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676. Love: The Happiness of a Godly Family

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... his dad a hug and a kiss. There is an awesome power in just a touch, in just laying your hands on someone. Did you know that over one-third of your five million touch receptors are centered in your hands?5 Hands are so sensitive that some blind people are being taught to read without Braille by seeing through their fingertips! At Princeton University's Cutaneous Communication Laboratory, "Vibratese" is an experimental procedure where blind people are able to read a printed page by translating the words into ...

677. The Pride Is Right

Jeremiah 9:23-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... . It gives us strength when we are tempted. It keeps us faithful and courageous when we are outnumbered. It enhances our worship and prompts our praise. It determines our lifestyle and dictates our philosophy. It gives meaning and significance to relationships. It sensitizes our conscience and creates the desire to be obedient. It stimulates hope to go on, regardless. It enables me to know what to reject and what to respect while I am riveted to planet earth. It is the foundation upon which everything ...

678. Turn Right with the Right Turn

Luke 13:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... to church and be put in the offering plate and help pay the church's bills, and go on to the mission field. But if that $100 bill stays in circulation long enough, eventually it is going to get into the hands of a bank teller, whose expert eyes and sensitive fingers will know it is a counterfeit. When it is discovered it will be destroyed. I want to tell you the burden of my heart. I am becoming more convinced, the longer I pastor, that we have a lot of counterfeit Christians in the church. Oh, they do a ...

679. When God Speaks You Better Listen

Jonah 1:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... didn't get right they would be overthrown—that was judgment. Now I have been pretty hard on Jonah up to this point, but let's give old Jonah his due. He preached exactly the message he was supposed to preach. He was not politically correct. He was not seeker-sensitive. God had said in verse 2, "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you." (3:2) That's exactly what he did. I want to say to every preacher that may be hearing this message down the road, I can tell ...

680. The Near Edge of God

Jn 1:1-3, 14

Sermon

... of you may be familiar with the "butterfly effect," first brought to our attention in 1961 by a research meteorologist named Edward Lorenz. Interested in why he could not come up with foolproof weather forecasts, he found that every weather pattern is acutely sensitive to conditions present at its creation. Meaning that when a butterfly beats its wings in Beijing, it affects the weather (weeks later) here in Birmingham. We are that connected. But that's not all. We have found that two particles separated by ...

681. The Grasshopper Mentality

Numbers 13:26-33

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... little six-year-old African-American boy eased up to him and tugged on his sleeve. The salesman looked down at him, and the boy asked a question in a voice just above a whisper. “Mister, if you let a black balloon go, will it go up too?” With sensitivity much greater than one would expect from such a humble profession, the balloon salesman knelt down and said, “Yes, son, if I let a black balloon go, it will rise too. You see, it’s what’s inside the balloon that makes it rise, not the color on the ...

682. Not Bad, Just Too Busy

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... of the Good Samaritan, the helper did not send money to the hotel with instructions to take care of the wounded man. He put him on his donkey and escorted him to the hotel. That personal touch is important. Furthermore, our children need to be sensitized to the poverty in our city. Many wonderful gifts are not purchased with money. These are gifts of time and effort on behalf of others. Notice in your bulletin today opportunities for you to give precious time. These opportunities reach from New Orleans to ...

683. I Believe In God The Father Almighty

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... God nothing will be impossible.” (Luke 1:37) Some years ago when communism was collapsing and the Soviet Union was coming apart at the seams, former Senator Sam Nunn visited Moscow to speak before the Russian Parliament, the Duma. The Russians were very sensitive about having lost their super-power status. Senator Nunn picked up on this fact and made this very diplomatic statement: “In my opinion, there is only one super-power in the world, and that is God Almighty.” Though most of the Russian leaders ...

684. I Didn’t Know His Name

Matthew 16:13-20

Illustration

King Duncan

... about Christ. Soon a smile lighted Helen's face and she beckoned for a chance to respond. Through her teacher she said, "Mr. Brooks, I have always known about God, but until now I didn't know His name." Helen Keller was more fortunate than most people in her spiritual sensitivity. She knew God's nature but not His name. Most people without Christ know His name but not His nature. Jesus is the revelation of the nature of God.

685. What Ever Happened to Norman Rockwell?

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... mother took him back? What about single persons, or those who choose to remain childless? We had difficulty having children and always ran into the same thing on Mother's Day. I realize this is something you can't fully appreciate, but I ask for more sensitivity in the future. No, Norman Rockwell doesn't live here anymore. And for that matter, neither does St. Paul. Which brings us to the reading of the morning. This text and its parallel in Ephesians can be troublesome for those of us who want to take ...

686. Are You Ready for the Journey?

Mark 8:27-9:1

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... discomfort happened to befall them: "Oh, you know, it's just my cross to bear." [1] Either way, we tend to lose sight of the cross as the call of Christian discipleship, the invitation to the journey, the command to follow Christ in cross-shaped living: To sensitize ourselves to the needs of others To place the cross at the center of our worship and life together To allow the love of Christ to shape our compassion and caring To center our lives in the suffering Christ who was willing to give himself for the ...

687. A Matter Of The Heart

Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... and brutality of the world. But every once in a while, I know I need to allow the pain to break through so that I can stay in touch with the needs of others, the pain of the world: Like our youth, coming home from Ghana with a new sensitivity to joys and sorrows, the difficulties and the strength of our brothers and sisters in Africa. Like volunteers at Cass in Detroit or our summer interns at Baldwin Center in Pontiac, staying in touch with the needs of others. Like S.O.S. teams making a home for the ...

688. Romans 13:8-14

Romans 13:8-14

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... when we first became followers (v.11). Indeed, Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection mean that “the night is far gone” and “the day,” that is the eschatological Day of the Lord, “is near.” In the face of this startling new time sensitivity, Paul presents a series of imperative commands to Christians. First, Jesus followers are to “cast off” or “lay aside” the “works of darkness.” Paul couples “lay aside” with a directive for what Christians are to “put on”, the “armor of ...

689. Taking the Long View

2 Peter 3:8-15a

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... come and go, as we live out our lives. Each and every moment of the day (night) provides something or someone to aid us in a partial understanding of not only the creative process but of salvation history as well. Of course, we have to be alert and sensitive. This may or may not mean the disruption of our vocations and professions. The point is the ongoing availability of potential discovery in all our lives. Just where is Jesus the Christ in all of this? Well, if God comes to us in flesh and blood in the ...

690. Apostolic Instruction

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... to some people, isn't there? Their faces glow. Their eyes are bright. Their smile is infectious. Their gait is noticeably confident. Perhaps there are not as many as we would like, but they are among us. We only have to be alert, sensitive, and observant. The magnificence of the apostolic instruction before us really calls us to newer depths of behavior, built upon profound understanding of the gospel witness. The preciousness, vitality, and wholesomeness are there for all to see. Such people do not set out ...

691. Secret Revealed

Romans 16:25-27

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... who takes away the sins of the world." 3. What God's people had been yearning to see becomes reality. We can only imagine in faith the yearning that had taken place through centuries for the Messiah. Judaism always had a faithful remnant that was sensitive to God's promise of someone who would come and save his people. We see this especially in the prophets with Isaiah standing out. Their faithfulness generation after generation, as they waited, is certainly one of the brightest lights in all of the history ...

692. Training for a Purpose

Titus 2:11-14

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... sensation. Whisperings of appreciation with deep emotion can send many devils in hell running. Yes, there is a wholesomeness that is essential for anything significant to happen. Praises be to God, the Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, simple kindness with sensitivity to the Holy Spirit can carry the day! The world yearns — sometimes in agony — for just these simple but very powerful good works. Christ keeps on asking us, just as Peter, if we love him. If our answer is in the affirmative, we ...

693. Deep Calling to Deep

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... ordained but do they ever look like and act like trained and vibrant clergy! We owe the small group movement a debt of gratitude. Of course, it is not that different from the vital societies given birth in England by John and Charles Wesley. Spiritual sensitivities are brought to the surface. Both personal and group growth is seen. They are "God's own people," who either are or are becoming their own theologians! Some of our laity will wrestle with passage after passage. They refuse to run away from the ...

694. A Man for All Seasons

1 Corinthians 9:16-23

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... very well say such an approach is merely common sense and, yes, we do things that way. Don't be too sure! When we are in a hurry to meet a goal, we may cut some corners. Those empowered with responsibility and authority, lay and clergy, are to be keenly sensitive. This is not to imply everyone needs to know the number of paper clips in the secretary's desk on a given day in order to trust her. 3. To stretch in different directions in the Holy Spirit benefits all. I am a great believer in stretching with the ...

695. Proclaiming Jesus Christ

2 Corinthians 4:3-6

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... who may have a more prominent place, we may want to look carefully. Some might even compare him to a good terrorist ready, willing, and able to be blown up in order to remove barriers that get in the way of receiving Christ. Perhaps that moves beyond our best sensitivities, but think about it a while. To be sure it is suicidal, but martyrdom has always been seen in some people's eyes as unneeded and a way to die bravely because the person did not want to go on living. Problematic? Yes, but it may be an ...

696. Birthpangs of the New Age

Romans 8:22-23

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

697. Power and Compassion

Hebrews 5:1-10

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

... good; and neither will a cardiac surgeon who chooses to vacation in Maui in our hour of need. What we most need is a physician with skill and a deep commitment to the patient. Those of us with sin-sick souls require that similar combination of sensitivity and compassion, balanced by the power to effectively heal and forgive. We need to know, in the words of the children's table grace, "God is great and God is good. "Goodness without power is ineffective, and power without goodness is demonic. The quest of ...

698. Beware: Hypocrites on Premises

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

David T. Ball

... to think of us as faithful, but prayer for the sake of seeking to connect with God. Charity not for the accolades, but rather for the sake of helping those in need. Fasting not to show off, but rather for the sake of sharpening our spiritual sensitivities. It took philosophy 1,800 years to catch up to what Jesus is after, which is nothing less than a revolution in thinking about human behavior. It was not until the moral theory of the great German philosopher Immanuel Kant that this kind of clarity about ...

699. A Clock or a Compass?

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

David T. Ball

... a harder and harder time as the years have passed by in reclaiming its original freshness. I think that our difficulty has to do in large part with how we think about time, a difficulty that we can ease if we try to reclaim our ancestors’ greater sensitivity to direction. Jesus called on people to repent because the time to do so had come: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near.” “The time is now,” we might say today, or “the time is right.” So much of the “time,” we ...

700. Where Are You From?

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

David T. Ball

... , saying that they couldn't be taken down because they had been consecrated. So the princes complained to the emperor Tiberius himself, who was furious and ordered Pilate to take the shields down. He was admonished to be more accommodating, and to be more sensitive about what the Jews could and couldn't accept. He obeyed the emperor, and resolved to try to be more aware of what was important to the Jews. Pilate remembered these confrontations, and with the crowds that had come to Jerusalem for the Passover ...

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