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2151. Stamped with God’s Own Image

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Albert G. Butzer III

... of the riches of God is about so much more: It has to do with the way that we care for the earth, so that hopefully we do not threaten death to the planet en- trusted to our care. It has to do with the quality of our relationships with loved ones. It has to do with the ... way we treat neighbors as well as strangers, each of them also created in the image of God. It has to do with the care of our own bodies, as we re- member that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. It has to do with the way we ...

2152. Your Faith is Your Fuel

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... aspects of our lives. One of the most glaring ways we sabotage ourselves is by ignoring our spiritual well-being. Some of us are pretty good at taking care of our physical needs. We eat well, sleep well, make sure we have proper exercise. In our culture today, taking care of our emotional health has become an important way to show we care about our relationships and our inner feelings which affect our behavior. But what about our spiritual wellness. We don’t often talk about spiritual wellness, do we? And ...

2153. A Message To You from God

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... truly understand why I did what I have done, but I did it on faith. I did it on intuition.” Hall, a single man with a successful catering company, was taking on a big responsibility when he adopted the two brothers from the county foster care system. And that responsibility grew even bigger when Hall discovered that his two new sons had four more siblings separated into various other foster homes in East Tennessee. Hall’s budget and his schedule were already pretty tight, but his heart was full of love ...

2154. Cherish the Moment

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... determined to help these desperate people become self-sufficient. She gathered tin cans and taught the members of the leper colony to fill them with mud and make bricks to build small houses for themselves. Beth, a nurse by training, provided them with medical care, scrounged for food, taught Bible studies. Every last person in that leper colony came to know the hope of Jesus Christ because one woman committed her life to loving them and serving them. And Bob Pierce, the young evangelist, was so moved and ...

2155. Wrong by Association, Right by Jesus

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... you discover those “principles” were wrong? Do you listen to the voices around you that you’ve trusted all your life? Do you trust in someone’s promises, even despite the way things look? As much as we like to think we are all about it, caring what others think is a part of our vital social DNA. We all have a sense of honor that is mostly defined by our culture, our social context, our families, even our churches. We all follow unwritten “codes” of decorum, behavior, thought, even identity. When ...

2156. The Heartbeat of a Christian

1 John 3:16-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’t dependent on how we feel, but on how badly someone else needs our help. So, Jeffrey Collins headed over to Jimmy’s house to check on him. Jimmy was on the sofa, shivering and feverish and covered in vomit. The smell was horrible. Though he was very careful not to show it, Jeffrey’s anger and annoyance grew. As he knelt down and scrubbed vomit out of the carpet surrounding the sofa, Jeffrey prayed an angry prayer to God. But here’s what came out of that experience. A friend of Jimmy’s named Russ ...

2157. It's Worth the Wait

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... you know the story of Florence Nightingale. Nightingale was a social reformer and the founder of modern nursing. She led a team of women who provided medical care to British soldiers in the Crimean War in the 1850s. The improvements she instituted in medical care and cleanliness in the medical tents saved countless soldiers’ lives. She was known for her tireless care for her patients. At night, she made the rounds of all the medical tents. The soldiers knew from the light of her lamp that she was working ...

2158. The Transformative Power of God

1 John 1:1--2:2

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... a bit.’” So the young man entered the sanctuary and screamed as loud as he could, while looking at the figure of the cross, “Christ died on the cross for me and I don’t care a bit.” The priest said, “Very good. Now do it again.” And again the man screamed, “Christ died on the cross for me and I don’t care a bit.” “You’re almost done now, said the priest. One more time.” The main raised his fist, kept looking at the statue, but the words would not come out. He just could not look ...

2159. Clean Hands

Psalm 26:1-12

Sermon

Will Willimon

... is the prayer of the older brother who always stayed home and did what Mother told him; not the prayer of the younger Prodigal Son who had a taste for harlots and loose living. It is the prayer of those whom the Duke Admissions Office blesses. I don't care what they say about a "well rounded student body", the Admissions Office is out looking for the guy who prayed Psalm 26! They wish that all of you looked like him! I was talking with a Duke student sometime ago. I asked him, "Where you always a good boy ...

2160. Responding to God's Love

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... wait and not fear for at the end of the road you will find love and welcome awaiting you. And you will be safe in God’s care. I will watch and pray for you until you are out of my sight. I shall also wait for the day when I will make the same ... us all that we need to serve him and our fellow man, so we, in response, are called to love God by our manifestations of care for one another. The centrality of love as a basic foundation for the Christian life should be obvious, but we need to periodically be renewed ...

2161. Easter Power

Acts 14:8-18

Sermon

Will Willimon

... to our pious claims that life is good, or God is just, or the world is beautiful. We ignore such people, not because we don't care about their condition, but because we know that we cannot do one blessed thing to change their condition. We turn away, and hope that when we ... really agree with what these people believe, but they do a lot of good." What could be more utterly American than that? Who cares if they lift up some new counter-god, or else make demi-gods of themselves? They "do a lot of good." What's ...

2162. Hungering for Some Time Off

Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

Sermon

King Duncan

... and security guards sprinted through the building toward some unseen threat. That threat turned out to be Lynch’s son, Nick, who chose a “priceless” Louis XIV chair in the one of the exhibits as the perfect place to get some rest. (2) Be careful when giving instructions to your child--especially in a museum of priceless objects. Another woman named Cristina Beitz wrote to Budget Travel magazine to tell about taking their honeymoon with a bunch of unexpected guests. Beitz’s in-laws offered to pay for ...

2163. Missional Discontinuity

Mark 6:30-44, Mark 6:45-56

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... is one who has been sent and they are just returning from the mission field into which Jesus sent them. But being sent out comes at a price, does it not? Yes, they are excited to share their experiences but that same excitement can, if they aren’t careful, lead to burnout. It is exciting to be needed. It is flattering when people come to us and ask for our expertise, our knowledge, our abilities. And we genuinely want to help, if we can, for helping others in need is almost the very definition of what it ...

2164. More Than Enough

John 6:1-21

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... only those who are “truly needy” get the goodies. No drug tests, no snotty attitude, no lectures, no tsk-tsk’ing, no counting to make sure no one comes back for seconds. He simply took what he had and gave it away — not reluctantly, not carefully, not even responsibly, but generously. Note, if you will, please, the phrase which John has added to this story that none of the others includes: “…he distributed them to those who were seated; also the fish, as much as they wanted.” How often do we ...

2165. Perks for Following Jesus

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... a Fortune 500 company. Out of her extensive business background, she wrote an article titled, “Ten Signs You’re Not Ready for a Leadership Job.” She wrote that a person shouldn’t try for a leadership role if they were just doing it for the money, if they care more about the job title or perks rather than they do the work, if they just like telling other people what to do. And her final piece of advice was, “Don’t take the leadership job because you think it looks easy.” (2) I think that’s ...

2166. It's No Fun to Move

Ruth 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... of sacrificial love he witnessed in the lives of two of his elderly patients, Fred and Ruby. Ruby had advanced Alzheimer’s, and she became more angry and difficult as the disease progressed. But Fred continued to nurse his wife lovingly. Fred devoted himself to her care, even though Ruby could no longer return his love. And then one day Fred ended up in the hospital. He had late-stage colon cancer. Fred admitted to Dr. Wilhelm that he had known about his diagnosis for over a year. He had refused treatment ...

2167. Don't Worry--Give Thanks

Matthew 6:25-33

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Friends, “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” That’s the primary reason to give thanks today. We are of value to God. He cares so much about us that he gave his beloved Son in our behalf. Don’t worry about a thing. Relax in the knowledge that God loves you. 1. Ray Pritchard, https://www.keepbelieving.com/sermon/time-to-get-rid-of-your-worries/. 2. Ibid. 3. I am sorry, but I ...

2168. Are Ye Able?

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... of their way to flatter them to a sickening degree. To be willing to serve, and be slave to all, after the manner of Jesus, was the path chosen by many of the martyrs. Augustine, the fourth-century African theologian told the Christians under his care, many of whom would be martyred in their time: Ponder how profound this is. They were conferring with him about glory. He intended to precede loftiness with humility and, only through humility to ready the way for loftiness itself. For, of course, even those ...

2169. For The Love of God Is Empowering

Matthew 22:36 -40 · John 4:1-32

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , mind and strength. And to love our neighbor as ourselves." But how can we love our neighbor if we don't love ourselves? You see, we need a healthy dose of self love in order to be able to love others. You have to be able to care for yourself before you can care for others. There have been many sermons preached on overdoing this self love. We all know too many people who think ONLY of themselves. They don't just belong to the "Me First" club, they're card carrying charter members, with a gold key. They're ...

2170. Sustaining Faith

Mark 12:38-44

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... He recognizes that she, in her feeling that she needed to give in order to be worthy, has been entirely taken advantage of by the Temple leadership. This woman should not be giving the only money she had to live on. The Temple should have been instead taking care of her! Jesus isn’t saying that giving itself is wrong. But he is saying that those who can afford to give, should. Those who can’t, should not have to, and definitely should not feel as if they must. For the Temple, and unfortunately for many ...

2171. Who Is The Prisoner? Who Is The Judge?

John 18:33-37

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... head, on the upright of the cross. It was written in three languages, Greek, Hebrew, and Latin: “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.” Whatever other accusations were made, this is the one thing that Jesus was executed for. This is the only reason Pilate really cared about. So what does it mean to be king of the Jews? And what does it mean for us? One of the plainest images used in the scriptures when it comes to kingship is the image of the shepherd. King David, remembered as perhaps the greatest king ...

2172. Which King Do We Worship?

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... to see a doctor or a nurse. He met families who had lined up early and slept in their cars for two or three nights for this event. He says that as he left the event that day, he realized that in many areas of our country our health care system is broken. And he realized that his misinformation helped to keep it that way. So, he left his high-paying, comfortable job with one of the most powerful insurance companies in the nation. He wrote a book about the lies he told in support of his former employer ...

2173. Don't Miss Jesus

Luke 2:41-51

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... . How do I find Jesus? It is simple. Ask him to come into your life. Confess your need of him and that your sinfulness is more than you can handle. Thank him for his willingness to forgive you your sins. Serve him with your whole heart. III. We must be careful to live an obedient life (Luke 2:51-52). Many of us are like the little boy who was confined for a time at a children’s hospital many years ago. The child had gained a reputation for wreaking havoc with the staff and nurses. One day a visitor who ...

2174. Nobody’s Too Good To Repent

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... Have you ever done a deed that was not motivated at least in part by a desire to feel good about it? Is that not the reason we do good, because the deed makes us feel good about ourselves? I know my good deeds, raising kids, loving my wife Betsey, caring for students or for the poor seem selfless, until you scratch me deep enough, and see all the goodies I get out of them. This selfishness infecting our outwardly good deeds means that what we do is not done in self-giving agape love. And that is what makes ...

2175. Giving It All Up For Jesus And What’s Ahead

Philippians 3:4b-14

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... between winners and losers fade, so that the concern about what others think of us (the cause of anxiety) fades.[9] Martin Luther reflected on the text and noted its Good News. Celebrating the kind of alleviation from care that de Bottton notes he wrote: “Therefore a Christian, as a child of God, must always rejoice, always sing, fear nothing, always be free from care, and always glory in God.”[10] With the weight of the past gone, wrapped up in our relation with Jesus, there is nothing to fear, no more ...

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