Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of, give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abjure, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set/lay aside, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with, vacate, quit, evacuate, withdraw from, surrender, cede, yield, indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in, uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, unruliness, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness
Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on
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Sermon
King Duncan
... something recently that some of you might find helpful in seeking healing for your emotions. Tanya Marie Luhrmann, Ph.D. is a Stanford psychological anthropologist. She wrote a book titled, When God Talks Back. For her book she studied evangelical Christians who claim to have two-way conversations with God. She discovered that these believers had three prayer techniques in common. First of all, they used imagination. When praying Psalm 23, for example, they not only saw the Lord as an actual shepherd but ...
4552. The Big "W"
Mark 8:31--9:1
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... the worship experience the message of a Messiah who had to endure the human heartbreak of hatred and humiliation. When the Psalmist declared, “God inhabits the praises of his people” (Psalm 22:3), these were the same words that Jesus himself sang from the cross. The psalmist’s claim is not that God is found in the notes or the nouns of the praises we offer. It means that when we truly draw near to God we find God is already with us, near to us, next to us, in/with/under us. “God inhabits the praises ...
4553. The Outlandishness of Lent
1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... providence, these strange events become a new and never-seen-before power-source for all of God’s children. Lent may not be the time to order fish sandwiches from McDonald’s or to stop watching HBO. It IS, however, the “prime time” to claim your weirdness, to embrace your craziness. After all, the word we translate into English as “fool” is in Greek “moros:” “The message about the cross is foolishness [craziness] to those who are perishing, but to those who are being saved, it is the power ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... Williams, Jr. One of his best selling hits was a song that many of us have heard whether you like country music or not. It is entitled, “I Saw The Light.” One of the verses goes like this: Just like a blind man I wandered along Worries and fears I claimed for my own Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight Praise the lord I saw the light. Hank Williams was a blind man living in a dark world, but he didn’t know it until he came to the light. The only thing you can see ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... (John 11:23-26, ESV) Now every Orthodox Jew believed there would be a resurrection at the end of time, but Jesus was not talking about tomorrow, He was talking about today. He wasn't talking about then, He was talking about now. Jesus is actually making two claims. When He says, “I Am the Resurrection.” What He simply means is there is life after death, but when He says, “I Am the Life” He’s also telling us there’s life after life. In other words, Jesus says, I not only will take care of your ...
4556. No Excuse
Luke 14:15-24
Sermon
James Merritt
... you trying to give her back!” The officer said, “Merry Christmas! Have a nice night!” Listen to how flimsy these excuses are. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field and I must go out and see it.’” (Luke 14:18, ESV) Here is a man who claimed to have bought some property and yet he hadn’t investigated it. Nobody buys property that is unseen. If you go to Israel with me you will see that there is a lot of desert, but not a lot of agricultural land. To buy or sale real good cropland was ...
4557. Lost
Luke 15:1-7
Sermon
James Merritt
... crowd. There was what some would call today the “wrong” crowd and the “right” crowd. The Pharisees considered themselves the “right” crowd and it drove them nuts that Jesus hung around with the “wrong” crowd. The Pharisees couldn’t understand why someone who claimed to be the Son of God would hang around with sinful people. Andy Stanley put it best when he said, “People who were nothing like Jesus liked Jesus and Jesus liked people who were nothing like Him.” Sinners would come to hear ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... . You can stay in love by following the model of Jesus. You stay in love with a love from above. When you choose to stay in love this is the result. You will be… III. Giving a Witness for Jesus I want you to understand if you and your spouse claim to be followers of Jesus there is far more at stake in loving one another and far more at stake at holding your marriage together than just the welfare of the children or even just staying true to your vow. What is at stake is your witness before the world ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... disturbed the priests and the captain of the temple guard, for many who heard the message believed what the two Apostles said. In fact, that day the number of believers grew to about five thousand. The Sadducees were particularly disturbed by the Apostles’ claim that Jesus was resurrected from of the dead. The Sadducees didn’t believe in resurrection from the dead. Christ’s resurrection, if true, presented them with a real dilemma. It struck down one of their core beliefs. And so they seized Peter and ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... what God can do!” (3) Yes, it is no secret what God can do. But only if we are connected to Christ like a branch is connected to a vine or a light bulb is connected to a power source. In one of his many books, Bruce Wilkinson claims that most Christians fall into one of two categories: those who have a relationship with God and those who have a responsibility to God. Those Christians who have a relationship with God look to their faith for the answers to life’s questions. They don’t let peer pressure ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... strong that about three thousand new believers were added to their number that day. This is the same shy, timid Simon Peter, by the way, who was too ashamed to own up to being a follower of Jesus when Christ was arrested. Yet here he was boldly claiming Jesus as the Christ and clearly articulating his gospel. “A fisherman?” they thought. How does he know how to articulate this good news so well? It was the power and fullness of the Holy Spirit. There is no other explanation. But so it was with all the ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... removal. The team is part of a program that takes 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 ...
Eulogy
Alfred Lord Tennyson
... of the bird In native hazels tassel-hung.’ The other answers, `Yea, but here Thy feet have stray’d in after hours With thy lost friend among the bowers, And this hath made them trebly dear.’ These two have striven half the day, And each prefers his separate claim, Poor rivals in a losing game, That will not yield each other way. I turn to go: my feet are set To leave the pleasant fields and farms; They mix in one another’s arms To one pure image of regret. CIII On that last night before we went ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... from sheer boredom. He drank too much and did very little work. Then he learned he had ALS and was not expected to live more than two years. The ultimate effect of that diagnosis, beyond its initial shock, was extremely positive. He claimed to have been happier after he was afflicted than before. How can that be understood? Hawking provided the answer. “When one’s expectations are reduced to zero,” he said, “one really appreciates everything that one does have.” Stated another way: contentment in ...
4565. Moving On Up
Mark 9:33-37
Sermon
King Duncan
... he never finished high school. In his book, Well Done: the Common Guy’s Guide to Everyday Success, Dave said he got his MBA long before his G.E.D. He says he has a photograph of himself in his MBA graduation outfit--a snazzy knee-length work apron. He claims to be the only founder among America’s big companies whose picture in the corporate annual report shows him wielding a mop and a plastic bucket. That wasn’t a gag. He calls it leading by example. At Wendy’s, he says, MBA doesn’t mean Master of ...
4566. Wanna Fight?
Mark 9:38-41
Sermon
King Duncan
... attacked the symbols of peace.” (7) Isn’t that a metaphor for life in today’s world? Who will show us the way out? I hope it will be the people of God. Our lesson for today shows the disciples acting territorial, jealously guarding their claim to represent Jesus. On one level, this is understandable. In that day and time, disciples were often named after their rabbi. They were responsible for carrying on his legacy. They were identified not as themselves but by the name of their rabbi. That was the ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... about what is often referred to as “the end times.” Jesus said three things about the end times that could be helpful to us. The first concerns false teachers. Jesus said to them: “Watch out that no one deceives you. Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and will deceive many . . .” I don’t think we can properly deal with a writing like Mark 13 without dealing with the subject of false teachers. There is a popular misconception that has been spread in recent times about the end of ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... very “fishy” about the Jews having delivered one of their own over to Roman authority which they thoroughly despised. According to Luke’s account, the religious authorities brought three counts against Jesus: subverting the nation, opposing the payment of taxes to Caesar, and claiming to be “King of the Jews.” Pilate begins his interrogation by asking Jesus if he is, indeed, King of the Jews. Jesus asks Pilate in return if he had that idea on his own accord or if others had talked to him and ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... .” She waved at all the gifts. “This is wonderful; this is very good,” she said. “We did nothing to deserve this--it’s a gift from God. But it is not His greatest gift,” she said, her words cutting to the heart of the reporter who claimed there was no God. “No, we celebrate that (gift) tomorrow. That is Jesus.” And Lee Strobel knew the Delgado family had something he didn’t. As he left that tiny apartment, he longed to know the Jesus they knew . . . And eventually, he did. Lee Strobel came ...
Sermon
Wayne Brouwer
... ..." She said that even with her wounds and her weaknesses, "there's an essence and a uniqueness and a beauty" about her life that is whole and complete. Integrity. Pure in heart. The peaceable kingdom. Jesus raises the banner of heaven's royal claims over Gentile and Jewish territory, and thus is the source of political allegiances that supersede temporal boundaries. This is very good news during Advent, when the nations of the earth conspire against one another, and only the Christian church can effect a ...
Sermon
R. Robert Cueni
... Harrow School. The intense bombing of London, called the Blitz, was lessening and the prime minister wanted to share the good news at the school he had attended as a child. During the message, Churchill referred to what he had learned from that time. He claimed the lesson was simple yet profound. His advice to those who would be the leaders of the next generation was "Never give in. Never. Never. Never. In nothing, great or small; large or petty, never give in; except to convictions of honor and good sense ...
Sermon
R. Robert Cueni
... are the people who have come to know God face-to-face. Saints live abundant lives because they are awakened to the presence of God. In turn, they awaken us. The day may come when DeMonte will think of Dan as a saint in his life. Jane already claims Harold as a saintly presence. What about you? Do you know people who have made a saintly impression on your life? Give thanks and praise to God for the saints. Amen and Amen. 1. William Barclay, The New Daily Bible Study Series: The Gospel of Matthew (Louisville ...
Sermon
R. Robert Cueni
... Luke tells us that even the skeptical Sadducees were impressed by what Jesus said. In fact, they were so impressed that they no longer "dared to ask him another question" (20:40). The score: Jesus — four; Jerusalem's religious establishment — still zero. Before claiming victory for our Lord, be reminded of the tenacity of the mean-spirited. They don't give up easily. In fact, all they do is reorganize and try again. The mean-spirited decide to have Jesus killed without waiting for him to say something ...
Sermon
Wayne Brouwer
... surprisingly self-effacive. While the crowds flocked to hear him preach, mesmerized by his one-note song played with sirenic intrigue, his finger kept pointing in another direction. "I'm not the one!" he cried. "Look to him who follows me!" he shouted. "Stake your claim in that one's field!" Of course, what John expected from his cousin was an even larger troll to rain more tar and feathers on polite society. "I baptized you with water," John warned, "but he will consume you with fire!" John was the last ...
Sermon
R. Robert Cueni
... Sad and wan And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone." [4] Had Ward lived, he would be a frail centenarian. His health and strength would render difficult the simplest tasks of daily life. He would have claimed that his generation would be unreliable for solving the great challenges of a new generation. In fact, Ward would concur with Michel Montaigne, the sixteenth-century French writer, "(O)ur death is part of the order of the universe"… (we of previous generations need ...
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