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526. The Lenten License to Steal, Drink, Lie and Swear

Romans 4:1-25

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Leonard Sweet

... as Satan. The Bible even says the demons believe and tremble. So here’s a category of “believer” that is beyond some of us . . . at least the demons have some body motion in their belief. This morning I leave you with a Lenten list of “Believe God” behaviors. Are you ready? You are to “steal, drink, lie and swear as much as possible.” Doesn’t that sound like a great way to start denying yourself and believing God? Yes, you heard me right. Your Lenten ...

527. A Wonderful Mother (In-Law)

Ruth 1:1-18

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God, my God" (v. 16). What a magnificent pledge! What would prompt such a thing? Only that rare combination of loving qualities that supposedly are so rare in an in-law - acceptance, belief, concern - ABCs of building any kind of true relationship - acceptance, belief, concern. One more thing should be added. Naomi's traits should not be thought of as being limited to the making of a good in-law; they would make a good anyone!

528. Planning Your Way Out

John 6:35, 41-51

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... Paul spoke to those who are committed to this way of life when he wrote, "If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men" (1 Corinthians 15:19). There is a fourth belief system. It is reincarnation. The belief of ancient Hinduism has found new ground among many spiritually floundering people in our generation. This, too, stands on a premise that runs counter to everything the Bible and our Christian faith stand for. It promotes the notion of self-salvation. Reincarnation ...

529. Bothered and Bewildered

2 Corinthians 4:5-12

Sermon

Gibson “Nibs” Stroupe

... about what happens to us when we die. It is rather what one of my friends calls "foot theology." Many of us talk the talk, but it is much more difficult to walk the walk, because such walking will surely test our beliefs and take us into places where we will be bothered and bewildered, where we will experience affliction, confusion, and even persecution and battering. Paul understands the strange relationship between life and death, between health and suffering. When he emphasizes that we carry the death ...

530. A Higher Calling

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... . Pretend that you really are a very patient person. Pretend that you believe it is more important to bear a neighbor's faults, in order to keep a spirit of peace. Pretend these things long enough and you will find that they become a part of your belief system. Pretend hard enough and long enough and you will be amazed to discover how much better, how much more admirable you, in fact, will become. This may sound like strange advice, but it is far better than surrendering to inferior values when we fail to ...

531. Hope on The Day of Judgment

Hebrews 9:24-28

Sermon

Patrick J. Rooney

... jovial individual, the pain caused by things said long ago that were never taken back nor repented. Mixed in with all of these are the beliefs that people have about death and what happens to us at the moment of death so that I am quite used to hearing that " ... be terrible and that I simply did not stand a chance of being saved. It was those words that I heard that day. It was those beliefs that came back to haunt me. Why would God not judge and condemn us? That saint of the church who lay in his coffin in ...

532. Building Moral Communities

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Georgia Anne Geyer

... that it is impossible to have a moral community or nation without faith in God, because without it everything rapidly comes down to "me," and "me" alone is meaningless. Today Americans have stopped acting in terms of their own moral, ethical and religious beliefs and principles. They've stopped acting on what they knew was right and the "me" has become the measure of everything. However, moral societies are the only ones that work. If anyone thinks there is not a direct and invaluable relationship between ...

533. Inerrancy of Scripture

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Staff

... evangelical seminaries stated that they do not believe in the inerrancy of Scripture. Beyond that, a poll of 10,000 U.S.A. clergymen (of whom 74% replied) by sociologist Jeffery Hadden in 1987 clearly reveals the effects of this significant change of belief through the passage of time. When asked if they believed that the Scriptures are the inspired and inerrant Word of God in faith, history, and secular matters: 95% of Episcopalians said "No." 87% of Methodists said "No." 82% of Presbyterians said "No." 77 ...

534. The Marks of a Cult

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Staff

... and the emotions. This is usually accompanied by an anti- intellectualism. Persecution-conscious: The groups feel they are being singled out by mainstream Christians, the press, parents, and the government. Sanction-oriented: They require conformity in practice and belief, and exercise sanctions against the wayward. Esoteric: They promote a religion of secrecy and concealment. Truth is taught on two levels, inner truth and outer truth. Anti-sacerdotal: There are no paid clergy or professional religious ...

535. Stand On the Side of Truth

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A.W. Tozer

... . Little by little Christians these days are being brainwashed. One evidence is that increasing numbers of them are becoming ashamed to be found unequivocally on the side of truth. They say they believe, but their beliefs have been so diluted as to be impossible of clear definition. Moral power has always accompanied definite beliefs. Great saints have always been dogmatic. We need a return to a gentle dogmatism that smiles while it stands stubborn and firm on the Word of God that lives and abides forever.

536. Mark 1:40-45

Mark 1:40-45

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Leonard Sweet

... in Jesus’ ability to cleanse him of his sickness. Because leprosy was an ailment that required divine intervention, in order to effect a cure one had to be cleansed — not just healed. In kneeling this man is affirming his belief that Jesus had access to such divine power. While the NRSV translates this man’s assertion simply as “you can make me clean,” a more literal rendition would ready “you have the power [dynamai] to make me clean.” Jesus’ response to this startling behavior and request ...

537. Aroma of Christ Church

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Leonard Sweet

... . No wonder all those sacrifices were referred to by the priests as “fragrant.” The aroma around the Temple in Jerusalem must have been like being a Grill-Masters cook-off in Memphis. The sweet smell of roasted richness coupled with the belief in its aromatic road to redemption, made for a heady atmosphere. Daily sacrifices, quarterly commitments, yearly sacrifices — all were offered to stay on the “good side” of God. Can you imagine expensive and exhaustive the tradition of temple sacrifices had ...

538. Tradition Can Be Changed

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... because your mother, her mother, her mother's mother, and so on have always done it can and should be changed. I bet Sarah didn't continue that tradition. Do you think Mom hung on to it? Tradition is also defined as the handing down of beliefs and customs by word of mouth or by example. As was their custom, Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem every year for the festival of the Passover. Passover commemorated the night of the Jews' escape from Egypt when the Angel of Death came, killing the firstborn of the ...

539. The End of The Beginning

Acts 1:1-11, Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... Christ. We might have stood, like turkeys who are said to stare up at the sky during the rain only to drown, staring with our mouths open, at the wonder of the risen Lord. There's an eternity for that. Right now the true confirmation of our belief comes from our resolve to be God's people here on the earth. The preacher Chrysostom, whose name means "Golden Throat" in Greek, once said that "... in the resurrection (the disciples) saw the end, but not the beginning, and in the Ascension they saw the beginning ...

540. A Faith That Makes A Difference

Acts 16:16-34

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... :31). And ever since that night, it is the answer we have all heard when we finally acknowledge our need. "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved." What does that mean? You can be sure that the jailer wondered about it. What is this belief, this faith, that can save? First of all, it is rational. Someone once asked a youngster for a definition of faith and got the response, "Faith is believing something even when you know it isn't true." Cute answer, but wrong. That is not faith; that is stupidity ...

541. But…!

1 Corinthians 15:19-26

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... impossible from the point of view of modern science? So is not the New Testament story of the empty tomb simply a symbol of the continuing spiritual presence of Jesus whom the disciples felt to be with them after he died? Surely that is just a pre-scientific belief that we can now discard as primitive and superstitious! If it happened, fine. So this wonderful event happened in the distant past but it does not have anything to do with how we live our lives now. Maybe it assures us that when we die, we will ...

542. Put on Some Clothes

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... when he received one of his 50 honorary doctorates, this one from Nottingham University. In his acceptance speech King reminded those present that you can only legislate for people’s behavior, not their attitudes and beliefs. New behaviors to be lasting must stem from beliefs. The external depends on the internal. The new behaviors, the reorganized relationships, the massive mood adjustment that this week’s Colossians text details aren’t possible through any act of willpower or New Year’s resolution ...

543. Blessed Are Those Who Believe

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... in. You are always believing ahead of evidence,” Frost continues. “Where is the evidence that I can write a poem? . . . I just believe [a poem] in. The most creative thing in us is to believe a thing in.” Then Robert Frost says, “The ultimate example is the belief in the future of the world. We believe the future in. It’s coming because we believe it in.” (4) Think about those words: “The most creative thing in us is to believe a thing in.” We believe in God, and we see God’s presence and ...

544. Suffered under (Saint) Pontius Pilate

John 18:28-40

Sermon

David O. Bales

... ’ truth means to love and serve God and others Jesus’ way. No wonder Pilate can’t grasp the meaning. Over the centuries the Christian church has often traded mouthing true doctrines for living within Jesus’ truth. We repeat the creed. We line up our correct beliefs in a row and assume we’re in the truth. Today any guy who captures a microphone can, what’s called, “spin” the truth. This person’s group can fall into any manure pile of scandal; yet, give the spokesman a chance and he’ll ...

545. Let It Go

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... We know the inference of our language. But Nicodemus simply could not accept any way of entering into the kingdom, of experiencing God’s presence, other than adherence to the Torah. By clinging to the literal, Nicodemus sought security and refuge in his old belief system which protected him from the notion that God had sent a new presence into the world, a new possibility, Jesus the Christ. To the left-brain literal mind, the metaphor of being “born again” was nonsensical. One of the hottest areas of ...

546. The Key to Getting Enough Rest

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... point.” (2) It did make the point. The team needed to believe that success was possible. The team needed to know that seven consecutive losses did not make them losers. There is something energizing about a positive belief. It would be good to remind ourselves from time to time that our faith is an entirely positive belief about life. That is why we call it Gospel Good News. We are loved and our God has good things in store for those who love Him. A few years ago an interesting experiment was conducted. A ...

547. Ignite: Fire and Water

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

James Merritt

... of baptism. In the New Testament, you only find one kind of baptism and it can best be described in two simple words: believer’s baptism. Two things always go together in the Bible – belief and baptism. You never find one without the other and they always go, by the way, in that order - belief first and then baptism. Without exception every time you read about anyone being baptized in the New Testament it was after they believed. It was after they became followers of Christ and never before. “So ...

548. A Watery Grave

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... lives. Following his brief accounts of the baptism and temptation of Christ, Mark offers his thumbnail summary of Jesus’ early ministry: he proclaimed the good news in Galilee, and that proclamation is expressed in three themes — repentance, the kingdom, and belief. Those are three rich and fundamental topics. If the Bible were a web page, each of those themes could be clicked on, and our people would be presented with a wealth of cross references, definitions, examples, and explications. Of course ...

549. Table Manners

John 2:12-25

Sermon

Craig MacCreary

... sermonizing, I know when I am most likely to have set myself up for a journey down a dead-end street. Interestingly enough, knowing this little gem rarely prevents me from often taking this unproductive journey. I think it has to do with the days when my belief in the resurrection is a little thin and a lot less open to understanding that Jesus is one that does walk and talk with me and tells me I am his own. Having been to college, seminary, and graduate school, I find myself all too often believing that ...

550. It's Not Rocket Science

John 8:31-41

Sermon

James Merritt

... Those two things are important because what we really know of the Son of God is found in the Word of God Therefore, the two most important beliefs of my life come down to this: either this book is just like any other book or there is no other book like this book. The ... four gospels found in this book that tell us about Jesus Christ is reliable and can be trusted. Today, I want to put this belief to the test in a very specific way. If this book indeed is God’s word, it must therefore be true in everything it ...

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