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1451. Your Face Gives You Away

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... /wsp_smn_smnpage.asp?docpage=20050724.html. 4. http://www.clifftemple.org/sermons/2007/2007‑02‑18.html. 5. People magazine, March 22, 2004, p. 90. 6. Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power (London: Profile Books Ltd., 2002), p. 12. 7. The Story Factor: Secrets of Influence from the Art of Storytelling (New York, NY: Basic Books, 2001). 8. The International Bible Encyclopedia, p. 2802. 9. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2003), p. 158. 10. http://users.foxvalley.net/~hacob/sermons/2003/11‑02‑03_jdk.html.

1452. Lewis on the Importance of Salvation

Luke 13:1-9

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John Piper

... , it is with the awe and the circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all our dealings with one another, all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics. There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilization these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit immortal horrors or everlasting splendors." (The Weight of Glory, pp. 14f.) So he says ...

1453. The Awful Grace of Amazing Grace

2 Corinthians 5:16-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a continual state of soreness. We never completely heal. But we never get into shape enough to “feel the burn” while working out without feeling like we’re on fire for the next week. This is true of every discipline and every art. Whether it is sports, business, physics, chemistry, or marriage — the most daunting, draining, determining time is “zero-to-one.” Starting from nothing, from “zero” and moving to the next step, the first step, takes far more energy than any other movement taken ...

1454. It’s Ok to Be Extravagant – Sermon Opener

John 12:1-11

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James W. Moore

... which was to come in Jerusalem a few days later. All say it was an act of love and kindness. But Judas said it was a waste. If you lived strictly by the Judas mind-set, you would have no Spire on the church, no flowers on the altar, no art on the wall, no robes for the choir, no fine organ, no beautiful weddings. Your daughter would come to you and say, "I'm in love and I'm so happy. I want to get married." And you would say, "Well, why don't you just elope? It's much ...

1455. Luke 24:1-12

Luke 24:1-12

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

Ever go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City? [Insert the equivalent destination museum in your community.] You cannot hope to see everything in that vast space in one trip. Visit with children in tow and I guarantee you’ll see the Egyptian mummies and tombs and the massive suits of armor on display in ...

1456. What Matters In the Light of Eternity: “Prayer Matters”

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... to you, but how does prayer work and what are the right words to say? Jesus tried to tell us. We know His teaching as the Lord’s Prayer. Let us take a look at these instructions of Jesus. I. Prayer Is Adoration “When you pray say, ‘Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name.’” When it comes to prayer God is more Abba, more Daddy, than Almighty. He is our Father, not my father and His name is not Howard as so many young people seem to believe. His nature is hallowed. To pray is to adore ...

1457. Conflict Resolution (Series: Fundamentals of Family)

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... need to keep our expectations within reason. III. Be Forgiving Bear with one another and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Because there is so much confusion and guilt among church people about the art of forgiveness, let me begin by noting some things that forgiveness is not. Forgiving is not CONDONING. Forgiveness is neither minimizing the wrong nor excusing the person who committed the act. “He really didn’t mean to hit her, and after all ...

1458. Resurrected Glory (Series: Living on the Resurrection Side of Life)

John 17:1-5

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... are a Muslim, God is the Final Judge whom you must please to enter Paradise. If you are a Jew, God is Elohim, the Holy one with a glory so bright that humans cannot see his face and live. If you are a Christian, God is our Father who art in heaven who loves his children unconditionally and provides for them continually. Jesus said, “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.” Jesus came to show us the true nature of God. Even as a child I was moved by the stories of missionaries coming home from work ...

1459. In You and Through You

1 Thessalonians 2:9-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

In the book, How To Find Out Who You Are, Nelson Price reports that 15 prominent college professors took this challenge: "If all the books on the art of moving human beings into action were condensed into one brief statement, what would that statement be?" The result of their deliberations were four statements: What the mind attends to, it considers; What the mind does not attend it to, it dismisses. What the mind attends to continually, it believes. ...

1460. We Are Weak, But He Is Strong...

Romans 8:26-39

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Months of anticipation and then you get to hold that precious, God given bundle. And life will never be the same. But the process isn't finished. You don't just bring a baby home a place it on a shelf like some knack or prize piece of fine art. No, parents begin thinking about the future. What should they eat? When should you potty train? When will they sleep through the night? What day care, school and pediatrician should you use? Then later in life it's other things like, will they have friends? What do I ...

1461. On Finding Pentecostal Power

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... devils in his office. Bonhoeffer called Christians to come and die. Bishop Ramero never understood why he should be the one to stand up against injustice in South America. Hope is more than strategic planning. I have been downtown this week trying to learn the art of preaching. Some of you think it is about time. Bishop Will Willimon was telling us about sending one of his pastors to Florida to learn how to plant new churches. When the young minister returned, Will asked him what he had learned. “What are ...

1462. Stewardship of All (Series: Stewardship: Discover This Word and Love It!)

Matthew 26:6-13

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... , I prefer preaching to building plans and hospital calling to hoisting beams, nevertheless, building has been a major part of my ministry. I have yet to restore a sanctuary, build an education wing, develop a retreat center or conceive a state of the art retirement community without someone standing up in a board meeting, making a speech on a conference floor, or sending me a critical e-mail saying, “What a waste, this money could be better spent.” I was not here when our present Sanctuary was ...

1463. What Do You Know?

John 21:1-19

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Eric Ritz

... . One of the students asked, "Dr. Marney let us hear you say a word or two about the meaning of the resurrection." It was a fair question and an appropriate one from a future preacher to one who was already a great practitioner of the art of preaching. However the young seminary students were taken aback by Marney's response. Dr. Marney replied, "I will not discuss that with people like you." "Why not?" the students asked. Marney said, "I do not discuss such matters with anyone under thirty years of ...

1464. Shaped By the Fire

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . Etching That brings us to one last phase of the Waterford Crystal Factory. Sometimes special pieces are created or chosen to have further enhancement added through etching. The etchers are true artists of the craft. They turn beautiful pieces of crystal into almost priceless works of art. When the crystal piece is created a place is left for the artist to etch anything from a woodland scene to a family crest. For me, this symbolizes God's call in our lives. I believe that we are all called by God. You may ...

1465. What Difference Does It Make?

John 14:15-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... contrary, from the very beginning God made Himself totally accessible. to man. More importantly, God wants a personal relationship with you. God created you. You are one of God's creative masterpieces. And an artist doesn't just walk away from his or her piece of art. In Exodus 19:5 God says: "Now therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples." II. It Makes a Difference to Jesus "What difference does it make?" It makes a difference to God ...

1466. Power for Today

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... twigs, and finally larger pieces of wood arranged in good Boy Scout fashion. Who built the fires? Why had not even one been lit? The mystery cleared up when the explorers saw dozens of chimpanzees watching from the trees. The chimps had watched campers and copied the art of fire building. But they had no fire. (5) Many people say the same kind of thing is true of the church today. We have been trained in fire building but we have no fire. There is a growing recognition that faith must involve the head and ...

1467. To Live in Joy

Revelation 1:1-3

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... waves, a flood of words swept over me from the New Testament if you don’t recognize them. “I have come that you might have life and that you may have it more abundantly. Because I live, you will live also. This is life eternal, to know Thee who alone art truly God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.” God gave us eternal life. This life is with his Son. “He who has the Son has life; he who has not the son has not life. “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed ...

1468. Where In the World Is God?

Mark 15:33-41

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... rends our hearts: “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” This was no new cry. In fact, Jesus was reciting a part of Psalm 22. Listen again to that ancient cry which is at the heart of prayer: “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer; And by night, but find no rest.” (Psalm 22:1-2, R.S.V.) But not alone the Psalmist, Moses, cried, “O Lord, why hast thou ...

1469. Where Do We Grow from Here?

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... clearly: “To each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.” Each is gifted, that’s one facet of the truth Paul is sharing. Another facet is that there is a variety of gifts. Did you hear the story of the art teacher who was introducing second graders to the world of creativity? She wanted them to draw and paint as they saw and imagined things. So, as an exercise one day, she “turned them lose” and urged them to paint anything they wished. As she moved around, she was ...

1470. More Than We Are

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... when the ceil of sense and time shall be rent into from top to bottom, and we will behold the glory of the Lord, the day. “When death these mortal eyes shall seal And still this throbbing heart, The rending veil shall Thee reveal All glorious as thou art.” (Quoted by Barclay, The Letters of John and Jude, page 90) So, John is climaxing the Christian hope with that vision of the Second Coming of Christ. What a joyous hope! That one day Christ will return and claim us for his own. Whether soon or late, we ...

1471. When You Have To Face Your Own Personal Goliath

1 Samuel 17:1-58

Sermon

James W. Moore

... his way! So, this is the first lesson here. Be real. Be authentic. Be genuine. Be yourself. During our Shamblin Lectures a few years ago… our speaker Dr. Ellsworth Kalas did a workshop on preaching for the ministers of the area. Dr. Kalas used to teach the art of preaching and he said his biggest problem was to get the young preachers to create their own style. He said he would say to the students over and over. “Don’t be a copy Cat!” And, “Don’t be a Counterfeit!” The students, he said, were ...

1472. The Church: The Dwelling Place of Wonder

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... his cello, frozen in time against the plain stone wall of that chapel. Karsh said that he it that way to capture the loneliness of the truly great artists and the loneliness of the exile. Years later, when the portrait was on exhibition in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, another old, bald-headed man came day after day and stood for long moments at a time in front of the portrait. The Curator of the Museum noticed him, and when his curiosity got the best of him, went over, tapped the little man on the ...

1473. There Is a Price for Everything, Part 2

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... man taking the ewe lamb that belonged to a poor man. David was deeply stirred, and he thundered at Nathan: “Show me that man, and I will punish him.” Nathan pointed his finger at the heart of David, and answered with those scorching words, “Thou art the man.” David trembled in his soul, his countenance fell; only David knew the scorching fire that burned within and the suffering guilt that tour him to pieces following that confrontation. An installment on his sin had come due. But then it didn’t ...

1474. The Gospel of Marah

Exodus 15:22-27

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of despondency.” That may be what Marah is all about. We become despondent because of the circumstances of the circumstances of our life. And Marah may be a condition of emptiness or loneliness or lack of meaning. No one has described the feeling better than the Psalmist, “Why art thou cast down, O my soul?” (Psalm. 42:5) It’s true, isn’t it? If you haven’t had sorrow or bitterness just hang around for awhile, your time will come. In life we come often to Marah, and we get to the point where we ...

1475. The Ark of the Covenant

Exodus 25:10-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... down a mountain-ravine, we hear his imperishable words, “Lo, I am with you all the days, even unto the end. (Shall we have the faith to answer?) “Yea, though I walk throgh the valley of the Shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me”? Even if our emotions have not yet realized the experience, yet let our faith affirm the fact with unfaltering emphasis.” (F. B. Meyer, Studies in Exodus p. 303) That God goes before us preveniently - is preparing the way - is going to meet us at every ...

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