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626. A New You or a New Year

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... a new people, but it does not have anything to do with atoms in our physical bodies but having the mind and attitude of Jesus Christ living on the inside of us. This is the priority that the Apostle Paul urged to the Christians at Philippi to adopt for the living out of their faith. This will also allow us to live out our lives and never forget the WHY. It was Dr. Stanley Menking, while teaching at Drew Seminary, who impressed upon me the necessity of time management--not as a legalistic requirement--but ...

627. No Angels, No Shepherds, No Star

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... ; without him nothing was made that has been made.” When we could do nothing for ourselves, God stepped in to save us. A man by the name of Bob Considine tells of the time he accompanied an infant Vietnamese orphan to the U.S. so she could be adopted after the Vietnam War. On the long flight to the U.S. the baby’s eyes overflowed with tears, but she made absolutely no sound. Considine found a stewardess and asked her what the problem was. The stewardess had seen war orphans before, and was quick to tell ...

628. If You Are Willing

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... fatal lung disease. Even with the best treatments available, most cystic fibrosis sufferers don’t make it past their early thirties. Boomer and his wife developed an amazing compassion for children with special needs. They took in many foster children; they also adopted a young boy named Mark. And they started a foundation which is now the nation’s second largest foundation for Cystic Fibrosis funding. Boomer and his wife, Cheryl, learned to live day by day, and to look for blessings where they could ...

629. Don't Fence Me In!

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... in her large suburban high school. She quoted one of the seniors as saying, "This is a public school; I can do what I please in it." You say, "What that boy needs is a good whipping." Perhaps so, but don't be too sure about it. Long before he adopted such an idea, he needed the help and guidance of some older folks who knew the meaning of life. Instead of getting such help, he probably came under the influence of the sort of persons who write some of our modern novels and plays. The advice offered by one of ...

630. Grace in the Midst of Hopelessness

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... in what we may or may not appear to accomplish in this world, but in God's promise of wholeness in the next world. As Paul puts it in verse 23, "We ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies." Today we may groan. But our future shall be full of rejoicing. Therefore, in hope, we are afforded the luxury of taking a longer view of things. Consider the early American pastor Jonathan Edwards and his wife Sarah. They parented eleven ...

631. Grace in the Midst of Suffering

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... of our text, "... we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus...." And in verse 17 we read, "For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure." It takes courage to adopt a long-term perspective on personal pain. What word of encouragement does the Bible have for parents who keep waiting and waiting for a prodigal child to come home, for a husband and wife who feel chained to a loveless marriage, for the one who can almost ...

632. Grace in the Midst of Guilt and Shame

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... something, but because we are somebody of incredible value. That is the wonderful news splayed across the first chapter of Ephesians. God has declared us to be people of infinite value. Paul announces that God chose us before the creation of the world (vv. 4, 11). Our adoption as God's children was predestined (vv. 5, 11). This fabulous change in our identity happened "so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory" (v. 12). On top of it all we have received ...

633. Sweet-Smelling Fragrance

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... bears the mark of its designer. Like many today, the members of the early church had a genuine desire to be part of an institution that would help them be recognized by their neighbors as good people. Yet morals are difficult to learn and adopt. As Robin Lovin, Dean of Perkins School of Theology, has noted,2 most Christians do not realize how serious are the obstacles to developing morality within an institution. Experience does not serve us like it does when we learn avoidance of danger lessons through ...

634. Sowing Good Seed - Father's Day

Mark 4:26-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... the minors, he was finally given a chance to play in the big leagues. And he quickly proved to be worth his salt setting a record for the most relief appearances by a rookie player. Along the way, however, Tim and his wife, Christine, adopted four children with very special needs two daughters from South Korea, a handicapped son from Guatemala, and another son from Vietnam. All of the children were born with very serious illnesses or defects. Neither Tim nor Christine was prepared for the tremendous demands ...

635. To Live Is To Dance

John 10:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the excitement of sharing his faith with others. Then, with a large measure of sadness, he told me about during those first years, he fell into the trap of seeking to pattern his life after some superstar type Christian whom he loved and appreciated. Even adopting their vocabulary and their communication style. Now that’s a common story. Too often we try to imitate other persons whom we set up as examples of Christian living and we squash, we squash our own unique gifts. Steve Miller had a marvelous image ...

636. Playing A Role Or Being A Truth

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... be proper, to be cool, to be sophisticated, to be intelligent, to be urbane. And the end result is that we’re turned into Normal Nothings. Squeezed into the mold of the world around us. Roma Christna tells the, a kind of fable of a motherless tiger cub who was adopted by goats and raised by them to eat grass and bleat as they did. It wasn’t long before the tiger cub came to think of himself as a goat. But one day a magnificent king tiger came along and asked the cub what he meant by all this masquerade ...

637. Living Lightly

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that. Regard not your stuff. There’s all sorts of meaning there. By the time you and I become adults, we have a lot of stuff. We’ve learned so many wrong things, stored up so much misinformation, learned to respond in so many destructive ways, adopted all the biting, snarling, snippy ways of relating, become secretive and cynical. We carry a lot of stuff around and it burdens us down. We get all glued up in a limited world of habit. No wonder Jesus said, unless you become as little children, you will ...

638. In The Kingdom Now

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in Romans 8 – listen to him. For the creation waits with eager longing for the sons of man to come into their own, and not only the creation, but we ourselves who have the first fruits of the Spirit, drawn inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, our redemption. For in this hope, we are saved. In Paul, and all the early Christian preachers, there was this telescopic view of history – hope centering in the return of Christ. Now while hope was centered in that second return of Christ, Christian ...

639. Leave Your Stuff Behind

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. By the time most of us get to be adults, we have accumulated a great deal of stuff. We’ve learned so many wrong things, stored up so much misinformation, learned to respond in so many destructive ways, adopted all the biting, snarling, snippy styles of relating, become secretive and cynical. We carry a lot of stuff around, and it burdens us down. We get all glued up in our limited world of habit. Now this word of Pharaoh to Joseph’s brothers is a good word ...

640. The Cross: God's Answer To Our Deepest Needs

Colossians 2:8-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a sharing group he led. "When she was a tiny little girl, her parents died and she was put in an orphanage. She was not pretty at all and no one seemed to want her, but she said that as far back as she could remember, she longed to be adopted and loved by a family. She thought about it day and night, but everything she did seemed to go wrong. She must have tried too hard to please the people who came who came to look her over and in doing so, would drive them them away. But then one ...

641. If Only -- In Spite Of

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... The convinced Christian can take pleasure in sufferings endured for Christ's sake for he alone has been initiated into the divine secret -- that it is only when we are weak that we are strong. Do you see it? There are basically two ways to live -- we can adopt that gift only response to life which is a response of self-pity; or, we can live in spite of, claiming the power of Christ to take responsibility for our thorn in the flesh, take responsibility and live with our thorn in the flesh, whatever it is, by ...

642. The Church Of Our Dreams

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... look up. They learned to keep their eyes on the reference point and move toward it. That's what the Church provides -- it accepts us where we are, but it challenges us to be more. Three years ago our church Council on Ministries adopted a "Design for Discipleship." It was a guide for our life together -- accepting all of us where we are, but providing a design that would move us to become reasonably informed, reasonably inspired, reasonably equipped, and hopefully, committed disciples. With building, staff ...

643. A Long Obedience In The Same Direction

Luke 22:39-46

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . The persons whom I lead in worship, among whom I counsel, visit, pray, preach, and teach, want short cuts. They want me to help them fill out the form that will get them instant credit (in eternity). They are impatient for results. They have adopted the lifestyle of a tourist and only want the high points. But a pastor is not a tour guide. I have no interest in telling apocryphal religious stories at and around dubiously identified sacred sites. The Christian life cannot mature under such conditions and ...

644. The Danger Of Straying From Home (Father's Day)

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the family a "fictitious legal distinction." In a decision handed down by that court, it was concluded that the term "family" should not be "restricted to those people who have formalized their relationship by obtaining, for instance, a marriage certificate or an adoption order." The case involved the homosexual lover of an aids victim who was threatened with eviction from the man's rent-controlled apartment on the grounds that the two aren't related. Now I'm not arguing about whether the person being ...

645. You Can't Tell A Book By Its Cover

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... you have not been given a fair shake? I run into people like that all the time. In fact, it's a frequent complaint heard in counseling. "Life just isn't fair." The truth is ...that's true. Life isn't fair. Yet, to give in to that fact and adopt a stance of self-pity is paralyzing. Listen to this: "Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision." Let that sink in. "Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision." Do you know who ...

646. Concerning Miracles

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... neglect in the lives of the kids she works with. Many of them have no positive adult role models in their lives. This has a devastating effect on their self-esteem. Tamara took in one nine-year-old boy who was living on the streets. She planned to adopt him, so she wanted to teach him all about her faith. She started by asking the child, "Do you know what God says about children?" The child lowered his eyes in shame and replied sadly, "I know." Then he added, "They are evil." Someone had poisoned this child ...

647. Making Your Days Count

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... its CEO, your central purpose as a follower of Christ is to serve. Successful people understand that. One man who had an enormous impact on his company was the founder and former CEO of Wendy's fast food restaurants, Dave Thomas. Dave Thomas was a remarkable success story. Adopted as a child, he never finished high school. In his book, Well Done: the Common Guy's Guide to Everyday Success, Dave said he got his MBA long before his G.E.D. He says he has a photograph of himself in his MBA graduation outfit--a ...

648. Christmas and the New Family

John 1:1-18

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... from family sometimes say that Christmas is the loneliest time of the year. What could be worse, after all, than to be without family on the traditional family day and family season? Let me hasten to say, therefore, that I am not going to talk about blood, marital, or adoptive ties. I am not even talking about the circle of friendship. The family about which I wish to speak is that new family which came to birth on Christmas Day. It is a family to which all of us can belong if only we desire to do so; and ...

649. Passover and The Lord's Supper

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... people from bondage. In short, Passover is a celebration of God's redemption of Israel from Egyptian slavery. Moreover, it is at the time of the Passover and exodus that Israel is constituted as a nation and is chosen by God as his people and as his adopted son (cf. Hosea 11:1; Jeremiah 3:19; 31:20; Isaiah 63:16). In every succeeding generation, therefore, Israel is to celebrate the Passover as the memorial of God's redemption of his people. We share the same memorial, don't we? Our Epistle lesson from 1 ...

650. Suffering Servant Song

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... in a borrowed grave fulfilled the words of our prophet. But we must remember why that death took place -- to take upon himself our sins and to suffer the punishment we deserved from God for our evil ways. On this Good Friday, perhaps we all should adopt the role of the foreign nations in our Servant Song, and confess with them that Jesus "was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed" (Isaiah 53:5 ...

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