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Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... wisdom." Carson said, "Son I didn't know you felt that way about me." His son said, "I don't, can you fax this to Bill Cosby?" Fathers have a hard times nowadays getting respect. Maybe there's a reason for that. Many Dads in our society disappear. And, sad to say, others stay around who perhaps should disappear. Actress Suzanne Sommers has earned a new reputation in the show biz world over the last few years. Once the universal symbol of the ditzy, carefree glamour girl, she has transformed herself in the ...

2. Gaining Confidence

Hebrews 4:16

Children's Sermon

... she hit the car with her purple sparkly bike. Now if that wasn't bad enough, she also knocked out her two front teeth! Now that's a pretty sad story, isn't it? (Let them respond.) If I was this little girl I don't think I would ever get on a bike again! At first this little girl said just that. She never wanted to ride a bike again. So her dad put her training wheels back on and she rode it that way for two years. By then she had something that she needed to ride her bike without ...

3. Is Christ In The Manger?

Drama

Karren Boehr

... by a cocky, wealthy sister. What's with us? BROTHER: So, we're being a bit childish. Who cares! SISTER: But maybe Mom and Dad are caught in the middle. Maybe Linda feels left out living so far away, and all the fancy expensive gifts are a way for ... brings us isn't all that shabby either. (Pauses) Man, if I felt I had to "buy" my way into a family ... That's sad, really sad. SISTER: Hey, see that manger scene in the window across the street? (Points) Think Linda would like that? It's definitely her taste. Now ...

4. A Voice Out Of The Cloud

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

James Garrett

... living. But it would be almost equally sad to go through life and leave this world without ever telling those you loved that you had loved them.’ So I began with the hardest one, my dad. “He was reading the newspaper when I approached him. ‘Dad?’ ‘Yes, what?’ he asked without lowering the newspaper. ‘Dad, I would like to talk with you.’ ‘Well, talk.’ ‘I mean, it’s really important.’ The newspaper came down three slow inches. ‘What is it?’ ‘Dad, I love you. I just wanted you ...

5. This is My Son, Listen to Him

Luke 9:28-36

Illustration

James Garrett

6. Experience the Mountaintop But Don't Forget the Valley Below

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Brett Blair

7. A Day of Singing

Zephaniah 3:14-20, Luke 3:7-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... different tastes in music. Driving home from church one Sunday, a father turned the radio to a country station. “How can you stand that stuff?” complained his 16-year-old son. “It’s all sad stuff about dogs and pickup trucks and bar rooms and broken hearts.” Knowing his son preferred rather loud rock music, the dad asked, “Well, what’s your music about?” “That’s the beauty of it,” the son said. “You just don’t know!” Regardless of our age or our vocation, most of us have a kind ...

8. Close Up Parents: Be Cheerleaders, Not Jeer leaders

Colossians 3:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... ghost of unrealistic expectations that one or both parents placed on them. There are others in this room who live in perpetual sadness because of a parent that never showed them the affection and the attention that they deserved. My own father had a mother ... his son's life to the nth degree. His son was literally going to be groomed for success and football perfection. His dad had him doing stretching exercises and weight training when he was five years old. Until he got to college, Todd Marinovich had never ...

9. On the Road with Zacchaeus

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

James W. Moore

... do that!” The following April, his daughter had a beautiful wedding. She and her husband have been happily named now for 25 years. They have three wonderful children, but her Dad knows very little about any of that because he has not seen or spoken to his daughter for over 25 years… and he has never laid eyes on his three grandchildren! Isn’t that sad? Isn’t that pitiful? Isn’t that tragic? Don’t let that happen to you… Don’t let that happen in your family… If there is a problem… go fix ...

10. Thanksgivings to Remember

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

Argile Smith

... glow over her sullen face and showing the streaks the tears made as they made tracks of sadness on her cheeks. She waited for a minute and wondered if she had done the right thing. After all, her mom couldn’t do anything about the change of plans. Her husband (and Kim’s dad) wanted to visit his dad who had been sick for a long time. In fact, the doctors agreed that the past couple of birthdays had not been good to the old gentleman and that no medicine could be prescribed that would stretch out his days ...

11. I Am the Ressurection and the Life

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... died. Later on, Lashonda’s writing and reflecting upon what message this little girl was trying to send to her dad, and she thought that she was giving her dad this gift – the gift of taking up the last thread of her life and starting to live again. And then ... that I had raised. Father, you know what I remember now? I remember your son and your great love when you gave him to us, and how sad you must have been when he died on the cross. And so God, if you would do this one thing for all us, then I will be ...

12. We Believe in Life Everlasting

John 11:17-27

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... letter Huber smuggled out of prison to his wife and children contained these words: “I know that I will die in prison. I am sad not to see you again. But I am at peace. They have swords, we have songs." The people of the resurrection have songs to ... asleep. But way before morning, he was wide awake again. Once more he shook his dad awake and said, “Dad, I just want to thank you for all the fun we're going to have tomorrow." With that the dad let the child climb into his bed. When I try to wrap my small ...

13. Lose the Cape

Romans 13:11-14

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... it was to Jesus. When did Christians lose sight of the fact that we need to let our light shine? Tony Campolo tells the sad story from his high school days of how he failed to be a Christian. There was a boy in his class named Roger who ... was Burt Reynolds being interviewed. He was being completely vulnerable about the source of pain in his life. His story is heart-wrenching. He said, “My dad never told me that he loved me. I would have given anything for him to tell me that he loved me, but he never did. At ...

14. Help For Hurting Dads

Galatians 3:15-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... that way about their husbands, or how many boys and girls feel that way about their Dads. I hope more than a few. I do believe there are more conscientious Dads now than ever before. Some of them are in this church. But not every Dad measures up. And that is sad. Perhaps we can bring some healing. LET'S BEGIN BY NOTING THAT SOME DADS HAVE PROBLEMS THAT WORK AGAINST THEIR BEING GOOD FATHERS. It's true. Not every Dad is perfect. It happens. Neither fathers nor mothers grow up in a vacuum. We are all products ...

15. The List (A Drama about Prayer)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... , honey, but God doesn’t have time to help you look for Mr. Bubble's eyeball. Mom: Yeah, honey, I’ll help you with that. Katie: But Pastor Ray said... Dad: Now who knows more, Pastor Ray or Daddy? Don’t answer that… Now go to the bathroom and get a drink of water and then I want you to go back to bed. Got me? Katie: (Kinda sad) Got you, Dad. (she leaves) Dad: Good girl. (turns to Mom) What was she thinking? Mom: Come on, John, she’s only 7. (They start to walk off and fading up on the screen is ...

16. Faithful Fathers Fortify Families

Deuteronomy 6:1-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... Here is what he said: At a time when being a buddy to one's son is popular, I'm going to stay a father. I believe it may yet prove to have been a bit of sad psychology when dads are called anything but dad or "the old man" by their children. When Spock, Freud, Dewey and William James have conspired to make dad a minor stockholder on the home's board of directors; when women's rights, civil rights, people's rights, children's rights, and property rights have made it wrong for father's to speak with authority ...

17. Mentor, Mediator, Master

1 Timothy 2:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... says St. Paul, for us all "to come to the knowledge of truth." And for this reason, first of all, we come to Jesus. It is sad when somebody no longer feels the need to grow. There is a story about a wealthy gold miner who had a son destined to take ... go down into the mine. There you will gain experience. You may start at the bottom and work your way up." But the son insisted, "Look, Dad, I've been to school. I've received my diploma. With all due respect, I know more about mining than you will ever know. And ...

18. A Pair of Ducks and Abundant Life

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... about ducks.” The boy said, “Oh, yes he did. He said that life is a ‘Pair of Ducks’.” “Oh,” his Dad replied, “you mean paradox. I think he was talking about two medical doctors, but I’m not sure what he said about ... buried it in the ground. The other two servants put their talents to work. Anything you save in this world will be lost. Isn’t it sad when you read about someone who has died and left a big fortune with no children or grandchildren or nieces or nephews to profit by their ...

19. Murder in the First Degree

Matthew 5: 21-26

Sermon

James Merritt

... Mother, I needed to be saved." The mother said, "Honey, you are a good girl. You read your Bible. You go to church. You never give Dad and me any trouble. How can you say that you need to be saved? You're too good to need to be saved." The little girl ... be in the hands of the judge. Jesus is illustrating a truth that I hope you will really take to heart today. It is very sad, to say the least, to have bitterness in your heart toward another person or for someone to be bitter toward you. For either person to die ...

20. People Who Are Down on Themselves

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

King Duncan

... what kind of relationship you have with your earthly parents, you have a heavenly parent who is everything that you hoped a mom or dad would be--forgiving, accepting, a Parent who believes in you, who created you in His image. You are the apple of God’s eye ... I wasn’t worth coming back for, but I knew my mother would come back for her locket.” (3) How incredibly sad to feel that way about yourself. Many good people have bad times because they carry around baggage from past experiences or relationships ...

21. Advent 3: Won't You Let Him Into Your Gift-Giving?

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

James W. Moore

... Molly’s junk and all. There wasn’t anything valuable there, nothing he really needed. However, that evening, Molly came in while Dad was reading the paper and this conversation took place: “Where’s my bag?” “What bag?” “You know, the one I gave ... girl who stood quietly off to the side. She appeared to be 5 or 6 years old and her face looked so very sad. One of the American soldiers noticed that she was not participating, and he asked the orphanage director about the little girl. “O, bless ...

22. Let Me Tell You about the Birds and the Bees

Proverbs 5:15-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... is what to do in case the person forgets to wear their vest or what to do in case the vest is defective. The sad fact is, our children are getting their sex education in schools, the theatre, the television, magazines, billboards, and computers, but not at home. ... he would not permit him to go out alone in a car with a girl down to the lake after dark. The son said, "What's wrong, Dad? Don't you trust me?" Dr. Brandt said, "In a car alone at night in front of a lake with a beautiful girl?" He said, "I wouldn ...

23. Mother's Day Gifts

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... , "You mean you get up and fix your own meal?" "No," said Johnny. "My mother prepares it for me. She has to cook Dad's breakfast by 6:30 anyway." The friend replied, "Gosh, your mom gets up that early just to fix breakfast?" "Oh, no," said the ... . You have the power to influence your child for good or evil, so you must be a Christian example in your home. It is sad, but true, a negative example can come simply through carelessness. One day in Sunday School little Susie was asked to read from the Bible ...

24. Journey To The Cross VII (Easter): Jesus And The Women At The Tomb

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... and Rosemary Brown was certain that she would lead the parade if she just owned it. O my, Rosemary wanted that drum so much she could taste it! At dinner that night, Rosemary told her dad about the drum and how much she wanted it. Her dad asked how much it cost. When Rosemary told him twenty dollars, her dad said in a kind of sad voice, “We’ll see, honey, we’ll see.” Then the very next day, Rosemary heard a sound out in the front yard, a loud noise. She looked out and can you believe it? There stood ...

25. Two Small Coins

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’s gift: God measures our gift not on the basis of its size, but on the level of the sacrifice involved. Dave Simmons in his book, Dad, The Family Coach, tells about taking his daughter Helen (eight years old) and his son Brandon (five years old) to the mall to do a little ... it, he bent down and asked her what was wrong. She looked up at him with giant limpid brown eyes and said sadly, "Well, Daddy, it cost fifty cents. So, I gave Brandon my quarter." Then she said the most beautiful thing Simmons says he ...

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