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1. A Woman's Place

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... he said. "Honey, I really don't want to hurt your feelings but you ought to know that without your money I wouldn't be here." Nobody deserves to be put down whether it's because of sex or race or social status. Women deserve to be accorded dignitythe same dignity as a man enjoys. For two reasons. One: A woman, by her very nature, is equal to man. If God ever intended for women to be subservient I suspect that he would have created her of lesser ability. But every study shows that woman is just as able in ...

2. The Year of the Woman

Genesis 2:18-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... we need someone to give us moral support. It is not good for man or woman to be alone. We were created for relationships. We are all created in the image of God. That means we are all equal in God’s eyes and deserve to be treated with dignity as children of God. Here is the final thing to be said: If you are in a marriage relationship, it is your responsibility to make that relationship work, if at all possible. Now, of course, it is your spouse’s responsibility too, but you cannot determine his or her ...

3. Revising The Agenda

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

William G. Carter

... first? Which is most important to God? We can deny ourselves, but as we know, we run the risk of ignoring our God-given dignity. We can go out looking for crosses to carry, and I’m sure you realize there are people who love to do that, always ... these days in the winter of Lent or the dog days of summer, this is Christ’s invitation. It never means that we give up our dignity, but it does mean that we will take on the mantle of faithfulness. We will speak as Jesus spoke. We will act as Jesus came to act ...

4. Long Range Planning

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... one should be inscribed, "I am but dust and ashes." On the other stone should be inscribed, "For my sake was the world created." And he should use each stone as he needs it. There are many forces today that are tearing away at the notion of human dignity. Some people say it started when Darwin said we were part of the animal kingdom. Others say it was when Copernicus said that the earth was not the center of the universe. And still others claim it was when Freud revealed that our actions are the result of ...

5. Ultimate Freedom

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... you are anyway?'" Jesus Christ tells us who we are: "You are so precious to me that if you had been the only person left in the world, I would still have gladly laid down my life for you." He sets us free by giving us a new sense of dignity. HE ALSO FREES US BY GIVING US A NEW SENSE OF DESTINY. One of the great mothers of history was Susannah Wesley, mother of nineteen children, all of whom were recipients of her love and devotion. One night she awoke to find her house on fire. The family escaped safely ...

6. Rags and Robes

Micah 1:1-7; 2:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... took the time to really look at him, make eye contact, and flash a genuine smile or nod of greeting before going on their way. Most of these people didn't give Rivers any money or food. Instead they gave him a much-needed sense of dignity and worth by treating him as they would anyone else they might meet along a busy street. American artist LuAnn Barrows has made a name for herself through her paintings that put traditional biblical themes into everyday rural American life. She paints Jesus in rustic farm ...

7. Song of a Stargazer

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... s thoughts after him. The divine word and will are let loose in the world through human pursuits (Psalm 8:1-2). In a very real sense, therefore, unlike the rest of Creation we are God’s partner in the business of living - the very pinnacle of dignity. The moon can do no more than look down silently on earth’s happenings. We can shape them. The stars follow fixed courses. We set our own. By the Lord’s own appointment humankind thus plays no small part in the progressive unfolding of the divine purpose ...

8. Want To Sit At The Head Table?

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... allow anyone to be lower than he. Other Indian dignitaries, usually of high caste themselves, were no more willing to associate with untouchables than with lepers. Gandhi not only lived and marched with untouchables, he gave them a new dignity and a new name. He called them HARIJANS, "the people of God." (6) In the same way Christ has given us a new dignity and a new name. Such dignity does not come from what we have, but by what we are ” those called by his name. Now we are to go out to give that same ...

9. Standing Tall

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... David McKenna says, "Posture always gives clues to self-esteem." (2) Bartimaeus had probably spent most of his life sitting by the side of the road, begging for charity from passers-by. But when he hears that Jesus wants to see him, he stands up in full dignity before the Lord. I believe there is something important for us to see here. Do you remember how your Mother used to tell you not to slouch--not to hunch over when you walk? Let me repeat David McKenna's words, "Posture always gives clues to self ...

10. Facing Fears, Kingdom Style

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... Father Such as cares for you and me."9 All this counsel about birds and flowers is built on a fundamental biblical conviction, and that is while critters of all sorts are our companions, and while the plants are another kingdom, that human beings have unique dignity and value above anything else God made. Jesus assumed a Yes answer to the question, Are you not of more value than they? So in the choice between a person and a plant or between a person and a critter, always choose the person because that ...

11. Now Stand Up Straight!

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... first came to the hospital and the staff reached out their hands and touched them. They actually touched them. That was it. They could stop the spread of disease with drugs. That is called "cure." But they also brought back a sense of humanity, a sense of dignity, a sense of worth and respect as a child of God, just by touching those who had been told by society, you are untouchable. And that is called "healing." You can't cure everything, but you can heal everyone. You can make whole. That is what healing ...

12. Nobody Owes You Anything

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Richard Patt

... serving, we ought to say, "I am an unworthy servant; I have only done what was my duty." That is not false modesty; that is having the mind of Christ. That is seeing Christ in our neighbor. Imagine how such a view would bring a new dignity to all other persons. But imagine how it would bring a new dignity to you, too! Now you are through and through a woman of Christ, a man of Christ. Your motives are (for once) totally clean. Love bathes your outlook. Self means nothing. God means everything. This is ...

13. What Makes Us Human?

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... in the high act of worship, we actually have no logical responsibility to each other at all? Shall I apologize for the fact that I want this expression of my worship and praise to be carried out with all of the beauty, all of the dignity, good order, reverence, that my human faculties and talents can provide - the richest art, the most inspired and exalted music, the most noble architecture, the finest appointments, the most glorious vocabulary the human lips and heart can find to express itself? You don't ...

14. The Seventh Sunday of Easter

John 17:1-5

Sermon

Kendall McCabe

... that he washed the disciples' feet. The baptized community, the Easter community, participating in the on-going life of Christ in the world, through the power of the Spirit, is a community with charity and humility as their foundation. When we stand on nothing but our dignity, we are sure to make fools of ourselves. We spoil and ruin ourselves trying to be dignified in any way other than loving service to our neighbor, to the one in need. When we look upon the ascended Lord with wounds in hands and feet and ...

15. Who Are God’s People?

Exodus 19:1-25

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... political concern but a Christian cause. Wherever people are treated unjustly and are deprived of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, whether in Afghanistan, El Salvador, or South Africa, God’s people must condemn the offense and call for respect for human dignity. Also, we are God’s people by virtue of our redemption. We are creatures of God by virtue of creation, but all creatures may not be children of God. There is a whale of a difference between creation and redemption, between creatures ...

16. A Gospel that Fills the Glove

Sermon

James Bjorge

... and the flowers of the field. He told the people how his Father cared for them in their food and clothing wants. Then came the declaration that the Father knows that men need all these things. Jesus met a gal of Samaria who had lost her dignity and self-worth and he gave her back herself. He willingly talked about esteem needs with the disciples as they struggled with their desire to feel important in the Kingdom of God. He assured men who were insecure that the Father was omnipotent and they were secure ...

17. Our Father Who Art on Earth

Proverbs 1:8-19

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... who are one man in business, professional and social circles, and an entirely different man when they’re at home. We make the tragic mistake of feeling that we can let the bars down once we come home. In the place where it is most important that we maintain the dignity of our position, we become sloppy in our speech, in our dress, in our manners, in our character. A young girl told me some time ago that she loved to visit her father at his office. I asked her why. She told me, "Oh, down there he’s the ...

18. You Shall Call His Name Jesus

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... us a new heart, a new attitude, a new spirit? He can if we understand the meaning of His coming into the world. There are three truths concerning the incarnation “the word becoming flesh “ the birth of the Christ child “that we need to see. The first is the dignity it gives to the human race. The story of man's sojourn on earth is not a pretty one. It is a story of greed and violence, of lust and envy, of power and of prejudice. Even today, in the familiar words of one observer, we are technological ...

19. The Baptism of Our Work

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... . The size is irrelevant to God. God is as impressed with the brick mason who lays the brick for a building as he is with the architect who designed it, if the job is done well. In God's eyes, the person who scrubs the floor has just as much dignity as the president of the corporation. Pianist Nadia Boulanger tells about an elderly woman, Madame Duval who cleaned the floors in her home. She was 80 years of age. One day she knocked at Ms. Boulanger's door and said, "Mademoiselle, I know you don't like to be ...

20. Freedom's Year

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... we place on children. That's the reason for rules and regulations in a household, he says. They keep us safe while we're growing and developing. But then comes maturity and then freedom. The restraints are taken off. Why? So that we can find the dignity of our place in society. Without freedom we remain children. And without freedom we never fully express the best that's in us. When Simon Bolivar led the nation of Peru to independence from Spain in 1924, they pleaded with him to become their first president ...

21. Feasting and Fasting for Lent (Part II)

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... wrote a book, DAYS OF SORROW AND PAIN, about the terrible humiliation inflicted upon the Jewish Community in Berlin during the long days and nights following the issuance of The Nuremberg Laws in the early 1930s. These laws stripped the Jewish community of its dignity and led to other horrible consequences that sprang from the racial and political policies of the National Socialist German Worker''s Party, better known as the Nazis. Rabbi Beck says he and many other Jews fought a constant battle to maintain ...

22. Recovering The Essence

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and sinners and outcasts with whom he shared those meals. By accepting them as friends and equals, Jesus had taken away their shame, their humiliation, and their guilt; and by showing them that they mattered to him as people, he gave them a sense of dignity, and he released them from their captivity. The jolting awareness of the meaning of this hit me like the shock of having ice water splashed in my face. We were living in southern California, having moved from Mississippi. About 10 p.m. the phone rang ...

23. If Only -- In Spite Of

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 't pray, 'Lord, I am in pain'; (rather) say, 'Lord, feel thethrobbin in my right knee,' or 'Lord, you know how heavy my heart is with grief since Johnny died.' "(I sometimes think) there is too much dignity in too many of our prayers -- dignity at the expense of specificity. (And) It is really a fake dignity, the kind that puts taste ahead of truth. So never mind how crude or how trivial your prayers may sound to you. There are no unimportant tears to God. "(Paul agonized), 'Three times I besought the Lord ...

24. Our Prayers Are Our Thanksgiving

1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

... as a ransom for all.First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions so that we may all lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity ... For there is one God, there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave himself as a ransom for all. — 1 Timothy 2:1-2, 5-6a In these brief verses from the epistle to Timothy two principles for practical ...

25. Will I Really Live Forever?

John 11:18-27, 39-45

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... being here. Though I do not often act like it, the psalmist said I’m just a little bit lower than the angels. You’ve got dignity, value, purpose, worth. Don’t let anybody take it away from you. Let me live and walk the pathways of duty and work to the close ... no doubt about it. I know there are joys that are waiting when I have gone the last mile of the way. Let me die with dignity, too. I have got some place to go, and if you have some place to go, you can turn loose of life here. Belief in immortality ...

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