is the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. I think, therefore, it is appropriate to look at his life in this regard. In the Union Tribune this week, there was an article about him, which ...

3321. You Are Somebody!

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

King Duncan

... chaos, feeling he was unconnected, unimportant to anybody else in the world. Commenting on this story, Dr. John Claypool writes, “That condition is a terrible denial of one of the constituent needs of our human nature. We need to be loved; we need to be cared for; we need to know that what happens to us makes a difference to someone else. (3) There are some people who feel that way about their lives--unconnected, unimportant to anybody else in the world. Unbelievably, some of these people have parents who ...

3322. The Bent-over Woman

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... equates to work and there is no excuse for working on the day set aside for rest and worship." This religious leader believed keeping the law more important than caring for people. The man's attitude outraged Jesus. The Master responded that the law permits untying and leading a donkey to water on the Sabbath. Certainly the law should care more for the needs of people than animals. The law should make an exception for unleashing this daughter of Abraham who has been kept from drinking from the waters ...

3323. Divine Dinner Party Decorum

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... has a serious problem with swollen ankles. He's just miserable and so I am going to see if I can heal him." At that point, the hostess nearly swallows her tongue. She gasps, "Well, I never!" "Clear off the table so Amos can stretch out," Jesus says. "Careful with the creamed asparagus. Amos, crawl up there and elevate your feet over your head. That is important with swollen ankles." Amos crawls on the table. Rests his head on the bread tray and his wife's face turns as red as her glass of Cabernet. This is ...

3324. A Place of Honor

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... how much status you have in the eyes of the world. Do you love your neighbor? Are you generous with those in need? Are you willing to reach out in love to those who cannot help themselves? That’s what Jesus cares about. Many of you may recognize the name Jim Wallis. Wallis is a noted author and longtime activist for social justice. In 1990 Jim Wallis spoke to the Chicago Sunday Evening Club. His words are words every Christian needs to hear, especially Christians in this affluent land. Here is what ...

3325. The Seeing Eye

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... not to judge too quickly or on only your own set of criteria. God may have another reason for bringing someone into our lives (personal or congregational). Try to see as God sees. What is God's vision for us? Kindness, caring, daily prayers, service to the community, personal attention to the affairs of the congregation and its members. God sees potential in each of us and in our congregation that we don't know exists. There is a movie based on E. M. Forster's novel, Room With A View. The ...

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