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3776. Grace: Amazing or Mystifying?

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... -righteous person. Now he was able to go that next essential step, he was able to live in response to God’s grace for him. People who only live by the law are prone to set themselves apart from others in a negative self-important way. Those who understand that they, too, are sinners saved by grace--unconditional, unqualified, undeserved grace--are able to pass that grace on to others. As for the kid who stole the bicycle, we’ll have to ask that question when we get to heaven. All we know is that we are ...

3777. Living with the End in Mind

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... grief. And sometimes anger is part of grief. And sometimes we question God. Vance Havner is a man of deep faith. Havner hoped his dying wife would be healed through some miracle. But she died, and he was plunged into grief. He simply did not understand why this had happened when it did. Listen to his painful words: “Whoever thinks he has the ways of God conveniently tabulated, analyzed, and correlated with convenient, glib answers to ease every question from aching hearts has not been far in this maze of ...

3778. To Care for the Earth

Leviticus 25:1-7

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... that redemption. "If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation," says the Apostle Paul. Here is the ultimate solution to all the earth''s problems. A redeemed person has a new heart and will. A redeemed person takes on new values and attitudes. A redeemed person understands the earth to be a gift from God of which he or she is only a steward. Calvin DeWitt once put it this way: Creator word, by whose great power The oceans roar and plants do flower, Create in us a love for the earth, All life, the sky ...

3779. Maturity in Stewardship

2 Corinthians 9:6-15, 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... for his failures lay at his own door. So it is with us. We are held responsible for our stewardship of all of life. THE CHRISTIAN STEWARD ALSO TRIES TO DISCOVER AND FOLLOW GOD’s PURPOSE FOR EVERY MATERIAL POSSESSION IN HIS LIFE. The key scripture for understanding the Christian view of material things is Colossians 1:16 where Paul says, "All things were created by Him and for Him." God made us for Himself and gives us material things to fulfill His purpose and plan for the world. His purpose is that all ...

3780. The Stewardship of Time

Romans 13:11-14

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... nearer to heaven, Paul urges Christians, "Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of the time because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish but understand what the will of the Lord is." Because of the shortness of time and the terrible consequences evil can bring, God''s people need to understand and live out His will for life as they find it in His word. But many don''t. We don''t use time wisely. We misuse time when we procrastinate or put off doing what ...

3781. Three Words America Needs to Hear

Acts 24:1-27

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... within us. Paul surely must have said something to Felix and Drusilla about that righteousness as he described it in Romans 3. He must have used these same words as he made that defense of the faith. He says, "None is righteous, no not one. No one understands, no one seeks for God. There is no fear of God before their eyes." And then he goes on to say, "But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe ...

3782. HOW DO YOU KNOW JESUS?

Drama

Angela Akers

... .) "Jean, has anyone ever told you about Jesus?" Jean: "Jesus? Yeah, I went to church a few times when I was a kid. I heard all the kiddie stories. But you''d better quit while you''re ahead because I don''t understand the rest of that talk." Pastor: "Well, then, understand this: God loves you, Jean, enough that He lived like a real human being here on earth. And He didn''t get treated like He deserved either. He was treated like dirt, and He died an awful death, so that your sins, and ...

3783. Father? Almighty?

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... out of character. God (we Christians believe) cannot ever be anything but Love. God’s Almightiness is limited by God’s Love. God has given us freedom, therefore, it is always possible that we may rebel against God and God’s plans for our lives. Parents understand this, don’t we? We hope, dream, plan, and scheme for our children. We try to surround them with the best possible influences and environment. But we cannot force them into our own mold. They can rebel and go their own way. Sometimes I think ...

3784. Why the Church?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... in his book So We Believe, So We Pray, expresses amazement that the Church found its way into our Apostles Creed. He wrote: “Why should the Church become an article of belief? Faith in God, in Christ, perhaps in the Holy Spirit, we can understand; but faith in the Church seems like leaning on a rickety fence above a precipice.” (New York and Nashville: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1951, p. 72) I. THE CHURCH HAS ALWAYS HAD ITS CRITICS. Down through the centuries no institution has been so universally loved ...

3785. Born Again? When?

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... pious Jews of Jesus’ day, would have been somewhat familiar with the concept of rebirth. That is why Jesus was surprised that Nicodemus seemed to be unfamiliar with it. His words mean, literally, “Are you that famous teacher in Israel, and yet you do not understand this?” The words indicate that Nicodemus was a man of some stature in the intellectual community. He was wealthy and was at least their equivalent of a PhD.! John says that he was a Pharisee, as well. Now, the Pharisees seem to have gotten ...

3786. To Who Can We Go?

John 6:60-71

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... and drinking His blood were the last straw! “When many of his disciples heard it, they said, This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?’....Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him.” John 6:60,66 I can understand that. We have the same phenomenon in our churches today. Many times during my years in the pastorate we came to the year’s end one step ahead of the sheriff, wondering where the money was going to come from to pay the church’s bills. And ...

3787. Lazarus Laughed

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... it all was the full realization that the act he was about to perform would seal His own fate. The road upon which He was embarking would ultimately lead to a cross. If this is the explanation of Jesus’ actions in this chapter, then it helps us to understand another thing. John has Jesus saying, “This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” (11:4) Now, I do not believe that Jesus is saying that poor Lazarus was allowed to ...

3788. Who Counted the Fish?

John 21:1-14, John 21:15-25

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the disciples get there, they find Jesus tending a charcoal fire, with fish on it and bread, and He invites them to come and share a meal with Him. Again, it is important that we know some of the customs of the times of Jesus in order to understand what is going on. In the Middle East in Biblical times and even today, the way you become reconciled with your enemies is to share a meal with them. For a while it seemed as though Jesus’ closest friends had become His enemies. Peter had denied Him, and “All ...

3789. Life Begins at Thirty-Eight

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... time, but they long since seem to have become weary of him and lost interest in his case. Perhaps they had grown tired of his constant whining and complaining. At any rate, there were no friends left at the time of our Gospel story. We can understand why Jesus gravitated to him. No doubt there were many spectators about the pool, watching and waiting for that wonderful moment when the angel’s wing would touch the water’s surface. No doubt Jesus had been conversing with some of them. Then it was that ...

3790. A Terrorist among the Twelve

Luke 6:12-16

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... his sword or give up his Savior. Something like this, I think, happens to all of us who start down the road with Jesus. We may begin with acceptance of Jesus as Savior and Lord, and give our hearts and allegiance to Him. At first we may not fully understand the radical nature of His call. We are happy with what Leonard Sweet calls a “Jacuzzi Jesus,” a religion which brings us warmth and comfort but makes few demands upon us. Then, as we sit at the feet of the Master, we begin to hear Him say startling ...

3791. Philip the First

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... when the rest of us are going to learn it! E. Stanley Jones once told of a mother who was reading to her little girl some Bible stories and happened upon the rather unedifying story of the massacre of the Amalekites. The little girl was bothered. She could not understand how the God who told us in Christ to love our enemies could approve wholesale murder. So her mother told her that the people who lived back then did not know as much about God as we do—that now we have Christ. Her little face lit up and ...

3792. Little Jimmy

Mark 3:13-19

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... ?...Whoever does the will of God is my brother, and sister, and mother.” (See Mark 3:31-35) And, as I said, there grew up in the early Church the notion that Mary and Joseph had no other children after Jesus was born, so it is understandable that the Gospel records might make no mention of his relationship to Jesus. One may imagine that James had to put up with an inferiority complex all of his life. James was called “the less” because he was considered by the Gospel writers as less important than ...

3793. Good Old What’s-His-Name

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... his name was) is recorded. But in the fourth Gospel he appears under the name “Judas, not Iscariot.” As we have seen when we considered the other more infamous Judas, Judas was a good name—until Judas the Betrayer besmirched it. So it is understandable that the Gospel writer should make emphatic note that this other Judas was not Judas Iscariot. At the Last Supper Jesus told His students that He was going away. They were puzzled. He mentioned His coming death, and Peter was quick to jump in with ...

3794. Angels in the Wilderness

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... of heaven the Lord met him. “Lord,” said Wilbur, “I’m glad to meet you, but frankly, I am very disappointed. I counted on you to save me, but you let me drown in those floodwaters.” “Wilbur,” said the Lord, shaking his head and smiling with understanding, “I sent a canoe, a row boat, a motor boat, and even a helicopter to save you. What more did you want me to do?” What more, indeed? There always seems to be “angels in the wilderness...” May God grant us the wisdom to recognize them ...

3795. Wining and Dining with Jesus

Mark 2:18-22

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... standpoint, seem trivial. “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” (v. 2:17) Now, that almost sounds as though Jesus had no use for good people. Not so. A clearer understanding might indicate that in the eyes of Jesus, there are no good people. As Pascal said, there are only two groups of people in the world: the righteous who know that they are sinners and the sinners who believe that they are righteous. The point is not ...

3796. Salty Saints

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... one’s faith is a novel idea to many of us. A lot of contemporary Christians seem to be like salt...in that they hesitate to venture outside on a Sunday morning if there is a little rain, for fear that they might melt. They would never understand the first Christians who braved “peril, fire, and sword” for the privilege of gathering together in worship every Lord’s day. Wild horses (and wilder emperors) couldn’t keep them away! Such an idea is so foreign to most of us as to be almost laughable. In ...

3797. Knight of the Woeful Countenance

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... commandment is not for all people for all time. But every once in awhile I wonder whether we have not dismissed that possibility too easily. Mark Twain once observed that many people are bothered by what they don’t understand in the Bible. “I, however,” said Twain, “am greatly disturbed by what I do understand.” Me, too! For instance, Jesus said: “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the the kingdom of God.” (Mark 10:25) We’ve been trying ...

3798. What Do You Want Me to Do for You?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the editorial in the Ann Arbor News put it, “It’s probably a good thing Helen Keller isn’t alive today to apply for a job with the U.S. foreign services, They’d turn her down, flat.” (Thursday, December 1, 1988) I can understand that blindness would certainly put some limitations upon a person’s ability to perceive some things in some situations, but my experience tells me that blind people often “see” the reality of things in ways that sighted persons do not. Sometimes the blind have more ...

3799. Jesus and the IRS

Mark 12:13-17

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... feel just as honored for about half the price.” Benjamin Franklin said that “in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” The one we will have to confront but once; the other, like Christmas, comes around once a year. I. TO UNDERSTAND TODAY’S SCRIPTURE, WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION AT THE TIME OF JESUS. When Herod the “Great” died in 4 B.C., he was ruler of all of Palestine, albeit a puppet ruler under the domination of Rome. When he died he gave his kingdom to his three (remaining ...

3800. On Doing Beautiful Things

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... news to the poor” (Luke 4.) And the best news that the poor can ever hear is the news that they need be poor no longer. So the disciples who complained got their standard of values from Jesus Himself in the first place. One can therefore understand why they might be puzzled at this seemingly wasteful deed. But there is a special beauty in uncalculating love. Here we are confronted with a woman, who, in a moment of wild abandonment, does something beautiful for Jesus. There is a place for cool, calculating ...

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