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1. A Princely Passion

2 Samuel 13:1-22

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... village another Son of David was born. In a town known as Bethlehem of Judea. He had nothing from his parents but the gift of love. His palace was an open sky on a path from Galilee to Golgotha. His passion was for people. He was a Prince of Peace and not a Prince of Power. He was raped by a rapacious rabble, clamoring for his blood. Like Tamar, he experienced shame and degradation. He too knew the "ice water down the back" feeling of rejection. His name is Jesus. He is the Son of David, and today is the ...

2. War and the Prince of Peace

Isaiah 9:2-7

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J. Howard Olds

... was captured by the enemy. They were so taken by his peacefulness that they gave him back to the Christians. Peace churches have always had a witness among us the Mennonites, the Church of Brethren, the Quakers to name a few. I don't know how to reconcile the Prince of Peace with a world at war, but I do know that Isaiah's vision of peace will never come with swords loud clashing nor the roll of stirring drums. It is with deeds of love and mercy that the heavenly kingdom finally comes. It is with that in ...

3. The Prodigal Prince

2 Samuel 14:1-33

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Whispering unheeded advice to a Bloomington-bound scholar boarding a Greyhound. Masking a stray tear with mascara as your princess parades down the aisle to Mendelssohn and her prince. Waving farewell to your favorite recruit as he stands among the gaggle of GIs clustered in the chill predawn light of an airport runway. AT&T words flying with magic carpet speed as you urge your San Francisco-based son to eat more, spend less, and get to bed on ...

4. Death to Glory

Revelation 5:11-14

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Richard Gribble

... keep us from seeing or the ear plugs that keep us from hearing the needs of others. If Jesus' resurrection is to have any lasting effect for our world, then we must be up to the challenge to carry the burdens of others and see in that, as did the prince, our true vocation. Next, our movement from death to glory involves finding new life. Today is our celebration of the new life which God can give to us. No matter our age, status in life, or day-to-day activity, we all can use new beginnings and must rejoice ...

5. Jesus, Our Rock Foundation

John 14:1-14

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Richard Gribble

... life, said, "Not so, not yet. Justice has not been served. Royal blood received help along the way!" The king had to agree. He pardoned the young offender and the two best friends lived happily ever after.2 Like the commoner in the story who followed the prince, we are called to follow Christ, who will shoulder our burdens, but we must do our share. He will bring direction, light, and sustenance to our life, if we follow and are willing to lead others along a similar path. Do we firmly believe that Jesus is ...

6. David and the Devil

2 Samuel 11:1-27

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Robert Noblett

... because it spelled trouble for all affected by it. It meant trouble for David because it really didn’t get him what he wanted. The Devil convinced David that Bathsheba would in some way complete him, but that was not so. There is a story about a prince who searched near and far for a beautiful woman to be his princess and fulfill his life. By chance (isn’t that just how it happened to David?) he noticed a young woman whose beauty drew forth intense romantic and joyful feelings from his heart. He thought ...

7. Characteristics of Christ That You and I Need

Mark 8:27-35

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King Duncan

... beaten and is forced to go out during the day to beg for money. But Tom dreams of one day being a person of distinction. The second boy is Edward Tudor, who happens to be the son of King Henry VIII. As such he lives the life of a prince, raised in the palace, wrapped in fine silks and protected from the horrible conditions that exist beyond the palace gates. To this point in life he is oblivious to the misery and injustice experienced by his father’s subjects. One day Tom Canty, the pauper, sneaks his way ...

8. Extreme Humility

John 13:1-15

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King Duncan

... . But there was no servant present at the Last Supper. Certainly none of these twelve men arguing over who was the greatest of them would have performed this task. And so, their Master, whom Isaiah once described as Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace (9:6), knelt in front of each one and quietly washed the crud from their feet. Only days before, Jesus had said to the twelve, “Whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first ...

9. Rejoicing Brings Peace

Philippians 4:2-9

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Richard Gribble

... Jesus resides we will one day be. The image of Jesus as the “Bread of Life” (John 6) helps us to know that he is our spiritual sustenance. We can always go to him with any and all needs. Isaiah’s image of the Messiah as the “Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:5), is especially relevant as we draw closer to Christmas. Our troubled world, with so much hatred, violence, and armed conflict, badly needs the peace that only Christ can bring. This peace must be active, however; it is never passive. Pope Paul VI ...

10. Rejoicing Brings Peace

Philippians 4:4-7

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Richard Gribble

... to sun down. Our women and our children mock him, but he continues to sing!" After a month of watching, they finally called him before a council. He stood in his loincloth straight and proud in their midst. The elder spokesperson for the Kaesena people asked the Mossi prince about his behavior: "Why do you sing?" Nabiiga answered, "It is true. You've taken away my fine clothes. You have made me work, you give me very little food to eat, and you make me sleep on the ground in a common hut. You have tried to ...

11. Keep Watching, Keep Warning, Keep Chasing

Matthew 1:18-25

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Leonard Sweet

... proclaimed and sung during this time of year. But Christmas, the birth of Christ, the Messiah, is also a time of “warning.” On that “Silent Night, Holy Night,” our Advent Watch turns into a Christmas Warning. The angelic message of the coming of the Prince of Peace, the Son of God, the one who brings “glad tidings of great joy to all peoples,” is also a warning message: a message warning us that everything is now about to change. Life can no longer be the same again. Jesus changes everything ...

12. What Kind of King Is This?

John 18:28-40

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King Duncan

... England in the days of King George V. George V was king of Great Britain from 1910 until his death in 1936. This was when marriage was used as a political tool among the royal houses of Europe. So George was a grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and the first cousin of both Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. And yet George was far less pretentious than many of history’s monarchs. The patients in this particular hospital where the little boy in our story was being treated ...

13. The Days Are Coming

Jeremiah 33:14-16

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King Duncan

... all about: The days are coming. The days are coming where there will be justice. That is the first promise Jeremiah makes about the coming of the Messiah. There will be justice. This world needs more justice, doesn’t it? There is an old Arabian story about a wealthy prince who claims the land of a poor widow so that he can enlarge his palace gardens. The poor widow brings her complaint before a local judge. The judge is a man of character and integrity, but he is also smart enough to know that the wealthy ...

14. Getting and Giving

John 13:31-38

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Glenn E. Ludwig

... or an act of kindness somewhere else. Each time they gave, they found their hearts no longer skipped quite so anxiously. At the end of the day, their baskets were considerably lighter -- but so were their hearts. When the emperor and empress saw how the young prince and princess had begun to share their gifts with all who lived in the kingdom, they finally trusted them to rule. The children never forgot the lesson they learned. Each year, their love led them to give a little more, and to keep a little less ...

15. The Art of Living Until

Matthew 24:36-51

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Leonard Mann

... regal splendor, this poor fellow didn’t get appointed to rule over any cities. The others did, but not this one. He failed in the interim; he didn’t even get to the final test - and the way it turned out, there wasn’t a final test anyway; the prince was a winner. But this poor fear-filled fellow didn’t make it that far; when the victory came, he wasn’t there to enjoy it. For him, alas, the interim proved more perilous than the event would ever have been. If only he could have believed - and acted ...

16. Love - A Christian Imperative

John 15:1-17

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George Bass

... you no good at all!" The fox protests: "It has done me good ... Go and look again at the roses. You will understand that yours (the rose he discovered and watered and sheltered) is unique in all the world. Then come back and say goodbye to me...." The little prince went to look at the roses: "You are not at all like my rose," he said. As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you ... You are beautiful, but you are empty ... To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you - the ...

17. Sympathizing With The One Talent Man

Matthew 25:14-30

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King Duncan

... alarmed. This wasn't anything like rock star Ozzie Osborne's stunt of biting heads off of bats. In fact, kissing frogs was one of the healthiest ideas to come along in a long time. The idea, of course, was based on the ancient fairy tale of a handsome prince who had been turned into an ugly frog by a mean witch. The only way he could be turned back into himself was if a beautiful princess kissed him. You remember that little story, don't you? Now the Christian application is this: There are people who feel ...

18. Needy People Please Apply

Acts 4:32-37

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King Duncan

... his horse. Immediately the traveler revived, straightened up, and rode off. It was the very man who had tried so often to buy the prince’s horse. Now he had obtained the horse without paying anything. “Wait!” cried the prince. “Please tell no one how you got that horse.” “Why?” laughed the thief. “Are you afraid they will laugh at you?” “No,” said the prince. “I am afraid it might hinder someone else from offering help to some other traveler whose need is genuine.” (1) The eternal ...

19. The Only Way to Fly

2 Timothy 3:15-17

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James Merritt

... of publicity. The media said he was one of the three best known men in all of the world. May I tell you that when he died, the only thing that mattered was this: Did he know the Prince of Peace? In 1937 Douglas Corrigan applied to the Bureau of Air Commerce for permission to make a solo flight across the Atlantic in his 1929 MonoPlane. After inspecting the aircraft, the Bureau refused permission on the grounds that it could not condone suicide. His plane lacked any safety devices, ...

20. Power and Compassion

Hebrews 5:1-10

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Lee Ann Dunlap

... . In the words of the Apostle Paul, Jesus, God's royal Son "did not count equality with God as something to be grabbed, but made himself nothing ... He humbled himself, and became obedient to death, even death on a cross" (Philippians 2:6, 8). The prince — for the sake of his royal subjects, became a pauper. The preacher of Hebrews asserts that both power and compassion are the qualities required for the priestly role of uniting a holy God with a sin-soaked, struggling humanity. In his journey to Calvary ...

21. The Ministry Of Do WOP

James 1:17-27

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... can!" (4) In the Kingdom of God the only thing we get to keep is what we give away. And we're called to freely give away the Grace and Forgiveness of God. When we are "doers of the word, and not merely hearers" we are doing WORK OF THE PRINCE, THE PRINCE OF PEACE. Don't hang onto the Good News. Don't hang onto the Grace and Forgiveness you have received through Jesus Christ. Let you words and you actions be consistent. Give it away. Give it to everyone you meet through The Ministry of Do WOP. DO WORKS OF ...

22. Christian The King

Ezekiel 34:1-31

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John R. Brokhoff

... to serve his people. God is the one who crowns us kings or queens. In our text, God says, "My servant David shall be prince among them." John of Revelation frankly and flatly declares that Christ "has made us kings." Everyone of us would love to be a king ... of a king." As the son of a king, he realized he was no ordinary person. He lived, worked, and acted what he was - a prince! A Different Kind of King Kings are not of all one kind. Their kingdoms are different. Though Christians are kings, they do not have ...

23. Service

Mark 10:35-45

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Warren Thomas Smith

... s long-awaited opportunity. He could name it: an outstanding pulpit? A comfortable pension? Perchance a deanship? The King of England had made the offer. It was the chance of a lifetime. Fletcher’s answer, "I want nothing, but more grace."4 A Word From A Prince Of The Church To all who aspire for preferment, to those who dream of high offices in the church, hear the words which Shakespeare gives to the dying Cardinal Wolsey: Farewell! a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man: to-day ...

24. Dealing With The Dividing Walls

Ephesians 2:11-22

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James W. Moore

... people who are different from us… then we are building dividing walls of hostility… it’s so wrong. I remember watching Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. As I watched, I realized that the story is a powerful parable about the danger of prejudice. Do you remember how the handsome prince was put under the spell that turned him into a beast? He was in front of his castle one day when what appeared to be an old beggar woman came by. She offered him a rose if he would give her shelter from the cold. But the ...

25. Sons And Daughters Of God

Galatians 3:23-29

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King Duncan

... own face. In the mirror of his eyes, Rapunzel sees for the first time that she is beautiful. And in that moment, she is set free! Free from the witch! Free from the tower! Free from the past! Free from the feeling that she is ugly! Then Prince Charming takes Rapunzel into his arms; they parachute onto his horse and ride happily off into the sunset. Obviously, Grimm's Fairy tales is not Scripture, but James Moore has done us a great favor reminding us of this ancient tale. The story of Rapunzel does contain ...

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