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2126. The Key to Getting Enough Rest

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... sleep to function at your best. Some of this lack of sleep, of course, is due to stress and worry. D.T. Niles, the great Asian evangelist, tells of traveling by train across India. It was a long trip and he needed to get some sleep. However, he was so concerned about his suitcase getting stolen that he had a hard time sleeping. He put it on the rack directly above where he sat. He kept dozing and waking up with his eyes on that suitcase. Finally he was so tired that he dozed longer than he wanted and when ...

2127. The Parable of the Careless Farmer

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... t have to reply because they both knew the answer. (4) Some of the seed falls on the path where the soil is hard and it is eaten by the birds; some falls on rocky soil and does not establish firm roots; some falls amid the thorns of worldly concerns like material wealth and is choked out. But some of the seed falls upon good soil, says Jesus. And here is the Good News for the day. Sometimes the message of the Kingdom falls upon hearts that welcome it. When good seed falls on good soil miracles occur. Seeds ...

2128. For Those Who Are Auditing the Class

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... He loved Jesus and didn’t want him to suffer and die. Well, you know what Jesus did in response. He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” Then Jesus spoke words to his disciples that need to be heard by everyone who thinks that following Jesus is a course that can be audited: “Whoever wants to be my disciple,” Jesus said to Peter and the other disciples, “must deny themselves and ...

2129. An Announcement from Our Lord

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... to see a grown man cry, but he felt the man needed attention. So he sat beside him and waited until he had quieted down some. He was particularly concerned because the porter had just left his parents’ room. He asked, “Are you crying because your toe hurts?” The porter replied, “No, it is because of your daddy.” This really concerned Allan, so he pressed for the story. The porter told Allan that Allan’s mother and father had returned from breakfast and his father had immediately approached him ...

2130. A Reminder to God...and to Us

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... number-one flag waver. Today his daughter Marlo Thomas serves as the spokesperson for St. Jude’s, following in her father’s footsteps. One of my favorite stories about the result of the covenant Danny Thomas made with the children of St. Jude’s concerns the year he was able to delete Christmas from the St. Jude’s calendar. It seems that the St. Jude staff used to celebrate Christmas in December and also in July because many of the terminally ill youngsters couldn’t survive until the traditional ...

2131. Dust in the Wind

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Timothy Cargal

... underwriting important public projects were prime ways in which people could increase their honor in a culture dominated by concerns with honor and shame. It is easy to see how the ancient practice of almsgiving could be corrupted in such a situation. Rather ... than being about demonstrating God’s concern for those in need and one’s own gratitude toward God for provision, the giving of alms becomes a means of ...

2132. An Annual Reminder

John 20:1-9

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... enjoyed a good return in me, or to what extent has his grace toward me been in vain — like the seed that fell upon the path, or like the talent entrusted to the third servant? “In vain” is something of a recurring concern for Paul. Perhaps it is a concern born of his natural pragmatism, or his competitiveness, or whatever regret he lived with for his pre-Damascus living. In any case, he uses the phrase twelve different times in his letters, including five times in this chapter alone. The people’s ...

2133. The Door Is Open

John 10:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... …but not every man lives.” I want to tell you something. You haven’t lived until you have met Jesus, surrendered to Jesus, trusted Jesus, loved Jesus, and made Jesus your very life. I heard about a little boy whose dad had just gone off to war and he was concerned about his father’s safety and he wrote his dad a letter that said, “Dear Daddy: I love you and I hope you live all of your life.” That is exactly what God wants for you. He gives you life so you will truly live your life. You were put ...

2134. Can One Become Two?

Matthew 19:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... is a divine institution. Divorce is a human invention. Understand, God never commands divorce and God never commends divorce. God never says, “Divorce is a good thing.” He never says it is best for the children. He never says it would be best for everybody concerned. If you really want to know what God says about divorce, He specifically tells us so there will be no doubt. “'I hate divorce,’ says the Lord.” (Malachi, 2:16, NIV) God doesn't hate divorced people, but He does hate divorce, because of ...

2135. When You Reach the Rejection Hotline

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... way she took her loving family for granted. Any time she was mentioned, I could think of very little good to say. “But one day as I was leafing through an old picture album filled with photos of her, Jesus’ spirit spoke to my spirit and told me [concerning this young woman], ‘I have always loved her, despite her failings, and I have forgiven her. I want you to forgive and love her, too.’ “As I gazed at the young face in the pictures, my heart was filled with compassion for the girl. Along the way ...

2136. The World's Largest Covered Dish Lunch

John 6:1-15

Sermon

... the Son of God, and that, by believing, we may have life in his name. There is much to see in this story. First is Jesus’ concern that people’s needs be met. Jesus saw the people and their need and he felt compassion toward them. That is why he had so much ... the time they finished, nearly two thousand verses lay on the floor, and a book of tattered pages remained. They discovered that if you cut concern for the poor out of the Bible, you cut the heart out of it. (2) I wish more of us had a heart for the ...

2137. No Turning Back

John 6:60-71

Sermon

King Duncan

... the world, how can we possibly give anything but our best? If he is the Son of God, how can we not give him our all? In the preface to her book, Amazing Grace, writer Kathleen Norris tells of an evening when she was making a presentation concerning her book. A woman in the audience asked her a painful question. “I don’t mean to be offensive,” she said, “but I just don’t understand how you can get so much comfort from a religion whose language does so much harm.” Taken aback momentarily, Norris ...

2138. Moving On Up

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... his teaching. To welcome or show kindness to one of these little children in his name, he said, is equivalent to welcoming Jesus himself and not him only but also his Father in 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 ...

2139. How God Looks at Marriage

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... young couple decided to wed. As the big day approached, they grew apprehensive. Each had a problem they had never before shared with anyone, not even each other. The groom-to-be, overcoming his fear, decided to ask his father for advice. “Dad,” he said, “I am deeply concerned about the success of my marriage. I love my fiancée very much, but you see, I have very smelly feet, and I’m afraid that my future wife will be put off by them.” “No problem,” said his dad. “All you have to do is wash ...

2140. When the Unthinkable Happens

Mark 13:1-8, 24-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... is often referred to as “the end times.” Jesus said three things about the end times that could be helpful to us. The first concerns false teachers. Jesus said to them: “Watch out that no one deceives you. Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and ... coming will happen quite soon. And they have stirred up much fear among many impressionable readers. Those who espouse such concerns seem to confuse fear with faith. Arousing fear in people can be both quite easy and quite profitable--as many ...

2141. What Kind of King Is This?

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... .” Pilate begins his interrogation by asking Jesus if he is, indeed, King of the Jews. Jesus asks Pilate in return if he had that idea on his own accord or if others had talked to him and influenced his question. Jesus is asking Pilate if he is concerned that he is some sort of political threat to Rome, that is, a revolutionary. To build a case against Jesus so that the Romans could kill him, the religious leaders had to accuse him, falsely, of being a threat to Roman power. In answer to Jesus’ question ...

2142. In Praise of Perseverance

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... identifying headline of Luke 18:1-8 in the New Revised Standard Version says The Parable of the Widow and the Unjust Judge. It does not identify this passage as A Practical Guide for Getting Our Prayers Answered the Way We Want Them Answered. The parable concerns prayer, but the lesson to be learned differs from “prayer works.” In fact, when we chase it into a corner and take a close look at it, this parable speaks in praise of perseverance, not only in prayer, but perseverance in other areas of life ...

2143. Saints Are Awake to Life's Deepest Joy

Luke 6:20-31

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... a rock and about as interesting. For that reason, people were surprised when Dan became a Big Brother to a poor, inner-city teenager from a single-parent home. No one could have predicted that. Dan had few credentials for the task. He had not expressed any previous concern for the poor. Dan was not known as open-minded on matters of race. He didn't even seem to like teenagers. In spite of that, Dan became deeply involved in this young man's life. Recently, Dan requested a day's leave from work. This was an ...

2144. "Gotcha" Questions from Mean-Spirited People

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... Sadducees finally get to the question, "In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be?" (v. 33). Is that not an odd question? If we knew a woman who had been married and widowed that many times, our first question would not concern her marital status in eternity. Other issues seem more pressing. Such as, "Did the county prosecuting attorney consider checking the arsenic levels in those deceased husbands?" "Why didn't any of those brothers bolt for the hills when it became obvious the woman ...

2145. Discipleship: Backward or Forward to God

Luke 9:51-62

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... had been completely torn down. There was an audible gasp from the backseat as they looked at an open playground where once had stood their solid, old school building sanctified with so many happy memories. Our children couldn't go home again as far as school was concerned. The school was no more and even if the school had been there they wouldn't have fit in. Of course, they could have gone through the doors and revisited the gym and their old classrooms, but it wouldn't be the same, because they had grown ...

2146. Athaliah and Joash

2 Chron 22:10–23:21

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... the king” refers here. The previous king had already been dead for at least six years. This can therefore be interpreted only as a reference to Joash, the king’s son, who is announced by Jehoiada as the one who shall reign, as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David (23:3). The eternal promise to the house of David is thus invoked by the Chronicler’s insertion. Although the Chronicler’s description of the plan set out by Jehoiada follows the source text in 2 Kings 11:5–7, the details ...

2147. Peter Heals the Crippled Beggar

Acts 3:1-10

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... time up to some years after the events of the previous chapter. The assurance with which Peter acts here may well have grown out of some considerable experience of what Jesus’ power could do, while his statements in the speech that follows (3:11–26) concerning the person of Jesus may well have been the fruit of long reflection (illuminated by the Holy Spirit). Again, it may well have been the case that the apostles were now under much closer scrutiny by the authorities than they had been at first, due ...

2148. Stephen Seized

Acts 6:8-15

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... 15:1; 21:21; 26:3; 28:17). This was broadly true. Christ had reinterpreted the law in terms of its spirit—God’s will is fulfilled in the commandment to love. But in certain specific instances he had actually set the law of Moses aside. The regulations concerning purity were a case in point. The important thing now was not ritual purity but a clean heart (Mark 7:15). Thus, in the saying about destroying the temple and in three days raising another (John 2:19; cf. Gospel of Thomas 71), he had declared the ...

2149. Simon the Sorcerer

Acts 8:9-25

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... the request for prayer on his behalf does not rule out the possibility that he also prayed for himself. Nor must we allow the later stories of Simon as the arch-heretic to color our interpretation. But for all that, the suspicion remains that he was more concerned to escape punishment than he was to turn to the Lord (cf. 1 Sam. 24:16; 26:21). 8:25 The story ends with a summary statement from which we learn that the apostles gave further instruction to the believers (for the verb “to give testimony” see ...

2150. Saul in Damascus and Jerusalem

Acts 9:19b-31

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... suggests that his studies centered on the Greek language and culture; but see disc. on 22:2). 9:31 Luke brings the section to a close (and in a broader sense, the whole narrative that had its beginning in the story of Stephen) with a brief statement concerning the state of the church (see disc. on 2:43–47). It now enjoyed a time of peace. This is directly linked with the conversion of Paul, but there were other factors not mentioned by Luke. The Sanhedrin was now faced with more pressing matters. First ...

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