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251. Any Friendly Bears Out There?

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... sealed between man and dog. "The collie became Keller's constant companion, shadowing him in unwavering devotion and instant obedience. When Keller left the ranch, the dog refused to eat. The animal became an extension of Keller himself, working the sheep with uncanny instinct and precision, loyalty, and devotion." (3) HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT WE LIVE IN A WORLD CREATED FOR RELATIONSHIPS? We live in a world where people--and even animals--have the need to reach out. Whether they are radio operators on a ...

252. A Failure To Communicate

Hebrews 1:1-4, Hebrews 2:5-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the suburbs to the misery of the inner city. One evening, just as it was approaching nightfall, he walked from the building to his car and was unlocking it when a troubled teenager grabbed his neck, seized his billfold, and tried to run. Mister John instinctively held on and a struggle ensued. Mr. John was knocked to the ground, while the youth fell backward into the car window, which shattered. The boy started running down the street with the billfold, blood dripping down his arm, leaving a trail on the ...

253. A Church Fueled By Prayer

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... me, praying that Roland Hayes might be entirely blotted out of the picture; that the people sitting there might feel only the spirit of God flowing through melody and rhythm; that racial and national prejudices might be forgotten. "Usually when I do that sincerely the audience instinctively feels what is happening as I commune with my Father. But that was the hardest audience I ever faced. However, as I stood there I had no doubts. I stepped to the curve of the piano and stood there with my head up and my ...

254. The Longest Night

Psalm 143:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

"The air was so still that not a single leaf trembled. Dark gray clouds hovered overhead. Animals ducked for doorways as if by some mysterious instinct they knew that this would be a long dreadful night." That was how one man described the longest night of his life--a night when several tornados struck his small community leaving a path of unbelievable destruction. Wartime London must have been something like that. People huddling in fall-out ...

255. Amazing Grace

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... the words: Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now am found Was blind, but now I see. It was written by John Newton. The music and the words to that hymn touch hidden depths in our hearts. We identify instinctively with the message it conveys, as it talks about the human condition--the despair, and the bondage, and the need for freedom from that bondage. We rejoice in the good news it tells, and if we do not know that good news yet, our hearts yearn for it as ...

256. Three Words America Needs to Hear

Acts 24:1-27

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... Adultery is in the Genes," and it goes on to report the comments of a bishop in another land who says, "God has given us our promiscuous genes, so I think it would be wrong for the churches to condemn people who have followed their instincts." He says churches should be more understanding when people commit adultery because humans have a God-given urge to procreate as widely as possible. (3)What a travesty upon the teaching of the Scripture! What a travesty upon the Christian faith to promote that message ...

257. Things That Cannot be Taken Away

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

Most days give us a measure of security. And then suddenly tragedy shatters the familiar. Sorrow comes with its almost unbearable pain. Most people in their anguish almost instinctively turn their thoughts to God for help. If we are Christians, we do so with the assurance that He who has been faithful in the past will now be faithful in our great need. We believe He can be trusted who said, "I will not leave you comfortless; I will ...

258. In the Meantime: Between the First and Second Comings

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

David Busic

How he knew every day that it was time, still baffles me. Can a two year old have an internal clock? Certainly he knew instinctively when it is time to eat, and I think his body told him that it was time to nap, but how did he know it was time for Sesame Street? But every single day, he knew. “Sessy Steet; Sessy Steet.” And he was right. The songs were what got me. ...

259. The Autobiography of God

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... in the grease and grime of the very real world. The Russian novelist Turgenev once wrote of a vision which came to him as a youth, while he was worshipping in church. Suddenly a man stood behind him, and though he did not move his head, he felt instinctively that the man standing behind him was Christ. At last emotion, curiosity, and awe overcame him, and he turned and looked at the man behind him. He saw a face, he said, “...like all men’s faces. What kind of Christ is this?” he thought. “Such an ...

260. Does God Give Out Blank Checks?

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... before deigning to heal the sick and relieve the oppressed. (The movie) The Song of Bernadette always infuriated me with its implication that the Lord couldn’t care less for those who didn’t acknowledge Him as King of the hill. Yet I replied instinctively, Sure, Vernon...Of course.’ But then the rabbi said softly to himself, God doesn’t need our prayers. We do.’ “ (New York: Random House, 1968, p. 151) Leslie Weatherhead said an interesting thing in the quotation I just used. “I find that I ...

261. Whatever became of Kingdomtide?

John 16:17-33

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... our Lord “Dismal Jesus.” Outrageous Jesus, perhaps. Scandalous Jesus, certainly. Revolutionary Jesus, maybe. But never dismal Jesus. The picture of Him which we get in the Gospels is of a Man whose very presence at a party made Him a favorite guest. Little children instinctively loved Him, and children do not ordinarily take to a grouch. Therefore I cannot for the life of me understand the gloomy picture that some people want to paint of our Lord, as the sort of person who would bring his wet blanket to ...

262. The First Commandment: Who's on First?

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... from anything they have ever seen. Since the item has come from the heavens above, they believe it to be a god. They begin to assemble a new religion out of it. They develop songs and liturgies for it. The movie demonstrates the powerful instinct men and women have to worship--whether they worship coke bottles or statues or success, whatever they prize most highly. It demonstrates the amazing power and influence you can have on someone if you can convince them that something or someone is worthy of ...

263. The Sixth Commandment: Respect and Reverence for Life

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... punishment. If life is sacred in the womb then it is sacred outside the womb as well. This brings us to the Lord''s Supper and the holy meal today. When Jesus was betrayed by his own disciples, he did not let that "anger" control his spirit and instinct. He washed their feet and invited them to the holy table to share with him. He committed his life to God and trusted God, not the sword, for his final destination. This meal is about life. This meal is about the greater and more excellent way. This meal ...

264. The Seventh Commandment: Indecent Proposal

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... that God our creator created us with a sexual dimension means there is a spiritual dimension to sex. If you cancel out this spiritual dimension, it means you have lowered it to a level that is devoid of beauty, integrity and importance. Animal instincts are great for animals but lousy for human beings. Perhaps some of you remember the movie Indecent Proposal starring Robert Redford, Woody Harrelson, and Demi Moore. In the movie Robert Redford plays the part of a man who offers an interesting proposal to ...

265. A Soul Restored

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... tried to get rid of a stray cat they had adopted. On three different occasions they took this cat to a location, let it out and even drove home a different way, but each time this cat reappeared. They finally kept the cat. It had a "homing instinct"--sheep do not. The way sheep and other livestock are cared for in America is radically different from the Middle East culture. The American cowperson works the herd of sheep or cattle from the rear. The sheep are, in a sense, driven. In the Middle East, however ...

266. The Measure of Love

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... sickness of the human race. Will Durant was correct that if Jesus could teach and empower the members of the human race to love each other then it would make a great impact in the human drama. Scratch the skin of any human and underneath there are savage instincts. For me personally, it is truly amazing that God loves us, considering who we are and what we do. As St. Frances de Sales would say, what is so surprising is not solely the fact that God loves, but the full measure of God''s love. As the writer ...

267. What Are You Going to Do with My World?

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... faith has made you whole [saved you]." Our task today is to explore what Paul means by his word "save" and see how it relates to us in the year 2005. To begin with, the word certainly suggests what we have been saved from. When we use the Word, we instinctively think of being saved from sin, or lostness, or punishment in a life to come. All of this is profoundly true. Sin is a reality. Life as we live it has eternal consequences. It would be folly to deny this; but we also need to be aware of what scripture ...

268. So Great a Love

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... of God. I'll never forget it. I was visiting a Sunday school class. The teacher had passed out cookies shortly before I had arrived. Being the playful person I am, I went over to one of the children and pretended to try to take his cookie. Instinctively he pulled the cookie away. I then went to the next child who did the same. It went that way, playfully of course, around half the table until something happened. You know what? Suddenly a little girl reached out her hand, offering me her cookie. Everyone was ...

269. Grace in the Midst of Weakness

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... television and not feel repulsed when a reporter maneuvers to become bigger than the story he's relating, or a hostess postures herself as an incomparably brighter star than any celebrity she might interview. Paul says that God's person must never go there. We instinctively flinch when evangelists or authors or the guy who lives just down the street somehow imply that the good news is all about them. Look at verse 5: "For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your ...

270. Grace in the Midst of Judgment

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

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... after they lost their visual reference points. It may seem an odd way to put it, but it takes courage to rely on instruments more than intuition. It takes courage and supreme good judgment to rely more on unchanging standards and measurements than on personal instincts that we feel certain are telling us what to do next. For pilots that's a matter of life and death -- and it happens to be doubly true for anyone contemplating an authentic spiritual existence. One of the great dangers of moving forward with ...

271. Joy to the World

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... who come to Christ from being effective and productive. In one letter to Wormwood, Screwtape writes about joy. (In his letters, "the Enemy" always means God). He writes to Wormwood: Fun is closely related to joy -- a sort of emotional froth arising from the play instinct. It is of little use to us. It can sometimes be used, of course, to deviate humans from something else which the enemy should like them to be feeling or doing; but in itself it has wholly undesirable tendencies; it promotes charity, courage ...

272. Death Leads to Life

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... immediately answers, "No, there is nothing that one knows that is not learned." Socrates, after some reflection, responds that there are many things that people know without learning them, such as how to breathe, the emotions of love and sadness, and the natural instinct to live. Thus, there are things known that are not learned; Socrates' question is a paradox. In this Suffering Servant passage we are told that the Servant will prosper but the path to this exaltation is the path of suffering. The Servant ...

273. Led by the Spirit of God

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... 's unconscious, though." The deacon walked down and went into the room. There were tubes. You know how people are when they are just about gone, and lying there was quite an ugly scene. The man went over and took hold of the hand of the gentleman in the bed. Instinctively, led by the Spirit, he said a prayer. And when he said "Amen," the old fellow squeezed his hand. The deacon was so moved by that squeeze of the hand that he began to weep. He shook a little. He tried to get out of the room and, as he ...

274. The Preacher Was Caught by Surprise

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... dark days of segregation. A murder has been committed. Rod Steiger plays sheriff Bill Gillespie, a good lawman despite his racial prejudices. When Virgil Tibbs played by Sidney Poitier, a well-dressed northern African-American, comes to town, Gillespie instinctively puts him under arrest as a murder suspect. Tibbs then reveals that he is a Philadelphia homicide detective. Tibbs offers to help in Gillespie's investigation. As the clues and suspects mount, Gillespie and his deputies develop begrudging respect ...

275. A Love For All Seasons (i)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ready to excuse. Keep it in context now. There's nothing naive and shallow, nothing pollyann-ish about Paul's understanding of love. Trust is the key here. Phillips puts it, "Love knows no end to its trust." And Barclay translates it, "Love's first instinct is to believe in people." But having said that, we still have a problem, and we are compelled to deal with it. Dr. William Ritter, a Methodist preacher in Michigan, preached a compelling sermon entitled, "How Many Times Do You Take the Prodigal Back ...

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