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2401. The Three Kings

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... their services. To show potential customers their need for the service, they darken the room and then turn on a powerful black light. The black light causes crystals from certain pet stains on their customers’ carpets to glow brightly. To the horror of the homeowner every drop and dribble can be seen, not only on the carpet, but usually on walls, drapes, furniture, and even on lamp shades. One salesman tells the story of a homeowner who begged him to shut off the light: “I can’t look at it anymore. I ...

2402. The Ultimate Mountaintop Experience

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... , the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again” (Luke 9:22). The disciples were both shocked and confused. This wasn’t what they thought would happen the day they decided to drop everything to follow Jesus. Simon Peter especially was annoyed with Christ’s announcement, and never having cultivated the good sense of knowing when to keep his mouth shut, he let Christ know about his disgust with this announcement. So when Jesus called his inner ...

2403. Before You Start Ripping Your Clothing

Joel 2:12-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... mercy from God. God said, “I shall not punish you. However, in atonement, you must bring back from earth the most precious thing in the world.” The angel began the search. He found a soldier dying of wounds received defending his country. The angel caught the last drop of blood and brought it back. God said, “The courage of one who gives his life is precious, but not the most precious thing in the world.” The angel resumed his quest. Wearily he roamed the earth until he came upon a nurse dying of a ...

2404. Pop Star Madonna and the Cross

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... addressing those who would be his followers. In other words, he was addressing you and me. He was saying there is nothing casual about following him. I worry that we ask so little out of the average Christian nowadays. Come to church when you feel like it. Drop in a small offering when the collection plate passes by you. Serve on a church committee, if it doesn’t interfere with a favorite hobby or television show. Is this what it means to deny yourself, take up a cross and follow Jesus? I don’t think ...

2405. A Law Written On Our Hearts

Jeremiah 31:31-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... stopped running, old Mr. Simpson who runs the hardware store was concerned that the widow Jacobs would no longer have coal to heat and cook with. He knew she was too proud to take charity, so he decided to get up early every morning, take a bag of coal and drop it along the tracks. The widow Jacobs still thinks the steam train runs by here every morning. I think old Mr. Simpson has been doing that for about 5 years now. (6) We don’t know for certain that old Mr. Simpson abided by all the laws of his ...

2406. Actors

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

John Jamison

... northern border of the place known as Judea, with its main city of Jerusalem. It might help to picture this whole region of Palestine as having two lands that are Jewish, Galilee in the north and Judea in the south, with the district of Samaria dropped right in between them. But be careful with any assumptions you might make from there. Although we think of Galilee and Judea being parts of the same land that Jesus was to travel, they were actually very different places at that time. If we understand more ...

2407. The Bethsaida Boys

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

John Jamison

... know is that when Jesus yelled out to the two brothers, “Follow me,” they pulled their boat to shore. I try to imagine the look on the faces of the other fishermen in the boat — the employees, as the two highly successful, highly responsible business owners dropped their nets in the boats and walked off down the shore with the group. I try to imagine what those fishermen must have thought as they stood there holding the boats, wondering if they still had jobs, whether they should go back out and catch ...

2408. Zeal!

John 2:13-22

Sermon

John Jamison

... that was stuck to the fork would be given to the priests for their own food, as a part of their salary. However if we stand here and watch people take their animals up to the priests, we see them butcher the animal and throw scraps in the fire and drop the rest of the meat over into the boiling pot. But the priest waits perhaps thirty seconds, then takes that big fork and jabs it down into the pot. When he pulls it up he’s got an entire side of meat that takes two hands to pull out of ...

2409. Out of Control (Good Friday sermon)

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

John Jamison

... as the cell. The hole is about twenty feet square and approximately thirty feet deep. At the time it was used as a cell there were no stairs to walk down. When a prisoner was put into the cell, a trapdoor was opened at the top and he was simply dropped into the hole. When it was time for him to be tried, a rope was lowered into the hole for the prisoner to tie around his waist, and he was quickly pulled up. This was not a nice place. It had a mud floor and no conveniences. When a prisoner ...

2410. Such a Little Thing

Mark 4:26-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... in a dream, without a sound, and without any violence. “Since I did not have anything better to do, I counted the snowflakes settling on the twigs and needles of my branch. Their number was exactly 3,741,952. When the 3,741,953rd snowflake dropped onto the branch, nothing more than nothing, as you say, the branch broke off.’ Having said that, the sparrow flew away. The dove, since Noah’s time an authority on such matters, thought about the story for a while, and finally said to herself, “Perhaps ...

2411. When a Storm Is Raging

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... as the other guests marveled at how he had miraculously made the rough surface of the water as smooth as glass. Franklin finally explained that he had simply spread oil on the troubled waters. He had released on the rough surface of the water a few drops of oil concealed in his hollow “magic cane.” (1) It is an old trick used by sailors over the centuries. They have traditionally dumped barrels of oil into the sea to calm stormy waters. Interestingly enough these sailors may have been on to something, a ...

2412. What Does the Kingdom of God Have to Do With Anything Today?

John 3:1-17

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... ." In her biography, God Isn't Dead (both a book and a Hollywood movie), Gert says, "I don't know where that statement came from. I didn't know anything about the Bible. I didn't even know anyone who said they were a Christian, but somewhere someone must have dropped a seed. I didn't do anything about it when I said it, but later I met my first Christians. I got drunk to meet them which is more of a comment on us as Christians than us as drunks. They were kind enough to listen to my story about ...

2413. Some Things I've Learned Since I Knew It All

Mark 4:26-34

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... that small beginnings, when linked to God's purposes, can have enormous results. The high, holy kingdom of God that is the biggest and most powerful thing imaginable, is also a small, small world of unseen spiritual forces for good that grow imperceptibly. Count on it. Drop seeds by witnessing for God and you will find that God can use them to change people and turn people back to him. Mustard seeds can grow into great trees. The farmer doesn't make his seed grow. Neither does the Christian witness make his ...

2414. The Pointer

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... to the priest, waving good-bye, "That's it. I did it." "One more time," said the wise, old man of God pointing to the crucifix. "Then you can leave." The ruffian slowly walked down the center aisle of the cathedral. When he got up front, he looked up, dropped his head, and said, "Jesus died for me on the cross..." He choked on each word. The bishop who told the story, pointed to a high crucifix, and said, "I am that boy." 1. Herodias was the object of Herod the tetrach's guilty passion and lust while both ...

2415. Giving Up Control

John 6:1-21

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... may be at the right point to say to God, "You drive." If the realization that our resources are inadequate and we are inadequate for the tasks before us doesn't help us wake up to the reality of God and God's boundless resources, maybe a crisis will drop us to our knees and drive us to the realization that we cannot control everything. Maybe the storms of life will cause us to wake up to reality. "The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing" (John 6:18). When the storms of life overwhelm us, it ...

2416. When I AM Speaks, You'd Better Listen

John 6:24-35

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... things up as I've done before. You are the only one who can keep me from drinking today. I turn my life over to you today, one day at a time. In Jesus' name. Amen." From that point on, for the rest of his life, "Hap" never drank a drop of liquor. As he looked back on his former life, he said, "One drink was always too much and a thousand were not enough." If you complimented him about his decision to stop drinking, "Hap" would always say, "Not me, God." In terms of our text, "Hap" made the transition ...

2417. In It for the Long Haul

John 6:60-69

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the story,” says Stuart Briscoe “is this: You get all kinds of people goofing off at the start, but that doesn’t count. To finish does [count], and disciples of Jesus Christ keep on going.” (5) When the enthusiasm fades, when the passion cools, when the numbers drop off, can you maintain your intensity? That is the mark of a champion. Finishing is what faith is all about. I said I am grateful to those of you who are here for the long haul. Some of you have been disciples of Jesus Christ all your ...

2418. Things a Child Can Teach Us

Mark 9:30-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... her: “Tell Billy to stop waving at the car behind us.” “Daddy’s good hat is back here and Dolly’s standing on it.” “Which bags are the lollipops in?” “Blow your horn and make that police car get out of the way, Mom.” “Janie just dropped the ketchup bottle on top of the prune juice, and the bag’s leaking.” “Drive faster, we’re missing a good program on TV.” “Stop bouncing the car, I can’t read the message on the cereal box.” “It’s cold back here, sitting on the ...

2419. The Year of the Woman

Genesis 2:18-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... he was awakened from sleep by a strong voice announcing, “We have a very serious emergency.” The emergency was that three engines had quit because of fuel contamination and the fourth was expected to go at any second. The plane began to drop and turn in the night, preparing for an emergency landing. At first the situation seemed unreal to Petersen, but when the steward barked, “Prepare for impact,” he found himself--and everyone around him praying. Petersen’s prayer was quite revealing. As he ...

2420. At the Intersection of Heaven and Earth

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... . But they knew it contained precious gold. They tried to open the safe but were unsuccessful. They beat it with tomahawks. They dragged it over the ground with their horses. They heated it on a fire. They tried to blast it with gunpowder. Finally, they dropped it off a cliff into a great ravine. In spite of their best efforts, however, the safe held tight. Finally, they gave up and left it behind. Later the army found the abandoned safe. The paymaster immediately rushed to it, turned the combination, and ...

2421. The Light Still Shines

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... cast particularly exploded. It became impossible for them to hold back the bursts of laughter. The chief angel, standing on a chair behind Mary and Joseph was the worst of all. She shook so hard in laughter that she fell off her chair and took the curtained back drop and all the rest of the props down with her. She just kept rolling around on the floor holding her stomach because she was laughing so hard. The whole set was in shambles. The scene turned into utter chaos. But do you know what? The only thing ...

2422. Telling the Truth

Luke 3:7-18

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... thinning ranks of my generation that has me feeling lost and confused. It’s the debate about torture that has been swirling around me for months. I never imagined such a debate in my country. Then Harold described how, during the WWII, he would drop supplies to the enemy troops as well as his own, how both American and Germans soldiers would lay side by side as he ferried the wounded to field hospitals, how after he helped capture POWs inside enemy territory, the Americans shared their limited K-rations ...

2423. God with Skin On

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... of God’s precious children with swaddling cloths of protection and love. George was the custodian of a small church in rural Louisiana. He was married to Alice and together they had six children. One afternoon, Alice, aged 34, was hanging wash in the backyard and dropped dead of a heart attack. One of the church elders who was a friend, upon hearing of the death, went to be with George. When he arrived George was stretched out on the bed staring at the ceiling, numb. His friend said nothing, but instead ...

2424. What To Say When You Roll Out Of Bed

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

William G. Carter

... our energy and flexes our muscles. There is a young man who didn't know that when he first got married. He had to be taught. He said to his new wife, "I love you." He felt it and believed it. But he didn't do anything about it. He dropped dirty socks on the floor and said, "Honey, I love you." He promised to cook supper, but arrived home an hour too late, apologizing with the words, "I love you." He promised to balance the checkbook, but didn't get around to it until three or four checks bounced. Then ...

2425. Is God Invited?

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... better, Tom simply glowed with the rock bottom knowledge that he had been blessed and continued to be blessed by the simple gifts of life. If that’s what hardening of the arteries does, then may it happen to all of us so that we too can savor every last drop of the ever new wine of God’s grace. My friends, life is a party and God is the host. May we invite God into all the places of our living and may we glorify God and enjoy God forever. May it be so, for you and for me. Amen ...

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