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101. Like A Tornado

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... . A major part of the strength of their witness was how they lived out their love for one another. It's good to remind ourselves each year at Pentecost of the ties that bind the body of Christ together. Too often in churches we treat one another with malice and end up hurting one another sometimes even with good intent. It reminds me of a strange event that took place in World War II in Asia. The war officially ended in the second week of August of 1945. However, there were still soldiers in 150 POW camps ...

102. A Date With Destiny

Philippians 2:1-11

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King Duncan

... matter. As Phillipe Vermier once put it, "If you are a disciple of the Master, it is up to you to illumine the earth. You do not have to groan over everything the world lacks; you are there to bring it what it needs . . . There where reign hatred, malice and discord you will put love, pardon, and peace. For lying you will bring Truth; for despair, hope; for doubt, faith; there where is sadness you will give joy. If you are in the smallest degree the servant of God, all these virtues of light you will carry ...

103. A Rainbow And A Cross

Genesis 9:1-17

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King Duncan

... . We are in a state of estrangement from our creator. Thus God's dilemma--God loves us but God cannot accept our sin. Our sinfulness stands in direct opposition to God's whole purpose for creation. God created us for love and harmony. Sin brings malice, spite, disunity. God created us for health and life. Sin brings broken-ness and death. God created us for joy and celebration. Sin brings insensitivity and dissipation. Thus God is confronted with a dilemma. What shall God do with God's beloved creation that ...

104. Jesus, Our Hope

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Darrick Acre

... rests.” The babe in the manger is the hope of the world, and this is Christmas. The babe in the manger is exactly what we need. You see, we are foolish. We are disobedient. We are deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We live in malice and envy and hatred. That’s us! We are foreigners to the covenant of promise. We are far away, and without hope. We are hopeless! We are a hopeless cause. We can’t fix ourselves. We can’t make our day better by trying harder. We have no future ...

105. What the Maid Said to the Fisherman

Mark 14:66-72, Mark 14:53-65

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Donald B. Strobe

... . Violence and greed were the order of the day. We might ask, “So what else is new?” We might think that not much has changed. But what changes for the good there have been have come about because twenty centuries ago into this maelstrom of malice a new accent was heard on a hillside in Galilee: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, those who mourn, the meek, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, the merciful, the peacemakers, etc.” (Matthew 5) It was heard in the pulpit at Nazareth when a ...

106. The Church: Identity And Function

1 Peter 2:4-12

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Maxie Dunnam

Our Scripture lesson today is from the 2nd chapter of I Peter. “So put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander. Like new born babes, long for the pure Spiritual milk that by it you may grow up to salvation, for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. Come to him to that living stone rejected by men but in ...

107. A Scream And A Laugh

Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... -indulgent grasping hands; the passionate drive for immediate gratification and satisfaction that turns the holy into the profane. Or, we could turn the list into the kind Paul makes in Colossians 3: 5-8: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, covetousness, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language. In these "you also once walked when you lived in them" (3:7). It does not take much probing to locate the chains from which we have been freed by Christ; and it does not take much perception to ...

108. Put To Death The Old; Put On The New

Colossians 3:1-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... the chambers of government in Washington. Paul makes his call to put off the old nature and put on the new even more emphatic as he lists again some of the things that have to go from our lives. "but now you yourselves must lay aside all anger, passion, malice, cursing, filthy talk -- have done with them" (v. 8, NEB). This is a vivid demand which is hard to take. Paul is calling for radical surgery. He is saying that we are to put to death every part of our being which is against God, and which prevents us ...

109. God's Anxiety Reduction Plan

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

John P. Jewell

... bumps and obstacles on a road that leads to certain peace. A second quality is that we are to let our "gentleness" be known to everyone. "The word signifies a humble, patient, steadfastness, which is able to submit to injustice, disgrace and maltreatment without hatred and malice, trusting in God in spite of it all."¹ The reason we are able to embrace these qualities is a wonderful Advent theme. "The Lord is near." How can we rejoice in the face of trial? "The Lord is near." How can Christian people be ...

110. The Gospel

Colossians 1:3-6

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Maxie Dunnam

... indulgent grasping hands; the passionate drive for immediate gratification and satisfaction that turns the holy into the profane. Or, we could turn the list into the kind Paul makes in Colossians 3:5-8: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, covetousness, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language. In these “you also once walked when you lived in them” (3:7). It does not take much probing to locate the chains from which we have been freed by Christ; and it does not take much perception to ...

111. One for All

Psalm 32:1-5, Romans 5:12-19

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Frank Ramirez

... Sinned All. Christ Claimed the Lost And Paid the cost. Prayer Of Confession There is nothing like your forgiveness, your acceptance, your salvation. There is nothing, Lord, to match the boundless grace you offer. In this season of Lent we admit our shortcomings, our failings, our poor choices, our deliberate malice, and praise you for your forgiveness, your renewal, your redemption. Amen. Hymns "Jesus, Keep Me Near The Cross" "Spirit Of God Descend Upon My Heart" "I Will Sing Of My Redeemer"

112. The Sin of Being Less

Colossians 3:1-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... do." We are not trapped, not since Christ. We are able to make choices about the kind of life we are going to live. Just in case the sins of the flesh are not your thing, he also mentions what are called the sins of the spirit: anger, wrath, malice, slander, gossip, abusive language, and lying. In the Bible, the sins of the spirit are just as tenacious and destructive of human life as are the sins of the flesh. He mentions enough sins in this passage to include everyone. But if it didn't touch you, Paul has ...

113. Proper 25

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

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John R. Brokhoff

... Gospel: Matthew 22:34-46 (C, E); Matthew 22:34-40 (RC) 1. Test (v. 35). This is the fourth time when Jesus is put to the test by his enemies. He had just silenced the Sadducees by his answer concerning the resurrection. On the one hand, we deplore the malice in the religious leaders to try to trap him so that they would have a reason to bring him to trial and death. On the other hand, we have no fear that Jesus cannot pass the severest tests any enemy can bring to him. He always passes the test of ...

114. How Can Religion Go Bad Doing Good?

Matthew 7:21-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... horror to operate did so in the midst of normal, everyday life. Men and women went to work, went to school, went to church, went about their lives, without acknowledging - much less denouncing - the evil they had let into their lives. Nazi Germany circulated malice, hatred, and violence into every corner of its citizens' lives - corrupting all they did and all they said. By acquiescing in evil, Germany itself became an embodiment of evil in our world's bloody history. In today's gospel text Jesus' words are ...

115. Murphy's Law and Messiah's Law

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a mechanical system), it will, and generally at the moment the system becomes indispensable." My very favorite gloss on Murphy's Law is Eric Sevareid's Law: "The chief cause of problems is solutions." CBS News, 29 December 1970. (quoted in Thomas L. Martin, Jr., Malice in Blunderland [New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973], 23.) We in the church have a version of Murphy's Law. It goes like this: "No good deed goes unpunished." Kind and Punishment go together. If you don't believe me, just ask Sheila Hull. Each day ...

116. The Crowd that Watched God Die

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... of us today, is it not? Outwardly we can appear moral and upright. When we pass, people say, "Ah, look at him. He's the backbone of the town, a righteous man indeed!" Yet inside we are full of lust and deceit. We are rotten with prejudice and malice. The Bible says, "Let any one who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall" (1 Corinthians 10:12 RSV). This is not bad advice today. Let us examine ourselves to see if we are sinners. Let us not parade around in arrogant self-righteousness. Let us not pretend ...

117. Can You Smell the Perfume?

John 12:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... God in their midst in the flesh. Incarnations are fleeting. Can we not laugh and love, eat and dance in the midst of pain? Here was a woman who, in the midst of plots by eight chief priests, empty promises by 12 chief disciples, guile and malice by the scribes, and the betrayal by one key confidante, threw confidence to the wind, emptied her heart and emptied her wallet, and allowed herself to become a fool for love. Any wonder the disciples were so mad? Any wonder when Jesus rebuked the disciples saying ...

118. Y'all, What's in Your All?

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . At first the Colossians text makes it clear that not all those traits people hold in common are characteristics to be proud of. The selfish sexuality sins listed in verse 5 (fornication, impurity, desire, greed) coupled with the vituperative verbiage sins (anger, wrath, malice, slander) reeled off in verse 8 are easy to find and identify in all of us. But the epistle writer offers the ultimate in consolation to his Colossian listeners. Despite the fact that we have all participated to some degree in this ...

119. Easter 5

John 14:5-14, John 14:1-4, 1 Peter 2:4-12, Acts 7:54--8:1a, Psalm 31:1-24

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

... "born anew" (1:23) through the word of God—which unlike grass will not fade away. First Peter 2:1-3 provides a conclusion to this emerging relationship (that the audience has been born anew) first, with an ethical command in v. 1 ("rid yourselves of all malice and all guile . . . "), and, second, with an analogy of infants being breast-fed with spiritual milk in vv. 2-3. First Peter 2:4-10 shifts the discussion to the architectural imagery of Zion. Here the focus is more on the new reality that has been ...

120. Doing Right When You Have Been Done Wrong

Ephesians 4:31-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... are the twin topics we are going to tackle today. I. The Deadly Poison of Bitterness Acts 8:23 speaks about being "poisoned by bitterness." Paul says here in v.31, "Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice." Of all the human emotions, the one that I personally fear the most is bitterness. Bitterness is an emotional cancer that will eat you up from the inside out. It is a blight that will contaminate you, a burden that will crush you, a blaze that will ...

121. The Great Depression

Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... He knows exactly when, where, and how to attack you, and to get you down into the dumps of depression. There is an old fable that says the devil offered his tools for sale because he decided to go out of business. He displayed those various tools—malice, hatred, jealousy, deceit, bitterness, and had prices marked on them. But one of them was set apart marked with a higher price than the others. When the devil was asked why this particular tool was marked so high he said, “Because this is my most useful ...

122. Sending Good Messages

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... get in on the argument. It is strictly private. Rule number two is this: NEVER YELL AT EACH OTHER UNLESS THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. St. Paul urged us to get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.” (Eph. 4:31) Wise old Solomon advised that “a soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” (Prov. 15:01) This rule will require considerable discipline. If alcohol consumption is involved, it will be doubly difficult. If you sense that a ...

123. What Is Caesar’s and What Is God's? - Sermon Starter

Matthew 22:15-22

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Brett Blair

... him at ease before they stabbed him in the back. Tell us then, they continue, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor? I suppose we ought to be grateful to the Pharisees. In their question, which Jesus says was motivated by malice, they prompt one of the greatest of Jesus' teachings. It may not seem like much on the face of it, but the implications of this teaching have echoed through the centuries and they have shaped western societies. Jesus said, Render to Caesar the things that are ...

124. Are You on the Gospel Side?

Colossians 3:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... fail to excise these negative actions and attitudes from their lives, then they will see the wrath of God coming at them. The "gospel side" is not some dull and dreary sideline marked by austerity or tedium. Once the clutter of "such things" as "anger, wrath, malice, slander and abusive language" have been swept away from our lives there is room for a new abundance of joy, love and hope. Donald J. Shelby tells of a phrase he heard when growing up that was uttered when "someone filled your coffee cup or ice ...

125. Paying Dues to God

Matthew 22:15-22

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Leonard Sweet

... ; 6) speak about others with the same kindness and fairness that they wish others to exercise when speaking about them. The Pharisees and Herodians who challenged Jesus' opinion with the question on taxes are described by the text as being filled with "malice." They did not care about the result their confrontation may have on others watching and listening. The image of God they embodied was not one of justice; rather they presented a snarled lip and a surly attitude. Christians, seeking to genuinely "do ...

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