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101. Soaring with Christ

Matthew 28:1-8

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J. Howard Olds

... can think of no better day than Easter Sunday to embrace new life in Christ. If you could use your sins washed away, I can think of no better day to accept God's grace and forgiveness than Easter Sunday morning. If you could use a new attitude, a new way of thinking, I can think of no better day than Easter Sunday morning to put on the mind of Christ. If you could use a new way of living, a new set of ethics by which you do your business and live your life, I can think of no better day than ...

102. The Christian Journey IV: The Pool

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... of everything that is selfish, repressive, divisive, mean-spirited, and violent -- anything but outreaching and inclusive. In The Curse of Cain: The Violent Legacy of Monotheism (University of Chicago Press) Regina Schwartz argues that "the Bible sets up a way of thinking about identity as us versus them." According to her, "The dark side of monotheism is this demand of intolerance..." (quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education, July 3, 1997, A15). Not surprisingly, she sees the self-righteous slaughter ...

103. Counting the Cost of Discipleship

Luke 14:25-33

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Ron Lavin

... Savior costs a lot. Jesus was separating the admirers from the disciples as he approached the cross. Second, Jesus was a Jew. That's another historical factor in understanding the harsh words about hate in Luke 14:26. If you don't enter a Hebrew way of thinking, you can't understand this verse as Jesus intended it to be understood. In Hebrew thinking there is often exaggeration for emphasis. Consider Jesus' story of a man with a tree growing out of his eye looking for a speck in his brother's eye (Matthew ...

104. He Preached Good News

Luke 3:1-20

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James Garrett

... is true what we think and feel influences what we do. It is equally true what we do influences what we think. Our actions condition our thought patterns and determine our feelings. B. Stanley Jones advised: It is easier to act yourself into a new way of thinking than to think yourself into a new way of acting. If we decide to do loving things for people, these actions can generate loving feelings toward those people. Christmas is not a theological idea. It has to do with flesh and blood events that happened ...

105. Christ the Wisdom and Power of God

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... . Paul is concerned with the Corinthians’ inappropriate boasting that results from sheer confidence in themselves and that indicates a lack of recognition of God’s gracious work in Christ. He employs rhetoric and the force of tradition to call the Corinthians to a proper way of thinking and living, and he aims at firmly fixing the focus of the congregation’s life on God as revealed through Christ Jesus. G. R. O’Day’s helpful study of 1 Cor. 1:26–31 (“Jeremiah 9:22–23 and 1 Corinthians 1:26 ...

106. Passing and Failing

Deuteronomy 8:7-18

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Charles L. Aaron

... of saying that things are not all set up in advance. Some people seem to want to tell us that God has so ordered the universe that all events are predetermined. All we can do is follow the script that already has been written for us. In this way of thinking, we are the puppets; God pulls the strings. If Deuteronomy uses the language of testing, then we can only assume that God has not already filled in all of the answers. We have choices to make; we can change things. If we have choices, then other people ...

107. That Would Be Some Miracle!

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... of course, we are asking a question which the author of the Fourth gospel would never ask. We are betraying our Hellenic (Greek) background. For the Greeks, the question was always, “What happened?” A good scientific approach to life. But for the Hebraic way of thinking, the question would not be “What happened?” but rather, “What did it mean?” We will get to that later. We are all products of a rational, scientific world view. We wonder what exactly happened, and are not satisfied until we are ...

108. Do You See What I See?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... for us in Jesus. But there is a problem in all of this. We live in a world where no one seems to be able to make any firm and sure claims about anything. In the last generation our society has come under the influence of a way of thinking called "post-modernism." In this world there are nothing but competing interests and points of view. There is no consensus about anything. The only absolute is that nothing is absolute. Everyone has a point-of-view, an ax to grind, a bias to promote. For example, Indiana ...

109. Love without Limits

John 13:31-38

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John K. Bergland

... off a cliff! This atmosphere of anger toward "outsiders" still exists today. Everyone has their "Gentiles"! Everyone discriminates against and draws lines of self-righteous distinction. You would think, by now, our world should have moved passed such archaic and cruel ways of thinking. But even after Martin Luther King's prophetic call for equal rights and all those years of many singing, "Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight," racism still runs rampant, and hate crimes are on the ...

110. Love without Limits

Acts 11:1-18

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Charley Reeb

... ! This atmosphere of anger toward “outsiders” still exists today. Everyone has their “Gentiles”! Everyone discriminates against and draws lines of self-righteous distinction. You would think, by now, our world should have moved passed such archaic and cruel ways of thinking. But even after Martin Luther King’s prophetic call for equal rights and all those years of many singing, “Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight,” racism still runs rampant, and hate crimes are ...

111. Are You a Lemming or a Lassie?

Luke 12:13-21, Luke 12:22-34, Luke 12:35-48, Luke 12:49-53, Luke 12:54-59

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... are telling them, as opposed to what Jesus is telling them. Jesus wants to set the record straight, and to be sure they understand that the mission they are about to embark on…is not going to be easy. It’s going to demand a totally different way of thinking about things, of doing things, of living. And in the process, they will be persecuted for it. Jesus knows he has limited time to get his messages across, and to set his disciples up truly to understand his theology and God’s mission in the world ...

112. Angels in the Wilderness

Mark 1:9-13

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Donald B. Strobe

... that God was remote and aloof from the world. With the coming of Jesus Christ, (who is “Emmanuel,” “God with us,”) it seems to me that the need for angels is superfluous. There is nothing that angels do that Jesus does not. To my way of thinking, angels are now unemployed. Nevertheless, the Bible does seem to refer in some places to angels as special creations of God, created for special purposes. Therefore, contrary to popular belief, you and I do not become angels when we die. That’s a relief ...

113. The Great Reveal

John 12:20-33

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Lori Wagner

... these were some thrown out of the marketplace, as we learned last week. Perhaps they are new arrivals who have heard of Jesus’ fame and wanting time to question and understand his unique message, especially in the ways it differed from their ways of thinking and understanding. This seems to be the case here. Greek thought at that time would have been dominated by the great Greek philosophers, we know still today: Socrates (470-399 BCE), Plato (428-348 BCE), and Aristotle (384-323 BCE). Greek philosophy ...

114. Past, Present, Future

Isaiah 43:16-21

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... . One of the most popular "outs" given by church leaders is that this Sermon on the Mount is delivered to the disciples, not the crowds. It doesn't count for us. Only those specially chosen by Jesus should turn the other cheek. This way of thinking became necessary when Emperor Constantine made Christianity legal around the year 315 A.D. Once the church and state became one, then it was important for rulers to be able to authorize the torture, mutilation, and slaying of enemies and friends alike, and ...

115. Applying God’s Wisdom to Life’s Issues

1 Corinthians 2:6-16, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Teach the Text

Preben Vang

... ’s wisdom. The mature are those whose understanding and actions are changed by Christ’s cross. The immature are those who continue to live on the basis of human wisdom and merely add special experiences and theoretical points of teaching to their way of thinking. Their actions have not changed; they are like those who reject the cross. 2:7 God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden. The perfect passive participial form “has been hidden” explains God’s wisdom as a wisdom that has been hidden ...

116. God’s Generosity Resented

Matthew 20:1-16

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... 's Bible on Matthew) It’s tough to give up our idea of earning what God gives us! The lovelessness of these all day workers is set to contrast the generosity of God. The rewards of God just do not mesh with our human standards and way of thinking. But these men who worked all day were not cheated - instead, those who only worked for a short time received a gift. There is something important here. The big difference in the workers is the spirit in which they do their work. Looking at it reasonably ...

117. The Womb of Amazing Grace

John 4:5-42

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... woman in John 4. She was, as has been emphasized already, a Samaritan. Moreover, she was not just a Samaritan, but also a woman. On top of that, she was a woman with a deeply scarred past. So, it is fair to say that to the Pharisees' way of thinking, she had three strikes against her and was unworthy of redemption of any kind. Given her history and current lifestyle, the law of the Pharisees had one response for her if she ever was caught in Jerusalem: Stone her to death! Jesus looks at her situation from ...

118. The Good Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... ." Yes, the tradition of the shepherd was very much a part of the heritage of Christ. This picture comes more clearly into focus in the New Testament. Jesus once told a story about a shepherd who had 100 sheep, but one of them went astray. In our way of thinking a 99% return on our investment would be most desirable, but not this shepherd. He left the 99 to go in search of that one lost sheep. Later, when Jesus was speaking to a great throng of people, Mark tells us that he had compassion upon them because ...

119. We Do Not Have To Stay The Way We Are!

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... for the poor and maybe increase our contributions. But frequently these efforts are only skin deep and once again the result is a kind of cosmetic piety whereby we fool others and maybe even ourselves. But how can we "rend our hearts?" How can we change our way of thinking? How can we change the direction of our lives? How can we change our basic attitude, the orientation of our lives? That is what true repentance is about and that is what it means to "rend our hearts." The old story is told of the Sunday ...

120. From Foolishness To Power

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... with the disciples of Jesus. If we had to pick disciples for Jesus, we would be tempted to choose the brightest and best. The sad thing is we would probably not even consider ordinary fishermen. Fortunately for the salvation of millions of people, our way of thinking is not God's. Those fishermen turned the world upside down proclaiming and even dying for the Gospel message. God is able to see potential in people that we often miss. So, on the one hand, He keeps us from pride over our religious inclination ...

121. Nehemiah: The Fix

Nehemiah 1:1-11

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... safe once again. It was kind of like the old business adage: "How do you eat an elephant?" You have to listen for the answer. "One bite at a time." IV. Repent A. The Fourth thing Nehemiah had to do was to help the people turn around to a different way of thinking. He had to help them repent and change their ways. Shoe, Thursday, July 19, the comic, Shoe by Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins, Shoe is sitting at the counter at Roz's and Roz says, "What I think I need in my life right now is a total makeover ...

122. New Creations in Christ

Revelation 21:1-6

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... that reminded him of the stranger. And he knew that the stranger lived.1 The old man was bitter, arrogant, and resisted change, but through the persistence and love of the fruit seller he came to realize his need for transformation, conversion, and a new way of thinking. He needed the new eyes which the stranger had given the fruit seller. In the end he found what he needed through the power of the stranger. This fable is clearly an Easter story of the new life that Jesus' resurrection brings, not only to ...

123. Jesus, The Mad Man

Mark 3:20-30

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Erskine White

... Himself." With His standing as a prophet, with His appearance, His friends and the things He did, people may have concluded that Jesus was mad. But I suspect that people also called Him mad because He made them uncomfortable. His life, His message, His whole way of thinking were just too radical and hard to bear. Why, Jesus Himself had said that the gate which leads to salvation is narrow; many are called, but "the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few" (Matthew 7:14). So, Jesus ...

124. When Jiggling Wires Is Not Good Enough

John 4:1-26

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King Duncan

... "those who drink of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty." Naturally the Samaritan woman asks Jesus for some "living water," so that, in her own words, "I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water." In her way of thinking not only would she never be thirsty again, but she would never have to face the humiliation or scorn from the other women because she would no longer have to go to the well. She would have this "living water," and she could experience some peace in ...

125. Israel Unrepentant

Hosea 6:1--7:16

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... gain that empire’s help in throwing off the Assyrian yoke (2 Kgs. 17:4–6). Egypt was too weak to lend any aid, and in 722–721 BC, the ten northern tribes were exiled to Mesopotamia and the population replaced by foreigners. To our way of thinking, Israel’s actions on the international scene might seem logical and necessary, but God compares those frantic actions to the wild flying back and forth of a silly dove that has no sense, verse 11. Why? Because Israel was God’s elected nation, intended to ...

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