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3651. Dancing for Joy (Thanksgiving)

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... 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 Billy Crystal playfully appeared ...

3652. Only Time Will Tell

James 5:7-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... or “take turns” or “share” or “be kind to others” are rewarded. It is good to know that even when you are NOT looking, even when you are NOT “hand’s on,” that the long arm of loving influence and life-lessons continue to bear good fruit in the world. Children are not born with good manners. Children are not characterized by congenital civility. One of the most common injuries in toddler day-care centers is of children being bitten by other children. Reinhold Niebuhr, the great 20th century ...

3653. In the Shadow of His Brother

John 1:35-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... where you experienced more legalism than love, more judgment than grace. Gratefully you say, you could never go back. And yet you are here. And you are faithful and you are supportive and it just may be that some of what you learned back then is bearing positive fruit today. Let’s not be too critical of those who follow a different path, regardless of where we are in our Christian life. John the Baptist had his faults, but he pointed people toward Jesus. And that, of course, is what Andrew did as ...

3654. Locusts Happen

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Tony Everett

... terrible that children would tell their children who would then tell their children about this time of thick clouds, darkness, and destruction. All the fields were devastated and the grain was ruined. Herds of cattle and sheep were dying of starvation. Fruit-bearing trees were splintered and drying up, withering away like the people’s joy. It seemed like the whole world was coming to a terrible end. Everyone was lamenting and mourning. Everything seemed out of control. What was going on here? A military ...

3655. One For All

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , o'er a tranquil tide, My bark shall safely glide; I shall be satisfied, Ever close to Thee. 3. Keep Thou my all, O Lord, Hide my life in Thine; O let Thy sacred light O'er my pathway shine; Kept by Thy tender care, Gladly the cross I'll bear Hear Thou and grant my pray'r, Hide my life in Thine. Just because you are “One for All” does not mean it will reciprocate in “All for One.” When you warn others of dangers up ahead, and dangers you may just have passed; when you alert people to the ...

3656. Five Ways to be "Holy" During Holy Week

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , If met by Daniel’s band. Dare to be a Daniel. Dare to stand alone. For example, be aware of the brands you wear this week. It’s probably impossible to wear no brands for a week. But we belong to celebrities’ communities by wearing their brands and bearing their logos. Be a nonconformist this week. Be an original this week. Resolve for one week to risk being yourself, the person God made you to be. By the way, being your best self is the very definition of a saint. In city after city, year after year ...

3657. Good News about Sparrows

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” Good advice, my friend. Believe . . . and don’t be afraid. 1. http://www.ottamennonite.ca/sermons/robins.htm, accessed Oct. 4, 2006. 2. http://sermons.logos.com/submissions/112935-Burden-Bearing#content=/submissions. 3. http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/his-eye-is-on-the-sparrow-harold-rose-sermon-on-promises-of-god-55071.asp?Page=2. 4. http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/if-his-eye-is-on-the-sparrow-david-dykes-sermon-on-gods ...

3658. The Key to Getting Enough Rest

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... , for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Our greatest need is to relax and trust God. That’s what happens when we yoke ourselves to Christ. He helps us bear the burdens of the day. Do you remember the Greek mythological figure Atlas after whom our maps are called? In the old myth Atlas offended the king of the Greek gods, Zeus. For punishment Zeus made Atlas for all eternity carry the weight of the world, literally, on his ...

3659. Breaking News: A World Gone Wild

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... was neither too hot by day or too cold by night. Before God put a human being on this planet, the story of Creation concludes with a pristine world in which every blade of grass is jade green, every stream is clean and pure, and every tree is bearing luscious fruit. Then to top it off, God puts into this world two perfect people. Adam and Eve were the first perfect couple in history. They had the first and only perfect marriage. You realize he never had to hear her say, “I could have married someone else ...

3660. On the Ropes: Round 2 - Debating God

Habakkuk 1:12--2:1

Sermon

James Merritt

... you. I am going to make a companion for you and you are going to call it a “woman”. This person will gather food for you, cook for you and when you discover clothing she will wash it for you. She will agree with every decision you make. She will bear your children and never ask you to get up in the middle of the night to take care of them. She will never nag you and she will always be the first one to admit she was wrong when you’ve had a disagreement. She will never have a headache ...

3661. Family Re:Union - Inverting the Pyramid

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... one priority as being a mother. She totally immerses herself in the lives of her children giving attention to every need, want and desire that they have. The husband abdicates his primary role of being a husband and pushes at the top of the list being a father. Bearing that great responsibility, which it is, he begins to step up his role as a career chaser to provide for his family. His desire to make more and get more so his family can have more becomes the driving force of his life. So where the mother ...

3662. Family Re:Union - For the Love

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... don’t think any of us would say that we are as crazy about God as we ought to be. Let me say it really doesn’t make much difference whatever other commandments we keep whether you don’t steal, don’t murder, don’t commit adultery, you don’t bear false witness, or don’t break the Sabbath, if you break the first and the greatest commandment, which is to love God with all of your heart, soul and strength and to pass that love on to your family.

3663. How Does Your Garden Grow?

Matthew 13:31-35

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... our attention to the richness, the “pearl of great price,” that might be found in ordinary seawater. But it is not just unexpected bounty to which Jesus likens the Kingdom of God. There is a whole other dimension that those who follow him must bear and embrace. Repeating the lesson of the “weeds and the wheat,” Jesus this week offers the parable of the net cast into the sea, the net that catches “fish of every kind.” The strict laws of “kashrut,” ordering observant Jews to only consume those ...

3664. Treasure Hunt

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... and took her seat, her heart pounding and her cheeks burning from embarrassment, the pastor preached on the scripture verse from the Psalms, “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble” (46:1). Norma said, “My own trouble seemed to bear down on me with tremendous weight . . . I realized how desperate life in our family was without God, and that day I recommitted my life to Him . . . Jesus came into my life not only as Savior, but for daily strength and direction.” (3) So many ...

3665. God Is Not Dead

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... penalty for idolatry; because the results of idolatry, and the penalty of it, will be visited to the children of the third and fourth generation. Now it is not that the children of the third and fourth generation are guilty of this sin, but they have to bear the consequences of this sin. I want fathers and mothers to pay close attention to what I am about to tell you. If you worship the wrong god, or you worship the right God the wrong way, it can affect your family for three and four generations. Wrong ...

3666. The Insanity of Profanity

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... only are we saved by God’s name, we are to serve in God’s name. You see, name stands for authority. If I sign my name on a check I’m giving the banker the authority to take certain funds out of my account to pay the person who bears that check. When a policeman stands up and say, “Stop, in the name of the law,” his strength, his power, his authority, is not found in himself; it is found in the law. Therefore, all that we do, we ought to do in the strength, in the power, in the ...

3667. Ignite: Man on Fire

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

James Merritt

... might bring them bound to Jerusalem.” (Acts 9:1-2, ESV) To put this in context, the first time Paul is mentioned his name is Saul. He was a witness at the stoning of Stephen, the first martyr of the Christian church, who was stoned to death simply for bearing witness to his faith in Jesus Christ. He is holding the clothes of those who are throwing the rocks and Acts 8:1 simply says this, “And Saul approved of his execution.” (Acts 8:1, ESV) Now we are abruptly introduced to Saul again and his blood is ...

3668. Ignite: Fire Extinguishers

Acts 15:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... , but the condition of their heart. Then Peter slams the point home with the force of a sledge-hammer. “Now, therefore, whyare you putting God to the testby placing a yoke on the neck of the disciplesthat neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?But webelieve that we will besaved throughthe grace of the Lord Jesus,just as they will.” (Acts 15:10-11, ESV) When Peter made this statement mouths flew open and eyes fell out of sockets, because here is Peter the number one Jew and everyone expected ...

3669. All In: Skin In the Game

Malachi 3:6-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... hard way what happens when you don’t give. Verse 9 says, “You are cursed with a curse.” (Malachi 3:9, ESV) “I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear.” (Malachi 3:11, ESV) This was a nation in a deep, deep depression. They were sowing, but they weren’t reaping like they used to. They were having a tough time. There are some of you sitting here listening to me right now and you are saying to yourself ...

3670. All In: The Winning Hand

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... of everyone, I have voluntarily become a servant to any and all in order to reach a wide range of people: religious, non-religious, meticulous, moralist, loose-living, immoralist, the defeated, the demoralized – whoever. I didn’t take on their way of life. I kept my bearings in Christ, but I entered their world and tried to experience things from their point of view. I’ve become just about every sort of servant there is in my attempts to lead those I meet into a God-saved life. I did all of this ...

3671. Up Close & Personal: Coming Into Focus

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... away from him. He had a similar secret he didn’t want her to know. He had a tremendously bad case of smelly feet. He would never take his shoes off around her, because he feared if he ever did she wouldn’t marry him. Even though they could not bear to tell each other their bad secret they did get married. They headed off to their honeymoon and that evening in their hotel room they both decided to make the momentous decision of not trying to hide the secret any longer. She had not used any mints, gum, or ...

3672. Lost Baggage: Empty Your Suitcase

Matthew 18:10-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... conflict, nor confrontation has to be negative. Many times in the scripture we learn that God can hit a great lick with a crooked stick. We are going to learn today that God can use conflict and confrontation as an opportunity to demonstrate the love of Christ, to bear witness to the Gospel and to teach other people how to work out our differences. One of the most loving, positive things you could ever do for someone else is to help them to see when they are on the wrong path, when they are doing hurtful ...

3673. The Runner

Romans 9:30--10:21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... city that they served. These “early warning symbols” were either messengers of “good news” or “bad news.” The message they brought back was either one of “victory,” or “defeat” If they arrived, exhausted, bloody footed, sweaty, and dirty, but bearing the word of “Euaggelion, “Good News,” then the residents of the village were home free. They were saved. The runner’s message of “euggaelion” meant that the battle had gone in favor of their home allegiance. The spoils of victory ...

3674. The Ice Bucket Challenge

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... you can with that same amazing, transforming, overwhelming love. Timing is everything. Can you imagine the "IceBucket Challenge" in December? Earlier this year (2014) there were some isolated "cold water challenges" for various charities, where jumping into cold water polarbearstyle helped raise funds for several local cancer research fund raisers. But it took a good, hot summer to make the "Ice Bucket Challenge" a "viral" phenomena. Sure, a few Viking souls will jump into freezing water when the air ...

3675. How to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... and you will sleep better at night. Forgiveness is the best thing you can do for your body and your soul. We need to emulate Booker T. Washington, who said, “No man is able to force me so low as to make me hate him.” The Bible says, “Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you” (Col. 3:13). Of course, the key is to remember that God has forgiven you. Forgiveness is possible. And it is highly desirable. But even beyond ...

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