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1076. The Orphan

John 14:15-31

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... : None Costumes: Whatever is appropriate for your church Time: The present Cast: Dale -- the orphan Wyn -- Dale's companion WYN: (ENTERS WITH DALE) Want to go have some ice cream? DALE: Yeah, I guess so. Why not? WYN: Well, what did you think of the Bible study? ... foster parents and then when I was twelve I was put in an orphanage. WYN: Were you adopted? DALE: I was too old. No one wants an older child. WYN: And you can't remember feeling loved? DALE: No. Never. WYN: Did you ever have a good friend? DALE: A ...

1077. Blind No More

Mark 10:46-52

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... 's western gate alongside the road. I had been there from sunup to sundown every day except the Sabbath since I was three years old. I've been blind since I was three. It was an accident. Anyway, there I was in my usual spot when Jesus came along. I want to tell you something, it wasn't just Jesus. He had a regular parade going there. People were all over the place. You see, Jesus was going up to Jerusalem and that meant he was going to go head to head with the temple authorities there. People always like a ...

1078. The Man Who Couldn't Hear

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... Greece it was customary for peddlers who walked the streets with their wares to cry out, "What do you lack?" The idea was to let people know they were in the vicinity, and also rouse the curiosity of the people. Coming out of their houses they would want to know what the peddler was selling. It might be something they lacked and needed, or simply something they desired. What do you lack? We may have sight and hearing, but what do we lack? Take an honest inventory of yourself. Have you found contentment? Are ...

1079. What Must I DO to Receive Life?

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... and in his nobleman’s clothes he knelt in the dust before Jesus. And he was religious; he had kept the commandments from the age of accountability. II And this is the point at which the negatives start adding up in this young man’s life. There are three I want to point out but let’s look at the first for it is foundation for his failure. The first negative thing is: he was looking for a rule to keep in order to please God. Look at what he says, listen now, “What must I DO to receive eternal life ...

1080. Same Question, Same Answer

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

William G. Carter

... to come in here, and listen to a minister like me stand up and talk for twenty minutes or so, and when the sermon is over, you say, “What was that all about?” To put it in the words of that woman, “Why don’t you tell me what you want me to do?” It is a sobering challenge for preachers, and it’s a good question for the rest of you to ask. Perhaps you have gone to a meeting where some important topic is discussed and debated. Various points of view are given. A consensus begins to form. Soon ...

1081. He Commanded Us to Preach

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... the mission and ministry of the church by not being truthful with ourselves and the people we are called to love and serve? Are we hiding in our churches from truth? Are we afraid to preach the gospel on Sundays because we fear the “ouch” more than we want the “amen”? The church could not be the church without those who were willing to tell the truth that we might be free from the bondage of sin and death. Christ has commanded us to preach gospel truth to set ourselves and the people free from the ...

1082. The Powerful Moments that Change Your Life Forever

Matthew 4:12-23

Sermon

James W. Moore

... if we have the eyes to see them, the ears to hear them, and the hearts to feel them. Now, this morning I want to share with you three kairos moments that I have experienced that changed my life. I am going to be very personal because ... head nurse running after me and she said, “Oh, Jim, I forgot the most important thing. Mrs. Davis is so critically ill that the doctors want her to be perfectly still and she is not allowed to speak.” I was discombobulated! I promptly went into the room and did everything ...

1083. The Trouble with Stables

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . God is there in those hours of our lives when it seems that everything is wrong, when all is dark, when things just STINK - precisely the hours when we need God most. The Christmas story tells us that GOD IS THERE WITH US! And the reason is that God wants to be. That is awfully important. God's home was no stable. God's dwelling is all the glories of the universe, but the choice was made to leave that. God chose to come SEEKING us. On that night of nights, heaven reached down to earth, and that reaching ...

1084. The Christ of the Commonplace

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... God. The last thing they expect to see is a Lord who overtakes them on a dusty country road. They are not prepared for the Christ of the commonplace. I suspect not many of us are, most of the time. Yes, there is something in us that makes us want to worship Jesus - but on OUR terms, according to OUR expectations. Let's do this from a safe distance. "Up there," or "out there," removed from the messiness of daily life. We treat him, in other words, like company at a formal dinner party, not like someone with ...

1085. Marriages That Last

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

King Duncan

... enemies." To which Don replied enthusiastically, "That's great. I have good news for you. Scripture covers that base as well. It says, Love Your Enemies.'" Both husband and wife told Don, "But we just don't feel like loving each other, and we certainly wouldn't want to be hypocritical, would we?" Don said, "Why don't we suspend the discussion of hypocrisy for a week? Let me encourage you to go back to treating each other like you loved each other." To the husband he said, "You call her from work." To the ...

1086. Getting Ready

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

... of the Messiah involved more than just thinking about his coming. A lot of hard work was involved if the people were truly going to be ready for the coming of the Messiah. John used the word "repent" (translated in our Bibles as "turn away from your sins.") John wanted the people to turn from their old way of life and start living a new life. This involved much effort on the part of the people. John quoted from the prophet Isaiah, "Get the road ready for the Lord; make a straight path for him to travel." To ...

1087. What About the Weeds?

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... hope to achieve in life. The story’s told of a skinny, scrawny African-American youngster who one day heard a coach say, “You can be what you make up your mind to be. God will help you.” Later this youngster told the coach, “I’ve decided what I want to be--the fastest man in the world.” The coach said, “Son, that’s a great dream but there is one problem. Dreams have a way of floating high in the sky and drifting around like clouds. A dream never becomes a reality unless you have the courage ...

1088. From The Rubble Of Life

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... He cast off his mantle, sprang to his feet, and came to Jesus. Then Jesus asked him an interesting question, "What do you want me to do for you?" Couldn't Jesus tell that Bartimaeus was blind? What kind of question was this? There are two ... you what was the deepest need in your life, could you tell me? If Jesus were here this morning and were to ask you, "What do you want me to do for you?" could you spell it out? Perhaps Bartimaeus was more fortunate than we. He knew he could compete and cope in the world ...

1089. Mentor, Mediator, Master

1 Timothy 2:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... still sat in jail, although the grand jury refused to indict him for anything. After 9 months, Zenger want to trial for publishing "false, scandalous, malicious, and seditious libel." His original attorneys had been disbarred, his current ... market. So perfect were the synthetics, an expert told him, that there was only one way to tell them from the real thing. If you want to know which of two emeralds is synthetic and which is genuine, heat both stones to a prescribed temperature and give them both a tap ...

1090. Lord, When You Came Down To The Jordan

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... former students visited her in her classroom. She did not recognize the young man who knelt down beside her to thank her for all she had done for him. "I have a good job, a wonderful wife, and two little girls," he told his former teacher proudly. She desperately wanted to remember who he was, but she couldn’t. Over the years there had been so many students that she lost track. "I came to tell you that I graduated from high school because of you," he told her. "I knew you loved me when I was your student ...

1091. Time To Do Something About The Piano

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... the cars. He was also raising the hoods and banging the fenders. The salesman said disgustedly, "Look at that guy out there. He's a wheelkicker." Apparently this man had visited this used car lot before and had done the same thing. He could never decide if he really wanted to buy a car or not. They continued to watch as this man kicked the tires. "He'll say the wheels are out of line," the salesman said. "He'll listen to the motor and say, 'Hear that knock?' Nobody else can hear the knock, but he can hear ...

1092. Get Your Third Class Tickets Here!

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... church willing to travel with a third-class ticket. We have some of our membership who are willing to get out and push when the going gets tough. A pastor was talking with a man who was about to join his church. The man said, “I want to join the church because I want to be fed.” The pastor replied, “Well, that’s fine, but we all would be better off if you would take off your bib and put on an apron!” (2) Obviously this pastor was getting tired of having members content with sitting in the first ...

1093. Generic Christians Or Disciples?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... commitment to helping the poor, though, changed their lives in ways they did not expect. They soon gained new paying customers. Even more surprising a number of people who had been delinquent with their bills suddenly paid them in full. "I suppose they didn't want to cheat lawyers who helped the poor," one of the lawyers explained. These men have taken the first step in becoming disciples of Jesus. They still have their BMWs; they still vacation in Bermuda. They still have a lot of the things that "worldly ...

1094. A Life Above All Others

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... Linda might not even have been welcome. How sad it is when people build fences around the Gospel. Jesus is Lord of all. Some Greeks wanted to see Jesus. These Greeks were a preview of what was to come ” the day when all people would look to Jesus as their ... that we find new life. It is in burying our selfish aims and ambition that we are of real use to God. That's what Jesus wanted his followers to understand. The grain that must fall to the earth was himself, but it is also each of us. Only as we lose our ...

1095. Searching For A Lost God

Romans 9:30--10:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... to share it. A new place to eat, a neat place to buy clothes, an excellent movie. We share with our friends that which improves our lives. So it is with our faith. When we have the love, joy and peace of Christ residing in our heart, we want to share it. And that is how the Christian community continues to expand. Word-of-mouth. We can do all the advertising in the world, but research shows that two-thirds to three-fourths of all new church members in this country responded because a friend or family member ...

1096. Change Is Possible

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... , he would land on the level ground, beyond the safe landing area, which could have been fatal. "As it was, the skier suffered no more than a headache from the tumble." It's hard to change, but it's better than a fatal landing. We can change if we really want to. WE CAN ALSO CHANGE IF WE HAVE A VISION OF SOMETHING BETTER THAT WE MAY ASPIRE TO. Flip Wilson used to say, "What you see is what you get." Modern research into human behavior says that is true. There is a scene in the original KARATE KID movie that ...

1097. Freedom's Year

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... of the matter. THE PARADOX OF HUMAN LIFE IS THIS: that we are never truly free until we are fully possessed by Christ. Ian Maclaren tells the true story of a young woman in his book, Beside the Bonnie Briar Brush. She's raised in a Christian home, but she wants to find her freedom. And so she goes. And she finds the kind of life she thinks is free. She gets for herself all that she's ever desired. But the getting's never enough. And what she possesses begins to possess her. Now she doesn't even know what ...

1098. Pray Constantly

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... Mendel, you're a wonderful tailor,' over and over again it would drive me crazy. It would soon get to the point where I wouldn't want to listen to them anymore. I would tell them to go away and let me do my work in peace. This is what bothers me about ... sandwich, please give me a sandwich,' you don't like it. You say, `Please be patient.' You're talking about our Heavenly Father. Maybe He wants you to be patient. Maybe it wouldn't do any good to keep asking Him. Who knows, maybe the Lord is going to take away ...

1099. Hope For The End Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... leukemia, was the thing that made him believe he might beat the disease." (5) Often it is the little extra things that we do that make a difference. Loving things, encouraging things. Whether the world comes to an end today or billions of years from now, we want to be found not sitting on a roof-top looking crazily into the sky, but ministering to God's children. I'm sure you've heard of Marva Collins. She's the brilliant educator who founded Westside Preparatory School in Chicago in 1975. She has nurtured ...

1100. Entitlements

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... of a family that rich? Harvard psychiatrist Robert Coles cites a characteristic he found to be common among the children of the rich. He calls it a sense of entitlement. Most children, he said, when asked what they will do when they grow up, will say something like: "I want to be a doctor," or "I'd like to be a firefighter." They don't add: "If things work out, if the money can be found, if I can pass the test," but those phrases are implied. The children of the rich, Coles said, tend to answer the same ...

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