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351. When the Pressure Is On

John 6:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... crowd lacked food. There was a huge crowd gathered on that grassy knoll facing that shiny simmering sea. John tells us in verse 10 that the men alone numbered 5,000. Matthew tells us that there were also women and children. Bible scholars conservatively estimate that at a minimum the crowd numbered somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 people. Now the amazing thing about this situation is this: Jesus knew their need before they did. Nobody complained about being hungry, but Jesus knew they were hungry. The ...

352. Repeat After Me

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... . There are a lot of people today who believe that America needs more religion. I, for one, do not agree with that. In fact, I am convinced that America doesn't need religion; America needs the Lord Jesus Christ. In fact, religion without Jesus Christ, in my estimation, causes more problems than it solves. But even in the New Testament church believers had to put up with people who attacked God's true church in the name of religion. Paul gives a warning in verse 2 to the church at Philippi, but it's a ...

353. Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Psalm 102:6-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... here.” We all carry pebbles in our pockets. We all want people to know that we are “still here.” The reason why we despise loneliness so is because it is so destructive. Loneliness can cause great psychological damage. It has been estimated that 80% of the people who seek psychiatric help come primarily because of feelings associated with loneliness.3 Many people become suicidal because they cannot handle the overwhelming feeling of loneliness. You will never know Judith Bucknell. She was murdered in ...

354. The Near Edge of God

Jn 1:1-3, 14

Sermon

... Into the Next Millennium," found in a collection of essays entitled Exilic Preaching: Testimony for Christian Exiles in an Increasingly Hostile Culture. In a post-sermon conversation with Bob Pierce, I learned that, as a result of the Hubble space telescope, astronomers now estimate the number of galaxies in the universe to be at least 50 billion (and, with some 200 billion stars, the Milky Way is pretty much "an average player" as galaxies go). Larger galaxies are said to contain a trillion or more stars ...

355. The Grasshopper Mentality

Numbers 13:26-33

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... fearful spies disagreed violently. They cried out, “Compared to those giants, we seemed to ourselves to be grasshoppers, and that’s the way we appeared to them too.” That comment is quite revealing. The grasshopper mentality always begins with a low estimate of ourselves. Those big people in Canaan did not say to the spies, “Hey, you little fellows look like grasshoppers to us.” The grasshopper mentality was a self-concept. Sometimes we, like those spies, motivated by fear, see ourselves as little ...

356. The Blessing Of A Godly Mentality

Genesis 18:16-33

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... perilous times for people of faith. It will cost you something if you stand up for what you believe. This is not a shooting war, but it is a war.” (1) Committed Christians are a minority in America. The respected sociologist George Barna estimates that committed Christians constitute less than 30 percent of the population. (2) But that should not cause us to despair. God has a marvelous history of doing great things with faithful minorities. Genesis 18 offers a perfect example. Let me set the scene for ...

357. The Lost And Found Collection

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... of you has a hundred sheep, “ the story began, “and loses one of them.” Just one out of one hundred seems almost insignificant. But the group of Americans represented by that lost sheep is very large, actually a majority. The sociologist George Barna estimates that 200 million Americans are not in a personal, saving relationship with Jesus Christ. Worldwide, some 1.7 billion people have never even heard the gospel. (1) Even in a Bible belt city like Memphis, at least 50 percent of the population is ...

358. Is There Hope For World Peace?

Matthew 24:1-35

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... above 6.0 on the Richter scale. In the 1980’s, there were over 1000. In the 1990’s, the number exceeded 1500. In recent years famines have been so widespread that it is impossible to keep accurate records of deaths by starvation. It has been estimated that over two million people have starved to death in North Korea alone. (3) Jesus also predicted that before the end of time Christians would face MUCH PERSECUTION. We know for a fact that more Christians were martyred in the 20th Century that in all of ...

359. I Am the Keeper of the Zoo

Isaiah 11:1-9

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... I'm likely to see them anytime soon, given that they're miles removed from me. A few have apparently crossed the ice of the Straits of Mackinac and taken up residence somewhere between Roger's City and Gaylord. But most live north of the bridge, where the DNR estimates the wolf population to be about 360. There's plenty of food for them up there. Eric writes: "Even if there were double that number….and even if every wolf ate a deer a week…..wolves in the U.P. would still kill only a fraction of the deer ...

360. God Knows....Me!

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... my cell phone. God knows me better than I know myself. This God is mindful of me. James Crenshaw calls this psalm "the most intriguing psalm of all." He says: Psalm 8 manages to hold together an exalted view of Yahweh's majesty and a high estimate of human beings. Neither detracts from the other, although the psalmist appears to be surprised that Yahweh's awesome splendor does not erase his interest in earthlings. [4] Frankly, the psalmist is befuddled: God, why are you mindful of us? How can it be that a ...

361. Where Earth and Heaven Meet

John 1:14

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... travel the 93 million miles from the sun to the earth? Another…if it were possible for all the adults on the planet to stand on each other's shoulders in a human chain, it would reach all the way to the moon. [1] (Similarly, someone estimated that if all the folks who sleep during sermons were laid end-to-end… they would be more comfortable!) And then just this week, NPR shared the first reports of the NASA Stardust mission. Stardust has been collecting dust from comets, some of which are 4 ½ billion ...

362. Precious and Privileged Children

Galatians 4:4-7

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... of this book. In my own experience, I find it second only to the Holy Scriptures. Page after page, in dialogue form, the author drives home the truth that we are to be like Jesus and we do so by being childlike. Who can even estimate the good that has come from this publication, which has been through countless editions? Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox all benefit. It is more than a rare book; it is inspirational and instructional beyond anything, other than our Bibles. Its thrust is invariably the same ...

363. Taking the Risk

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Mickey Anders

... said, "Governor Wallace was prepared to do battle where he thought it necessary at the time and where he thought it was right, and then he had the courage to change and say, 'There were times I was wrong.'" A day prior to his funeral, an estimated 25,000 mourners, almost as many blacks as whites, walked reverently past his coffin in the Alabama capitol building. The most remarkable aspect of George Wallace's life was his willingness to change. In his early days, he made a nasty reputation for standing for ...

364. You've Got That Healin' Touch

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... creation to its original state of wholeness. Take time this week to explore with your congregation the diverse ways God has brought healing into your life together - either through other people, relationships, or the created cosmos surrounding you. It has been estimated that nearly twenty percent of the gospel narratives are devoted to healing. Indeed a case could be made for arguing that the entire Second Testament is one long healing event performed by God - healing the rift that has existed between ...

365. Christ the Apple Tree

Isaiah 11:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . But more than this, trees have stood as symbols of something larger and more enduring than the momentary flickers that make up a human lifetime. A tree can easily watch three generations of humans live and die. One bristlecone pine in California, estimated to be 4600 years old, has been living on this earth since the days of the Pharaohs. Little wonder that trees evoke such a sense of awe. Biblical scholar Thomas Boogaart (see "Concerning the Chickens," Perspectives, November, 1991, 11) argues that the ...

366. Body Language

John 1:6-8, 19-28

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Donald B. Strobe

... language," and it was popularized by a book of that title written by Julius Fast. The book highlights the well-known fact that we are known by others as much by how we look and act as by what we say. One researcher has come up with the estimate that feelings are expressed to others 7% through words, 38% through vocal tone, and 55% through facial expression. (I always wondered why I hate telephones so much. Now I know: I can't see what people are saying!) "Body language." That's what the author of the Fourth ...

367. Do You Look Good On Wood?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... acts to quench our blood lust. Think this is okay because television violence is all "make believe"? Think again. One difference between past and present media violence is the weapons. "In 'The Blackboard Jungle,' for instance, defiant students used their fists. Today, experts estimate that by the end of elementary school, the average American child will see 8,000 screen murders and more than 100,000 acts of violence. In real life during the past decade, there has been a 55-percent increase in the number of ...

368. A Match Made in Heaven

Isaiah 61:1—62:12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

Whenever there is a convergence of opposites, a "manifestation" is born. Not too long ago, scientists watched a huge meteor crash onto the surface of Jupiter. They excitedly estimated the size of the new crater that had been formed on the planet's surface. They thrilled to the spectacle of huge billows of dust (or ice) that rose up into what passes for "atmosphere" out there. They theorized on the long-range planet-wide effects of the collision on ...

369. One Breathwork, Many Bodyworks

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... evacuated" from planet Earth. What if the designation was all people over six feet tall? Or all left-handers? Does your reaction to the aliens' offer now change? Are some people members of your "tribe" and others definitely not? What do you say to the estimate that the average white American is 6 percent black (or put another way, 95 percent of white Americans are 5 to 80 percent black? (see Elaine Perry, Another Present Era [New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1990]). Is your church ready to embrace all the ...

370. Enemies of Promise

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... when they were "Poetry itself" (see the Morley poem below), to turn munchkins into murderers; mischievous elves into violent thieves? 1. The Enemy of Poverty: Children are the largest single group claiming residency below the poverty line. Statistics vary, but a reasonable estimate suggests that one-quarter of all the children in the United States go to bed hungry each night. It is hard to dream while your stomach is growling. Bad nutrition turns playing hard into hardly playing. Lack of proper medical care ...

371. Jeremiah 31:7-14

Jeremiah 31:7-14

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

Jeremiah's life of prophetic pronouncements spanned what were arguably the most turbulent years in the history of his nation and people. Estimated to extend from 626 to 584 B.C., the history surrounding Jeremiah's career might be likened to a roller coaster ride - punctuated by thrilling highs and dramatically plummeting lows, while racing at breakneck speed and apparently out of control. David's kingdom had long ago split in two; the ...

372. Jeremiah 31:7-14

Jeremiah 31:7-14

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

373. Luke 14:25-33

Luke 14:25-33

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... the king going to war. He is the one who has counted the cost of building and of the battle. He is determined neither to abandon the building nor to sue his enemy for peace. The disciple can be confident that he is following one who has himself "estimate[d] the cost" (v. 28) and is capable of seeing this through. (For more on this view, see Peter G. Jarvis, "Expounding the Parables: The Tower-builder and the King Going to War (Luke 14:25-33)," Expository Times, 77 196-198.(April 1966), The parables may also ...

374. John 2:13-22

John 2:13-22

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... the annual pilgrimage all devout Jews made to the temple in honor of the Passover. Jesus' outburst does not occur on some sleepy afternoon when only a handful of faithful were present. The Jewish historian Josephus used the number of lambs sacrificed to estimate that before the Jewish Wars erupted in 65, as many as 30,000 Jews gathered in Jerusalem for the Passover celebration. Jesus disrupts the temple at the very height of its yearly activities. The animal-sellers and the money-changers present in the ...

375. Mark 12:38-44

Mark 12:38-44

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... people put in large sums" (v.41). Then a "poor widow" approaches. Her presence immediately recalls the harsh treatment "widows" have supposedly received under the authority of the scribes (v.40). The tiny pittance this woman puts into the treasury is hard to calculate, but estimates range from 1/4 to 1/96 of a denarius. Obviously, the point is that this is an extremely small sum. But it is not the woman's poverty that makes her gift significant. Jesus feels compelled to comment on this woman's gift because ...

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