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Maxie Dunnam
... and the punishment of Rome would be upon him. Now the second possibility was that he would not uphold the condemnation and would disagree with the law of Moses. If he did that, how could he sustain his claim to truth? So he was on the double-horns of a dilemma. If he acquitted the woman, they would accuse him of violating the Law of Moses. If he condemned her, they would accuse him of political usurpation — for the power to condemn to death was invested entirely in Roman authority. II. DISPOSITION That ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... then too often it becomes a source of pride, even conceit. Also, it becomes the avenue through which the devil gets us. Temptation strikes us at our most vulnerable point. A man consulted a psychiatrist and confessed “Doctor, I have been living a double life and my conscience is troubling me.” The doctor asked, “So you want to strengthen your will power?” “Not really,” the fellow replied. “I was thinking of something that would weaken my conscience.” Most of us don’t need that kind of help ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... ‘til it hurts, but giving ‘til it helps. To be sure, like that man, most of us never give ‘til it hurts, much less giving ‘til he helps. The chances are we will never give ‘til it helps until we have given ‘til it hurts. Now if that sounds like double talk, let me make it plain. The whole matter of tithing is a matter of moving from giving ‘til it hurts to giving ‘til it helps. If it were appropriate and moral for a Christian to wager, I would be willing to bet that those of you here this ...
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King Duncan
... through space, finally zooming back in on the couple in Grant Park. Then the film briefly does a journey of negative powers of ten as the picture moves in on the man’s hand, plunging below his skin to arrive at molecules, atoms, blood cells, and the double-helix strands of his DNA. “All in all,” says Pastor Hoezee, “the film is a stunning reminder of how small we are compared to the vastness of the universe.” (4) “O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth . . .” We are not ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... for us in Holy Scripture is this word about God’s promised Messiah: Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that has received from the Lord’s hand double for all sins. A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and ...
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J. Howard Olds
... property. By faith, on February 19, 1989, the church voted 608 to 159 to build this sanctuary in hopes the membership would reach 4,500 people by 2000. By faith, next week with the membership of nearly 5,400, we will determine by our sacrificial financial commitments to double the Sunday school space so this church can become all that God is calling it to be. Faith has the ability to see it and faith has the courage to act upon it. Homer and Emmy Lou were courting on the front porch swing. Homer was very ...
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J. Howard Olds
... Oh, Lord, what should I do? Should I forgive my brother seven times?” Now you’ve got to understand what is going on here. The rabbis had a saying that if you forgave somebody three times you were a perfect person. Look at what Peter does. He doubles the formula, adds one for good measure, and says to Jesus, “How about it, Jesus, isn’t seven enough?” Jesus says, “If you’ve got to use your calculator to work on forgiveness you’re not going to get there at all, folks.” Forgiveness is a matter ...
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J. Howard Olds
... know when I pass by the neighborhood church on Sunday morning they are forever singing, ‘“Andy” walks with me, “Andy” talks with me, “Andy” tells me I am his own.” Noah walked with God. When you walk with somebody you get to know the person. Joys are doubled and sorrows are shared. It has been said that people who live together for a long time begin to look alike. My wife is praying that is not true! I do know they think alike. I know they can predict each other’s behavior without saying a ...
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J. Howard Olds
... . In biblical times, the birthright belonged to the first born. By a margin of minutes, Esau was the older brother. Oh, what a difference a few minutes made in terms of inheritance. According to their custom and culture, the first born would get a double inheritance. If there were two sons, the inheritance would be split three ways: two parts for Esau, one part for Jacob. Furthermore, the birthright made you the designated head of the family. It meant that simply because of the timing of your birth, you ...
810. Household of Faith
II Timothy 1:3-7
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J. Howard Olds
... the Church is sincere faith. The tragedies of the Church being revealed through the media today is not simply activities of employees who take unlawful advantage of children but a demoralizing betrayal of the trust that cuts at the core of the faith. There is a double sin when the Church sins—the act itself and the loss of trust that is brought to the community. The foundation of faith is trust. If parents, clergy, and the Church cannot be trusted, will the Son of Man find faith when he returns to the ...
811. Return Home and Tell How Much God Has Done for You
Luke 8:26-39
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Scott Hozee
... . And indeed, evil always destroys. Life is diminished if not wiped out where the demons rule. The death of the pigs reflects that. What's more, in the Ancient Near East, the sea represented one of the forces of chaos that people feared. So it's a double-whammy: first there is death but second there is death by drowning in the sea, thus piling up and compounding the sense of chaos and evil in this story. But the sad spectacle of those hapless pigs rushing headlong into the sea also reminds us that the ...
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J. Howard Olds
... tough moments, we expect somebody else to be there. We want our friends to gather around because life is one of those things that you share. A community is where people come together and share each others joys and bear each others burdens. Joys shared are doubled; sorrows shared are halved. Life is a gift, share it. Harold Kushner wrote: “Each lifetime is like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. For some there are more pieces. For others the puzzle is more difficult to assemble. But know this; you do not have ...
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J. Howard Olds
... and let us take a closer look. I. HOSPITALITY IS AN ATMOSPHERE. It is in the air; it is a feeling that you have when you gather in a certain place to worship God. We live in a house of fear. We put dogs in our yards and double locks on our doors. We install elaborate alarms on our cars and throughout our houses. We surround our airports with safety officials, our cities with armed police and our country with the omnipresent military. We train our children to beware of strangers. We are reluctant to stop and ...
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J. Howard Olds
... Building Committee chaired by Gary Carden and the Trustees chaired by Phil Wenk. You are leading us well. And I want to especially thank Mary Ann Haney and Rob Huckaby from our staff who are guiding this process along. To all of us who have been asked to move over, double up, change, adapt, adjust, I say hang on. This too shall pass. In the meantime remember we are a family— a family of God. Let’s be the best family we can be. III. WE EAT AT THE SAME TABLE I Corinthians 10:17 Because there is one loaf ...
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J. Howard Olds
... Factor, Average Joe, would have us all believe that life is all about winning. Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers used to say “winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." Former President Jimmy Carter discovered something different. In 1980 with double digit inflation and the hostage situation in Iran Jimmy Carter found himself unemployed. The 39th president of the United States could have gone home to write his memoirs and enjoy the spoils of his days in the White House. Instead, he went home ...
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J. Howard Olds
... on. Open-hearted people seize the day. They possess the power to see it through. Edison didn’t give up on the light bulb even though his helpers seriously doubted the thing would ever work. Luther refused to back down when the Church doubled her fist and clenched her teeth in efforts to keep him quiet. Michelangelo kept pounding and painting regardless of negative put downs. The Gaithers made room in their busy schedule for a scared, young soprano named Sandi Patti who would one day thrill Christendom ...
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J. Howard Olds
... in churches that had vibrant ministries for teenagers including choirs, sports, and youth groups. Our younger son, Brad, was also an avid football player. One spring Brad discovered that U.K. football camp happened to be the same week as summer youth choir tour. The double booking resulted in family conflict and a final showdown in which I said, “We keep the commitments we make in this family,” which meant he went on the choir tour. I’m sure his leaders would have preferred he stay home as he was less ...
818. Worship
Hebrews 10:19-25
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J. Howard Olds
... Sally Field's husband has been killed, her hired man is beaten up and driven away, she nearly loses her farm—but in the end, they are all back in that little church singing, “Blessed Assurance Jesus is Mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine!" I was doubled up in bed the other night feeling sorry for myself with a digestive track that was raw from top to bottom leaving me far too sick to even think of food essential for my recovery. In my pain, I lamented to Sandy, “This is hell." She thought for ...
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J. Howard Olds
... would have happened if that mystery really would have come home? The Son of God suffered unto death, not that we would be kept from suffering, but that our sufferings might be like His. At Communion I think of that old proverb, “Joys shared are doubled and sorrows shared are halved." At Communion I come to see the redeeming nature of suffering. Even at the cross God was at work, taking the worst of evil and transforming it into a means of salvation for humankind. Henri Nouwen once said, “Many people ...
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J. Howard Olds
... Center for the Conference. Like most church projects, we were big on ideas and short on cash. So the project was stressful to say the least. When Dr. Perkins got under stress, he would say, “Oh Mercy." When things really got tight he would let go with a double “Oh Mercy." One day his daughter called me and said, “Daddy's having a triple ‘Oh Mercy;' we need your help." The story of Jonah is a triple “Oh Mercy" story. Most of us know about the fish, but Jonah is not fundamentally a fish story. It's ...
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J. Howard Olds
... message to one of the merchants. The message went as follows: “I the Lord Almighty have decided you can have anything you want in this world — riches, wisdom, long life, children — whatever you wish, but on one condition. Whatever you get, your competitor will get double. If you get 10 million dollars, he gets 20 million. Understand?" The merchant thought a moment and said, “Would you be willing to make me blind in one eye?" Envy. It seeps around in good people's hearts. That's why it is so deadly ...
822. Work
1 Corinthians 3:9-15
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J. Howard Olds
... state lotteries, and casinos on every riverbank in America. Could this wise father of Pastoral Care be right? Has luck become the whirlwind of grace? People are not always what they sometimes seem to be. Some not only live conflicted lives, they live double lives, they maintain more than one identity. They are mentally ill. They are morally bankrupt. The second little pig built his house of sticks. Paul says some built on this foundation with wood. Wood is not bad building material. Wood houses offer good ...
823. By Enduring
1 Peter 2:19-25
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J. Howard Olds
... no cinch by the inch. Suffering is not an option in the school of life. Last Friday night, Larry King assembled a panel of preachers and New Age proponents to discuss the nature of good and evil. It was an interesting discussion. But when you are down in the trenches, doubled over with some pain that won't go away, you are not very interested in a discussion. What you would like is some relief. And if not relief then at least some tips for survival. Here in the heart of I Peter, that is what we have, a way ...
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J. Howard Olds
... plenty of food to go around. And even food-rich nations are home to many underfed people. The problem is not how much food is available, the problem is distribution. In this country, food production has tripled since World War II while the population has only doubled, so why are there hungry people? The percent of personal income given to charity in the United States was 2.9 percent during the Great Depression and 2.5 percent in 2002. Is hunger a problem of production or a lack of faith? III. THE PRAYER ...
825. Rising to the Occasion
Luke 10:25-37
Illustration
James W. Moore
... the supermarket one morning? Her car stalled at a stop sign... she tried everything to get her car started again, but no luck. Suddenly, a man in a pick-up truck came up behind her and with obvious agitation he started honking his horn at her impatiently. She doubled her efforts to get her car going. She pumped the gas, turned the ignition, but still no luck... the man in the pick-up truck continued to honk his horn constantly and loudly. I love what the elderly woman did. Very calmly she got out of her car ...
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