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26. The Climb

Joshua 14:6-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... on the hinges of opposition. There are always going to be obstacles on your way up the mountain. You can do one of two things. You can focus on the obstacles or you can focus on the opportunity. You see the real key to the climb is not aptitude, it is attitude. This world is full of people who had no business getting to the top of mountains that they climbed, but they got there anyway. Not because they were get mountain climbers, but because of their attitude. I love the story about some parents who had ...

27. Being What We Are

1 Samuel 8:4-20

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... it took people who had been called to preach, bolstered them with a couple of counseling courses, and sent them out with far too little training and experience to effectively provide extended talk-therapy. Those few pastors who found they had an aptitude for therapeutic counseling and took the time to get the extra education necessary to do it, also found that providing such extended counseling didn't leave many hours for other pastoral work. Many of those pastors eventually found counseling centers where ...

28. Sickness Rearranges Priorities

Luke 13:10-17

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Brett Blair

In 1971, in Plano Texas, a woman by the name of Linda gave birth to a boy she named Lance. She did what many mother's do with boys. She molded his temperament by involving him in a variety of sports. He soon showed an aptitude as an athlete and by the age of 13 his skills were confirmed when he won the Iron Kids Triathlon—a combination of swimming, biking and running. Three years later at the tender age of 16 he became a professional triathlon athlete. When most children were trying to compete at ...

29. Spiritual Gifts: God’s Gift of Fulfillment

1 Corinthians 1:3-9

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... we're good at is that it comes so easily. You sweat over what's hard to do. So knowing what you're good at is the first thing you need to know." Do you know what you are good at? Sometimes other people tell you. Sometimes you take an aptitude test. Most of the time you have to figure it out by trial and error. In my first church, I helped out with vacation Bible school one summer. Since they were having difficulty recruiting volunteers, I told them to put me anywhere there was an opening. I was placed with ...

30. The Lifesaver App

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and take “vocabulary tests” — learning a new list of words, their spelling and definitions, every week. As we continued on in school, read more books and studied more subjects, our vocabulary naturally expanded. Then to get into college, we took SATs (Scholastic Aptitude Tests), some of the most important of which are called “Vocab Tests.” Building up our word bank is a never completed project. Best-selling author Bill O’Reilly even has a vocab test every night on his #1 Cable News show, “The ...

31. Eschatological Discourse: Being Faithful and Merciful

Matthew 25:14-30, Matthew 25:31-46

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Jeannine K. Brown

... faithfulness in all things, so that they are always ready for the Lord’s return. It is a rather common mistake in preaching the parable of the talents (bags of gold) to simply transfer the meaning of “talent” (i.e., a skill or aptitude) in English to the traditional rendering of talanton as “talent.” In that scenario, the parable becomes about being faithful in using one’s talents for God. The story of the parable, however, is about a master’s servants being faithful (or unfaithful) with ...

32. David Listens to the Voice of Wisdom

1 Samuel 25:1-44

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... , Samuel’s death adds tension to the story, because David has lost his greatest supporter and is on his own, as it were.3 25:3 She was an intelligent and beautiful woman. The term translated “intelligent” (sekel) describes a moral quality, not just mental aptitude (cf. Ps. 111:10; Prov. 3:4; 12:8; 13:15; 16:22; 19:11; 23:9). Those who possess this characteristic are contrasted with perverse and faithless fools. In this chapter Abigail embodies wisdom and, in the providence of God, is sent to David ...

33. “Do Not Drag Me Away with the Wicked”

Psalm 28:1-9

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C. Hassell Bullock

... be careful not to read our New Testament concepts into the Psalms, we should also exercise care that we do not restrict the Psalms to such earthbound thoughts that can rise no higher than the time and place limitations of their world. That aptitude is best illustrated by the prophetic spirit that could not accept the limitations of the world’s kingdoms as the last word but superseded them and projected a life far beyond their boundaries. The “forever” of the Psalms falls in this category and awaits ...

34. God Subjugates Judah under Babylon

Daniel 1:1-21

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Ronald W. Pierce

... the Babylonians. The use of “Israelites” rather than “Judeans” recalls their Davidic ancestry from the once-united Davidic-Solomonic Empire around 1000 BC—the summit of Israel’s kingdom in the Old Testament. 1:4 young men . . . showing aptitude for every kind of learning. The appearance and potential of these youths for gaining knowledge, yet with discernment (NIV: “well informed, quick to understand”), prequalifies them for training but also points to God’s gifts to them, recognized ...

35. Nabuchadnezzar’s Dream and Daniel's Interpretation

Daniel 2:1-23, Daniel 2:24-49

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Ronald W. Pierce

... two years (cf. “three” in 1:1–5). However, if they have begun in Nebuchadnezzar’s accession year (fall of 605 BC), this could be the start of their third year (late in his second regnal year: 603/602 BC).3 Otherwise, their aptitude and giftedness could allow them to progress quickly, or God could choose a sage-in-training to shame Babylon’s wise men. The plural “dreams” may connote a recurring dream (also called a “vision” in 2:28) that literally “strikes” Nebuchadnezzar’s “spirit ...

36. The Preparation of Daniel and His Friends

Daniel 1:1-21

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... instruction of young Jewish boys in the Babylonian culture, including cuneiform, Aramaic (the official language of the Babylonian Empire), astrology, and mathematics. All students at the royal academy were required to have no physical handicap, to be attractive in appearance, to show aptitude for learning, and to be well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace (1:4). The royal academy is supported by the king, who supplies the students with a daily quota of food and wine ...

37. Oh That Cookie Jar Goodness!

Matthew 19:16-30, Mark 10:17-31, Luke 18:18-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... likely) by one of the elite members of the Sanhedrin, a man who honestly tries to live an upright life, a guy who obeys every jot and tittle of the law, a guy who has attained a high position due to the exceptionalism of his religious aptitude and attitude. He’s well-dressed, groomed, soft-spoken, and probably even has a gentle manner and sense of humility. He has climbed the ladder in his career, and he has done everything possible to attain “perfection” in his religious life. He honestly wants to ...

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.

Anton Chekhov

Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.

Benjamin Franklin

The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success.

Denis Waitley

Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude.

Jesse Jackson

Everybody undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has the aptitude for it or not.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Many people have the ambition to succeed; they may even have a special aptitude for their job. And yet they do not move ahead. Why? Perhaps they think that since they can master the job, there is no need to master themselves.

John Stevenson

No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest. For it is part of education to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude.

T. S. Eliot

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

Zig Ziglar

46. Long View — Long Haul

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... and just a little fearful avoidance. “Do what?” Her gaze was steady and her eyes were dancing. “I am going to go to medical school.” You could have knocked me over with a feather. Understand me now. My friend had even less aptitude for things like chemistry and physics than I have, and that’s saying something. She was accustomed to cocktail parties and brunches, staying up late and sleeping late. Nevertheless she had just announced this huge life change. She had actually stopped everything she ...

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26. The Climb

Joshua 14:6-15

Sermon

James Merritt

27. Being What We Are

1 Samuel 8:4-20

Sermon

Stan Purdum

28. Sickness Rearranges Priorities

Luke 13:10-17

Illustration

Brett Blair

29. Spiritual Gifts: God’s Gift of Fulfillment

1 Corinthians 1:3-9

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

30. The Lifesaver App

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

31. Eschatological Discourse: Being Faithful and Merciful

Matthew 25:14-30, Matthew 25:31-46

Teach the Text

Jeannine K. Brown

32. David Listens to the Voice of Wisdom

1 Samuel 25:1-44

Teach the Text

Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

33. “Do Not Drag Me Away with the Wicked”

Psalm 28:1-9

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

34. God Subjugates Judah under Babylon

Daniel 1:1-21

Teach the Text

Ronald W. Pierce

35. Nabuchadnezzar’s Dream and Daniel's Interpretation

Daniel 2:1-23, Daniel 2:24-49

Teach the Text

Ronald W. Pierce

36. The Preparation of Daniel and His Friends

Daniel 1:1-21

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

37. Oh That Cookie Jar Goodness!

Matthew 19:16-30, Mark 10:17-31, Luke 18:18-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.

Anton Chekhov

Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.

Benjamin Franklin

The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success.

Denis Waitley

Jesse Jackson

Everybody undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has the aptitude for it or not.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

John Stevenson

No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest. For it is part of education to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude.

T. S. Eliot

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

Zig Ziglar

46. Long View — Long Haul

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

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