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501. Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Will Willimon

... Trustees know that there is almost no limit to the tuition you would give to ''understand all mysteries and all knowledge." And yet Paul says that, without love, even knowledge and understanding are.... "I thought I was ambitious," she said, "I thought I was a high achiever, an aggressive person who was willing to do anything for a grade. Then I came to Duke…" He said, "When an article is assigned to be read for an exam in Law School, you better get down in the stacks quickly." "Why?" I asked. "Because if ...

502. We Wobble, but We Don't Fall Down

2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... be said each of us. I thought about Weebles as I read our Bible passage for this morning. St. Paul writes, “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” St. Paul knew what it was like to have status and ...

503. What Do You Expect?

John 6:24-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... , or The Cat, because he could perform amazing tricks on his skateboard and still land on his feet. He even created a special skateboard trick that is named after him. By age 18, Eddie was the two-time world skateboarding champion. But Eddie discovered that his achievements and awards and fame didn’t bring him any satisfaction. He dropped out of the sport and became dependent on drugs and alcohol. As he says, “In the early ’80s, I was at the top. There was nowhere else to go. There was just some kind ...

504. Living Bread

John 6:51-58

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... — I mean, whoa! Crucifixion? Please! But they know they aren’t that talented and they don’t have his abilities, they can’t heal the sick or turn water into wine, and public speaking scares them to death. They know they’ll never be able to achieve what he achieved. How many people get to start world religions? A dozen maybe? In the history of the world. And as far as commitment goes, well, how often do we get a chance to die for our faith? And, even if we did have the opportunity, does anyone ...

505. The Blind See!

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... Bartimaeus wasn’t like the man beside the pool of Bethesda, who, when Jesus asked him if he really wanted to be healed, made excuses for his situation. Bartimaeus wanted to see with his eyes, and he was willing to pay any price to achieve this goal. He was determined. What a difference determination makes in life. Thank God for the Bartimaeuses of this world who will not be denied by their circumstances. Bartimaeus was disadvantaged. He was determined. And finally he was discipled. Discipled is a verb we ...

506. Jesus' Tears

John 11:32-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... career out of the fear of death, was once asked if he hoped to live on forever on the silver screen. Allen answered that “I’d rather live on in my apartment.” He went on to add that ‘I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it by not dying.” (2) Well, good luck with that, Woody. Today we are going to visit with three of Jesus’ closest friends, Lazarus and his sisters, Martha and Mary. Jesus spent time in their home. He would stop to visit with Mary, Martha ...

507. Impetuous Faith

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... who seem to need extra pets and perks to feel they are okay. While they can annoy the people around them with their incessant striving, most folk are content to let them achieve, kiss up, or strive to their heart’s content, as long as it doesn’t take away from their own career trajectory. Last week, we talked about the “achievement” mentality in response to a young man’s desire to obtain salvation. Today, we see a similar mindset, as two of Jesus’ disciples vie for what they see as the “power ...

508. Summertime Praise

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

Will Willimon

... remembrance of what God has done for and given to us before we launch into any exploration of what we ought to do for God. We love because God first loved us. We sing praises because we have been blessed. Everything flows from that. Any goodness we achieve in this life is our human way of saying to God, ''Thanks." Church, Sunday morning, is not just a time to gather with our little moral notepads and to receive our ethical assignment for the week. Do this. Don't do that. This wonderfully exuberant opening ...

509. We Fools

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Will Willimon

... fools, there are certain rare occasions in which God doesn't mind calling us fools. Note whom Jesus calls a ''fool'' in today's scripture. In our hearing, the story is about a man who is prudent. He set goals for himself, planned ahead. And he achieved his goals. He gets results so rich that he demolished his barns and built new ones for his overly abundant harvest. Then the man said to himself, ''Soul, take ease. It's the Roaring Nineties. The Market is up. Take ease." Soul is another name for desire ...

510. Have You Seen a Buck Flying Past?

Luke 16:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... Church in Montgomery, Alabama. In his message, he said, “I still believe that standing up for the truth of God is the greatest thing in the world. This is the [purpose] of life. The [purpose] of life is not to be happy. The [purpose] of life is not to achieve pleasure and avoid pain. The [purpose] of life is to do the will of God, come what may.” (7) Dr. King gave his life for the cause of justice and equality for all people. And in doing so, he changed a nation. The Master he served shaped the legacy ...

511. Fear and Blessing

Psalm 128:1-6

Sermon

Will Willimon

... ve seen a whole household thrown into disarray because one, frail, octogenarian Daddy, now confined to a bed, barely breathing, doesn't approve of something that is going on in the other room. We do want to please them, but can we with our little lives and puny achievements, we wonder? We're still their little boy or girl when we reach twenty-one. They never cease trying to Mother/Daddy us and we never stop wanting/not wanting them to do so. A counselor here on campus told me that she has seen students walk ...

512. Let's Get Together

Acts 2:1-21 · Genesis 11:1-11

Sermon

Will Willimon

... Our lives are destined to be ever more dominated by the state -- no matter whether of the right or the left -- because the state is our modern Babel, our improper response to our scattered situation. Under the sacred tower of the state, we hope to achieve oneness from human self-sufficiency and autonomy rather than in obedience to the purposes of God. The story of Babel suggests that the unity sought by fearful humanity is organized as defense against God. Failing to trust God's plans for humanity, we fall ...

513. Affirmations

Illustration

Maxie Dunnam

... discipline the mind into a chosen channel and become ingrained into the memory and eventually the character. You may constantly tell yourself that you are no good and will never achieve anything worthwhile. When you started telling yourself this, it was not true. But by believing in your inability to do anything worthwhile, you achieve nothing. If you think that you are a nobody, you will act like a nobody. What you believed, you became. Affirmation, to be constructive, must always be positive and inspiring ...

514. The View From The Mountaintop

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and all nations.”[17] Oh yes, Mr. Lincoln. Oh yes, Lord! Amen! 1. James M. McPherson, Abraham Lincoln and The Second American Revolution, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990), 68. 2. James M. McPherson, Abraham Lincoln and the ...

515. On Rendering to God and to Caesar

Mark 12:13-17, Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

Will Willimon

... which even politics can't do. Aristotle, in his thought on the state, taught us that politics must be judged by something besides politics. Politics at its best is a means for helping me to achieve the “good life” but politics can't tell me what the good life is. Politics at its best is a technique for achieving my goals but politics alone can't tell me why life is worth living or which goals are worth having. Even a political document so noble as our Constitution has its limits. Giving people power ...

516. The Kings of the South and the North

Daniel 11:2-35

Teach the Text

Ronald W. Pierce

... effect. The actual fibers of the muscle’s anatomical structure do not grow by remaining stationary. Rather, they must be torn before they can be rebuilt larger, causing the pain we feel in training. A good coach knows how far to push her athletes to achieve their best, challenging them to endure pain so that they can be stronger. Though the players do not always enjoy this routine, it is because of her extra push that they are able to succeed at game time. God grants us challenges so that we might ...

517. The Lord's Answer

Habakkuk 1:5-11

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... from and for what purpose it is given to them. The term for “guilty” is one that suggests trespassing on Yahweh’s rights (a “guilt offering” is an offering that makes compensation for that). This is what they do by taking credit for their achievements themselves or by giving it to their gods. And these are the people Yahweh is raising up . . . Additional Notes 1:7 Honor: seʾet comes from nasaʾ; the related word nasiʾ means “leader,” and in parallelism with mishpat it is likely that seʾet ...

518. The Voice of Truth

John 18:33-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... absolute, ultimate, and only Truth. And Jesus is God’s witness, his incarnation, his God in the flesh great reveal! The Emmanuel: “God with us.” The Way, the Truth, and the Life. For Jesus, the world can never represent truth. Human beings can never “achieve” truth. And Jesus has no interest in competing with the Roman government. Pilate knows this. He may not understand or abide by Jesus’ concept of God as Truth. He may see Jesus’ idea of himself as representing God’s Truth as faulty or he ...

519. Never Satisfied

John 14:8-17, (25-27)

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... ― the raw data. Just give us the answers to the questions that will be on the final exam. Give us those and we’ll be satisfied. Except you know he won’t. You can almost hear Jesus rolling his eyes. Satisfaction is, after all, a hard thing to achieve, isn’t it? There is a story about two friends who ran into each other at a coffee shop. One friend noticed the other sitting at a table by the window, looking sad and forlorn, so he brought his coffee over and sat down opposite him. “Dave,” he ...

520. Transforming Love

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... passion put him in direct conflict with Jesus' followers. Saul represented a very combative and a highly combustible personality on the scene at this time. No wonder Jesus sought to convert him. If that energy and passion could be redirected, it could achieve great things for God's kingdom. A little boy was asked what he was thankful for by his Sunday School teacher. It was Thanksgiving and the teacher was encouraging all the children to give personal expression to their feelings of gratitude. The little ...

521. Food For The Body And Food For The Soul

John 6:25-59

Sermon

J. Will Ormond

... table? The human spirit has deep hungers which we often cannot identify. We try many ways to satisfy those hungers. We become workaholics and amass a fortune only to find that something still is missing. Perhaps we make a name for ourselves by great achievements only to come to the place where the praise of others sounds hollow. We travel the world to discover new wonders but finally lose our sense of wonder and one place begins to look as drab as another. In the last analysis, whether we recognize ...

522. Doubters All, Part I

John 10:22-42

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... But, wait a minute. What has God done? I just can't believe in God until I see something He's done. (SMELLING ROSE) I'm telling you, the human being is the only hope of this world. Look what the human race has done -- great scientific achievements -- great knowledge -- human relations have improved. And look deep inside yourself -- see the good that is there. There's the salvation of the human race, our own souls. We can do something. We are doing something to improve ourselves and the human race. You're in ...

523. Beware Of Your Piety

Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... God or atoning for our sins. It is one more form of piety to express our freedom as the children of God in taking good care of our physical condition. The experts would also add that this is the primary and best way for us to achieve healthcare reform. Lenten Piety Is For Eternity Lenten piety is for eternity. Jesus said, "Do not store for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust ...

524. Which Way To Jesus?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... shrink, a good psychiatrist or psychologist. Others want him to be the Great Reformer, the one who can cure all the ills of society. Still others want him to be the one to guarantee success as a Chief Executive Officer, who knows how to encourage people to achieve excellence. Still others are sure that Jesus can be the one to guarantee wealth, that to live life abundantly as Jesus said is to have a life of abundance filled with all good things. Then, of course, what was most likely in the excitement of the ...

525. You Are My Witnesses

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... The death and resurrection of Jesus enable us to see that God is serious about dealing with the plight of the human condition. Jesus did not come to be a Pied Piper who could cheerily lead us through life. Nor did he come with a new prescription for better achievement for improving the world. Jesus came to deal head-on with our real problem of sin and death. He suffered the judgment of death and rose again to make it possible to believe that God is willing to set aside our sin and raise us to life eternal ...

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