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326. Deformed, Disfigured, and Despised: A Marred but Magnificent Messiah

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... in the new age and all would bow at his feet and be subject to his dominion and authority. How could our conquering hero be a suffering servant? Could this little, scrawny hunch-backed man become our savior for the ages? Why would God play such a cruel trick upon his people? He is ugly and unattractive. He cannot save himself. He has no political connections. He has no money in the bank and no armies marching behind him by day and by night. He has no large following. His disciples are a rag-tag bunch. He ...

327. A Man, A Woman, and the Test of Doom (A Drama about Marriage)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... . I’m really bad with numbers… okay, and do I carry the one? Let’s see… Trish: Jason? It’s not that hard. What did you get? Jason: What? Like a ballpark number? Trish: No, just the number. Is it positive or negative? Jason: Is this a trick question? CAN WE DO IT AGAIN?!? Trish: (grabs the paper from him, looks at it, looks at him, and looks back at the paper) Trish: (sarcastic) Lovely. (freezes) Jason: (looks at audience) Yep. That was about right. (looks at watch) Time to hook up cable in the ...

328. The Temptation To Pass By On The Other Side

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... is asking a question on the nature of the law. The stage is set by Luke with these words: “Behold a lawyer stood up to put him to the test.” Well, it's not the first time and probably won’t be the last time that a lawyer phrased a trick question. It was the kind of question in which any kind of an answer would pose still further problems. It was a test question: “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life.” Now right away we know that this man was a Pharisee, because the Pharisees believed in ...

329. Sight for Blind Eyes

John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . Of course, there were others who would also approach silently, but for other reasons...pranksters who would come up as if to give you something, but instead would grab whatever was in your bowl and run off laughing loudly and taunting you to come after them. You knew the tricks though: you had learned long ago never to leave more than a few mites in your bowl at any one time - most of the money would be removed as soon as it was given and put in a pouch on the inside of your cloak. But on this particular ...

330. Excuses

Luke 14:15-24, Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the story from the 3rd chapter of Genesis. Adam ate the forbidden fruit, then when confronted about it, he came up with an excuse: "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate." Eve? What about it? "The serpent tricked me, and I ate." Uh-huh. Do you remember the story of the Golden Calf?(6) The Israelites were in the wilderness. Moses, their leader, was up on the mountain talking with God. His brother Aaron had been left in charge of the camp. The people became restless ...

331. Family Feud

Genesis 29:15-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Esau had competed from the day they were born, how Esau (the older of the two) was deprived of his father's blessing when Jacob misled Dad into thinking he was the one who should receive it. Now the deceiver has been deceived; the trickster has been tricked. The $100 Corvette. Jacob comes up to Laban who has just peered out from his tent. Our hero sputters, "Uncle, Laban, what have you done? Seven years I have worked for you...FOR RACHEL!!! Now you give me Leah? Why?" Laban responds weakly, "It is not our ...

332. Struggling with God

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . Love. He falls in love with cousin Rachel (which, in those days, was OK). Laban says Rachel will cost seven years hard work; Jacob says all right. At the end of seven years, the wedding...but under the veil, Rachel's older sister Leah. Horrors. The trickster had been tricked. It would take seven more years of labor for our hero to get Rachel. But Jacob is a person who proves the old adage that you do not want to wrestle with a pig - both of you get dirty and the pig likes it. Jacob proceeded to outdo his ...

333. Blessed Be The Title That Binds

Deuteronomy 14:22-29

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... not now either. Then there is that famous encounter Jesus had with folks who were trying to do him in. In a very public place they asked, "Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?" This falls into the category of WHEN DID YOU STOP BEATING YOUR WIFE - trick question. If he said that it was unlawful to pay the tax, Rome could arrest him on a sedition charge; if he said that it was lawful, he would be discredited in the eyes of faithful Jews who believed only God was sovereign and to pay a tax to an ...

334. An Attitude of Gratitude

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... particular man was in the midst of a research project on a particular area of theology, so I looked for something which might be helpful in that pursuit. I had to go to several places before I was able to find something I felt would do the trick, but I considered the effort worthwhile. He was worth it. Finally, the evening came around when I would have the opportunity to give the gift. I handed it to him, nicely wrapped; he tore the paper off, grunted, set the book for which I had so diligently searched ...

335. When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough

Ecc 2:1-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... anything. Have you ever wondered about that? We must give the ancient Teacher credit though. Despite his opening hypothesis that there is nothing in this life that has any enduring worth, he at least tests his theory. He decides to see if wisdom and knowledge will do the trick and resolves to become the wisest in the world, but he notes that both the wise and the fool end up dead, so why bother. He checks to see if pleasure will offer meaning to life so he gives himself all the wine, women and song he can ...

336. Stay in the Boat!

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... supposed he was a rich Texan. So he said the cost would be twenty-five dollars. Twain walked away as he said, "Now I know why Jesus walked." Yes, a familiar story. But a strange one too. It has Jesus doing something that smacks more of a magic trick than a miracle. Perhaps that is why there are old jokes about pious folks trying to walk on water but sinking like a stone until being told where the rocks and roots are just under the surface. In the musical Jesus Christ, Superstar the character who plays the ...

337. Ready or Not, Here He Comes!

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... of the mind, a 180-degree shift. The world outside the church says very little about repentance because the world outside the church is not convinced that such a thing is really possible: "A leopard cannot change its spots," "Can't teach an old dog new tricks," and all that. At this time of year, we hear a great deal about Scrooge...always a metaphor for someone who is mean-spirited, miserly, and miserable. But the Scrooge of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" repented, and by the end of the story becomes a ...

338. Homecoming

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... down the street, they passed a blind man on the sidewalk with a guitar and a sign that read, "I'm blind, please help me." He had a little tin cup taped to the neck of his guitar. Well, the three of them decided they were going to play a trick on this man, so they reached into their apron and took out several nails, and each of them very noisily deposited them in that tin cup. The blind man said, "Thank you, thank you very much. May God bless you. Thank you very much." Craddock said that that incident began ...

339. The God Of The Living

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... young person feel so hopeless about life that he or she feels that death is the only way out? What is it that makes persons of any age give up and give in when adversity strikes? Some of the Sadducees came to Jesus with what they thought was a trick question. You see, the Sadducees did not believe in life after death. Yet their question dealt with that very belief. "Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry his brother's widow ...

340. God's Time

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... church his children would chide him. "Pa," they'd say, "it isn't Zacchus. It's Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus." "I don't have time to say Zacchaeus," Moody would bellow, "there's too much work to be done!" And later on in his life, his heart began to play tricks on him while he was in England. He had a checkup there, and the doctor told him to take it easy. So an upcoming campaign in Chicago was promptly canceled, and he headed for home. On the way, the ship developed engine trouble and wound up drifting helplessly ...

341. Good Reasons For Not Cheating

Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... first. It asked, "Why?" Not realizing he did not have to answer this part, one honest applicant wrote, "I guess it's because I never got caught." A Jeff Danziger cartoon shows a company president announcing to his staff, "Gentlemen, this year the trick is honesty." From one side of the conference table, a vice president gasps, "Brilliant." Across the table, another VP mutters, "But so risky!" A cartoon in "New Yorker" magazine: Two cleanshaven middleaged men are sitting together in a jail cell. One inmate ...

342. Not Having Seen Him, You Love Him

1 Peter 1:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... could utter another word, the champion golfer took out a pen, endorsed his winning check, and put it in the woman's hand, urging her to "make some good days for the baby." A week later DeVincenzo was told the woman had no sick baby and he had thus been tricked out of his winnings. On hearing this, this gallant gentleman merely looked up and said, "You mean there is no baby who is dying without hope? Why that's the best news I've heard all week!" (2) I believe that is the sort of thing Jesus would have said ...

343. Vive La Difference

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... view themselves as superstars. There is a failure to understand what the Bible says about spiritual gifts. God has designed things so all of us have areas where we can contribute, and all of us have areas where we need the contributions of others. The trick is to do those things that we can and not sit idly by because we're incapable of excelling in all areas. Consider former Boston Celtic coaching great "Red" Auerbach. Auerbach had a reputation of being able to use older stars effectively after they had ...

344. Started Toward A Great Tomorrow

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He could have hung his head and said, "Nobody's going to listen to me. Look what I've done. I'm finished. It's over." Guilt is a strange phenomenon. It is a much more powerful force in our lives than most of us realize. Sometimes it will play tricks on us. I heard about a little boy who, during a power blackout, was acting very guilty. When his parents asked him what was wrong, he broke down and cried. Through his sobs he confessed that on the way home from school he had kicked a power pole. He was ...

345. A Story Almost Too Big To Tell

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... have killed me, He will spare you from eternal destruction." The leader looked at him with curiosity. Then he lowered his gun and ordered the others to do the same. "Will you pray for us now?" the leader of the assassins asked. Though fearing it was a trick, Sempangi asked them all to bow their heads and close their eyes. "Father in heaven," he prayed, "you who have forgiven men in the past, forgive these men also. Do not let them perish in their sins but bring them unto yourself." Sempangi lifted his head ...

346. Idle Tale Or Eternal Truth?

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... had an idea. They dressed his body in his armor, tied a sword in his hand, and placed his corpse on his horse. With El Cid's body in the lead, the Spanish forces charged. But they were quickly defeated, for this act fooled no one. A desperate trick that collapsed led to despair instead of victory. There will always be those who insist that this was the strategy of the early church, a dead leader, dressed in armor, propped up on a horse with sword in hand. "Tell people," the chief priests said to the ...

347. Narrow Doors-limitless Horizons

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... here. The door to life is a narrow one. FOR EXAMPLE, EDUCATION IS A NARROW DOOR. There is a lot of concern about education nowadays. Jaime O’Neill is a college teacher in Washington. He decided to give his students a basic facts test; not trick questions, mind you, but a simple test to illustrate to his students that they needed to get serious about learning. Here's what he found from a survey of college students. "Ralph Nader is a baseball player. Charles Darwin invented gravity. Christ was born in ...

348. How Can I Know It's Real?

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... concrete windowsill behind the grating. The years passed, and the dream did not die, and the day came when the ragged newsboy, now attired in white tie and tails, held the crowds that came to the theater spellbound with the most astounding array of magical tricks the stage had ever seen. He was Howard Thurston, the great magician, and sometimes he would take his friends and show them the name and date dimly scratched on the concrete windowsill so many years before. (4) It is difficult to deny someone with ...

349. Waking To A World Upside Down

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... just a few feet below the rafters. They were still high in the air, and if they slipped, their weight would smash right through the flimsy tile down to the concrete floor below. But thanks to the false ceilings their minds seemed to play tricks on them, lulling them into carelessness. (2) One has to wonder if the moral relativists in our society are not providing people with a false ceiling through which they also may plunge from their precarious position on tiny rafters. Would you say that our society ...

350. The Secrets Of His Success

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... to buy food, for the famine has reached their land as well. There they stand, hat in hand, asking for assistance. The story here is too involved to tell in detail. It is a beautiful and moving story. Joseph creates some mischief for his brothers and tricks them into bringing his younger brother Benjamin down to meet him. Joseph is overcome with emotion at seeing his younger brother. He has to leave the room to compose himself. When he returns he decides the charade has gone on long enough. "I am Joseph your ...

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