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426. John the Baptist

Matthew 3:1-12, Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... eventually means my head. I MUST speak out because the one to follow me has already come. "Surprised? I see some of you murmuring. You have thought of ME as the Messiah, but one who is now here is so much greater than I, that I am not even worthy to be his ... , as I was preaching by the riverside, I saw him in the crowd. An odd sensation came over me. I stumbled in my preaching. My thoughts clouded. My eyes kept coming back to Jesus. Then he came to me and asked to be baptized...and I realized then that he was ...

427. The Pleasure of Your Company

Matthew 26:17-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... you could come and be my guest." You know you should say something, but what you were going to say is forgotten somewhere between the last "Wow" you said and the first "What is HAPPENING" that has taken over your brain. You thought it was shocking to get the invitation. You thought it was breathtaking to see the White House. Your jaw hit the floor when you saw your picture on the wall. But now this? The commander-in-chief as a waiter? The president serving you food? The chief executive bringing wine and ...

428. A Fool and his Money

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... called such a nasty name. Obviously, he was inordinately preoccupied with those potentially deadly possessions. Until the voice of God interrupts, all we hear about is STUFF - his "land...crops...barns...grain... ample goods." He sounds as if he comes from the school of thought that is convinced that the one who dies with the most toys wins. Is he right? I do not think so. Do you remembering seeing (or hearing about) that wonderful program on Public Television last year called AFFLUENZA?(5) As it opened we ...

429. Jerry's Christmas

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Clark D. Cowden

... recognized me. They knew the sound of my voice. Somehow, they knew what I would be like. They are my true children. They want my gifts and my love. They are trusting and open. Just like all those who have received Jesus into their hearts, their homes, their lives. He thought, maybe Jesus is like a Christmas gift. God wraps him up, puts our name on the box, and leaves it under the tree for us. It is already ours, but it is not ours yet. The gift of Jesus doesn't do us any good until we receive it, and ...

430. We Know Where You Came From

John 6:41-51

Sermon

King Duncan

... training nurses for the battlefield. She trained scores of women nurses and sent them to the front lines to nurse the wounded, and even to save lives. By the end of the war, women nurses were an institution in American society. No one gave them a second thought. Dr. Blackwell's legions of women nurses had gained the social acceptance that she had worked so hard to earn. And in 1868, she was able to open a medical school for women. She spent her last years in London, training women nurses and women doctors ...

431. You Are A Winner!

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... . If we have a negative selfimage it can haunt us all our lives. Jerry Kramer was an outstanding lineman for the Green Bay Packers. Ever since he was a kid, bigger and stronger than almost all the other kids, he has lived with the fear that people thought he was dumb. Worse yet was the fear that he really was dumb. When he entered the seventh grade, the first day, he walked into the school and somebody said, "What class are you in?" He said, "The seventh grade." The other kid said, "Sevenone or seventwo ...

432. Who's The Blind One Around Here?

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... Wonder is blind. After the hymn and the benediction, the man who walks with Stevie, the man who is his eyesight, walked over to him; Stevie took his elbow and walked off, still blind. He had just sung, "I once was blind and now I see." Dr. Bailey thought, "He told us the truth." (4) The words to that famous hymn do not refer to physical eyesight but spiritual insight. "I once was blind and now I see." The man born blind could now see, and like Stevie Wonder could see through the eyes of faith. Another ...

433. Generic Christians Or Disciples?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... once again tempting him as he had done in the desert at the start of his ministry. Jesus turned to Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block for me." Ironic that Peter the Rock was a stone Jesus stumbled over. Jesus told Peter his thoughts were not from God but man. Then Jesus told Peter, "Get behind me." It sounds as if Jesus is saying, "Get lost, Peter!" He is not. Instead, Jesus is once again calling Peter to be his disciple. "Get behind me," was a call for Peter to assume his ...

434. A Star And A Dream

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... bee buzzes around your head that means you're about to find some money. If you need to stop a cut from bleeding just say the sixth verse of the sixteenth chapter of Ezekiel while walking toward the sunrise. "Everybody around here knows that," he says. (1) I thought you could use some good advice on this first Sunday of a new year. Where do you turn when you want some good advice? Some people look to the stars. I read recently that in Canada, fully 88 percent of the people know their astrological sign and 50 ...

435. Jeremy And Jesus

Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... had gone to heaven to be with Baby Jesus. When I placed the Christ Child in the crib this afternoon, he ran and got a doll and tucked it in alongside. When I asked him why, he reminded me of what I had said last summer." "Jeremy with Jesus," Marie thought to herself ” it sounded and looked so right. "And a little child shall lead them" were the words racing through Marie's mind as she went looking for Chris, to hug him. Christmas had arrived. Some of you know Marie's pain and Mary's and Elizabeth's. It ...

436. Hope For The End Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... their world was going to crumble. "Beware," said Jesus, "that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name and say, `I am he!' and `The time is near!' Do not go after them." Jesus did not want his followers to become too preoccupied with thoughts of the future. He did not want them to be led astray by persons who make meaningless calculations. He did not want them to be paralyzed with fear. "When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first," Jesus ...

437. When God Speaks

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... the willingness to leave his family and travel immediately to be with Christ. (1) As I read this story told by Ben's mom I thought of that old Testament figure, Abraham. The picture we get of Abraham is of a man with the same kind of complete and unreserved ... deacons became quite upset. "Why is it in the pastor's backyard?" he asked. "Why couldn't it be in mine?" Another elder thought that maybe the prophecy was biased. One deacon gave up. Another elder left. But there still remained a group ready to press ...

438. On Eating Peas With A Knife

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... said, to support her own drug habit. I could hardly bear hearing her sordid story. For one thing, it made me legally liable. I'm required to report cases of child abuse. I had no idea what to say to this woman. At last I asked if she had ever thought of going to a church for help. I will never forget the look of pure, naive shock that crossed her face. ˜Church!' she cried. ˜Why would I ever go there? I was already feeling terrible about myself. They'd just make me feel worse.' What struck me about my ...

439. Damaged In Transit, But Deliverable

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... at that critical time in her life. (3) God does use friends to bring healing when someone has been damaged in transit. Is that not the real strength of the church? Through the years I have heard people testify that at a moment in their lives when they thought they could not carry on, it was the church that gathered around them and surrounded them with love. There are times when all of us find an empty place in our lives where once something precious resided. All of us will know what it is to be damaged ...

440. Making Relationships Work

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... says that one Saturday morning she awoke to the delightful smell of waffles and the sound of her two small boys in the kitchen with her husband. Padding down to breakfast, she sat on her husband's lap and gave him a big hug for his thoughtfulness. Later that day, she and her husband were having a heated discussion in their bedroom when their four-year-old, Jacob, stopped them in mid-sentence. Standing in the doorway, he said, "Mommy, try to remember how you felt when you were on Daddy's lap." Sometimes ...

441. I Wish Life Came With An Eraser!

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... at the once pristine walls which are now decorated with his artwork"”a dinosaur, a house, a cowboy, the sky with sun and clouds. Evidently, mom didn't much appreciate his drawing skills, so there he sits in his rocking chair snuggling his Teddy Bear, alone with his thoughts. Hank Ketcham allows us to overhear what he is thinking: "Boy, I wish life came with an eraser!" Indeed! Don't we all? I suspect there are times in each of our lives when we, too, wish life came with an eraser, when we would relish the ...

442. Dwell in Our Hearts

Ephesians 2:17

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... . Of course, we know that's not true, don't we? We know that there are germs and viruses and that when a person sneezes, it's a reflex action. Wouldn't it be great though, if we could sneeze out all of our bad habits? All of our bad thoughts? All of our anger? All of our hatred and all of our bitterness? Wouldn't it be great if somebody was acting in a way they shouldn't, all we would have to do would be to sprinkle a little bit of pepper on them and make them sneeze and ...

443. Begin With The End

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... so much that a videotape of our lives will be presented to God on that day we come fully into God's presence. That is not necessary. Rather, we will come into God's presence, and who we will be will reflect the accumulation of all that we have thought and done and said and believed. Each day we live, we are fashioning our lives for eternity. Living with the end in mind means that everything matters. But it also means, paradoxically, that everything is all right. We no longer have to live in fear. We've read ...

444. He Left Them Where?

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... his or her life to save you? Do you take it for granted? Do you say, "Ho, hum, what I do with my life doesn't matter?" Or do you get off somewhere by yourself for a few moments, and lift your face toward heaven and say, "Lord, I never thought my life was worth that much, that someone should die in my behalf. Help me somehow to be worthy." How much does God love you? He left the ninety and nine. Where? In the wilderness. To find the one lost sheep that had gone astray. 1. Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers ...

445. Marks Of A Champion

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... earth. Hudson Taylor founded the China Inland Mission. His life and witness have touched millions over the years. He once said something thought-provoking. "Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God," he said, "there is no need for faith." What ... debris. The newsreel camera picked up a battered guy with mud all over him and one half of his coat gone. They asked him what he thought about it. "It's not so bad," he said. "We didn't come up here to take things easy. This will toughen us up." (2) ...

446. Frustrated By Their Lack Of Faith

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... lack of faith? Our founding fathers faced the same type of frustration. The Declaration of Independence was not entirely popular. If Gallup had taken a poll back then, it would have shown that a fairly sizeable number of the early fathers and mothers thought it would be suicide to defy the British empire. The faith of Washington, Jefferson, Franklin and others is even more thrilling when viewed in that light. Then there was Francis Scott Key detained aboard a British ship while the bombardment of Fort Henry ...

447. The God Who Is Near

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." Are there any more beautiful words in our language than these in Isaiah? "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my ...

448. Formula For A Glowing Face

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... said sadly, "I believe if this fellow lives until sunrise tomorrow he will get well." The soldier could not be moved, and lay there throughout that long, cold night. He lay on the ground with the doctor's words ringing in his ears and holding onto the thought that if he lived until sunrise, he would get well. He looked toward the east to watch as the stars vanished and the horizon gradually brightened, heralding the dawn of a new day. As the sun came into full view, he remembered the doctor's promise that ...

449. A Ministry of Encouragement

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... he had what it takes to become a big star . . . Gracie Allen.” WALTER MATTHAU: “I did The Sunshine Boys with George, and everything I know about acting I learned from . . . Jack Lemmon.” STEVE ALLEN: “I was very excited about George’s last book because I thought it was.” MILTON BERLE: “I have to say this about my friend George. He looks just the same today as he looked forty years ago . . . old.” RED BUTTONS: “George Burns, what a man. He read in the paper that it takes ten dollars a year ...

450. No Longer Orphans

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the preacher grapples with the sacred text and tries to make it applicable to the modern world. It isn't easy. I have often thought that the patron saint of preachers ought to be that character from Greek mythology by the name of Sisyphus. Sisyphus was a cruel king ... it impossible to pray. I often fell asleep on my knees, I was so tired. And if I kept awake, I could not control my thoughts from wandering. One day I was so worried I spoke to the minister about it. He told me not to worry about kneeling down. " ...

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