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501. A New Vantage Point

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... to spend the holidays! And Lucy Honeychurch at first buys into that idea. Think of her name: "Honeychurch" Religion where everything is nice and pious and oh, so sweet! But Forster changes her heart. He helps her to see the poor people. He has her heart reach out in compassion and touch their hurts, and share their needs. She begins to see life as it really is. In the end we get the feeling that Lucy Honeychurch actually does have "a room with a view." It's a view of things as they truly are. It's a window ...

502. A Cup Of Cold Water

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... where the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, reigns. A healed femur shows that someone cared. Someone had to do that injured person's hunting and gathering until the leg healed. The evidence of compassion, she says, is the first sign of civilization. (2) At the heart of Christian faith is compassion. How will they know we are Christians? By our love. Christians do not live by the law of the jungle but by the law of love. Great Christians have always been great givers. John Chrysostom, who lived ...

503. Offer Them Christ

Romans 9:30--10:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... said that she had testified to them that it was the life and the ministry of Jesus that had continually inspired her to serve. Once a leader of the Church went to see her. He asked the secret of her compassion for the dying, dirty people of the world. She replied that it was Jesus who gave her compassion. He asked, "How does Jesus give you the power to care for the poor?" She replied, "Come with me and you can meet Jesus." He followed her out of the chapel into a large room where there were a great number ...

504. The Parable Of The Kindly Innkeeper

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... These studies led psychologists to conclude that our response to another person's plight is often determined by how other people respond. This is our cue about whether the situation merits our involvement. In other words, THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN ANY SITUATION IN WHICH COMPASSION AND COURAGE IS INVOLVED IS THE FIRST PERSON TO ACT. After one person acts, then others are prone to respond as well but someone needs to step out from the crowd and go first. (6) This is what Jesus meant when he referred to us ...

505. On Being Picked For The "Rework"

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

King Duncan

... then uses Pharaoh to illustrate God's actions. Pharaoh "hardened his heart" against God's words, and it is also said that "God hardened his (Pharaoh's) heart." "I will have mercy on whom I choose to have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I choose to have compassion. And whom I will, I harden." In other words, Paul is saying that God allowed a flawed specimen to pass by undetected, hardened into a flawed state. Pharaoh was not sent to meltdown and Rework. "I allowed him to harden in his defective ...

506. What's Wrong With Laughing?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... of Jesus, taken out of context, can cause us real problems. Imagine if you and I were sales people and we had invited Jesus to speak at our annual sales banquet. Imagine Jesus standing up as the guest speaker, looking us over with a strange mixture of anger and compassion, and then speaking these words: "But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort. Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. Woe to you when all ...

507. It's A Miracle

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... recorded SO THAT YOU WILL BELIEVE that he is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that believing in him you will have life." That is the sole purpose of property miracles. Jesus did not give Mary and Martha back their brother Lazarus out of compassion for them. He did have compassion for them. He wept when he saw their grief, but Jesus cares about everybody's grief. He cares about your grief and mine, but he does not raise our loved ones from the dead in this physical world. John tells us plainly that he gave ...

508. That's What Friends Are For

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... But his garbled speech indicates he had once been able to speak and had lost the ability because of his deafness. Regardless of the source of his disability, like many people with speech impediments, he probably suffered a great deal of ridicule. JESUS HAD SPECIAL COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE WITH HANDICAPPING CONDITIONS. That's quite obvious in the New Testament. The blind, the lame, the hearing impaired--all found that they had a friend in Jesus. Think how long it has taken for our society to catch up with Jesus ...

509. A Platform For Life

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... one of those tragic ironies of life, young Dameon himself died. (8) But Dameon's life was not lived in vain. The significance of a life cannot be measured by its length but by its depth. Young Dameon's life was an extraordinary life--a life of love and compassion and purpose. St. Paul's life was an extraordinary life as well. We would not normally classify a man who spent so much time in prison as an unparalleled success. But his life was a success. You and I would not be sitting in this church 2,000 years ...

510. Willing And Able

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... we ask, is he able? But on the other, we ask, is he willing? And the answer is always a resounding, "Yes!" A man with leprosy knelt in front of Jesus and pleaded, "If you are willing, you can make me clean." Mark tells us that, "Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "˜I am willing,' he said. "˜Be clean!' "Immediately," Mark tells us, "the leprosy left him and he was cured." What an upbeat word for a downbeat world. Christ is able and he is willing. But there is a question ...

511. Good Neighbors

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... man sleeping down on the corner of Yonge Street and Bloor with just a piece of cardboard for covering from the cold and no shoes. Michael Peterson says he almost choked on his Danish as he heard this simple janitor go on to relate how he was so moved with compassion for this homeless man that he went around the corner to a store and bought the man a pair of socks and shoes. As Peterson listened to the janitor tell his story, he saw in his mind a poster that used to be in an old friend's bedroom when ...

512. God's Design and Our Destiny

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... pit in order to get us to repent of our sins, though some preachers have tried to do that very thing. No, God entered our world in the helpless babe lying in a stable, and God showed us a better way, the way of love and gentleness and kindness and compassion for all people. And God says to us, “This is what I created you for. This is what life is all about.” Isaiah concludes this chapter with these words, “Yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of ...

513. Preparing the Way

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... to make in our hearts this Advent season. When we talk about Christ redeeming us from sin, we are not talking about keeping us from drinking too much eggnog. God’s will is to bring us into conformance with the image of his Son his love, his compassion, his forgiveness, his grace. God is a righteous God. God’s will is that we shall live righteous lives, lives resembling that of our Lord Jesus Christ. That calls for a real change within our hearts. Is there someone you need to forgive this day? Someone ...

514. The Glorious Interpolation

John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... of God.” (Romans 3:22b-23) All have not sinned alike, but all alike have sinned. We may not be guilty of the so-called “sins of the flesh,” but we have all been guilty of “sins of the spirit,” the sins of the Pharisees: pride, lack of compassion, unkindness, cruelty, being judgmental. And so this story offers hope for all of us. It was kept around by the Church because it is so like our Lord. To the woman taken in adultery, Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do ...

515. The Saint without a Name

Luke 6:12-16

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... on that masculine language. That’s the only way it could have been stated in first-century times. The Aramaic word is “Abba,” which means “Daddy,” and implies a God of infinite compassion and limitless love. Imagine a perfect parent (there aren’t any, of course), but imagine such a one. Imagine a Being of infinite compassion and tender love. Then multiply that picture a million trillion times, project that picture upon the universe, and you will just begin to get a glimpse of the hem of God’s ...

516. Bread for Everyone (I am the bread of life)

John 6:1-15, John 6:25-59

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... has always dealt with those on the bottom--with indifference and disgust. Jesus, on the other hand, lay aside his royalty--his divinity--and became a servant in order to meet the needs of his subjects. Jesus is a different kind of king. So with loving compassion he provides bread for the crowd. In verse 25 we see when the people get to the other side of the lake--after they had been lovingly cared for--Jesus moves the question to a deeper level. Jesus ignores their questions about when and how he got ...

517. The Lord's Pryaer: Our Daily Bread

Matthew 6:5-13

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... body. Remember, he hungered and thirsted in the wilderness. He grew up in a Jewish home where I am sure his mother, Mary, as part of her daily routine and responsibilities made "bread." He used "bread" in the passover meal. He fed 5,000 people because he had compassion on them. He would not permit them to go home "hungry." Bread! What a surplus of meaning in one simple word--bread. However, I could not be totally honest with you today if I simply taught you that when Jesus taught us to pray, "Give us this ...

518. When It Is Tough to Follow Jesus: The Third Word

John 19:17-27

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... Mayor, the Governor, priests, rabbi''s and many more people from all walks of life. They came to pay their respects to this Saint of God who touched the world with the simple gift of "mothering." So it is no surprise that, in a tender act of love and compassion, that Jesus would care for the future needs of the woman who had shared God''s gift of "mothering" with Him. "Mothering" is a very tough duty and responsibility in life, and it is not a role that is restricted to women. We all need to learn how to ...

519. The Power of Encouragement (Part VIII)

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... One of the great benefits of the joy of God is sharing with others the ENCOURAGEMENT we received when we first accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour. ENCOURAGEMENT AND UNITY ARE POSSIBLE IN THE CHURCH WHEN WE LOOK FOR THE COMMON GROUND OF COMPASSION RATHER THAN THE BATTLEFIELD OF COMPETITION. I recently was reviewing a tape on marriage and the need for the husband and wife to support and encourage each other rather than exchange verbal warfare. A certain wife said to her husband, "You make me wish I ...

520. Hanging the Law on Love

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Cathy A. Ammlung

... shepherd, even mother hen are used to describe him. He's completely immersed in his Father's love; how else could he respond? Everything was grounded in his active, obedient praying and working of his Father's will for the good of his sisters and brothers. His joy, compassion, peace, holiness, and sheer loveliness are grounded in the love of his Father. That's what he wants us to experience and how he wants us to act. That's why he shares with us the Holy Spirit of his loving union with his Father: so that ...

521. The Holiness of the Sacred

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... constantly (1 Thessalonians 5:17) and remain an intimate part of the Body of Christ, the Church (Acts 2:42). It's the only way we will have the wisdom and the strength to live the Christian life. The way of the cross, such things as radical compassion for all people, voluntary weakness, and crushing defeat, all of these, when offered to God, can bring new life. That, to the world is utter foolishness. But if we can stand the ridicule of our friends and maybe even our family, it is the way to the meaningful ...

522. Gospel Through The Person

Philippians 1:12-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... for souls, that none should perish as Jesus said, but that all should come to new life in him? If not, what are we doing to infuse that fire of passion into our church life? Not only a compassion for others that they may come into a saving relationship with Christ. Do we have a passion for righteousness and holiness? Do we have a loving, burning desire that our community be a place where people can live in dignity and wholeness? One specific area of concern – the issue of ...

523. Concerning Miracles

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... no surprise to learn that the Japanese word for "different" is the same as the Japanese word for "wrong." (1) People who are different from the norm, whether through their ideas, appearance, or abilities, are often made to feel as if they are wrong. Note Jesus' compassion in this passage. He could have scored big points with the crowd if he had performed a spectacular miracle right here. Get the crowd excited! Get some more buzz going on! But that's not what Jesus did. Verse 33 tells us that Jesus took the ...

524. And the Word Is...Love

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... with a story of a great and wise King with three sons. This King had a precious gift--a magic ring that gave him great compassion, generosity, and a spirit of kindness. As he was dying, each of his sons went to him and asked the father for the ring after ... act of kindness, this treatment that gave him some dignity, which Brennan says was crucial to his recovery. Treating him with compassion instead of scorn, he was allowed to use the Harvard computers. His first major article for a local newspaper netted him ...

525. Epiphany: A Faith to Work Miracles

John 2:1-11

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... to be skeptical, not only of God, but even of our own generous impulses, that the miraculous must struggle for any kind of hearing. That's why it's so important that those of us who believe in God, and who believe deeply in love, compassion, and service to others should be sensitive to our potential agents of the miraculous. Many prayers are left unsaid, or are spoken tremulously, because we have been conditioned to expect nothing; and expecting nothing, ask for nothing. Many ventures, some grand and some ...

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