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176. God Cares About Justice!

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... - a pretty wimpy god. But this is not about God; this is about US and a just society. Look at the "other gods" people choose in our day. There is the great god MONEY that has caused so much dissatisfaction in life because of the mad dash to acquire more and more, to keep up with the Joneses and never quite making it. Or look at what the god BUSINESS has done...family, friends, church, loving relationships all lost because too much time and effort has to be expended to keep up with the competition. Or good ...

177. The Ten Commandments #8: No Stealing

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . Of course, the problem is nothing new. People have been that way for centuries. When God said to the Israelites at Mt. Sinai, "You shall not steal," there was nothing startling about the commandment. Theft had never been considered an acceptable way to acquire property. All the ancient codes of law in the nations that surrounded Israel spelled out penalties for thieves: in most cases, either mutilation or death. The case law we find in Exodus 22(5) gives the penalties in the covenant community. Five oxen ...

178. I'm Thankful for...

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted; for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, In general, for all the great and various favors, which He has been pleased to confer upon us."(4) For whatever reason, a Thanksgiving observance in our nation did not become an annual event until a most ...

179. Now That School's Out...

Proverbs 8:1-36

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , "they just come." Wisdom is like grits. It just comes. I wish I could say that it will eventually be ours, like it or not, if we just wait long enough, but we all be wiser. Even the ancient Greeks said, "Not by years but by disposition is wisdom acquired."(3) Everyone of us probably knows someone who has been on the job for ten years, but instead of ten year's experience, he has ONE year's experience ten times. Just as with those grits, they might "just come," but they mean nothing at all to you if ...

180. When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough

Ecc 2:1-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... all the books, speak all the languages, taste all the pleasures. So the devil gives him everything - wealth, political power, the ability to travel anywhere and be loved by any woman he desires. Faust does it all and he is still not happy. However much wealth he acquires, however many women he seduces, there is an unsatisfied hunger with him. Sounds like Ecclesiastes. By the time we come to the end of the play, Goethe is in his 80's and his hero Faust has aged along with him. Instead of winning fights and ...

181. The Lord's Prayer: Hallowed Be Thy Name

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... affair. Her name is irreparably damaged. The reverse is also true. Have you ever made a name for yourself in something? Did that mean you fashioned some new set of letters by which to be identified? Of course not. When you "make a name for yourself," you acquire a certain prestige. Your name, good or bad, means something; it is your reputation. As you can see, a name, even in our society, means a great deal more than a way of distinguishing one person from another. In a very real sense, we look to the ...

182. The Apostles' Creed: "Suffered, Dead, and Buried..."

Mark 15:1-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... even though we, more than any of the other cultures on earth, insist on putting INDIVIDUALS on a pedestal. So saying, note that those feelings are intensified in parts of the world that place a high value on interrelatedness, extended family, and tribe. One may acquire honor by being born into an honorable family. Or a person may be born into a shameful family. One woman in a university class exclaimed, "Yes, yes, I was born into a family of shame. It was our grandparents who caused it. Oh, we were treated ...

183. What's in a Name?

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 3:1-20

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David E. Leininger

... been living with the consequences ever since. The reverse is also true. Have you ever MADE A NAME FOR YOURSELF in something? Did that mean you fashioned some new set of letters by which to be identified? Of course not. When you "make a name for yourself," you acquire a certain prestige. Your NAME, good or bad, means something; it is your REPUTATION. As you can see, a name, even in our society, MEANS a great deal more than a way of distinguishing one person from another. In a very real sense, we look to the ...

184. Come To The Feast

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... first-class "party-poopers." What they do not know is that Babette was a renown chef in a fine French eatery in Paris before she became a refugee and came to their community. She knows how to throw a party. She prepares for the feast by acquiring the finest foods available. No one in the comunity has ever sat before a banquet like the one Babette prepared. These simple, austere people try really hard not to enjoy this great feast but soon laughter and joy overwhelm them. They all ” including the sisters ...

185. Did You Ask How Much It Was Going To Cost?

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... : "That Way thou that prayest ” this way thou that passest by." The background of this inscription is interesting. Back in 1632 a passageway was cut in the southwest corner of this great cathedral. The passageway was necessary because over the centuries, people had acquired the habit of taking a shortcut through the nave of the cathedral and out a side door in the south transept. Merely using the cathedral as a walk-through might not have been so bad, but some thoughtless people were carting their produce ...

186. When The Waters Begin To Rise

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... deal with, she is going to have to go to work for the first time in a world for which she is unprepared. I think of a 53-year-old businessman laid off by his company. His was a middle management job. He has spent most of his adult life acquiring skills that suddenly are obsolete. The world as he has known it has disappeared. He is having to start over. I think of a 30-year-old single mom with two small children. She was brought up believing that marriage was forever. But now she must bring up two children ...

187. I Don't Have Time For A Banquet

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... Another study twenty-five years later reported that full time housewives spent more hours doing laundry in the 1970s than they did in the 1920s, despite all the new washing machines, dryers, detergents, and bleaches. The main change was that the family had acquired more clothing and now had even higher expectations about cleanliness and grooming. In the 1990's few women can even afford dreaming of devoting full time to their families. Thus the extraordinary demands of running a home are added to running an ...

188. Help For Troubled Hearts

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

Nissan Motors once used as its motto: WE ARE DRIVEN! According to Gordon MacDonald that phrase describes many of us. We are driven. Driven to acquire-driven to achieve-driven to be. And this "driven-ness" is taking its toll. A physician, Dr. Robert Anderson, who has researched the subject of stress extensively, says that he used to think that 35 to 40 percent of the problems he saw in his office were stress induced. Now ...

189. The Secret Of His Success

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... Brengle did in those early days. He too had been much respected among his own people. An educated mana student of Gamaliel. He was a native of Tarsusa city famous for the scholars and philosophers that it produced. He was a pharisee who through his zeal had acquired some authority among his fellow Jews. He was a brilliant writer-though he could not know at this point in his life that one day he would be perhaps the most influential writer who ever lived. And he was a Roman citizen, a matter of no small ...

190. Jesus Goes To School

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... the little league team or the soccer team and then take their children's religious education so casually. I guarantee you that long after your children have quit playing soccer or baseball, they are going to need their faith, and if you have not helped them acquire a strong faith, they will be at a great disadvantage. A CBS radio report said the two things on which the USA spends most money is education and the military system. And yet, according to one report, 37,000 men entering the Navy annually cannot ...

191. Who Are You Trying To Impress?

Galatians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

Have you ever tried to impress somebody and looked silly doing it? Author Sidney Sheldon tells a memorable story about an embarrassing event that occurred to him years ago. He had acquired a lovely blue Rolls-Royce. A few days later he parked in front of a shop in Beverly Hills. He went inside, did his shopping, returned to his car and got behind the driver's seat of the Rolls. An arm reached through the window and grabbed his shoulder, and ...

192. A Faithful Follower I Would Be

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... explains why this play draws people from all over the world to that little Bavarian village every decade. "If I did not feel the weight of His cross," he said, "I could not play the part." If being a disciple of Jesus costs us no pain to acquire, no self-denial to preserve, no effort to advance, no struggle to maintain, then this isn't what Jesus had in mind. Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is not something we should take lightly. It involves our total commitment. "Which of you," asks Jesus, "would start ...

193. One Came Back

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... if it does, it'll be of no small value to you. You're little." The coach paused for a moment then added one more thing, "And you're yellow!" Not a very good day for a young man who hoped to receive a football scholarship as a means of acquiring a college education. Rather looks back and sees this as an influential moment in his life. "That was a defining moment," he writes. "I was little by football standards, no doubt about it. I measured six feet and always said that I weighed 167 pounds, which was an ...

194. The Testimony of a Tax Collector

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... look at yourself as a church. You are such an attractive group. Certainly you are a credit to your community. But there are some people who may feel shut out. Maybe because of their economic status, or their skin color, or because of a life style they have acquired. Let me ask you a question. Who are you here for ” the well or the sick? If Christ can make such a radical change in my life, maybe there are persons that this church needs to be reaching out to. Some lonely young person. Some fatherless child ...

195. The Greatest Temptation Of All

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... use. (4) Each of us have our strong points and weak points. But life calls for vigilance, for temptation is with us always. But there is a second thing we need to see: THE ABILITY TO RESIST TEMPTATION IS ONE OF THE GREAT SUCCESS SKILLS WE CAN ACQUIRE. Many of you are familiar by now with the famous Marshmallow Experiment. I bring it up again only because the implications are so staggering. It turns out that a scientist can see the future by watching four-year-olds interact with a marshmallow. The researcher ...

196. Answers To Life's Three Critical Questions

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... sound like the old Abbot and Costello routine, "Who's on First." But this gentleman's last name really is Unknown. What's his name? Unknown. His full name is Nikone Unknown. Unknown is 40yearsold and he owns a restaurant in Ocean Springs. Unknown acquired that name when he immigrated to the United States from Laos in 1979. Unknown feared revealing his real name to immigration officials, who simply listed his last name as "unknown." Unknown's wife is Ratchanee Unknown, and his son is Nick Unknown. (1) This ...

197. Peace, Blessed Peace

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... ACCEPTANCE. Many people are in turmoil because they are dissatisfied with their life situation. They think to themselves, if only I had this or, if I had that, then I would be happy. They ignore the very obvious truth that happiness does not come from what we acquire or even what we accomplish. Peace comes from within. Tennis star Boris Becker was at the very top of the tennis worldyet he was on the brink of suicide. He said, "I had won Wimbledon twice before, once as the youngest player. I was rich. I had ...

198. Becoming One of the Beautiful People

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... William James: "The deepest principle of human nature is a craving to be appreciated." We all want to be part of the beautiful people looked up to, respected, even envied. That is part of human nature. Sometimes people go to extreme lengths to acquire recognition. In fact, one reason many people get in trouble is that they want someone to notice them. David Mitchell Jewell, thirtyone, of Evansville, Indiana, said that he set fire to thirtytwo homes in his neighborhood over the last ten years because he ...

199. It's A Miracle

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

A first grade teacher was reading the story of the Three Little Pigs. She came to the part of the story where the first pig was trying to acquire building materials for his home. She said, "And so the pig went up to the man with a wheelbarrow full of straw and said, ˜Pardon me sir, but might I have some of that straw to build my house?'" Then the teacher asked the class, "And what do you think ...

200. What Does It Mean To Be Really Free?

Galatians 5:1-15

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... coming. Later Sam Wilson worked for the Army stamping the letters "U.S." on barrels of beef for the U.S. government. Since those initials had not previously been used to stand for United States, the townspeople assumed they meant "Uncle Sam." And, before long, Uncle Sam had acquired a goatee and a tall hat, and people around the world thought of him as a symbol for the United States of America. That's a good story to think of for the Fourth of July weekend. Maybe we need a drawing of Jesus with his finger ...

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