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1126. Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... garage. His wife, Beulah, drank too much and was high on drugs most of the time. They argued loudly and profanely and bitterly and in the middle of a huge shouting match when he came home from lunch -- and there was no lunch -- Buster dropped dead. "Dead before he hit the floor," Beulah said, at least a hundred times to anyone who would listen. Buster was a rascal, and his death made the whole community feel apprehensive and worried about his utterly dysfunctional family. Young Pastor Lischer helped Beulah ...

1127. About Kissing

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... to the Academy of General Dentistry, lip locks help prevent tooth decay by stimulating saliva flow, which provides teeth with the calcium and phosphorous they need to build strong enamel. America's longest kiss has lasted [98] years. Handwrapped chocolate drops called Hersey's Kisses were introduced in 1907. Hershey Foods Corporation, which now makes 33 million of the candies a day, thinks the treats were named for the sound made when the chocolate is squeezed onto a conveyor belt during manufacturing ...

1128. Good News For Parents And For Kids, Too!

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... knew God loved him. This is a story of a family filled with love. They were devoted to one another and to God. Neil Kurshan tells a gripping story about a medical student who went to a counselor about whether she should complete medical school or drop out to raise a family. The counselor suggested that she could do both with a little outside help. The student explained that she had vowed never to entrust her children to a housekeeper. The counselor asked why, and the young woman explained that when she was ...

1129. The Cross: A Gift Of Life

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... longer adequately describes God. Love is all the explanation one needs in today's world. In an attempt to help Venetia understand the implications of her actions the priest turns to a contemporary analogy. He says that when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, many people were killed outright. There were others, though, who appeared to be unscathed on the basis of external observation. Yet, unknowingly "they had been contaminated by a great pollutant. It was invisible, but it entered the flesh of those ...

1130. God Is Greater

John 10:22-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... year older than Kevin, and they loved to play together. One Saturday while Kenneth washed the car, he saw Kevin and Drake sword fighting with two tree branches. "Boys," he warned, "better put those branches down and find something else to play with." Kevin dropped his branch and started looking for something else to play, but Drake's eyes sparkled. He drew back his branch and whacked Kevin across the face as hard as he could. Kevin fell to the ground, screaming bloody murder. Meanwhile, Drake threw down his ...

1131. How To Stay Young Forever

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... of middle-class, middle-aged people were asked their opinions on the best ages for various life events and how old people are at various life stages. Twenty years later, in the 1980s, the study was repeated. An amazing change had occurred. Consensus had dropped regarding every item of the questionnaire. In the first study, "a young man" was said to be a man between eighteen and twenty-two. In the repeat study, "a young man" was anywhere from eighteen to forty. "What is extraordinary about this," say the ...

1132. When You Are Anxious About Many Things

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... many things. And certainly we are anxious about these many things. We have even coined a term, "stress," to describe our condition. We can blame a fumbling young researcher named Hans Selye for introducing us to stress. Selye had a bad habit of dropping his lab rats, chasing them around the room, and trapping them beneath a sink. When they developed ulcers and shrunken immune tissues, Selye did some tests and realized what was happening: His clumsiness was making them sick. Searching for a word to describe ...

1133. Prayers That Work

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... on God, to confess your sins and to request God~s help with your daily needs. There is a pattern to prayer. PRAYER IS ALSO A MATTER OF PERSISTENCE. Here is one of the most intriguing of Jesus' teachings. Jesus gives us a hypothetical situation. A friend drops in unexpectedly, and you have nothing to serve him. But nearby lives another friend. So, even though it is midnight, you sneak over to the second friend's house and knock on his door asking him to loan you some bread. At first he ignores you but ...

1134. Drooping Arms And Crooked Feet

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... energy. Dr. Goddard developed an instrument called the ergograph which measures energy levels. Students were instructed to run on a treadmill. As a student became tired and exhausted on the treadmill, his energy level ” as measured by the ergograph ” would gradually drop. However, if researchers said to the student, "You're doing great . . . keep up the good work. . . I'm proud of you," suddenly, the student's energy would dramatically improve. On the other hand, if they said, "You're lazy. . . quit ...

1135. When What's Lost Is Found

Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

King Duncan

Ken Davis tells a delightful story in his book, I DON'T REMEMBER DROPPING THE SKUNK, BUT I DO REMEMBER TRYING TO BREATHE. He writes that one morning, not long after Diane and he were married, he saw her wedding ring lying on the bathroom sink. He thought it would be great fun to make her think it was lost, so he hid the ...

1136. Jesus Says, 'Just Do It'

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Dr. Chane M. Hutton

... their message across. One of the more memorable of these commercials, though, shows persons in wheelchairs and with various other kinds of handicapping conditions. These are not persons we would normally think of as athletes. These are people who could easily "just drop it," but instead, as these commercials show us, they "just do it." These commercials carry a good message for all of us, not just for people who are physically challenged. However, if Nike thinks they invented the phrase, "Just do it," they ...

1137. No More Pain!

John 8:31-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the room who enjoys being a slave? Maybe you are a slave to your bad temper ” even to the point of violence. I read a chilling statistic recently. I read that one in five men who beat their wives is so in control that their heart rate actually drops while they are battering. They are not out of control at all. They are very much under control ” the control of sin. Maybe you are a slave to your own physical appetites. Whether it is sex or food or simply a slovenly lifestyle, it hurts to be a slave ...

1138. God Believes In Us, Too

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Dr. Chane M. Hutton

... of his friends together and eat lunch with Marie. Their little group ended up eating with Marie for a week, and then they invited her to come to Christian Campus Life Club meeting one evening. She accepted. One evening after a club meeting Jim was about to drop Marie off when another friend in the car asked to be taken home first. This meant Jim would take Marie home last. When they pulled into her driveway, she turned the key off and asked with piercing sternness, "Why are you and your friends doing this ...

1139. Overcoming "Work-avoidance Syndrome"

2 Thessalonians 3:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... attitudes affect physical strength. A scientist used a gripping device to measure grip strength. The average grip of the experimental group was 101 pounds. By means of hypnosis, participants were told that they were very weak, and their average grip strength dropped to 29 pounds. Still under hypnosis, the subjects were then told that they were very strong. Their average grip strength quickly rose to 142 pounds. The difference? What they believed. When they believed they were weak, they became 79 percent ...

1140. Be Joyful

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... not throw that snowball! I'm mailing a letter to Santa right now." Calvin asks: "Is the envelope sealed?" "Yes," she replies, "but I could write a P.S. on the back." "Do you have a pen?" Calvin asks. "As a matter of fact, I do!" she answers. Calvin drops the snowball and says, "I'll bet she's bluffing, but this is not the time of year to tempt fate." One comedian claims his wife hasn't spoken to him since last Christmas. "I asked her what she wanted for Christmas," he explains, "and she said, Oh, just ...

1141. A Time For Miracles

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... to the story of the babe in the manger. Historians tell us that guns have fallen silent on Christmas Day in the midst of fierce battles. People whose hearts are cold and indifferent toward the poor and the downcast, suddenly feel the urge to drop money in a Salvation Army kettle. People who have ignored Christ all year long, find their way to a Christmas Eve service where their hearts are touched once again by this most beautiful of stories. Something happens to us at Christmas. Something magical, something ...

1142. Was The President's Advisor's Sin Really That Bad?

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... honor God with your body. 1. BETTER FAMILIES, April 1995. 2. CHURCH HUMOR DIGEST, (Memphis: Castle Books), p. 18. 3. Joyce Madison, GREAT HOAXES, SWINDLES, SCANDALS, CONS, STINGS, AND SCAMS (New York: Penguin Books, 1992). 4. (Portland: Multnomah., 1990). 5. Ken Davis, I DON'T REMEMBER DROPPING THE SKUNK, BUT I 6. DO REMEMBER TRYING TO BREATHE (Grand Rapids, MI: ZondervanPublishing House, 1990). 7. Leslie Parrott, THE HABIT OF HAPPINESS (Waco, TX: Word Books Publisher, 1987), pp. 40-41. 9-15-88, p. 47.

1143. Be Careful Which Entree You Choose

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... and skip a day." Two weeks later the man came back for his appointment. He had lost 20 pounds. The doctor asked, "You lost all this weight just by following my instructions?" The man said, "Yes, I'll tell you though, I thought I was going to drop dead on that third day." The doctor asked, "From hunger?" "No," the man said. "From skipping!" No wonder he lost so much weight. Food has an important place in our lives. Food was important to the early church. You will remember that they had their meals together ...

1144. Connected

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... flown back to see her several times and called daily to check on her status. He asked about Tim's mom's condition. "Mrs. Kimmel will die any day," the nurse told him. "If she lives a week, we'll all be surprised." At that point this man of influence dropped his head back on his pillow and got quiet. Just before she walked away, he looked up at her with tears in his eyes. "You know," he said in a husky voice, "I would gladly trade places with Mrs. Kimmel and die a week from now, if for that week ...

1145. Friends

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... never forgets his friends. An aging man had been part of the invasion of Normandy during World War II. A member of an elite airborne unit, he had parachuted behind enemy lines on the night of June 5, 1944. Anticipating that many of the troops dropped in the darkness might become separated and lost, Allied commanders had given each soldier a small metal clicker to hold. As the paratroopers groped their way through the woods and fields, they would click once or twice and wait for a response. If their signal ...

1146. A Firm Grip On Your Balloon

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... divorce when he was fifteen. His descent into anger, confusion, and loneliness left him open to the influence of local racist groups. Recruiters look for just such a kid, someone who needs to belong, and needs to channel his anger. Soon, Thomas had dropped out of school and adopted the local skinhead fashions. He and his friends would gather to drink and swap racist talk and ideas. Fighting and beating up on minorities became a regular pastime. His parents were sickened by Thomas' new beliefs and activities ...

1147. Get Off The Orphan Train

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... the older children, she said. "They didn't have anything else, no social welfare program, no food stamps," Ms. Ayler said."There was no chance if you were left in New York." June Long of Colonial Beach, Va., got tears in her eyes explaining that her father was dropped off at the New York Foundling Home when he was an infant. He was placed with a family in Minnesota but was later traded for a field of corn. Ms. Long said her father, who died in 1970, always refused to discuss his childhood. But she found the ...

1148. Where Is Your Home?

2 Corinthians 5:6-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... , Ralph, have a little ritual they go through with their kids when one of their pet goldfish dies. The whole family gathers in the bathroom and around the commode. Little Anthony, the 3-year-old, holds the "deceased" while his sister says a little prayer. Then Anthony drops the fish in the bowl and Lexy, the 5-year-old, flushes it to heaven. One day, during one of these rituals, Lexy asked her dad if "Wito," her Grandpa who passed away a few years ago, was also in heaven. When Ralph said, "Yes," the 3 ...

1149. Long Range Planning

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... with the corpse. Convinced of the letter's contents, the German high command no longer believed Sicily to be an invasion target, and instead sent reinforcements of men and armaments to both Greece and Sardinia. The British plan worked. A vital and successful parachute drop landed thousands of British troops in Sicily, helping to end the war in Europe and paving the way for the D-Day invasion. (1) It was a brilliant plan. Afterward Winston Churchill probably lit up a cigar and said, "I love it when a ...

1150. The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... constant vigilance: when the toast was done, you pulled the plug. The first automatic electric toaster was designed in 1919 by Charles Strite, a man sick and tired of burned toast. Americans were skeptical at first about investing in a single-function appliance, but prices dropped and sales mushroomed. From 1922 to 1930 sales tripled, from 400,000 units to 1,200,000, thanks in part to the introduction of sliced bread by Wonder. Before this, bread was sold in whole loaves. If you were going to enjoy your new ...

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