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301. Lent 2

Genesis 12:1-8, Romans 4:1-25, 2 Timothy 1:1-2:13, John 3:1-21

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John R. Brokhoff

... (Life) - v. 15. 3. Believe Or Perish! (3:16). Need: Christianity is an either-or proposition. There is no half way, no neutrality, no lukewarmness. We live or we die, we believe or perish. Who really wants to perish, to die, or to go to hell? Instinctively we want to live. Whether we live depends on faith. What faith? Outline: To believe is to live - a. Believe God loves you - "God so loved ..." b. Believe Christ died for you - "gave his only Son ..." c. Believe you can have life - "May have eternal life ...

302. Easter 7

John 17:1-11, Acts 1:6-14, 1 Peter 4:12-19; 5:6-11, Psalm 68

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John R. Brokhoff

... the Ascension? This passage reflects an outmoded three-story universe. In today's space world, "up" may be "down." The preacher will present the truth in figurative and symbolic language. Jesus' going to the Father is a fact. How he went is of secondary importance. Instinctively we refer to God, heaven, and the good as "up." We look up to God. Jesus ascended to the Father. 3. The church at prayer (v. 14). The first Christians gathered in the upper room to pray for the Spirit. Why pray for the Spirit ...

303. Proper 9

Gen 24:1-67, Zech 9:9-13, Rom 7:7-25; 8:1-17, Mt 11:1-19, 25-30

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John R. Brokhoff

... that God had led him to Rebecca, and when his mission was a success, he bowed his head and worshiped God for his good guidance. Worship depends on the worship of the One we worship. When we realize the goodness, greatness, and grace of God, we instinctively worship him. Epistle 1 – Zechariah 9:9-12 1. Rejoice (v. 9). What is there to rejoice about? Can we rejoice over the shortage of energy, the arms race, the pollution of the earth, the racial unrest, and political corruption? God gives Israel reason to ...

304. Vital Vulnerability

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

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Susan R. Andrews

... that is only ours to redeem. What is the particular spark in you? Is it a relationship that is ripe for commitment? Is it a vocational dream that is waiting to be realized? Is it a moral decision that is ready to be claimed? Is it a creative instinct waiting to be expressed? What is the holy in you — vital and vulnerable — yearning to be born? This infant holiness, gestating within your soul, will come when it is time to come, and then you, then I, then we must respond. This God spark within you will be ...

305. The Embassy at 6601

Matthew 5:21-26

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Susan R. Andrews

... only hope left is at the grassroots level. Miller quoted a young participant in the Seeds for Peace program, who said, "In order to make peace with your enemy, you have to make war with yourself."2 In other words, we must battle our own hateful instincts. Or, to paraphrase Jesus, before you offer your peace plans on the altar of world opinion, first go and be reconciled to your brother or your sister. For love, according to scripture, is not irritable or arrogant or boastful or rude. Love does not insist on ...

306. The Choice for God or the World

John 10:1-10

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Richard Gribble

... great gift of free will allows us to say, "Yes" or "No," to God. God loves us so much, that we were given the option whether or not we wish to follow the Lord. In some ways it might be easier if we were animals that relied totally on instinct. We would then be programmed to follow the Lord and find eternal life. God, however, believes that the choice must be ours. God wants us to give our daily ascent to his invitation. Many will present themselves along the way as the gate we should employ. We must find ...

307. Night Vision

2 Peter 1:12-21

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Leonard Sweet

... money: things like loyalty, community, school spirit, teammates, and not being in any hurry to grow up. Can our own vision this morning see beyond dollar signs and easy answers? This is where my second Night Vision story comes in. The most basic of all human instincts is that of self-preservation. It's only natural that we look out for number one, that we do our utmost to insure our own survival. There are, of course, countless examples of those with bleeding heart myopia to counter such a claim. What is it ...

308. Yes!

Jeremiah 1:1-19

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Leonard Sweet

... His call is undeniable. His call is personally addressed and divinely delivered. Who among us has not dreamed of receiving such a direct, clear, unequivocal call by God to a particular life, to a particular course of action, to a particular speech? Yet Jeremiah's first instinct, his immediate gut reaction to God's signed special delivery, is "No!" Quick as he can, Jeremiah comes up with not one but two perfect reasons why he can't possibly do what God has just announced to him. First, he protests, "I don't ...

309. Eleven Plus One

Acts 2:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... Extended Cab, 4x4 with lots of extras. Simon Peter was arguably the most interesting of the apostles: impulsive, passionate, eager, courageous, outspoken, a man of the earth. At the same time, he was "blundering, clumsy, inappropriate, irrelevant, lacking the finer spiritual instincts" and capable of extreme fright. Quick to ask for forgiveness and quick to sin. He had the capacity to be in the same day "brave and cowardly, wise and foolish, accepting and rejecting, fearless and fearful, a man of doubt and ...

310. Get a Peace of the Rock

Luke 10:1-24

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Leonard Sweet

... , Salgado confessed, "I truly believed that humanity was evolving in a positive direction." But "what I learned about human nature and the world we live in made me deeply apprehensive about the future" and about "whether humans will ever tame their darkest instincts." I also came to understand, as never before, how everything that happens on earth is connected. We are all affected by the widening gap between rich and poor, by the availability of information, by population growth in the Third World, by the ...

311. Jedi Christians

Matthew 14:22-36

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Leonard Sweet

... called, in a wonderful Italian word, "sprezzatura." The truth is, these Jedi can be a bit annoying. The young Jedi Anakin is something of a child prodigy and all this Force wielding, and light-saber swashbuckling seems to come to him naturally, instinctively, and effortlessly. I really preferred the hero of the first Star Wars movie 25 years ago (eventually called Episode IV A New Hope), Luke Skywalker, who tended to overstep his abilities, screw-up with misplaced enthusiasm, and who had the patience of ...

312. The Monsters We Are All Afraid Of

Luke 20:27-40

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Leonard Sweet

... maps, where knowledge and exploration petered out, imagination and fear took over. In a large, cautionary hand, the cartographers would scrawl over these mysterious regions the ominous warning, "There be dragons!" Like medieval map-makers, most of us as children also instinctively feared that which was just out of our sight, just beyond our scrutiny. Has anyone seen Disney and Pixar's movie, Monsters, Inc.? It plays beautifully on this age-old fear factor. Monsters, Inc. is a movie about all those monsters ...

313. The King Who Died

Luke 23:26-43

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King Duncan

... already had too many pets. It did no good. The children insisted that a loving father would stop the car for a stray cat. So finally the father drove back to the spot and reached for the scraggly kitten. The ungrateful little beast scratched him! Fighting an instinct to strangle the kitten, the father packed it into the car and took it home. Once at home, the children created a bed for the kitten out of their softest blankets. They fed the kitten droppers full of milk. They petted and fussed over the kitten ...

314. DodgeGod

Amos 8:1-14

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Leonard Sweet

... structures possible, the better to convince the world (and themselves) of their own importance. . . . Don't be a bowerbird. Feather your nest, by all means. Build one of the nicest in the forest, if you can. But don't let your competitive and acquisitive instincts blind you to the greatest treasure life has to offer." Amos was summoned by God to stand up to the bowerbird society of his day. The northern kingdom of Israel had become rich and flourishing. A thriving merchant class had boosted the flow of ...

315. The Counter Intelligence of the Cross

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

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Leonard Sweet

... . Under the watchful care of an “expert,” you can practice doing what it takes to get back in control of your vehicle. It takes practice because the course of action we must take seems so absolutely wrong, so completely contradictory to all our basic instincts. When the back of the car starts to slide to the right, our brain screams “turn left, turn left!!” Unfortunately if you follow your brain’s advice you guarantee yourself at least a 180 degree, if not a 360 degree, Disney thrill ride. Instead ...

316. Proper 17

Exodus 3:1-22, Matthew 16:21-28, Romans 12:9-21, Psalm 105:1-45

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

... least two things by incorporating an objection into the standard form of call narratives: that as humans we are inherently inadequate to fulfill any divine call and that there is risk in being called by God, which we would rather avoid upon first instinct. Fifth, the objection always prompts divine reassurance. God's response to Moses in v. 12a ("I will be with you") is more or less the standard divine reassurance that is given throughout the call narratives. This reassurance requires a second look from us ...

317. A Mother's Love

Mark 7:24-30

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James W. Moore

... "Somebody Said" and it has these words: Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby… Somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother, "Normal," is history. Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct… Somebody never took a three-year-old shopping. Somebody said being a mother is boring… Somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit. Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother… Somebody never helped a fourth ...

318. Forgiveness

John 20:19-23

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Kendall K. McCabe

... tells of meeting the guard from the concentration camp where she and her family had been held by the Nazis. She had been speaking at a large church meeting, and after the meeting he had come forward. He put out his hand to her, and she instinctively pulled back, remembering the horrors to which that hand had been put or in which it had cooperated, but then, she testified, something came over her, she knew not what, and she reached out and grasped his hand and extended her forgiveness as the tears rolled ...

319. Unconventional Mother’s Day Gifts

2 Timothy 1:5

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... day. There are children who need medical attention that their parents may not be able to afford. Anyone who has ever had to worry about such things can deeply sympathize. For those of us who have escaped such worries, we can only imagine the level of instinctive stress that uncertainty can provoke. There are many ways to celebrate Mother's Day, but here are a few unconventional suggestions that will prove to your own mother that she did a good job raising you. How about dropping off a box of diapers and/or ...

320. Heaven: The Home of a Godly Family

John 14:1-6

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James Merritt

... there are "good or excellent."2 Now there are still some people who either don't believe in heaven or don't care to go there even if there is one. The psychologist, Sigmund Freud, said, "Heaven was a human fantasy rooted in man's instinct for self preservation." Harvard philosopher, Alfred North Whitehead, once asked, "Can you imagine anything more appallingly idiotic than the Christian idea of heaven?" (There's one thing I can think of that's far more idiotic, and that's the philosopher that made that ...

321. The Only Way to Fly

2 Timothy 3:15-17

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James Merritt

... new pilots leave clear weather for clouds or darkness. An inexperienced pilot will lose his bearings and the plane will begin to turn without his even knowing it. By the time the force of gravity begins to warn the pilot the plane is falling, the instinct to pull up only makes the spiral worse. I was fascinated to learn that 83% of all fatal accidents happen when new pilots fly in bad weather, lose their bearings and spiral to the ground, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. There were ...

322. Dirty Dreams and Slick Schemers

Jude 1:8-11

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James Merritt

... By What They Do Know "Whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves." (v.10b) These apostates have natural knowledge, but they don't have supernatural knowledge. They are like animals who live by natural instinct. They just do and say what comes naturally. What they say and believe is determined by human investigation and philosophical speculation, rather than by divine revelation. The psalmist said of these apostates: "They set their mouth against the heavens, and ...

323. Bitterness: How to Overcome What You Undergo

Hebrews 12:14-15

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James Merritt

... his way with a guide through the jungles of Burma. They came to a shallow but wide river, and waded through it to the other side. But when the traveler came out of the river, many leeches had attached themselves to his stomach and his legs. His first instinct was to grab them and pull them off. The guide quickly stepped in and stopped him and warned him that pulling the leeches off would only leave tiny pieces of them under the skin, and eventually infection would set in. He said, "What do I do?" The guide ...

324. His Way is the Right Way

Psalm 23:3

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James Merritt

... field trying to satisfy his hunger. They only have one thing on their mind and that’s the next blade of grass. Before you know it, that sheep is lost. But what’s even worse, he can’t find his way home! Dogs and pigeons and horses have a homing instinct; they can find their way home. A cow will come back to the barn, a horse will return to the stable, a dog will return to his house, but sheep can’t even find their way back to the flock. You see, a sheep is not strong like a lion ...

325. We Can Take Control

Jn 21:1-25

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King Duncan

... situation, he accidentally hit the electric lock, locking his keys inside the still-running car. Everything was a mess! Most of the live bait had escaped into the lake, the boat was almost full of water, and their lunches were effectively drowned. Eric's natural instinct was to get very angry and throw a fit. That's certainly what his sons were expecting. But suddenly, he wondered what Jesus would do in his place. He realized that Jesus must have faced a similar situation when he ran into the fishermen who ...

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