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476. The King and His Kingdom

Matthew 6:33

Sermon

James Merritt

... within us. Because the kingdom of God is not just to be inwardly experienced, it is to be outwardly expressed. If God is ruling over you, then His righteousness will be within you. Because your character is simply the outward expression of whatever controls you on the inside. Character is always seen by its conduct. Prov. 20:11 says, "Even a child is known by his deeds, by whether what he does is pure and right." We are never going to make a difference in this world until the world sees a difference ...

477. Jesus, The One And Only

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... ancient Chinese proverb put it this way: Sow a thought, reap an act, Sow an act, reap a habit, Sow a habit, reap a character, Sow a character, reap a destiny. But everything begins with the way you think. We're told that we are to think the way Jesus thought; ... isos. As you remember from geometry an isosceles triangle is a triangle with two equal sides, and the word literally means "equal in character." In every way Jesus Christ was and is God. Paul speaks of Jesus "being in the form of God." The word "form" ...

478. No Small Parts

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Lois Anne DeLong

... them. Third Shepherd: Let’s hurry then. I want to see this baby for myself. (Shepherds get up. Second Child appears to be ready to say some more, but the Stage Manager comes up to lead them down the center aisle.) Second Child (Lead Shepherd): (breaking character) But wait. I haven’t said my monologue yet, and I have two other lines after that. Stage Manager: (checks script) Nope, you don’t say anything else. Director: I told everyone the play was running too long and we had to cut some lines. Didn ...

479. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Luke 23:32-46

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... him. So you can see why I think it fits this passage. I. The Good So, let's look at each of those, "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly." As we put them into Biblical perspective, the Good of course is Jesus. I'm not comparing the Clint Eastwood character to Jesus, just using the title. The Bad is the Unrepentant Thief and the Ugly is the Repentant Thief. Like I said, these two guys fascinate me. How did they get there? They both knew that this was the final slap in the face from the authorities for Jesus, to ...

480. Seeing God In The Ordinary: Others

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... seen. To me, it allows us to God In The Ordinary because Love Was Offered Without Limits. We know that for the most part, sports is about winning. But in my opinion it is also about character. And we saw the true character of both teams. We a team's desire to win put on hold because their character and integrity took precedence over winning. We saw God In The Ordinary because Love Was Offered Without Limits. Conclusion The story is told about a young person, whose heart was torn and wounded by seeing all ...

481. Lost? Looking For Happiness

1 Peter 2:9-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... which touched on the power of love. Grand Theft Auto: Coke, Love: The song in that commercial says, "give a little love and it all comes back to you." Let me tell you why that's so important in this commercial. This commercial is based on the lead character of a game called Grand Theft Auto which allows players to take on the role of a criminal in a big city so they can rise in the ranks of organized crime over the course of the game. The missions generally revolve around bank robberies, assassinations and ...

482. The Gift of Preparation

John 1:6-8, 19-28

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the side of the lunch box for stability and playing Joseph was G.I Joe, in full battle gear. And the piece de resistance was Bart Simpson in a shopping cart as the Baby Jesus. Surrounding this entire scene were California Raisins, Disney, McDonalds, Toy Story and other characters as well as all the rest of his action figures. They were either spectators or they were the Host of Heaven come to sing Hallelujah to the newborn King, I'm not sure. It was a site to behold. Mom and Dad had to do everything in ...

483. Pursue the Life That Really Is Life

1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 1 Timothy 6:6-19

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . Righteousness is seeking God's presence, Godliness is seeking a deeper relationship. Righteousness is conforming to divine law, but godliness is becoming or attempting to become like Christ. In the movie "The Matrix" the character Morpheus, (the Moses, Ezekiel, Elijah character) tells Neo (the reluctant messiah character) "There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path." One day, an 8 year old boy was playing beside an open window while a neighbor confided to his mother about another ...

484. A Glimpse of God

Exodus 33:19-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... by Aaron. God became angry - so angry that He said to Moses, “Let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them.” Then comes one of the most revealing episodes in Moses’ life has just occurred. Moses reveals his own true character - and this is one of the brightest pages in the history of human kind. Moses lays his life on the line for the people whom God has called him to serve. He knows that the people have sinned; he knows that they are stiff-necked as God described ...

485. How to Make Heaven Our Home

Philippians 3:17-4:1

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... , in a very bold and brave statement, Do as I do. Imitate me as I imitate Christ. Can you say that? Dare we live with such character, with such integrity, with such honesty in our lives that we could look to someone else and say, “Don’t do as I say, just do as ... do in this setting and this circumstance?” and then have the nerve to go out and try to do it. It is a matter of character. If this life is all there is, then there may be good reasons to go on dancing, to bring out the booze and have a ball ...

486. Center Stage

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... from years ago in the middle of an argument. He is like the compassionate parent who allows a child to grow out from under past mistakes. Wise parents avoid labeling a child based on a few early goof-ups. Even as much as we admire Joseph's character, we wish we had some insight into his inner struggle when he tried to decide what to do about Mary's pregnancy. Did he fight within himself over a course of action? However juicy these details might have been, however much they might have drawn us more deeply ...

487. God’s Weather Report

Matthew 5:38-48

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... That is not perfection as in not making mistakes. It is perfect as in being whole. We live in a broken, imperfect world. We will not all face the situation that Immaculee Ilibagiza faced. We will face challenges in showing love and offering forgiveness. We bear witness to the character of God, who causes the sun to shine on the good and the bad. We are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. We in the church show the world what it means to love, to forgive, to resist our feelings and our anger. We ...

488. The Land Where Our Fathers Had Lived

Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... and Sarah's son, Isaac, was the child of God's promise and the heir of God's covenant with Abraham. He, too, lived out his days as an alien, a sojourner, there in the land of Canaan. We do not see much of Isaac in his own right. His character, it seems, is always as a supporting actor, never the star. First, he plays the part of Abraham's son: the fulfillment of God's promise, the object of Ishmael's antagonism, and the symbol of God's great test of Abraham's faith and obedience. Isaac's next major ...

489. Righteous!

Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-31

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... talk about "the righteousness of God." What is "the righteousness of God"? Not all that unlike our acclamation of "Righteous, brother!" the righteousness of God is what sets God apart. It is what makes God unique. It is at the heart and center of God's character. It is that for which God most wants to be known. If someone says to us, "Righteous, brother!" we stand tall. We have been recognized and complimented for what we are. Likewise, the righteousness of God is that for which God wants to be complimented ...

490. Tears, Perfume and Forgiveness

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... on the young woman's shoes and followed her around all evening. Wouldn't leave her alone. At the end of the evening, the pleased parents remarked, "Cleo really likes you, dear, and she is an excellent judge of character. We're absolutely delighted to welcome you into our little family." (1) Cleo may very well have been a great judge of character but that night, I'm afraid it was the bacon grease that won out. According to our passage of Scripture, the Pharisees didn't think Jesus was a very good judge of ...

491. Connected

John 15:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... "historical documents." Remember "Captains log 3452." Anyway, the aliens have based all of their technology, customs and lifestyle on scenes from the show. When the "crew" is taken to the bridge of the ship for the first time, they learn that they can operate the controls by doing whatever their characters did on the show. The faith of the alien commander, Mathesar and his ship-mates inspires the Galaxy Quest crew to become what they have only pretended to be. The actors discover that being "in ...

492. An Unmoored Boat on an Outgoing Tide

Luke 20:27-38

Illustration

Julian M. Aldridge

... bankruptcy of so many modern Americans who deceive themselves into thinking that disbelief is an intellectual achievement. In his book, "In The Beauty of the Lilies," the major character ends his life in disbelief and Updike says when the character dies, "He slipped away as an unmoored boat on an outgoing tide." Interestingly, this character is a Presbyterian minister, Clarence Wilmot, Princeton-educated, he has all the right credentials, but is lacking one essential one. Rather than depend on God's Holy ...

493. The Garden of Temptation

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... . In Romans 5 we find the best explanation that I know of for why God created a world in which the possibility of sin exists: Paul says that “suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us.” In other words, God wants to build people of character, people suitable to inhabit eternity with God, and that is why God gives us freedom—even the freedom to disobey. It is significant that God put an angel with a flaming sword at the ...

494. You Are God's Temple

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... In the second place, when God dwells within us, we know how we are to live. Our sense of identity our sense of self-esteem as it is sometimes called cannot be divorced from our behavior. In Sy Montgomery's book, Journey of the Pink Dolphins, the character Necca speaks these unforgettable words, "When people forget who they are, they forget how to act." Steve Farrar tells about a young man named Adam Clarke who was a salesclerk in a store that sold fine silk to people of the upper classes in London. One day ...

495. Our Magnificent, Mysterious, Mischievous God

2 Kings 5:1-14

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... problem over to God. All he sees is all hell about to break loose, an imminent international incident, a threat to "pick a quarrel," the king of Aram's transparent excuse to resume hostilities. He should know better. That is one more irony. Now we meet a new character - Elisha. Somehow word reaches him (we are not told how). He contacts the Jerusalem court. What is the problem? "Why have you torn your robes? Have the man come to me and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel" (v. 8). And, while we ...

496. Words That Wound, Words That Heal

Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... me around for a day with a tape recorder, how would I sound when it was played back at the end of the day? What would have been the tone of my voice? What kind of words and language did I use? What would your tape recording reveal about your character? Isn't it a challenge to keep our communication at home, at work, and at school on a higher plane? It can so easily degenerate into evil speaking or into complaining. Remember, it is not what goes into your mouth that defiles you, but what comes out of your ...

497. Are We Too Late

Illustration

Brett Blair

... , alarmed at soaring rates of teenage homicides, suicides and out-of-wedlock births, attacked what it called the "timidity" of schools in instilling good character traits in the young. The 27 academics warned that "schools in general are not doing enough to counter the symptoms of serious decline in youth character." The report, "Developing Character: Transmitting Knowledge," cited government statistics showing that out-of-wedlock births females ages 15-19 have increased 800 percent since 1940, and the rate ...

498. God's Opposition

Illustration

Albert Barnes

... sin; and the determination of the divine mind to express that opposition in a proper way, by excluding the offender from the favors which He bestows on the righteous. We admire the character of a father who is opposed to disorder, vice, and disobedience in his family, and who expresses his opposition in a proper way. We admire the character of a ruler who is opposed to all crime in the community, and who expresses those feelings in the law. Why shall we not be equally pleased with God, who is opposed ...

499. Responsible Living

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... addicts are chemically snared while seeking escape? How many extramarital affairs and other destructive activities are the simple product of people running away from responsibility? Many of us resent responsibility. We act a lot like the fictional character José Jiménez. Perhaps a few of you will remember José. José Jiménez was a character created and performed by comedian Bill Dana on The Steve Allen Show way back in 1959. José became increasingly popular during the 1960s. However, Dana retired the ...

500. Were You There?

John 19:17-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... cape beneath his regular clothes.” (2) Superman didn’t know what it was to be weak. But Superman was a fictional character. Clark Kent, his alter ego, fooled people sometimes into thinking he was a normal man, but his vulnerability was just an act ... is saying: it is my sin that nailed Him to the Cross! (4) We were all there. I don’t know about you, but of all the characters who were there I identify most closely with Nicodemus. I confess my sin. I’m not all Christ wants me to be, but there is hope for ...

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