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251. A New Way of Seeing

Acts 2:1-41

Illustration

Brett Blair

... over, looked at it and replied, "She is rather small and flat, isn't she?" Now, Picasso's cubism isn't exactly realistic but the point is clear: The man was so wrapped up in HIS view of his wife he could not understand anyone else's view or interpretation of her. On the day of Pentecost there were many Jews who understood, who saw Gods new view of the world through the eye of the Spirit but there were also many there who did not, who could not see the world around them in any other way than the way it had ...

252. Fixing The Fox!

Luke 13:31-35

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John R. Brokhoff

... to inspire us today: "My conscience is bound to the Word of God. Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise. God help me!" This stand is not without a price. It may even cost your life. On the night before he was burned at the stake for his biblical views, John Huss sent a letter to his friends: "I write this in prison and in chains, expecting tomorrow to receive sentence of death, full of hope in God that I shall not swerve from the truth, nor adjure errors imputed to me by false witnesses ... In the truth which ...

253. Six Cloudy Days

Exodus 24:1-18

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... had to be reasonable or it had no value at all. It had to make sense from a logical point of view. God called many Christian thinkers to use this reasoning. Men like Anseim, then Bishop of Canterbury in England, applied their disciplined ... of despair, I thought he would die in my arms. Is there a rational explanation for that? Does it make sense from a reasonable point of view? God sent me into the cloud of my brother’s tragic life to draw me from reason to faith. In this Old Testament lesson, God called ...

254. The End is a New Beginning

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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... promised and now was about to give to the Israelites must have pleased Moses greatly. The whole broad expanse of it lay before him as he viewed it from Mount Nebo. How long he had to assess it and envision what the life of the people might be in this land "flowing ... the Israelites - and people today - about caring for the earth as a precious gift of God to us all, but he did not. Our view of the earth is much different than his. We could put the words in Moses’ mouth, but we need to speak them to people ...

255. Sole Brother

Luke 10:25-37

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... was just hoping the balding tires and wobbly wheel would get him there. Ten miles into his thoughts and hopes, the same car came to view on the road shoulder. He spotted the flat tire and the woman who by now was giving up hope, and he pulled off as quickly ... was just hoping the balding tires and wobbly wheel would get him there. Ten miles into his thoughts and hopes, the same car came to view on the road shoulder. He spotted the flat tire and the woman who by now was giving up hope, and he pulled off as ...

256. Do It For the Joy of It!

Matthew 22:34-40

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... . Why had God forgotten that? Why didn’t he come through with his half of the bargain? Tradin’ Day. The only problem is, God didn’t set things up that way. He didn’t love us on condition that we’d pay him back. Maybe, from our point of view, God was a fool not to tie strings to his great gift. Maybe. But God is not as small as that. He knows that trading merely traps people in an impossibly thick web of obligation, guilt, and anger. So he gives the gift without condition, simply saying, "I love ...

257. The Gospel According to Christ’s Enemies

John 11:1-16

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Richard Hoefler

... brother and wondered why God let that happen to Lazarus. Jesus, on the other hand, looked at the death of Lazarus and said, "This has happened to bring glory to God, and will be the means by which the Son of God will receive glory." Jesus took the champion’s view, which is to use the storms and destructive high winds of life to one’s advantage. It is the power and the glory of God to bring good out of evil. Tony Jacklin, the young man who shot the remarkable seventy-one that won for him the 1970 U.S ...

258. What Do You Think You’re Worth?

Matthew 10:1-42

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John R. Brokhoff

... without any merit or worthiness in me." When he explains how Jesus redeemed us, he says "who redeemed me, a lost and condemned creature." The great preacher, Spurgeon, put it this way, "Be content to be nothing, for that is what you are." Our hymns express this traditional view of a Christian’s importance: "Would he devote that sacred head for such a worm as I?"; "Nothing in my hand I bring, Naked come to thee for dress, Foul I to the fountain fly;" and "Just as I am without one plea." How and why does a ...

259. Salvation as Hope

Romans 13:8-14, 1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

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T. A. Kantonen

... of individual life at death as well as the end of all things. What is Paul’s teaching on the meaning of death? The starting-point is that death is a curse which entered the world as a result of man’s disobedience to God. Paul derived this view from Genesis and develops it in Romans 5, where the key word is "the wages of sin is death." The curse "reigns" over the whole human race and encompasses the whole existence of each individual. Death is God’s judgment upon man as sinner and from this judgment ...

260. Paul Today

Acts 17:16-34

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T. A. Kantonen

... of the poor. The Christian hope is faith with vision, faith with courage, faith with strength to carry on even when the situation appears hopeless. It provides the perspective of eternity in which grace, redemption, and salvation - all Christian doctrines - are to be viewed. And it gives to men in all ages the incentive for confident, consecrated, and victorious living. For "in the Lord" we have the assurance: "all things are yours, whether ... life or death or the present or the future, all are yours; and ...

261. Moving Fences

2 Corinthians 5:16-19

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Bill Bouknight

... St. Paul's words in verse 16: “From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard him thus no 1onger.” Back when Paul the Apostle had been Saul of Tarsus, he ha regarded ... angry. But when Christ lives within us, he teaches us to assume that our opponents are honorable people with respectable views until proven otherwise. There was a great Methodist preacher down in Georgia named Sam Jones. He exuded the spirit of ...

262. Glorious Light

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

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William F. Dunkle

... be blurred and blinded. People even deliberately blunt their spiritual and moral sensitivity and so are mentally blind to glory. They actually make this choice and pay this price. Surely it is these whom Saint Paul calls unbelievers. They have a godless view of life. They are wrapped in material affairs or are enveloped in sensual pleasures. They reject what is sublime in favor of what is cheap and tawdry. A team of British comedians popularized the song hippopotamuses might sing, "Mud, mud, glorious mud ...

263. The Sheep And The Goats

Matthew 25:31-46

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Brett Blair

... to be not as good as they thought, and those who thought they failed were told they did a better job then they supposed. I would like to suggest three points that this parable is attempting to make this morning. I First, the parable suggests that we are to view each individual as though he or she was Christ himself. “Lord, when did we feed you, or clothe you, or visit you in prison?” was the question that was asked. Came the response: When you did it unto the least of these my brethren, you did it unto ...

264. The Remote

John 14:5-14

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... images -- the hypnotizer -- the mesmerizer -- the magic box -- the canned entertainer -- the visual valium -- the boob tube. Yes, the T.V., the home of talk shows and wok shows and cartoons and bar tunes and late movies and weight groovies and opera and news and views and retail sales and retold tales and lusts and busts and guns and buns. Yes, the T. and the V. in its entiritee! SUSAN: You're wearing me out. FLY: Don't touch that dial. Our show will be right back after these messages. The content ...

265. Hell!

Mark 9:42-50, Mark 9:38-41

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Robert F. Crowley

... 's an actual place, and not only a place but a place of torment. PAM: Right. That story is in Luke 16. HOST: Thank you. People can look that up on their own, but for now let's continue with our question for the day: "What is your view of hell?" How about you? WILLOW: (STANDS) In the Bible study I attend our teacher said there are quite a few different words that are translated "hell" in the Bible. HOST: Now, this will help. What were those different words? PAM: Pardon me. HOST: Yes? PAM: (SPEAKING TO WILLOW ...

266. Out of the Box

Acts 11:1-18

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... take the gospel beyond the four walls of the church to people who don’t look like us, walk like us, talk like us, or share our views? Why must we always talk to the people who think like we think and do as we do? Why doesn’t our conversation and proclamation go forth ... stay in. Peter came out of the box to bring a message of love, power, and justice to people who didn’t share his views which included Jews and Gentiles. That’s what the church needs to do today. It needs to come out of the box. The box ...

267. Right Choices

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... is what having a decent home for the first time in life can do." (6) Now, you tell me. Was it the change of houses that made a difference or did the boy change his view of himself? How we view ourselves is often reflected in the choices we make. If we have a positive view of ourselves, we will make positive choices. If we have a negative view of ourselves, then watch out! And here is the last thing we need to see: THERE IS ONE WHO SAYS TO US, "YOU ARE A WINNER. THERE IS HOPE FOR YOU. BY MY GRACE , YOU ...

268. Love Of Life

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... detox? And he just stared out at the ocean and said, "Look at the view, young lady. Look at the view." Anna Quindlen ended her speech like this: "And every day, in some little way, I try to do what he said. I try to look at the view. And that's the last thing I have to tell you today, words of ... wisdom from a man with not a dime in his pocket, no place to go, nowhere to be. Look at the view. You'll never be disappointed." (3) It's obvious that, with all his other problems, this homeless man had a love for ...

269. Mud Below, Stars Above

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the window through which I was looking. There was a little blemish in the glass, and as I tried to look through that blemish at the beautiful scene I found that it was completely distorted and thrown out of focus. Nothing had happened to the scenery that I was viewing. It was merely that the window through which I was looking had a flaw in it." Are you looking at life through a flawed window? What do you see: mud or stars? The Biblical insight is that we are a mixture of both mud and stars. Paul says to ...

270. Reconciliation: Our Gift And Our Ministry

2 Corinthians 5:14-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... all, therefore, all have died. And he died for all that those who live might live no longer to themselves, but for him who for their sake died and was raised. From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view, even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away, behold the new has come. All of this is from God who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ...

271. Saying Yes To Forgiveness

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... your mind. What do you think Paul was talking about in our text? Listen to verse 16: "From now on, therefore, we regard none from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard him thus no longer." He was talking about practicing being God -- not viewing persons from a human point of view, but from a God perspective. And when we have that perspective, the ministry of reconciliation follows. Come at it from a slightly different way. When are we most like ...

272. Choices

Mark 9:42-50

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King Duncan

... off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell”? What a stark declaration. “If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off.” Is this on the same level as those societies that cut off the hands of thieves? We view that as barbaric. This is not the Jesus we prefer. We like a soft Jesus, one who talks like a guru from the 1960s about peace and love and how we are all God’s children. This harsher, more strident Jesus offends our live-and-let-live sensibilities. Obviously ...

273. Loving Like God Loves

Matthew 5:43-48

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Phil Thrailkill

... U.S. had nearly tripled, jumping to 44 percent. Information from the Indonesian Survey Institute showed that "support for Bin Laden and terrorism has dropped to its lowest level since 9/11." It also reported that Indonesians with a "very unfavorable" view of the U.S. had fallen to just 13 percent, down from 48 percent prior to the tsunami.13 Now the Christian message is not about getting people to love America but to love God. The insight, however, is that practical love of potential enemies has spiritual ...

274. The Seeing Eye

1 Samuel 16:1-13

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Bill Mosley

... martyr very properly, and will not accept the offer. But under pressure she accepts -- "for her niece." She makes it clear that it is Lucy turning the gentlemen out of their rooms! The first thing Miss Bartlett does when she gets her new room with a view -- is to fasten the window shutters! Lucy, on the other hand, upon entering her new room throws the shutters wide open to breathe in the clear night air -- to see the dancing lights of the city and the cypresses on the hills, black against the rising moon ...

275. Struggles, Death, and Christ

Philippians 1:21-30

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Jeff Wedge

... not wishing for death as a release from a terrible present situation. Paul's attitude is worthy of our attention for at least two reasons. First, Paul is seriously saying that he views death as something to be sought, something desirable, something he longed for. Not because the current situation was intolerable, but because he viewed death as the way in which he could "be with Christ." Paul, as a man in middle age, at the height of his abilities, is imprisoned, but not defeated, or despondent, or suicidal ...

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