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776. The Repentant Heart

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Timothy Smith

... her way to church that morning she observed two boys playing in their yard. The oldest boy was hitting his little brother over the head with his Bible. Then she said something like, would Jesus be pleased with boys hitting each other with their Bible, or some such thought. Then Mrs. Fulmer looked straight at me. She did not say a word. She did not have to. I knew I was guilty, I knew I was the one she saw hitting his brother with the Bible. No one else in class knew what brought on this discussion. Probably ...

777. More Than Meets The Eye

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... leading her to do a thing like that?" "Well, we're not sure, preacher," he said. "You know how much Anne likes you. We thought that maybe you could call her up and talk some sense into her." Dr. Willimon told the distraught father that he would be glad ... it was your sermon yesterday that started me thinking. You said that God has something important for each of us to do in our own way. I thought to myself, `I'm not here because I want to serve God. I'm here to get a job, to make money, to look out for myself ...

778. The Gift Of Inadequacy

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... other." Worthy? Yes! Thanks to the grace of God. And so it is with each of us. We kid ourselves if we think otherwise. The gift of inadequacy. The tax collector was made right before God because he was aware of his need before God. One final thought. WE HELP OTHERS IN THE BODY OF CHRIST WHEN WE ARE WILLING TO CONFESS OUR INADEQUACY. There are some people who are intimidated by church people. They see us as a collection of super saints. They are not drawn toward us. Rather, they prefer to avoid us because ...

779. Visioning Or Vanishing?

Proverbs 29:1-27

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... , our directions, our finances, and affects the totality of the human experience. No part is left untouched by its influence. Unless a church has a shared VISION, in due time, it will be forced to close it doors and cease to exist. A sad thought indeed. Those first Christians were always moved by and with a VISION from God. Christianity emerged because a few devout people were converted from "dead living" to a God-centered and empowered VISION to claim some territory for the King of Kings. Zig Ziglar ...

780. What's The Matter? Are You Blind?

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... of 1879, a newspaper reporter in Boston saw three little girls standing in front of a store window full of toys. One of them was blind. Coming closer, he heard the other two trying to describe the playthings to their friend. He said he had never thought of how difficult it would be to explain what something looks like to someone who has never been able to see. That incident became the basis for a newspaper story. Two weeks later this same reporter attended a meeting conducted by Dwight L. Moody. His purpose ...

781. Searching For Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... And we are to leave the world a better place because we have been here. Author Kurt Vonnegut said something quite profound sometime back in USA TODAY. He wrote: "I got a letter from a woman a while back. She was pregnant, and she wanted to know if I thought it was a mistake to bring a little baby into a world as troubled as this one is. And I replied what made being alive almost worthwhile for me was the saints I met. They could be almost anywhere. By saints I meant people who behaved decently and honorably ...

782. What It Means To Be A Family

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the war, combined with Bill's horrible injury, had left him bitter and angry. Over the years, he had developed a deep hatred for Vietnam and its people. So Bill's first instinct was to reject Aunt Rose's request. But then a deliciously evil thought seized him: he could make the Vietnamese family suffer, just as he had suffered. He agreed to Aunt Rose's request, and a week later the San Phi family, consisting of father, mother, and four children, moved in. Bill's plan went into action the first morning ...

783. All That From A Little Bit Of Water?

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... order of business was to let the students know she expected the best from them. In her class, she said, they all started out with an "A." Whether or not they kept that "A" was up to them. Johnson inspired her students to achieve more than anyone thought possible. Under Johnson's guidance, many of them graduated and went on to successful jobs. You can read her story in her book, My Posse Don’t Do Homework. Well, here is the dangerous Gospel: On the day of your baptism, you received an automatic "A." You ...

784. The Gates of Hell

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... a long time, I was startled by my response to the worship in progress--the soaring harmonies of the choir singing with the congregation; and the priest, a woman in bright gold and white vestments, proclaiming the prayers in a clear resonant voice. As I stood watching, a thought came to me: Here is a family that knows how to face death . . . "The day after we heard Mark's diagnosis--and that he had a few months to live, maybe a few years--a team of doctors urged us to authorize a lung biopsy, a painful and ...

785. The Difference Between God And Santa

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... boy. A young girl was cycling down the road outside the cemetery. As she got nearer, she heard the voices, so she stopped and listened to the voice, "One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me . . . "She shuddered as she imagined some awful truth. She thought to herself, "God and Satan must be dividing the souls at the cemetery." She cycled back to town as fast as she could and found an old man hobbling down the road, leaning heavily on his cane with each step. She said, "You've got to come with me ...

786. Worried About Her Child

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... of ducklings that fell down a sewer grate in Vancouver. Their mother did what any parent would do. She got help from a passing police officer. The mother duck grabbed the policeman by the pant leg while he was on foot patrol. The policeman shoved what he thought was just a goofy duck away, but she persisted, grabbing his leg again when he tried to leave, and then waddling to a nearby sewer grate where she sat down and waited for him to follow and investigate. The policeman came to where she sat and saw ...

787. Set Free Through Forgiveness!

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... it was the power of the Holy Spirit" who had poured the love of God into her heart that day. (8) I don't know any other way true forgiveness can take place. We turn our hurt over to God. We ask God for the ability to forgive. Peter thought that he was big-hearted: "How often should I forgive someone who sins against me," he asked. "As many as seven times?" After all, he was being generous; seven times went beyond what the rabbis asked. "Forgive three times, but not the fourth," taught the rabbis of his time ...

788. The Defining Moment (A Sermon for New Year's)

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... it safe. And this time is no exception--he goes for the green. (4) This is who he is. He can do no other and be true to himself. Simeon was zealous for only one thing. Only one purpose in life. Only one focus in prayer. His first thought upon rising and his last thought upon lying down was, when will I see God? In the book of Jeremiah, chapter 29, the Lord tells His people, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29: 13) And many centuries later Jesus would echo this ...

789. Redefining Life

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... like that. One minute you're a celebrity, the next minute you're a poor and common man or woman. Nobody wants to be thought of as common, do we? We all want to be like the citizens of storyteller Garrison Keillor's fictional town of Lake Wobegon: "Where ... a radical statement. All things. Not some things. But all things. Even a thorn in the flesh. So using Paul's example, let's give some thought to ways we can re-define our lives so we see suffering as a positive, and not as a negative. Now for the next few ...

790. No Plastic Easter

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... the world. The pastor chimed in and said, "Yes, and do you know what usually happens to real Easter lilies, after the Easter Sunday service? Most people just take them home and water them for a few days, until the blooms fall off. Then they are thrown away. We thought that was a terrible waste, and you wouldn't want to waste Easter, would you?" (2) That's a good question. We wouldn't want to waste Easter. Certainly we would not want to waste an Easter worship service. But I would still guess that you don't ...

791. Worthy Is The Lamb

Revelation 5:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... The children of the church were forbidden to climb the ladder. This created a lot of excitement in Gordon's mind. He thought for sure that this must be the room where God lived. Little Gordon drew three conclusions about God from his early ... is a story about a father who, on a dark, stormy night, in the midst of the thunder's crash and the lightening's flash, awakened and thought of his small son alone in his room upstairs, who might be scared. So he rushed upstairs with his flashlight to check on the boy to ...

792. Do Not Disturb

Isaiah 11:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... , Don Booth got a job with the South Buffalo Railway. The railroad workers were a tough bunch, notorious for their hard work and their hard drinking. One Christmas Eve, Don was called in to work. He noticed some bags near the door of the crew's shack. He thought to himself, that must be the liquor the men were storing up for later. After their shift ended, the men invited Don to go along with them to a nearby shack. Don was surprised to find that the shack housed a family: a grandmother, an uncle, a mother ...

793. On Names That Preach

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... you to my good friend, Flie Fornication Andrews." With a name like that, one learns the value of nicknames! "Hello, my name is Flie Fornication, but you can call me Junior!" My name doesn't preach any sermons but I went through a time when I, too, thought I might prefer using initials. Few children starting school in Pine Bluff in 1960 bore the name Siegfried Sigmund. I recall cringing just a bit on the first day class at elementary school, worried how badly a new teacher might botch my name. As she called ...

794. The Christ Of Healing

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... tests. When he was finished he turned to one of the other attending physicians and said simply, "Moribundus," which is another way of saying, "dying." But the man made a spectacular recovery. He lived. You see, he didn't know that "Moribundus" meant dying. He just thought that they had finally diagnosed his disease. And, after all, they had told him that if they could diagnose it, they could cure him. So with that one word to hold on to, he battled his ailment and won. You are probably thinking that it can ...

795. God Has Gone Up

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... said to them, "Men of Galilee, why are you standing here looking up into the sky? This very Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven will come back in just the same way as you have seen him go." Can you imagine the joy they felt as they thought of what lay ahead of them? In the account of the ascension in the very last verses of Luke's Gospel, we read that after Jesus had departed from them, the disciples returned to Jerusalem with great joy. And why not? They knew that he was coming back. They knew ...

796. When The World Goes Crazy!

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Sermon

King Duncan

... Himself from us. So why, if God loved the people so much, did God choose to destroy them? Because they had wandered too far away. There was no chance they would return to God. They had no desire to walk with God at all. They had embraced evil in their thoughts, attitudes, and actions. There was nothing left of God-hunger in them. Let me put it another way: if you are afraid that you have wandered too far from God, then you haven't. That fear is a sign that you still desire God's presence. The people of Noah ...

797. Free At Last!

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (NIV) What a great thought to begin our day. "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Is there anyone here who is ... your work. But more of us are tired because of what is happening in our brains than what is happening in the workplace. Negative thoughts will drain the life right out of you. It's true. We've talked about this before. You come in from work barely dragging ...

798. Preparing the Way

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... Uncle Ab. One day a longtime friend tackled the problem. “Ab,” he questioned. “Don’t it soften your heart to know the Lord loves you?” “Do you aim to tell me,” Uncle Ab scoffed, “that the Lord loves me when he ain’t ever knowed me?” The old friend thought for a minute, then said sadly, “Ab, it’s a heap easier for the Lord to love you without knowin’ you than if He ever knowed you like I do.” (8) This is the amazing thing. God knows us and yet God sees so much potential in us that ...

799. Day People

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... he couldn’t catch his breath; he was perspiring profusely, his heart was throbbing in his throat and pounding in his ears. He thought he was about to die. At this time he turned to his wife and said emphatically, “This is hard stuff.” This had no ... . People of the day. Biblically there are only two kinds of people--those who seek to be soldiers of Christ and those who give no thought each day to who they are and to whom they belong. To which camp do you belong? 1. Bob Schieffer, This Just In (New York: ...

800. What’s the Good Word?

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Logos, that Dabar, is Jesus Christ!” “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1) Here we are faced with a dilemma. Does the writer mean to say baldly that “Jesus is God?” Many Christians have thought so. But that sounds suspiciously like one of the heresies which the Church faced in the first centuries and rejected. It may come something of a surprise to many of us, but that is not the usual Biblical way of speaking about Jesus: as though God and ...

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