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1626. God Has Gone Up

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... breath, it is an occasion for unadulterated joy. There was joy in the early church. And there ought to be joy in every church. There is a story about a traveling salesman who stopped in to visit a church for the first time in a strange community. He was an emotional kind of fellow and he got carried away in the service. He even let out a little "Amen." Several people turned around and looked at him rather sourly. He hung his head as if to say, "I'm sorry." The lady next to him whispered, "We just don't do ...

1627. Don't Forget The Batteries

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... meet those needs. So in many churches today you will find all kinds of 12-step groups and recovery groups and support groups, etc. All of these are very good, and they are a vital part of the church's ministry. We are here to meet people's social and emotional and even their physical needs. As long as we do not lose sight of our central reason for being. The church is more than a center for self-help groups. There is a task that we have that is even more important than that. Maybe you heard about a certain ...

1628. A Lightning Rod Instead of a Cross

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... a church that is filled with the Holy Spirit? It has nothing to do with jumping over pews and shouting and crying and dancing in the aisles if that is your image of a spirit-filled church [though there’s nothing wrong with such a joyous outburst of emotion]. Characteristics of a church under the influence of the Holy Spirit are power, vision and a sense of the presence of God. I am assuming that in your mind you are also including the love of Jesus since that is the foundation of everything we do in the ...

1629. At The Edge Of Broken-ness

Job 1:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... Manu Dhingra, The Early Show, CBS, Oct. 3, 2001, transcript on CBS website. 3. New York September Eleven Two Thousand One, a de.MO project (Rhode Island: Meridian Printing, 2001). 4. Abbie McGreavey, Red Cross mental health counselor, "Horror of Attack Takes Emotional Toll on Nation," by Cynthia Long, RedCross.org, Sept. 12, 2001. 5. Mac Delaney, USA, quoted in "US under attack" Talking Point from BBC News website, 11 September, 2001. 6. McGreavey. 7. Arthur Del Bianco, engineer at the World Trade Center ...

1630. Piercing A Hole In The Darkness

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

King Duncan

... complexity that abound in creation? Do you have the power to control wind and waves and stars and planets? Do you provide a balanced ecosystem for each one of your beloved creatures, even the most weak and finite ones? And finally, do you understand every thought and emotion that has ever entered the human mind? If you answered yes to any one of these questions, then--then you are lying! No human being can even begin to comprehend the mind of God. So is God being cruel by challenging Job's knowledge in this ...

1631. The Three R's Of A Spiritual Life

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... , but also an innocent marital partner. But AIDS is not the only risk the wandering spouse confronts. A few years ago, pastor Richard Exley confronted a colleague who was dangerously close to having an affair. This man named Bill had allowed himself to become emotionally intimate with one of his staff members. It wasn't long before they divorced their spouses and married one another. At the time of his divorce, Bill was adamant that this new relationship was God's will, that he was happier than he had ...

1632. Witness to the Light

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... it told him the truth of his condition . . . that he was indeed pathetic. That he had no hope of getting out of this argument with any shred of dignity. And so he shrank, having lost his appetite, having lost all will to attempt pulling out of the emotional dead end that he was in. “So things kind of fizzled out from there, until later they found each other in the same room, she sighing and leafing through a magazine and him silent in front the blue light of the TV watching ‘Law and Order.’ They ...

1633. Praise the King with a Song of Joy

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... decorated one, didn’t shelter a mountain of gifts. The centerpiece of their Christmas celebration was a family party full of music. (3) Why is singing so important at this time of year? Because singing is the best way to communicate our deepest thoughts and emotions. Sidney Lanier once said that music is love in search of a word. Charles Kingsley said that music is the “speech of angels,” but then he added, “I will go further and call it the speech of God himself.” (4) According to the book of ...

1634. I Say, Rejoice!

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... words were written by a man who somehow learned to put life into perspective. Paul knew better than any of us that life can be difficult. He had been beaten for his faith, shipwrecked, imprisoned. But he knew that Christ is greater than any adversary, any painful emotion, any remembered hurt. He is not rejoicing because of a Positive Mental Attitude. He is not rejoicing because he’s O.K. and we’re O.K. He’s rejoicing because he knows that God is in control. It’s not just any kind of cheerful good ...

1635. A Ministry of Encouragement

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Every parent knows, at least they know intellectually, how important it is to give encouragement. Experts tell us that for every criticism a child hears, he or she needs to hear 10 “‘attaboys” or “attagirls.” But parents are human. And sometimes emotions bubble over. It’s helpful in such situations to have another family member who will be present with unconditional love. Richard Allen Farmer is a professor at Gordon College and a much sought-after motivational speaker. When he was a youngster ...

1636. Grace: Amazing or Mystifying?

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... in Carlisle, Pennsylvania gave an illustration of grace and justification sometime back in Leadership magazine. He notes that on September 8, 1998, St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire made history by hitting his 62nd home run of the baseball season. It was an emotional moment for four people sitting in the VIP section of the stadium. They were the grown children of Roger Maris, the man who hit 61 home runs in 1961 to establish the record. The children of Roger Maris were an important part of the ...

1637. Great Reasons for Great Giving

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... , bringing the total to $1,000. Cash said he became disenchanted with the church after his family had a string of troubles beginning in 1989. Church members "totally turned their backs on me and my family," he charges in his suit. "We were in need of emotional support, we were in need of financial support, but nobody would help us," he said. What a tragic story. Suing a church that refuses to be the church! How sad for everyone concerned. Actually, even though most of us would never sue a church, we can ...

1638. DO WE REALLY MEAN IT?

Drama

Angela Akers

... donkey in history has received such a triumphal welcome! Of course, no other donkey in history has carried the King of Kings on its back. (Turning sober) Was it just the excitement of the crowd that carried people away? Were we just swept away by fleeting emotions? Did they really mean it when they cried, `Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! King of Israel!''?" Did any of us really mean it? We can excuse our words by claiming that we were caught up in the moment, but ...

1639. AN UNLIKELY KING

Drama

Angela Akers

... and silver, and fine horses. But the people are too ignorant to figure that out. They are so easy to manipulate. They believe all those rumors about Him healing the sick and feeding the masses. "Most of them were probably just caught up in the moment, swept away by fleeting emotions. They might not even remember it tomorrow, if you know what I mean (conspiratorial wink, miming of taking a drink). So it doesn''t really matter, does it?"

1640. AN ACT OF WILL

Drama

Angela Akers

... of people who have left their homeland and traveled to the wilderness. They have probably left behind family and friends. I would bet each person there had felt some kind of loss. At a time like that, thanksgiving becomes an act of will, not emotion. Did they all really feel thankful? It''s doubtful. I''d say you and I are in that same situation." Maria: "So we''re modern-day Pilgrims?" Ramos: "Yes, battling all the new frontiers of this particular age. There will always be some losses ...

1641. Lazarus Laughed

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... to proclaim Jesus as the Messiah who has come into the world. But beneath each of the seven “signs” there is a substratum of historical fact. And this story has the ring of truth to it. Here we have a very human Jesus. He is moved by genuine human emotion. He cannot restrain His tears. He is not a Gnostic ghost flitting about the earth, but a flesh and blood human being who knows the meaning of human anguish and pain. If the story were a made-up story, Jesus and His friends Mary and Martha would have ...

1642. It’s Hard to Eat While Lying

John 13:18-30

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... would have none of it. And, note this: If we follow the seating arrangement at the Last Supper carefully, we come to the conclusion that Judas had Jesus’ head resting on his chest all during the meal. Can you imagine how Judas must have felt? What conflicting emotions must have been raging within his breast! And when Jesus dipped the bread into the dish (for bread was the normal eating utensil at such a meal) and then gave it to Judas—what must have been going on in Judas’ mind? I’ll wager he must ...

1643. The Autobiography of God

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... novelist Turgenev once wrote of a vision which came to him as a youth, while he was worshipping in church. Suddenly a man stood behind him, and though he did not move his head, he felt instinctively that the man standing behind him was Christ. At last emotion, curiosity, and awe overcame him, and he turned and looked at the man behind him. He saw a face, he said, “...like all men’s faces. What kind of Christ is this?” he thought. “Such an ordinary, ordinary man. It cannot be.” But it can be...and ...

1644. The Jesus Connection

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... they said. Now, lest we become all teary-eyed and sentimental about this Christian “love,” let me hasten to say that according to the New Testament, love is not primarily a feeling. The love of which St. Paul speaks in I Corinthians 13 is not an emotion, but a position. We tend to say, “If you like someone enough, you may grow to love them.” The New Testament position is that if we truly “love” someone enough, we may grow to like them. “Love” is not “like.” Love means nothing less than ...

1645. Son of Thunder, Son of God

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... and Beautiful.’” The clerk, with a sarcastic smile on his face answered, “Very well, I will place your order for ‘How to Remain Young and Beautiful’—and I will mark it URGENT.” He had his revenge. Most of us can appreciate that very basic human emotion. But Jesus does not. And that should be the deciding factor for us. II. THE OTHER EVENT FOR WHICH JOHN IS BEST KNOWN ISN’T A VERY NICE ONE, EITHER. I spoke about it last week. It reeks of selfish ambition and personal aggrandizement. Mark ...

1646. Only a Carpenter

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... close to the action. They know all of the things which can, (and sometimes do), go wrong. They are too close to the trees to experience the forest. So were Jesus’ townspeople. Rejection by one’s own people is a human experience which evokes sharp emotions: anger, bitterness, disappointment. The consistent witness of the New Testament is that Jesus was rejected by His own people: first of all, His family; then His friends, then His race and nation. John 1:11 says: “He came to his own home, and his own ...

1647. Men Like Trees Walking

Mark 8:22-26

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... gave us the word “expendable.” Some people were “expendable” in order to achieve a military objective. The Vietnam War gave us the even more obscene term “body count.” There is a tendency to see others only as objects in a landscape, with no more emotional impact on us than trees might have. Our first concern is with ourselves - and modern best-sellers extol the virtue(?) of selfishness. But I doubt that we need much tutoring in that subject. We are already pretty good at it. When we see a group ...

1648. On Not Knowing What to Say

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... is a God on the move...not a God who is stationed in one place. In some ways, I think God is like a Methodist preacher: an itinerant who doesn’t stay in one place forever. Moments of high religious ecstasy are important, just as moments of intense emotion are important in a marriage, but you can’t build a marriage upon them alone. Or a faith, either. Our Scripture would say to us: “Don’t forget those moments; but don’t freeze them, either!” The desire of Peter to nail down the moment, to put the ...

1649. Sine Qua Non

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... all your strength.” That is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is this: III. “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” Now, “Love your neighbor” here does not mean personal liking or sentimental affection. Christian love is a position, not an emotion. It means active goodwill. We believe that if you like some enough you may, eventually, come to love them. Jesus taught that if you loved them enough, you might eventually come to like them. But whether you like them or not, you are ...

1650. On Doing Beautiful Things

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... have been sold for a sizable sum, which could have been given to the poor. But (people) are more than mouths to be fed and bodies to be clothed. The poor as well as the rich crave beauty. They have hungers of the soul. They have emotions to be stirred.” (Ralph Sockman, WHOM CHRIST COMMENDED, New York and Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1963, p. 75) Christ Church Methodist in New York City was opened in November, 1933, when America was in the depths of a depression. Bishop Francis J. McConnell spoke at the ...

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