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John 9:1-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... prophet. He didn’t let what he didn’t know prevent him from sharing what he did know. It doesn’t stop him from speaking truth to power. There are some wonderful lyrics to a song titled “My Story” by Big Daddy Weave. The song begins, “If I told ... needs to hear God’s story through us. There is a beautiful story on the Divine Opportunities blog by a man named Larry. Many years ago, Larry was driving down Highway 240 in Memphis when he saw a car pulled off on the side of the highway. He felt ...

2. People Who Inspire Us

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... the children was ridiculed for wearing shabby clothes, the others would leap to his or her defense. As early as junior high school, Larry's love of basketball was obvious. He'd stay for hours after a game, practicing over and over the shots he'd missed ... in a car wreck. Kathy Troccoli felt that same rage. The difference is that after she had purged all her anger, Kathy heard God speak to her. “Am I not still God?" she heard God say. Kathy Troccoli points to this moment as the turning point in her faith ...

3. When God Speaks You Better Listen

Jonah 1:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... a real sense, we are all like that little boy. You may think you can run from God, but you really cannot. When God speaks and tells you to do something, whether you think it's a big thing or a little thing, you had better do it. Because ... Larry Bird and said, "I'm the coach and I'll call the plays!" Then he turned to the other players and said, "Get the ball to Larry and get out of his way."1 Well, they did what Larry Bird said and won the game. Well, Larry Bird is not God, but God is God, and when God speaks ...

4. How Well Do You Listen?

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... host had five questions written out by someone else and she checked off each question as she asked it. Larry noticed she wasn’t listening at all. She was looking at the camera, at the monitor--anywhere but at him. Her third question was, “What ... managed a repair service there in the Lone Star state. One day a man called the repair service and asked to speak to the manager, Ahmed. “Hello, Ed speaking. How can I help you?” said the guy who answered the phone. “Sorry,” said the said the man on the ...

5. The Mighty Mustard Seed

Mark 4:26-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He knew that the U.S. had a surplus of wheat available. Instead of letting the wheat go to waste, why couldn’t it be donated to those who were hungry? Larry began speaking about his vision to transport surplus food to those in need. As Larry says, “What happened next was a miracle and a test of faith all in one.” Farmers in Oklahoma, Larry’s home state, began sending him shipments of surplus wheat. Soon, he had over two million pounds of wheat in a storage facility. What does a pastor do with two ...

6. Dynamic Preaching January 2024 Sermons

Sermon

King Duncan

... surprised if I say that this is the biggest complaint of most women: “He doesn’t listen to me.” It is important when someone is speaking to us, particularly someone we love, that we look them in the eyes as a signal that we are giving them our full attention. Junior tennis ... introduced into the body. Accordingly, his wife died. A similar tragedy befell the Larry Parker family. In his book, WE LET OUR SON DIE, Larry records the tragic story of the devastation his family experienced when their diabetic ...

7. Do You Know This Man?

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... photos. That jogger was Larry Bird. He was going through his daily work-out in the off-season. But these two tourists were so focused on the Larry Bird sign that they didn't even notice when the real Larry Bird passed by. (2) ... limit himself with human flesh? How could the awesome and eternal I AM be contained in a weak and decaying body? The people Jesus was speaking to lived hard lives of constant physical labor. They dreamed of being released from the prison of the human body. Why would God dignify the ...

8. Who Is That with John?

Matthew 3:1-12

Illustration

Jim Kerner

... a put on. He said, "Well, that was impressive. But if you are really important, call Buckingham Palace and let me talk to the queen." With a bored sigh, Stan took the phone, punched in a number, and again gave Larry the receiver. "Hello," came a distinctive voice,"This is the Queen of England speaking." Larry was very impressed but still suspicious. He said, "All right, you happen to know the President and the Queen of England. But if you're really a big shot, get the Pope on the phone." Stan promised to do ...

9. Casting Out An Evil Spirit

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... the body. Good religion heals the emotions. Most important of all, good religion heals the soul. --------------------------------------- (1) Larry Parker, WE LET OUR SON DIE (Harvest House, 1980) (2) Barbara Hudson Dudley in DAILY GUIDEPOSTS, 1982 (Carmel ... such persons are looking only for a cheap thrill. We really do not know what the New Testament means when it speaks of casting out evil spirits. Is it referring to mental and emotional illness? Would physical problems with unusual manifestations such as ...

10. A GPS for Your Life

Luke 6:27-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... gave a precise record of their movements. So if you decide to embark on a life of crime, be sure to disable your GPS. Speaking of burglars, one tip I read is not to set your “Home” address on your GPS to your actual address. This is in case someone ... not Christians. Loving those who love you? As Jesus said, anybody can do that. That’s for unbelievers. Amateurs! Loving somebody like Larry Trapp takes grace--the awesome, undeserved gift of love and mercy that God has given us. If a Jewish couple can love ...

11. Three Great Resolutions for the New Year

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

James W. Moore

... and he was her “great hero in the faith” and here he was walking toward them. Zan walked over to them to speak but before he could say a word, Barbara’s mother stood tall and said to him proudly. “I’m Barbara Edwards’ mother.” ... COMMITTED TO ENCOURAGEMENT Some years ago when I was in tenth grade, there was a young man on our high school football team named Larry Hardin. Larry was a year ahead of me, a junior. He was our 4th Strong Tailback… and very rarely got to play… and when he did ...

12. A Failure To Communicate

Hebrews 1:1-4, Hebrews 2:5-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... God, we majored in legalisms and minored in love. So, in a figurative sense, God finally threw up His hands and chose to speak to humanity in the only way that would work--through the life and ministry of God's Son, Jesus of Nazareth. When there ... just as he said, and all the shoppers survived the tornado without incident. Why did Larry Fore speak to the shoppers with such authority? Because 18 years before that day, Larry had survived a more devastating tornado. He had been through the danger before, and he ...

13. "Wow!"

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... in his backyard in his ordinary old aluminum chair - the kind with the webbing and the rivets, the kind most of us have. One day Larry hooked 45 helium-filled surplus weather balloons to his chair, put a CB radio in his lap, tied a paper bag full of peanut ... on the mountain would not have been nearly so special. Third, listen to Jesus. Only twice in the gospels does God (the Voice) speak - once at Jesus' baptism, and again here. God minces no words. "This is my son, the Beloved; Listen to Him." Listen to Him ...

14. When Christ Is King

Colossians 1:11-20

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... starts out as a child. This strange royalty has to be acknowledged. A boy who grew up in Los Angeles as a Mexican immigrant speaks this way of Jesus: As a young child I always wondered why Santa didn't deliver gifts to us the way he did the well ... didn't like Mexicans or poor people. Larry Gilliland, a poor white friend, didn't ever seem to get much more than us ... so maybe Santa just forgot us poor folks. At least we had the homemade tortillas and tamales which Larry liked and we shared with him. When ...

15. Job Hears the Whispers of God’s Works

Job 26:1--31:40

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... the world is appreciated. Like Job 26:14, the film demonstrates how humans can see only the outer fringe of God’s works. Job Speaks in Place of Zophar Big Idea: Job longs for God to bring justice to him and to the wicked. Understanding the Text Job 27 ... and women left in a world without transcendence. In A Serious Man (2009), the lead character, played by Michael Stuhlbarg, is Larry, a Jewish man whose life in every area, both personally and professionally, begins to fall apart. He starts to question his ...

16. Speaking of Us

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Steve Molin

... River, and they grew popcorn; if you ever ate Jolly Time Popcorn, you may have been munching some of Larry and Gwen’s crop. But Larry died and Gwen couldn’t actively raise and harvest a crop any longer, so she leased out those thousand acres ... work of the kingdom. But we forget to pay the rent, or we refuse to pay the rent, and then complain that all the church ever speaks about is money. The rent God seeks is righteous living, but sin and greed and selfishness are the weeds of our lives. God can accept ...

17. The Peace That Jesus Gives

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Lee Griess

... Paul ring true when he wrote, "Outwardly we are wasting away. Daily we are being given over to death." To us Jesus speaks this morning, saying, "Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give ... They blew the game wide open. The same thing happened in the second game. This time the Indiana team was trailing in the first half when Larry's unit went in and again they went crazy and took complete control of the game. However, as the second half started, the coach put the first ...

18. Silly Love Songs

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... of it was rounded, looking much like a chair. Carl decided to sit there for a while. It was at that moment that he felt God was speaking to him. He described the experience as being held in the arms of God. Sitting on that old bridge was like being in a cradle, in the ... with some kind of line about, 'Maybe some other time,' but to tell you the truth I was really disappointed," Larry said. To make matters worse, Larry says, "I have tried two more times to get a date with Margaret and she's been busy both times ...

19. The Warrior And The Shepherd Are One!

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... Larry. Larry's father owned the movie theater in their small hometown. Every Saturday, he and Larry would go to the children's matinee and they would not have to purchase a ticket. Larry's father allowed them to walk right in without paying. Then, in the lobby, Larry ... When, in his teachings, he says that those who mourn are to be congratulated because they shall be comforted, he is speaking of a condition he is able to experience. In the garden of Gethsemane, he experiences his loneliest spot in the loneliest ...

20. The True Shepherd

John 10:1-10

Sermon

Lee Griess

... thing we discover as we look at Jesus' words again is that we have a shepherd who cares for us. United Methodist Pastor, Reverend Larry Daniel, is a well-known writer of Civil War novels and he tells a story on himself. He says, "I will never forget when ... us today is, "Do we?" Do we listen to his voice? Do we know the voice of the shepherd? Are we reading his word? Are we speaking to him in prayer? Have you ever seen the painting done in the 1930s of a dog, looking with a cocked head, at an old gramophone ...

21. A Violent Wind

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... will die . . . Your only chance of survival is to do exactly what I tell you.” Fore then directed the shoppers to enter the nearest meat locker. They did just as he said, and all the shoppers survived the tornado without incident. Why did Larry Fore speak to the shoppers with such authority? Because 18 years before, Fore had survived a more devastating tornado. He had been through the danger before, and he knew how to bring others through safely. (1) I suppose that there is nothing scarier than a tornado ...

22. You Have Been Subpoenaed!

1 Peter 3:8-22

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... because he lives." (signed) Pete Maravich. Now just imagine how many ways God is using that powerful letter, not only in Larry King's life but in thousands of others. God promised, "My word shall not return to me void but shall accomplish that which I purpose for it." You and I have the privilege and responsibility to speak a word for God and then to watch in wonder as he anoints that word with life-changing power. All he needs is our willingness, our availability, as reapers in the only field whose harvest ...

23. Family Resemblance

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... Johnny." In a delightful little book titled CHILDREN'S LETTERS TO GOD, children six years of age and younger direct their questions to God. Larry wrote, "Dear God, Maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each (other) so much if they had their own rooms. It works with my ... . Studies tell us that we speak to others at a rate of approximately 140 words per minute, but we speak to ourselves at approximately 900 words per minute. That is what you are doing right now. Even as I speak, you are making editorial comments ...

24. The Four Horsemen

Revelation 6:1-17

Teach the Text

J. Scott Duvall

... offers an opportunity to talk about the personal and social devastation caused by sins, both “big” and “small.” Second, the passage speaks to us about God and his purposes. Revelation 6 strips us of a sentimental view of God as nothing more than ... Illustrating the Text Even “small sins” have deadly consequences. Film: In the VeggieTales classic Larry Boy and the Rumor Weed, we witness an epic battle between Larry Boy and, you guessed it, a giant weed. The gargantuan, lipstick-wearing, song-singing ...

25. Happiness Full Stop

John 15:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be complete.” Notice that love is essential to joy. Pastor Larry Brincefield tells of reading a book called Second Wind that contains interviews with a number of overseas missionaries. He expected to ... the apartment doors, not letting anyone enter the burning building. Jermaine reached his mother’s balcony, where he was able to speak to her. He also directed firefighters to her apartment. They were able to rescue her before the fire reached her apartment ...

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