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3601. Maker's Mark

2 Corinthians 1:12--2:4

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and shortcomings? Is there an identifiable maker's mark on you? If so, whose mark is it? Paul states in today's epistle text that all those who have received Jesus Christ into their lives are marked by a specific seal from God the red-hot presence of the Spirit in their hearts. What are the signs that reveal the marks of your Maker? Do you bear the Maker's mark? Or let me put the question another way: Is your life project life-giving? Giving life to new ideas? Giving life to old friendships? Giving life to ...

3602. The Oneness of Twoness

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and peace.” It is this faith and trust, expressed in a community that worships together in spite of its differences, that brings abounding, abundant, overflowing hope. The hope bestowed by Christ living within and among us is another way of talking about the Holy Spirit. . . . . Dwells Among Us . . . Coming Alive to the Text If anyone still doubts that we are living in a post-Christian, even anti-Christian culture, you have only to open your eyes to the fights going on about how to handle the “Christmas ...

3603. The Ultimate Blasphemy

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the divine name, for the sake of our own amusement. The problem is we have missed the truly blasphemous behavior we have encouraged and emulated. The ultimate blasphemy we commit everyday is found in the minutes and hours we live in spiritual wasted-ness. A curdled spirit and a soured soul are the greatest blasphemies we breathe out into this world. When we look for ways to pass the time, when we look forward to a weekend of getting wasted, when we put our spiritual lives in the waste basket, we insult and ...

3604. Are You Getting Hymns Out of Your Lions?

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... designed for public worship, and for the use of plain people. Perspicuity, simplicity, and ease should be chiefly attended to; and the imagery and coloring of poetry, if admitted at all, should be indulged very sparingly . . . The workings of the heart of man, and of the Spirit of God, are in general the same in all who are the subjects of grace." The secret of how to handle stress, the tension of being "in" the world but not "of" the world, is all in that phrase, "the workings of the heart. Newton trusted ...

3605. Under New Leadership

John 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... measured by how who we are compares with the kind of man or woman God created us to be. To be truly successful we are to serve as Christ served. Love as Christ loved. Forgive as Christ forgave. We can live as Christ lived only when we have the same spirit Christ had. Let us yield ourselves to him this day. 1. (New York: Ivy Books, 1991), pp. 155-160. 2. http://www.chapel.duke.edu/worship/Sunday/viewsermon.aspx?id=1. 3. (New York, NY: Warner Faith, 2005), pp. 69-70. 4. The Rev. Dr. Gary Charles, Day 1, 2005 ...

3606. Easter 2

John 20:24-31, John 20:19-23, 1 Peter 1:1-12, Acts 2:14-41, Psalm 16:1-11

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

... seeing and believing." These stories of the resurrected Jesus and his disciples always move to a command that incorporates a mission. In our text, the command of Jesus to his disciples is three-fold: a mission to the nations (v. 21), the gift of the Holy Spirit (v. 22), and the power to forgive sins (v. 23). There is a transfer here in the power of the resurrected Lord from Jesus to disciples. This transfer, however, requires a new definition of faith, for it implies the absence of Jesus. In the development ...

3607. Easter 3

Psalm 116:1-19, Acts 2:14-41, 1 Peter 1:13-2:3, Luke 24:13-35

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

... its solution in the track laid down in Peter's reply to their question, "What should we do?" He calls for the people to repent, to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, to experience the forgiveness of their sins, and to receive the Holy Spirit. In the case of the Pentecost crowd, the repentance called for is specifically related to their rejection of Jesus. In other speeches in Acts, when the people addressed by apostolic preachers had not in fact rejected Jesus, the call to repentance is more an appeal ...

3608. Lent 4

Jn 9:1-41 · Eph 5:8-14 · Ps 23 · 1 Sam 16:1-13

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

... of our Old Testament lesson, since the goal of this story is for Samuel to discover and to anoint this new king. With the anointing of David, I Samuel becomes a story of his rise and Saul's decline. (Note the contrast between v. 13 and v. 14—the Spirit of God simultaneously descends on David and departs from Saul.) As any reader of I Samuel knows, however, the rise of David is filled with risk. He is anointed into a whirlwind of threats by a giant, by Saul, by enemy nations, and so on. His only security ...

3609. Proper 22

Exodus 20:1-21, Matthew 21:33-46, Philippians 3:1-11, Psalm 19:1-14

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

... gods but me. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. All: Amen. Lord, have mercy. Minister: You shall not make for yourself any idol. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth. All: Amen. Lord, have mercy. Minister: You shall not dishonor the name of the Lord your God. You shall worship him with awe and reverence. All: Amen. Lord, have mercy. Minister: Remember the Lord's day and keep it holy ...

3610. Commentary for Matthew 4: 1-11

Matthew 4:1-11

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... abandoned in the “wilderness.” Matthew’s opening scene makes it clear that Jesus was “led up by the Spirit,” and that none other than the Spirit of God accompanied Jesus on this journey. Indeed, Matthew declares that the entire tempting or testing scene devised ... by the devil is carried out in keeping with divine design. No where is the Spirit that leads Jesus away from the crowds at the Jordan River described as leaving him at any time during this ordeal. ...

3611. Changed Lives - The Woman at the Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... of grace to guide others to the Master. Bruce Larsen, in his book Ask Me to Dance, includes the story of a member of his congregation who had come from another country. Pastor Larsen said of this person, “Her faith sparkled and the living water of the spirit flowed out of her soul to all around her.” He invited her to go with him to a seminar on the topic of evangelism. The leaders had prepared tables filled with all sorts of pamphlets and strategies and demographic studies, all aimed at reaching the un ...

3612. Dry Bones And Live Hope

Ezekiel 37:1-14

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Charles Curley

... L: Thus says the Lord God: Behold I will open your graves, O my people; and I will bring you home ... R: And I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken. L: And I have done it, says the Lord." (Based on ... seems to us dry as dust. Come, Lord, and summon from within us deep wellsprings of thanks and praise. May your life-giving spirit wash over us like streams in the desert, granting us forgiveness and calling us to live with you. In the name of Jesus ...

3613. One Potato

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... . Repeat the previous step with one eye, letting the children tell you that it still needs more. Continue this for a couple of more pieces, eventually putting it all together. Application: Did you know that today is the birthday of the church? On this day, the Spirit of God made a lot of different people become the church and there are many parts to the church. Mr. Potato Head isn’t a Mr. Potato Head without its eyes, hands, nose and mouth. Point to the children. And the church isn’t the church without ...

3614. Can You Tell Time?

Philippians 3:7-11

Sermon

James W. Moore

... the minister’s mom added, “Son, if that woman ever worked as hard to live as she works to die, it’s amazing to think how she might have enjoyed life!” One of the best ways I know of to enjoy life is to live daily in the spirit of appreciation. On page after page, the Bible tells us to be helpful and to be grateful, to cultivate the attitude of helpfulness, and the attitude of appreciation. III. THIRD AND FINALLY, THE CHRISTIAN FAITH TELLS US TO BE TRUSTFUL… to choose the attitude of trust in God ...

3615. The Lost and Found Celebration

Luke 15:15-24

Sermon

James W. Moore

... as good in back as it did in front… so I bought it.” This is a light comic treatment of a very serious subject. Ever since the book and movie, The Exorcist, came out years ago, I have been asked if I believe we are the helpless victims of evil spirits. My answer to that is an emphatic NO! I do not believe God, our Father, would subject us to anything that would leave us powerless or cut us off from the abundant life Jesus came to share with us. - We have free will, freedom to choose… and the truth is ...

3616. When Do You Feel God's Pleasure?

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

James W. Moore

... a voice from heaven says these powerful words: “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” In these words, we find the best clue for how we can feel God’s pleasure namely this: Become Christ-like! God is pleased with us when we take on the spirit of Jesus. God is pleased with us when we live in a Christ-like way. We can feel God’s pleasure and sense His smile when we become (as the hymn-writer put it… “more like the Master.” Let’s roll this out a bit with three thoughts. I. FIRST ...

3617. A Church with Nothing to Offer

John 20:19-23

Illustration

Thomas Long

... open and the welcome mat always out, but here we find them barricaded in a house with the doors bolted shut. They were to be the kind of people who stride boldly into the world to bear fruit in Jesus' name, a people full of the Holy Spirit performing even greater works than Jesus himself (John 14:12), but here we find them cowering in fear, hoping nobody will find out where they are before they get their alibis straight. In short, we see here the church at its worst -- scared, disheartened and defensive. If ...

3618. When Mountains Are Not Moved

Mark 11:20-25 (26)

Sermon

James McCormick

... in the character of God as He has made Himself known in Jesus. My favorite poem says it, a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier, and I will give him the last word: “Within the maddening maze of things, and tossed by storm and flood, To one fixed trust my spirit clings, I know that God is good! I know not what the future hath, of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death, His mercy underlies. I know not where His islands lift their fronded palms in air, I only know I cannot drift beyond His love and ...

3619. The Gift of Newness

2 Corinthians 5:17-20

Sermon

James McCormick

... could pin a lot of labels on them, but you would never call them dull, or predictable, or lifeless. Looking at the early church, it’s not surprising that the primary symbol for the church is FIRE! FIRE! Those first century Christians were on fire with the Spirit and wherever they went, things happened! But, I sometimes think that the fire of the early church is flickering in our time in history. To a large extent we have domesticated the church…we have tamed it. We painted it a dull gray and allowed it ...

3620. Life in the Living Stone Age

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . Pebbles are good things. But our God is GREAT. Our God demands of us GREAT things. We need to see the big picture and be troubled by it, and commit ourselves to changing the world for God’s dream. In other words, we need “gallstones,” something that troubles our spirit at a deep level, because we know it is a problem far too large for any of us to solve. It is the grit in the oyster, that irritating grain of sand, that give the oyster the incentive to create the pearl. It is the grit in our souls ...

3621. Would You Make a Good Witness? (Ascension Day)

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... about those who represent Christ? “No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.” A bitter, broken young man we’ll call Bob was a patient in a drug and alcohol treatment center. However, he wouldn’t get into the spirit of the treatment which the center offered him. He held the 12 step program of Alcoholics Anonymous in disdain because it spoke of a “Higher Power.” “God,” he said without shame, “is a joke!” Bob was counseled by a middle-aged man named Murray. Murray ...

3622. Playing God

John 14:15-21

Illustration

Billy D. Strayhorn

... God?" she asked. "Yes," he said. "I'm watching over you while you sleep." Children understand more than we do sometimes. God IS watching over us. Jesus gave that promise here in talking about the coming of the Holy Spirit. Not only will God watch over us but through the presence and reminder of the Holy Spirit, we will be reminded of what it means to "Love Jesus and keep his commands." And God will help us to create the environment of love, grace, faith and security that we need for our homes today. Our ...

3623. God Remembers and Reminds

John 14:15-21

Illustration

Thomas Long

... and judge for yourself." So Sacks did watch Jimmie in chapel, and there he observed an astounding transformation. He saw an intensity and steadiness in Jimmie that he had not observed before. As he received the sacrament, there was "perfect alignment of his spirit with the spirit of the Mass." There in worship, Jimmie was no longer at the mercy of a faulty and fallible memory. "He was wholly held, absorbed ...." He whose mind was broken was given in worship, "a continuity and unity so seamless it could not ...

3624. Waves of Worry

Illustration

Adrian Dieleman

... that it had reached the area known to sailors as "the cushion of the sea." Although the ocean may be whipped into huge waves by high winds, in this area, the waters are never stirred. This, I believe, is a perfect picture of the peace that comes from Christ's Spirit. The waves of worry, of fear, of heartbreak, cannot touch those resting in Christ. Sheltered by His grace and encouraged by His ...

3625. Why Do Things Hold Together?

Acts 2:1-41

Illustration

Maurice A. Fetty

... disorder and disarray. "What was at the bottom of this conviction?" asked Whitehead. It was the theological concept of the Logos, the Word or Reason or Mind of God, which held everything together. Why do things cohere and hold together? It is because the Mind or Logos, or the Spirit of God, holds them together. The Spirit who comes at Pentecost is the same spirit that hovered over the face of the deep at creation. Order and beauty is central to God's movements throughout creation and throughout history.

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