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1026. Keeping the Glow On

Exodus 34:29-35

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... The people were most receptive when they saw Moses with the two tablets of stone on which the covenant was inscribed. The people recognized that Moses had been involved in a revelation for their benefit, and they were ready to listen. However, Moses did not sense that, because he had been in the presence of God, the skin of his face was radiant and shining. This created a problem. The people were afraid to come near Moses. That is rather interesting. Normally, people cannot get enough of the spectacular. We ...

1027. You Do Have A Prayer

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

James W. Moore

... people… and keep them away from the Christian faith. One of the barriers he listed was…"unanswered prayer." It does seem to be a fact of our experience that many people do get discouraged and they do give up and drop out on the faith because they feel a sense of failure in their prayer life. This leads us to ask then… "How do you pray?" "Why pray at all?" "When do you pray?" "Is there a special formula or a sacred language that should be used?" One thing is clear. There are many questions and there is ...

1028. Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... prophets of old had told our nation of the necessity for a NEW HEART among us which was essentially the same thing. What I found incredible was not the THOUGHT but the POSSIBILITY. All my experience had shown me that, despite people talking about becoming NEW again, in ANY sense of the word, all it was was just that: TALK. So I wanted to press Jesus. I confess to a certain level of disingenuousness in my response to him. I made it sound as if I understood him to be crudely literal in this idea of new birth ...

1029. The Ten Commandments #5: Honoring Parents

Exodus 20:12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... very clear: "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right."(4) Nowhere is that ever contradicted. After all, a certain wisdom generally comes with age that should not be ignored. When it is, society suffers. Honor and respect for parents make sense. And that good sense resulted in the promise that God made a part of this fifth commandment: "...that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you." To be truthful, it could have read, "...that your days may not be hastily ...

1030. The Ten Commandments #10: No Covetousness

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... a strange commandment. Why on earth would God tell us not to want things? And frankly, how could a normal person KEEP from wanting things? Does it make sense for God to tell an African mother not to want food for her starving baby? Does it make sense for God to tell a man living in a cardboard box under a railroad bridge not to want a decent home? Does it make sense to tell parents not to want the wherewithal to provide an education for their children? On the face of it, "You shall not covet" is more than ...

1031. A Mother's Gift

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , she had given birth to Samuel. She missed the trip to Shiloh that year...and the next and the next. She had told her husband about her vow of returning the boy to the service of the Lord. God had taken her on as a partner, as, in a sense, God does all mothers. Hannah felt that it would be unworthy to take the lad to the Tabernacle without planning to leave him there. No, neither she nor Samuel would celebrate the feast until the boy was ready to begin his training. The caravan of pilgrims had now made ...

1032. "Wow!"

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . When I came on-shift the next day, he had been moved to ICU. As I entered his bay, his face broke into a big grin. The first words out of his mouth were: "I've seen the light." He described a fairly typical Near Death Experience: bright light, overwhelming sense of peace, etc. The upshot of this...was that he insisted his doctor issue a "Do Not Resuscitate" Order. To get his doctor to make him a No Code, he practically had to twist the doc's arm. He was THAT convinced by what he had witnessed.(3) I wish ...

1033. Salvation

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... song, "Turn Your Radio On?" Turn your radio on, and listen to the music in the air, Turn your radio on and glory share. Turn your lights down low and listen to the Master's radio; Get in touch with God, Turn your radio on.(4) In a sense, we are like those prisoners, incarcerated in a world of injustice, unfairness, misery, and death. But then we gather round this rickety receiver called Sunday worship - we tune in - and, voilá, we hear the news that is so good it can change night into day. Jesus saves ...

1034. The Church Should Go to Hell!

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , well...that is not such a great price to pay, is it? The third temptation: "The devil led [Jesus] to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 'If you are the Son of God, [and the Greek in all of these "If" clauses carries the sense of "If you are (and we know that you are)"]...If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here. For it is written: 'He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not ...

1035. The Christ of the Commonplace

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... about all the things that have come to pass - participating, in other words, in the business of living - keep your eyes open. You just may glimpse, out of the corner of your eye, a stranger overtaking you. At first you may not recognize him; but then you will sense a growing warmth, as your heart begins to burn within you. And then comes the moment, magnificent and unexpected, when you see who it is. He will vanish out of your sight. He always does. That is his way. Yet you can know he will return, and you ...

1036. On Being Mistaken For A Mannequin

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan

... there are a lot of evangelists, pastors and lay people who need to be set on fire in a figurative and positive sense. The church on the Day of Pentecost was afire with enthusiasm and excitement. What was there about this particular church that made ... days. There is something about the community of bees that keeps individual bees alive. You can keep bees, but you cannot keep a bee. In a sense that is also true of the church. One of the chief sources of our strength is our unity. If we are not as vital in our ...

1037. Let's Play, Stump The Theologian!

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... stared into his eyes and said, "It is no more impossible than for you to put Almighty God into your small mind." (2) And it's true. The Trinity is one of those many things about life and faith that you and I will never understand. In that sense we are like Lewis Carroll's Alice in her first adventure in Wonderland. Remember how Alice pursued the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole and suddenly found herself standing in a long low hall? There were doors all around the hall, but they were all locked; and when ...

1038. Was The President's Advisor's Sin Really That Bad?

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... with me. What am I going to do? P.S. Please don't give me any of your moral junk. Signed, Trapped. Ann Landers answered like this: Dear Trapped, The one major thing that separates the human race from animals is a God-given sense of morality. Since you don't have a sense of morality, I strongly suggest you consult a veterinarian. (5) Now, maybe you think we don't need to discuss this in church. I think we do. Surveys show that attitudes among church members are not that much different from those of the world ...

1039. Friends

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... many large churches to people welcoming strangers to their church is that they are afraid that they will welcome someone who has been coming to church longer than they have. Somewhere along the way in our crowded, impersonal world, we have lost a sense of community, a sense of neighborliness. Of course, some people don't want to be neighborly. A man went to his priest to say that he felt there was a lack of friendliness among members of their congregation and that people were reluctant to greet one another ...

1040. Mark Twain's Briefcase And A Great Mental Attitude

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... so unhappy today is that we are much more obsessed with our own glory ” our own happiness ” our own success ” than we are with glorifying God. There is no vertical dimension to our lives ” only a horizontal one. The happiest people on this earth are those who sense a grand purpose to their lives ” who believe they have been put on this earth for a mission and they are busy seeking to fulfill that mission. The secret of a great attitude is to get out of ourselves and to lose ourselves in God. That ...

1041. Long Range Planning

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory." "The first to hope in Christ . . ." That's who we are. We are people trying desperately to make sense out of a chaotic world and placing all our hope in Christ who is the meeting place of humanity and God. We are not Pollyannas who turn their back on the world's problem's and blithely ignore earth's glowing contradictions. We are those who look reality in ...

1042. Watch!

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

King Duncan

... think," he said. "The whole world had hold of the other end of it." The young seem naturally to have that sense of excitement about life. There is a revealing story about a family gathered in the library enjoying a magnificent thunderstorm ... enter the kingdom as a little child . . . " Jesus said to his disciples. Is not a child's enthusiasm and joy primarily the product of a complete sense of trust? A child has to be taught to fear and to hate. Tell a child that there is a loving God who watches over him day ...

1043. Written In Our Hearts

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... Madam, you will not see birds in your yard until you have birds in your heart." (2) No outward law will suffice. If we do not have that inner sense of who we are and whose we are and why we were created and what our chief end in life is, no outward law is likely to help. We ... to be fearful, jealous, possessive. The ability to walk through life with confidence and conviction because we have this sense of inner security and peace, is the greatest gift that God gives the believer. David Buttrick tells about a ...

1044. We Haven't Seen Anything Yet!

1 Corinthians 2:9

Sermon

King Duncan

... that no matter how good things are in this world, we haven’t seen anything yet. We modern, intellectually sophisticated believers do not have to apologize for that anticipation. The Christian faith does not make sense, nor does life in general make sense, nor does our belief in a loving God make sense without belief in a world beyond this one. Much beloved Episcopal Bishop Warren Chandler lay dying. A close friend sat by his bedside. “Please tell me frankly,” said his friend, “do you dread crossing ...

1045. Why Do You Believe What You Believe?

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the creation and they conclude, "There must be a Creator." They recognize with the philosopher of old the universal sense of a Moral Lawa sense of `oughtness'and they deduce there must be a Moral Being who brought such a world into being. They ponder ... religious expression, his emotional experience on the Damascus Road was lifechanging, but the overwhelming foundation of his faith was his daily sense of Christ's presence! So it is with us. Our walk of faith may very well have begun as walking in the ...

1046. Would You Mind Rescuing Me?

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... by four times this week." The wife asked, "What is his name?" Her husband answered, "I think it's Pester Smith." We aren't called to pester people. We are called to offer hope to people who need rescuing. That is the second element we need to recapturea sense of what we are about. THE THIRD ELEMENT WE MUST RECAPTURE IS A REALIZATION OF THE SOURCE OF OUR POWER. Jesus instructed his disciples to "stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high." This may be the weakest link in the church today ...

1047. Connections In High Place

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... wall. "I tried to be fancy," admitted Player. The ball hit the wall where it was intended, but instead of finishing on the green, it ricocheted back and hit Player on the cheek. The force of the blow actually knocked him out cold. "Finally, I regained my senses," says Player, "at least a portion of them. Still groggy, I chipped onto the green and then somehow knocked the long putt into the hole. At that time, I assumed I had tied for the lead and would be in a playoff. An official then informed me that ...

1048. You Are Not Yourself!

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... attitude. They need a new nature-a nature that comes only when we confess our unworthiness and ask the Lord of all the universe to come into our lives and give us a new nature. A positive attitude by itself won’t make it. Neither will a new sense of self-esteem. Self-esteem is vital but it is not sufficient. Ronald Allen writes in THE MAJESTY OF MAN: "Speaking of self-esteem as man’s greatest need is akin to an observer at a funeral parlor remarking, "How wonderfully lifelike" as he views the corpse. We ...

1049. The Baptism of Our Work

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... but as a joyful response to the truth: that the King of kings notices our work and responds "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." Work is part of the plan of God. Work is essential not only to our financial well-being but also to our sense of self-esteem, our feeling of satisfaction with life in general, and as therapy in times of great distress. Our work allows us to be partners with God in the provision of the world's needs. It is important then that we enthusiastically give our best, whatever ...

1050. Preparing For God's Great Gift

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

King Duncan

... could see the twinkling flame of the candle. While she stood watching it, she was conscious of a tall figure in a dark cloak standing beside her. She was not exactly afraid of this stranger, for she was a brave little girl, but she felt a sense of chill creeping through her, for there was something awe-inspiring and rather repellent about this person who stood in the gloom watching her. Finally, he spoke. "What are you doing here, little girl?" Marta responded: "I came out to make sure that the Christ Child ...

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