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476. It’s Hard to Eat While Lying

John 13:18-30

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Donald B. Strobe

... , Judas was programmed to be the bad apple in the lot from the start. God used Judas as a pawn on the chessboard of life, and when God was through with him, he was cast aside. I must confess that I have some problems with that point of view. That doesn’t sound like the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ to me. John’s Gospel says simply “Satan entered into him.” (13:27) That was an ancient way of explaining the presence of evil. The Greek “ho satanos” means “The Adversary.” It refers to ...

477. Is Conscience the Best Guide?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... voice of God, they are more likely to be the voice of our parents or of society. Early in life we discover that certain things which we do bring rewards, while other things bring punishments. And so we develop a "conscience" about certain things. In this view, conscience becomes sort of a gauge which warns us whether or not certain actions will be approved by our peers. In this case, conscience often becomes nothing more than the fear of being found out. H.L. Mencken said that "Conscience is a mother-in-law ...

478. A New You in a New Year (Part X)

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... mirror? It is quite simple--we are to spend 50 times as much energy and time looking forward than looking backwards. When you drive on Route 78 or Route 22, it is good to occasionally check your rear view mirror to see what is behind you, but it is dangerous to drive using only your rear view mirror. If you live mentally and spiritually only looking backwards, you will never get started to run the good race and to fight the good fight. Don''t let 1993 be a pity party. Let it be God''s party as we celebrate ...

479. A New You or a New Year

Philippians 3:1-11

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Eric Ritz

... mirror? It is quite simple--we are to spend 50 times as much energy and time looking forward rather than looking backwards. When you are driving on the highway, it is good to occasionally check your rear view mirror to see what is behind you, but it is dangerous to drive using only your rear view mirror. If you live mentally and spiritually only looking backwards, you will never get started to run the good race and to fight the good fight. As your pastor, I have repeatedly stressed the difference between ...

480. Together, But Not Enmeshed

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... implication, his wife as a subordinate. A manager who moves by fiat and intimidation is a very different cat from a manager who builds consensus and is secure in her authority. A teacher who sees her classroom as a garden is very different from a teacher who views his classroom as an assembly line. To whom do you warm: a minister who is always in your face, or one who helps you save face? A supervisor who acts like Attila the Hun, or one who resembles your favorite aunt or uncle, and while supportive, also ...

481. Seeing Just Enough of God

Exodus 33:12-23

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Charles L. Aaron

... believe how much ink has been spilled by Bible scholars trying to determine what God's "back" looks like! This story does not fit with our usual view of God. We don't think of God having hands and a back, or even a body at all. As the Gospel of John says, "God ... just what we in the twenty-first century need to hear. What God does in the passage is pure grace. Moses gets an indirect view of God. Whatever Moses actually saw, he got just enough evidence of God's presence to keep him going. God's back was just ...

482. Writing the Law on Our Hearts

Jeremiah 31:31-34

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Charles L. Aaron

... God wants, God seems even further away. Sometimes God seems far away because somewhere in our past our understanding of God got all twisted up. Some purple-faced preacher snarled at us about a punishing God or told us that some horrible thing was God's will, and our view of God got bent out of shape. The way it often happens is that a young child will experience the death of a loved one -- a sibling or a parent -- and some well-meaning soul will tell the child that the death was God's will. The child then ...

483. Missing the Mark

1 Samuel 8:1-22

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Charles Allo

... could be in the unknown for what might be that can be seen. We turn against God because He is not "here" for the things that are. We deny our liberator because the signs pointing to Him are missing. And we grasp our bondage again because we see relief in view. Let's not reject what we know to be true for what seems to be true. What we feel and sense are real and legitimate, but why should what we experience deny what is true. The Israelites did not remember God and give Him a chance to respond. They saw ...

484. Blue Highway Blessings

Ephesians 1:1-14

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Leonard Sweet

... to the superhighways, we have no concept of planet Earth's diverse and unique terrain . . . mountains are blasted through with tunnels, multi-laned bridges span rivers and lakes (always with the guardrail at the exact height to block any window-gazing), deserts are viewed through air-conditioned windshields frosted with cold air, the same ambiguous shrubs and grasses dot the median strip and line the off-ramps, and the fast food chains at exit 230 in Washington State are identical to the ones found off exit ...

485. Easter 7

Jn 17:1-11 · 1 Pet 4:12-14; 5:6-11 · Ps 68 · Acts 1:6-14

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