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1551. Tell It Again, Daddy

Mark 13:24-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... know it, and proclaiming it afresh to those who have never heard. "Tell it again, Daddy." We have a wonderful opportunity here this week as we prepare for our Open House. We have LOTS to tell. There is so much going on. And there is a feeling of love and care here that is so thick you could cut it with a knife. My kids are home from college this weekend. My daughter reports that she was asked by her friends if she was planning to come to church today. She said, "Are you kidding? To be with people who ...

1552. Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... physical or emotional hunger, times when we are tired of being ignored and wish someone would notice us, times when we are frustrated at not being able to make a difference in our own life or anyone else's - the same temptations that Jesus felt. The message is BE CAREFUL ABOUT SETTLING FOR THE EASY WAY OUT. It may be nothing short of evil. Yes, there is evil in the world, and yes, we are always in danger of being caught in its snare. But we know one thing more, and this one thing is the most important of ...

1553. The Danger of Discipleship

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... name of Jesus, so I just was shaking hands and visiting with him, but he took the offensive. He said, "I work hard, I take care of my family and I mind my own business. Far as I'm concerned, everything else is fluff." You see what he told me? "Leave ... day after his baptism, and I said, 'Uh, Frank, you remember that little saying you used to give me so much: "I work hard, I take care of my family, I mind my own business?"' He said, "Yeah, I remember. I said that a lot." I said, "You still say that?" He said ...

1554. Would a Loving God Really Let Anyone Go to Hell?

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... that he was dirt poor. And it does not say that the rich man was a particularly vile sinner, only that he failed to notice and do anything about Lazarus' need. Jesus' emphasis here is NOT on the fate of people after death, but the absolute imperative of caring for the needy while we are still alive. If folks took THAT as seriously as they do the picture we get of the punishments of Hell, poverty would have long ago been wiped out. But poverty is not the focus of our attention this morning, even though that ...

1555. About Kissing

2 Corinthians 13:12

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... other, it was a holy moment. The holy kiss was a sign that these two people are close friends, that they respect each other and care about each other. What are some ways that we can show other Christians that we respect them and care about them? Those are good ideas. Let's remember that each time we greet another Christian, we are greeting a brother or sister, someone we care about. * Ripley's—Believe It or Not! Encyclopedia of the Bizarre, by Julie Mooney and the editors of Ripley's Believe It or Not ...

1556. Beaten And Bloody, But Fortunate Nonetheless

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... How long can I hold on? I move my lips but no sound comes out. Will anyone even see me? And even if they see me, will they care? "Wait someone's coming. Oh, thank you, Lord. It's a priest. A man of God. Surely he will help me. At least he can bind up ... saved my life. He saved my life. Oh, God, have mercy upon me. Let me never forget that once I lay in a ditch and somebody cared. Let me never forget that I received such self-giving love and give me the opportunity some time, some place, to pass that love on to ...

1557. When You Are Anxious About Many Things

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... I can probably save you a few trips to the doctor. Make sure your priorities are in order. This is the key to working smart as well as working hard. Make sure your priorities are in order. What are those things in your life that are really vital? Take care of those first, then if the rest get done, fine. But it's no big deal. John C. Maxwell tells about an Eastern Airlines jumbo jet that crashed in the Everglades of Florida sometime back. The plane was the now famous Flight 401, bound from New York to Miami ...

1558. What's This World Coming To Anyway?

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Randolph W. Barr

... I get so wrapped up in my church work that I get to thinking that no one else can do it or that no one else cares as deeply as I do. I get pretty frustrated when I think about all of the talented people here at our church who don't do ... awkward way there in the church kitchen with wet mops, rolled up sleeves and newly bared souls. Then Hank spoke. Maybe he was trying to care for his pastor. Who knows? Maybe he was just trying to justify his own lifestyle. "Pastor, that's nothing to be embarrassed about," he ...

1559. What Makes A Family?

Mark 3:31-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... Williams, in which she asked fifty mothers what they would do differently if given another opportunity to raise their children. Here is what three of the women in her sample revealed. One mother of a three-year-old would have chosen only one child care book to follow, rather than be confused by advice given in the dozens she now owned. Another young mother would have switched her pediatrician more quickly, having endured his disapproval for too many years. Her present doctor thinks she is a good mother ...

1560. Finding Calm In The Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... on the outside, but a storm on the inside. The disciples woke Jesus. In their disturbed state of mind they asked him, "Do you not care that we perish?" And Mark tells us simply that Jesus "rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Peace! Be still!' And the wind ceased, and ... . She couldn't sleep at night because her mind was so full of disturbing thoughts. She felt totally alone, like God didn't care that she existed. Dr. Goddard asked the woman if she knew of the peace that God promised us in the Bible. When the ...

1561. The Manger Is Empty

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... to prepare our hearts and homes for the birth of the Christ child. It's that time when we put all the decorations in their place, the presents are bought and wrapped, the cards sent out and received, and we get ready for Christmas Day. But if we aren't careful the time of preparation will be over and the big day will be here and it will be just another day. We'll finish opening all the gifts; the room will be strewn with scraps of wrapping paper and ribbon; the turkey or ham will have put up a valiant ...

1562. Mary's Song

Luke 1:46-56

Sermon

King Duncan

... Mary did, and yet each of us knows what it is to be humbled by God's concern for us. We don't deserve such providential care. After all, who are we that the God of galaxies and mega-galaxies should be aware of our needs? And yet, with a deep gratitude, ... passing motorist to help, but to no avail. Finally, after over two hundred cars had whizzed by, one stopped. The couple in the car took care of the injured boy, returned the two of them to their home, and then went on. The father and son never got the names ...

1563. From Tears To Triumph

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... Something like that has happened to us. We go through the rituals but somehow the power of the Gospel is not experienced in our life as a people. We become discouraged and disheartened as if there was no hope for usas if God in his purpose and power no longer cared about us, as if Christ had never been raised from the dead! That great missionary and writer E. Stanley Jones used to say that he didn't grieve over the awful events in life because he knew how it would all turn out. God is in control! Christ is ...

1564. See My Hands and Feet

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... that those nailprints in the hands and feet of the Master should have been ours. But God so loved the world that he sent his own Son to bear the burden brought about by the iniquity of us all. Can you deal with that? Can you believe that God really cares about us that much? II. It Is Difficult to Believe Life Goes on Beyond the Tomb. In the second place, there are others of us who have difficulty believing that life really goes on beyond the tomb. It simply is too wonderful to believe that there is a world ...

1565. News From The Vineyard

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... ability to relate to others. I stopped wanting to kill myself when I realized my death would make a difference. That somebody really cared. If people want to help, they can. Here are a few things everyone can do: Smile more, even to people you don't ... yourself a chance. Tomorrow will be better." You could save a life without realizing it by letting a depressed person know somebody cares. I care. What greater fruit can any child of God bear than the fruit of compassion and kindness? This then is the heart of ...

1566. The Placebo Effect

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... he placed in the attic of his home. Once when he was entertaining some friends many years later, he asked his wife to retrieve his religious experience and it was in such poor condition that she had thrown it out. That can happen to us if we are not careful. A grand religious experience is not the end of faith but only the beginning. A religious experience is only a placebo if it does not produce a living, growing, vital faith. What is needed in our lives is not a placebo but a person, the person of Jesus ...

1567. How Have We Made It This Far?

Acts 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... a ship!” Actually, that’s not bad. The church has often been likened to a ship sailing through the waters of time and space. Fellowship refers to more than the fact that we are all passengers, though. It refers to a quality of interaction, of caring, of looking out for one another. In the earliest days of the church, a Roman named Aristides described Christians to the Emperor Hadrian like this: “They love one another. They never fail to help widows; they save orphans from those who would hurt them. If ...

1568. Ultimate Freedom

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... coach. "I had to go," said Davis. "That man made me feel I was important." We will go to the end of the earth for someone who makes us feel important. There is something liberating about knowing that our lives really do matter. Somebody notices. Somebody cares. Of course nobody cares like Jesus. I like what Sam Levenson once said. He said, "I pay my psychiatrist sixty dollars an hour and all he does is ask me the same question my father used to ask me all the time: ˜Who do you think you are anyway?'" Jesus ...

1569. The Lure Of The Easy Way

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... the ability to share. Only human beings are capable of genuine compassion. Only human beings are capable of laying down their lives for a friend. When it comes to taking up the cross of self denial, however, many of us have not discovered our humanity. If we don't care what happens to this world, who will? If we don't feed the hungry, who will? If we don't shelter the homeless, who will? If we don't tell the world about Christ, who will? I recall the words of General William Booth, founder of The Salvation ...

1570. Do We Know What We've Got?

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... of any kind can be the most loving thing, the most Christ-like thing, we can do. In this passage Christ is calling us as a community to hold one another accountable for our behavior. Christ is not calling us to pass judgment on one another, but to care enough about one another to intervene if we see a friend is about to make a serious mistake. A well-known Christian author tells of praying for a friend whom she knew had become involved in an extra-marital affair. One Sunday she happened to be sitting behind ...

1571. Entering Into The Agony

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... mother’s coat, and she was sobbing her heart out. Her little voice rang through the silent church, "Why did they do it. Why did they do it?" (4) That is an important question: "Why did they do it?" But there is a more important one: Does anybody really care? The truth is that we are lovers of comfort and convenience. Many of us live in our own little worlds and we do not want to be bothered. Thomas a Kempis said of us generations ago, "Jesus has many lovers of his heavenly kingdom but few bearers of his ...

1572. Don't Give Up - He Hears!

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... We need it now. But no answer comes-at least no answer that satisfies us, and we ask, "Where is God? Does He care?" THIS LEADS US TO A SECOND OBSERVATION. SOMETIMES THE BIGGEST BATTLE IS SIMPLY TO KEEP UP OUR FLAGGING SPIRITS. Part of the ... our most difficult trial. But there is one more critical thing to be said. JESUS WANTS US TO KNOW THAT GOD DOES HEAR AND HE DOES CARE. WE ARE NOT FORSAKEN. IF A CROTCHETY JUDGE WHO DOES NOT FEAR GOD NOR MAN WILL GIVE INTO A LITTLE WIDOW BECAUSE SHE IS PERSISTENT, WILL ...

1573. Stranglers Or Wranglers?

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan

... . She saw this as her mission, her way of helping a poor family. But something happened that she never expected. In the evenings she sat with this humble family in the twilight, singing, listening to stories around the fire. She saw how much this family cared for one another. She saw that they were not wrapped up in things but in relationships. "That family," she said later, "made me think of my family. Compared with that family in Honduras, my family is dysfunctional." Do you hear what she is saying? She ...

1574. Waking To A World Upside Down

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... also may plunge from their precarious position on tiny rafters. Would you say that our society is improving in its care for the young, in building responsible citizens to preserve our future, in inculcating within people the character necessary to cope ... a stuffing of corn husks. Each year it was the children’s job to refill the family ‘s bed mattresses. They had to be very careful to use the right amount of husks for each bed. If the children were careless or hurried, they might run out of husks before ...

1575. A Long Line Of Love

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... sure that there was enough food for the young girl and her mother. That's why her mother named her Virginia: after the doctor who helped feed, clothe and pay the rent for them. As Virginia grew and her family moved, she eventually lost contact with that caring doctor. Years later, when Virginia was grown, she was visiting Mexico when she saw a picture of a poor girl in the newspaper. At that moment Virginia realized that, if it hadn't been for that one doctor many years before, she could have ended up like ...

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