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576. Hit Me with Your Best Shot

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... to all dictators. Think of the abuses of the communist governments during the late and unlamented Cold War. They proclaimed a vision of a worker's paradise, where everyone would receive according to their need, and everyone would work according to their ability. But in order to establish such a glorious worldly vision it proved necessary to institute the gulags, to murder millions in prison camps, to rule by terror and deceit. And for all that, European communism almost melted away all at once at the ...

577. Made for Joy

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... everything, instantly. How much money are you making compared to people your own age who graduated from the same college you did? How many words does your baby know versus millions of babies her exact age, around the world? She predicts that this ability to benchmark yourself in seconds with others will create an increasing epidemic of comparative anxiety a national wave of insecurity. (4) Is that what is robbing you of your joy comparing yourself with others? There may be someone who is already worrying ...

578. Jesus - The Leader of Our Team

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... . As he passed by, the boy who was pumping the bellows said, “We played well, didn’t we, sir?” The famous musician rather haughtily replied, “And what do you mean by we? I was the one playing the music. I was the one whose ability was recognized by the audience.” After intermission, the organist returned to his seat at the impressive five-keyboard console and began to play. But nothing happened; not a sound was heard. Then the organist heard a youthful voice whisper from behind the screen, “Hey ...

579. Learning the Recipe for Love

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... for the things of the past. Yet, holding onto a grudge and pain from the past actually holds us back; it slows us down. Past hurts are like a ball and chain shackled to our leg. Unless we cut the chain we will always be hindered in our ability to move forward. Saint Paul says at the climax of the reading that we must envelop all of these virtues and qualities of his message in love, “which binds everything together in perfect harmony” (v. 14). Love is much more than eros, romantic love. It is also fileo ...

580. Learning the Recipe for Love

Colossians 3:12-17

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... for the things of the past. Yet, holding onto a grudge and pain from the past actually holds us back; it slows us down. Past hurts are like a ball and chain shackled to our leg. Unless we cut the chain we will always be hindered in our ability to move forward. Saint Paul says at the climax of the reading that we must envelop all of these virtues and qualities of his message in love, "which binds everything together in perfect harmony" (v. 14). Love is much more than eros, romantic love. It is also fileo ...

581. John 5:1-9

John 5:1-15

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... v.7). The illness that he is seeking to have healed by the rippling waters is the same reason he cannot be healed. He cannot get to the water quickly enough. Despite this man’s fixed focus on his own inabilities, Jesus offers to him his own miraculous abilities. He commands the man to “Stand up, take your mat and walk” (v.8). As one who was ill and invalid, the man could not have successfully accomplished any one of those three directives. He could not stand. He could not roll up and hoist his mat. He ...

582. Can you Hear “The Voice?”

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

583. What the Ascension Tells Us

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

King Duncan

... Canadian geese. The virus destroyed their navigation system. These geese flew in circles, became disoriented and got lost. Can you believe that? Canadian geese getting lost? It was devastating for the flock. Thousands of geese died. What an incredible consequence because of a loss of ability to navigate. (5) Many people today are as clueless about their lives and the direction they should go as those geese. We are missing out on a great resource for our lives if we do not pray daily for the gift of God’s ...

584. What the Trinity Does

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... that we are able to regard every person as a brother or sister in Christ and not as a threat. That kind of growth rarely comes without struggle. It is part of what Paul would regard as our war with God. But when we are able to enlarge our ability to love, there comes with it great peace. Jesus, the bridge-builder between God and humanity and between people and their neighbors, brings us that peace. I read about an old saint who was dying. He was visited by a friend who asked him, “Have you made your peace ...

585. Cure for an Aching Back

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... church is about. But it is sad. This is a place where people still come today for healing and acceptance. This a place where people still come today to find help for their hurting hearts. This is a place where persons with a disability can find His ability to heal. Imagine someone coming in the doors of our church who is bent over either figuratively or literally like this poor woman in today’s story. Is she going to encounter the spirit of Jesus or is she going to encounter the spirit of this synagogue ...

586. The Story of Christmas

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... to be God’s partners. Maybe James Weldon Johnson was right. Maybe God was lonely, for God created humans to mirror many of His own attributes. He created these beings with the potential for spiritual communion with Himself. The critical attribute that he gave to humanity was the ability to choose to choose . . . life or death . . . good or evil . . . darkness or light. What a gamble God took in order to create beings with whom He could have fellowship . . . for He gave these new human creatures even the ...

587. Seeing Jesus

John 9:1-12

Sermon

David O. Bales

... ahead in understanding Jesus. His suffering wasn’t good, but in the end God could use even that for the faith of others. He begins to figure out that Jesus is more than he first appears. He starts to see who Jesus really is. Jesus grants us the ability to see that life is about living with God for the sake of others. When we look at what Jesus does and listen to what he says, we see God’s intention for the world. Consequently, our painful questions about suffering find some relief when Jesus comes on ...

588. Envision: A Church After God’s Heart

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

James Merritt

... of servants. We are all different. We all have different interests, different passions, different skills, different gifts and different abilities. There is a reason for that. God made you the way you are, so you can do what He wants you to do. He wants to take ... who you are, your passions, your gifts, your skills and your abilities and put them to work in the service of the church. Every single person, who is a part of the church, when asked ...

589. Do You Have Any Leftovers?

John 6:1-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... you know why? “And he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.” (Matthew 13:58, ESV) Just think about what Philip had already seen. He had already seen Jesus turn water into wine, heal a man’s sick son, give a paralytic man the ability to walk, and raise people from the dead and he still didn’t get it! He was still using his calculator. He was still pinching pennies and counting nickels when all the time he didn’t understand that he was not to be the source of provision. When ...

590. The Ice Bucket Challenge

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... unique community called the body of Christ which is defined by a confession of faith in Jesus Christ as God’s Son and our Savior, we are totally "tagged" by a divine challenge. Christians are not defined by their ability to dump icy water over their heads. Christians are known by their ability to dump love over all those they bump into. When you are "tagged" by Christ’s love, you are called to "tag" all those you can with that same amazing, transforming, overwhelming love. Timing is everything. Can you ...

591. Seventy-Seven

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... way never before made possible. Jesus made God’s love for humanity something absolutely personal. Jesus made God’s love available for each and every one of us. Jesus made the forgiveness God offered a personal gift to each and every one of us. Our ability to forgive is always and ever linked to Jesus’ love for us and God’s compassionate forgiveness. It was only this divine, sacrificial love that made it possible for human forgiveness to be an active player in this world. It only takes three minutes ...

592. Waiting in Life's Waiting Rooms

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... it with the science of meteorology. If you have ever admired hawks or eagles or turkey vultures effortlessly wheeling high up in the air, you have seen the power of soaring. These largest, heaviest birds combine the breadth of their impressive wingspans with their ability to use “thermals,” columns of warm air that rise, in order to keep themselves aloft with a minimum expense of energy. The warmed air of the thermal lifts the bird and allows it to “ride the wave” without having to expend any of its ...

593. Dust in the Wind

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Timothy Cargal

... melody or the mood evoked by its musical qualities. Maybe it is the themes and ideas that find expression in its lyrics. If it happens to be both the music and the lyrics perfectly matched to each other, then the effect is particularly strong. Such songs have the ability to become a recurring soundtrack to our lives. One such song for me is Kerry Livgren’s “Dust In The Wind.” Since I first heard this song more than 20 years ago, not an Ash Wednesday has gone by without that song being the tune I just ...

594. Hamburgers Don't Grow on Trees

Mark 4:26-29, Mark 4:30-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... ripe to unleash its mighty re-birth. Just because we can’t see the mustard seed doesn’t mean the mustard seed isn’t there. In the same way, our inability to see doesn’t affect God’s ability to be. And God is always for us.” (8) I like that. “Our inability to see doesn’t affect God’s ability to be.” The second thing we need to see is this: the attitude of the believer should always be one of hopefulness. So many people are being stirred to despair today by the constant barrage of bad news ...

595. Chickens with Eyeglasses

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... thorn. Hold it up as a trophy of God’s sufficient grace at work in your life. What a beautiful witness it would be of God’s power in you, if in the midst of sickness or loss or pain of any kind you are still able to maintain your ability to praise God. The influential pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon was troubled about a thorn in his life. We’re not told what it was, though Spurgeon was known at times to suffer deep bouts of depression. Then the words of II Corinthians 12:9 came to him: “My grace is ...

596. Peace Comes to Our Hearts

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... or bad, that God is with you. I know that joy is a difficult concept for some people, especially at Christmas. One of the most depressing facts about Christmas for these people is the fact that everybody else is so jolly. There are persons who have lost the ability to laugh, to play, even to rejoice in the Lord. They may not be misers, but they have a great deal of the spirit of Scrooge in them, very much of the Grinch that stole Christmas. Something in life has made them afraid--afraid to trust life, to ...

597. Shall We Waddle or Fly?

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... game. Unfortunately, that sometimes happens in church. People get discouraged and they drop out. Or they simply get lazy and drop out. Or, perhaps, they get upset with the pastor and drop out. Whatever the reason, whenever anyone from our fellowship drops out, we are hurt in our ability to be all God means for us to be. Paul writes in 1 Corinthians. “Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form ...

598. Freedom Requires Discipline

Illustration

Michael P. Green

Many people think that freedom is the license to do whatever a person wants, but true freedom is the ability to do what is right. It takes obedience in order to have true freedom. I can sit at a piano and be at liberty to play any keys that I want, but I don’t have freedom, because I can’t ... to be truly free at the piano. Then, and only then, does one have the freedom to play any piece of music. The same is true of freedom in living. To be truly free, we must have the power and ability to be obedient.

599. Too Close To Temptation

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... come to the wall without damaging your car. Instead, I would try to stay as far away from that wall as I could.” This candidate had a different focus. He understood that true skill in driving is not based so much on the ability to steer the car to a narrow miss as on the ability to keep a wide margin of safety. Like the fourth candidate, there are many aspects of human nature, such as sexual temptation, that are best dealt with by keeping a wide margin of safety. When we decide what to do in a doubtful ...

600. The Most Important Occupation

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... function. It could be wished that both men and women understood this. Once women know this, they will realize that no man can ever play as important a role in the life of humanity as a mentally healthy woman. And by mental health, I mean the ability to love and the ability to work. Being a good wife, a good mother, in short, a good homemaker is the most important of all occupations in the world. It surely cannot be too often pointed out that the making of human beings is a far more important vocation than ...

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576. Hit Me with Your Best Shot

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

577. Made for Joy

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

578. Jesus - The Leader of Our Team

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

579. Learning the Recipe for Love

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Richard Gribble

580. Learning the Recipe for Love

Colossians 3:12-17

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... for the things of the past. Yet, holding onto a grudge and pain from the past actually holds us back; it slows us down. Past hurts are like a ball and chain shackled to our leg. Unless we cut the chain we will always be hindered in our ability to move forward. Saint Paul says at the climax of the reading that we must envelop all of these virtues and qualities of his message in love, "which binds everything together in perfect harmony" (v. 14). Love is much more than eros, romantic love. It is also fileo ...

581. John 5:1-9

John 5:1-15

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

582. Can you Hear “The Voice?”

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

583. What the Ascension Tells Us

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

King Duncan