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4576. On Having The Right Attitude

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

Some of you may be campers. Summertime means adventures in the great outdoors. One thing I've discovered is that camping isn't for everyone. Reed Glenn of the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colorado compiled a list of comments received by the US Forest Service from back packers and campers: "Too many bugs and leeches and spiders," wrote one unhappy camper. "Please spray the wilderness to rid the area of these pests." Another wrote, "A McDonald's would be nice at trail head." And one more adventurer wrote, "The ...

4577. When Your Lips Are One Place But Your Heart . . .

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

It would make a great idea for a Country-Western song: "When your lips are one place, but your heart is somewhere else." If someone has a steel guitar or a fiddle, maybe we can work on the lyrics after the service. "When your lips are one place, but your heart is somewhere else." Jesus doesn't claim the title as his own; he attributes it to the prophet Isaiah. "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites," said Jesus to the Pharisees. "As it is written: "˜These people honor me with their lips ...

4578. The Good Son

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

Frank Lyman

Kevin, that irascible scamp of the Home Alone movies, is one of Hollywood's beloved characters. As portrayed by Macaulay Culkin, he is mischievous, playful, innovative and just as cute as could be! But what really made Kevin such a fine character was how he taught us the value of family. We learned that even if we're not always that crazy about the folks we live with, when we're separated from them, it's terrible. In both of the HOME ALONE movies, when Kevin was reunited with his family and ran into the ...

4579. Drowning In A Sea Of Stuff

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

A 6th grade teacher posed the following problem to her arithmetic classes: "A wealthy man dies and leaves ten million dollars. One-fifth is to go to his wife, one-fifth is to go to his son, one-sixth to his butler, and the rest to charity. Now, what does each get?" After a very long silence in the classroom, little Joey raised his hand. The teacher called on Joey for his answer. With complete sincerity in his voice, Joey answered, "A lawyer!" He's probably right. Where there is a will, there is often a ...

4580. Sleeping Through A Revolution

Ephesians 2:13-14

Sermon

King Duncan

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us. (Ephesians 2:13-14) You may have seen the story in this past week's newspaper. Way back in July 1984 Terry Wallis and a friend were riding in a car that left the road and plunged into a creek. They were found the next day underneath a bridge. The friend was dead and Wallis ...

4581. CLEANING IT ALL OUT

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: New Year, January 1, resolutions CHARACTERS: Wife, husband PROPS: A box of odds and ends, including some tapes, an iron, a picture album, a magazine or brochure, and a Thighmaster SETTING: Not particular Wife: "Are you ready?" Husband: "Am I ever? Bring it on anyway." Wife: "Okay, these are all the boxes I dragged up from the basement. Let''s get to it." Husband: "I can''t believe it took just one year to collect all this stuff." Wife: "Yeah, and some of it''s just junk! When we bought ...

4582. Some Said It Thundered

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

A number of years ago there was a television drama titled See How She Runs, which told the story of Betty, a 40-year-old schoolteacher who decided to run in the Boston Marathon. Betty’s daughter Kathy was surprised, shocked, and not a little fearful. The play contained the following dialogue between Betty and her daughter Kathy on the subject of fear: Betty: “There are worse things than being scared.” Kathy: “Like what?” Betty: “It’s worse never to be scared.” Kathy: “Is it?” Betty: “If you’re never scared ...

4583. God Doesn’t Take Vacations

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

No matter what you do, there will always be somebody who won’t like it. Even Jesus had His critics. In our Scripture lesson we read that Jesus had just performed a miraculous cure on a man who had been ill for 38 years. You would think that such an event would be the occasion for universal rejoicing! But some took it as an occasion to criticize. The man was walking through the streets of Jerusalem carrying his bed, when the hyper-orthodox religious leaders stopped him and reminded him that he was breaking ...

4584. Two Conversations with Jesus: The Second Word

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Eric Ritz

Today I want to share some thoughts and reflections from what historically has been designated as the second word of the Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ from the cross on Calvary. I believe that this is the last known conversation to take place between Jesus Christ and a human being before he died. Today we will think for a few moments about the two other crosses that flanked our Savior''s cross: one cross on the left, and another on the right. Both of which held people who had been called thieves or ...

4585. The Third Commandment: God's Last Name Is Not...?

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

We continue today in our series on the Living the Ten Commandments. Today we come to the third instruction which teaches us: Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord is very serious when his name is used or attached to something or someone. When God’s name is honored so is everyone and everything else. As you have already probably observed the first four commandments deal with our relationship primarily with God. These are vertical. They are directed upward. They deal with our respect and ...

4586. The Power of Encouragement (Part VIII)

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

Clarence Thomas who, as many of you know, is now a Supreme Court Justice, acknowledged that one of the persons who had a great influence on his life was a nun by the name of Sister Mary Virgilius Ready. Judge Thomas says it was the encouragement that he received from her that helped him to overcome poverty and racism and become someone. Newsweek magazine wrote about her and others who served in the school that Clarence Thomas attended. The article said: "The nuns who lived in the black areas of town were ...

4587. The Gospel

Colossians 1:3-6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

When I first began to think of preaching for you these days, my intention was to look through the entire letter of Paul to the Colossians and hit the high points of that letter. As I began to work more specifically in preparation for this event, I decided that was altogether too expansive. What I needed to do was to be more focused. So, during this time I am with you, I am going to focus on just the first chapter of Paul’s letter to the church at Colossi. In the services this morning I am going to be ...

4588. Epiphany 6

Matthew 5:17-37, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16; 3:1-23, Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalm 119

Bulletin Aid

John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY Lesson 1: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 (C) Moses gives his people a choice of life and death. The scene is Moab where the Israelites have assembled prior to crossing the Jordan into the Promised Land. Our pericope is the conclusion to Moses' third address to his people in which he exhorts them to renew the Sinai covenant and warns them of disastrous consequences of their disobedience. The people are called upon to make a life or death decision. "This day" occurs three times to accent the urgency of the ...

4589. Come Back

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

Just when I think that all this talk about A.I. or Artificial Intelligence is a bunch of artificial air, something happens to show me that maybe we're further along the AI path than we think. Maybe the worlds of the born and the words of the made are coming together faster than we ever imagined. In researching this week's theme of betrayal, I undertook a Google search to reference a disturbing news story I remembered hearing the last week of October. Here's the Associated Press news release: TACOMA, Wash ...

4590. Best Advice

Matthew 7:24-29

Illustration

Brett Blair

Fortune Magazine asked 19 accomplished people what was the best advice they ever got. Here are some of them: (Don't try to preach all 17 excerpts below. We suggest using 3 to 4 examples that mean the most to your community. Then skip down and use the conclusion to this illustration.) Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, got his from his days at Salomon Brothers: "Always ask for the order, and second, when the customer says yes, stop talking." Mark Hurd, the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, got his years ago ...

4591. Why Every Christian Should Be an Optimist

Psalm 121:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

Are you an optimist, or are you a pessimist? I heard about an optimist that was talking to a pessimist, and he said, "Isn't this a beautiful sunny day?" The pessimist replied, "It may be, but if this heat spell doesn't stop very soon, all the grass is going to burn up." Two days later the optimist said to the pessimist, "Isn't this rain wonderful?" The pessimist replied, "Well, if it doesn't stop soon, my garden is going to wash away." The next day the optimist invited the pessimist to go duck hunting. The ...

4592. What Excites God

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

As a pastor I can really relate to the story of a pastor who was candidating at a church, and they told him that they wanted to call him provided he would agree to live by faith. When he asked the six men on the committee what they meant by that, they said, "Well, what we mean by that is, you're not going to have any stated salary, but you're just going to trust God to meet your needs." The man thought about it for a minute, and though it cost him the church, he gave a good response. He said, "I've got a ...

4593. Rescued and Transferred

Colossians 1:11-14

Sermon

Shirley Gupton Lynn

God has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son…(1:13 NRSV) A beautiful bride stood trembling at the head of a long church aisle. The wedding march was about to begin, but she was paralyzed with fear and announced she could not possibly walk down the aisle. The minister was summoned. "I just can't do it," she wailed, "I'm too nervous." "Now," said the minister, "let me tell you how to do it. Don't think about the people in the pews. When you walk in, ...

4594. Sunday Of The Passion (Palm Sunday)

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY This pericope constitutes the third of the four servant songs in Isaiah. Yehweh's servant hears his voice and is therefore fortified with determination to suffer mental agony in terms of ridicule, false accusations, humiliation and shame. He suffers confidently because he believes Yahweh will vindicate, help and pronounce him innocent. Epistle: Philippians 2:5-11 Paul is pleading for unity in the Philippian congregation. He uses Jesus as an example of humility. In this pericope, Paul shows the ...

4595. The Power of Belief

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

As we move toward baseball season, I want to tell you about a minor league manager named Josh O’Riley. Years ago O’Riley was manager of the San Antonio Missions. That year the Missions were having a successful season. All nine of the starters were batting over .300 and it became the consensus of sportswriters and fans that this time they were destined for a league championship. Then disaster struck. Suddenly, the entire team fell into a slump and their bats turned cold. The once inspired San Antonio team ...

4596. Proper 6

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Mark 4:30-34, 2 Corinthians 5:1-10, Mark 4:26-29, 1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY Old Testament: 1 Samuel 15:34--16:13 The Lord rejected Saul as king because he disobeyed the divine order to wipe out the Amalekites. Saul kept some of the animals for a sacrifice. For this disobedience, Yahweh was sorry he made Saul king of Israel. Now Israel needed a new king, but where was he to be found? The Lord sends Samuel to the Jesse family where there were eight sons. Which of the eight should be king? When David was brought in from the fields, at once the Lord told Samuel to anoint ...

4597. The Power of Belief

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

4598. No Need to Worry

John 10:11-18; 27-30

Sermon

James Merritt

I want to make a confession to you that really pains me, because I hate to admit personal weakness, at least publicly, but if there is an Achilles heel in my life - it is worry. The truth of the matter is, if you just look around you, you realize that we all do have reasons to worry. I mean you have to stay out of the sun, because it can cause skin cancer. Air vents in public places can cause lung clotting molds to form in your body. Potato chips have too many carbs and too many vitamins can be toxic. ...

4599. The Kingdom Is Not K-Mart

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

James Merritt

Think about these words: dedication, devotion, discipleship, commitment, consecration, surrender, sacrifice. There are no blue-light specials on these virtues in the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is not k-mart. I want you to get these two statements into your heart. Salvation is free, but discipleship is not cheap. You may be familiar with the term day-trader. A day-trader is a high-risk investor who jumps in and out of the stock market often many times a day to capitalize on small price changes. ...

4600. Seeing God In The Ordinary: Work

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

I don't think there is anyone alive who likes job performance reviews except maybe the HR people. Even if you are doing a great job, review and evaluation are stressful. A few years ago Preaching Magazine ran a list of some quotes from actual Job Performance Reviews. I thought I'd share a few: "I wouldn't allow this employee to reproduce, he must have gotten into the gene pool when the lifeguard wasn't looking." "This associate is really not so much of a has-been but a won't be." "Works well under constant ...

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