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2676. Galatians 1:11-24

Galatians 1:11-24

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... from the time of his calling that Paul specifically seeks out one of those previous “apostles,” Cephas (Aramaic for “rock”), Paul’s usual way of referring to Peter. Paul travels to Jerusalem “to visit,” (“historein”) a verb that has the sense of a purposeful, fact-finding type mission, not just a casual dropping by. But Paul also stresses that this was a private visit with Cephas (although he admits to seeing James), not some sort of full blown apostolic conference. Furthermore, this visit ...

2677. Between a Rock and a Hard Rock Thrower

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

2678. The Best Gift of All

Titus 2:1-15

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... we must remember the rest of the story, how Jesus suffered and died on our behalf and how God raised him to new life. That sense of the future is found in the closing verse, “He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and ... bring us temporary joy; however, when we claim Jesus as God’s gift to us we experience a profound and lasting sense of joy. When Derek was attending college he claims that he experienced a crisis in faith. Three days before Christmas he explains ...

2679. The Light Has Come

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... ” taught him that change was possible. They experienced the love and mercy of God, learned the Bible, prayer, and sang new songs of faith. Bernard and Catherine were married. Bernard reflects, “If we know God will forgive us, we can begin to forgive ourselves.” Sensing a call to help others, Bernard quit his job and found a job where he serves people.[1] Sometimes we in the church are guilty of conveying an attitude that we are better than other people. This attitude turns off would-be believers. Paul ...

2680. Work Like the Who?

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... those couples are comparatively lucky. A sociological study in Chicago found that some 40.2 percent of all desertion cases were rooted in monetary tension between the husband and wife as were 45 percent of the reported cases of cruelty. (5) So it makes sense that this was one more of Jesus’ warnings about the danger of loving money. However, there is a third alternative that we need to consider: Perhaps Jesus actually was praising the man for doing something about his situation. Notice how Jesus ends this ...

2681. The Healing Power of Faith

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... the floor and a carnival-like atmosphere where pitiable people are called upon to come on stage to experience a mystical experience. Healing faith is about holding on and trusting God and waiting for God’s salvation. And one thing more: It is about developing a sense of gratitude along the way. You know how this story ends. One of the ten men whom Jesus healed of this terrible disease, when he saw he was healed, came back to where Jesus was, threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. Luke notes that ...

2682. The Door of the Cross

John 10:1-21

Sermon

David O. Bales

... . That is his promise to all his children…. The sheep hear his voice and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.”[1] Even though later believers like Darlene Diebler Rose understand what Jesus meant, in his own time what he says doesn’t make sense to the people he’s talking to. Verse 6: “Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.” Jesus uses comparisons to explain how he cares for us and leads us. When it comes to talking about ...

2683. Really!

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , did truly occur. But that Jesus himself only “appeared” to be human during all these events. In reality, from his “birth” through his “death,” Jesus was wholly and fully divine. Jesus, in other words, was never truly human in any essential sense. Jesus was a poser. Bishop Serapian of Antioch(197-203) named all these various groups who claimed Jesus’ divinity and rejected his humanity as “Docetists.” “Docetism,” in all its diverse forms, was soundly denounced as a heresy by the First ...

2684. The Bridge at Sychar

John 4:1-26

Sermon

David O. Bales

... right and wrong and ended in mass executions that slaughtered millions. It’s when we feel like horrible losers that we act like horrible losers. Christians don’t have to become like the ultra secularists who worship self-esteem. Yet, we must realize that humans need a sense of dignity. We’re created with it, and without it we feel, if not act, like we and others are without value. Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker tells that, when she was eight, she was shot in the eye with a BB gun and that ...

2685. Remembering Jesus

Matthew 26:17-30

Sermon

David O. Bales

... life comes from using our memory. In the Old Testament, when a person is commanded by God to remember, it means to bring something actively into the present and to let that memory lead us into appropriate behavior. The Old Testament demonstrates the active sense of memory in 1 Samuel. It tells of Hannah’s being promised a child. The scripture says Elkanah knew his wife Hannah, which means they had sexual intercourse, and “the Lord remembered her. In due time Hannah conceived and bore a son” (1 Samuel ...

2686. Syncing with the Spirit

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... why we sing such Advent hymns as “Lo, he comes with clouds descending. Jesus is our common mission, Jesus is our common communication. Advent is our time to Wake up, Get up, and Listen up, for the presence of Jesus. Advent is when the faithful are called to a renewed sense of consciousness, a new sense of “count-down” to the presence of Christ on earth. Wake up, church. Get up, church. Listen up, church.

2687. Be Reconciled With God

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... blurted out. That’s an interesting word, “re-cancellation.” Wiersbe knew the man meant “reconciliation.” But in one sense, he writes, “re-cancellation” was the right word. They had sinned against each other and the Lord, and there could be no harmony until those ... sins were canceled. (3) In a sense, re-cancellation is what the cross is all about. All our sins were canceled by Christ’s death in our behalf. ...

2688. Five Ways to be "Holy" During Holy Week

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , or do I want to be an Eden Garden, a Dream Garden, a garden of imagination and beauty and hope. 3) Third, find ways to ride a donkey this week. No, I don’t mean become a Democrat. In that sense, Jesus didn’t ride the backs of elephants or donkeys. But, ride a donkey this week in the sense of finding ways to be humble, to lower and lessen your presence and power, to serve others. What the Palm Sunday crowd didn’t understand was that it was worshiping a King who, “being found in human form humbled ...

2689. Breaking News: God and Government

Romans 13:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... income or our religion might be. He said, Government is like a baby, an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. The nine most terrifying words in the English language are these: 'I am from the government and I am here ... Both carry the right idea. Elected officials are to serve and minister to the people they represent. In a real sense, governmental authorities are ordained ministers. Specifically, we are told in verse 4, “For he is God’s servant to do ...

2690. On the Ropes: Round 3 - Defending God

Habakkuk 3:1-19

Sermon

James Merritt

... can you imagine in the last moments of your life, of all the things you could be thinking about like, “Why me?” “Why this?” “Did God make a mistake?” “How could God let this happen?” “All of this for nothing?” To say instead, “I am overwhelmed at the sense of the goodness of God.” I am not going to stand up here and tell you if that had been me what I would have been writing in my journal. Candidly, I would hope that at the end I would have written something like that. I also believe ...

2691. Family Re:Union - For the Love

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... it is kind of odd that God would command us to love Him? I mean, “How do you command somebody to love you?” In a sense if you really could command somebody to love you, I would have been the most popular guy with girls in my high-school. If I ... reflect that. By the way, this has great implication for your family also. Have you ever noticed how, when parents have children a sense of accountability comes into their life that they didn’t have before? I will give you an example. I will guarantee you that ...

2692. Family Re:Union - Great Expectations

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

James Merritt

... everybody submits to someone or to something. We simply decide when we are going to do it, where we are going to do it and to whom we are going to do it. There is even a posture that we adopt almost naturally, almost as a reflex, when we sense the need to submit. For example, when we are contrite or broken, we will fall to our knees, physically expressing what we are feeling emotionally. When a subject comes before a king what does he do to submit? He kneels to acknowledge that he is in the presence of ...

2693. Treasure Hunt

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... rule over your life. When you open yourself to God and ask God to take charge of your life and allow God to make whatever changes in your life need to be made in order for you to be all He created you to be, then you discover that sense of purpose, perspective, and appreciation that is the essence of happiness. Those of you of a certain age may remember the name Norma Zimmer. You will remember her name only if you also remember the name Lawrence Welk. Norma Zimmer was a popular singer with the Lawrence Welk ...

2694. First Thing

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

James Merritt

... out of this message, I want you to write down two statements. There are two things you should never, ever worry about. 1. Never worry about things you can change). Now that makes sense. If you are worried about something you can change, instead of worrying about it, change it. 2. Never worry about things you can’t change. That makes sense. Worrying is not going to change anything you can’t change and if you can’t change it why worry about it? Except for the things you can change and the things you ...

2695. Lost Baggage: The Middle Seat

1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... Have a nice day.” Practically speaking, what they did was to excommunicate him from the church. They said to him, “We are revoking your membership. You are no longer in good standing with us. We are no longer going to fellowship with you until you come to your senses, get your heart right and get right with God.” Do you see the real problem here? Yes, Paul was concerned about this man’s sin, but what grieved Paul more than the man’s sin was the church’s indifference to the sin. If you don’t ...

2696. The Knot: Bound

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... mother.” (Genesis 2:24, ESV) The Hebrew word for “leave” is most often translated “abandoned” as in “abandon ship.” In a sense, that is exactly what has to happen at the beginning of a marriage. The son has to abandon the ship of his ... them have to get on their own ship called “marriage.” Before there can be a union of a husband and wife there must be in a sense a dis-union of the child from the parent. The primary relationship in any family is always the husband and the wife. It is not the ...

2697. Leave Your Calculator Home

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... stand outside the homes or shops of those who refused to pay and to pound noisily on their drums until the obligations were met. Tax officials in that city have been successful in recovering nearly a million dollars owed by these tax cheats by this method. The sense of shame evoked by the racket is enough to make most people come out and pay, says a tax official, who noted, “The drive has been such a great success that we have had several inquiries from other cities and towns about it.” I hope our tax ...

2698. We Are Not The Light

Sermon

Craig MacCreary

... of looking for the ways that God might turn stumbling blocks into stepping-stones. Praying without ceasing seems beyond our reach. Do I have that much to say? However, I find that I don’t have much worthwhile to say if it is not in some sense a prayer. I pray until I find my voice. When the light is flickering, test everything, but do not quench the Spirit. There will be enough light to avoid living in the dark by keeping the energy flowing through rejoicing, praying, giving thanks, and devoting oneself ...

2699. Dust Off The Throne

2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16, Luke 1:26-38, Romans 16:25-27

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... to point out to us. Indeed, David saw for himself essentially the same thing that the prophet Haggai was required to point out to the Jews of post-exilic Jerusalem 500 years later (see below). Nathan’s reflexive response is a positive one. He no doubt sensed the fundamental goodness of David’s plan, and he recognized that the Lord was with David. But Nathan’s seal of approval proved premature, for “that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan.” David is to be commended for not running ahead ...

2700. Night of Light

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Timothy Cargal

... of Light.” Isaiah 9:2-7 This oracle attributed to Isaiah of Jerusalem was not originally a prophecy at all, at least not in the sense that we typically now use the word “prophecy.” That is to say, Isaiah did not compose this poem in order to predict long distant ... been born for us” and “a son given to us,” and here it is the second line that has the primary emphasis. The sense is essentially that at the moment of the king’s coronation the people look back upon his birth as a time of special ...

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