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401. It Is Really Something New by Dr. Frank Bateman Stanger

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... exacting than to try to tell the meaning of something. Certainly it is not easy to verbalize accurately a meaning. I remember shortly before I left the last local church which I served as pastor that one of the young adults, a very attractive, intelligent, spiritually sensitive lady said to me, "Before you leave our church, will you tell us again what it means to live a sanctified life?" She wanted a meaning. In that same church there was a Jewish man married to one of the faithful members of the church. He ...

402. On Being Able to Be Sorry

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... it, he knew what he wanted to say: "Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight: I am no longer worthy to be called your son: make me as one of your hired servants." Now that was saying he was sorry. His best thinking and highest sensitivity and deepest need told him that he could not just nonchalantly return and take up living where he had left off before his rude departure. His sense of honor and rightness would not even allow it, were it possible. Even though he knew his father loved him, he ...

403. Christ the King

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... giving a buck to a beggar or doing some charity. But such charity coming out of love of Christ is an essential act, without which faith dries up and dies. It is a beautiful thing when you and I have a heart that can be touched and that is sensitive and compassionate. If you are one who brags about being "self-made" and "shrewd" and never being taken advantage of, you may have the wrong king on the throne. Often our little bit of response is for the wrong reason. It can be selfish motivation that moves us to ...

404. Voluntary Blindness

Matthew 6:1-15

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... taste knows itself, some of its goodness is lost."5 This could be said not just of good taste but of goodness itself. When one’s goodness - one’s good deeds, or moral cleanness and uprightness, or spiritual understanding and sensitivity - becomes conspicuous to oneself, one begins wanting it to become conspicuous to others, too. Then it is no longer genuine goodness, springing spontaneously from the heart, but is a calculated "speculation." In his essay on "Characteristics," Thomas Carlyle said, "The ...

405. Unlimited Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... amnesia that will help us forgive."6 But that is not practical. Something else will have to serve as the dynamic of forgiveness, as the power making it possible. Remembering our own failures and transgressions would help us. Our consciences may not be as sensitive as they ought to be, but deep in our hearts we know that we have sinned, not only against God, but against our fellowmen, too. These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end; These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust Among ...

406. What Are Christian Liberals? - 1951

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... . Not free thought for those who agree with it, but freedom of thought for those we hate."3 I wish I could write that indelibly on your heart, for this is the core of the liberal position. Therefore, it is the liberals who are most sensitive to any infringement of our basic civil liberties. That’s why for twelve years I’ve accepted this onerous job of being Chairman of the Civil Liberties Union (which is not the Civil Rights Congress - which is Communist), which has probably made the most remarkable ...

407. To Bethlehem and Beyond

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... but his shoes are the wooden shoes of the Netherland Lowlands; he is stooped as a laborer in the cottonfields of the American South, but his skin is bronzed and dark as one who has braved the icy blasts of the Northland; his hands, although scarred, are the sensitive and delicate hands of an artist or a surgeon; his eyes are slanted slightly as a man from the distant East, but his voice is heavy with the accent of central Europe, yet somehow light with the music of the Pacific Islands. All eyes are upon him ...

408. The Old and the New

1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Sermon

Jon L. Joyce

... and that was wisdom. The ancient philosophers who followed Socrates listed four cardinal virtues: wisdom, courage, temperance, and justice. But make no mistake about it, dear friends, Christian ethics goes much higher and much deeper than that. They are more sensitive and they are more social. Too many people, even today, live their lives on the level of pagan morality. Pagan ethics was most concerned about a man’s relationship to himself. "Know thyself," said the ancient philosophers. Christian ethics ...

409. When Your Sister or Brother Stumbles

2 Corinthians 2:5-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... things. I know God has forgiven me, but I need a means of closure by which my church by which my church family recognizes that I have been forgiven and restored to the worship." I thought about that statement quite a bit. Shouldn't it be possible in a sensitive, close Sunday School class or growth group for someone to stand up and say, "Our brother Bill has asked me to say to you that he has made some mistakes for which he is deeply sorry. He is assured of God's forgiveness and he longs for your support ...

410. Thorns and Roses

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... this flawed universe, thorns are distributed indiscriminately as one would deal a hand of cards, to the just and the unjust alike. A thorn in the flesh in modern terminology might be called "a pain in the neck" or a pain in some other sensitive part of one's anatomy. A thorn is whatever causes you pain or frustration or sadness. Thorns come in all shapes and sizes: migraine headaches, bad backs, arthritis, depression, anxiety spells, shingles, an unhappy marriage, an impossible boss, a child on drugs, and ...

411. A Teddy Bear and Christmas

John 3:1-21

Illustration

Bill Bouknight

... totally unexpected. He said to his surgeon friend, "I want you to have this," and handed him his teddy bear. The surgeon’s first impulse was to say, "Oh no, I can’t separate you two good friends." But something stopped him. With a flash of sensitive genius, the surgeon understood what Tony was trying to do. He wanted to give his dear surgeon-friend the most precious gift at his disposal, so full was his heart with love. The wise surgeon accepted the teddy bear with a hug and a thank-you, assuring ...

412. Laying Hold On God's Willingness

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... to forgive others. Name those failings. Four, ask God to help some person you find it hard to like. Five, ask for help with your personal problems and needs. Tell God what they are. He knows, but it will help you to verbalize them. Six, ask God to make you sensitive to at least one person today with whom you can share God's love in word or deed. Seven, ask God for a 24-hour supply of his Holy Spirit so that his power and wisdom will fill you. Eight, pray for Christ Church. Finally, number nine, conclude by ...

413. Adultery, Cure and Prevention

Proverbs 7:1-27, John 8:1-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... as the Lord of one's marriage and of one's home. No matter how different a husband and wife may be, if they both claim Jesus Christ as Lord, they can forge a beautiful unity. When Jesus is Lord, we listen to each other better, with more sensitivity. When Jesus is Lord, we work on our own faults before attacking those of our partner. When Jesus is Lord, we say "I’m sorry" and "I forgive you" because we have already had that interchange with our Lord. When Jesus is Lord, he gives us different eyes with ...

414. You Have Been Subpoenaed!

1 Peter 3:8-22

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... called upon or when given permission. The Christian should be courteous enough not to force his testimony on people who don't want it. Let me tell you what is the very best introduction to any effective witness. It has two parts. First, one listens with sensitivity and concern to the other person. A caring listener is always appreciation. Next, one asks the other person a simple question: "Would you mind if I share briefly something that has made a big difference in my life?" It is a rare person indeed who ...

415. With What Shall I Come?

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

James Bjorge

... always time for courtesy." Wrap up the following things in yourself and place them all on God’s altar: not interrupting when another is speaking; listening with interest and attention; saying thank you - pardon me - forgive me; being chivalrous to a lady; being sensitive to all around you. Dr. Thomas Dooley in this third book, "The Night They Burned the Mountain," gave his credo as to his ministering to the Vietnamese even after he had developed cancer: "This kind of medicine is my salvation, my hold on ...

416. A Time for Tears

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... because of the physical companionship with Lazarus here and now; and that loss was very real. In the Gospel, Christ pointed out the same reaction in His disciples: "Now, because I have told you that I am leaving, a new sorrow has filled your hearts." Emil Camertz, the sensitive Danish poet, lost a son in World War II. It dealt him a crushing blow. In his book, "On This Rock," he tells of his fight to rise above this loss. He believes that he came through the tragedy only because he honestly faced it. In the ...

417. Well, What Did You Expect?

Acts 12:1-19a

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... the fight, and then you would never decide who was right or wrong." I think of Abraham Lincoln. Through those tragic years of the Civil War, it was obvious that he loved both the North and the South, both the northern people and the southern people. Sensitive soul that he was, for whom would he pray, for what would he pray? Among his private papers was found a little essay titled "Meditation Upon the Divine Will," and it included these words: "In great contests, each party claims to act in accordance to the ...

418. Worn Out? Tired? Weary?

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... . We are chronically weary, trying to maintain our position, the stance of our ego. The first question that we ask about anything is: "How will this affect me?" The next question we ask is: "How will this impress other people?" The worrier is always sensitive, easily hurt, always on guard to defend what is his, his pride and his possessions. He compromises only when he’s afraid. He listens to reasons only when his face will be saved, when his pride will not be sacrificed. Psychologists tell us that ...

419. Chapter I

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... was not a completely new one. Long before the Exodus, God had singled out the forefather of the people gathered at the foot of the mountain when he had chosen Abraham to enter a bond with him. An incurable lover, God had looked around to find someone sensitive enough to understand his longings for fellowship and to respond positively to them. When he found such a man, the basis or the relationship that was to exist was laid down in a concise and far-reaching formula, "You shall be my people and I shall be ...

420. Chapter II

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... and then leave it to spin in isolation while he went off to roam his heavens. In fact, to have someone to whom to relate, and with whom he could stay in touch, God hit on the magnificent idea of creating man. James Weldon Johnson, that most sensitive black poet, in his book God’s Trombones, depicts God in the act of creating the universe. With incomparable zest he portrays God rolling the sun into shape in his palms, flinging the stars into the heavens to add sparkle to the night, and bringing the animals ...

421. This Is Our Song

Psalm 121:1-8

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... God to take this load of guilt off my back. I can’t carry it too many more miles; it eats at me. I can feel my failures. I don’t do my job like I want to. I yell at my kids too much. I say insensitive things to sensitive people without thinking. I fight inwardly with my boss and take it out on my wife. I sit in a pew and think about the deer that’s getting away. I’m content to let George do it - but it all gnaws at me. I need relief. I need someone ...

422. God Bless America! Well ... Uhh

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... who suffer and die on the other side. Through Christ, God makes us concerned not only with our America forging ahead and staying ahead but also with how we get ahead and who is being hurt in the process. Through Christ, God makes us sensitive and alert to human injustice and discrimination, even when that inequality is being practiced by what it is often labelled a Christian nation. In other words Christians have an allegiance and loyalty that begins with Jesus the Christ who stands as the Lord and King ...

423. Parents, Tend Those Lambs!

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... ." Children watch us even more closely than the microwave. Parents, let me describe the ideal scenario. In the home we teach Jane and Johnny to pray and read the Bible regularly. We train them to trust God and to sharper their ethical sensitivities. We help them love the church as their spiritual home. Then gradually as they get older, they transfer their dependence from us to God. We gradually work ourselves out of a job, leaving our children as confident Christians intimately related to the Heavenly ...

424. Only One Superpower

1 Chronicles 29:1-9

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . Former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn traveled to Russia a few years ago in the early days of Peristroka, just as communism was beginning to fall apart. He was invited to speak to the Russian Parliament, the Duma. At that time the Russians were very sensitive about their loss of power in relation to the United States. Sen. Nunn sensed their problem. He began his speech by declaring, "There is only one Super Power in the world, and that is God Almighty." Immediately, Senator Nunn could sense a warming toward him ...

425. When God Is Silent

John 11:1-16, John 11:17-37

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... the home of my wife's parents. Routinely, they called on me, as the only pastor in the family, to offer the Thanksgiving prayer. I bowed my head, but words wouldn't come. I could not say "thank you" when I was anything but grateful. Some sensitive relative understood my problem, and offered the prayer. Have you ever had such a moment when God seemed distant and prayer almost pointless? Have you experienced a time when heaven seemed to be shut up, when God was utterly silent? Jesus had such a time. Hanging ...

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