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651. The Magic Ingredient

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... and a peace about my situations. I learned and trusted God with everything I had and decided to give it all to Him.” (5) Russell Okung, a big, tough former professional football player, was describing the magic ingredient in his life—hope, Christian hope—the belief that we may go through some rough times that we may not understand, but if we trust God and persist in our faith in Him, He will always come through. We are not alone. St. Paul writes, “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth ...

Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle to free ourselves and pass into the state of belief; while the latter is a calm and satisfactory state which we do not wish to avoid, or to change to a belief in anything else.

Charles Sanders Peirce

Propaganda must appeal to mankind's better judgment and to the necessary belief in a better future. For this belief, the valley of the shadow of death is but a war station on the road to the blessed summit.

Christian Lous Lange

Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.

Edith Hamilton

A belief which does not spring from a conviction in the emotions is no belief at all.

Evelyn Scott

A firm belief atthracts facts. They come out iv holes in the ground an' cracks in th' wall to support belief, but they run away fr'm doubt.

Finley Peter Dunne

Better a false belief than no belief at all.

George Eliot

Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.

R. Buckminster Fuller

659. Cross Choices

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... ), you can imagine how difficult it was for us to decide on which fast-food restaurant to eat at, or which video to rent! On the other end of the spectrum, our modern world tends to minimize the importance of all decisions and choices, based on the widespread belief that there are no absolute “either/or” situations out there. We want it both ways, and naively hope that evil will somehow turn into good so that we don’t have to be called on to make a final and total rejection of whatever it is we want ...

660. The Rabbi's Apprentice

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... thoughts. These contaminate one in the sight of God. But a loving heart is pleasing in God’s sight. Being the Rabbi’s apprentice is not about going about our own business, making our own decisions, retaining our own judgments, refusing to let go of our beliefs, our traditions, our rituals, and our learned behaviors. It’s about getting our heads out of joint and our systems shocked into a new kind of truth, one that accepts people no matter who they are, and loves people as children of God, even if ...

661. Wake Me Up!

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and every church in each and every place in the world is still like those first disciples. Seldom will you ever find a church that is singularly the same. More than not, your church is filled with people with diverse backgrounds, opinions, affiliations, and beliefs. And yet one thing holds them all together: Christ, crucified, risen, and coming again. Have you ever made salad dressing? I mean on your own? To do that, you need to take oil, vinegar, water, spices, and perhaps some lemon juice or orange juice ...

662. What Are We Protecting?

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Roy Howard

... parable is a contest between established religion, with all its rigid patterns, against revelation that breaks our patterns and reveals God’s way among us. She writes, “The parable convicts us. Religious institutions function in most societies to conserve the beliefs, morals, and reigning social order. Priests of that order are reluctant to change their minds when confronted with a contrary witness to the truth — with a living word that invariably surprises them if it turns out, through the working of ...

663. Practicing What We Preach

Matthew 23:1-12

Sermon

Albert G. Butzer III

... quickly added, “Do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they teach.” In other words, they were people whose deeds didn’t match their words, whose conduct was inconsistent with their creed, and whose actions were out of step with their alleged beliefs. No wonder he called them hypocrites, which causes me to wonder whether he might find any hypocrites among us! If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times. Maybe you’ve heard it too. When you ask people, “Why don’t you go ...

664. To Whom Do You Belong?

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

Michael L. Sherer

... the story of Jesus’ baptism cannot help but ask a question about why he submitted to this practice. By the end of the first century, when the gospel of John, the last one written, had begun to circulate, there was among believers the suspicion or the outright belief that Jesus was in fact divine. And, if that were the case, why did baptism make sense in his case? There is more than one way to address this concern. Matthew, Luke, and John all suggest there was divinity in the person of Jesus at least from ...

665. Did I Say That Out Loud?

Mark 8:31-38; 9:2-9

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... that they asked any questions during the climb but don’t you wonder what they said to each other during that journey? As they reached the top, the three disciples would have rested after seeing if their master had any needs. Their love for him and their belief that he was sent from God would have driven them to serve Jesus in any way they could. He needed nothing. Jesus knew exactly why he was there. He was about to be transfigured before their eyes into his glorious form. He was about to stand together ...

666. Returning

Isaiah 40:1-11

Sermon

Will Willimon

... as an adult became chaotic, confused. Then --"I cannot pinpoint any particular time when I suddenly believed in God again. I only know that such belief came to seem as natural as for all but a few stray moments of twenty-five or more years before it had been inconceivable. ... like many of my contemporaries, I had been put off by the melodramatic nature of that label, as well as the current political beliefs that seemed to go along with it. Besides, I didn't feel "reborn." No voice came out of the sky nor did a ...

667. When You Know How It Ends

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’ death, his followers disbanded and went on with their lives. By the way, Kelpius was the subject of the first known oil painting in the U.S. It was painted by one of Kelpius’ followers, Christopher Witt. (2) Of course, there are still groups around that espouse a belief that the end times are imminent. There is a white supremacist group called the Christian Identity movement. Some people consider it sick, tragic and twisted that they would use the name “Christian” to identify their hate-filled ...

668. Preparing for the King

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... agree to cover up or remove a racist tattoo, he spends a lot of time with the client. He wants to make sure the client has had a sincere change of heart and mind. Once he is sure that the client truly has given up their racist beliefs, then he covers up or removes their tattoo for free. But Billy White is not the only person who ministers to people seeking a symbol of their changed life. Atlanta Redemption Ink is a nonprofit organization that provides free tattoo removal for victims of sex trafficking. In ...

669. For The Love of God is Creative

1 Corinthians 2:6-12 · Psalm 8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , "Oh, yeah?" (1) Billy had the youthful wisdom to give credit where credit is due, to God. I. GOD THE CREATOR: I find it very interesting that one of the foundational beliefs of the world's three greatest religions is that the world was created by a loving God. One of the basic tenets of the Christian, Jewish and Islamic beliefs is that God is the Creator and author of the universe and everything in it. All three faiths accept the creation story found in Genesis. That story acknowledges God as the Creator ...

670. Beware! Angels

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Will Willimon

... hungry for the spiritual, for the miraculous, for assurances of a realm beyond the corporeal.... ''In A Gathering of Angels: Angels in Jewish Life and Literature (Ballantine), Morris B. Margolies, a Kansas City rabbi, points out that in Israel's history, belief in angels blossomed during times of exile or foreign dominance, when people felt that God had with-drawn far from them because of their sinfulness. During such times, angels acted as intermediaries, carrying people's prayers to God. In our age, too ...

671. The Journey

Mark 8:27-36

Sermon

Will Willimon

... . I have a few specific things to say about the nature of the journey, as I have observed it: I. The journey with Jesus is not only an adventure, it is a relationship. You are not following a set of laws, not trudging along behind a set of beliefs. You are walking with Jesus. Christianity is not so much a set of intellectual propositions which you must affirm. Rather, it is a relationship with someone else. And you don't always know what turns that relationship may take. In fact, I think of the analogy of a ...

672. A Question of Trust

Romans 5:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... Saturnino Ortega, a mine boss in Potosí, says, “Outside, we believe in God, who is our savior.” But down in the mines, it’s a different story. He says, “We ask the Devil for favors, sometimes on our knees. Our belief is split into two worlds.” (3) That is interesting, isn’t it? “Our belief is split into two worlds.” We may have trouble admitting it, but I believe many of us can relate to those miners. Many of us live in two worlds spiritually. We trust God in certain areas of our lives and ...

673. Find Joy Again!

Romans 15:4-13

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... of Christianity. They called it a “catechism.” But they soon discovered that the list was too long and difficult to memorize, so they came up with a “short catechism.” This was to be a summary of the key beliefs of our faith. Do you know how this shorter catechism begins? “What is the chief end of humankind? To glorify God and enjoy him forever!” Ironically, I come across many people who won’t allow God into their lives because they think God is going to make them give up ...

674. The Sawdust Trail

Colossians 3:1-4

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... and love always ranking the highest. Dr. Wogaman would then startle the class when he informed the students that the central theme of the Bible is hope. In the Bible every story of obedience, every story of faith, is a story of hope. It is the belief that somehow, however unseemingly, God will prevail. And on this Easter Sunday, we know that the ultimate testimony to hope is the resurrection. The resurrection gives us the hope that God is ultimately in control and will prevail, if not now then at the end ...

675. The Just-In-Case God

Acts 17:22-31

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... probably served as the king’s advisors. (2) Earlier in chapter 17, we read that Paul was distressed to find that the city of Athens was full of idols. So he began reasoning and debating with the Jewish and Greek men in the marketplace about their religious beliefs. This finally leads him to the Aeropagus, where he has an opportunity to tell them about the one true God. He begins with what could sound like a backhanded compliment, found in verses 22-23: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are ...

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