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501. A Lifelong Bond

Luke 1:39-56

Illustration

Scott Hoezee

... particle to a laboratory in Los Angeles and remove the other one to a lab in New York City, whatever you do to the particle in L.A. will instantly happen to the one in New York, too. Einstein called it "spooky." It also defied his theory that nothing can travel faster than light. Somehow, however, once particles form this kind of bond, it cannot be severed no matter how great the distance between the two becomes. A similar but opposite thing happened between Mary and Elizabeth. In this case, two separate ...

502. The Word that Changed the World

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... he preached at the young man’s church. The Sunday he preached, the professor took to the pulpit and his former student stood nearby to translate the sermon into his native Swahili. The professor began like this: “There are two great epistemological theories in the world today,” he said ponderously. The young African pastor paused just a beat and translated with these words, “Let me tell you about my friend, Jesus.” And so the sermon went. The professor expounded his views on epistemology in deep ...

503. Every Day God Empowers

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... edge or leading edge of the industry. We talk about edging people out and being on the edge of a new frontier or development. Sometimes things will drive us over the edge or set our teeth on edge, or just plain set us on edge. There are lots of theories for how to maintain your edge in whatever sport or business we're in. This morning we are starting a new series titled: Life With An EDGE. How do we maintain our edge as Christians? Where does it come from? My personal answer, of course is God, through the ...

504. What Matters In the Light of Eternity: “God Matters”

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... way to explain the precision of the universe? Is there not another way? If we believe God exists, then our own view of the universe gives us a basis for believing that God was at work in creation. If we believe in God, then the big bang theory is not mysterious. If we believe in God, then the fine tuning of the universe is understandable, and the laws of nature explainable. Since God made us we are able to form true beliefs and knowledge. Since God exists, our intuitions about the meaningfulness of life can ...

505. Follow Your Questions (Series: An Invitation to Christian Discipleship)

John 20:24-31

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... the polls, it is the number one question people would like to ask God. Well, wouldn’t we all? I do not know why a good God who is Almighty and Omnipotent tolerates a world full of starving children, natural disasters, and debilitating disease. I have some theories, but I do not know. Why is this happening to me? Not long ago a Comair flight leaving the Lexington, Kentucky Airport crashed at the end of the runway, killing all thirty-eight passengers. A friend of ours was scheduled to be on that flight. At ...

506. Being and Doing as the People of God

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... had put on their buckles of truth and their great shields of faith were well polished and obviously displayed. The discussion went on for about two hours, but it was a phony kind of mental sparring. Each had his own axe to grind, his pet prejudice or theory to elucidate. Each had his defenses and kept his own weakness disguised in a lot of intellectual palaver. One of the ministers grew weary of the whole bit, and dared to be honest. He loosened his tie, got down in the middle of the floor and shocked ...

507. The Wise Men: Going Home Another Way

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a child as “positive negative reinforcement.” Well, the social scientists are talking about “Paradigm Shifts”. I like that even though it may need explanation. A paradigm is a model that a scientist uses in order to make sense out of things. Einstein’s theory of relativity is a paradigm. You hold it up to the cosmos and it makes sense out of things. It enables you to see things that you weren’t able to see before. Well, someone asked some social scientists called Futurists, those who gather ...

508. Holiness of Heart and Life

Romans 2:21-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

At Stanford University there is a psychologist named Festinger who has a theory which he calls “cognitive dissonance.’ If you teach at a university like Stanford, you are supposed to use big words like that. As strange and new as it may sound, it’s very simple. It means that there is a big gap between my ideals and my actions, what I ...

509. Style: Some Distinctive Marks of a Methodist

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... mission and ministry in the sentence that has been on the lips of Methodists ever since: “The World Is my parish.” He borrowed from Paul to summarize his theology succinctly: “Faith working through love.” He gave a challenging and rather complete economic theory in the crisp triplet: “Make all you can, save all you can, and give all you can.” He put controversy into perspective, and defined what should be the position of every Christian in this massive amount of wisdom packed tersely in one line ...

510. The Trinity

John 16:5-16

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... might help us to understand this doctrine better if we word it this way: God the Father who is for us, God the Son who is with us, and God the Holy Spirit who is within us. Someone once asked Mrs. Albert Einstein if she understood her husband’s theory of relativity. No, she said, but I know my husband. We cannot begin to fathom the incomprehensible mysteries of God, but that does not mean that we cannot know God. If God, choosing to make himself known to us, comes in the person of Jesus Christ and says I ...

511. The Blood Shall Be a Token

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... who takes away the sins of the world.” See how clear the connection is between the unblemished Passover Lamb and Jesus – the Lamb slain forms the foundation of the world. Now I hope we are wise enough and humble enough to know that no simple “theory of the atonement” can adequately contain the full meaning and mystery of what Christ did for us at Calvary. But I also pray with Spurgeon that “We do not subscribe to the lax theology which teaches that the Lord Jesus did something or other which, in ...

512. When Nature Says No

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ’s helpful to our rational selves. But as rational as we may be about it all, reason does little for our hurting hearts, when nature says “No” to some “Yes” within us. However we explain it, whatever reasons come forth, and no matter how convincing our theories, when you press the issue, God does have to at least allow things, and we can’t escape that. So, our hearts continue to hurt. So, my first word today is: Recognize that there is a tragic dimension to life, and even though you might reason ...

513. War and the Prince of Peace

Isaiah 9:2-7

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Osama bin Laden wants to destroy. If we want to win the war against terrorism, we had better understand the kind of war we are in. A Holy War has been declared against us. For others, though essential, evil is a way to justice. We call it the Just War Theory. I suggest most of us in this room would land somewhere in this category today. People who believe in Just Wars go to war when there is a Just Cause and a Just Intent, as a response to some sort of serious evil. Such wars are waged for the purpose ...

514. Finding Our Place in All Creation

Genesis 1:1, 26-31

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... at God’s command, and all the stars obey. The year was 1925. The place was Dayton, Tennessee. John T. Scopes, a biology teacher at Rhea County Central High School, was put on trial for violating Tennessee State Law by teaching the theory of evolution in his public school classroom. William Jennings Bryan prosecuted the case. The Honorable Clarence Darrow represented the defense. Mr. Scopes was found guilty eight days later and fined $100 for breaking Tennessee law, but the verdict was later reversed on ...

515. Marching Forward by Faith!

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... has taught us to hold on. God invites us to let go. We don't just want to enjoy the goodness of life. We want to own it, store it up, expand it, manipulate it for our own purposes. With clinched fists we cling to our possessions, opinions, theories, beliefs, attitudes, hurts, grievances, money, fearful that losing our grip will mean defeat. All along our salvation lies in letting go. When I met Christ, it seemed as though life was rather like a bike ride, but it was a tandem bike—a bicycle built for two ...

516. Lost and Found

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... it came anyway. “And why aren’t you wearing your wedding ring?” I tried to get out of it the best that I could. “Well, that old wedding ring you gave me was so round that when it drops it tends to roll. By the law of gravity and the theory of relativity it slipped away and I just couldn’t find it.” She didn’t buy it. It is forever a pain to me that as long as I stand in the pulpit, certain persons will not sit in the pew. Somebody got sick and I didn’t show. Somebody ...

517. From Anger to Courage

Mark 11:12-19

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." Vented anger makes sports events places of danger. Vented anger divides a nation into camps of left and right, red and blue, liberal and conservative. Current psychological theory says, “Even though it might give some immediate satisfaction, venting anger – yelling, gesturing, and breaking things, does nothing to dispel anger. It actually pumps up your emotional arousal and may even prolong it. ‘Letting it rip' is a dangerous myth ...

518. What Can Christians Learn From Jews?

Genesis 12:1-3

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... it in the sky, who flung the stars into the far corners of the night, took a piece of clay and shaped it into his own image and breathed into it the breath of life. We became human beings. Before Newton discovered the law of gravity, before Darwin developed the theory of evolution, before the modern world introduced us to quantum physics, Moses let us know that this is our Father's world and we are God's own creation created in his image. B. We share the same roots of faith. Jesus was a Jew. Mary and Joseph ...

519. What Can Christians Learn from Muslims?

Genesis 21:1-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... grins. From much corroding care I would be free, If I could determine which is really me. Nationally, Jihad has been interpreted in Islamic countries as a means of self-defense, to be declared by the chief of state, much like the Just War Theory pursued by the United States. It is almost exactly the same. But Muslims have their extremists. Christians do too. Remember, we produced Jim Jones. In February 1998, Osama Bin Laden and four other leaders of radical Islamic groups in various countries issued a fatwa ...

520. The Power to Look Up

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... with counter attacks. People are constantly talking about it over lunch. Meanwhile, Mr. Dan Brown must be laughing all the way to the bank as his novel stays on the best seller list. I've said it before, but let me say it again. The Gnostic theories, on which the novel is based, were debated and declared heresy in the First Century. Both NBC and CBS have concluded that the secret society that is supposed to be guarding the truth is a hoax established by a Frenchman with political aspiration. The Da Vinci ...

521. Serving the Poor—Compassionately

Matthew 25: 31-40

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... was home to the temple of Aphrodite, the pagan goddess of love. Her temple was perched high upon a hill. Over a thousand prostitutes were employed by the temple to cultivate love. The struggling church in the city below found it easier to love in theory than in reality. They had trouble getting along. They couldn't get their secular lives and their spiritual lives together. Some in the church thought of themselves as super Christians because they spoke in unknown tongues. To such a place as this Paul wrote ...

522. Make Disciples—Intentionally

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... ballgame, but ‘how is it with your soul?' It is one thing to inquire about the weather. It is quite another thing to inquire about the soul. Constant attempts have been made to revive this formula of accountability. But let me cut through the theory and pose the question. Are you involved in a Sunday School Class, Bible Study Group, Prayer Group, Disciple Bible Study, Companions in Christ or some other ongoing spiritual formation process in your life? If not, when are you going to begin? IV. DISCIPLESHIP ...

523. The King on a Donkey

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. When you think of the Messiah and the Kingdom Jesus came to bring, remember the donkey. Test your actions and relationships, your political theories, your feelings about war and welfare and hungry people, and folks living in shacks - test all these feelings against Jesus’ acted out announcement of the Kingdom. Don’t forget the donkey. II Let’s look now specifically at Jesus. Look at verse 3. Jesus ...

524. God’s Weather Report

Matthew 5:38-48

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... , that's when the blessing will be fully realized. We have to wait for it. We have to resist our impulses, our emotions, and our urges for the sake of the dominion of God. The church has two legitimate stances toward war: pacifism and just war theory. We cannot give a full account of both positions today. In the simplest terms, a pacifist believes that no situation justifies violence or war. A just war theorist believes that some use of violence and some acts of war are justified. The violence must be ...

525. The Way and The Truth and The Life

John 14:1-14

Sermon

Lee Griess

... and around in the front of big buildings. Even though life may at times seem to be just going in circles, even though there are those who say that life is one cycle after another and that everything that comes around goes around, and even though there are theories about life that say that life is one reincarnation after another, Jesus does not say that. God has created us with a purpose. Life has a goal to it. We are created to travel through life toward an end. And the way to that end, Jesus says today ...

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