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101. The Lure Of The Easy Way

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... is the SECOND reason?" We want to deal this morning with the lure of the easy way. Jesus and His disciples were at Caesarea Philippi. Their ministry to this point had been a stunning success. Crowds pressed in on them everywhere they went. People eagerly reached out to touch this attractive young teacher from Nazareth. The disciples themselves were caught up in the excitement of it all. Jesus asked them, "Who do you say I am?" and Simon Peter answered enthusiastically, "You are the Christ, the Son of the ...

102. Speak, Your Servant Hears

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... for beinga role in partnership with God. As Luther liked to say, "God milks the cows through you." Every worthwhile endeavor in life is potentially a calling from God. Sometimes it may be hard to see how our job could be a calling from God. A certain man was eager to hear the famous chimes of St. Nicholas in Amsterdam. He had heard that they were some of the most beautiful chimes in the world. Arriving at the church he went up into the tower to watch the man who plays the chimes. To his horror he discovered ...

103. Grace Greater Than Our Sin

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... to lump people into "deserving" and "undeserving". Maybe if we were in the shoes of this sinner we would understand. Ellsworth Kalas tells about a sunswept October afternoon in 1932 when he came bounding home from school, eager to tear off school clothes and put on playground stuff. But to his great surprise, he discovered that his father was home. It was unthinkable that his father would be home at three-thirty in the afternoon. "Why are you home, Dad?" young Ellsworth asked. He remembers his father being ...

104. Where Is Your Citizenship?

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things." That is one kind of lifestyle. Perhaps it is the predominant lifestyle in our society. But there is another. St. Paul continues: "But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body." Have you noticed how much emphasis our society ...

105. One Came Back

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... I awaited that first Sunday. I'd just had a glimpse of God Almighty - me, an alcoholic, a drug addict, rich, lonely, and miserable - already I was beginning to know what joy really was." Gert was a new Christian. She was eager to attend church to meet and talk with persons who had known the love of God for many years. "What ecstatic people these long-time Christians will be!" she thought. Even though becoming a Christian was probably the happiest day of her life, she was somewhat hesitant about going ...

106. Passions

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... of the barn to the other. They were enjoying their walk until they came face to face with a large cat who seemed quite eager to pounce upon them. But, rather than succumb to cruel fate, the mother mouse drew up her face, looked the cat straight in the ... from Tarsus and went to Jerusalem where he studied under the noted Rabbi Gamaliel. But, like many other young seminarians eager to impress their professors, Paul went overboard in his zeal to demonstrate his piety. Unfortunately, his efforts to impress his ...

107. This Is Not What You Expected

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... bellows. "Can you say yes or no with authority?" Lucky Eddie shouts back, "Yes or No with authority!" And Hagar says to himself, "I think I'm going to be sick!" (3) The best thing we can say about Lucky Eddie is that he is eager to please. But Jesus requires more from his followers than being eager to please. Jesus needs people who can say "Yes" with authority. Yes, I am willing to put you first in my life. Yes, I am willing to die to my own self and my own agenda. Yes, I am willing to follow you, though ...

108. It Isn't Easy Getting Ready For Christmas

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... deny that the love of Christmas has the power to transform human society? In fact, that is exactly what Christmas was designed to do--transform human society. It does that by the power of hope. Whenever a baby is born in a family--a baby that is planned for and eagerly awaited--it comes with great promise. We stare into his or her beautiful eyes and see coming days of "mama" and "da-da." The days of learning to crawl and then walk, ride a bicycle and then drive a car. Even as we cuddle the small baby, we do ...

109. Excited, Motivated, Changed!

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... now dwelt in their hearts. Like the signs we see in businesses, they were under new management! That made the difference. Automobile genius Henry Ford once came up with a revolutionary plan for a new kind of engine which we know today as the V8. Ford was eager to get his great new idea into production. He had some men draw up the plans, and presented them to the engineers. As the engineers studied the drawings, one by one they came to the same conclusion. Their visionary boss just didn't know much about the ...

110. Jesus: The Life of the Party

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... but the primary impression he gave His contemporaries was that of unspeakable joy. "I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete," He said. (John 15:11) I can imagine that Jesus would have been an eagerly-sought-after guest to grace a wedding party. He might have been there at Cana in Galilee simply as a guest...One whose presence would guarantee that a good time would be had by all. In contrast to some of His later disciples, Jesus would not have been One ...

111. Knight of the Woeful Countenance

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... shiftless, or lacking ambition. Some of them are, no doubt; but many more of them are simply caught up in a system in which the rich get richer, the middle class get squeezed and the poor get homeless. Over the years there have been many eager to bless the privileged, claiming that prosperity is a reliable indicator of divine approval. It was just such thinking that helped to “justify” slavery in our own country, even as it helps to sanction apartheid in South Africa today. We probably develop this way ...

112. The Power of Encouragement (Part VIII)

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... I awaited that first Sunday. I''d just had a glimpse of God Almighty--me, an alcoholic, a drug addict, rich, lonely, and miserable--already I was beginning to know what joy really was." Gert had just accepted Christ. She was eager to attend church to meet and talk with persons who had known the love of God for many years. "What ecstatic people these long-time Christians will be!" she thought. Even though becoming a Christian was probably the happiest day of her life, she was somewhat hesitant about going ...

113. The Wideness in God's Mercy

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Paul E. Flesner

... , the leper could not keep quiet. The change in his life was so powerful that it prompted the response of personal witness about his experience. When Jesus touches your life, how do you respond? Do you tell others? Are you eager to share your experience of God's grace? Are you eager to share what you have with others who do not have? I'll be blunt about this: personal witness and personal stewardship are not church membership requirements. They are a natural result of being touched by the grace of God ...

114. Grace in the Midst of Limited Resources

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... car bill. God provides, accomplishing wonderful things precisely when they need to be done. Paul takes pains to point out that stewardship is the ultimate issue when it comes to being accountable for our gifts, not the numbers on the checks we write. "For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has -- not according to what one does not have" (v. 12). The specifics of one person's accountability to God will be different from the specifics of another. But God will ask all of us ...

115. A Gift for You

Romans 1:1-7

Sermon

James L. Killen

... for the day to come for you to open it. If you haven't been able to guess what is in it, you are probably even more eager to open it. During Advent, this season of expectancy, we have been looking forward to Christmas and trying to anticipate what it really can mean to us ... as scripture through which the living God can still speak to us. It is addressed to us as well. Paul is so eager to share his message that he can hardly contain himself. The address of a letter would ordinarily say something very simple ...

116. How Does It Work?

1 Corinthians 2:1-16

Sermon

James L. Killen

... It is a relationship with someone who is alive and at work in fresh, creative ways in our lives and in our world. That makes a great difference in the quality of our lives. Instead of just obeying rules received from the past, we move into the future, eager to discover where our relationship with God will lead us - and that may be a unique experience for each of us. Duke Ellington was one of the greatest composers and conductors of jazz music in recent history. It is said of him that he would often seek out ...

117. Further on Up the Road

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Sermon

Rick Brand

... died, you were finished. They were expecting Jesus' return, but as they waited, some of their faithful members began to die. What a shame. Those devout and beloved members of the fellowship were going to miss it. It seemed like such a pity that they had been so eager and excited about the kingdom of God, and now they had died and would not get to share in that joy. Death had grabbed them. Death had done its work. Death had destroyed them. They had been captured by the power of death and they were gone. When ...

118. The Garden Is Doing Fine?

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... He prepared the soil, put in a sprinkling system, and then waited for the right day. When that day came he seeded the lawn, rolled it, and watered it. For the next three weeks he watered the lawn daily, shooed away the birds and his cat, and waited eagerly for the first blades of grass to peek through. Except for a few weeds, nothing happened. Then one Saturday morning he discovered the sack of grass seed - still in the garage. "What in the world did you plant?" his wife asked. With a sigh, the man replied ...

119. The Weakest Link

1 Timothy 1:12-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... are (If you can, set it up so your congregation can hear these slams. You can also vote for the best put down on the US Website.) In today's epistle text Paul's testimony seems to be equally void of self-embarrassment. Paul, in fact, is eager to show that he was the weakest link, the worst sinner, the most guilty among men. He confesses to being a "...blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence..." using terminology that is distinctive enough to recall for readers a terrible event and awful image from ...

120. The Three Approaches to Life

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James W. Moore

... to face the problems and deal with them redemptively. III. THAT BRINGS US TO THE THIRD-CLASS TICKET MIND-SET. In our families, in our businesses, in our nation and especially in our church, - O how we need people who are willing to work, anxious to help, ready to love, eager to serve. - O how we need people who are determined to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. - O how we need people in the church and in the world who are “quick to get out and push” when we get stuck in the mud ...

121. The Lure of the Easy Way - Sermon Starter

Matthew 16:21-28

Illustration

Brett Blair

122. His Loss, Our Gain

2 Corinthians 8:7-15

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... is our time. We praise you, adore you, and serve you. Amen. Prayer Of Confession We know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty we might become rich. Therefore we will eagerly finish the task you have set for us, Jesus, Savior, God, that others may know the richness of the forgiveness and salvation that is set aside for all. Amen. Hymns God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending We Give Thee But Thine Own Take My Life And Let It Be ...

123. When You Think You're Finished, That's When God Starts

Jeremiah 31:7-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... We have self-help groups for overeaters and anorexics, for abusers and the abused, for those who cannot stop going to the mall and for those who can no longer make themselves go out of the house (agoraphobia). In short, there are literally thousands of groups eager to help us identify the pain that smarts most in our lives whether it be the anguish of a physically abusive parent or spouse or the mere fact that the family poodle died last week. Admitting to a weakness, an inability to cope, or a "personality ...

124. John 6:24-35

John 6:24-35

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... , 1984), 122. But the crowd is not satisfied. Despite the fact that a scant twenty-four hours has passed since Jesus miraculously fed the whole lot of them with a handful of loaves and fishes, they have the audacity to demand that he give them a sign. Eager to re-direct this conversation in the way they want it to go, the crowd turns back to the topic of tangible, especially edible, gifts that God has provided in the past. If Jesus has any connection to Yahweh, then surely he will continue this concern for ...

125. Mark 10:46-52

Mark 10:46-52

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... voice brought before him (vs. 49). The crowd's urging that Bartimaeus "take heart" seems fairly redundant. Bartimaeus' heart has obviously already gone out to meet the one whom he believes will heal him. Little wonder, then, that verse 50 records the wild eagerness Bartimaeus' body displayed as it sought to catch up to his voice and his heart. Piteously portrayed in verse 46 as a desolate blind beggar "sitting by the roadside," the man is now invigorated and animated as he responds to Jesus' call. Mark ...

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