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676. It Is Right To Fight When You Fight For Right

Jude 1:3-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny the only Lord God and ... some Christians are. They are not sure what they say they believe is true. If they were, I would not be a threat to them at all."6 We don't need to be ashamed of what we believe nor afraid to fight for it when necessary. III. Be Determined Defenders of The Faith ...

677. Away In a Manger

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... and Buddhist believers, has taken to celebrating "Kurisumasu" with the heartiest of Ho-Ho-Hos. The season is marked by extravagant gift-giving, with shoppers lined up for blocks outside of expensive department stores. Red-garbed choirs ... forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn." (vv.6-7) Now taken out of context you would think that would just be the simple recording of another baby born. But it wasn't just another ...

678. How to Lower Your Temper (-ature)

Proverbs 16:32

Sermon

James Merritt

... on the Sabbath Day. The hypocritical Pharisees were watching to see if he would perform what they thought was an ungodly act. We read in Mark 3:5, "He looked around at them with anger." I think you will also agree that when Jesus took a whip and ran the ... out of the temple, he was more than a little bit upset! But even God the Holy Spirit can be angry. I Samuel 11:6 tells us, "Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard this news, and his anger was greatly aroused." Aristotle once said, "Anybody ...

679. Love: The Happiness of a Godly Family

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... words, be gracious to one another in the way you talk to one another. Be kind in the way you treat one another. Mark Twain said, "Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can see." I don't know of any quality ... optimistic "It does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." (vv. 6-7) Love always looks for the good in the other person. It is not negative, it is positive. Real love does not look over your ...

680. Bart and Homer, Father and Sons

1 Samuel 20:24-42

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... of websites, articles and major books on the philosophy, theology and sociology of the Simpson household. One of those authors, Mark Conard, says that for all its excesses, "The Simpsons celebrate the nuclear family as an institution, which for television ... I know are decent, serious and hard-working, and would like to make the world a better place. What they are not is juicy, sensual and fun." [6] And I have to say, when I look back on my up-bringing, and all too often even my own life, I think he is right. ...

681. The World's Worst Bargain

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... to his disciples, ‘If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” Mark records this same teaching. It reads like this in the New International Version of the Bible: Then he called the crowd to him ... blocked similar auctions in the past, but somehow Burtle’s offer slipped through. The bidding started at 5 cents. Burtle’s former girlfriend bid $6.66 but she was overtaken in the final hour of the auction when a Des Moines, Iowa, woman bid the price of Burtle’ ...

682. Afraid No More

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said . . .” (Mt. 28:5-6, KJV) That’s why Paul could write that we have not received a spirit that makes us a slave of fear. On a logical basis, why would ... 1. Teddi’s Humor, teddi@alohabroadband.com. 2. Keith Krell BA Th.; M. Div., http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=3670. 3. Mark Bowden, Mind of a Monster,” The Atlantic Monthly, reprinted in Reader’s Digest, Aug. 2002, pp. 112-119. 4. Jerry Adler et ...

683. Paul’s “We-With” Body-Building

2 Corinthians 8:1-15, 2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... 2008 to 29 June 2009, the Christian church was supposed to celebrate a commemorative year dedicated to St. Paul, partly to mark the approximately 2000th anniversary of the saint’s birth. Pope Benedict XVI, who proclaimed this special jubilee year and invited the ... Cor. 7:3). We suffer with God (Romans 8:17). We are crucified with God (Romans 6:6). We are raised with God (Ephesians 2:6). According to Robert Dale, “We-with relationships are our theological prototype for connecting.” (Dale develops this ...

684. One Nation Under God

2 Chronicles 7:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... crime; that 80% of all the whiskey consumed in the world is consumed by Americans. We are a nation that is marked by moral regression, sexual revolution, and spiritual rebellion. It really came home to us just this week when two Federal Judges ... that needs revival. The psalmist was right when he said to God, "Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in You?" (Ps. 85:6) You see we act and talk and live as if we the church are depending on the world to get right. We have always got people who ...

685. It’s Time to Grow Up

Ephesians 4:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... 4:15, ESV) "So let us stop going over the basics of Christianity again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature." (Hebrews 6:1, NLT) "Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, [of the Word of God] that by it you may grow up to salvation." ( ... is wise and understanding? Let him show it by his good behavior." (James 3:13, NASB) That is why the real mark of spiritual maturity is simply obeying God. James said once again, "Do not deceive yourselves by just listening to His word; instead ...

686. Abraham Believed God

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... is perspective. We see clearly, while the world barely sees at all. Some might be content to accept the fact that, as Genesis 15:6 says, "And he believed the Lord; and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness" and not worry about how exactly the thing works. ... Empire there were many different cultural practices. People didn't think the same way. To some, circumcision was not the mark of a covenant but a disfigurement of a body they considered beautiful. While worship of one God was attractive, the ...

687. The Voice of the Shepherd

John 10:1-10

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... they know his voice. [5] They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the voice of strangers." [6] Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. [7] So again Jesus said to them, " ... of the Shepherd Protects Us. And by listening to The Voice of the Shepherd, He helps us choose. About 4 years ago, Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, offered WGN Chicago Radio sports-talk host David Kaplan $50,000 to change ...

688. Where Love Comes From

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... 7 “Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.” Tommy - age 6 “During my piano recital I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling ... was painful. It filled her with resentment. In turn, she drew attention to herself with displays of temper, in marked contrast to her sisters’ easy compliance. In a short story titled “Juliet,” she describes herself as a moody, ...

689. The Christian Gospel in a Nutshell

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of life. Jesus met them with the declaration, “The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.” (John 6:63). No more debate is necessary; one is compelled to listen and obey, or to refuse to listen and reject. (D. T ... eight months. She was off drugs and her periods of depression were getting farther apart. She was still nervous and talked jerkily. The marks from her sojourn in the far country were still upon her. I will long remember her shining countenance two nights later when she shared ...

690. Joy Comes in the Morning

Psalm 30:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the dust praise thee? Will it tell of thy faithfulness? Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me 0 Lord, he thou my helper!” (verses 6-10) I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast drawn me up, and hast not let my foes rejoice over me. O Lord my ... angry with Him…No, it’s simply because we don’t sense within ourselves a need for his presence and participation in our lives.” So mark this down. It’s hard to know God unless you know your need of Him. But the plea of the Psalmist teaches us something else. ...

691. In the House of the Lord

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and wondered why it was included. But we understand it, don’t we! ‘(I am grateful for this interpretative insight of Mark Trotter, First UMC of San Diego, which further enhanced for me the dramatic impact of this scene). The Lord’s Table ... hand of God, that in due time he may exalt you. Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you. (I Peter 5: 6,7) That’s the first suggestion of the image of the table set before us, but other than providence, there is protection: “Thou preparest a table ...

692. The Grateful Samaritan

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... sermons have been preached on that question Jesus asked that day long ago, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?” Mark J. Molldrem in Emphasis magazine made a Top Ten list in the vein of comedian David Letterman of the responses that the ten ... , now I’ll have to work for a living instead of begging off others. 7. Does this mean I can go to Planet Hollywood this weekend? 6. Great! I can get back into the dating scene again. 5. Now what excuse will I use to get out of going to the in-laws ...

693. What'll You Have?

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... really only two kinds of restaurants in the world? There are those places which offer an all you can eat buffet. In these places, you pay your $6.95 to $35.95 and you have a license to gorge. And you don't feel like you've gotten your money's worth if you ... lesson we're given a menu of sorts. We're given a menu and then we're to make a choice. Let's look at the passage. Mark 8:27-38 (NRSV) [27] Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, "Who ...

694. A Child Will Be Born

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... in 1939. May, who had a sick wife and 6 children to put through school, sold the rights to a children’s book publisher within a month. The book sold more than 100,000 copies. Then, in 1949, a New York songwriter, Johnny Marks, a friend of May’s wrote a 113 word ... gonna be cheap presents.” “But,” Charlie Brown says with absolute conviction, “nothing is cheap if it costs all that you have.” (6) That tiny babe gave his all when he became a man, and it was for us. And for only one reason. God loves ...

695. Can You Be Popular and Serve Jesus?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... was it. The others were involved in the experiment and were told to invent numbers that were progressively off the mark. They were waiting to see just how ridiculous their answers would have to be to goad this particular stooge to ... “I met this fellow . . .” the first guy explains. In the next race he likes number 5, but meets a bettor who likes number 6. He changes his mind. Sure enough, his original horse, number 5, wins. After losing six races because somebody keeps changing his mind, he tells his ...

696. Good News about Hair

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... off by buoys. Lifeguards were on duty to watch the children to make sure they were safe. Richard liked to swim behind the buoys that marked out the zone covered by the lifeguards and watch the other kids, the stronger kids, swim from there to a dock that was anchored offshore ... died of diabetic complications the very next week after mailing his letter, he clung to those truths ever more fiercely. (6) What he was saying was that though life sometimes gets tough, ultimately, not a hair on our head will perish. ...

697. What Does It Mean to Be Blessed?

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... Blessed are the poor . . .” Matthew reports Jesus’ words as “blessed are the poor in spirit . . .” Luke 6:20 says simply, “Blessed are the poor . . .” Whichever Jesus meant, it is difficult for us to ... it’s already blessed. Well? God is with the poor,” Bono continues. “That, I believe, is what God is doing.” (6) So you say you are blessed. I have no doubt you are. Everyone in this room is blessed in some respect ... 6. Phillip W. Martin, Jr., http://obroskyds.webs.innerhost.com/eman/sermons ...

698. You Provoke Me...and That's Good

Hebrews 10:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... were thrown into our garden].” (3) You never know where a simple act of kindness may lead. Author and motivational speaker Mark Sanborn tells about a shy and self‑conscious fifteen‑year‑old named Tony who spent three years sitting on the bench of ... a stone tossed into the still pond of eternity, Leonardo conveys Christ’s influence rippling out to change human destiny forever.” (6) Da Vinci understood the power of Christ’s example on those who follow him. In 1990 in San Diego a conversation took ...

699. Prayer-Conditioning Your Life

Luke 2:29-32

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... moments which he seized to spend time with God. 1) The day before great decisions were made, Jesus prayed. Those hours are not marked by the world, but they are notched in our souls. Before Jesus chose his twelve disciples, he prayed. Jesus had three years in ... the gospel into and throughout the world. But before he chose his team, what did he do? He spent the night in prayer (Luke 6:12-13). The greatest decision Jesus made for the sake of the gospel was made after he spent “the night in prayer to God.” ...

700. Re-thinking Our Mission

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... lost” (Luke 19:10). And on another occasion he declared, “The well have no need for a physician, but those who are sick” (Mark 2:17) When he stood up to preach his first sermon he announced his mission: “He has anointed me to preach good news ... his grandmother. She worked afternoons and evenings. The woman who provided childcare for him while the grandmother worked was not available until 6 p.m. The principal of Brandon’s grade school had heard that April’s Bible study lasted until 7:30, and so, ...

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