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776. Setting An Example

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... most of us can admire that in Dave Thomas. He didn't want to encourage young people to follow his example and drop out of school, so when other men were retiring, Dave was going back to high school. I wish everyone had that level of concern for the example they are setting for our young. There was an article in the news sometime back about a New York Assemblywoman who pleaded to driving while alcohol-impaired. Nothing unusual about that, unfortunately. What was sad was that she is the chair of the Assembly ...

777. That's What Friends Are For

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... someone who is about to be thrown out of their home, of course we will take up an offering to help them pay their rent. But more of our friends have spiritual problems than physical ones, and somehow it is more difficult for us to intervene over spiritual concerns than if their problem was physical. Sometimes a simple invitation to a friend to go with you to a Bible study or a Men's fellowship group or a worship service can be the greatest favor you can do for them. But some of us have never ever issued ...

778. A Penny For God

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... luck. If money were a highly contagious and deadly virus, they would be healthy all their lives. Our scripture reading for today concerns a woman who had very little material wealth. Mark refers to her as "a poor widow." Can you comprehend or imagine how ... , "Uh, I already counted her 45 in with the 60!" That young man has a problem, at least as far as his future father-in-law is concerned. It's like the fellow who said to his wife, "I'd be happy to follow the advice "˜pay as you go' if we could only finish ...

779. It Doesn't Matter What I Do

Jeremiah 17:19-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... 't know where they were, or when they'd be back, or even if they were coming back. He was the star of the team--and his parents had never seen him play. They didn't care. They gave him no love, no encouragement, no support. This good family became concerned about the boy. They took him home with them for the night. The next day, they contacted the school and found that quite a number of students were in similar predicaments. It was just a small town, but some of the kids didn't have any love or help at ...

780. Finding Peace

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... individual? Was he afraid of flying, or had he suffered some severe emotional trauma? Obviously, he was deeply disturbed. Most of us would not make a scene on a plane, but that doesn't mean our hearts are at peace. It doesn't mean that we have no concerns. There are some of us who try in vain to sleep at night. And our digestive systems stay in turmoil. We snap at loved ones for no apparent reason. And we sabotage ourselves in our work and in our relationships. We're troubled, unhappy people. And the sad ...

781. In A Time Of War

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... is what the cross is all about. You want to know how much God's heart breaks at the sight of human suffering? Go to Calvary. See his body broken, his blood shed. If someone you love is in harm's way this day, rest assured that God is more concerned about him or her than you are. In our epistle today, St. Paul called it the foolishness of God. He writes in the eighteenth verse of the first chapter of I Corinthians: "For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are ...

782. Discerning The Will Of God

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... City. One weekend after a visit with his friend, Wright was on a train returning to Yale when God seemed to tell him to send the friend a gold watch with a certain inscription. Knowing that God often spoke in strange ways, he obeyed. The interest and concern expressed by that gift made such an impact on his friend that he stopped drinking and returned to a useful life. When the professor saw the effect of his gift, he decided to send the same kind of gold watch with the same inscription to another alcoholic ...

783. Love And Submission

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

King Duncan

... did you prefer the marriage ceremony?" "Because we all got new wives," said the chief. (1) No one ever said that marriage is easy. In the ongoing battle of the sexes, I doubt that any words in the Bible have drawn more controversy than what St. Paul wrote concerning submission: "Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is head of the church; and he is the savior of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let ...

784. Bearing The Right Fruit

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... that's where we need to center our attention for a few moments. Let's begin by acknowledging that we are facing a crisis of commitment in our time. Some time ago in a midwestern university there was an interesting sociological experiment done with the students concerning sharing and giving. They asked that each student bring a dime, and told them that there were people starving in India. They were in the grip of a plague and really needed help. There was also a family that was closer to the university, in a ...

785. Witness to the Light

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... died on the cross of Golgotha like a common thief . . . and it was all about us. This is the reason for the season. The coming of Christ into the world. “There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.” Light has come into our world in Jesus of Nazareth. The tenth man has come down into the pit of our darkness to deliver us ...

786. Three Words America Needs to Hear

Acts 24:1-27

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... world and the world at large was stunned by the announcement that one of the most renowned, most loved, and surely one of the most talented basketball players who ever lived, had contracted the HIV virus. Just as stunning was the fact that most people were not morally concerned about how he got it. "I can''t specify the time," he said, "the place or the woman. It''s all a matter of numbers." (1) Now this athlete was regretful, not because of the wrong which he had done--which the Bible would call, if you ...

787. Yes, Virginia, There Is a Hell!

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... will blame society-- "I didn''t have what I wanted and therefore I had to take it. It''s their fault." We can always find a scapegoat to blame for our sin and wrongdoing. So guilt can cause us to justify ourselves, but guilt can also cause us to be concerned about others. Many good deeds are done as a means of relieving our guilty feelings. I believe this rich man may have been trying to do this as he asks for someone to go back and warn those brothers. Yet the absolute tragedy of his guilt is that there is ...

788. God Doesn’t Take Vacations

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... do you observe the Sabbath? By doing no work. But what was work? They came to lay down thirty-nine classifications called “fathers of work,” each classification capable of infinite subdivision. One class of work was carrying a burden. But what is a burden? One debate was concerning whether or not a man may lift his child on the Sabbath. Yes, he may, said the rabbis, but not if the child had a stone in his hand, for the stone is a burden even if the child is not. Then there came the inevitable question ...

789. Food for the Fed-up

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the gifts of others. You may have achieved much in a life that is worthwhile and enduring, but you have not overcome your basic human need for food and love. You are still needy, dependent, and vulnerable as far as your most basic needs are concerned. Being rich or being adult or being relatively self-sufficient does not change this basic human condition. You still hunger and thirst, you still long for love, you still grow old; your illness, your life, is still terminal.” Yes, but Jesus said, “I am the ...

790. Good Old What’s-His-Name

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... are plotting to injure thee. But I have a very small yet noble city which is big enough for us both.” According to the ancient legend, Jesus’ reply to Abgarus goes this way: “Blessed art thou who hast believed in me without having seen me. For it is written concerning me that they who have seen me will not believe in me, and that they who have not seen me will believe and be saved. But in regard to what thou hast written to me, that I should come to thee, it is necessary for me to fulfill all things ...

791. Feasting and Fasting for Lent (Part I)

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... saved by the blood of Jesus and the Grace of God. But what is our response since we are saved? That is what matters. Our response. We believe 'Habitat for Humanity'' is one response of what has been done in Christ for us." This Lent fast on self-concern and feast on compassion for others. As we opened the worship service today with Jesus'' temptation experience, we know that he was offered all of the bread, power and kingdoms of the world if he would only fall down and worship the evil one. But because he ...

792. Making a Difference

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Paul E. Flesner

... honorable and decent. He was not a prominent person, but he was a good person who tried to be a responsible participant in the community of which he was a part. I think that describes you, too. I know you to be good people. I know that you are concerned about and care for the world in which we live. I know we are a diverse people with widely differing ideas about how things in life should be accomplished. I know that we often argue vigorously with each other about what courses of action should be taken in ...

793. Your Sins Are Forgiven

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Paul E. Flesner

... trained medical technicians arrives at a home or accident scene to save lives. Because of advances in medicine, people are now living longer, so there are more mornings that we will get up and walk than our grandparents had. All this testifies to our concern that people will be able to get up and walk. On the level of material and physical need, the picture is bright and getting brighter. Yet, despite all our efforts, the eyes of people are still empty and fearful. Political demagogues find eager followers ...

794. When the Boat Begins to Sink

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... over a door is with the opening up, so that all the good luck doesn't pour out. No matter how educated we become, there is a feeling that there may be some forces at work in the world which have a say in what befalls us, and we are concerned about their power. Like those disciples, we too have fears about who, or what, is in control. Fear, of course, is ruinous of life. It robs us of the ability to enjoy life. Recently, all the television news programs devoted themselves to the story of a man in Atlanta ...

795. Grace in the Midst of Judgment

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... to respond to life's joys and challenges. Facing a personal crisis apart from an appreciation of the principles of scripture (and a determination to obey them) is like flying into a storm without instrument training. What makes us assume that our intuition concerning a particular realm of life -- whether sexuality or finances or relationships or morality -- is going to keep us from hitting the ground? And what has led us to conclude that no matter what the seriousness of our personal missteps, we can surely ...

796. Sweet-Smelling Fragrance

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... Time can become the best and worst of times in the life of the church. The "image" days of Christmas and Easter are long gone. In these "ordinary" days when we wrestle with summer slump, people moving in and out of the fellowship, and heightened concern over the adequacy of church finances, being church can produce a rancid smell instead of a sweet fragrance. A literary list such as the one in Ephesians was called by Martin Luther in his German Bible (Deutsch Bibel) a "domestic bulletin board."4 It lists ...

797. Don't Forget What You Look Like

James 1:19-27

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... before the Temple administrators who asked them why they did not instruct others in their skills. The Garmu and Abtinos patriarchs gave the same answer. The two families were concerned that outsiders might use the skills to their financial advantage and make the showbread and incense for purposes of idolatry. In addition to their passionate concern that items used in the holy Temple would not be misused for idolatrous or secular purposes, the families of Garmu and Abtinos were highly praised for their moral ...

798. Waiting for God

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” (NIV) For forty days after his death, the risen Christ had been meeting with the disciples and instructing them concerning the kingdom of God. Now he was leaving them. But before he left, he told them to wait in Jerusalem until the Holy Spirit came upon them. That grand event occurred a few days later on Pentecost. But, the disciples were like us. They were an ...

799. The Christian Life Defined By Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... – you’ve been reading about the execution with a lethal drug of a criminal, and the controversy that’s going on as a result of the fact that a doctor participated one step away from the administering of that lethal drug. How do we debate that issue? When the primary concern of the Christian is not how we do it, but whether we do it all. Not how we end a life, but whether we end the life at all. And how do you deal with whole issue of abortion, when we’re putting so much emphasis upon life? I’m ...

800. A Christian Style Of Being And Doing

Colossians 3:18-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of that word of encouragement and hope that is offered in "Perceptions". The point I am making is this -- our witness is not ours; it is our witness of Jesus Christ. If our words, and the way we present those words, do not reflect his love and concern, then we need not be surprised when they fall on stony ground. We don't have the power to convert -- that's the work of the Holy Spirit. So we need to take Paul's word to heart. "Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders." II. The next instruction Paul ...

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