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Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... reading in the cantata. His eyes kept returning to the cross. At the end of the service, the pastor brought the cross over and handed it to Kenneth. He was struck by its size and weight. "It wasn’t a very big cross," he said, "but at that moment it seemed very large and very ... lit up as he began to comprehend, probably for the first time in his life what Jesus had done for him. As I lay the cross down, I felt very pleased that I had been given the opportunity to carry it." (4) On that first Palm Sunday, ...

2. On Having The Right Credentials

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... , and our brother Sosthenes, To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ . . ." Kenneth L. Chafin, in his commentary on 1 Corinthians, notes that Paul identifies himself differently depending on how others view him. If ... job. The call to love our family--to be a great Dad or a great Mom. The call to serve our community. The call to a lay ministry in our church. The first credential Paul had was his calling, but there was a second: PAUL HAD THE CREDENTIAL OF A CHANGED LIFE. ...

3. Focus on the Finish

Hebrews 12:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... are to be encouraged by those who have gone before us, but they teach us some things about how to run the race. First of all, we must "lay aside every weight..." (12:1b) I was interested to find in my study that in the days of the early Olympics, the marathon runners ran practically naked ... run your race with endurance. The Christian life is not a 100 yard dash; it is a marathon. Dr. Kenneth Cooper, the famous founder of the Cooper Clinic, once said: Passive fitness, the mere absence of any illness is a ...

4. The CatWalk Church and the CrossLove Church

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... will lead them to literally heft about a big hunk of wood. Geese fly in rhythm, but not in unison. Abiding in – the sacramental lay-down love Christ has offered to all his disciples frees us from the dreary, duck-like sameness we can so easily acquiesce in. I ... feeble attempt to fly. It's fairly content with the state it's in, But it isn't the duck it might have been. – Kenneth Kaufman, Level Land. You and I are like Peabody Hotel ducks that have been adopted into a free-flying family of geese. We are ...

5. A Faith that Leaves a Legacy

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

King Duncan

... to be executed; he thought of himself as going to offer his life to God. His life was not being taken from him; he was laying it down. Ever since his conversion Paul had offered to God his money, his scholarship, his strength, his time, the vigor of his body, ... by this world. And here is the good news for the day: That is our reward as well. As the Greek scholar Kenneth Wuest says: “To those who have considered precious His appearing and therefore have loved it, and . . . are still holding that attitude in ...

6. Are You Convinced?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Larry Powell

... sinners. Once, a leading layperson in his congregation came to him and requested that he refrain from using the word "sin." The lay-person reasoned, "We wish you would not speak so plainly about sin. Our youth and children hearing you will be more than ... best they could be. You seem to especially stand by those who are weak in body and spirit who could be doing better." The doctor replied: "Kenneth, I'll have to tell you how much I've been forgiven. If you know what the grace of God had done in my own life, ...

7. Victory on a Broken Knee

2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... give up. On the following day, he competed in his strongest event, the rings. His routine was excellent, but the critical point lay at the end of this event. The ending requires the gymnast to fling himself through the air which makes for quite a ... Service to Christ, of course, is the worthiest purpose of all. 1. Norman Vincent Peale, Faith is the Answer (Cedar Books). 2. Kenneth Hildebrand, Achieving Real Happiness (New York: Harper & Row). 3. Cited in Julie Barnhill, One Tough Mother: It’s Time to Step Up ...

8. Sit Up and Speak!

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... of my parish, blurted out, "Oh, pastor, they just found the body of my son, Kenneth. He drowned in the Missouri River over at Chamberlain!" I was stunned, and then I heard her sob. "It had been a hot day. Kenneth, driving gravel truck all day, decided to take a swim to cool off. And ... Surely this widow of Nain had dreams for her son. She fully expected her son to outlive her. But now her son lay dead. The pallbearers were carrying him out of the gate. Just then Jesus, who had gone to Nain with his disciples ...

9. Where Did He Get Such Authority?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... town located on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It was a fairly large city of about ten thousand people and lay along a major trade route. When Jesus began his public ministry he made Capernaum his home. Our story takes place on the Sabbath. ... Beausay II., The Leadership Genius of Jesus (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1997), pp. 16-17. 6. “2000 Years of Jesus” by Kenneth L. Woodward, Newsweek, March 29, 1999, p. 55. 7. Michael J. Gelb. How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci (New York: ...

10. There’s Still Time

Mt 6:1-2, 5-6

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... forty and fifty. 2002 was when I moved to Pennsylvania. And it's getting harder to find, but any coin with 1954 is my birth year. I enjoy laying out the change in my pocket and just glancing at the dates. It's nice to carry these little reminders of important events, good and bad. But they're ... s still time. Amen. 1. For information on the Smeltzers see A Cup of Cold Water, by J. Kenneth Kreider (Elgin: Brethren Press, 2001), pp. 399-401. 2. Graydon F. Snyder, "Sayings on the Delay of the End," Biblical Research 20 ( ...

11. Which Jesus? This Jesus!

Acts 17:1-9

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... owned, and I literally wore it out reading it. How wise she was. Not all teachers and speakers are so wise. Economist John Kenneth Galbraith relayed, with keen good humor, his wife’s comment on the lengthiness of his speeches. "She says," he reported to an audience ... Horatius Bonar wrote reassuring words in his hymn which says, "I heard the voice of Jesus say, ‘Come unto Me and rest; Lay down, thou weary one, lay down thy head upon My breast.’ I came to Jesus as I was, Weary, worn and sad; I found in Him ...

12. Jesus And The Lake Wobegon Effect

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... replied, "I just take one day. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not come. We have only today to love Jesus." Is there anyone in this room as rich as Mother Teresa? A lay leader of a large suburban church stood to give her testimony. "My husband and I had it all," she said, "all the good things that our society values. Good jobs, a nice ... s us. And, thank God, he has come. 1. J. Wallace Hamilton, HORNS AND HALOS, (Fleming H. Revell, 1954). 2. Kenneth Wydro, THINK ON YOUR FEET, (New York: Prentice-Hall Press).

13. Dealing with Cantankerous People

Ephesians 4:30-5:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... than to lay down his life in their behalf. What was Christ like? Use your imagination and try to see pure unconditional love walking among us. That is how we are to be. That is our challenge for the day. Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, brawling, slander and malice says St. Paul. Replace them with kindness, compassion and forgiveness. Let Christ be your role model. Live and love as he did and begin a new life with him. 1. Danny Morris in Spirits Laughing, pages 17-18. Cited by Bishop Kenneth Carter ...

14. Sometimes, You Gotta Get Your Feet Wet First

Joshua 3:1-4:24

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... make them flinch. Water, though, frightened them. Everyone knew, after all, that back in the very beginning, the entire earth lay submerged beneath the churning chaos of the deep. More than likely, they still gathered around the campfires at night, reciting ... Publishing House, 1986), pp. 30-31. 3. C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed (New York: Bantam, 1976), p. 25. 4. Kenneth W. Osbeck, 101 Hymn Stories (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1982), pp. 87-88. 5. Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC ...

15. The Baby Who Changes Everything

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... mining settlement, was dead after giving birth to a son whose father was unknown. Around the crude cabin where the newborn child lay helpless and crying, the hundred or so hard-bitten goldrush miners gathered in curiosity and concern. Death was so common here, ... us never forget that the One who began life as a baby in Bethlehem is the one who has changed all things! Kenneth Scott Latourette, the distinguished Yale historian once wrote, "Measured by its fruits in the human race, that short life of Jesus has ...

16. I Affirm

Acts 27:13-26

Sermon

... had been saved remarked later, "I never understood until that day those words of Jesus, ‘Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends.’ " Jesus comes to men as savior. He is the gift of God’s love. He lifts us above ... pause when he speaks concerning life everlasting? I believe in life after death. This matter of eternity places a responsibility upon all of us. Kenneth Foreman told a story about a man who went to heaven. He was met at the gates by an angel of the Lord. The ...

17. Overcoming "Work-avoidance Syndrome"

2 Thessalonians 3:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... I heard about two men who were talking about going to Australia. One of them said, "Did you hear? The news says there's a diamond mine in the Outback where diamonds lay all over the ground. All you have to do is bend down and pick them up." The other guy looked offended and said, "You have to BEND DOWN?" There was a ... . 4. Renee Harmon, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SUCCESS, (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1984). 5. Kenneth Wydro, THINK ON YOUR FEET (New York, New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1988).

18. The Joyful Mystery of the Trinity

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... of which came first-the chicken or the egg. "The chicken had to come first," he said, "because God can can't lay eggs." His answer is probably as good as any other. There are many things in life and even in Christian faith that ... atomic power. (3) The teachings of Jesus were just as dramatic in the spiritual realm as Einstein's were in the scientific. Historian Kenneth Scott Latourette reminds us, "As the centuries pass, the evidence is accumulating that, measured by his effect on history, Jesus is the most ...

19. April Sky

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... Jesus. They had hoped . . . but hope no more. An anonymous poet penned the poem, "Hope." He died! And with him perished all that men hold dear; Hope lay beside him in the sepulchre, Love grew corpse cold, and all things beautiful beside. Died when he died. But then the poet adds, He rose! And with ... 163. As translated in the King James Version Luke 24:21 Job 14:14 Woodward, Kenneth, "2000 Years of Jesus," NEWSWEEK, March 29, 1999. Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-3 (NEB). 7. CHRISTIANITY TODAY, October 16, 1986, p. 37.

20. Salty Saints

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... bad. It is what leaves life flat and tasteless when it is omitted. Folks on a salt-free diet can attest to that! Kenneth Wilson, editor of the Christian Herald some years back, noted that Jesus nowhere said “You are the potatoes of the earth,” but ... served. (This gives the concept of a “couch potato” whole new meaning!) The world seems to be filled with Christian “couch potatoes” who lay around all day waiting for someone to get the Gospel to them; when Christ’s call is for them to help get the ...

21. Where The Spirit Of Jesus Is

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... like to know who those five or six women were who brought in the food? If I were a betting man, I would lay odds that they were from some church. If not, they had gotten the message of the One whose Spirit makes the Church the ... those in whom Christ has breathed his spirit. "What does it mean for us to be the Body of Christ? I can never forget how the late Bishop Kenneth W. Copeland answered this question. To be Christ to the world means that we must see through the eyes of Christ. And what does it mean to see ...

22. The Privilege and the Price

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... blessings. I need hope, and so do you. The first is a summary of church history by one its distinguished reporters, Dr. Kenneth Latourette, who wrote "No life ever lived on this planet has been so influential in the affairs of men as that of ... still working, right here in G’town and around the world. The second is from our own founder, John Wesley, who in a grand attempt to lay out the way of salt and light gave this memorable exhortation to the early Methodists: “Do all the good you can By all the means ...

23. Dead Man Walking

Psalm 130:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... psalmist is blown out of his pit of despair by the all-powerful oxygen burst of God's gusting spirit. Pastor/Bishop Kenneth Ulmer (Inglewood, California) envisions the animating, life-fulfilling power of the Holy Spirit as like the transformation that comes over the ... Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon figures as they're inflated. Without any air these huge balloons lay flat on the floor, limp, and featureless figures. But when the wind starts whipping up inside those balloons, they begin ...

24. Joy Unbounded, Glory Fulfilled

John 11:1-45

Illustration

Leonard Sweet

Pastor/Bishop Kenneth Ulmer (Inglewood, California) envisions the animating, life-fulfilling power of the Holy Spirit as like the transformation that comes over the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon figures as they're inflated. Without any air these huge balloons lay flat on the floor, limp, and featureless figures. But when the wind starts whipping up inside those balloons, they begin to rise, stand up, and stand tall. They become individuals, people and creatures that we recognize and love. Once on ...

25. Home Improvement

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... "the (family) people who remember Jesus." You and I have a family of people who remember Jesus even when we can't. Bishop Kenneth Carder recently told of some friends losing their 22-year-old son in a tragic automobile accident. "When we gathered in the sanctuary ... home, you should never have to question the support of others. Husbands and wives, parents and children, parishioners and pastors, lay leaders and choir members, should never feel as if their "home" is booby-trapped - where one misstep may bring a ...

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