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276. Transformed in Christ

John 3:1-17

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... us and those who cannot, those we consider friends and those we do not, those who live on the proper side of the tracks and those who do not, those who have the correct skin color, or religion, and those who do not. We can create a destructive atmosphere in our relationships with others and not lift one finger. Our attitudes, words, and actions can lift people up or tear them down; it is all up to us! Lent is a time to transform our personal habits. We need to heed the warnings and advice we have received ...

277. Pentecost! Slow ... and Sure!

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... a Sunday evening fellowship meeting. And what would you find should you enter that church? Let's suppose you're searching for a church home and you go visit the early first church. What sort of group would you find? The text tells us there was a pervasive atmosphere of fear in the meeting. Not joy, not love, not teaching - but fear. You see, Jesus had been crucified within the past week, and the disciples did not know but what they would be next. So, they were afraid. The text also tells us that it was ...

278. The Greatest Gift

Matthew 1:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... that were found therein. The outflow of emotions that surrounded the opening of these crosses surpassed secular gift exchanges, partly because these boxes contained Christ-centered, raw experiences and moving memories. In order to enhance a participatory atmosphere, the chairs in the chapel were placed circularly with all seats facing the centrally located manger. The order of worship included opening prayers, which was then followed by simple, clear instructions about the crosses that were distributed ...

279. Wondering Wonder

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... fights, really ugly pink bunny pajamas, the class klutz getting his tongue frozen onto the flag pole, a new decoder ring, Christmas dinner in a Chinese restaurant, and of course, getting that longed-for BB gun. These childish things that created an atmosphere of wonder around the entire Christmas season transformed every common event into an uncommon wonderment. Perhaps children are better at finding wonder in their lives and in the world, because they're still so full of wondering. Children are used to not ...

280. Los Posadas

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a crib in a manger all prepared for the birth of the holy child. But even after they are turned away eight of the nine nights, there's food and fellowship with all families, as old friends are greeted and new friends are made amidst an atmosphere of joy, prayer and thanksgiving. Some churches have adopted and adapted this Las Posadas tradition in a striking way. They have made a traveling manger, with knitted figures of Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus and the donkey - a kind of traveling creche that's taken to a ...

281. The FUD Club: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt

2 Thessalonians 2:13-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... humanity. Fear of an unstoppable MRSA epidemic, like the SARS “bird-flu” scare of a couple years ago, remind us how vulnerable we are to forces outside our control. Such fears can paralyze our personal sense of purpose. Such fears can bring an atmosphere of hopelessness and helplessness to everyday existence. When fear becomes so powerful, “The FUD Factor” where FUD stands for Fear-Uncertainty-Doubt, becomes the driving force in our daily lives. The FUD Factor is a constant in the past as well as in ...

282. The Longest Running Parade in History

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... him is this: those who throne him wave palm branches and sing hosannas in good times and bad, in the midst of sorrows as well as celebrations, on Good Friday as well as No-Name Saturday and Easter morning. The essence of a parade is a party atmosphere and party spirit. Can your spirit party even when everything around you is falling down and coming apart? Can you trust and obey Jesus enough to party through the jeers as well as the cheers? Before I was allowed to check in at the Fairfield Inn at Fossil ...

283. Go Meditate!

Revelation 19:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... mediators instead of high-priced attorneys to help them settle their differences and move beyond them. Mediators are third parties trained in identifying specific problems, negotiation techniques, listening skills, and defusing emotional outbursts. Their goal is to create an atmosphere in which the real issues can be identified and clearly examined. The skills of the mediator make it possible for the free flow of ideas and the expression of genuine needs. A good mediator unclogs the communication between ...

284. Greeting and Meeting Jesus

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... prescient act, anointing Jesus' feet with the aromatic oil, brought sweetness both to the household it perfumed and to the moment it marked. The sense of smell is the most memory-evoking of all human sense. As the pungency of the perfume permeated the atmosphere, that aroma also became forever linked in the minds and memories of Jesus and his dinner companions. It smelled like a quiet dinner with friends. It smelled like the comfort of familiar company and a safe haven. It smelled like sacrificial love. But ...

285. What's Left Is Right

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... fall, the more obtuse the angle of your back, the more convoluted and comical your body is going to appear. Face it. Even if you win a limbo contest, you've lost . . . you've lost your dignity and made yourself a laughingstock. Outside the limbo party atmosphere, nobody ever wants to know how low can you go. How much further can your family income drop? How much more dismal can morale get in your work place? How much more strained can the relationship get between yourself and your teenager? How far down can ...

286. The Ultimate Blasphemy

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... body. It's blasphemy to use faith as an excuse for hate. It's blasphemy to depict the image of God as the spray of blood on a bombed out mosque wall. It's blasphemy to call for the death and destruction of life. It's blasphemy to create an atmosphere of fear and terror. It's blasphemy to take away the innocence of childhood with lullabies of hatred and violence. It's blasphemy to read God's word but not to live God's word. It's blasphemy to pass the time and not redeem the time.

287. The Twelfth Man

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... taught. Just that his words astounded the locals. They were impressed not just with WHAT Jesus said, but with HOW he said it: with authority, and not as the scribes (verse 22). This undercurrent of acceptance stirred up more than admiration. It changed the atmosphere in that synagogue enough to antagonize an unclean spirit. It's the crowd's 12th Man support of Jesus' words and presence that prompts the unclean spirit to reveal itself. No one brought the possessed man to Jesus to have him healed. The unclean ...

288. A New Attitude

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... the rest of her life with a man who had come to be down on life, people, and even God. Several friends had confronted him about his snarling attitude. Three people had resigned from his company because they said they could not work in the negative atmosphere his attitudes had created. The man’s world was falling apart.” (1) That man by his own admission had become unbearable. Maybe you know somebody like that. Maybe you’re on your way to becoming somebody like that. It happens, doesn’t it? If so ...

289. Advent 1

Matthew 24:36-51, Romans 13:8-14, Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-9

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... eschatological nature of the time, declaring that salvation is drawing ever nearer. Paul speaks in terms of passing time, an anticipated hour, the passing of night, and the arrival of the day. The very mention of "the day" in the eschatologically charged atmosphere of early Christianity would have set minds thinking about the promised final divine judgment on "the day of the Lord." Verses 12b -14 follow with a series of negative and positive admonitions. Christians are to move away from evil and toward God ...

290. Lent 5

John 11:1-45 · Romans 8:6-11 · Ezekiel 37:1-14 · Psalm 130

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... and life with inherent revelatory, christological remarks. Jesus spoke earlier about himself and his power, but here we find no such declarations. Scene Five: When Jesus sees the mourners, John tells us of his distress and anger (vv. 33, 38). The atmosphere of grief and mourning are characteristic of no faith. Jesus was also sorrowful. The Greek text contrasts the weeping of the crowd and the weeping of Jesus. The crowd "weeps and wails" (Greek = klaio —a kind of formal funeral behavior); whereas ...

291. God Speaks and the Church Is Our Hearing Aid

Mark 4:1-9

Sermon

James W. Moore

... people who are here… let me just say that God is calling you to serve Him and He may well be calling you to the ministry. 2. To the church: my personal experience suggests something very important to us… that we should work at creating the warm kind of atmosphere whereby people can hear the voice of God. II. GOD SPEAKS A WORD OF LOVE TO US… AND THE CHURCH IS OUR HEARING AID. Let me ask you something. What was the very first verse of scripture you learned as a child in Sunday School? Do you remember? I ...

292. Recognizing Christ

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... they were ready to give up, they encountered the Master. In 1972, NASA launched an exploratory space probe called Pioneer 10. The mission of Pioneer 10 was to fly to Jupiter and take pictures of the planet and moons, and send back data about the atmosphere, magnetic field, and radiation belts. Many scientists did not think this would be possible, because they feared that the probe would be destroyed in the asteroid belt, and up to this point, no probe had made it past Mars. But, Pioneer 10 completed its ...

293. A Choice for Righteousness and Not Evil

Matthew 10:40-42; John 15:12-13

Illustration

Wayne Peterson

... , that a man lay down his life for his friends." Some who were Christians took heart and began to witness to other men. The prisoners began to ask about Christ and to meet for Bible study. When they began to know Christ as Lord the entire atmosphere in the camp changed from despair and desperation to hope and compassion. When Christmas of 1943 arrived, Dr. Gordon said, 2000 prisoners assembled for worship. They sang carols and someone read the story of the birth of Jesus from a Gospel account. Much more was ...

294. What's Your Hospitality Quotient?

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... , shriveled and wrinkled with every unkind word. But when she spoke kindly to the stranger and gave him food, he grew and became more beautiful. The reason was that the stranger was an angel from heaven in human form and could live only in an atmosphere of kindness and love. (5) The writer of Hebrews tells us that we are to be hospitable to “strangers for thereby, some have entertained angels unawares” (Hebrews 13:2). A man was being entertained by the president of a small college in the South. The ...

295. The Fellowship of Joy

Philippians 1:3-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... of others whom we also have led to Christ, who went to other churches. Now I could not have done this alone. The reason why God has so blessed us with a harvest is because this church has had an attitude of evangelism, it has provided an atmosphere for evangelism, it has initiated an action of evangelism. This was why the church at Philippi was so full of joy. Did you know that soul-winning churches are the happiest churches on earth? Did you know that soul-winning Christians are the happiest Christians on ...

296. You Can Take It to the Bank

2 Peter 3:1-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... . The burst of gamma radiation lasted for only one-tenth of a second…but in that instant it emitted as much energy as the sun does in three thousand years. If that gamma ray burst had occurred in the Milky Way galaxy in which we live, our entire atmosphere would have been set on fire. If the sun had suddenly emitted the same amount of energy, our earth would have vaporized instantly. But there is more to this. The satellites were able to pinpoint the location of the burst to a spot in a galaxy known as ...

297. Who's In Charge Here

Judges 21:24-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... homes of the high esteem group were also characterized by democracy and openness. Once the boundaries for behavior were established, there was freedom for individual personalities to go undeveloped. The boys could express themselves without fear of ridicule, and the overall atmosphere was marked by acceptance and emotional safety.[8] c. There Will Holiness Spiritually Formerly the pastor is the leader of the church, but functionally three things must be in place if the pastor is to lead. There must be the ...

298. Joy to the World

Luke 2:8-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... , got the wife and children together and said, "I want us to be more disciplined in the management of our time. I want us to curtail excessive spending on gifts. I want us to get along and be sweet to one another. I want us to have a great atmosphere in our home." He was getting pumped up, feeling like a football coach before a big game, and finally he said with his best rallying cry, "Let's make this the best Christmas ever!" He was pretty proud of himself until his little second grade son raised his hand ...

299. Building Your Home on the Rock

Matthew 7:24-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... earthquakes. If you live in the South you will face tornadoes. If you live in the North you'll face floods. If you live in the East you'll face hurricanes. You see, Jesus is not telling us how to find a safe place to live, where the atmosphere is ideal, the winds gentle, the rains controlled, where the sun always shines, and the climate is perfect. That place does not exist anywhere on earth, nor does it exist anywhere in life. There's another true story that is also very fascinating to me that happened ...

300. Put Up and Shut Up

Proverbs 18:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit." (Prov. 18:21) Almost one hundred years ago this statement was made, and it is just as true today: There is nothing which seems more insubstantial than speech, a mere vibration in the atmosphere which touches the nerves of hearing and then dies away. There is no organ which seems smaller and less considerable than the tongue; a little member which is not even seen, and physically speaking, soft and weak. But the word which issues out of the lips ...

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