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2451. Where's George?

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... to see a piece of paper on Mr. Williams' night stand. Sue picked it up, glanced at the name on top, and handed it to Janie. The young woman read it aloud: "My dearest Janie, I forgive you. I pray you will also forgive me. I know that you love me. I love you too. Daddy." Where grief and shock had contorted Janie's features and filled her eyes, now there was only peace. Sue Kidd slipped out of the room and headed to a telephone, to call her own father. If we could go back in time to Golgotha and gaze ...

2452. We've Been Bragging About You!

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... about somebody else. He is bragging on the church at Thessalonica. "Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing. Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring." (NIV) It's always great to hear somebody brag on their church. But it's ...

2453. If We Had Known You Were Going To Win . . .

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... a year. We can live out the joy of the resurrection every day of our lives! We can sing the “gravy song” any time we please. And other people will know the truth of the resurrection when they see the tranquil mind, the unquenchable joy, the outgoing love, and the irrepressible sense of victory that marks our lives. And we won’t have to say, when we stand before God: “If I’d known you were going to win . . .” 1. R. Douglas Reinard, June 1989, The Christian Herald. 2. Fred Beck, Beyond the Cross ...

2454. So, You Want To Know . . .

John 13:31-38

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... , so we just throw the seeds away. When we throw the seeds away, they die and they aren't good for anything anymore, but when we plant the seeds, they grow into something big and beautiful, like an apple tree (may want to use suggested fruits that the children mentioned). Love can be like a seed, too. You can throw a seed away and let it die, or you can plant it and watch it grow into something wonderful. In the same way, sometimes we choose to throw away our ...

2455. Insincere Religion

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... Cheney, in her book, GOD IS NO FOOL, tells about a man who tried to keep life at arm's distance. Listen to her words: "He saw people love each other. He saw friends love friends. He saw mothers love children. He saw husbands love wives. And he saw that all love made strenuous demands on the lovers. He saw love require sacrifice and self-denial. He saw love produce arguments and anguish. He saw it bring disappointment, pain, and even death. And he decided that it cost too much. And he decided not to diminish ...

2456. When Your Lips Are One Place But Your Heart . . .

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... in a higher ethic than we actually live out. That is part and parcel of the human condition. We know that we should love more, serve more, believe more. But we are imperfect vessels. To a certain extent we are like Ollie Trolinger. Ollie was a lady ... alignment. That is one prayer Christ is sure to answer. But there is one thing more we need to see: WHEN THE LOVE WE HAVE ON OUR LIPS MATCHES THE LOVE WE HAVE IN OUR HEARTS, THE ENTIRE WORLD IS BLESSED. The year was 1970. A young hippie couple showed up on the ...

2457. Playing The Comparison Game

Matthew 20:1-16

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... to measure your ingredients right, or else your food won't turn out right. Here's a tricky question: do we have a way to measure how much God loves us? There is no measuring cup that we can use to measure how much God loves. You know why? Because God loves us so-o-o-o much! There's no measuring cup big enough to hold all of God's love for us. And God loves all of us equally. It doesn't matter what age you are, what color you are, what language you speak, what kind of things you've done in ...

2458. The Difference Between Looking Good And Being Good

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... to look good. It's like the story of a man who married a woman who was unattractive. But she had a beautiful singing voice. He loved to hear her sing--and for that he married her. One morning, however, he woke up and saw her sleeping next to him, hair in curlers ... And listen to this next line: "They obey the appointed laws and go beyond the laws in their own lives." (italics mine). "They love everyone," he continues, "but are persecuted by all. They are put to death and gain life. They are poor and yet make ...

2459. Reaching Our Full Potential

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... you can possibly fulfill? Do you skip over those verses that speak of God as kind, gentle, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love? It is vitally important to examine your view of God, because your view of God will affect your ability to step out in ... a box to protect his jewel. And he decided to show it only to those who would treat it with respect and meet it with a reverent love of their own. Even that didn't work, for some tried to break into the box. So the man built a bigger, stronger box--one that no ...

2460. Hungry For Bread

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... and who doesn't? IT IS BECAUSE WE, THE CHURCH, ARE SUPPOSED TO REFLECT THE NATURE AND PRIORITIES OF GOD. AND GOD LOVES THE POOR. In Deuteronomy 15, God guarantees His blessings upon the Hebrew people if they give generously to the poor. In Leviticus 19 ... I was sick and you said apply for Medicaid. I was illiterate and you said there are library cards. I was poor and you said God loves the poor. I was imprisoned and you said try the parole board. I was depressed and you gave me a Smile button. I was dying and ...

2461. Better Ignorant Than Uncaring

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: A candy heart and a bicycle pump Good morning, boys and girls. In our Scripture lesson for today, St. Paul says, "Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up." Before modern medicine, people believed that knowledge came from a person's brain and that love came from a person's heart. Today we know that love comes from a person's brain, too, and that the heart is just a pump--like this bicycle pump. Instead of pumping air, however, the heart pumps blood. The heart is the most amazing pump in the world. If ...

2462. Children Of Dust Or Children Of God?

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... speaking of something else here. The Gospel of John is talking about people who experience God's power. Listen to these words again, "But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God . . ." Everyone has access to God's love, but access to God's power comes to those who believe in Christ. Now what does it mean to have God's power? Does it mean that like a fictional super hero, we have lightning bolts coming from our fingertips? Does it mean that we can leap tall ...

2463. "Head" Lines

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... that the Christian church isn't a building. It's a Body. And the Head of this Body is Jesus Christ. A Head seeking Arms. Listen how St. Paul begins today's lesson: "For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers . . ." Paul's first prayer for the church is a prayer of thanks. In fact, Paul writes, "I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers." That's a ...

2464. Teach Us To Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... he was praying for, her grandad always began his prayers, "Father, we thank Thee that we belong to Thee . . ." (3) Why can we be thankful that we belong to God? Because God can be trusted to always act in our best interest. He is our Daddy. God loves us with an everlasting love. Nothing can break the bond between our hearts and His. That is why we can pray, "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread ...

2465. It Does Matter What You Believe

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... children of Bosnia, and the Jews and the Palestinians on the West Bank, and the blacks of South Africa. All people matter. If other religions teach this truth, so much the better. But nobody taught it and lived it the way that Jesus did. He taught us that God is love. He taught us that people matter, and He gave us a commission that we should bring everyone into God's family. Is that not what He meant when He said to make disciples of all men? I don't think He meant that we should put a gun in someone ...

2466. The Glorious Interpolation

John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... from such a dilemma? Then it was that Jesus stooped down, and began to write with His finger on the ground. Wouldn’t you love to know what He wrote? Over the centuries there have been many speculations about it. Some have suggested that He was stalling for time ... which kept her on the straight and narrow for the rest of her life? We will never know. But I have a hunch that even if the love of God will not keep us pure, the fear of God won’t do it, either! “Go your way, and from now on do not sin again ...

2467. No Longer Orphans

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Room, ever after His death and resurrection. He came in the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.(Acts 2) He has continued to come to those who love and serve Him down through the ages. He continues to come to us through the medium of sermon, song, and sacrament, as we gather ... I am, there you may be also." (John 14:1-3) In his book The Transforming Friendship, Leslie Weatherhead passes on to us a lovely story of an old Scotsman who, when he was very ill, was visited by his minister. As the minister sat down on a chair ...

2468. Men Like Trees Walking

Mark 8:22-26

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... ever saw. It has a strange title: “Amazing Grace and Chuck.” It is the story of a small boy in a midwestern town who loves to play Little League baseball. In fact, he is the team’s star pitcher. But one day he and his school class get to visit ... that worries him. In fact, he becomes so concerned about the danger of nuclear war that he gives up the one thing in life that he loves the most: baseball, until the world is rid of nuclear weapons. I’m not going to tell you any more of the story, but I urge ...

2469. GIVE ME YOUR SINS: The First Word

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... grudges and desires for vengeance like they were valued treasure--but it is a type of treasure that will bury us without hope or love. Perhaps some of you have heard about a woman who was rushed to the emergency room because she was quite ill. After a ... safe assumption that this woman had not stood at the foot of the cross. Her witness was not a reflection of God''s forgiving love. Which one of these two individuals, the woman or the pilot''s son, best describes where you are on your journey with the reality ...

2470. The Ninth Commandment: Liar, Liar

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... great hope for the world is when Jesus binds Satan--that ancient serpent--that he shall deceive the nations no more. So this brings us to the holy table today. The testimony that pulsates from the bread and cup is not liar, liar but love, love. Here we find a Love that keeps on loving us even when we lie. Here you will find words of comfort to strengthen you in your journey of faith. Here you will find words lifting you up, not words tearing and bringing you down. At this table you will never be pointed in ...

2471. The Greatest Table in the World

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... bodies--but praise you more for this juice of the vine, which in our hearts is your blood, shed for our sin at Calvary. Come now, Lord Jesus, and be present at this table as we eat and drink. Enter every lowly and repentant heart, to renew our lives and love and fellowship. Let your holy Spirit cleanse us of all the hate and resentment and brokenness of spirit that now clutter our existence, and make us new men and women and boys and girls, eager to go into the world where we live and reclaim it for you as ...

2472. Mother's Day

Proverbs 1:1-7

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the most powerful force in their lives. The Psalmist''s image of God as like a mother comforting her child at her breast, and Jesus' image of God--as like a mother hen--comforting her chicks beneath her wings, address a deep need within us and reassure us of a love of God that overcomes every separation to connect us with one another and the source of life. The third story for today is an example of the kind of mother not to be--this story is a true one --I did not make it up. Actually, it is the story ...

2473. Servants Without Portfolio

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... down through my arm, through my hand a current seemed to pass through me to him, while into my heart sprang a love for this stranger who had killed my sister that almost overwhelmed me. And so I discovered that it is not on our forgiveness ... resources of time and talent. And 99% of you who are listening to me this morning have that same kind of control. Meekness and love expressed as compassion extend to every area of social and political concern. And how I balance my personal checkbook is as telling in terms ...

2474. Curiosity Or Consecration

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of God. What is good and acceptable and perfect.” And hear the angel speaking for the Lord to Gideon – “I meant for you to love me, but you were only curious.” With a challenge of Paul as a kind of vision toward which we move, and the probing word ... I climbed Signal Hill today in back of my house - talking and listening to God - all the way up, all the way back, all the lovely half hour spent on the top. A few months ago I was trying to write a chapter on the discovering of God,” he continued. “Now ...

2475. The Fourth Day Comes

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... at a personal moral crisis, when we wake up to the fact of how miserable we’ve made our own life or the lives of those who love us. And we have to decide whether we want to change, let go of the old and turn to God and start all over again, pick ... to the scripture and the darkness became light. A storyteller makes one of his characters say to the one with whom he’s fallen in love – I never knew what life meant until I saw it in your eyes. It is only in Jesus, even in the bewildering times, that we ...

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