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476. The Servant Leader

John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the limelight. You know how eagerly I speak for You at a Women’s Club. You know my genuine enthusiasm at a Bible study. But how would I react, I wonder, if You pointed to a basin of water and asked me to wash the calloused feet of a bent and wrinkled old woman day after day, month after month, in a room where nobody saw and nobody knew? (4) Does that challenge you? It does me. Maundy Thursday is that day in the church year in which we take the bread and the cup in remembrance of Christ. But ...

477. The Cross Burden or Blessing?

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... up” something for Lent has long meant, giving up rich goodies. Besides chocolate, red meat has always been near the top of that list. If you are old enough to remember those who only ate “fish on Friday,” you can understand the sudden oceanic bent of McDonald’s and Wendy’s and other fast-food chains. If people of faith are “giving up” something for Lent, God-forbid that such a commitment should include “giving up” dining out at a fast food restaurant! Give them fast-food fish instead! But ...

478. Two Sinners

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... for compassion preceded him. Why else would this desperate woman have sought him out? She came bearing an alabaster jar of perfume. She stood behind Jesus at his feet and she was weeping. Her weeping was so profuse that her tears were falling on Jesus’ feet. She bent down and wiped Jesus’ feet with her hair, then she kissed his feet and poured perfume on them. This was more than the host, Simon the Pharisee, could bear. With a silent sneer he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know ...

479. The Total Gift

Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... gasped, waving his hand away. “Are these your boys?” he asked. He reached into his pocket and pulled out two more $100 bills. With tears in her eyes she told the stranger how badly she needed the money but there was no way she could accept it. The man bent down and told her he knew exactly what it felt like to be down on your luck. He reached into his pocket once more and pulled out an additional two hundred dollars. “Take it” he said gently. She broke down and told him how they had no money, how ...

480. Thanksgivings to Remember

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

Argile Smith

... foolish choices that showed a deliberate disregard for God’s ways. They suffered for their foolishness by putting them at death’s door. That’s when they turned to the Lord, and he spared them. He restored them to good health and to a life no longer bent on self-destruction. You may remember a time when you know that God spared your life. The split second that saved you came from God’s hand, and you know it. You have never forgotten how your life has been different because God restored your life to ...

481. Work Like the Who?

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... need not marry him and her father’s debt would still be forgiven. If she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail until the debt was paid. They were standing on a pebble-strewn path in the farmer’s field. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. The sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick a pebble. Now, imagine that you were the girl standing in the field. What would you have ...

482. A Global Celebration

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... , who seems to be the Apostle John, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” So Peter and John started for the tomb. Both were running, but John outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter came along behind him and, true to his impulsive character, went straight through the open door into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen and the cloth that had once ...

483. Peace Be With You

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... place, separate from the linen. It was a puzzling mystery. They knew something important had happened but they were not sure what. So they returned to the house where they were staying. Mary, however, stayed behind. And she had a somewhat mystical experience. Weeping, she bent over once more to look into the tomb and she saw what appeared to be two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. Then immediately afterward she had an encounter with a stranger ...

484. The Lord Is (More Than) My Shepherd

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... him, and out of Egypt I called my son . . . It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms; I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them” (Hosea 11:1-4). Such passages which compare God to a parent are rare in the Hebrew Bible. Instead, God’s love and care are compared to that of a Shepherd who tends his sheep with affection. That is true in both the Old Testament and ...

485. On the Ropes: Round 1 - Doubting God

Habakkuk 1:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor. Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like a vulture swooping to devour; they all come bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand. They deride kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; they build earthen ramps and capture them. Then they sweep past like the wind and go ...

486. Winners and Losers

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... held out his arms and said, “Look!” And there in this dingy, small one room apartment was a sofa, ripped and torn with all the stuffing coming out but it belonged to Archie. There was a junky little black and white TV, no rabbit ears‑-but a bent coat hanger, and there was even a recliner chair all Archie’s. It was evident that Archie had saved a long time to have anything “this nice.” Archie looked at Max and said, “I have all I need now.” Can you imagine that? Suddenly, however, Max noticed ...

487. Traveling Tables

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19). Notice what the Great Commission doesn’t say. Jesus never said “Go into all the world, and keep your mouth shut, your head down, your guard up, your hands clean, your knees bent, your eyes closed, your ears plugged, and your fingers crossed.” No, Jesus just said “GO.” Go and serve God. Go to serve and be served. Go and offer the “table,” my New Temple, a moveable feast, and celebrate my new gift of salvation for all ...

488. The Condemning Heart

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... the group and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again he stooped down and wrote on the ...

489. While It Was Still Dark

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... ones’ remains. Jesus’ body had been sealed in a tomb, but now it was gone. Who could have perpetrated such an act of desecration? Mary’s heart sank. Peter and John were mystified. They began running toward the tomb. John got there first, but did not go in. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but, for some reason, didn’t go in. Simon Peter, of course, wasn’t so reticent. He went straight into the tomb. He also saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that ...

490. Poem: Adonais

Eulogy

Percy Bysshe Shelley

... dimmed or shared its light Leave to its kindred lamps the spirit’s awful night.” XXX. Thus ceased she: and the mountain shepherds came, Their garlands sere, their magic mantles rent; The Pilgrim of Eternity, whose fame Over his living head like Heaven is bent, An early but enduring monument, Came, veiling all the lightnings of his song In sorrow; from her wilds Ierne sent The sweetest lyrist of her saddest wrong, And Love taught Grief to fall like music from his tongue. XXXI. Midst others of less note ...

491. Poem: In Memoriam

Eulogy

Alfred Lord Tennyson

... be, And one the shaping of a star; Until the forward-creeping tides Began to foam, and we to draw From deep to deep, to where we saw A great ship lift her shining sides. The man we loved was there on deck, But thrice as large as man he bent To greet us. Up the side I went, And fell in silence on his neck; Whereat those maidens with one mind Bewail’d their lot; I did them wrong: `We served thee here,’ they said, `so long, And wilt thou leave us now behind?’ So rapt I was, they could ...

492. What Kind of King Is This?

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... family was gathered in the fellowship hall as they often were, drinking coffee and eating breakfast, catching up on news from the week and thinking about heading upstairs to Sunday school classes. There was a commotion underneath one of the tables. Rev. Moses bent down to look under the table and discovered a red-headed three-year-old playing matchbox cars with one of the highly respected elders of their congregation. This elder had crawled under the table in his church clothes. “They vroomed their cars ...

493. Peace Comes to Our Hearts

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... Palestinian children. They were picking up more stones to throw at him. What was he to do? He wasn’t going to fire live ammunition at mere children, but he could not allow them to continue throwing those rocks either. Suddenly, he had an idea. He bent down and picked up three of the rocks . . . and then he began to juggle them . . . yes, juggle the rocks. The children were mesmerized and forgot about their rocks. The soldier did a few tricks, and the children laughed. Then he did a grand finale, and they ...

494. Tried Every Possibility

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... , and it won’t move.” The father replied, “Are you sure you have tried every possibility, that you have used every resource at your disposal?” The boy looked up with frustration and exhaustion filling his face and grunted out a “Yes!” With kindness, the father bent over and softly said, “No, my son, you haven’t. You haven’t asked for my help.” How often are we like the little boy, struggling with our problems but unable to solve them—because we have not asked for our Father’s help.

495. A Strong Bundle of Christians

Illustration

Michael P. Green

A man asked his young son to break a bundle of sticks. He returned a little later to find the lad frustrated in the task. He had raised the bundle high and smashed it on his knee, but he only bruised his knee. He had set the bundle against a wall and stomped hard with his foot, but the bundle barely bent. The father took the bundle from the child and untied it. Then he began to break the sticks easily—one at a time. So it is with the church: united we are strong, divided we can fail or be broken.

496. Devil's Fall

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... armed; this day from battle rest.… Therefore to me their doom he hath assigned, That they may have their wish, to try with me In battle which the stronger proves.…” So spake the Son, and into terror changed His countenance, too severe to be beheld, And full of wrath bent on his enemies.… They, astonished, all resistance lost, All courage; down their idle weapons dropt.… And of the wonted vigour left them drained, Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, fallen. Yet half his strength he put not forth.…

497. God's Omnipotence

Illustration

Brett Blair

... eruption from a LMC (Large Magellanic Cloud). Imagine that, the strongest energy burst ever recorded and it came across a barren galactic desert between our galaxy and another. Reflecting on the event, astrophysicist Doyle Evans said, “Every time we think we understand the physical laws of the universe, nature seems bent on confounding us.” Nature? Or God? Note: More can be learned on this NASA page.

498. The Well Filled Bow Low

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... yourself and hold your head up high in the world like me?” The brother pointed and said, “See that field of wheat over there? Look closely. Only the empty heads stand up. Those that are well filled always bow low.” Said differently, “The branch that bears the most fruit is bent the lowest to the ground.”

499. Where Nobody Knew

Illustration

Ruth Harms Calkin

You know Lord how I serve You, with great emotional fervor, in the limelight. You know how eagerly I speak for You, at a women’s club. You know how I effervesce when I promote a fellowship group. You know my genuine enthusiasm at a Bible study. But how would I react, I wonder, if You pointed to a basin of water, and asked me to wash the calloused feet of a bent and wrinkled old woman, day after day, month after month, in a room where nobody saw, and nobody knew?

500. Stephen Seized

Acts 6:8-15

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... higher court (see disc. on 7:55f.). Meanwhile, for the members of the Sanhedrin, it must have been a disquieting experience, for Judges 13:6 describes the face of an angel as “frightening.” So God’s messengers will sometimes be to those who are bent on resisting his will. Additional Notes 6:9 The synagogue of the Freedmen: There appear to have been many synagogues in Jerusalem (cf. 24:12), though we may dismiss the talmudic tradition that assigns to the city no less than four hundred and eighty. This ...

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