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3976. Cherish the Moment

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... than your own happiness or comfort. Living with purpose means looking for ways you can make the world a better place. Before you can live with purpose, you have to recognize that you were made to contribute something special to this world. You have a responsibility to live for something beyond your own desires. You can be part of healing the world and bringing the kingdom of God on earth. In 1947, a young evangelist named Bob Pierce traveled to China for a preaching tour. While there, he met a woman ...

3977. The Eleventh Commandment

John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... and when I go home, he comes with me.” (3) When we leave this room and return to our homes I hope we will each take Jesus with us as well as the knowledge that we are part of the family of Christ and that we have a responsibility for one another. 1. (Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, Inc., 2006), pp. 135-136. 2. N.T. Wright, Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense (New York: Harper Collins, 2006), pg. 151. 3. The Clergy Journal, May/June, 1992, p. 29. Cited by Dr. Ron Parker, http://www.gbgm‑umc ...

3978. I Have Seen the Lord

John 20:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... , and joy begins to creep back into our life. A few of you may remember the name Leo Ryan. Ryan was a California State Assembly member back in the 1960s and ’70s. State Assembly members sought to create laws that were just, and Ryan took that responsibility very seriously. In 1965, when racial conflicts boiled up in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Ryan didn’t just study the situation. He moved in with a Black family in Watts. He lived with them for two weeks and worked as a substitute teacher at ...

3979. R.S.V.P.

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Will Willimon

... , slaughtered socialites, bullet-riddled tuxedos, and bloodstained Bill Blass originals. But before you're too tough on the king's response to their rejection, I ask you to ponder the identity of these country club corpses. They were the people who ... the King is so good-natured and senile that he will not take offense if we happen not to show up. Jesus makes the King's response so awful and violent, I think, to show that we are wrong, dull, and dead wrong if we trust either ourselves and our goodness or the ...

3980. Mutual Submission

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

Will Willimon

... . If it feels good to you do it. If it's what you want -- get it. Dr. Ruth is everybody. And yet, here is scripture which says, like many biblical passages, that you can't "find yourself," by looking inward. You are a web of relationship and responsibilities to others, that's who you are. You can't find "you" the Bible suggests, by looking only at you. By concentrating only on your feelings, needs, wants and desires and by learning to assert them more freely, to be liberated , you do not become a more ...

3981. Bringing Life to a Party

Luke 24:36b-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... in one place and the crucified Christ himself stood among them. The disciples were startled and frightened. Then Jesus said to them, “Why are you troubled and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself . . .” The response of the disciples is a sermon in itself. Luke tells us that they “disbelieved for joy . . .” It was simply too wonderful to be true. He was alive and he was with them—right there . . . in their presence! He had been raised from the dead ...

3982. When Storms Hit Home

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... /long_4603.htm). 7. [Reynolds Price, Letter to a Man On Fire (New York: Scribner, 1999), 25.] Cited by The Rev. Dr. Lewis Galloway, https://day1.org/weekly-broadcast/5d9b820ef71918cdf20031a6/does_jesus_care. 8. Glenn Scrivener in sallysjourney. 9. “Arkansas woman texted father's number every day after he died, she got a response four years later” by Morgan Phillips, Fox News, https://www.foxnews.com/us/arkansas-woman-texting-father-every-day ...

3983. Following God's Plan

1 John 5:1-6

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... Christ to all with whom we have contact on a daily basis. This is the life of discipleship to which, as Saint John indicates, we have all been called. The privilege of being a contemporary disciple of Jesus necessitates, as do all great privileges, significant responsibility. We simply cannot shirk the task we have been given by the Lord to further his mission in our world. The challenge will indeed be great, but we have all of the gifts and talents we need to go forward and minister in Christ’s name ...

3984. The Power of Belief

1 John 5:9-13

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... to call the righteous, but sinners” (Matthew 9:12b-13). John tells us that Jesus’ testimony has been written on the hearts of believers. Thus, believers are given the great privilege of not only possessing the testimony, but equally if not greater, the responsibility to witness to the message of that testimony in society. Christ’s message is universal and, thus, John excoriates those who choose not to believe in God, calling them liars, for indeed the power and presence of God are made available to ...

3985. Mary's Song

Luke 1:46-47, 52

Sermon

Will Willimon

... be done, letters to be written, dusting to be done. Then there is a telephone call, a knock at the door. Some good news meets you and what is your immediate, unconscious, innate response? You sing. Suddenly, quite without conscious effort, you go about the rest of your day with a song. Mary's good news evoked exactly the same response. Would you sing if you were Mary? After all, Mary's being "great with child" is not something she could explain or understand, not something Mary bad chosen or planned. It put ...

3986. Like a Phoenix

Mark 6:1-13

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... patients to brush and floss, and they don’t… If you’re a dietitian and you give your client a diet plan but she doesn’t follow it… Well, there’s only so much responsibility you can take for other people, right? Kick the dust off your shoes and move on. Tools for the Road But it’s not always that easy, is it? We feel responsible. It’s hard to just cut your ties and move on – so God has given us four things to help us let go of failure. Actually, probably more than four, but four will do ...

3987. Living Bread

John 6:51-58

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... of the church’s product. They like for it to be there when they need it for a wedding or a funeral or a baptism. They expect the minister to call on them when they are in the hospital. They want the perks of church membership but not the responsibilities. They like to brag about how even though they belong to the church, they don’t really need the church to feel close to God. They can do that out in nature, walking through the woods or sitting on their back porch, drinking coffee and listening to the ...

3988. No Turning Back

John 6:56-69

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... something shocking: “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me (6:56-57).” The response of some of his disciples was disheartening: “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it (6:60)?” These disciples, unlike the Samaritan woman at the well, were unable to get past the literal — and shocking — meaning of this saying. Being born again, having living water ...

3989. Call It Like You See It

Mark 7:24-37

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... pretext they themselves become separated from the unity of Christ.” (Faith and Works 4.6) The good thing is that the Syro-Phoenician woman did not slink away. She challenged Jesus with regards to his society’s notions of clean and unclean. Her response was gentle, even funny, but to the point. “Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs (7:28).” I like the way the Common English Bible opens his reply: “Good answer!” Jesus responds by immediately healing her daughter. Whether ...

3990. The Song of Servanthood

Luke 1:39-45 (46-54)

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... the specifics, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the most high will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God…for no word from God will ever fail” (Luke 1:35-36 NIV). Her response should be the response of every faithful follower of God. “I am the Lord’s servant…May your word to me be fulfilled” (Luke 1:38 NIV). After the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, she realized that this would not be understood by her parents or Joseph. As time passed Mary ...

3991. Fathers Need A Giant Sized Faith

1 Samuel 17:1, 4-11, 19-23, 32-49

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... him feel like a child playing pretend by wearing Daddy's shoes and hat. David knew he was supposed to wear that armor, it was tradition. But instead of following the status quo, he cast it aside. And it wasn't done foolheartedly, it was done in response to God's guidance and his faith in God. So how does that translate into something viable for us today. There are some pretty strong myths about fatherhood which need to be challenged. Somewhere along the line, we've all bought into a bunch of them. Partly ...

3992. Why the Greatest?

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... ? I think we should remember that this question was probably asked several times first because this question was such an intriguing one, and secondly since the motivations of those who spoke was different, the response of Jesus could be different. They were certainly his terms. The scholar’s sincerity is proved by his response: “You are right, teacher; you have truly said that ‘he is one, and besides him there is no other’; and ‘to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and ...

3993. Going Into Labor

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... to false prophets who want us to look to the skies so we see Jesus when he returns in glory — something that is promised in scripture without any indication about when it will happen? The proper response, according to the gospels, is to be found working! When Jesus ascended into heaven the disciples were scolded by two angels for looking into the sky instead of following their Lord’s instructions. In various parables Jesus suggested that when a master went out on a trip the slaves should ...

3994. Passing on the Flame

Psalm 138:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , equip the laity for ministry, exercise pastoral oversight, and administer the Discipline of the Church." Together, clergy and lay we are God's children, a people set aside. And the work we do is God's work. The truth is that none of us can do it alone. II. OUR RESPONSIBILITY: A. We can't and neither can the youth. We need each other. On our own, we can't be the children of God whom God wants us to be. That's why God sent Christ, and that's why Christ sent the Holy Spirit. The Spirit dances into our ...

3995. More Certain Than a Tom Brady Pass

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’s never been very successful,” read the evaluation. “When opportunity knocks, he complains about the noise.” (1) Jeremiah wasn’t exactly complaining. He just wasn’t listening. All Jeremiah heard was the responsibility. He didn’t hear the reassurance. God never gives a responsibility without first giving reassurance. God never calls someone without first comforting them. God never appoints someone without first anointing them. Look at God’s words in the beginning of this passage: “Before I ...

3996. By D Grace of God

Luke 6:27-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... how can the grace of God change the ending to a story? Not just your story. But the story of all those you come in contact with. How many lives could be positively impacted if we chose grace as our first response to the challenges of life? Grace—unearned, unmerited love and goodwill—was Jesus’ first response to all those around him. Even if it looked like tough love sometimes. And it’s not like Jesus was surrounded by a crazed fan club all the time. He had plenty of people who wanted to trip him up ...

3997. “Until An Opportune Time…”

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... me about this story. Jesus is tempted by his appetites. The devil says to him, “Go ahead, turn this stone into bread.” That’s a pretty amazing prospect and one that could even appeal to our fuzzy feel good sense of things. And we know his response, don’t we? “One does not live by bread alone.” Then of course, comes the lure of power. From the halls of governments to the workings of the Church, power attempts to seduce, and many fall to this temptation. But Jesus resists. “Worship the Lord your ...

3998. Valued Families

1 John 3:1-3

Sermon

Will Willimon

... children arrive, some of the congregation's surplus grandparents embraced those children, took them to their Sunday School class, invited them to lunch after church followed by a trip to the park, I as pastor needed to say, ''Here is the church's creative response to the issue of single-parent families. In the church, there are no single-parent families, nor any two-parent families. In baptism, we're all family.'' Bless those churches who are creatively grappling with what it means to be faithful to our ...

3999. Rejecting The Message — Rejecting The Person

Luke 4:21-30

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... not only preached and taught; but the Bible stressed his healing ministry among the sick people on his Galilean tour. His ministry was restoring individuals to wholeness both spiritually and physically. His action showed mercy and compassion. As congregations, we have the responsibility to show compassion to a world in deep need of Jesus. We accomplish this through the power of the Holy Spirit working in us and through us. We need to become creative in thinking of ways to be compassionate as congregations ...

4000. God's Bouncer or God's Ambassador?

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... , don't know how to give thanks to God. In fact, I've noticed that they are prone to complain because God hasn't done even MORE for them.” Only if you have experienced God’s grace can you know the joy of God’s peace. The only reasonable response to grace, the unearned, undeserved love of God, is gratitude. Thank God for giving His one and only Son to take on the penalty of death for us and give us eternal life. And then make sure to tell everyone you know about the awesome greatness of God’s grace ...

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