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1451. Can't We All Just Get Along?

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... out. Let’s try to beat it . . . Let’s try to work it out.” (4) Rodney King may not have been the ideal spokesman for love and understanding, but his question still haunts us, “Can’t we all get along?” God’s dream for the world is that we shall all get ... all of us need to learn. Can’t we all get along? We can if each of us will open our hearts to the love of Jesus Christ. 1. John Ortberg , Everybody’s Normal Until You Get to Know Them (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2003). 2. Life As We Know ...

1452. I Am the Good Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ’t start dating in college until she was mid-way through that time in her life. And yet after all these years of having been loved and accepted and affirmed by her husband and her children, still she has not overcome that ravaging insecurity of her life. I see it in ... say just a brief word about that. And you capture it in a beautiful way there in verses 17 and 18, for this reason the father loves me, because I will lay down my life that I may take it up again, said Jesus. My life is not taken from me, he ...

1453. A Guide for Growth

Philippians 1:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... it is God “in whom we live and move and have our being.” This is what Malcolm Muggeridge witnesses to in his beautiful autobiography: “All I can claim to have learned from the years I have spent in this wonderful world is that the only happiness is love, which is attained by giving, not receiving; and that the world itself only becomes the dear inhabitable dwelling place it is when we who inhabit it know we are migrants, due when the time comes to fly away to other more commodious skies.” A sense of ...

1454. On the Road with the Rich Young Ruler

Luke 18:18-30

Sermon

James W. Moore

... a professional baseball player. He had made it to the major leagues,… but he had only gotten in the game for one play before his career ended. He didn’t even get a chance to bat. The rest of his life was spent as a small town doctor whose love and caring were legendary. In the movie, the old doctor is offered a chance to return, magically, to his youth and to re-enter the big leagues to become the major league baseball star his talent had promised. It was a chance at fame and power and wealth. But the ...

1455. Holy Waste

Mark 14:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... the timing of it was so perfect coming at a time when I desperately needed to be affirmed and lifted up. Sometimes it’s inappropriate to be sensible, and we need to look for and capture those special moments that may not return – we need to act on our love impulses - not deny and strangle them. III Now a final thing Mary and her act of holy waste teaches us: The best is the only appropriate offering to Christ. And you can all give our best. It doesn’t matter what we have, we can give our best. That ...

1456. All in the Family

1 John 3:1-3

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Mary S. Lautensleger

... a senator. My daddy is a congressman, and I am a Brownie! Mary was confident and comfortable with her status as a Brownie and proud of it. I wish we were as confident of our legacies as children of the living God. As parents, we strive to love our children as God loves us. Roy L. Smith grew up in rural Kansas and knew hard times. His father worked as a miller, earning only a few dollars each week. Roy had wanted so much to attend a nearby Christian college, but knew his family could never afford to send him ...

1457. Living The Faith For Dummies

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... while the cash register was open. The only problem was, he left his wallet, laying on the counter. (2) How dumb can you be? I love stories like that, don't you? They not only make me laugh, but they help me feel better about the mistakes I make. You've ... great blessing for the car and the young man's vacation. But then he just drove off in his car with the "Honk if you love Jesus" bumper sticker on the back. Now, even more dejected, the man young wondered if he'd ever find anyone to help. Worn out, hungry, ...

1458. Come On In The Water's Fine

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... that I laughed. But in reflecting on that, I realized that we need to remember in the Kingdom of God there are no spares, there are no useless people. There are no extras. There are no outsiders. Each and every one of us is a child of God whom God loves as if we were God's only child. Baptism reminds us of that. Every time someone answers the invitation, "Come On In, the Water's Fine!"We hear the voice of God saying: "This is my beloved child, with whom I am well pleased." I've always thought it curious ...

1459. At the Banquet...In Your Pajamas

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... world be a better place.” (5) But this is the garment Christ asks us each to put on when we come to his banquet table. Charitable love. The love of God. This poor man who did not have on the proper wedding attire earned the wrath of the king, but don’t feel sorry for him ... choice when we accept Christ’s invitation to come to the banquet table. Will we put on the garment of Christ’s love? The choice is ours and ours alone to make. 1. http://www.day1.net/index.php5. 2. Preaching Today. Cited in Edward ...

1460. Running over the Cat

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... was not given the opportunity to grieve the loss of his father. When a significant event of loss occurs, especially the death of a loved one, we need to grieve. Part of the problem is that we live in a death-denying culture. In earlier times in our culture ... healthy. Do not bottle it up. There’s healing in tears. But do not get stuck in your grief. That is true of grieving over a lost loved one to death or to divorce. Do not allow hurt or anger to color your life. That could also be true of a move or any ...

1461. Like a Butterfly

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... of how much you’ve accumulated, not on the basis of how many marathons you’ve run, not on the basis of how many degrees you’ve earned. These things will all be as dirty rags. The only question you and I will be asked is how well we’ve loved. Also listen to him when he explains who our neighbor is. Not just the people in our family, not just the people in our neighborhood, not just the people who look like us or think like us. Everyone is our neighbor. In a sermon on YouTube Pastor Gary Miller draws ...

1462. Welcome Home

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... ’ve worked for you faithfully, never even speaking to you out of disrespect. This isn’t right.” “Son,” the father said, “You know I love you, and as with him, I’ll give you anything you ask for. But your brother…my other son… has come home. He was on the ... the stink. He is kissing that boy so much the boy can’t even talk. You are looking at the beauty of a father’s love and the power of a father’s grace and the joy of a son’s return. Get that picture down, because you are looking at ...

1463. A Complicated Disciple

John 18:15-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... a way that the local church does not. Yancey asked Tom to name the one quality missing in the local church that AA had somehow provided. Tom stared at his cup of coffee for a long time, watching it go cold. Yancey expected to hear a word like love or acceptance. Instead, Tom said softly one word: dependency. “None of us can make it on our own--isn’t that why Jesus came?” Tom asked. “Yet most church people give off a self-satisfied air of piety or superiority. I don’t sense them consciously leaning ...

1464. Living for God

1 Peter 4:1-11

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... life [in respect to those living on earth at the second coming, and who will not need to go through the experience of death]” (John 11:25–26). The fate of believers who had already died before the second coming may have been causing concern to their surviving loved ones, as in the case of the Thessalonian Christians (1 Thess. 4:13–17). Peter’s words here may in part be intended to encourage any of his readers faced with such a worry. Cf. Wisd. of Sol. 3:1–4. 4:6 The gospel was preached. The verb ...

1465. Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

John 13:31-38

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... (see comment on 13:14), whereas Luke makes room in the immediate context for practical teaching on servanthood (Luke 22:24–27). Yet the prevailing emphases are different. The last of the three pronouncements concludes by hinting again at the theme of mission: The new command of mutual love is not an end in itself but a means to the end that all men will know that you are my disciples (cf. 17:21, 23; 15:16; for a different perspective on the same theme, cf. 13:18–20; 15:18–16:4a). All the themes of ...

1466. Jesus, Peter, and the Beloved Disciple

John 21:15-25

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... by the fact that Jesus has just revealed himself to them (v. 14). The purpose of the question is not to set Peter in competition with the other disciples (cf. Mark 14:29) but simply to single him out from the rest and examine his love in particular. The question marks a transition from the appearance narrative to the last half of the chapter, a transition that Peter’s impetuous actions in verses 7 and 11 might have led the reader to expect. The thrice-repeated pattern of question, answer, and commandment ...

1467. Without Christmas, Life Would Be Impossible

Luke 2:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... more important, Ann’s handwritten message, “Some say to me, ‘This first Christmas without your husband will be hard for you.’ It probably will, but without Christmas, life would be impossible.” Some of us here have had experiences like Ann’s. Death of a loved one. Divorce in the family. Estrangement from a special person. Children on drugs. Loss of a job. A spouse or a child with terminal illness. For many, Christmas has not been what it was in previous years. But do we have Ann’s faith? Have ...

1468. Can It Be Sin to Be Shy?

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... appreciate some of those virtues. [As a somewhat shy person myself, I like that title.] At the same time, I want to say to you, in a loving and yet direct way, if you are a shy person, as many of us are, God’s will is for you, to the best of your ability ... of us are too darn shy to share them. Do you see that God wants us to reach out to other people and share with them His love? We dare not allow our timidity or our shyness to prevent us from reaching out to others. I like the way Lois Wyse once put it: “ ...

1469. Less Is More

John 1:(1-9) 10-18

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... . Then,” she wrote, “suddenly I felt a presence come over me. It felt like there was someone above me. I knew it was Jesus. He said, ‘Don’t do that. You’re worth more than that.’ ” She then wrote, “I didn’t do it. God loves me too much and I love myself too much to do that.” And she left the party early. She concluded the email by saying, “I’ve never been happier. I’m so proud of my decision.” Happiness is found in knowing your worth and being grateful for who you are. Happiness ...

1470. A Hall of Fame Dad

John 16:12-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... would feel left out whenever we use that language. I hope you know that I know that God is Spirit and not flesh and therefore has no gender. But change is slow in an institution like ours. Please bear with me.] Today we salute our fathers. Dad, we love you. The role of a Christian father is more important in today’s world than ever before. Being a Dad is a different role than in earlier generations. In most households today Dad is called upon to play more of a nurturing role in caring for children. If ...

1471. House of God

Ephesians 2:1-10, Ephesians 2:11-22

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Lori Wagner

... , the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order ...

1472. Here Be Dragons

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... But there’s something so utterly powerful about fire, the altar of sacrifice, and the Holy Spirit’s fire in this scripture. For me, I picture God’s Spirit literally like those Seraphs around the altar before the throne of God –as God’s passion, God’s fiery love and sacrifice for humanity, stoked both by our sin and bound in our beauty. The metaphor of fire along with the Seraph (saraph too) suggests both the ability to sear and harm, as well as to sear and purify/heal. So too is the snake in the ...

1473. Caring for the Vineyard We Did Not Plant

Matthew 20:1-16, Joshua 24:1-27

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Lori Wagner

... to find unique pieces that needed restoring. But he gave me this advice. He said, “When you shop for antiques…… never get obsessed with having just that one piece of furniture. You’ve always got to be able to let it go. You can always find something new to love. If you become too convinced that only that “one” will do, you’ll pay too much for it, when you should let it go. Just move onto the next. It may be the best thing that ever happened to you. Maybe it will be a new challenge. But maybe ...

1474. Chosen and Appointed

John 15:9-17

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Lori Wagner

... hard to do! How would he get such different personalities with such different hopes and dreams and reasons for following him to work together for the good of the mission when their only common factor was him? How would they continue to do so after he was gone? Love one another, he said. Enough to lay down your life for each other. Enough to be in mission together. Keep your eyes on what needs to be done. Enough to show the world that being my disciple means that even the most diverse and at-odds people can ...

1475. Fear and Blessing

Psalm 128:1-6

Sermon

Will Willimon

... enough time with her. They allowed her to go her own way, let her run free. That's why she's a mess now; irresponsible parents. Or, they gave her too much, spent too much time with her, over-protected her, yes that's it. They loved her too much, spoiled her, over-indulged her. Simple. When a family in my church discovered that their teenaged son was an alcoholic, or that their daughter was pregnant, or had flunked out of college, a predominant response was, “When our friends find out about this, they ...

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