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1276. A Courtroom Confrontation

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... to stop poisoning ourselves. Is there some kind of invisible rope that is binding you today? Could it be an addiction or racism or excessive political partisanship? Could it be an illicit relationship or pride or jealousy? What if anything is handicapping your ability to reflect the Lord Jesus? Long ago two men stood facing one another in a courtroom. Pilate, though the governor and judge, was a captive. Jesus, though bound and defenseless, was genuinely free. Here we have a mystery and a paradox. You might ...

1277. A Mother Who Could Let Go

1 Samuel 9:1--10:8

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . What a challenge it is to treat a child as special and unique without spoiling or indulging him. The writer Tony Campola says that we can all take helpful lessons from Jewish mothers. They are always telling their children how special they are, how much ability they have, and what wonderful futures they will have. Two Jewish mothers meet on the street. One says, "What lovely children! How old are they?" The other says, "The doctor is five; the lawyer is three." No wonder the Jews produce more Nobel Prize ...

1278. Derailed Dreams

Genesis 37:12-36, 50:15-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... up; use what you have; trust that God will find a way. Down in Egypt God helped with the first detour: Joseph was sold to a good man, Potiphar, who turned over to him the management of his household. Joseph had two major gifts: management and the ability to discern God's purposes through dreams. He put those gifts to work. Potiphar's hot-blooded wife harassed Joseph sexually, and when he would not agree to an affair, she accused him falsely of assault. So, off to jail he went. Another dead-end! But even ...

1279. Is Someone Knocking?

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... said that "inasmuch as you did it unto the least of these, my brothers and sisters, you did it unto me." Some years ago an elementary school teacher was preparing her students for the annual Christmas play. In her class was a boy named Bob whose mental abilities were deficient. He was a slow- learner just barely able to function in a public school setting. Bob wanted to be in the play, but the teacher knew he was not capable of remembering lines. But Bob wanted so much to be included and the other students ...

1280. A Shepherd To Lead Us

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... a list of traits. These five were present in most of the list: 1. Courage - Leaders expressed ideas to help others improve, in spite of personal risk or opposition. 2. Non-conformity - Simply swimming with the tide leaves you nowhere. 3. Foresight - The ability to look ahead and see what's coming. 4. Steadiness – Having patience and persistence despite failures and obstacles. 5. Righteousness - The willingness to do the right thing and speak the truth. These are all marks of a true leader but none seemed ...

1281. How to do Extraordinary Things

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... for ministry than does Christ Church, if we have the necessary facilities. This is the largest capital campaign in our history, attempting to raise more money than some people think possible. That's alright. I love to get into ventures that are bigger than our abilities can underwrite. I like to get out there where success is impossible unless God moves mightily. Then when we are successful, God gets the glory that he deserves. I am expecting a miracle! I am calling it "the miracle in May.” I believe that ...

1282. Glorious Surprises

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... than less. While the Holy Spirit may make us exuberant and enthusiastic, we are never made weird or unbalanced. One of the fruits of the Spirit is self-control. When our Bible speaks of gifts of the Spirit, it is referring to special talents and abilities that God gives to Christians so that the church is fully equipped for her mission. Ephesians 4 and First Corinthians 12 give us lists of just a few of the gifts: evangelism, prophecy, teaching, and administration. There areas many gifts as there are people ...

1283. A Haven For Troubled Hearts

John 14:1-4

Sermon

Brett Blair

... wish for a good grade. The next year he repeated that course. He worked hard, and he passed. This time he decided that he did not need God, that he could get along by himself. After some years had passed, Dr Weatherhead came to understand that his own powers and abilities were in reality the power that God had given to him. He began to realize that God had already given him the power to pass the examination, but he had not used that power the first go around. The power is there for us to use. Not the kind ...

1284. Here Comes Jesus

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

James Bjorge

... All the while they didn’t realize they were being fattened for the holiday table of the farmer and his friends. That not only happened in a fable on fowl, but can happen all too frequently in a church service on Sunday. John the Baptist had the ability to put handles on his homilies. The people were told simply what they must do. Things weren’t cluttered but clear. He did not serve up a platter of sweeping concepts in which the listener could get sleepy. When John was through preaching, the people asked ...

1285. Christmas Is Coming

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

James Bjorge

... looking forward to God’s invasion. That was his primary falling star which he caught and put in his pocket and never let it go. It gave him strength and made the crusts of old age a little softer and sweeter. Simeon could also give us a lesson in the ability to be amazed. One day he was inspired by the Spirit to go into the temple. His heart skipped a beat. Was something going to happen on this day? Then he saw the child Jesus; he swept him up in his arms and the Bible says old Simeon blessed God ...

1286. An Identity Crisis

Sermon

James Bjorge

... . On one of his visits he brought along his black labrador. A lab is supposedly a born hunter with keen instincts for the outdoor life. I was a bit apprehensive though, for this dog had not been trained in hunting skills and I was dubious of his native abilities. Well, the fears were well-grounded for when this explosive black lab hit the fields, he was off chasing the winds. He did not know what he was supposed to be pursuing nor did he seem to care. Little sparrows in the thicket seemed to be fair game ...

1287. Balaam and His Talking Donkey

Numbers 22:21-41

Sermon

Don Yocom

... humans did not, like in a storm or in the dark of the night. A horse almost talks to its master at a time like that. Or maybe it’s a watch dog, and he really communicates, in barks and yelps, that something is wrong. Animals have an ability to communicate that may surprise human effort at times. Adolph Hitler was like Balaam. He fooled a lot of Christian people into believing in him. He corrupted the biblical teaching of a millenium of peace to support the Nazi idea of the Third Reich, a government to ...

1288. Worn Out? Tired? Weary?

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... you had it to do all over again, would you fall in love with yourself once more?" Having a love affair with oneself is a terribly fatiguing process. It robs us of the one saving grace in life - a sense of humor - and a sense of humor is essentially, the ability to laugh at oneself. We can see all of our poses for what we are. Isn’t it strange that our Lord was never referred to as being tired, not this frantic, kind of weariness that comes from preoccupation with self? Probably no one on earth has lived a ...

1289. How Do You Like Yourself?

1 Peter 3:8-22

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... those who asked him why he hadn’t married: "Well, it’s so difficult living with myself that I wouldn’t ask my worst enemy to share that experience, much less someone that I supposedly loved." One of the unique characteristics of the human being is his ability to be two persons. He can stand off and look at himself. He can analyze his own personality. He can estimate the power of his intellect. He can argue with himesif. He can, literally, fight with himself. No other person can hate us quite so much ...

1290. Well, What's for Sure?

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... in his life by just such a conversion once said to me: "Pastor, if you run into anyone who doesn’t believe in God, just send him to me. I KNOW!" THE EXPERIENCE OF PRAYER AS COMMUNION WITH GOD. Centuries of Christian living bear witness to this, the ability to say that "When I am alone, I am not alone, for the Father is with me." Emerson said: "God enters a private door into every individual." He most certainly does. We have all known moments when we were completely sure as we prayed that we were not ...

1291. AMBASSADOR

Isaiah 18:2; Ezekiel 17:15

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Stephen Stewart

... , to make alliances, and to protest wrongs, among the more outstanding of their duties. Now, obviously, you can’t send just anyone on such missions. So, these men of wisdom, as we have said, and also men who possessed great education and ability. They were usually men of high rank, as Sennacherib’s chief-marshall, Tartan; chief eunuch, Rabsaris; and chief-officer, Rabshakey, met by Hezekiah’s house-master, scribe and recorder (2 Kings 18:17ff). Today our ambassadors, our consuls, our emmisaries, and ...

1292. THE DAY LABORER

Deuteronomy 24:15; Matthew 20:1

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Stephen Stewart

... hour, and have certain legal rights. Or, we might also include the permanent workers in many situations who are paid by the hour, rather than on a set wage. They too have rights which employers sometimes neglect, but they have also the obligation to serve to the best of their abilities, and this is an obligation that they sometimes neglect. There are rights and obligations on both sides!

1293. INTERPRETER

Genesis 42:23

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Stephen Stewart

... some rather exotic instances, through living in foreign lands. But the ancients learned their languages through travel - sometimes as merchants, who later rose to a position of importance; or sometimes as slaves, who were able to convince their masters of their exceptional abilities, and so win release from slavery. There were, in biblical times, other meanings for the term "interpreter," however. In some places, as in Job 33:23 and in Isaiah 43:27, the interpreter is an intermediary between God and man, a ...

1294. JEWELER

Exodus 28:11

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Stephen Stewart

... on the ear or around the neck. Sometimes they were used to ward off evil spirits and charms. The armlet was a bracelet worn on the upper part of the arm. Rings were worn as frequently in the nose as on the finger. Ancient jewelers needed both artistic ability and manual dexterity. They first formed a wax model of the article they were making. Next, they placed the model in the casting ring and poured plaster into the ring to form a mold. This mold was inserted into a furnace to melt the wax. A metal model ...

1295. PHYSICIAN

Luke 5:31; Colos. 4:14

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Stephen Stewart

... late period, outward maladies appear to have been the chief subjects of medical treatment among the Hebrews, although they were not entirely without remedies for internal and even mental disorders. The Bible is generally not complimentary concerning the doctor’s ability to cure his patients. Mark 5:26 says, "he suffered much under many physicians." No post-mortem study of anatomy and the cause of disease, such as we practice today, was possible because of the Mosaic injunction against touching the ...

1296. SALESWOMAN

Acts 16:14

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Stephen Stewart

... assume that both Ananias and his wife Sapphira sold real estate; Aquila and his wife Priscilla were both tent-makers and presumably sold their products. But it is something to think about, isn’t it? An ancient form of Women’s Lib? Perhaps. But more likely just another manifestation of ability making its presence known.

1297. TEACHER

1 Chron. 25:8; Rom. 2:20

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Stephen Stewart

... or seven. Here the Torah was the basic text on the elementary level, and the children learned their lessons by the process of constant repetition. In addition to Torah, they received instructions in reading, writing, and arithmetic. For adolescents and young people of ability - and those who could be spared from the household - there were higher level schools. The teacher, who was always a male, sat on a raised platform, and his students sat on the ground around him in a semi-circle. In Talmudic times, the ...

1298. TOWN CLERK

Acts 19:35

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Stephen Stewart

... minutiae of city administration. Also, he might be required to draw up decrees and present them to the governing body of the city, or to dream up ways to provide for a specific reason without being too obvious about it. Because of his abilities in these matters, the clerk often became a most formidable figure and one to be reckoned with. Further, as the executive officer of a city, he would be the liaison man between the civil administration and the Roman provincial administration, whose headquarters were ...

1299. Peace of Mind

Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:14-41

Illustration

... -pity when life hands you a raw deal. Accept the fact that nobody gets through life without some sorrow and misfortune. Cultivate the old-fashioned virtues--love, humor, compassion and loyalty. Do not expect too much of yourself. When there is too wide a gap between self-expectation and your ability to meet the goals you have set, feelings of inadequacy are inevitable. Find something bigger than yourself to believe in. Self-centered egotistical people score lowest in any test for measuring happiness.

1300. Marriage is Forever

Matthew 5:31-32, Matthew 19:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... an emotional trauma equivalent to a bout with cancer. 70 percent of all juveniles in long-term correctional facilities grew up in fatherless households. We will never know how many young adults can trace their failed marriages back to their damaged ability to love, trust and commit, caused by their parents' divorce. People raised in divorced households are three times more likely to divorce than those from intact families. When we consider Jesus' words about marriage and divorce, here are several truths we ...

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