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951. Religion and Politics

Isaiah 1:1-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... their politics. For our faith certainly should inform our common life, as well as our personal, more private lives.(6) Our natural tendency as Americans is to shy away from any melding of religion and politics. Actually, that is impossible. However, we CAN and SHOULD stay away from any blend of religion and PARTISAN politics. That would be a horrible mistake, and one to be avoided at all costs. One final word. For those of you who are feeling fed up with the whole process and would just as soon hibernate ...

952. The Lord's Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... commentator has noted, `Hallowed be Thy name' is a bit abstract. `Thy kingdom come' is a bit concrete. In fact it may be entirely too concrete for some of us. If you feel that religion should have nothing to do with politics, I advise you to stay away from this petition. `Kingdom' is an incurably political word. When we pray `Thy kingdom come,' we are not praying to be taken out of the political order into some heavenly sphere where no decisions have to be made about how power and money and services ought ...

953. Jesus and Divorce

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... to the number of youngsters in my children's classes who were living with "Mom and Mike." They were the majority. There were problems with such arrangements, of course: the one most obvious to my kids was the impossibility of making plans - is this the weekend that Billy stays here or the one he has to go to his dad's? As we talked about it, I said that I liked our family arrangement better. My daughter (age six at the time) replied, "Well, give it time... give it time." I was stunned! Divorce had become ...

954. Gold, Circumstance, and Mud

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... and everything got put on hold because, even though they say the economy is turning around, there are still no jobs out there. Circumstance. Listen to Barbara Brown Taylor: I know...this is a hard time of the year. There is that empty chair to deal with, that stocking that stays folded in the box. All the rituals that were designed for two or more are now up to you alone, and it is like the sound of one hand clapping. Christmas is the season you wait to see if the hurt has let up any since this time last ...

955. A Meal with Friends

Luke 9:10-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... I've got paying customers here waiting for a place, now order!" "Just the water." "You order something or you get out!" "Can I stay and get warm?" "Order or get out." So, she got up. The people at the table where she was seated got up, people ... the table got up, Fred got up, and they all started moving towards the door. "Ok," the big man with the greasy apron said, "She can stay." And everybody sat down. He even brought her a bowl of that soup. Fred asked the man sitting next to him, "Who is she?" "I never ...

956. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... always been Isaacs. They are not well known. They could not be; there are too many of them. They help to carry chairs; they clean up the tables; they fry the chicken; they will even sing in a choir if there is someone next to them who will help them stay in tune. The Isaacs are the backbone of the church. I recall hearing about one such Isaac. It was told by that good Scot Presbyterian, Dr. James Cleland who taught preaching at Duke.(2) It seems there was a choir in Dr. Cleland's boyhood church that was so ...

957. Jerry's Christmas

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Clark D. Cowden

... they preferred life without him. He didn't want to force himself on his children, his grandchildren, or his great-grandchildren, so he just stayed away. But, his love for his family never changed. Five years passed, when one day he finally got a letter in the mail. It ... can this be? I don't understand what has happened to them. But, how can I leave? I love these people. I cannot leave. I have to stay. I have to get them to love me. He looked up at the roof of this car and he said, "Lord, how? How can I get my ...

958. On Being Mistaken For A Mannequin

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan

... mission office. About three weeks after their phone conversation Mrs. Johansen sent him a letter that included notes from her diary from 1944. Entered on December 17 and 18 was the record of their stay in the Johansens' home. He read carefully these words for the night of December 17, 1944: "We fixed places for those soldiers to stay overnight and we prayed much for them." (5) Here is the secret to extraordinary power. Prayer. No matter how much activity we carry on in the church, we will never be what God ...

959. Hope For Those Whom Life Has Cheated

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... comeback attempt lost his arm to the disease. "From spending so much time in hospitals," Dave said, "I've learned that when we walk through someone's door who is suffering, we have to respect the sanctity of that room." During his frequent stays in the hospitals Dave has spoken with many other patients. They share their stories and encourage each other. "Something sacred happens when a person is suffering," Dave claims. It is when persons suffer that they turn to God for assurance, for answers, for comfort ...

960. Good News For Tough Times

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... us, this is an uncomfortable thing to accept. It is easier to keep God at a distance. That way God won't mess with my life. I can stay the way I am. I can be a victim of my circumstances! As Max Lucado further goes on to say, "Let him be as human as he ... in Bethlehem as the Christmas story shares, and you will find God." This is why the Christmas story is the Good News that always stays Good News. It's message never falters or fades away. Whether you are an Archbishop or a boxer, its message is a "knockout" ...

961. Jesus, Where Are You?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... decided he needed a less permanent solution to his problem. He drove to a Franciscan retreat. He entered the chapel there and began to pray out the sorrow in his heart. A warm, cheerful Franciscan, Father Gavin Griffith, welcomed Cal and asked him to stay for dinner. Father Griffith kept Cal laughing throughout dinner with his jokes and humorous remarks. On the wall of the kitchen was a picture Cal had never seen before, a portrayal of a vigorous, joyful Jesus, titled "The Laughing Christ." Before Cal left ...

962. Connected

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... 2,000 miles to see her three times in the five months that she was sick. During the last month Tim called every morning to see how she made it through the night, and every night to see how she made it through the day. Tim's father stayed with his beloved wife every day. Tim's three other brothers and sister all lived in the area. They stopped by regularly, almost daily, to be with her. Shortly before Tim's mom died, a wealthy, influential member of that small community was admitted to the intensive care ...

963. What Makes A Family?

Mark 3:31-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... a good citizen. As the old joke has it, No one ever said on his deathbed, I should have spent more time on my business.' Throughout my life, the bottom line I've worried about most was that my kids turn out all right. "The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family. I was brought up to believe in it ” and I do. Because I think a civilized world can't remain civilized for long if its foundation is built on anything but the family. A city, state or country can ...

964. Have You Checked On Your Investments Lately?

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... . But just before the Olympic team was ready to leave, Bill Haven's wife was about to give birth. Should he go? The doctors told him to go, his wife said she would be fine. But Bill Havens decided to turn his back on his own personal dream and stay with his wife as she delivered a new life into the world. Bill was not sure he made the right decision until many years later during the summer of 1952. That's when he received a telegram from Helsinki, Finland. The telegram read, "Dear Dad: Thanks for waiting ...

965. Making It Last

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... wasn't a way to influence people and win supporters. Who would want to go to a church where the pastor greeted people entering the church by saying, "Welcome, you snakes!" That's one pastor who is going to move in a hurry. The people for some reason stayed with John the Baptist in the desert. John's message was simple yet involved much action on the part of the listeners. He wanted the people to turn from their sins. The Biblical term is "repent," which means to completely change the way you live your life ...

966. What If The Lord Really Did Come Today?

Amos 5:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... of sinking, and for the people to go to lifeboats, many of them refused to obey the order. Why should they? The Titanic was unsinkable! Testimony later showed that the lifeboats could have accommodated at least 500 more passengers ” people who were sure the Titanic would stay afloat. Are you prepared for the Day of the Lord? Will it be good news? It can be for those who are in Christ. Give some thought to your life this holiday season. Examine your relation to God and to your neighbor. Ask yourself this ...

967. Congratulations, Joseph, It's A God!

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... only required water. It was too easy! Consumers felt they had to do something to the cake mix. So the company changed the formula and required the housewife to add an egg. Immediately the mix was a great success! (3) I know that there are some persons who stay away from a knowledge of Christ simply and solely because it seems too easy. How sad. We are like that Old Testament general with leprosy who refused to bathe in the River Jordan. It was too easy. We want a theology that we have to wade through. We ...

968. God Sometimes Changes His Mind

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... admit that we have trash in our baskets. We all have sinned and fallen sort of the glory of God. None of us denies that. And we know that sin is a barrier to our relationship with God. Indeed, sin is brokenness, alienation. The longer we stay in our sin, the more difficult it is for us to turn to God. There is an interesting footnote from history concerning Mithridates, king of Pontus and a renowned man of letters a century before Christ. Mithridates guarded himself against being poisoned a favored means of ...

969. From Tears To Triumph

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... is more universal than that. Somebody close to her had died. As George Bernard Shaw once remarked, "Life's ultimate statistic is the same for all men, one out of one dies." George Burns in his book, HOW TO LIVE TO BE 100 OR MORE has a chapter entitled, "Stay Away from Funerals, Especially Yours." George says that if you look in the obituary column in the morning and your name isn't there, "go ahead and have breakfast." He says that if he ever looks in the obituary column and finds that his name is there, he ...

970. News From The Vineyard

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... nourishment-if we are to bear fruit. A few years ago a news article hit the wire service detailing the plight of a Swedish women who had a rare eating disorder. Because of her disease, she was forced to eat thirty pounds of food a day just to stay alive.The old amounts of food she used to eat couldn't sustain her physically. She would die if she simply ate three normal meals. She always needed more. Jesus said, "Blessed are those how hunger and thirst for righteousness." I don't meet many people like that ...

971. Mustard Seed Faith

Mark 4:30-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... forgotten the message on the medallion I received from (television pastor) Dr. (Robert) Schuller," he says, "which had this inscription: When faced with a mountain, I will not quit! I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine with God's help!" (1) This morning we are celebrating mustard seed faith. Jesus compared the kingdom of God to a mustard seed. He called it the tiniest seed on earth but when it grows up, it is ...

972. Three Temptations Of The American People

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... the one who is giving time and energy and to the one who is receiving the new home. "Soon after we began our work with Habitat, we asked Tom Hall, who had come to the international headquarters for brief volunteer service and had stayed for 5 years, `Why do you keep on staying?' His answer was, `I see the faces of those who receive the homes.' We have seen the faces, too." (3) Someday we will understand that the Biblical injunction is true: "It IS more blessed to give than receive." So something to think ...

973. A Great High Priest

Hebrews 4:12-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... . There was nothing really pressing. Finally the husband came home. It was now late into the evening, and the husband with a tinge of sarcasm in his voice said to the pastor, "Well couldn't you just stay all night?" The young pastor said there really wasn't any reason why he couldn't and so he did. He stayed the next day and several days afterward. He had leafed through that photograph album til his fingers were sore. Even worse he was bloated from drinking so much tea. Finally he was so filled with tea and ...

974. It's A Wonderful Life

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... did know how to give attention to his children. One of the best Christmas dinners Don ever had was at the rig. The rig was "stacked", which means it was not operating for the holidays, and Don's Dad had to stay with it to prevent thefts. Don, his mother, sister Linda, and brother Glenn, stayed with their Dad in the bunk house for several days during the Christmas break at school. On Christmas Day they ate Spam and crackers and drank Pepsi. Don says it was wonderful! (5) Why? Because they were with their Dad ...

975. Marriage: Agony Or Ecstasy

Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... husband is confronted by a furious Carol Burnett, who plays one of the other wives. She tells him how disgusted she is with him over the divorce and finally says with fury, "Why didn't you just stay in there and fight it out like the rest of us?" Marriage, of course, is intended to be more than simply staying in there and fighting it out. Some marriages are clearly destructive to the persons involved and we can never make light of that. Still, mature, committed adults do not run home to Mama at the first ...

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