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3726. What to Remember When You're Having a Bad Hair Day

Romans 8:28

Sermon

James Merritt

... his position, in all of the Word of God. He cried out to God, asking Him for forgiveness and said he would never again turn his back on the Christian faith. Well, the next day Hein asked the Camp Commander if he could clean the latrine again? They thought that was an unusual request, but they allowed him to do it, and every day he cleaned the latrines. Because he discovered that some official in the camp was using the Bible as toilet paper. Every day Hein would pick up a portion of Scripture, clean it off ...

3727. The Greatest Place in the World

Romans 12:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... world looks at me and see a window, and in that window it sees Jesus: that is transformation. This transformation is to take place in the mind. He said, "Be transformed by the renewing of your mind." Now why the mind? Because the mind is the source of the thought, and the thought is the seed of the deed. "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he." (Pr. 23:7) It is not coincidental that Paul mentions the body in v.1 and the mind in v.2. In v.1 he says we are to sacrifice our bodies; in ...

3728. The Sin of Silence

1 John 1:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... is faithful and just." Now why did he remind us of those two specific character qualities of God? Well you see, first of all, God is faithful to His promise. The Bible says in Isa. 55:7, "Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon." God has a covenant relationship with his children and He cannot break that covenant, and as a part of that covenant we find, "Therefore know that ...

3729. The Battle of New Orleans

2 Timothy 3:1-4:8

Sermon

James Merritt

... in Christ Jesus." She then asked him, "What is your favorite thing about God?" He said, "That God provides me with everything that I need and want." She said she looked intently at this skinny smelly dirty man with no sight, no money, and old tattered clothes, and thought…that maybe he didn't understand the question. "What do you need and want?" she asked. She said the man then replied with great excitement, "All I've ever needed and wanted was to read the word of God, and He gave me the Bible in Braille ...

3730. Science and the Bible

John 17:17, 1 Timothy 3:16

Sermon

James Merritt

... now know, that the moon is simply a reflection of the light of the sun, and gives no light on its own. Well guess what? Job 25:5 says, "If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight." For almost 1700 years men thought that all the world was light during the day, and all the world was light during the night. They just assumed if it was daylight where they were, it was daylight everywhere else. But then finally they discovered that night and day both co-exist. That is, half the ...

3731. How to Rub People the Right Way

Acts 4:36-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... left this church he wrote me, without question, the nastiest, most vicious, mean-spirited letter I have ever received in my entire ministry. As I thought back on that letter, it hit me that in the ten or eleven years he was in this church, the only time he went ... ever done to be a good student." Indeed he became a model student. Well, what Johnny did not know was that Mr. Escalante thought that Johnny's mother was the mother of the other Johnny who was his best student. His comments were meant not for that ...

3732. What Is A Christian?

Acts 11:26

Sermon

James Merritt

... , what can I do for you?" I said, "Just simply answer a personal opinion poll." I said, "What is your definition of a Christian?" He gave me a great answer. He said, "A Christian is one who learns and follows the teachings of Jesus Christ." Well, I thought that was a great answer, which allowed me to ask him the second question. "Are you a Christian?" He said, "Yes," but then quickly added, "I am a ___." (a different denomination from mine) That made me a little bit suspicious. As I began to ask him further ...

3733. What to Wear to the War

Ephesians 6:13-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... ." Now the same devil that could deceive Eve in the garden of Eden can deceive you where you live today. Have you ever thought about the fact that the devil has his doctrines just as God has His doctrines? We're warned in 1 Tim. 4:1, " ... sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." Think about this: We have a defense for every weapon he has, but Satan has no defense for the one weapon ...

3734. Face the Music

Hebrews 9:27-28

Sermon

James Merritt

... at a church one time on the brevity of life. He took a long pause and then said, "Every member of this church is going to die." Well, to his surprise, a man sitting on the front row responded to this statement with a big smile. The evangelist thought maybe he misunderstood what he said, so he said much louder this time, "Every member of this church is going to die." Well, this time he noticed the man crossed his arms and smiled even broader. This rattled him so much that he almost shouted a third time ...

3735. When the Pressure Is On

John 6:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... impossible with men are possible with God." If you're facing a problem and you think the solution is illogical, then just remember Isaiah 55:9, "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts." The ridiculous with you is the reasonable with God. II. Pressure Turns Our Focus to Jesus Now even though all four gospels include this miracle, only John records the little boy who gave his lunch. That little boy is, next to Jesus, the biggest ...

3736. The Only Guide You Need

John 16:12-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... in the arms of another man's wife." Then he paused for dramatic effect, and added the words "my mother." Well, this young preacher thought that would be just the trick to start out his message. The only problem was he forgot to tell his wife, who was a ... dramatic pause, his wife got up out of the pew and began to make her way to the platform. At that point, he had a mental block, thought for a moment and said, "and to save my life, I can't remember who it was." Well, the reason why we have a New Testament ...

3737. What Excites God

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... Faith acts. Faith shows. You have to love these men. I mean they get on top of the roof, cut a hole in it, and let the man down through the roof. They didn't care about criticism, they didn't care about rejection, they didn't care what people thought. They were not even saying to themselves what most Baptists would have been saying, "Who's going to pay for the roof?" They were just determined to get this man to Jesus. You see, they not only had faith enough to believe that Jesus could meet the need of their ...

3738. Come On Baby, Light My Fire

Matthew 3:11-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... a godly influence, nor is He just a heavenly power. Now He is all of these things, but He is more than these things. Now He is invisible; you cannot see Him, but He watches over you twenty-four-seven. You cannot hear Him, but He hears your innermost thoughts. You cannot feel Him, but He never leaves your side. Air is a force with incredible strength. It can snap a tree into. It can demolish a building in seconds flat. Energized by a hurricane or a tornado, it can clean out an entire mobile home park in a ...

3739. It's Time to Go to Work

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... not scattered seed. Therefore you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.'" (vv. 26-27) Now the slave tries to pass the blame off on the master. But notice what this master said, "If you thought I'd demand a return on what does not belong to me, do you not think I would require a return on what does belong to me?" The slave was verbally hanged with his own wordy rope. I want to say it again. There is no excuse for doing nothing ...

3740. O Holy Night

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... , from the trivial irritations of family life, and the cramping restrictions of hard work and lack of money, to the worst horrors of pain and humiliation, defeat, despair, and death. When He was a man, He played the man. He was born in poverty, and He died in disgrace and thought it well worth- while. You see, Jesus did not have to die. Now he had to die for us to be saved, but He didn't have to die. God is under no obligation to save anybody, and Jesus was under no obligation to come to die for us that ...

3741. Me, Myself and God

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... the room and went walking down the streets of that city in the early morning trying to control himself. He told Dr. Peale that in his agonizing search for peace he came to a river that flowed through the edge of that town. He looked at it with fascination. He thought to himself of how he could end all of his hurt and heartache by just jumping into that river and letting go. In just a moment he would be reunited with his wife and those two little children. But all of a sudden he felt the hand of God move ...

3742. Why You Should Manage Your Time

Psalm 118:24

Sermon

James Merritt

... the day than a trash collector. Have you ever said to someone: “I wish I had as much time as you do?” Well, if you did, you wouldn’t have anymore time than you have right now. Indeed, the time you have is the time you need. We’ve all thought to ourselves many times, “I just don’t have the time to do all that I want to do.” We all wish there was a little extra time in the day. USA Today asked experts from various fields to chart how much time was needed for accomplishing the necessities of ...

3743. The Empire Strikes Back

Jude 1:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... a certain sport in many cities, you have violence. It is a day of disobedience. It was also an age of disbelief. Genesis 6:5 says, “Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” The Hebrew word for “intent” literally means to make something as a potter would fashion a vessel from clay. In other words, we are not just talking here about naughty daydreaming. We are talking about how people carefully ...

3744. Sometimes You Need to Grab Their Attention

Matthew 15: (1-10) 21-28

Illustration

Billy D. Strayhorn

... to worry about them now. I've just shot them all." Within five minutes there were half a dozen police cars in the area, an armed response unit. They caught the burglars red-handed. One of the policemen said to the man, "I thought you said you'd shot them!" And he replied, "I thought you said there was no one available." Sometimes you just feel like you need to get somebody's attention any way you can. There are times when you feel like you want to grab somebody by the collar and shake them until they wake ...

3745. This Feels Like Where I Came In

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

... some 45 years ago. But upon being ushered into his office, I knew….just knew….I was wrong. I mean, this balding, graying man with the double chin and a face the quality of old shoe leather was far too old to have been my classmate. But I thought" "What the heck?" No harm in asking him anyway. So I said: "There isn't a chance you attended Mackenzie High School in Detroit, is there?" "Yes," he said (looking surprised). "I did." "When did you graduate?" I asked. "Class of '58," he answered. "Why, you were ...

3746. The Supreme Test

Genesis 22:1-19

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... : “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.” No doubt, old Abe did not sleep a wink that night. He must have thought—if I return home without Isaac, dear old Sarah will die of heartbreak. Yet Abraham did not complain or argue with God. Early the next morning Abraham took Isaac and headed for Moriah. Isaac was at least nine years old and perhaps as old as fifteen or sixteen ...

3747. The Great Divide

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... say I am?” that the trouble begins. It was, of course, Simon Peter who answered the Master: “You are the Christ,” declared Simon Peter, “the Son of the living God.” And in heaven, a trumpet sounded. I wonder if you and I ever give much thought to just how important this statement is. “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Tim Keller is the pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York. Keller tells the story of a man who was considering becoming a Christian, but first he wanted ...

3748. Almost Persuaded

Matthew 19:16-30

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... might stack up before God. I’m going to draw a line across the middle of this page. Let’s say that this line represents a passing grade with God. Who is the best person you can think of, the one who grades out highest with God? The man thought for just a moment and replied, “Billy Graham.” “Fine,” said Bill, let’s put Billy Graham on our chart, but we must place here where Billy Graham himself says he ought to be. Billy Graham has said repeatedly that he is a sinner who deserves to go to hell ...

3749. The Lost And Found Collection

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... sheep was just interested in the business at hand, which was eating grass. He ate a little bit here, then a little bit there; then he eased around a hillside and past a little valley. This went on for quite a while. The grass was good. The sheep never thought to check on the shepherd or the other sheep. Then suddenly it occurred to the sheep that darkness was falling. He looked up…no shepherd or other sheep was in sight. He was lost. Folks stray away from God the same way. Not because they hate God. Most ...

3750. From Selfishness to Servanthood

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... That’s right,” she replied, “and there’s one less than you think.” Oh, how my wife loves that story! When James and John hid behind their mother’s skirt that day and made their arrogant request, Jesus must have been deeply disappointed. He must have thought My goodness, I have been with this crowd almost three years and they still don’t have a clue. They are still chasing the world’s idea of greatness. So Jesus called time-out. Perhaps over a meal he had a real “come to Jesus” talk with ...

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