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1426. Encountering Incomparable Riches

Ephesians 2:4-10

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... see as Christ saw, to think as Christ thought, to love as Christ loved. So Wesley liked to ask the question—Are you going on to perfection? Are you earnestly striving for it? Do you hope to be made perfect in this life? Christian Perfection is not pride—it is ultimate humility. Christian Perfection is not accomplishment—it is all grace. Christian Perfection is not arrival—it is constant growth. What is perfect for a 4-year-old is hardly perfect for a 40-year-old and is not even admissible for a 60 ...

1427. In Prayer’s Way

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... for help. I had no notion who I thought I was talking to, I just knew that I had come to the end of my tether. I had nothing left to fight with. Then I remembered what I had heard about surrender, something I thought I could never do, my pride just wouldn’t allow it, but I knew that on my own I wasn’t going to make it, so I asked for help, and, getting down on my knees, I surrendered. As Steve Beard puts it, and he’s the one who tells this story in a powerful recent ...

1428. Conversion or Credentialing?

Acts 9:1-5, 10-12, 17-19

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... in his little world of farming. Shortly after I earned my doctorate degree, I went home to visit my parents. After supper, during the conversation of the evening my dad looked up over his paper and said, “Your mother told me you got your doctorate degree." With all the pride of a new graduate, I replied, “I did!" It got quiet for a while. Then my farmer dad spoke up and said, “I always thought those initials after people's names were sort of like a tail on a pig. They are cute to look at, but they don ...

1429. Greed or the Gospel?

Acts 8:9-13, 18-24

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... just like Billy Graham, all six verses of “Just as I Am" every Sunday. Finally, somebody pulled me aside and said, “Howard, read my lips. You are not Billy Graham." When the hunger for fame becomes a reason for living, it becomes narcissism, arrogance, and pride. Pierre Salinger was John F. Kennedy's press secretary. As Pierre liked to tell the story, he and the President were flying in Air Force One when a severe turbulence shook the plane. For a brief moment they thought they might crash. When the ...

1430. Finding Our Place in the Body of Christ

1 Corinthians 12:12-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... name. To all that, I say "Hallelujah!" You who stuff bulletins and paint walls are just as important as you who visit prisons and teach Sunday schools. Thank God for nursery workers who serve more and more children every month! Let there be no jealousy, nor pride in the body of Christ. We just have no place for that. Methodists are not the only Christians in the world. Our baptismal waters are not more sacred than others. Our altars of Holy Communion must always be open to all. Our unique place in polarized ...

1431. What Happens When You Are Not Number One?

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a time when John McKay, the great football coach at the University of Southern California, was interviewed on television, and the subject of his son’s athletic talent was raised. Son John was a successful player on his dad’s team. Coach McKay was asked to comment on the pride that he felt over his son’s accomplishments on the field. His answer was most impressive: “Yes, I’m pleased that John had a good season last year. He does a fine job, and I’m proud of him. But I would be just as proud if he ...

1432. Sisters

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... you were brought up in a world where there was men’s work and there was women’s work. Men didn’t help very much with cooking or cleaning. It was no different back then. Can you imagine the burden that Martha must have been under? She took pride in filling her role well. She wanted to excel as a host and as a housekeeper. Many of us really admire Martha. We can relate to her. Well, Martha’s sister Mary was evidently of a different temperament than Martha. In fact, she may have been a bit rebellious ...

1433. The Prayer Life of Highly Effective Christians

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

A mother had been teaching her three-year-old daughter the Lord’s Prayer. For several evenings at bedtime, the little girl would repeat the lines from the prayer after her mother. Finally, the little girl decided to go solo. Her Mom listened with pride as the child carefully enunciated each word right up to the end of the prayer: “Lead us not into temptation,” she prayed, “but deliver us some E-mail.” Well, she nearly got it right. It reminds me of another child, a boy, who was also into ...

1434. Good Ole Joe

Luke 12:49-59

Illustration

W. Robert McClelland

To love people as Jesus did is to stand for something. G. K. Chesterton observed that tolerance is the easy virtue of people who do not believe anything. Some unknown bard has put the observation poetically. Popularity was his middle name. Its prod was pride, its price was pain. He never learned the word called, "no." They spoke of him as "good old Joe." His life was one long laughing spell, and how he felt you couldn't tell. His favorite words were "yes," and "sure." Yes, good old Joe was Simon Pure. So ...

1435. Exactly How Wide Is It?

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.” Wow. That sounds a little harsh, a little judgmental. In fact, this text lends itself to a bounty of legalism and pride. After all, we assume that we are on the inside. So, we can sit around and list all the people that we don’t think measure up to Jesus’ standards. And when we do that, we become the very people Jesus despises. For you see, the very people ...

1436. A Strange Way in and a New Way Out

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... , such as an artisan. A wise person could be someone who observed life, arriving at mature conclusions about how we should live our lives. This kind of wisdom is the basis for the book of Proverbs. Proverbial wisdom warns us away from such things as pride, sloth, and foolishness. One form of this wisdom was to draw analogies about life. "The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but the Lord tests the heart" (Proverbs 17:3). This wisdom saying compares the processing of metal to the testing ...

1437. Who's Who

John 1:29-42

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... Jesus was, and who the disciples, especially Simon, were. We might have come here looking for who we are. Simon found himself by trying to find the Messiah. What Jesus says to Simon is good for us to hear. We often hear in church not to be too full of pride, not to think too much of ourselves. We need to hear that from time to time. Jesus saw more in Simon than Simon knew was in him. We need to hear that, too. Do we see ourselves as spiritually weak? Have we let the putdowns of others sink in? Maybe ...

1438. Choosing a Master

Matthew 6:16-24

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... serve God if we allow money to rule over us. Jesus illustrates his point by talking not about money itself, but about two things money helps us attain: food and clothes. Both of these commodities are good in themselves. We need both of them, but our sinfulness, our pride, and our lack of self-control have corrupted our use of them. I know I am inching out onto a limb to talk about food in a sermon. I risk offending people. I risk the charge of hypocrisy. I risk every eye following me at the next potluck ...

1439. Brought Together and Sent Forth

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Sermon

Lee Griess

... . So rather than do it, they all pretended they did not see the misplaced pillow until finally the Prince of Wales, who was a groomsman, picked it up and returned it to the bench. Now, that example may not impress us much here in America where we pride ourselves on the equality of every person, but in a class-conscious society like Great Britain, that was an extraordinary act. However, it is not one that can even begin to parallel what Jesus did that night in the upper room. In kneeling to wash the disciple ...

1440. Sick People Like Us Will Always Need The (Divine) Doctor

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... it this way one time in one of his 1535 lectures. Thus if I look at Christ, I am completely holy and pure, and I know nothing at all about the Law; for Christ is my leaven. But if I look at my flesh, I feel greed, sexual desire, anger, pride the terror of death, sadness fear, hate, grumbling, and impatience against God.10 An awareness of our ongoing need of Christ is really the essence of the gospel, what it takes to be truly wrapped up in God. In the very sermon of his that I noted earlier, the great ...

1441. If Your Sense of Purpose Ever Becomes a Burden, Remember Your Value

Matthew 10:40-42

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... burden of having us work to develop ourselves.6 There is a side of you and me that finds this rhetoric attractive. We want a role in our salvation. We want to have a say in our purpose. We want to prove ourselves. But that is really the pride and selfishness that are the essence of original sin. We really know better. You have known all along what Jesus, Matthew, and I have been saying today, that we can only live the Christian life, only live out our purpose, after hearing and believing that we matter to ...

1442. Ecological Politics

Matthew 14:22-33

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... , were put in charge of the distribution. No one among the milling men could fail to notice that these fellows were important. They were handpicked agents of this great man, and got to spend all day every day with him. Envy skittered around them as they moved with humble pride to serve these poor folks. But then Jesus had left them. He had just walked away and gone off into the hills by himself, as if he didn't want to be around them, as if they didn't really matter that much to him. They retaliated and ran ...

1443. From “Uh-oh” To “Ah-hah!” — An Axe, A Stump, And A Shoot

Isaiah 11:1-10

Sermon

Tony Everett

... a wonderful and poetic description of God's glorious vision of promise to a people trapped in the midst of a frightening, terrible mess. Political corruption and moral depravity were common. Religious leadership was weak, and business was conducted dishonestly. Pride and arrogance characterized a false belief that God would protect the people no matter how flagrantly they sinned against God. Elders and government dignitaries wrote laws to oppress the poor and needy (Isaiah 10:1-2). Prophets taught lies. The ...

1444. What Did The Turkey Say? (Or Contentious Communities)

Isaiah 58:3-9a (9b-12)

Sermon

Tony Everett

... told for many years. Some of you may have heard it. Jenny had been living alone since her husband died several years earlier. One particular evening, Pastor Alice had scheduled a visit to Jenny's home. Jenny still had a parrot that was her husband's pride and joy. Knowing that the parrot was prone to repeat the profanity it heard form her husband's retired Navy buddies, Jenny cautioned the parrot to be silent during the pastor's visit. "I promise you, that if you start cursing and swearing when Pastor Alice ...

1445. The Names by Which He Is Known

Exodus 3:1-15

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... people of God had a sense for the importance, the holiness, and the power of God's name. They knew it as majestic (Psalm 8:1), as their protection (Psalm 20:1), as their source of help (Psalm 124:8), as their refuge (Proverbs 18:10), as their pride (Psalm 20:7), and as worthy of praise (Psalm 113:3). That wonderful name was revealed to Moses at the burning bush. And that episode presents us with a noteworthy sequence of events: a sequence that may be a universal pattern. At the end of the episode, Moses ...

1446. With Our Own Eyes

2 Peter 1:16-21

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... poor? Baffour Amoa, of Ghana, then secretary-general of the Fellowship of Christian Councils of Churches of West Africa, summed it up in a 2000 interview: This new theology ends up, no doubt unintentionally, being a "well-developed form of oppression," which "prides itself on keeping the psyche of people in captivity.... Those who say we are poor through our own fault and guilt speak from ignorance — if they knew anything of our history they wouldn't propound such cheap arguments." Amoa also wondered ...

1447. The Ordinary in God’s Hands

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Sermon

David O. Bales

... we were created to be. As Paul writes to the Christians at Corinth, Greece, he wants to open their eyes to God's working in ordinary lives. He's telling them to seek something other than religious thrills, and he warns them not to get puffed up with pride. First they must place their ordinary lives in God's hands, and they'll then discover what God wants to do through them. When we truly recognize God's grace, we begin to see ourselves and our gifts differently. We're all God's ordinary creatures through ...

1448. Boast in Our Suffering

Romans 5:1-8

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... leading a religious crusade, it was before his conversion. After his conversion to Christ, after that fateful day on the road to Damascus, his life began to fall apart. That was when his suffering really began. In 2 Corinthians he recounts almost with a sense of pride all the hardship that he has undergone. Five times he underwent forty lashes. Three times he was beaten by rods. Once he was stoned. Three times he was shipwrecked. And just think of all times he was run out of town by those who rejected him ...

1449. Fido’s Dilemma

Romans 6:1-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... dying and rising with Christ and daily remembering our baptism becomes a way of life for us. A friend has wronged us. A spouse has hurt us. A colleague has betrayed us. We can let go of the old, dry, dead, and lifeless bone. We can let go of our pride and anger and always having to be right and instead take hold of the new life that Christ offers us, as we forgive, turn the other cheek and walk the extra mile. We can let go of the old, dry, dead, and lifeless bone of our greed and materialism and ...

1450. Children of the Heavenly Father

Romans 8:12-25

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... accidents," a "surprise" when mom and dad thought they were too old, an "oops" when proper precautions weren't taken. The father then goes on to assure his son that this can't be said about his son. His adopted status ought to be a source of pride and comfort. Because he was adopted, he is extra special. He became a part of his family purely because of the choice of his new parents. He was specifically and deliberately "chosen." There was no "oops," no bad timing, nothing accidental about this. This act of ...

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