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101. In The Middle Of The Night

Luke 9:28-36

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... know if you like macaroni and cheese, or if you hate it. All the important things, like your thoughts and feelings, are on the inside. And other people can't see those things. But God can. God knows everything about you. God made you. God knows what you like and dislike, what makes you happy and what makes you mad. And God loves you for what's on your inside, not what's on your outside. So you can tell God anything. He's going to love you no matter what. Let's pray and tell God what we are really ...

102. It's All In The Blood

John 18:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... the new high priest. Caiaphas tries to get at Jesus' hidden agenda, but finally gives up. Next, the Jews take Jesus to the palace of Pilate, the Roman governor. Pilate's total disregard for his Jewish subjects has gotten him in trouble many times. He knows the Jews dislike him. If he doesn't rule in their favor, then they will report him to Caesar, and he will most likely lose his cushy job. In spite of this, Pilate tries repeatedly to wash his hands of the whole deal. "I find no basis for a charge against ...

103. About Marriage

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... partner. Not everybody, of course. Some people will be content to spend their lives single. Some people want a partner, but they never find that one relationship that lasts a lifetime. People have different needs and different circumstances, but most of us dislike the idea of being alone. There are biological reasons, social reasons and even spiritual reasons for marriage. That is why marriage will always be around. Even when a spouse dies, most people eventually hope to find another partner. There's no ...

104. Teach Us To Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... newspaper. Many of the death notices pertained to people she had detested. As bizarre as it may sound, she kept a scrapbook of the obituaries of her dead enemies. Apparently this woman gained some kind of strange satisfaction in learning of the death of someone she disliked. She even had five different clippings of the obituary of the one person she despised the most. (4) Jesus would not have us be caught in that trap of resentment and hate. The first word that helps us in today's lesson is Father. The ...

105. Transforming Tragedy into Triumph

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... they are a comfort. "To love someone unconditionally--as I loved Daddy--is to remember nuances that made such an object of love unique and impossible to replace. "That is why I remember, and cherish, the memories of the man''s hair, his smell, his likes and dislikes, his speech, and his idiosyncracies. "We had such a little time together. War took him away. "Then he came back for a short time before he was gone again. He never would return on a full-time basis. "Maybe that is why each of the nuances, each ...

106. Christmas and the Condensed Bible

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... some condensation. Some stories are repetitive, and the long and seemingly meaningless genealogies are not very inspirational. And then there are a lot of things in the Bible which simply do not seem helpful from a Christian point of view. Martin Luther had a violent dislike for the Letter of James and the Book of Revelation. He called the former “an epistle of straw,” and of the latter he said, “A Revelation ought to reveal.” It should, but for most of us much of the last book in the New Testament ...

107. Are We Able?

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... . Aren’t most of us so conscious of our shortcomings as Christians, so aware of the times we have failed our Lord, that we are reluctant to engage ourselves, to accept a responsibility, to take stand? We call it modesty, knowing our own frailty, dislike of promising what we cannot deliver - but is it? We forget that there are no supermen and superwomen who have lived up to every single commitment they have made. If everyone let their sense of human frailty hold them back from responding to a challenge ...

108. Tackling the Tough Tasks

James 2:1-13

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... sociology to know that people of certain classes and racial heritage have had a difficult time. But these difficulties must not be replicated in the body of Christ. Remember, Jesus was God''s answer to peoples'' belief that God practiced favoritism with Jews and disliked others. Now look at verses 5 - 9. James is restating that Old Testament truth: Don''t judge by outward appearances. God looks INWARD--before He looks outward. We all know that labels can be very deceptive. We often say, "Don''t judge a book ...

109. A Memorial Forever - Memorial Day

Proverbs 1:1-7

Sermon

Eric Ritz

I have always had an intense dislike for digital watches--especially those that beep. Perhaps it is my undergraduate training as a historian. A digital watch only tells us what time it is now. While it describes the present moment in exact numbers, it leaves out the past and the future. Some of you know that my ...

110. Making Compassion a Verb

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... people have a capacity for compassion. If people see a child about to fall into a well, they will, without exception, experience a feeling of alarm and distress. This is not because they know the child's parents, nor out of desire for praise ... nor out of dislike for the bad reputation that would ensue if they did not go to the rescue. From this we may conclude that without compassion one would not be a human being." Mencius was right to say that compassion is a component of true humanity, but alas, recent ...

111. Deliverance: The Forgotten Third of Jesus' Ministry

Mark 9:14-32

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... and one-third delivering people from the demonic. I call deliverance the forgotten third of Jesus' ministry. First John 3:8 explains, "The reason the Son of Man appeared was to destroy the devil's work." Christ, you see, never met a demon he didn't dislike. And he met plenty: at his temptation in the wilderness (Luke 4), at his first sermon (Mark 1), while ministering in Gadara (Mark 5), and here, among many others, in a mother's beloved child. Christ always dealt with demons swiftly and ruthlessly. And he ...

112. Maximum Marriage

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... And this is no embarrassment to Christians. After all, sex was God's idea in the first place. And God did look on all that he'd made, sex included, and say, "It's good." So, there's nothing wrong with a married couple frankly discussing their likes and dislikes as regards to the sex act. There is much to be gained in reading a book about sex and learning as much as you can about how things work. But becoming one flesh certainly means more than sex. Contrary to popular belief, it takes more than sex to make ...

113. The Battle of the Wisdoms

James 3:13-18

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... the audience differed vehemently with the decision of the judges. No sooner would the "winner" in the Battle of the Bands contest be announced than all manner of "boos," "hisses," and beverage cups would start flying toward the stage. Audiences would dislike the fact that the "Battle of the Bands" would degenerate from, in their eyes, true competition to the personal preferences of the judges. In most worldviews, life itself is just another instance of personal preference, rather than a meaningful judgment ...

114. The Power Of Purpose

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ever make it in such a so-called Holy calling; but he did. He made his mark on Mobile. And many say that he served as the social conscience of that city espousing Christian, but unpopular causes, and influencing the city fathers who found it impossible to dislike him. In 1963, he was struck down with a malignancy. He survived surgery and within a month was back at his tasks. In the same spirit, with the same infectious manner, he lifted the souls of those whose lives he touched. Then the pain returned; the ...

115. What God Has Joined Together

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... talking about are relationships and the same principles apply to all important relationships--for example parent and child, and siblings. First of all, are you attentive to one another’s needs? If I asked you details about your spouse’s likes and dislikes, how would you do? While attending a Marriage Seminar dealing with communication, Tom and his wife Grace listened to the instructor. "It is essential," said the instructor, "that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other." He ...

116. Shalom Shattered

Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... example of a mother's extreme reaction to being replaced and surpassed by another's beauty and good fortune. Envy is the feeling of discontent and ill will because of another's advantages, possessions, and status. It is being resentful and filled with dislike of another who has something desirable. Envy is wanting what someone else has and feeling badly about oneself for not having it. People rarely tell anyone they feel envy. People are taught to keep envy in the closet. Joseph's ten brothers are smitten ...

117. Body Parts and Pride

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... Body of Christ, we find that our minds are renewed by the promises of God. Because of that renewal, we are enabled to see what is the will of God. This is often an idea used in a judgmental manner, particularly in an effort to eliminate the Body parts we dislike. Paul points out the real purpose. As our minds are renewed, we are able to grow in our ability to see what is good, what is acceptable to God, and what is perfect. And as we begin to see these things more clearly, we are also inspired to seek them ...

118. Life, Death, and Judgment

Romans 14:1-12

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... wrinkles on your face, your bent body, your dwindling powers, your vanishing memory? Were these things not unmistakable signs and warnings of my impending arrival?" We want so much to avoid the results of our actions, especially when they look like something we will dislike, some sort of punishment, what we deserve for our sinful lives, that we sometimes ignore even the clear signs that judgment is coming. Sometimes we even try to ignore things like Paul's clear warning at the end of this lesson. "For we ...

119. Can't Help Dreaming

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , dwelling in a world that no longer exists, who believes irrational things, even absurd things, with dreams that can never be fulfilled, hopelessly naive. Ted Turner, the multibillionaire, some years ago made a statement for which he became notorious. He said he disliked Christianity because it was a religion of losers. I am tempted to point that out to Mr. Turner, who owns the Atlanta Braves, and who lost the National League Championship to a team that bears the name of Christian missionaries. But apart ...

120. Proper 25

Deuteronomy 34:1-12, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16, Matthew 22:34-40, Matthew 22:41-46, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... obedience to Jesus' commands. 3. Can Love Be Commanded? 22:34-40. Need: Is love something that you can make yourself do when you do not feel like doing it? Can a person say to another by way of command, "Love me"? Can you force yourself to love one you dislike or even hate? In this Gospel, we are commanded to love God and neighbor. Maybe it is not so hard to love God, but it may be an impossibility to love neighbor. No one can force us by way of a command or fear of punishment for not obeying, but ...

121. Humans, Inc.

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... racism. The great killers of nature - lions of the air (falcons, owls), lions of the land (lions, tigers, grizzly bears), and lions of the sea (great white sharks) - don't go on thrill-killing rampages just for the fun of it, or because they dislike different species in the ocean. But human beings engage in all these behaviors. Child abuse, gang violence, and vicious murders have been a part of human history since history has been recorded. Remember Cain and Abel? And yet we continue to describe those kinds ...

122. Taking Aim

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... elaborate object lessons. One particular day, Sally walked into seminary and knew they were in for another fun day. On the wall was a big target and on a nearby table were many darts. Brother Len told the students to draw a picture of someone that they disliked or someone who had made them angry . . . and he would allow them to throw darts at the person's picture. Sally's girlfriend (on her right) drew a stick-figure picture of a girl who had stolen her boyfriend in high school. Another friend (on her left ...

123. The Crowd that Watched God Die

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... attitudes here this morning. First of all, there were the indifferent. They were soldiers mostly. Caesar's orders had made them come, otherwise they'd have been sleeping in the barracks or gaming in the taverns. They resented being told what to do. Especially did they dislike crucifixion duty. It wasn't a pleasant sight to watch nails driven into human flesh. Even the most battle-hardened soldier was horrified by it. And it took so long for a man to die. The hours crept by like an arthritic turtle. So the ...

124. The Lonesome George Church

Matthew 4:23-25, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... loving what is lesser.” In these non-Lonesome George churches, you begin to care more for your community than for your own preferences. What others need to hear, the voice of Jesus, becomes more important to you than what you like or dislike. In Stetzer’s language, the “sin of preferences” leads to the “sin of a dying church.” 3) Strategic Prayer efforts. For churches to “comeback” from their turtleback status, they need to rediscover the power of the spiritual, most specifically, the power ...

125. Hypocrites

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... us when we see someone who expresses concern about global warming, and they drive the biggest gas guzzler in the community. Or how about the guy whose always talking about tithing, but gives a paltry percentage of his income to the church. Even Jesus disliked hypocrites. We’re often reminded that Jesus never called anyone a sinner, and that’s true. He looked pass the sin to the person caught in a misdeed. Still, even Jesus had no sympathy for hypocrites. In tonight’s lesson from Matthew, Jesus says ...

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