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101. Neighbors Who Never Met

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... story and I don’t want that to happen to me. The great thing about having small children is you have a great excuse to watch cartoons again. Well, I’ll own up here. I watched them even before I had children. One cartoon that I am particularly fond of is Garfield the Cat. There is a great humor in those sarcastic witticisms of his. One cold winter night Garfield looks out the window and sees Odie the Dog peering through the window. Garfield thinks to himself: This is horrible. Here I am in the comfort of ...

102. Remember!

Deuteronomy 31:30--32:47

Sermon

David E. Leininger

Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me.(1) Memories...we like them...and we need them. And as those words of Thomas Moore remind us, we are comforted and instructed by them. That is why a day such as this is a GOOD day. I have WONDERFUL memories ...

103. The Preacher Was A Bigot

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... : Perhaps the nation should thank Sen. Trent Lott. By scraping the scab off the wound of America's racist past as he did last fall he has reminded the country of what it preferred to forget or even to pretend never occurred. Thanks to Lott's fond remembrance of the racist presidential campaign of Strom Thurmond and the Dixiecrats in 1948, which cost him the leadership of the Senate, we are keenly aware of what it is we celebrate today. This is one Martin Luther King Day when no one should feel compelled ...

104. Sunday's Coming

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , a notably undersized farm animal. An adult man on a full grown donkey would almost have his feet scraping the ground. Hardly the image of the conquering hero. Goodbye, hope. There were the religious leaders. Hope for them would have involved bidding a not-so-fond farewell to the Romans, but that was not their true priority. Truth be known, their deepest hope would have been for Jesus not to upset their apple cart. No chance. According to Mark's gospel, the day after the parade, Jesus came to the Temple ...

105. No More Pain!

John 8:31-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... though, Julie confessed to her mother that she often ate alone because she was embarrassed by her lunches. Thirty-year-old Julie already had children of her own when her mother found out about her childhood hurt. Following that revelation Marion stood in stores looking fondly at lunch boxes, wishing, longing for another chance. Then, one day, Marion happened to find an old lunch box from the sixties, the time when Julie was in school. She admired it so much that the owner gave it to her. She packed goodies ...

106. Comfort My People

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... this magnificent prophecy with these words, "He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young." What a beautiful representation of the love of God. As we are so fond of saying, "this is the reason for the season" forgiveness, God's presence with us and love. That is why even pagans love Christmas. Who can resist the outpouring of love that this season of the year elicits? Let me tell you about a little girl named ...

107. The Things In Mary's Heart

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... of all of this? Mary never would really begin to put all the pieces of the puzzle together. J.F. Miller told of a mother who lost a longed for baby and would constantly go to a drawer and take out the baby's shoes and clothes, fondly remembering the little one taken from her. I wonder if Mary did something like that after Jesus' crucifixion? The French existentialists are right. Life is absurd. "What is truth?" Pilate would ask as he pondered Jesus' fate. It is a question philosophers have wrestled with for ...

108. Love In Action

1 John 3:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... in which Shroeder, that pianoloving intellectual, was interrupted as he often was by his infatuated admirer, Lucy. Lucy asked Shroeder, "Shroeder, do you know what love is?" Shroeder abruptly stopped his playing, stood to his feet and said precisely, "Love: noun, to be fond of, a strong affection for or an attachment or devotion to a person or persons." Then he sat back down and resumed playing his piano. Lucy sat there stunned and then murmured sarcastically, "On paper, he's great." That is the kind of ...

109. Walk Together

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... formed a huge heart with the words, "Ilove you," written inside the heart. The weather held and a week later when she was ready to go home, the valentine was still in the snow. It was a symbol of her husband's love for her. Many of you have similar fond memories of days of young love. It is not too late to go back and recapture the intensity of that devotion. That is God's will for your marriagethat it should be exclusive, that it should be mutually rewarding and that it should be for a lifetime. 1. John ...

110. Rushing And Realizing

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... first piece to be auctioned. The other collectors called out impatiently that they had come there to bid on the real art, not some sentimental piece. No one would make a bid. Finally, a friend of the family bid ten dollars for the painting. He had been fond of the son, and he knew how much that piece meant to the father. When his bid was accepted, all the other collectors cheered. Finally, they would get to bid for the important stuff. But the auctioneer put away his gavel and announced the bidding closed ...

111. Polished Up For Christmas

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... a strapping young man who was a great help on his family's farm. Farm work started early in the morning, with Rob and his father out in the barn milking the cows every morning at 5 a.m. Rob liked working alongside his father, although he wasn't too fond of getting up so early. One morning, he overheard his parents talking outside his bedroom. His father was hesitant to wake Rob for the morning's chores. He wanted his son to get some sleep. He wished aloud that he could do all the milking himself, so as not ...

112. Coming Alive To Christ

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... read." It is a shame that many of us have let our daily encounter with the Word slide. Those who discipline themselves to make daily reading of the Word a part of their lives invariably find themselves drawn closer to the Master. John Calvin was fond of comparing the Scriptures to a pair of "spectacles." He often said that even though we could know something about God from the wonders of creation, such knowledge was fuzzy and incomplete without the aid of the Bible. Calvin insisted that just as people with ...

113. The Way Life Ought To Be

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Are you awake?" he asked. "I am," she replied softly. "But you must not ask to see me. You must not press me, Thomas." "I will sing to you, then," he said, and began his song. Believe me, if all those endearing young charms, which I gaze on so fondly today, Were to change by tomorrow and flee from my arms, like fairy gifts fading away, Thou wouldst still be adored, as this moment thou art. Let thy loveliness fade as it will, and round the dear ruin each wish of my heart Would entwine itself verdantly still ...

114. Finding Our Way Back Home

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... Home is where we first meet God. Of course, children cannot be expected to meet God in a home where faith is not real. Out of our history books comes the story of a Baptist preacher who took to a stray dog that his two boys had become very fond of. It seems that the dog was black as coal except for three very distinctive white hairs in his tail. One day they saw an advertisement in their local newspaper about a lost dog that fit the description of the stray perfectly, including the three white hairs. With ...

115. He Can Change Water To Wine

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... in order to save our lives we must lose them. From maintenance to mission--that is a key step in turning the water of our lives to wine. Another is a NEW MOTIVATION. Ulysses S. Grant had a famous weakness for drink. A biographer of Grant wrote that "fondness of drink seemed to stay with him, although it is notable that he never indulged it when the chips were down. His benders always took place in dull periods, when nothing much was going on." Did you catch that? WHEN NOTHING MUCH WAS GOING ON. It is hard ...

116. Take Time To Pray

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... different perceptions of life and we're both praying to the same Lord." The bear said evenly, "Son, I don't know about you, but I'm saying grace." There are many different uses of prayer. We are beginning today a two-part "miniseries", as they are fond of calling them on television, on prayer. Today we will consider the importance of taking time for prayer. Next week we will consider how we should go about the task of prayer. John Sanford in his book THE KINGDOM WITHIN, tells about a well at a farm house ...

117. Teach Us To Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... right. O. Henry once told a story about a young man who went from a tiny village in the countryside to a large city. In the village he had grown up among good people. In his school he sat next to a very kind young girl of whom he was fond. When he got to the city, however, he forgot his upbringing. He fell into a life of crime. He became a petty pickpocket. He thought nothing about it until one day he picked a man's pocket as he had done so many times before, but this time a pair ...

118. United We Stand, Divided We Fall

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... they had dubbed "the Victorian Leviathan" that dominated what otherwise was a plain but handsome church. The Clyde family viewed the couch in a different light. Their farms had fallen on hard times in recent years. They looked at the couch each Sunday and fondly remembered that their great-grandfather Cedric had founded the church. Although their tractors were rusting in the front yard, at least the preacher sat on Cedric's couch. "Every sentence I put in the air," Rev. Kirk said of his sermons, "I see them ...

119. Beyond Temptation

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

There is a silly story out of the Jewish tradition about a rabbi who went on a journey with his servant named Jacob. Their cart was drawn by a lively horse of which the rabbi was very fond. When they came to a roadside inn, the rabbi went in to rest, leaving his horse in Jacob's care. In the meantime, a horse trader passed by and, seeing Jacob, soon made friends with him. He plied him with drink and Jacob soon was so intoxicated it was easy ...

120. Eating Cold Grits

John 14:5-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... of this morning ” sacrifice. Let me tell you about another man ” a man named Willis Moore. Willis Moore recalls that his grandmother always ate cold grits. She preferred them hot. It was her priorities that caused them to be cold. Willis fondly remembers how his "Grandmother would cook a hot breakfast ” fresh farm eggs, crisp bacon, homemade blackberry jelly and biscuits, and bowls of hot grits." The family would gather around the table. His grandfather would ask the blessing. While the family was ...

121. The Fourth Person In The Trinity

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... and valleys, boulders to hide behind, dark caves to hide inside." Sometimes one of the workers would come into the warehouse where Kenneth was playing. He would delight in spying on the worker without being seen. "I was an Indian waiting in ambush," he fondly recalls, "I was the sheriff waiting to spring out and arrest the outlaw." Kenneth spent many fun and imaginative afternoons in the feed mill waiting for his father to finish working. As Kenneth got older he began to realize that his pretend game of ...

122. The Salvation Army Parade

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... eight or nine to stop all the wars in the world." (2) As a result of the newspaper article Tommy appeared on national television. And who knows, maybe Tommy's effort has brought the world one step closer to peace. I believe God has a special fondness for people like Tommy Tighe ” people who are believers ” people with high hopes who long to see the world become a better place. That's the way the people were who accompanied Jesus that first Palm Sunday ” they had high hopes. THE PROBLEM WITH THEIR HIGH ...

123. All You Need Is A Miracle

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... the door of my life. So I let him in." (5) The feeding of the five thousand was an important incident in the life of the church. Each of the gospels mentions the event at least once. When the early church was struggling, they remembered fondly the time when Jesus fed the crowd. They viewed themselves as ones who were taking their small beginnings, their few loaves, and distributing them to the entire world, offering hope to the hopeless, and performing a great miracle of faith. Miracles are possible. They ...

124. A Long Line Of Love

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... wedding ceremonies, if they understand the love of Ruth for Naomi? Ruth was committed to her mother-in-law even when there was nothing for her to gain and everything to lose. So these two women set out for Bethlehem, Naomi's home town. Naomi's relatives greeted her fondly as they entered the city. But she told them, "Don't call me Naomi. Call me Mara," which means bitter, "for my life has been a bitter one." The only food Naomi and Ruth had to eat after that was what was left in the farmers' fields after ...

125. Responding To The Roadblocks Of Life

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... three points for your consideration on how to response to the roadblocks of life. FIRST OF ALL, KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE. I looked the word "dream" up in Webster's second college edition dictionary. One of the many meanings of the word "dream" is to have a "fond hope" or "aspiration", or to think of something noble in life, to be at all possible and desirable. Yes, dreams are hopes and ideas that inspire us and motivate us. Dreams can be the most powerful and pervasive force at work in our world. Dreams of ...

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