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John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... is in the world.” (4:4, KJV) A teenager named James Dungy committed suicide a few years ago. It was a terrible blow to his father Tony, who at the time was the much-respected coach of the Indianapolis Colts. Many prayers were lifted up as the Dungy family mourned this loss. In ... p. 37. 4. God Is Closer than You Think (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005). 5. Cited by Tony Grant, http://yarpc.tripod.com/avgjoe.htm. 6. Dorothy C. Bass, http://funnysermons.com/. 7. May 26, 2006, p. 11 A, “Remember the ...

2. Loving Deeply (Mother's Day)

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Sermon

King Duncan

... in your shoes. I’m just reporting on Mary Jane’s experience. What we don’t want to do on this Mother’s Day, 2011 is take our Moms for granted. I’ve cited it before, but the best example I know of that is the Mother’s Day card that reads like this: “Forget the housework, Mom. It’s your ... /mainThingLove1_29.html. 5. Christianity Today, January 11,1999, P. 74. Cited by Tony Grant, http://yarpc.tripod.com/parachut.htm. 6. Greg Ogden, http://www.cc-ob.tv/search.php?series_id=95&category=Sermon.

3. A Man with No Name

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... for us, regardless of who we may be or regardless of our circumstances. Jesus cares. Trust him. Turn your burdens over to him and carry on in the knowledge that the day will come when you, too, will experience victory in Jesus. 1. Contributed. Source: Sermonnotes.com. 2. Cited by Tony Grant, http://yarpc.tripod.com/avgjoe.htm. 3. Contributed. Source unknown.

4. Through The Storm, Through The Night

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... because we are not convinced that prayer really makes much difference? In his book, Following Jesus Without Embarrassing God, Tony Campolo offers three insights into what prayer isn't and four insights into what prayer is. For those of ... a means to some other end. The second thing that prayer is not is reward for being particularly good or spiritual. God does not grant the prayers of "spiritual folks" while ignoring the prayers of "regular folks." In an imperfect world it's often the good folks who pay the ...

5. Remember the Lord

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... s teammates turned to Tony and asked, “Gosh, Tony, what’s God got against us?” (2) Of course, God didn’t have anything against them. It’s all right to thank God for your blessings. It’s another thing altogether, however, if you think that God has picked you out to receive an extra dose of blessing because you’re somehow special. That’s a danger for individuals; it’s a danger for nations. God loves everyone the same. And we dare not take our blessings for granted. Every generation must be ...

6. Caught Between God And Caesar

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... replaced them with American flags. "People, I love this country," he said. "It is the best Babylon on the face of this earth," says Tony Campolo, "but it's still Babylon. This is not the kingdom of God and my ultimate allegiance belongs to Jesus and so does ... of people have given their lives and their sacred fortunes that we might live in freedom today. We do not take that for granted. If you are talking about the difference between liberty and tyranny, we can wave the flag with the best of them. BUT YOU ...

7. The Gospel in Miniature

John 3:16

Sermon

King Duncan

... believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” We’ve heard this beautiful verse so often we’re tempted to take it for granted. But have you ever thought what it would mean if you just changed one or two key words in this sentence? Let’s change one ... interested in. He was just a toddler, but he’d already suffered a great deal in his short life. The little boy named Tony had bounced from one foster home to another. His rage and his acting out were too much for other families to handle. But ...

8. The Gospel According to Christ’s Enemies

John 11:1-16

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... claim on Jesus. They do not say, "We have been worthy students and servants as well as close friends of yours; therefore, grant this favor for us." They did not use their friendship as a fulcrum on which to lay a lever of stress ... the storms and destructive high winds of life to one’s advantage. It is the power and the glory of God to bring good out of evil. Tony Jacklin, the young man who shot the remarkable seventy-one that won for him the 1970 U.S. Open Golf Championship, later remarked, "I try to use ...

9. Angels

Psalm 91:1-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven." Amy Grant sings a popular song called "Angels:" (7) Angels watching over me, every move I make, Angels watching over me! Angels watching over me, ... have raised this question time and again, and I have never heard an answer that satisfies me. Tony Kushner wrote a Pulitzer prize- and Tony award-winning Broadway play called Angels in America - it is about a divine messenger who ministers to ...

10. How to do Extraordinary Things

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... did and achieved a winning record, wrestling on his knees without his prostheses. Now, he is hoping to coach wrestling as a profession. Tony is a reminder that all of us can do extraordinary things. That is God's will for us. Listen to this word from ... God. That's not the way we usually pray. We usually present our "wish list" to God and blame him if one of them is not granted. But Jesus just committed what he had to God, asking only that it glorify God. Just imagine if in our business affairs, we were to pray ...

11. Flying High

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized, but to sit at my right or left hand is not mine to grant . . .” Now it’s easy for us to criticize James and John for their ambition. Their peers, the other 10 disciples, certainly made their ... entertainers of our time. Robbins points out that Robin Williams was a master achiever. “[Robin Williams] started out with nothing,” writes Tony Robbins. “But then he decides that he wants to star in his own TV show, and he does it. Then he decides ...

12. Learn To Wait Creatively

James 5:7-12

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... to take time to show her where basic items such as postage stamps were kept. The exasperation of the younger women so unnerved Tony's friend that she had to quit. Today, she lives in poverty. She is depressed most of the time. A little active patience ... are we with other people? Do we wait upon people as if they are really important? It is so easy to take things for granted. For instance, even within the life of the church where we put a premium on love, empathy and understanding, it is possible to assume ...

13. Treasured Relics

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... chose to bury his talent in the ground. That is the worst thing we can do with any gift God has given us. Tony Campolo told of meeting a woman who is confined to a wheelchair. Although Nancy had a handicapping condition, she developed a unique ministry ... of the opportunities she has. She is among the blessed of this world. "Hell begins," Giano-Carlo Menotti has said, "on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might ...

14. You Feed Them!

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... them!" And we can. We live in a rich world. And we are rich people. We may not feel very rich, but really we are. Granted, we may not be as rich as Bill Gates or Warren Buffet or the descendants of Sam Walton, the Walmart founder. Billionaire H.L. Hunt, ... be the generous, responsible and accountable stewards that we're called to be as Christian disciples." And they did. (3) Wow! Leave it to Tony Campolo to hit the nail right on the thumb! Jesus says, "You feed them!" And we can! This is a rich world and we ...

15. The Handiwork of God

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... to the suffering men, most of whom were members of the Union Army. The officer, though mystified by his sergeant’s request, granted his permission. And thus Confederate soldier Richard Kirkland bravely stepped forward to assist the legions of dying men he saw on the ... ’s Heights. 2. Michael J. Gleb and Tony Buzan, Lessons From the Art of Juggling (New York: Harmony Books, 1992). 3. http://www.markdroberts.com/htmfiles/sermons/5.9.04.htm 4. Tony Evans’ Book Of Illustrations (Chicago: Moody Publishers, ...

16. The Baptism of Jesus

Luke 3:21-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... religious rite; it is a rite of passage to a new life. The truth of the matter is that many of us take our baptism for granted. [Many of us have our babies baptized without truly thinking of it as a binding commitment on our own part to bring up our children ... culture. When you say, “I have been baptized,” that ought to mean something quite significant. I like the simple way that Pastor Tony Evans explains the meaning of baptism. He says, “When a lady gets married, she puts on a ring. That ring does not ...

17. A Faith that Does Not Quit

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... unknown adversary. Still, she let none of this stop her. Time and time again she kept coming to the judge with her plea, “Grant me justice against my adversary.” At first the judge responded with silence. He didn’t make a move to help her. His heart ... meaning of faith. Having faith is more than simply saying, “I believe in God.” Faith is trusting God whatever your circumstance. Pastor Tony Evans tells an amusing story about a businessman who had to travel to a small town for a meeting. He invited his ...

18. Do You Believe in Miracles?

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... only pray for the miracles that you and I experience every day. They’re not miracles to us. We take them for granted--thanks primarily to the marvels of modern medicine. But people who lived in biblical times could not even imagine such advances. So ... But that doesn’t mean that our prayers are unheard and unanswered. Let me give you an example. Some time back, sociologist and pastor Tony Campolo was challenged by a friend to add a ministry of healing to his work. Campolo decided to try it at a service in ...

19. A Child of the Resurrection

Luke 20:27-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... how he begins his prayer in John 17: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that ... and freedom and the love of God. Thus it is an occasion of great and lasting joy. Speaking of great joy, when Antonia “Toni” Larroux of Florida died, her adult children wrote a very funny obituary in her honor. They ended it with these words: “(Her ...

20. Speak For Yourself!

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... 's past, that is a high hurdle to jump. Near the end of every governor's term he or she may choose to grant pardons for certain criminals. These pardons may restore some civil rights, but not all of them. Even with some privileges restored and their debts ... deeds and thoughts known only to us. The fact that our mistakes are lesser known does not make them less serious. As Tony Campolo says, "We need to be saved from those things about ourselves that would cause us to hate ourselves." Sometimes we are harder ...

21. General Hospital

John 9:1-12

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... ourselves as well for others, it's then that we truly are blind. Sight has to do with the mind and the heart as well as the eyes. Tony Campolo, in his book CARPE DIEM, tells a story from the life of a man whom many consider to be one of the truly creative minds of the ... his temporary blindness had not happened. He contended that society had trained him to view the world in a taken-for-granted fashion. But the hold society had on him had been broken by his blindness. Upon regaining his sight, the world proved ...

22. Cherish the Moment

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... a peek into your future, would you take it? Let’s say you were granted the opportunity to just take a quick peek at your life five or ten or twenty years from now—would you do it? ... mo-mi-time-travel-cafes. 2. “Fall Forward” Penn Commencement Address given Monday, May 16, 2011 by Denzel Washington, Academy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning actor and director. https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v57/n34/comm-washington.html?utm_source=morning_brew, University of Pennsylvania Almanac. 3. “ ...

23. A Mother Who Could Let Go

1 Samuel 9:1--10:8

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... : "Lord, if you will answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you for his entire lifetime." The Lord granted her request and a boy was born. He was named Samuel which means "asked of God." Hannah and Elkanah loved and guided the boy until he ... . What a challenge it is to treat a child as special and unique without spoiling or indulging him. The writer Tony Campola says that we can all take helpful lessons from Jewish mothers. They are always telling their children how special they ...

24. Dual Citizenship II - What Do We Owe To God?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... appreciate God's love in a fresh way. For us who have known God's love for a long time, it's easy to take it for granted. Those Russian Christians, so new to the Faith, see the Gospel as radical, wonderful news, utterly at odds with the cynicism and ! defeatism of their culture. ... you like to pray with me a prayer of commitment to Christ? God will take care of everything else. Tony Campolo, the Philadelphia sociologist, found himself seated beside the Pennsylvania governor at a state prayer breakfast. In the ...

25. The Grateful Samaritan

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... afar. The best-known prayer today is no longer the Lord's prayer, says church growth consultant Tom Bandy. It is the Serenity Prayer: God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and Wisdom to know the difference. (1) Why ... Youth Specialties, Inc. 4. Compiled by Richard G. Wimer, WITandWISDOM(tm) 5. Whirlwind Resources/Help 4 Sunday 6. Tony Campolo. Let Me Tell You a Story (Nashville: Word Publishing, 2000), pp. 91-93. 7. Philip Yancey. Reaching for the ...

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