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551. The Wisemen

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... to go back. They couldn't believe I had no interest in measuring movements of the strange star and recording the data in a professional journal. Publish, publish, publish! That's all they think of! Don't take a chance, don't risk anything, don't give up your seniority or security unless you can get ahead. It is frightening to me how they see the intellectual task. No wonder our schools turn out so many students with dead curiosity, with little creativity, with no sense of the wonder and mystery in the world ...

552. The Pageant

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... of what is to be, known as Magi, or wisemen, discover a great wonder. We need some wisemen. We need some who are very intelligent, who study carefully to get the truth, who aren't afraid to follow that truth wherever it leads, who do not give up their wisdom even in the face of problems that seem overwhelming. (As three men, women, or youths are chosen and costumes are put on them, the reader goes on.) The planets, which move through the heavens more quickly than the stars, sometimes come together in the ...

553. Resurrection: From Slave to Child

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... and eventually they were bound into the New Testament that is our own scriptures. There are other - more modern - roads upon which God’s adoption of us through Christ Jesus has been illustrated. One was a Montgomery, Alabama road. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus so that a white man might be seated. Mrs. Parks is black. She told the white bus driver that she was tired and chose to remain seated. It was the same driver who, twelve years earlier, had put her off a ...

554. A Dreadful Declaration

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

George Bass

... ?" Friends often see their friends as being strangely unfitted - perhaps due to demonstrated lifestyle, character, and opinions - for the ministry of the gospel. "You must be kidding." Even worse is the opposition of loved ones: "Have you ever considered what you are giving up? Look at the careers your friends are preparing for and take another look at the ministry." One wealthy parent I know about almost disinherited his son when the young man announced his intention to answer God’s call to the ordained ...

555. Dying to Become

2 Corinthians 5:17

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... nor a defensive reaction. Persons using this kind of resistance to change simply comply; they just capitulate. They don’t "die to become" changed persons; they just die, period! They don’t "die" to what is past in order to become "new beings," they just give up. Conforming is a way of resisting genuine change. Change is resisted by the refusal to choose to do something about living or dying. It has little to do with dying to the old self-understanding, because no choice is made to let something go, and ...

556. The Apostles' Creed: "Suffered, Dead, and Buried..."

Mark 15:1-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the doctors could not be sure that he would live even if the fast were ended. Then the guarantees were given; the fast was broken and Ghandi recovered. Through his suffering, he had so affected even those who disagreed with him that they were willing to give up what their leader considered wrong methods. Such is the stuff of moral influence. This is what some scholars want to say concerning the way the death of Christ affects us. We see what he went through and are so moved that we renounce our evil and ...

557. A Cross In A Cradle

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... prison. A mop was found for Mary to use for hair. A ski mask with cotton balls glued on socks was used for the sheep. In fact, the socks came from four different prisoners. At the prison socks were issued twice a year. No one wanted to give up a whole pair of socks so four prisoners gave up one sock each. The socks were well worn, holey socks that became holy socks in a different way. A discarded cardboard box was used for the cradle. Everything was falling into place, and the prisoners were excited about ...

558. Giants Or Grasshoppers?

Numbers 13:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... the pool ” shattering both hands and wrists on the surrounding deck. Now he has pins holding his hands and wrists together. Doctors told him he would probably never swim again. It was a devastating time for young Nelson. But Nelson had a coach named Chris who refused to give up on his potential as a swimmer. He made him get back in the water as soon as the casts were off his arms ” even though Nelson could not yet swim a lick. He pushed Nelson to work first his legs and then his arms back into condition ...

559. When Life Tumbles In

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... change: learn to stand up to your foes. This sounds almost contradictory--fall back on your faith, but stand up to your foes. It is not contradictory. It fact, it is a necessary part of faith. How can you say you are falling back on your faith, if you give up and quit and let life defeat you? Heartache and failure are part of life. No one avoids them forever. It's like the story of a man who lived in the Midwest. After several tornados came near his home he decided to build a storm cellar. He decided to ...

560. Finding Peace

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... To this point, then, says Strand, our verse, in the full, amplified version reads: "I will never, no not ever, no never give up on you, abandon you, leave you behind, cause you not to survive, leave you helpless, nor shall I ever relax concerning ... to sing at a time like that. God has promised never to leave us alone--never, no not ever, no never leave us behind, abandon us, give up on us, or send us back! If your heart is troubled today about the future, you need to grab hold of that promise--God will never ...

561. Hey, Gang, We're Moving!

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... 's answer, "My feet are tired, but my soul is rested." Whenever we are walking in God's will, our soul is at peace. Abram is a hero of the faith because when he was called to go, he went. He did not dwell on the things he had to give up for God. He let nothing stand between him and obedience. As Mother Teresa would say, "Be all and only for Jesus. Let him use you without consulting you first." Abram accomplished great things because he took himself out of the way, and yielded himself fully to God's leading ...

562. Men Like Trees Walking

Mark 8:22-26

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... a Minuteman missile. He realizes that it is targeted for a town in the Soviet Union, a town very much like his own, filled with people very much like his own family. And that worries him. In fact, he becomes so concerned about the danger of nuclear war that he gives up the one thing in life that he loves the most: baseball, until the world is rid of nuclear weapons. I’m not going to tell you any more of the story, but I urge you to check it out this week and play it on your VCR at home. Few ...

563. Equipping the Whole People of God: Penultimate Questions

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... s happening in Africa; 20,000 people pray to receive Christ every day. In Iran – listen to this – in Iran, more Muslims have come to know Christ since 1980 in Iran than in the previous 1,000 years in that nation. We must not give up on the Muslim world. God is bringing revival. These revival fires are burning where people are willing to repent, humble themselves and pray, and seek God’s face. These revival fires are burning where people take seriously their call to witness – to answer the question ...

564. The Problem with Promises

Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7

Sermon

James L. Killen

... they let him know that he had better consider it very seriously. Abe had a decision to make. The success he had hoped for really hadn't come. He hadn't been able to make the difference in American business that he had hoped to make. Was it time to give up on trusting God and living toward the fulfillment of a promise that everyone else thought was unrealistic? His own fortune wasn't in danger. He would come out well if he sold out. Only his dream was in jeopardy. But, if he didn't sell, he might lose both ...

565. Healing Aerobics

2 Kings 5:1-15ab

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , but it was part of his identity. He had obviously enjoyed a professionally successful life despite it - perhaps he even felt his condition added to his military prowess. No matter how failed or frail part of our identity might be, it is still difficult to give up that comfortable image for a transformed and as yet unknown new self. An alcoholic wonders if he will still be interesting and likeable at social events without a drink in his hand. A drug abuser wonders if her life can ever be as satisfying as ...

566. The Power of Belief

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... since she was a little girl, Tara Holland dreamed of becoming Miss America. In 1994 she entered the Miss Florida pageant and won the title of first runner-up. She tried again the next year and once again was first runner-up. Tara was tempted to give up but she remained focused on her goal. In 1997 she moved to Kansas and entered the Miss Kansas pageant. She won that pageant and later that year, she was crowned Miss America. A reporter asked if she was nervous walking down the runway in front of millions ...

567. The Power of Belief

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

568. Count the Stars

Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... . (7) Enterprising people started raising roaches in order to turn them in for cash! They turned an obstacle into an opportunity. That’s a little extreme, but what we don’t want to do when we are confronted with an obstacle is to give up. “Look up at the heavens and count the stars . . .” Count your opportunities, not your obstacles. God is faithful. God is with you. Or God could be saying, “Look for blessings in your burdens.” Sometimes God places blessings in the most unlikely places. Ronald ...

569. Lighting up Lent

Ephesians 5:8-14

Sermon

David O. Bales

... ) definition of Lent. "Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord." Lent doesn't mean stop eating chocolate or stop watching movies. It means establish the habits you'll follow forever. Concentrate on God. Don't get sidetracked by thinking about what you can give up in order to barely get by. Here and now — here in worship, now in Lent — can we be honest and ask how much are we pleasing God? How much are we trying to just please ourselves? Let God enlighten your thinking. Allow the Holy Spirit to ...

570. Disillusioned Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the Holy Spirit. Give Christ a chance to come to you and show you his hands and his feet for he has been where you are. He wants to help you, like Thomas, to move from being disillusioned to being dynamic. It can happen. Don’t give up. Trust in the risen Christ and your Christian friends and you will endure. 1. http://www.northraleighunited.org/Sermons/ontheroad.htm. 2. A. Dudley Dennison M.D., Shock It To Me Doctor! (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1970), pp. 74-75 3. http://www.csec.org ...

571. Acting on Faith

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... has been slow to reward Abram’s faith. He and his wife Sarai are still childless. How can Abram father a great nation when he and Sarai can’t produce a single heir? That’s faith, too. Patience. Persistence. Trust. Surely Abram and Sarai were ready to give up. Nearly twenty-five years and no return on their investment? When do you cut your losses? When do you say, it was all an illusion the promise didn’t pan out? That could have been their attitude, but, instead, they chose to trust God. And the ...

572. When Heartbreak Turns to Heartburn

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... old story about two fellows who lived their whole lives in a large northern city. One day in a conversation about something one of them had read about rural life, they decided they needed to see it for themselves. Together they resolved to sell out and give up city life for good. They would do what the early settlers had done generations before them and live off the land. They would plant their own vegetables and raise their own meat. That would mean they would take the proceeds from what they had sold and ...

573. In It for the Long Haul

John 6:60-69

Sermon

King Duncan

... Palmer, was willing to hold on a little longer. Consequently, Palmer was saved by a coast guard helicopter that took him to a Charleston hospital. Like so many people, Watson gave up too soon and slipped into the water. (4) Many people make that mistake. They give up before the final results are in. Pastor Stuart Briscoe gives us an example of the power of endurance. He says that, when they were young, he taught all his kids to enjoy running. Then they taught him how NOT to enjoy it. While he could still ...

574. The World's Most Extraordinary Club

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... word ptochos—the beggar with nothing. (6) When you realize that you have nothing to offer God, when you can’t figure out the answers to life on your own and you ache to know if God exists and if there is any meaning in this universe, when you give up your own pride and throw yourself on the mercy of a loving God, that’s when you’re poor in spirit. Why would Jesus call this state “Blessed”? Because that’s when you discover that God is real and that God gives meaning to your life and God accepts ...

575. Jesus' Forty Days, and Ours

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

James McCormick

... strength and courage to resist, and frees all of the body’s recuperative powers to fight back. You get the point. We need not be in this struggle alone. When we are tempted to be less than our best, when we are tempted to despair, to give in, or to give up, turn to the scriptures. Remember who God is and what He has done, remember that God’s grace and strength have been sufficient in the past, remember all of that and then God will come and do it again, right here, right now. Where did Jesus go from his ...

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