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301. What Church Is All About

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... " didn't even rate in the survey.[1] There are all kinds of reasons to go to church, and I would say good reasons. Some people go to church for the fellowship; some go for service; some go for Bible study; some go for the music; some go for the atmosphere; some go for the preaching. But if you come to church for any other primary reason than to worship God, you are coming for the wrong reason. Dr. A. W. Tozer once wrote, "I can safely say on the authority of all that is revealed in the Word of God ...

302. When the Pressure Is On

John 6:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... that is trapped inside causes the internal temperature to rise beyond what it would be capable of doing under normal room pressure. Food then cooks at a higher temperature, and because it's under pressure it cooks even faster. At sea level (where the normal atmospheric pressure is 14.7 pounds per square inch) the boiling point of water is 212°F, the highest temperature which can be reached by water at that elevation. But that boiling point is raised 38º F to 250º F, under the 15 additional pounds of ...

303. The Only Guide You Need

John 16:12-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... what happens to us so often. We are so deafened by the noise of the world, we get so busy in mundane things, that we don't turn down the television, and we don't quiet the crowd, and we don't put down the newspaper and give ourselves the atmosphere that we need in order to hear the Spirit of God speak. Acts 13:2 is an extremely revealing verse about the speaking of the Holy Spirit. "As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to ...

304. What Excites God

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... hardly wait for the invitation to end? That will tell you a lot more about your spiritual condition than you may even want to know. I want to respectfully ask everyone of us to consider that every time we come to church, we ought to provide an atmosphere and an attitude that is most conducive to people being able to get to Jesus. I tell you, without shame, that every time a lost sinner walks into this church, I want everything he sees, everything he hears, and everything he feels to tell him, "These people ...

305. The Perfect Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

James Merritt

... on the open seas. An ocean hurricane is so powerful that the combined nuclear arsenals of the United States and the former Soviet Union, do not contain enough energy to keep that hurricane going for one day. One average hurricane encompasses a million cubic miles of atmosphere, and could provide all of the electrical power needed by the United States for up to four years. Winds can be so high that when they hit the coast, people have been sandblasted to death. So much rain can fall— up to 5 inches per ...

306. The True Feng Shui Life

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... most to transform our perception of this world was that look-back at Earth from the tiny port-hole window in the first Apollo mission to the moon. Dangling in the bleak blackness of space was this beautiful blue-ball planet — with swirling seas and a wispy atmosphere. The wonder and fragility of life on our singular planet was immediately made real to anyone and everyone. The blue of our seas, and the so-blue of our skies, is a direct result of the miracle of life. A recent Discovery Channel program on ...

307. Sending Good Messages

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... a good clean argument, even when one or both partners are angry. Anger is no sin. St. Paul cautions us not to “let the sun go down with you still angry.” (Eph. 4:26) Deal with it promptly. Don’t let it hang around unresolved and thereby pollute the atmosphere of the home. Pastor Chuck Swindoll says that he and his wife have had a standing agreement not to go to bed angry with each other. Chuck says, “Of course, by about 3:30 in the morning, you’ll agree to just about anything. Even if one of us ...

308. A Time for Us

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... knew how to handle power, was assassinated. Martin Luther King, Jr., the great civil rights reformer, was gunned down by a sniper's bullet. Rock stars literally are shooting stars, which flash across the headlines, and then burn out in their own atmosphere of drugs, sex, and desperate narcissism. Celebrities rise and fall, and we rise and fall with them, searching for that special time for us, at least vicariously. Even West Side Story's youthful Tony and Maria do not survive to fulfill their dreamed ...

309. On Trusting the Work of God

Mark 4:1-20

Sermon

George Reed

... loved. There is something attractive and, unfortunately, unusual about a group where people genuinely care about one another. We must guard against the danger that we will become a closed club that only cares about its members, but we must not give up the caring atmosphere of a group of people who look out for one another. Probably the hardest seeds for most of us to sow comes in sharing our walk of faith with others. We are hesitant to speak about things so personal partly to protect ourselves and partly ...

310. What Part of “You Shall Not” Don’t You Understand?

Exodus 20:1-17

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... Allen, honorary chairman of the Parents Television Council, wrote, "The coarsening of our entire culture is by no means a simple matter. But oppose it we must, for the consequences of rearing millions of initially innocent children in a social atmosphere characterized by vulgarity, violence, brutish manners, the collapse of the family, and general disrespect for traditional codes of conduct is to chill the blood of even the most tolerant observers." In other words, the vulgarians and ethical relativists are ...

311. John the Stall Cleaner

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... second week of September. Acts of terrorism, even when they are happening far away, feel like they are at our front door. The mayors of Mumbai and New York City now feel like blood-brothers. Thailand’s airport is shut down, and the political atmosphere there feels like a muggy August night in the Midwest: thunder and lightening are imminent. The truth is that in this next year we are looking eye-to-eye at some pretty dire situations. Failures of economic systems (the government bail-outs just keep coming ...

312. The Bonds of Love

1 John 4:7-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... into double chins, and when one must finally stand by the casket of the other." (Ross Marrs, "Marriage: An Act of the Will") One group of people paid to think about the ingredients that combine to create love, or at least an atmosphere where love can develop, are marriage therapists and counselors. The science of psychotherapy has attempted to identify the ingredients contained in the art of love (One Couple/Four Realities, ed. Richard Chasin, Henry Grunebaum and Margaret Herzig, [New York and London ...

313. Revitalizing the Lo-cal Church

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Fenelon: "Lord, teach me to pray. Pray thyself in me." Prayer is the breathing of the soul. Have you ever walked into a room where people were praying? Then you have sensed that hallowed aura, that special power that the earth exhales into the atmosphere of prayer-inhaling places. Every church needs that special aura, that special power again. America's oldline denominations are trying to get out of their tailspins of decline and loss by landing on their feet. We ought to be landing on our knees instead ...

314. Miss Manners and Mr. Goodwrench

Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... dollop of practical and poignant theology in with his recipes. His faith delights in extending invitations of hospitality to all he addresses. To a culture where, astoundingly, something as basic as cooking has now become a matter of choice, not necessity, Smith creates an atmosphere that welcomes and accepts all who tune in to his recipe/sermon. Sure, it's "just" a cooking show. But the spirit that Jeff Smith succeeds in making palpable in his kitchen is the same Spirit that Paul insists that we seek to ...

315. Global Warming

Genesis 2:18-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

An original twist is given the phrase "global warming," as the climate-altering effects of thinking "we" over "me" would bring healthy and health-giving atmospheric changes to people who are freezing to death in our well-heated churches and warmed-up planet. The Bible is a book about relationships; the relationship between God and creation, heavenly beings and human beings, humanity and nature, men and women, husbands and wives, and adults and children are all ...

316. Uh-Huh!

John 18:33-37

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... discern what exactly is the "right stuff" in that film's tale of the American space program. Is the right stuff the astronauts with nerves of steel, or is it the sleek and daring machines they develop to aid them in the exploration of the new frontier beyond our atmosphere? "Stealing God's Stuff' is a phrase coined by E. B. White to refer to the way we easily get in the act of "playing God." Technology is the quickest route we have to "stealing God's stuff. " Is the "right one" the "right stuff?" Do we have ...

317. Interior Decorations

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... That is why Christmas is a time to go beyond intellectual curiosity into spiritual curiosity - to say with John Donne "For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me wonder." This is a season we need to approach with an attitude and atmosphere of wonder, openness, and awe. Shed your super-sophistication, your skepticism, your coolness, and return to a childlike stance and sense of wonder and mystery. Coupled with the acceptance of the miraculous, wonderful news of the Messiah's birth, the shepherds suggest the ...

318. O Holy Nightmare

Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... headaches and heartburn, economic homicide (that is, willfully sacrificing your bank account), a 10-pound weight gain, endless renditions of the same one dozen Christmas songs (one for every age group imaginable), suicidal shopping mall traffic, and the general atmosphere of surliness, desperation, depression, anxiety and rage that accompanies all of these? Caught up in a consumer Christmas, we can easily find that instead of preparing to sing "O Holy Night," we find ourselves living out one "holy nightmare ...

319. Keep the Stars in Your Eyes

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Year's Eve blowouts for years. Except for those nerdy computer types who are wringing their hands and predicting crash and burn for all computer systems that use just two digits to designate a year, there has been a generally jovial, party atmosphere about the whole event. But the deadly, misguided, apocalyptic-steeped visions of the "Heaven's Gate" cult have suddenly brought us up short. Thirty-nine sad, strange, purple-shrouded figures have forever tinged our frivolity with fear. What will the approaching ...

320. Holy Hocus-Pocus!

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

321. Hear the Vision?

1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20)

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

322. The One and Only Original Sin

1 Peter 3:18-22

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

323. The Trace of Grace

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

324. Count Your Wows!

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

325. Parable Power

Mark 4:26-34

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... But the fact is, storytelling of any sort, amusing anecdotes or tragic tales, is an unrepeatable art form. The variety of people listening, the inflections in your voice, the mood of the day, the color of the sky they all combine to create a one-time-only atmosphere for the words you speak. A story may bring a tear or a smile at one telling, and yet, the very next audience experiences the same words in a completely different way. Mark's gospel tells us that Jesus chose to speak in parables. Some people find ...

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