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476. Fatal Attraction

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... further and says, you can't even look in the wrong way, or else you are guilty of adultery. He does something they never thought about doing. He goes to the heart of the problem because the problem with adultery is in the heart. To put it straight ... iniquity worthy of judgment." He says even if his heart has been enticed by a woman, regardless of whether or not he ever carries out the thought, he is guilty just the same. Now this does not mean that it's wrong for a man to see or to notice a beautiful woman ...

477. Repairing Ancient Ruins

Isaiah 61:1-11

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... ; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:6-9) Collect Lord, you perform awesome works today as you have in ages past. We witness the evidence of your love in our children who sit, who talk, who sing, who play in our midst. We ...

478. Oh, You'd Better Watch Out!

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... rabbi turned to him, and softly said, “You see, I didn’t know.” (4) Someone asks, when will Christ return when will history come to a climax and a new world order, an order straight from God, be introduced? The answer is, we don’t know. The early church thought it would be in their lifetime. It’s been 2,000 years. “Why does the Lord tarry?” many ask. We don’t know. We should not be surprised at that. There is much in life that God has not revealed to us. We don’t even know what tomorrow ...

479. Perceiving the Presence of God

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... ," she said, "the sun is dying." Now her sisters truly knew that Lily was crazy. How can the sun be dying? It comes up every day and goes down each night. The sun is strong and powerful, how can it be dying? "But, what of it?" the older sisters thought. "We really don't need the sun after all." Yet, Lily insisted that it was true, the sun had told her so. Bean Plant and Marigold had to agree about two things, however. The sun arose a little later and set a little earlier each day. Additionally, they noticed ...

480. Tasting the Gruel of Love

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... green stew dumped over a scoop of rice. It smelled dreadful. Jack Eckerd, whose family owned the Eckerd Drug chain and could afford any pleasure he desired, leaned down, smiled broadly, and asked the server, “So! How’s the food in here?” “Oh, no,” Colson thought, “She’s going to offer us some. And we’re going to have to eat it.” Colson’s doctor had told him to avoid foods of unknown origins on that trip. And this prison gruel was definitely unknown. The chunks sticking out of it looked ...

481. Poor Relations

James 2:1-13

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... of them said to me, “You all need to treat us with respect and love. You showed us an old movie that we’d all seen before. You could have done more for breakfast than dry cereal. This is Christmas Day. Couldn’t you make it special for us? I thought to myself, “What an ingrate you are! I had 3 services last night. I’ve got another one this morning. I didn’t get much sleep. Can’t you appreciate the fact that the church didn’t cancel because it is Christmas? People have given up a lot for you ...

482. Proper 23

Exodus 32:1-14, Psalm 106:1-48, Matthew 22:1-14, Philippians 4:2-9

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. People: And also with you. Leader: My friends, all that is true, all that is noble, all that is just and pure, fill your thoughts with these things. People: All that is lovable and gracious, whatever is excellent and admirable, will fill our thoughts. INVOCATION We turn from the thought of lesser things to ponder your greatness, O God. Make yourself known to us again through the words of Holy Scripture, the hymns we sing, the prayers we say, the creeds we confess ...

483. A Certain Word in an Uncertain World

1 Chronicles 29:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... that oil, the engine can begin to knock or be seriously damaged or totally shut down. That filter is designed to keep that oil as clean as possible so the engine will be lubricated to run as smoothly as it was meant to. Let me give you this comforting thought. Everything that happens to you in this life is filtered by the Father. It cannot come into your life without His permission and if it does come into your life, He will use it for His glory. Don't hear me saying that everything that happens to you is ...

484. Will the Real God Please Stand Up?

2 Corinthians 13:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... a vital part and every part is necessary for salvation to be accomplished. In Ephesians 1 we are told of the role The Father, and The Son and The Holy Spirit play in the salvation of all sinners. For example, Ephesians 1:3-4 tells us that God thought our salvation. "Blessed be the God and Father of our lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame ...

485. All By Myself: The Fear of Loneliness

2 Timothy 4:9-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... God made us for relationships. He made us to need each other. When God put Adam in the Garden of Eden, you would have thought he had every single thing he could possibly want. I admit he had no shirt and he had no shoes, but he had no problems ... any reason. Jesus said in Matthew 28:20, "I am with you always, even to the end of the age." (Matthew 28:20, NKJV) Has this thought ever occurred to you? It is impossible for a Christian to be alone, because a Christian can never get away from the presence of God. ...

486. Close Up - Wives: Sweet Surrender

Colossians 3:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... that this submission is not absolute. No wife should ever submit to their husband if that husband asks that wife to do something that is either unethical, ungodly, or unchristian. There was couple in a church I pastored, many years ago in another state that I thought had a perfect marriage. I was shocked when they got a divorce, but I found out the reason why. The husband had gotten into pornography and began to demand that his wife publicly begin to dress (in essence) like a prostitute and also began to ...

487. Can't Get No Satisfaction

Exodus 20:17

Sermon

James Merritt

... , "I will give my property to anyone in my neighborhood who is totally and really satisfied." One of his wealthy neighbors, who lived up the street, who had a beautiful place himself and all the money he could ever hope to spend, but had coveted this property for many years thought to himself, "Since this man is going to give this property to somebody, he may as well give it to me. I am rich. I've got all that I need and I should qualify because I am totally satisfied." He went up to this man's door and ...

488. The World Is Not Enough

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... who is above." (Job 31:24,28) That is exactly why God calls this man a fool. "But God said to him, ‘You fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?'" (v.20) Here was a man who thought he had many years to live, and he didn't have another day. This man had probably kept many appointments that day, but he was unprepared for the most important appointment that every man will have to keep, for "it is appointed unto men once to die and after this ...

489. How to Make Heaven Happy

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... might have seen a trained flea. But you will never see a trained sheep because sheep cannot be trained to do anything. Have you ever thought about how dumb sheep are? Their vocabulary is limited to one word "Ba-a-a, Ba-a-a." I mean they can't even say, " ... was in Calcutta, India not too long ago, and I went to Mother Teresa's Mission to the dying and to the starving, and I thought about a question she was asked one time. "Mother Teresa, how do you possibly hope to feed all of the hungry people who come to ...

490. When Desire Goes Bad

1 Kings 21:1-21a

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... than the commandments against stealing, bearing false witness, murdering, or committing adultery, for those address specific behaviors that are to be avoided. The tenth commandment, on the other hand, begins with what is in our minds, where the sequence of feelings, thoughts, and scheming that leads to the breaking of the other commandments begins. One of the most flagrant examples of covetousness in action is found in our scripture reading for today. A man in Israel named Naboth had a vineyard next door ...

491. Mary and Joseph: His Obedient Servants

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... through his previous perplexity. So most of us can remember some experience of darkness in which we were sure the light would never come – but it did. In memory we can almost feel the pain of some past experience from which we were in the midst of it, we thought we would never be delivered – but we were. It’s a tough truth, not easy to hold onto, but hold on to it we must. God will not forever leave his obedient servants in perplexity. III Now this final truth and we have time only to state it and ...

492. Good News for Widows

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... and lost track of what he was saying. He botched the sermon up badly and finally just said amen. As he was standing there in his embarrassment, the ten-year-old boy with the restless legs came up to him and invited him home for lunch. Hinson thought to himself that the boy certainly owed him that much. Hinson had a wonderful lunch with the boy and his family. About two weeks later, Hinson got a letter from that young boy. Enclosed was fifty‑seven cents. A note explained that this was all of the profit ...

493. Isaiah 55:1-9

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... divinely rooted and inspired. The prophet is not predicting that human perceptions will get any better. But he is offering a way to grasp a new possibility. As heaven is higher than earth, so is the vast difference between God’s ways and thoughts and human ways and thoughts. A new start is being made available. A “rebooting” procedure has come into place. Isaiah does not call people to be “God-like” or to “think like God.” Instead he calls them to take a simple human step that will have the ...

494. Why Not Meet in the Middle? (Series: Real Faith for Real People)

1 Peter 3:8-22

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... World Wide Communion Sunday, let us find a meeting place. I. Let Us Meet At the Cross, a Place of Humility “Be compassionate and humble” (I Peter 3:8). For most of my life, I’ve tried to maximize my strengths, and minimize my weaknesses. I thought it was the thing to do, and strengths do have their rewards. It feels good to win. Success is satisfying. Ladder climbing can be fun. Although, in more recent years, I have come to understand the notion that power is made perfect in weakness. As Paul said ...

495. Chosen by God

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... “holy and full of love”. Now don’t let that word holy throw you. I know the word has had a hard time in the past 30 or 40 years. When was the last time you heard a sermon on holiness? When was the last time you had a serious thought about being called to be holy? Your answer, in truth, may be like those Christians Paul asked, “Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed?” They responded in the vernacular, “We ain’t so much as heard of the Holy Spirit”. But don’t let the word holy ...

496. More Than We Are - Graduation

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... began to move, the people took up the song, and predictably the guards moved in again. This time when he came back, he had no tongue. Many wept as they realized what had been done t9 him. Everyone was watching. For a while he stood motionless. Some thought he was fainting. But then they realized that his graceful, silent swaying was a dance. And soon they were all swaying silently with him, inspired by his glory, moved by his Spirit. This time when the guards came, they would end it all and they shot him ...

497. Happy Marriage...It's All About Choices

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

James W. Moore

... husband that it was time to get the power mower fixed. But, somehow her hints didn’t work. The message never sank in. Finally, she thought of a clever way to make her point: When her husband arrived home one day, he found her seated in the tall grass on ... all I need: I can tear down as much in a day or two As it would take skilled men a year to do!’ And then, I thought as I went on my way, Just which of these two roles am I trying to play “Have I walked life’s road… with care? Measuring each word ...

498. The Essence of the Gospel

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... you know the gnawing restlessness that keeps you moving hither and yon, jumping from one effort and finding meaning to another…the vague but painful stirrings within that don’t go away when you get that new car, or that new job, or that new house that you thought would make you happy. I heard a rather powerful count country song the other day that was packed with pathos - as a lot of country music is. One line of the song said, “Mr. Jones bought Mrs. Jones a bigger house - now she has more room to cry ...

499. There Is a Price for Everything, Part 2

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it: and whosoever loses his life for my sake and the gospels will save it.” (RSV). It’s a sobering picture, and I have a hunch we don’t think about it enough. When is the last time you thought about a final judgment? Is the way you live affected at all by the fact that one day you are going to stand before the judgment bar of God and give an account for your deeds? But not just the picture of the judgment, the other parables are dramatic and ...

500. When Are We Most Like God?

Exodus 2:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that, but I do want conversation to start, in your mind. In fact I try to do that every Sunday. I hope I’m in dialogue with you, responding to your questions – questions I hear you asking each week, and your feelings that you share with me – your thoughts, your anxieties, your problems – as I sense them from our life together, day-in and day-out. So, let’s move in our minds with the question, “When are we most like God?” I We will find our answer, at least the beginning of it, in our scripture ...

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