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2651. Grace in the Midst of Judgment

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... and in exchange for modest commitment. In the words of cultural critic Kenneth Myers, we all become clients in the hands of a Smiling Heavenly Therapist who is there for us. We're certainly not here for God. The difficulty with this non-judgmental-everybody-is-wonderful view of the cosmos is that beyond our personal imagination, it's genuinely hard to produce evidence that it's true, and there's a great deal at stake if it's not true. As C. S. Lewis reflected, "One cannot go against the grain of Reality ...

2652. Gifted People

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... person at the right time in the right way for the right reasons. Ellen Goodman, a syndicated columnist, wrote an article about a friend of hers who was always "keeping his options open." It seems that this friend was allergic to making commitments. He viewed life as a huge buffet line. Consequently he compared people who made commitments to the person who filled his plate with rather ordinary fare at the beginning of the line and then when his plate was full came upon all types of interesting food which ...

2653. Caution and Opportunity

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... startling development, the two sisters sold the painting back to the same museum at half its appraised value. Now the devotional image of the Madonna and infant Jesus proudly resides in a state capitol museum, affording thousands the opportunity not only to view a masterpiece but to reflect on the outcome of an institution's ethical caution. Christians in every age are confronted with inhospitable environments and histories. Over time the spirit which builds up and does what is right stands above the evil ...

2654. Security Concerns

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... table with the cross on top. Benjie would not come out. The plaintive cries of his parents, the church's pastor, and a few choir members could not convince Benjie to move. Such only caused him to withdraw deeper under the table in full view of the congregation. As the congregants snickered and laughed at the bizarre scene, the pastor finally turned to the audience, shrugged his shoulders, and motioned for the service to continue. Slowly and deliberately Koester mounted the pulpit. He turned around and in a ...

2655. People See Through Us

James 2:1-13

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... marked off favoritism between male and female, Hebrew and Greek, slave and free person, and rich and poor as a prime target for socio-moral reformation. They broke with the surrounding cultures in not linking the sacred to military strength. They parted with the dominant views that the gods are with the mighty. In fact, they went in a completely opposite direction: God is most present when the needs of the poor and the weak are addressed. They pointed toward a world that had never been, but could be.2 You ...

2656. Lethal Weapon

James 3:1-12

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... to manufacture and spread unfounded gossip? Let me suggest four motivations2 why people victimize themselves and others. All of us have a desire for excitement. Most of us are rather bored with life. It takes more and more to get us excited. In fact, the church viewed boredom as one of the Seven Deadly sins. To be bored is "to cast a jaundiced eye at life in general" and most of all, your own life. You feel nothing is worth getting excited about since you yourself are not worth getting excited about. The ...

2657. Yes! (Easter Sunday)

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... people we meet each day. Dr. Ellsworth Kalas points out that the disciples seemed aimless and confused after Jesus’ resurrection. Some of them even returned to their old job, commercial fishing. What was their problem? According to Dr. Kalas, they were viewing the resurrection as the end of the story. Jesus arose from the dead, now what? What does that mean? They didn’t immediately understand that Jesus’ resurrection was really the beginning--the beginning of a new victorious life in Christ. (6) It ...

2658. Come On Down

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... changes. As the prophet surveys the situation, he lowers his voice and confesses the guilt of the nation, for Israel has sinned and is unclean. What does the prophet do? He leads the entire nation in a confession of sin. So often the church has viewed the Lenten season as the time of confession, repentance, and penitence. Is it possible that for the church really to experience Advent, there must be genuine confession and repentance? For all of us truly to prepare for the coming of Christ, there must always ...

2659. First Light

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... the thought of urgency, passion, jealousy. Has this happened? Yes, in Jesus Christ whose birth we celebrate on this night. John writes of Jesus the Messiah, "His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for your house will consume me" (John 2:17). In Isaiah's view, God's good rule has been made flesh in the weakest of human creation, a baby. It is his birth and his Kingdom we celebrate on this eve of Christmas. The story is told of an aspiring young author who was given the opportunity to read ...

2660. Joy to the World

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... his coming. Just as God desired to restore the joy of those ancient exiles, so he desires to restore our joy which has been stolen by Satan who is totally committed to our joylessness. C. S. Lewis, in The Screw-tape Letters, depicts for us the devil's view of joy. The Screwtape Letters are a series of letters from senior devil Screwtape to Wormwood, his nephew who is a demon in training. Screwtape offers a wide range of advice from how to distract people from coming to Christ and how to keep those who come ...

2661. Look Inside and Discover Life

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... was. He was unable to take the sometimes perilous introspective journey of searching one's soul and honestly looking at one's life in total, especially our relationships with family, friends, associates, and most profoundly God. God sent signs, especially his periodic viewing of the portrait, that were signals he needed to take stock of his life. His refusal to receive and act upon these signs cost him everything. Scripture is quite clear that the Hebrews were a people "peculiarly God's own"; they were ...

2662. Obedience to God's Plan

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... to cooperate fully, or if we are honest, at times, even slightly cooperate. We are rebellious; we simply do not want to do what we are asked to do. We refuse to surrender our will and autonomy, for to lose personal control in today's world is viewed as weakness and problematic. We need to be in charge of our lives; we feel the absolute need to call the shots and we are willing to surrender nothing over which we can exercise control! People today are reticent to accept advice and we generally do not like ...

2663. Death Leads to Life

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... comfortably and I could support that new life." The second tree looked down at a small stream that was flowing into a big river and said, "I want to be made into a great ship so I can carry useful cargo to all corners of the world." The third tree viewed the valley from its mountaintop and said, "I don't want to be made into anything. I just want to remain here and grow tall so I can remind people to raise their eyes and think of God in heaven who loves them so much." Years passed and the trees ...

2664. Teammates in the Cause of the Lord

Acts 4:32-37

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... lucrative position, the best salary, and the most influential friends. This is the era of the individual. The ideal of teamwork is not in vogue; its importance seems to have been lost on contemporary society. The common good and goal are not viewed with the importance they once held in our world. These ideals have become subservient to the individual. An image from the ancient Greek drama Oedipus Rex accurately describes the situation of people today. In the play the protagonist is asked what has become ...

2665. A Passion for Christ (New)

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... ninety-year-old astronomer who wants to bring the wonders of the galaxies to the average person. In college, Dobson became fascinated by the wonders of stars and black holes and galaxies beyond. He began building his own portable telescope so that he could view the stars from any location. Dobson’s small, inexpensive telescope worked so well that he began taking it everywhere, and encouraging strangers to use it too. Soon, he had set up camp on a San Francisco sidewalk, where he would cry out to passersby ...

2666. Excited!

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... honking now. 1. Don Martin, Team Think (New York: Penguin Books Ltd: 1993), p. 54. 2. Robert Bly, A Little Book on the Human Shadow (Sam Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988), pp. 32-33. 3. "The Day Heaven Burst Open," The Rev. Grace Imathiu. http://www.day1.net/index.php5?view=transcripts&tid=281 4. http://www.pikevillefirstchristianchurch.org/Sermons/Sermon20020519.html. 5. "Biggest Business Goofs of 1991," Fortune, Jan. 13, 1992, page 79. 6. http://cc-ob.org/sermons/2003/03sermons.htm

2667. Sowing Good Seed - Father's Day

Mark 4:26-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... two young sons banned from the hospital due to the severity of his illness, he had asked his wife for pictures of her and their two boys. Because he was unable to move even his head, the photos had to be jammed between metal knobs so that they hung within view above him the only thing he could see. The last four months of his life were spent looking at the faces he loved. Philip Yancey writes, "I have often thought of that crumpled photo, for it is one of the few links connecting me to the stranger who was ...

2668. When the Storms Come

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... Los Angeles. The disaster caused massive power outages all over the city. But, for the first time in years, Goldstein saw his neighbors wander outside at night and gaze at the stars. Usually, the artificial lights that powered the city blocked out most views of the night sky. In Goldstein's experience, few Angelenos had the opportunity before this earthquake and the subsequent power outage to appreciate the beauty of the stars. (6) I wonder if something like that didn't happen that night to the disciples ...

2669. Replacing a Fallen Comrade

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... to know, they were like us. They were slow when it came to understanding God's will. In the meantime there was maintenance to do on the organization. They needed to ensure that the leadership of the church was strong and vital. The early church still viewed themselves as Jews. So they were bound by the traditions and culture of Israel. There were now more than 120 of them on the roll--the number of Jewish males required by law to form a synagogue. But now there were only eleven leaders in the organization ...

2670. To Live Is To Dance

John 10:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... we can escape much of the balance of reality. Immersing ourselves in fun and entertainment, giving ourselves to a whirled wind social life so that we never have the time to sit down and face ourselves as we actually are. Losing ourselves in hours of television viewing, thus refusing to face up to the deterioration that’s taking place in the relationship of spouse and children, because we don’t give the time that we need to give to that relationship. Also we run and hide from the hard social issues of ...

2671. Confession And Supplication

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... get out of bed. Now that fact makes thanksgiving even more important. If we’re earnest in our praying, we will not be daunted by those dreadful days when everything goes wrong. For we will have cultivated our perception to see clearly and from a longer view rather than the perspective of the moment, and we will have stored up memories of all that for which we can be joyfully grateful, and our thanksgiving to God will transform us, and give us perspective and power to get through that which otherwise would ...

2672. In The Kingdom Now

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... not only the creation, but we ourselves who have the first fruits of the Spirit, drawn inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, our redemption. For in this hope, we are saved. In Paul, and all the early Christian preachers, there was this telescopic view of history – hope centering in the return of Christ. Now while hope was centered in that second return of Christ, Christian expectation and hope overflowed into the whole of life. We hope, because we believe that God is in control. And his intention is ...

2673. Recovering The Essence

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that I traveled the world with The Upper Room is the fact that there, if anything is being written clearly on the pages of modern history, it is that we now live in a global village. Now I know you hear that all the time. We need a planetary view of our existence. We’re not only citizens of the United States, but we’re citizens of the world. If we don’t want to look at it theologically, we certainly might be challenged to see the simple economic expediency of it, not to mention the Christian ethics ...

2674. The Power Of Purpose

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... work by the government simply as an excuse for feeding them, the men grew listless and stopped singing. And the author made this perceptive comment, the roads to nowhere are difficult to build. For a man to work well and sing, there must be an end in view. We know that, don’t we? Life hangs heavy on our hands. Our days drag drearily on if some purpose doesn’t pervade our lives. Out of the harrowing years of Nazi prison camps, one of the great psychiatrists of our time, Victor Frankl, developed a theory ...

2675. Saints In The Light

Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to the Gnostic heresy with which Paul was dealing as well as the common belief that certain angelic beings had fallen or had been expelled from a higher world, and had created this material world in which they were in control. This led to the Gnostic view of the evil of that which is material, thus to the heresy of the non-humanity of Jesus. The pervasive idea which Paul also seemingly held, was that people are subject to the “powers of the universe,” “The potentates of the dark present” (Eph. 6:12 ...

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