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976. Sticky Situations (A Drama about Lordship)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... Dave reads these, Tina says ‘check’ and takes a Post-it off.) 1. Job (check) 2. Diet (check) 3. Finances (check) 4. Personal time (check) 5. Marriage (check) 6. Car (check) 7. Artistic ability (check) 8. Past (check) 9. Present (check) 10. Future (check) 11. Pride (check) 12. Kids (check) 13. Relationship with dad… Tina: Che…. (looks around) Wait a minute. That’s not on the list. Dave: I know. (long pause) Tina: (drops the Post-it’s to the ground) Dave: (Starts picking them up) Hey, look Hon. I ...

977. Unbelievable (A Drama about Anger, Sin, and Speech)

Ephesians 4:1-16

Drama

Dave Marsh

... a black coffee.... Hello? Did you get that?" (incoherent voice) "I’m pulling forward now. Here I go..." (incoherent voice) Dave: Where do they find these people? I mean, when I worked at Burger King as a kid I took my job seriously. I wore my BK crown with pride! I allowed people from all walks of life to have it their way. I’d hold the pickles and the lettuce... yeah, those were the days of real fast food. And speaking of? What’s the hold up? How can they call this fast? There’s only one other car ...

978. Dealing With The Pain of Rejection

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

James W. Moore

... sometimes say. It’s fun to laugh at the comical antics of clowns or the hilarious wit of comedians… But the best humor of all is when we laugh at ourselves! It’s a real mark of maturity; it eases our self-pity; it diminishes our pride and saves us from taking ourselves too seriously. Ethel Barrymore said it well… “You grow up when you get your first good laugh at yourself.” When you feel rejected, remember that the feeling is temporary… and go talk it out with somebody. Remember that the one ...

979. All I Want for Christmas is Peace

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... learn? When will we ever learn? We spend weary days and sleepless nights brooding over our resentments, calculating ways to get even. We demand our pound of flesh, seethe over our grievances, and wallow in our self-pity — shackled by our silly pride — unbending, unmerciful, unable, and unwilling to forgive and reconcile. Isn t that tragic? A cruel word is finally only an echo. Revenge actually is never sweet; it ultimately becomes a sour stomach and a bitter memory. Violence only breeds more violence ...

980. Beating Babel

Acts 2:1-13, Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... distant past, a little Jewish child asked, "Mommy, Daddy, why do people from different countries talk funny?" And the response came from an even dimmer and more distant past - the story of the Tower of Babel that we find in the 11th chapter of Genesis. Human pride had decided it would make a name for itself and would build a city and a tower that would be a gateway to heaven; God would not allow such presumption so the speech of the workers was confused, they fell to bickering among themselves, dispersed ...

981. Family Feud

Genesis 29:15-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... nation's history from the beginning. No doubt the audience thought about the story as they made their way home, as we all do when we leave a good show. But, as the Israelite version of 1776, it would hardly have made them swell with national pride. In fact, if the story were not so familiar to them that they might be intellectually "inoculated" to its sordid details, they would probably be downright embarrassed that this was the birth of their nation. Actually, there is a wonderful bit of ultimate truth in ...

982. God Cares About Justice!

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... 's house. Unjust! The message in all this is that our God cares about justice, and if the example of Jesus is to be emulated, righteous indignation in the face of injustice is our duty as disciples. Can we be angry? Can we be angry that a nation which prides itself on providing "equal justice under law" provides it depending on the color of a person's skin or how much money he or she can afford to pay a legal "dream team?" Remember, God cares about justice. Can we be angry about the perpetuation of a system ...

983. The Ten Commandments #5: Honoring Parents

Exodus 20:12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... to eat to make sure the rest of the table would be spared his lack of coordination. One day the man went into his workshop to find his young son very busy. He asked the boy what he was building. The youngster, with a smile of pride and accomplishment, replied, "Look Dad, I have made you a trough to eat from when you get old." Honor your father and mother, indeed! From an emotional standpoint, when parents encounter times of stress, the support of children can make a tremendous difference. My mother said ...

984. Our Magnificent, Mysterious, Mischievous God

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . We are allowed to giggle. But when it was done, he walked up the bank and, as scripture says, "his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy." More than the leprous scales had washed off Naaman's body in that water - so did the pride and arrogance that he had brought with him. Maybe not so silly after all. The story does not end there, of course. Naaman returns to Elisha, this time actually getting a face-to-face meeting. He is grateful, of course, and he is wise enough to know the true ...

985. God Bless America

Psalm 33:1-22

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... even Dr. Johnson would agree that patriotism has its place. There are times we need to recall our national heritage, to remind us of our roots and to help us reaffirm our priorities. And for the sake of our own national self-esteem, we need to feel the sense of pride that only citizenship can bring...to share the feeling of the poet when he wrote: Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said, This is my own, my native land.(1) I love this country and I know you do too. And on this ...

986. The Language of the Heart

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... many years ago, Fred Pratt Green, one of the church's most prolific composers, was commissioned to write a new hymn for a Festival of Praise. We find it today in our Presbyterian hymnal: When in our music God is glorified, And adoration leaves no room for pride, It is as though the whole creation cried: Alleluia! How often, making music, we have found A new dimension in the world of sound, As worship moved us to a more profound Alleluia! Let every instrument be tuned for praise! Let all rejoice who have a ...

987. Grace and Golf

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... exercise his right. Beyond that, he has the right to expect that not only he but a wife and family should be supported as well. In fact, in the ancient world, if teachers were NOT paid, the assumption was that their teaching was worthless. Hmm. But Paul takes pride in not accepting any compensation. Why? To prevent anyone from saying he does what he does for any reason other than a burning desire to share the gospel. If this is what it takes to help people come to know Jesus Christ, fine - it is worth it ...

988. Make It Right!

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... with those times when good relationships go bad. Jesus starts off with one of the problems that all relationships sometimes face...anger. Now, truth be known, most of us do not see anger as such a big problem. In fact, some folks seem to take a strange kind of pride in just how angry they can sometimes get: "Do not cross me, I have quite a temper." But Jesus says you had better not be proud of it, because it can get you in a peck of trouble... eternal trouble. Listen to him again: "You have heard that it ...

989. The Power to Change the Past

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... with the forgiven person. Take them one at a time. First, suffering. One of the hardest things about forgiveness is simply acknowledging the pain we have experienced. Someone has written that the first step in forgiveness is "swallowing your pride, admitting that you are hurt, admitting that someone or something got to you, admitting that you were not as impervious to rudeness, thoughtlessness, criticism, rejection, neglect, or ingratitude as you thought you were. And it means admitting that you ...

990. A Christmas Envelope

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

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the ragtag team obviously could not afford. Well, the better-equipped team ended up walloping their poorer opponents. Every weight class. But as each of the inner city boys got up from the mat, he swaggered around in his tatters with false bravado, a kind of street pride that could not acknowledge defeat. Mike shook his head sadly and said to his wife, "I wish just one of them could have won. They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them." Mike loved kids - all ...

991. Sonny Moneybags

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... and ill temper. It is not a criminal offense not to love your neighbor as yourself. And the result is that we do not think too much about them. Neither would Sonny. But Jesus did. He took all those sins of the spirit...the self-pity, the anger, the pride, the envy, the lack of compassion, the self-righteousness, and all the rest...and pointed out that it is not what enters into a person that defiles but what comes out. Then Jesus gave one sign by which people would be able to recognize us as Christians: "By ...

992. Pentecostal Power

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... anniversary of the famous space flight. Starring Tom Hanks, the movie captured the imagination of Americans as it played in sold-out theaters across the country. More than simply a retelling of history, the movie inspired viewers with its sense of the exhilaration and pride that comes from working together toward a goal worth achieving. The flight of Apollo 13 was beset by obstacles. An explosion on board forced a change of plans to land on the moon and shifted the mission into a frenzied endeavor to return ...

993. My Younger Brother Gets Away With Everything

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... we point a finger at anybody else and say, "They don't count, they're unworthy to have a place at the Father's table," three fingers point back at us. Jesus put it succinctly, "Judge not that you be not judged." We are all sinners and the sin of pride is as serious as any sin on the list. God treats His children differently, though God loves us all the same. We are still sinners whether we've turned our back on God or whether we've turned our back on our brothers and our sisters. None of us has ...

994. How Can You Tell A Christian?

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... Her closest friend read Isaiah 25"6-9 aloud to her. Wanting the comfort and support of faith, the sick woman asked her friend to hold her hand. On the other side of the bed, her husband, who considered himself a deeply religious man and who prided himself for his boldness in having a "Honk, if you love Jesus" bumper-sticker on his car, reached out to take her other hand. His wife withdrew it, saying with deep sadness, "Herbert, you are not a believer. Your cruelty and callousness throughout the forty years ...

995. Sons And Daughters Of God

Galatians 3:23-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? The answer is, none of us. Not a single one of us could possibly fulfill all the law's requirements. The law provides for us a standard that is unattainable. And even if we were able to keep the law without any deviation, we would probably be guilty of spiritual pride. We would conclude that we are better than other people ” and that may be the deadliest sin of all. It's a lose/lose situation. Let's put this in concrete language that all of us can understand. Imagine that you have a parent who is both a ...

996. No More Pain!

John 8:31-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... all the good people in the world were red and all the bad people were green, what color would you be?" A little girl thought mightily for a moment. Then her face brightened and she replied: "Pastor, I'd be streaky!" The sad thing is that many of us take pride in being streaky. We refuse to see how much better life could be if we could declare here and now, "I am a child of the King. I am joined with Christ. Christ sets me free from feeling that I have to debase myself in any way." No more pain ...

997. Running From God

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Life shouldn't be merely a struggle for existence, he concluded; it must be "A Will to War, a Will to Power, a Will to Overpower!" Nietzsche tried to compensate for a tender, overly sensitive nature by idealizing the values of honor, bravery, manhood, pride, and power. He began to despise Christianity as a religion of pity and weakness. Friedreich Nietzsche concocted a philosophy of the "superman." According to Nietzsche, the strong not only have a right but they have a duty to trample the weak. This new ...

998. Only Heroes Need Apply

Mark 8:34-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... the men rolled it out of the house, onto the boards, and into the truck. The driver reached into the pocket of his overalls, pulled out some bills, and handed his mother a twenty, a ten, and a five. Then they got into the truck and drove off with the pride of his mother's life. His father threw his arms around her, and she cried and cried. That night his mother couldn't even talk about it, so his father told him, "Son, you can go on back to college tomorrow. Your mother sold her piano." Then he handed Glen ...

999. Who Could Forget That?

Mark 14:32-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Nicholas Rostov has lost a huge sum at gambling. Now he must face his father. Only the week before he has borrowed money from his father with a promise that he would never borrow again. Nicholas is filled with grief over this breach of honor. Yet his pride will not allow him to admit it. He compounds his error by affecting a casual attitude. "It can't be helped! It happens to everyone!" says Nicholas with a bold, free, and easy tone. In his soul he regards himself as a worthless scoundrel whose whole life ...

1000. Are You Successful Or Do You Just Have Money?

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... , however, Ron committed armed robbery, and was caught and convicted. He was sentenced to Southern Michigan State Prison for five to ten years. In prison, Ron began to reflect on his life and the bad choices he had made. He also began to work out, and took pride in his physical development. The prison had a baseball team, and members of the team had more privileges than the average inmate, so Ron tried out for the team, and made it. The mental and physical skills that had served Ron so well in his criminal ...

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