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76. May Christ Be Born In You

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... about John the Baptist. They had to see and hear this man for themselves. They traveled out into the desert to find him. "And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him." John the Baptist was an overnight sensation. He was a hit. Something wonderful was about to happen and everyone wanted to be a part of it. Often, when we least expect anything to happen, God breaks through our ordinary lives. Sue Monk Kidd, in one of her books, recalls her youth and how ...

77. A Great And Wonderful New Year

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... was quiet. Then, just as she sat down, she heard a wee whisper, "Mrs. Green, may I have a drink?" Was it really water her son was calling for or was it her attention? Every parent knows the answer. Criminologists say that many crimes, especially sensational ones, are performed by people who never had satisfied their craving for being noticed. The criminal goes out and does something spectacular which will make front-page headlines and says to himself, "Now, I guess the world will sit up and take notice of ...

78. With Your Head In The Clouds

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... than on any one particular subjective experience, this is it. We know feelings are subject to distortion and manipulation. It may make us seem somewhat dry and unexciting at times but we know that when we are faithful to Scripture, we cannot be misled by passing fads or sensations. Be careful. BUT ALSO BE TOLERANT. We don't know how God may choose to work in individual lives. It is the height of arrogance for any of us to declare that God can only work in one way or another ” that God can only be found in ...

79. Is Suffering Really Necessary?

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... beatings, and he must have yearned for a way to move to change positions, or redistribute his weight. But he couldn't. He was paralyzed by the nails." The thought intrigued Joni. It had never occurred to her before that God had felt the exact piercing sensations that racked her body. The idea was profoundly comforting." (10) It is comforting to turn to a Power greater than your own and to discover there a Friend who has experienced the full range of human emotions. Maybe this is what the writer of Hebrews ...

80. Embedded In Bedrock Or Destroyed By A Typhoon

John 18:25-27

Sermon

Dale Dickerson

... and cut his lip badly on a stone step at his grandmother's house. While the doctor stuck the anesthetic needle in his lip and began the gruesome task of sewing up the deep gash, Ben bravely held his son's head very tightly. After a while a very strange sensation came over him. Ben could not bear to witness his son's pain anymore. He had to turn it over to his mother and leave the room. (3) Could it be that Peter, beholding his beloved teacher and Messiah's painful situation, could bear it no longer and had ...

81. Don't Look Down

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... Nature Genetics, have linked novelty-seeking behavior with a gene that affects the body's response to the brain chemical dopamine. Dopamine helps stimulate the feeling of euphoria. It affects how we perceive pain, and it plays a role in the sensations produced by some addictive drugs. The researchers found that people with the gene for the D4 dopamine receptor were likelier to seek new experiences than people without this receptor. How they pursue their novelty seeking, however, will be determined by their ...

82. Faith In Conflict

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... chance finally came, however. It was Herod's birthday and he gave a stag party for his palace aides, army officers, and the leading citizens of Galilee. As part of the festivities Herodias' daughter Salome, Herod's stepdaughter, came in and danced for the men and was sensational. "Ask me for anything you like," the king vowed, "even half of my kingdom, and I will give it to you!" Salome went out and consulted her mother, who told her, "Ask for John the Baptist's head!" So Salome hurried back to the king and ...

83. Another World

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... was black. There was no moon, and the stars were blocked by clouds. As he was climbing a ridge at about 100 meters from the top, this proud climber slipped and fell. Falling rapidly he could only see blotches of darkness that passed. He felt a terrible sensation of being sucked in by gravity. He kept falling . . . and in those anguishing moments good and bad memories passed through his mind. He thought certainly he would die. But then he felt a jolt that almost tore him in half. Yes! Like any good mountain ...

84. It's A Good Thing There Weren't Unions . . .

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... away under the name of the reporter who wrote it." She pulled out a broad, shallow file drawer, and inside were rows packed with yellow envelopes that were stamped 'Lee Strobel.' "Here you go," she said. "These are all your articles." Lee Strobel had a strange sensation as he looked inside that drawer. Here was the substance of his entire life's work at the Chicago Tribune. Suddenly it struck him: "THIS IS WHAT I'M KILLING MYSELF FOR?" he thought to himself. "I'm trading my life for a drawer full of neatly ...

85. The Coming Of The Spirit

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... a rushing wind. The church after Pentecost was certainly not in the doldrums. The radical change that took place in the lives of those upon whom the Holy Spirit fell on that occasion and the days immediately following has got to be one of the most sensational stories of all time. From timid, tepid souls they became vital, vigorous almost unstoppable champions of this new faith. But who or what is the Holy Spirit? The Korean Creed gives us one summation of the work of the Holy Spirit. "We believe in the Holy ...

86. Believing Isn’t Easy

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Monroe is supposed to have said, “I believe in everything...a little bit.” That’s us. Many people today remind me of the White Queen in Alice in Wonderland. She uttered some deathless words. I think of them nearly every time I read the sensational headlines on tabloids in supermarket check-out lanes. When Alice complained that one of the queen’s tall stories was simply too tall to be believed, the queen replied: “Nonsense! Take a big breath and you can believe anything. I frequently believe six ...

87. Does God Give Out Blank Checks?

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... of gimmick designed to get the Almighty over into our “corner,” over to our side, on to our team. It has been thought of as a device for overcoming the indifference and/or reluctance of the Almighty; for getting God to perform special favors for us, even sensational tricks on our behalf. But that is not prayer, that is magic. In a delightful little novel titled Heaven help Us written by Herbert Tarr, a rabbi is asked by his minister friend if he will pray for him prior to the minister’s undergoing a ...

88. Food for the Fed-up

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... ago titled Food for the Fed-up. In it he described our present age most accurately: an age satiated with things but starved in spirit. He wrote, “It is like trying to live on fancy cakes - little bits of God knows what with cherries on top - pure sensations without satisfaction. You cannot live on them. You must have bread and butter, solid food; if you try a diet of fancy cakes you get fed up, which means that you are hungry still, but can’t eat!” (The Best of Studdert-Kennedy, New York: Harper and ...

89. King Forever!

John 6:56-69

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... "? Do you want God's will for your marriage, for your business? Do you want God's will for your financial life? Does America want God's will for its salvation, its political life? When George Handel wrote the Messiah it became an immediate sensation. The "Hallelujah Chorus" was and still is the highlight. And it has become customary for the audience to stand during the performance of the chorus. When King George II of England attended the Messiah, he sat listening with great joy. Then, when the "Hallelujah ...

90. Grace in the Midst of Unanswered Prayer

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... International Version renders this statement, "Therefore I delight in weaknesses...." Has Paul crossed the line into spiritual masochism and joined the No-Pain-No-Gain school of sanctification? In fact Paul takes no delight in the reality of his suffering, in the mere sensations of his nerve endings. Rather he rejoices because of the meaning of his suffering. Verse 10 concludes, "For whenever I am weak, then I am strong." The essence of God's grace is that Paul's pain has reinforced his dependence on God's ...

91. Grace in the Midst of Guilt and Shame

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

At the beginning of his ministry Jesus had a chance to impress the people he grew up with. According to Luke, chapter 4, Jesus was invited to stand up and read the Bible in his hometown synagogue of Nazareth. And why not? He was the latest sensation. His reputation as a teacher was starting to get around. He was the local kid who had made good. There must have been smiles and gentle ribbing as Jesus got up to read the Scriptures on that Saturday morning a long time ago. "Remember when he was just a child, ...

92. What Really Matters

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the riggers of jumping off a tower. The fellow was ready. He hired him a pilot and a plane, and they went to 10 or 12,000 feet above the earth, he got ready, adjusted his straps, looked out, braced himself, closed his eyes, and made the leap. The sensation of it was too much. He went totally blank. He hurdled downward, he was paralyzed, not knowing what to do. Plummeting downward, 8000 feet above the earth, 7,000, 6,000, 5,000, 4,000. He looked down and the earth was rushing up – 3,000, 2,000, - then ...

93. The God Who Must Be Pursued

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... I was startled at how quickly forgiveness rebounded with blessing. When we forgive our tormentors, it is amazing to watch God work. As we prayed I was not aware of any great faith on our part. I was prompted to ask a few questions, but there were no sensations, no felt energy as sometimes happens, at least not on my part. We did our job with respect and love. I suspect that since the work part of the prayer has been answered, faith will increase for the more difficult aspects of physical health. I take the ...

94. Plain Talk

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... sick and he has sparred verbally with the Pharisees. He has called the disciples, and he has attracted crowds that are getting larger every time he performs a miracle. They are now following him around from place to place. Crowds will always gravitate toward the sensational. Now we are at the sixth chapter. He goes up onto a mountain with his newly recruited disciples. Then he comes down from the mountain. That's the difference between Matthew and Luke. In Matthew he goes up to the mountain and he takes the ...

95. The Problem Is Not Faith

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.” I believe he is saying to them and to us, “Your problem really isn’t a lack of faith. It doesn’t take much faith to do sensational things. What it takes is commitment. What it takes is determination, and persistence and a will to see it through to the end.” Back in the late 1940s there was a football player at Ohio State named Bucky Wertz. Wertz was a “walk‑on” linebacker who stood only ...

96. The Man in the Tree

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... something to us about Jesus’ popularity. At this particular time in his ministry, Jesus was a star. Eventually the crowds would turn against him and even cry out for his crucifixion, but when he had his encounter with Zacchaeus, Jesus was a public sensation. A celebrity. An icon, with groupies following him around. It’s amazing how taken ordinary people can be with celebrities. Zacchaeus reminds me of a man named Dennis Wise. Dennis earned a reputation as the ultimate Elvis Presley fan, back when Elvis ...

97. Why Not a Christian Live 8 for the Environment?

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... their final redemption and wholeness. This whole world God made suffers because of human sin. But for those who receive God's redemptive act made personal in Jesus the Christ, there's hope. Paul envisions this hope as the first-fruit of the Spirit - a honey sweet sensation in our soul that brings the flavor of forgiveness and salvation to our lips and fills our hearts with hope. But first-fruits are also what we must give back to God. It's our way of acknowledging that all goodness and bounty in our lives ...

98. What's Left Is Right

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a time (no hiding in the crowd). The whole point of the contest is to make you fall on your backside in front of a group of onlookers. Unfortunately, the better you are at bending over backwards and coming back up again without falling flat, the more sensational and embarrassing will be your eventual failure. Even if you manage not to fall, the more obtuse the angle of your back, the more convoluted and comical your body is going to appear. Face it. Even if you win a limbo contest, you've lost . . . you've ...

99. Lent 1

Mt 4:1-11, Rom 5:12-21

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... trust he manifests in relation to God's will. The devil quickly picks up on Jesus' line by inviting him to demonstrate radical trust in God by throwing himself off the pinnacle of the Temple. Satan calls for reckless self-abandonment in a fantastic fling of sensational leaping, and he joins Jesus in quoting scripture to illustrate or document his point. (Even Satan can quote the Bible!) Yet, Jesus once again refuses to take the devil's bait. Jesus sees Satan's scheme for what it is; he is tempting Jesus to ...

100. Proper 16

Exodus 1:1-22, Matthew 16:13-20, Romans 12:1-8, Psalm 124:1-8

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... worship." Indeed, Paul is telling us something here, though he is not primarily giving us a lesson; Paul fro assumption that Christian faith is a reasonable and real life of practical service to God. Our faith is not essentially the pursuit of mystical dreams and sensational emotions. Believers in a Christ who himself died on a cross in faithful obedience to God's will cannot expect anything other than a kind of worship that calls for the very real giving of their physical selves to the doing of God's work ...

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