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4451. Do You Have A Forgiving Spirit?

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... , and freeze us into an assortment of human behaviors that can paralyze us in many detrimental ways. It can also "free" us to love more deeply. From our Gospel lesson today found in St. Matthew 18:21-35 it so frustrates Peter that he asks our Lord ... of God." Doesn't that make you think about the cross? And thinking about the cross makes us think about God and God's forgiving, self-giving love. This is the way we sing about it: And when I think that God his Son not sparing Sent him to die, I scarce can take it ...

4452. Special Delivery

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... A Messenger is an Angel. Just to show you how that comes out, think of our word "evangelism." You know what it means, don't you? It means "Good News!" It means you've got something wonderful to tell to someone else! It means you're so full of the love of God that it spills out in your conversations. Now look at that word again. Write it out sometime. And there, right in the middle of it, is the word "angel!" It's supposed to be there! Evangelism comes from a Greek word. It means "Good Message!" In the Bible ...

4453. A Cup Of Cold Water

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you he shall not lose his reward." Even a cup of cold, says the Master, water given to one of his little ones will be rewarded. At the heart of Christian faith is the spirit of Giving "God so loved the world that He gave . . ." One day, a student asked anthropologist Margaret Mead for the earliest sign of civilization in a given culture. He expected the answer to be a clay pot or perhaps a fish hook or grinding stone. Her answer was "a healed femur." The femur, of ...

4454. A Prize Is Waiting For You!

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... them if they are talking about the God who became incarnate in Jesus Christ. Ask them if it is the God who says, "You shall love Me with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself." For only when THAT God reigns in ... he saw the cat, he would go after it as if it were his only aim in living. So long as the cat ran, everything was lovely. But occasionally the cat would stop suddenly and face the dog. Then the dog would put on the brakes and act as if the whole thing ...

4455. Be Careful What You Call Me

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Speaking of misguided religious leaders, he said, "And they tie up heavy loads, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger. But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men . . . And they love the place of honor at banquets, and the chief seats . . . and respectful greetings in the market places, and being called by men, Rabbi. But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth your ...

4456. The Most Difficult Commandment

Mark 12:28-34

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... thought of yourself as a coconut? Well, that's how I want you to think right now. You see, this morning we're going to talk about how we can use every single part of ourselves. The Bible says that we should use every single part of ourselves when we love God. In our Bible story today, someone asks Jesus what the most important commandment of all is. And Jesus says the most important commandment is to ...

4457. Offer Them Christ

Romans 9:30--10:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... was dirty and the odor from him was suffocating. She knelt down and took the dying man in her arms and said to him, "I love you." Then she looked up at her guest and said, "I want you to meet Jesus. In a dying man I see and meet Jesus, ... not always had control of himself. In fact, he reported that once he was very hard to get along with. He had been a draftsman. He loved his work. It meant everything to him. But he had trouble getting along with his fellow workers. His dislike of others was so intense that ...

4458. Do You Have The Glory?

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle." Or Psalm 26:8, "I love the house where you live, O Lord, the place where your glory dwells." (NIV) Most of the time when we read in the Bible ... heavens, so they shine with God's glory. God dwells in the temple, so the temple shines with God's glory. The Psalmist sings, "I love the house where you live, O Lord, the place where your glory dwells." And if God dwells within us, then our lives will shine with ...

4459. Help For Hurting Dads

Ephesians 6:1-4

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... teach us how to tie our shoes, and they read to us. What are some things your father does to show you he loves you? (Wait for 2 or 3 answers). I read something interesting this week about daddy penguins. Daddy penguins have a neat way of ... the baby penguin. That's a neat way that daddy penguins take care of their families. You know, our fathers' love is a lot like God's love, too. Our fathers teach us the difference between right and wrong. They listen to us when we have a problem, and watch over us when we ...

4460. To Be Abased, To Abound, To Be Content

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... ." Then with fingers crossed he adds, "They're just what I wanted. I hope to see you the next time we come to Thompsonville. Love, Frankie." A nice thank you note? Of course, and you'd expect Paul to write something similar: Dear Philippians, Hi! How are you? I ... for the nice gift of money. It's just what I wanted. I hope to see you the next time I come to Philippi. Love, Paul But this is not Paul's thank you note! Instead of using the accepted formula for writing good thank you notes, Paul waits ...

4461. You Are Special

2 Cor 1:12 - 2:4

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... 's Day is the day that we let the people around us know how much we love them. Some people give Valentine's Day cards with hearts all over them. Some people give candy, or flowers. A red carnation or a red rose mean "I love you." These are all ways that we let people know that we love them. Did you know that God gave us a gift to show us that He loved us. It was Jesus. God gave us Jesus as a way of saying, "I love you and you are special to me." That's a really great gift, isn't ...

4462. Jerry's Story . . . And Ours

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... known. We wear masks so much in life that no one around us truly knows who we are. And, sadly, we also wear those masks when no one else is around. We often don't really know ourselves. Deep inside, we think if someone really knew us, they wouldn't love us. But check out the first verse of this passage: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart . . . " God really knows you, not just the clean and shiny version of yourself that you present to the world, but the real ...

4463. Positive Faith

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... is a reminder to him that his old life is over, and he has a bright, new life ahead of him. (7) You and I can have a bright, new life ahead of us. That is the promise of scripture. No longer need we be "the miserable ones." The joy, love and peace of Christ can be ours today. 1. Stan Toler, GOD HAS NEVER FAILED ME, BUT HE SURE HAS SCARED ME TO DEATH A FEW TIMES! (Tulsa: Honor Books, 1995). 2. SIMPLE WORDS OF WISDOM: 52 Virtues for Every Woman (Countryman, Nashville, 1998), p. 26. 3. Myron S. Augsberger ...

4464. Barking Pigs and Determined Disciples

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... to sink. It is then that our Lord reaches out to us. "Immediately," says our lesson for the day, "Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. 'You of little faith,' he said, 'why did you doubt?'" Doubt is our enemy. Fear our greatest adversary. Jesus loves believers. Jesus loves people who dream great dreams, who still believe that all things are possible to those who believe in him, who are willing to step out in faith to do great things for him. This church was built by believers. It was built by doers. It ...

4465. When the Best People Were Left Out

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... the worst of sinners. Has he lost his mind? Or could it be that our self-righteousness doesn't earn us many points with God? Maybe God isn't a Cosmic Scorekeeper, tallying up our moral hits and misses. Maybe we don't have to earn God's love. Because maybe God loves us even when we fail. These sound like simplistic ideas, but to those of us who cling to our self-righteousness, they are enough to shake us down to our very soul. God's arms are open to everyone, from every race and nation and tribe and tongue ...

4466. Is It Time To Tear Down Our Church?

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... the risk of sounding like an alarmist, I believe the Church in America has no more than five years--perhaps even less--to turn itself around and begin to affect the culture, rather than be affected by it." (3) Five years Barna warns or this temple we love will lay in ruins. Oh, the shell might be around for another century but the church as a live, redemptive force will be no more. Should we be concerned? Is there any hope? Let's consider some important principles about the church and today's society. First ...

4467. Children Of The Light

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He asked that maybe the church where Shirley went to Sunday School could put up a little plaque some place for her. “Maybe then," he said, “in ten or twenty years, someone will see the plaque and wonder who Shirley Ellen Lee was, and say "˜Someone must have loved her very much!'" (2) There are many people in this world as alone as James Lee. We need to let them know that they don't have to live in isolation. They can join our family. They don't have to stumble in the darkness, afraid and alone ...

4468. Passing The Test Of Faith

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... of role. You're on." That all happened over ten years ago. This woman now spends several days a week doing what she loves most, ministering to the sick. This untrained layperson is the hospital chaplain, the only one they've got, and an unofficial but integral ... firm beneath his feet but invisible to the eye. (4) I've stood on that rock, haven't you? Anyone who's ever turned a loved one over to God, anyone who's ever staked his life and his reputation on seeking God's will for his life, anyone who's ever ...

4469. Like Cupped Hands

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... you will find you are living in a world of new thrills all the time." (4) One Saturday evening, as Mrs. Johnson finished the dishes, Mr. Johnson stepped up behind her and asked, "Would you like to go out, girl?" Mrs. Johnson quickly replied, "Oh, yes, I'd love to!" They had a wonderful evening. It wasn't until the end of the evening that Mr. Johnson confessed that his question, "Would you like to go out, girl?" had actually been directed to the family dog, lying near Mrs. Johnson's feet on the kitchen floor ...

4470. The Divine Balance

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... cross. We did not deserve for Christ to die for us. It was purely and wholly an act of God. The only requirement that God puts on us is that we believe that Christ has saved us. The only requirement is that we trust in the power of God's love for us. Having said that, though, it is equally true that saving faith bears fruit. If I say that I believe that a certain bridge will support my weight, but I refuse to cross that bridge, it is questionable whether my faith in that bridge is authentic. In the same ...

4471. The Idiot's Guide To Christianity

Matthew 10:1-42

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... want a bowl under the glass to catch spillage.) Good morning, boys and girls. We added sugar to the water and the egg floated, didn't it? What does the sugar represent? Well, it could represent God's love. When we know God loves us everything in life seems to go easier. Or it could represent our love for other people. When we love others we are a little sweeter to live with, aren't we? God's love for us and our love for others--when we add those two elements to our lives, we no longer sink to the bottom.

4472. Sons And Daughters Of God

Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... or his wisdom, they could turn to the book he had given them. In the same way, wouldn't it affect your study of the Bible if you approached it with the knowledge that it was written by a loving Father? If you saw the Scriptures as words of loving advice and wisdom written especially for you? Well it is written especially for us. We are God's children. (4) And we have a great inheritance. That's the second thing that it means to be children of God. Paul writes, "The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit ...

4473. Expectant Living

2 Peter 3:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... pain. He died a horrible death in order to save us from our sins. He opened up the way to eternal life for us. And someday, he will come again to establish his perfect and eternal kingdom here on earth. Until that day, our job is to share the love of Jesus Christ with everyone we know. Louis Pasteur, the pioneer of immunology, lived at a time when thousands of people died each year of rabies. Pasteur had worked for years on a vaccine. Just as he was about to begin experimenting on himself, a 9-year-old boy ...

4474. Choices

1 John 4:7-21

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... settle). Did they mix? No, they didn't. Oil and water simply do not mix. Our theme for the next few Sundays is making choices. Sometimes you have to choose. Some things in life do not go together. Two of these are good and evil. Others are love and hate. When a person has the love of Jesus in his or her heart then he or she no longer does cruel things to other people. No longer do we seek to hurt others. You simply can't have both in your heart. Like oil and water they don't mix. The Bible ...

4475. Christ's Promise To His Saints

John 11:17-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... was right, even if he didn't realize it at that time. What greater words of comfort and assurance are there for the believer than these: Jesus wept. Jesus, who has power over life and death, cares deeply about our circumstances. That is why we can entrust our loved ones to his care. He weeps over human frailty. That brings us to the final thing to be said today: This is a story of grace and hope. The story of Lazarus is a living lesson about our faith. To those who believe, Christ has given this promise ...

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