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4376. This Woman Was a Fighter

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... we in turn are so timid about confronting evil. One thing nobody ever said about Jesus was that he was a really nice, sweet person. Jesus was a trouble maker. He said that he had not come to bring peace, but a sword. There was no neutral ground in his view of the world. You were either on the side of the kingdom or you were a child of Satan. You belonged either to the light or you belonged to the darkness. You were either hot or cold, but if you were lukewarm, he would spit you out of his mouth ...

4377. How It All Began

Luke 2:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... to a bunch of smelly sheep. I doubt that any special training was required--just some common sense and a degree of courage. Only God would have so glorified such a lowly occupation. Pastor Doug Goins paints a vivid picture of how shepherds were viewed in that day. He notes that “the Judean shepherds were the lowest of the low socially--common men, a despised class with a bad reputation. Shepherds were known as thieves because they were nomadic, and as they moved their sheep around the country, sometimes ...

4378. Spiritually Prepared

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, Inc., 2006), pp. 79-80. 5. With Mary Hollingsworth, Living Lights, Shining Stars (West Monroe, Louisiana: Howard Publishing Co., 1997), pp. 51-52. 6. Daniel B. Clendenin, http://www.journeywithjesus.net/Essays/20080922JJ.shtml?view=print. 7. Edward K. Rowell, 1001 Quotes, Illustrations, and Humorous Stories (Grand Rapids: Baker Publishing Group, 2008, p. 264). 8. James Emery White, Your 10 Most Life-Defining Moments (Colorado Springs: Waterbrook Press, 2001), pp. 159-160.

4379. A Time to Get Angry

John 2:13-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... following the duel brought an end to his political career. Aaron Burr is an instance of a gifted and able man who permitted hatred and anger to get the best of him. Later he confessed that it would have been wiser for him had he taken the sensible view that the world was big enough for both Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. What a tragic waste of human life. But it happens all the time. I saw some statistics that revealed that, over a seven-year period, road rage alone resulted in 12,610 injuries and 218 ...

4380. You Are God's Handiwork

Ephesians 2:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... value themselves, but we still have a way to go. Some of you will remember when author Betty Friedan shocked the whole country into seriously examining the role of women in American society in her book The Feminine Mystique. Women, Friedan explained, need to view themselves as people, not just extensions of their husbands or children. They need to be productive and creative, to develop a sense of self-respect about who they are. “Some people think I am saying: Women of the world unite! You have nothing to ...

4381. Extreme Humility

John 13:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... is the greatest, and the most remarkable man they’ve ever known--whom we have come to know as the very Son of God--wraps a towel around his waist, kneels down in front of each of them--including Judas--and washes their feet. Now please, don’t view this in your mind as some antiseptic ceremony in a modern and tastefully appointed chapel. We might wash one another’s feet, but we would have prepared for the occasion. We would have first washed our feet at home, put on clean socks, and ridden in a car ...

4382. Faces of Failure: Jesus’s Family

Mark 3:20-21, 31-35

Sermon

Don Tuttle

... for daily bread; I don’t need to make disciples of all nations and teach them all that Christ commanded.” By dismissing him as a liar, lunatic, myth, or guru, their life remains their own to do with as they will. And that, of course, is viewed as the greatest good possible in our day and culture. But God calls us to an even greater good. That is the good Jesus identifies in response to his family. When his mother, brothers, and sisters finally arrive in Capernaum, the crowds surrounding Jesus are so ...

4383. Zeal!

John 2:13-22

Sermon

John Jamison

... equal, as another child of God. Second, the story is not a call for all of us to become zealous about some issue and to go out and turn over tables and drive away the evildoers. We live in a time that is running wild with zealots, each proclaiming their view of right and doing horrendous things to other human beings, far beyond turning over tables and swinging a rope. No one can take this story of Jesus in the temple and use it to justify an act of abuse or terror of any kind — no one. We don’t see ...

4384. Out of Control (Good Friday sermon)

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

John Jamison

... him presentable, and then dealt with. After some unknown length of time, they hoisted Jesus up, took the rope off, and splashed him with a bucket of water before taking him to the now-prepared, high priest-to-be, Annas. While this was happening, if we pull our view back a bit from the room, in that dark little space near the gate to Annas’ house, we can see someone standing. It is Peter. The same Peter who had followed Jesus that first day along the shore of the Sea of Galilee had followed him this one ...

4385. Have You Ever Screwed Up?

John 20:1-18

Sermon

John Jamison

... . Scripture tells us she was a woman who was afflicted by seven demons that Jesus cast out. Mary was a woman who had fallen under the prey of those seven demons; something not of her choosing. Unfortunately for her, it really made no difference. The common view was that if someone suffered for any reason, it was because they deserved it for some reason. And someone who was possessed by as many as seven demons, well, they clearly had done something quite serious and therefore should be avoided by the rest of ...

4386. Uncertain Certainties

John 20:19-31

Sermon

John Jamison

... lives and religious beliefs. They feel a responsibility, not to prove anything to us because they have no more real answers than the rest of us have, but they believe they are correct to try and force us to believe in and to obey their views, by intimidation, by manipulation through power, or by clear and simple murder. To this group, questioning is wrong. Thinking is wrong. Allowing choice is wrong. What they offer is not a life of faith, but a life of blind obedience no different than the obedience ...

4387. Making Sense

John 17:6-19

Sermon

John Jamison

... and cultures. Our passage today is based on an argument that arose as the early church began to grow in the highly intellectual cultures of Greece and Rome. These were also the seats of the origin of things like logic and law, so this new Christian faith was viewed through those filters. The argument went like this: Even if we do accept the story that Jesus lived on earth, died on the cross, and was fully resurrected as the stories say, how does that give him the authority to be the one who can forgive sins ...

4388. Have You Been Pruned?

John 15:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... will always receive a positive answer. Maybe this is the difference between those who are “cut off” and those who are “pruned.” It never occurs to those who are cut off to ask that question. They aren’t interested in bearing fruit. So tragedy is meaningless. They may even view it as punishment from God. All that is left for them is to lash out at God in anger. But the person who is able to pray in the face of great tragedy, “Lord, is there some way you can use this event to prune me and cause me ...

4389. The Mighty Wind of God

Acts 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... the followers of Jesus had been a group of nervous people hiding behind locked doors--fearful that they would be persecuted. We hear some Christians in our land today moan about being persecuted. What they mean is that their neighbors disagree with some of their views and are a little critical. We in this land know nothing about real persecution. None of us will ever face crucifixion like Simon Peter and Andrew experienced. Or be beheaded like St. Paul. Or be stoned and then clubbed to death like James, the ...

4390. Why Am I Afraid?

Romans 8:14-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... a call to courage. The opposite of faith is not doubt; the opposite of faith is fear. Fear is our enemy. You see, fear distorts reality. Someone has turned the word fear into an acronym. Fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. When we fear, we have a false view of reality. Fear makes us give up before we even begin. It causes us to take an alternate route rather than the road that leads to our destination. It makes us see obstacles rather than opportunities. Fear is our enemy. It is fear that blinds us and ...

4391. A Divided Family

Mark 3:20-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... to say things about Christ that were not so, don’t you think they would have tried to reconcile their various stories? Even an event as entirely critical to the Gospel message as the story of Christ’s resurrection is told from several different points of view. Don’t you think that, if they were trying to fabricate the story that is the linchpin for all that is unique about the Christian faith, that they would have ironed out the wrinkles and made the narrative flow seamlessly so that no one would ever ...

4392. Would You Take the Crown Without the Cross?

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

Brett Blair

... God’s Word. It is easy to loose track of who we are and why we are here. It is a now very long time since we were in the Garden. Sin has wrecked humanity. It is difficult to imagine what man was like in the Garden of Eden by viewing him as he is now. Imagine if you knew nothing of aircrafts and mankind’s ability of flight. Now imagine that you came upon the wreckage of an aircraft and you along with many others tried to reconstruct the original version of the aircraft. If we knew nothing of flying ...

4393. The Advocate and the Street Where You Live

John 15:26-27, 16:4-15

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... death by leading us to faith in Jesus. The Holy Spirit testified to the apostles about Jesus Christ. At the time of Pentecost, there were eleven apostles. Judas, the twelfth apostle, had committed suicide after his betrayal of Jesus. Paul who was eventually viewed as the twelfth apostle was not a part of the picture yet. On Pentecost Day, a harvest festival for the Jews, the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and other believers and the church of Jesus Christ was born. The Advocate confirmed the ...

4394. Giving Up Control

John 6:1-21

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... the feeding of the 5,000 and the demand by the crowd to make Jesus king. Jesus had other plans. He had to deal with the crowd's demand to make him a secular king. Most of all he had to speak to God in prayer. But from the hillside view, Jesus could see that his friends were in trouble on the Sea of Galilee. The text leads us to believe that Jesus did not come to them until they had nearly crossed to the other side of the sea -- a three or four hour journey by boat. That's not ...

4395. Six Days to Make a Decision for Christ

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Rick McCracken-Bennett

... out of the leadership position, put him behind himself once again, and remind him that he was not ready to assume leadership just yet. Peter's mind was not on divine things, heavenly things, kingdom things; he was instead looking at messiahship from a purely human point of view. Peter meant well. He didn't want his beloved teacher to suffer and die. But in saying this he told Jesus in no uncertain terms that he didn't understand the mission and wasn't yet ready to lead. Jesus broke up his one-on-one with ...

4396. Filling the Emptiness Within

John 6:24-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... are we headed? What does it all mean? For many people there are no satisfying answers to those questions. Many years ago there was a brilliant French writer who spoke for many of the best-educated young people of his generation. His name was Albert Camus. Camus’ view was that life is ultimately absurd. There’s no reason to life, he concluded, no meaning, no purpose behind it all. His contention was that it was foolishness for any person to try to predict the way their life will go. We are at the mercy ...

4397. Searching for Happiness

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... taking pictures of the things which made her feel grateful every day. It didn’t take long for her outlook on life to be transformed. For example, before she initiated this practice, she had convinced herself that her husband was not very romantic. But this view changed the day she took photographs of him serving dinner. For the first time since they got married, Hailey noticed that her husband served her the largest piece of pie. It was his gentle way of showing his affection for her. And then there were ...

4398. At the Intersection of Heaven and Earth

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... in a cave. He is shackled in a world from which he cannot escape. He wears blinders so that his perspective is limited to what is directly in front of him. Before him are only the shadows of real objects. Given these restraints, he is able to view only a small part of reality, to comprehend a tiny fraction of truth. No wonder Plato’s name lives even today. His was a brilliant recognition of the human situation before the coming of Christ. Plato taught that all humanity can see on its own are shadows ...

4399. The Peace of Christmas

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... highest and on earth peace, good will among men,’ they all sang on cue, and then in the momentary pause that followed, the small girl electrified the entire church by crying out in a voice shrill with irritation and frustration and enormous sadness at having her view blocked, ‘Let Jesus show!’” (8) And that is the path to peace in this and every season of the year. Let Jesus show. The young waiter with the Jesus bracelet was doing that. Not so much with his bracelet, but with his patient and kind ...

4400. A Dove Descended

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... a great “Hallelujah!” (2) And sing they should. They were acknowledging and accepting a fine young man into the family of God. It’s an important event, perhaps the most important event that will occur in Jeremy’s life. I worry that sometimes we view baptism as just another ceremony, just another ritual that we go through in the life of the church. Baptism matters. Why does it matter? It matters for several reasons. For one thing it says something about the person being baptized. The person being ...

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