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2176. Ready or Not, Here He Comes!

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

John is an amazing character, isn't he? Not what we would expect as we come up to Christmas. What if, riding atop the last float of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, there was not jolly old Saint Nick, but a wild-eyed John the Baptist dressed in a glorified burlap sack? Even the ...

2177. The Danger of Discipleship

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... with Jesus..." This itinerant rabbi had become popular, and suddenly, like a rock star, the groupies had begun to gather. They had heard about his preaching and teaching; they had especially heard about his miracles; they wanted to get close to this incredible character and experience the unusual energy that seemed to surround him. Goose bumps! Ooh! Some of the more serious ones no doubt thought that perhaps this indeed was the Messiah the nation had longed for, the one who would deliver them all from the ...

2178. Is God Like Daddy? - Father's Day

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... that would be no excuse for skipping school; and by the same token, a rainy Sunday would be no excuse for missing Sunday School. His system of values would have been obvious. Of course, I do not know all this. After all, this is a parable - these are fictional characters. But I think we can reasonably assume those things because that is the kind of man the father is presented to be. There is one other thing that I do not know, but that I like to assume anyway. I think the Prodigal Son would have turned out ...

2179. Sonny Moneybags

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , the personality kid. Aunts and Uncles would come to visit and say, "Hi Sonny, where's Junior?" Junior was the laughing boy, the fun one. Sonny was just left to watch. No one ever intentionally slighted the older boy. It was just that the younger one's vivacious character always seemed to be the one on center stage. When it came to school, I suspect that Sonny got B's and C's...not a brilliant student, but certainly not dumb either. He would come home in the afternoon, do his homework just like he should ...

2180. Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Camilla Parker Bowles, now to be known as Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cornwall. Prince Rainer of Monaco died after a long illness, the man who made his tiny Mediterranean nation of Monaco famous for something other than being a sunny place for shady characters when he married Grace Kelly and swept her out of Hollywood 40 years ago. Johnny Cochran, of O.J. Simpson trial fame, succumbed to cancer. Lots of news. Lots of news leading up to our scripture lesson two millennia ago. We are familiar with the ...

2181. Happy Birthday, Dear Church

Acts 2:14-41, Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the thing of supreme importance is the living church, with all of her sanctuaries of worship and her avenues of service, where men and women come to have their faith strengthened, their thoughts clarified, their ideas uplifted, their convictions born, and their characters created. The church, for all her faults, is the institution of supreme significance and value in the world through the ages. But for all the good works the church has offered through history, those pale by comparison to the one thing that ...

2182. True Excellence

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... love, I gain nothing." Now, let me make sure I understand this. St. Paul seems to be saying that I can be an eloquent preacher of the gospel, with my worship services broadcast by satellite around the world, but if I have a heart full of hatred and indulge in character assassination, I am a bunch of noise. I can have my Ph.D. in nuclear physics, be a Nobel prize winner with several books to my credit, but if I'm not able to relate to my family, I've accomplished nothing. I can be a world class athlete ...

2183. Broken Hydrants

Jeremiah 17:19-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... on the surface of it. Earlier generations went through wars and epidemics and depressions. We face no such modern plagues. And yet we are fearful, lonely, depressed. Martin Thielen tells about a scene in the movie ALL THAT JAZZ. The main character in this somewhat bizarre movie is a Broadway choreographer. Although tremendously successful in his career, his personal life is in a shambles ” relationally and physically. Finally, the endless drinking, smoking, drugs, and affairs catches up with him. He has a ...

2184. Lips And Hearts

Romans 10:8b-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... If God is in your heart, is God also on your lips? The time for silence is over. People today hunger for values; we need to introduce them to the One who is the source of all values. The motion picture Gandhi starred Ben Kingsley as the central character. Rarely has an actor made so impressive a film debut as did Kingsley in Gandhi. He spent months preparing for the role, visiting Indian locales Gandhi had frequented. He even learned to spin cotton thread on a wooden wheel, as the Mahatma did, while holding ...

2185. My Younger Brother Gets Away With Everything

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... needs. Loving parents know that children are different. It is impossible to treat children exactly the same, because each child is unique. That makes child-rearing the most complex of all human tasks. Doc Blakely once said that no man knows his true character until he has run out of gas, declared bankruptcy, and raised a teenager. Loving parents know that each child is different. One size doesn't fit all. Wise parents adopt a different strategy for each child. One man tells about his paper carrier. Each ...

2186. Can People Change?

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... , but have not love I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal . . . ." Can people change? If you believe the Bible, your answer would have to be yes. Are you familiar with the name Dorian Leigh Parker? Dorian was reportedly the person upon whom the character of Holly Golightly in Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S was modeled. She was the first "Revlon Girl" and the model for the famous 1952 "Fire and Ice" campaign. As founder of the first modeling agency in Europe, Dorian was the discoverer of Twiggy ...

2187. Finding Glory

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... , Connecticut, clearly visible from the street and from the rail lines. Because of its high visibility, the architect decided to make a statement. The cross is made of steel. It is a kind of raw steel that would stain profusely and reveal its rugged character even from a distance. The architect wanted the cross to take on earthy tones that would change with the weather. He wanted to project a real cross, scarred by time, not something stainless, cold, and refined. He had worked with this material before and ...

2188. Preparing for the Unexpected

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... thyself because of evil doers . . . Trust in the Lord and do good . . . Delight thyself also in the Lord . . . ." (Psalm 37:1,3,4). (5) Those who have studied the life of Lincoln know what made him one of our great presidents. It was the strength of his character. Lincoln prepared himself for this high office by not only knowing the law of the United States but also by knowing the Law of God. He knew both the Word contained in Scripture and the Word that gives counsel in times of prayer. Lincoln was a man ...

2189. The Most Vexing Question In The Bible

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... because they ignored the least and the lowest around them. Who's Jesus talking to? Is he talking to us? The truth of the matter is that we don't much like the poor in this country. We really don't. We look at poverty as a character defect. We hear horror stories and we jump to the conclusion that all the poor are corrupt. For example, THE BOSTON GLOBE reported recently about a woman and her extended family in Boston who receive government assistance payments totaling nearly $1 million a year. The woman, who ...

2190. Who Is Your Lazarus?

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his wounds." Jesus was a story teller. Note the contrast between these two characters in his parable. "Rich man. . . purple. . . fine linen . . . luxury." And "beggar. . . covered with sores. . . longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. . . dogs came and licked his wounds." Jesus wanted us to see in our mind's eye, in a way that we ...

2191. Some Things We Can Do, God Can't

2 Timothy 2:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... answer?" the announcer will ask. And you can look straight into the camera and reply, "God cannot deny Himself." Think of the implications of that statement. FOR EXAMPLE, GOD CANNOT TURN HIS BACK ON HIS CHILDREN. That would be a denial of God's character. Comedian Steve Allen tells in one of his books about his executive producer, Bill Harbach. Harbach, according to Allen, has the world's worst memory for names. Even worse, he mangles the names he does remember. Once he tried to instruct his secretary to ...

2192. Thankful Day By Day

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... such grateful spirits ” they can bless God day by day so joyfully ” while many others who have so much more of the world's goods grumble that they do not have more? That is one of those deep, puzzling questions that reveal so much about human character. Some years ago a letter appeared in the "Dear Abby" column: "Dear Abby: Happiness is knowing your parents won't kill you if you come home a little late. Happiness is having your own bedroom. Happiness is getting the telephone call you have been praying ...

2193. A Lesson From Two Golfers And A Saint

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... worse was the knowledge that we were responsible for those tears. Grace is never cheap. Our sins are vile, destructive acts that bring harm into God's world: harm to ourselves, harm to our families, harm to our friends, harm to our environment, harm to our reputation, harm to character, harm to what it means to be a child of God. John's baptism was for those who had repented of their sins. We can't be baptized every time God forgives us, but baptism is a reminder of the great love God has for us, and that ...

2194. Who Could Forget That?

Mark 14:32-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... MOVING BEYOND BELIEF (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993). 4. Pierre Martineau, MOTIVATION IN ADVERTISING, (New York: MacGraw-Hill Book Co, Inc., 1957), p. 73. 5. Jeff Smith, (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1995), pp. 59-60. 6. BOOKS THAT BUILD CHARACTER (New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc.) 1994, p. 32. 7. Gerald O'Collins, S.J. and Mary Venturini, BELIEVING (New York: Paulist Press, 1991)., p. 84. 8.Robert Schuller, POWER THOUGHTS, (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993), pp. 100-101.

2195. I, Caiaphas

John 18:12-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... Moses or Solomon. He went about preaching, teaching and even healing. He was very critical of those of us who served the people as religious leaders. Such a report put me on alert, and I immediately assigned several spies to keep their eyes on this suspicious character. As far as the stories about healing and miracles, like feeding the 5,000 with some fish and a few loaves, well, we had heard that kind of nonsense before. Our ancestors in the desert during the time of the Exodus were supposed to have eaten ...

2196. Friends

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... but I have called you friends." We do have a friend in Jesus. We can see it in the cross and in the church. In his recent biography on Harry Truman, David McCullough relates a story from the end of Truman's life. Harry Truman was an interesting character. He was the only president to not have a middle name ” the last one to have owned and worked a farm ” one of the few who never went to college. During his presidency he had to make some very difficult decisions. As expected, he disappointed many people ...

2197. Gambling On God

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... the full impact of his betrayal sank in. The disciples had two good candidates for his replacement ” Barsabbas, whose surname was Justus, and Matthias. Both men had been witnesses to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Both were obviously persons of good character. We are not told why the disciples could not choose both of them. We know that numbers had great significance in biblical times. There had been twelve tribes in Israel. The early church may have thought of itself as the new Israel and ...

2198. A Pre-christmas Faith

Jeremiah 33:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... it. God revealing Himself through the life of a man is what it means. "Emmanuel" “that is what they called Him, Emmanuel, God with us. The fact of Christ, writes Dr. Carnegie Simpson, "does not indeed show us everything, but it shows us one thing we need to know the character of God. God is the God who sent Jesus. That God is Love." Jesus not only showed us that the nature of God was Love; He also showed us that we are important in Gods' eyes. In fact, we were the reason for Christmas. As we have heard it ...

2199. Peace

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... , three times three must be really important. By the time Ten, Eleven and Twelve spoke up, the discussion had gotten so heated that the language used by Numbers Ten, Eleven, and Twelve could not really bear repetition. But they had not got the last word, another character was present, the Spirit of the Tower, and the Spirit of the Tower at last spoke and said: "My Children, stop. Be silent. You’re all talking a great deal of nonsense, because the real point is that none of you is important at all by ...

2200. The Get-ready Man

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... school teacher asked a little girl: "What are the sins of omission?" Thoughtfully, the little girl answered: "They’re the sins we ought to have committed but haven’t thought of." Most of us have sins of omission and commission. There is a dark side to our character we can hide from everyone but God. Do you know how fish get caught in some parts of the world? Somebody lowers a wooden cage into the sea and leaves it so fish can swim freely through its slatted rails to feed. The cage remains for days ...

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