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4051. The Desperate

John 9:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... the way they were treated 2000 years ago. As you are going to see, if you had some kind of a debilitating condition, be it blindness, deafness, leprosy, or some other type of sickness your only hope was to have family members that cared enough for you to take care of you. You were seen as both a burden and a curse. In 1990, George H. W. Bush signed the Americans With Disabilities Act into law. It is the most wide-ranging civil rights law in history that prohibits under certain circumstances discrimination ...

4052. Welcome Home

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... through the store, knocking over a display, and wrapped his son in his arms, weeping. The store was full of customers, but the father didn’t care if he made a fool of himself. He was just happy the son was home. Turning around, the father told the staff to close the ... and they would have to gather all these up around their waste to run and expose their undergarments. But love doesn’t care what other people think. At first, the son is broke and now he is broken. The father is smothering this boy with ...

4053. When the Golden Rule Isn't Enough - Mother's Day

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... times not to sit on that wall. But would you listen to me? Noooo!” Christopher Columbus’ mother: “I don’t care what you’ve discovered, Christopher. You still could have written!” Michelangelo’s mother: “Mike, can’t you paint on walls ... to live as Jesus commanded us to live, and that is to love as he loves. We see that kind of love sometimes in those who care for the aged and the dying. There was a beautiful story in Reader’s Digest recently. It was written by a woman in Rhode Island. ...

4054. Are You a Polar Bear?

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

... . . . is that okay for one of your children?’ “And then, though I can’t see it, I can feel it--the warm hug, the reassuring smile, the affirmation of sonship. I don’t have to be perfect, I’m not expected to never feel pain or worry or care. But I’m expected to know whose I am, and that I belong. And that for whatever extravagant, outrageous reason, I’ve been loved and adopted by the One True God.” (1) Our lesson from Ephesians begins like this: “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord ...

4055. Dealing with Cantankerous People

Ephesians 4:30-5:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... some boards and made a casket and put the old man in it. They put the box on their shoulders and started out of the house. And as they did, their mother--the old man’s wife--said sternly, “Boys, when you get out by the barn . . . BE CAREFUL GOING THROUGH THAT GATE.” (1) That cantankerous old man should have read our lesson for the day: “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along ...

4056. About Getting Drunk

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... or herself to be controlled by the Spirit so that he or she acts the way the Spirit wants a person to act. Why? Because our lives are filled with joy and gratitude because of the blessings God has poured into our lives. St. Paul writes, “Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled ...

4057. Poem: Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard

Eulogy

Thomas Gray

... call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock’s shrill clarion or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care: No children run to lisp their sire’s return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bowed the woods ...

4058. Shall We Take the Escalator?

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... is rare. Do your best; let God do the rest, ASAP - Always say a prayer. It may seem like your worries Are more than you can bear. Slow down and take a breather, ASAP - Always say a prayer. God knows how stressful life is, He wants to ease our cares. And He’ll respond to all your needs, ASAP - Always say a prayer. (7) When was the last time you stole away just to spend time with God? Finding a quiet place means a place where there are no distractions from other people, your career, loved ones and friends ...

4059. Right Answer - Wrong Conclusion

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... the program, a great uproar ensued. A flock of MIT’s computer users protested the loss of their regular sessions with this friendly “therapist.” (1) The gap between men and machines may not be as great as we think. Maybe it’s a matter of careful listening and asking the right questions. There is a famous encounter between a Jewish father and his son. Instead of asking his son if he knew all the answers at school, he asked him, “Did you ask the right questions?” This father believed that asking ...

4060. Brushing Your Teeth with Oreos

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... We Americans gave the world the term “family values,” but the truth is that in many ways we have the least family-friendly society in the world. For example, all European countries give families more leisure time together, and more tax exemptions for things like child-care than we do. Imagine the sacrifices that Mary and Joseph had to make to fulfill the demands of their religion. But they did so gladly. That’s the kind of people they were. I doubt not at all that had an impact on Jesus. I’ve always ...

4061. "Gotcha" Questions from Mean-Spirited People

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... has children. A second brother marries the widow. The second brother dies and a third brother marries this same widow. There are no children to any of these marriages to care for their widowed mother. Therefore, still another brother takes the woman as his wife. This process is repeated until all seven brothers have married the woman, cared for her, and then died. No children are born to any of these marriages. Eventually the woman also dies. The Sadducees finally get to the question, "In the resurrection ...

4062. A Dance in the Desert

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... enough to swallow their tears. Advent brings us to a place like that. It takes us, at the end of our journey, to the "sanctuary" of God for a time of praise. "Sanctuary" is refuge, fortress, safe house, security, arms of love, a place where someone cares enough to swallow our tears and protect us from the worst that could harm us. Madeleine L'Engle paints a picture of such a sanctuary in one of her children's books. She tells of a young couple on a desert journey through wilderness in a rough caravan. They ...

4063. Demons, Pigs, and the Economy

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... today's prices! Is it worth 2,000 pigs or $288,000 to cure one demoniac? What if the pigs belonged to you or me? Should we care more for dollars or for people? If our pigs had been lost, would we have focused more on them than on the man made whole? Would we ... as was Warren Buffet. In all economies, rich or poor, Jesus calls for humane, compassionate, and creative ways to care for the mentally ill, the developmentally challenged, the homeless and helpless, the emotionally distressed, and the poverty stricken. ...

4064. Mary and Martha: Nine to Five and Five to Nine

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... a support to her husband and children, is a relatively recent phenomenon," says Anita Shreve in her book Remaking Motherhood (p. 14). Shreve goes on to point out that it wasn't until the mid-nineteenth century that a woman's exclusive job became that of caring for men and children in the home. However, 20% of American women did work outside the home at the turn of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, a woman was to be the wife, mother, and homemaker. Man: More than that, she was expected to be the protector ...

4065. I Don't Get No Respect

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... tells about two young couples who attended his church for a while. The two men in the foursome had been long-time best friends; the two women enjoyed being together as well. One of the men, Mark, was quite a dynamic person. He was physically handsome and took great care of himself. Bob, on the other hand, was quite an ordinary guy. He was a nice guy, but he wasn’t really attractive to women in any way. One day Bob’s wife confided to this pastor that she couldn’t help but be attracted to Mark. She said ...

4066. Mighty Morphin Power People

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... , he was jailed 17 times for brutal crimes. Prison psychiatrists said he was beyond help, but they were wrong! During a brief interval of freedom, Oscar met an elderly man who told him about Jesus. Oscar put his trust in Christ and was changed into a kind, caring man! Shortly thereafter, he started a prison ministry. Inmates now come for over 2 hours to hear and see a transformed Oscar sing and preach, and many turn to Christ! All because Oscar saw the glorified Lord! (7) May such a change happen to us. All ...

4067. Two Kinds of People

Jeremiah 17:5-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... a single physical, mental or emotional muscle. You do not have to go on a diet, or make any well-intentioned resolutions, or care about anything or anybody in the whole world except yourself. It’s so easy to live in a desert. All you have to ... springing up into everlasting life” (John 4:10-14). God has some rich possibilities for your life. For one thing, you can learn to genuinely care about people--people you live with, people you work with, people you run into on the job and at church and in your civic ...

4068. The Happy Hypocrite

Matthew 6:1-4, 5-6, 16-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... diminished, however, when he heard one usher say to the other, “Keep clapping. If we can get them to do another encore, we get overtime!” (1) I thought about these ushers when I read our lesson for today from the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus says, “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and ...

4069. The Word According to Superman

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... to help us grow stronger in our faith journey. We said that about temptation, but that’s true about all of life’s difficult moments as well. God asks us to trust Him. He tells us about the victory that will be ours if we will just give Him our cares and concerns, but He rarely gives us the full details of the process involved to get us to that victory. It is then that God asks us to trust Him. As Superman said to the person he was carrying, “Now if I delivered you from the burning fire, what makes ...

4070. Are You Giving Up Chocolate for Valentine's Day?

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... and Jacob, to give you--a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant--then when you eat and are satisfied, be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery” (10-12). “You shall worship God only and him only shall you serve” is the call for us to realize that God must take preeminence in our lives. We ...

4071. A Well-poured Child

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... baby arrives, a couple should prepare a solid base in their marriage and share a readiness for parenting. After the child arrives, the first few years can be likened to the time before the concrete sets up. By our presence (more than presents), by careful and thoughtful attention to the thousands of details and tens of thousands of repetitions required, by unfailing prayer and careful instruction in the things of the Lord, we parents attempt to set a mold that will last a lifetime and more—into eternity.

4072. The Gardner's Lawn

Illustration

Michael P. Green

If you hired a gardener to take care of your lawn and then went past his house and saw that his own yard was sloppy and unkempt, would you trust him with the care of your lawn? Or, if you went to the dentist to get your teeth checked and sat down in the chair only to look up to see that the dentist had a mouthful of rotten teeth, would you trust him to work on your teeth? How can a minister expect any positive response to his ministry if his life is not holy?

4073. The Choosing of the Seven

Acts 6:1-7

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... : There is reason to think that among the Hellenists generally women predominated (see disc. on 2:5), and of all people, these single, older women from the Diaspora would have been most vulnerable. Often they would have relied entirely on the support of the community. On the care of widows in the early church, see James 1:27 (cf. Deut. 14:29; 24:19; 26:12; Isa. 1:17; Zech. 7:10). In time, an order of widows developed (1 Tim. 5:3–16; Ignatius, Smyrnaeans 13.1; Polycarp, Philippians 4.3), but neither here ...

4074. Aeneas and Dorcas

Acts 9:32-43

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... rule against his being a Jewish Christian (see note on 12:12). In responding to his need, Peter made it quite clear that he was only the intermediary. The healer was Jesus (cf. 3:6; 10:38). Jesus Christ heals you, Peter told him, adding, Get up and take care of your mat (v. 34; cf. Luke 5:17–26; Acts 14:8–12). These last words are an interpretation of Luke’s ambiguous Greek, which simply says that Peter told him to “spread for himself.” This may well refer to his bedclothes, but it could just as ...

4075. In Athens

Acts 17:16-34

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... every nation,” as though he would draw attention to their distinctiveness while at the same time asserting their common origin? Either could be argued from the Scripture, but the latter is probably the better rendering of the Greek (many Athenians would have cared for neither, for it was popularly held that they had “sprung from the soil,” i.e., that they were indigenous and therefore different—superior—to others). The result was that the nations now inhabited the whole earth. But this, too, came ...

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