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We come to love not by finding a perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.

Samuel McChord Crothers

To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.

Sandra Bierig

When one has once fully entered the realm of love, the world – no matter how imperfect – becomes rich and beautiful, it consists solely of opportunities for love.

Søren Kierkegaard

To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.

Thomas Aquinas

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.

William Ellery Channing

632. A Message To You from God

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... life because one woman came to him where he was and never gave up on healing him. (6) John writes, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.” The eternal Creator God put on our human flesh, with its squishy, itchy, weak and annoying imperfections and walked in our shoes. He experienced hunger and thirst and frustration and weakness and loneliness and overwhelming pain and loss. And He did it all so He could show us that we don’t have to go searching for an unknowable God. God came looking ...

633. Abba! Father!

Galatians 4:4-7

Sermon

Ron Love

... are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” All of the mothers and fathers seated in the sanctuary are evil only in the sense that we are imperfect sinners. We are not evil in the sense in that we deliberately abuse our children. Despite our faults as individuals, as parents the care, love, and devotion we have for our children cannot be measured. We are happy when our children are happy. We are sad when our ...

634. The Road to the Passover

John 2:13-22

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Timothy W. Ayers

... the pens of animals all around him. “Father, our lambs are more perfect than these. Why did we have to buy one here for the sacrifice? We could have brought one of our own.” “The priests reject animals brought from our villages. The only ones accepted, imperfect or not, are bought here. Again, that is just the way it is. We have no choice.” The father turned his son’s face toward himself and said, “We didn’t come here to change things. We came here to celebrate the Passover. We keep ourselves ...

635. The Eleventh Commandment

John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... his good intentions. Peter wasn’t guilty in the same way Judas was. He was more like you and me. He loved Jesus. He wanted to be all that Jesus wanted him to be, but he was a man, a human being like you and me. He had weaknesses, flaws, imperfections. One day he would be the rock that helped steady that newly emerging group of followers that would become the church of Jesus Christ, but for all his good intentions, at this point in his life he was still a babe in Christ. When confronted by a servant girl ...

636. The Power of Belief

1 John 5:9-13

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... All people, not only those that we know, but even strangers, should by the words they hear from our lips and the actions of our lives, be able to know with certainty that we are contemporary disciples of Jesus. Yes, we will fail; we are certainly imperfect. But therein lies the great challenge. Are we ready to take up the mantle, be counter cultural despite the possible costs and provide clear evidence of our belief in the mission and message of Jesus? The message of Saint John in today’s second lesson is ...

637. Because We Are Chosen

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... to tell everyone who calls that their bill is paid in full.” The medical billing company got a new number the next day. (6) Do you understand the freedom and joy that comes from hearing that your debts have been paid in full? All your failures and imperfections and battles deep down in your soul that separate you from God—all those have been wiped away. You are a new creation in Christ (II Corinthians 5: 17). The Apostle Paul serves as a powerful example of the joy and freedom found in forgiveness. Paul ...

638. The Heart's Deceit

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... problem is, that also means, less trust in God. The more rules, the more arrogance builds, as a false righteousness takes the place of true intimacy with God, the kind of intimacy that allows one to stand before God and admit fault and shortcomings, imperfection, and humanness. Only when one can stand intimately and openly in God’s eyes can one also stand with trust in God’s forgiveness, mercy, love, and salvation. Like the Pharisees, many of us block love, from ourselves, from others, and also from God ...

639. Winner And Still Champion

Mark 9:30-37

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... they shall be given into his power for a time, two times, and half a time (Daniel 7:25). The phrase about a time, two, times and half a time equates to the number 3 1/2, half of the perfect number seven. This meant that darkness would reign imperfectly for a limited time before God would intervene. Who would suffer? According to Isaiah it was the suffering servant of the Lord. Believers of that time were counting on one like a Son of Man, as described in Daniel, but many believed that this Son of Man would ...

640. Don't Miss Jesus

Luke 2:41-51

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... three children of their own, decided to adopt a little girl who had been abandoned on the streets of China. The grandmother, Brenda Wilbee, was writing the devotional for the day and she said that before getting her, they learned that she had osteogenesis imperfect (brittle bone disease). Later on they learned that the diagnosis was much more serious than they were led to believe. Brenda asked her son what they were going to do about the situation. With despair in his voice he shared, “I can’t abandon ...

641. “Until An Opportune Time…”

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... Truth, Martin Luther King Jr., Daniel Berrigan, and more. We may tread water in a sea of endless temptations, but we do so in the presence of a mighty cloud of witnesses. We take heart in the full humanity of Jesus and the many frail, imperfect people who have followed him. We take heart in the support of Christian community who, in prayer, worship and discipline, help us to resist the flood waters of temptation that surround us all. We take heart in the relationships we build together where we support ...

642. Fool's Gold

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... found that usually, where there is pyrite, there lurks gold somewhere nearby. In fact, even the crevices and niches of pyrite can hide secreted a small bit of gold, not enough to make you rich, but the evidence is there.[2] The tiny imperfections in the crystalline structure of the pyrite typically can harbor microscopic bits of gold, difficult to extract, but undeniably there. The mineral pyrite looks so much like gold that it has “fooled” prospectors for as long as people have searched for gold. Now ...

643. Rejoice: Hints Of Heaven Are Here On Earth!

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... all the rottenness before us will wither away, no longer be there to plague us in heaven. What a glorious vision, what a wonderful view of life this is. When you and I are in worship, doing service to God, then take away all our earthly imperfections, and then you know just a little bit of what heaven’s going to be like. The theme of this Sunday’s historic name, Jubilate (meaning rejoice) is right on target. Rejoice, people! Rejoice! Even if the world says life and our activities praising and serving ...

644. A Reminder of the Graciousness of God

Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... ? It doesn’t make him look good. It’s a painful reminder of his corrupt past. I think Matthew left this detail in because this story isn’t about him. It’s about the graciousness of God and God’s plan to usher in His kingdom through imperfect people like Matthew. And you. And me. I like what seminary professor Audrey West says about this moment: “Jesus calls people as they are, from where they are, being who they are.” (2) Why would he do that? Didn’t he know that people would misunderstand ...

645. Equipped for Our Calling

Matthew 9:35-10:8, (9-23)

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... been transformed by her time doing kingdom work. Now she was planning a future around her desire to work with those who are suffering and in need. (6) Last Sunday we talked about the graciousness of God and God’s plan to usher in His kingdom through imperfect people like the disciples. And you. And me. It doesn’t make sense, does it? But Jesus never expects us to accomplish kingdom work under our own power. First, he equips us with his spirit of compassion, with seeing people as God sees them. Then he ...

646. (Don’t) Follow Me

Matthew 23:1-12

Sermon

Steve Molin

... , the indiscretions by others, and the opulent lifestyles of more than a few clergy; these shock us and wound the whole church. But as pastors – like the Pharisees – we are not fooling anyone. You know we are human. You know that our list of imperfections can match yours any day. A recent poll by the Gallup Organization identified the professions that are most and least respected in America.2 Let’s do a little crowd participation: What occupations do you think lead the list of most and least respected ...

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Psalm 114:1-8

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... trembled” [19:18], as did the inhabitants of Canaan [15:14–16].) Verses 5–6 of our psalm are not a mere repetition; they are phrased as questions posed to the now fully personified waters and mountains. (These two verses, using the Hb. imperfect verb, should probably be translated in the present tense, thus making us—the audience—dramatically present.) In effect, they are asked to testify to the “land” (NIV “earth,” v. 7) that there is good reason to respond to God’s appearing as they ...

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Psalm 116:1-19

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... closing verses elaborate on this “walking before the LORD” by raising the question, How can I repay the LORD for all his goodness to me? The verses that follow should probably be rendered in the present tense, not in the past as found in the NIV (the Hb. imperfect verb does not denote a tense as such): “I lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. I fulfill my vows to the LORD” (vv. 13–14), and “I sacrifice a thank offering to you,” etc. (vv. 17–18). Thus, thanksgiving ...

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Psalm 145:1-21

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... structure of Psalm 145 is intricate. It alternates between “you” sections, addressing Yahweh directly, and “he” sections, referring to him in the third person. For the most part, the “you” sections describe the act of praising (or may call for praise if the imperfects are rendered as jussives, “Let me exalt you,” vv. 1–2, 4–7, 10–12). The “he” verses unpack the substance of that praising, describing Yahweh primarily by adjectives (vv. 3, 8–9, 13b, 17–18) or by verbs (vv. 14, 19 ...

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Psalm 146:1-10

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... , who helps you” (49:25). 146:10 The closing verse addresses Zion directly with a summary statement: The LORD reigns forever, your God . . . for all generations. (Unlike the acclamation familiar from the psalms of Yahweh’s kingship, “reigns” is a Hb. imperfect verb.) The character of his kingship is to care for the powerless in society, a responsibility that human authorities generally fail to deliver. The same issue of trusting in God or humans underlies 33:16–19. This psalm also acclaims Yahweh ...

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We come to love not by finding a perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

Sam Keen

Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.

Samuel McChord Crothers

To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.

Sandra Bierig

When one has once fully entered the realm of love, the world – no matter how imperfect – becomes rich and beautiful, it consists solely of opportunities for love.

Søren Kierkegaard

To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.

Thomas Aquinas

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.

William Ellery Channing

632. A Message To You from God

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

633. Abba! Father!

Galatians 4:4-7

Sermon

Ron Love

634. The Road to the Passover