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76. Hope Wins!

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... by elated junior-high campers. It turns out that two of the camp counselors had planned this whole thing to trick Frank and Jim. They had set up the camp to make it look like everyone had suddenly disappeared. Then all the campers hid around the camp and waited ... for Frank and Jim to return. (1) It was all a trick, but it was one Frank and Jim would always remember. That's one story. Let me tell you another. This one comes from country ...

77. Preparing for the Unexpected

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... he'll also do his own outside reading. By the time the person walks on the set, Gumbel believes himself to be the best person alive to conduct that interview. "If you try using a psychological trick to convince yourself that you're confident, at some level you'll know it's just a trick," Gumbel says. "But the confidence that comes from preparation is the real thing." (3) Preparation is often the difference between success and failure. PREPARATION IS SOMETIMES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. In any ...

78. Ready Or Not

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... monastery. Impulsively, he went to his cell, got his equipment and stole into the chapel. There he spread out the cloth before the altar and proceeded to do his tricks before the Statue of Our Lady. The abbot happened by, and looking in, was horrified at this apparent sacrilege. Here was the scullery boy desecrating the chapel by performing cheap tricks. But, as the abbot hastened down the aisle to reprimand the culprit, he stopped suddenly. For, the Statue seemed to come alive and bend over and place her ...

79. Are You Strong Enough To Forgive?

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... returned without their youngest brother it would kill their father. Each brother said that he would stay in Egypt as a slave if Benjamin was allowed to return home. Joseph called his brothers closer. This was the moment of truth; there would be no more tricks. "I am your brother, Joseph," he said, "whom you sold into Egypt." The brothers were shocked. They stepped back, fearing the worst. Then Joseph spoke one of the most profound and one of the most faith-filled statements in all the Scripture: "Do not be ...

80. The Repentant Heart

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Timothy Smith

... guilty man should be put to death. He never realized that he was the man in Nathan's parable. David was in shock. In David's day anyone caught in adultery was put to death. After all, there was a Commandment against doing such things. Sometimes God has to trick us to get us to look into the mirror we ourselves have hung. Sometimes it takes another person to point out our wrong doings, like Nathan did for David. Has anyone ever told you a story that you could see yourself in? The parable that Nathan told is ...

81. The First Easter Sermon

John 20:1-9

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... , the day when we celebrate Jesus rising from the dead. Do you remember the Bible story about Easter? God sent His Son Jesus to be the Light of the world, to tell us all about what God is like, and how God wants us to live. (Light the trick candle.) Jesus has been preaching and teaching and telling people all about God, spreading the light of God's love. But He has made the politicians and the professional teachers angry. They don't believe He is the Son of God. They think He is lying and causing trouble ...

82. What It Means To Be A Family

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... . In today's family, particularly, love requires special attention. There is a silly story about a carnival director who was interviewing a young man looking for his first job as a magician. "What's your best trick?" the director asked. "Sawing a woman in half," answered the magician, "that's my best." "Isn't that a difficult trick?" asked the director. "Not really," said the magician. "I've been able to do that one since I was a child. I always used to practice on my sisters." "And do you come from a large ...

83. Easter In November

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... received to one Sunday in the church year? Christ is alive! And because Christ lives, we shall live too. Some Sadducees confronted Jesus. These were Jews who believed that death is the end of existence, that there is no resurrection. They posed what they thought was a trick question for Jesus: "The laws of Moses state that if a man dies without children, the man's brother shall marry the widow and their children will legally belong to the dead man, to carry on his name. We know of a family of seven brothers ...

84. That's What Friends Are For

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... He approached the young man and said, "I'm going to give you a second chance. Tomorrow you are preaching again, but no more tricks." The next day the nervous young man again got up to speak. He said, "Brothers, do you know what I'm going to say ... up and have the benediction." Again, the headmaster was upset with him, but he gave him one more chance. He told him to quit pulling those tricks. So the young man got up the next day and said, "Brothers, do you know what I'm going to say?" Half the heads shook yes, ...

85. Sleeping Through A Revolution

Ephesians 2:13-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... and West? Did you know that our military was on alert for a possible military attack from communist forces--thus possibly setting off World War III. One soldier who was on the scene says that when the commander of his division realized that it was not a trick--that the wall was really coming down--he broke down and wept. For half a century the United States and the Soviet Union had been engaged in a resource-depleting and fear- inspiring Cold War and suddenly it was over. (2) What an amazing event. Listen ...

86. A Church Fueled By Prayer

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... distracting, but not too much of a problem. But then another child added his loud voice. And then a couple of small boys started galloping up and down the aisle. With the sinking feeling only a public speaker knows, Nichols realized he had lost his audience. Nichols tried every trick of the speaker's trade: he spoke more loudly, he told a funny story, he walked around the stage, and he peered intently and disapprovingly at the area of disturbance. But it was all to no avail. Then he tried his last desperate ...

87. Does God Give Out Blank Checks?

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... 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 serious ...

88. Dealing with Our Doubts

Mark 9:14-32

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... I digress. Jesus tells this agonized parent that “All things are possible to him who believes.” All things? That’s a pretty broad statement. And it must be seen in the light of Jesus’ own teaching and life. It is not appropriate to ask God to do parlor tricks. Jesus is not advocating our using faith as sort of magic for our own personal advantage. He rejected that temptation Himself, when the devil dared him to jump off a cliff and trust God to save Him. The God of Jesus Christ doesn’t do parlor ...

89. A Man Named Pain (Part 1)

1 Chronicles 4:1-23

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... character--or the plight of his or her mother or father at the time of the child’s birth. Isaac means "laughter" because his mother bore him in her old age. Jacob means a sup-planter or one who is cunning/clever/one who tricks. We know Jacob tricked his brother right out of his birthright. Jeremiah means God hurls or throws. Jeremiah hurls himself right into the midst of the suffering and despair of his people. Jeremiah is known as the "weeping prophet." Naomi named her sons Mahlon and Chilion, which mean ...

90. In A Mirror Dimly

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Jesus face to face. To be reunited with those we love -- those whose memory we celebrate on this All Saints Sunday. Tennessee Williams, the playwright, said, "Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence." Well, he was right -- but he was wrong. It's not a magic trick. It's a commitment of faith to a life of love. That's what Paul is saying -- "In this life we have three great lasting qualities -- faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love ...

91. Night Moves

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... fact about life is that "Jacobs" generally get what they want, and they will use any means available to get it. They don't always break the law, but they will stretch it, push it as far as they can. Jacob's main offense was against his brother Esau. He tricked him. But Esau was a fool, and a fool and his birthright are soon parted. Jacob knew what Esau's weakness was. "Jacobs" go after that, manipulate it, use it in order to get their own gain. And it worked. But Esau is now angry. He swears revenge against ...

92. For Those Who Can't Pray

Genesis 32:22-31

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... is there, at the top. He's got everything that he wants, except self-respect, a sense of worthiness, a feeling of genuine fulfillment about his life, and a right relationship with God. To get that--and he knows this--he has to come to terms with God. He has tricked his dying father. He has cheated his brother in order to get the father's blessing. But now he knows that if he is to get what he really wants, which is God's blessing, the fulfillment of his life, the sense that his life has a purpose and ...

93. Who Is This Man?

Mark 14:43-52

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... in the picture, in the Garden of Gethsemane, at the arrest, and wants you to think about it. What would I have done if I had been there? You see, Mark isn't teasing us the way Alfred Hitchcock used to play with his audience. Mark has tricked us the way Hamlet tricked the king to catch his conscience with the play within a play. The king thinks that he is watching a play about somebody else, about someone long ago and far away, only to discover half way through the play, this is about me. "The play's the ...

94. Winners Never Quit and Quitters Never Win (Fruit of the Spirit: Patience)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... open the door he would get drenched. He would just simply dry off and never fuss and just keep on smiling. Finally, they became so ashamed of themselves that they called him in one day and they said: "We want you to know that we are never going to trick you again. We really do appreciate your patience." He asked, "You mean no more nail shoes to floor?" "No more." "You mean no more sticky on stove knobs?" "No more." "You mean no more water buckets on door?" "No more." He said, "Okay then, "No more spit in ...

95. Why You Should Study the Bible

Psalm 119:105

Sermon

James Merritt

... is know more than they do. One man was talking to his next door neighbor and he said, “John, how do you teach your dog so many tricks? I can’t teach mine.” John said, “Well, first you’ve got to know more than the dog.” As you study this Book you will find ... wise old father had done. He had forced them to stop loping around and waiting for money to come, and instead tricked them into cultivating the vineyard. The secret of his wealth was the vines, which properly cared for, would make them very ...

96. Great Expectations

2 Kings 5:1-14

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... could persuade, cajole, or otherwise convince her to change her expectations about black men. Compared to her, Naaman was a pussycat. Every place we go, every circumstance we enter into is informed somehow by a host of expectations that we have all built up over the years. The trick, it seems to me, is not to get rid of our expectations, but rather how to learn flexibility. There is an old saying that says that the branch that does not bend with the wind is the branch that breaks. How is it, in our lives as ...

97. The Intimate Gospel: The Word became Flesh

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to hide behind language and be naïve about evil. One of the greatest powers of evil is in its incognito character. And the first trick of the devil is to try to convince us that he doesn’t exist. Someone asked me the other day if I believed in demon ... masquerading as good. Did you get that? The dynamism, the power of evil lies in its skill in masquerading as good. That’s the second trick of the devil. The first is to convince us that the he doesn’t exist, and the second is to hide his hideous face under ...

98. Live and Learn

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . Trained magicians — whether in the court of Ramses or onstage at some Las Vegas venue — are the last people to actually “believe” in magic, in miracles, or in any kind of paranormal mystery. Magicians know too much. They know “magic” is tricks and techniques, smoke and mirrors. As each new plague swept over the land, it was explained away by Pharaoh’s all-knowing magician-advisors. After all, they knew everything there was to know about magic. Unfortunately for all of Egypt’s first-borns ...

99. A Match Made in Heaven

Genesis 29:15-28

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... . He was not so brawny as Esau, but he was far more clever. Jacob could always fool Esau: talk him into things, con him, and put him at a disadvantage. For every time that Esau hit, tripped or tackled Jacob, I imagine that Jacob tricked, swindled, or cheated Esau. When they were boys, the hitting and the cheating were perhaps inconsequential. When they were young men, however, the stakes were considerably higher. Jacob cheated Esau out of far more substantive things. And Esau was no longer satisfied to beat ...

100. Overwhelmed by the Gift

Luke 17:11-19

Illustration

David Zersen

... -or-treating." They were very young, perhaps three and five, and were appropriately costumed in garb which thrilled us as parents. As they toddled to the front doors, I stood back and watched. I noticed that after they bravely mustered their "trick or treat," and took the candy, they didn't say "thank you." It then became my mission to explain that after they received the candy, they should always say "thank you." After many attempts to encourage a grateful behavior pattern, in some frustration I came to ...

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