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1476. The Work of An Evangelist

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . With a degree of anxiety, consternation and judgment in her voice she said, “Dr. Bales, what on earth is going on here? What are you doing to our church?” “I am trying to save people from hell,” he responded. “Well then that’s all right,” she said. “I guess we do need to save people like this.” “No,” he said, “that’s not the way it is. I am not trying to save them. I am trying to save us – and people like us.” Do you get it? Not only must we be able to critique the culture ...

1477. A Thousand Years Of Ashes

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... , and they discuss the merits of Lent versus Yom Kippur. She turns her head and laughs. The rabbi says, “What’s so funny, dear?” Her response, “40 days of Lent‑-one day of Yom Kippur . . . so, even when it comes to sin, [Gentiles] pay retail.” (2) Well, I guess we do if that’s the way you think of Lent. We pay retail while our Jewish friends pay wholesale. But, of course, that is not the real meaning of this holy season. LENT IS A TIME OF REFLECTION ON THE MEANING OF OUR LIVES IN THE LIGHT OF ...

1478. People With Shining Faces

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... cheese each day. He would probably do it about the time I was unwrapping a piece of chocolate. Aaron and the people of Israel were afraid to come near Moses’ shining face. In fact, Moses wore a veil after his encounters with God. I guess this was to keep from intimidating his audience, that is how uncomfortable they were. When we are in the presence of excellence, all our mediocrities seem that much more exposed. That’s why the people were afraid in Moses’ presence. BUT MOSES WASN’T INTERESTED ...

1479. Abraham and God's Promise

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... bought her a red bicycle. Again, he gave her what she needed, wheels, and it was something she could handle. “God is very much like that,” says Pastor Overgard. “We ask for the things we want and He gives us what we need.” Then he adds, “I guess that’s why I’m still driving a VW instead of a Cadillac.” Now, he says, his daughter is married. So when she comes and says, “Daddy, I still want a red convertible,” he replies, “Well, ask your husband.” God knows our needs, both those needs ...

1480. What Making a Difference Looks Like

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... inmates all describe her incredible energy, joy, and hopefulness. She describes it as simply living out her calling. In a recent interview she said, ‘I wouldn't trade this cell for any place in the world.’”14 This woman has been to school. Guess who the chief instructor was? Only those who are at peace with God and with themselves have anything worth exporting to a world in conflict. Their very presence calms agitation. People intuitively trust them because they are trust-worthy. The really good ones ...

1481. Peacemaking and Self Control

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... forgiveness, promising restitution, then following through with the necessary tools to rebuild the relationship, in other words, the death of pride and isolation. And if he is not present, if he is in Nazareth because he can’t afford to make the trip this year, then guess what? God’s call is for me to recognize that I cannot be right with God by a sacrifice if I am not willing to be made right with my brother through humility. Come back later, or next year together! Jesus commanded that we take action ...

1482. The Heart of an Intimate Matter

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... your right eye and right hand back again! Moral cancers must be cut out, and for Jesus, lust is a malignant malformation of a God given desire. It will consume and kill all hopes for happiness. This is one battle every Christian man and woman must win. My guess is that Dan Brown’s DaVinci Code, lusty Jesus is more like Dan Brown than the Jesus of the Four Gospels.7 Just as greed is the shadow side of enjoying any particular thing, and just as gluttony is the perversion of the satisfaction of hunger, and ...

1483. A Kingdom Investment Policy

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... follows dollars, and dollars are nothing but congealed sweat turned into marketable paper. Make a risky decision as an experiment of faith. Change your use of time and your financial commitments in the direction of the kingdom of God as best you understand it, and guess what? You will soon find new and supportive affections bubbling up from within. Jesus did not say feel-it-and-then-do-it but do-it-and-then-feel-it. In the hierarchy of human capacities, the will is the executive function, the emotions a ...

1484. The God Who Must Be Pursued

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... a sign of health in a church when the gifts God gives bring joy instead of envy. Though I may not yet be healed, I am joyful that someone else is. Though my marriage may not be healthy, I am happy for others who enjoy what I hope for. My guess is that it is easier for God to bless those who are pursuing him than those who are enchanted with other matters. Empty hands and raised hands are easy to fill. We are beggars in that we are needy; we are also children with a generous heavenly Father. And in ...

1485. Comfortable Christianity Is a Big, Fat Lie

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... the forces at work in your world. This is why things are the way they are. Many believers spend time flitting from one church or preacher or book or event to the next, all the while asking, “Can someone make it easier?” and if you get a Yes, guess what? They’re lying, and they want your loyalty and your money. Say it with me: Comfortable Christianity is a big, fat lie. I see it every week in the casualties that show up at the Duncan Emergency Room. If you open your life to the occult and demonic ...

1486. To Live Is to Dance

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . Be intentional about your witness. Be bold in your stewardship and begin the practice of tithing. To plunge into life completely is our baptism, and to dance with fellow plungers is our communion. And that leads to the third and last thing I want to say. I guess you’re happy about that. There is the social dimension of the dance, which we must realize is a part of the Christian life. There are times when we dance alone. Rare moments when we respond to the world around us and within us. Unaware of other ...

1487. Big Fish

John 21:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you caught any fish?” “No,” they answered. The stranger said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” Why they paid attention to this stranger we do not know. But they did, and guess what? They were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. The catch nearly sank their boat. Then the disciple John said to Simon Peter, “It is the Lord!” They knew there was only one man who had this kind of knowledge. It ...

1488. Joy in the Journey

119:129-136

Sermon

Michael Milton

... and easy to command. Not to be left hanging by himself, his colleague, a Ms. Joann Byrd, wrote a column in which she tried to explain Weisskopf’s faux pas. Byrd said readers needed to understand that most journalists don’t know any of “these people.”[1] I guess they were probably thinking about a simple woman like my Aunt Eva, who reared me and was like my mother. My Aunt Eva had little formal education and had to leave high school and her dream of being a home economics teacher in order to care for ...

1489. When Jesus Comes to Church

Mark 11:27-33

Sermon

Michael Milton

... opening the cabinet doors, a whole colony of 747-sized black cockroaches fell en masse all over me. I was literally knocked backwards by the shock of the sudden surge of the swarming, black things; I fell onto the greasy linoleum floor, covered with roaches. I guess you could say that I disturbed them. When Jesus comes to church, when Jesus comes into our lives, He disturbs the mass of sin that hides in our hearts. When the brilliant light of Christ penetrates the cabinet to our hearts, it reveals a place ...

1490. Identifying a Christian

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... bus, owned and operated by Israelis. Please do not throw stones.” How do you tell the difference between an Arab bus and a Jewish bus? A big plastic sign in the windshield. But back to our primary question, how do you identify a Christian? I guess we could wear plastic signs. But would that really do the trick? (1) This is an important question. A few years, the Barna Research Group released the findings of a nationwide survey of people who do not consider themselves to be Christian. They were asked to ...

1491. What We Want for Our Children

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... meals. Beth Martin read the list and took it to heart. That day, she began following the doctor’s prescription; in no time at all, her mother looked more relaxed and prettier than she had in years. (4) It’s a beautiful Mother’s Day story, but my guess is that the effect on Beth was greater than the effect on her mother. Lazy, spoiled children are not happy children and they will not be happy adults. Beth needed to be helping around the farm long before this. We do our children no favor when we deprive ...

1492. All Keyed Up

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... that evil lurked in unchristian, uncivilized, foreign lands. In our day, we no longer fear the safety of people traveling in foreign lands. We warn one another, however, about going into certain parts of our cities, or going out at all at night. I would guess that one of the most dangerous places in the world to live today, is a city in America. There seems to be a growing under-class of people so alienated from society's traditional morality and civility, that it is like the ancient world's fear ...

1493. How Is Your Memory?

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... in those strict Sabbatarian homes. You have told me about how your mothers had to cook the Sunday meals on Saturday because they could do no work on Sunday. I was raised in a family that observed the Sabbath, but we were not literal Sabbatarians. I guess you could call us "reformed" Sabbatarians. Which meant that before we did anything on Sunday, we asked, "Is this appropriate to do on the Sabbath?" Which really boiled down to, would any of our father's parishioners see us do it. For instance, we could play ...

1494. How Moses Handled Stress

Numbers 11:4-35

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , would feel stressed out. But that is what is so great about the Bible. It has real people in it. The Bible does not hide the fact that the heros and heroines of our faith are real human beings, like you and me. A part of Moses' problem, I would guess, was that he was ill-prepared to do what he was called to do. In fact, he tried to tell God that when God asked him to do it. He explained that he did not have the skills. God said to do it anyway, which he did. He hung in ...

1495. Freedom

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... Craddock, with tongue planted firmly in his cheek, swears this is true--the dog turned to Fred and asked, “This your first visit to Connecticut?” Undaunted by a talking dog, Fred answered, “No, I went to school up here a long time ago.” “Well, I guess you heard. I came up here from Miami,” said the greyhound. “Oh, yeah, you retired?” Fred asked. “No, is that what they told you?” replied the greyhound. “No, no, I didn’t retire. I tell you, I spent 10 years as a professional racing ...

1496. Pigs Get Slaughtered

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... him to live for the goal of laying up for himself treasures in heaven. And when Fulghum sees the grave, he says to himself, “Don’t get lost here. Know where you’re going.” (3) Good advice. I don’t know if he learned this in kindergarten or not. My guess is he learned it in church. It’s easy to get lost when you are prospering. Many people have. How about you? Where are you going? Have you laid up treasures there? Jesus told about a rich man who built bigger barns. But God came to him and said ...

1497. A Kingdom that Can Not Be Shaken

Hebrews 12:14-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... they had not noticed that one was occurring at that very moment. (3) So, maybe things are not as bad here as in California. But still, earthquakes happen. I read that South Dakota is the only state that’s never had an earthquake. I guess we could all move to South Dakota. Earthquakes happen. Perhaps we will never experience a literal, physical earthquake, but we will certainly experience times when our world will be shaken. Problems in our marriage, perhaps. Dr. William Barker once noted that, since 1688 ...

1498. A Place of Honor

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the oppressed, they disappeared. "In the gospels, he came to Mary’s wonderful song where she says, ‘The mighty will be put down from their thrones, the lowly exalted, the poor filled with good things and the rich sent empty away.’ Of course, you can guess what happened to that. In Matthew 25, the section about the least of these, that was gone. Luke 4, Jesus’ very first sermon, what I call his Nazareth manifesto, where he said, ‘The spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to ...

1499. The God of Lost Sheep

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’t knowingly abuse their own bodies or minds. They don’t hate other sheep who are of a different color or economic level or religion. Sheep only have one or two ways they can become lost. Humans have thousands, and we seem to be inventing new ones every day. My guess is that all of us feel lost from time to time. Some of us have hurts that were inflicted on us early in our lives, and those hurts still cause us pain. They may even cause us to lash out at others or to act self-destructively. We may not ...

1500. Chimps, Mount Saint Helens, and the Holy Gust

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... that high chimp voice. He takes a few steps and grunts some more. Then we see some more chimps and they all nod and look satisfied. When the camera zooms back, we see we're in a zoo and the telephone guy walks by the chimp cage and says, you guessed it, "Can you hear me now?" And he nods and looks satisfied and says, "Good." The chimps know the moves people make to talk on the telephone, but the chimps can't actually talk on the telephone. They have the imitation but not the knowledge. People who study such ...

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