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1176. The Divine Opportunity

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... the image of Jesus' compassion (which is a major element in his person and ministry) that we forget the anger he showed to hypocrites and to unworthy religious leaders, and the fearful language he used in describing the day of judgment. We shouldn't hide from this quality in Jesus. Instead, we should seek to understand it and respond to him. If this One who has come as the ultimate expression of God's love is also an agent of judgment, then the judgment itself must be an act of mercy. Luke surely saw it ...

1177. Songs of the Season

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... , and they are unashamedly personal. She makes no attempt at formal theology; all she wants is to tell Mary the joy she feels. She sees herself as a privileged woman, and she wonders why such favors should come to her. Perhaps the best evidence of the quality of Elizabeth's testimony is to be found in Mary's reply. Mary's response is the glorious Magnificat. If one cannot write a great poem or compose some classical music, surely the next best thing is to inspire such creation from another. I wonder how ...

1178. Epiphany:The Joy of Fulfillment

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... line so freely for their beliefs. It is sometimes pointed out that, though the four Gospels and the several epistles are so different in style, and though they clearly come from a wide variety of authors, they have one characteristic in common: the quality of certainty. There is no querulous tone, no hesitancy, not even a reasonable caution -- just this grand, "I know whom I have believed...." They may differ regarding the time and order of events. That's typical of eyewitnesses even in something as simple ...

1179. Promises, Promises

Jeremiah 33:1-26

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... is not just a Davidic king. It is a righteous descendant of David. For it was very important that the king whom God raised up should be a righteous ruler. There is no doubt that rulers, presidents, and leaders of nations and societies often determine the quality of life for those over whom they rule. A despot in Africa, who is interested only in gaining wealth for himself, can ruin the economy of his nation and plunge his people into poverty. An immoral president in a democracy can undermine the morality of ...

1180. Constantly Abiding

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Church. The services were not well-ordered. Brother Grissom, the 8th-grade educated preacher under whom I was converted, didn’t know about such things, but oh, Lord, how he could preach. The services always consisted of singing, praying, and preaching. The quality of music was more than made up for in enthusiasm, congregational participation, and joy. We sang as though we meant it. The songs were not pre-selected. Worshippers had the opportunity to call out their favorite number. And I remember one of ...

1181. Fulfill Your Ministry

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... .” It may be a heavy burden to bear, but if we are going to follow God’s call and fulfill our ministry, we must accept the fact that there is a demand that goes with our call – a demand for distinctive moral and spiritual qualities of leadership. The transforming power of the Holy Spirit must be demonstrated in our lives. So, Paul’s charge is challenging. “Convince” . . . convince with your preaching and teaching, but more, convince with your life. St. Francis of Assisi used to tell his brothers ...

1182. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... our pants” as we would say down in Perry County, Mississippi. I worked myself to the bone. I was worn out physically and emotionally. I kept asking myself a lot of questions – “What is the difference between this congregation and the Rotary Club? Is there a quality of life here that is not present wherever people meet together? Why is it that most of these people have the same ideas about race relations that people outside the church have?” And on and on the questions went. It was a tough time and ...

1183. The Way Up Is the Way Down

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... nourishment that puts muscle on your Christian bones and biblical convictions deep in your souls. Have you noticed that about the first two thirds of most Christian book stores are silly decorative items which in themselves are trite and most often artistically of poor quality. Sappy sentimentality is the order of the day. I call it Jesus junk. Don’t impress me with a frilly Bible cover; impress me with a marked-up Bible. Don’t impress me with the latest Christian tunes on your I-Pod; impress me ...

1184. The Privilege and the Price

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... us pastors up short. We are the spiritual gatekeepers of this town, and if there are problems here then they are our problems because we have not generated enough salty and illumined people to address them. The moral tone of a community is dependent on the quality of its churches which are the factories of godly character and civic virtue. And so the question is, What kind of people are we producing here at Duncan in order to invade and season and preserve and illumine and expose all the areas of our common ...

1185. Playing to the Right Audience

Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... Ken Landis tells of a note kept on Rochefort’s desk; it read: “We can accomplish anything providing no one cares who gets the credit.” "That,” says Landis, “was the attitude that won the battle of Midway."1 This story highlights a character quality that stands out in our world of image management and celebrity seeking, where style is mistaken for substance and visibility is taken for virtue. The trait goes under various names. Some label it modesty, others humility; some speak of self-control and ...

1186. Set Apart For God's Purposes

1 Kings 21:1-29

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... poor or the weak. A Christian understands that the meek shall inherit the earth and that God blesses the poor. Christians are a covenant, set-apart people, called to live according to God's will and not the will or desires of the world around them. It is this quality of being set apart that we confront in the story of Naboth's vineyard in 1 Kings 21. Naboth is a poor peasant who has inherited a little plot of land that happens to lie next to the royal holdings of the evil King Ahab, who ruled the northern ...

1187. Big Fish

John 21:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... how easy it is to succeed if you do what Jesus wants you to do. Be honest. Work hard. Treat people the way you would want to be treated. Be reliable. Don’t promise more than you can deliver. Show up on time. Return phone calls. Make a quality product. You and I live in a prosperous land. I can almost promise you that if you live by what has become known as Judeo-Christian principles, you will probably be successful. I didn’t say rich, necessarily. Some of us have chosen life professions that do not ...

1188. The Blessed Promise

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... fearful person he had once been. The house where he lives becomes known as the “House of Laughter,” and night after night, you can hear singing and dancing. And this message that there is nothing to fear begins to spread throughout the whole village. The quality of work in his home village of Bethany rises. People begin to live more humanely. Joy settles over the whole community. Someone had come back from the dead saying there was finally nothing to fear. (9) Nothing to fear. That is where we are today ...

1189. Set-Apart People

1 Kings 21:1-29

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

1190. A Fool and His Money

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... 's possessions. We are given what we have, to do good. And we are given a limited time in which to do it. That is the message of the parable. It is as if "a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions," but in the quality of his charity. A minister in Columbus, Ohio, has a friend who works downtown. He is a shaker and mover in Columbus. The man was something of an enigma to this pastor, and as far as the church was concerned, the man ran hot and cold. But they were good ...

1191. Achieving Peak Performance

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... discovered what I think is also true in every other church. We are not organized to do mission because we don't expect it to happen here. If we are going to make a difference in the lives of people, if we are going to make a difference in the quality of life in San Diego and in this nation, then we are going to have to engage a whole lot more people in mission, more than our present structure allows us to do. So what did we do? We got rid of the structure, and introduced a whole new one ...

1192. How Moses Handled Stress

Numbers 11:4-35

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... competition is the way you move up through the hierarchy. In a hierarchical system, there is only one winner, only one person can get to the top. Very often, therefore, critics have discovered in analyzing American institutions, the goal often is not quality as a product of the institution. And not fulfillment, necessarily, in doing something that you feel called to do. The goal of the institution is promotion, and advancement. The apotheosis of the individual. We can learn from Moses, from whom God took ...

1193. Prayer

Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... accept the simplest, most straightforward definition of prayer. Prayer is fellowship with God. We are persons in relationship. The uniqueness of being human is that we can enter into relationship with our environment, with other persons, and with God. The quality and depth of our personal relationship determines the richness of our personal lives. The highest and deepest and most meaningful relationship possible to us humans is fellowship with God. Our relationship to others and to our environment can never ...

1194. What Do You Call Success?

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... some of them are helping people that we could never reach. Their methods may not be our methods, but let’s give them the benefit of the doubt. They are trying in their own way to spread the Gospel. LET’S BE CAREFUL, THOUGH, ABOUT JUDGING THE QUALITY OF FAITH BY WHETHER IT IS SUCCESSFUL OR NOT. In the world’s eyes, you could hardly call Jesus’ life a success. Rev. James Brassard tells a humorous incident that occurred to his wife, Andrea. She was talking with Ken Vanderjack, a campus pastor in New ...

1195. Divine Dinner Party Decorum

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... to sneak your nametag a little higher up the table. Your worth comes from being a loved family member, not from having a better seat at the dinner party. You are a member of the family of God. A hundred years ago, Ralph Waldo Emerson noted three qualities he deemed marks of true "success": the ability to discern and appreciate beauty, the ability to see the best in others, and a commitment to leaving the world a better place.3 Notice that Emerson does not say that success comes in having the best seat at ...

1196. A Messianic King

Isaiah 11:1-10

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... with him permanently (v. 2). Usually in the scriptures, the Spirit is given only temporarily in order that a task may be done, but the messiah will have the Spirit as a permanent endowment, and it is that Spirit that furnishes him with all of his qualities. Significantly, therefore, our Lord receives the Spirit of God at his baptism, and John 1:32 states that the Spirit descends upon Jesus and remains with him. We can therefore say that the picture of the coming Davidic messiah that we have in this passage ...

1197. Experiencing the Reality of God

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

James L. Killen

... there experienced the reality of God. They discovered the living God, present and at work, right in the midst of their own living space. They found themselves living in interaction with someone greater than themselves, someone who loved them. That changed the whole shape and quality of their lives. That is something that we all need, and the good news from the Day of Pentecost is that it is something that can happen to us. The disciples who were gathered there on that day had once shared a unique experience ...

1198. The Subject Is Salvation

Genesis 6:9-22; 7:24; 8:14-19

Sermon

James L. Killen

... to realize that we exist because of a miracle and never stop standing in awe of it and rejoicing in it and enjoying it and giving thanks for it to that great someone beyond ourselves who is saving us into being. Just that remembrance can change the quality of our lives. The second thing we should do is to remember that the chaos is always still there, hovering in the darkness just out of sight. And, even though God has hung his rainbow in the sky and promised never to let the world be utterly destroyed ...

1199. The Way to Happy Endings

Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67

Sermon

James L. Killen

... have done if you hadn't checked in with God. You will be less likely to do things that will make matters worse. And if you are indeed working things through in relationship with God, no matter what happens, you will experience a new and better quality of life that will probably be the best life possible for you under the circumstances. There are many who can give their own witnesses to their experience with God and the blessedness that they experienced. One of the most impressive witnesses of all times was ...

1200. Look Who Is Standing at the Door

James 4:1-12; 5:1-12

Sermon

James L. Killen

... But, right now, he is just hoping for a generous tip. The woman who is collecting dishes from the tables has bad feelings, too. She is a single mother, holding two jobs to support her family. She is very anxious because she can't give her children the quality time she knows they need. She thinks it is really unfair that some people have so much and some others have so little. No, not everyone who hears is celebrating. As a matter of fact, some of the people at the table are not really able to put themselves ...

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