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Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Editor: Dr. Michael Duduit. Copyright 2006 by Salem Publishing, http://www.preaching.com/newsletter/subscribe.html. 3. https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/matthew-3/. 4. https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/thoughts-on-jesuss-demand-to-repent. 5. Steven Richards-Price, “Excuse Me, Where Does the Trail Start?” Interpretation Journal, 16/2 (Autumn, 2011), 25-26. Cited by The Rev. Dr. Thomas G. Long, http://day1.org/3823-the_start_of_the_trail. 6. “The 25 Craziest Sports Fan Stories of All Time ...

2. Changed Lives - Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... the ground and which grows into an enormous tree. He described it as leaven which a woman puts into a loaf of bread, as a pearl of great price for which a person will sell everything he owns, as treasure hidden in a field. The main task of the church, Jesus said, is to tell about the ... .html. 2. Richards, Lawrence O., The 365-Day Devotional Commentary (Colorado Springs: Chariot Victor Pub., 1990), p. 766. 3. Bishop Richard Looney, Foundation for Evangelism Newsletter. 4. Cited by The Rev. Richard Floyd, http ...

3. The Baby Who Changes Everything

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... your shop?" "Yes," said Pete, "they came from this shop." "Then I must return them, because I am sure my little sister did not have enough money to pay for them." Pete Richards looked at the woman for a long time and then said, "The price is always confidential between the seller and the customer. The little girl who purchased this necklace paid the biggest price anyone can ever pay. She gave all she had. What's more, she helped me remember the One who gave his life on a cross, so that we might all live ...

4. A Daughter of Jacob

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... by Matthew (15:21-23). Scholars fail to agree as to whether Jesus actually set foot into Gentile territory. Some interpreters like Richard Trench1 are convinced that at no time in his earthly ministry did our Lord pass beyond the borders of the Holy ... price, reach in your pocket and pay the amount. No! You strike up a conversation with the seller. He makes a proposal of price and you react with a counter proposal. There is a live personal exchange even to the point of a hassle. To immediately pay the price ...

5. Nothing Great Happens Without It

Luke 14: 25-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... had his home burned to the ground, but his wife was made a prisoner of war. Shortly after her release, she died. Richard Stockton, another signer, was captured; made a prisoner of war, lost his health, came back to find his home burned. And ... this watch and there is no other timepiece like it in the world. It can tell you what Wall Street is doing; give you individual stock prices. It keeps up to 50 thousand names, addresses, and phone numbers. With just a touch of a button, you can send Email or be on the ...

6. Knowing When To Run

Genesis 39:1-2, 6b-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... in my life when I wish God did not trust me so much. While temptations come in all shapes and sizes, Richard Foster, in his classic book, The Challenge of the Disciplined Life, says there are three particular temptations that are present especially ... of integrity know when to run, when to distance themselves from the temptations. C. People of integrity ARE WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE. If you and I were writing this story we would write it differently, would we not? We would have Joseph blessed, promoted, taken ...

7. Only Sex? (New)

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... marriage. And it achieves this purpose most effectively when it is kept exclusively within the marriage relationship. Dr. Richard Dobbins in his talks with teens used an interesting analogy. He compared the bonding capacity of the body ... temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” Honor God with your body. What a significant spiritual principle that we so often disregard. Our bodies are ...

8. The Most Difficult Commandment

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... to the new dwelling. What happened next resembled an old-fashioned barn raising. Members of the church started up where Richard had left off. Word spread through the community, and people began offering their services. Some knew a little about ... is to, first of all, love yourself. And there is some truth to this. It is only recently that we have come to see the price people pay for low self-esteem. When people hate themselves they are apt to be abusive toward others. Low self-esteem is certainly a factor ...

9. Letting Go

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... fume; we draw back and hide; we coax, whine, intimidate. But such safety comes at a high price. Cut off from others, frightened and alone, our strength wasted in defense, we are without the support and renewal which relationships provide. But most of all, the price paid is that of authentic being in the world, to our loss and to the loss of others ... scattered ... striving without seeing fulfillment. Lord, I want to be free ... to become. (Freedom by Martha Perry, 8/6/68) The Rev. Richard A. Goodling, Ph.D.

10. The Power Of A Focused Life

Philippians 3:4b-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... missed out on building a relationship with her. The CEO ended his speech by saying, “That’s the price I paid for this job. If you want to pay that price, you can have it.” (7) Many people focus their lives too narrowly. They focus only on financial success ... from Yesterday and Today, compiled by Richard A. Steele, Jr., and Evelyn Stoner (Chattanooga, TN.: AMG Publishers, 1996), p. 59. 8. (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1982). Cited in Richard Exley. Deliver Me (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers ...

11. Fiscal Fitness

Proverbs 3:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... can also be done through dishonest business practices like padding expense accounts. Listen to Eugene Peterson's translation of Proverbs 20:10: Switching price tags and padding the expense account are two things God hates.[5] God makes it plain: Winners never cheat and He will ... land, a fugitive from justice and penniless. Howard Hopson was insane. Arthur Cutten became insolvent and died abroad. Richard Whitney had just been released from Sing Sing Prison. Albert Fall had just been pardoned from prison and ...

12. Perks for Following Jesus

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... Christian churches were forced to “go underground” to escape persecution from the occupying Communist government. Romanian pastor Richard Wurmbrand spent 14 years in prison for preaching the gospel. His captors smashed four of his vertebrae ... How about you? Are you willing to do whatever is necessary—whatever Christ may call upon you to do? Are you willing to pay a price greater than others are willing to pay, to make hard decisions others are unwilling to make and to give more than others are willing ...

13. Count the Stars

Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... , NY tells of taking his family to their favorite store to get what he calls humongous ice cream cones for a really cheap price. They all placed their order; four-year-old, Heather, was last. She ordered a cherry cone. The clerk put two big scoops of ... , “All I could think of was to call on God. I didn’t call the Bank of America once!” (9) It sounds like Richard Pryor learned something from his accident. Life has many challenges, but if we stay focused on our covenant relationship with God, we’ll be ...

14. Being Wealthy, Religious and Powerful

Micah 2:1-5

Sermon

... , the peaceful folks, the women and the children who pay the price for our greed. Human rights are subordinated to greed. The little ones of Christ’s judgment day story pay the price - a price that God says is too high. Hence, Micah’s message. It is ... the greatest, that the Shah of Iran is no longer the Shah of Iran, that Howard Hughes died a miserable recluse, that Richard Nixon, once the most powerful man in the world, had to resign amidst personal and national disgrace. Even the rapacious Romans of ...

15. I Don’t Like My Options

2 Kings 5:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... Hitler leadership of the Nazi Party. In 1960 one vote change in each precinct in Illinois would have given the presidency to Richard Nixon instead of John F. Kennedy. Options can be confusing. The need to make a decision can be paralyzing. In fact, multiple options ... want to buy God with money. I've got news for you. You cannot buy God; God wants to buy you. In fact, His purchase price is the blood of His own Son. The richest person in all the world does not have enough money to buy one square foot of heaven ...

16. Where Are You?

Hosea 11:1-11

Sermon

Richard L. Sheffield

... Lady Chapel at St. Patrick's Cathedral. At the other end of the pew, by coincidence, was an old friend I hadn't seen in 15 years. Richard had lost most of the hair on the top of his head. I had lost all the hair on my top lip. So it took us a ... and maybe in our worship for that matter) -- Saks Fifth Avenue. Jenny wanted something from Saks. I brought her a shopping bag. If you saw the price tags you'd know why I quickly decided that wasn't where I should be. By 11:30 I was at Matthew's apartment for the last ...

17. The Big Hand

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

James Weekley

... that? Is his request so simple that we become suspicious? "Maybe this is some kind of game with God. He has his price. Maybe I shouldn't swallow so quickly. Perhaps I should punch this through my apple jack home computer." Could it be that ... of that Gift. It is the Gift who reminds us that he is real. He is here as a Friend who does not let go. In one of Richard Hook's drawings, he pictures Jesus with his two disciples. They are leaving their boat after a long day of fishing. They are wading ashore. What is ...

18. An Intimate Conversation and an Exclusive Covenant

Exodus 19:1-25

Sermon

... program, Expect a Miracle, that I learned about the vision which Oral Roberts had a few years ago. Richard Roberts told how his father’s vision had to do with evangelism and mission, that it involved sending ... scientific impossibility. He has made up his own rules for life - has become his own God and has a covenant with himself - but is paying a terrible price for his rejection of God’s revelation of himself and his covenant with his people. Christians know, or ought to know, that God has made a covenant ...

19. Living Free

Haggai 2:1-9

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... problems. As he put it: “The great majority of Americans ... are uneasy with injustice but unwilling yet to pay a significant price to eradicate it.”4 Most of the time we are not willing to live out our freedom responsibly. Back in the ... free, God and Haggai say! 1. von Rad, pp. 281-282. 2. For this insight I am indebted to Childs, p. 470. 3. H. Richard Niebuhr, The Responsible Self (New York: Evanston and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963), p. 126. 4. King, Where Do We Go From Here?; Martin Luther ...

20. The Gift Has Arrived

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... story does remind us that many have come through history claiming to be the anointed one, but few have been willing to pay the price that Jesus paid. He was not born like a Messiah. He did not act like a Messiah. He did not die like a Messiah ... more for us than we ever could have imagined. And there was only one reason for it all. In 1980, the day before Christmas, Richard Ballenger's mother in Anderson, South Carolina, was busy wrapping packages and asked her young son to shine her shoes. Soon, with the proud ...

21. If You Are Willing

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... going to do. I was reading recently about some of the wacky moments on the popular TV game show “The Price Is Right.” The wackiest moments were not scripted. They came as a total surprise. One time, a model was ... have made the same discovery. This side of Heaven, we will never know the answer to why, but we can know the loving care of our Heavenly Father. Pastor Richard Exley says we can do one of two things with our suffering: we can make it into a shrine or we can turn it into a sacrifice of praise ...

22. How to Deal with Friends, Foes, and Fools

Proverbs 27:6

Sermon

James Merritt

... after his release from prison. There was still much hostility toward the entire Watergate crowd, especially Richard Nixon. Questions were being thrown at him rapid fire, and the students were becoming increasingly hostile. One student stood ... 20:3) The wasteful spendthrift who blows money faster than he earns it, saves nothing, and gives even less to God. He knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. (21:20) The self-confident person who trusts his own heart, mind, and judgment, rather than the ...

23. The Spin Zone

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... 11:16-18, NASB) You notice it wasn't just Uriah who died, but other soldiers died as well. A lot of innocent people paid the price for David's sin on that battlefield which is why sin is so terrible. It never hurts just one person. The problem with the tangled web ... three thousand years. Remember this – Cover-up always costs more than confession. If you don't believe that ask David. Ask Richard Nixon. Ask Bill Clinton. III. Seek Forgiveness Don't Shun It There is one statement at the end of this chapter ...

24. Doing Our Best

Romans 12: 1-13

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... friendship, to send you a message of sympathy and good will. I trust that these clouds will someday roll away. Later on, it was Richard Nixon who said, “What you learn when you fail is that you hear from your friends." Who has been there for you when you ... the preacher, then we can get by with less. If it is a matter of doing business, we could charge for services rendered, put a price tag on everything we do and balance the books in the finance office. It is a ministry we are talking about today. We are ...

25. Good News about Hair

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’t? All of us have hair well at least most of us. A balding man once asked his barber, “Why do you charge me full price for cutting my hair? There’s so little of it.” “Actually I don’t charge you that much,” said the barber. “But I do ... area of the lake that was set off by buoys. Lifeguards were on duty to watch the children to make sure they were safe. Richard liked to swim behind the buoys that marked out the zone covered by the lifeguards and watch the other kids, the stronger kids, swim ...

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