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Luke 19:11-27

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... were a gifted and important person in the power structures, then I could ..." Could what? The question is not whether we would be more faithful (given riches, power, and position), but whether we are faithful with the pound we have. The spiritual capacity we have been given will enlarge as it is used. It will be lost if never used. And how frequently does it not happen that the distance from the font to the pig sty is traversed by a hoarded or inactive faith? Are we in a bearish market? Decliners outnumber ...

2. Let Them Eat Cake

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... encounter in life, all the attacks, all the rejection, all the physical and emotional pain he will encounter, there is the overwhelming reward of Christ’s presence and power. As long as a disciple’s faith in Christ stands firm, and our relationship with him stays strong, all the bad stuff, all the truly evil encounters we have here, can be countered with “pound cake” — with God’s ability to upside down forces that on their own hurt this world, but when touched by God’s grace and love, can be ...

3. Parabola

Luke 10:25-37

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Lori Wagner

... not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.” The Parable of the Ten Pounds (as told by Luke) [Jesus tells Zacchaeus that salvation has come to his house, for the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.] As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable ...

4. Increasing Our Standard of Giving

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Brett Blair

... pounds per year - in those days a lot of money. His living expenses were 28 pounds - so he gave 2 pounds away. The next year his income doubled - but he still managed to live on 28 pounds - so he gave away 32 pounds. The third year he earned 90 pounds - lived on 28 - and gave away 62. The fourth year he earned 120 pounds ... cuts those debts in half. You owe 800 gallons of olive oil? Write me a check for 400 and we will call it even. You owe a thousand bushels of wheat? Write me a check for 800 and we’ll call ...

5. Ten Pounds of Mercy, One Pound of Faith

Luke 19:11-27, Matthew 25:1-13, Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” Image Exegesis: Ten Pounds of Mercy, One Pound of Faith “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘When I gather the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered, I ...

6. Like Fighting a Giant Tuna

Romans 7:14-25a

Sermon

King Duncan

... can exceed 900 pounds in weight which ... pounds more than he did when he began his diet! Some of you know what that’s like, don’t you? It’s a battle that many of us wage all our lives, not just with dieting but with life in general. There are things we know we ought to do, but it is a battle to motivate ourselves to do them, and there are other things that we know we should not do--they are destructive for us--yet we go ahead and do them anyway. St. Paul cries out, “What a wretched man I am! Who will ...

7. Investment Choices

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Steve Molin

... age that the man left talents – like singing, or bricklaying, or slalom skiing – then we will never grasp the mystery. But if we realize that in the time of Jesus, a talent was a weight of measure, like an ounce or a pound, that changes everything. So how about if we say it this way; a man left one employee five pounds of gold, and to another he left two pounds of gold, and to the third, he left a pound of gold - serious money - serious responsibility. And he left the various sums based on what ...

8. God's Time is Different

2 Peter 3:8-9

Children's Sermon

... rock is like a hundred pieces of paper and a hundred pieces of paper is like one rock. God will always answer your prayer. If it needs to be answered in one day, God will answer your prayer in one day. If it needs a thousand years, then God will take a thousand years to answer your prayer. God is the same to you and me as the pound is to paper and stone. We will never worry about God changing or not caring about us. God will always care and do for us what needs to be done no matter how long it takes or ...

9. Kissing Cousins (Father's Day)

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

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King Duncan

... it a try. Upon entering, Harry saw a sign that offered the following rates: Ten-pound loss: $10.00; Twenty-pound loss: $20.00; Fifty-pound loss: $100.00. Harry decided on the ten-pound program. Paying $10.00, he was directed to a room. When he entered, he ... M. Conger tells about a question that the head coach at Gilman High School in Baltimore often asks his players. The coach will ask the players, referring to himself and his assistants, “What is our job?” That seems like a strange thing for a football ...

10. Psalm 121

Psalm 121:1-8

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... lift up my eyes unto the hills, from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord.” A few years ago, the Associated Press released a study done by an agricultural school in Iowa. It reported that production of 100 bushels of corn from one acre of land, in addition to the many hours of the farmer’s labor, required 4,000,000 pounds of water, 6,800 pounds of oxegyn, 5,200 pounds of carbon, 160 pounds of nitrogen, 125 pounds of potassium, 75 pounds of yellow sulfur, and other elements to numerous to ...

11. WHAT IS MAN?

Sermon

Larry Powell

... just how to handle Uncle Thurman because before he took his place at the table, Mama showed me the weigh book and an extra five pounds had been added to my name. That was more like it. At the time, I understood it to be justice. Remembering it many times ... dog, followed. Just in front of the big white house, surrounded by an iron fence, where Mr. X lived, a car crashed into Midnight. I will never forget that Mr. X was the first person on the scene. He knelt down by the injured dog and stayed with me until ...

12. The Heavier the Purse, The Tighter the Strings

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... that one thing was, but he gave him the cure. "Go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." At that point everything prudential within us wants to say, "But Jesus, that's so extreme. ... pounds. He figured he could live on 28 pounds, including a tithe of 2.8 pounds. Therefore, he had an extra two pounds to invest for the Kingdom. The next year he earned 60 pounds. But he still lived on 28 and gave away 42. The next year he earned 120 pounds ...

13. People Who Procrastinate

Luke 9:51-62

Sermon

King Duncan

... to do with our nature. We are creatures of habit. The older we get the harder it is to change. The road to hell really is paved with good intentions. We may have good intentions but if we do not act on them now, chances are we never will. That is our nature. Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar decided to go on a diet and reduce his weight from 202 pounds to 165 pounds. At the same time, he was writing a book titled See You at the Top. In the book, Ziglar included a statement that he got his weight down to 165 ...

14. What Are You Tied To?

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... out of the nearby woods, a goat appears, running like the wind. It rushes toward the two men, then right past them, running as fast as its legs will carry it. Suddenly it leaps in the air and into the hole. The two men are astonished with what they've just seen . . . Then, out of the ... was. A bundle of the choicest. Exactly two hundred pounds. Right on the dot! The soldier asked: "Ready to go?! Yes! You weighed the children? No . . . ! Two hundred pounds! Whatever you want! You don't want the children?!" And ...

15. A Kingdom Investment Policy

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... pounds per year, equivalent to more than $160,000 today. Still, he chose to live simply but comfortably on just 30 pounds while giving the rest away. In fact, he donated nearly all of the 30,000 pounds he earned in his lifetime. He once wrote, "If I leave behind me ten pounds ... more, and did. If all I have is what I can scrape together and protect and worry about, then I am poor and will spend most of my energies on empty things. Not long before he was martyred in the jungles of Ecuador, Jim Elliot wrote, "He ...

16. Stuffed Bodies and Skinny Souls!

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... spiritually. In one year, the average American eats sixty-two pounds of poultry, sixty-five pounds of pork, eighty-three pounds of fruit, ninety-one pounds of sugar, and 103 pounds of vegetables. We are like an overweight student who came ... praise, and serve him. As his children, we promise to die daily to sin and daily to repent. We promise that he alone will be our God, and we declare, "We will be true to thee till death." When does one enter into this covenant? At the Last Supper Jesus said that he was the ...

17. Fido’s Dilemma

Romans 6:1-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... something first. Quite the contrary, it is an unconditional offer to which you "get to" respond. It is a "because — therefore." Because of the offer, therefore you let go in order to take hold. Because you first offer Fido that half pound of USDA prime cut choice ground sirloin, therefore he all too willingly chooses to let go of the old, dry, and lifeless bone and takes hold of your generous offer. That dynamic is continually lived out in the course of the Christian life. Repeatedly in our freedom, we ...

18. Don't Get Too Big For Your Spiritual Britches

Judges 16:20

Sermon

James Merritt

... 96 Atlanta Olympics no one in Olympic history had ever done. For the third consecutive Olympics he won the gold medal in weight lifting. He won his division by lifting 413 pounds, nearly three times his own weight. Pound for pound he is the strongest man in the world. But compared to the man we will study today, he was a 97 pound weakling. Samson was the heavyweight champion of the Old Testament. He was the strongest man who ever lived. He could kill a lion with his bare hands. Without the aid of marshal ...

19. Getting The Facts

1 Corinthians 15:3

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... Let's just see how close you were. [Weigh each package and compare.] That's getting the facts. Two and one half pounds, one half pound and one pound. Those are the facts. Well, that's the way Paul felt when he talked about Jesus. He wanted to tell people the ... good life. SHARING THE LOAD Galatians 5:25--6:10, verse 2: Help one another to carry these heavy loads, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Object: A box of bricks or any heavy object that can be lifted by two. Good morning to you, boys ...

20. Shall We Take the Escalator?

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... for the next session. (2) Now I realize that most of us are not in a position to take an afternoon siesta. But, I think you will agree with me that most of us probably do not get enough rest. We’re told that in 1910 Americans slept nine hours a night. Today ... , he’d have strong muscles in no time. The young man thought this was a great idea and began immediately by picking up 5-pound potato sacks in each hand. He was able to hold them for thirty seconds. He rested for a minute and did it again. Each day he ...

21. God Where Are You? - The Problem of Evil

Genesis 3:1-6, Judges 6:13

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James Merritt

... the very beginning, we see where all the problems of life can be traced. If you go on to read Genesis three and four you will find the reason why childbirth is so painful to women and the reason why people murder one another and even the reason why tsunamis ... Do you want chocolate with that?" And Man said, "Yes!" and Woman said, "And another one with sprinkles!" and they gained ten pounds. Then God created the helpful yogurt that woman might keep the figure that man found so fair. Satan brought forth white ...

22. In Quest of a Treasure

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

... flower of the grass. The grass withers and the flower of it falls away: but the word of the Lord endures forever." (1:24) A man will go down into the snake pit in search of his glory and in search of the longest time. Others will seek their glory in eternity, which is beyond time. The choices have not changed much, have they? INCREDIBLE JOURNEY It is claimed that for every pound of fat we add to our bodies, we also add somewhere between 200 to 1,000 miles of additional capillaries to feed body cells. I find ...

23. Internal Medicine

Matthew 6:16-18

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King Duncan

... special diet. One says his diet can cure cancer. Another promises to reduce your weight, and then to keep those extra pounds off. Already in ancient times there were diets that supposedly turned on the sex hormones, and made a person incredibly irresistible! ... ate of every plant. I came upon no fruit So wonderful as want. Feed the grape and the bean To the vintner and the monger; I will lie down lean With my thirst and my hunger. And what does she mean?! She means this: that there's a hungering in our souls ...

24. If I Were a Rich Man

Mark 10:17-27

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... Sorros got even richer. It just so happened that a few days later he was to speak at Cambridge. His host introduced him this way: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the man who cost her majesty's government a billion pounds. The only thing I can say in his defense is that he will doubtless spend the money much better than her majesty's government would have." And indeed he did. Soros is a world class philanthropist, investing especially in those countries that were formerly a part of the Soviet empire and are ...

25. The Burdens Of The Past

Haggai 2:1-9, Haggai 1:1-15

Sermon

Robert P. Hines

... bag of food weighed about seven pounds. The rifle he carried weighed ten pounds. The blanket and backpack weighed another forty pounds. This means the typical soldier in the Civil War carried over fifty pounds of material and weaponry with him ... thing well, you're needed somewhere by someone. Begin by working on your attitude. Do something for someone else. And finally, trust that God will be with you. The Jews in the time of Haggai must have thought that God had deserted them. God had allowed their temple to ...

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