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2576. Caught in the Middle

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... if I suggest to the church board that they include my portrait in the new stained-glass windows along with Luther, Calvin, and Wesley, it will become clear that there is some kind of process at work! The root idea of this word (hagios) is the sense of being different from others not in terms of being set apart from most Christians but because of belonging to God. This was the adjective by which the Jews of New Testament times described themselves: They were the holy people (hagios laos) not because they had ...

2577. The Way Things Are

1 Corinthians 1:18-31

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... the name of Jesus who will one day judge the world (Acts 2:38-39; 3:19-21; 4:11-12; 10:34, 42; 17:30-31). With this simple outline in mind, Paul's remarks to the Corinthians and particularly his summary statement in verse 25 make absolute sense: "For God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength." This straightforward statement of how God has chosen to make God's self known in the world may not be as entertaining or convoluted as the flashy arguments of the ...

2578. With Our Own Eyes

2 Peter 1:16-21

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... " (1 Peter 1:16), which originate not with God but with "the human will" (1 Peter 1:21). For the most part this "not a church-goer but spiritual" segment of the population is utterly disinterested in what is happening in the church and so in that sense we could say are not a direct threat to the Christian community. I have yet to hear of a church board wanting to invite John Edwards to channel a recently deceased member. Yet, even if not a direct internal threat, the enormous increase in people devoted to ...

2579. Spiritual Resuscitation

Romans 8:6-11

Sermon

David O. Bales

... first stepping into the cold and actually seeing your breath. We get used to such things in the northern US. If you remember what it was like as a child, or if you'd imagine a child who for the first time sees air coming from within, you get a sense of the miracle that Paul considers to be almost touchable — this Spirit that's like air around us and within us. The Spirit is Jesus' contact with us. It's our experience of God now, as God summons us to Jesus' higher, better life. God's Holy Spirit animates ...

2580. A Living Hope (If It Hadn’t Been for Easter)

1 Peter 1:3-9

Sermon

David O. Bales

... to our today's working forty hours a week and living until eighty, you'd rather work eighty hours a week and die at forty. Gosh, weren't those the good old days! Nostalgia isn't just wishing for the good old days, but it's transferring the sense of a secure childhood into the present. When we were children, our parents protected most of us from the problems of the larger world. Don't we do that with our own children? But, since most people had a secure childhood, they equate their early family experience ...

2581. Righteous!

Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-31

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... was your age my brothers and their buddies used to do things like that all the time to me. It is too bad that they are so inconsiderate." Alex knew that Uncle Herbert was different. Unlike so many of the men in his family, he seemed to understand people. He sensed when people's feelings were hurt. He always found a way to say the right thing at the right time. Alex felt better. Uncle Herbert put his arm around Alex. That arm felt so strong and so good. "Hey, Alex. I have an idea. Do you like to watch the ...

2582. Fido’s Dilemma

Romans 6:1-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... waters of baptism. When we were baptized, we no longer were under the power of sin, death, and the power of the devil. We now are under the power of Christ. We are now under new ownership, God's ownership. In a sense, we have already died and rose again with Christ. In a sense, the worst thing that could ever happen to us, our death, has already happened. We have already died with Christ and we have already risen with Christ, already now. When the waters of baptism splashed on our bodies and the words of ...

2583. Getting Off the Merry-Go-Round

Romans 8:1-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... enough, or that they have not been humble enough. "All of you — raise your hands!" They all stare at one another in disbelief. What is the pastor doing? Has he gone off the deep end? This doesn't make any sense. Didn't he just tell us that no one was a saint? "Yes, this doesn't make any sense, but this is the startling truth: You are all saints! You are perfect, sinless, the apple of God's eye — not because you are better than anyone else, not because you have not committed any sins, not because you ...

2584. Rooting for the Bad Guys?

Lk 16:1-13

Illustration

King Duncan

... to save money. This quirky little story provides us a window into human nature: We have a yearning for justice. Philosopher Immanuel Kant believed this universal desire of human beings to see justice accomplished pointed the way to God. He called it "a universal sense of oughtness." The Hero's Adventure is what it is sometimes called in storytelling. It is the classic formula of popular fiction. A virtuous person is called on to face overwhelming odds. He or she nearly loses possibly at the risk of his or ...

2585. Heroes of Faith

Hebrews 11:29 – 12:2

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and antagonists in our lives. They might not even know that they have slapped a label on us. But at some point in our life, the people who were important to us, friends, family, coworkers, society, all of the above have slapped labels on us. You haven't got enough sense to come in out of the rain. You'll never amount to anything. You're a coward. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. When they were passing out looks you thought they said books and asked for a scary one. The list goes on and on and ...

2586. Swept Clean

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . He didn't care if the table was dusted or the windows were clean. He cared about them and he wanted to spend time with them. I think that's why he told Martha she was too distracted and that Mary had chosen the better part. Mary seemed to have sensed his need to simply be with them, even if she didn't know why. Sometimes, we too, get too busy and distracted in our service to God. We don't take time for that simple companionship. So today I want us to focus on this passage through: Cleansing The Clutter ...

2587. Just a Little Faith Will Do

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... that I have enough problems in Bible studies trying to explain where Cain and Abel got their wives! There is much in this world that no one knows or understands. We are all somewhat like Albert Einstein’s wife. Someone once asked her if she could make sense of her husband’s theories. She replied that she understood the words, but not always the sentences. And that is the position that each of us are in, too. No matter how brilliant, or well educated, or how insightful we may be, when it comes to making ...

2588. How's Your Serve?

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... you an example. James Moore tells about a man named George. George was a peacemaker with a big heart and wonderful sense of humor. George claimed he was, "so tenderhearted that he cried at supermarket openings!" Everyone at Church loved George. He was ... before in my life." Horrified, the nurse asked, "Then why didn't you say something when I took you to him?" The young man replied, "I sensed that he really needed his son, and that his son wasn't here. Then I realized he was too sick to tell whether or not I ...

2589. We Are Blessed, Adopted and Sealed

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... house was broken into a few years ago. The robbers took almost everything of value. The night after the break-in, Ms. Lotz lay awake while fear filled her heart and mind. Not only had all of her valuable possessions been stolen away and so had her sense of security. , She began worrying about all the other precious things in her life that she could lose. Through illness or accident, she could lose her children or her husband. She could lose her health. She could lose her job, or her finances, or even her ...

2590. See What Love . . .

1 John 3:1-7

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... trip. Instead, I just want you to remember how it felt to be safe and unafraid because of the love of your parents. For some of us, there are fond memories of joyous times, of carefree times. But for some others, there never was a sense of safety. For there never was a sense of belonging. Maybe they were the unwanted step children in a second or third marriage. Or maybe there wasn't a father to turn to in times of trouble. Or a mother who liked to snuggle. Not every family is like that. Maybe you had ...

2591. There Will Be Singing

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... course, that is why music is such a big part of Christmas. So, let us prepare for the birth of Christ with songs of joy and thanksgiving. Let us sing as God’s people with one unified voice. And let us pray that in the music we will sense the Holy Spirit at work in our lives drawing us closer to one another and to God. Isaiah writes about the coming messianic age, “They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will ...

2592. A Small Man Who Was Given a Big Heart

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... -two or taller, you’re likely to start a new job at a salary 12.4 percent higher than someone under six feet. It doesn’t make sense and it’s not fair, but that is the way it is. Each extra inch of height is worth an extra $600 a year on average. In ... quite remarkable when the average height for men was only 5’4”. (2) Again, this discrepancy doesn’t really make any sense. What possible advantage could being taller give you, unless you play in the NBA? A taller person has an advantage changing light ...

2593. Luke 23:33-43

Luke 23:26-43

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... on the cross, in his station between two convicted criminals. Instead there is a defiant declaration of a mission accomplished and the successful completion of all God has intended. There is also the beginning of a new era. Throughout Luke’s gospel there has been a sense of salvation being an immediate gift (see Luke 4:21; 19:9). Jesus’ assertion here that “today you will be with me in Paradise” affirms that conviction. The final act of Jesus on the cross is the first act of his regal power to bring ...

2594. Walking in Our Shoes

John 1:1-18

Illustration

John Claypool

... if God has experienced life the way we have to experience it, then it means that we can believe that God understands, that none of our experiences are strange to the Holy One, because God has chosen to share the human condition with us. There is no longer a remote sense that God is above and outside us, but there is this incredible sense that God understands from within what it's like to be a human being, to struggle as we have to struggle and, therefore, can give us grace to help in our times of trouble.

2595. Love Lifted Me

Psalm 40:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... people all the time who are really good people, but somehow they’ve missed the true meaning of life. And because of this, they lack joy, they lack purpose. They may even be filled with feelings of anger and bitterness. They don’t know why. Yet it’s affecting their sense of well being. It’s affecting their faith. Like the psalmist, they are in the slimy pit. So what do you do when you find yourself in a slimy pit? The best thing we can do is to call out to God. “I waited patiently for the Lord; he ...

2596. Leaving Home

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... of their birthplace? Most people, given a choice, like to stay anchored close to home. Not everybody, of course, but most people are more comfortable in familiar surroundings. For many of us, home gives us a sense of identity. Janet Ross may have gone to Japan to be with her Navy husband, but in a sense she was still a Texan. People move to this country, but at heart they are still Italian, Irish, Scottish, African. They move to another state but they’re still Hoosiers, Gators, Yanks. This is why sports ...

2597. Stand Up and Raise Your Voice

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... is “Okay, everybody, sit down and be quiet?” Or less politely, “Sit down and shut up!” When did learning become yoked to being sedentary and silent? When did learning have more to do with anesthetics (that slow down your senses) than with aesthetics (that wake up your senses)? Sure. Sometimes we have to “listen up” in order to learn. But how can we get answers if we cannot first voice our questions? The best teachers and the most gifted learners know this: the more voices that contribute, the ...

2598. The Gift of Wonder

Matthew 17:1-9

Illustration

Brett Younger

... have been beauty or riches or a long life: It would have been the gift of wonder." (Michael Mayne, This Sunrise of Wonder, London: Fount Paperbacks, 1995, p. 11) He goes on to suggest that they set their sights not on success, but on wonder. They should live with a sense of awe. Maybe that's part of what's going on at the Mount of Transfiguration. In this glimpse of glory, Jesus is trying to give the disciples the gift of wonder, a ...

2599. Christlike Sight

John 9:1-41

Illustration

Darryl Dash

... , although you probably did at one point this morning. There are all kinds of sounds that you're not focusing on right now - the faint hum of lights, somebody shifting beside you. Our brains would go crazy if they had to process every piece of data that our bodies sensed. We think we're seeing everything, but we're all being selective all the time. Today, you've probably noticed who's not here, who's sitting in a different spot, who's sitting with whom. You may have wondered what it means that so-and-so is ...

2600. It's Not Fair!

1 Peter 2:13-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... he got to the portion of Disappointment with God that dealt with the Book of Job, he decided to look around and find the person he knew who was most like Job. He found such a person. This man, he felt, was a righteous man in the same sense that Job was righteous. The man, named Douglas, was a good man. He had been trained as a psychotherapist, but he gave up his lucrative practice working primarily with the rich and well-connected and started to work in the inner-city among poor people. Most of us would ...

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