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4826. Sarah Laughed

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... situation. It is said that Beethoven died with his fist clenched and a snarl on his lips. Could it be that his anger over his deafness had finally captured his heart? Reinhold Niebuhr once asked his daughter to take a walk with him. His daughter replied that she didn't want to take a walk but she did anyway. Later he said to her, "I'm glad you decided to take a walk with me." She replied curtly, "I didn't decide. You're bigger than I am." Don't you suppose that many people feel that same kind of bitterness ...

4827. Wrestling With God

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jacob. It is interesting that the being with whom Jacob wrestles does not prevail over him. As someone has said, Jacob is like a grand stallion. It is not God's desire that Jacob grovel at his feet. God has no use for one who is continually groveling. God wanted a grand stallion, but one who could be useful, one who could be saddled, one who would know who his Master is that he might fulfill his intended purpose. That is what God desires from us, as well. Our lives are useful only to ourselves and only for ...

4828. Living The Kingdom Life

1 Kings 3:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... today, other than death." She was burned out and ready to give up. But she renewed herself. She reviewed her life and realized that money and social position didn't matter to her. Then she looked at the possibilities and decided that she wanted to help people. She wanted to become a nurse. Her mother and father said this was beneath their dignity, but she was willing to be ostracized by both her parents and society to follow her conviction. And so she became a nurse. At one point her mother wrote, "We ...

4829. When You Are Uncertain About Your Salvation

1 Kings 3:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... me worth dying for. When you surrender yourself to Christ, you will be saved, on the one hand, from self-assertion, always wanting to occupy the center of attention; and you will be saved, on the other hand, from shyness, which is always shrinking away ... George Mathison must have known. When he began to grow blind, the girl to whom he was engaged turned him down flat. She didn't want to marry a blind man, or a man in danger of becoming blind. Now, many people in this situation would have been very bitter and ...

4830. Excellence In Living

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... the interstate to give it a test run. I set the cruise control, went to the back to make a cup of coffee, and it ran off the road!" (1) I suspect that we all have a desire to put our lives on cruise control. We like avoiding responsibility. We want to sit back, eat, drink, and be merry, enjoying the benefits of the modern world without paying too much for it. But there is another hunger within us, and that is the hunger for excellence. Many of us are fed up with the shoddiness of our lives and our world ...

4831. At The Edge Of Broken-ness

Job 1:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... of a large hole" “no one catching them" 9:12 a.m."male caller states on 106 floor about 100 people in room"“need directions on how to stay alive 9:36 a.m."female caller states very hot door"“states she is going to die"“still on phone"“wants to call mother 10:00 a.m."2 World Trade Center has collapsed"”all calls disconnected 10:29 a.m."1 World Trade Center entire tower down" all calls disconnected (2) Female 2: "Their first reaction is disbelief. People think, "Not to my loved one. There must be ...

4832. Receiving Christ

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... question and to really listen to the answer. Something about this question, “Are you happy?” touches the deepest part of who we are and what we want out of life. (2) I believe he’s right. So, let’s start here. Are you happy? Now some of you will answer, Of course I ... matter of morals. Receiving Jesus is about being committed to right actions. I’m not being a spoil-sport here. I don’t want to dampen your party. I’m just saying that you can’t believe one way and act another and be happy. It just ...

4833. Drinking From His Cup

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... wellmeaning friends which read, "We would like to send other men to you. Have you found a good road into your area yet?" Dr. Livingstone sent this message in reply, "If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want strong and courageous men who will come if there is no road at all." David Livingstone knew how to drink from Christ's cup. How about you? Are you able to drink from His cup? The cup of selfgiving love. The cup of selfdenial, sacrifice and service to ...

4834. Praise the King with a Song of Joy

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... universe. In the Old Testament, God revealed God’s self as the great “I AM.” In the birth of Jesus, God changes the message to “I AM here.” “I AM here, and I want to walk your path.”“I AM here, and I want to feel your hurts.” “I AM here, and I want to give you the best of Myself.” “I AM here, and I want to show you how to know Me.” Pastor Stanley Jones says that the coming of Jesus brought a new message of hope to humankind. As he said, “The early Christians didn’t say, ‘Look ...

4835. On Living Before You Die

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... done with the gifts of the Gospel, many will have to say, "I took them and hid them." There is a novel with an imaginary but haunting scene in it. It''s called THE MAN WHO LOST HIMSELF. The hero, evidently a detective, is trailing a person in Paris. He wants to know if this man is staying at a certain hotel. He hatches a plan. He decides to go to the desk and ask the clerk if a fictitious guest is staying there. Then, as the clerk is searching the register for the fictitious guest, he would look over his ...

4836. When Death Is Gain

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... is why a Christian and only a Christian can say, "For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain." Bruce Dunn, a well-known pastor and speaker to a vast radio audience, says in one of his writings that he believes Gods wants us to be a little homesick for Heaven, that He doesn''t want us to sit too tight in this world. He says that death, sorrow, and the pains of body and heart while we are on earth can all be contributing factors in making Heaven more wonderful for us. Naturally, young people are going to ...

4837. Every Exit an Entrance

Isaiah 20:1-5

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... of his friend''s life and the faith that he had. That one word was "EXIT." (1) When death comes to our loved ones, there are a few things we want to know. We want to know that God cares, that we are not alone in our grief. But even more importantly, perhaps, we want to be reminded that for every `exit'' there is an `entrance.'' We want to know that there is a future for us and our loved ones who we seemingly have lost. THE PROMISES OF SCRIPTURE BECOME LIVING REALITIES IN TIMES LIKE THESE. Our faith ...

4838. WHERE DO I GO FOR A REFILL?

Drama

Angela Akers

... , stress management seminars, or something?" Man: (rolls his eyes) "I volunteered to head the men''s group at my church this year. Which means organizing meetings, fund-raisers, service projects. I can''t believe I got myself into that." Waiter: "You must be pretty good if everyone wants a piece of you." Man: "I don''t know. I used to think I was pretty good. I used to be fired up to do this kind of thing. But I haven''t felt that way in a long time. Now I''m just tired. I don ...

4839. CLUELESS FOR CHRISTMAS

Drama

Angela Akers

... us to look for something. Won''t come right out and tell us what it is, so I get squinty-eyed at her. Finally, she spills it. She wants us to find the true meaning of Christmas. Has something to do with a baby nobody wanted, and why it came here in the first place. This ain''t gonna be no walk in the park, I tell her. So she flashes some green. I put on my walking shoes. First place me and Clyde goes is the local department store. They got everything there. We wander ...

4840. WHAT'S ON YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST?

Drama

Angela Akers

... Son: "I don''t know what to write. What did you write on your Christmas list, Daddy?" Father: "Dads don''t write Christmas lists." Daughter: "Why not? Santa won''t know what to bring you." Father: "Santa and I are good friends. He already knows everything I want." Son: "How about you write a Christmas list and let me see it, then I''ll know what to write on my Christmas list." Father: "Okay, I''ll try it. But you go try to write your own, too. I bet your sister will help you." Daughter ...

4841. Christmas and the Condensed Bible

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... from the tent they could continue their journey, because they saw the cloud as a symbol of God leading them. But if they saw the cloud at night, it appeared as a fire, and they would not go forward because they interpreted that to mean that God wanted them to remain where they were. God met them in their special Tent of Meeting. God in very fact pitched a tent among them. The astonishing good news which caused the angels of heaven to leave their choir practice and put on a special performance that first ...

4842. What about Spiritual Healing?

John 4:43-54

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... up...your sickness will be good for you in the long run. God is sending it to you to strengthen your faith.” Not at all. Instead, he healed the sick. Of course, He was disturbed that so many came to Him for the signs and wonders when He really wanted them to hear His message about the Kingdom of God, but His compassion went out instantly to those who were in real need. The real miracle is Jesus Himself. If He is, as Christians believe, “God with us,” then it would be a wonder if He did not perform ...

4843. Believing Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Sigmund Freud in 1945, six years after Freud’s death. “But Freud was an atheist!” people protested. Came Pike’s reply: “He’s not now!” Jesus seems to have had infinite patience with Thomas. Perhaps He had not forgotten that Thomas was the only one who wanted to go with him to the side of Lazarus, not because he believed that all would be well, but because, pessimist that he was, he believed that nothing would be well, and he might as well die with Jesus. Life wouldn’t be worth living without ...

4844. Little Jimmy

Mark 3:13-19

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... wastebasket may well be closer to God than he, for “the one who is great must be servant of all.” (Matthew 13:11) What do servants and slaves do? They obey their master. They wait on other people. They meet other people’s needs. They minister to those in want. They feed the hungry, clothe the naked, heal the sick. They spend their lives in service to others, for life is not given to us to hoard, but to spend—for God and for others. And you cannot separate the two, for “as you did it to one of the ...

4845. Good Old What’s-His-Name

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... s my telephone number...” and proceeded to recite it. There was a sudden outcry from Assistant Superintendent Joe Ross. “Hey,” he said, “That’s my telephone number!” Bailey was just having some fun with his assistant superintendent, but isn’t it true that when God wants something done, most of us really hope that He will call somebody else’s number? Mother Teresa, or the Pope, or Billy Graham, or at least the pastor. But God has got our number and, upon occasion, He does call each of us. We ...

4846. A Sign for a Sign

Mark 8:11-13

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... that countless thousands will still be fed from the same supply! There are a lot of comings and goings across the Sea of Galilee in this chapter. So many that I’m having a hard time keeping them straight. It seems that in this chapter Mark wants to stress the contrast between Jesus’ reception among Gentiles and among His own people. When He appeared to the Gentiles, where He was supposed to be unknown, a woman had sought him to fall at His feet in reverence and supplication. When he touched the shore ...

4847. Losers Keepers

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... cash in the thousand dollar bill for nickels and dimes. Then he asks us to go through life putting out a dime here, a nickel there. We want to do it once and for all and get it over with, and he says, ‘You will do it at my pace; a little here, a little ... must stumble over Jesus, being carried down. He lost His life at Calvary; but, in the providence of God, there came an Easter Day. I want to leave you with one sentence. When I was in my twenties, five young men about my age went as a missionary team to the ...

4848. God’s Strange Arithmetic

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Mosaic code the penalty for adultery was not divorce, but death! It was a sexist standard, and it was into this debate that the Pharisees wanted to lure Jesus...and trap Him. They knew that whichever side He came down on, he was bound to alienate the folks on the ... . Will sell cheap - two cents. Call 555-0366. Will dicker.” Not much of self put into that marriage. No wonder the wife wants to get rid of the husband. Cheap. Marriage is a 60-60 proposition. Each must go more than half-way. Dr. Paul Popenoe ...

4849. God’s Greatest Gamble

Mark 12:1-12

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... immoral, then God used the Supreme Court to declare it illegal. If God cannot find a people with whom he can work inside the church, then God will work outside normal channels to get His work done and His purposes accomplished. This parable or allegory or whatever you want to call it challenges the popular notion that the world (or the Church) belongs to US. In one sense, it is O.K. for us to say “This is my Church” But in the final analysis it is never OUR Church, is it? In 1939 three Methodist bodies ...

4850. Only the Abba Knows

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... will be a drag, a horrible experience. And, the way God is pictured by some people, who in his or her right mind would want to meet Him? But that is not...repeat not the God whom Jesus taught His disciples to call “Abba.” In Nevil Shute’s novel ... was still alive and she traveled to the outback of Australia to see if he was all right. If I had that kind of friend, I would want to see Him, too. I would look forward to seeing him. And do you know what? According to the Bible, that is exactly the kind of ...

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