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3876. Jesus' No-Nonsense Guide to Discipleship

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... by Martin Handford, Waldo is a cartoon-like young man wearing a bright red and white striped shirt and a matching cap. On each set of facing pages, Waldo appears in different colorful situations, and each time, children are asked to find him. Sometimes there are other characters wearing caps, or other objects that might be striped red and white designed to fool young readers, but that's all part of the fun of finding Waldo. In this part of Mark's gospel, if we were to ask ‘where's the good disciple?’ we ...

3877. Jesus: The Original Superhero?

John 18:33-37

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... screenings for pastors, sermon notes, and movie clips. Promotion aside, is it even appropriate to compare Jesus to Superman? Even if we think of him as "the original superhero," doesn't the term itself reduce Jesus from Christ the King to the level of a character in a movie? How can that possibly express the magnificence and mystery of the king of glory, who "is before all things, and in him all things hold together" (Colossians 1:17)? On the plus side, however, the Man of Steel ministry resources did seem ...

3878. When I Am Weak, I Am Strong

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... to try harder!’” (4) Let me tell you, Larry Lee’s daughter is on her way to being a champion at life. A weakness can become a strength if we do not give in to it. We’re talking about the power of character . . . the power of determination . . . God has given us the ability with His help to overcome difficult circumstances. Author Irving Stone spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing novelized biographies of such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud and Charles Darwin. Stone was ...

3879. What Does It Mean to Be Blessed?

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... it. We have been chosen. Well, long before we were chosen by God, the children of Israel were chosen by God. How has that worked out for them? Few groups have been persecuted as they have. In the famous play, Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye, the leading character, is a pious Jewish peasant living in a small Russian village who loves to stare up into the sky and argue with God. In one particularly dark moment, when everything seems to be going wrong in his little Jewish community, Tevye looks toward the sky and ...

3880. Searching for Happiness

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... that are dangerous to their health, dangerous to their marriages, dangerous to their reputation in the community. Some are dangerous to their immortal soul. In 1991 Mario Van Peebles directed a motion picture titled New Jack City which contains a scene in which a character accepts some illegal drugs. When this scene was shown at a theater in New York City, an African-American man stood up and yelled at the screen, “Just say no, man!” Mr. Van Peebles who was present in the theater at the time says ...

3881. In It for the Long Haul

John 6:60-69

Sermon

King Duncan

... a fresh experience of God’s grace. I believe that if you will endure long enough it will happen. Pastor John Ortberg tells a story written many years ago by Max Beerbohm, who called it, “The Happy Hypocrite: A Fairy Tale for Tired Gentlemen.” The main character in this story is a man named George Lord. George has led a wasted life filled with greed, gambling, superficial relationships, broken promises to women, as well as too much alcohol. One day he is having a lavish meal with his lover when he sees ...

3882. Big Bubba Has Your Back

Revelation 21:1-6a

Sermon

King Duncan

... To make a long story short, every one of those twenty-five children with Down syndrome entered public school and graduated. One of them graduated with top scholastic honors in his class. (2) In my mind that doctor’s faithfulness, patience and love were a reflection of the character of God as revealed to us in Jesus Christ. God is the God of the now. His love and his patient caring are available to us at this very moment. Regardless of the burden we are carrying, He is available to us. He is the God of the ...

3883. At the Intersection of Heaven and Earth

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... , all of us donkeys were raised to a new level. God has come down. Humanity has been lifted up. It is said that the famous French author Balzac fancied himself to be an expert at interpreting handwriting. He believed that he could determine the character of a person by analyzing their script. One day an old lady brought him a little boy’s homework book and asked this great writer and expert on handwriting to give an opinion of the child’s potential. Balzac studied very carefully the irregular, untidy ...

3884. The Light Still Shines

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... as planned. It was also sabotaged in a way, not out of envy, but because of one young man’s desire simply to make his friends laugh. The youth group at a certain church was performing a manger scene. Joseph and Mary and all the other characters were in place and ready. They did their parts with seriousness and commitment, looking as pious as they possibly could. And then it came time for the shepherds to enter. Dressed in flannel bathrobes and toweled head gear, the shepherds proceeded to the altar steps ...

3885. Are You in the Right Place?

Matthew 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... sitcom a few years back that I know some of you are familiar with. It was called, “Keeping Up Appearances.” The series ran on the BBC from 1990 to 1995. It is still being shown in reruns on Netflix and Britbox and PBS. The central character is an eccentric and snobbish middle class social climber named Hyacinth Bucket. Though her last name is spelled “b-u-c-k-e-t,” bucket, she insists that it is pronounced “Bouquet.” She answers her phone, “The Bouquet residence, the lady of the house speaking ...

3886. A Keen Justice

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Editor James S. Hewett

... order to maintain the authority of the laws, but to show parental leniency, shared the penalty with his son by ordering one of his own eyes to be thrust out along with one of his offending son. In this way, the majesty of his government was maintained, and his own character as a just and righteous sovereign was magnified in the eyes of his subjects.

3887. The Age of Elizabeth I

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John Richard Green

... its words, as they fell on ears which custom had not deadened, kindled a startling enthusiasm. As a mere literary monument, the English version of the Bible remains the noblest example of the English tongue. But far greater was the effect of the Bible on the character of the people. Elizabeth might silence or tune the pulpits, but it was impossible for her to silence or rune the great preachers of justice and mercy and truth who spoke from the Book. The whole temper of the nation felt the change. A new ...

3888. What a Difference a Change Makes

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Editor James S. Hewett

... a plan to rescue her, so he recruited the help of two small animals to send a message to the maiden. First there was Claude Caterpillar. Claude was a nice guy, and he didn't mind helping fair maidens in distress. But Claude was kind of a crusty old character. You might wonder, did he get up on the wrong side of the bed? Maybe he has a migraine headache or something. Anyway, the prince gave him the message, and he started inching along toward the tower. Being a fat little caterpillar, he had to work hard to ...

3889. The Right Man

Humor Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

They were burying a rather unsavory character who had never been near a place of worship in his life. The services were being conducted by a minister who had never heard of him. Carried away by the occasion, he poured on praise for the departed man. After ten minutes of describing the late lamented as a father, husband, and boss, the widow, whose expression had grown more and more puzzled, nudged her son and whispered: "Go up there and make sure it's Papa."

The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is, when the secret is finally out, to refrain from disclosing that you knew it all along.

Sydney J. Harris

3891. Forceful Advice

Humor Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

At Washington National Airport a long line had formed at one of the airline ticket windows. Suddenly, a strange-looking character charged up to the front of the line, put ten dollars on the counter and said to the ticket agent, "I want to go to New York." The clerk said, “I’m sorry, sir, but you can't go to New York for ten dollars." The man asked, "Well, where can I go?" And fourteen people in the line told him where to go with great precision.

3892. Death as Triumph

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Editor James S. Hewett

Sir Edward Jones attended the funeral of Robert Browning in Westminster Abbey, but he didn't like it. He knew this great poet, the virtues of his character, the abiding faith in his soul, the influence of his life, and he said the funeral was too sad and somber. "I would have given something," he wrote, "for a banner or two to wave, and much more I would have given if a chorister had come out of the triforium and rent the air with a trumpet."

3893. Trying Again and Again

Proverbs 24:16

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

Among other qualities of personal character, what makes a man great is his determination to keep going. Most sports buffs know that from 1960 to 1966 the record for the most stolen bases was held by the incredible Maury Wills. In 1962 he set the current club record for the Dodgers: 104 stolen bases in one ...

3894. Surprise--One Got Out!

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... , God can do the resurrection.” (5) And God can. And God did raise Christ from the grave. And God will raise those whom we love who are in Christ. The resurrection is real. In his classic novel, The Robe, Lloyd C. Douglas has a character called Marcellus, who had become fascinated by Jesus. He wrote letters to his fiancée Diana in Rome. He told her about Jesus’ teachings, about his miracles, then about his crucifixion and his resurrection. Finally, he informed her that he had decided to become a ...

3895. The Name Identifies

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Editor James S. Hewett

... conquests that Greek was established as the common language of the Grecian and later even Roman Empire. On one of his campaigns, Alexander received a message that one of his soldiers had been continually, and seriously, misbehaving and thereby shedding a bad light on the character of all the Greek troops. And what made it even worse was that this soldier's name was also Alexander. When the commander learned this, he sent word that he wanted to talk to the errant soldier in person. When the young man arrived ...

3896. Teacher's Credentials

Illustration

Don E. McKenzie

... been repeated instances of juvenile crime and delinquency. When she began her work there came a change. The change in time became noticeable with so many of her students turning out to be good citizens, men and women of good character. Some became doctors, others lawyers, educators, ministers, honorable craftsmen, and skilled technicians. It was no accident, therefore, that on important anniversaries like her eightieth birthday she was remembered with gratitude and love from a great number of her students ...

3897. Fruit of the Spirit

Illustration

Donald Grey Barnhouse

Love is the key. Joy is love singing. Peace is love resting. Long-suffering is love enduring. Kindness is love's touch. Goodness is love's character. Faithfulness is love's habit. Gentleness is love's self-forgetfulness. Self-control is love holding the reins.

3898. Dickens on Marriage

Illustration

Charles Dickens

Sam Weller (the character in The Pickwick Papers) addressing his son: "When you're a married man, Samuel, you'll understand a good many things as you don't understand now; but whether it's worthwhile goin' through so much to learn so little, as the charity boy said when he got to the end of the alphabet, is a matter of taste."

3899. The Self-Giving Mother

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

... , they never got that far. Eight and a half hours later the man found his wife and daughter dead in their wrecked car, upside down in a cold mountain stream. His two-year-old son was just barely alive in the forty-eight-degree water. But in that death the character of a mother was revealed in a most dramatic and heart-rending way. For when the father scrambled down the cliff to what he was sure were the cries of his dying wife, he found her locked in death, holding her little boy's head just above water in ...

3900. Dangerous Opportunity

Illustration

Earle H. Ballou

In the language of China there is hardly a more suggestive or challenging word than crisis. It is made up of two characters, way gee. Each of these is half a word, the first being danger and the second opportunity. Hence a "crisis" is literally a "dangerous opportunity."

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3876. Jesus' No-Nonsense Guide to Discipleship

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

April Yamasaki

3877. Jesus: The Original Superhero?

John 18:33-37

Sermon

April Yamasaki

3878. When I Am Weak, I Am Strong

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Sermon

King Duncan

3879. What Does It Mean to Be Blessed?

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

King Duncan

3880. Searching for Happiness

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

3881. In It for the Long Haul

John 6:60-69

Sermon

King Duncan

3882. Big Bubba Has Your Back

Revelation 21:1-6a

Sermon

King Duncan

3883. At the Intersection of Heaven and Earth

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

3884. The Light Still Shines

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

3885. Are You in the Right Place?

Matthew 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

3886. A Keen Justice

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

3887. The Age of Elizabeth I

Illustration

John Richard Green

3888. What a Difference a Change Makes

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

3889. The Right Man

Humor Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is, when the secret is finally out, to refrain from disclosing that you knew it all along.

Sydney J. Harris

3891. Forceful Advice

Humor Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

3892. Death as Triumph

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

3893. Trying Again and Again

Proverbs 24:16

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

3894. Surprise--One Got Out!

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

3895. The Name Identifies

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

3896. Teacher's Credentials

Illustration

Don E. McKenzie

3897. Fruit of the Spirit

Illustration

Donald Grey Barnhouse

3898. Dickens on Marriage

Illustration

Charles Dickens

3899. The Self-Giving Mother

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

3900. Dangerous Opportunity

Illustration

Earle H. Ballou

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