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1251. What Are You Sitting On?

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

King Duncan

... Kong. She was tensely occupying a chair next to his. Her backpack bore the scars and dirt of some hard traveling. It bulged with mysterious souvenirs of seeing the world. When the tears began to drip from her chin, he imagined some lost love or the sorrow of giving up adventure for college classes. But then she began to sob ” a veritable flood of tears. She was not quite ready to go home, she said. She had run out of money. She had spent two days waiting in the airport standby with little to eat and too ...

1252. Full Barns--empty Souls

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... were excellent. Then boom, out of the blue, their lives were turned upside down. No wonder some people respond with bitterness and anger. OTHERS FACE LIFE WITH RESIGNATION. Anger won't sustain you for a lifetime. Bitterness is draining on the soul. So, many people simply give up on life. They don't have the energy for anger nor the enthusiasm for joy. They simply live one day at a time. They go to their job. They take care of their family, but they never feel any real zest for life. They are simply ...

1253. When Your Lips Are One Place But Your Heart . . .

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... more, serve more, believe more. But we are imperfect vessels. To a certain extent we are like Ollie Trolinger. Ollie was a lady in distress. She was going through the motions at church. Her husband's health was failing. Money was tight. Ollie felt herself giving up hope. But she forgot her self-pity when she caught sight of Anne Lawson approaching. Anne was suffering with a terminal illness. Anne was dying. Maybe that's why Anne didn't mince words when she asked Ollie for a favor. Anne knew the pressures ...

1254. Why He Came

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... camps, Elie Wiesel claims that he and his father motivated each other to survive. Wiesel needed to stay alive to take care of his elderly father. That became his motivation for surviving the concentration camps. He knew that if he died, his father would give up hope and die also. Weisel wrote, "(The Germans) tried to get the inmates to think only of themselves, to forget relatives and friends, to tend only to their own needs . . . But what happened was just the reverse. Those who retreated to a universe ...

1255. How Free Are We?

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... than before. You have to pay a great deal of attention to yourself if you are going to deny yourself! In his famous “Screwtape Letters,” C.S. Lewis has the devils substitute the word “unselfishness” for “love.” This, notes Screwtape, encourages a person to give up benefits, not so that others will be happy in receiving them, but so that the giver might feel unselfish in giving them! Thus, the self is still in the center! Well, if being curved in upon ourselves is the problem, and if that problem ...

1256. A Gift for You

Romans 1:1-7

Sermon

James L. Killen

... . You know, I like my beer." Well the jury is still out on whether or not it is an okay thing for Christians to drink beer. Some say, "Yes." Some say, "No." But if the fellow couldn't think of anything bigger than whether or not he would have to give up beer, he hadn't really gotten the picture of what it means to be a Christian. To answer the call to be a saint - that is, to be a Christian - does require commitment. It requires a commitment that lots of people really may not be ready to make yet. That ...

1257. The Lost And Found Collection

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... have indicated to God that I didn’t want to live by his rules. At times I have used people instead of loving them. At times the almighty dollar has ruled my life. Occasionally my language has been shameful. I have despised a number of people. But God did not give up on me. He sought me just as the Thomas family sought for old Gris Gato. God did everything he could to show me his love, but he would not trap me. God did everything to reach me except to take away my freedom to say no. There are many things ...

1258. Where There’s Hope, There’s Life

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... vision for the world today? Have we lost it? Perhaps we have all become realists, dismissing Isaiah’s vision as nothing more than a pipe dream of naïve people. Does this beautiful poetry have any punch in the light of reality? Who are we if we give up on such idealistic dreams? Who’s casting the vision for peace on earth in our day and our time? Samuel Johnson said, “Where there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.” It takes great hopes for there to be great people. The great prophets of history ...

1259. It Was a Dark and Stormy Evening! Father's Day

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... is falling apart? “Lord Jesus, don’t you care that my friends have deserted me? “Lord Jesus, don’t you care that I have no money? “Lord Jesus, don’t you care that I feel so alone? “Lord Jesus, don’t you care that I want to give up? “Lord Jesus, don’t you care that my husband has died? “Lord Jesus, don’t you care that I lost my job? “We have all asked [these questions] in a million ways a million times. We never question the Lord’s compassion when things are going well. But ...

1260. A Squirrel Crossing a Busy Street

Romans 5:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... Dr. Tooman, for my hurting.” (7) There are some hurts that you and I may experience for which we will never be able to find any good purpose. We will never be able to say “thanks for the hurting” in this life. But Scripture tells us, don’t give up. In the world to come, our understanding and perspective will be opened up and all of God’s graces will be revealed. None of us understand why God created a world in which there is suffering. I’m not offering this message today as a full explanation. I ...

1261. Crucified, Dead, and Buried

John 19:17-27, John 19:28-37, John 19:38-42

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... cf. 13:14, 34). Those whom Jesus has loved must fulfill that love by becoming servants to one another in mutual ministry—in this instance, the ministry of a mother and a son respectively. In the third scene (vv. 28–30), Jesus voluntarily gives up life itself. The scene begins with the connective word “later” (Gr.: meta touto), suggesting that Jesus’ provision for the needs of his mother and his disciple was his final responsibility on earth. Jesus was said earlier to have “loved his own who were ...

1262. Jesus’ Authority to Perform Miracles

Matthew 8:18-22, Matthew 8:23-27, Matthew 8:28-34, Matthew 9:1-8

Teach the Text

Jeannine K. Brown

... has no place to lay his head, So they followed the Lord and they gave up their homes, And they journeyed as strangers. My roots go too deep, I care far too much, For all of the things of this world. So I’ll follow my Lord and I’ll give up my home, And I’ll find my home in you.

1263. The Death of Jesus

John 19:28-37, John 19:17-27, John 19:38-42

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

1264. The Burial of Jesus

John 19:38-42, John 19:17-27, John 19:28-37

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

1265. Where It Ends

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Sermon

John Jamison

... to help clear away the symbolism of what he had done by simply explaining that even though he is their Lord and Teacher, he is still a servant of God. And a part of the role of God’s servant is to serve others too, even if that sometimes means giving up your seat as host at the table and taking on the role of the lowest person in the room. Then he said, “If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them” (v. 17). And that’s where all of the trouble begins, isn’t it? Sometimes we ...

1266. Ask Jacob!

Matthew 6:25-34, Genesis 25:19-34

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... adama. But you know, we live in a kind of Esau like culture, don’t we? People in our culture are exhausted. They are depleted by the turmoil going on in our culture. They are hungry for something more. Their hunger pangs are such today that they will give up anything and everything to fill themselves up, even if that filling we take in isn’t good for us in any sense of the word. We are sailing in a sea of self-gratification. How can we be Christian, worship God, deepen our faith when we are surrounded ...

1267. Cross Choices

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... of Nazi Germany, said, “When Christ calls a person, he bids that person ‘come and die.’ ”2 Those words reflect what Jesus teaches us in verses 38-39 in the gospel reading as the crux of the matter: that taking up the cross and following Jesus means giving up self for Jesus’ sake in order to find real life in him. Only the person who is dead to his or her own selfish will can follow Christ. To choose life through the death of self and our affections, lusts, desires, wants, and allegiances is never ...

1268. Investing God's Gift

Luke 19:11-27

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... parable plays a large role in his purpose. The parable of the investments is a parable that urges responsible mission during the time of the Lord's absence. That the nobleman intends to return is clear: He explicitly says that he will return. Luke is not giving up the notion of Christ's return in glory to establish the full expression of the kingdom. But neither is he favorable to the inaction or lack of zeal for the mission of the church on the part of those who expect that return imminently. The point ...

1269. Monologue: Hannah

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... see him on a daily basis. I could not love him as I would like to. I would not see him in the morning, or put him to bed at night. I would not hear his voice. He would not know how much I loved him. I felt I was giving up absolutely everything I loved for God and I felt very much alone in my decision Every day, I wondered if my child was being taken care of properly. After Samuel had been left at the temple to be raised by Eli, God blessed me with more children. It was wonderful ...

1270. Easter 4

Acts 2:14-41, Psalm 23:1-6, Acts 6:1-7, Acts 7:54--8:1a, 1 Peter 2:13-25, John 10:1-21

Sermon Aid

... have heard about Bonhoeffer say lots about his theology and his ethics, but little about his martyrdom. Curious, isn't it? 3. The question for contemporary believers is siniply this: Are you willing to pay the cost of discipleship, which in one way or another means giving up your life to and for Jesus? A sermon on the Second Lesson, 1 Peter 2:19-25 - "Patience - A Precious Gift of the Spirit." The Rite of Confirmation has been changed, to the total confusion of many long-time members of the congregations of ...

1271. JESUS: Liar, Lunatic, Legend, or Lord

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Brett Blair

... of Jesus’ life. I can understand one, maybe two of them creating a legend around their teacher, but not all of them. Not all would go to their deaths for what they knew to be a myth. Not all of them would devote their entire existence, giving up family and home, to perpetuate a lie. So we are left with this: The picture that is presented of Jesus is a genuine accurate record of what happened. Yes they have their personal reasons for writing their letters but His miracles are not legends. His powers ...

1272. Life on the Rock

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

James Merritt

... her life back together. I began to share with her the gospel. She began to share with me the typical "God talk" you hear from someone who has it in their head, but not in their heart. As she sat there telling me how she needed to dry out and give up alcohol, as she was drinking her third Bloody Mary, I realized I was looking at someone whose life was built on shifting sand, not on solid rock. You see, the foundation here is more than just the word of God. It is how you respond to the word of God ...

1273. "Gotcha" Questions from Mean-Spirited People

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... were so impressed that they no longer "dared to ask him another question" (20:40). The score: Jesus — four; Jerusalem's religious establishment — still zero. Before claiming victory for our Lord, be reminded of the tenacity of the mean-spirited. They don't give up easily. In fact, all they do is reorganize and try again. The mean-spirited decide to have Jesus killed without waiting for him to say something that discredits him in the eyes of the people. It might be said at that moment those religious ...

1274. A Wise Ruling

1 Kings 3:16-28

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... child be cut in two. The true mother is willing to give her child up alive to another rather than see him die; the other woman is happy to have death deprive the first of her son, as it did her. The identity of the true mother, the one who gives up her child out of love, is thus revealed to Solomon, and Solomon is revealed to his subjects as one who has wisdom from God to administer justice (v. 28). So far so good. But while this may be the end of the story for Solomon and his subjects, it is ...

1275. Samuel Anoints Saul

1 Sam 9:1–10:8

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... prominent family from the tribe of Benjamin (9:1–13). He is tall—a head taller than anyone else—but he is looking for lost donkeys and not a crown when he encounters Samuel. After searching the tribal areas of Ephraim and Benjamin, Saul is ready to give up the search, but his servant suggests that they consult a highly respected man of God. Fortunately the servant has a small amount of silver to give to the prophet, for payment of some sort was customary (see 1 Kings 14:3). When the two men ask about ...

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