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1626. Preparing the Way

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... . So what’s God to do? We began this discussion last week. There are several things God could have done. He could have threatened us with punishment for our sins. Like parents do sometimes with Santa Claus. Anyone here ever say to your children, “Be careful, Santa is watching . . . “? According to Ida Neal, an elderly Appalachian woman, the common practice at Christmastime in her part of the country was to tie a knot in the stockings of the children who had been bad that year. Each knot meant that the ...

1627. Witness to the Light

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... all men might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.” The light John witnessed to, of course, was Christ. The most important thing about Christmas is that Christ came into the world. Christ’s coming shows us that God cares about people. It’s wonderful to contemplate the heavens and ponder the grandeur of God. It’s more than the mind can take in. The heavens tell us the glory of God. Very few people in our society seriously doubt that God exists. But God is not ...

1628. Rebellion in the Vineyard

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... a vineyard. It was huge and completely fenced in. It even had a watch tower to guard against outside attacks or wild animals. After a while the landowner could no longer maintain this vast estate so he leased it to the tenants and left it in their care. All he asked in return was a share of the produce at harvest time. The tenants gladly agreed. When harvest time came the landowner sent some servants to the vineyard to collect his share of the produce. High in the watch tower the tenants saw the servants ...

1629. I Say, Rejoice!

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... he was her own. One night, Tucker suffers a serious fall while trying to take his first steps after his long recovery. When he awakes, his father gives him good news. He tells him that he has decided to marry Nurse Lacey, the gentle nurse who has taken such good care of him. As Tucker reaches to hug Nurse Lacey, he notices a small white bandage on her arm, the same as the one on his arm. Nurse Lacey tells Tucker that he lost a lot of blood in the fall, and it was fortunate that she shared his same blood ...

1630. The Scariest Drug on the Market

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... that she would long regret. Because she had chosen poverty, she no longer had any money to invest in projects designed to help people in need. Jesus is not asking most of us to give away all that we have. He is saying to us that we must be careful. Money is not only addictive. It is deadening. It deadens our sensitivity to those around us. EVEN MORE DANGEROUSLY, IT DEADENS OUR SENSITIVITY TO GOD. Once upon a time there was a man who had nothing. So God gave him ten apples. He gave him the first three apples ...

1631. The Stewardship of Time

Romans 13:11-14

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... , 6 p.m.; if seventy, 8 p.m. and supper is over; if 80, 10 p.m. and the time is approaching to end the day. Time is to be used wisely if God is to be glorified. Because each day brings us nearer to heaven, Paul urges Christians, "Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of the time because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish but understand what the will of the Lord is." Because of the shortness of time and the terrible consequences evil can bring, God ...

1632. The Question That Will Not Go Away

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... about death but you can''t argue with it. For some death is but a detour--for others it will be a date with destiny. Be careful that you don''t come to the end of your life and realize you have wasted it for pearls rather than the presence of God. DEATH ... . I know one thing about cars. You turn the key and they usually start. Every year I go to Burwell's Exxon Station and they take care of all my automotive needs and worries. I trust them. I know them and they know me. When it comes to the mystery of death I ...

1633. Why the Church?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... her husband in the Garden of Eden, Do you love me? he replied: Who else? I’d like to ask you: Who else but the Church is even trying to get Christ’s work done in the world? No other organization I know of on this earth except the Church cares a whit whether or not Christ’s agenda is carried out. That is why pastors become so concerned when church members drop by the wayside and become lax in the worship of God, and in receiving the sacraments, lax in trying to do the work of Christ in the world ...

1634. God’s Body Language

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... ’s the purpose of the Church after all, isn’t it? To somehow be Christ’s presence in the world. That is the task of the Church - and not just of the clergy. To be the Body of Christ is to love and care for the world that he loved and cared for, and died for. That kind of caring is costly business, but it is to this which we are called. There is an old poem by Annie Johnston Flint which is not great poetry, but it enshrines a pretty good doctrine of the mission and purpose of the Church: Christ has ...

1635. Jesus: The Life of the Party

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... ! So it would not be at all unusual for Jesus to have been married, and the name of His wife never mentioned. Some have even suggested that His wife was Mary Magdalene, but there is absolutely no evidence for this. Was Jesus married? I don't really care which way you vote on the question, but what troubles me is the fact that some people seem shocked to even consider the idea. They believe that somehow the unmarried state is more holy than the married one. That idea began to permeate the life of the Church ...

1636. Born Again? When?

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... , the best proof of the new birth is the new life lived in Christ. As a dear saint of God once said to me, “I don’t care how loud you shout, just as long as you live as loud as you shout!” Just so. In a sense, the best way to know if one ... is born again is this: are you alive in Christ now? I know that I was born physically more years ago than I care to admit because I am alive now and hard at work writing this book of sermons. If we are alive spiritually, if our minds and hearts are ...

1637. The Glorious Interpolation

John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... not make light of the woman’s sin, not at all. In fact, he treats it far more seriously than His enemies do. But He made them face the uncomfortable fact that they were really using the woman for their own ends, to show off their pious self-righteousness. They cared nothing for the woman as a person. She was merely a pawn in their little cat-and-mouse game to help them get rid of this rabble-rousing rabbi from Nazareth. This entire story seems to be a prelude to John 8:15 where Jesus is recorded as having ...

1638. Is Suffering Punishment for Sin?

John 9:1-12

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him.” (John 9:3) Here we must be very careful, for we are treading on dangerous ground. I doubt that Jesus is saying that this man’s blindness was caused for the sole purpose that ... in Jesus. And the wounded hands of Jesus reach out to us and say to us: “Come unto Me. Come with all of your complaints and cares and worries and woes and shout them out to the God who loves you more than you will ever know. This God does not mind ...

1639. One Commandment, Slightly Used

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... people also get hurt by other people, they become afraid of one another. Thereby hangs our dilemma. We need each other, but we are afraid to trust one another. You’ve probably heard the famous riddle: “How do porcupines make love?” The answer: “Ve-e-e-ery carefully!” We are like two porcupines afraid to get close to one another lest we get stuck with the other’s sharp quills. Yet, Jesus called us to love one another. And that love is likely to cost us something. In fact, we might say that a love ...

1640. It’s Hard to Eat While Lying

John 13:18-30

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... our lives, or is He not? As someone once said, “Jesus is Lord of all, or He is not Lord at all.” There is a story of a famous artist who was once commissioned to paint a picture of the Last Supper. He selected his models with the greatest care. For the apostle John he found a young man who was strikingly handsome, with a look of high purpose and a spiritual expression all over his face. The artist then kept on painting and looking for similar suitable models. He left the face of Judas for the last, not ...

1641. Only the Neighbors’ Kid

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... years in intimate relation with Him. I caught their simple faith and soon had one of my own!” Fortunate is the child of such a family. Fortunate is the child whose parents point beyond themselves to the Divine Parent of us all; whose parents are careful to give their children room to grow, room to declare their independence and find a meaningful faith for themselves, but also who are committed enough to pass on the best of their own religious heritage to their children. It has often been noted that the ...

1642. Philip the First

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... and two fish so that the multitude would be fed. Others suggest that everyone had brought along their own lunch, but had kept it carefully hidden up to that point, and what Jesus was doing was getting them to open up their lunch sacks and share. I don’t ... ? The one who has seen me has seen the Father.” (John 14:9) We are tempted to be critical of Philip, but let’s be careful. Remember that for every finger we point at him, three fingers are pointed back at us. Has Christ been with us for so long and we ...

1643. When Tradition Gets in the Way

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... , and become the weak link in the chain of tradition which gets the Gospel across the gap from one generation to the next. It is a bit sobering to realize that there will not be a Christian Faith a hundred years from now if we do not care enough to hand it over to future generations. It is as simple as that. That is what makes teaching and preaching so important. In recent years we have jettisoned so much that our forebears thought valuable. Elton Trueblood calls us a “cut-flower civilization.” We have ...

1644. Childish or Child-like?

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... on impulse, and that isn’t all bad. Someone once said: “Distrust first impulses. They are nearly always right.” But another has said, “Don’t look before you leap. If you do, you will decide to sit down.” There is among too many of us, such a careful, cautious attitude toward our religious faith that we hesitate to take the bold action, make the bold and daring move. But the child-like spirit is one of daring to take risks...not knowing it is impossible, they are willing to try to do it anyway ...

1645. Where Is My Guest Room?

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... t held together by the rest of us.” (P. 29) There is no limit to the good persons may do if they don’t care who gets the credit. There are nine Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount. There ought to be a tenth. “Blessed are those who ... down the door. Most of us have seen a copy of Holman Hunt’s famous painting of “Christ knocking at heart’s door.” If we look carefully, we note that there is no handle on that door. When asked why he did not put a handle on the door, the artist is reported ...

1646. Holy Monday

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... p. 121) The opposite of love is not hate; it is indifference. The child who is punished for doing something wrong is not the child who is in trouble; the child who is in trouble is the one who has nobody who cares enough to punish! Jesus cared, and cared infinitely. Therefore, He became angry when religious leaders tried to throw roadblocks between the common people and God. It would be interesting to trace all of the positive results which have occurred in human history because someone got angry. The Civil ...

1647. Holy Thursday

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... William Willimon says in his little book SUNDAY DINNER, “The dinner table is such an intimate, holy, transforming, mysterious place—you’ve got to be careful whom you eat with. If you are trying to convince yourself that another person is not a full, valuable human being, a brother or sister, be careful not to invite that person to dinner. Be careful. Remember, as Oscar Wilde said, ‘After a good dinner, one could forgive anybody, even one’s relatives.’” (Nashville, The Upper Room, 1981, p. 45 ...

1648. Please, Don't Let me Jabez Anyone Else (Part 5)

1 Chronicles 4:1-23

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... together. He knew what he was giving up, but he couldn’t find the strength to leave behind his old lifestyle in order to find new life in Christ. (3) There are people whose impact on our lives can be destructive. That is why we tell our young people, "Be careful who you run around with." And that is why the fellowship of the church is so important. Here is where you can find people who will build you up. Here is where you will find people who will give you the support you need to resist evil. We’re told ...

1649. Bread for Everyone (I am the bread of life)

John 6:1-15, John 6:25-59

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... a servant in order to meet the needs of his subjects. Jesus is a different kind of king. So with loving compassion he provides bread for the crowd. In verse 25 we see when the people get to the other side of the lake--after they had been lovingly cared for--Jesus moves the question to a deeper level. Jesus ignores their questions about when and how he got there and proceeds to tell them why they really came to seek him. Notice that he says there are two kinds of bread in the world: that which lasts and ...

1650. Hissing in the Garden

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... being emerges. "Now, the shining one was more subtle than any other wild creature that the Lord God has made." Thus the first description that we have of the tempter is that it appears to Eve as the "shining one." (6) Now I understand why we must be careful of the one who comes disguised as an angel of light--the shining one. Remember, all that glitters is not gold. Calvin Miller shares the same thought when he writes: "The wings of demons are as white as angels'' wings Their halos are as golden bright They ...

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