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976. Grow Up!

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... faith but were behaving like babies. They should have been walking or learning to ride a bike but they were still crawling on their hands and knees — they were stuck! What made the situation worse was that the Corinthians did not realize they were stuck. They thought they were doing all right when in fact they were not. “Even now you are still not ready,” Paul advised. As long as there was division in the congregation they were not mature or growing in their faith. “For as long as there is jealousy ...

977. Everyone Is Invited

Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... as Paul stated God showed “no distinction” between people. This was God’s plan from the beginning of time. We live our lives by faith believing and trusting in Jesus. We cannot earn our salvation by following the letter of the law as some might have mistakenly thought. We are not saved by our good works either although Jesus demands much from us. We are saved only by God’s grace! We can trust in Jesus knowing that he will never desert us. By trusting in Jesus we allow him to reshape our lives. The ...

978. Nicodemus: A Young Old Man

John 3:1-21

Sermon

David O. Bales

... door and Jesus continued, “The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit” (v. 9). Nicodemus’s mind sifted through fragments of thoughts and feelings. I know something’s dead that should come to life within me, but how? How could God breathe into my life? The roads to the past are closed as surely as the gate to Eden’s garden. What wind from God can blow me toward joy again ...

979. Looking for Ducklings: Kissing the Sidewalk

Acts 7:54--8:1a

Sermon

Tony Everett

... ? Whom you are looking for really does shape whom you actually expect to see and whom you do not expect to see, even if she or he is right there in front of you. Left alone to cope with her grief, Mary may have seen only a stranger whom she thought was the gardener (John 20:15). Instead of this Easter question from the risen Christ, Mary might have heard only a “May I help you?” question from a cemetery gardener. It was the living Lord himself who opened Mary’s eyes and heart to see that he was the ...

980. Pastor, Don't Talk About That!

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Even worse, he had just learned that his friends down the street had been sent away from their family to live with relatives. The reason they were sent away was that their relatives had food and his family did not. He did not want that to happen to him. He thought if he could only get some food, his family wouldn’t send him away. When James came home and discovered what his son had done, he could have done a lot of things he could have said nothing, he could have said, “Stealing is bad son, but I’m ...

981. Up Close & Personal: Seeing Clearly

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... wants to have a personal, eternal relationship with you. I know that because of one simple statement that Jesus made. When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray He gives them what we call “The Lord’s Prayer” and He begins with a revolutionary thought that knocked them off their feet. He said that you begin by calling God, “Our Father.” God is not just the God who parts seas, sends plagues, writes commandments on tablets and destroys nations. He is a God who wants to relate to you as a ...

982. Up Close & Personal: Coming Into Focus

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... of all, God is faithful. Isaiah 55:7 says, “Let the sinful turn from his way, and the one who does not know God turn from his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and He will have loving-pity on him. Let him turn to our God, for He will for sure forgive all ... an snapped up my paper and went to the front of the room and sat there and folded her arms and just stared at me. Two thoughts entered into my mind at that moment: suicide and murder. I knew I must either kill myself or if my dad found out he would do ...

983. An Announcement about Our Future

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’” What a dramatic command: “What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’” Would you agree that most of us nowadays do not give much thought to Christ’s return? There are some Christians who make Christ’s return their primary preoccupation. They put up signs on the highway and they write books describing in great detail elements of what they call “the Rapture.” But since Christ warned us that no ...

984. An Announcement from the Wilderness

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... got to hear it because “two bouncers disguised as ushers bounded like gazelles up the balcony stairway and muscled him out of the sanctuary and into the street.” (2) It was a Sunday morning to remember. I’m not surprised the ushers hustled this man out. Our first thought is that he was a nut. But what if he did have a word from God? That’s possible, isn’t it? What if his message was authentic? We will never know, because the ushers were in a hurry to keep him from disrupting worship. That’s kind ...

985. TGFGF - Good Friday

John 18:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... was even evidenced as a little boy. Once, young Schweitzer was kidded about having more to eat than his playmates. He swore that from that time on he would never have more of anything than other people. One day while Schweitzer was home from school, he thought of those who didn’t have the happiness he was privileged to enjoy. Then he read these words of Jesus: “Whosoever would save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose it for my sake, shall gain it.” He decided right then that he would ...

986. Spiritual Marines

Luke 9:18-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... it well. The first obstacle to following Jesus and becoming His disciple is not sin, it is self. Because the root of all sin is self. One man describes his life before he met the Lord Jesus Christ. Here is the way he described it: I live for myself, I thought for myself, For myself, and none beside Just as if Jesus had never lived, And as if He had never died. That is the way the vast majority of this world is living today. That’s the way many people in the church are living today. For so many people ...

987. Satisfied Customer

John 6:25-59

Sermon

James Merritt

... . Jesus wants us to follow Him, but He wants us to follow Him for the right reasons and this crowd wasn’t. You see, they thought they had hit the mother lode with Jesus. He was going to be their bread maker and their fish breaker. He was the meal ticket. ... clothing and food. They had shelter. They didn’t need any clothing, but they needed food and Jesus could give it to them. They thought then what so many people think now – that all there is to life is the material and the physical (what you can hold ...

988. Welcome Home

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... spirit was broken and he finally decided to return home. “Even the part-timers at my dad’s store have more than I do,” he thought. “I’ll beg him to let me stock the shelves.” He walked to the highway, thumbed a ride back home, and walked into the front ... empty of mercy. One group was so bad they didn’t think God would ever accept them. The other group was so good they thought God had already accepted them. Both groups were wrong and that is why we read these words in verse 3. “So he told them ...

989. Can One Become Two?

Matthew 19:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... isn’t a back door that says “Exit.” What is killing marriage in America is not divorce at the end of the marriage, but the attitude that people have at the beginning of the marriage. In the minds of many if not most couples who get married is this thought, “If it doesn’t work out we can always get a divorce and if we want to we can do it all over again with somebody else.” As Jesus continues His discourse on this subject you can summarize everything He said in our key take away. Key Take Away ...

990. When the Golden Rule Isn't Enough - Mother's Day

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... Hidden In Plain Sight, tells about a time a number of years ago when he was struggling with his attitude toward a certain man. He says he fed his resentment and bitterness to the point where at times he hated this person. One day, when he was thinking nasty thoughts about this man, he heard his son come in the basement, slam the door, go to his room, and start crying. Buchanan went to his son and asked what was wrong. It seems his son had been playing goalie in a game of road hockey with some school ...

991. Don't Forget the Bread

John 6:25-59

Sermon

... own language. They said simply, “the Bread of Life.” He didn’t know what that meant; but he inquired among his friends. One of them said: “I can tell you; it is out of the Christian book. You must not read it or you will be defiled.” The man thought for a moment and then said: “I want to read the book that contains that beautiful phrase, the Bread of Life.” He bought a copy of the New Testament. He was shown where the sentence occurred in today’s lesson, “I am the Bread of Life.” As he ...

992. Right Answer - Wrong Conclusion

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... in a High-Tech World, it’s a lot easier for a dumb machine to converse with a human being than Turing thought. In the early days of MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Joseph Weizenbaum wrote a program called ELIZA to demonstrate how easy it ... others are saying about him. But he already knows what others think. What he wants is to hear his disciples voice their own innermost thoughts about who he is to them. “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” It was Simon Peter, of ...

993. A Voice Calls in the Wilderness

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... around the Dead Sea. He subsisted on a starvation diet, and so did his disciples. He wore clothes that even the rummage-sale people wouldn’t have handled. When he preached, it was fire and brimstone every time. “The Kingdom was coming all right, he said, but if you thought it was going to be a pink tea, you’d better think again. If you didn’t shape up, God would give you the ax like an elm with the blight or toss you into the incinerator like chaff. He said being a Jew wouldn’t get you any ...

994. The Transforming Power of Grace

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... It was a magnificent day," he said. "I was running on the sidewalks of tree-lined streets. I chose the route because of the beauty of the neighborhood and the abundance of shade to shield me from the sun. "As often happens when exercising, I was lost in thought. When I run, my legs get more oxygen than my brain. Often that causes me to fantasize on my personal possibilities. I don't remember exactly what I was thinking, but I may have been planning the details of how to balance the federal budget and reduce ...

995. When the Dragon Wins

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... to a woman for no purpose other than to satisfy society's need to survive into the future." In which society are women more likely to experience the pain of childbirth as redemptive? The language we speak, that is, the vocabulary we use to organize our thoughts and talk about things impacts the way we experience life. There is a sense in which our Christian faith has its own language. Of course, Christianity is not a different language in the way Spanish is a different language. As English speakers, we call ...

996. Pet Rocks and the Big Reveal

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... and children are laughing. It’s a beautiful day for a parade, and Jesus is happy. He knows where he’s coming from and he knows where he’s going. His eyes are fixed on God, and there’s a song in his heart.” (2) That’s a heart-warming thought. It’s true Jesus knows where he’s coming from and where he is going, but he also knows there’s going to be a lot of pain in between. Palm Sunday is Jesus’ coming out party. This is where he presents himself to the world as the Messiah. Every ...

997. Sunday's Here

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the world, so he nourished the hope that somewhere, somehow his son was still alive. One Easter Sunday morning as he was walking through King’s Cross Station in London on his way to church, Mr. Sutherland saw across the multitude a familiar face--a face he thought was his son’s. They locked eyes for a moment, then the man that he believed to be his son turned and walked hurriedly away and was lost in the crowd. Mr. Sutherland was convinced that his son was alive and had amnesia. He withdrew all of ...

998. Simon the Sorcerer

Acts 8:9-25

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... work in the ministry of the apostles. Thinking that it could be bought, he offered … money to Peter and John (v. 18; cf. 2 Kings 5:20ff.). In the manner of the time Simon had probably bought other secrets from masters of magic (cf. 19:19) and no doubt thought that he was about to do so again and by this means restore and even enhance his former reputation. 8:20–23 But Peter soon put him right, and in unmistakable terms (cf. 5:3, 4, 9). He declared in effect that Simon was an unregenerate reprobate and ...

999. In Pisidian Antioch

Acts 13:13-52

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... to the Gentiles. There was a good response from the Gentiles on this occasion (probably God-fearers for the most part), and all who were appointed for eternal life believed (v. 48). The idea of appointment in this verse is not meant in a restrictive sense. The thought is not of God limiting salvation to the few, but of extending it to the many, in contrast to the exclusiveness of the Jews. And of course this divine choice did not obviate the need for personal faith. Indeed, some take the verb to be in the ...

1000. Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesian Elders

Acts 20:13-38

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... urge upon them the seriousness of their task. To underline it still further, he recalled how God had made the church his own with his own blood (v. 28). The phrase the church of God (v. 28) is unique to Paul (cf., e.g., 1 Cor. 1:2), but the thought behind this part of the verse goes back to the Old Testament notion of God redeeming his people (Ps. 74:2; Isa. 43:21). The cognate noun of the verb “to make one’s own” is found in Ephesians 1:14 (“those who are his”) associated, like the verb in ...

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