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451. The Generation Gap

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

William McKee Aber

... stature and favor with God and man - the key phrase in the story may be one that is rarely quoted: "Mary and Joseph did not understand!" There was a gap - and it was perhaps not so much a divine-human gap but a youth-age gap, a generation gap, and in ... or no ... the revolting student is saying, "You’re not seeing me as a person but only as an IBM card. You don’t understand my own needs, desires, and hangups." This, of course, is the only answer to the generation gap. We must take each other seriously, ...

452. Smart, Wise, and Foolish

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... to profit from their mistakes of the past, and who repeat a second and a third version of the tragedy. A mark of wisdom is to learn from experience - particularly the experience of failure. There are few failures which cannot be redeemed, where new understandings and some continuing support ensue. It has been out of failure that many of our greatest scientific advances have come. Likewise, it is out of past failures that this world is confronted with the demand to fashion new ways of relating to each other ...

453. The Courage to Be Me

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... real insight into his present state, replied: "I believe; help my unbelief." Few of us enjoy both depth and absolute certainty in our religious lives. But we need not fear our doubts if we have the courage to admit where we are, and to believe that we can someday understand more fully through the gift of grace. "I do believe; help my unbelief." When I was a child, we used to play "King of the Hill" at our local lumber yard - off hours. King of the Hill is a very sophisticated game. One races to the top of a ...

454. Preconceived Ideas

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Brett Blair

... asked to participate because the world should be involved in this process; we are trying not to “Go it alone.” How the news is reported depends not so much on the events as it does the preconceived ideas of the reporter. Rev. Thomas Tyndale came to understand this firsthand when he received a phone call from Attica State Prison in upper New York. A riot had taken place and rebelling prisoners were now in control of Cell Block D taking a number of guards hostage. Rev. Tyndale was requested to sit on a ...

455. A Messenger of Promise

Malachi 2:17--3:5

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... forgiving God who wanted to give them hope. The Faith In The Change In these Advent days we are called to make the confession for which John called. We cannot hope to celebrate the Birth of our Lord at Bethlehem with any kind of meaning unless we understand that at our birth we were destined to be the children of wrath and condemnation. The days of Advent are designed to be days of contemplation of why God was willing to take the drastic action of making his only Son incarnate in order to make the sacrifice ...

456. The Fruit of the Word

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... able to perceive is what God would have us know about God’s person so that we might be in relationship with God by faith and also know what we might expect from the hand of God’s goodness. The First Reading appointed for today helps us to understand how God is the Mover and Shaker in the universe to be our Benefactor. The Context The First Reading is from one of the great poetic sections of Second Isaiah. Second Isaiah was the prophet who ministered to the Hebrews in exile in Babylonia. As First Isaiah ...

457. Beating Babel

Acts 2:1-13, Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... its facilities. She could not bring herself to write the word "toilet" so she finally settled on the term "BC" which to her meant "bathroom commode." The initials baffled the campground manager who showed the letter to some of the other campers. They did not understand either until one of them suggested the woman might be referring to a Baptist Church. The owner agreed and wrote this reply: Dear Madam: Thank you for your inquiry. I take pleasure in informing you that a BC is located two miles north of our ...

458. Pentecostal Power

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... to listen to the other person. You need to walk in his or her shoes. That way when you speak you are not simply mouthing words. You are connecting at a profound level with another human being. As writer Stephen Covey puts it: “We seek first to understand, then to be understood.” This is what God did in Jesus Christ. God put on our shoes. God walked where we walk. God built a connection. It doesn’t always work, of course. There were some who heard the disciples testifying on the Day of Pentecost and ...

459. The Cross: A Gift Of Life

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... was able to keep himself remote from the human condition. But Christ did not keep his distance. He entered into our world and experienced the wide range of emotions that we experience. Let none of us say as we walk through the dark valley that Christ does not understand. Christ does understand. For he has been here. "In this is love," John would write later in his epistle. "Not that we loved God but that he loved us and gave his Son to be the expiation for our sins." "How can you love me if you don't know ...

460. God Sometimes Changes His Mind

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... God is already at workin all things working to the good for those who love him. This is to say that what we need to pray for is not that he will change His plan, but that He will change us so that we will trust Him more. It is understandable to pray that God will change circumstances, but it is far better to pray that regardless of our circumstances we will be victors through him who loves us and gave his life on our behalf. This then is the conclusion of the matter. God's love for us is unchanging ...

461. Who Is God Anyway?

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... meaning to a nonbeliever, it would not be easy. And, really, that is how it should be. THERE ARE SOME ISSUES IN LIFE TOO BIG TO UNDERSTAND. Aren't there? That's the first thing the doctrine of the Trinity says to us. There are some things in life too big for ... been hurt by their fathers. It is a complicated issue. The Trinity says to us that there are some issues too big for us to understand. It also says that no matter what you say about God you can always say more. But here is the Good News for the day: ...

462. Many Languages, One Love

Acts 2:1-13

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... one another. The only way they could do this was by God's Spirit coming to them and giving them this knowledge. And these people all worshiped God together, and praised Him for His great power. You see, we may only understand one or two languages, but God knows and understands every single language on earth. And He loves everybody, no matter what language they speak. He sent His Holy Spirit on these believers so that they could worship Him together. And even today, there are people all over the world who ...

463. Another World

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... God separates us from every other religion and philosophy in the world. As soon as you say, "God so loved the world that He gave His only Son . . ." you have entered into another world--a world in which humanity is elevated in status, yet humbled by the understanding of what salvation cost God. There is a modern parable. In this parable Jesus goes walking one day along the streets of a big city. He roams rather aimlessly, letting his feet take him where they will--the way you or I might do when we're just ...

464. Trust Your Upbringing

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

King Duncan

... at the center of the Christian's devotional life. They bear witness to the acts of God. They help us grow into the likeness of Christ. They equip us to do God's work. Trust your upbringing, says St. Paul. Grow in your understanding--particularly in your understanding of the Word of God. Finally, he says, live out your faith. Look at those words again, "All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to ...

465. Piercing A Hole In The Darkness

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

King Duncan

... you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, `Here we are'? Who endowed the heart with wisdom or gave understanding to the mind? Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens when the dust ... . When God asked, "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?" Job is forced to acknowledge that God's ways are beyond his understanding--and he is left with a choice all of us must make: Do we trust God or not? Ultimately that is the answer to all ...

466. Amazing Grace

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... rich sinner. Isaiah says, "In our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?" Apart from God’s help, apart from the mercy of Jesus Christ, the answer is a damning no. There is no salvation without him. But when we look to Him, when we understand His grace and mercy toward us, our hearts take hope and courage, and the answer to, "Shall we be saved?" is a resounding yes, a glorious yes, for God loves us so much that He would not leave us in our situation. God would not let us experience the just ...

467. Only the Neighbors’ Kid

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Jesus lived most of His life...perhaps 28 years or so. Often we refer to Him, as people did centuries ago, as “Jesus of Nazareth.” For us it is a term of praise, in ancient times it may well have been a term of derision. No one could understand how anyone of consequence could possibly come from such a little hick town. Jesus came out of Nazareth, and the people wondered. “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph and Mary, whose father and mother we know? Where then does He get off saying such preposterous ...

468. Grace in the Midst of Limited Resources

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... he looked over at Stumpy and said, "I'll have to admit I'm impressed. You never spoke once." "Well," said Stumpy, "I was going to say something when Martha fell out of the plane, but ten dollars is ten dollars." If there's one thing that Americans understand, it's the value of money. We know that ten dollars is ten dollars. If there's one thing that Americans fundamentally misunderstand, it's the value of God. In the marketplace theology of our times we may trust God to be there, and we may trust that ...

469. The Church: Identity And Function

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... know that. But it happens just enough, just enough, to make us know the power of it, and to experience the joy of it. The stewardess had to take her seat again about 5 minutes out of Atlanta, and I tell you she was a different person. I don’t understand it. I can’t tell you how it happened, only that it happened, and I believe my praying had something to do with it. She wanted to talk, and in those brief minutes as we landed in Atlanta, she told me that she would be finishing her flight in Atlanta ...

470. Noah: The Bearer Of An Alternative Possibility

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... He had been so kind as to give us freedom. God has a heart that bleeds and winces beneath the blows of what we do, for what we matter to Him. His heart is a father's heart." (Thielicke, pp. 255-256). I hope that helps -- that it's more understandable now as to why the Bible would say that the Lord was sorry He made man. When that reaches its peak in the Gospel, it means that by His wonderful act God has broken the law of retribution, sent His son Jesus Christ, and mercy has prevailed. II. Having sought ...

471. Imitators of God

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... listen to this. “Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” This entire passage is rooted in the Old Testament concept of “the covenant.” You can’t understand scripture unless you understand the concept of covenant. The people of God were those people with whom God had made a covenant. This particular verse of Peter can be seen as a fulfillment of Hosea’s rendering of God’s promise in Hosea 2:23: “I will have ...

472. Jesus, The Cause Of Division

Luke 12:49-53

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... . Leader: Come, let us worship together as we draw near to God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Collect Lord, we seek to make a total commitment to you, but sometimes we are not ready to pay the cost. In this time of worship, help us better to understand the sayings of Jesus, and by the power of your Holy Spirit enable us to be faithful to them. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O God, we know that we should remain faithful to your will, but there are times when it seems this will ...

473. How Does It Work?

1 Corinthians 2:1-16

Sermon

James L. Killen

... the operation of such things as a magnet, a light bulb, a water faucet, and even a car engine and a computer. These are things that children see working every day. They even have to work with some of them. It is important for them to understand how these things work so that they will understand how to work with them.1 We need to know how the Christian faith works, too. We know that the Christian faith can make a difference in our lives, but how does it do that? How does it work? At first the answer to that ...

474. Effective Suffering

Romans 8:26-39

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... suffering is the way we learn that these things are true and we learn to take strength from them. Effective suffering is a growing of our faith and a developing closeness with the God who is with us at all times. And it is effective suffering which allows us to understand what Paul means when he asks, "What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?" "Who is against us?" Would you like a list? Most of us can provide a long list in response to that question. We can start with ...

475. Doing Well and Doing Good

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... could do to earn a share in this salvation, then the whole system would be so much easier. If we could do things, if there was a nice list of the things we needed to do to ensure our place in eternal life, everything would be much easier to understand. But Paul mentions the things we do, our actions to earn a share in God's salvation, our works as "works of darkness," and he is clearly correct. This is really the root of the problem, and the source of our affection for the Ten Commandments. We would really ...

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