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401. Speaking with Prophetic Authority

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... receive a favorable hearing. Rather, often Jesus' message raised conflict; it shook people up. His message was challenging to the people's sensibilities; their zone of comfortableness was rocked severely. Some heeded Jesus' missive and became his followers. Others disregarded or were indifferent to the message and others still were violently opposed to what they heard and saw. Thus, they orchestrated his death. Moses, Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Jeremiah were some of the great prophets of the Old Testament. They ...

402. An Attitude of Gratitude

John 6:25-35

Sermon

Molly F. James

... with gratitude is not an invitation for sometimes. It is not an invitation to be lived out only on the days that are joyous — it is an invitation for always! We can live with gratitude each and every day. This invitation is not offered lightly. It does not disregard the reality of sin in the world nor the hardships we all face. Christ is not blind to the pain we suffer — he knows it only too well. Christ is inviting us to live with gratitude because he knows that there is always something to be grateful ...

403. Moving On

Luke 6:12-16, Luke 9:1-9, Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... repented. Both Matthew and Luke (Luke tells it twice) relay Jesus’ instructions to the disciples (both the 12 and 70) to take nothing with them, to rely on the hospitality of someone in every town, and in the event, they are not received and their message is disregarded, they are to “kick off the dust” from their feet, as a witness to the event, and to go on. The metaphor of dust is a very important one in the scriptures. We are first formed from dust, and someday to dust we will return. Without the ...

404. Lazarus

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... generally not kept as pets, although the Greeks and Romans kept puppies as pets and would feed them scraps from the table. But the Jewish community did not keep dogs as pets. Dogs were feral animals that roamed about, and their comings and goings were generally disregarded. They would lay about on the streets and by the gates hoping for a scrap of food. Even as Jews called gentiles “dogs,” here Lazarus …a son of God…is being treated just as the street dogs. Even if they were guard dogs, Lazarus lays ...

405. The Apothecary

Isaiah 40:1-31, Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God”? Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power ...

406. Holy Goat!

Leviticus 16:1-34, John 20:24-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... it is canceled again, disillusionment begins, doubt creeps in about the nature of promises --or worse, the reality of one’s worthiness. When it happens again a third time –cynicism and disbelief become the norm. When a fourth promise arises, it is dismissed, disregarded, not even given the time of day. One cannot continue to have hopes dashed without paying the consequences of grief. Next time a promise is made, that child will want proof! Suspicion and doubt will cast its long shadow until there is ...

407. And a Child Will Lead Them

Exodus 2:1-10, Matthew 18:1-9, Matthew 18:10-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and creativity, their ideas and attitudes within an enclosed environment, we adults often don’t take seriously their abilities and thoughts. We most often relegate kids’ thoughts and attitudes as being immature, childish, fanciful, and naïve. It’s easy for us to disregard their input and skills as underdeveloped, while we adults strive to create the world we believe is in the best interests of our beliefs and future, whether it be in our culture, or in the church. And yet, Jesus chose a child to ...

408. Why I Believe In The Resurrection

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Brett Blair

... witnesses thrust out into the world. That is the scene post-resurrection. It has been estimated that by the end of the first century over a half million people had come under the Christian banner. That is the power of resurrection. It is never easy to disregard the testimony of witnesses who are ready to die for their words. Eventually, of course, every one of the disciples met a violent death. People may lie to perpetuate a myth, I will grant you that. But people are not going to die to perpetuate what ...

Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists.

Corliss Lamont

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.

Dorothy Day

The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.

Franklin Pierce

I will, in the name of humanity which is outraged, in the name of liberty which is fettered, in the name of the constitution and the Bible, which are disregarded and trampled upon, dare to call in question and to denounce, with all the emphasis I can command, everything that serves to perpetuate slavery – the great sin and shame of America! "I will not equivocate; I will not excuse;" I will use the severest language I can command; and yet ...

Frederick Douglass

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.

George Orwell

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

Vincent van Gogh

But I believe the greatest enemy of the Bible is the so-called Christian who simply ignores the Bible or disregards it.

Adrian Rogers

Good advice is what your own kids disregard but save to give to their kids.

Traditional

417. Oh, That You Would Come Down?

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... myself that I’m hurting, so it is my business, isn’t it? Somehow, we, like ancient Israel, have deluded ourselves into thinking that sin is no big deal. We ignore its power to destroy health and home, to damage our witness and impede spiritual growth. We disregard its power to block our view of God and leave us slaves to our own passions. It was as a warning to us that Jesus taught, “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8). In other words, there is something about sin ...

418. The Power of Belief

1 John 5:9-13

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... could outdo the oil lamp. Thank goodness, Franklin knew he could make electricity happen. And he did! All of these short vignettes describe stories of famous people who were committed to their beliefs; they were convinced that if they moved forward, disregarded the many naysayers around them, and had sufficient confidence and courage — they could achieve their goals. In a similar way, Saint John closes his first letter to the Christian community, and we close the Easter season, by hearing the message of ...

419. The Days Are Coming

Jeremiah 33:14-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... he? The answer is simple. There was a voice within that would not let him alone. On the other hand, why couldn’t his countrymen see the folly of their ways? He tried to warn them about the consequences of their greed, their disobedience, their disregard of right living. But they would not listen. And because they would not listen, God had forsaken them. His country was now besieged. This lonely, sensitive prophet could have chided them derisively, “I told you so! I told you so, but you would not listen ...

420. Moksha

Romans 8:6-11

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... big, such as a “little white lie,” which usually means a harmless lie; but is it possible for a sin to be harmless, measured on any scale? When we engage in the acts of pride, envy, anger, sloth, greed, gluttony, lust, and fame it demonstrates a disregard for God and a disdain for others. I do not promote Hinduism, but it has an insightful understanding of living a life of passion versus a life of virtue. The religion of Hinduism understands the entrapment of living a self-centered life. Hinduism is the ...

421. The Great Debates

Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... he?” Jesus asks knowing what they will say. “The son of David,” they answer. They mean a genealogical, biological ancestor of King David. The Pharisees tend to regard scripture literally rather than metaphorically or spiritually. They also have been sarcastically disregarding Jesus’ messianic claim as Son of God.[1] “Then why does David refer to the messiah as his Lord?” Jesus asks. They couldn’t answer his question. He had pointed to something that they had overlooked. He had humiliated them ...

422. Comfort My People

Isaiah 40:1-8

Eulogy

George Reed

... ’s kingdom from stories. Suffering comes from many sources. Sometimes it is the direct consequence of poor decisions that we ourselves have made. We allow our anger to get the best of us and we quit our job when we have no prospects for another one. We disregard all the advice of health professionals and continue practices that put our health and even our lives at risk. We choose to look out only for ourselves and soon those we loved have been pushed out of our lives. Sometimes we are just at the end of ...

423. On Rendering to God and to Caesar

Mark 12:13-17, Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

Will Willimon

... booby-trapper, the sophisticated Intercontinental Ballistic Missile for national self defense all acknowledge that something more important than God is worth dying for, killing for. The slippery slope of national ethical relativism began when we disregarded historic Christian prohibitions against killing innocent civilians, even for the nation, and fire bombed Dresden, obliterated Hiroshima. These were no longer potential brothers and sisters, actual children of God, but national enemies to be destroyed ...

424. Do You Believe in Miracles?

Mark 4:26-34

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... have you learned? We all live in covenant together, and a covenant relationship is one in which we all learn, grow, and take responsibility for a role.] Do you believe in miracles? How do you define a miracle? Sometimes, in our culture, we’ve come to disregard “miracles,” because we’ve set the bar so high for what “wows” us and “pows” us that we end up missing all of the small miracles all around us! Yes, we still can experience BIG miracles. Those of you who read about the outpouring of the ...

425. Uncommonly Good

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... same. His disciples are eating food without first ritually purifying their hands, a practice observed by all Jewish elders as it is recognized as proper Jewish behavior. Putting on their “arrogant hats,” they challenge Jesus on their behavior. In disregarding Jewish traditions, they are, in the Pharisees’ minds, behaving “commonly” (like the pagans), rather than behaving in ways that distinguish them as Jewish in the eyes of others. Jesus comes back at them with an important concept: what makes ...

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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

Showing 401 to 425 of 426 results

401. Speaking with Prophetic Authority

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Richard Gribble

402. An Attitude of Gratitude

John 6:25-35

Sermon

Molly F. James

403. Moving On

Luke 6:12-16, Luke 9:1-9, Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

404. Lazarus

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

405. The Apothecary

Isaiah 40:1-31, Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

406. Holy Goat!

Leviticus 16:1-34, John 20:24-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

407. And a Child Will Lead Them

Exodus 2:1-10, Matthew 18:1-9, Matthew 18:10-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

408. Why I Believe In The Resurrection

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Brett Blair

Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists.

Corliss Lamont

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.

Dorothy Day

The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.

Franklin Pierce

Frederick Douglass

George Orwell

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

Vincent van Gogh

But I believe the greatest enemy of the Bible is the so-called Christian who simply ignores the Bible or disregards it.

Adrian Rogers

Good advice is what your own kids disregard but save to give to their kids.

Traditional

417. Oh, That You Would Come Down?