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201. The True Story of The Magi

Matthew 2:1-12

Illustration

Brett Blair

... it fell from the sky and dropped down into the city well of Bethlehem. According to some legend, that star is there to this day, and can sometimes still be seen by those whose hearts are pure and clean. It's a pretty story. It kind of makes you feel warm inside. There are other legends about this story of the wise men from the east. For instance, how many wise men were there? In the old days in the east, they believed that there were 12 men who made the journey, but now most everyone agrees there were three ...

202. The Irresistible Influence Of The Holy Spirit

Acts 2:1-41

Illustration

James W. Moore

... Shall I try?” asked the small soft flame. “Forget it,” everyone else said. “What can you do? You’re too small and you have no strength.” But the small soft flame curled around the piece of iron, embraced it… and never left it until it melted under its warm irresistible influence. There’s a sermon there somewhere. Perhaps it means that God’s way is not the way of force but love. God’s way is not to break hearts but to melt them. Perhaps it means that that is our calling – to melt hearts ...

203. A Mother's Gift

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... to anything unpleasant between them. She simply explained that God had given her Samuel; now she was giving him back. It was very hard for Hannah, of course, as it would have been for any loving mother. For three years, Samuel had been her constant companion, had warmed her heart with his smile, had amused her with his prattle, had charmed her with his engaging little ways. How could she part with him? Would he not miss her too much as she would miss him? Shiloh was not a very attractive place; Eli was old ...

204. Do I Matter?

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... which he sprinkled on the snow to make a trail into the barn. To his dismay, the birds ignored the crumbs and continued to flop around helplessly. He tried shooing them into the barn by walking around and waving his arms. They scattered in every direction...except into the warm, lighted barn. "I am a strange and terrifying creature to them," he said to himself, "and I cannot think of any way to let them know they can trust me. If only I could be a bird myself for a few minutes, perhaps I could lead them to ...

205. I'm Thankful for...

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... a home. • the spot I find at the far end of the parking lot because it means that I am capable of walking. • all the complaining I hear about our government because it means we have freedom of speech. • my huge heating bill because it means I am warm. • the lady behind me at church who sings off key because it means that I can hear. • the piles of laundry and ironing because it means my loved ones are nearby. • weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day because it means that I have been ...

206. The Lord's Prayer: Our Father

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... ; I was ecstatic. "Hey, hey, hey, that's my boy." After a few moments the nurses took him, cleaned him up, and placed him in the warming tray. I went over to look at him and did all the normal fatherly things - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10...1 ... be in the middle of the night? - the trip to the hospital, and voilá -- there was our little girl. There was another visit to the warming tray. Again, everything was in the right place and she was crying her little lungs out. To be truthful, she cried from the moment she ...

207. The Ultimate Question

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... pressure on Jesus, to do something about it. Jesus looks clueless - it is as if Mary and Joseph know more about his divine nature and mission than Jesus does. Scripture does not offer any such picture. Speaking of Mary and Joseph, the film presents an exceptionally warm family relationship among them. Jesus holds them both in the highest regard and lets everyone know it. Following Joseph's death, Jesus is torn with grief, and he cries out to God to raise Joseph from the dead: "Give him back to me," he wails ...

208. I Am Sombody!!!

Mark 1:9-13, Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... continues through his hymns. I think of how important Luther's remembrance that "I AM BAPTIZED" was to him in moments of trial and despair... I will be honest. I tremble and grow weak when I do baptisms...and I weep. Not because of some cute-little-baby-warm-fuzzy-isn't-this-a-nice-family picture kind of feeling, but because I think it is the most radical and dangerous thing I do. And maybe because it is so radical, so dangerous, so threatening, that people either flee the church as they get older, or they ...

209. A Meal with Friends

Luke 9:10-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... in it, but he took this spoon and tasted it. Awful! "I can't eat this," he said. So he sat in that crowded café warming his hands around the bowl, railing against the world, stuck in Winnipeg. Then, the door opened and someone yelled, "Close the door," and she did ... customers here waiting for a place, now order!" "Just the water." "You order something or you get out!" "Can I stay and get warm?" "Order or get out." So, she got up. The people at the table where she was seated got up, people around got up, the ...

210. The Birdies

Luke 18:15-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... made use of the LaMaze method, so I was there during the whole experience. Following his arrival, as I stood admiring him in the warming tray, I said to the obstetrician, "Ernie, do you realize that this delightful bundle of joy in about fourteen years is going to think ... , and he did not want to come back. And then the bright light came. He said that the light was so bright and so warm, and he loved the bright light so much. Someone was in the bright light and put their arms around him, and told him, "I ...

211. The Gift of Fire

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

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the flames of revival in his land. And the result was what history has called the GREAT AWAKENING...all because that young man...John Wesley...went to a little prayer meeting on Aldersgate Street in London and, as he wrote later, felt his "heart strangely warmed," warmed by that fire of Pentecost. But there was more to the fire that rested on those disciples there in that room in Jerusalem. Jesus had promised them that the Holy Spirit would be a GUIDE to them. After all, fire has always served that purpose ...

212. Hope Wins!

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... into the Earth's atmospheric envelope every year. In Africa 29 trees are being cut down for every one planted. Environmental crises are very real. For example, the earth does appear to be in a warming trend. Devastating floods ravaged Europe earlier this year as unseasonably warm weather and unusual amounts of moisture prematurely melted snow caps. Are these precursors of the much debated greenhouse effect? Scientists are divided. And what about the specter of international terrorism? And the problems of ...

213. Living With The Aches And Alleluias

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... at the side of a hill wearing his ordinary clothing. His arms were outstretched; he was praying, oblivious to the wind and biting cold snow. A day later, when the man asked Francis how he could stand this, Francis replied, "God warms my heart when I keep my eyes fixed on him." God warms our hearts, too, when we keep our eyes fixed on God. It is so easy to lose ourselves in self-pity to be called Bitter rather than be called Bubbles. There are situations in life that, if not dealt with properly, leave ...

214. More Than A Mannequin; Not Quite A Masterpiece

Acts 4:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... friend, under penalty of death, stole out of the mess each day and went to the hothouse and fed his buddy with some of his own meager food. At night he again would slip out of his barracks and take his blanket to his buddy to help him stay warm. But in so exposing himself, and depleting his own diet, he himself took ill and died. His friend lived to tell the tale. The result was that under the impact of this selfless act of love, the whole camp was transformed, came to faith, and when the prisoners were ...

215. Last Words

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... love as the central ethic of life. But that was not the message he centered on in his last instructions to the church. And this is critical. If we preach only the love of Christ, people might think that the Gospel is a touchy-feely "everybody have a warm feeling about everybody else" kind of message with no real power to transform lives. No, love is at the center of our message, but it is not the complete message. There is something more. Jesus said, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on ...

216. The Get-ready Man

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... catastrophe from global warning in as little as twenty years. The scary thing is that if this catastrophe occurs, there may be no turning back. Chances are these scientists are overly pessimistic. I was encouraged to read a few years ago about a conference on Global Warming that was canceled in Washington, D.C. due to a record-breaking cold wave. Still it’s sobering to realize how dependent we are on a thin layer of atmosphere over our heads and a thin layer of soil beneath our feet. We live in a fragile ...

217. Making It Last

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... visitors and make them feel welcome in our church. We welcome visitors to let them know how glad we truly are that they are worshiping with us. John the Baptist must not have read any church growth books, because he certainly didn't greet the people with a warm welcome. People traveled out to the hot, dry desert to see John the Baptist. When they caught up with John, he greeted them by calling them "snakes." Certainly this wasn't a way to influence people and win supporters. Who would want to go to a church ...

218. The Deeper Meaning Of Christmas

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... joyous and meaningful Christmas at your house. Soon the lights and holiday greenery will be coming down and this Christmas will be simply a warm memory. Before it slips away from us, however, we need to spend a few moments savoring the deeper meaning of this unique time of ... on television. Sometime back Scott wrote a book entitled, THE JOY OF LIVING. A very appealing part of that book is his warm description of growing up in a Baptist church. He tells how on one occasion when he was twelve years old, he took ...

219. Congratulations, Joseph, It's A God!

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... simple furnishings. As the sharp edge of winter cut across the landscape, the cottage grew cold as did its occupant. He went out back and pulled a few boards off the house to kindle the fire. The fire was warm, but the house seemed as cold as before. More boards came off for a larger fire to warm the now even colder house, which in return required an even larger fire, demanding more boards. In a few days the man cursed the weather, cursed the house, cursed the stove, and moved away. (4) The futility that ...

220. Forever Hopeful

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... lives? Some of us have money problems. It's no disgrace. When he was young and impoverished, Pablo Picasso kept warm by burning his own paintings. Mozart was so poor that he was unable to buy wood to heat the shabby room in which he lived. He sat with hands ... wrapped in woolen socks to keep them warm, while he composed the music that was to make him great. He died of consumption at the age of 35, his vitality lowered by ...

221. I Don't Have Time For A Banquet

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... outside when he arrived at the bus station, so he went into a local telegraph station hoping to get warmed up. When he got inside, however, it was cold. He noticed there was no fire in the fireplace. He said to the young telegraph operator, "Why don't you build a ... fire in this place and warm it up?" The young man said, "Listen mister, I'm too busy sending telegrams to build fires." The man then told this boy that he ...

222. Harmony Within The Family

Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... is in any setting. There is a story about two men in a nursing home. The man in the bed closest to the window was warm, talkative, and altogether very sociable. The man next to the door was paralyzed and quite lonely. One day the man next to the door asked ... door the bustling world outside. It was clear that the paralyzed man lived for these reports from outside. But one day the warm, sociable man next to the window died and his place was taken by another man. "Would you describe for me," asked the ...

223. Stepping Out In Faith

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... , firm hand holding her arm tightly. She woke up in a hurry - and in a panic. She struggled in the dark to free her hand, but the strange hand wouldn't turn loose. The harder she struggled, the tighter the grasp grew. She was struck by how warm that hand was, and how firmly it held her. Frantically, she tried harder to get loose. Then something dawned on her. It was her own right hand doing the holding. "Actually, it almost turned out badly after all. She nearly fell out of bed laughing. But she didn't. She ...

224. Giants Or Grasshoppers?

Numbers 13:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... sleeping. He put on the pot to heat the water for a third cup. He noticed a small envelope on the counter beside the stove. Ann had placed it there for him to look over. It was their pledge card from church. While he waited for the water to warm he looked it over. "We better stick with the pledge we made last year," he thought to himself. After all, the economy is still struggling. Suddenly he laughed at himself, but it was not a happy laugh. There I go again, he thought. Limited good. Scarcity. As if there ...

225. Well . . . I Was A Little Confused

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... began in 1659. Much of Europe experienced the warmest November on record. In Holland, daffodils and tulips sprouted and trees began to blossom. No wonder Europeans are alarmed about global warming. When the flowers and the birds are confused about nature, what are the rest of us to think? Are you as confused about the issue of global warming as I am? If the dire predictions of most of the world's climatologists are accurate, the future for our grandchildren looks grim. Shouldn't we be doing something about ...

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