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1476. Two Wolves

Mt 13:24-30, 36-43

Illustration

Brett Blair

... life..."A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. 'It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, self-doubt, and ego. The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too." The grandson ...

1477. The Family Album

1 John 3:1-7

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... has an urge to kill anybody at an abortion clinic, he should kill me instead." The cardinal opposed homosexuality and objected to gay Catholics marching in New York's annual St. Patrick's Day parade. But in his homily one Sunday when a Gay Pride Parade was to pass in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral, he warned the congregation, "Please do not believe for a moment that you would be defending the church or advancing church teachings by expressions of hatred." O'Conner campaigned against the death penalty ...

1478. Understanding Bible Prophecy

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... not be as big as the monster we saw in the swampy meadow." Provoked by such disparagement of his powers the old frog made one more attempt. He blew and blew and swelled and swelled until something went POP. The old frog had burst. As scripture says, "Pride goeth before destruction." Saddam, he who has ears to hear, let him hear.[1] Was I going out on much of a limb in "prophesying" problems for Saddam? Not really. No more than anyone in recent years who warned of the dangers to New Orleans in the event ...

1479. Our Magnificent, Mysterious, Mischievous God

2 Kings 5:1-14

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... allowed to giggle. But when it was done, he walked up the bank and, as scripture says, "his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy" (v. 14). More than the leprous scales had washed off Naaman's body in that water - so did the pride and arrogance that he had brought with him. Maybe not so silly after all. The story does not end there. Naaman returns to Elisha, this time actually getting a face-to-face meeting. He is grateful, of course, and he is wise enough to know the true source of ...

1480. Beating Babel

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... and distant past, a little Jewish child asked, "Mommy, Daddy, why do people from different countries talk funny?" And the response came from an even dimmer and more distant past — the story of the Tower of Babel that we find in chapter 11 of Genesis. Human pride had decided it would make a name for itself and would build a city and a tower that would be a gateway to heaven; God would not allow such presumption so the speech of the workers was confused, they fell to bickering among themselves, dispersed ...

1481. The Day God Voted

1 Samuel 15:34-35, 16:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... ready to vote? These days it seems as if that were a perpetual question. One campaign is hardly over before the next one begins. The political commercials on television are endless: the charges and the countercharges, one side "pointing with pride," the other "viewing with alarm." Someone once said, "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it wrongly, and applying unsuitable remedies." Sounds like a perfect description of what we get with all these thirty-second paid ...

1482. Learning Humility

Illustration

Billy D. Strayhorn

There was a man who took great pride in being a former Navy Seal. And why not? That's a very elite group of people. It takes a special sailor to qualify as a Navy Seal. This man told about sharing his military exploits with his grandson's kindergarten class. This former Seal regaled the children with his ...

1483. Weed and Feed

Sermon

John Smylie

... to Florida. My parents at that time owned a home on an island that was walking distance from a beach. Each day I spent several hours on the beach in quiet contemplation, walking and praying until I discovered that my theology of availability was a prideful attempt to play God. What I also discovered was that I was available to everyone except God, those closest to me — namely my family — and myself. The theology of availability had caused me to break the great commandment, I did not love God with all ...

1484. The Logical Conclusion

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

John Smylie

... a mysterious way, the very flesh that our Lord Jesus Christ, himself, wore. No other creature can claim this privilege. This is why the angels bow down before us and serve us. The ascension of human flesh into heaven brought the greatest wound of all to Satan's pride. Of all the creatures and of all creation it is only this flesh that we bear that has been taken up into the Godhead. The joyful hope of the ascension is that we shall also be taken up, that our bodies, too, will be transformed and raised and ...

1485. Living Upside Down

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... a bad rule. We got the giggles as we were hanging there. We were seeing a topsy-turvy world, our knees hooked around the bar, hanging upside down, doing our best to hold up our skirts with our hands. Not even the teacher's lecture afterward could change the pride of two little co-conspirators who had challenged the rules and had seen the world upside-down. I am doing my best to become more of a sabbath person. Now, when I anticipate my day off, I start getting giddy the evening before. It's no surprise to ...

1486. The Unsilenced Voice

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... for anyone else thinking about trying the same thing. They called it early retirement and gave him a party he suffered through. "I've been to my own funeral," he said weeks later, recounting the pain of it. "I lost my students, my program, my livelihood, and my pride. But you know what? There really is life after death. I'm doing things I always wanted to do, but never had time. I'm spending time with my wife. I'm finding energy I thought I'd lost forever. Getting crucified turned out better than I thought ...

1487. Right-Handed Sinners!

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... feet with the woman's washing his feet with tears and wiping them with her hair (Luke 7:44). On the last evening of his life, Jesus washes the disciples' feet (John 13:1-16). His act of abject humility actually cleanses their hearts of selfish ambition, kills their pride, and teaches them the lesson of love. Feet are very important and beautiful feet are a signal that one holds a high office. At the other end of the spectrum are ugly-feet sins. "If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for ...

1488. When God Says, “No”

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Steven Molin

... No,' ask Grandma!" Within the obvious humor of that single sentence, there are two truths revealed. The first, and more obvious of the two, is that all grandparents are a soft touch! They look at their children's children, and they melt with love and pride, and then pretty much anything that their grandchild asks for is granted. A case in point: We were spending some time with my parents at their cabin near Danbury, Wisconsin, one summer, and after a particularly successful day on the lake, we were having ...

1489. Yielding to Spiritual Maturity

Matthew 7:15-23, James 2:1-10 (11-13) 14-17

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... top of the ladder, we may find it was against the wrong wall. Our spiritual maturity begins with the realization that we are all imperfect. Hollywood teaches us to admire and reward beautiful faces and physiques. Scripture instructs us to beware of the pride and conceit that accompanies riches or adoration of the body. Faith opens our eyes to see beauty in our differences. Much of prejudice is based on the inability to accept that which is different from oneself. Subconsciously we are thinking, unless you ...

1490. Living in The Present

Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... scientist, Stephen Hawking, said that until he developed Lou Gehrig's disease he had never really learned to appreciate his life but had wasted much of it in meaningless activity. Faith teaches us we can befriend our suffering. Suffering cleanses us from human pride. It redirects our focus from frivolity to faith. If we look at it correctly it can bring us closer to God. We are too afraid of suffering. Everybody wants medals but nobody wants scars. Some time ago I remember reading about a blacksmith ...

1491. Reconciliation Day

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... the joys of life, and now we want to remarry and see if the Lord won’t give us a few years of happiness before we die.” (6) That sometimes happens to a couple, doesn’t it? Somebody does something dumb, or says something dumb, then pride gets involved, and a relationship that could have worked out beautifully gets broken. What a beautiful thing it is, however, to see such a relationship restored. Of course, for a relationship to be restored someone has got to take the first step. “If your brother or ...

1492. Can You Carry Your Weight?

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... must stand apart from that which is being studied, always keeping it in an “objective” relationship. Allowing subjective feeling into the scientific process — emotions, hopes, aspirations, expectations — “taints” the results and the researcher. We like to pride ourselves on being “objective.” The era when the scientific method took root and took off is called “The Enlightenment.” Dissecting the world into objective observations and reducing precise measurements was the sign of an ...

1493. Jesus Rescues Us

Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... praise. God's rescue of the Hebrews will continue upon their arrival in their home country. God will build up the ancient ruins; the cities and the nation, in general, will be restored. The devastation of the land will be transformed and once again the pride of people in their land will be restored. God will make an everlasting covenant with the people. God's faithfulness to the people will be complete and manifest in many ways. As a community is restored, the descendents of the Hebrews will be known among ...

1494. The Faithfulness of God

2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... nothing to me except that he was gentle and noticed my hair and touched my face. He was there Arthur, but God knows where you were, for days at a time. "I atoned and God has forgiven me because God is good, but you never forgave me. It hurt your pride. I was one of your possessions that someone else had used. I guess I don't blame you, but Arthur, how long will you make me wait for a word — one word?" Mrs. Dowson dabbed her eyes once more and then put on her gray coat. Henry was waiting with ...

1495. God Makes All Things New

Isaiah 61:10—62:3

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... wrestlers' ears. It was a luxury the ragtag team obviously could not afford. At the end of the match, Kevin's team had won an overwhelming victory, taking every weight class. The boys on the defeated team still possessed a certain false bravado, a kind of street pride that could not be stifled through defeat. Mike, who attended his son's match, shook his head sadly. "I wish just one of them could have won," he said. "They have lots of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them ...

1496. God Is the Hound of Heaven

Jeremiah 31:7-14

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... of Rivals." Abraham Lincoln's "Team of Rivals" seemed on paper to be the least likely group to serve the new president and the country well, but actually it was the only possible group to get the job done. Lincoln was not above personal pride or doing what seemed to be ridiculous, or political suicide, including discarding past political differences that might interfere in his quest to maintain national unity. This political tale, unknown to most, is a good image of how God will do whatever is necessary to ...

1497. Hope Lifted Up

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... who had delivered them from slavery. God hit them with a two-by-four. The fiery snakes were only a foretaste of their future fueled by reckless apostasy. Only more "fiery snakes" awaited them in a future of godless destitution given over to self-indulgence and pride. Recourse to the faith of Sinai drove the people to cast their eyes upon the bronze snake of healing. Hope was restored and the road to the promised land was rediscovered. Today's people of God are not safe from the temptation to backslide. A ...

1498. Three O’Clock at the Temple

Acts 3:12-19

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... living Christ to move the obstacles between them and the kingdom from before them to behind them. Is God the punitive God who needs to be appeased? Move that god behind you. Is God the God who operates on merit? Move that god behind you. Pride, human effort, pretentiousness, power games, worldly success (or the appearance of success)! Move that dirt to the back. Clear the way! Go with God! Love God; do not fear him! Love God; love your neighbors! Follow the risen Lord! "Repent!" said Peter. "Make up your ...

1499. Finding Our Roots in God and Country

2 Samuel 5:1-5, 6-10

Sermon

William J. Carl, III

... head and prayed for him. Afterward, I asked the pastor about him, "Oh yes, he came to us homeless, a street person, with nothing. We helped him get established, helped him get a job, and now he is an elder in our church, and he feels more pride for that than anything else in his life." David understood that. He knew how to share the good news of God with great enthusiasm. Keats, in one of his letters uses a vivid expression to describe the literature of Shakespearean England. He speaks of the "indescribable ...

1500. The Place beyond Revenge

Esther 7:1-6, 9-10, 9:20-22

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... salvation. On the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month they are to send gifts of food to one another and presents to the poor. Oh, God, help me to understand violence! Help me to understand vengeance. I am pretty good at the other sins, like lust and greed, pride and gossip, but violence I just don't understand. I also don't really understand the tribalism that is beyond it. Is that because I am an immigrant myself and know that I have lived among many tribes and don't really belong to any one? Is that ...

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