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101. God Does The Unexpected

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... fabricated this myth would have been the first to admit that if taken as history it would be preposterously untrue; but that they cannot be charged with lying since they never attempted to give the impression that they were writing history. According to this theory they must have thought that everyone (except the most stupid) would see that their story was a myth designed to convey a religious truth (and presumably that everyone would see what the truth was); that neither Mary nor Joseph, had they lived to ...

102. Count It All Joy

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is going to be to center on the crisp, pungent truths that fall one after another. Some believe that the Epistle was originally a sermon or sermons preached by James, the brother of our Lord, and then recorded in this fashion. In fact, there is one theory of authorship which has it that this was a sermon preached by James in his Aramaic tongue, taken down by someone who translated it into impeccable Greek, edited it, judiciously added to it with loving care, and issued it to the Church at large. I have ...

103. Growing In Self-esteem

Psalm 81:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... who have taken even an elementary course in sociology have been introduced to this concept of human understanding. Cooley's theory goes like this: A person's self-concept is established by what he/she thinks the most important persons in ... think we are. IV. Now my final point. There is something we can be, but will never be apart from Jesus Christ. Go back to the theory of Charles H. Cooley, the Dean of modern Sociology -- his concept of the looking glass self. A person's self-concept is established by what he ...

104. The Source of Self Esteem

Romans 8:14-25

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... would ever succeed has a chance of succeeding. The lowliest can be elevated to the highest. Look again at that description of David as he comes out of the field. "He was ruddy, and had beautiful eyes, and was handsome." I have this theory. There is nothing that contradicts this theory in the story, so that gives me permission to expand on the story. The rabbis used to do this. They would expand the story. It was called Midrash. They did it in order to make the story have meaning to the particular situation ...

105. What If He Shows Up?

John 2:13-22

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... discovery in the natural sciences in the 20th century was that "A can be both A and B at the same time" in what is called "subatomic physics." The working assumption now in that branch of science is unpredictability. They use terms such as "chaos theory," or "quantum theory," where something like a photon can literally be A and B at the same time. It can be both particle and wave at the same time. In physics it is called, the Principle of Uncertainty, developed by Werner Heisenberg at the beginning of the ...

106. The Rest of the Story

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

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... really are and discovering a God who holds us while we weep - a God who holds us and comforts us and yes, weeps, inconsolably, with us. Sometime in the 1980s, a group of psychotherapists were meeting in New York to learn about Carl Jung's theory of dream analysis. As part of the symposium, real dreams were described, and then a panel of experts, including Carl Jung's grandson, dissected and discussed the meanings of the dreams. One of the horrific dreams described that day was a recurring image in which ...

107. The Whole Shebang in Six Words

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of Everything (TOE), or theoretical physicist Stephen Wolfram's "A New Kind of Science" (the title of his 2002 book). Wolfram, a Ph.D. at 20 from Caltech, proposes that instead of looking for more and more complex theories to creation, we should be looking for simpler ones (primitives, he calls them). Complex results do not require complex designs. A simple 8 bit code could produce variety and randomness on a huge scale using what he calls cellular automatons. All of creation, Wolfram argues, could be ...

108. Palm/Passion Sunday

Mt 26:14-27:66 · Php 2:5-11 · Isa 50:4-9a · Ps 31

Sermon Aid

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

... closes in vv. 7-9a with the suffering servant confessing the reliability of God's salvation. This closing unit is framed with the confession, "The Lord GOD helps me . . . " Significance. The third suffering servant song presents a blueprint for discipleship, for it illustrates how theory and praxis must be one for any follower of God. The opening section of the song in vv. 4-5aa roots the authority of the servant in the call of God. In the opening and closing phrase, "The Lord God has . . ., " the servant ...

109. A Transitional Object (And So Much More)

John 14:15-21

Illustration

J. Michael Smith

... of D.W. Winnicott, a pediatric psychiatrist who was the chief proponent of a unique British variation of psychoanalysis known as "Object Relations Theory." Winnicott put a name on a phenomenon familiar to all of us. He asserted that all children have what is called a ‘transitional object.' We can tell it is a ‘transitional object' because she always has it with her. It's usually dirty and ratty because it can't be ...

110. Historic: Background to the Declaration of Independence

Galatians 5:1-15

Illustration

Staff

... that government was a contract between the governed and those governing, who derived their power solely from the consent of the governed and whose purpose it was to protect every man's inherent right to property, life and liberty. Jefferson's theory of "natural law" differed in that it substituted the inalienable right of "the pursuit of happiness" for "property," emphasizing that happiness is the product of civic virtue and public duty. The concept of the "pursuit of happiness" originated in the Common ...

111. You Can Take It to the Bank

2 Peter 3:1-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... three things: a. The Fact of Creation "For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water." (v.5) This world has concocted all types of elaborate evolutionary theories, replete with big bangs, primordial explosions, and even invasions from outer space to try to explain this world. But the Bible says very simply God spoke and this world came into existence. Heb. 11:3 says, "By faith we understand that the worlds were framed ...

112. My God Is Real

Psalm 14:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... on our planet spontaneously, through chemical reactions occurring in non-living matter lying on the surface of the planet. The first theory places the question of the origin of life beyond the reach of scientific inquiry. It is a statement of faith and the power of ... a Supreme Being not subject to the laws of science. The second theory is also an act of faith. The act of faith consists in assuming that the scientific view of the origin of life is ...

113. A Time for Us

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... to have advanced beyond the boundless optimism of its youth, to the pensiveness and self-doubt of middle-age. The western world itself has been obsessed with a belief in inevitable progress. After accepting the theory of biological evolution, whose higher life develops out of lower, we adopted a theory of social evolution, wherein higher social life evolved out of lower. There was a naive belief in the gradual, but certain, ascent, not descent, but ascent, of the human race. Every day in every way, things ...

114. Blazing a Path to Christ

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... Ptolemy, named for the Roman astronomer, that the earth was the center of the universe, was wrong. Copernicus was convinced that the sun was the center of the solar system with the earth one of many heavenly bodies which rotated around it. This heliocentric theory was not supported by church officials who agreed with Ptolemy, stating that his ideas were verified in the scriptures. Thus, Copernicus was forced to wait until the year of his death to publish his work. But when the world learned of his work, it ...

115. The Bonds of Love

1 John 4:7-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... until maturity. The decision to marry or not still remains one of the most important decisions any person makes in his or her life. However unromantic it may sound, it appears to be true that both men and women use what is called "balance theory" when trying to come to that crucial decision - balancing what they have to offer against what the intended has to give. As mature adults it is true that we take into account moral and intellectual values, ethnic and religious heritage, political and social views ...

116. Rock-Bottom Living

1 Peter 2:2-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... lottery tickets. One hundred million Americans in 36 states and the District of Columbia bought $30 billion worth of tickets in 1994 to prove our love affair with the lottery. Yet only 173 millionaires have been created in 12 years from the lottery. A game-theory professor once calculated the odds of winning as the same as a poker player's chance of drawing four royal flushes in a row, all in spades then getting up from the card table and meeting four strangers, all with the same birthday. Despite the ...

117. Hebrews 13:1-8

Hebrews 13:1-8

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... the first 12 chapters, he now focuses on specific, practical matters that directly concern members of the community he is addressing. Thus if chapter 12 was urging Christians to "run the race," chapter 13 is giving the rules for the competition. Still another theory suggests that the change in style is because this material was first presented by its author orally, in the equivalent to our modern-day sermon. This written version only appeared later after the author decided to put down his final address to ...

118. Hebrews 13:1-8

Hebrews 13:1-8

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

119. The Darkness We Create

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... second child has it easier than the first. The problem is that the seed of perfection has been planted and continues to grow in the first child. By the third child the parents are just trying to survive and basically say, “Do whatever you want.” This theory of the implications of birth order, of course, is mine, an Elder Son who feels he paved the way for his two siblings. Let me tell you about Elder Sons. Elder sons believe that being right is to be preferred over being loving. They believe they are ...

120. The Power of Belief

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Symmes tried for years to raise money for an expedition that would enter the hollow earth at the South Pole and emerge at the North Pole. Symmes actually found support for his theory in Congress a place where, it is thought, many nutty ideas have found support. In 1829 two ships set sail for the South Pole to prove his theory correct. They were never heard from again. (6) People are amazing. They will believe almost anything, particularly if it comes from an authority figure, like a talk show host or a TV ...

121. The Power of Belief

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

122. Mrs. Proverbs

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... them J (for Jehovah, or Yahweh, which is the name that text uses from God), E (for Elohim, that text's name for God), D (for Deuteronomist), and P (for Priestly, a writer concerned in part with instructions for the Hebrew priests). Now this is all a theory, mind you, but when you study the arguments in favor of it, it makes a good bit of sense. And, by following the vocabulary and style differences in each strand, it is possible to do some untangling and make an educated guess about which material came from ...

123. Do Not Be Quickly Shaken

2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... to leave kindergarten to go to first grade — and each step is dangerous. Each new learning replaces some previous learning. College professors know exactly what it is to teach critical theory and biblical literature: Students who come from strong church backgrounds often get mightily scared at the application of critical theory to sacred texts. Physical trainers have similar issues. They must use enough weight in weight training that it hurts so that the muscles can grow. In fact, trainers will assure ...

124. Deliverance through Thanksgiving

Psalm 50:1-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... this nation. But I could have been born in Ethiopia. You see, it’s gift. It’s gift. They say that Darwin kept a notebook to jot down the contradictions that he came across, contradictions against his theories, because he knew that if he didn’t jot those contradictions down, he was committed to his theories that he would forget them. Maybe, maybe we need to keep a notebook and record those things that we have received, things that have been given to us, things that have been done for us, blessing that ...

125. Unstoppable Determination

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... for shoplifting, or drunk driving, or smoking a joint, it’s just about impossible for him or her to bounce back. But if a kid with assets and influence goes astray, an armada of lawyers and psychologists rushes to his or her aid.” Based on this theory, she predicts that in the future a number of nonprofit groups will emerge to take on the challenge of giving deserving kids of all economic groups a second chance. (7) That sounds like a great mission for the church. St. Paul worshipped a God who always ...

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