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1376. Priceless

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... Jesus in the box. If they can keep him on the cross, your attention will be diverted from the real work. Yes, "when I survey the wondrous cross, on which the prince of glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride." Yes, Paul said, "For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified" (1 Corinthians 2:2). But more importantly, we know he is risen. The angels at the ascension asked the apostles why they were looking up in the air. There was work ...

1377. Choosing to Believe

1 Kings 18:20-39

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... changed him. He actually used his skills as an investigative reporter to look at the evidence for faith in Christ, and he says that that cleared away some of his objections. But what happened after that was a pure choice. He says, "[I had] to overcome my pride ... to drive a stake through the egoism and arrogance that threatened to hold me back. [I had] to conquer the self-interest and self-adulation that were keeping my heart shut tight from God."2 In my own experience, I can tell you about two different ...

1378. A Father's Heart Cry

Hosea 11:1-11

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

... recommendations, but the cycle of mental illness, depression, and alcohol abuse continues to challenge their best intentions, and the possibility of their son's self-destruction looms constantly overhead. What if you have a child in whom it is difficult to take pride or delight? I'm not talking about the baseball through the picture window or the raging hormones and insane arguments of the "terrible teen" years, when boundaries get challenged and nerves get tested. What happens when a child's action brings ...

1379. Tales of the Spiritually Stupid

Jeremiah 4:11-12, 18-22

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

... with Jesus only to be sidetracked by our doubts or fears or personal agendas. "My people are foolish," we could well hear God say about us today. "They have no understanding." How sad it is — the pain and the heartache caused by our own stubborn pride and wayward actions. Makes you wonder how the church has survived all these years. Yet, miraculously we are here. Stupid children we might be, but we belong to God. Suffer the consequences of our foolishness we shall, but God has a plan to save us ...

1380. Thanks for Receiving Thanksgiving

Deuteronomy 26:1-11

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... full of themselves, at least not at this point in their early history. I mean, how many times have we been tempted to rearrange our priorities to reflect a more selfish attitude? When things are going great, it is easy to slip into the self-deception of human pride. And an added problem is that when it is good, we want more, we get greedy. Our text reflects a different attitude. It is an attitude of gratitude. It is an attitude that says before we get our fill, we need first to tell God, "Thank you." Yes ...

1381. Jesus: What's in a Name?

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ? Do you feel helpless because you are held in the tenacious grip of a debilitating habit? Alcohol? Drugs? Gambling? Is your energy being drained because you live too close to the line of moral compromise —cheating in business? Preoccupied with sexual lusts? Does your pride often put you in the position of thinking more highly of yourself than you ought to think, of looking down your nose at others? We could go on and on, but you’ll have to do that personally. Painful though the process of confession ...

1382. Giving - Sermon Starter

Mark 12:41-44

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Brett Blair

... , the story of the widow's mite is a strong reminder to the kingdoms of this world… That the Kingdom of God is built by the widow as well as the wealthy. That the Kingdom of God recognizes the level of sacrifice. That the Kingdom of God warns us about pride.

1383. I Must Go Myself

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Brett Blair

... . We must give an immediate reply to Brennan. Your eminence, what shall we do? Newman answered: The people are suffering and dying. How can I send a priest to do this work? I must go myself. At Advent God looked down upon his dying people dying from sin and distraction, pride and preoccupation. How, under the circumstance could he send a substitute? He came himself—in the person of Jesus Christ.

1384. Batman: Driven By Guilt or Grace?

Romans 5:1-11; 8:1-2

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... our journey of faith, we let other things get between us and God. Sometimes it's not things so much as it is ideas and attitudes. Sometimes its just our emotions. The point is, we let other stuff get between us and God. Usually it's just our own selfish pride. But whatever it is, it blocks us from receiving the full extent of God's Grace. It's like going to a banquet in our honor, being told that all our favorite dishes have been prepared just the way we like them and then choosing to eat oatmeal because we ...

1385. Spiderman: Saved To Serve

Colossians 3:1-4, 12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... need a hero. Courageous, self-sacrificing people, setting examples for all of us. Everybody loves a hero." Especially when she says: "I believe there's a hero in all of us that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, who finally allows us to die with pride. Even though sometimes we have to be steady and give up the things we want the most even our dreams. Spiderman did that for Henry. He wonders where he's gone. He needs him." Aunt May is right, people look up to valiant heroes. The purpose of a ...

1386. A Chance To Be Made Whole

Matthew 9:18-26

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... caught in adultery. He was one of those who thought Jesus was a charlatan and a heretic and was constantly trying to catch Jesus up in some little twist of the law. His desperation must have run deep. And it must have been hard for him to swallow his pride. Can you imagine turning to the one you had been persecuting for help? Jesus could have laughed in his face and said, "You! You want ME to heal YOUR daughter. Of all the audacity and gall I've ever seen, yours takes the cake." Jesus had every right and ...

1387. Who Touched The Remote Control?

Jeremiah 17:7-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... year and nobody ever talks about it. The scene reminds us that everybody has their share of sorrows because we live in a fallen world. Those sorrows and difficulties are compounded because, even though we could help one another, many of us are too ashamed or prideful to share the burdens of our lives with others. Scripture demands that we "bear one another's burdens." But how can we bear one another's burdens when we are unaware of them. Wouldn't it be great if we had a magic candy that would loosen ...

1388. Spiderman: Saved To Serve

Colossians 3:1-4, 12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , self-sacrificing people, setting examples for all of us. Everybody loves a hero." She explains how the public applauds the heroic. "I believe there's a hero in all of us that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, who finally allows us to die with pride. Even though sometimes we have to be steady and give up the things we want the most even our dreams. Spiderman did that for Henry. He wonders where he's gone. He needs him." Aunt May is right, people look up to valiant heroes. The purpose of a ...

1389. Amazing Authority

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... everyone knew Roger had thought it through and what he had to say would be important. Some people just have an air of authority about them. II. He Said A. That's the way Jesus was. Whenever He spoke, He spoke with authority. He wasn't arrogant or prideful, He just carried Himself and presented Himself in such a way that it set Him apart. I've always imagined Jesus as one of those people whom you might not see enter the room, He never made the Grand Entrance. But before long you felt His presence. You ...

1390. The Worst Crime

Matthew 5:21-26

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Brett Blair

... this man who has made your home a veritable hell is more righteous than the man who steals from your purse?" Momerie goes on to conclude that the world has suffered infinitely greater by those who are guilty of the sins of temperament which arise ultimately from the sin of pride. Perhaps this is Jesus' meaning when he said that hatred of the heart is the same as murder with the hand (Matthew 5).

1391. Abysmal Heights

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... among Hebrews” in an unforgettable phrase. The great theologian put it like this: Paul discovered of his Olympian status as a Pharisee “the heights on which [Paul] stood were abysmal” (Karl Barth, Philippians, 97). The mountaintop that had been Paul’s pride of life was nothing more than a pit of despair. “Knowing Christ” inverted Paul’s life. Faithfulness no longer was an objective end. Faithfulness was now experienced everyday in the person of Jesus the Christ. As a Pharisee Paul wove Torah ...

1392. Getting Real

Genesis 22:1-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the Hebrew, when a phrase is repeated over and over, it means something. It's a focal point. The first thing God tells Abraham to do is "Take your son, your only son Isaac." Isaac is the focal point. And that's the problem. Isaac was not only Abraham's pride and joy, Abraham had begun letting his love for Isaac push his love for God out of the center of his life. And if God was going to raise up a great nation through Abraham, then God had to remain the central focus in Abraham's life. And that was ...

1393. Radical Love is Truthful (Series: Radical Love in a Risky World)

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... emerged as a main agenda in America, especially in the Church. There are times when it may be necessary to be polemical for the sake of the gospel but it is seldom wise to be partisan in the fight for the faith. Truth does not demand arrogance or pride. Truth doesn’t need that. The truest Person who ever lived on earth walked this earth with humility. He really did. His authority was from within, not how loud He shouted or preached. Speak the truth, but speak it in love, said Paul, to the right person, at ...

1394. Follow Your Failures (Series: An Invitation to Christian Discipleship)

John 21:1-14

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... and never hesitated when it came to jumping out of the boat. Here is the point. Our strengths can become our greatest weaknesses. If we think the devil only knows what we cannot do, we are badly mistaken. He wants our strengths for his evil glory. Pride blinds us. The last time Jesus and Peter shared a meal together, it was in the upper room. Jesus was talking about self-denial, service, and sacrifice. Jesus wonders out loud if the disciples have what it takes to take it. Peter responds, “even if all ...

1395. This Is the Day!

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... As a team they became very sensitive to it. Walsh told his team never to allow this to occur to them. He said, “Even in the most impossible situations, stand tall, keep [your] heads up, shoulders back, keep moving, running, looking up, demonstrating [your] pride, dignity, and defiance.” (1) Posture produces performance. You can affect your attitude by the way you stand. If you slump your shoulders and look at the floor long enough, you will get depressed. Fred Chisolm, a dynamic salesman, wrote a book a ...

1396. Thanks, But No Thanks

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , very careful because, unfortunately, the reason we love to despise this guy is because he makes us feel better about ourselves and our foibles and failings. We have to be careful because in despising this guy for his superior attitude, we are committing the very same sin of pride. Let's look at the passage and see how Jesus said "Thanks," to the one who gave "Thanks" and "Thanks, But NO Thanks" to the one who gave "NO Thanks" to anyone but himself. I. No Thanks A. Let's look at the Pharisee first. Let me ...

1397. Where Do We Grow from Here?

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the church. Thus, my cautious warning. In a day when the Holy Spirit seems especially active, and persons are seeking, receiving, and acknowledging greater portions of His power, there is a danger of the individualization of gifts and the temptation to “spiritual pride,” there is the danger of falling into a private faith in which we hug the spirit’s presence and power in self—indulgent piousness, falling in love with our love of Jesus. This is spiritual narcissism. The Christian faith is never ...

1398. No Instant Maturity

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... about the Pharisee and the tax collector going into the temple to pray? The Pharisee was very religious. He told the Lord so. He was proficient in his religion. He had cleaned up his life in terms of the outward signs of morality. He could say with pride that he was not greedy or dishonest, or adulterous, or unjust. He compared himself to the tax collector, who was in the temple at the same time, to make point. He fasted twice a week. He tithed faithfully. He was proficient in his religious practices. But ...

1399. East of Eden or Home

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , right and wrong were relative, and y motives were for the good of the country - or so I believed.” Chuck said that that night when he left Tom’s home and sat alone in his car, his own sin – not just dirty politics, but the hatred and pride and evil so deep within – was thrust before his eyes forcefully and painfully. “For the first time in my life, he said, “I felt unclean, and worst of all, I could not escape. In those moments of clarity I found myself driven irresistibly into the arms of God ...

1400. Magnificent Fools

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a fool to gain true wisdom. For the wisdom of this world is folly in God’s sight. Scripture says, “he traps the wise in their own cunning” and again, “The Lord knows that the arguments of the wise are so never make mere men a cause for pride. For though everything belongs to you, Paul, Appolos, and Cephas, the world, life, and death, the present and the future, all of them belong to you - and you belong to Christ.” In the eleventh chapter of his second letter to the Corinthians, Paul picked up on ...

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