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101. Only One Thing Is Needed

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... John 12:21.” A curious thing to find in the pulpit, he thought, so he quickly thumbed through his Bible and found the passage which read: “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” (3) Christ is that one thing that is needed. Mary understood that intuitively. Christianity is not about doing good, though that is a major witness to our faith. The best Christians I know are continually doing acts of love and charity. Christianity is not about keeping commandments, though the best Christians I know seek to keep all the ...

102. At War with Myself

Romans 7:15-25a

Sermon

William G. Carter

... has a pleasant personality, a gentle demeanor, a pretty smile. She loves to listen to people when she meets them for coffee. She's very friendly when she stands next to people at a soccer game. People tell her all kinds of things. She listens sympathetically, intuitively nods her head. Then she excuses herself, pulls out her cell phone, dials a number, and says, "You'll never believe what I just heard." One friend got damaged by her gossip and confronted her. "Why did you treat me like that?" There were a ...

103. The Rest of the Story

Matthew 2:19-23, Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... . They invite us to weep. They invite us to dream. And they invite us to trust. Yes, first they invite us to weep. For it is in our emotion and our empathy that we feel God's heart beat. Then they invite us to dream. For it is in the intuition and imagination of our minds that we most clearly hear God speak. And, finally, they invite us to trust, for it is in the offering of our lives, unfettered by anxiety, that we find the grace of God. The allusion to weeping in Matthew's story is an obscure one ...

104. Call Waiting

John 1:29-42

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Susan R. Andrews

... , there was something about Jesus and something about his question that hooked them. You see, Jesus invites them into their imaginations. Jesus invites them into their curiosity. Yes, Jesus invites them into God's world - not through a sense of duty, but through intuition and passion. And so in midlife, Andrew and Simon jump ship. They start moving in a new direction. The second interesting detail in this story is the disciples' response. The person and the question of Jesus stops them in their tracks, and ...

105. Kairos Commitments

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

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Susan R. Andrews

... . I once read an excellent paper interpreting several call passages. One line jumped out at me. "Leaders within a Christian context are those people who are willing to be led." Leaders are those who are willing to follow - to follow the call, to follow heart and intuition and vision, to follow the prompting and the inbreaking of God's Spirit. My friends, you have been a community of leaders that has answered God's call vigorously and creatively - in many times and in many places. Let each one of us recommit ...

106. God, The Venture Capitalist?

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... reporting skills said so. "And that's the way it is, June 1969." Christianity appeals to several thousand years of authority in the pages of scripture (2 Timothy 3:16-17). A fourth means of gaining knowledge is revelation. It is sometimes called conscience or intuition. Revelation is God's self-disclosure. A few years ago Pope John Paul went to prison on Christmas Day to share God's love. He preached, "You could not come to me so I came to you!" This is revelation. What we could not learn about ...

107. Confused as Pigeons

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a confusing place. But perhaps no more confusing than was the southern slope at the base of Mount Hermon in 30 CE. There, in a sacred place, steeped in a tradition of divinely-guided insights and epiphanies, the disciples at last put their intuitions and inspirations into words. " . . . Who do you say that I am," Jesus directly asked his faithful followers. Acting as spokesperson Peter volunteers what the disciples as a group had already grasped while wetly wallowing in the hull of their nearly swamped boat ...

108. Eleven Plus One

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the road in search of spiritually depleted vehicles." 4. John: 1965 Mustang The "beloved disciple" was The Twelve's resident dreamer. A quiet, soft spoken, shadowy figure, John was probably only in his late teens when Jesus called him to discipleship. Intellectual but intuitive, usually the onlooker, John was roused to speak out against the man who cast out demons in the name of Jesus and was rebuked for his outburst. He saw and believed the resurrection. John would've picked a small sports car, less flashy ...

109. The Shadow

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... 's appeal ("You will be like gods, knowing good and evil"). Based on the serpent's words, the woman gazes on the fruit with new eyes. They're eyes that now see the nuance of shadow over the bright and beautiful fruit. Instead of seeing a forbidden food, she intuits that it "is good for food." She continues her long, fixed stare upon the fruit until she finds it "a delight to the eyes" as well. As she stares, the serpent's words cast an even longer shadow over her heart. She succumbs to desire for the tree's ...

110. The Ultimate Identity Thief

Galatians 3:15-25

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... an almost unbearable nightmare. Cases of mistaken identity have led to detainment, arrests, lost jobs, and long separations from family. The computerized system only recognizes names not distinct individuals. The technology can only highlight pre-programmed information. It cannot intuit interior motivations. It cannot realize true individual identities. What is it that makes us who we are? What is it that makes you who you are? The apostle Paul calls all our self-defined identities into question in today ...

111. The Whole Shebang in Six Words

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to our own scientific laws, is a myth" (The Astonishing Hypothesis [Touchstone Books, 1995]}. Other scientists have discovered two small knots of neuronal tissue above each ear they have nicknamed "god spots." These knots seem to mediate peak experiences in religion, creativity and intuition. When these god spots are stimulated, the person feels at one with the universe, in touch with the divine. Trying to find a God spot on the brain, trying to identify God as the quantum vacuum-all this is more modernist ...

112. Catch the Fever

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

James Caldwell III

... tear the edge of the envelope. All the world isn't just a stage, it's a mission field. Jesus' fever of the Spirit shows us that his way of thinking of relating to God and doing ministry is totally foreign to our nature, our intuition, and our traditions. Jesus turns our worldly notions topsy-turvy: To follow Jesus means to expect the unexpected; There's freedom in obedience to God and servanthood to our neighbor; Following him may not involve the conventional or the comfortable way; That following him means ...

113. Proper 10

Psalm 119:1-176, Romans 8:1-17, Matthew 13:1-23, Genesis 25:19-34

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... activity in our present culture. The names Sally, Suzy, Bob, or Tom are often chosen by parents because of their sound or because of an important relative who bears the name. The name Tom or Thomas, for example, is not chosen because parents intuit a fundamental predisposition toward "doubting" in an infant boy, which is the meaning of the name. Yet this example is closer to the ancient Near Eastern understanding of the power of names, where the naming of an individual embodies their most fundamental ...

114. Cook Food. Serve Love.

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... same “stuff,” but it takes on a new form. The rise, then fall, then rise again, of Apple operating systems and gizmos is based on a three-part philosophy: 1) Keep it simple; 2) Make it user friendly; 3) No jargon. The iphone with its intuitive and fun-to-play touch screen technology instantly made poking at buttons and directional arrows out-dated and obsolete. Compare the iphone touch screen with the stack of remote control units that are no doubt sitting around your TV stand. Or if you want a jargon ...

115. Why You Should Study the Bible

Psalm 119:105

Sermon

James Merritt

... control of their planes and crashed in an average time span of just 178 seconds; 20 pilots who were very capable at keeping a plane aloft in good weather, could not survive three minutes in bad weather. Even though they were season pilots that had exceptional intuition and great reflexes, and a lot of experience, when rough weather hit they lost control and they crashed. You know most of us can handle life when the conditions are good, but when it gets dark and the clouds and the rain and the thunder and ...

116. Miracles Are Part of Our Lives

Matthew 14:22-33

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Edward F. Markquart

... infertility for five, ten, or fifteen years, when their child is born, truly believe that their child is a miraculous gift from God. The word, "miracle," and the experience of the miraculous is very much part of our modern lives, even in a scientific age. Our intuitive definition of a miracle isn't so much "magic happened" or natural laws were violated; but that the sequence of events and timing of events convince us that God has intervened and saved us or helped us. And miracles are very much part of our ...

117. Precious and Privileged Children

Galatians 4:4-7

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... we never seem to rise above the fact we are simply the Father's boys and girls. The great and the less than great are called to admit to this eternal verity, in time. The famous and infamous, sooner or later, understand in some intuitive way their perpetual childhood. Some of us wish we could experience more childlikeness in our churches and less childishness. There is a huge difference. One is ready for orders from the Almighty. The other complains the orders received are inappropriate or worse! Childlike ...

118. Minding Your Heart

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to our entire culture as we study social science, military science, and political science. What the Hopi called "heart knowledge" has generally been dismissed as untrustworthy and inferior. It was further illegitimized by confining it to one gender - i.e., "woman's intuition." Notice that when men chose to base their decisions on some unprovable urge they re-located their hunches and referred to their "gut reactions." As we enter a new Post-modern Age, it appears that some semblance of balance is beginning ...

119. The Monster Under Megan's Bed

John 6:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... way through a new CD-ROM game. The ease with which even the youngest children seem to pick up and master the most advanced technological gadgetry suggests that these Megan mks (millennial kids) may be developing in the human species a kind of automatic electronic intuition. Unlike adults, the Megans of the world seem to know instinctively how to work the microchip. Children "save the day" for us adults as we try to lumber alongside them into the millennium-III, 21-C future. In today's story of feeding the 5 ...

120. Mark 11:1-11

Mark 11:1-11

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Leonard Sweet

... is now simply passing along to two disciples the details of the deal he had already worked out. However, the details Jesus knows about his animal and his use of the phrase "The Lord needs it. . ." certainly seems to identify this as another wonder story. Jesus intuitively "knows" a colt meeting all his requirements is located on a certain street. He also is able to pass along to his disciples the words that will act as a kind of "open sesame" for them. Their response of "The Lord needs it. . ." should be ...

121. A Demon Speaks Out in Church

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... on a couch in a psychologist’s office. Well, Lassie got help. Not everyone needs a psychologist, but all of us need someone with whom we can share our problems. Someone who will listen and will not judge. Women seem to understand this intuitively. Men sometimes find it more difficult. Most men will avoid doctors, dentists, and counselors until their pain becomes unbearable. Dr. Steve Stephens tells about a time when he was about ten. He was out in the woods with his cousins picking berries. His Uncle ...

122. The Heart of the Matter

Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... had a devastating effect on Kierkegaard. Though a profound Christian, he seemed paralyzed by his past. He knew the road to freedom, but could never travel it. Kierkegaard presents a gripping lesson for us all. We can strive for wisdom, patience, and intuition. We can live lives of prayer and communicate earnestly with God. We can become brilliant theologians, ministers, or Bible study leaders. Yet, if we live with unresolved issues in our lives, we will still remain stagnant and continue to lack hope’s ...

123. Where a Cross Should Be Worn

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... was there with him. What was lost paled next to what was gained because what was gained was that which puts everything else in order.” (6) And that is why we are here this night. We want to put our lives in order. We know it is counter-intuitive that to save our lives, we must first lose them; that to reign with Christ we must first become a servant like Christ; that to become greatest we must first be willing to be counted among the least and the lowest. But we also know the shallowness and heartache ...

124. A Pair of Ducks and Abundant Life

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... concluded: “I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.” I think I do. The idea that truth is often complex, or abstract is something Jesus recognized, but I think there’s one more way he would describe it: It…is…simple. Our intuition tells us that doesn’t it? We may have a hard time explaining it out loud, but our gut knows it. Instantly: “whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.” There are three paradoxes that permeate Christ’s teachings that I ...

125. The Measure of Greatness - Sermon Starter

Mark 9:33-37

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Brett Blair

... live close to Christ become so secure in his love that they no longer relate to other people according to rank or power or money or prestige. They treat janitors and governors with equal dignity. They regard everybody as a VIP. Children seem to do this intuitively; adult Christians have to relearn it. It is a telling little peace of scripture in verse 32: "But they did not understand." That's a picture that can be hung in the halls of the museum of mankind. When confronted by true greatness, we simply do ...

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