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2326. Be Humble or Stumble

Illustration

King Duncan

... one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. Are you sure you are not Ted?” Ted responded again, “I don’t follow baseball. The game is too slow. I really don’t know who he is.” They continued speaking about baseball until Ted excused himself. The clerk called out, “I guess you’re not Mr. Williams as you are a very nice person, and he is a pain in the neck.”

2327. Recognizing Who God Is

Job 42:7-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... believers' response to pain and suffering. We turn control of our lives over to God. Sheila Walsh is a lovely and talented woman, the former co-host of the 700 Club. On air, Walsh always appeared to be competent and confident. Few people guessed that she was lonely and struggling with faith issues. Although she counseled numerous people, Walsh did not share her troubles with others. Finally, after years of inner turmoil, Walsh checked herself in to a psychiatric hospital and got help. In an interview, Walsh ...

2328. How Would You Introduce Jesus?

John 1:(1-9), 10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... help in times of trouble, or will feel the urge to thank some higher power when they are overwhelmed with gratitude. So how do we answer those two questions? Is there a God and, if so, what is He like? Are we doomed to just spend our lives wondering and guessing? No. The Bible says that Jesus is God in the flesh. That is who Christ is. And this is what he did: he came to walk in our shoes to show us what God is like. He came to make God known. In fact, the whole book of John can ...

2329. The World's Most Extraordinary Club

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... walked him up the stairs on the outside of the garage and announced, “If you think you’re brave enough to join our secret club, you have to jump down these stairs. Then we will know you have the courage to be one of us.” You can guess what happened. Will jumped down the stairs, broke his ankle, and couldn’t play outside for the next few weeks. Will writes that he learned two important lessons from this experience: those in “the club” are often reluctant to let others in. And if they do let you ...

2330. Reading the Last Chapter First

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... forth is unquestionable, unshakeable, set in stone. Any action he performs or word he speaks is absolutely holy and meant to express the heart and mind of God. Pastor A.W. Tozer once wrote, “Jesus does not offer an opinion, for He never uttered opinions. He never guessed; He knew, and He knows. His words are not as Solomon’s were, the sum of sound wisdom or the results of keen observation. He spoke out of the fullness of the Godhead, and His words are very Truth itself.” Why is that important in this ...

2331. Trusting in the Goodness of God

Genesis 2:15-17, Genesis 3:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... Statistics reported that during and after the recession a few years back, the Psychic Services industry experienced tremendous growth. It already generates about $2 billion each year in the U.S. [There’s a sucker born every minute, I guess.] Atheists and agnostics are most likely to use the services of psychics, but one well-known psychic says that his clients are primarily executives at Fortune 500 companies, like Google. (4) Unanswered questions disturb us, especially unanswered questions about God ...

2332. New Tendons for Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... that the king was planning to kill him immediately no matter what answer he gave, so he had to answer carefully. “I do not know when I will die,” he answered. “I only know that whenever I die, the king will die three days later.” (4) Guess what? Moishe lived a long life. Prophets have one job: to speak for God. And sometimes God has some uncomfortable things to say to us. Pastor John W. Ritenbaugh says, “When a person is freezing to death, he feels a pleasant numbness that he does not want ...

2333. A Family Gives Their Home

Luke 22:7-38

Children's Sermon

Donald Neidigk

... group of children! Can anyone here tell me what God's house is? Yes, it's a church building where we gather for worship. It's also our bodies where God's Holy Spirit lives. I bet you never realized that something else is God's house, too. Can you guess what it is? It's the home where you live! I brought something to show you. Can you tell me what it is? Yes, it's a doorknob from the front door of a house. Who would you let into your house? Right, friends, parents, your brothers and sisters, people ...

2334. The Thief Who Gave Nothing

Luke 23:26-43

Children's Sermon

Donald Neidigk

... , what do you suppose the ad would say? You might think it would say, "Wanted: Person for job in heaven. Must be of high moral character with a good attendance record at church and Sunday school. Person must also be able to pass a very hard test in Bible knowledge." Guess what? If you think that's the kind of ad God would put in the paper, you'd be wrong. Do you know how I know? I know because Jesus let a thief into heaven. When Jesus was dying, a very bad person, a thief, was dying right beside him ...

2335. Grace Upon Grace

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... and said, “How much do I owe?” The woman says, “Nothing. You’re all clear.” I said I was late and she smiled, “Yes, but there’s a one-hour grace period.” So I asked, “Oh really, what is grace?” And she said, “I don’t know.... I guess what it means is that even though you’re supposed to pay, you don’t have to.” Did you hear that? “Even though you’re supposed to pay, you don’t have to.” He goes on, offering another story but no explanation: In South Africa a few years ago ...

2336. Re-Gifted but not Returned

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... revealed itself not to be a dinosaur, but an Easy Bake oven. My aunt told my mom she had the T-Rex in her cart, then saw the Easy-Bake Oven and thought it was “much more appropriate for a little girl.” We received a can of haggis (yes, I guess haggis comes in a can) and a copy of the book “The Road.” It was a pretty depressing Christmas. In June of 1974, I went to work as a copy editor for a local newspaper. When Christmas rolled around, I learned that the year-end bonus was $5 for each ...

2337. Don't Give In

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... that make us wonder if the new age Christ promised, the new Reign of God, will ever come. Just in this wondering, just in this moment of questioning, just in this potentially depressing array of things still undone, any of us can find cause to utter the words, “I guess it didn’t make a difference.” But if we do, it is precisely at that moment when we fall prey to the other one, the adversary of God, who wishes to tempt us. Just when I might be tempted to say, “It didn’t make a difference,” it ...

2338. Clearing the Eyes

John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... put ourselves into different situations than we would otherwise be in. For example: if you really want to know why children don’t like church, get on your knees and spend an hour that way. One of my teachers made us do this task and it wasn’t pleasant. Guess what, in the sanctuary the view from your knees (a child’s view) is the backside of pants and frankly, sometimes the smell. Being in the service is then defined by wanting to escape to where I could see, which we who are parents know, leads to a ...

2339. I've Seen the Lord

John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... can be done and multiple years later decided that it was such a valuable thing to do, she reads through her entire Bible every year. With a great exclamation she announces: “I learn something new every time.” I have seen the Lord. My brothers and sisters. My guess is you have seen the Lord as well. You have seen the Lord in your family circle, you have seen the Lord on the television while watching a person marching for justice or doing a good deed. You have likely seen the Lord as you watch caregivers ...

2340. Hosanna! Please Save Us!

Matthew 21:1-11, Matthew 26:14-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... soon shout at him in hatred and hostility, but that did not deter him. But fortunately the story doesn’t end here. Holy Week ends with one more h-word, but I dare not say it today. It’s the Hebrew word for “Praise You, Lord!” I’ll let you guess what it is. It’s a word reserved for next Sunday. There is an ancient tradition that some Christians follow, that they do not say this word, or sing it, or pray it, from Ash Wednesday until Easter Sunday. But it’s a word of great joy and victory, and ...

2341. Shockwaves of Joy

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... . For forty days, we have waited for this moment when we could celebrate the risen Christ. And today, with congregations around the world, we get the opportunity to say that one special word together. And that word is, as some of you have already guessed, “HALLELUJAH,” the Hebrew word that means “Praise You, Lord!” So I invite you to say it with me now—Hallelujah! [You can do better than that. One more time: Hallelujah!] Hallelujah is the ultimate Easter word. But, in all candor, we would have to ...

2342. Broken Yet Sincere

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... that breaks all of us. But when healed, wounds turn to scars. What scars do you bear? Do you remember where you got it? Each scar has a “war-story.” Look at your hands . . . That’s right. Open them up and look carefully at them. I’ll venture to guess that each of you has a scar on your fingers or your wrist or your palm . . somewhere you have a scar that tells a story . ..of a scouting trip, or a mishandled knife, of a wood that wouldn’t whittle. In time, the wound healed and became a scar –a ...

2343. The Surrogate

Matthew 1:1-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... we’re all insecure. Perhaps you’ve grown up in a home that lacked unconditional love. Perhaps you’ve recently gone through a divorce that shook up your sense of self, your ability to feel loved and wanted. Perhaps you’ve lived life second-guessing yourself, trying to live up to an unattainable standard set by other people. Perhaps you were bullied or teased for some incapacity throughout your life. Jesus’ “arrabon” to us, his first-fruits gift to us, is the amazing garment of “The Comforter ...

2344. The Cure

Luke 4:31-37, Luke 4:38-44

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... It is a sign that we are ready to serve. Jesus’ healing ministry is yet another “sign” of God’s coming kingdom. The proof is in the pudding. When Jesus heals it is to point to the glory and grandeur of God. None of you I’m guessing believe in demons today. You don’t imagine serpents or grotesque creatures nipping at your ankles. Nor do you expect to see the likes of the Exorcist in your own backyard. But wait a minute. We ALL have “demons” that inhabit our lives and inhibit our relationship ...

2345. A Man Under Authority / A Centurion's Faith, An Elder's Love

Matthew 8:5-13, Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . They were unsure if they could trust him, as his people were on record as wanting to obliterate their people. But they decided to trust him with their father’s life. He didn’t know their language, but he knew the ways and workings of a human heart. You can guess the rest of the story. Not only did the father pull through, but the Jewish family became good friends with the Muslim doctor and his family. Trust is a difficult issue for all of us. I’m going to go out on a limb and say: every one of us ...

2346. Do you need a Pharisectomy?

Matthew 9:27-34, Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 12:15-21, Matthew 12:22-37, Matthew 12:38-45, Matthew 12:46-50

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Recognizing their attack on the helpless who needed to be cleansed and brought back to God, Jesus attacked back full force, defending his lambs, and demonizing instead the Pharisees themselves. Did they turn the people against Jesus? Perhaps a few. But we can guess not many. In a sense, Jesus was the savior of the underdog, and there were plenty of them who entirely believed in him, or at least caught on quickly to what the Pharisees (those authorities who had banished them from “sanctioned” Judaism for ...

2347. Revised and Revisioned

John 8:48-59, John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41, John 10:1-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... a golem out of soil –how to shape the figure into a human being and then use God’s holy name to bring the creature to Life. While this extraction from Jewish mysticism may seem more akin to something from the Hobbit (in fact we can guess that JRR Tolkien may have borrowed from this idea of the golem as well), still, the idea of the “golem,” a formed but not inbreathed human who remains imperfect until God’s breath is infused, also acts as a metaphor for spiritual awakening –or blindness.*** The ...

2348. Precocious

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... could later change the course of Jewish history. But he was still young. Sort of. At 12 in the first century, according to the Mishnah, Jesus’ could embark on much deeper religious study. We don’t know what happened next, although we can take educated guesses. But for now, I’ll leave you with these questions: We know, for now, Jesus accompanied his parents back to Nazareth. We also know how impressed the rabbis were with him in Jerusalem. Did he return to study in Jerusalem, perhaps under the Great ...

2349. The Good Catch

Matthew 17:24-27

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Not fair!!” yelled my five-year old. “The teacher said all of us need to pay to go to the school play, even if we’re already in it!” “Why do we have to pay? We are the ones doing the play for everyone else!?” “Well,” I said, “I guess it’s just a rule that everyone needs to contribute in order for the school to make money on the play.” “After all, it’s for your school!” “Well, I shouldn’t have to do it!” “Look,” I said. “It’s only two dollars each. Why don’t you ...

2350. Lazarus

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... lamp in your living room, and you say playfully that “a certain puppy dog” is sure to have done it! And everyone knows you are talking about your family dog. Of course. Who else? In the case of Jesus’ parable, there are various guesses as to whom Jesus may be referring to. For this sermon we shall argue that Jesus is using the “certain rich man” both vaguely specifically and also metaphorically. Specifically (keeping it vague so as to protect himself), the “certain rich man” could certainly ...

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