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2426. King of Atlanta

Romans 8:28-39

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... hunger? Or poverty? Or danger? Or death? As the Scripture says, "For your sake we are in danger of death at all times; we are treated like sheep that are going to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us! ANNOUNCER: An unusual story is developing in Montgomery, Alabama, this morning. In a city where almost half the population is black and in which substantially more blacks than whites depend on the city buses to get about, there are no blacks riding the city ...

2427. The Home Under God

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... The parental feeling is not a transitory and flickering emotion. It is strong and sturdy, and often the father’s faith in the son who has failed has made him exert every ounce of his strength to make good. God, says Christ, is like that. "No earthly father loves like thee, No mother, e’er so mild Bears and forbears as thou hast done With me, thy sinful child." We have betrayed him and disgraced his name, yet he continues to trust us and to give us new opportunities. He knows our worst and still believes ...

2428. Dealing With The Dividing Walls

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

James W. Moore

... ’t that pathetic? Isn’t that pitiful? What do you think Jesus would say to that man? I think he would say, “Come on now! That’s enough! Knock down that wall of pride that’s separating you from your son. It’s not worth it. Go love your son! Go make peace with your son! Go reconcile! Go fix that! Get that divisive, destructive wall of pride out of there!” Listen! Is your pride separating you from anybody today? Is your pride a divisive wall of hostility? Are you alienated from anybody today? And ...

2429. A Lack of Feeding in the American Dream

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... , who would actually support me, I am still going to be cut off from you because I don’t think I am worthwhile or worthy of your love and attention. I won’t be able to take what you are able to feed me, give me, offer me. I cut myself off. I say, if ... of course, the other edge of the sword is that even if I do get the As and you applaude me, I feel that you are only loving the part of me that can produce and not the real me. I am cut off then too. Dr. Treffert lists five aspects of the American Dream. ...

2430. Living Free

Haggai 2:1-9

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... it is also a lot of fun. Have we still given God the credit for all the good that happens through our exercise of freedom? In another passage Martin Luther compared the Christian to a cup into which God pours his love. God pours so much love into us that like a cup with too much in it that love flows out of us to our neighbors.7 How are we still free? An empty cup does not have any cares and fears about spilling its contents. Christians, neither do you have to have any cares and fears about exercising your ...

2431. With All Your Heart

Joel 2:12-17, Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... of acknowledgement and remembrance. How often we forget what God has done and what God has promised to those who love him? Our memories are short. Our patience is thin. We immerse ourselves in the daily round of life, preoccupy ourselves ... thought and deed is to return to God for life, power, and strength. But it is difficult to repent without faith, without a desire to love and please God. It is difficult to repent if the conscience has not been convicted of wrongdoing. It is difficult to repent when sin ...

2432. Jesus and Mary Magdalene

John 20:10-18

Sermon

James W. Moore

... to sing a song in Sunday School that had the words, “I’ve got the peace that passes understanding down in my heart.” I just loved that song, but I really didn’t know what that meant back then. I know tonight exactly what it means. I don’t understand what’s ... come.” When I was a young Christian, I had no idea what on earth that could mean, but over the years, I have come to love that line because it means that people of faith have no fear of the future, no fear of what lies ahead, no fear even of ...

2433. Family Feud

Genesis 29:15-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the passing of seven years. But, as the ancient story goes, those seven years "seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her." Ahhh. The final notes of the interlude are sounded and we see Jacob talking to Laban. Seven years are up. "Uncle, a deal' ... you...and you and you and you and you...and me. Wow! Be open to it. And remember, nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. And that is the best news you will ever hear. Amen! 1. Wedding details from Bruce Metzger ...

2434. Carrying Worshipers out on Stretchers

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Les notes, “The church kept those colors in that room for the next fourteen years, because nobody would paint over the blood of Christ.” (3) I wish all differences in the church could be resolved that easily. We are Christ’s body. If we can’t love and respect one another, what hope is there for the world outside these walls? I hope no one in this room is carrying a grudge against a brother or sister in Christ. I suspect that God not only grieves about the petty hatreds in individual churches, but ...

2435. Merry XMas

John 1:1-18

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... civilians. In the third world today we see governments more concerned about fighting rebels than feeding their starving millions. The news is filled with stories of individual murder, rape, and robbery...all in spite of two thousand years of the influence of the God who loved creation so much as to take on its form to show us ever after how we are expected to live. How much worse could it have been without that influence? Indeed, there is much that we would have lost had Christ not come. Most certainly ...

2436. Who Says A Good Man Is Hard To Find?

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... 1) It's not easy. That's why we set aside one day a year to honor those men who live out in their families the love which they have received from Christ. We honor those men who make promises and keep them. Men who put their families first and who seek ... this terrible beginning are of you, my beloved family. "Brenda, I have never been very eloquent with words and far too guarded in expressing my love for you. I truly regret this but it is the way I am. That is why I wanted more than anything else to write to ...

2437. Only Heroes Need Apply

Mark 8:34-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... be a very big word. The call to follow Jesus is a call to the heroic. IT IS ALSO A CALL IS TO SELF-DENIAL. "If anyone would be my disciple, let him deny himself . . ." Do you know what it means to deny yourself? If you have ever had a loving mother or father, you know a little about self-denial. If you have ever been a parent, you know a little about self-denial. It goes with the territory. Glenn Plashin, in his book TURNING POINT, tells about an event that occurred during his senior year in college, in the ...

2438. The Problem With The Big Ten

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... toward moral chaos. But, fortunately for all of us, there are still people who stand for personal integrity. Back in 1994 golfer Davis Love III called a one-stroke penalty on himself during the second round of the Western Open. He had moved his marker on a ... player's putting line. One or two holes later, he couldn't remember if he had moved his ball back to its original spot. Unsure, Love gave himself an extra stroke. As it turned out, that one stroke caused him to miss the cut and get knocked out of the tournament. ...

2439. Driven To Serve

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... back in his car and drove away. (7) My guess is that happens to us. We see people whom Paul called "dead in their sins" and we are not even aware of it. That is to say, we see people whose lives are empty, who do not know that God loves them, who are wandering around with no meaning to their lives ” they are lost in every sense of the word ” and we fail to see that they are our customers. They are the ones for whom the Gospel is intended. But we are live-and-let-live individuals. We would ...

2440. The Leadership Principles Of Jesus

Hebrews 5:11-6:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... ; and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, . . ." (RSV) Jesus didn't just talk about laying down one's life for others; he laid down his own life. He didn't just talk about the high cost of love; he showed us the high cost of love. He didn't just talk about victory over death; he showed us victory over death. Jesus led by example. Those are the kind of leaders who move the rest of us to higher ground people who walk the talk people who have the opportunity to say ...

2441. We Haven't Seen Anything Yet!

1 Corinthians 2:9

Sermon

King Duncan

... on in and join the old crowd.” And Billy smiles from ear to ear! For some people such faith sounds too much like “Pie in the sky by and by.” My heart goes out to them. They have missed the most joyous good news of our faith. Belief in a loving God demands a completion to an incomplete universe. As St. Paul writes, “If for this life only have we hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.” (I Corinthians 15:19) We enjoy a foretaste. We anticipate the future. And we cling to our faith. The ...

2442. The Mighty Tide Of God Rolled In

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... hit a home run, I'll meet you at home plate, and give you the biggest kiss you've ever had!!" In the last scene, Charlie Brown and Linus are bounced off the bench, when Lucy jumps to her feet, her bat raised skyward in victory, and yells, "INCENTIVE!" Love builds excitement. I'm tempted to ask how many of you watch soap operas on TV-either daytime or nighttime. Television is dull compared to the things that happen in the lives of real people! If the life of our church gets humdrum at times, it is because ...

2443. What Do We Need For Christmas?

Luke 2:(1-7) 8-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... other scriptural passages I have read during this week in my personal devotions, the question that should be forming on our lips and in our spirits is "WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR CHRISTMAS this year in order for it to be an occasion where Christ's message of love and forgiveness is born anew in our hearts and minds, RATHER THAN WHAT DO WE WANT." What is the need in our spiritual lives that only Christ can satisfy? What happens to us when the last turkey scraps are used and the cookies and other goodies have been ...

2444. Diamonds Falling From Your Lips

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... America. My question is this. Please understand that I am not asking it to put you down, but to discover the answer. How can you, a rich Christian from America who has never experienced any of these things, say to me, a man from South Africa, `Jesus loves you?'" The minister thought for a moment before he responded. "You are, of course, right," he told the young man. "I have never lived in any land where I have been persecuted. I have always had food to eat. I don't honestly know by experience the meaning ...

2445. You Can Be Happy

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... to that little bird singing, fit to burst its heart. Isn't it a glorious morning? How good it is to be alive!" That young man did not will himself to that change of attitude. It was not a choice he made. Something happened to him within. He fell in love. He was touched. So it is when we experience Christ's presence in our lives. The world seems to change. But it isn't the world at all. We are changed by a touch. HAPPINESS ALSO COMES WHEN WE DISCOVER THE POWER OF PRAYER. An unwritten motto of our culture ...

2446. Wrong About Christ

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... lead you to service. Jesus put it this way: "Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all." A certain woman's mother had suffered a stroke, so she took her mother into her home to better care for her. She was very loving and attentive toward her mother's every need. However, one day they got into a heated argument. They yelled and screamed at each other for a while, and then the daughter went into another room. Silence settled over the house. Later, when the daughter returned with a meal ...

2447. Giants Or Grasshoppers?

Numbers 13:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... it had been when they were struggling to get started. He had worked hard to make certain they would never have to struggle again. The clock in the hallway chimes and interrupts Jim's thoughts. Six o'clock. Fifteen more minutes and Ann will be waking. She loves her teaching job. Still, it's clear she doesn't have the enthusiasm for it she once did. Things aren't as easy as they used to be, she says occasionally. He understands. Things aren't easy anywhere. It'll be another thirty minutes before Chuck and ...

2448. Pardon Me, But Do You Know God?

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... The girl had never been in a Baptist church before, and she didn't know quite what was expected of her. Bruce tried to calm her a bit, and asked her what she planned to play for the service. Juanita remarked that she would play "Ave Maria." Although Bruce loved the song "Ave Maria," he felt that it might be out of place at a Baptist revival in Texas. Most of the other music that night would be lively old salvation hymns. He didn't want Juanita to be uncomfortable, and he didn't want the congregation to fall ...

2449. Help For Hurting Dads

Galatians 3:15-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... me see that, under the circumstances, he might have done much worse. By the time he died, I can honestly say we were friends." (2) Some Dads have problems that prevent them from being the kind of Dads they should be. Some Dads never had a model for the loving, sympathetic father that their children crave. Some Dads are full of anger, full of selfloathing, full of fear. And to a certain extent they can't help it. But there is a second thing we need to see: IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO BUILD NEW BRIDGES. If you ...

2450. Sister Act

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... than one occasion. And it was always a pleasure. Jesus was the kind of person anyone would want to have for dinner. He was so loving, so accepting. There is evidence that he had a great sense of humor. This was a happy occasion. So, it was something of a downer ... that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me." Now it's obvious that Jesus loved and valued both sisters equally. It's unfortunate that we see only this one occasion when Mary is praised and Martha put down. I'm ...

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