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401. Characteristics of the Church, Part 2

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... thought of that much before I went to Africa. In fact, it had never registered on me as to what a group of lions was called. Do you know? They’re called a “pride of lions” and that’s quite appropriate. Even in the Bible, the lion is the symbol of courage and dignity and strength. So, a group of lions is called a pride of lions. But think of some other groups. Do you know what they call a group of toads — those squatty, warty-skinned little amphibians? A group is of toads! And that’s descriptive ...

402. Knowing When To Run

Genesis 39:1-2, 6b-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... do with lust. The second temptation at play in this story is power. Mrs. Potiphar has the power. True power sets people free. Power used at the right time, in the right place, in the right way, is a wonderful liberator. But power gone bad becomes pride. “Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall," says the writer of Proverbs. Oscar Schindler used his power in World War II to save 1200 Jews from the gas chambers. Those whose lives he saved hailed him as a hero, as rightly they should ...

403. The Power to Resist Temptation

I Corinthians 10:13-17

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... me in the synagogue." Paul says, “No temptation has seized you except what is common to all humankind" (I Corinthians 10:13). When it comes to temptation, we are not special. There are no exceptions to the rule. Lust is the same on the street or in the stateroom. Pride is a problem on campus and in culture. Addictions know no social class. Abuse of children by clergy is no less a crime than by perverts. Unless there is within us that which is above us, we shall soon yield to that which is about us. So we ...

404. Develop Leaders—Humbly

Colossians 3:12-17

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... were stripped naked, and then clothed in a white robe which they wore for an entire week, symbolizing their new life in Christ. Paul seems to be saying in this passage, don't be running around with a naked soul. Shed the filthy rags of selfishness, pride, lust, and greed, and let your soul be clothed in Christ, who makes all things new. II. SPIRITUAL LEADERS FORGIVE AS THE LORD FORGIVES. In Verse 13 we read, “Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as ...

405. The Way and The Truth and The Life

John 14:1-14

Sermon

Lee Griess

... hard to look at Jesus sometimes, because when we look at Jesus, we see ourselves — the ugliness of our lives, the sinfulness of our thoughts and deeds, the blemishes of selfishness and pride, and our failure to love. When Jesus says, "I am the truth," he confronts us with our failures to forgive, our refusals to show mercy, and our self-righteousness pride that puts others down. That is why it is so important that Jesus not only say, "I am the way and the truth" but also say, "I am the life." For without ...

406. Religious Balkanization

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... members of the church. As a bit of a protest, we never wore white on Communion Sunday, and we always sat at the back and received communion last. Even though we were treated nicely enough, we felt the pressures of racism and the horrors of pride and judgment. That experience taught me the meaning of the old spiritual, "I Got Shoes." While the richly dressed white folks in the old South of the United States marched off to their churches wearing their polished Sunday shoes, the black slaves, with their bare ...

407. Personal Politics

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... have plagued me." But Merton said that there was really only one answer which all needed to voice before they could take up residence. "I need mercy!" was the true cry of the heart. "I need mercy!" Merton said that any other answer betrayed our prideful assertion of self-determination. We wanted, we planned, we were running away from, we desired ... But the person who knew his need of mercy had stepped out of the myopic circle of self-interest long enough to begin to see the fragile interdependence of all ...

408. Political Pardon

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... as his wife. Fouke made it very clear that he was choosing to forgive Hilda, like the good book said. Everyone knew it, and they commended the baker for his fine show of spiritual depth and mercy. But Fouke's forgiveness was something he wore like a badge of prideful humility, and never did it actually penetrate his heart of hearts. Not a day went by, but Fouke reminded Hilda of his gracious mercy toward her and how undeserving she was of it. She was a tramp, a hussy, a damaged woman with a weak and willful ...

409. Sitting at the Big People Table

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, 1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the time. We also have a tendency to focus on the wrong thing. We tend to focus on what we don't have instead of the blessings we do have. Another reason we balk at THE GRATITUDE ATTITUDE is that, for some reason, it hurts our pride to be grateful. The great enemy of the faith, pride, gets in the way. We do not want to admit that God is the Provider. We earned it and we bought it all. Being thankful requires humility and faith in God. Being thankful means we're not in charge and we don't like giving ...

410. WWF: Smack Down In The Wilderness

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and desire to consume more than is needed or required. It's pulling the stool up to the buffet and eating because it's there and you want to get as much as you can. Pride: the excessive belief in one's own abilities that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity. (2) What we need to realize is that those demons don't just happen. They don't just suddenly show up and move in. They don't swoop down ...

411. Let Us Never Lack for Humility

Luke 18:9-14

Illustration

Scott Hoezee

... than him it wasn't even funny. He tried out for the football team and didn't even make the cut, having been left in the dust by running backs from all over the United States. And the next thing you know, Chip Brewster felt like nothing and nobody. The pride of Rapid Brook, Nebraska, was just a face in the crowd in Ann Arbor, Michigan. All things being equal, Chip still had a lot going for him and much for which to be grateful. Once he recovered from the shock of becoming a small fish in a big pond, one ...

412. The Thing about Laws

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Steven Molin

... heart and soul and mind and strength, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment more important than these two. The cynic would ask, "If the Jews believed that love trumped all other laws, why did they place so much emphasis (not to mention pride and punishment) on the other 611 laws? And in the spirit of "Why do you point out the speck in your neighbor's eye when you have a log in your own?" I would turn the question back to us. If love is still the gold standard for the ...

413. The Vision of God

2 Corinthians 12:2-10

Sermon

Gibson “Nibs” Stroupe

... Corinthians: God's grace and God's strength in Paul's weakness. Although Paul goes to great lengths to indicate that his visions do not make him special, he can't help but feel just a bit of pride. After all, the discussion of his vision is the culmination of his list of boastings. As he reflects on this bit of pride, Paul states that God has knocked him down again in relation to this vision, just as God knocked him down on the road to Damascus. He calls this second knockdown "a thorn in the flesh," and the ...

414. Philippe

Matthew 24:36-51

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... and Philippe fell out upon the floor. He rubbed his eyes and scratched his head, He was so glad because he wasn’t dead. And Mom and Dad gave him a hug, as he sat upon the rug. His mother said to her darling boy, “How are you doing my pride and joy?” “I am feeling better, sweet mother dear, I want to write a letter to this hemisphere, And this is what I’ll say, ‘I’d rather stay awake, not sleep, for goodness sake! Alive, alert, and ready.’ ” The Wolf chimed in, “So that is what you plan ...

415. Loving Ourselves

Matthew 22:34-40

Illustration

James McCormick

... doubt, but they had given her a terribly distorted understanding of the Christian life. Because of what her parents and pastors had taught her, she was afraid of affirming any good thing about herself. She was afraid that self-appreciation would lead to pride, and pride would lead to alienation from God. So, for her, the life of faith required self-depreciation – putting herself down! She believed that rejection of the self was the only way to God! That's why her religious convictions led her to the brink ...

416. Monster Rehab

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... piety. Their legal loads crushed simple faiths. Scribal dictums overrode spiritual needs. But perhaps the most “monstrous” quality the Pharisees embodied was also the most human — they wanted to be “large and in charge.” Recognized. Celebrated. Honored. Given pride of place at seatings; given titles and special status at rituals. The Pharisees believed they were the “leaders” within first-century Judaism. They were the head and the heart of Judaism’s faithful future. That was the greatest ...

417. The Ways of the World

Illustration

Dave Roper

... the flesh (a passion for sensual satisfaction), the lust of the eyes (an inordinate desire for the finer things of life), and the pride of life (self-satisfaction in who we are, what we have, and what we have done). Worldliness, then, is a preoccupation with ease ... lives and spend too much money on themselves and wanting to be like them. But more importantly, worldliness is simply pride and selfishness in disguises. It's being resentful when someone snubs us or patronizes us or shows off. It means ...

418. How Odd of God

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... can go out of this room a new person. But you have to choose it. You must be willing to hand over to God even the smallest of sins, for they are seeds of deep destruction if they are not eliminated from our hearts. Envy, anger, greed, lust, sloth, pride, gluttony, or any other sin turn them over to God and feel a burden lifted from your soul. Dr. Jacob Chamberlain, an early missionary to India, tells of preaching to a group of people who had come to bathe in the “sacred stream” of the Ganges. Among them ...

419. God Can Turn Your Trash Cans into Treasure Chests

Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of wisdom, by any human standard. Few are powerful or highly born. Yet God chooses what is weak in this world to shame the strong. God has chosen things low and contemptible, all that is not lofty nor elevated, to overthrow existing orders. There is no place for human pride in the presence of God, for we are all made beautiful in Christ Jesus by God's act. He is our righteousness, and in Him we are consecrated and set free. And so, in the words of scripture, if you must boast, boast of the Lord." The gospel ...

420. Lost, But Not the TV Show!

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... who are lost. That is why it is important that we should reach out to those who are lost as well. It makes no difference whether people are lost to various addictions or to prostitution or to various betrayals of character or to self-righteousness and pride. We are all sinners and God longs for all of us to come home. Imagine how the sinners and tax collectors felt as they listened to Jesus tell these stories. Because of their position in society, they were outcasts and estranged from family and “polite ...

421. On the Ropes: Round 2 - Debating God

Habakkuk 1:12--2:1

Sermon

James Merritt

... are the only two kinds of people who have ever lived. On the one hand, you’ve got those who He says in verse 4 are “puffed up-his desires are not upright.” This is a person who cannot be right with God, because he is so puffed up with pride that his ego gets in the way. Then, you have the righteous. What makes them righteous is not what they do, but who they believe. You have two kinds of people: people who trust themselves and people who trust God. In essence, what God is saying to Habakkuk is, “If ...

422. Poem: In Memoriam

Eulogy

Alfred Lord Tennyson

... who remain, Nor let thy wisdom make me wise. CX Thy converse drew us with delight, The men of rathe and riper years: The feeble soul, a haunt of fears, Forgot his weakness in thy sight. On thee the loyal-hearted hung, The proud was half disarm’d of pride, Nor cared the serpent at thy side To flicker with his double tongue. The stern were mild when thou wert by, The flippant put himself to school And heard thee, and the brazen fool Was soften’d, and he knew not why; While I, thy nearest, sat apart, And ...

423. Paul Speaks to the Crowd

Acts 21:37--22:21

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... 18.39–52; Life 189–194; War 1.110–112; 2.143–144), and Paul’s use of it now recalls his own former pride as a Pharisee in keeping the law (Phil. 3:6). In Galatians 1:14 he describes himself as once a “zealot” for the traditions; ... one’s own or another city, but by the time of Claudius at the latest (A.D. 41–54), this prohibition no longer applied. The pride that Paul exhibited in his native city “was still at this point a noticeable feature of city life in the Roman Empire” (Hanson, p. ...

424. Body / Ambassador

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... War 7.56). By using this expression, Paul seems to be urging the Corinthians to side with him against his opponents: “in order that you may be hostile toward those who boast in the face and not in the heart.” Paul describes his opponents as those who take pride in what is seen (lit., “in the face” [NRSV: “outward appearance”]) rather than in what is in the heart. This is the first reference to Paul’s opponents in Corinth since 2:17 and 3:1. The allusion is to 1 Samuel 16:7, where the Lord says ...

425. Made Alive in Christ

Ephesians 2:1-10

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... idea echoes the entire aspect of rebirth or re-creation that took place in Christ Jesus (2:4–6; cf. 2 Cor. 5:17, where Paul writes that “if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation”). All of this is God’s doing and eliminates any sense of pride that would come if this were a “self-creation.” Second, God has created us in Christ Jesus to do good works (cf. 1:4, 6, 12, 14, 15). The whole context, which emphasizes God’s gift of grace and faith, as well as the stress upon being God’s creation ...

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