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1. Body Building at Its Best

1 Corinthians 12:13-27, Ephesians 4:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... only one God, and that is the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. That Father is your Father if Jesus Christ is your Lord. If He is our Father, then we are brothers and sisters. If we are brothers and sisters then we are family. We are family because we have one Father and one God. I agree with that song that says, "I'm so glad I'm a part of the family of God!" II. The Diversity That Blesses the Body It is true that we are one body, but there is a corollary truth this one body is made ...

2. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... , don't have a car phone at all. But it looks good. Some people are just naive enough to reason that an insurance agent, a salesman, or even a preacher who has a car phone must be more successful and carry more authority than one who doesn't have one. We look for the right "sign" more than we'd care to admit. We need signs as vindication of a person's authority. One day Jesus Christ encountered the same phenomenon. He was in debate with some Pharisees. The Pharisees asked Jesus to supply "a sign from heaven ...

3. Your Image of Tomorrow

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... over the ship’s rail and said, "Cheer up, buddy; nobody ever died from being seasick." "Don’t tell me that," said the poor, pallid victim with a groan, "it’s only my hope of dying that’s kept me alive so far." These two amusing stories have one thing in common: an anxiety concerning the future. And I strongly suspect that if you could add up all the anxiety which today indwells the minds and spirits of the human family, it would come to an imponderable total. Once, on an airplane flying west, my ...

4. Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet

John 13:1-17, John 13:18-30

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... wash his disciples’ feet is inappropriate, and Peter will not participate (v. 8). Jesus’ response is just as direct. If Peter does not let Jesus wash his feet, he is no disciple. Without explaining precisely what it means, Jesus here states unmistakably that footwashing (i.e., having one’s feet washed by Jesus) is not optional but a necessity for anyone desiring to follow him. To be a disciple, one must be clean. Peter grasps the point at last, and begs to be clean all over (v. 9), but Jesus makes a ...

5. The Art of Living Until

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... out the big black engineer, whose responsibility included overall care of the boat, and asked him why this particular one was so remarkably clean. The smilingly-proud caretaker replied, "You see, sir, I’ve got a glory." And, my dear friend, we should have one, too. Our glory, very much like his, should be to add a radiance to all that is around us. No, not necessarily by polishing brass and scrubbing floors, although that may well be a part of it, but chiefly by encouraging and engendering spiritual ...

6. Family Survival

Genesis 37:1-11

Sermon

Stephen DeFur

... robe in your family. Maybe you never will in this life, but Revelation 3:18 talks about a white robe that God has for every one of his children. When that day comes, when those robes are handed out, there'll be no jealousy, no division, because we'll all have one. The day is coming as surely as this day is here, when you and I will wear the robe made for us by God that expresses an infinite amount of love and value and prizing that God has poured out on each of us. Then we will know what it ...

7. In Quest of a Treasure

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

... , both as a sure sign of their faith, and as evidence that they are in the "glory-land" way. Anyway, this real-life preacher kept the snake on the pulpit, explaining that if the Lord ever told him to take up a serpent, he'd have one handy. Finally, one Sunday morning while waxing eloquent, he "got happy," reached inside the box and withdrew the rattlesnake. The congregation rejoiced, hollered, and stomped their approval. The preacher held the snake for a while, praised the Lord, and put it back in the box ...

8. Imitating Christ's Humility

Philippians 2:1-11

Understanding Series

F. F. Bruce

... auto phronēte, … to hen phronountes, with repetition of the verb phronein, a verb specially common in this letter (which accounts for ten out of its twenty-three Pauline occurrences). It means “to think” in the sense of having a settled opinion or attitude, having one’s mind set in a particular way. 2:3 In humility: Gk. en tapeinophrosynē, or “in lowly-mindedness.” A good first-century example of this word’s currency to denote a vice, not a virtue, comes in Josephus, War 4.494, where mention ...

9. God Gives the Pharisees the Finger!

John 7:25-44, John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to money! And what did Jesus say about that? Jesus actually said a lot about money. It’s one of those themes and thrusts, like “kingdom,” that Jesus chose to speak about in depth. But the summarial statement of all he said is this: You can only have ONE master! If God is not your master, then something else is! If God’s love and mercy are not guiding everything in your life, then something else is. Something else is influencing all of your judgments whether you are aware of it or not! We as humans ...

10. A Pilgrimage To Bethlehem

Matthew 3:1-12

Drama

Matthew Powell

... none to be had. Storyteller 1: As they were walking along one warm day, Gregory became hot, tired, and thirsty. Ivan was the better walker of the two and Gregory found it hard to keep up. Gregory: If I could only have a drink of water. Ivan: Well then, friend, have one. Myself, I don't need one. Gregory: Then you go on, Ivan. I'll just go up to that little hut there and ask for some water. I will catch up with you in a moment. Ivan: All right. Take your time and enjoy your drink. Storyteller 2: Gregory ...

11. The Gospel According to Christ’s Enemies

John 11:1-16

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... are in our frustrations unable to come to any other conclusion - Kill! Kill! Kill! But what strange words are chosen by Caiaphas to proclaim his condemnation of Jesus. As the High Priest he speaks, "Don’t you realize that it is better for you to have one man die for the people, instead of the whole nation being destroyed?" Ponder these words. They are the words of profound prophecy spoken not by the disciples of Christ, but by the chief representatives of his enemies. Gossip points out that, "In the New ...

12. The Light that Shines Within

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... , tell about the weather, mend nets, and catch fish, who never quite understood that life is more than fishing until Jesus came and called them out from what they were into what they could become. And don’t you see: Matthew and Mary and those fishermen all have one thing in common - after they met Jesus they began to live in new dimensions of their being. In his letter to the Ephesians the Apostle Paul writes concerning the sort of context in which our life is cast and the kind of potential life has. His ...

13. One Flock, One Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... today in the fact that: we are baptized into God’s fellowship; beware of Christians who claim a monopoly on heaven; beware of basing your Christian faith on a person or a church rather than Christ; don’t base your religion on just what you are against; we have one shepherd and one flock and we rejoice in the many folds. It’s an old story and I have told it many times. Somewhere out further west than we are here in Iowa, a little girl, who had become ill, had strayed away from the farmhouse into a ...

14. Do You Have Any Leftovers?

John 6:1-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... Him what He asked for, Jesus used what He gave and Jesus blessed what He used. There is one detail you cannot miss. That little boy gave all of his lunch to the Lord, because Jesus obviously asked for all of his lunch. He didn’t say, “Lord you can have one of the fish, but I’ll keep the other one. You take three of the loaves and I’ll keep the other two.” No, he gave Jesus everything Jesus asked for. What is the lesson? If you want to experience the law of the leftovers, if you want God to ...

15. The Son Superior to Angels

Hebrews 1:1-14

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... of rule and who thereby elicit worship. These spiritual beings, having no material bodies, are regarded as intrinsically superior to Jesus (unless it be argued, as it was by Christian gnostics, that Jesus never had a real, physical body, but only appeared to have one). Even within the realm of Jewish thought, which affirmed the goodness of matter and shunned the dualism of the gnostics, God was perceived as remote in his transcendence, and the need for angelic intermediaries was felt. Thus, in much of the ...

16. Proper 19

Psalm 14:1-7, 1 Timothy 1:12-20, Jeremiah 4:5-31, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... . Does that suggest something for a preaching technique? 2. Escalating Worth. In the two parables in today's lesson and a third following them in chapter 15 (considered separately -- see above in chapter 4), you have increasing worth. In the parable of the Lost Sheep, you have one percent, one out of one hundred. In the parable of the Lost Coin, you have ten percent, one out of ten. In the parable of the Lost Son, you have fifty percent, one out of two. The probable value is not in an increasing series. We ...

17. Just Grace

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... returns. At lunch time the lady knows she is still in deep trouble. She calls the temp agency again and asks for another worker, which they send over. Again, assuming there will be a prorated fee. Finally, at 3 o’clock realizing she is going to have to have one more worker, she says, “Do you have anyone you can send just for one more hour?” They do. Soon the last worker arrives. They finish at exactly 4 o’clock (the 8 hour work day that was normal). She calls all the temp workers into her office and ...

18. Revised and Revisioned

John 8:48-59, John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41, John 10:1-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Prop: Siri (phone or ipad) [Hold up the phone.] This….is Siri. Anyone have one of these? Talk to her, and she answers you! [Demonstrate in any way you wish.] Siri….what is the capital of Nevada? …….Siri….what will the weather be like tomorrow? But ask her this…. Siri….do you love me? What happens? She’s giving you a song! [A youtube appears! ...

19. The Ten Commandments: One God, Only One

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... is broken. We need that reminder because, as one commentator has it, "We are monotheists in theory but polytheists in practice."(6) Really? Who is your God? Some offer their allegiance to the great God Mammon. Ancient mythology did not actually have one of those, but we can identify him: Money...Possessions... Things. There are probably more Americans today that serve the God of Money, Possessions, Things than any other...including the God of Heaven. Christians are not immune. The accumulation of wealth is ...

20. Talented People

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... from. They ought to be enough. But she insists that without that key making its contribution she cannot play what she needs to play. We humans are like the notes on a piano keyboard: If we hold back our contribution because we only have one sound, then we are responsible for an incomplete and unsatisfying performance. Therefore, instead of being negative about the inequality of our endowments, let us be positive about what we can do with what we have. Remember that favorite children's story "Stone Soup ...

21. The Way Up Is the Way Down

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... read about in the book. And the question then and now is the same: Which set of problems do you prefer? Church as normal is safe; nothing much happens, but revival from the God whose kingdom is looking for new openings is unpredictable. I frankly don’t have one bit of trouble believing this stuff about the miracles; I am not a naturalistic skeptic; what I have enormous trouble with is getting in on it! 9 I wake up in the morning wondering: Is this the day? Along the way God sends me enough encouragements ...

22. Are You In The Know?

John 10:27-29

Sermon

James Merritt

... your life to Him and let Him establish His relationship to you, it is a permanent relationship. III. I Can Know I Have A Protected Relationship With God I know that those of us who already have a relationship with God or those of us who might like to have one would love to believe that our relationship with God is permanent, but how do we really know it? What or who can make a relationship like that permanent? It is one thing to be safe. It is another thing to be secure. I read a fascinating article about ...

23. No One Left Behind

2 Kings 7:3-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... four and a half hours). He spent the first nine holes trying to run down my lost golf balls and the second nine holes trying to persuade me to give up golf. In the course of the conversation I asked him about his spiritual background and he didn't really have one. He told me of some of the people he had caddied for and he mentioned one of the most well known authors, speakers and business leaders in the world today and if I named him, ninety-nine percent of you would know who I am talking about. Many of you ...

24. Can Two Become One?

Matthew 19:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... divide.” Abraham Lincoln was walking down the street one day with his two sons who were having a terrible argument. Somebody asked Mr. Lincoln what the problem was. Lincoln said, “The same problem the whole world has. Each boy wants an apple and I only have one.” You can divide two apples, but you can’t divide one. You can divide two people, but you can’t divide one. Can two become one? Yes, they can, because God makes them one. To summarize, God has instituted a three step process for marriage ...

25. If I Only Had One Wish

2 Chronicles 1:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... , Aladdin finds a magic lamp that, when rubbed, produces a genie who has the power to grant his every wish. We have all imagined finding such a lamp and making certain wishes. So let me ask you a fun question: If you found such a lamp, and you could have one wish, what would you wish for? A humorous story I read illustrates that this requires a great deal of thought. There were three men marooned on a desert island. They had no hope of rescue. They were walking around the island and one of them kicked up a ...

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