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701. True Colors

John 14:15-31, Psalm 66:1-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... have a chameleon as a pet? The chameleon (the word means “ground lion”) is an unusual “old world” creature with independently movable eyes, a helmet head, and fused toes. It is known primarily though for its ability to change color on the rotation of a dime, according to its mood. The chameleon uses this ability to blend into its surroundings, to hide from predators, or to silently approach prey. We use the word chameleon in the English language also to indicate a person who is prone to change their ...

702. Worship, Doubt, and the Trinity

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... the shadow of doubt is to keep shining the light of the promise of Christ’s powerful presence with us through trust. Former President George H.W. Bush went skydiving a few years back on his ninetieth birthday! The success of that adventure did not depend on his strength or ability, but simply on his trust in his parachute. Similarly, the success of the adventure of obeying Jesus and going out on his mission to make disciples of all nations in the name of the Triune God does not depend on our strengths or ...

703. Building a Winning Team

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... around this cave were carved niches filled with small statues of the various gods worshiped there, gods like Hermes and Echo. The region was also full of pagan religious sites, many devoted to the god Pan. Pan was the half-man, half-goat god who had the ability to create a feeling of sudden and overwhelming fear in humans. It is from his name that we get the English word panic. (2) Put yourself in the disciples’ shoes. Jesus has led you to a place that makes you very uncomfortable. Having been raised in ...

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

Confucius

It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability, that counts.

Corrie Ten Boom

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

Eric Hoffer

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Franz Kafka

Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can.

George Allen, Sr.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

John D. Rockefeller

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Marcus Aurelius

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

Winston Churchill

715. All You Can Do is Laugh

Genesis 18:1-15, Genesis 21:1-7

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and will experience all kinds of resurrection in our lives and ultimate resurrection even in our death. Laughter is a form of freedom. It releases us from the tensions and bonds of our despair and lifts us into a place of faith in God’s spontaneous ability to act in this world and in our lives at any moment. “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen,” says the author of Hebrews (11:1). For every Christian, for every human being created and sanctified by God, faith ...

716. I Painted That

Illustration

Staff

The American painter, John Sargent, once painted a panel of roses that was highly praised by critics. It was a small picture, but it approached perfection. Although offered a high price for it on many occasions, Sargent refused to sell it. He considered it his best work and was very proud of it. Whenever he was deeply discouraged and doubtful of his abilities as an artist, he would look at it and remind himself, "I painted that." Then his confidence and ability would come back to him.

717. Stepping into Liminal Space

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Roy Howard

... the larger church in our time is in liminal space, in-between there and then, often disoriented on the way to something new, not yet revealed. Yet facing an unknown and frightening future, we are a people of faith, who trust not in our own abilities, but like Peter, have fixed our eyes upon Jesus Christ who summons us into a new orientation. Jesus said, “Fear not! Be of good courage!” Come to this feast of forgiveness — the table of the Lord in the wilderness — where the provisions are plentiful for ...

718. Movable Stone, Portable House

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to fulfill God’s mission. Peter was a thinker, and he thought, there must be a better alternative, another way. Peter let his audacity get in the way of his obedience to Jesus. He let his certainty and his desire to be “right” get in the way of his ability to adapt and follow Jesus, to be second instead of first. Often, Jesus asks us to do things, go places, be with people that we have no interest in. In fact, most of the time, we truly believe, we have better ideas of how Jesus’ mission could be ...

719. God’s Quality Control Crew

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... create the kind of “vineyard” world God intends us to create. For the world we believe is ours to create belongs to someone far greater than we. God has bestowed upon us –those he created to be only a little less than Himself—the ability to create a beautiful, harmonious, pleasurable, delightful world, filled with love, hope, and peace. But to do so, we must be willing to accept God’s blueprints and build upon the cornerstone that is faith in Jesus. For ultimately our lives, our livelihoods, and ...

720. Keeping Your Eye on the Ball

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the upper hand. Keeping your eye on the ball doesn’t just mean on the ball itself, but it means keeping your attention on the game, on your role as part of the team, and on your commitment to the team’s mission to play to the best of its ability. This goes for nearly anything you do in life. Want to succeed in school? Keep your eye on the ball! Want to do well in business? Stay committed and keep your eye on the goal! Want to stay invested in your discipleship and secure in your faith? Keep your eye ...

721. The Old, Old Story

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... head, as he’s listening to Jesus’ words. A wealthy man entrusts his money to his hired investors. To one trusted investor he gives $5,000,000. To another he gives $2,000,000. To yet another he gives $500,000, according to the way he assesses their abilities to multiply his wealth. Upon his return from a long journey, he finds that the first two trusted investors have invested in the stock market and have multiplied his investments. He now has $10,000,000 and another $4,000,000 as a result of his trust ...

722. The Museum of Failed Products

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... us from the clay of the earth, fashioned us in His own image, breathed into us the breath of life, gave us the ability to love, to desire, to will. More significantly he endowed us with the most precious gift of all, the freedom to choose. Unfortunately ... why one of the words in the scripture for sin is hamartia, missing the mark. None of us utilizes all of our potential, all of our ability, all of our talent in a constructive manner all the days of our life. We are not the mothers we ought to be, the fathers ...

723. The Redemptive Side of Suffering

Hebrews 5:5-10

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... 22:54-62). Can we imagine how Jesus suffered when Judas betrayed him for thirty pieces of silver? (Matthew 26:15). Yes, Jesus suffered physically, a painful and lingering death, but his psychological pain and disappointment may have been even greater. The Lord’s ability to endure is why we hear in the reading from Hebrews that Jesus became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him. His willingness to continue on the road that his Father set out for him, to write the final chapter of salvation ...

724. Choices

Philippians 1:12-14, 19-24

Sermon

Will Willimon

... had absolutely no decision, no choice. My name, my gender, my physical appearance, my accent. You perhaps think that I chose to talk this way, affect my accent to impress people. No, I was born this way. Harvard's Eric Erikson says that a person's ability to trust is developed in the first six weeks of life. If, for some reason, the world appears to be untrustworthy to the infant of six weeks, Erikson believes that child's level of trust is damaged for life. Child developmentalists say that a child learns ...

725. Be Healed

Mark 1:29-39

Sermon

Michael L. Sherer

... It may well be that this was Jesus’ contribution to the health and wellness of the many people he healed. The question naturally arises: If Jesus was God’s special person but not necessarily divine, according to Mark, and if he had about himself the ability to enable healing from soul-sickness, should his followers not also be able to do this? The answer is, Yes! When sending them out on ministry assignment, Jesus is reported to have commanded his followers to heal people. In the Book of Acts there are ...

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Showing 701 to 725 of 3285 results

701. True Colors

John 14:15-31, Psalm 66:1-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

702. Worship, Doubt, and the Trinity

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

703. Building a Winning Team

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

Confucius

It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability, that counts.

Corrie Ten Boom

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

Eric Hoffer

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Franz Kafka

Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can.

George Allen, Sr.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

John D. Rockefeller

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Marcus Aurelius

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

Winston Churchill

715. All You Can Do is Laugh

Genesis 18:1-15, Genesis 21:1-7

Sermon

Lori Wagner

716. I Painted That

Illustration

Staff

717. Stepping into Liminal Space

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Roy Howard