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51. Captive To The Word Of God

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... definitions of their identity. Righteousness and justice, the agendas of God, were displaced. The Church In The Days Of The Reformation Let us remind ourselves that those who were Jesus' audience in today's lesson were "Jews who believed in him." This was not a hostile crowd. They were sincere about their faith, even open to new insights and means of spiritual growth. Still, they were slaves to a system that carried God's name and claimed his approval, but was not about his agendas. There's an old saying ...

52. The Gift of Peace

Sermon

Alan Bacon Bond

... , the symbols of worship of a false god, the god "Security," as appealing as that god may seem to be. Thirdly, we have heard in Ephesians these words: For (Jesus) is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the divinding wall of hostility ... He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints ...

53. Encounters With Christ IV: Jesus and the Woman at the Well

Sermon

James W. Moore

... sings it: “Joshua fit the battle of Jericho… and the walls come a-tumblin down.” So, Jesus is well named because He also is a wall-breaker. As Ephesians 2:14 puts it… “He has made us one and has broken down the dividing walls of hostility.” We see that so vividly here in John 4. Look at the barriers He knocks down here. The walls that separate men and women. The walls that separate Jews and Samaritans. The walls that separate a respected rabbi and a notorious outcast… all of those walls ...

54. The Spiritual Fitness Demands of the New Age

Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... convincingly that had religion been doing the job it should have done, psychiatry would never have arisen as a profession. Proponents of this view say that the problem is generally not a guilt complex. The problem is guilt. Depression, anxiety, hostility, fear, tension, and in more serious cases, psychosis, are really ailments of the conscience - symptoms that result from violating the conscience’s promptings and refusing to live honestly and responsibly. On this basis, the only way to have the good ...

55. Journey to the Cross I: Jesus And The Demon-Possessed Man

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... with his elbow. It was a sharp blow full to his son’s face. The little boy was stunned by the impact of the elbow. It hurt… and he was just about to burst into tears. But then, he looked into his father’s eyes. Instead of anger or hostility, he saw there his father’s sympathy and concern; he saw there his father’s love and compassion. Then, instead of exploding into tears, the little boy suddenly burst into laughter. What he saw in his father’s eyes... made all the difference! This is one of the ...

56. Easter 7

Acts 1:12-26, 1 John 5:1-12, John 17:6-19

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Paul A. Laughlin

... ’S NAME. Collect Most protective God, who have always guarded your servants, if not from suffering, then surely from despair, watch over and strengthen us; that we may thus be able to carry on your ministry and mission in a world that is often hostile and threatening, but always redeemable by your grace. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Challenging and caring God, we acknowledge to you our tendency to become comfortable with the world as it is, rather than to keep before us the ...

57. THE MARRIAGE GAP

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

William McKee Aber

... . It would seem that the church’s task is not to give advice but to make an announcement: THE WAR BETWEEN THE SEXES IS OVER. Reconciliation has been brought about in Jesus Christ! What does this mean? Simply that, in the midst of hostility, we are free to live without hostility because in the forgiveness of God, we are free to love instead of to hate. The creation story says that God created Man. There is an interesting verse in Genesis 5: "Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named ...

58. On Loneliness

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... of death. Yes, God knows what loneliness is, and this is the God who walks with us in our loneliness as we search for ways to build a gate in the wall, to emerge from the cave, to take off the suit of armor, to lay down the barbs of hostility. God is with us, the God who knows what loneliness is, and we are given courage and faith, that we also, who most surely know what loneliness is, may find a new perspective. We will be more able to endure what has to be endured - but even more, we will ...

59. It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

James W. Moore

... his elbow. It was a sharp blow full to his son’s face. The little boy was stunned by the impact of the elbow. It hurt… and he was just about to burst into tears. But then, he looked into his father’s eyes and instead of anger or hostility, he saw there his father’s sympathy and concern; he saw there his father’s love and compassion. Then, instead of exploding into tears, the little boy suddenly burst into laughter. What he saw in his father’s eyes... made all the difference! This is one of the ...

60. Breaking Down The Walls

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... world came our Lord, Jesus Christ. Why did he come? St. Paul tells us in our lesson for the day. He came to tear down walls. St. Paul writes, "For he is our peace, who made us both one and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility." Is there a dividing wall of hostility in your life? How about in your family? In your community? How about in your heart? Robert Frost's words haunt us: "Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That wants it down." (3) Jesus saw the walls of his day and he wanted them ...

61. The Highest Bidder

Ephesians 3:14-21

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... between Jews and Gentiles in verse 14, proclaims Jesus to be the world's only source of hope for human reconciliation: "For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us." Jesus is our peace. In what sense is this true? What Matthew affirms in his Gospel is that Jesus' death was accompanied by a significant change in the Temple in Jerusalem. The geography of the temple area was essentially designed to be a show ...

62. Called To Finish What Is Finished

Colossians 1:24--2:5, Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... for Christ on the basis of fear. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't remind ourselves of who we are -- we are forgiven sinners. But for the grace of God we would still be "Christ's spiritual enemies" -- as Paul said, "strangers to God, hostile in mind. The 70's in America was a decade of "personal growth". "Fulfillment," "Potential," "Self-actualization,", "self-expression" were key words in the vocabulary of the movement. I profited from the emphasis and thus do not scorn it. However, I am certain that "sin ...

63. Smart Living

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... barbed wire. I was dragged from the village and left to die in the bush." Joseph somehow managed to crawl to a water hole, and there, after two days of passing in and out of consciousness, found he had the strength to get up. He was puzzled about the hostile reception from family and friends whom he had known all his life. "I decided that I must have left something important out of the story I told them about Jesus. So I practiced it over and over, then limped back to tell them the good news. I went again ...

64. Being More than Civil

1 Corinthians 1:1-9, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... reminding them only of what they have already received, what we all have in common. If that is true, then it ought to make a difference in how we live together. We ought to live together in peace. The common understanding of peace is that it is the cessation of hostility, the absence of violence. Perhaps in a society that is all that we can hope for. Perhaps it's the only kind of peace that we can have, as when the riots erupt in a city, or in a nation, such as what we are witnessing tragically in Bosnia ...

65. Easter 6

Acts 17:16-34, 1 Peter 3:8-22, John 14:15-31

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John R. Brokhoff

... him as Lord. If he is so regarded, we will live under his lordship in every area of life. 2. Defense. A Christian in a hostile world needs to be a defender of his faith, as Peter suggests in verse 15. It is not a defense in the sense that the truth ... ascension are coming soon. For their comfort, he tells them he will come to them in the Spirit. They will not be left desolate in a hostile world. He will be with them in Spirit. Outline: Jesus promises to come to us. a. In the Spirit - v. 16. b. To give us love ...

66. Easter 7

John 17:1-11, Acts 1:6-14, 1 Peter 4:12-19; 5:6-11, Psalm 68

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John R. Brokhoff

... 17:1-11 1. A Prayed-for People (17:11). Need: Since Jesus left the earth, Christians are standing in the need of prayer. In his high priestly prayer, Jesus prays for those he leaves behind, including us. Today we continue to need Jesus' prayers, for we live in a hostile world. Outline: Jesus prays for us – a. Because we are in the world - v. 11a. We need prayer to keep from becoming of the world. b. To be faithful to God - v. 11b. c. To be one with each other - v. 11c. 2. Is There A Right Time To Die ...

67. Proper 7

Matthew 10:1-42, Romans 6:1-14, Romans 5:12-21, Jeremiah 20:7-18, Genesis 21:8-21

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John R. Brokhoff

... . Evil is a reality and is not neutral or tolerant of an opposing force or righteousness. This raises the question why so few, if any, Christians are persecuted in America. Is America so Christian as not to oppose Christianity, or are "Christians" not that Christian to arouse hostility? 2. Limitation of evil (v. 28). The worst evil can do is to kill the body. But man is more than a body. No enemy can murder the spirit of a person. It is beyond the physical realm of man. They could crucify the body of Jesus ...

68. Romans 5: 1-11

Romans 5:1-11

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Leonard Sweet

... with the same “greater-to-lesser” logic, but asserts a much more personal message. Paul describes sinful men and women as the “enemies” of God, a designation that suggests hostility or “enmity” coming both from the divine and the human side of the relationship. Sinners are hostile towards God. But God is also hostile towards sinners. The chasm between humanity and God has been closed by the ultimate act of reconciliation by God, “through the death of his Son.” Paul emphasizes the personal ...

69. Planting Seeds

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... to Christ’s teachings and they only half-listen. The message really doesn’t take. It is as if birds had devoured it before they had a chance to process it. There are others who seem to listen to Jesus, but really they are indifferent or even hostile. The message never has a chance. They are hard ground. There are still others who are interested, but they are burdened with other concerns, and soon those other concerns choke out the message of the kingdom and they are no better off than the others. But ...

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

Proverbs 27:6

Sermon

James Merritt

... , and I don't turn my back on my friends.8 Colson said for a moment he thought the roof would fall in; and in a way it did, but not as he expected. There was a moment of silence and then a thunderous standing ovation. The reason? Even hostile students could appreciate loyalty to a friend. If you ever want to find out who your friends really are just make a mistake. Many of those people you thought were your "friends" will desert you like rats on a sinking ship. So Solomon admonishes in Prov. 27:10, "Do ...

71. Lent 3

Exodus 20:1-21, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, John 2:12-25

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John R. Brokhoff

... the covenant, God gives us laws by which we are to live. In the Gospel we find even religious people in the temple not obeying God's laws. This is the human situation. As long as we break the commandments, we are apart from God in a state of hostility. The solution is having someone to obey all the laws for our sake. The Second Lesson comes to our rescue. On the cross Christ paid for our disobedience and fulfilled all of the law for us. Outline: Consider the laws of God. a. The law Lesson 1 (the Decalogue ...

72. What Gift Do You Bring?

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Gary L. Carver

... . He does not let failure detour him. He is not put off when people say, "You can't!" He continues to go on. He finds a way. He pursues. He perseveres. He persists. It is somewhat like a bunch of wise guys 2,000 ago who marched through hostile territory, not knowing exactly that for which they were looking. They were subject to lies, deceit, corruption, and theological ineptitude, but they kept on until they found God, the very same God who was looking for them. He is looking for you and you can find him.

73. The Third Kind of Love

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James W. Moore

... has left me, I can’t get along with my children, I’m cut off from my parents and my in-laws, I’m having conflicts with my co-workers, I have been drinking heavily… Everybody’s left me and I don’t blame them. I have been bitter and hostile. I have done so many mean and cruel things… and now I have so many problems.” He paused for a moment, took a deep breath and then he leaned forward and said: “To tell you the truth, I think all those problems are really symptoms. My real problem is that ...

74. Who Will Cast the First Stone?

John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that I would do, I do not.” Do you hear what I m saying? There is a spirit-world of good and evil, a spirit-network of love and mercy, hope and righteousness as well as a similar system of aggressive hatred, fear, resentments, and hostility. What does this mean? It means that our past — our community, our family, our relationships – our responses to all of that from infancy until now, along with our present needs, our desires, our goals, combined with the world of the spirit, good and evil, to shape ...

75. Historical Background

Luke 17:11

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Theodore F. Schneider

... among Jews and Samaritans in Jesus' day. Enmity had been brewing for centuries, and especially since the return of the exiles from Babylon in the sixth century B.C.E. Though it may be that by Jesus' day few remembered the stories of its origin, but the hostility was still there and mutually shared. Believed by tradition to be the remnant of the lost tribes of Israel which disappeared after the fall of Samaria to Sargon II of Assyria in 722 B.C.E., the Samaritans had retained many of the traditions of their ...

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