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4451. How Rich Is Rich?

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... tell us that consumer spending is good for the economy, and venture capital creates new small businesses. Money is complicated! Even if we can do only three things with our money, sometimes it is not clear what to do. How much money should Christians have? If we claim that we are spending money to stimulate the economy, how do we know we are not fooling ourselves into indulgence? One way to ask the question is, "How rich is rich?" If we are comfortably middle class, is that rich? Perhaps one way out of the ...

4452. Endurance

2 Corinthians 11:24-27, 2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... journeys. I have faced danger from rivers and from robbers. I have faced danger from my own people, the Jews, as well as from the Gentiles. I have faced danger in the cities, in the deserts, and on the seas. And I have faced danger from men who claim to be believers but are not. I have worked hard and long, enduring many sleepless nights. I have been hungry and thirsty and have often gone without food. I have shivered in the cold, without enough clothing to keep me warm. — 2 Corinthians 11:24-27 (NLT) How ...

4453. A New Name

Isaiah 62:1-5

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... was not his original name. At the start of the allegory, the scene shows the pilgrim talking with a porter: Porter: What is your name? Pilgrim: My name is now Christian, but my name at the first was Graceless. "The same could be said for all of us today who claim the glorious name of Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. Our name is now Christian, but it has not always been so. That title was given to us the moment we believed, the day we took God at his word and accepted the gift of eternal life he offered ...

4454. God All Along

Acts 9:1-6 (7-20)

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... ment, therefore, is born entirely out of the seriousness of his piety. Let the half-baked, half-hearted man of God shrug his shoulders and do nothing about this growing perversion. Let the fool wink and smile at heresy. Not Saul. No, he recognized the Christian claims as dangerous and misleading, and so he set out to silence them. What he did not recognize, however, was that God was behind it all. So, see him traveling along on the road to Damascus. He is a man on a mission, albeit not the sort of ...

4455. A Marriage Made In Heaven

Hosea 1:2-10

Sermon

Chrysanne Timm

... and hope that God will understand. As we stray from God's beloved intent and holy purpose for us, it can seem as though we have become unworthy of God's mercy or pity. We may think that we have forfeited the privilege of being God's people. Unknowingly, we claim the names of Gomer's daughter and son born outside of her marriage bed with Hosea (whose name is a form of the Hebrew word for savior or deliverer). But God will not let those names and those ways shape our ultimate destiny. By the grace of God ...

4456. Parenting — Not For The Faint Of Heart

Hosea 11:1-11

Sermon

Chrysanne Timm

... not reject us, even if we reject God. No, instead God embraces us, taking on flesh and blood, revealing God's self to us in the person of Jesus. God comes to woo us, to call us back. God comes among us in Jesus to love us and to claim us from the forces that enslave and captivate us. God comes among us in Jesus to put those powers to death by his own death on the cross. God comes among us in the resurrected Jesus to embrace us, to offer peace and reconciliation, to join us to God ...

4457. From Death To Life To…

Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28

Sermon

Chrysanne Timm

... or safe water for my household and my community, I am not sure that, today, I can begin to grasp the gravity of destruction and desolation in this text. The tragedy of this text today is that despite the fact that millions of people claim faith in God, are readers of the Holy Bible, and are baptized into the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, there are still places around the world where this kind of destruction and desolation are the norm. There are millions who are dying of starvation ...

4458. When There’s Nothing Left To Do But Mourn

Jeremiah 8:18—9:1

Sermon

Chrysanne Timm

... up to her condition. Judah will not seek healing. No, Judah will be destroyed, or at the very least, she will be severely debilitated. She will eventually fall to the forces of Babylon. The treaties previously forged with neighboring nations will do her no good. Even her claim of holiness as the place that is home to the temple of the Lord will mean nothing to the Lord. The Lord can raise up another temple in three days. All of this is not to say that Jeremiah won't continue to warn the people of Judah ...

4459. Oh, By the Way…

Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... , whether in 400 BC in exile in Babylon or under Antiochus IV Epiphanes or even today, God rules, and his holy ones' future is secure. Now, kings and queens and presidents have magnificent tombs and memorials raised up for them after death. In Ohio, we claim seven or eight former presidents as native Ohioans. Within a couple hours' drive of my home I can visit four impressive presidential memorials. But, oh, by the way, the fact of the tombs of the kings and queens buried in Westminster Abbey in London, the ...

4460. Help From Habakkuk?

Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... about resisting temptation and not leading others into temptation, about confronting fellow believers with their sin, and then forgiving them when they sinned, well, then the disciples realized this discipleship thing wasn't really about fame and glory. Faith is all fine and good, and we claim to want more of it, if it will help us get healing for ourselves or a loved one. Faith is "cool" if it will help us pass a test or meet a deadline. But we don't want it to cramp our style or our lifestyle. The ...

4461. Thanksgiving Is Nine-Tenths Of Possession

Deuteronomy 26:1-11

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

In law I believe there is a basic legal principle that goes something to the effect that "possession is nine-tenths of the law." In other words, in a property or land dispute, the onus is really on the person who claims the other has his or her possession. It is a corollary, I suppose, to "innocent until proven guilty." Therefore, the person who has possession of the disputed property does not have to prove ownership, the plaintiff does. It seems to me that the first reading for Thanksgiving Day suggests a ...

4462. Your Life as a Provenance of the Jesus Story

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Dakota, Wall Drug is a totally smarmy, schmaltzy, middle-of-nowhere “tourist trap.” And it is THE place to stop. Why? Because around 1936 the family running Wall Drug figured out that they were still on the road to somewhere. Wall Drug’s “claim to fame” is that when Mount Rushmore opened, Ted and Dorothy Hustead, owners of a “mom’n’pop” pharmacy/soda fountain shop way out in the boonies of South Dakota, decided to advertise by erecting a series of “Burma Shave”-style billboards along ...

4463. Luke 3:7-18

Luke 3:1-20

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... . 7 actually opens with “Therefore,” connecting it closely to the preceding Isaiah quote in vs.6. It is because the Lord is coming, because the salvation that God is sending, is so near, that John castigates the crowds that come to him, claiming them a “brood of vipers.” John’s words are shock therapy. The crowds consider themselves the “children of Abraham,” the select and elect of God. John’s designation of them as slithering snakes points up their fallenness, their dissolute distance from ...

4464. Turning Potholes into Mud Puddles on the Bethlehem Road

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

4465. Colossians 3:12-17

Colossians 3:1-17

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... all considered to be fruits of the Spirit (Gal.5:22). While the world that first century Christians faced found no benefit in any of these qualities, the community of the faithful, those who are part of the new Christbody community, claimed these same qualities as the attitudes and actions that kept their community together and tuned in perfect harmony. In a world where might was always right, Colossian Christians were encouraged to embrace forgiveness rather than judgment. Forgiveness was based upon the ...

4466. Put on Some Clothes

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

4467. The Glow of a Star

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... . The team is part of a program that removes the tattoos of ex-gang members and wipes the slate clean. For many, it is as crucial a service as it is merciful. To a former gang member, the gang tattoo fosters the attitude that the gang’s claim on that person’s life is permanent. It is a mark of ownership as much as identity. The process of tattoo removal is extremely painful. Patients describe the laser procedure as feeling like hot grease on their skin. Yet the waiting list grows of those who will ...

4468. The Joy of the Lord

Nehemiah 7:73b--8:18

Sermon

King Duncan

... .” Nehemiah had a positive attitude, a powerful purpose, and the presence of the living God within. He had the joy of the Lord in his soul. That was his great strength. Do you have that joy? If not I hope you will claim it today. 1. Hope For The Troubled Heart (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1991), p. 106. 2. http://www.preaching.com/sermons/11642680/page-3/. 3. Whole Earth Review, Sausilito, California, 1989. Jill Oglesby Evans, http://www.emorypresbyterian.org/sermons/Acts1v1-8_CanYouImagine.pdf. 4. Richard ...

4469. Extreme Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... on her lap and whispered, “I love you. Jesus loves you,” she was fulfilling all the law and the Prophets. When she held that child in her arms and whispered those words, her witness was more authentic than all those who strut their piety around and claim to be righteous. Love is the central task of the Christian. That is to say the love Jesus wants to place in our lives is proactive it seeks out people who need loving. Authentic love is not passive. Authentic love always looks for people who need loving ...

4470. 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... of all Christians in the oneness of God’s Spirit, he spills that singleness of purpose and being into the multitude of spiritual gifts made available to all those who reside in the Spirit. Within the Corinthian community there had been various claims and disclaimers about the unique, and uniquely giftedness expressions of the Spirit. As chapter 14 will further discuss, a kind of hierarchy of spiritual giftedness was being touted by some members of the church Paul’s directive here levels the playing ...

4471. 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

Does anyone doubt we live in a celebrity-crazed culture? Remember the “balloon boy,” whose seemingly frantic parents claimed their child had been playing with a huge mylar flying saucer-shaped balloon when it suddenly whisked aloft and sailed away with him. After hours of live TV coverage and the efforts of dozens of rescue responders, the balloon was found to be empty, even of hot air, and the ...

4472. Kintsugi Vessels

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Kintsugi songs. [End sermon singing one of these songs, with the Kintsugi image in the background or on the screen.] ______________________ NOTES Does anyone doubt we live in a celebrity-crazed culture? Remember the “balloon boy,” whose seemingly frantic parents claimed their child had been playing with a huge mylar flying saucer-shaped balloon when it suddenly whisked aloft and sailed away with him. After hours of live TV coverage and the efforts of dozens of rescue responders, the balloon was found ...

4473. Romans 10:8b-13

Romans 9:30--10:21

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... of faith a community without discrimination or distinction. As Paul continues to erase the lines between Jew and Gentile, he draws upon established Hebrew scripture to make his case. In Romans 10:11 he cites Isaiah 28:16 to give scriptural support for his claim for deliverance at the end-time of judgment. Finally, Paul alludes to Joel 2:32, once again emphasizing the universal nature of the salvation that is offered to all who confess with their lips and believe in their hearts. The salvation of “everyone ...

4474. Give It Up

Romans 9:30--10:21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

4475. Philippians 3:17-4:1

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... does encapsulate several essential Christian convictions. First, there is the assertion that the physical, earthly world is not the be-all/end-all of human existence. Instead there is a different venue, a “citizenship in heaven” that lays claim to people of faith. Those who enjoy the privileges of that residence live in a state of expectation — anticipating a Savior, specifically “the Lord Jesus Christ.” This “citizenship” (“politeuma”) was a distinctly separate community that was allowed ...

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