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526. A Religion that Shows

Haggai 1:1-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... it because they rarely had a minister and were unable to keep it properly maintained, particularly with no one in it. The result was that we ended up living an hour away from the church and were thus extremely limited as far as much contact with parishioners and community was concerned. Everyone knew that such an arrangement was unsatisfactory, so for months people looked around to try to find some place for the Leiningers to stay...but to no avail - we could find nothing. Finally, after about eight months ...

527. The Judas Gene

Matthew 26:14-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

As part of a study, a group of researchers from Harvard contacted an elementary school teacher at the beginning of a school year. They told the teacher that they had designed a test that would correctly predict which students were going to grow intellectually during the coming school year. (Someone called it "The Harvard Test of Intellectual Spurts" because he said it ...

528. The Apostles' Creed: I Believe

Mark 9:14-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... NOT believe that, we would stay right there under the covers. When we leave our home, if we cross the street, we look both ways because we BELIEVE that iron and steel moving at high speed can make a mess of any flesh and blood with which they come in contact. In the world of work, if we BELIEVE that regularly showing up late for our job (if at all) will get us fired, we come to work on time all the time if we hope to keep working. In interpersonal relationships if we BELIEVE our spouse is faithful to us ...

529. Doing Battle with Demons

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... builds around the sensitivities of Jewish piety. Pigs were the personification of uncleanness.(1) They were easily associated with Gentile uncleanness. Tombs were also a source of uncleanness, and in Jewish areas they were whitewashed so that one might not come in contact with a tomb accidentally.(2) A man with no clothes on would be an outcast since nakedness was shameful.(3) Unclean! Unclean! "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God?" And moments later, the demons...the uncleanness ...

530. Is God Like Daddy? - Father's Day

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... miles. I know now that it hurt my folks terribly that I would feel that way. It disappointed them that I would not go off to college like the rest of those my age. But they let me go...and I stayed away for almost a year. We kept in contact. There were letters and phone calls...collect of course. Then finally, after tiring of only being able to get little odd jobs, living in a ten-dollar-a-week room, and never really being sure I would have any money for something to eat, I wised up and decided I ...

531. The "E" Word

John 1:35-42

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . He kept pestering his pastor to put him to work. Finally, the minister handed him a list of ten names with this explanation: "These are all members of the church, but they seldom attend. Some of them are prominent people in the community. Contact them about being more faithful. Here is some church stationary to write letters. Get them back in church." The man accepted the challenge with rugged determination and enthusiasm. About three weeks later a letter from a prominent physician whose name had been on ...

532. What We Have Is A Communication Problem

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... there was no speedy means of communicating that message. To make matters worse, after two years of fighting, on Christmas Eve, 1814, British and American negotiators concluded the Treaty of Ghent to end the war. Unfortunately there was no way to contact troops in the field. Two weeks later, the British attacked New Orleans, which was defended by a mixed bag of American regulars and volunteers commanded by General Andrew Jackson. The British suffered two thousand casualties and total defeat. The Americans ...

533. Now Is The Day Of Salvation

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... article that actually found little evidence to support the idea. (1) I believe we will all agree that is an unique defense. I can remember being stressed out in class when the teacher was calling on people. I can remember slinking in my chair and avoiding eye contact. But it had nothing to do with my name. It had to do with whether I was prepared. I don't mean to make light of the situation of the many people in our society who really are victims ” of painful family backgrounds, of society's prejudices ...

534. Messies Anonymous

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... soon received 12,000 letters. Ms. Felton responded to all the mail, published a newsletter and hired a computer consultant. There are now 18 Messies Anonymous groups around the country with more than 7,000 members. Anyone wanting to start one can contact Ms. Felton for information and support. She keeps the information simple so as not to overburden the already disorganized person. A newsletter is available; dues are $10 per year. (1) Do you know any likely candidates for Messies Anonymous? St. Paul is ...

535. My Younger Brother Gets Away With Everything

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... count to fifteen hundred." Most parents, though, are a little more protective and demanding with their first child. It's natural, of course. This is our first attempt at being a parent. We want to do it right. We sterilize everything with which the child might come into contact. We use flash cards to help the first child be a whiz kid in school. We have high expectations. We have a tendency to relax a little with the second child. We learn kids are tough. "Oh, that fell on the floor? Oh, go ahead and put it ...

536. Stealth Christians

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... like he lived, others are going to notice. In 1956 five missionaries traveled to Ecuador to bring the gospel to the people of the Huaorani tribe. The five men ” Nate Saint, Jim Elliot, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, and Peter Fleming ” thought they had made contact with a friendly, welcoming group. But not long after they landed in Ecuador, a group from this native tribe attacked the five men and killed them. Even though the missionaries were armed, they had not fought back. The story of the men's murder ...

537. The Greatness Of John The Baptist

John 1:19-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... cousin Jesus spent a great deal of time together? Perhaps they played together and fished together and did all the things young boys and young men like to do. Might this not explain the kind of man John the Baptist became? He was in intimate contact with Jesus. Cousins can certainly have that kind of influence on each other. Might this also not explain John the Baptist's reaction when he saw Jesus come out with the others to be baptized? Matthew tells us that John was reluctant to baptize his younger ...

538. Transformed By A Babe

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... the Bethlehem babe into our hearts. Can a tiny baby transform a rough mining camp? Can a tiny baby transform an entire world? Yes, he can if we will do our part and invite our friends, our neighbors, our co-workers and everyone with whom we come into contact to join us as we kneel before the manger-throne. For he cannot transform the world until first of all he transforms each of us. 1. Ilion T. Jones, GOD’S EVERLASTING YES (Waco, TX 1969). 2. Frank S. Mead, TARBEL’S TEACHER’S GUIDE (Old Tappan, NJ ...

539. The Other Side Of Christmas

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... God had mocked her with cruel jokes that her son was the One who would redeem his people. So again and again she would go to the chest and gently touch the gifts, as if to convince herself that the promises were real. It may have been the only concrete contact she had with the golden hopes of thirty years ago. And on this day, as she caresses the golden crown and the casket of frankincense and the vase of myrrh, suddenly she sees on the back wall the shadow of the cross. From that day forth the shadow is ...

540. Congratulations, Joseph, It's A God!

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... , they probably didn't. They knew a man, full of compassion, who simply loved them. That made him great in their eyes." Only those who knew what Schweitzer gave up to minister to his patients could appreciate his greatness. That is probably how people felt who came into contact with Jesus. He was simply a man, full of compassion who loved them. But we know how much he gave up to minister to them and to us. "Congratulations, Joseph, it's a God." Fred Craddock once told a parable about a man who moved into a ...

541. A Society Out Of Control

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... they tried to cool the building, they were actually turning up the heat. Somehow our moral thermostats seem to be upside down. Thus the big issue of our day is character. Humorist Robert Orben put it this way recently, "Let him who is without sin contact the Democratic National committee." How did we get into this situation? I AM CONVINCED THAT THE LOSS OF TRANSCENDENCE IN OUR SOCIETY IS AT THE ROOT OF OUR MORAL DECLINE. This is why we must recapture the Ten Commandments as more than mere suggestions. There ...

542. A New Daddy

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... overt expressions of love between them. "Not one male interviewed," reports Salk, "wished his father had been less demonstrative. No one said, 'My father was demonstrative, but I won't be that way with my son.'" Salk summarizes this commonly expressed desire for closer contact with our fathers by referring to his own experience: "Caring is one thing," he says. "I mean, my father cared more about us than anything in the world, but he cared from afar...I believe the most important thing about a father is his ...

543. The Real Tragedy Of The Tv Evangelists

Mark 6:7-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Gaetan Dugas is assumed to be the first man to bring the AIDS virus to the United States. A French Canadian airline steward, he visited New York in 1976 for the visit of the Tall Ships. Knowing all the time he had the disease, he sought sexual contacts with other men, afterward announcing, "I've got gay cancer. I'm going to die, and so are you." Dugas wickedly plotted to spread his misfortune to anyone who was foolish enough to step in his path. Little over a decade later, one man's aggressive crusade ...

544. Walk In Love

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... one tries to push the rival over on its back. The two adversaries face each other with their heads and about one third of their bodies raised vertically above the ground, bobbing and weaving, while sometimes rubbing their ventral scales together. In making contact and straining against one another, they may raise themselves several feet above the ground.The victor pins the vanquished with the weight of his body for just a few seconds, and then the loser glides away, defeated but unbitten and very much alive ...

545. He Has Done All Things Well

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... of you are familiar with the name Elton Trueblood. Trueblood has been, over the past number of decades, one of the most influential Christian writers. In his autobiography, WHILE IT IS DAY, he tells about being a young student at Harvard and coming into contact with William L. Sperry who was dean of the divinity school. In addition to the personal influence Dean Sperry had on him, Trueblood said that the greatest influence was in a piece of advice that the dean gave him as a young divinity student. Dean ...

546. The Placebo Effect

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... each day is equally important. John Masefield once said, "God warms his hands at a man's heart when he prays." That is beautiful imagery. You see, the Christian faith makes the audacious claim that our puny little minds and hearts and spirits can make contact with the Divine Mind and Heart and Spirit. That is what the Incarnation and the Crucifixion and the Resurrection are all about. "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us...." writes John. To those who are receptive to him, He is closer than the very ...

547. Fans or Followers

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... we move from being followers to being leaders. Our church should never have any difficulty finding persons to teach Sunday School, or work with youth, or sing in the choir, or take on leadership positions, or serve in our stewardship campaigns, or make contacts in our community. There comes a time when mature Christian believers realize that it is time to move from being ‘ministered to’ to the work of ministry itself. Perhaps that was part of why Jesus chose not to remain with his disciples physically ...

548. What In The World Are We Doing Here?

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... offstage so that it would sound as if coming from a great distance. The conductor had instructed the flutist to count the measures precisely in order to come in at the exact time. After all, with the flutist offstage, there could be no visual contact between the two of them. On the night of the performance, when the time came for the flute solo, the flutist counted perfectly and came in precisely at the right time. The light, lilting notes floated out beautifully across the theater. Suddenly, however, there ...

549. Walking On The Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... to us in the story of the church after Pentecost because of his letters. But Simon Peter was the rock for the early church. The book of Acts clearly delineates his importance to the new community of faith. Simon Peter did indeed become a new creation because of his contact with the Master, and that is Christ's most impressive miracle. I doubt that Simon Peter ever tried to walk on the water again. But he knew a miracle had occurred - a reed did become a rock. That can happen to you and me. That's why this ...

550. I Don't Have Time For A Banquet

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... recently, by the way. Kathleen Gooley was all set for her wedding, had given the caterer a $4,000 non-refundable deposit for the reception, and suddenly found herself without a groom. Since she was out the money for the caterer anyway, she contacted shelters for the homeless and drug rehabilitation centers to compile her new guest list. She figured someone should enjoy the banquet! The obvious meaning behind Jesus' parable is that the righteous people of his day rejected the Christ. Thus the Father opened ...

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