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1401. Be Reconciled with the Lord

2 Corinthians 5:20b--6:10

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... Jesus was the thief crucified alongside him who asked for forgiveness. Jesus told him, “This day you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). If Jesus can forgive and grant salvation to a criminal at the hour of his death, if he can use the talents of one like Paul, who so zealously persecuted the faith, to evangelize the nations, then assuredly the Lord can and will extend the hand of forgiveness and reconciliation to us. Thus, as we begin this sacred time of Lent, let us listen to the message of ...

1402. Sacrifice Leads to Life

Hebrews 10:16-25

Sermon

Richard Gribble

In the fifteenth century, a rural village in Germany was home to a family with eighteen children. The family was poor, but despite the difficulty of making ends meet, two of the boys still held a dream, namely to pursue their talent as artists. With the financial situation bleak, the two boys came up with their own solution to the problem. They agreed to toss a coin with the loser going to the local mines to work so he could support the other while he attended art school. When the first was ...

1403. Choices

Philippians 1:12-14, 19-24

Sermon

Will Willimon

... with, people who are at that stage of life." It is a privilege to be with people asking, "What ought I to do with my life? With whom am I in love?" Especially good to be with the young people here, students who have so many talents and abilities and therefore, so many interesting choices. Should I go into clinical work or concentrate on pure research? Graduate school in French, or law school'? Should I marry the cattle rancher from Wyoming or the film producer from L.A.? How wonderful to have such ...

1404. Knowledge

Genesis 3:1-19 · Psalm 90

Sermon

Will Willimon

... . We who have been told that our greatest need is for autonomy, liberation and freedom, are not likely to heed the call to trust. Most of the sermons you've heard are calls to action, to use your potential, to achieve, live up to your great talent. This story suggests that this way is the problem, not the solution. The story says that any freedom which doesn't discern the boundaries of human life leaves us anxious. Any exercise of our potential which is not at the same time an admission of our boundaries ...

1405. Now

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Will Willimon

... day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will punish him.” (Matt. 24:45-51) Elsewhere: “For it will be as when a man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his property; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one…Then he went away.” (Matt. 24:14-15) Or, “A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a pit for the wine press, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country.” (Mark ...

1406. The Real "Lord's Prayer"

John 17:6-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... the church pull together, that we are united. Too many things can disrupt the unity of a church. People get upset with the decisions of a board. Or people get upset with the pastor. Jesus knew that it is not easy to maintain unity among a talented, yet sometimes cantankerous group of people. He also knew, however, that we can never accomplish the things that he has called us to accomplish if we do not pull together. Unity does not come easily. It requires humility and a shared vision. And most of all, unity ...

1407. Loving Through Action

1 John 3:14-24

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... economic resources to assist individuals, groups, or our various fraternal or religious organizations who help those in need, we are indeed living for others. However, this idea is much broader than simply sharing our material resources. When using our talent and expertise to assist another, whether that be helping a fellow student in school who struggles in any particular subject, assisting a neighbor with a household project, or donating our professional expertise to assist individuals or possibly some ...

1408. Following God's Plan

1 John 5:1-6

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... disciple of Jesus necessitates, as do all great privileges, significant responsibility. We simply cannot shirk the task we have been given by the Lord to further his mission in our world. The challenge will indeed be great, but we have all of the gifts and talents we need to go forward and minister in Christ’s name to others. We will undoubtedly find opposition, but then Christ was opposed by the very people to whom he was sent, his Jewish brothers and sisters. And we must recall his exhortation when fear ...

1409. Not Your Lips, but Your Life

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... Salvation Army is known for their life-transforming ministries that meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of people all over the world. Booth replied, “I will tell you the secret. God has all there is of me. There have been men with better brains, greater talents, and greater opportunities. But, from the day I got a vision for what Jesus could do with the poor of London, I made up my mind that God would have all of William Booth there was.” (9) God can use our brains, our charisma, our energy ...

1410. Now That's Rich

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... , but with an edge of disapproval. The website author writes, “Despite the surprising ineffectiveness of changing the world by appearing shocked, the power of being aghast is significant . . . While appearing surprised may seem easy, knowing what should astonish is the true talent.” He goes on to list four things and asks the readers to choose which one would create shock and disapproval in a rich person: “unjust war, wearing gloves lined with baby seal pelt, buying day-old roses and American states ...

1411. When You Know How It Ends

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... they are deceiving us. We cannot know the future. Only God knows. Secondly, since we cannot know the future, our task is to make the most of the present. Are you making the most of the days God has given you? Are you using your energy, time and talents to make this world a better place? Are you finding opportunities to do good deeds and share God’s love with others? In your community, are you doing the work of Jesus in preparation for the day when he does return? I love what British missionary Jackie ...

1412. Ordering Up A Set Of False Gods On Amazon

1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

Sermon

Mary Austin

... will be perfect, too. Then there’s the false god of busy-ness. Our culture believes that being busy is a sign that we’re doing something important. There’s the idol of making our kids fit our expectations, instead of living up to their own talents. There is the false god of appearances, and thinking that how we look matters. There are plenty of idols and false gods all around us. This time of year, they call to us especially hard. The holidays ramp everything up, and we can fall into these temptations ...

1413. For The Love of God Is Empowering

Matthew 22:36 -40 · John 4:1-32

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... personally. It has our name on it and no one else's. It can never be anyone's but ours. You and I are created in God's very image. There is a family resemblance. Our worth, our value doesn't come from the things that we own or the talents that we have or how much we make or how much we give away. Our worth, our value comes from this wonderful gift God has given each of us, the gift of ourselves, created in God's image. Unfortunately, some people don't know that. They have looked at the ...

1414. The Limping Body Of Christ

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Mary Austin

... lot of what he wrote is practical advice, but here he has a vision of the Christian community as a place where all of the members lean on each other, and benefit from each other’s gifts. It seems simple enough. The community needs everyone’s talents and experiences, or they will be one-sided. He tells them that the lawyers needed to appreciate the artists, and the engineers need to listen to the poets, the extroverts need to wait for the introverts to catch up, the people with disabilities need to teach ...

1415. Hold the Candy

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Mary Austin

... to be seen in our society. Paul’s letter to the church in the city of Corinth addresses this wider vision of love. Our passage follows a section where he reminds this whole church community to value each other’s gifts. Without an array of talents and experiences, the community is one-sided. The lawyers needed to appreciate the artists, and the engineers needed to listen to the poets, the extroverts are balanced by the introverts, the people with disabilities have a lot to teach the rest of us, the ...

1416. Without the Mask

2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2

Sermon

Mary Austin

... who remembered to look. We’re all like that. We may not look like much in a world obsessed with movie stars and full of admiration for athletes. To my knowledge, none of us are tech billionaires, supermodels or Wall Street wizards. But we have all the spark and talent that God gave us, on the inside. We have all our hard-won wisdom under the surface. We all have a little bit of God’s glory in us. We reflect the glory of Jesus, our redeemer. His presence lives in us, and shines out from us, when we ...

1417. The Journey

Mark 8:27-36

Sermon

Will Willimon

A few years ago, we had a representative from ''Teach America'' visit our campus. Teach America tries to recruit this nation's most talented college graduates to go into some of the nation's worst public schools. This is Teach America's means of transforming our schools into something better. This woman stood up in front of a large group of Duke students, a larger group than I would suppose would come out to ...

1418. When What You Signed Up For...

Acts 16:9-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... suffer from a “poverty of expectation.” Think about that phrase for a moment: “a poverty of expectation.” We don’t expect God to do anything important in and through our lives. We think that God uses other people—smarter people, holier people, more talented people—to do His work. But not us. God isn’t going to work in and through us to change lives and bring people to salvation in Jesus Christ. One quote from the book that really challenges me reads like this, “Our chronic weakness ...

1419. Get Your Third-Class Tickets Here!

Acts 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... ticket holders will one day see the fruit of their labors. It says that one day Christ will reign overall. Several years ago, a group of Christian musicians traveled to Russia to proclaim the gospel in word and music. They had the privilege of taking their talents to Moscow during the Russian Orthodox Easter. They met in the Palace of Congress where the Supreme Soviet had met for years. It was a massive room, with the enormous oversize picture of Lenin hung in the front for all to see. Except that day Lenin ...

1420. More Than a Popularity Contest

Luke 12:49-53, Luke 12:54-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... want to spend even more money with them, they can provide a luxury automobile and bottles of champagne, and drive you to the swankiest shopping district in LA. That’s the full celebrity experience. Their website claims that they hire “top notch professional talent with significant acting experience for our crowds.” (2) In the beginning of Luke 12, we read that Jesus’ popularity has become so great that he and his disciples were being followed by a crowd of “many thousands” of people. And he didn ...

1421. The Lawyer

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... all Levites were priests. The remainders were, however, a part of the holy proceedings of temple worship. Some of them took part as singers in the temple choir. Others were musicians who played instruments as part of the worship music. Many of the Levites whose talents were not in the field of music were designated to be temple guards. In any case, this particular Levite may well have been headed to Jerusalem to participate in holy worship as well. He, too, would have found it necessary to remain in a state ...

1422. Watch This!

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... seems to me, we should be the ones who are carefully watching. We should be watching for opportunities to touch the lives of the less fortunate. We should be looking for ways to serve our fellow human beings. We should be finding avenues to use the gifts, talents, abilities, and riches the Lord has bestowed upon us. When we fail to do those things, we fail a watching world, we fail the Lord, and consequently, we fail ourselves. We’ve been given so much. We’ve been invited to the Lord’s banquet table ...

1423. Out On A Sycamore Limb

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... for the ordinary person. The case against Jesus was that he loved everyone — even those the righteous felt he should not love. He loved rich and poor alike. Being rich in itself was not necessarily bad according to Jesus, in fact in the parables of the talents and in the parable of the pounds he spoke rather favorably about the wise use of wealth. We note that Jesus did not command Zacchaeus to divest himself of his fortune, and when Zacchaeus did give in an abundant way, Jesus did not require that he ...

1424. To Cross Over

Romans 4:1-5, 13-17

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

British writer Philip Norman completed his third book on the Beatles. This 800 page volume was a biography of Paul McCartney. Before researching the biography Norman thought that McCartney with all his musical talent must be very pleased with himself, only to discover that the opposite was true. Norman said he came to realize that the living rock legend, and I quote, is “also insecure… he’s in his seventies now, and he still thinks he has to prove himself virtually every night onstage.” ...

1425. Moksha

Romans 8:6-11

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... 2000s. The new eighth temptation would be “fame.” In The New York Times an article was printed on November 11, 2009, by Alessandra Stanley, who wrote, “Fame has a spellbinding power in American society, the one thing that can trump wealth, talent, breeding and even elected office. Reality shows and social Web sites like Facebook long ago knocked down barriers that kept ordinary people trapped in obscurity.” For this reason Stanley wrote, “some people take huge risks for the freedom to be someone ...

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