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601. Follow That Star (New Year's Day)

Matthew 2:1-12

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Leonard Sweet

After a winter elementary school concert, a student came into her teacher's room and asked what "pet the ham" meant. When told the teacher had no idea, the little girl became upset and said, "You should know. They sang it at our program." Still not understanding her, the teacher calmed her down and asked her to tell exactly where she heard it. She sang, "Follow that star, follow that star to pet the ham." (Thanks to Joell Rachel, Aberdeen, South Dakota) Are you "following that star to Bethlehem?" And if ...

602. Get a Peace of the Rock

Luke 10:1-24

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Leonard Sweet

Introduction: Bill O'Reilly begins every broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor" with a warning: "Warning: You are about to enter a No-Spin Zone." I begin the sermon this morning with a warning: You are about to enter a No-Spin Zone where you will hear words like sin, Satan, and evil. And we don't like to talk about evil or sin or the Devil. We prefer the language of "mitigating circumstances" or the psychotherapeutic vocabulary of "dysfunction" or "antisocial behavior" or "anger disorder." Mass murderers like ...

603. My Precious, My Precious

Luke 12:13-21

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Leonard Sweet

Who would have thought that a public television show about the junk, or, excuse me, family heirlooms cluttering up everyone's closets, attics, and basements would turn into one of the hottest TV shows going? What's the name of it? Anyone? It's my favorite TV show. That's right: Antiques Roadshow. Antiques Roadshow is now a classic treasure itself, having been public televisions' biggest audience grabber for over a decade. It's even spawned dozens of spin-offs and copycats, and made the Keno twins (Leigh ...

604. Tiny Pencils

John 15:1-17

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Leonard Sweet

Richard Dawkins is one of the most respected scientists in the world today. He is also rabidly anti-religious. In his most recent book, which he proudly titles A Devil's Chaplain (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003), he devotes 6 of his 32 chapters to denouncing religion as a malignant infection of the human mind. He condemns all religions for being dangerous and insidious illusions. "Modern theists," writes Dawkins, "might acknowledge that, when it comes to Baal and the Golden Calf, Thor and Wotan, Poseidon and ...

605. Want to Be Happy?

Matthew 3:13-17

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Leonard Sweet

Theme: Pleasing God is what brings true happiness in life. The Word-Became-Flesh . . . Exegesis: Matthew 3:13-17 All four gospels record the events of Jesus’ baptism at the hand of John. And each one of the four gospel writers add their own unique touches to the story. Our text this morning from Matthew contains elements not found in any of the other gospels, suggesting he had either a unique source for this information or was writing out of a community concern that required a special perspective. To begin ...

606. Under New Leadership

John 1:29-34

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King Duncan

Writer Robert Fulghum in his humorous book, Uh-Oh, tells about a neighbor of his who drives a brand-new Range Rover, a vehicle that Fulghum says “can outrun a lion and take a rhino charge head-on.” One Tuesday morning Fulghum left his house about the same time as his neighbor. The neighbor was carrying a golf bag, a gym bag, a raincoat, an umbrella, a coffee cup, a sack of garbage for the dumpster, and his briefcase. He was in a hurry. Two little pieces of toilet paper stuck to his chin from a hasty ...

607. Advent 2

Matthew 3:1-12, Romans 14:1--15:13, Isaiah 11:1-16, Psalm 72:1-20

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