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76. When You Reach the Rejection Hotline

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

Is there anything harder on the ego than being rejected? I suspect that is one reason many married persons are happy they are no longer playing the dating game. ... important step in the process is a request for the woman’s phone number. What if the woman is totally uninterested, however, but doesn’t want to crush the poor fellow’s fragile ego in a public place? The option of giving a false phone number has been around a long time, says Boatman, but now a new twist has been added: she now can give him ...

77. Chickens with Eyeglasses

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... really was. So when the chicken pecked at the corn, it tended to miss. The point of the experiment was to find out whether chickens are smart enough to adjust to their new glasses. He found that they aren’t. Roberts goes on the say that pride and ego are like those eyeglasses. They cause us to see things askew. And we are like the dumb chickens who can’t learn to see straight by compensating for the distortion. (2) St. Paul was concerned about the temptation to pride--not so much in others as in himself ...

78. A Man Named Many

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... an elixir that can bring his depraved self forward as Mr. Hyde and then restore him back to himself as the one who would pay for damages. He works the change from Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde so often that Mr. Hyde finally becomes dominant. His monstrous alter ego takes over when Dr. Jekyll is off guard. Finally Dr. Jekyll loses the power to be restored to himself. Only in death does his butler recognize his old master. One who descends to the animal level will find that the angel in his soul is crushed. We do ...

79. Trials and Temptations

James 1:1-18, James 1:19-27

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... major Jewish tradition concerning the evil impulse in humanity (the evil yêṣer The yêṣer is simply undifferentiated desire, striving for whatever it sees. It is not the self or ego of the person (it fits more closely Freud’s id), but unless it is limited by the Law or Torah (in Judaism) or some other counterforce, it will control the ego. Thus Paul sees himself as controlled by sin, the flesh, or the law of sin, despite his recognition of its evil nature and his approval of the law—for Paul Torah ...

80. Jephthah and Ephriam

Judges 12:1-7

Understanding Series

Cheryl A. Brown

... was able to negotiate a peaceful settlement by skillful diplomacy. The fact that Jephthah does not attempt to solve the crisis diplomatically, given his past performance, and the fact that the Ephraimites are so eager to resort to armed conflict because of injured egos, exposes a community steadily slipping into chaos. 12:1–3 The men of Ephraim called out their forces. No sound was made, no voice was raised in objection to the sacrifice of Jephthah’s daughter. Even she succumbed to her fate in silence ...

81. Haman's Plot to Destroy the Jews

Esther 3:1-15

Understanding Series

Timothy S. Laniak

... replacement installed. An assassination attempt by two officials was uncovered and executions followed. Chapter 3 begins with echoes of these earlier chapters. Like the king, Haman is a person with great honor (and wealth, 5:11). He also has a very sensitive ego. Mordecai, like Vashti, refuses to comply with a simple command to perform a gesture of deference. Thus, both challenge the honor of the one to whom all others pay their respects. Both Mordecai and Vashti provoke empire-wide efforts to punish not ...

82. How to Escape Being Possessed By Our Possessions

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... story and notice how many times the word “I” and “My” occur. The rich man uses “I” six times, and he used “my” or “thine” addressed to himself six times…the language of a self-centered, selfish, egotist. Is that the reason we want more? To satisfy our ego, to give us status? The question comes around to a fourth one: What would I like to be remembered by? Someone has said that there are 3 kicks to every dollar: the kick of earning it, the kick of having it, and the kick of giving it ...

83. Listening and Doing

James 1:19-27, James 1:1-18

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.

Colin Powell

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.

Donald Rumsfeld

86. Consuming Fire

Hebrews 12:18-29

Sermon

Will Willimon

... view of ethics, or politics, or anything else begins in worship, in the sometimes dark, passionate, scary, fiery tempest of God and people colliding on Sunday. "For our God is a consuming fire." This God is a real God, not some pale, idolatrous projection of our ego. I've seen this God make sophomores sick, cause otherwise rational philosophy majors to lose control. I've seen people made to feel guilty about their behavior last weekend even in a world that lives by "if it feels good do it." I've seen this ...

87. Take Heart

Matthew 14:22-33

Sermon

Will Willimon

... 's a phantazma. They're afraid of the waves, the wind, but they're also afraid of Jesus. Is this a ghost? Who is this? ''Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid,'' Jesus says. He says to them, ''It is I.'' In the Greek, this is ego eimi. It is I. Ego eimi. This means literally, ''I am.'' Is that an echo of some other scripture in your mind? ''Take courage. I am.'' I am. Back in Exodus, the exodus out of Egyptian slavery begins, the dawning of the new day, as Moses stands before the burning bush and a ...

88. Which Way To Jesus?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... for us, also. When one feels too timid to introduce someone to Jesus, it is a good idea to bring someone else along to help one over the rough spots. The timid person will feel more comfortable in the presence of someone who can serve as an alter ego. We Wish To See Jesus The Greeks who approached the disciple made the request in a polite form: "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." The substance of their request was that they wanted an interview with Jesus. They were not autograph hunters. They wanted to know about ...

89. No Box Seats In The Kingdom

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

William G. Carter

... Criswell, who had served that congregation for 46 years and who, despite his announcements to the contrary, showed no signs of retiring. "There wasn't room for both of us," Joel Gregory said. "The whole zoo of human ambition and power and ego is the fabric of some superchurches." A power struggle began, dividing the church into opposing sides. One day in September 1992, Gregory stunned many Southern Baptists by resigning from that prominent pulpit. Today he travels through Fort Worth neighborhoods as a door ...

90. Dinner Parties With A Difference

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... , but not this man. He wanted to call attention to himself, to gain recognition and thus potential customers. Most of us enter fashionable restaurants more modestly, if not more timidly, than that salesman. Nevertheless, as we gather with friends and acquaintances, our egos may be just as large and starved as his. Some people go to dinner parties to impress rather than be impressed, to talk rather than to listen, to be confirmed in their prejudices rather than to be changed. Notice the difference between ...

91. Proper 13

Luke 11:1-13, Hosea 11:1-11, Colossians 3:1-17, Psalm 107:1-43

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William E. Keeney

... of land. C. Greed for Power -- a subtle greed because it may appear as desired to use for good and God. It has often been the special temptation among religious people. 3. Who Owns Our Soul? (v. 20) A. Corporate Demands -- our job? B. Our Ego -- the attempt to control our own future according to our desires. C. Jesus as Lord -- the best choice. 4. Building Bigger Barns. (v. 18) What is the modern equivalent of building bigger barns? A. Acquiring Money -- bank accounts, stocks and bonds, real estate. B ...

92. Proper 18

Psalm 139:1-24, Philemon 1:8-25, Philemon 1:1-7, Jeremiah 18:1--19:15, Luke 14:25-35

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William E. Keeney

... a male, a Semitic type, even an itinerant preacher. Entering into discipleship means an abandoning of self completely to his kind of life wherever that leads and whatever that may require. It is the kind of self-surrender that is the loss of all things an ego holds as supreme for the meaning of life. It usually means a radical change of lifestyle. It is not something to which one commits on the basis of an emotional high or an impulse of the moment. Such a commitment requires a mature decision. It requires ...

93. Proper 20

Psalm 79:1-13, 1 Timothy 2:1-15, Jeremiah 8:4--9:26, Luke 16:1-15

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William E. Keeney

... beyond normal needs. A wise Christian will use a will or a living trust to carry on the purposes of the kingdom. That does not mean that we should try to put the future in a straitjacket which is an extension of our own egos. Rather, enough flexibility should be allowed to make adjustment for future needs. It means that wills and living trusts will vest the estate in persons or institutions that will serve kingdom purposes faithfully for the foreseeable future. Then let God through the Holy Spirit guide ...

94. Getting and Giving

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Glenn E. Ludwig

... . I hear again and again, the sadness that people face in the death of loved ones over those things that were left unsaid or undone because we just didn't get around to them. We always thought there would be time later. Or, we were too stubborn to put our egos aside and risk resolutions where avoidance had been the order of the day. So, the question becomes, how do we make the most of the life that we have? With life being all too brief, how do we get the most out of life? The world has an answer. The ...

95. Godly Sexual Passion For An X-Rated World

Song of Songs 2:1-17

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... Song has it as a failed love triangle. First Kings 2 tells us Solomon had a harem of over 1,000 wives. Some were wives he'd taken in the custom of the time to seal a military alliance. Others were taken as gifts to satisfy the ego of a visiting king. Convenience wives, territorial wives, the product of political expedience. All this, then one day Solomon spied the lovely Shulamite maiden working in the fields. And he was smitten! So he sent and wooed her with gifts, poetic words, and all the peacockery a ...

96. When The Fat Lady Sings

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... , some with tears washing the mud off their cheeks, it is the end of the world. More than once I have seen middle-aged men, who seem to have had the world by the tail and were on top of their careers, reduced to blubbering shadows of themselves, egos destroyed, haunted by self-doubt, devastated, because they had become another casualty of the latest corporate merger. For them the fat lady has sung. For a modern and enlightened world that doesn't believe that there will ever be an end, we do an awful lot of ...

97. Miracle Four: Healing A Paralytic

Mark 2:1-12

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Harold H. Lentz

... need to look at ourselves. Occasionally, criticism is worthwhile, even necessary to correct a fault. But often it is the product of self-pride, of a desire to tear someone down because we are jealous; or we criticize simply to build on our own ego, believing ourselves capable of judging. But criticism must be handled carefully. Otherwise, we can unintentionally become critics of the acts of God. Be careful in criticizing the church, or its pastors, or its people. They are trying to fulfill God's will. They ...

98. Miracles Seven and Eight: Healing An Issue Of Blood & Healing The Rulers Daughter

Mark 5:21-43

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Harold H. Lentz

... as asked them, "What is all this noise and commotion about? There is no death here. The young lady is not dead, only sleeping." This led to open contempt toward the Lord, and they scoffed at him and showed him their scorn. How often "little" people satisfy their egos by scoffing at those who are greater than they. It costs them nothing to do so, and takes little effort. Still one is appalled to think that some people were so crude and rude as to scoff at the Son of God. But this did not deter Jesus from ...

99. Lighting A Fire In A Cold Room

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... blanched before the white-hot holiness of God. "Woe is me!" he cried. He saw deep in his soul a self-centeredness that needed to be cleansed. God's smoke filled the entire temple. Uzziah's response to the barrier placed by the human priests in front of his ego was to fly into a rage against them. This rage was like a live coal which burned hot within him and led him to keep his son, Jotham, at home. Uzziah emerged from the temple with the dread mark of leprosy on his forehead. As he thundered away from ...

100. The Giver Becomes The Receiver

2 Samuel 7:1-17

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Harold Warlick

... and trust God to come among them in God's own freedom. God has given our human personality many weapons with which to encounter life and find the way home at the end of it. We possess fight and flight responses, administrative ability, anger, ego, temperament, grief reaction, and the like. These characteristics sometimes make it difficult for us to simply let go and wait for God to be God. The Bible tells us that right after he was baptized, Jesus Christ faced the greatest temptation of his life. He ...

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76. When You Reach the Rejection Hotline

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

77. Chickens with Eyeglasses

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

78. A Man Named Many

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

79. Trials and Temptations

James 1:1-18, James 1:19-27

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

80. Jephthah and Ephriam

Judges 12:1-7

Understanding Series

Cheryl A. Brown

81. Haman's Plot to Destroy the Jews

Esther 3:1-15

Understanding Series

Timothy S. Laniak

82. How to Escape Being Possessed By Our Possessions

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

83. Listening and Doing

James 1:19-27, James 1:1-18

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.

Colin Powell

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.

Donald Rumsfeld

86. Consuming Fire

Hebrews 12:18-29

Sermon

Will Willimon

87. Take Heart

Matthew 14:22-33

Sermon

Will Willimon

88. Which Way To Jesus?

John 12:20-36

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