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726. Facing Up To Temptation

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Thomas Long

... looked at me with an exasperated expression that said, "Well, spit it out." "I'm looking for 'Super Glue.'" "It's on the third aisle, in plain view," he said with disdain. As I walked down the third aisle, the farther I went the angrier I got. How dare he treat me, a customer, so ... make in life are a product of who we understand ourselves to be. In that light, we have a far too shallow view of temptation. In ordinary terms, we think of temptation as the urge to do something we really would like to do but know ...

727. Anger - Eleven Ways To Blow Up, Seven Ways To Cool Off

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... typewriter mistakes, late appointments. You will hit the boiling point in no time and help others hit the mark quickly, too. 2. If you want to be angry, don't listen to anyone else's view but keep pushing your own. No one else in the world knows as much as you do. Always believe that your way is the best way. State your view often and preferably with a great deal of volume. 3. If you want to be miserable, overload your schedule. Make yourself so busy that you are always on edge, ensuring that you are like a ...

728. Essential Personnel!

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... in their understanding of themselves and the faith. Older women who never worked outside the home and younger women who must work outside the home have different perspectives and need each other for a balanced view. Ministers and church members do not see things in the same ways and can share thoughts and views as both journey toward the truth. The opportunities are even greater in churches where urban and rural and people of all classes and colors come to the round table to share in a common life. There ...

729. Advent 1

Romans 13:8-14, Isaiah 2:1-5, Matthew 24:36-51

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Russell F. Anderson

... shall judge between nations" (Isaiah 2:4a). There is a lesson for us here. Conflict results when we insist on judging things from our narrow perspective but peace and harmony flow from God's penetrating point of view. Epistle: Romans 13:8-14 Paul's images of light/darkness and night/day must be viewed against the backdrop of the expectation of Christ's imminent second return. God's new day was about to dawn, revealing all the sordid works of darkness. Spiritually, it remained night but there was still time ...

730. Easter 2

Jn 20:19-31 · 1 Pet 1:3-9 · Acts 2:14a, 22-32 · Ps 16 · Ps 111

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Russell F. Anderson

... all adversity because, in verse 6, it speaks of the "various kinds of trials" the believers had to endure. What does faith shield us from then? How about doubt and despair? Believers realize that they will still have to undergo pain and suffering but do not view it as a sign of God's displeasure; rather, they regard it as the caldron in which their faith is strengthened and purified. A refined faith. In this passage the tested faith of those addressed is compared to gold that is tested by fire. The process ...

731. Easter 4

1 Peter 2:13-25, Acts 7:54--8:1a, Acts 6:1-7, John 10:1-21

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Russell F. Anderson

... book, The Good Shepherd, tells of a gathering of bishops which he attended. They were discussing the nature of the office of bishop and the various styles in which that office is lived out. One bishop voiced a rather traditional view of the bishop as Father. Another said that he viewed his job in light of Ephesians 4, that of equipping the saints for ministry. An American bishop cut through all the theological jargon. I just say, "Come on, let's go," and they follow. Another participant commented on that ...

732. The Easter Season

Mt 28:1-8 · Mk 16:1-8 · Lk 24:1-10 · Jn 20:1-9

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Russell F. Anderson

... to even try to define Easter as a season. No, Easter is not truly a season but an event which radically alters the way we view all the seasons of life. Through the resurrection we transcend earth, time and seasons. A Preview Of The Easter Season You will note that ... in sharp contrast to the denial of his Lord in the courtyard of the High Priest. This series would enable your congregation to view the resurrection through the eyes of one who had died and rose to newness of life, the one whom Christ named the ...

733. Epiphany 3

Mt 4:12-23 · 1 Cor 1:10-18 · Is 9:1-4 · Amos 3:1-8 · Ps 27 · Ps 139

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Russell F. Anderson

... its Board must be judged by how well it contributes to this central purpose. Proclamation of the gospel must be viewed in a much wider context than the Sunday morning sermon; all that we do as the church must make known the claims of ... Christ. Gospel: Matthew 4:12-23 Liberation Movement. Matthew views Jesus as the prophetic fulfillment of the liberation movement spoken of by Isaiah. A universal liberation movement for the entire world would ...

734. Epiphany 5

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20, Isaiah 58:1-14, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16

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Russell F. Anderson

... in heaven" (v. 16). The light that we are is a gift from God and not a result of our good works. Strictly speaking, what Jesus is pointing to are good fruits rather than good works. Good fruits are products of the light while good works can sometimes be viewed as attempts to generate the kind of light which makes one noticed. We are called to let the spirit of Christ shine within us so that others can see that the good that we do is an outgrowth of the light of God. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Lesson 1: Isaiah ...

735. Proper 14

Genesis 37:12-36, 1 Kings 19:9-18, Jonah 2:1-10, Matthew 14:22-36, Romans 9:1-5; 10:5-15

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Russell F. Anderson

... It's ironic that the basis of Christian community rests on commitment to regularly encounter God in the aloneness of prayer. From a distance. While Jesus occupied his mountain of prayer, he viewed the distress of the boatload of disciples in the distance (v. 24). Prayer gave Jesus a unique vantage point from which to view the problems of the world and their solutions. To truly see things, we need to put a little distance between ourselves and our lives. Prayer affords us the spiritual perspective and space ...

736. Proper 18

Romans 13:8-14, Romans 13:1-7, Ezekiel 33:1-20, Exodus 12:1-30, Matthew 18:15-20

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Russell F. Anderson

... state holds the right to punish wrong doing. Believers are to pay taxes and whatever else they owe their government. On the other hand, Christians are to owe nobody anything except to love one another. Love fulfills the law. This passage reflects a generally favorable view of the Roman government and must have been penned during a time of tranquility. Epistle: Romans 12:9-21 See Lesson 1 for Pentecost 15. Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20 Most scholars do not believe that this passage, as it stands, is directly from ...

737. Proper 19

Matthew 18:21-35

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Russell F. Anderson

... the church about fasting and other such matters. A believer must show tolerance and respect for fellow believers who hold different views. Each person must answer to God, and God alone, for the conduct of her life. Our lives are not our own; whether ... that when his brothers first sold him into slavery, he was possessed by the impulse for revenge. At first, it's quite unlikely that he viewed God's design. However, as Joseph learned to place his life in God's hands, he could see how God was active in his life ...

738. Proper 20

Philippians 1:12-30, Jonah 4:1-11, Isaiah 55:1-13, Exodus 16:1-36, Matthew 20:1-16

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Russell F. Anderson

... to pray for that which we need now, not to ask for a storehouse of bread. God wants us to trust in him for our needs and not in the things of the earth that we have stored away. Bread from heaven or of the earth? There are those who view the passing through the Red Sea and the provision of the manna as a natural phenomenon (see the Brief Commentary On The Lessons). The Bible clearly describes it as supernatural. Yet the Lord is God of both the natural and the supernatural. He designed the laws of nature and ...

739. Proper 27

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, Hosea 11:1-11, Joshua 24:1-27, Matthew 25:1-13

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Russell F. Anderson

... that of an unbeliever. A valuable sermon on the subject could, first of all, discuss the universal aspects of human grief and how to healthfully deal with loss. This would be followed by a proclamation of how Christ's death and resurrection transforms the way in which we view death. Hope is the key difference. Outline: 1. Paul confronts the problem of death and grief a universal dilemma 2. How do we deal with death from a human perspective? (Kubler-Ross' stages of grief might be referenced) 3. How death is ...

740. Proper 6

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42, Genesis 18:1-15, Exodus 19:1-25, Romans 5:1-11

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Russell F. Anderson

... needy people coming to him, he had compassion for them because they were so harassed and helpless (v. 36). These were peasant people, for the most part, the lilies of the field rather than the well-ordered flowers in an English garden. Labor shortage. Christ viewed human need as an opportunity to usher people into the kingdom of God. When God's people satisfy human needs, doors open to the gospel. The problem resides in the gigantic scale of such needs. As Jesus beheld the hoards of hurting folk, he repined ...

741. The Babel Disaster -- You Are There

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... 1-8 Introduction by the pastor: We have been looking at the stories from the book ofGenesis from a more dramatic point of view than usual. Thefall of the Tower of Babel lends itself to a specialtreatment. Most of us are old enough to remember the ... language, but theyused different vocabularies that made it hard for them tounderstand each other. They each saw things from their ownpoint of view and could not see beyond that. Several felt the coming of a new spirit, a holy spirit,could resolve this. But there ...

742. The Babel Disaster - You Are There

Genesis 11:1-9

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Jerry Eckert

... good at the front and the back for speaking without a mike, people in the middle were not heard very well without it. Genesis 11:1-8 Introduction by the pastor: We have been looking at the stories from the book of Genesis from a more dramatic point of view than usual. The fall of the Tower of Babel lends itself to a special treatment. Most of us are old enough to remember the radio and television series "You Are There." With the help of members of our church's drama group and a few others, I have prepared ...

743. Times Of Refreshing

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... and I are like. He's the man who deserted his friend in the garden, who lacked the courage to bear witness in the courtyard. He knew. But he also knew the miracle of a new life, a gift from the forgiving God. Perhaps this will sound cynical in view of our modern optimistic estimate of human character (an optimism, albeit, beginning to erode in the face of the current moral crisis in the world). But it's the gospel word. Jesus himself once replied to a man who called him "good teacher," "Why do you call me ...

744. The Sadness Of God

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

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E. Carver McGriff

... eventually we would be held to account for them and, worse, have to pay a legitimate price for them, our future would seem unbearably hopeless. Of course, there is that theological point of view which believes this, which seems to find some strange comfort in the idea of Hell, but it's often to be noticed that those who hold this view seem to feel that they themselves will somehow be exempt. This is the heart of divine love, the promise that there is accountability while at the same time there is hope for ...

745. A Lack of Faith

Mark 6:1-6

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Richard A. Jensen

... of their lack of faith. We are on dangerous theological grounds here. Some commentators assert that Mark's view is that people must have faith or Jesus can do no miracles. Miracles, that is, are the fruit of faith, not the cause of faith. One must ... hold some kind of predestinarian view to come to this conclusion. How else can we explain why some people have faith prior to their encounter with Jesus and other ...

746. What’s a Sunday For?

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... over the heads of everyone? Why? In the Gospel, Jesus is making a sharp contrast between two types of faith guilt-oriented and forgiveness-oriented. A guilt-oriented faith restricts, enslaves, narrows one’s view, chokes out love and compassion, confuses and immobilizes. A forgiveness-oriented faith loosens up, frees, widens your view to opportunity, channels acts of caring, makes you feel upbeat and makes you want to do something great. As a kid, I lived in the countryside where there was what we called a ...

747. Leading as Loving

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... him, and he became king of Israel.” (2 Samuel 5:3 TEV) Specifically, it is a covenant to serve. Leadership linked to the purposes of God is always an invitation to serve. Leaders do not see themselves as better or brighter than the led; rather, they view themselves as those with the gifts of organization and vision that enable them to lead a group from one point to another. Years ago I distinctly remember being part of a large wedding party where the rehearsal was nothing short of a disaster. And if there ...

748. Adam’s Prime Rib

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... by God. In crushing loneliness, unwanted seemingly by earth or heaven, he cried out in horror, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Allen Norwood tells about a family who moved to a new home in Weddington, North Carolina. Their home had a beautiful view of a lake from the back porch. Everything was lovely, but the two children, Adrienne and Kendall, nine and six, worried that they wouldn’t have any other children to play with in the neighborhood. Then Adrienne found a bottle in the lake with a ...

749. Lent 5

John 12:20-36, Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, Hebrews 4:14-5:10

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Russell F. Anderson

... in the cross (v. 23). Jesus speaks of the cross as his hour of glory, a different perspective than we find in the Second Lesson from Hebrews, where Jesus prays passionately that the Father might provide some other way than the cross. The Christ we see in John is viewing the cross from the vantage point of the resurrection. The glory of the cross is the glory of God's self-giving love that could not be destroyed. You can't find your life until you lose it (vv. 24-25). Jesus compares human life to a grain of ...

750. Christmas Eve

Lk 2:1-20 · Isa 9:2-7 · Tit 2:11-14 · Ps 96

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Russell F. Anderson

... Look low to find Christ: in your pain, your sin, and your weakness. Illustration: Gagarin thought that if God exists the deity could be viewed in the far reaches of outer space. The Gospel tells us that we have already closely encountered the King of the universe in ... to an article in U.S. News, some 32,000 people have made the sacred pilgrimage to Janesville, Wisconsin, to view the sign. Some of the believers wept; offerings of sage, tobacco, and small pieces of netting called "dream catchers" were tied ...

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