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Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’ll get our justice . . . Please, we can get along here. We all can get along. I mean, we’re all stuck here for a while. Let’s try to work it out. Let’s try to beat it . . . Let’s try to work it out.” (4) Rodney King may not have been the ideal spokesman for love and understanding, but his question still haunts us, “Can’t we all get along?” God’s dream for the world is that we shall all get along. Catholics, Protestants, Evangelicals, liberals, First World, Third World, rich, poor, young ...

2. Can We Really Get Along?

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... on video-tape. The acquittal of the police set off a firestorm. On the other side, of that tragedy, Rodney King asked plaintively, "Can't we all Just get along?" That is America's greatest challenge. Can her majority and minority ... as Christians who happen to be white or black rather than whites or blacks who happen to be Christian. An 8-year-old wrote this letter, "Dear Dr. King: Is God Black or white?" Of course, the answer is that God is neither. When we all get to heaven, what race will we be? Though I ...

3. Now Stand Up Straight!

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... everything, but you can heal everyone. You can make whole. That is what healing means. That is what salvation means. It means to restore life, to be made whole again. You can't cure everything, but you can heal everyone. It happens all the time. Rodney King, the video of him being beaten in Los Angeles, has become one of the images that is emblazoned upon the history of the 20th century, pictures of him bent over, receiving those blows. After the riots in Los Angeles that resulted because of that beating ...

4. Wanna Fight?

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... a divisive one. Our nation and our world seem to be more and more fragmented. We see it everywhere we look. Government is but one example. Liberals, conservatives, fundamentalists all over this world seem to be at one another’s throats. In the immortal words of Rodney King, “Can’t we all get along?” There was an ironic story in the Associated Press a few months back. Here is how it read: “Tens of thousands of people packed St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City to hear Pope Francis pray for peace in ...

5. A Blessing Behind Locked Doors

John 20:19-23

Sermon

William G. Carter

... charged his people to forgive, not because it is easy -- it isn't -- but because his people are witnesses of a merciful God whose very nature is to forgive. In the wake of the first Rodney King trial, many of us watched Los Angeles explode in racial fury. Four white police officers had beaten Mr. King live on videotape. Two officers were acquitted by the court, and two others received short prison sentences. Los Angeles burned. Many senseless acts of violence were committed. One of those acts happened to a ...

6. Rock Solid Living

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... because we believe they were giving their lives for a better world--a world of freedom and dignity for all people. Dr. Alan J. Meenan, tells an important story that emerged from the Los Angeles riots some years ago. These were the same riots that made Rodney King a household name. A Hispanic man by the name of Fidel Lopez was trapped by this race-based rioting. He was beaten within an inch of his life, battered by bottles and bats, punched in the face with angry fists, and kicked mercilessly, until an ...

7. How Many Times Should We Forgive?

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... s not easy to forgive. Forgiveness is so rare that sometimes it is 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 ...

8. Epiphany 2

Jn 1:29-42 · 1 Cor 1:1-9 · Is 49:1-7 · Ps 27

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... . Now we have the power, through faith, to defeat sin. Illustration: Those of us who are white cannot fathom the pain of racial prejudice that blacks and other minorities face in our society. This has been brought to our attention by the riot that followed the first Rodney King trial in Los Angeles. In that riot a white truck driver was pulled out of his truck and brutally beaten by some young black men. One of them took a brick and threw it with force at the head of the hapless driver by the name of ...

9. A Stone’s Throw From: The Harvest

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and objects, "You're just a kid." His mother wants him to play it safe. Suddenly, Rodney's father walks over to the ticket counter and orders a ticket to RobotCity, for Rodney. And he says, "Rodney, did you know that when I was your age I wanted to be a musician? I ... was over, he stepped forward before the open grave and swept his hand to a salute that might have been given to a king. The friend walked away with the soldier, and as they walked, the wind blew the soldier's raincoat open to reveal the shoulder ...

10. In Remembrance

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... presidential campaign. It is the name Vladimir Putin, president of Russia. Putin is quite a complex figure. In her book When Character Was King, author and former speech writer Peggy Noonan tells about a meeting that took place several years ago between President George W. Bush and President ... Illustrations (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2007), p. 521. 4. Rodney Killam, http://www.sermoncentral.com/illustrations/sermon-illustration-rodney-killam-stories-atonement-easter-goodfriday-12925.asp. 5. Grayson ...

11. Our Defense In A Stone-littered World

Acts 7:54--8:1a

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... , and our spirit, and peace. Sometimes our fears are real and sometimes they are exaggerated. In the cartoon strip B.C. the consistently cowardly knight Rodney rushes in to see the king. "The whole army is in disarray and in flight. We saw the Huns approaching but never thought they would attack." "Why," asked the king, "did you think they'd not attack?" Rodney nervously replies, "Because there were only two of them." ("Cowards die a thousand deaths...") The opposition, however, is usually all too real. And ...

12. What Kind of King Is This?

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But . . . my kingdom is from another place.” “You are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. ... .sljinstitute.net/sermons/new%20testament/pages/gods_elect_servant.html. 2. http://day1.org/2868-young_leaders_series_ii_breaking_open. 3. Rodney L. Cooper, Holman New Testament Commentary (Kindle Edition). 4. Ibid. 5. Ray Pritchard, http://www. ...

13. Prologue to the Law of the Temple: The Lord Comes Home

Ezekiel 40:1--43:12

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... funds for temple maintenance (2 Kgs. 12:9//2 Chr. 24:8; 2 Kgs. 22:4//2 Chr. 34:9; note that while 2 Kings calls the guardians “priests,” Chronicles does not), this suggests that the duties of the second order were related to temple maintenance—or, as ... kind of cultic service is in view and regards the priests described here as temple guards (Ezekiel 25–48, pp. 537–38). Rodney Duke agrees. Since Num. 18:5 gives responsibility for temple and altar service to the sons of Aaron, and since Levites were ...

14. A Stone’s Throw Away

1 Samuel 17

Sermon

James Merritt

... Saul said to David, 'Go, and may the LORD be with you.'" (I Samuel 17:34-37, NASB) It took a shepherd boy to remind a king of just how great God was and how powerful God was and what great things God could do. One of the biggest problems you and ... year old redheaded shepherd boy who is coming to him with no spear, no sword and no shield. At that moment, he felt just like Rodney Daingerfield - "I can't get no respect!" Not only could they not send a decent soldier to fight him, but then they have to insult ...

15. How Well Do You Listen?

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... anywhere but at him. Her third question was, “What do you think is the secret to being a successful talk show host?” As Larry King started to answer, he saw she was looking at the monitor again, not paying him the slightest bit of attention. So he decided to have ... cannot reach the heart that is hardened to the Gospel or the life that is choked with the weeds of worldly concern. Rodney L. Cooper tells about a woman who was frantic when she discovered her daughter was missing in the Rocky Mountains. This ...

16. Filling the Emptiness Within

John 6:24-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... into the world.” Then he adds, “Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.” Jesus had no intent of becoming an earthly king. What a demotion that would be for him. It is obvious by now that the reason ... to find that one thing that is missing in your life, but until you feed on Jesus, you will never be satisfied. Pastor Rodney Buchanan tells of standing in line at Walmart one day and a woman and her young son were ahead of him. The boy ...

17. Coming For The Right Reasons

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... and the fishes, and the people had been impressed, to say the least: they wanted to take Jesus and FORCE him to be their king! But Jesus managed to slip off by himself, and the disciples got back into their boat and set sail across the lake. The next ... : The Pilgrim Press, 1992), pp. 40 2. The Observer, p. 57 3. Regina v. Davie, British Columbia Court of Appeal. Cited in Rodney Jones and Gerald Uelmen, Supreme Folly, (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1990), pp. 45-46. 4. Gareth Gaston, quoted by Enid ...

18. A Long Line Of Love

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... . After the wedding, Ruth bore a son in Bethlehem, named Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of King David, and David was eventually an ancestor of another baby boy born in Bethlehem many years later named Jesus. Isn't it interesting that ... friend, is God's love. "Forever's in our heart and in our blood; we come from a long line of love." 1. Rodney Jones and Gerald Uelmen, SUPREME FOLLY, (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1990), pp. 151-153. 2. James W. Moore, WHEN ALL ELSE ...

19. I Didn't Expect This In Church!

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... John F. Kennedy or Richard Nixon or Ronald Reagan or Bill Clinton. Some of you remember the passions that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. aroused in people. There was no middle ground. People either loved him or hated him. Jesus certainly aroused something in this ... for women. Marriages became more equitable. Also, it was a common practice in Roman families to kill female babies. Sociologist Rodney Stark notes that evidence exists that among at least 600 ancient Roman families, less than a dozen had more than one ...

20. Historic: The Declaration of Independence

Illustration

Staff

... of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain [George III] is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny ... , John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross Delaware: Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean Maryland: Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of ...

21. Sheep Without a Shepherd

Mark 6:30-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... are also susceptible to all kinds of diseases . . . they will eat too much if you let them and get sick. They are definitely not your king-of-the-forest types. “And finally, sheep are easily frightened and confused. It doesn’t take much to scramble the simple mental yolk of a ... www.timothyreport.com/. 5. Mark Adams, http://www.redlandbaptist.org/sermon/i-am-the-good-shepherd/. 6. Rodney L. Cooper, Holman New Testament Commentary--Mark: 2 (Kindle Edition). 7. http://www.jrtalks.com/2Corinth/2cor4v13to18. ...

22. Things a Child Can Teach Us

Mark 9:30-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... keeping the children away from Jesus, afraid that they might bother the Master. And Jesus said, as translated in the King James English Version, “Suffer the little children to come to me.” (Mt. 19:14) Some of us smile at that ... Sheen, Treasure in Clay, The Autobiography of Fulton J. Sheen (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980), pp. 302-303. 2. Rodney L. Cooper, Holman New Testament Commentary, Mark: 2 (Kindle Edition). 3. Contributed. From the Internet. Source unknown. 4. Will Bowen, Happy ...

23. Understanding Outrageous Grace

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... tax collector compared himself to a holy, holy, holy God and he knew he had nothing to offer. I think the tax collector identified with King David who wrote these words in Psalm 51: “My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not ... 2013/04/top-ten-actual-stories-of-preaching-distractions/. 2. Maxie Dunnam, Collected Sermons, www.Sermons.com. 3. Rodney L. Cooper, Holman New Testament Commentary - Mark: 2 (Kindle Edition). 4. Fred B. Craddock, The Collected Sermons of ...

24. Walking in the Way of Love

Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... s an old story of four religious scholars who were debating about their favorite translation of the Bible. One of them liked the King James Version. One of them liked the Good News Version. One of them liked a translation by a prominent German theologian. The last ... www.worldwalks.com/walking-holidays/5-of-the-toughest-walks-in-the-world/. 3. (Barclay, Mark, pp. 73–74). Cited in Rodney L. Cooper, Holman New Testament Commentary - Mark: 2 (Kindle Edition). 4. “The Power of the Midnight Song!” by Maynard H ...

25. His Name Was Rocky Johnson

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... that he was married, for all three of the Synoptic Gospels tell us that Jesus healed Simon Peter's mother-in-law. Rodney Wilmoth of Minneapolis, Minnesota tells a great story about a nurse who attended a worship service one Sunday morning and heard her ... into its rock, niches for the statues of the Greek gods. When the Romans came to the land, Augustus Caesar gave the site to King Herod. It was his son Philip who re-named it Caesarea Philip not only to honor Caesar . . . but also to honor himself. It was ...

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