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2026. Dealing with Cantankerous People

Ephesians 4:30-5:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... Feeling relieved, Nancy kept training. The coach and other members welcomed and encouraged her. Being part of the club helped. Her track mates became her role models. Nancy never won a gold medal in the Olympics, but she did complete her first marathon in an impressive time. (6) Who is your role model? Whose life would you choose to emulate? If you choose a spiritual role model, it will have to be Jesus. No one else comes close. As St. Paul writes: “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each ...

2027. Blessed Are the Abnormal

James 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... clothing to the poor and dressed in shabby clothing. One day, a baker’s wife with whom he had boarded saw him and asked why he had given away his good clothing. Vincent van Gogh replied, “I am a friend of the poor like Jesus was.” Not impressed, the baker’s wife told him, “You are no longer normal.” (1) Van Gogh’s governing body in the church agreed with the baker’s wife. They disagreed with van Gogh’s lifestyle and refused to renew his contract. He was forced to find another occupation ...

2028. Moving On Up

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... heaven. It is this perspective that dignifies the act of serving others. God is not concerned about titles and position and status. He cares not if you are the CEO or if you’re the one who sweeps the floors of the building. Titles do not impress God or qualify you to be a great man or woman. What qualifies you is a willingness to serve. In God’s kingdom, greatness is servanthood. I like Martin Luther King, Jr.’s interpretation of this passage. “True greatness,” he said, “comes not by favoritism ...

2029. God's Pattern for Sainthood

Psalm 24:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... story about a colony of mice who made their home at the bottom of a large upright piano. These mice lived in a world of constant music. Music filled all the dark spaces of their existence with lovely melodies and harmonies. At first, the mice were impressed by the music. They drew comfort and wonder from the thought that Someone made the music--Someone though invisible to them, yet close to them. They loved to tell stories about the Great Unseen Piano Player whom they could not see. Then one day an ...

2030. A Voice Calls in the Wilderness

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... in order to keep the heavy truck from careening off the narrow road. Fortunately the government decided to do something about this dangerous piece of road. Between 1960 and 1972 highway US 99 was upgraded to Interstate highway I-5, one of the most impressive engineering projects in human history. Road cuts hundreds of feet deep were sliced through the mountains. The rock and dirt extracted from these slices were used to fill deep gorges and canyons. “Whenever I cross the [this stretch of] I-5,” Wilson ...

2031. The Word Became Flesh

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... Planet. It’s about a junior angel who is being given a tour of the universe by a senior angel. After touring all the galaxies of the universe, they come at last to our solar system. The junior angel is tired and bored and not very impressed by what he sees. The senior angel points to the earth and says, “Keep an eye on that planet.” The younger angel thinks the earth looks small and dirty and insignificant. “That is the Visited Planet,” say the senior angel. “You don’t mean …” the junior ...

2032. Brushing Your Teeth with Oreos

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... in that day--especially for people on the lower rung of society. There wasn’t much time for leisure pursuits. And yet, here they are devoting a couple of weeks, including travel time, to their religious responsibilities. Do you think that made an impression on Jesus? I know family time is becoming quite scarce in our society. Author Dr. Richard Swenson writes in his book The Overload Syndrome that “the average American work-week now exceeds just about every other nation on the planet. Most homes are ...

2033. Saints Are Awake to Life's Deepest Joy

Luke 6:20-31

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... to the presence of God. In turn, they awaken us. The day may come when DeMonte will think of Dan as a saint in his life. Jane already claims Harold as a saintly presence. What about you? Do you know people who have made a saintly impression on your life? Give thanks and praise to God for the saints. Amen and Amen. 1. William Barclay, The New Daily Bible Study Series: The Gospel of Matthew (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 2001), pp. 103-105. 2. Brian Andreas, "Angels of Mercy" (Decorah, Iowa: 2012 Story ...

2034. King Jesus

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... and Mary's song. The balances of power on earth are about to be tipped through this new king, born in the most unlikely of circumstances. So how do we measure power? Alan Redpath tells of a prominent businessman in South Africa who was duly impressed with the luxury of Rolls Royce automobiles. He ordered one for himself and marveled at its speed and handling. He looked through the manual but found no test results listed indicating the horsepower of the engine. So he went to the dealer. "I'm sorry," the ...

2035. When the Dragon Wins

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... language it is but I can tell when they are not speaking Swahili." Cindy explained to her father that in Kenya, all educated people speak at least three languages fluently and frequently function in several others. As a monolingual American, her father was impressed — both by the fact those men were speaking three languages and by his daughter's powers of observation. As Don and Cindy's conversation progressed, they began to ponder how the men determined which language to use at any given moment. They ...

2036. The Wrong Gift

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... becoming the great Caesar Augustus? Yet he did. Part of his secret lies in an event that occurred when he was a young boy. One day he visited the well-known astrologer and fortune-teller Theogenes. When Theogenes read the boy's horoscope, he was so impressed with its prophecy that he fell on his face and worshiped him. You and I may not believe in astrology, but Cesar Augustus did. All throughout the struggles of his life, he lived as if this prophecy were true, and eventually it became true. How much ...

2037. Our Father Who Art in Heaven

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... it reminds me of the salesman who came to the door and said, "Are you the head of the household?" and the father answered, "I certainly am. My wife and children are out shopping!" I'm also reminded of what the Duke of Windsor once said, "The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children." Woman: Or what Erma Bombeck said about parents. She said, "You become about as exciting as your food blender. The kids come in, look you in the eye, and ask if anybody's home." Or I like ...

2038. God's Adopted Children

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... its individual parts. Here’s one last example, and the most important one. Suppose we went to Mexico City, or Tokyo--the two largest cities in the world. We go downtown. It’s rush hour, and there are thousands of busy people in the streets. What is our first impression likely to be? We will probably just see a great mass of faces that all look alike to us. If we were to stay a while in one of those great cities and came to know and love certain people there, and understood their culture, they would no ...

2039. I Don't Get No Respect

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. He began by saying to them, ‘Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.’” Reading on in this passage we discover that the home folks were impressed. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked. You can see their home-town pride start to swell. A local boy was doing well. But then they thought about his words, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” The implications of that comment ...

2040. Eyes Fixed Upon the Goal

Philippians 3:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... marathon.’” (5) Fred Lebow showed what an ordinary man with an extraordinary sense of focus and commitment can accomplish. So did St. Paul. There is nothing that we read about St. Paul that indicates that he was specially talented, or great-looking, or impressive of stature. In fact, he had at least one prominent weakness, which he called his “thorn in the flesh,” which would have defeated many people. But St. Paul deeply influenced the faith of millions of people. How? St. Paul’s life was focused ...

2041. A Complicated Disciple

John 18:15-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... m an alcoholic.” And everyone greets him, “Hi, Tom.” But if he announced himself in church, “Hi, I’m Tom and an alcoholic, or a sinner or a wife-beater,” can you imagine the church’s response? Yancey went to an AA meeting with Tom once. He was impressed, but also wondered why AA meets the needs of people like Tom in a way that the local church does not. Yancey asked Tom to name the one quality missing in the local church that AA had somehow provided. Tom stared at his cup of coffee for a long ...

2042. What Did Jesus Do?

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... you; do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.’” Dr. James Cleland of Duke University was deeply impressed as a boy by his mother’s love for the Communion Service. For over sixty years she seldom missed a celebration. One day he asked her for her interpretation of the Lord’s Supper. He writes: “She looked at me frankly and said, seriously and determinedly ...

2043. I Am YOUR Child

Proverbs 22:6

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... been years since you put your arms about me at bedtime and with tears in your eyes asked your heavenly Father to watch over me as I slept. You seem to be more interested in my school grades than in the condition of my eternal soul. You give me the impression that it is better to be popular than to be pure; better to be attractive on the outside than to have that “inner beauty” that comes to one who loves the Lord. So the next time you feel like throwing up your hands and saying, “I just can’t do ...

2044. Strength, Just in Time

Illustration

Michael P. Green

When Corrie ten Boom was a girl, her first realization of death came after a visit to the home of a neighbor who had died. It impressed her that someday her parents would die. Corrie’s father comforted her. “Corrie, when you and I go to Amsterdam, when do I give you your ticket?” he asked. Corrie answered, “Why, just before we get on the train.” “Exactly,” responded her father, “and our wise Father in heaven knows ...

2045. An Epidemic Among Two-Year-Olds

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... surprising to see such a severe case in one of such tender years. His mother had asked the lad to do something, but he was much too absorbed in his own activities to take time out for that. The father watched as the mother went over to impress on the little boy the importance of minding his parents promptly—to which he responded with a right hook to the jaw of his surprised mother! The father, realizing that his son’s behavior was completely unacceptable and would become dangerous not only to the mother ...

2046. Hospitality vs. Entertaining

Illustration

Karen Mains

The following differentiation between “hospitality” and “entertaining” was made by Karen Mains in Open Heart, Open Home: Entertaining says, “I want to impress you with my home, my clever decorating, my cooking.” Hospitality, seeking to minister, says, “This home is a gift from my Master. I use it as He desires.” Hospitality aims to serve. Entertaining puts things before people. “As soon as I get the house finished, the living room decorated, my ...

2047. How Much Margarine?

Humor Illustration

Michael P. Green

A department-store clerk was demonstrating the efficiency of a window-cleaning device by smearing margarine on glass and cleaning it off again. Quite impressed, one potential customer asked, “How much margarine do I have to use?”

2048. Out of Site

Malachi 2:17

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... orders. He had the younger boys set up his tent, sent another after candy, and told the rest to clean up the area, even though it was recreation time. “You can’t do that,” they said. “Mr. Whitten said it was recreation time!” Joe was not impressed. “I can do whatever I want to. And furthermore, I don’t care what Mr. Whitten said, because Mr. Whitten isn’t here!” He must have seen the smiles on the Scouts’ faces, because he turned around to see Mr. Whitten standing there. He had returned ...

2049. Fame Doesn't Shoo the Flies

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... fine,” he replied, “when being a celebrity helps me get a choice reservation for a football game.… As far as I can remember, being a celebrity has never helped me make a good picture, or a good shot in a polo game, or command the obedience of my daughter, or impress my wife. It doesn’t even seem to help keep fleas off our dogs and, if being a celebrity won’t give me an advantage over a couple of fleas, then I guess there can’t be that much in being a celebrity after all.”

2050. Fellowship Over Things

Illustration

Michael P. Green

After many months of waiting, a Russian girl finally obtained a visa to visit her relatives in Canada for three months. She arrived in Canada and was shown around the various attractions, amusements, and entertainments. The young Russian seemed immensely impressed by the amount of things that people were wrapped up with. As the three months drew to a close, everyone expected her to defect and seek political asylum in Canada. She surprised them all by expressing a desire to return to her family in Russia ...

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