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76. The Life You've Always Wanted

Acts 5:27-32

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... Wesley preached for forty years, produced 400 books, knew ten languages, and at age 86 complained that he was unable to preach more than twice a day.”[8] We may not have the gifts of a John Calvin or John Wesley, but all of us have been given gifts, talents, and skills to be used to change our world with the gospel of Jesus Christ. If you don’t know what your gifts are, ask God to reveal them to you, and he will, with great delight. It is important that you discover your spiritual gifts. For I believe ...

77. The Parable of the Ten Minas

Luke 19:11-27

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... the title (Josephus, Antiquities 17.206–223; Fitzmyer, p. 1235). Like the “king” in the parable, many of Archelaus’ subjects opposed his bid for the title king (Antiquities 17.299–314). 19:13 minas: A mina is worth only one sixtieth of a talent. The small amount (twenty to twenty-five dollars according to Fitzmyer, p. 1235), perhaps reflects Luke’s view that although many of those in the church are poor, they are, nevertheless, expected to be good stewards with what they do have. 19:14 sent ...

78. Basin for Washing (II)

Ex 38:8

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... according to Durham (based on the research of A. Lucas on the use of metals in ancient Egypt; cited in Durham, Exodus, p. 490). Num. 7:2–8 describes the oxen and carts the tribal leaders provided for moving the very heavy tabernacle. 38:24 Three thousand shekels = one talent. A talent in the OT is generally understood as approx. 35 kg./75 lbs. An OT shekel is approximately 11.4 g./.4 oz. If the “sanctuary shekel” was a smaller than the ordinary shekel, the weights would have been about 17% lighter.

79. The Courtyard (II)

Exodus 38:9-20

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

80. The Materials Used

Exodus 38:21-31

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

81. Investment Choices

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Steve Molin

... I say “given?” I meant loaned. Like the owner going on the journey, God has loaned to us these vast gifts; both financial and personal. It’s a clue in this mystery of living that many fail to see, or choose to ignore; that the stuff, and the talents and the abilities we possess aren’t really our own doing. They don’t belong to us, we just think they do. We think we were born poor and worked ourselves rich, or that we were born dumb and worked ourselves smart. And therefore, everything we have is ...

82. A Tragic Waste

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... . IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT EACH OF US HAS DIFFERENT GIFTS, BUT ALL ARE ESSENTIAL TO GOD'S PLAN AND EQUAL IN GOD'S SIGHT. There are no superstars in God's work. In God's perfect plan for the world each of us has different talents, interests and abilities. Not all of us can be teachers. Who would feed or clothe us? Whom would we teach? Not all of us can be farmers. Who would bandage our wounds when we are hurt? Our world functions as smoothly as it does because God has gifted us in ...

83. Achieving Peak Performance

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... life, but now you find your life is flat and unrewarding, and you need to find a mission for your life. But others of you may be like Ella Rigley. Parkening was young and uncommonly gifted. Ella Rigley was old, and like most of us she had common talents. When she was in her seventies, her husband died. She was left alone, and didn't know what to do. She heard about VISTA, a volunteer program serving communities in America. She inquired about it. They took her, sent her to South Carolina, where she started a ...

84. Let's Get Serious

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , invested their money, so when the master returned, they gave the money back, plus interest, and said, "This is what we have earned for you." The master said, "Well done, good and faithful servants." The third steward, the one who had been given one talent, buried it. When the master returned, the steward said, "Here it is, master. I kept it safe for you while you were away." The master asked, "Why did you not invest it?" "Because I was afraid." That parable ends with the poor guy getting punished. So ...

85. The Model of Success

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... future. In another parable he just lays it out unequivocally. It's called the Parable of the Talents. The master goes away. He leaves money to his three stewards. To one he gives five talents. To a second he gives two. To the third one he gives one. We have interpreted that parable to mean a "talent" is something like playing the piano, or tap dancing. That is the English understanding of "talent." But "talent" in Jesus' time was a denomination of money. The master, in other words, gave each steward some ...

86. Plant It and Stand Back!

Luke 17:5-10

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... people he did, such common folk, to be his disciples, to make that point. They were unqualified to do what he asked them to do. He asked them to change the world. Just as David was unqualified to defeat the Philistines, they had no credentials. They had no talent. They had no worldly sophistication. And yet they were sent to all the corners of the world. They were all bumblers, especially Peter, the head of the disciples. That is why I like Peter so much, because he just couldn't seem to get it right. They ...

87. Making Holiness

Luke 1:67-80

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... sonatas. For the stand-up comic, success is only as long as the last burst of laughter. For gifted athletes, there is only that split-second of perfect timing that results in a great catch or an amazing shot. For my grandmother the perfect expression of her greatest talent lasted only as long as a crumb remained of her latest cake. Baking a cake for Gramma was an act of art, an expression of a lifetime of finely-honed skills. All of her cakes came from a creative combination of head work, hand work and hard ...

88. Make the Most of God’s Gifts

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... , will give me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing" (2 Timothy 4:7-8). Timmy Noble also fought the good fight, using the gifts he was given, limited as they were. Yet, his efforts transformed one with greater talent and opportunity. He, like Paul, deserved a merited crown, and I am sure he found the same. If we have the courage to act and to use our gifts well and wisely, then the merited crown of God's eternal life will be ours as well. Let us, therefore, be ...

89. Pentecost ... Again!

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... gift" of being an ear or an eye. You wouldn't expect an ear to see or an eye to hear. Likewise, each of us has been given various gifts from God. Each of us in our own particular way has been gifted with time, talent, and treasure. When we use our gifts of time, talent, and treasure to promote the good news of Jesus Christ to build up others in the faith and to serve our neighbors in the name of Christ, these ordinary gifts become our "spiritual gifts." They become vehicles for the power and presence of the ...

90. Go Hard or Go Home!

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus lauded time and time again. Jesus closed this particular parable by adding, “To whom much is given, much is expected.” That is the basic message of the parable of the talents. Those who put their talents to work were praised and their talents were increased, but the poor fellow who buried his talent in the ground had even the one talent taken from him (Matthew 25:14-30). In another parable, there is even an unscrupulous servant who found out he was being fired and used his master’s money to buy ...

91. Haman's Plot to Destroy the Jews

Esther 3:1-15

Understanding Series

Timothy S. Laniak

... four times in vv. 16–22). Attached to Haman’s plan is an offer to pay for the entire operation. Rather than open himself up to questions from the king regarding the cost (or the identity of this threatening people), Haman offers the sum of ten thousand talents of silver from his own treasuries (v. 9). Haman may be motivating the king to act by suggesting that, if money were a problem, he himself would provide it. Perhaps Haman is aware that the king might consider the loss of any group as a loss of ...

There are two kinds of talents, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.

Pearl Bailey

93. Five Thousand For Lunch In Galilee

Luke 9:10-17

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... they said to Jesus. But the boy, poor as he was, was willing to share, and with Jesus' blessing, the hearts of all were opened to share so that all were fed with plenty left over. Recall Jesus' story of the talents where three people were given five, three and one talents, respectively. Many of us, like the parable, are one talent people. So we hold it back, keep it to ourselves, bury it, or hoard it like a miser, asking, "What is that among so many?" We have difficulty believing our small gift or task or ...

94. Envy - Where Is The Grass Greener?

Gn 4:1-26, Mt 20:1-16, Philip 4:10-20

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... If only"? "If only I were married to that person. If only I had that job. If only I had that home. If only I had his talents, or her looks. If only I had their money. If only I had ... I mean, if I only had that ... my life would be so much ... tell you to think about this: God has made you a very special person, too. You are special in your own way with all kinds of wonderful talents and abilities. And above all, you have heard it said, and it's true, that God loves you. Will you say this after me: God loves ...

95. Proper 19

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... pay it back. He got far more than he asked for: the cancellation of the entire debt. God gives us far more than we deserve; he gives us forgiveness. There's no comparison. The unforgiving servant was forgiven an astronomical sum. If a talent equaled the wages of a laborer for 15 years, a debt of 10,000 talents equals the laborer's wages for 150,000 years, with no days off. The debt that was owed him was equal to the laborer's wage for 100 days, about 1/500,000th of the size of his own debt. The debt that ...

96. What's Inside

1 Corinthians 1:28-31

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... God. If we boast about them, we need to boast about the Giver rather than about ourselves. "That's what Paul told the Corinthians too: 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord' (1 Corinthians 1:31). When we boast about the Lord who has given us life and talents to share, then we don't have the attitude that we're better than someone else, because we realize that all of us are children of God, and each of us has special gifts to share. "And you know, the things that seem so important that we are tempted to ...

97. The Selection Of Matthias

Acts 1:12-26

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... united, and we praise You, O Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, too often we have forgotten You called us to work together if we are to fully understand and achieve Your will for us as the Church. At times we have even thought that the talents of others are so much more important than ours that You really do not need us in Your service. Forgive us, O God, and help us to remember that all of our gifts are needed to be the Church. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "God Is Here" "I Come ...

98. Playboy Or Plowboy -- Let The Party Begin

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Lee Griess

... , after the Cherry Sisters had earned what in that day was a respectable fortune of $200,000, they retired from the stage for the peaceful life back on the farm. Oddly enough, these successful Broadway "stars" remained convinced to the end that they were truly the most talented actresses ever to grace the American stage. They never had a clue as to how bad they truly were! The parable this morning does not tell us what the elder brother did when his father came out to speak to him. It doesn't reveal to us ...

99. The Condition Of Mercy

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

... . Now in those days this was an enormous debt. A rough equivalent would be $10 million in today's money. The size of a 10,000 talent debt can be appreciated when we realize that Herod the Great had an annual income of 900 talents. The total annual tax for the regions of Galilee and Peraea in the year 4 B.C. was only 200 talents.2 Who knows what this man had done to incur such a debt. It would have to have been something comparable to the savings and loan scandal of the 1980s. The debt was so enormous that ...

100. A Road Map to the Kingdom

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... sayings, “I’m just running around in circles,” and “You run around like a chicken with its head cut off.” A Kingdom is out there. It is an ideal Kingdom. In it all is grand, free, and just. People are loving there, eager to see everybody bring all talents and skills to fruition. Every member is held to be of great value and lives accordingly. Such a Kingdom seems a dream world, a fantasy land; but, if we are to move on in our lives, doing our best for the highest possible purposes, we need such a ...

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76. The Life You've Always Wanted

Acts 5:27-32

Sermon

Charley Reeb

77. The Parable of the Ten Minas

Luke 19:11-27

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

78. Basin for Washing (II)

Ex 38:8

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

79. The Courtyard (II)

Exodus 38:9-20

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

80. The Materials Used

Exodus 38:21-31

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

81. Investment Choices

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Steve Molin

82. A Tragic Waste

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

King Duncan

83. Achieving Peak Performance

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

84. Let's Get Serious

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

Mark Trotter

85. The Model of Success

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Mark Trotter

86. Plant It and Stand Back!

Luke 17:5-10

Sermon

Mark Trotter

87. Making Holiness

Luke 1:67-80

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

88. Make the Most of God’s Gifts

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

Richard Gribble

89. Pentecost ... Again!

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

90. Go Hard or Go Home!

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

King Duncan

91. Haman's Plot to Destroy the Jews

Esther 3:1-15

Understanding Series

Timothy S. Laniak

There are two kinds of talents, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.

Pearl Bailey

93. Five Thousand For Lunch In Galilee

Luke 9:10-17

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

94. Envy - Where Is The Grass Greener?

Gn 4:1-26, Mt 20:1-16, Philip 4:10-20

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

95. Proper 19

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon Aid