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126. The Ultimate Solution For Sin

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... cruising the Canadian Arctic when the men spotted a polar bear stranded on an ice floe. It was quite a novelty for the seamen, who threw the bear salami, peanut butter, and chocolate bars. Then they ran out of the food. Unfortunately, the polar bear hadn't run out of appetite, so he proceeded to board their vessel. The men on ship were terrified and opened the fire hoses on the bear. The polar bear loved it and raised his paws in the air to get the water under his armpits. We don't know how they did it, but ...

127. Invited To A Feast

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... peace and hope. As an anonymous writer once put it: Money can buy a house but not a home./Money can buy a bed but not sleep. Money can buy a clock but not time. /Money can buy a book but not knowledge. Money can buy food but not an appetite./Money can buy position but not respect. Money can buy blood but not life./Money can buy medicine but not health. Money can buy sex but not love./Money can buy insurance but not safety. Money can buy a church pew but not salvation. No one can be truly happy ...

128. Wedding, Wine, And Wonderment

Mark 2:18-22

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... was not to be seen by others--but done in secret. Fasting is not done to impress others--but to incarnate God's love in our lives in a deeper way. There are some good reasons a person might choose to fast: 1. Self-denial: a way to govern our appetites and allow the spiritual dimension to have first place in our lives. It is a good way to get focused--to get our priorities in order. 2. To seek God's will in a very important decision in our lives. Fasting allows us to minimize distractions--to silence all ...

129. It's Not About Us

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... wealthier than me are up in their 70s." Trump is a self-made celebrity who is fond of referring to himself in the third person. He seems obsessed with acquiring things--airlines, casinos, and high-rise buildings---and putting his name on them. His voracious appetite for power prompted a friend to make the observation that, "He's so exclusively involved with himself, with his need to announce and re-announce himself, that there's no room for another person." (2) I wonder if anyone has ever clued Trump in to ...

130. The Bread Of God

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... love for His children. The murmuring of the children of Israel are mentioned four times in this context. On each of these occasions we are told why God gave them the gift of manna. It was His answer to the peevish complaints of their greedy appetites. When they were summoned to come near to the Lord with the ominous warning that "He hath heard your murmurings," there is no doubt that many a heart began to quake. When the Glory flashed from the Shechinah cloud, it burned lurid to their trembling consciences ...

131. I Will Not Leave You Comfortless

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... some people this is no joking matter. Depression is the most prevalent and the least treated serious illness in America today. Because it is so prevalent and so potentially dangerous, I am going to list several possible signs: Changes in appetite Shifts in sleeping patterns Lack of energy Agitation or increased activity Loss of interest in daily activities and decreased sex drive Inability to concentrate Feelings of sadness, hopelessness, worthlessness, guilt or self-reproach Thoughts of suicide If you or ...

132. Witness to the Light

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... many things; he had seen it many times before. But mainly it told him the truth of his condition . . . that he was indeed pathetic. That he had no hope of getting out of this argument with any shred of dignity. And so he shrank, having lost his appetite, having lost all will to attempt pulling out of the emotional dead end that he was in. “So things kind of fizzled out from there, until later they found each other in the same room, she sighing and leafing through a magazine and him silent in front the ...

133. The Total Steward

1 Chronicles 29:1-9

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... no abiding." Paul in Romans 14:12 echoes the same reality: "So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God." At birth we do not emerge on a giant playground for playboys and playgirls where we can frolic and indulge our appetites and desires without regard for God and humanity. We are responsible. We are accountable. Many parables of Jesus deal with trust and accountability. The parable of the talents reminds us that however little or however much we have, we are accountable for its use--all ...

134. Forgiveness: Human and Divine

Matthew 6:12-15

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... her to do this sin. When she came to terms with that and developed a proper solution, her ulcer was healed." He says, "I also saw a teenage girl whose body was wasting away there in the hospital. She vomited continually, and she had no appetite. Her anorexia began when she was first unfaithful to the dictates of God, when she first had sex with her boyfriend. She could not bear the thought of having lost her purity, her innocence, and, in her thinking, everything else. Her wasting away was her atonement ...

135. Bread for Everyone (I am the bread of life)

John 6:1-15, John 6:25-59

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... , he concludes, to work for the bread that endures. But the problem with most of us is that we are working for the kind that doesn''t last--mere bread, bread that''s temporary. If Jesus came only to satisfy our physical needs and appetites, then the world could be redeemed by the Pillsbury Dough Boy and the makers of Wonder bread. Jesus was concerned for our physical needs. Not many Messiahs are concerned about such common things. However, Jesus intended the symbol and substance of physical earthly bread ...

136. The Lord's Pryaer: Our Daily Bread

Matthew 6:5-13

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... our daily bread," he simply meant providing bread for our physical needs and hungers. Let me share today the full counsel of what Jesus had to say about "bread" found in the Holy Scriptures. If Jesus came only to satisfy and meet our physical needs and appetites, then the world could be saved and redeemed by the Pillsbury Dough Boy and the makers of Wonder Bread. Jesus was a great Messiah and a great Savior in that he was concerned for our physical needs. Not many Messiahs are concerned about such common ...

137. The Day Jesus Asked the Question: The Fourth Word

Matthew 27:45-46

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... . The first night they went to eat at the table to which they had been assigned. They discovered that they were seated with a young woman and an older man. Much to their horror, the older man''s face was terribly disfigured. The honeymooners lost their appetite, and they excused themselves from the table early. They did not show up for breakfast the next morning. Nor did they show up for lunch. They simply could not stand the thought of trying to eat in the presence of that horribly disfigured face. They ...

138. The Seventh Commandment: Indecent Proposal

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... contribution that our Judeo-Christian thought has given to the world is its proper understanding of the body--the flesh. Many cultures taught that the body was evil. It had no real purpose. They believed that the soul was imprisoned in it--therefore they could feed its appetites without a sense of balance. It made no difference since it was worthless. However, the New Testament comes along and teaches us that the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit (I Cor. 3:16). We learn in Romans 12:1-2 that we can ...

139. Saintly Citizenship - Earthly Responsibilities

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. He wanted them to grow and become a great reservoir of truth for the pagan world to tap into and to imitate. The key word is he wanted them to grow into "Christ" and not grow in their ungodly, worldly appetite which could lead them to spiritual destruction. Anyone who ever traveled to the Longwood Gardens has learned it was the Japanese who taught the world how to raise dwarf trees. The process is called "bonsai." They simply cut the tap root, the large root that puts ...

140. Feasting and Fasting for Lent (Part V)

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... who wanted to deny freedom and joy to his people. They were given by a loving God to instruct His people to say "No" to one way of life in order to say "Yes" to a greater way of life. They were given to enable the people to change their appetites, values, and attitudes from years spent living in the land of Egypt. God not only had to get the people out of Egypt, He had to get Egypt out of the people. This is the same principle that the young Indian boy learned when he picked up the snake. We ...

141. Deliverance: The Forgotten Third of Jesus' Ministry

Mark 9:14-32

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... family, etc., we become most like the devil. What Symptoms? A fourth question: What are the symptoms of demonic possession? Throughout the Bible we are given hints of what demons in people do to give away their presence: a carnal appetite out of control, unexplainable physical strength (Mark 5; Acts 19), unexplainable intelligence (Acts 16:16), self-destructive tendencies (Mark 5), rage against Jesus (Mark 1:22), pride, rebelliousness, filthiness, and even such physical liabilities as dumbness (Matthew 9:32 ...

142. Is Your Love Shy?

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... ; mindlessly we march though life absorbing food and goods and services and never questioning whence we've come or whither we go. Is this you we're talking about? Are you only interested in questions of money and sex and recreation? Is your appetite for inquiry into Christianity jaded? Could you care less about questions of salvation, of justice and mercy and ministry and life and death? Conclusion Did you hear about the farmer who bought himself a long, red Lincoln Continental? It was his only extravagance ...

143. Bedlam or Bethleham?

Titus 2:1-15

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... and disorderly, singing this song at the top of his voice. It was not very convincing. We are really on top of the world when we have mastered the art of self-control, when we are on top of those forces which might draw us down: our appetites, our greed, our hatreds, our anxieties, our fears. It is Christ whose power and love make us masters of ourselves -- and our circumstances. In reality it is Christ- control not self-control, but more of that later. Then, there is our relation to others, "Live a life ...

144. Adoration And Confession

Psalm 103:1-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... - proclaim to all the acceptable ear of Lord. Idolatry, which is not making graven images or golden calves, but making a God of material security - our money, our education, our social image, our position or profession. Insatiable desire for things which make a God of our appetite, and I could tire us out with the list because I know the sin of my own life. And the problem and pains that are paraded before me and my pastoral relationship to you, reveal the sins of all of us, wasted talent, neurotic fear ...

145. The Nuclear Truth Of Christianity

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death." Christ will move into every crook and cranny of our inner life to deliver us from bondage and corruption, from habits and destructive appetites of the mind. He will make us new creatures. That's what He wants to do -- that's what His grace is all about -- but the working of God's grace is possible only through faith. Jesus himself said it -- "He that believeth in me, though he were dead ...

146. Reflections On A Calling (ten-year Anniversary Sermon)

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... about burn-out in ministry -- and that's a big problem -- a problem the Church needs to be sensitive to. But I'm equally concerned about another problem which I observe as I travel throughout the connection. I see people who have lost what I call "the appetite for ministry". They become cynical. They do their job. They are successful. They operate within the system in such a way as to guarantee good moves when it time for them to move on to another appointment. but there's no "cutting edge" in their life ...

147. What Making a Difference Looks Like

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... who grieved and mourned over what sin and evil did to God’s world and came to do something about it; he was the one who was strong enough in God to be gentle and meek with people; he was the one who more than anyone craved with his deepest appetites to see God’s will come to pass. He said as much in John 4, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.”5 This is not spirituality in general or a good philosophy; this is the way of life of ...

148. Get off the Throne and Learn Wisdom

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... And in this plain sense you are judging them. You can’t teach algebra to one who can’t add or subtract. Pigs and dogs were derogatory terms Jews used for pagans, and that is spiritually where some people are today. They are at the level of animals appetites only and behave as such. Food and drink and sex and sleep are all they consider important. They are brutish, and of them Jesus said plainly: “Do not give to dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under ...

149. Comfortable Christianity Is a Big, Fat Lie

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... from God for those who give, beware. If it appeals to your racial and class and nationalistic prejudices, beware. It it’s about the power of privilege and not the power to serve, beware. If it ignores the poor, beware. I frankly do not trust the spiritual appetite of the American public because it tends to junk food and quick fix and the broad and easy way that makes it easy to ride from one spiritual fad and false prophet to the next. I am not impressed. Comfortable Christianity is a big, fat lie, and ...

150. The Restaurant in Downtown Jericho

Matt 3:1-17

Illustration

John Jamison

... He started talking, and shouting, and waving his arms, and every time someone would try to laugh at him and go back to their coconut cream pie, he would walk right over and slam a fist on their table, or just stand and stare at the pie eater until their appetite simply disappeared. All this without missing a beat of his sermon. And what a sermon it was. He started out, "Some of you folks are from around here, aren't you? Born and raised right here? Well, that don't count for one blasted thing in God's book ...

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