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101. It's O.K. To Be Extravagant

John 12:1-11

Sermon

James W. Moore

... which would mean sure death for the children, the elderly, the weak, and the ill and the injured… and likely death for many of the strong. The leaders of the tribe huddled up to devise a plan. The logical thing, the reasonable thing, the expedient thing, the sensible thing was to leave the weak ones behind. They were going to be killed anyway… why risk losing the strong in a futile effort to save the others? That was the rational answer but they couldn’t do it! Instead, they chose to be extravagant in ...

102. Year-Round Christmas

1 Kings 17:1-24

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... easily afford." Of the poor widow who dropped in two coins, he said, "She in her poverty, who needs so much, has given away everything, her whole living." I knew I would have said to her, "Let us take this to the council. We have a sensible council that always makes exceptions and I know that they will relieve you of your discipline of giving."(4) In my files I have something intriguing I saved from a pastor in Bellingham, Washington some years ago. Donel McClellan writes, "In downtown Seattle a few years ...

103. Ask the Average Person...

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... crazier. I would climb more mountains, swim more rivers and watch more sunsets. I would do more walking and looking. I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I would have more actual troubles and fewer imaginary ones. You see, I'm one of the people who lives life sensibly hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I've had my moments, and if I had to do it over again, I'd have more of them. In fact, I'd try to have nothing else, just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead each day ...

104. God Believes In Us, Too

Luke 19:1-10

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Dr. Chane M. Hutton

... that Barbie dolls are not representative of real people. It's just that Barbie is sometimes accused of having an unrealistic shapeliness. The "Happy to Be Me" doll has a thicker waist and bigger feet than Barbie, and a shorter neck and legs. Plus, her feet fit sensible shoes (not just tippy-toe heels), and her arms bend in a more natural way. Will the "Happy to Be Me" doll help us teach the next generation to love their bodies "as is?" It surely couldn't hurt! (2) I wonder if Zacchaeus was self-conscious ...

105. Gambling On God

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... churchman with his wife and four children. Yet in 1831, much to his surprise, he was elected bishop of Ohio. This was in spite of his unfamiliarity with ” even lack of interest in ” this untamed, unrefined backwoods outpost totally foreign to his sensibilities. "My sinful . . . heart rebelled against it," he wrote after receiving the notification. But he accepted this assignment as the will of God for his life. He went on to serve doggedly for the next forty years, riding in his vestments along the ...

106. Lighting The World

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... were four lines of verse: Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your nose Yuletide carols being sung by a choir And folks dressed up like Eskimos When his friend finally appeared, Mel asked him about the little poem. His friend was dressed sensibly in tennis shorts and a white Tshirt, but he still looked uncomfortably warm. "It was so . . . hot today," he said, "I thought I'd write something to cool myself off. All I could think of was Christmas and cold weather." Mel took another look at ...

107. Waiting On God

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... impetuous activist, always calculating and clever, but always out of touch with reality. Eeyore, the donkey, frets and complains but never brings himself to action. Pooh, on the other hand, doesn't force things or try too hard, because he knows if he remains relaxed, sensible, and in touch with what's important, doing everything he can do in a situation, things will work out. Hoff concludes his book with the following advice: "Within each of us there is an Owl, a Rabbit, an Eeyore, and a Pooh. For too long ...

108. A Christmas To Remember

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... how to best solve his problem. Finally, he made a decision. He would quietly divorce her in the presence of two witnesses so no harm would come to her. We don't know whether or not Joseph had told Mary of his decision. He felt this was the sensible thing to do because he had such a hard time believing Mary's story. AS WE PREPARE FOR THE BIRTH OF JESUS, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE POSSIBILITY THAT GOD SOMETIMES SPEAKS TO US THROUGH DREAMS. God communicates with us in many ways. It was while Joseph was sleeping that ...

109. How Do You Act In The Presence Of The Queen?

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... . The queen, accompanied by first lady Barbara Bush and Washington Mayor Sharon Pratt Dixon, visited 67-year-old retiree Alice Frazier's home in an area formerly plagued by drugs and crime but now rehabilitated. It was on this occasion that Frazier shocked British sensibilities with her effusive hospitality. Frazier was simply showing her happiness at being visited by royalty. No one had explained to her that you don't hug a queen. I was reminded of this incident when I came to our Old Testament and Gospel ...

110. Traveling Light

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Caroly R. Gibson

... hygienic. I would take more chances. I would climb more mountains, swim more rivers, and watch more sunsets. I would eat more ice cream and less beets. I would have more actual troubles and fewer imaginary ones. You see, I am one of those people who live practically and sensibly and sanely, hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I have had my mad moments, And if I had it to do over again, I'd have more of them. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many minutes ahead. I have been one of those ...

111. Is Suffering Really Necessary?

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

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King Duncan

... striking fact that the only thing Jesus took pains to show after His resurrection was HIS SCARS. His disciples recognized neither Him nor His message on the Emmaus road. Not until He broke the bread and they saw the scars were their sensibilities aroused. When He stood in the midst of His demoralized disciples in the upper room after the resurrection, he showed them his hands and his side. (5) The writer of Hebrews is right. There is something instructive about suffering. People have testified repeatedly ...

112. Why The British Coast Guard Doesn't Like Eric, But God Does

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... one. And when the shepherd finds this wandering one, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, "Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep." Hey, who says that God has to behave in a sensible way? Most of us would have stayed there in the wilderness guarding the ninety-and-nine who had behaved themselves. "Cut your losses," we say. "That silly sheep had made his own bed," we conclude curtly, "let him lie in it." We don't really like this ...

113. Needed: Peacemakers

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... the pest, tuberculosis, syphilis--he lived, slept, and moved among them all. He had made up his mind that his life span was to be short at the best, and faced it all without anxiety or fear. He gloried in the belief that Christianity is not a religion of sensible people, but of people gone mad with love for God and for humanity. (5) What a great Christian. But here's what we need to know: Kagawa's radical commitment to the least and lowest was but a pale reflection of his Lord's love for all humanity. Jesus ...

114. Why the Church?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... hear people say: I can be just as good a Christian without the Church. But Jesus never said that. He said that the branch cannot live by itself, cut off from the vine. To say that one can be just as good a Christian without the Church is about as sensible as saying one can be just as good a child without a family. This leads us to another phrase of the Creed. It speaks of the communion of saints. The Communion of Saints is but another way of speaking of the Church. Once in awhile we hear someone say: I ...

115. Facing Difficult Decisions in Life! Part VI

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... mountains, swim more rivers, and watch more sunsets. I would do more walking and looking. I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I would have more actual troubles, and fewer imaginary ones. You see, I''m one of those people who lives life with my guard up and sensibly hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I''ve had my moments, and if I had to do it over again, I''d have more of them. In fact, I''d try to have nothing else, just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each ...

116. Emptying and Exalting (Part XI)

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... C. S. Lewis is absolutely correct when he so beautifully writes: "God could, had He pleased, have been incarnate in a man of iron nerves, the Stoic sort who lets no sign escape him. Of His great humility, He chose to be incarnate in a man of delicate sensibilities who wept at the grave of Lazarus and sweated blood in Gethsemane. Otherwise, we should have missed the great lesson that it is by His will alone that a man is good or bad, and that feelings are not, in themselves, of any importance. We should also ...

117. Replacing a Fallen Comrade

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... of their comrades had fallen and now it was their job to replace him. There was only one requirement for the job--it must be someone who knew Jesus personally. It must be someone who had witnessed his death and resurrection. That was a sensible requirement. This allowed them to maintain the credibility of their witness. The people who led them would not be testifying to something they had learned secondhand. The ones selected had been there to see firsthand all that befell our Lord. To paraphrase a famous ...

118. Why I Believe In Tithing

Malachi 3:6-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... United States. It was the trip of a lifetime. He was a key person, and after all, our church was paying his salary. How ungrateful. But we went to India anyway, regretting that we would not see Dr. Nanboudrapad. The most overwhelming onslaught on our American sensibilities and mindset was the third class trains in India. I don’t know whether you’ve been to India or not, but that was an onslaught on every thing that we were and every thing we had experienced. We were riding first class in air conditioned ...

119. The Day Is Not For Sleeping

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 80). I cite that one example to introduce the fact that going to sleep intellectually is a two-edged sword. We go to sleep intellectually and there is no growing edge to our life, no convincing witness. Let me ask you. Could you have a sensible conversation with someone who earnestly wanted to talk about the Bible and the central doctrines of the faith? How would you talk to someone about the atonement? About justification by grace through faith? About the meaning of baptism and holy communion? Can you talk ...

120. Putting the Puzzle Together

John 6:60-71

Sermon

King Duncan

... of all those hundreds of little, disjointed puzzle pieces. If someone handed you a box of pieces, you'd drive yourself crazy trying to make some sense of them without that picture. But with the picture as a guide, you have a fighting chance to make something sensible, even beautiful, out of all those pieces. Some of you remember an old, old story that preachers used to tell about a little boy who was bothering his father while his father was reading a magazine. The father decided to occupy the little boy by ...

121. Choices

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... We view that as barbaric. This is not the Jesus we prefer. We like a soft Jesus, one who talks like a guru from the 1960s about peace and love and how we are all God’s children. This harsher, more strident Jesus offends our live-and-let-live sensibilities. Obviously Jesus did not mean literally that we are to cut off an offending appendage. Still, the words convey an earnestness that we ought to heed. “If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off.” Sometimes in life we have to choose. Isn’t that what ...

122. Evaluating Our Names

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... youth groups and our magnificent choirs, to the beauty of our sanctuary or to our historic past. We glorify our programs and our mission budget, all in the effort to show others that our congregation is preeminent and surely the one to which any sensible Christian would want to belong. If we would identify with the Zion of Isaiah, however, perhaps we should ask ourselves if our names are really "Forsaken" and "Desolate" as the prophet says. Because we have so often tried to glorify ourselves and our own ...

123. If I Have Not Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to exclaim, “Oh, ah! That’s it!” This is Paul’s exposition of love expressed poetically, but leaving nothing out. Our souls resonate to it because it is truth we have experienced – or need desperately to experience. With extraordinary sensibility and pristine clarity with unmuddied understanding and spiritual depth, Paul has mined the essence of the Christian gospel. It is no wonder that whenever Christians gather to worship, wherever the gospel is proclaimed, I Corinthians 13 is known and loved ...

124. Getting Your Politics Right

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... the Western churches the former. Both are grammatically possible, but since Jesus had such a vivid understanding of the One whose territory he was invading, I opt for the translation The Evil One, primarily for the reason that it is so utterly offensive to modern sensibilities. Jesus believed in the devil; so did John Wesley; so does Pastor Phil, and for two reasons: the Bible tells me he is real, and secondly, because I have done business with him, first as a friend and now as an enemy. It is not enough ...

125. Facing Fears, Kingdom Style

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... and the emotional suffering inherent in them is the primary basis of all human mental illness.... Some of us will go to quite extraordinary lengths to avoid our problems and the suffering they cause, proceeding far afield from all that is clearly good and sensible in order to try to find an easy way out, building the most elaborate fantasies in which to live, sometimes to the total exclusion of reality.”3 Jesus was under no illusion about mental and spiritual health of his first followers. Thomas was a ...

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