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901. It Isn't Easy Getting Ready For Christmas

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... we are trying to do this Advent season, "Prepare the way for the Lord." We don't do it with bulldozers or picks and shovels. We do it with songs and lights and prayers and preaching. For the ultimate destination that Christ desires is not a temple or a palace. The destination he most desires is residence within our hearts. But it's not easy getting ready for Christmas particularly in such a world as ours. Look at some of the "toys" on the market for children at Christmas time. There's a toy out there called ...

902. It's Not About Us

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... the Revelation that we have titled "Touching God." It's not about us. As long as we remain focused on ourselves and our needs and desires, we won't touch God. Touching God requires us to focus on God. "See, I am coming soon," Christ tells us in the last chapter ... was slain and was resurrected and now reigns, world without end. And now this same Christ issues us an invitation, "Come. All who desire to, come." This is how the Revelation ends. This is how the Bible ends. It's all about him. Christ is saying to ...

903. Winners And Losers

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... was asked to serve on the Presidential Drug Task Force. A few years ago, Eddie Spencer returned to his hometown to live among the people he had once terrorized. He is a living testament in his community of God's power to redeem a life. (5) "For God does not desire that even one of us should perish, but that all of us should come to repentance." (II Peter 3: 9) Repentance is the signpost that points to the narrow path. Jesus Christ is the key that opens the door to the kingdom of God. It's not our sins that ...

904. When The World Goes Crazy!

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Sermon

King Duncan

... has rejected her, God's love for us would not let God distance 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 ...

905. The Competitor

Genesis 25:19-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... re talking to someone who has sold his birthright for a bowl of stew. When somebody tells you that they don't have the time or the desire to take care of their health--they're too busy to exercise or eat right--you're talking to someone who has sold her birthright for a ... point a finger at Jacob the supplanter and say, "Naughty, naughty." But at least Jacob had some drive, some ambition, some desire. What do you do with the person who, for whatever reason, simply shrugs their shoulders and walks away. It is ...

906. A Man Of Character And Generosity

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... her. How good it would feel to point at Mercy and announced to the crowd, "There she is! Her family is the one mentioned in the book." He wanted revenge. But the impulse passed quickly. He had moved far beyond the pain of his childhood. He had no desire to hurt anyone else. Mercy's face softened when Fisher handed her the signed book. She thanked him and left. (2) Joseph did more than give his brothers grain--he restored those family ties that had long been broken. How does your life measure up to Joseph's ...

907. Wrestling With God

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... grovel at his feet. God has no use for one who is continually groveling. God wanted a grand stallion, but one who could be useful, one who could be saddled, one who would know who his Master is that he might fulfill his intended purpose. That is what God desires from us, as well. Our lives are useful only to ourselves and only for a season if we refuse to give God the reins. The writer of Genesis closes this chapter in Jacob's life with a beautiful picture. It is a picture of a limping Jacob preparing to ...

908. Living Between D-day And V-day

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus Christ our Lord." (vs. 9-11, The Living Bible) Because Christ lives, we can live also. That is the Good News for the day. Christ's resurrection has set us free--free from guilt, free from despair, free from darkness and death, free from our slavery to selfish desires. We can live victorious lives through him. The battle is over. D-day has passed and V-day is here. Look to your baptism, for you are of infinite worth to God. Look to his death upon the cross, for the power of sin over your life has been ...

909. Living The Kingdom Life

1 Kings 3:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... the story of Florence Nightingale. It is a little known fact that Florence Nightingale was born to wealth and social prominence. She lived in London. In 1851, at the age of 31, this brilliant woman wrote these words in her journal: "I see nothing that I desire today, other than death." She was burned out and ready to give up. But she renewed herself. She reviewed her life and realized that money and social position didn't matter to her. Then she looked at the possibilities and decided that she wanted to ...

910. Excellence In Living

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... bought your van," sputtered the young man, "and I drove it out to the interstate to give it a test run. I set the cruise control, went to the back to make a cup of coffee, and it ran off the road!" (1) I suspect that we all have a desire to put our lives on cruise control. We like avoiding responsibility. We want to sit back, eat, drink, and be merry, enjoying the benefits of the modern world without paying too much for it. But there is another hunger within us, and that is the hunger for excellence. Many ...

911. What Kind Of God Is That?

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... death is a form of healing since it brings us into the eternal presence of God. When you hear about innocent persons suffering in a great calamity, do not ask why God brought this tragedy about. God is a God of love, compassion and infinite patience. And God's desire is for God's children's good. The Hoover Dam, built in 1935 on the Colorado River, is an engineering wonder. Hoover is what is called an arch-gravity dam. It is designed so the greater the pressure applied to the dam, the more it is wedged into ...

912. The Three R's Of A Spiritual Life

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... safe and be effective in life. But there are some risks that clearly do not make sense. St. Paul puts it like this: "Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace." Why would anyone set his or her mind on death, when you can choose life? Perhaps the next verse explains the ...

913. Drinking From His Cup

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... a two ton gold plated throne. A television reporter asked him how he could justify such expenditures and he replied, "One cannot create a great history without sacrifices." Bokassa is no longer with us. His citizens finally rose up in anger and slew him. (3) The desire for greatness can be perverted, but it can also be a gift from God. The people who have made a difference in this world have been those who been driven by an inner need to excel. This drive has led them to extraordinary achievement. The world ...

914. To Care for the Earth

Leviticus 25:1-7

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... paper for one week''s worth of U.S. newspapers? It''s scary. We can work at having a simpler lifestyle and at using things until they can''t be repaired. We can buy reusable items rather than disposable ones. We could even curb our individual desires and seek to find a greater satisfaction in things of the spirit rather than in material things. Then there are things we can do in cooperation with others. We can press for legislation to control waste disposal. We can urge manufacturers to find more efficient ...

915. The Total Steward

1 Chronicles 29:1-9

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... birth we do not emerge on a giant playground for playboys and playgirls where we can frolic and indulge our appetites and desires without regard for God and humanity. We are responsible. We are accountable. Many parables of Jesus deal with trust and accountability. ... and for many years they gave eighty percent of their income. My friends, you are either controlled by God''s desire for total stewardship or by the world''s materialistic selfish outlook. Dr. Martin Lloyd Jones says, "If a materialistic outlook ...

916. Amazing Grace

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... personal relationship with Him. The penalty for sin is removed, the hostility and indifference that we hold in our hearts has now vanished away; His love has taken it away. We put our faith in Him and He changes our nature so that we leave behind more and more this desire and this sinning, and more and more we are created in His image to become like Him. Paul is pointing to that, I think, when he says: "For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his son, much more now that we are ...

917. Three Words America Needs to Hear

Acts 24:1-27

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... Paul. So he sent for him often and conversed with him. But when two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and desiring to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison." Just a few short years ago, the sports world and the world at ... truth, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me," or that truth, "I say walk by the spirit and do not gratify the desires of the flesh for the fruit of the Spirit is self-control." That word of self-control is one that we in the United States ...

918. What the Heck Is Sin?

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... once upon a time, but a story about what is happening all of the time. Adam means Man-humankind. And the story was put into the Bible to tell us that we are all rebels against God, following (as an old prayer puts it) the devices and desires of our own hearts rather than the desires of God. But sin is more than something we do. It is all that we have left undone. We speak of sins of commission and sins of omission. Again, an old Collect of the Church says: we have done those things which we ought not to ...

919. What’s the Good Word?

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... or days to do at their desk. And poor Steven Seymour mistranslated one of the President’s words of greetings to the Polish people. When the President indicated that he had a desire for something, poor Steven Seymour mistranslated it and used a Polish word which meant “lust” rather than mere desire, thereby shocking then Polish Prime Minister Giereck and his Polish audience profoundly. Perhaps Mr. Seymour had somewhere in the back of his mind the famous Playboy article in which Mr. Carter admitted ...

920. Jesus: The Life of the Party

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... , "Have you looked at these Christians closely? Hollow-eyed, pale-checked, flat-breasted all;they brood their lives away, unspurred by ambition; the sun shines for them but they do not see it; the earth offers them its fullness, but they desire it not; all their desire is to renounce and suffer, that they may come to die." That may describe some Christians, but it certainly does not describe Jesus Christ! Jesus would never have recognized that version of Christianity. "A man of sorrows and acquainted with ...

921. Little Jimmy

Mark 3:13-19

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... We’re number one!” Nobody holds up two fingers: “We’re number two.” And you can be sure that nobody holds up nine fingers and says, “We’re number nine!” In the history of advertising, Avis Rent-A-Car was the first company to make it seem desirable not to be number one. “We are number two,” they said, “we try harder.” The implication was that because they were number two, we might receive better service from them. I don’t know if that is true or not, but is a fascinating idea. Still ...

922. On Not Knowing What to Say

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... them alone. Or a faith, either. Our Scripture would say to us: “Don’t forget those moments; but don’t freeze them, either!” The desire of Peter to nail down the moment, to put the freeze on history, to make a permanent structure to which he could return when ... his brief years here in Ann Arbor Dr. Morikawa accomplished many wonderful things for God. Many of us desire “insulation” rather than “installation.” Nevertheless, God calls us into the real world outside the church...the world that ...

923. The Lord's Prayer: A Surplus of Meaning

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... only such request in the word of God. They never asked how to conduct an evangelistic mission. They never asked how to conduct an every member canvas. They never asked how to conduct a stewardship campaign. They never asked how to conduct a meeting. But their deepest desire was to learn how to pray like Jesus. They had spent much time with him. They came to know that the power of Jesus'' life came from the time he spent in prayer. There is no obvious way to break The Lord''s Prayer into various preaching ...

924. The Lord's Prayer: Hallowed be Thy Name

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... have come to realize and understand that God''s holiness is to recognize human sinfulness. However, to know of God''s holiness allows us to move from sinfulness to the joy of being forgiven. Please don''t worry about how to live the holy life. First develop the desire and the pursuit of it. God had adequate resources for us to tap into--it is called the Holy Spirit. Today it is politically correct to say that we are seeking to build a new world order. Perhaps this petition of The Lord''s Prayer is the place ...

925. Two Conversations with Jesus: The Second Word

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... failed to hear the cry of this man''s voice. I know that today it often seems that God is so very aloof and preoccupied with running this great universe of ours. Sometimes it seems that He could never hear us crying out for salvation from sin with the desire for new life in Christ. Yet notice that Jesus pays attention to this thief when he has reason to be the most distracted. He says to the thief, "Today you will be with me in paradise." There you have it: positive proof that Jesus is never so preoccupied ...

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