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1951. Thank God for Dads

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... consists of “Ways to Intimidate Your Daughter’s Date When He Comes to Pick Her Up.” I’m going to read just a few of these important ways as a public service for any of you Dads who have teenaged daughters: Sprinkle some dust on your daughter before she leaves. Explain, “It makes fingerprinting easier.” Challenge the young fellow to arm wrestling. Introduce him to the family by calling each family member to the living room using a whistle, then making them stand at attention and salute. As they ...

1952. Achieving Peak Performance

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... have in common is a sense of mission. That got my attention, because that is a church word, "mission." What happened, you see, was that we got careless with church words, like "mission", "cliax lama", and "grace". We don't use them very much, just leave them lying around, like leaving tools on the front yard. Someone comes by and picks it up, and one day we hear our word being used in the secular world, some motivational speaker saying, "What you need in this life if you want to have fulfillment is a sense ...

1953. All Keyed Up

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... was an attack of the plague in Carthage. Everyone in that city who was able, left the city, except the poor, the old, and the sick. They had to stay. Cyprian, in this book, appealed to the Christians to stay in the city, not to leave, even though it was in their power to leave. He asked them to stay and care for the sick, bury the dead, and give hope to those who had not yet been infected by the plague. The amazing thing about this is that the Christians had just undergone a persecution in Carthage, because ...

1954. When Fisherman do Strange Things

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... it. They didn't consult with anybody. They didn't think about it. They didn't even pray about it. They immediately dropped everything, and followed him. Such strange behavior. Which tells us that this story is not an example of a career move. The disciples are not leaving the fishing business and going into the ministry. If that were the case, this would be told differently. The story of the Call of the Disciples is there as a model of how people behave when they finally get it, that a new age is here. They ...

1955. What Do You Call Success?

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... home for work. There was a knock at his front door. It was wet and cold outside. He opened the door and there stood two Jehovah’s Witnesses, damp and shivering in the cold. They asked if they could come inside. Well, he couldn’t leave them standing there, so he said okay. He brought them into his living room and offered them a chair. They were quiet for a long time, so he asked, “What happens now?” The older one said, “We don’t know. We never got this far before.” (1) Jesus is sending ...

1956. Strategic Planning

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... ‑year‑old bus driver with many years of experience, pulled into the Sunset Transit Center shortly before noon. She was running six minutes late, and was eager to use the bathroom. After waiting impatiently for her passengers to disembark, Dianne hurried off the bus, leaving the engine in gear and running, with no parking brake engaged. She walked around to the front of the bus and reached in the driver’s window to pull the lever that closed the door. The bus is equipped with automatic brakes that keep ...

1957. A Holy Way for Us All

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... Then God’s kingdom will have come on earth, and God will be all in all. So strengthen your weak hands and make firm your feeble knees. Be strong and fear not! This day by trust in Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has come to us at Bethlehem, you may leave behind you the dust and dryness and death of your old life, and you may inherit the beginning of the watered, abundant life of God’s new age, looking forward in joy and gladness to the future, when God’s good kingdom will be established over all the earth ...

1958. A Voice from Beyond

Genesis 12:1-9

Sermon

James L. Killen

... who was speaking would be with him and lead him to a new land that would be given to him, and his descendants would become a nation that would play an important role in human history. But in order to receive that promise, Abram would have to leave everything that was familiar and dependable and manageable and venture out trusting only that great unknowable other who called him. The other must have been very real to Abram because Abram did what the other called him to do. He took his family and his servants ...

1959. The Problem with Promises

Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7

Sermon

James L. Killen

... -- or a really healthy business environment -- long term. Abe brooded on these things. Then one Sunday, as he was sitting in church with Sarah, his wife, the preacher made some mention of integrity and justice and the love of God all in one sentence, and Abe's mind took leave of the sermon and went off on its own tangent. It occurred to Abe that American business is not running like God would want it to. Abe began to catch a vision of what it would mean for business to be run in the way that God would want ...

1960. Strong Medicine

Judges 4:1-7

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... no quarrel with the Kenites. Jael puts him at ease, telling him to have no fear. So, with a belly full of milk, and a feeling of false security, Sisera lies down for a nap, with Jael on guard duty. The narrator tells us what happens next, but leaves us full of questions. Instead of protecting Sisera, Jael tiptoes over to him and, quiet as a mouse, drives a tent stake through his head. Very few people could bring themselves to kill another human being in such a gruesome way. Did she have to talk herself into ...

1961. Healing the Pain from the Past

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... abuse children. The carpet has been pulled back and the dirty secret revealed. With all of the publicity, we all know what some children knew only too well. Members of the clergy and church leaders abuse children, too. Abuse is bad enough, but abuse by a church leader leaves an even deeper scar. When the abuse happens in church, even our faith in God can be mangled. From one source or another, many of us carry scars from the past. These scars can be stubborn. We try to ignore them, we do our best to work ...

1962. A Hope for Peace

Romans 15:4-13

Sermon

James L. Killen

... do with the practical matters of living out that faith in the real world. As he approaches the end of that section, he quotes three lessons from the Hebrew Scriptures that point forward to a reconciliation between Jews and Gentiles. He makes this a part of the hope he is leaving with his readers. "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit" (Romans 15:13). He also makes it a part of the faith they are called to live out in ...

1963. Light Is as Light Does

Ephesians 5:8-14

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... bore worm, which could not be seen from the outside, had eaten the heart out of the stem of the plant. That's how our dark, hidden sins work on us. Like the bore worm, hidden sins can eat away at the heart of our Christian experience and leave us spiritually dead. When left unexposed to the light, sin continues to do its dirty work: obstructing our lives, destroying the true joy of life, and separating us from a loving God. Light is as light does. A lighted path is easy to follow. We stumble in the darkness ...

1964. Sheep that Count

1 Peter 2:19-25

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... that the more the others condemned his new way of "free-thinking," the more he knew that he must be right. "It's time we leave this flock, and venture out on our own," he told those who would still listen to radical ideas. "Do you want to spend the ... Edgar's Destiny. We don't always want to follow our shepherd. It's tempting to want to go it on our own. But the price of leaving the flock - is it ever worth it? There's an old Texas story that goes like this: A new school marm in a prairie schoolhouse asked a ...

1965. A Name Not Taken in Vain

2 Corinthians 13:11-13

Sermon

William G. Carter

... up in a Christian denomination that they chose by marital compromise. They were promising me to the community of potluck suppers and flannel-board Bible stories. Since I turned out be something of a joiner, it was a community that I have never felt the desire to leave. But they were doing something far more: They were giving me an identity. According to another family legend, they had squabbled over my name before I was born, and didn't settle on William Glenn until I was a few days old. It took them over a ...

1966. Being More than Civil

1 Corinthians 1:1-9, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... the initiative to come to us in Jesus Christ. Which means, he is like the shepherd who seeks out the one who is lost, and leaves the ninety-nine behind. Or, like the woman who sweeps out her house to find the lost coin. Or, like the father who goes down ... Bosnia today. Peace means that's what we pray for, that they would just stop fighting, and retreat to their separate territories and leave each other alone. That is what the world thinks of when it thinks of peace. But that is not the peace that Paul is ...

1967. Even God Can Change His Mind

Exodus 32:1-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , Almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise. Then in the third verse of that hymn: We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree, And wither and perish, but naught changeth thee. Nothing changes God. But according to our text this ... people, and it is called the Ark of the Covenant, a reminder that God has made a promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he will never leave them. No matter what we do, God is faithful, and will never abandon us. That is why the psalmist can sing, Whither shall I go from ...

1968. Eye Exercises

Matthew 6:25-33

Sermon

Mark Trotter

1969. Have You Got a Prayer?

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... thine, be done." Then he left there, was arrested, tried, and crucified. He was in the garden all night. We only have a few sentences of his prayer. What else happened there? I believe that it was the same. "You are my Son, my beloved; I will never leave you." Luke is writing his gospel for Christians, those who have been baptized. He is telling them, your baptism means the same as Jesus' baptism. You are God's daughter, or God's son, with you God is well pleased. In your baptism your relationship to God ...

1970. Hosea's Marriage Troubles

Hosea 2:14-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... . Gomer may have been one of those temple . I have made a covenant with them, a promise to them, so I will never leave them. So in the incredibly beautiful passage read to us this morning, God says, Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her ... more. It is also a covenant of faithfulness. "I will betroth you to me forever...I will betroth you to me in faithfulness." If you leave me, if you chase after other gods, you will pay the consequences, but I will not abandon you. I will come back and bring you ...

1971. How to Be a Blessing

I Peter 3:8-12

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... illustrate how lonely they are. What suffering people understand is not answers but incarnation, presence, being with them. They understand you leaving the safe world of certainty and dwelling where the sufferer must live. The way Jesus did, who "did not count his ... in. That was not Kilpatrick in there. He was in the wrong place, or the wrong time. It was the wrong funeral. He turned to leave, and just then an old woman walked up to him and took his hand. She said, "You were his friend, weren't you." And not ...

1972. Is There Anything I Can Do?

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... do?" More often they will say, "Well, I guess it is time to go home now." If anyone were to ask me as a host, at that hour, "Is there anything I can do?" I would say, "Yes. You can do the dishes. Then put the light out when you leave." At other times people will ask, "Is there anything I can do?" when someone is in trouble, or when they are in sorrow, or sickness. "Is there anything I can do?" That is so appropriate and most welcome, even though there is probably nothing that you can do, except express ...

1973. Laugh It Off

I Corinthians 1:18-20, 26-31

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... experiment with some unorthodox therapy. His doctor reluctantly agreed. He had three requests. The first was that he be allowed to leave the hospital and check into a hotel across the street. Second, that he be allowed to stop all drugs, and instead ... , but not forever, because my world would be too full, to crowded for everybody. So I planned it so that when it was time to leave the earth, my people would come and live with me in heaven, where there is no pain, or sickness, or sadness, or anything bad." And ...

1974. Lord of the Dance

Mark 2:13-22

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... business, and became a disciple of Jesus. He repented of that life, and began to live the life that God wanted him to live. I believe that he gathered his tax collector friends together to meet Jesus because they also wanted to leave the life they were living, and live a better life. They wanted to leave a life of bondage, and to be freed for the fullness of life. So a sub-text of this story is, the way you change people is not by condemning them and banishing them, but by including them, and forgiving them ...

1975. Now Try Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... taken right out of the Book of Revelation. In his movies he would ride into the scene quietly, like an angel of vengeance. Nobody knew where he came from. Then with a surfeit of violence, he would solve the problem, eliminate the evil, and then quietly leave, mysteriously going to nobody knew where. I believe that one of the reasons for the growing incivility of our time is that the "in your face" confrontation that is so much of our life together, is seen and encouraged in the Eastwood films, and in the ...

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