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2576. God's Bouncer or God's Ambassador?

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the Holy Spirit. If God gave Gentiles the gift of the Holy Spirit, Peter is saying, how could they be excluded from the church? Here’s a powerful question: Are there times when you and I could be standing in God’s way? Are our beliefs, attitudes, prejudices or actions interfering with the work of God in our community? Are we withholding the love and truth of Jesus Christ from certain people or certain groups because we think they are unacceptable to God? Are we standing in God’s way or standing ...

2577. When What You Signed Up For...

Acts 16:9-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... Pastor David Guzik writes in his Enduring Word Commentary, “The Holy Spirit often guides as much by the closing of doors as He does by the opening of doors.” (3) And how we respond to these unexpected moments, those closed or opened doors, says a lot about our belief in God, and it says a lot about how God can use us to accomplish His will. Anne Graham Lotz, the daughter of Billy Graham, once wrote that when she faces a difficult situation or a closed door, she doesn’t ask God, “Why?” It doesn’t ...

2578. Radical Love is Godly (Series: Radical Love in a Risky World)

Luke 3:21-23 · 1 John 4:7-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... . O give thanks to the God of heaven. His steadfast love endures forever. Our core values are those things we intend to hold on to no matter what. We will not trade them for a bowl of bean soup or a moment of pleasure. They are the bedrock of our beliefs, the anchors of our faith. Of this I am certain: GOD IS LOVE. Brought to you by FaithBreaks.org

2579. I'm Going Fishing

John 21:1-19 · Acts 9:1-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , and I will be your God,” they took that as a matter of point of honor.[1] After a period of time though, that sense of “chosen-ness” turned into a sense of exclusiveness. This is of course always the danger of chosen-ness, the belief that one is not just cherished and valued but cherished and valued “above all others.” Whereas in the scriptures, God particularly noted that the Israelites were chosen to shine their light to all of the nations, because they are the ones who “know” God (YHWH ...

2580. Everything You Do Bears Witness

John 10:22-30

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... our ministry and our witness? So it is that at the end of the day I am not overly concerned with what people say they believe. We know, don’t we, that people say all kinds of things? For my money I don’t need to hear a list of beliefs, doctrines, or rules. Show me your life and I will know very clearly what it is you believe. Jesus said, “Everything I do bears witness to me.” Yes, yes, yes. It’s not just Jesus but we who claim to follow him. Everything we do bears witness to who we ...

2581. The Voice

John 10:22-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... reactions of the crowds. What do we love most? Those heartfelt moments when someone’s dream comes true. With tears streaming down their faces and ours, we celebrate with them. In a sense, their big moment is also the confirmation of our own hopes, the belief that anyone’s dream really can come true. The “Voice” is that voice which stands out from the crowd, the one that’s unique, heart-wrenching, and moving and uplifts us with its raw emotion and power. We are captivated by the voices that move ...

2582. For Us

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

Will Willimon

... that Christianity is ''spiritual." See? It's nothing of the kind. It's as corporeal, carnal, and concrete as what you had for breakfast this morning. God likes matter; he invented it. What a gift this is for those of you for whom faith is difficult, for whom belief does not come easily. This bread and wine are given for you. You need not come in here, close your eyes tight, and try real hard to believe, believe in the ''real presence of Christ in the Eucharist," or that ''Jesus died for my sins," or ''God ...

2583. Greater Works Than These?

John 14:8-17

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... It goes something like this. In this act of self-sacrifice on the cross, God is showing us that when we give ourselves, things change. When we pour ourselves out for others in love and power, redemption happens. We were not supposed to create a belief system to satisfy us, but rather communities that practice the redemptive way of self-giving love. You see, when we pour ourselves out for others, things change. Redemption happens! So it’s not our happiness or the meeting of the quotient of our desires that ...

2584. Unbound

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Lori Wagner

In our culture, to be “open minded” means to be receptive to novel thoughts and ideas beyond our current ken, to be flexible and adaptable to new experiences, to be open to information that challenges our current beliefs.[1] Open minded people are curious and open to ambiguity rather than embracing dogma. They are willing to be uncomfortable and explore unknown realms of the mind. They are essentially “curious.” Interestingly, the ancient Jewish (Hebrew) mind by its nature, according to Freud, ...

2585. Greater Works Than These?

John 14:8-17

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

2586. What's a Human Book?

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... too: What did you expect when you came to Jesus? Or did you expect anything? I’m so glad you came to church this morning. I hope you feel loved, welcomed, accepted just as you are. But I don’t know your story. I don’t know the beliefs, the questions, or the struggles you may have brought with you today. I don’t know what you expected when you walked through these doors. Maybe you expected a guilt trip. Maybe you just expected a little wisdom, a little inspiration, a little comfort to brighten your ...

2587. No Forks Or Napkins

John 13:1-17 · Philippians 2:5-11 · 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... morbid horror story. But on the anniversary of the death of a loved one the whole family might gather at the sarcophagus and share a meal in memory of the one who had died. A little food might even be stuffed into a hole in the sarcophagus, not in the belief that somehow the dead person would be able to eat it, but to make it clear that just because someone has died doesn't mean he isn't part of the community. Indeed, the communion of saints, as we call it, includes people on both sides of the grave. Church ...

2588. Spirit Signs

Luke 12:49-56

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the signs of God in our midst and the mission that God truly wants us to embark on in our world. We need to open our minds to the signs of the Spirit, to the places in our lives in which God comes to “mess us up” and “challenge our beliefs.” We need to re-evaluate our discipleship and the way we look at others. We need to look hard and close at what’s going on around us and ask where God means us to be within it. And we need to listen with our hearts, our intuition, our spirits ...

2589. Disabled

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... woman’s back was bent, a legalistic spirit bent someone’s soul even more. Nothing can choke the heart and soul of our walk with God like legalism. I will be the first to admit that Christians should be disciplined. However, we can become so rigid in our beliefs that our disciplines can cripple us. Does this mean we should chuck any and all of our rules? Of course not… Most of them are in place for a good reason. As long as that reason is still in existence, the rule is probably effective and necessary ...

2590. John and Frank

Matthew 11:2-11

Sermon

John Jamison

... that you believed in was real? Can you relate to that at all? That’s where we find John in today’s scripture. He had spent so many years being the powerful preacher, the one proclaiming his faith that everything was about to change for the better. His beliefs had given him the strength to stand up against the most powerful groups of the day. He spoke truth, even when truth was a dangerous thing to speak. People traveled from all over the country to come and hear what he had to say. They listened to him ...

2591. Small Beginnings, Great Endings

Luke 17:5-10

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... , regular Bible reading, and serving others. These are “seeds” that God uses to effect change in our lives. Only God can really alter our lives, but we can cooperate. Leo Buscaglia has often been called “the love doctor” for his emphasis upon love and his belief in the potential of every human being. He said that no one can count on what he is going to say. He prides himself in his unpredictability as a professor. He cooperates with the growth process. “When my students raise their hands and say ...

2592. The Foreigner

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... accepts us all even with all of our flaws—especially with all of our flaws. For God made each of us to be unique and special. Not one of us the same. Our differences span from the scar on our arm to the wound in our soul, our beliefs, our thoughts, our friends, and our affiliations. Our races, our genders, our hearts. A restorer must have some distance from the original painting on which he means to work in order to see it better. Someone learning a foreign language can often speak it more accurately with ...

2593. A Trick Resurrection

Luke 20:27-38

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... to “depart and be with Christ, which is far better,” he was indeed thinking of a blissful life with his Lord immediately after death, but this was a prelude to the resurrection itself … the early Christians held firmly to a two-step belief about future: first, death and whatever lies immediately beyond; second, a new bodily existence in a newly made world.”[1] Philip Jenkins, the leading expert on the emerging global Christianity, asserts: “Every Easter, more than a million ZCC pilgrims gather for ...

2594. God IS

Luke 20:27-38

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... about these things makes us uncomfortable. Uncertainty makes us uncomfortable. It’s no wonder that we are so uncomfortable with the idea of “faith” –the trust of things unseen and unexperienced, the trust that something exists even outside of our realm of knowledge, belief, or experience. Trust has nothing whatsoever to do with certainty, except that we feel certain of things that can’t be proved. Faith is not a head thing. It’s a heart thing. In our church year, we have just celebrated the ...

2595. A Sign in the Heavens

Isaiah 60:1-6 · Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... dramatically when she, intending to hear a Bach concert, entered her college church. A well-known priest, Father Kronseder, started to preach and Maria found herself overwhelmed by what he had to say. A meeting with this priest changed Maria's life and belief forever. She became a devout Christian. (1) In her book, Yesterday, Today and Forever, Ms. von Trapp gave us another tradition regarding the magi. According to this tradition the three wise men were residents of three different parts of the world, and ...

2596. Imagine This

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

John Jamison

... him, his hair still wet from the water John had just poured over his head. Along both sides of the river, I see the crowds. They have come from all over the place to see John, and many had come to be baptized themselves because of their belief in John’s message. But right now, they are all very quiet. Something has happened they are having a difficult time understanding. After John had poured the water over Jesus’ head, there was a sound. Some thought it was a rush of wind in the trees, some thought ...

2597. The Ear of the Heart

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... language does not. It can go past language.” Music has that wonderful quality that it does go beyond words. Feelings, which cannot be enunciated in rhetoric, are garnered in verse. Emotions, which escape expression in dialect, are captured in lyrics. Belief, that has an aura of unreality and mystery about it, becomes comprehensible and intelligible in a line of metrical writing. Since music “can go past language,” Paul elected to insert Christological hymns in his letters. In the first-century church ...

2598. Mandatum

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... message is one of reconciliation. Paul’s message is that the church must be a single coherent unity that is representative of being the Body of Christ. In the Corinthian church there was apostasy, which is a renunciation of one’s religious beliefs. There was debauchery, which is living a life of extreme indulgence in sensual behavior. But in this section of Paul’s letter that we read as our epistle reading this morning, Paul is concerned that there are factions within the congregation. Those factions ...

2599. What Fills Your Life Now?

Acts 7:55-60

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... filled a group of men and women in Jerusalem, and their witness brought in thousands more believers. The only thing that could explain the radical courage and joy and unity of this diverse group of people is the presence of the Holy Spirit transforming their beliefs, their priorities and their lifestyle. And Stephen is a prime example of how the Holy Spirit can transform a person’s life. We get three descriptions of Stephen in Acts 6 and 7, which seem like a lot in just two chapters. Stephen is described ...

2600. People of the Rolled Stone

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . The real proof of the resurrection, though, is the Church. The Church is still here. Despite our differences. Despite our splits. The Church is still here. We may add all kinds of denominational trappings to what and how we think we are to believe. But the bottom line belief of all Christians is that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on the cross for our sins, was dead and buried and on the third day rose from the grave to bring us eternal life. We may say it differently, we may celebrate it in different ...

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