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651. Proper 25

Deuteronomy 34:1-12, Matthew 22:34-40, Matthew 22:41-46, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16, Psalm 90:1-17

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... are we trying to pump the river dry. Paul, in the epistle lesson, brings home to us what it means to be involved in pastoral ministry with its multifarious demands. He uses an image not incorporated into any ordinals of which I am aware, that of "a nurse tenderly caring for her own children." The nursing with which Paul has to do is the communication of the milk of the gospel. He was "approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel." As the priests made possible the passage from death to life ...

652. Running into Jesus

Matthew 21:1-11

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Joanna Adams

... the feet. He applies ointment to their sores. The ritual ends with the gift of a clean, white pair of socks. I see the man in the chair, as he slips his socks on, brush a tear from his own cheek-a tough guy whom no one has touched with tenderness in a very long time. I once asked Robert, the advertising executive on the move, why he came to the foot clinic every week. He brushed me aside, saying, "I figure I have a better chance of running into Jesus here than most places. That's all." I watched him ...

653. Expressions of True Gratitude

Matthew 21:1-11

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Herchel H. Sheets

... for a thing like that!" Bishop Lilje replied with an expression which he knew was dear to the heart of any good German official, "Well, you have only done your duty!" He wrote later that if the man had not lost the power of expressing emotion and tenderness, he would have done so then. But this was beyond him, and so he strode out of the room shaking his head and murmuring to himself. There is something within most of us which responds to expressions of genuine appreciation, and something happens to us, too ...

654. What Does It Really Mean to Be a Christian?

Mark 10:17-22

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James W. Moore

... Lord, yes others Let this my motto be Help me to live for others (Listen now closely, to the last line) That I may live like thee.” Jesus teaches us that the best way to show our love for God is to love others just like he did… tenderly, graciously, sacrificially, unconditionally. III. THIRD, HE IS THE ONE WHO SHOWS US THE WAY TO CELEBRATE LIFE. The joy of life is not in material things… they rust, they corrode, they break, they go out of style. The real joy of life is found in following Jesus Christ ...

655. When Tragedy Strikes

Psalm 23:1-6

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James W. Moore

... friends, and to his God. Daily, he lived the faith of loving God and loving other people. Jerry knew how to say "I love you" and "thank you." He knew how to encourage others, especially those who needed a gentle touch or a kind word or a tender hug. He saw the one who was being excluded… and he had the courage and the ability to reach out and gently bring that person into the circle. He was always thinking of others. Last Sunday evening when the medical examiner in Colorado called Jerry's mother, Sandy ...

656. The Lost and Found Elder Brother

Luke 15:25-32

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James W. Moore

... , the ones who touched my heart and inspired me so much… were the ones who just seemed to become more and more loving with each passing day. They never talked bad about other people; they never acted “Holier-than-Thou.” No… they were grateful, tender, caring compassionate, merciful people. They were God-like people who had received God’s Amazing Grace and who then spent their days passing that gracious spirit on to others. Isn’t it sad that so many people miss that? Like the Elder Brother, they ...

657. Looking Into the Eyes of the Risen Christ

John 20:11-18

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James W. Moore

... now they have taken His body away. “How could they be so cruel?” she cried. But then she heard a noise behind her. She turned and saw the silhouette of a man. She thought it was the gardener… until He called her name. “Mary,” He said tenderly. She recognized that voice… and at that moment she ran headlong into Easter. She realized the truth. It was Christ. His body had not been stolen. He had risen! He had conquered death! He had defeated evil! He had come back to life! He had resurrected! She ...

658. When Do You Feel God's Pleasure?

Matthew 3:13-17

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James W. Moore

... December 27, 1983… when he went to Rebibbia Prison to forgive the man who had tried to kill him. The picture was on the cover of Time magazine January9, 1984. In a bare, white-walled cell in Rome’s Rebibbia prison… Pope John Paul II tenderly held the hand… that two years before… had held the gun… that was meant to assassinate him. The photo was amazing. It showed two men shaking hands and embracing, two very different men from radically different worlds, one man young… the other older, one a ...

659. Magnanimity: The Essential Spirit of the Christian

Philippians 4:4-7

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James W. Moore

... in heaven is merciful.” That’s magnanimity! But, Jesus didn’t just teach it, didn’t just talk about it…He lived magnanimously! Think of it… - Jesus saying, “Let the children come to Me and then taking them up in his arms. - Jesus saying tenderly to the woman taken in adultery, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.” - Jesus on the Cross praying: “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.” That’s magnanimity… a good word for our vocabularies and a great spirit for ...

660. What Christmas Gives to Us

Luke 2:1-7

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James W. Moore

... will to do them first.” And, when we stop to think about it, that is precisely the gift Christmas does give to us. Christmas, indeed, reminds us of the priorities. Christmas reminds us of the things that really matter… love, grace, faith, kindness, hope, trust, tenderness, truth, forgiveness… Now, I don’t know nearly as much about those good things as I would like to know, but what little I do know about them, I learned at the church from the lessons of Christmas… so that’s what I put down first ...

661. Getting a Grip on Fear

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... portion? My constant friend is He: His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me; I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free, For His eye is on the sparrow, And I know He watches me. “Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender word I hear, And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears; Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see; His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. It’s so simple really. Only one thing keeps us bound by ...

662. The Death That Ends All Death

1 Peter 3:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... to teach it, and unpleasant as it is to hear it, He is also a God of wrath. In fact, the Bible Scholar, A. W. Pink, says that in the Bible "There are more references to the anger, fury, and wrath of God than there are to His love and tenderness."4 The Bible says in Ps. 7:11, "God is a just judge, and God is angry with the wicked every day." But now why is God angry? The Bible goes on to say in Rom. 1:18, "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness ...

663. Honor To Whom Honor Is Due

Exodus 20:12

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James Merritt

... to give you theories, I want to give you truths. All three of these truths begin with the letter "T"; truths from the word of God, that will help you to teach and train your children to honor you, and also to help you be honorable parents. a. Tenderness It should go without saying that the number one need of a child is love. If you give your child everything but love, you've given that child nothing at all. Today we have too many parents who give their children everything they want, while failing to give ...

664. The Scarlet Letter

Exodus 20:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... described a shocking survey commissioned by the Josh McDowell Ministry. It revealed that 65% of teenagers attending fundamental evangelical churches, have had some type of sexual contact by age 18, and 43% have experienced sexual intercourse by that age. Even at the tender age of 13, 20% of the church-going youth surveyed, had engaged in some sexual experimentation.[4] Sin that used to slink down the street now struts in the sanctuary. Twenty-four years ago, Time magazine (December 13, 1971) reported in an ...

665. Gentle On My Mind (Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness)

Galatians 5:23

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James Merritt

... has been broken by sin. The Bible says we are to restore these in a spirit of gentleness. The word "restored" is a surgeon's term that referred to the setting of a broken bone or a dislocated joint. When a doctor sets a broken bone, he does it gently, tenderly, and softly. Do you know what our first response ought to be to a backslidden believer or a broken brother? The first thing we ought to say to ourselves is "except for the grace of God, that would be me." That's why Paul goes on to say "consider ...

666. What Are Your Chances of Going to Heaven

John 14:6

Sermon

James Merritt

... to capacity, and the ushers were not letting anyone else in the building. Dwight L. Moody was coming with his entourage getting ready to go to the pulpit to preach. He noticed a little boy standing outside that tabernacle crying. Well, that great big man, with a very tender heart, stopped and said, "Son, why are you crying?" He said, "Well, I wanted to go hear Mr. Moody preach and they won't let me in." Now he didn't know he was talking to Dwight L. Moody. This gentle giant said, "Do you really want to ...

667. The Key That Unlocks the Door to Spiritual Power

Mark 14:36

Sermon

James Merritt

... Old Testament is God ever personally addressed as "Father" in prayer. That was a distinction Jesus made and that Jesus has passed down to us. b. It Is a Precious Relationship But not only did Jesus use the term Father, He added an intimate warmth and tenderness when he prefaced the term by using the Aramaic word Abba. Abba was the address of a small child to his father. In fact, there is a statement in the Talmud that says, "An infant cannot say ‘father' [Abba] and ‘mother' [Imma] until it has tasted ...

668. How to Deal with Friends, Foes, and Fools

Proverbs 27:6

Sermon

James Merritt

... but he didn't see the parrot. He took careful aim and fired! The farmer jumped up, ran over to see how many crows he had shot, and low and behold, there was his parrot lying on the ground, a broken wing, a chipped beak, but still alive. Tenderly, the farmer picked up the parrot, brought him home where his children ran out to meet him. Seeing their parrot injured, they tearfully asked, "Daddy, what happened?" Before he could answer, the parrot spoke up and said, "That's what you get for hanging out with the ...

669. The Lion King

Revelation 5:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... Kriesler offered to buy it, but the Britisher said it was not for sale at any price. Kriesler then said, "Can I at least come to your house and play this violin?" Well, the old Britisher let him into the house that he might play this precious stradivarius. Tenderly Kriesler picked up that old violin, caressed it, and then, he took the bow and began to draw that bow across the strings. When he did, it seemed that the angels in heaven were singing. The old man just sat there and wept. Kriesler again tried to ...

670. Faithful Fathers Fortify Families

Deuteronomy 6:1-15

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James Merritt

... . With God's help, so am I, and I pray with God's help, so will you. Because only faithful fathers can fortify the family. 1 Taken from Warren Wiersbe's Preaching and Teaching with Imagination, p. 237. 2 Peter Kim, The Second American Revolution, p. 26. 3 Stu Webber, Tender Warrior, p. 132. 4 Cited by Steve Farrar, Point Man, p. 11. 5 Charles R. Swindoll, Growing Wise in Family Life, p. 153. 6 Charles R. Swindoll, You and Your Child, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1977), p.64.

671. Final Destination

Psalm 23:6

Sermon

James Merritt

... gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights.” Furthermore, nothing except good ever comes from God. Ps. 52:1 says, “The goodness of God endures continually.” In one sense, God is good to everybody. The psalmist said, “The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works.” (Ps. 145:9) Jesus said in Mt. 5:45, “He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” You can’t go anywhere in this world where you can’t ...

672. Why You Should Manage Your Time

Psalm 118:24

Sermon

James Merritt

... that will make us most productive for the kingdom of God. Peter Drucker who is the management guru of America, said many things, but one of the best things he ever said was this: Nothing else perhaps distinguishes effective executives as much as their tender loving care of time…unless he manages himself effectively, no amount of ability, skill, experience, or knowledge will make an executive effective.8 I want to share with you one of the most practical down-to-earth principles I have learned in managing ...

673. The Supreme Test

Genesis 22:1-19

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... graduate of Harvard. At that time she noted a certain easy arrogance about him. But later, after he was stricken by polio, she saw a different FDR. After his body had been twisted by paralysis, after he had endured a long nighttime of pain, there was a new tenderness in his heart and a new compassion in his soul. (2) God cannot grow great people of faith unless they spend some time in the school of stress. Hard times refine people of faith just as fire refines precious metals. If you are a follower of Jesus ...

674. Stop Fuming, Start Forgiving!

Matthew 6:5-15

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Bill Bouknight

... sinned against your loving God. If you’re not sure you have sinned, ask your spouse or an honest co-worker. Thirdly, acknowledge that God, instead of retaliating against you, allowed his Son to pay for your sin on the cross. Now, that thought will tenderize your heart. Fourthly, face the fact that unless you forgive all other persons, God cannot forgive you. Yes, that includes your in-laws. Fifthly, with God’s help, make a conscious decision to forgive. Sixthly, ask daily for God to give you the power ...

675. The Secret Of Our Confidence

2 Timothy 1:11-12

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Bill Bouknight

... , there is a kind of invisible rope between him and us. He loves us so much. He has wonderful and mysterious ways of pulling us out of trouble and keeping us secure in him. For that I am so thankful. In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Journal, there is a tender section where Emerson reflects painfully on the tragic death of his little son, Waldo. In his grief, Emerson wrote these words of faith: “All that I have seen teaches me to trust God for all that I have not seen.” (3) If you believe that with all your ...

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