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Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... not recognized even when it happens. I was reading about a man who made headlines some years back named Reginald Denny. Again, search your memory bank. Remember Reginald Denny? Los Angeles. Rodney King. Is it coming back to you? During the riots that followed this emotion-charged event, Reginald Denny was pulled from his truck at an intersection and beaten by an angry mob. He was very nearly killed. Later Denny met his attackers, shook hands, and forgave them. What was one media outlet's take on that act of ...

2. The Man in the Tree

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... around. It’s amazing how taken ordinary people can be with celebrities. Zacchaeus reminds me of a man named Dennis Wise. Dennis earned a reputation as the ultimate Elvis Presley fan, back when Elvis was the number one entertainer in America. ... for his family. One of his prison guards, a man by the name of Oren Henry, encouraged William Porter. He believed that the former bank clerk could make a fresh start after his release. One day, the prisoner asked the prison guard for an unusual favor: could he have ...

3. After The Beep

Isaiah 66:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... a number pad from 0 to 9. Now we must be familiar with features like call waiting, call transferring, speed dialing to a bank of coded numbers, last number redial, three way calls, the star button for faxes, connections to computer modems, voice mail menus, and much ... and shouts, "Mr. Wilson, your answering machine isn't working! It says you're not home!" Sometimes you may feel just like Dennis. You pray. Yet you feel you are being ignored by God, that He is hiding behind heaven's drapes. You pray, but get ...

4. The God Of Peace

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... picture of a priest walking through a metal detector manned by Israeli troops on the occupied West Bank. As soldiers looked on, the elderly priest, cane in hand, walked solemnly through the security device. As ... materialism of the season to obscure for our children the essential reason for its being. The newspapers sometimes run a famous DENNIS THE MENACE cartoon from years ago. It's Christmas afternoon and Dennis has finally gotten all of his presents opened. He is up to his chin in wall-to-wall toys. You ...

5. The Ministry Of Making Many Rich

1 Timothy 6:11-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Dennis the Menace. In one cartoon, Mrs. Wilson had told Dennis that once Mr. Wilson was just like him. Dennis explains this to his friend: “He got dirty an’ had fights and swiped cookies...an’ busted things, and told fibs, and hated baths...and teased girls!” Dennis ... . In fact, I’ve often criticized the “prosperity gospel.” The prosperity gospel says that our faith can insure our bank accounts. In fact, the picture is often painted in such extremity that the poor are completely left out of God ...

6. A Double Portion

2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... them in two pieces. [13] He picked up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. [14] He took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, saying, "Where is the ... discount today. God's Grace is abundant. And God's Grace in healing is there for everyone. Joey and Dennis the Menace are leaving the Wilson house with cookies in hand. Dennis says to Joey, "Mrs. Wilson gives you a cookie because she is nice, not because you're nice." ( ...

7. The Touch of the Master's Hand

Luke 5:12-16

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... children as much as Jesus did. In a recent comic strip, Dennis the Menace and his friend were walking past two young mothers who were marveling over a little baby in a crib. Dennis said to his friend, "I don’t see anything cute about a ... of continuing his tradition, touching the little ones in his name. As someone has said, "One hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the size of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different because I was important ...

8. The God of Second Chances

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... to about half that. What did people do? That’s right. Many people marched down to the bank and refinanced their homes. They asked the banks to make out “new contracts” with lower monthly payments. (3) Jeremiah is saying that God is unilaterally making ... wash away sin or not?” (4) Powerful question: Does Christ wash away sin or not? If he does not, we are all in trouble. Pastor Dennis Becker uses the analogy of a trick bar of soap. The trick soap looks like a real bar of soap, but when you wash with it ...

9. The Greatest Discovery Of All

Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:31-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus told a second parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field..." Jesus said. In the days before banks and safety deposit boxes it was a common practice to bury valuables in the ground. In times of crisis, in times of ... faith is like that as well. HAVING CHRIST IN OUR LIVES IS WORTH MORE THAN ANY TREASURE WE WILL EVER POSSESS. At age sixteen Margie Dennie gave her life to Jesus Christ. Life wasn't easy for Margie, but she felt Christ's presence in her hurts and sorrows. Her commitment ...

10. Sympathizing With The One Talent Man

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... had so greatly feared. "You lazy and wicked good-for-nothing," his master shouts at him, "at least you could have put my money in a bank and drawn some interest. Give me my money back, and get out of my house and never come back." Actually Jesus' words about this man's ... ) O. Dean Martin, GOOD MARRIAGES DON'T JUST HAPPEN, (Old Tappan, N.J: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1984). (2) Dr. Dennis Waitley, THE WINNER'S EDGE, (New York: Berkley Books, 1980). (3) Tim LaHaye, HOW TO MANAGE PRESSURE BEFORE PRESSURE MANAGES ...

11. Night Vision

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... quarterback who could have left USC with a degree and signed an NFL contract that would have put something like $14 million in the bank under the kid's name. Last year, Bob said he refinanced his home to pay the $20,000 premium for a $1 million Lloyd' ... in the vehicle. So he rushed to the car, tried to open the driver-side door, but it was too crushed to open. Suddenly Dennis Kinsey stood by his side. A waiter at Ruth Chris' Steakhouse in Portland, Kinsey also was driving home from work. The two of them ...

12. The Fundamentals of Family Ties

1 Corinthians 13:1

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... what’s happening here? Will they be happy? Will they be sad? What troubles will they face? What joys will they share? Dennis the Menace, in trouble for misbehaving, shouts, “I didn’t ask to be born.” His parents might have responded, “We didn ... friend was in a bind and was willing to let Bill have it for a steal. Barb had another idea. Why not put the money in the bank and save it for a rainy day? Suddenly we have a difference of opinion of what to do with something that the family has. The problem ...

13. What Does It Mean To "Believe"?

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

One of the most misunderstood terms in the New Testament is the word, "believe." We ministers preach on the word from time to time, and often-times never stop to tell what it means. This is especially perplexing to unregenerated people who do believe whatever they are told to believe, but who still do not consider themselves saved or born again, spiritually. Maybe you grew up under such circumstances. Perhaps as a child, you never heard of an infidel. Everyone you knew did not deny religion and the Bible. ...

14. The Social-Spiritual Side of Baptism

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 3:1-20

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

Gospel Note In contrast to the baptismal accounts of Mark and Matthew (there is none in John!), Luke's phrasings seem calculated to downplay not only the role of the Baptist, but also the particularity and importance of the ritual itself! Luke describes Jesus' baptism as a communal event ("when all the people were baptized") that finds its real climax in the descent of the Spirit, which Luke emphasizes and reinforces with his distinctive phrase "in bodily form." Liturgical Color White Suggested Hymns On ...

15. Epiphany 8

Luke 6:37-42

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

Gospel Note The tree imagery in verses 43-45 of this metaphor-laden conclusion to the "Sermon on the Plain" makes a rather profound point despite its apparent simplicity: a person is not good or bad because he or she does good or bad things; rather, one does good or bad because he or she is good or bad. In other words, the inner disposition precedes and produces the external act, a view shared by Paul in his treatment of sin as a human condition and not just wrongdoing. Liturgical Color Green Suggested ...

16. Proper 13

Luke 12:13-21

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

Gospel Note Jesus' caution against covetousness, his declaration that there is more to life than material possessions, and his parable of the rich fool are part of a recurring theme in his teachings, especially as reported by Luke. The contrast is between the material and the spiritual, not in any Platonic metaphysical sense, but as regards the true priority of the things of God over the things of the world. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns Jesus, Priceless Treasure Praise And Thanksgiving O Bread Of ...

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