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2201. The Parable of the Careless Farmer

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... went out of style with the middle ages.” Bob gets turned off by anything that might take him out of his comfort zone as a Bob worshipper. You see, for Bob going to church is like an inoculation for a contagious disease he wants just enough religion to keep him from catching the real thing. (1) Can you see that Bob is just as hardened to the Gospel as the most adamant atheist or agnostic? In fact, maybe Bob is more hopeless than they are since Bob has no apparent awareness of his own need. Bob reminds me ...

2202. Ignite: Fire and Water

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

James Merritt

... (2) Jesus did them Himself (3) They were practiced by the New Testament church Those two things are - Communion and Baptism. As you study the Book of Acts you get hot sometimes and you get wet at other times, because you not only keep running into the fire of the Holy Spirit, but you keep falling into the waters of baptism. No book in the Bible talks more about baptism than the Book of Acts and that ought to clue us in on just how important is baptism. Baptism is not just important because a Baptist, or a ...

2203. Look and Live

Isaiah 44:24--45:25

Sermon

James Merritt

... he studied the signature and saw it was indeed his own son’s signature, with tears coming down his cheeks, he embraced that young soldier. Led him into his home and said, “Anything that my money can buy and everything that my influence can secure is yours to keep.” Now why would this judge make such a broad promise to a total stranger? It was because Charlie’s name was signed to that note. And I tell you today; that anyone and everyone who comes to our Creator God, in the name of Jesus and asks to ...

2204. Envision: The Great Commission

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... spent two years going to all fifty states and Canada. He interviewed hundreds of unchurched people in every major age and ethnic group. He discovered five faith stages that people are in. They go from U1 to U5 with U standing for unchurched. Here is the scale. Keep in mind these are specific to people in the U.S. and Canada: U1 Highly receptive to hearing and believing the Good News. 10% of people U2 Receptive to the gospel and the church. 27% of people U3 Neutral, with no clear signs of being interested ...

2205. Up Close & Personal: Seeing Clearly

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... will take your family and say, “Here they are. Use them.” You will take your money and say, “Here it is. Take it and use it for Your glory and Your honor.” This God is so holy He sent His son, Jesus Christ, to die for the one thing that keeps us from being holy and being rightly related to the One who is holy and that is sin. He raised that Jesus from the dead to prove that through Him we can have a real relationship with the real God that will last for all eternity. [1] www.spaceandmotion.com ...

2206. Lost Baggage: Empty Your Suitcase

Matthew 18:10-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... three young children and you take them into Wal-Mart and all of a sudden you look around and one is missing you don’t just keep shopping and say, “Well, at least I have two more.” You will get on the loud-speaker and you will get every employee and every ... he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.” (Matthew 18:17, ESV) Keep in mind when Jesus spoke about the church here there was no church. The church had not even been formed yet. What He meant ...

2207. The Knot: Bound

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... God. From the very beginning, God was to be the first love of the man. That is why He created the man without the woman. From the beginning, God was to be the first love of the woman. Remember, before there was a man or a woman there was God. Keep that in mind as we see exactly how God solved Adam’s problem. “So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had ...

2208. The Knot: Frayed (Part 1)

1 Peter 3:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... , just remember that if God the Son had not submitted to God the Father, we would all be up the creek without a paddle. Peter is simply saying to the wife, “If you want to influence your husband for good and if you want to do your part in keeping the knot tied you do it by submitting to his leadership out of respect, following the example of Christ, so that he might see Jesus in your heart. Listen to the verses again. “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey ...

2209. How to Hug

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet.” Jesus didn’t come to do away with these but to set them in the context of God’s love. Christ was not a legalist. He didn’t keep rules just for the sake of keeping rules. In fact he did away with petty rules, like an obsession with Sabbath-keeping that was hurting people more than helping them. That did not mean that every part of the law was obsolete, however. Laws like “Do not commit adultery . . . Do not murder . . . Do not steal . . . Do not ...

2210. How to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... there’s a final dong and it stops. I believe the same thing is true of forgiveness. When we forgive, we take our hand off the rope. But if we’ve been tugging at our grievances for a long time, we mustn’t be surprised if the old angry thoughts keep coming for a while. They’re just the ding-dongs of the old bell slowing down.” This was just the advice Corrie needed. She writes, “And so it proved to be. There were a few more midnight reverberations, a couple of dings when the subject came up in my ...

2211. Living “I Don’t Know” While “In the Know”

Matthew 21:23-27

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... we appear to be in the world. “I don’t know,” was the cowardly act of a group of people who wanted to try and keep a bad status quo. “I don’t know” is only a good answer when it is an honest answer, when we really don’t know. Affirming ... always say “who” we know. It’s a confession worth memorizing: I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I’ve committed unto him against that day (2 Timothy 1:12). You can be “In the Know” even while living “I ...

2212. Odd Ducks in a Rubber-Ducky World

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... linked to chemical exposures in human populations. Since birds variously live in the air, water, and land, and their diets vary from eating insects, fruits, seeds, berries, worms and grubs, they were the perfect target populations to keep an eye on in order to keep track of these environmental threats. Carson’s work eventually led to an executive order by President Richard Nixon creating the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “Bird watchers” brought about the ban of DDT, which was killing the bald ...

2213. Traveling Tables

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... traveling table that serves others. Even the Pope has the technical title of “Servant of the Servants of God.” That is why the liturgical axis of Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year’s holiday celebrations feel so good and so right. This is also why we need to keep them going all year round. The table feeds not just our bodies, but our souls. The table provides us with a sense of being and belonging that we long for during the rest of the year, not just over the holidays. Christians are a people called to ...

2214. A Guide to a Rich and a Joyous Life

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” (Mark 2:23-27). This was an amazing and liberating teaching by the Master. The Sabbath was made for people, not for God. The Pharisees had all kinds of legalistic laws about keeping the Sabbath. Many of them brought real hardship to people. Remember how they even criticized Jesus for healing a man on the Sabbath? It was stunning for Jesus to say that the Sabbath was meant for humans, rather than for God. But, you may protest, what ...

2215. Getting to a Teachable Moment

Mark 15:1-15

Sermon

Craig MacCreary

... not turn again and be forgiven.” ’ ” It all feels a bit like the television series Columbo. It maintained the suspense not by keeping “who done it” a secret but by following how Columbo would figure out who done it. By the time the reader of ... do good. Give something that will make me feel good as much as give me a feel for the kingdom of God. Give me the stuff that keeps me on top of things rather than get to the bottom of things. I know that on Palm Sunday I should be joining in the parade of ...

2216. Satisfied Customer

John 6:25-59

Sermon

James Merritt

... jungles of Africa and I had never been exposed to church, religion, spirituality of any kind and I come to America and I keep hearing about this man called ‘Jesus.’ I come to you and ask this question, ‘Who is Jesus to you?’ How would you ... here in our church. One of the greatest ministries that we have is our food pantry and we are blessed to help needy people keep food on their table. If we gave everybody on planet earth a full meal today they would all be hungry tomorrow. Hunger is something ...

2217. Let's Take This from the Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

James Merritt

... the average household has 4.4 Bibles.[1] The vast majority however don’t read the Bible and the majority of those who do read it - 57% only read the Bible 4 times a year or less. [2] So the question is if Bible are still buying the Bible, keeping the Bible, and occasionally looking at the Bible, why don’t people make a habit of reading the Bible? Another survey was taken of over 5 million students from around the United States and they were asked why they didn’t read their Bible. The top 3 reason were ...

2218. Shockproof

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... Testament.” The kidnapper evidently had informed Sherrie he was going to kill her (and he did after he raped her), but allowed her to write this last letter. Here is what it said: “I love you all so much. Please don’t let this ruin your lives. Just keep living one day at a time for Jesus, and please don’t worry about me. I am going to be with my Father now. Love, Sherrie.” Five days later the body was discovered. She had been raped and strangulated, but the nightmare was far from over. The killer ...

2219. When the Golden Rule Isn't Enough - Mother's Day

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... so much sense to read our lesson like this: “As my Mother has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Mother’s commands and remain in her love. I have told you ... his love. We read in verses 9 and 10: “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.” In verse 12 Jesus ...

2220. Waiting Is So Hard to Do

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... be a cardinal sin. One lady wrote about her frustrations waiting in line. She wrote: “Here are the reasons I’d like to thank Wal-Mart, K-Mart, and my local grocer for having 25 checkout lanes and only three open at any given time . . . “Waiting in long lines keeps my domestic brain from going completely idle there’s so much to learn! “I can catch up on my magazine reading without buying any. “I have time to leave my cart in line and run back to get the 13 things on my list I forgot. “I can be ...

2221. She Looked Great, But...

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

... observed it. It is fascinating, isn’t it, how some of the Jewish ceremonial laws protected them from disease? This was one of those cases. But protecting their health was not why they washed their hands before eating. It was because they were keeping the tradition of their fathers. And Jesus’ disciples were not observing those traditions. So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with ...

2222. Chickens with Eyeglasses

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... to demonstrate His power in your life. Trust God’s grace to carry you through your life’s situation, and when you pray for deliverance, be open to His sovereignty to change you, even if He doesn’t change your circumstance. “Therefore,” writes St. Paul, “in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is ...

2223. Are You a Polar Bear?

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

... since he can remember, his dad cherished his physical health. For that reason, with great discipline, his father exercised regularly, whether it was walking an hour each day, swimming, or ice skating. Through the years, Ken watched his Dad walk in the rain and snow just to keep himself fit. His dad didn’t smoke and he was careful to get enough sleep. By valuing his health, his dad, at the age of ninety-seven, was able to continue working three days a week. He continued to be sharp and fit, had a great ...

2224. Dealing with Cantankerous People

Ephesians 4:30-5:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... me each day.” The young man replied, “But what could I do to help you, sir? I don’t know anything about finances.” “Never mind that!” said the president. “You will learn what I want to teach you a lot faster if you just stay by my side and keep your eyes and ears open.” “That was the most significant experience of my life,” said the now famous banker. “Being with that wise man made me just like him. I began to do things the way he did, and that accounts for what I am today.” (5) If ...

2225. She Looked Great, But...

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

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