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801. A Father Pleased With His Son

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... to success-- even though their parents may have been dead for many years and even though they may not even be conscious of it. We are still trying to please Dad or Mom. For some, that is a crushing burden to carry. For some of us there is that corollary feeling that no matter what we do, we will never measure up to what we perceive as our parents' demands. But rare is that person who does not want to please Mom or Dad. Of course, it also works the other way. Which of us parents doesn't want our children ...

802. Receiving Christ

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... home is paid for. Our children are healthy and normal. They do well in school and the three older ones (teenagers) have never caused us any trouble. So, why am I writing? Because my life is blah. Something is missing. It’s like stew without salt. I feel a certain emptiness.” (3) Are you willing to admit to a certain emptiness? I want to suggest to you that receiving Jesus is the key to true happiness. But what does it mean to receive Jesus? Is it a particular kind of emotional experience? Well, emotions ...

803. The Three R's Of A Spiritual Life

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... than three times the legal limit. (1) For some people drinking--even moderate drinking--is an unacceptable risk. Life is so short. Our bodies and our minds are so fragile. Why in the world would we endanger our own well-being for any momentary, fleeting good feeling? No amount of peer pressure, no amount of coolness, no amount of needing to fit in the group should make risk to one's own well-being acceptable. The problem is compounded even more when put at risk the well-being of those we love. The Christian ...

804. More Than "Turkey Day" (New) Thanksgiving

2 Chronicles 9:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... land, etcetera. Many of us are haunted by the fear that we are just a few paychecks away from falling through the cracks. We’re more conscious of our scarcity than our abundance. There’s never enough time to get everything done, never enough money to make us feel truly secure, never enough love for us to get our fill. You’ve got to hold on to what you have. But just as the season of Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate our abundance, the spirit of Thanksgiving creates in us an abundance mind set. When ...

805. AN ACT OF WILL

Drama

Angela Akers

... their son had emergency surgery about a month ago. What with the hospital bills, they can''t afford to come visit him now. I feel for him." Reba: "Poor man! This will be a rough Thanksgiving for him. It''s sweet of you to take him some food." ... No, I''m sorry. I have no right to complain, I know. I want to model real thanksgiving to my kids, but I just don''t feel it right now." Ramos: "It seems to me that you''re living in the spirit of the first Thanksgiving, Maria. You probably have more in ...

806. Radical Surgery

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... or foot, or pluck out an eye? Real sins come from the heart, as Jesus pointed out so often.(See Matthew 15:19) Does the thief feel less like stealing if he must use his left hand rather than his right? Does the adulterer find that his lust has disappeared if he ... about it, then it must be a whole lot more serious and destructive than we have imagined it to be. We don’t have that feeling about sin, do we? We are more like the fellow who was telling a friend of an experience when he nearly drowned in a lake ...

807. Too Good to Be True?

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... we sing his hymn. Beethoven died in 1827, but every time we sing "Joyful, Joyful," Beethoven affects us in a very personal way. Similarly, every exertion of ours that can be called Christ-like happens because we are in the presence of Christ's risen-ness, whether we happen to feel it or not. At some level, conscious or not, there has been a knock on the soul's door and a voice has said: "Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with ...

808. Is Anything Unforgivable?

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... 't expect God to be acting as Jesus said he was acting, so they missed the movement of God in their midst, and in fact, they called it evil. Today God may be speaking to us in causes that are unpopular, or in political events that cause us to feel threatened and insecure. The cries for justice and fairness in the world may come from quarters that we are not accustomed to listen to. We need to exercise diligence so that we don't miss the voice of God today just because it happens to be spoken by unfamiliar ...

809. The Healing Touch

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... point of death. Jesus agrees to go with him, but as they make their way through the street crowded with spectators, a woman, who has been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years, sneaks up behind Jesus with the hope of just touching him, for she feels that just a touch might be enough to heal her. She is considered unclean because of the hemorrhage, and is not even supposed to be out in public, but she is desperate. She succeeds in touching Jesus, and she immediately perceives that she is healed. She ...

810. The Dark Didn't Catch Me!

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... that you were wanted. And it's the same in this big lonesome world that doesn't seem to need us very much. It's easy to feel left out, unchosen. But the Good News of the Gospel is that God is choosing a team, and he has chosen me and in every likelihood ... that it was no good apart from him. I sighed and with a simple prayer of surrender prayed, "Why not." There and then a great feeling swept over me. It was as if someone had opened the door of a hot, stuffy attic in August and let in the cool, scented spring ...

811. Growing Faith

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... for burglary." "My boss gave me a raise after stealing from the company." "My grandmother took me to the movies after I broke her favorite vase." "My teacher came over to my house on Saturday to tutor me after I had stolen her purse." Do you get it? Can you feel the difference? What kind of love is this? What kind of God is this, who sent us the means of salvation, of coming back into relationship with God, right while we were knee-deep in sinning against God? What can you do to be sure you are right with ...

812. Grace in the Midst of Exasperation

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... enter a relationship with Jesus, then we are given the ultimate status in the universe -- we are God's own children -- even though we have done nothing to earn that status. In our hearts we know that this simply can't be the whole picture. Who could possibly feel good about accepting a gold medal under such circumstances? That's why the Holy Spirit instructs us, "Keep the gold medal. It's really yours, and it will never be taken away. But now it's time for your reality to catch up with your status. Get in ...

813. And When You Pray

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Brett Blair

... in this world, who do the best they can to meet the challenges of a troubled world and who seek to become worthwhile people and contributing members to society. But through it all there is a sense of isolation from God and because of that isolation, they feel alone in their struggle. The real problem is that most of us were never taught about what prayer is and can be. We grew up confusing the God above and our discourse with God and Santa, from whom we asked many gifts and favors. Well-meaning church ...

814. A Healing Presence

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... when we are in our periods of devotion and prayer. I believe it’s powerful and effective to pray at the point of a pencil. So much of my time in the morning, and in prayer, and in meditation, and in devotion involves writing things down that I feel in order that I can get into perspective that which is going on in my life, also that I might track my relationship with God. I had gone through this auto accident, it was quite a trauma physically, mentally, and, to a marked degree, spiritually. And a kind ...

815. A Star, A Stable, and A Song

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... we’ve not quite made it. So we need more than words, don’t we. We need some means of communication more expressive than language. It’s true with other experiences as well. And to some degree we have found answers. When we can’t pass on our feelings of patriotism, we sing a hymn, or we salute the flag and pledge our allegiance to it. When we’re unable to express in words our deepest devotion for the one we love must, we give a rose or we touch her hand, or in a simple glance of love, ...

816. The Cross: God's Answer To Our Deepest Needs

Colossians 2:8-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... as the way to bring us together has driven us apart. We are isolated in our mad thirst for wealth, security, pleasure, success, identity. We need community. But at other levels as well -- we need community. People have had experiences in their life that have isolated them. They feel cut off. "Keith Miller tells of an outgoing 40 year old woman who was a part of a sharing group he led. "When she was a tiny little girl, her parents died and she was put in an orphanage. She was not pretty at all and no one ...

817. A Christian Style Of Being And Doing

Colossians 3:18-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of you -- as I have: when I pray for another from whom I may be estranged -- it may be my wife, my children, a friend -- it doesn't matter who it is -- when we pray for another person from whom we are estranged, we cannot remain the same in our feelings and in our separation from that person. When I pray for another person about whom I genuinely care, or even for a person I may not know, the power of love and caring is so generated within me that it flows out into the life of the other, or is ...

818. Loving Close-up

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a year out of high school. She had not been exposed to preacher images or "preacher's wife models." On this occasion, she really expressed herself! I responded calmly, which upset her all the more. Soon she was crying. "This," I said, "is outrageous." My superior air made her feel like dirt. I stalked out of the bedroom and went downstairs, calling over my shoulder. "When you're ready to discuss this calmly like an adult, I'll be in my study." I'm sure a big hunk of Jerry died that day, and a big hunk of ...

819. Count It All Joy

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... When he was young, he would look out the window of his house and watch other children playing in the field. He would get sad as he watched them -- at times, even crying -- because he wanted to be out there with them, but he couldn't. That made him feel sorry for himself. He was jealous and envious of others. When he got older, he decided that he would go into the ministry -- be a pastor of a congregation, and spend his life serving Christ in that way. But, again, his health failed, and he was just too frail ...

820. How To Be Rich And Poor

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... wouldn't have this warm, comfortable bed." With that, poor old Herman turned to Clara and said, "I don't want to hurt your feelings, Honey, but you know, if it weren't for your money, just like the car, the house, the piano, the dresser, the table, this ... through,My treasures are laid up,somewhere beyond the blue.The angels beckon me from Heaven's open door,And I can't feel at home in this world anymore. The word our Revised Standard Version translates "boast" is rendered "Glory" in the King James Version, and ...

821. On Level Ground

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... station in the nation and hear her sing about her love for Jesus. "At the concert, Amy Grant told about songs she was working on, and how her tour was going. But then it became very quiet, and out of the silence she confessed to the pain she was feeling because of all the abuse and derision from her sisters and brothers in Christ. She then visibly straightened up and spoke of her resolve not to listen to it. And then came out these words (so powerful, Len said, that he wrote them down on the spot): "Some ...

822. Reflections On A Calling (ten-year Anniversary Sermon)

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... s reply was, "I don't know if I want to join a club that would have me as a member." That's the way I sometime feel about ministry. How is it that I'm here? What did God have in mind -- how could it be that He would put His hand on ... as God's servant, everything inside trembles. As I become conscience of this awesome vocation that is mine. If I don't say it out loud, I feel it -- what Paul was saying in verse 7: "But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary ...

823. The Easter Question: Why Are You Weeping? Whom Do You Seek?

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... come to that place, anxious, distracted by her grief. The dreams of that small group of followers of Jesus, in fact, the dreams of Israel for a Messiah which rose to pitch height in Jesus for three brief years were shattered to pieces. To intensify all those feelings of pain and despair, insult was added to injury. They discovered that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb, and the body of Jesus had been taken away. The disciples who were with Mary at the tomb that early morning went back into the ...

824. To Live Is To Grow

1 Timothy 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... do that with others? How do we do it, for instance, with homosexual persons. We have homosexual persons in this congregation. I want them to feel as much at home as do recovering people. I want them to know that this church is a place of hospitality for them, even as ... it's difficult to know what to aim at. I do want to justify my existence. There's such a zest in life just now. I feel life's just starting again. I believe I shall all my life be chucking up the old things and going in for new, because it's ...

825. Rejected at Home

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... lack of faith," but it did not slow him down. He knew who he was. He knew why he was here--to serve God--and he gave himself completely to the task at hand. Automobile pioneer Henry Ford once said something quite encouraging to those of us who may not feel appreciated. He was speaking of his car, the Model-T, all of which came in the same color and style. His words still ring true. He said, "All Fords are exactly alike, but no two [people] are just alike. Every new life is a new thing under the sun; there ...

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