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3276. Peace Be With You

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... -performance organization was to “drive out fear.” In the absence of fear, people tend to perform and produce at a higher level. (2) That’s interesting, don’t you think? In the absence of fear, people perform better. We have noted before how often biblical characters are told, “Don’t be afraid.” In Luke’s telling of this same story, the disciples are terrified when Jesus suddenly appears in their midst. They think he is a ghost (Luke 24:36-39). No wonder he has to say to them, “Peace be ...

3277. Pastor, Don't Talk About That!

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... decline in sexual values and about what that means to the ability of young adults to have wholesome and responsible relationships? Am I never to warn about the dangers of adultery and indiscriminate sex? I don’t enjoy sounding like a prude as we watch television characters and celebrities hop from bed to bed, but we need to be reminded that sex is a gift from God that it is to be used within the guidelines God has provided. Someday many of you will be standing before this altar committing yourself to one ...

3278. Be A Good Virus

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

Neither “fish nor fowl.” “Lukewarm.” “Wishy-washy.” “Spineless.” “Mediocre.” These are not good character references. These are descriptions of people who have no personal convictions, no compelling passions, no “take-it-to-the-front-line” faithfulness. Instead, like liquid gelatin, those who have no backbone pour themselves into whatever mold is put before to them for the simplest, easiest gain. The apostle Paul was ...

3279. Family Re:Union - Inverting the Pyramid

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... . Parents, repeat this after me (if you are a parent): I am a model. We have no choice. From the very beginning of life for our children we are role-models for them. We are the example setters. There is one thing I’ve learned about being a parent, “Character is not taught to your children. It is caught by your children.” How we live screams so loudly that many times your kids can’t hear anything else you say. If you are a parent, I want to tell you plainly and simply there is no substitute for a ...

3280. Family Re:Union - (PG) Parental Guidance Required

Psalm 127:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... in my footsteps.” About that time, the child spoke into that stethoscope and said, “Welcome to McDonald’s. May I take you order please?” When you realize that 60-65% of your child’s working vocabulary is acquired by the age of 3, 80% of their character is formed by the age of 5 and 90% of their personality is set by the age of 7. When you realize the window of opportunity you have to spiritually direct your child and emotionally develop your child is very small. I want dads to especially listen ...

3281. Up Close & Personal: Seeing Clearly

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... something used the method of repetition. When something was mentioned three times it was to elevate it to the greatest degree and give it the greatest importance. Only once in the entire Bible is any characteristic of God elevated to the third degree. Only once is a character trait of God mentioned three times in succession and that trait is not love, mercy, grace, or justice; it is holiness. If you do not see God primarily as a God who is holy you have the wrong view of God and remember – How I see God ...

3282. Lost Baggage: Flying Standby

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... its leaves, but you should judge a tree by its fruit. You never judge a book by its cover, but you should judge a book by its contents. You never judge a person by the color of their skin, but you do judge a person by the content of their character. You never force a person to be what you think they ought to be, but you always try to lovingly lead a person to be what God wants them to be. If you have made yourself miserable and unhappy because you have gone through life being hyper-critical, hypocritical ...

3283. God Will Provide the Resources

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... explanations is found in a best-selling book of the 1940s titled The Robe. The Robe was written by Lloyd C. Douglas. In the 1950s it was made into a popular movie starring Richard Burton as a Roman tribune named Marcellus Gallio. Marcellus, a fictional character, was among the soldiers who cast lots for Jesus’ robe at the foot of the cross. His troubled mind is soothed when he but touches Jesus’ robe. Later he finds favor with Emperor Tiberius and is commissioned to investigate, on behalf of the Emperor ...

3284. Supernatural: Taken By Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

James Merritt

... a way I got to experience a little of what those disciples did that day. Every time I get into the boat on the Sea of Galilee this thought comes to my mind. Key Take Away: There is no need to fear when Jesus is near. Remember, we are characters in every parable that Jesus taught and every miracle that Jesus performed. The boat is our life. The disciples are us. There are three lessons you should put in your iPad or smartphone and drill into your heart, because you are going to need them when you are taken ...

3285. The Journey Begins

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... Wells, the famous author, one of the top historians of the 20th century said this about Jesus: “More than 1,900 years later a historian like myself who doesn’t even call himself a Christian, finds the picture entering irresistibly around the life and character of this most significant man….the historian’s test of an individual’s greatness is, ‘What did he leave to grow?’ Did he start men to thinking along fresh lines with a vigor that persisted after him? By this test, Jesus stands first among ...

3286. The Knot: Bound

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... “to be glued to” or “to be cemented to.” Do you know what every husband is to do with his wife once he marries her? He is to hold on to her for dear life – no matter what. It is that process of holding on that builds us. It builds character. It builds perseverance. It builds faith. It builds trust and it builds love. When God ties the knot it is because we allow Him to bring us together. We allow Him to bind us together and then… III. We Must Allow God To Bind Us Together The result of a ...

3287. The Knot: Tied

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... is “philos.” We get the word “Philadelphia” from that which means “brotherly love.” That love stands for the kind of warm affection that is shared between family or close friends. That word is not as emotionally charged as the word “eros.” It has more character to it. This was the word that would have been more commonly used in that day to refer to “loving family or people which whom you were close.” Again, your spouse ought to be your best friend, but if you only love your spouse as ...

3288. A Lesson from Jay Leno's Mom

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

Comedian Jay Leno had a long run on the Tonight Show before leaving it this year. Leno has always been a fascinating character. But one story out of his past is particularly memorable. When Leno was growing up, there was one firm rule in his family he had to follow. It was to never take the Lord’s name in vain. His mother used to tell him, “People might steal money because they ...

3289. What's It Take to Be A Saint? (All Saint's Day)

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... a legacy. (1) That’s what we do on this Saints’ Day. We salute all the saints who have gone before us, whose faithfulness provided us with the faith we have today. In John Bunyan’s classic work, Pilgrim’s Progress, we are introduced to two characters, Christian and Hopeful, who are drawing near to the river of death. As they reach the river they are met by two shining figures whose raiment shines like gold and whose faces shine as the light. These two shining figures are able to lead Christian and ...

3290. Jesus Is Baptized

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... beginning of Jesus’ ministry on the day that he was baptized by John in the river Jordan. John the Baptist, the son of Zechariah and Elizabeth you will remember, was Jesus’ cousin. John was in the wilderness preaching about the coming Messiah. John was an eccentric character, with his clothing made of camel’s hair, a leather belt around his waist, and his diet of locusts and wild honey. Of course, maybe he was just ahead of his time. We could say he was into organic food and committed to a lifestyle ...

3291. I'm Listening

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... if this happens to you, you consult a medical professional. However, many people who hear voices are able to live with them and may consider them a positive part of their lives. Some of you may watch the television program “Perception” where the main character is schizophrenic and hears voice and sees people who are not there. Sometimes these voices help him solve crimes. Many people hear voices but never find them a problem. You may think you have never experienced this, but are you sure? You may have ...

3292. Starting Over

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... chose another way — the way through shared suffering — in order to accomplish his task and bring his people home. This choice, according to the writer, elevates Jesus into unique company; he is a priest like Melchizedek. Melchizedek is a very interesting biblical character. He appears suddenly in Genesis 14 as a priest and king recognized by Abram for having deep spirituality and the ability to mediate between humans and God. Melchizedek then disappears until David refers to him in what we now know as ...

3293. I'll Never Forget That Night

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... means by which to symbolically ingest Christ (see Jesus’ own words in John 6). Yet, there are good reasons for Jesus not to use the rack of lamb as a communion memorial. For one thing, underlying Jesus’ ultimate sacrifice was its once-for-all character. If he were to call for repeated animal slaying after his own death had brought the need for bloodletting to an end (see Hebrews 10), animal sacrifices could have been misconstrued and misused. Symbols can take on strange lives of their own (see ...

3294. When You Drop the Ball, What Next?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... doesn’t try to sanitize or sweep under the carpet people’s failures, no matter how embarrassing they might have been. It seems the Bible deals with failure in such an upfront and honest way for two reasons. First, it reminds us that the biblical characters, like us, are very ordinary people. People that we, because of their failures and weaknesses, can identify with. Second, because, the agenda of the Bible is to show how God is at work . . . (92) Each one of you this morning is facing a week where ...

3295. Jesus Heals Body and Soul

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... The old woman said, ‘You’re the ugliest man I ever saw.’ “‘I can’t help it,’ the ugly man said. “‘No, I guess not,’ the woman admitted, ‘but the least you could do is stay at home.” It takes a great deal of character to laugh at yourself like that. We thank God for men like Washington and Lincoln. They made a significant impact on history. Nevertheless, their significance is dwarfed by a simple carpenter who lived in the little town of Nazareth 2000 years ago. To paraphrase Robert W ...

3296. Joy Giver

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... off or why you can’t get enough rest. It turns out that whoever wrote the “Friends” sitcom was right, but it turns out for most Americans that is a poor excuse as well. Many of you use to watch the sitcom, “Friends”. I used to wonder how those characters could just sit in that coffee house all the time and never get any work done. I wondered how they made a living. It turns out the average office worker only spends seven hours a day at work and actual working time in that seven hours is only about ...

3297. The Broken

John 8:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... , caught red-handed, caught like I was in high school trying to cheat on a Chemistry exam, caught in a compromising situation in the backseat of a car, or caught with another man’s wife or another woman’s husband. If you have any conscience at all, any character at all when you are caught red-handed with no escape and no excuse it will leave you broken. Today, we are going to read a story about a woman who was not just broken, but she was ashamed and afraid. She was ashamed, because she had been caught ...

3298. Welcome Home

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... church. Jesus tells a parable to show how God sees both groups which is another way this story is misunderstood, because we always tend to focus on the son who comes back home, but the focus ought to be on the father. He is the central character in the story, mentioned 12 times in these 20 verses. The father and his relationship is the central teaching of this parable. Key Take Away: The Father’s door is always open and the Father’s message is always “welcome.” The parable easily breaks down into ...

3299. Paradise Lost

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... don’t even have to agree with what God says in His word, but don’t ever doubt what God says in His word. II. Don’t Distrust God’s Motives It is one thing to doubt the truthfulness of someone. That doesn’t necessarily impugn their character, because maybe they are ignorant, or maybe they are misinformed, but when you begin to distrust their motive and why they say what they say that is an attack on their integrity. That is exactly what takes place next. “But the serpent said to the woman, ‘You ...

3300. Digging Deeper

Luke 1:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... Luke did. You dig deep into his gospel and into the Gospels and into this book and when you do your shovel will hit the same rock that Luke hit with his shovel – the rock of a resurrected Jesus. [1] Cited by Peggy Noonan, When Character Was King, (Viking Press: New York, 2001) pp 237-238. [2] See Further, Mark Roberts, Can We Trust The Gospels, (To be added later per Pastor) [3] Sir William Ramsey, The Bearing Of Recent Discovery Of The Trustworthiness Of The New Testament, (London: Hotter and Stoughton ...

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