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2051. Set Free Through Forgiveness!

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... it. He reports that it was funny to watch them scrub and scrub and never get clean. It was comical. But this is what happens when you turn anywhere else for help in dealing with your hurt and anger except to Christ. Rather than feeling better, you feel worse. Rather than getting clean, you feel dirtier and dirtier. You need God's help. You need to ask God to forgive your sins, and then you need to ask God to give you the ability to forgive others. Corrie ten Boom often thought back over the horrors of the ...

2052. The Difference Between Looking Good And Being Good

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... about ourselves. There was a study done by researchers at Yale University sometime back on what are often called "bad hair days." This study found that on those days when our hair just won't cooperate, we feel less smart, less capable, more embarrassed and less sociable. What was surprising to the researchers was that men, not women, were most likely to be affected by bad hair days. (1) [Of course, some of us men no longer have to worry about bad hair days.] We all like to ...

2053. Finding Something Amazing To Live For

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... men and follow him. What, no discussion? No "Let me think about this and I will get back to you in the morning" hesitation. We don't know about the others but we know that Simon was married. Didn't he at least try to phone home? Didn't he feel he needed to discuss this with his wife? I mean this is a major decision. Leave your job? Leave the only life you know and follow an itinerant preacher around the countryside? What got into these men? Maybe they were tired of fishing for fish. That's hard for some ...

2054. It Doesn't Matter What I Do

Jeremiah 17:19-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... belonged to the estate of the late Harley Stimm--the estate from which they had purchased the piano. Jake and Diane gave the $140,000 to the estate and said they have no regrets about their decision. "Morally, we believe we did the right thing," Jake said. "It didn't feel right to keep it." (4) I'm not even going to ask how many of you think they were dumb to give up that much money? I don't want to be disappointed. But listen carefully to the words of the Psalmist: "Happy are those who do not follow the ...

2055. The Eleventh Commandment

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... they used to." Then her mother died. It was necessary for her to take a week off from her teaching duties to attend her mother's funeral. She was very close to her mother. Following the funeral she needed some time alone to deal with her feelings. Her frustrations at the preschool seemed like an even heavier burden at this point in her life. After a weekend of aimless shopping, puttering in the garden and watching TV, she realized she must return to her classroom. She felt more like a soldier going into ...

2056. If Your Eye Offends You

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... you who jog or run or are physically active--that can almost be addictive, can't it? And suppose, because of bad weather or because of a virus, you are trapped in the house for a few days. Isn't it true that your body begins to crave exercise? You feel miserable until you can get back out there on the track, or the tennis court, or the ballfield again. What about those of us who sit around a lot? Is it not true that we grow to crave sitting around? We begin to crave total leisure, and we watch our ...

2057. Lord, What A Bountiful God!

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... to him. First thing Monday morning he went to the woman's house with the money. He could hardly wait to tell her the good news. He hammered on the door, but there was no answer. What a disappointment! He knocked again, but still no answer. He went away feeling dejected. Some time later he discovered that the woman had been at home all the time. She had been afraid to answer the door, for she thought it was the landlord who had come for the rent. All the time she cowered in fear, it was her minister bringing ...

2058. It Does Matter What You Believe

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... : "known but to God." God knows him because he mattered. People matter. That is what Jesus' whole life was about. That is what the cross was about. Jesus gave His life because people matter. You and I matter to God. That should make us feel good. It helps me to feel about myself the way a young girl who delivered groceries felt about herself. One day she delivered an order to the home of a new customer, who asked her name. "Vanna White" she answered proudly. "Well," returned the woman, "that's a pretty well ...

2059. A Church Fueled By Prayer

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... a high school commencement when suddenly a child began to cry. That was distracting, but not too much of a problem. But then another child added his loud voice. And then a couple of small boys started galloping up and down the aisle. With the sinking feeling only a public speaker knows, Nichols realized he had lost his audience. Nichols tried every trick of the speaker's trade: he spoke more loudly, he told a funny story, he walked around the stage, and he peered intently and disapprovingly at the area of ...

2060. Three Promises

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... can deliver that which he has promised. And the three promises he made to us may be summed up in three words: presence, power and priesthood. CHRIST'S FIRST PROMISE WAS THAT HE WOULD ALWAYS BE WITH US. Life gets tough sometimes. Even worse, we get the feeling that no one cares. I read an amusing story about a twelve-year-old boy who stood patiently beside the clock counter while the store clerk waited on all of the adult customers. Finally the clerk got around to the youngster, who made his purchase and ...

2061. Sarah Laughed

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... to take a walk with me." She replied curtly, "I didn't decide. You're bigger than I am." Don't you suppose that many people feel that same kind of bitterness toward God? With clenched fist and a snarl on their lips they accept life with resentment and with a cold sullen ... his book And There Was Light tells us that for the child, what happens is from God, and is good. A child will never feel self-pity unless some adult is stupid enough to suggest it. And courage, which we grownups make so much of, is for the ...

2062. Formula For A Glowing Face

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... shady lane, the mossy spring, and his wife who had shyly slipped her hand into his years ago, and thought, "I will live to look once more into her deep, loving eyes." He thought about his children. "If I make it until dawn, I will feel their kisses on my parched lips and feel their fingers on my face." The doctor's filled the soldier's heart full of resolve, and holding the fading life in his body until the sun rose in all of its splendor. Eventually the last star winked out, the day dawned, and the soldier ...

2063. I Say, Rejoice!

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... of us one good thing: the infinite value of simply making someone happy.” (5) We’re talking about joy, real joy, lasting joy. We can go to an amusement park and be happy for a little while, but when we come home we sink back into our feeling of melancholy, our feeling that somehow we’ve missed the meaning of it all. For joy to be real, we need to share it with someone else. When St. Paul says to us, “Rejoice,” he is not talking about a temporary happy fix that is passing. He’s talking about joy ...

2064. The Scariest Drug on the Market

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... of throwing a carnation, throw your pocketbook." The woman replied, "Preacher, you have just calmed the wind and put out the fire." (1)This morning I may calm the wind and put out the fire. A survey of church members once revealed that most lay people feel it is perfectly legitimate for their pastor to preach about money. However, most of them believe once a year is sufficient. This morning is that morning, and I want to speak in stronger terms than I ordinarily do about a subject that is more serious than ...

2065. Proving Your Love

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... .’ But Dad insisted he take the pay, still holding out his dollar. `Ed,’ the blacksmith said, `can’t you let a man do something now and then just to stretch his soul?’" Stretching our souls! Think of it! What a glorious expression for a glorious feeling. That’s only a second best reason for generous giving. The best reason for generous giving is the generosity of God Himself. The Son of God did not stop with giving as we often are urged to do, "a systematic and proportionate share," of himself for ...

2066. Amazing Grace

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... , but you’ll just be an adjusted sinner. You can go to a medical doctor and he or she can give you some medicine to help you feel better, maybe to make you a bit more healthy, but you’ll still just be a healthy sinner. You can make a lot of money, you can ... often say, "I’m sure glad I’m not one of Grant Ward’s sons." He was a man who had a quick temper, and you could feel the heat of his wrath at times. All those boys were given chores to do, as is normal on the farm. They had to do these things ...

2067. Yes, Virginia, There Is a Hell!

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... it. It''s their fault." We can always find a scapegoat to blame for our sin and wrongdoing. So guilt can cause us to justify ourselves, but guilt can also cause us to be concerned about others. Many good deeds are done as a means of relieving our guilty feelings. I believe this rich man may have been trying to do this as he asks for someone to go back and warn those brothers. Yet the absolute tragedy of his guilt is that there is no relief for guilt in hell. Abraham says that men have sufficient knowledge ...

2068. How Free Are We?

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... do not have the “right stuff,” as they say. And then, each of us is limited by the actions of others. People often do bad things to other people. We do bad things to ourselves and to others. We waste our lives and squander our resources. I often feel like the elderly gentleman who said that if he had known he was going to live so long, he would have taken better care of himself! Psychology tells us of the powerful unconscious forces which are at work in each of our lives. Pike’s conclusion, which has ...

2069. Secretary to Saint Peter

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... to the other Gospel writers. To Mark, Jesus is simply the carpenter.(6:3) Later on Matthew changes that to the carpenter’s son. No one tells us so much about the emotions of Jesus as does Mark. Jesus sighs, gets angry, gets weary, is moved with compassion, feels the pangs of hunger. In Mark’s Gospel we get the picture of a Jesus very much like us. One fellow Methodist preacher says of Mark: ...for Mark, the real Jesus, the real Christ, the real Lord of our lives, was very much of flesh and blood - very ...

2070. Family Reunion

Mark 3:31-35

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the gathering and the grub. Family reunions are not among many people’s favorite things to do. There is usually an awkwardness about them. People tend to break off into little separate groups, sitting and balancing plates on laps with people with whom they feel most comfortable. They look at one another to see whether there are any family resemblances. Mothers go around showing off children, and third and fourth cousins share a look of “I’ll be glad when this is over.” (Idea from a sermon by Wallace ...

2071. Jesus and the IRS

Mark 12:13-17

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... The money bears the image of Caesar - but humanity bears the image of God. Therefore, a Christian’s highest priority is humankind. Nothing is sacred in God’s good world except persons. When we are called to “love our neighbor” that does not mean feeling a gushy sentiment about them, it means caring deeply about the welfare of persons - other persons, all persons, and not just our own selves. They gave Jesus a trick question; and He gave them a trick answer. “Render unto Caesar the things that are ...

2072. GIVE ME YOUR SINS: The First Word

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... . He wanted the people to read and know the Bible. He lived in the actual town of Bethlehem for a time to get a feel of how Jesus lived during his earthly journey among us. The rich oral traditions of the church share how St. Jerome, while living in ... . I am thankful that the Savior who loved us enough to go to the cross did not do so with a cold glance, but with great feeling and a prayer of petition to His heavenly father. There is a story which says that Jesus once entered a room where a group of clergy ...

2073. Nightline

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... be much easier just to continue to the more soothing parts of the Christmas narrative. However, I think, as Dan Rather would say, this also is part of our world. We know that truth must be pursued and stories told even if they are ugly and make us feel downright uncomfortable. If I had to retell the story of Mary and Joseph''s fleeing to Egypt I would do it in the format of Ted Koppel''s Nightline. Here is one way the story could be told. "Good Evening! Welcome to Nightline. We are coming to you tonight ...

2074. A Faith that Works with a Victorious Attitude

Philippians 2:12-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... ''s one." This is not the idea and principle that Paul is teaching us in our lesson today about fear and trembling. I remember when I first started preaching in the summer of 1977, I would get so nervous and full of a wide-range of emotions that I would feel it in the pit of my stomach and bowels. It was not fear, but something happened to me. So I went to see a dear friend and spiritual mentor and shared what was happening to me. My dear friend said it was normal. He had the same experience every Sunday ...

2075. Paths of Righteousness

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... great Psalm that King David is no longer talking about the shepherd--he is talking to the shepherd. I can almost see David now crying out, "Thou art with me!" God is no longer simply an abstract idea but a hand that we lean forward to grasp with force and feeling and grip ever too tightly and cling every so closely to. I have never known God to push us away or remove the welcome mat when as the hymnwriter says "to Jesus we have fled." If you are walking through a valley today I hope that you take comfort in ...

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