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2 Corinthians 4:5-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... 's debut in competition during the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. John Candy played a former American gold medalist who becomes a coach to the Jamaican team and is very popular with the team. Later in ... ladder, all the while muttering under my breath, ‘I’ll show them. I’ll fall, then they’ll have a blind and paralyzed son!’” John continued, “I got the windows up.” Then he finishes his testimony with these powerful and helpful words, “I found out later that never at ...

2. Freedom and Slavery

Romans 6:15-23

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... out a little later, he always made sure he called his parents and told them when he was coming home. Yes, John had learned an important lesson about freedom. There is no such thing as absolute freedom. Our culture's promotion of absolute ... bag of candy. Everyone who answers the question correctly gets a piece of candy. First question: What is two plus two? A child answers: Four! Correct! You win a piece of candy. How about five plus five? A child answers: 10! Correct! You win a piece of candy. What day ...

3. Finding Your Dream Job

Matthew 4:12-23

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... job of every person in this room. Candy Funhouse, a Canadian candy company, put out an advertisement last year for a Chief Candy Officer. The job involves tasting thousands of different candy products each month, leading board meetings, and ... ) I think the disciples said yes because they understood the story line. They understood that following Jesus means living an abundant life. In John 10:10, Jesus is speaking to the Pharisees who have criticized him for healing a blind man on the Sabbath. They don’t ...

4. Do What Is Right

2 Thessalonians 3:13

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... , but he went ahead anyway." The mother said, "Why did you tell him to come on when he saw the dog and wanted to help it?" Joe said, "Because I just didn't feel like it." So the mother said, "Well then, only John gets a piece of candy, because only John was good." Have John pick up a piece of candy that is sitting out. Joe said, "But I didn't hurt anyone or anything. I wasn't bad!" The mother replied, "No, but when there is something you can do to help and you don't do it, then you have not been ...

5. The Voices Of Christmas

Drama

Jerry Nordstrom

... merry Christmas! SHOPPER: A set of sterling silver pimento forks might be nice. CHILD: And I want a real fur coat. A red one. TRADITIONALIST: John, my son-in-law, isn’t too keen on Scandinavian foods and things, but I think it would be nice to show the children ... : When I was a child, we didn’t have money for Christmas presents much. Maybe an orange or an apple. Sometimes a bag of candy. CHILD: And I want all the newest video games. SPORTSMAN: Maybe I could get Sis a pair of earrings. Man! That sure is a ...

6. Shall We Take the Escalator?

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... as they can, but the belt keeps getting faster and faster, and they get further and further behind. In desperation, Lucy begins stuffing candy in her mouth, in her pockets, and finally even in her blouse. But no matter how hard she and Ethel work, they still ... --he went. Cici could sometimes sneak the gorilla away for a quick laundering during nap time, but Heaven help her if John awoke before his friend “Rilla” was out of the dryer! Some of you have seen your children form such attachments. It ...

7. Making It Last

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... presents were given. For Christmas dinner they ate turkey and cranberry with plum pudding and nuts and raisins and oranges and more candy. Little wonder the girl went to bed with a stomachache. It was a grand day for the entire family. The day after ... joy and repentance are two sides of the same coin? Could it be that to truly rediscover the joy of Christmas we have to take John the Baptist's advice and change the way we live? By showing our love to other people through our actions we can make the Spirit of ...

8. Through the Heart of Jesus

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... etc. The original candy hearts with sayings—their official name is “conversation hearts”—were the Sweethearts candies from the Necco Co. They were created in the 1860s. By 2019, about 8 billion Sweethearts candy hearts were sold ... rescue Robertson and Muriel McQuilkin from their circumstances. Instead, God taught them more about His love for them in their circumstances. John Irving, the best-selling author and screenwriter, begins every new novel by writing the last line of the book first. Once he ...

9. The Oil For Squeaking People

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... we are informed of how an old priest named Zechariah and his wife, Elizabeth, were to become parents of the fellow we know as John the Baptist. Zechariah was at work in the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem when an angel appeared to him. This angel blurts out ... lesson in the form of a story. A young 16-year-old boy entered the local pharmacy. He asked the pharmacist for three boxes of candy. "I want a two dollar box, a four dollar box and a six dollar box," the boy said. When the druggist commented that this was ...

10. Children Get Ready!

Matthew 3:1-12

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... . Position it so the kids can see what's inside. What is it? (response) Take out several pieces and hand one piece to each child. Now I want you to go out into the congregation and give your candy to someone you don't know. When they return: This is the way we get ready for Christmas. By having a giving heart. John the Baptist was telling everybody to the get ready for the coming of Jesus. We get ready for Christmas in a lot of ways: A Christmas Tree and lights, shopping in the stores and presents under the ...

11. Forgive Us

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

... I give up and buy oil for her car, turn her phone back on, or buy some food for her. (I drew the line at Easter candy.) Somehow her persistent calling gets through to me. This is a family in need, not like the woman who wanted me to make a ... I choose to forgive. A few years ago I was sitting in a large, white tent in Jones-borough, Tennessee, listening to the folk singer John McCutcheon. Somewhere in the middle of his set he sang a new song based on his own experiences with the Lord's Prayer. The song ...

12. In the Darkness of Suffering, There Is the Light of Life

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... story: It was the Christmas of 1968. Gerald Coffee was spending his third Christmas in prison. His Vietnamese guards gave some candy to him and to his fellow prisoners-of-war. He heard the guards outside talking and laughing with their families, celebrating Christmas ... pages to see if the book ended the same way the movie did. It did not. Then, I bought the book and read it. Saint John is saving us the trouble of flipping over to the end. He is telling us right at the beginning that this is how it turns out ...

13. Caring for Others: The Christian Vocation in the World

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... hand. He tried to give it back, but she would have none of that. Bobby hurried out the door and ran to Beyer's candy store. He wondered what he would buy — a comic book, a chocolate soda, or ice cream. Then he spotted a Christmas card with an ... gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it" (Matthew 7:13-14). John Paul II, ever a man of conviction, reminded us "Christians sometimes have to suffer marginalization and persecution — at times heroically — because of ...

14. "Wow!"

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... seen things and felt things that will shape the way he lives the rest of his life. T'was the same with Peter, James and John. Up on that mountain they had been given nothing less than a glimpse into the future. They saw past the suffering and death of Jesus ... that we cannot say at the dinner table. As soon as we say words like "cookies, candy, or cake," our kids do not want to eat supper any more. They know what "cookies, candy and cake" mean, but they do not seem to understand the word "later." They want the ...

15. Responsible Living

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... She found Jennifer sound asleep in her bed, looking angelic. Waking her daughter she said sternly, “Jennifer Duck, you ate all my candy!” “No, I didn’t,” Jennifer replied with a look of earnestness and fear on her face. “Oh yes, you did.” ... terrible weight we carry. Responsibility is the road we travel on our way to the abundant life Christ has provided for us. Pastor John Jewell uses this analogy: A dear friend of his is a recovering alcoholic. One day his friend said to him, “If I heard ...

16. Something To Die For

Mark 10:35-45

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... a movie or when watching television? Or maybe you always want to sit by the window in the car rather than in the middle? What other best places do you like to have? Has anyone ever divided a candy bar to share with you and you choose the best half? There is a story in the Bible about two of Jesus' disciples, James and John, and this very same type of problem. They came to Jesus and asked if they could sit in a place of honor in heaven. They wanted to sit next to Jesus, one on the right and one ...

17. When Too Much Can Be Too Little

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... it has suddenly filled up with a pack of gum, a box of Tic-Tacs, a new TV Guide, a four-pack of AA batteries, three candy bars and a magazine for enquiring minds. If your 5-year-old is along, you may also have accumulated a new Pez dispenser, a mylar balloon ... hearts with an insatiable desire for more and controls the mainsprings of our lives. In his concluding remarks on overconsumption, John Paul II warned: Simplicity, moderation and discipline, as well as a spirit of sacrifice, must become part of everyday ...

18. The Ultimate Soul Food

John 6:24-35

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... life" (John 6:27). "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35). It's both easy and hard to get. The Samaritan woman at the well, who is tired of drawing water every day (John 4: ... you eat something and no one else sees it, it has no calories. 2. If you drink a diet drink with a candy bar, the calories in the candy bar are canceled out by the diet drink. 3. When you eat with someone else, the calories don't count if you ...

19. Growing Up Is More Than Showing Up

1 John 2:12-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... you can attain spiritual maturity. I. I Must Desire My Spiritual Maturity You will notice in verses 12 through 14 of 1 John that he identifies three levels of spiritual maturity. In verse 12 he speaks of "little children." In verse 13 he speaks of " ... took his young daughter to a carnival, and she ran over to a booth and asked for some cotton candy. When the attendant handed her this gigantic ball of cotton candy, the dad said, "Sweetheart, are you sure you can eat all of that?" The little girl said, "Don't ...

20. When God Says, “No”

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Steven Molin

... yards down the mountain from that infamous Mount Rushmore monument. I can't tell you the name of that candy store, but I can certainly recall the sign on the counter that stands at just about eyeball-level for ... But the disciples didn't get it, you see; the disciples never seemed to get it. And maybe that's why two of Jesus' closest friends, James and John by name, felt comfortable to approach the Savior and say to him "Teacher, we want you to do anything we ask of you." Such boldness! Such self-centeredness ...

21. Mountaintop Experience

Luke 9:28-36 (37-43a)

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... of the world ― king of the mountain! It was truly a mountaintop experience. It certainly seemed that way for Peter, James, and John as they scaled the upper altitudes of earth’s crust that day, beckoned by Jesus to rise beyond this world into ... he met a tiny girl. She was carrying a great big fluff of cotton candy on a stick, almost as large as herself! He said to her, “How can a little girl like you eat all that cotton candy?! “Well,” she said to him, “I’m really much bigger on the inside than ...

22. A Stone’s Throw From: Heaven

Matthew 16:13-25

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... as the Hulk. When the family got to the church, big brother went with some friends, Mom passed out candy and Dad took the three-year-old around. Dad stayed in the background, as the little boy walked up to one of the cars with a ... life, Peter would experience and stand a stone's throw from Heaven. The second time will be in the very near future with James and John on the mount of Transfiguration, when standing side by side with Moses and Elijah, Jesus is seen in all of his heavenly glory, so dazzling ...

23. The Coat Off Your Back

Luke 3:7-18

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... hat, sits a few feet away from a lighted, plastic Nativity scene. Retail stores remove Halloween candies from their shelves, replacing them with candy canes and red and green wrapped Hershey kisses. A new season of consumer buying is her ... home. "What should I do?" he asked himself. He stared at the man and then walked away. What should he have done? What would you have done? John tells us, "If you have two shirts, two coats, food or money to share, do it" (Luke 3:11 cf). That young man would remember the ...

24. When Your Life Is Put On Hold

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... hers! The paper went on to say she is awaiting further instructions. (1) That must have been a frustrating experience for Candy, though somewhat amusing to us. Sometimes in life there come similar experiences that are not amusing. I would liken it to ... behavior and attitude. After a reading session that was continuously disrupted by this student, the teacher in her frustration said to the boy, “John, I am going to turn you over to God.” Another boy who happened to be walking by said, “Mrs. Jones, God is ...

25. They'll Know We Are Christians by Our...

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... nature of our faith. “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples,” said the Master, “if you love one another” (John 13:35). The message can’t be any clearer than that. Being the body of Christ begins with humility and acceptance of ... children would become pushy and demanding and get upset over sharing the candy. After an anxious conversation among Pastor Owens’ group, they asked the head teacher to distribute the candy among the children. But the head teacher did the unthinkable. She ...

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