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Antonyms: do nothing

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426. The Importance of Unity

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power." (1 Corinthians 1:17) This is not to belittle baptism nor is it to say that eloquent sermons are bad, but at this point Paul is set upon ... gracious presence of the Rabbi, their Teacher, the Lord Jesus. If unity could be had among men like these (and we read in Acts 15 of how hard it was, on occasion, to maintain this unity, for things constantly threatened to fly into a million pieces), ...

427. In Debt Forever!

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... to love one another, we must love them where they need loving, not where we think they need loving. This is the way God acted in his loving of us through Jesus Christ. The religious leaders of the first century thought the world needed another David, a warrior king ... sent his Son into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him" (John 3:17). Leo Tolstoy, a magnificent Christian as well as a magnificent author, was walking one day through the streets of Leningrad at the ...

428. A Haven For Troubled Hearts

John 14:1-4

Sermon

Brett Blair

... 'll be no more tears in heaven. Jesus has just had the Passover meal with his disciples. He has washed their feet in an act of servanthood. He has foretold his betrayal which Judas will soon perform. He has predicted Peter's denial. He has told them he is ... himself. He prays for his disciples. And then he prays for you. (Respectively: 14:26, 14:27, 15:5, 15:9, 15:18, 16:20, 17:1, 6, 20) Isn’t that a remarkable after dinner conversation? The gospel of John has 21 chapters and five of them record the events ...

429. Returning to Genuine Religion

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... and independence was in the offing, and one of their own kin would rule them. "There is hope for the future, says the Lord" (v. 17). Blessings would be the new lot of Israel and they would become a blessing to others. All these things, however, were not to occur or ... : "A religion of the book inevitably supplants the religion of the Spirit."1 Or, "You can’t make people right by an Act of Congress." At this point God took positive action. A new covenant was to be initiated because the people were unable as ...

430. A Dead Man in a Witch’s Cave

1 Samuel 28:1-25

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... us." (7:12) 15. ___ Samuel reluctantly agreed to the demand for a king. (8:6) 16. ___ Saul was of the tribe of Judah. (9:1; 10:20, 21) 17. ___ Saul was a tall man. (9:2; 10:23) 18. ___ Anointed by Samuel, Saul was Israel’s first king. (10:1, 20-24) 19. ___ David was also ... ) Why do "good" parents sometimes have "bad" children? (see 2:12-17, 22-25; 8:3) Why did God reject Saul? (13:13, 14; 15:11-28) Do we ever act similarly? How does God speak to us today? (ch. 3) Can we communicate with the dead? (ch. 28)

431. The Whip of War

John 2:12-25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... for this bloody conflict? To stop the aggression of the Philistines who had defied the Lord and it was also to let the world know that there is a God in Israel” (2 Sam 17:45-46). Why did God use war to accomplish his will? It is because our world is a world, which is governed by the aggressive use of force. God could have, if he so desired ... We are like those citizens in church. We must prayerfully decide how big a threat the outlaw is, and act as we see fit. May God grant us wisdom and courage. Amen.

432. Even Our Business Belongs to God!

Jeremiah 32:1-44

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... v. 10) and that those who are rich are not to be haughty or set their hopes on their riches, but are to be generous (vv. 17-18). The Gospel Lesson from Luke 16:19-31 echoes these themes with the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus. The rich man ignored ... world, or in the spirit of Christ? I am afraid thousands of those who are called good Christians do not understand the question. If you act in the spirit of Christ, you carry the end you at first proposed through all your work from the first to last. You do ...

433. A Fresh Start

Joel 2:28-32, Joel 2:18-27

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... poured out on the Church. In fact in Peter’s sermon on that occasion he even quoted these verses from our First Lesson from Joel (Acts 2:16-21). For the earliest Christians this gift of the Holy Spirit was seen as a sign that the End Times had come, ... and I have the fresh start that we need! The old has passed away, and everything is new. Paul says that in 2 Corinthians (5:17). How does the Holy Spirit figure in this? Those of us who have been crippled by the past, with no viable alternatives, have been in ...

434. Plumb Line Prophecy

Amos 7:1-9, Amos 7:10-17

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... with a third and final prophecy vision for Amos. The first two threats took the form of utter ruin through an unstoppable disaster, an act of God. The third vision Amos had was not so much a judgment as a measurement of where they were spiritually. God said he ... of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission” (1 Corinthians 9:16-17). III. God’s Ever-present Plumb Line Today God still has a plumb line. His plumb line for us is Jesus, the only unfailingly true ...

435. God Hears

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... go first. Arafat refused. So Barak, with a big grin, shoved him toward the narrow door anyway. Finally, President Clinton, in his first act of mediation, resolved the problem. "I've got an idea," he said with a laugh. Then he opened the second double door, ... did not blow up sooner. As you know, between the time of Ishmael's birth and the scene in this morning's lesson, 16 or 17 years had elapsed, and a major miracle had taken place. About two-and-a-half years before, at the age of 90, Sarah had given birth ...

436. Make It Right!

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... on that hillside, calling a person a fool carried more weight than it might carry for us today. It meant more than simply that someone was acting foolishly; it had a moral tone about it. The Psalmist spoke of "the fool [who] has said in his heart `There is no God.'"(5) ... all, the same Bible that says BELIEVE also says BEHAVE. Amen! 1. Mark 3:1-5 2. Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45-46; John 2:13-16 3. Quoted by Peter J. Blackburn, http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/pblackburn/sermons/pbcomm06.htm 4. ...

437. On Being Mistaken For A Mannequin

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan

... intense fellowship. NOTICE IN THE SECOND PLACE THAT THE CHURCH AT PENTECOST WAS A PRAYING CHURCH. We read in the 42nd verse of Acts 2 that they devoted themselves to "the breaking of bread and prayers." Prayer fueled their vitality. I read about a new kind of ... that included notes from her diary from 1944. Entered on December 17 and 18 was the record of their stay in the Johansens' home. He read carefully these words for the night of December 17, 1944: "We fixed places for those soldiers to stay overnight ...

438. If It's The Lord's Will

James 4:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... THING HE IS AFFIRMING THE UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE. Take the case of Lynn Ray Collins. For 17 years, Collins hardly said a word. Now he'll hardly let you get a word in edgewise. Why? Because in 1989 he fell through a plate glass window. As a ... but most things happen according to His laws. Which is right? Who can say? We're not God. We do know that however God chooses to act, His way is best. According to an ancient legend a certain small village sought to strike a bargain with God. They had been experiencing many ...

439. A Shocking Revelation

Revelation 1:9-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... frightens us. It scares the pants off us. John says, "When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though (I were) dead!" (vs. 17) You know why? Because, even though we believe in God, even though, deep within our hearts, we want to see God, even though we’ ... ’ve had your priorities straightened out. Now stand up and be counted! Now join the combat! Now find your commission and act on it! In 1887, young Ernest Shurtleff graduated from Andover Theological Seminary. The choir sang a powerful song for the occasion. ...

440. How Many Times Should We Forgive?

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... 1970 bank robbery in which Officer Walter Schroeder was killed. What a frightening tale of teen rebellion she unfolded. On September 17, 1993, the New York Times carried an interview story with the nephew of Officer Schroeder. The attitude of forgiveness and ... was very nearly killed. Later Denny met his attackers, shook hands, and forgave them. What was one media outlet's take on that act of grace? Here is what a reporter wrote: "It is said that Mr. Denny is suffering from brain damage." Brain damage! That's ...

441. Changing Lives Through Jesus Christ!

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Linda Richard

... he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." (1) IN II CORINTHIANS 5: 17-21, THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS THAT IF ANYONE IS "IN CHRIST" THAT PERSON IS A NEW CREATION. Everything old has passed away . . . everything has become ... a large item such as a document. We can always retrieve the document if we decide we want it back after all. Sometimes we act as though we have only moved our sins to a recycle bin. Later on we retrieve them and worry about them and feel ...

442. Only the Neighbors’ Kid

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... ?” Their problem was that they were unable to see the divine in the daily. They, like so many of us, expected God to act in a spectacular fashion, and when God refused to do so, they became disillusioned. We expect God to perform astonishing earth-shaking miracles to ... the miracle growing up in their midst. “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Or out of Dayton, Ohio? On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright kept their home-made airplane in the air for less than a minute. But that minute was ...

443. On Claiming One’s Inheritance

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... do anything to please the one I love. But don’t get me wrong-I really am in love?” (Sounds like the way many of us act, doesn’t it? We eagerly profess our love for Christ, but rarely spend much time thinking about ways to please Him.) Christianity is not, first of all ... eternal life, (present tense,) that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.” (John 17:3) “Eternal Life” is a life lived in the knowledge of God. It is not simply life stretched out forever and ...

444. To a Life Beyond

John 6:51-58, Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... his death experience all Paul said was, "I know a man caught up to the third heaven. He saw things no man can utter" (Acts 14:19; 2 Corinthians 12:2). Even Jesus died and rose again. And he was with us forty days before he ascended. Yet he never ... of heaven could be identified by their nationality, tongue, tribe, and race. And this isn't the only evidence we have. Matthew 17 records Jesus' transfiguration in which the Lord spoke with two men dead now in heaven yet clearly recognizable -- Moses and Elijah. ...

445. Playing A Role Or Being A Truth

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... it means the outward form which varies from year to year, even from day to day. A person’s schema is not the same when he is 17 as it is when he’s 70. It is not the same as when he’s dressed up to golfing or sailing as it is when he’s ... him, because he had made prior commitments. He had established his own priorities. Dietrich Von Hopper used the image of Gethsemane as the act of becoming a Christian. He said, when a man really gives up trying to make something out of himself, when in the fullness ...

446. The Family: A Place For Persons

Colossians 3:18-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... advertisement: Shrimp lovers platter with champagne and dessert -- $10.75 -- now until February 17. Come to Red Lobster from now to February 17, and along with our other specials, we'll woo you with our very special ... the church -- a family of mutual love, respect, appreciation, commitment, and service to one another. And the sacrament of Holy Communion is the dramatic acting out of our oneness in Christ and with each other. This is the heavenly banquet, hosted by Christ, in which all barriers are broken ...

447. Fair Weather Friends

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 18: "Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one's nearest kin." And listen to verse 17 of Chapter 17: "A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity." The New Kings James Version translates that first ... good that it ought to be perfect." Our problem is that we don't separate the person from his or her performance. When people don't act the way we wish them to, we criticize. We need to learn to check up on performance in a way that the person will never be ...

448. The Problem with Signs

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... reveal himself in signs and wonders. They are never enough. We always seek more. We find ways to explain away even the most dramatic acts. The rising of the sun each morning, the gentle opening of the flowers in springtime, the birth of a new baby--these ought ... should happen to tip the evidence one way or the other, then that's the way our faith will turn. Cassie Bernall, a 17-year-old student at Columbine Highs School, was killed in the worst disaster in U.S. high school history. The Denver Rocky Mountain ...

449. Return to the Father

Joel 2:12-17

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... our Lenten practices of giving up some sort of food or of attending special worship services or of performing special acts. God, the prophet is proclaiming, does not want externals, however. God wants our hearts. God wants sincere, heartfelt repentance ... heavenly Father. The last part of our text therefore calls for a fast of repentance on the part of all the Judeans (vv. 15-17). No one is excepted, any more than any one of us here this morning is excepted. The whole congregation, including infants and newly- ...

450. A Longer Stride and a Larger Embrace

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of a single tribe, Judah, in the village of Hebron. Now he is the king of Israel and Judah. “David at 37 was more than he was at 17. More himself. More his God-given and God-glorifying humanity. A longer stride, and a larger embrace. (Leap Over A Wall, page 136). That’s the way it ... a Benedictine oblate. She said she knew two things: one, she didn’t feel ready to do it, but she had to act, to take the plunge. Two, she had no idea where it would lead. Listen to a portion of Norris’ confession: The fact ...

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