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101. Taming the Tongue

James 3:1-12, James 3:13-18

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... ). James is applying his master’s teaching. Lifestyle was absolutely critical for the early church. Elders were primarily examples (1 Pet. 5:3; 1 Tim. 4:12; 2 Tim. 3:10–11), secondarily teachers: Their qualifications stress their exemplary lives and only mention their teaching ability as one item among many (1 Tim. 3; Titus 1). Lifestyle was an important witness as well (1 Pet. 2:12; 3:2, 16), for if it did not succeed in converting, it at least removed the excuses from the mouths of unbelievers at the ...

102. Living for God

1 Peter 4:1-11

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... of trust that they are supposed to carry out faithfully, as good administrators of the divine estate in its various forms (Matt. 25:14; Rom. 12:6; 1 Cor. 4:2). 4:11 Not everyone has the gift of preaching. But each believer who does have that God-given ability should always use it bearing in mind the awesome responsibility that goes with it. He or she opens the mouth as one speaking the very words of God. To one conscious of being inspired by the gift of prophecy (1 Cor. 14:1), it should not be difficult to ...

103. Introduction and “Hello”

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Teach the Text

Preben Vang

... a positive base from which to explain their correct use later in the letter. God gave these as gifts to strengthen the church; the Corinthians have used them for self-promotion. It is likely that the influence of the Corinthian sophists, who considered their ability to speak with conviction and fervor a point of pride and prominence, lies behind Paul’s words. Paul probably does not have a specific kind of speech in mind at this point, like tongues or prophecy, but refers more generally to those who use ...

104. God Subjugates Judah under Babylon

Daniel 1:1-21

Teach the Text

Ronald W. Pierce

... God’s immediate blessings and another who was only sustained inwardly and had to endure continuing hardships during this time. Be sure to coach them both to focus on extolling God’s actions and strength, not their own. The point is to demonstrate God’s ability to deliver and bless, though he may choose to do so in widely varied ways and at very different times. God Gifts Daniel and His Friends Big Idea: In the bigger picture of the Lord’s sovereignty over human kingdoms, God gifts and honors those ...

105. I Wonder about the Miracles in the Bible

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... experience. You cannot convince them that it was not a miracle. The miracles of God are all around us. Take a look at the wonder of our working hands! See the wonder of the vision of our eyes! Listen to the wonder of our ability to speak and process language! Reflect on our ability to create music, to write poetry, to love and be loved! The miracles of God are all around us! The Sunday School Times printed a story about an Eastern King seated in a garden. One of his counselors was speaking on the wonderful ...

106. Learning to Love

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

James L. Killen

... seem to contradict what we have said about God's love, for you have come from somewhere other than from God and shut them out. God wants to surround you with his love just as loving parents surround their children with love, so that God can love you into the ability to love as God loves. This feels like a good place to stop, but there is something else that needs to be said. We have to go back and pick up the rest of today's scripture lesson. Jesus made it clear that another aspect of loving as God loves ...

107. Job's Reply to Bildad

Job 9:1–10:22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... awareness of what suffering his treatment of his creatures causes. Do you have eyes of flesh? Since God is not a human like Job (9:32), he cannot see with the eyes of a mortal. “Flesh” (Heb. basar) does not so much emphasize physical eyes as it does the ability to see as humans see. For the narrator of Ecclesiastes, sight is the primary means by which he observes and experiences the vanity of human life, its painful contradictions and frustrations (e.g., Eccl. 1:14; 2:11, 13, 24; 3:10, 16, 22; 4:1, 4, 7 ...

108. Daniel’s Training in Babylon

Daniel 1:1-21

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... One might think that Nebuchadnezzar was responsible for the deportation of the Jews to Babylon. One might conclude that Daniel was lucky to be allowed his special diet (1:8–16). One might surmise that Daniel and his friends succeeded in school because of their natural ability or because of the excellence of the training (1:5, 19–20). In each case, one would be dead wrong. It was God who caused the exile, who gave Daniel favor so that he could avoid defilement, and who gave the four Jewish youths wisdom ...

109. Listening and Doing

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

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... commitment, prayer is in vain. James 4:1–10 will make this crystal clear. 1:9 One sign of trust in God is the ability to see beyond present circumstances. Here James returns to a theme of verse 2 and makes it more concrete when he says, The ... teaching of Jesus is binding on the Christian and that no other way marks out the path of blessing and salvation. Freedom is not license but the ability to live and to fulfill “the law of Christ” (Gal. 6:2; cf. Gal. 5:13; 1 Cor. 9:21; 1 Cor. 7:10, 25—in the ...

110. Two Kinds of Wisdom

James 3:13-18, James 3:1-12

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

111. Jesus Destroys the Power of Sin

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... :45-46), this man kneels before Jesus and speaks right to his face. Although some manuscripts do not specify the kneeling action of the man, it is an action that fits with both the plea of the leper and the man’s evident belief in Jesus’ ability to cleanse him of his sickness. Because leprosy was an ailment that required divine intervention, in order to effect a cure one had to be cleansed — not just healed. In kneeling this man is affirming his belief that Jesus had access to such divine power. While ...

112. The Next Big Thing

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... But when our hopes and dreams become more fairytale than reality, it’s time to move on to “the next big thing.” And that ability often lies in asking ourselves: Is it our dream or God’s dream that we are following? Are we living in a false reality of ... Samuel, it’s time to move on, Samuel too finds it hard to let go of Saul, of his hopes and dreams for Saul’s ability to change and become again the person he used to be. But God is insistent, just as God is often with us. God asks Samuel, “How ...

113. Fertilize Your Faith

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... truth of every one of Jesus’ healings, and the reality of his identity as both Son and Creator. Today and going forward in this barren time of Lent, may we all pray earnestly for God’s gift of fruitfulness and promise. Jesus has the ability to restore your faith, your hope, and your passion. Resurrection Day is coming. Will you be ready? [1] Leonard Sweet, From Tablet to Table (Colorado Springs, CO: Tyndale House, 2014). [2] Note those, such as Sarah, Rachel, Rebekah, Hannah, and others. [3] The Hebrew ...

114. The Fringe

Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the Lord. God’s presence in the form of the Holy Spirit of Christ is with us always. As we don our “prayer garments,” whether real or imaginary, and come into the presence of the Lord, we are reminded of God’s immense power and presence, his ability to heal us, restore us, save us, and grant us the gift of wholeness and inheritance. All we need is faith in him –that even from a distance, a distance of years past, a distance of time and space, a distance of invisibility, a distance of generations ...

115. Do You Believe in Miracles?

Mark 4:26-34

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and will do. We believe that if something is to change, we must do it. And how has that worked for us as the church? The irony is that because our efforts in “creating results” our way has so often failed, we have not only given up on God’s abilities and our own, we have given up on sowing altogether. So not only have we given up the belief that God can make change for us and also given up the belief that we can do it on our own, now in utter disillusionment over our “existential” dilemma, we have ...

116. Dancing in the Wind

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of view but our entire physiological, psychological, and spiritual make up. Joy has the power to shift our minds and hearts in a way that 1) opens us up to see things differently. As our vision or perspective changes and widens, so does our awareness, our ability to see possibilities, to be more creative, and to change our sense of value about difficulties and impediments. Joy can also 2) help us see things in a more unified way, see ourselves as part of a bigger picture, and help increase our trust of ...

117. Shake It Off

Mark 6:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... so hard sometimes? Why do we let life get us down when we’ve got the Lord of the Dance in our corner, teaching us how to dance through life? And Jesus does. He IS Lord of the dance! Jesus knows that joy and the ability to shake off worry and stress are vital to our ability to stay energized on God’s mission in the world. Cause things can get tough. People can be hard. And when situations get hairy and entangled, that residue has a tendency to “stick” to our spirits like gum on a shoe. What an image ...

118. For Someone Who Led an Extraordinary Life

2 Timothy 4:1-2; 6-8 · 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 · Luke 24:13-35

Eulogy

Richard E. Zajac

... prowess. Not only did he excel in his studies at the Coast Guard Academy, but he undertook a course of study at the Mine Warfare School in Virginia and later at the Navy’s Mine Recovery Unit in Washington D.C. Thanks to his intellectual prowess and his ability to absorb all that he was taught, Lt. Jimmy Crotty went on to become the Coast Guard’s and the US Military’s leading expert on explosives. And then there is Jimmy’s devotion to duty, another thing to marvel about. That devotion to duty is what ...

119. God's Vision For The Church

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... church. Actually, I think we have too many young people joining the church." Is it any wonder why churches can struggle to reflect vitality? In so many ways we seek to guard the status quo. That limits the work of the Holy Spirit and it impairs our ability to be effective witnesses within the community. The good news about all of this is that, in spite of our fears and our lack of trust, we cannot completely restrict the Holy Spirit's work in the church. Churches are resilient. In spite of the human factor ...

120. How Long Will You Limp? (Because God Is Tired Of The Bull)

1 Kings 18:16-46

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... to see God as the resource for overcoming deficits and disabilities as opposed to being a God who creates obstacles and barriers to wholeness and spirituality. God gives the people the capacity to overcome the hardships and trials of their lives. The ability to surmount the difficulties is often directly related to the power of belief and to cultivating a close, personal and meaningful relationship with God undergirded by a surety of conviction, and affirms absolute knowledge that God is God and that God is ...

121. Meeting Jesus At The Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... from the well. She did, after all, have the equipment. But she didn't want to do it and was able to provide some good reasons why she shouldn't. Every day of our lives, Jesus Christ asks us to do specific simple things which are as well within our ability as drawing a drink of water was for that woman: to speak a word of witness or share an act of kindness; to spend some time with a distressed or confused classmate; to tutor at the Power Program or help with the Adopt-a-Class Program; to have an adopted ...

122. Prayers for the Sundays After Easter

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... hand provides make us equal to the task. A light shines because you are interwoven into the history of the human race and this is your light. It is the symbol and promise of our hope. Forgive us, gracious God, for thinking more of our own needs than of your ability to meet them. Restore to us a right vision of the life you have entrusted to our care. This is our prayer offered in the name of our Master. Amen. Eternal God, the hope of every soul, strengthen us in this hour of worship. Take us to that rock ...

123. Envy - Where Is The Grass Greener?

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

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... are not the best at everything, there are some very special things about each one of us. "So I want to 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 me. I'm a special person. And life is good because God loves me." 1. Adapted from Todd Jones, op. cit., tape number 3. 2. Solomon ...

124. Pentecost

1 Corinthians 12:1-11, Joel 2:28-32, John 7:25-44, Acts 2:14-41, Acts 2:1-13, John 20:19-23

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... comes upon the church in the midst of the throngs of pilgrims that were making their way to the temple to celebrate the Jewish festival of Pentecost. The believers in Christ received the Spirit in dramatic and visible form, as tongues of flame and the ability to speak in other languages. This is not glossalalia because the pilgrims heard the church speak in their own language. The people are perplexed and amazed and so Peter interprets the event as a fulfillment of Joel 2:28-29, that God would bestow his ...

125. Proper 28

Judges 4:1-24, Proverbs 31:10-31, Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18, Malachi 2:1-9, Matthew 25:14-30, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... five talents, one servant gets two talents, and the other receives just one talent. The money is parceled out according to the ability of the recipient. When the master returns and calls his servants to make an accounting for his money, the first two ... Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 2:8-13 See Lesson 2 (C, RC, E) for Proper 26. Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30 Each according to his ability (v. 16). The three servants were each given a different number of talents. When the time came for an accounting, they were not judged ...

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