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4026. Daddy, I'm Afraid

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... . But in many of the world’s religions, the fear of God was an additional burden. Many ancient rituals and rites were designed with one objective: to appease an angry and remote god or gods. Jesus turned such faith upside down. He revealed a God who was approachable and caring not a God to be appeased, but a God to be loved, and who loved in return. He was Abba, Daddy. We are His children and heirs to every good thing that the Father has created. Is there some deep fear that you have this morning? Fear of ...

4027. Family Re:Union - For the Love

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... teaching them to do the same. There are all kinds of terms people use for doing this. Some people call it a “quiet time”. Some people call it “doing devotions.” Some people call it “time alone with God.” Some people call it “spending time with God.” I don’t care what you call it. What I am concerned is that you do it. It is not that complicated. All you need is: Quiet space A Bible A pad (something in which to take notes) Do it all with an iPad! It is very simple. You simply read the Bible ...

4028. Family Re:Union - (PG) Parental Guidance Required

Psalm 127:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... disciplining children and doing it early. The old saying, “If you spare the rod you spoil the child” is not in the Bible. Before you start breathing easy, the Bible makes it even stronger. “He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.” (Proverbs 13:24, NIV) “Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.” (Proverbs 22:15, NIV) The truth of the matter is if you don’t mind that your children don’t ...

4029. The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Acts 20:13-38

Sermon

James Merritt

... rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:19-21, NIV) Listen carefully to what Jesus is telling us about all the stuff we accumulate and all the stuff that we buy and all the stuff that we store and all the stuff that we shelve and all the stuff that we have and all the stuff that we keep. He says ...

4030. God Is Not Dead

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... not a nation; I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.” John Donne, the English poet and preacher, said, “If thou carest not who I love, then thou lovest not me.” Now there’s not a husband or a wife, who really loves his spouse, that does not care whether or not that person is promiscuous and gives their love to someone else; and God is no different. It is not that God is jealous of us, but rather that God is jealous for us. You see, God is the only being in the universe that has the right ...

4031. Trust

John 4:43-54

Sermon

James Merritt

... Well, that little boy, who wasn’t very well educated, looked up and said in his very poor grammar, “Doc, you ain’t gonna leave me are you?” The doctor said, “Son, I must go back to Vienna to my home, because I have patients there I need to care for.” That little boy, lying on his bed, grabbed that doctor by his face with both hands, pulled it down to within an inch of his own, and looking that doctor squarely in the eyes, with tears coming down his cheeks, he said, “Doc, as long as there is ...

4032. Envision: A Church After God’s Heart

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

James Merritt

... 28:18-20, NASB) A disciple is just another word for “Christ follower.” Jesus made it very plain that followers of Christ are to help others to become followers of Christ. There is a reason for that. Do you know what God cares about more than anything else in this world? People. God cares about people who do not know Him and do not love Him and do not serve Him and do not follow Him. God wants to use His followers to turn non-followers into His followers. The easiest, most effective, most efficient way ...

4033. Envision: The Great Commitment

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

James Merritt

... to the last thought about service. III. God Equips Me to Serve Him Now I have to confess this is one of my favorite parts of this message, because I get to show you what God expects out of me, and what God expects out of you. Now listen carefully to Ephesians 4:11-12: “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry (service), for the edifying of the body of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:11-12, NKJV ...

4034. Up Close & Personal: Seeing Clearly

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... there are all kinds of god’s out there that we believe in. Here are just a few. There is the “mean old man god” who is angry, not only hates sin, but doesn’t care for sinners and he is always trying to catch us doing something wrong so he can whip us or beat us and if he ever invites you to a barbeque be careful because you are the one that will be on the grill! Then there is the “good ole boy” god. He is my buddy. He is my homeboy. He is always cool and loves to ...

4035. Supernatural: Taken By Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

James Merritt

... into the fire just for trying to do what is right! Mark adds another detail in this story that Matthew and Luke leave out that I really love. “But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’” (Mark 4:38, ESV) There is only one place on a fishing boat where you could get away from bad weather, or cold weather, and it was the only place that had enough space and protection to fall asleep and that was the stern. It was ...

4036. For the Hearing Impaired

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... . It is simply about a farmer who goes out into the field and sows some seed. That seed falls on different types of soil. The quality of the soil determines whether or not the planting of that seed is successful and produces a harvest. If you listen carefully to what I just said, you recognize there are three major components of the parable. There is the sower, the seed, and there is the soil. Before we read the parable let me identify what each of these three represent, because Jesus tells us. The sower is ...

4037. Sometimes You Have to Do Something

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... in Albuquerque. Mrs. Van lived in Albuquerque most of her life. She had come there as a young woman to be a nurse in the Presbyterian hospital. She became a driving force in the medical community, and aided by her efforts the hospital grew to become the largest health-care provider in the state. A statue of her as a young woman sits at the main entrance of the hospital in honor of her career. As you might expect, Mrs. Van was also a driving force in the life of her church. When he came to know her, Jack ...

4038. The Question that Will Change Your Life

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... we live. Dr. Craig Barnes, president of Princeton Theological Seminary, tells a wonderful story about when he was a boy. One day his Dad, a minister, brought home a 12-year-old boy named Roger. Roger’s parents had died from a drug overdose. There was no one to care for Roger, so Craig Barnes’ parents decided to just raise him as if he were one of their own sons. At first it was quite difficult for Roger to adjust to his new home. For the first time he was in an environment free of heroin-addicted adults ...

4039. About that Salesman

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... looked out for number one. One thing you can say for Roy he was no hypocrite. He didn’t pretend to be one thing at church, while he was something else at home. Roy didn’t pretend at all. He was a scoundrel and a cheat, and he didn’t care who knew it. However, much to the surprise of the congregation, when he turned 60, Roy started coming to church again. He’d walk in late, sit on the back row and listen for a while. But he would always leave before the service ended. Pastor Harrell would try to ...

4040. Running over the Cat

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Since the mortality rate for human beings is still, I understand, 100%, all of us are going to grieve at some time in our lives, and, hopefully, all of us will one day be grieved by someone else. It would be sad, indeed, if no one should care about our passing. Author Edgar Jackson years ago wrote a best selling book on grief. Here is how he describes grief: “Grief is a young widow trying to raise her three children, alone. Grief is the man so filled with shocked uncertainty and confusion that he strikes ...

4041. An Announcement from the Wilderness

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... is strangely dressed. He is contending that he has a word from God. He has an announcement that the world needs to hear. This is important for us to see. The Christian faith is not a truth that someone has discovered or an idea that someone has carefully thought out. Christian faith is an announcement, it is a proclamation. It is an act of revelation. As Dr. Paul S. Rees once put it, “The Gospel is neither a discussion nor a debate. It is an announcement!” It is an announcement of God’s wondrous love ...

4042. Last Impressions

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and flamingos in their yard. When Jesus is on the cross showcasing God’s love for the world he is also instructing John, “Take my mother home with you.” When Jesus is most cosmic, most universal in his mission, he is most particular and provincial: “Take care of my mother. Take her home with you.” Love your God; Love your neighbor. That is it. It’s that simple. It’s that complex. The Pharisees, the protectors of the Torah, called Jesus out on a “give us the greatest” challenge so that they ...

4043. Drowsy Disciples

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... and asserting his righteousness (Philippians 3:4-6), reevaluates it all as rubbish (3:8; the Greek, skubalon, refers to the excrement of animals). So it is that our righteousness is like dirty laundry and our best accomplishments are like the stuff we’re careful not to step in. 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 In topical teaching and preaching, this passage is the kind of material that never gets dealt with. American Christians typically engage in such a rush to relevance, so eager for personal application, that a ...

4044. Changing Times

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... let the clock on the wall carry us along, but now, in this moment, comes the call to find the meaning of our lives. An Alternative Application Isaiah 40:1-11. The Isaiah passage carries with it so many good themes for Advent. One is God’s care and the need for people to know it even as they live through changing and challenging times. A second is the anticipation of eschatological blessing. Isaiah’s poetic words point in a future direction, but do not fully flesh out that picture. Part of the vision is ...

4045. I'm Listening

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... , says the writer, “She went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.” And the Lord did give Hannah the desire of her heart. They named him Samuel, which means “I begged from the Lord.” And after he was weaned, Hannah placed Samuel under the care of the elderly priest Eli in the temple of Shiloh to fulfill the promise she had made to the Lord. Now it is some years later. Samuel, about 11 or 12 years of age, is lying on his bed in the house of the Lord late at night, when he ...

4046. TGFGF - Good Friday

John 18:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... for sure why we call it “good” Friday. That seems counter intuitive. Unbelievably Terrible Friday would seem more appropriate. Our German friends call it Karfreitag. The Kar part is an obsolete word. It is the ancestor of the English word “care” in the sense of “cares and woes.” It originally meant “mourning,” as in “to mourn someone.” So in German, it is Mourning Friday. (2) That makes much more sense to me than Good Friday. That is certainly what Christ’s disciples did on that Friday ...

4047. The Big "W"

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... The Coast Guard has an unofficial motto: “We have to go out; we don’t have to come back.” That ought to be the unofficial motto of every church. As Fanny Crosby put it, “Rescue the Perishing, Care for the Dying.” Our mission is to go into the world, lay down self and take up the cross, and “rescue the perishing, care for the dying.” When we do make it back to shore for the Big “W” after a week of ministry and mission, we do so with praise and gratitude to God for the mercies and blessings ...

4048. The Story Worth Living

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... that God is God and we are not, and that God created us for relationship and will stop at nothing to show us how much God loves us. The big story is that all we endure, all that happens in our lives, good and bad, is under God’s watchful care and love for us. You can’t escape living in and through a story. All of us are living a story. The only question is what story and whose story are you living? Madison Avenue? Wall Street? Hollywood? Bethlehem? We all have our unique stories. The small and smashing ...

4049. Christians and Grits

Acts 4:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? Let’s pray that Christ will help us be more like that early church. There is great power in unity of purpose. Even more importantly, when we are united, we are conscious of one another’s needs. It troubles me when I see people in the world who are more caring about others than we are who claim to follow Jesus. There was story a short time back that made sports pages all over the world. It was about a 17-year-old long-distance runner named Meghan Vogel. Meghan had just run the race of her life. She had ...

4050. The Door Is Open

John 10:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... to find His will for your life and do it that you find a life of significance and importance. III. Through Jesus You Walk Through the Door Of Satisfaction It doesn’t take a lot to satisfy sheep. They are one of the simplest and easiest creatures to care for. Give them good grass to eat and good water to drink and you will have a satisfied, happy sheep. Those people listening to Jesus would have understood what He meant when He said, “They will go in and out and find pasture.” (John 10:9, ESV) Every ...

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