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1951. Lessons From The Locker Room

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

Lowell D. Streiker

... a man you don't know hits a home run." Different strokes for different folks. That's what makes life interesting. Still, sports are an important phenomenon in our culture. No one here will argue that. St. Paul was a sports fan. That's right. The Apostle Paul, whose letters or epistles constitute half the books in the New Testament, was an avid sports fan. He was fascinated with the Olympics ” and especially with the running events. Images drawn from foot racing turn up again and again in his writings. For ...

1952. The Gift Of Inadequacy

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... our accomplishments, we forget God. THE PHARISEE NEEDED TO DISCOVER THAT WE DRAW CLOSER TO GOD AND TO OTHERS WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO ADMIT OUR SHORTCOMINGS AND RELY ON GOD'S GRACE. Friends, I'm sorry to have to say this to you, but we are all sinners. The Apostle Paul reminds us: "All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God...." In First John we find this verse, "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." Understanding our inadequacy is a prelude to grace. Pastor ...

1953. A Message From Above And Beyond

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... the Good News "in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." We follow in those special footsteps. Every generation has the joy and the responsibility of transferring the message of Jesus Christ to the next generation. The apostles spread the message of salvation to the next generation, and that generation spread the Gospel to the next and so on for twenty centuries. We didn't come to Christian faith all by ourselves. We build on a foundation that has taken twenty centuries ...

1954. Do You Have A Forgiving Spirit?

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... that forgiveness is central to the living out of the Christian faith. We pray every week in our Lord's Prayer the following petition: "Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us." We further recite week after week in the Apostles' Creed, "I believe in the forgiveness of sins." Yes, forgiveness is something so powerful that it can frustrate us, frighten us, and freeze us into an assortment of human behaviors that can paralyze us in many detrimental ways. It can also "free" us to ...

1955. Facing Up To The Giant Task Of Life

1 Samuel 17:1-58

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... , there must be sweat, hard work, and burning of the midnight oil. Facing the giants and the large challenges of life and being victorious over them will never come with easy humanistic methods. The word of God pulsates with this truth. The Apostle Paul, when he writes to Timothy urging him on to spiritual excellence, told him "exercise thyself rather unto Godliness." Paul is teaching us while bodily exercise is important it only has temporary value in this lifetime. However, Godliness, which is developed ...

1956. The Source Of Joy

John 3:22-36

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... to stay!" Have you had those moments in your spiritual journey when for whatever reasons you didn't feel you had an ounce of JOY in your heart? Have you had those moments when joy was lacking in your orientation to life? Have you ever wondered how the Apostle Paul could have joy down deep in his heart when he was in prison for his faith in Jesus Christ but yet he writes to fellow Christians from the Philippian jail cell that we as Christians were to "rejoice" in the Lord regardless of what state of being ...

1957. A Date With Destiny

Hebrews 10:19-39

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... as a promise! I had a friend I could count on! I had a friend! Remember what Jesus said to his disciples? I no longer call you servants, but friends! From that moment their lives blossomed! Promises kept, faithfulness in relationships, brings its own reward. The Apostle Paul said the same thing about his spiritual life when he writes his last letter to young Timothy. "The time of my departure has come," he says. "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith! Henceforth there ...

1958. "Say It Ain't So"

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... will be extinct. Stop teaching, close the Sunday School; that will spell doom for Christianity. Sunday School connects the present generation with the past. Our teachers are links in a chain stretching from this moment back to Wesley, Luther, Augustine, Paul, and the Apostles, and to the foot of the Cross. The connecting chain of faithful teachers extends from the Lord Jesus Christ down through history to this very sanctuary. Will we break the connection? I think not, I pray not. Say it Ain't So. Better ...

1959. A Message For Big Bird

John 11:17-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... is the good news ” after we are dead God can choose to give us the gift of new life and resurrect us from the dead. But it is not just a part of us that is raised, we are raised in our entirety. That is why we have in the Apostles' Creed that quaint little statement, "I believe in the resurrection of the body." It is not just a part of us that is raised to new life ” this vacuous soul. We are raised completely ” body, mind and soul. But how is that possible? we ask. Our bodies decay. What happens ...

1960. The Terrible Burden Of Judging Others

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... orthodox Jews. But many of them ” particularly those who came in through Paul's influence ” had been pagan Gentiles. Just like in a marriage, each new convert brought into the Christian family their own traditions, their own values, their own preferences. Sometimes the Apostle Paul had to play referee. Some of the new believers were still attached to the Jewish Sabbath. Others sincerely believed that all days are holy and that one day is not to be lifted above others. Some of them fasted. Others saw no ...

1961. Teamwork

Nehemiah 1:1-11

Sermon

Rev. Dr. Ward Williams

... The ancient Israelites, in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem, learned the necessity of working together. Just as the Israelites learned the need for strengthening defenses at all the weak points in the wall, we should recognize the necessity for cooperating for the good of all. The Apostle Paul said: "Do not seek your own advantage, but that of the other. (I Cor. 10:24) What can that mean but that we are to cooperate with one another for mutual advantage? What can that mean but that we are to live for others ...

1962. Offer Them Christ

Romans 9:30--10:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... tells us that Mr. Wesley gave Mr. Coke only three words of advice, "Offer them Christ." His simple advice will remind many of you of Mother Teresa's words to a reporter summing up life's her work. She said, "I give them Jesus." In Romans 10 the Apostle Paul is telling Christians in the most powerful and influential city on earth that there is no more important work for them to do than to share the faith with others. The power of the 15th verse is most moving where Paul proclaims, "How beautiful are the feet ...

1963. Don't Forget Your Ticket

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Luke 14:15-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... so ashamed of our past disobedience to God. And here is where our text helps us. Here is the great truth we need to leave here knowing: JESUS IS OUR RISEN SAVIOR. HE IS OUR TICKET MADE AVAILABLE FOR US TO EXPERIENCE THE GOODNESS OF GOD. The Apostle Paul is writing to the Corinthians, many of whom had come to Christ and the Church from very unchristian life styles. Paul assures them that they are acceptable to God because of what God has done for them in Christ. "For God took the sinless Christ," St. Paul ...

1964. The First Easter Sermon

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... there is anything in life that you could do over, what would it be?" He simply replied, "Well, if I had known that was my last game, nobody would have been able to stop me." Easter had almost the opposite effect on Simon Peter and the other Apostles. Because they knew that their lives would never be over, they lived courageous, confident, committed, consecrated lives. And so can we. Yes, most people do dread dying. I dread dying and so do you. But we have this hope: Death has been defeated! Christ is alive ...

1965. Bridges Over The River Kwai

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... finally found peace. (1) WE KNOW THAT FORGIVENESS IS CENTRAL TO THE LIVING OUT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. We pray every week in the Lord's Prayer: Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. We recite week after week in the Apostle's Creed, I believe in the forgiveness of sins. But forgiveness is a rare commodity in our society. Dr. Thomas G. Long, of Princeton Seminary was standing one day at the circulation desk of the library at the seminary when a friend of his, a professional ...

1966. Peace, Blessed Peace

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... . During the months and years following, Niemoller was closely watched by the secret police, and in June 1937, he preached these words to his church: "We have no more thought of using our own powers to escape the arm of the authorities than had the apostles of old. We must obey God rather than man." He was soon arrested and placed in solitary confinement. Dr. Niemoller's trial began on February 7, 1938. That morning, a green uniformed guard escorted this courageous pastor from his prison cell and through a ...

1967. When The Going Gets Tough

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

King Duncan

... , what happened?" Zeb groaned, "I don't know, but what's a piÃ±ata?" There have been times in my life when I have felt like a human piÃ±ata, haven't you? Times when I have been jabbed from every side. But then I read about the Apostle Paul, in chainsnot gold chains like men wear todaybut heavy prison chains, languishing in jail. And his only crime was being a follower of Jesus. When I contrast them with Paul's situation, my problems seem quite trivial. Paul describes his situation like this: "For I am ...

1968. What Would It Take?

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Jesus Christ my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ . . ." (NRSV) You recognize those words, don't you? The apostle Paul wrote them almost 2,000 years ago to the believers in the city of Philippi. How could a man who had lost everything write words filled with so much hope? A few years back, Carolyn Johnson a 73-year-old widow, lost her house and all her ...

1969. A Birthday Celebration

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... ) Welcome to this celebration of the birth of Jesus. OF COURSE, WE DON'T KNOW THE REAL DATE OF JESUS BIRTH. John, in the prologue to his Gospel which we read, does not even mention Jesus' birth. "To the best of our knowledge the apostles and their immediate successors attached no significance whatsoever to the date of Christ's birth. Historians did not begin to date history from Christ's birth until the sixth century, when a learned monk of Rome, Dionysius Exiguus, introduced the method. (In fact, Dionysius ...

1970. In The Middle Of The Night

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... story like this: "About eight days after Jesus said this. . . ." Said what? Let's go back a little, and see. Jesus had asked his disciples what people were saying about him. In response, Peter made his memorable confession--the first Apostles' Creed-- "Thou art the Christ of God." Let the trumpets sound. This is one of those crescendo moments in the New Testament. Immediately, however, Jesus leads their minds down from these celestial heights to the lowest depths of degradation, dishonor, and ...

1971. Who Are Your Gentiles?

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Landon Winstead

... with them for some days. This was the beginning of the witnessing about Christ to all people, and not exclusively to the Jews. This was literally a New Era in Christianity. Later, Saul, the persecutor, a Pharisee and a persecutor of Christians, would become Paul the Apostle who took the Gospel to the entire Gentile nations. What a story! Verse 34 of Chapter 10 in Acts says: "Then Peter began to speak, 'I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism, but accepts [people] from every nation who ...

1972. Finding The Right People

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... recruiting. No headhunters. No help-wanted ads. No employment agency. He sees them working and says, "Hey, I want you!" and immediately they follow. No papers to fill out, no resumes to check. He calls and they follow. Notice that Jesus called his twelve apostles while they were in doing ordinary, daily work. They were not worshiping in the Temple or praying when Jesus approached them. They were involved in their daily activities when He asked them to follow him. Dr. David L. McKenna shares some insights on ...

1973. Finding The Right People

Mark 1:14-20

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... job, isn't it? No one could do a job that big all by themselves. So Jesus went out and found twelve men, and He asked them to join Him in traveling around and preaching and telling people about God. And the twelve men--we call them Jesus' apostles, or followers--all decided to help Jesus with His job. They preached, and they taught, and they healed sick people, and they loved sad and lonely people, and they gave food to hungry people, and they helped hurting people. They had a really big job, and they all ...

1974. Balancing Act

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... sleep as deeply and peacefully as they should. (1) Maybe that doctor is right. It would be interesting to know how many of us have to take something occasionally to help us sleep. Jesus knew it was important for people to get away from time to time. His apostles had been out preaching and teaching and healing and ministering to the public. And it was Jesus who suggested that they get away from the crowds for a while and rest. So many people were coming and going that they scarcely had time to eat. So, Mark ...

1975. Trouble Brewing In The Kitchen

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Graham M. Bingham

... fell down at the feet of Jesus"--acknowledging him as Lord of life and death. In John 12:3, at the anointing of Jesus, Mary "wipes the feet of Jesus with her hair"--preparing him for burial. Mary loved being "at the feet of Jesus." Like the apostle Paul, her desire was to "know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings" (Philippians 3: 10, NIV). Sitting at the feet of Jesus--that is the first posture for the Christian disciple. The Rev. Howie Childs, a retired ...

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