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26. Proper 24

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8, Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, Luke 18:1-8

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John R. Brokhoff

... Scriptures knowledge is more than cognition, as one would know a fact. To know God is to enter a relationship with him in a covenant. Thus, one cannot be taught to know God. It is an act of commitment and an entering into union with God. Thus, everyone will instinctively know God, not a matter of rote. Epistle: 2 Timothy 3:14--4:5 1. Continue (3:14). Paul urges Timothy to "continue" in the knowledge and faith he received from him and from his family. As humans we are prone to give up what we believe and do ...

27. Reformation Sunday

Jn 8:31-36 · Jer 31:31-34 · Rom 3:19-28

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John R. Brokhoff

... evidence of God's grace in giving his people another chance to be his people. What is new about it? It is new in that the covenant will be made with the individual rather than with the nation as a whole. It is new in that each will instinctively know God rather than learning of God through teaching. 2. Husband (v. 32). God calls himself a husband of his people. It infers a marriage between God and his people. This is the meaning of covenant. It is a personal relationship between God and his people. Like a ...

28. The Meek

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John A. Terry

... of being a wimp. He was viewed as a troublemaker, and that is why he was crucified. Yet, he referred to himself as meek. "Take my yoke upon you and learn of me. For I am meek" (Matthew 11:29 KJV). Consider these descriptions of the meek: "People ... who instinctively react with love are the meek. The person who is too weak to love when it hurts thinks that meek people are afraid. They are, in a way, but they are afraid of hating. It is easier to hate, sometimes, than to love, and meek people have to be ...

29. The Meek

Psalm 37:1-40

Sermon

John A. Terry

30. Fleshing Out The Word

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Larry Powell

... same day each year - March 19. It is documented that, despite the 6,000 mile journey, they have regularly returned on this date except in 1935 when they were delayed by storms. To be sure, there is a controlling, powerful force innate to the animal kingdom - instinct - but it is not supremely pivotal to the fulfillment of God's plan. Tradition. No one would question that tradition is an influential factor upon any social setting, but to claim that it is the epoxy which binds a community or area together is ...

31. Time and Stewardship

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Larry Powell

... ) today than for genuine "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." I also have a notion that the latter is more difficult than the former. MOVING ON The caribou is one of God's most fascinating creatures. Instinctively, each year the surviving herds embark upon an incredibly determined trek of some 500 miles, traversing the most rugged, almost prohibitive portions of the great Northwest. The reason for this tortuous journey, we are told, is to arrive at a ...

32. Cross Purposes

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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John R. Brokhoff

... is true, "Cleanliness is next to godliness." The cross is not concerned primarily with physical cleanliness. It deals with spiritual cleansing. Instinctively man has the same desire to be clean in soul. Often we feel we need a spiritual bath. We have ... so grateful that we change our lives by the grace of God. When we fully know how good and loving God has been to us, we instinctively respond by saying, "God, you have been so good to me; what can I do for you?" Out of appreciation, a believer now wants to love ...

33. Reformation Sunday

Jn 8:31-36 · Rom 3:19-28 · Jer 31:31-34

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John R. Brokhoff

... evidence of God's grace in giving his people another chance to be his people. What is new about it? It is new in that the covenant will be made with the individual rather than with the nation as a whole. it is new in that each will instinctively know God rather than learning of God through teaching. 2. Husband (v. 32). God calls himself a husband of his people. It infers a marriage between God and his people. This is the meaning of covenant. It is a personal relationship between God and his people. Like a ...

34. Come, Learn Your Worth

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

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Various Authors

... me. That is, I am complimented by the very fact that I am capable of sin. When the communion ritual asks me to repent, it reminds me that I have the capacity for decision. I am no puppet, acting from pulled strings; I am no animal, responding helplessly to instincts; I am a human being, able to choose between right and wrong. If I were incapable of wrong, my stature would be next to nothing. But the communion ritual pays me the honor of declaring that I am capable of doing wrong, and it insists that I am ...

35. God Is Not Yet Finished With You

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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John R. Brokhoff

... there is a like-human person to love. Thus, God made us in his image so that we can share love and have fellowship with him. Consequently, we are by nature religious. Like an instinct in birds and animals, like a flower turning to the sun, people yearn for God. They may not be aware of it, but they do. Instinctively, we pray. We want someone to worship and adore. Apart from God, we are dissatisfied with ourselves, feel hollow inside, and have the conviction that we are not complete. When we are detached ...

36. Whatever Became of Sin?

Romans 5:12-21

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Robert G. Tuttle

... knocked, he unintentionally overheard this conversation on the inside: "Son, we can’t do that. We are trying to live the Christian life style here." That’s the secret of a great Christian family - commitment to a life style, because of the love of Christ. We have an instinctive feeling that God is righteous, that God demands righteousness of us, for our own good, that he loves us enough to refuse to give us up to evil, that he seeks to help us see the evil and resist it, so that he can help us overcome ...

37. Christ the King

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... the establishment of a heaven upon earth, this was her religion." Out of an overflow of our hearts we just must help. With no thought of reward or merit or "brownie points" with anyone, we want to do the deed. In concert with the heart of our king, we respond; instinctively we help. Be sure, all of religion is not in 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 ...

38. How To Be Used By God

1 Samuel 16:14-23

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... Saul’s attention was probably a peripheral one - music. We need to do our present tasks well and not seek higher places. We need to prepare ourselves well. And, finally, in order to be used by God in the way that only we can, we need to: 3. Use our instincts David is a model for us on this point too. When he met Goliath in battle (1 Samuel 17), he wisely rejected King Saul’s armor as not right for him. The offer of bronze helmet and coat of mail was well-intentioned, but to accept it would mean using ...

39. Celebration As Worship

2 Samuel 6:1-23

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Roger Prescott

... * (*As quoted in A Running Commentary, by Roger Prescott, CSS Publishing Company, 1983, p. 21.) Celebration of life is worship. King David knew how to do that! Conclusion We all have our "arks" to remind us of our Creator God. We all can understand Uzzah’s instincts. But the mystery of life remains. When we get a glimpse of it, we simply have to dance with all our might. "Dance" as used here, is a generic term. It describes celebration as worship. Prayer: O God, help us to celebrate life, and to live ...

40. The Inner Galaxy

Luke 2:1-7

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Maurice A. Fetty

... a savage beast. But all that's out of date, says anthropologist Eiseley. No materialistic reductionism can explain humanity. The direction for seeing our true nature is not so much backward as forward. Unlike lower creatures, we are not locked into our impulses and instincts. We keep redefining and reconceptualizing who we are and what we can become. Our psychological make-up is not fixed. We can see visions and dream dreams. The music Mozart heard in his head is soon played by orchestras and experienced by ...

41. Preparing for the Unexpected

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... the day. If the Master finds the servants ready for his coming then he will pour out blessings on them beyond what they can ever imagine. But only if they are prepared. Only if they are to the point in their spiritual lives that they respond instinctively as he would have them respond. And that takes work. It takes practice. Can you see that the same principles of preparation that apply in our work and in school and in athletics and the arts apply to our living the Christian life? People who are prepared ...

42. Rushing And Realizing

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... , while hoes and rakes are turned into javelins." (3) Some would say that is human nature--to turn from peace to war, from love to hate, from sharing to greed. What God wants is a new human creation. The old human creation is forever giving in to baser instincts--instincts like violence, injustice and greed. One poet has put it like this: God's plan got off to a happy beginning But Adam ruined it by sinning! I hope the whole story Will end in God's glory, But right now the wrong side is winning. (4) The ...

43. What Gets Into People?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... in this world. There is help. There is deliverance. It is found in the person of Jesus. He has authority! This brings us to the final thing to be said from this text. SURRENDER IS ESSENTIAL. We are not lemmings. We are not slaves to some primordial instinct that drives us to inevitable destruction. We are free moral agents. We can choose, but choose we must. If we want the healing of Christ, we must open ourselves to the Spirit of Christ. We must yield ourselves to the authority of Christ. Some of us want ...

44. It's Hard To Be Number Two

John 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... greeting. He recalls that the entire left side of his face started twitching. He stuttered out, "Uhh-h-h, Hi ya, Doris." A few moments later the bell rang and Doris moved toward Bob to say goodbye. In doing so she placed her hand on his right arm. Instinctively Bob's arm went into a rigid flex, and Doris exclaimed, "Wow! You've really got a muscle there." Bob quickly replied, "Yeh? You oughta feel it when I flex!" While Bob's friends looked on, he took this progression one step farther. Bob tightened up his ...

45. And God Breathed Into Man

Genesis 2:4-25

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Maxie Dunnam

... his creation, we sense that there is a risk connected with it; will the creation of man mean the coronation of creation or its crucifixion? Will Creation reach its penacle when there is added to its creatures a being who rises above the dull level of reflex and instinct, who is endowed with mind and will, and is capable of living as a partner and coworker of God his creator. Or, is the creation of this being called "man" the first stage in a tremendous descent that starts in the Garden of Eden and leads to ...

46. Servants Without Portfolio

Matthew 20:20-28

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Maxie Dunnam

... , is not only to survive the formidable competitive struggle for success, but to victorious. Anybody can make it to the top, we’re told, if we just try harder. In its most blatant expression, upward mobility becomes a perversion of our natural instinct and our healthy instinct of ambition. Making it to the top becomes its own goal and serving ideas, exploring meanings, caring for others, being Christian in full degree, is lost. The problem is not that we have ambition - that is healthy. The problem is not ...

47. All This And Heaven Too

Revelation 21:1-27

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Maxie Dunnam

... to explain it. They saw the soul like a homing pigeon taking to a far land and when it is release, it always instinctively and unerringly returns to its true home. The soul they say is like that bird. In this life, we’re living in a foreign land ... or in a cage, death, therefore, in this view is a release – freeing the soul to return instinctively and unerringly to its true home. Now that’s beautiful, but it’s not Christian. It’s in much of our poetry and in much ...

48. And God Breathed Into Man

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

49. All This And Heaven Too

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

50. At the Corner of Church and Main

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... "woe" -- for those doomed souls who are headed the wrong way. Naturally disoriented by the Fall, they push headlong toward all that is perceived as the "top" in this world. Meanwhile, Jesus urges them -- urges us -- to turn around: to live contrary to our self-serving instincts. Not to be afraid of this world's "bottom" since, in the end, it leads to the kingdom's "top." To have the wisdom and foresight to live for the glorious "later" in the "now." This is our address -- yours and mine. This is the great ...

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26. Proper 24

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8, Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, Luke 18:1-8

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

27. Reformation Sunday

Jn 8:31-36 · Jer 31:31-34 · Rom 3:19-28

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

28. The Meek

Sermon

John A. Terry

29. The Meek

Psalm 37:1-40

Sermon

John A. Terry

30. Fleshing Out The Word

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Larry Powell

31. Time and Stewardship

Sermon

Larry Powell

32. Cross Purposes

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

33. Reformation Sunday

Jn 8:31-36 · Rom 3:19-28 · Jer 31:31-34

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... evidence of God's grace in giving his people another chance to be his people. What is new about it? It is new in that the covenant will be made with the individual rather than with the nation as a whole. it is new in that each will instinctively know God rather than learning of God through teaching. 2. Husband (v. 32). God calls himself a husband of his people. It infers a marriage between God and his people. This is the meaning of covenant. It is a personal relationship between God and his people. Like a ...

34. Come, Learn Your Worth

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Various Authors

35. God Is Not Yet Finished With You

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

36. Whatever Became of Sin?

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle