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1176. Refusing to Quit

2 Timothy 4:5-8

Sermon

James McCormick

... s pretty much what happened! I’ve been criticized. Or, I’ve been hurt. Where did we ever get the idea that the Christian life is all sweetness and light? Where did we get the idea that if we do the right thing, people will always make the right response? People can be insensitive. People can be unfair. It hurts, doesn’t it, when we have done the best we know to do – we have tried, sincerely tried to do the right – and yet we are criticized for it. Maybe even chewed out about it. That hurts. And we ...

1177. 1 Peter 1:17-23

1 Peter 1:17-23

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Leonard Sweet

... by shifting the discussion from eschatology to ethics and back again. The verses immediately preceding our assigned texts (vv.13-16) look at the ethical implications of the eschatological hope spoken of in vv. 3-12. This "living hope" demands an equally vital response from all believers. 1 Peter encapsulates this ethical mandate with a general call to holiness on the part of the faithful. Verse 17 proposes an attitude of "reverent fear" as a baseline for personal obedience and holiness. This "fear" is not a ...

1178. Mark 1:14-20

Mark 1:14-20

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Leonard Sweet

... his public ministry by preaching the kingdom of God and then actively selecting and calling disciples to follow him. Based exclusively on the power of Jesus' personality and message, these first four disciples literally turn their lives around (metanoia). All the responsibilities and encumbrances of their old lives are pointedly described in these calls their boats and nets, their families and dependents. Yet Jesus' call is so strong, his invitation to a new life as fishers of human hearts and souls so ...

1179. Mark 16:1-8

Mark 16:1-8

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Leonard Sweet

... argue that such an interpretation simply misreads Mark's syntax. The women's fear is understandable. Indeed it is a correct response to finding themselves in the presence of an angelic being. Facing a heavenly angel, especially one with such an overwhelming ... portrayed in a very positive light. Mark's narrative seems both to sympathize with these women and yet to find their final response a failure. The fulfillment of Jesus' word, of all prophecy, has been accomplished by Jesus alone up to this point he had ...

1180. Whatever It Takes

Mark 1:29-39

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Gary Nicolosi

... Church's mission. Jesus said to love your neighbor. Whatever. Jesus said to go and make disciples of all people. Whatever. Jesus said there is more rejoicing over one sinner who is found than 99 that stayed within the fold. Whatever. Now, let's change that response to "Whatever it takes." Jesus said to love your neighbor. Whatever it takes. Jesus said to go and make disciples of all people. Whatever it takes. Jesus said there is more rejoicing over one sinner who is found than 99 that stayed within the fold ...

1181. Epiphany 4

Mark 1:21-28, 1 Corinthians 8:1-13, Deuteronomy 18:14-22

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John R. Brokhoff

... speaks for God. God tells him what to say. He puts his words into the prophet's mouth, and thus he becomes the mouthpiece or the loudspeaker of God. The prophet can take no credit for what he says. The truth is not his. Because he is not responsible for the content of his message, he can speak boldly. Herein is the source of the authority and power of preaching God's Word, not the prophet's, has the authority and power. This calls for biblical preaching, for preaching the Word. 3. Heed (v. 19). The prophet ...

1182. Mark 6: 1-13

Mark 6:1-6

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Leonard Sweet

... a stone that trips up a person.” Jesus’ home-town neighbors trip over their first impressions and their familiarity with Jesus’ childhood. They are incapable of hearing and responding in faith to the man and the message that now stands before them. Jesus’ response is to quote the common aphorism that a prophet is not without honor “except in their hometown, and among their own kin, and in their own home.” The rejected prophet was a common Old Testament figure. What is significant here is that in ...

1183. When You're Overwhelmed

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... Stress not only keeps us awake at night, it also suppresses the body’s immune system, which makes us vulnerable to all manner of illnesses. We get sick which may cause us a host of other problems related to missing work and the inability to fulfill other responsibilities and that just leads to more stress. It’s a downward cycle that rarely has a happy ending. (3) What do you do when you are feeling overwhelmed? I want to suggest a simple formula taken from our lesson for the day from the Gospel of John ...

1184. What Does God Really Want?

2 Corinthians 8:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... you decide eventually to go North, then give most if not all of what you're going to give up North. The good news is either way you'll be investing in eternity. But this was still not the climax of the story. Paul had really not expected a financial response, but they went beyond what Paul wanted and they gave what they really knew God wanted. "And this they did, not as we had hoped, but first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God." (v.5) Now that is growing in grace. Because ...

1185. Close Up: Husbands - Be a Dream Lover

Colossians 3:19

Sermon

James Merritt

... are in a series entitled "Picture Perfect" and we learned last week that God desires for your family to be a picture of His love, for His glory. The question for all of us husbands is this one - "What does God expect from me? What is my role and my responsibility in the family?" I can tell you what it is in one sentence and this is the key take-away that I want to give you today. Key Take Away: God expects the husband to give his wife unconditional love. In other words husbands, He wants us to be Dream ...

1186. To Catch a Thief

Exodus 20:15

Sermon

James Merritt

... First He has given you your talent. Every person in this room has gifts and abilities that are God given. You have a duty and a responsibility to use those gifts and those abilities for the glory of God. If you can sing, we will give you an opportunity to use that ... will supply all of your needs. You don't need to scheme, manipulate, deceive, lie or steal to get what you need. I am responsible for you and I will take care of you." Isn't that exactly what Jesus said? "Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we ...

1187. Mourning Our Fallen Tormentors

2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27

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Stan Purdum

... of people in our past, at some point we have to "bury" those people. That is, if we are to live fully, we eventually have to say, "Yes, these terrible experiences back then have influenced and shaped me, but now that I am beyond their control, I must take responsibility for who I am today. It's now up to me, with God's help." I add that last phrase deliberately. You see, God is the great healer. Some of us have been fortunate enough to have been raised by loving and kind parents, to have had good teachers ...

1188. Jesus Rewards the Just

Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... would become a much higher priority in life. We would pray not only in the morning and evening, but many times each day. We would seek reconciliation, with a member of our family, neighbor, co-worker, and certainly with God. Others might have a very different response. Some of us might do nothing differently. Some in a defeatist attitude might say, "There is nothing I can do at this late hour. God has already decided my fate. I might as well continue what I have been doing all along." There are still others ...

1189. When Christ Is King

Colossians 1:11-20

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... for the world by mobilizing mercy and compassion. We also maximize the strength of communities so that we are not alone. Those who know Christ is king mobilize mercy and compassion. We are eager for personal and communal responsibility. We know we have the help we need to love the way we want to love. We are cored to Christ. I saw a bumper sticker on a truck once that read, "If you were on trial for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict?" This is ...

1190. The Boy Grows Up

1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26

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Mary S. Lautensleger

... for tree plantings and community education. Amazingly, he stuck to it and proved to be an enthusiastic worker. He adopted a desk as his own and frequently "hung out" in the office. For the first time in his life, Jason felt like a responsible person who had something to contribute to society. Tree Musketeers was founded by eight-year-olds in 1987, and the organization believes that kids can do anything they set their minds to. Jason helped care for trees, became a tree-planting supervisor, did data ...

1191. Luke 3:7-18

Luke 3:1-20

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Leonard Sweet

... to his words prompts those who hear him to pose the possibility of a messianic identity for him. The people know the Messiah will bring consolation and salvation, and John’s words and act of baptism he practices seems to initiate both of those. John’s response allows him both to declare the greatness of the one to come and to introduce the distinctions between the baptism he offers and the baptism the true Messiah will bring. John characterizes himself as unworthy of acting as a slave for the one who is ...

1192. Thou Sayest I Am King

John 18:28-40

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Maxie Dunnam

... has the proper understanding of doctrine. Not every one who cries to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom. But he who does the will of the Father. The deadly poison of hatred, the distorted perception of religion, all led to the crucifixion. And that was the response on the part of people to Jesus’ claim - thou sayest I’m a king. So let’s look at that claim ourselves, to see how we might respond. There are two words that will help us in appropriating meaning as we consider this claim of Jesus. Those ...

1193. John 21:1-19

John 21:1-14

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Leonard Sweet

... there is satisfaction and fulfillment. Simon Peter’s zeal to reach Jesus before the others earns him a new assignment from his Master — to return to the boat and bring some of the catch to the breakfast banquet in preparation. The disciple’s response is immediate, and Simon Peter hauls ashore a phenomenal net load of fish. The significance of the precise number of fish recorded here, 153, has been argued and analyzed for centuries without resolution. The most obvious truth is the threefold miracle of ...

1194. A Priesthood of Believers

Galatians 6:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... been, and what we know, and what we have experienced that will minister precisely to the needs of that person. The problem is that most of us want to give answers to questions that people are not asking. What we really need to do is to put ourselves in a responsive mode where we can focus on the other person and let that other person have his or her time in sharing that which is going on in their life. You can do that. Now the second thing that you can do is to help people in understanding and accepting ...

1195. The Gospel Through the Person

Galatians 4:8-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.” Short through this passage is Paul’s overarching commitment to those he considered his spiritual children. He is pulling out all the sops in the organ of his soul as he appeals for a response to himself as a person. For that reason, our sermon today, as we continue this preaching journey through Galatians, is centered in the theme, Making the Gospel Visible. There are three lessons: 1. The power of the person and the personal 2. Limitations do not ...

1196. Jesus' Baptism: Affirmed by God

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... come, principalities, and power – nothing. Identification. Jesus has become one of us. We’ll leave that now, but come back to it before we close. II. Decision and identification - that’s Jesus’ baptism from his perspective. Let’s look now at God’s response. The response was that of affirmation. Listen again to Mark, verses 10 and 11: “And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “Thou ...

1197. Simon

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... such a way that we incorporate it into our own lives, and we can hear the cry of people in this world The people in Mozambique who made the headlines of newspapers - millions dying of starvation as a civil war rages and other nations of the world plot their response to hunger on the basis of political ideology. We hear the word of Jesus — “Let him who would be my disciple take up his cross and follow me,” and we get nervous in our spectator role of being among the 6% of the world’s population in a ...

1198. Luke 8:26-39

Luke 8:26-39

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Leonard Sweet

... transformation of the man they had known as a demoniac. The “demons had gone.” The man who had run wild, naked, and out of his mind now sits submissively at Jesus’ feet, where he is “clothed and in his right mind” (v.35). Yet the crowd’s response is not wonder, or joy, or praise. Instead “they were afraid.” Whether this is a fear of the divine, a fear of the power and authority Jesus obviously welds, or a fear of how their own lives might be changed by Jesus’ presence in their midst, Luke ...

1199. What Would Jesus Say About Materialism?

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... he asked the question. To change the question to, “What is the will of God for me on this matter?” is to rephrase the question as a matter of faith. To ask the question is to bring my faith to bear upon the situation. Success is a sacred Christian responsibility. III. MORE DOES NOT MAKE US MERRIER. “This is what I will do, I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones so I can accumulate plenty of good things for many years, so I can take life easy, eat, drink and be merry” (verse 18). Jesus calls ...

1200. The Door of Hospitality

John 12:1-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... sit elsewhere. She decided it was better for her not to attend at all and she didn’t for several months. What are the attitudes in your life that would have to change in order for you to become a person of gratefulness who is open and responsive to other people? Adele Gonzales gave up a nice home in Cuba with well-to- do parents, a brother, two aunts and a grandmother to come to America for an education. “I immediately felt this strong sense of being different and not belonging,” writes Adele. “I ...

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