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1. When We No Longer Recognize Ourselves

Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... not matter who we become. What matters is who God is. What would we have to believe about God to trust that God would answer David’s prayer? “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love . . .” There it is. God’s love. A theme we will sound ... wizard Dumbledorf stumbles into the room at that moment and sees Harry staring into the mirror. Dumbledorf says something we need to remember as we leave this place today. He says to Harry, who is still staring into the mirror, “Only when one looks ...

2. When Matters Hang in the Balance

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... frightened to tell David. They feared he might do something rash. “How can we tell him that his child is dead? He might do himself some harm!” (2 Samuel 12:18 TEV) Have you ever underestimated the ability of another to cope? Sometimes we overestimate, but I have the sense that more often we underestimate. People who are seemingly frail or weak or needy or resourceless regularly surprise us when push comes to shove. They rise to occasions we and perhaps they too never thought possible. Harry Wiggins was ...

3. Broken and Beautiful

Luke 18:9-14, Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... and correct. That kind of brokenness is sad, too. Ah, but there is another kind of brokenness that is absolutely beautiful. King David described it in Psalm 51: "The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will ... breast in pathos, crying out, "0 God, be merciful to me. I am a sinner." That is beautiful brokenness. Jesus said that Holy Harry's prayer never got above the ceiling. But that broken tax collector's prayer set so many bells to ringing in heaven that ...

4. What Is God Like?

2 Samuel 18:1-18

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... a lot of beefsteak for black eyes ..." Truman was the kind of father who stood up for his children. Is God like that? Harry Emerson Fosdick, in his book Dear Mr. Brown, wrote these words: "We cannot possibly jump outside of our human experience and find any ... him. He knows what we are made of; he remembers that we are dust. (Psalm 103:12-14, TEV) III Thirdly, look at David’s greater Son, Christ, and see what God as father is like. In first century Rome, an Emperor celebrated a victorious military campaign ...

5. Super-Size Your Faith

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of faith, there was another confrontation between power and faith. Everyone who ever went to Sunday school knows it, and if you didn’t go to Sunday school you’ve heard it with different names. The story of David and Goliath, or maybe Luke vs. Darth Vader, or maybe Harry Potter vs. Voldemort, are all about the victory of faith over power. The seemingly small and weak, ultimately triumph over the vast and vigorous. Yet for Christians, for those whose conviction to act lies “in Christ,” the moment ...

6. What Kind Of King Is This?

2 Samuel 6:1-23

Sermon

Charles Curley

... and shoving, the dust and the shouting of the road to Jerusalem, or the streets of Galilee, or our over-committed, over-crowded lives, we decide, like David, whether we're going to dance. Our lives are crazy and hectic and harried. David invites us to be vulnerable enough, daring enough and trusting enough to look for the advent of God right in the midst of our crazy, hectic and harried lives. What kind of king is this? A king who knows that if we are ever to dance with God, we must begin where we are and ...

7. Grieve Not The Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... somebody you know--bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, evil speaking, malice. Why are some people so hard to live with? David Augsburger tells a revealing little parable of three little turtles. They were going out one summer afternoon for a ... always treat you so rudely?" "Yes, I'm afraid he does," replied Powell. "And are you always so polite and friendly to him?" asked Harris. "Well, yes, I certainly try to be," Powell responded. "But why keep trying to be polite and pleasant to him when he keeps treating ...

8. Friends

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... family - the church. "No longer do I call you servants . . ." said Jesus, "but I have called you friends." We do have a friend in Jesus. We can see it in the cross and in the church. In his recent biography on Harry Truman, David McCullough relates a story from the end of Truman's life. Harry Truman was an interesting character. He was the only president to not have a middle name ” the last one to have owned and worked a farm ” one of the few who never went to college. During his presidency he had to ...

9. People Who Are Down on Themselves

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

King Duncan

... many others have a relationship that could be termed destructive. Charles Sell, in his book Unfinished Business, tells about David Simmons, a former cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys. Dave’s father, a military man, was extremely demanding. He rarely ... and tensions between Arabs and Jews were running high, as they still are today. All the customers in the diner froze as Harry announced his national origin. The next morning, as the pastor was getting ready, he heard a report that the United States had ...

10. The Sacred Power of a Listening Heart

1 Samuel 3:1-10, 19

Sermon

King Duncan

... to his vest. “This phenomenon is quite commonplace,” he said, “especially among successful individuals. Your hearing is excellent Mr. Harris. You’ve simply quit listening.” (1) Do you know anyone like that? They don’t have a hearing ... to give to someone, to listen to them that intently. The greatest honor you can pay someone is to really listen to them. As David Augsburger once said, “An open ear is the only believable sign of an open heart.” Listening is not the same as hearing. Listening ...

11. Leading as Loving

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... , but it is also a source of clues regarding the nature of effective leadership. From the People “We are your own flesh and blood,” declare the tribes of Israel to David. (2 Samuel 5:1 TEV) Leadership with whom the people can identify makes all the difference in the world. There is something winsome about a president like Harry Truman who clearly was not affected by what he termed the “job” he had in Washington. His unassuming nature is reflected in some lines from Samuel Gallu’s play, Give ‘em ...

12. No Other Name

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... of our country was Harry S Truman. Question number two: what was Truman’s home state? That’s right, Missouri. Last question. We remember him as Harry S Truman. What did the “S” stand for? Trick question: the middle initial of Harry S Truman’s name ... a statistical correlation pointing toward people marrying other people whose first names started with the same letter as theirs David and Denise, for example. The president of the Audubon Society, the famous bird watching organization, at that time was ...

13. Israel and the Present Curses and the Past Blessings of the Covenant

Romans 9:1-29

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... 5–6), reaffirmed in Deuteronomy 29–31 and Joshua 8:30–35, but also to the covenant with Abraham (Gen. 15; 17), the covenant with David (2 Sam. 7; 23:5), and the new covenant (Jer. 31:31–34; Ezek. 36:24–27). The “gift of the law” (nomothesia) was ... to the original tissue. Doctors believe that by so doing, they will enable patients’ bodies to accept the procedure. Personal Stories: Harry Ironside tells about a man who was wonderfully saved and arose in a class meeting to testify to his newly ...

14. The Man From Galilee VI: The Tragedy Of His Victory

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... for who He is, and to do that by making Him the ruler of our lives. One Palm Sunday at Riverside Church in New York, Harry Emerson Fosdick preached a sermon called "An Unavoidable Choice Faces Our Jerusalem, Too."2 It is a choice we always face. Today on Palm Sunday ... up ease and escapism, to step out into the street and follow Him to the end -- and the beginning. "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" Who is this Jesus? This is the prophet from ...

15. The Sin of Silence

1 John 1:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... no longer, and knowing she would have to tell him of her terrible secret, she slid over very close to him and said to him, "Harry, I have a confession to make." He said, "Sally, I know what it is, you've eaten my socks." The truth of the matter is, ... we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us." The best people in the Bible sinned—Moses, Abraham, David, Peter; they all sinned. But they all overcame their sin and they did it by following the principle laid down in this verse. I want ...

16. Battle With The Law

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

King Duncan

... do the same. The actions of Jesus and his disciples went against this commandment, and it disturbed some people. But Jesus said to them, "Have you never read what David did, when he had need, and was in hunger, he, and they that were with him? How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar ... The Blue Laws of New England," LIBERTY, Jan/Feb. 1963, pp. 18-19. 5. Harry Emerson Fosdick. THE MANHOOD OF THE MASTER. (New York: Association Press, 1958). 6. Robert Lauer and Jeanette Lauer. (Boston: Little, Brown and ...

17. In the Darkness of Fear, There Is the Light of Joy

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... the gift. And this last thing you can do as well. The angel told the shepherds, “To you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Here is the key: the Savior is for you. That is why this light of joy gives us ... of joy. One of the great hymns we sing is “Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King.”5 Harry Emerson Fosdick was one of the greatest preachers in American history. One Christmas, at his Riverside Church in New York, he preached a sermon ...

18. You Reap What You Sow

2 Sam 13:1-39

Teach the Text

Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... ’s house, where she is raped, and then later sends Amnon to his demise (v. 27). In chapter 11 the narrator portrayed David as possessing absolute sovereignty: he sent people where he willed (vv. 1, 3–4, 12, 27) and by a mere message accomplished ... earthly father.9 It is a horror to parents to see their children repeat their own sins. Lyrics: “Cat’s in the Cradle,” by Harry Chapin. In this, his most famous song (1974), Chapin (1942–81) writes the story of a father who has been too busy to attend to ...

19. A Straying Heart

Psalm 95:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... morning sickness.” Surprised the neighbor said, “I didn’t even know you were pregnant.” “I’m not,” the harried young woman replied. “I’m just sick of mornings.” Stephanie Piro once said, “Behind every successful woman . . . is ... , purposeful rest for God’s people. The word “rest” in Hebrew is the root of the word “Sabbath.” In Psalm 62:1, King David declares, “My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him.” And in Matthew 11, Jesus says, “Come to me, all you ...

20. More Than Just Image

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... slightly off. His hair was parted on the wrong side. His face was slightly askew. But in every photo of Bush, Harris ensured there was a slight halo of light around his head. Another commercial featured some of Bush’s best quotes—helpfully ... Jesus Christ is the fulfilment of God’s promise to rescue and restore us. He is the Good Shepherd who will come through the line of King David. He is the One who will gather God’s sheep from all the corners of the world. He is the One who searches for the lost, who ...

21. Life's Four Big 'Ds' and One Bigger 'D'

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the sinful actions of Ahab, Nathan uncovers the monstrous sin of Uriah's murder to David. But David's reaction to God's judgment upon him is very different than Ahab's. First of all, David repents. You can read his words of repentance in Psalm 51, verse 10 of which ... Alice" episode of Extreme Makeover Home Edition? It aired on March 28, 2004, on ABC. A community activist named "Sweet Alice" Harris had spent 35 years trying to better her Watts neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. In 2002 she was named ...

22. Acquaintances Or Friends?

2 Samuel 16:15--17:29

Sermon

Arthur H. Kolsti

... to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.-- 2 Samuel 2:25-26 These were part of the words of tribute composed by David. But a question about this friendship emerges. Would it have lasted? This is after all a friendship between two young people. It has ... can have a worthwhile debate. It is the mutual covenant of acceptance, love, and trust that frees us for genuine exchange. Sydney Harris, who for many years wrote a daily column for the Chicago Daily News, was right on the button when he commented one ...

23. Thanksgiving - The Biblical Version

1 Chronicles 16:7-43

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... , travel, action, will anyone remember what makes this day so unique from the other 364 days in the calendar year? Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, Jr., tells the story of his going up to the state of Maine every summer for rest and renewal. ... that our worship of God must be different from that of the unsaved who have a casualness in their approach to God. After three months David figures out what went wrong and he develops the proper plans for bringing the Ark of the Covenant back to the Holy City. I Chronicles ...

24. Final Destination

Psalm 23:6

Sermon

James Merritt

... follow you. You may not see it, you may not feel it, you may be hard pressed to find it, but it’s always there. Dr. Harry Ironside, a great preacher, used to be the pastor of the Moody Church in Chicago. He told a story of a poor dear little old lady ... and devoured all the grass in one spot, they had to move on. A shepherd never got to settle down in one place for very long. But David said, “One day I’m going to make my final move. I’m going to reach my final destination, and it is going to be in the ...

25. The Son Superior to Angels

Hebrews 1:1-14

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... monarch, but so glorious are the words spoken to him that their ultimate fulfillment can only be in the messianic king, the Son of David, the Son now at the right hand of the Father. The opening words of the quotation are ambiguous both in the Hebrew and the LXX ... accepted, demands acceptance of the more difficult “God is your kingdom.” For an excellent study of these verses, see M. J. Harris, “The Translation and Significance of ho theos in Hebrews 1:8–9,” TB 36 (1985), pp. 129–62. 1:10–12 ...

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