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51. A Man Who Walked the Talk

Acts 7:55-60

Sermon

King Duncan

... is for wimps. That is the attitude many of us have. An old Scottish story tells of a man who feared he was on his death bed. He sent for an acquaintance with whom he had had a bitter quarrel and asked that they put away their feelings of enmity. The acquaintance agreed and started to leave the room. The old man rose up on his elbow and spoke one final word, “But remember, if I get well our old quarrel still stands.” We can understand his attitude. The need for revenge is a powerful emotion. However ...

52. Jesus And The Ayatollah

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... there is a third World War, it will not be over politics or over economics rather it will be over religion? The militant, sometimes belligerent, rise of fundamentalist Moslems, the continuing carnage in Northern Ireland, the insane saga of Israel and its neighbors, the enmity between Pakistan and India, and a host of lesser known tensions throughout the world all conspire to cause us to wonder if the next confrontation will not take us back to the Middle Ages when most of the killing and torture and hatred ...

53. Why Did He Do It?

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... decision that the cause of his difficulty was in his bitterness and lack of forgiveness toward his fellow painter. He came to the conclusion that you cannot at the same time be painting the features of Christ into your own life, and painting another with the colors of hatred and enmity.* That is true in our lives as well. Christ offers forgiveness to all. May we forgive others as he has forgiven us. *From a sermon by Don Emmitte

54. A Remedy For Anger

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... process of growing up we seem to have become experts at holding grudges, cradling fragile egos and unforgiving natures." (4) There is something beautiful about the mending of a relationship once broken. It happens from time to time. Brothers who had vowed eternal enmity. Sisters who had long ago ceased to converse. Then something happens and that which was broken is restored. Perhaps it is beautiful because it reminds us of our relationship with God. Once that was broken, but because of God's great love for ...

55. Father, Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Philip Ware

... purpose for which God had called them out under Abraham and Moses. Christian churches forget all too easily, that Jesus died for all people. Christians in the Middle Ages forgot that the Arabs and Muslims were God's people, too, and consequently earned the enmity of the Middle East, for which the Western World is still paying. Palestinians and Jews in Israel now have a half-century of grievances against one another. The Palestinians, as a political power, have not bought into the theology of Isaiah, and the ...

56. Stop Those Two Dear Women From Fighting

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... else gets envious. Someone takes an unpopular position, and soon people who had been friends are at each other’s throats. And it is sad. It broke Paul’s heart to see two of his finest lay people hurting the witness of the church because of their enmity toward one another. And so he asks other members of the church to intervene. Every pastor has to face this kind of situation sooner or later. It is part of the human condition. The church isn’t a collection of saints, but of sinners redeemed by grace ...

57. Formula For A Glowing Face

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

King Duncan

In The Winter's Tale, Act 1, Scene 2, the King of Bohemia is told that his suspicious host is plotting against him. He believes it because he recalls the look of enmity on his host's face. The king puts it like this: "I saw his heart in his face." Gilbert Stuart took one look at Talleyrand, the French ambassador, and said, "If that man isn't a scoundrel, God doesn't write a legible hand." A selfish prince once had a ...

58. Amazing Grace

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... demonic evil that’s in the heart of many people. You open your newspaper or you sit before your TV and you see example after example of fraud, of cheating, of theft and murder; you see every type of perversion and brutality imaginable to humanity--strife and enmity and hatred, visited upon individuals, visited upon groups of people all across our world. If you and I would look deep in our hearts, we could see that the source of that sin which we see out in the world is within us. Apart from Jesus Christ ...

59. Philip the First

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... after Easter, Philip had a lot to learn. According to the legend, (described in Barclay, op. cit., p. 92) Philip came to Heirapolis and found the people worshipping a great snake. He preached there with great success, which aroused the hatred and enmity of the town authorities. Philip was arrested, stripped, pierced in the ankles and thighs and hung head downwards. Then follows a curious episode. Philip began to get angry about such treatment (who can blame him?) but the other apostles, including John, came ...

60. The Power of Encouragement (Part VIII)

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... amongst itself rather than join hands and work together for the common good. Paul urges the Philippian congregation to spend all their time building each other up rather than tearing each other down. Paul wanted them to focus on encouragement rather than envy or enmity. A distinguished Scottish preacher tells of passing a young lad on a street in Glasgow during the winter. He speaks warmly to the poverty stricken lad and inquires: "Are you cold, my lad?" The lad replies: "I was sir, until you spoke to me ...

61. Is Anything Unforgivable?

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... music. As he becomes acquainted with Mozart, he becomes more and more consumed by jealousy and anger over Mozart's greater brilliance. He does everything in his power to discredit his great contemporary. Eventually, Salieri commits himself to the destruction of Mozart and to enmity with God. In seeking to protect his own advantage and security, a good person loses his own soul. Jesus is warning us about this. There is also a positive message to be learned from these words. The lesson is that we must keep ...

62. Dying And Rising With Christ

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Likewise, two things must happen in our salvation. One, we are reconciled to God. Our estrangement is dissolved by the justifying grace of God in the cross of Jesus Christ. Our status is changed, we become friends of God. We’re no longer strangers, separated and at enmity with God, we are accepted by him as though we were without sin. We’re welcomed back home as we return from the far country as though we had never been gone. The second thing that happens in our salvation is the recreation of the image ...

63. What If God Is Dependent Upon Our Praying?

2 Chronicles 7:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in East Germany. I preached last Sunday morning at Heath’s Church, an appropriate name for a Methodist church within five blocks of the Berlin wall. That heart rending, oppressive and depressing witness to the awful consequence of war and political enmity. After the service, a crowd of young people gathered round and I engaged those who could speak English in conversation. One young woman, 19 years old, is committed to the Christian ministry. Despite the tremendous limitation under which Christians must ...

64. Saying Yes To Forgiveness

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... final word. Saying yes to forgiveness offers freedom to the other -- and claims freedom for yourself. Now get that. It's very important. Saying yes to forgiveness offers freedom to another, and claims freedom for yourself. There is a sense in which your enmity and estrangement from another hold both of you in bondage. Let me underscore this point by addressing a particular issue -- the issue of conflict in marriage. I don't believe that a family without conflict is a very healthy family. Does that shock ...

65. Draw Nigh To God

James 4:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... with a passion has far reaching effect. II. Now, a second point. You can't be friends of the world and friends with God at the same time. That's what James says. Listen to him in verse 4. "Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God" Remember now, James and other Biblical writers use "the world" as the symbol of those priorities and values that oppose and are at war with God's fellowship of believers ...

66. What If

1 Chronicles 7:1-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... but in East Germany. I preached last Sunday at Heese Church -- an appropriate name for a Methodist church within five blocks of the Berlin Wall. That heart-rending, oppressive and depressing witness to the awful consequence of war and political enmity. After the service, a crowd of young people gathered around, and I engaged those who could speak English in conversation. One young woman, 19 years old, is committed to the Christian ministry, despite the tremendous limitation under which Christians must ...

67. We Who Are Many Are One Body

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , giving warning that death would come to any Gentile who sought to advance further toward the Holy of Holies. Paul uses this familiar layout of the temple to speak metaphorically of what the blood of Christ had done. The warning signs had been smashed; the enmity between Jew and Gentile had been abolished. On crucifixion day, not only the barriers between outer and inner courts, but also even the curtain isolating the Holy of Holies was rent in two from top to bottom. The way is now open for all. Those ...

68. The Supreme Sacrifice

Hebrews 10:1-18

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... signaled a new day for all the world. Empower us as we grasp the full meaning of "Immanuel -- God With Us" that we may be your instruments in spreading the Good News throughout the world. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O God, the forces of war, hate, and enmity continue to ravage the earth, and have invaded even the sanctity of Jesus' birthplace. Each one of us must bear some of the responsibility, for we have not been as eager or willing to witness to your will for humanity as those who seek to build their ...

69. Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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H. Burnham Kirkland

Call To Worship Leader: From a world filled with hate and enmity we are called to worship a God of love. People: We may have all the faith needed to move mountains, but if we have no love we are nothing. Leader: We come to worship the source of all love, the fountain of life. People: We come to drink from that ...

70. Look Who Is Standing at the Door

James 4:1-12; 5:1-12

Sermon

James L. Killen

... cannot obtain it; so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures. Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God" (James 4:1-4). A little later, he hoots at those who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing business ...

71. The Embassy at 6601

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... is a true story abut two farmers in Canada. One day the dog of one farmer got loose and mauled to death the two-year-old child of his neighbor. The devastated father cut off all relationship with his neighbor, and the two men lived in cold, defiant enmity for years. Then one day a fire devastated the property of the dog-owning farmer, destroying his barn and all his equipment. He was unable to plow and plant, and so his future appeared doomed. Except that the next morning he woke up and found all his fields ...

72. When Self-esteem is Snake Oil

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... for us with his life isn't meant to be turned inward, focusing only on our own lives. Paul provides a long list of self-indulgent, ultimately self-destructive behaviors that inwardly-focused freedom can produce: idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealously, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing . . . (19-21). Freedom from isn't to be equated with libertarianism. Paul's message to the Galatians is for them to experience and celebrate their freedom for . . . freedom for ...

73. The Oneness of Twoness

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Church anymore (well, maybe some quibbling between Atkins and South Beach dieters after all our Christmas feasting!). But the one place where many voices are still raised as one—-the choir, the praise team—-can always be as great a source for enmity as it is for enjoyment. No matter how large or small, exquisite or simple, professional or prosaic, in the choir/praise team there are always differing opinions about style, sound, song selection, and solos. In the end, however, all musical groups accomplish ...

74. Lent 5

John 11:1-45 · Romans 8:6-11 · Ezekiel 37:1-14 · Psalm 130

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

... a bad investment, leading to bankruptcy rather than security; or, to use Paul's own language, death rather than life and peace. Looking anywhere other than to God for one's true security necessarily causes a separation from God, which means that one is at enmity with God. Paul's point: Don't put your trust in anything other than God. (One immediately wonders who would knowingly turn to anyone or anything other than God as a source of ultimate security? Answer: We all do, all the time! Paul does not address ...

75. Proper 10

Psalm 119:1-176, Romans 8:1-17, Matthew 13:1-23, Genesis 25:19-34

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

... a bad investment, leading to bankruptcy rather than security; or, to use Paul's own language, death rather than life and peace. Looking anywhere other than to God for one's true security necessarily causes a separation from God, which means that one is at enmity with God. Paul's point: Don't put your trust in anything other than God. One immediately wonders, Who would knowingly turn to anyone or anything other than God as a source of ultimate security? Answer: We all do, all the time! Paul does not address ...

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51. A Man Who Walked the Talk

Acts 7:55-60

Sermon

King Duncan

52. Jesus And The Ayatollah

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

53. Why Did He Do It?

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

54. A Remedy For Anger

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

55. Father, Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Philip Ware

56. Stop Those Two Dear Women From Fighting

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

57. Formula For A Glowing Face

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

King Duncan

58. Amazing Grace

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

59. Philip the First

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

60. The Power of Encouragement (Part VIII)

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

61. Is Anything Unforgivable?

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

David G. Rogne

62. Dying And Rising With Christ

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

63. What If God Is Dependent Upon Our Praying?

2 Chronicles 7:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

64. Saying Yes To Forgiveness

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

65. Draw Nigh To God

James 4:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

66. What If

1 Chronicles 7:1-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

67. We Who Are Many Are One Body

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

68. The Supreme Sacrifice

Hebrews 10:1-18

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

69. Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

70. Look Who Is Standing at the Door

James 4:1-12; 5:1-12

Sermon

James L. Killen

71. The Embassy at 6601

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

72. When Self-esteem is Snake Oil

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

73. The Oneness of Twoness

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

74. Lent 5

John 11:1-45 · Romans 8:6-11 · Ezekiel 37:1-14 · Psalm 130

Sermon Aid

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

75. Proper 10

Psalm 119:1-176, Romans 8:1-17, Matthew 13:1-23, Genesis 25:19-34

Sermon Aid

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

... a bad investment, leading to bankruptcy rather than security; or, to use Paul's own language, death rather than life and peace. Looking anywhere other than to God for one's true security necessarily causes a separation from God, which means that one is at enmity with God. Paul's point: Don't put your trust in anything other than God. One immediately wonders, Who would knowingly turn to anyone or anything other than God as a source of ultimate security? Answer: We all do, all the time! Paul does not address ...

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