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2451. Jesus Says, 'Just Do It'

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Dr. Chane M. Hutton

... is a modest person. She is always embarrassed to talk about what she does. When asked on one occasion where she gets the energy and determination, she responded, "God did not place me in this world just to take up space. It is not enough just to go along. God wants me to make a difference where I can." (3) That's it! That's what Jesus was saying to his disciples. Just do it! Make a difference where you can. You already have all the faith you need to perform miracles. All you have to do is get started. And ...

2452. Living With The Aches And Alleluias

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... state wondering, "When will it be?" We are to go on with our lives, and live life to the fullest. Many of you are familiar with the Pepsi commercial featuring the outstanding musician Ray Charles as he sings the song, 'You Got the Right One, Baby.' Well, I want to tell you that as far as mothers go, Ray Charles certainly had the right one, baby. Some of you know that Ray Charles went blind during his childhood. His blindness could have caused him to endure a life of defeat and self-pity. It was his mother ...

2453. Stealth Christians

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... a lay vocation. She was teaching a class in reading, but she told the children, "You don't have to write or talk sometimes to get your point across." By way of example she stuck out her thumb and asked, "What does this mean?" The students all said, "I want a ride." Then she asked, "What does this mean?" (She held her finger up across her mouth.) They all said, "Be quiet." Then she turned to one child and asked, "What can you say using signs?" He held up his hand flat to say STOP. She asked another little ...

2454. Cut Your Losses!

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... a hidden forest where wood was plentiful, so he availed himself of it. When people asked for some of his timber he asked, "What will you do with it?" Those who wanted firewood were politely turned away. But citizens who wished to build homes or cabinets or boxes were given the wood they needed. (2) The keeper of the forest wanted to encourage long-term thinking. He knew that many people continually focus on the immediate ” building a fire to keep warm ” and neglecting the far-off ” building a home. We ...

2455. How Shall We Prepare Ourselves For Christmas

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... that is degrading ”something beneath our dignity as children of God ”let's get rid of it! Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar says that when he was a boy, his mother told him to hoe two rows of beans. He was about eight years old. She showed him exactly how she wanted him to do it and she told him, "Now, when you get through, call me so I can come and look it over." When he finally got through as per her instructions, he called her to look it over. When she got there, she started shaking her head and she ...

2456. The Greatness Of John The Baptist

John 1:19-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... all the surrounding counties repenting of their sins and being baptized in a river? Among those who came to be baptized was a young carpenter, a cousin of John the Baptist, named Jesus of Nazareth. But we are getting ahead of our story. Today, we want to know about John's prominence in the story of the first Christmas. Luke begins his version of the Christmas story not with Mary and Joseph but with a couple named Zacharias and Elizabeth. Zacharias was a priest. He and Elizabeth were deeply religious people ...

2457. The God Of Peace

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... hadn't dared say so in case there was nothing to be had for that small a sum. "As I looked up at him, I saw a look of despair and disappointment in his eyes that brought me closer to him than I had ever been in my life. I wanted to throw my arms around him and say, `It doesn't matter, I understand. This is better than a printing press. I love you.' But instead we stood shivering beside each other for a moment and turned away from the last two push carts and started silently back home. I ...

2458. Lesson From A Blind Man

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... , her cheek bones, and nose were broken. Rocky, the five-year-old son, saw that his mother could not help herself. Somehow, however, he was able to push her through the truck's rear window and help her up the embankment. Every time his mother would fall down and want to stop, five-year-old Rocky would say, "Momma, you've got to remember the train." Rocky was referring to the train in the popular children's book, THE LITTLE TRAIN THAT COULD, which kept saying over and over, "I think I can, I think I can, I ...

2459. Polished Up For Christmas

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... the cows every morning at 5 a.m. Rob liked working alongside his father, although he wasn't too fond of getting up so early. One morning, he overheard his parents talking outside his bedroom. His father was hesitant to wake Rob for the morning's chores. He wanted his son to get some sleep. He wished aloud that he could do all the milking himself, so as not to work Rob so much. As Rob lay there listening to his parent's conversation, he was struck with the realization that his father loved him. His parents ...

2460. Polished Up For Christmas

Matthew 3:1-12

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... for someone important. (Hold up pajamas) What about these? Would you wear your pajamas for a meeting with someone really important? You wouldn't? Why not? That's right, when you know someone really important is coming, you want to get yourself all ready for them. You want to look your best. You want to do something special to get prepared for them. At Christmas, we celebrate the coming of the most important person in the world. Who is it? That's right, it's Jesus. Christmas is the time when we celebrate ...

2461. Why Jesus Was Baptized

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... way John could not just why sin must be rooted out of our lives. Sin destroys. That is why it is the enemy. I want to say something to you this morning that is as true as any statement that you will ever hear, but some people would rather ... could I improve? How, I ask you? How?" Most of us know ways in which we can change. With Christ's help we want to initiate a new life. We want to be identified with his message and his ministry. Thus we embrace the way he has indicated. We accept the sacrament of baptism ...

2462. Waiting On God

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... but by degrees?" John R. Claypool has wisely said, "Let's face it, there are two kinds of reality in this world of ours. There are the things you have to work for, and there are the things you have to wait for." Claypool is right. But we don't want to wait. That prince of preachers, Phillips Brooks was pacing back and forth one day in a terrible fit of agitation. A friend asked him what was wrong. "I'm in a hurry," he said. "But God is not." It is one of the things all of us have to ...

2463. Response To The Resurrection: Christian People In A Pluralistic Society

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... he was standing. Someone asked Trevino what he thought when lightning struck that tree. He replied, "I learned that when God wants to play through you had better let him." A frivolous example, perhaps, but most of the world's people are ... for the first time. It was utterly amazed at the glorious brilliance of the sunlight. This was such a thrilling occasion that the cave wanted to reciprocate. It invited the sun to come down and experience the darkness as the cave had experienced the light. The sun agreed and ...

2464. How Have We Made It This Far?

Acts 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... the marvelous growth of the Christian churches in Korea. He asked about such things as class meetings and the establishment of fledgling congregations. The Korean pastor finally replied in frustration. He threw up his hands and said, “You American are all alike; you want to know about our programs, you never ask about our prayers.” (4) Prayer is the other indispensable element of a church making a difference in the world. Prayer not only opens up the storehouses of heaven, it also causes us to take to ...

2465. Are We Offering the Right Cup?

Matthew 9:35-10:8

Sermon

King Duncan

... her childhood, a time when she became separated from her adoptive father, a lawyer named Komarov. He asks her, “How did you come to be lost?” She replies, “Well, I was just lost.” He asks again, “No, how did you come to be lost?” Tanya doesn’t want to say. She says simply, “I was just lost. My father and I were running through the city and it was on fire. The revolution had come and we were trying to escape and I was lost.” The Comrade General asked more emphatically, “How did you come ...

2466. The Battle For Control

Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... Sam played tennis every day, went swimming, ate three meals a day. But after about five months, he saw that box. That bothered him. He wanted to know why, if he can have everything, that box was so important. He said, "No, I'm not going to touch it; I'm ... garment says, `Shrinkresistent? Does it shrink or not?" The sales lady said, "Sir, it means that it will shrink, (pause) but it really doesn't want to." You and I are not a pair of pajamas. We are free moral agents. We can decide. We can set goals. We can ...

2467. Superstition Or Authentic Faith?

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... to control the uncontrollable. AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN FAITH IS SOMETHING ELSE. CHRISTIAN FAITH AT ITS BEST IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO USE GOD, BUT A WILLINGNESS TO SURRENDER CONTROL OF OUR LIVES TO GOD. Analyze your prayers sometime. Many of us use our prayers to manipulate God. We want Him to adjust the weather to our liking. Or to change our boss' attitude or to help us win the lottery. We seek to advise God as to what we think is best for us. Rather than trusting that He in His omnipotence and omniscience knows ...

2468. From Foolishness To Power

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... from Europe. In the summer after fourth grade, Lawrence suffered a ruptured appendix and nearly died. He spent seven weeks in the hospital and three months at home in bed. During his time at home, his parents let him play his father's accordion as much as he wanted. Within that time he taught himself many tunes. In his teen years he bought a mail order accordion for $15.00. "Unequal to his enthusiasm," says one writer, "it soon broke." He told his father that in return for the $400.00 he needed to buy a ...

2469. Have You Changed Your Clock?

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... of this great conclusion of our salvation story. Perhaps the most insightful thing I can share with you is if you want to understand the story and the promise of the Second Coming you should develop a personal relationship with the Storyteller and ... Can Wait." Both sermons raised important questions on the old age dilemma, "How Long Do We Wait" and what do we do while we are WAITING? I want to share three insights that I believe will be of help to us, as we watch and wait as God's people at the close of the ...

2470. Beyond Temptation

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... opportunity. I'm going to give you a bigger sales territory. We believe that you are going places, young man.' "But I don't want a bigger sales territory," the young salesman told his boss. "I'm already away from home four nights a week. It wouldn't be fair ... to my wife and daughter." "Look," his boss replied, "we're asking you to do this for your wife and daughter. Don't you want to be a good father? It takes money to support a family these days. Sure, your little girl doesn't take much money now, but ...

2471. A New Kind Of Faith

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... missing that first Easter evening. Thomas had not seen the risen Lord like the others had. The apostles told Thomas, "We have seen the Lord." Thomas was unconvinced. It wasn't that he thought his friends were lying; their story was simply too good to be true. Thomas wanted proof. He wanted to see Jesus for himself. Thomas said, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe." Thomas was a realist. He had been hurt and ...

2472. Whatever Became of Sin?

Romans 6:23

Sermon

Lowell D. Streiker

... . Somebody is hurt. Somebody who deserves to be loved is denied love. As we learned in Sunday School, "sin" is a three-letter word with "I" in the middle ” a very large capital "I." Sin is selfish, I-centered existence. Two Meanings of Sin This morning, I want to emphasize two senses of the word "sin": Sin as failure to keep one's word; and sin as refusal to accept responsibility for one's words and acts. SIN IS LIVING AS THOUGH THE OTHER GUY IS SUPPOSED TO HONOR HIS COMMITMENTS BUT EXCUSING OURSELVES FOR ...

2473. Surprised On The Mountaintop

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... I'm not going to participate in this Forty Days of Love stuff. It's OK for some folks," he said, "but it's a little too sentimental and syrupy for me." A week went by. The next Sunday this man waited after church to see his pastor again. "I want to apologize for what I said last Sunday," he told him, "about the Forty Days of Love. I realized on Wednesday that I was wrong." "Wednesday?" his pastor repeated. "What happened on Wednesday?" "I got one of those letters!" the man said. The letter came as a total ...

2474. Aren't You Glad?

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Anne-Rose Reeves

... sure whether the Sunday school is doing their Easter pageant this year, but I've got 15 new lambs in my herd as of last night. You want me to bring one out on Sunday for the parade? Oh, and while I've got you on the phone..." But Pastor Jones wasn't listening ... the hymn. Pastor Jones went up to the altar and said, "I know that this is a bit unusual, or maybe even a lot...but I want you all to sit down for a minute. There is something I have to do. And then, with his free hand, pastor Jones carefully set aside ...

2475. Walking Into The Heart Of God

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... was to carry the burr with him until he found the person who had hurt him. Then he would throw the burr down his friend's back and rub it over him causing great pain. Perhaps we can all identify with Albert. When someone hurts us we want to hurt them back ” we want to hurt them more than they hurt us. But something interesting took place that day as Albert walked around campus with that burr, looking for the young man who had offended him. Every time he took a step the burr would prick his leg. Every time ...

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