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1501. A Global Celebration

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... morning. And then, as if to make the story even crueler, his body had gone missing. Think what that meant. All the world’s people weep for their fallen leaders. They come and visit their graves and leave pictures and poems and other remembrances of their affection and loyalty. But Jesus’ followers would never have that opportunity. The women go to the tomb on the third day after his death and they find the stone rolled away and his body gone. They are confused and they are afraid. What is going on here ...

1502. The Lord Is (More Than) My Shepherd

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them” (Hosea 11:1-4). Such passages which compare God to a parent are rare in the Hebrew Bible. Instead, God’s love and care are compared to that of a Shepherd who tends his sheep with affection. That is true in both the Old Testament and the New. There are few passages in Scripture more prized than Psalm 23. The New King James Version translates it like this: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures ...

1503. Breaking News: The Middle East

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... , Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. It is a place where they have six days of unrest and on the seventh day even more unrest. Don’t be fooled. Even though we are physically and geographically separated by thousands and thousands of miles, this region affects our lives so much that it may as well be next door. The problem centers around one place, two peoples, and three persons. The place is Israel. The peoples are the Jews and the Arabs. The persons are Abraham, Jesus, and Mohammed. The reason why ...

1504. Breaking News: A World Gone Wild

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... place looked like when God had it all by Himself!” There is a truth in that. Ever since Adam and Eve fell we have had to do battle with this earth. We have to constantly tend the garden, because every part of this world has been affected. Go back to Genesis 3 and you will find the animal kingdom was corrupted. What we call “survival of the fittest” is really the animal world under a curse. We are told the mineral kingdom was corrupted. Deserts, erosion, and wastelands scar what was once a perfectly ...

1505. Ignite: The Fire Burns Brightly

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

James Merritt

... witnesses.” (Acts 2:32, ESV) Every day as these early Christians were just living their lives, going about their business they were simply witnessing to what Christ had done to them, because the resurrection of Jesus Christ had changed everything. This change affected their daily lives. Verse 46 says, “And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes.” (Acts 2:46, ESV) Verse 47 then says, “The Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.” (Acts ...

1506. First Thing

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

James Merritt

... alarm sounded followed by this strange grinding and crashing sound below the deck. The captain said, “Those are our water-tight compartments closing. It is an important part of our safety drill. In case of real trouble water leaking into one compartment won’t affect the rest of the ship. Even if we were to collide with an iceberg, the way the Titanic did, water rushing in will fill only that particular ruptured compartment. It cannot get to the rest of the ship.” Taking that as an illustration, this ...

1507. Do You Believe In Miracles?

Matthew 15:29-39

Sermon

James Merritt

... . III. I Should Understand The Process Of Miracles Miracles basically fall into three categories. The most prominent miracles of Jesus obviously were what I call “physical” miracles. These are miracles primarily of healing, of relieving human suffering, or reversing the affects of sickness and disease. Even today of all the miracles that Jesus performed the ones that we still want Him to perform today are physical miracles. It never fails that when you ask for prayer requests either from an individual ...

1508. For the Hearing Impaired

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... and give the appearance they are ready to follow Jesus, but they are not. It is like the people who come up to a pastor and say, “That was a great message.” What they are really thinking is, “Not going to change me”, “Not going to affect me,” “I’m not going to do anything about it.” These are people who come to Jesus for the wrong reason. They come for health and wealth. They come for success and satisfaction, but the first time trouble hits they disappear. They thought they were joining ...

1509. The Knot: Frayed (Part 1)

1 Peter 3:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... with every passing day. It is the beauty of a quiet and gentle spirit that trusts God, walks with God, and radiates the very love of God. Ladies, the heat that is generated by a quiet and gentile spirit that shows a husband respect and love, tender affection and a submissive spirit can melt the coldest heart. III. Focus On How You Respond To Your Husband For those Doubting Debbie’s out there, Peter reaches back into time and gives an example of the kind of woman he was talking about. He shares an ancient ...

1510. The Knot: Frayed (Part 2)

1 Peter 3:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... that after 38 years of marriage he is exactly right. If we will strive to meet these needs of our mates it will go a long way toward keeping the knot tied and help the rope from being frayed. 5 Major Needs Of Women: Affection Conversation Honesty and Openness Financial Support Family Commitment 5 Major Needs Of Men: Sexual Fulfillment Recreational Companionship Attractive Spouse Domestic Support Admiration It is not a stretch of the imagination to see every one of these in this passage that we are studying ...

1511. The Knot: Tied

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... are married to. As too many couples find out, eros love doesn’t last forever. There is another word used for love, which is “philos.” We get the word “Philadelphia” from that which means “brotherly love.” That love stands for the kind of warm affection that is shared between family or close friends. That word is not as emotionally charged as the word “eros.” It has more character to it. This was the word that would have been more commonly used in that day to refer to “loving family or ...

1512. Running over the Cat

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... avoid even the mention of death. Probably some of you think I’m being morbid today addressing the problem of grief. But, if we’re not going to talk about it here in God’s house, where will we talk about it? It is the one subject that affects us all. Some Christians miss out on the benefits of a normal grieving process by a misreading of our text today from Thessalonians. That is sad. The reading goes like this: “Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death ...

1513. We Are Not The Light

Sermon

Craig MacCreary

... bad or indifferent Christmas would do to the morale of your church. We want if not a “Currier and Ives” Christmas for our families at least enough joy and good cheer to override any past enmity. Hopefully tinsel, garlands, and ornaments will chase away any seasonal affective disorder we may be suffering. Most of us are determined that the retelling of the story will bring at least enough peace of mind to help us deal with a world that often seems to be tearing itself to pieces. There is much on the line ...

1514. Night of Light

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Timothy Cargal

... ’s task is to preach the gospel lesson, not some hybrid story that exists only in our minds. Most of the historical problems in this lesson arise in verses 1-7. What is most important homiletically in this passage, however, is really not affected by any of those difficulties. Luke has set up a marked contrast between where the focus of attention lies in the world and where it should properly lie. Caesar Augustus decides he wants some information, and “all the world” is set in motion to respond ...

1515. Odd Ducks in a Rubber-Ducky World

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... with various bird populations. The shifts in population numbers, and the sightings of, or absence of, various species gives researchers an early “heads up” about the dynamics in bird populations and the possible environmental issues that might be affecting their success or stressing their survival. Bird-watchers, like “computer nerds,” used to be among the most maligned, the most targeted and teased, in the world of scientific research. Stereotyped as gawky social clods wearing ugly shorts, pith ...

1516. Why Christmas Is So Dangerous

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... hate “joy to go.” You say, who hates “joy to go?” We’ll call him “Ordinary Joe.” But there’s nothing ordinary about Christmas, you see. Yes Christmas is dangerous, have no doubt, Christmas can turn things inside and out! As you can tell, it’s affecting me already, just thinking about it! So why exactly is Christmas is SO dangerous? Well first of all... The joy of the season can go to your head, you’ll be giddy and witty and jump from your bed! Your neighbors will think you’ve lost your ...

1517. Life and Light to All He Brings

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of the year we crave flashes of light—momentary glimmerings of a future that is to come. We dream of a light-infused future. Unfortunately a significant number of wonderful people suffer from a malady now known as “SAD”—“Seasonal Affective Disorder.” This is a genuine health problem triggered by the reduction of light to our eyes and so to our brains. Depression, lethargy, moodiness, anger, all can be brought about by SAD symptoms. The “cure” (seasonally) for this SADness is phototherapy ...

1518. A Call for Repentance - Ash Wednesday

Joel 2:12-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... must not think of [God] as a vengeful or shop keeping dictograph. [God] has created a better instrument. [God] has made me. [God] needs only to look at me, and all is recorded.” Do you see what he is saying? Our minds, hearts and even our bodies are affected by the good or the evil we do. We are our own permanent record of our misdeeds, and some people suffer mightily because of wrongdoing. The old man goes on to conclude that with God’s permission we have the privilege of erasing our past mistakes. God ...

1519. A Reminder to God...and to Us

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... this promise to Noah, without conditions. It is interesting that this covenant is unilateral. God makes this covenant with no input from Noah. He doesn’t say, “If humankind does this or if humankind does that.” Nothing humankind can do will affect this covenant. Never again will God destroy the world by water. Period. Exclamation point. In the delightfully anthropomorphic way in which the Bible is written, God says, “Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I ...

1520. A Personal History

John 18:1—19:42

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... famous individuals and events helped to set the present stage, directly or indirectly. But they do not feel personal. The history textbooks are not the same as personal history. Personal history is what happened to me. And what happened in the past that directly affects me. Personal history is the move we made when I was ten, my schools, my teachers, and my friends. Personal history is how my parents met and how my grandparents came over from Europe when they were teenagers. But Cleopatra’s barge ...

1521. Personal History

John 18:1-11

Sermon

David J. Kalas

1522. The Kingdom Is at Hand

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... , she had walked out, wearing her shiny new shoes! (5) What happened to Mollie that allowed her to walk out of that hospital toward a new life? Those shiny new shoes gave her hope. They became a source of strength and a change of attitude that affected her emotionally and even physically. Repenting of our sins and believing the Good News of God can have the same therapeutic effect on our lives. We can experience God’s Kingdom in our lives here and now. After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee ...

1523. Jesus Heals Body and Soul

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... . You don’t love me anymore.” “Nonsense, darling,” replied the husband, “you just cook better now.” It’s easy to joke about marital problems, but they are a source of heartache to many adults, and a crushing blow to many children who are affected by those problems. There was a study years ago in Psychology Today. It was a study of marriages that last. Most studies are done on why marriages come apart. This study was on why marriages last. Some of the conclusions were surprising. For example ...

1524. The Good Life

John 10:11-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... somebody else handle them for you. One of my favorite stories is about a guy that was a major mega worrier. He worried about everything. He worried so much he developed all kinds of problems, nervous ticks, high blood pressure, sleepless nights. It was affecting his job, his marriage, his personal relationships. He was irritable with people and just wasn't very pleasant to be around. Well one day he walked out of his house to go to work and he was whistling, singing, smiling, totally at peace. His neighbor ...

1525. Welcome Home

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger.” (Luke 15:17, ESV) It is interesting that this boy “came to himself.” When you run from God and get away from God, it not only affects your heart, but your mind. You not only can’t live right, but you really can’t even think straight. But as the son shows, when you return to your senses, you’ll return to the Father. “I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to ...

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