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Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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626. Don't Be Afraid

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... way, we all practice the art of “imaging.” Imaging is the way we make sense of our world, and ourselves in relationship to the world and others. God too. It’s the way we comprehend who we are in relationship. All humans are in essence instinctive and natural “photographers.” Photography is the art of truth and lies. It’s telling stories through vision. It’s creating an image for our eyes to relish and know. Through photography, we learn to see in ways that can give us new insights into the ...

627. Remember...

Deuteronomy 8:7-18

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King Duncan & Angela Akers

... he has given you. Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God . . .” 1. John Hagee, “A Time for Thanksgiving,” https://sermons.love/john-hagee/9365-john-hagee-a-time-for-thanksgiving.html. 2. Arianna Huffington, The Fourth Instinct (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994), p. 99. 3. Scott Hoezee, “Coming Back,” Calvin CRC, 4. Robert J. Morgan, Preacher’s Sourcebook Creative Sermon Illustrations (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2007), p. 61. 5. Ray Pritchard, https://www.keepbelieving.com/30 ...

628. Denunciation of the Intruding Teachers

Jude 1:1-16

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... been a murderer in Egypt) and who left judgment to God (“The Lord rebuke you!”), these others, lacking the propriety of Michael, are like animals in that they do not understand what they slander. They are also like animals in that they follow their instincts, not realizing that these impulses will in the end destroy them. The reference to the Testament of Moses, then, gives way to the second group of three: Cain, Balaam, and Korah (v. 11). This woe oracle sounds like it was pulled out of Old Testament ...

629. Conclusion: Response of the Believers

Jude 1:17-23

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... morality is precisely what would happen in “the last times” (or “at the end of time”). Such people are members of the community of believers in which they cause divisions, but in fact they are totally of this age (“follow mere natural instincts” or “are soulish”) and “do not have the Spirit.” Second, in contrast to such people, the dear friends are to strengthen themselves in their holy commitment (NIV “holy faith”; but it is not doctrine but commitment that is intended), to pray in ...

630. Advocating For Whom?

John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15

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David Coffin

... Most Christians view the ten commandments in Exodus 20 as a point of reference as to what it means to disobey God and sin. For example, we may see a story on television about a person running in the park and being violently murdered. Our instant gut instincts tell us that this is wrong! Also, if we read about a store being broken into at night and merchandise stolen, we immediately identify this as wrong! It is the fifth and seventh commandments in Exodus 20 at stake here. Jesus in John’s gospel calls us ...

631. Schadenfreude

Mark 2:23-3:6

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Lori Wagner

... we allow ourselves to recognize and own some of our less attractive human qualities. In our beloved cartoon, both the roadrunner and the coyote appear gleeful when the other runs into harm’s way. How often do we feel the same but hide these baser instincts under a facade of goodwill? We do learn though (hopefully), while laughing at them sheepishly, that our attempts to take joy in the destruction or maladies of others will always backfire upon us in one way or another. The Germans have a word for our ...

632. For the Love of Children

Mark 10:2-16

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Lori Wagner

... of others and their role as kind and uplifting leaders, and now this! Have they learned nothing? No wonder Jesus becomes exasperated frequently with his errant disciples. They continually act not out of their learning but out of their embedded traditions, their learned instincts, their cultural habits. Once again, Jesus corrects them, saying, “Let the children come to me. Do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of ...

633. What If It's ALL True?

John 20:1-18 · Matthew 28:10

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Lori Wagner

... spirit that can overcome death, that resurrection may be real. Most of us are caught somewhere between wanting to believe in the power of resurrection and the stupefying strangeness of a life that might transcend death. As biological beings we instinctively recognize the “end signs” of physical death. Yet our spiritual selves still wait for the next act. We cannot accept the finality of biological cessation. And yet confronting that “something more” still terrifies us. We both want and fear ...

634. From Haunted to Healed

Luke 8:26-39

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Lori Wagner

... and narcissistic disorders. After years of research, we still no very little about the workings of the human brain. What we do know for sure though is that we human beings are complex individuals –part “wild” and part “civilized.” We can act instinctively and impulsively at times …and we can act with reason and intention in others. Our nature relies on an intricate balance of our emotions and our reason. Even the most happy individual however can go through times of unrest, despair, grief, or ...

635. Do We REALLY Know What Time It Is?

Romans 13:11-14

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Heather Sugden

... to fall asleep by telling myself that I had done everything I could to make the coming morning seamless and productive. It was the dark of night when the blare of the alarm clock went off like a freight train through my dreams. My arm instinctively swatted the machine until it stopped screaming. I got up out of bed and went through my morning routine as if a computer was running its morning program update: showering, dressing, and packing up my belongings in rapid succession, until checking the room one ...

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