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  • Whom Are You Inviting To Thanksgiving Dinner?

    Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Nov 23, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,713 views

    This message speaks to us becoming givers, rather than just takers...

    This week is a big week for many families. You’ve been making plans. You’ve invited family over - or maybe you are traveling to see them. The kids will be out of school. Chances are, most of us will do pretty much the same thing. We’ll gather, cook, eat, and rest - with some football thrown in ...read more

  • Sefish Pride Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 16, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,884 views

    Do things not for temporal selfish gains but for eternal blessings!

    Please open your Bibles to Luke 14….. We note at the very beginning of Luke 14 that Jesus was invited to a Sabbath Feast. All Jews during Jesus’ time celebrated the Sabbath and all homes were open to anyone. Jesus went to a house of a prominent Pharisee, a Religious and Community ...read more

  • The Feast/The Excuses Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Feb 28, 2010
    based on 7 ratings
     | 8,546 views

    There are many excuses for rejecting what God has to offer, and God sees through them all. If we’re full of the world we’ll have no appetite for Heaven.

    Today’s parable starts out as table-talk. At a dinner, Jesus mentions “the resurrection of the righteous”, an encouraging truth. Someone at the table gets so excited, he declares a Beatitude: “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the banquet in the Kingdom of God!” ...read more

  • No Soup For You

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Mar 5, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,522 views

    Anyone who has watched "Seinfield" on TV has probably heard the catch phrase "No soup for you." But Jesus tells a parable about a group of people who hear that catch phrase all to clear.

    Excuses. We all have them. We make excuses for our actions. We make excuses for our lack of actions. We make excuses for our words. Basically we are good at making excuses. The Metropolitan Insurance Company has published a list of the excuses they were given for auto accidents (1) “An ...read more

  • Jesus Is Watching You

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Mar 15, 2015
     | 7,740 views

    The less fortunate in our society need both our natural gifts and the dignity that comes with being acknowledged. They need the gift of our friendship, and we need them as well.

    When I was preparing my sermon for this morning, I couldn’t help but think of the Christmas song “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”. Now before you start thinking that I’ve been working too hard and need a vacation let me explain. There is a verse in that song that ties in ...read more

  • How Do You Wish To Be Repaid? Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Apr 12, 2015
     | 6,259 views

    We are administrators of the grace of God. As followers of the Master, it is anticipated that we will reflect His compassion and generosity toward others.

    “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbours, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they ...read more

  • Humility: The Quiet Virtue Speaks

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Aug 10, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,694 views

    22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C. Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Rabbi Simcha Bunim, a great Polish Hasidic master, taught that “Everyone must have two pockets, with a note in each pocket, so that he or she can reach into one or the other, depending on the need. When feeling lowly and depressed, discouraged or disconsolate, one should reach into the right ...read more

  • Los Dos Bolsillos De Humildad

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Aug 19, 2019
     | 1,336 views

    XXII Domingo Ordinario

    Una de las más famosas enseñanzas orales atribuidas al Rabbi Simcha Bunim de Peschischa es la siguiente: “Todo el mundo debe tener dos bolsillos, con una nota en cada bolsillo, para que él/ella puedan alcanzar cualquiera de los dos, dependiendo de la necesidad. Cuando se sienta ...read more

  • Honored

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 22, 2019
     | 5,167 views

    God honors those whom we ignore.

    Honored Luke 14: 7 - 14 Intro: Two men interviewed for the same position. The potential employer felt the candidates were equally qualified. In order to make a decision she decided to invite each to dinner on separate occasions. The 2 dinners went well making it easier for the employer to make ...read more

  • Winning The Lost Of This Generation Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jonathan Vorce on Aug 23, 2019
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,109 views

    Millennials and Gen-Xers are the largest generation the world has ever known. Only 28% view Church as valuable enough to attend every week. Let's Change That!!!

    1 Chronicles 12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. John 4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? ...read more

  • Righteous Inclusion

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Aug 25, 2019
     | 4,494 views

    Some people ought to be excluded, in prison, deported, disqualified from leading a church, and quarantined in sickness. However, other people are marginalized unjustly. Let's see what Jesus taught about righteous inclusion in Luke 14:1-14.

    Some people ought to be excluded, in prison, deported, disqualified from leading a church, and quarantined in sickness. However, other people are marginalized unjustly. Let’s learn how God despises unrighteous exclusion. Let's see what Jesus taught about righteous inclusion in Luke ...read more

  • "chutes And Ladders"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Aug 27, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,996 views

    A sermon about Jesus' call to humble ourselves.

    Luke 14:7-14 “Chutes and Ladders” (The Idea for Chutes and Ladders comes from a commentary by Mark Ralls in Feasting on the Gospels, Luke part 2 pgs. 62-66)) There is a game for children that has been around for a long time, since 1943, to be exact. And I bet almost everyone here has played it ...read more

  • Choose Wisely

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Aug 30, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,880 views

    Looking at Jesus' words at a dinner party about choosing humility

    Luke 14:1, 7-14 September 1, 2019 One of the most difficult things to do when planning a large party, like a wedding reception is what? Where are you going to seat everyone! You know certain people have to sit closer to the head table, you just have to do it. Like it or not. Then there are ...read more

  • Are We Humble Enough?

    Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Aug 30, 2019
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,000 views

    How often do we assume a more exalted position than is warranted?

    One time when Jesus went for a Sabbath meal with one of the top leaders of the Pharisees, all the guests had their eyes on him, watching his every move. He went on to tell a story to the guests around the table. Noticing how each had tried to elbow into the place of honor, he said, “When someone ...read more

  • The Parable Of The Great Feast

    Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Aug 30, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,978 views

    One can always improve their position, but can also be demoted

    THE PARABLE OF THE GREAT FEAST (Luke 14:1, 7-14) In this Gospel reading, we again find Jesus teaching through a parable – but this time we get two for the price of one. But they both deal with the issue of hospitality. Jesus is invited to Sabbath dinner at the home of a Pharisee; there are ...read more