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3901. David and Bathsheba

2 Samuel 11:1-27, 12:1-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... of holy war (even though he is not an Israelite); as a warrior who must return to battle, he knows that sexual relations, even with your wife, are not allowed.(7) Vietnam in reverse: make war, not love. King David obviously hopes that Uriah is not concerned with Israelite covenant law, but he soon finds he is mistaken. Even when David presents Uriah with gifts and later tries to get him so drunk he will forget himself, Uriah the Hittite behaves himself like a virtuous Uriah the Israelite. Ironic, isn't it ...

3902. Year-Round Christmas

1 Kings 17:1-24

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... unable to do this. We want you to go and talk to her and let her know that she needs to feel no obligation whatsoever, and free her from the responsibility." I am not wise now [writes Gordon]; I was less wise then. I went and told her of the concern of the deacons. I told her as graciously and as supportively as I know how that she was relieved of the responsibility of giving. As I talked with her the tears came into her eyes. "I want to tell you," she said, "that you are taking away the last thing ...

3903. "Wow!"

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountain top. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we ...

3904. Sermons in Stones

Psalm 19:1-14

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... should look not only to the scriptures and the church to know God, but to creation as well."(7) There is a wonderful Hasidic story about the child of a rabbi who used to wander in the woods. At first his father let him wander, but over time he became concerned. The woods were dangerous. The father did not know what lurked there. He decided to discuss the matter with his child. One day he took his boy aside and said, "You know, I have noticed that each day you walk into the woods. I wonder, why do you go ...

3905. Who's The Boss?

Psalm 50:1-23

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... go through their annual stewardship campaigns, there is much talk about tithing - giving 10 percent of income back to the Lord. Rightly so. The tithe is not some arbitrary portion chosen by some church or denomination. It is the biblical measure - God's instruction - concerning the appropriate handling of money. Why ten percent? I do not know...but I have a suspicion. I believe that God chose the ten percent figure because it was a large enough portion to make us notice it, but small enough to allow us ...

3906. There's No Such Thing as Too Much Sugar

Psalm 91:1-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... bears our hero's name.(4) Good business, no doubt. Recent polls say that 68 percent of Americans believe in the existence of angels. Thus, the calendars, mugs, shirts, dolls, books, TV shows. The line from Psalm 91:11, "For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways," is read as a promise of celestial protection. Of all the sermons on First Presbyterian's Internet site, the one about angels has received the most comment from readers around the world. LOTS of interest out there ...

3907. Angels

Psalm 91:1-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... not bet the ranch on either position - the Bible is not clear here. One of the biggest questions people have regards Guardian Angels? Do we have them? As I mentioned, lots of folks believe we do. The passage in Psalm 91 suggests YES: "he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone" (11,12). There is Jesus' comment in Matthew 18:10: "Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones ...

3908. Theology in Snow

Psalm 147:1-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . According to that kind of thinking, there is something innate within the heart of the child that says Mommy and Daddy are dependable and will do nothing that would not be in a youngster's best interest. Therefore, adults should get to that same frame of mind as concerns God. Because God loves us, God will never act out of any other motivation than OUR best interest. Now, tell me, is that the way kids really feel? C'mon! Tell my kids that it is time to go to bed. What response do I get? "O gee, Daddy ...

3909. Good Medicine

Proverbs 10:1-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... when our eldest son was four years old. We were reading to him from the seventh chapter of Matthew's Gospel, feeling very serious, when suddenly the little boy began to laugh. He laughed because he saw how preposterous it would be for a man to be so deeply concerned about a speck in another person's eye, that he was unconscious of the fact his own eye had a beam in it. Because the child understood perfectly that the human eye is not large enough to have a beam in it, the very idea struck him as ludicrous ...

3910. Integrity

Song of Songs 2:1-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... with the Pharisees, his response was, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.'" The issue for Jesus was that these super religious types were more concerned with SHOWING their religion than DOING their religion. Jesus says, NO! Don't just TALK the TALK, WALK the WALK. It all has to do with, in a word, INTEGRITY - being the same on the inside as on the outside. Or as Will Rogers once described ...

3911. John the Baptist

Matthew 3:1-12, Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... has spoken.' THE KING IS COMING. "It is a message that needs to be proclaimed, and the people know it. That is why so many have been coming out from Jerusalem down to Bethany by the Jordan in such stifling heat. They are not concerned with their physical comfort but with their eternal well-being. They have been coming from everywhere...Galilee, Judea, Perea, Decapolis. All kinds of people too...high, low, politicians, soldiers, even some of you in this chamber. The message is the same for all...a demand ...

3912. The Handwriting on the Heart

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... God - more or less as Jeremiah had predicted. They had broken every covenant that God had established, and now were experiencing captivity once again - a once-proud nation now reduced to a life of slavery in a foreign land. Now the prophet's words to them were concerned with how to get along in this new environment. In an open letter to the exiles, he suggested that they make the most of the situation - go along to get along: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Take wives ...

3913. The Lord's Prayer: Hallowed Be Thy Name

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Helpful hint: Don't lead off with `Yo, Lord!'"(1) Reverence, indeed! But we have a second problem. To echo Shakespeare, "What's in a name?" A lot! The name of God (or anyone, for that matter) is more than a means of identification. As far as scripture is concerned, to know God's name means to know what God is like... God's character, God's nature, God's power. In reflecting on that, we realize that names in our own society also carry baggage with them. When we name our children, we often select names which ...

3914. The Lord's Prayer: Please Forgive Us as We Forgive

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... know, Stevenson was an exceptionally religious man who insisted on family worship every evening... Scripture, hymns, prayers - all were included. But this one particular evening, Stevenson suddenly left the group before the worship was over. He had not been well, so his wife was concerned and went after him to see if he was all right. As Mrs. Stevenson recounted it in the book, her husband WAS all right, but he was feeling a sense of shock and anger at learning of some unexpected treachery on the part of ...

3915. What Is Truly Important

Matthew 6:25-34, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the air are fed and the lilies of the field are dressed. And if God will take care of the birds and flowers so well, think how well YOU will be taken care of. "What it boils down to is this:" Jesus went on, "if you are going to be concerned about anything, it should be to see that the things that are important to God are equally important to you. Then you can be absolutely confident that everything else that you need will be taken care of." Or as the King James Version of the Bible in which we were ...

3916. Good News for Tenant Farmers

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... himself. Now we come to chapter thirteen and a series of parables, these "earthly stories with heavenly meanings." The order of arrangement is no accident - coming on the heels of these accounts of continuous opposition, the stories were meant to address that concern. The first one is the most familiar, the Parable of the Sower (although considering the emphasis of the story, it should probably be called the Parable of the Soils). No doubt you have heard sermons about it. It uses imagery that is familiar ...

3917. Hang in There!

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... to the floor. There was no sound at all in that mammoth room for what seemed an agonizing eternity. Then he repeated the question, "After Auschwitz, can we still believe!" He shook his head slowly, sadly, "No, no,..." before concluding powerfully, "but we must!"(8) Concerning whether or not to have faith, there is no choice. There was none for that Canaanite mom, none for Elie Wiesel, there is none for you and me. The message of this wonderful mother is "Hang in there!" In the beginning, it may have been ...

3918. Stay in the Boat!

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... swimming pool.(1) And the audience laughs uproariously. Even the church jokes about this one. Recently there have been a number of variations on the theme of women ministers. One has a congregation calling its first female pastor and immediately running into a concern from two elders (who happened to have been dead against calling a woman to their pulpit) who are used to an annual fishing trip with the preacher. What should they do? Invite HER! To their chagrin, she accepted. The fateful day arrived, they ...

3919. The Ultimate Question

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Surely, the "Jesus" mini-series did not even BEGIN to do that, nor have any of the other cinematic attempts through the years. But, as that great preacher of the last century, Horace Bushnell once said, "Who can satisfy himself with anything he can say concerning Jesus Christ?" "Who do you say that I am," asks Jesus. After seeing this week's portrayal, the press responds, "A vibrant multi-dimensional Messiah: a man haunted by visions of atrocities still to come (the Crusades, the burning of Joan of Arc, the ...

3920. The Apostles Creed: "The Holy Catholic Churc"

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... evils have been driven to defeat or shamed into hiding. Who led the battle against human slavery in this nation in the last century? Who has been in the forefront of America's quest for racial equality? Who has been most vocal in its concern for peace among nations? The church and her people have been the conscience of the world. The called out church has provided bold messengers...the first pioneers and adventurers into the dark and neglected areas of the earth - the William Careys, the David Brainards ...

3921. A Labor of Love - Labor Day

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... sometimes. As you may have noted when we read our scripture lesson, we covered a good deal more material than just this part about sacrifice and self-denial. As Matthew lays it out for us, first we have this conversation between Jesus and the Twelve concerning the divine identity - Peter pipes up, "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God." Then Jesus offers a wonderful compliment: "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah." He calls him a ROCK, a solid foundation for the church. Ta Da! Then we read ...

3922. The Power to Change the Past

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... himself had been shown. Jesus' conclusion was, "So my heavenly Father will also do to everyone of you, if you do not forgive your brother or sister from your heart." Scary. As you Bible scholars know, there are several places in scripture that indicate a quid pro quo concerning forgiveness - if we don't give it, we won't get it. I know the Lord would not intend for us to build a theology on that emphasis - too much else in the Bible makes plain that God's forgiveness of our sin comes because of what Christ ...

3923. Following Orders

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... BEHAVE! There ARE standards that we are called to uphold...not to earn our salvation because that would be impossible. No, we live lives that are pleasing to our heavenly commander in gratitude for his rich grace. Notice something here: the instruction concerning teaching obedience comes AFTER people have been made disciples, AFTER they have made a commitment of faith, AFTER they have become a part of Christ's church. The way Jesus describes it, obedience is a response to something that has already taken ...

3924. The Forgiveness Factor

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... more familiar with this case than we know. After all, Capernaum was not that large a place - only a small lakeside village - and this fellow likely had spent his life there. Remember too that, more than once, Jesus was confronted with questions concerning the relationship between sin and suffering. Jewish tradition argued that if a man was suffering he must have sinned. Remember the story of Job? His friends asked the rhetorical question, "Think now, who that was innocent ever perished?"(6) Perhaps Jesus ...

3925. Peace in the Midst of the Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Jesus for their deliverance, simply do not bother to call on him for help with the decisions. People do not seem to want to bother him with questions about marriage and family. After all, he was a bachelor. They do not want to trouble him with mundane things like concerns about career. Why, he never looked for a job. They surely do not want to bring questions of money to him. He never had a mortgage to pay or a worry about getting utility bills in on time. The thinking seems to be that, No, there are many ...

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