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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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276. Behold the Blood of the Covenant

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

... of joy; not even the slightest notion that the messianic agenda was nearing its conclusion. Instead, the scriptures witness against them, to a man, as individuals engaging in pathetic scenarios of personal preoccupation. Let us take up those preoccupations. 1. Giving in to Lust for Power Within moments, "a dispute arose among them, which of them was to be regarded as the greatest" (Luke 22:24). May God have mercy! The King of kings, the personification of the New Covenant, harbinger of a new age, the lamb ...

277. The Establishment of An Empire

2 Samuel 5:1-5

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... he reigned forty years. - 2 Samuel 5:4 It was a beginning that would affect the world as nothing else could. A modern writer sums up where this beginning would lead: He had feet of clay like the rest of us if not more so - self-serving and deceitful, lustful and vain - but ... you can see why it was David more than anybody else that Israel lost her heart to and why, when Jesus of Nazareth came riding into Jerusalem on his flea-bitten mule a thousand years later, it was as the Son of David that they hailed ...

278. Heal the Sick; Cast Out the Demons

Matthew 10:5-8

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... who has not been able to whip the addiction recently told me, "I don’t know why I did it again. I don’t know what made me do it. I felt out of control, as if there was another me fighting what I wanted to do." Division sets in. Lust is a demon too. Starting naturally as a sexual desire, it begins to take over the mind of a person, soon gaining control and making everything stand behind it in importance and ruining many a life. Martin Luther said: "You can’t keep the birds of temptation from flying ...

279. A God Pleasing Savior and God Pleasing People

Malachi 1:1-5

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... he does. What it does mean is that God will live in us and that his Holy Spirit who was present at our Lord’s Baptism in the form of a dove will be present in our lives also. The Holy Spirit will teach us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and will empower us to live holy and God-pleasing lives. Knowing that God is pleased with us is good news that sets us free to want to please God because Jesus lives in us, not because we "have to." You can please some of the people some of the ...

280. Not Far From the Kingdom

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... town of Tagaste tells of his long, intense struggle with his pride, his self-will, and especially his sexual promiscuity. His mother prayed for him; his father gave scant guidance. It was during university days at Carthage, a "hissing cauldron of lust" that seventeen-year-old Augustine took a mistress, fathered a child whom he named Adeodatus ("Gift of God"). Entrapped in Manichaeism, Augustine sought liberation in philosophy, especially the high ideals of Plato. It was all an exhilarating time, and he ...

281. A King - A Kingdom

John 18:28-40

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... embodied the philosophy taken from The Chinese Classics in Shu Ching, The Book of History: The people should be cherished, And not looked down upon. The people are the root of a country; The root firm, the country is tranquil ... When the palace is wild of lust, And the country is wild for hunting; When spirits are liked, and music is the delight; When there are lofty roofs and carved walls; - The existence of any one of these things Has never been but the prelude to ruin.3 Louis XIV Ascending the throne ...

282. The Remote

John 14:5-14

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... -- 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 of this program in no way reflects the views of ...

283. His Baptism and Ours

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... of our baptism, as Luther points out in the Small Catechism. He asks, "What does such baptizing with water signify?" and answers, "It signifies that the old Adam in us should, by daily sorrow and repentance, be drowned and die, with all sins and evil lusts; and again a new man daily come forth and arise, who shall live before God in righteousness and purity forever." Bishop Eivind Berggrav was fond of quoting the answer given by a Norwegian pastor to one who asked, "If the old Adam has been drowned ...

284. The Word of the Cross

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... it there to suffer - what infernal genius man can show in his inhumanity to man! We have made progress in many ways. We have the means for making life pleasant and comfortable, but when man’s heart remains unchanged, when selfishness, hate, and lust are enthroned, then our scientific discoveries and inventions become only tools for death. The art of flying is used to rain bombs on helpless children. Calvary exposes our hardness of heart, our need of love. As Edwin Arlington Robinson expressed it, "Ah ...

285. True or False?

Isaiah 1:1-31

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... time and even more money pursuing pleasure. Sex has become a social craze. The most intimate of actions are widely displayed and intensely viewed. The society seems to demand a constant supply of bodies to watch and pursue. Voyeurism is rampant. Lust is a commodity. Sex pervades the marketplace, the politics, the entertainments of a culture whose indiscretions have no boundaries. That’s what Sodom has become. Can you imagine such a place? Then there’s Gomorrah. Have you noticed what has been happening ...

286. Make Up Your Mind!

1 Kings 18:16-46

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... God do you believe in?” It was not that the people of Israel had no god. They were, in truth, very spiritual. They had many gods, called Baals. The Baals were alluring gods who could be worshiped according to the momentary dictates of the flesh and lustful imagination. They included Baals of power, sex, money, popularity, and prestige. No wonder they were popular! The Israelites also paid homage to the true God. After all, he was the One who had delivered their ancestors out of bondage. To give up on him ...

287. Dear Mr. Johnson

Ephesians 4:1-16

Drama

Dave Marsh

Director's Notes: Petra once did a song called "Killing My Old Man." The song was based on the idea from Ephesians 4 which calls believers to "put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts..." Paul then tells us to "put on the new man which was created according to God, in righteousness and true holiness." Sometimes I write dramas that hit close to home. This is one such drama. Why is it that, as a Christian, I continue to allow the old self ...

288. Eager For The Journey

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

... lying. Then stop cheating people in your business practices, don’t steal, don’t stretch the truth, just let your yes be yes and your no be no. Don’t hate your enemies and pray for those who hate you. Oh yeah, and did I mention, you can no longer lust after women. And on top of all this pray every day, fast on occasion, give as much of your money away to the poor as you reasonable can, while still taking care of your family and when you leave home each day make every effort to tell the world that ...

289. When Evil Wins

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... lots of those, don't there. Not only back then but day to day throughout history on down to the present moment. Countless millions have suffered horribly, violently and senselessly. In the name of religion, in the name of racial purity, in the name of greed or lust or anger and often for no reason at all. Evil wins again. Some would say this story of revenge -- a person who has access to government and policy decisions and misuses them for their own dark purpose - is one more reason to say with young Ian in ...

290. Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... one believes in him."(6) It may well be true that folks are less willing to believe in one supernatural source of evil than in generations past, but the fact that evil exists is beyond question. What is the source of that repressed rage, blood lust and violence deep within every one of us which ordinarily surfaces only in our dreams when we cannot control our innermost feelings and desires? Why is it that some decent people, some of them Bible-reading, church-going Christians, can become vicious beasts when ...

291. Been There, Done That, No Thanks!

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... and birds. Along with the laws of nature we are subject to the laws of God. Mastering the laws of nature and of God gives us maximum freedom. Violation of these laws results in slavery, just ask the drug addict, the alcoholic, the person enslaved by lust or greed. Surrender to the Law brings freedom. Still, the Law cannot meet our deepest needs. Something more is needed. Paul found that something more in his new faith and certainly this brought him a very special kind of freedom. IT ALSO BROUGHT HIM THE ...

292. When What's Lost Is Found

Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... not that serious in our estimation. They're misdemeanors ” not felonies. And yet, according to Jesus, there really is no such thing as a misdemeanor. To those who prided themselves on never committing adultery, Jesus said if you have looked upon a woman with lust, you have already committed adultery in your heart. To those who prided themselves that they had never committed violence, Jesus said that anyone who had ever said, "You fool," was in danger of the fires of hell. Sin is an attitude of the heart ...

293. Light

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... light! HE IS WHAT THE WORLD HAS BEEN SEEKING. That is the message we need to communicate to a world careening out of control. Look to Bethlehem. Stop for a moment before the manger. That is what life is all about. It is not about greed and lust and hatred and revenge. It is about concern for the least and the lowest. It is about simplicity and beauty and love. It is about nations beating their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. It is about lives of righteousness, harmony and peace ...

294. How Shall We Prepare Ourselves For Christmas

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... decisions you and I make everyday are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of. An apparently trivial indulgence in lust or in anger today is the loss of a ridge or railway line or bridgehead from which the enemy may launch an attack otherwise impossible." You may remember the woman who lived next door to a private zoo. She informed the police that she had a skunk ...

295. A House Divided

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... When an American whaling vessel found the crew and their "friends" 18 years later, only one of the original crew was left. Friction and fighting for the women had quickly led to murder and suicidethey had no purpose to rally around other than their selfserving lusts. (5) So it is with our lives. Many of us live fragmented lives tossed and buffeted by conflicting desires. We need to unite our lives around one love, one Savior, one Lord. "A house divided against itself cannot stand...." That is true. No house ...

296. Rushing And Realizing

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... now! (6) And that is our role today two thousand years after Christ's birth. Theologians use the fancy phrase, "realized eschatology." It means to live our lives as if Christ's kingdom were already established. It is to live with pure and loving hearts harboring no anger, no lust, no greed. It is to live with a commitment to root our injustice wherever it is found to the end that someday God's plan will be realized. It is to live in the light as if we already surrounded the throne of God. But how does such ...

297. What About the Weeds?

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... (2) Human evil is a continuing reality in our world. We see it on every continent. We recoil at the idea of the judgment of God, but what about the weeds? What about the evil within the hearts of men and women--the hatred, bigotry, envy, bitterness, lust, anger, greed, etc. A young woman in one of our public schools was asked to write an essay on Evolution. She wrote, “According to this theory man descended from the apes and has been descending ever since.” There is some truth in that little piece of ...

298. Face To Face With The Tempter

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... . That ended the matter. Only a fool deliberately exposes himself to gunfire or temptation! (3) Better persons than you or I have given in to the Sirens' song. The Jim Bakkers, the Ivan Boeskys, and the scores of other prominent persons who have fallen to lust or greed or any of our darker passions, are no different than you or I. Temptation is a reality for all of us. GENERALLY TEMPTATION SLIPS UP ON US BEFORE WE RECOGNIZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF IT. In her autobiography, Lauren Bacall described how she became ...

299. The One Thing That Matters

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... other men about the marvelous bag he'd found to carry his food. How often in life we throw away jewels and keep only the leather bag. We do it when we embrace pleasures at the sacrifice of our bodies, when we sacrifice our marriages to satisfy our lust, when we ignore our children in the search for material security, when we sacrifice our souls in our love affair with the world. The great tragedies of life can be summed up like this: We threw away jewels and kept only the brown leather bag that they came ...

300. I Am The Only One Left Who Cares!

1 Kings 19:9-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... twentieth century to older civilizations, I always say the same thing: `The situation is normal.'" The world has always been in bad shape-ever since the species HOMO SAPIENS first appeared on the globe. Up until then, things had been pretty peaceful. But with humanity came lust and greed and resentment and malice and a host of other malevolent emotions. Our time is no better or no worse. Because people are no better or worse. This Is Not To Say That We Do Not Have Some Staggering Problems. We do. There is ...

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