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1501. Who's In Charge Here?

Matthew 10: 24-39

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A colleague shared about a church he served in Tennessee where an eccentric and flamboyant elder impressed him with her intense commitment to the faith. She did not have a pietistic bone in her body, but her devotion was nonetheless clear and articulate. One evening at a dinner party in her home we were animatedly discussing some theological idea. In the midst of the give and take ...

1502. The Iron, Silver, Golden, Platinum and Titanium Rules

Matthew 10:1-42

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Leonard Sweet

The ability of the human brain to store, retain, and recall enormous amounts of information is miraculously impressive. Unfortunately, sometimes information gets permanently stored that we would love to “dump.” [This would be a great moment for an interactive: Ask your congregation if they have any songs or phrases or quotes that keep ringing in their ears despite all attempts to banish them. What tapes keep playing in ...

1503. Hospitality versus Entertaining

Matthew 10:40-42

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Karen Mains

Karen Mains distinguishes between Hospitality and Entertaining: Entertaining says, "I want to impress you with my home, my clever decorating, my cooking." Hospitality, seeking to minister, says, "This home is a gift from my Master. I use it as he desires."Hospitality aims to serve. Entertaining puts things before people. "As soon as I get the house finished, the living room decorated, my ...

1504. A World Without Easter

1 Corinthians 15:12-20

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James Merritt

... and raving at length. Finally, pausing momentarily for breath, he was collared by the horrified chairman who whispered frantically that the sponsoring civic group he was speaking to was on the other side of the issue. Well this politician was slick. Clearing his throat impressively, and not missing a beat, he said, "My friends, I have told you exactly what the opposition is saying. Now I'm going to tell you the truth." I want you to imagine this headline on the front page of every major newspaper around ...

1505. The Church: The Health of a Godly Family

Hebrews 10:22-25

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James Merritt

... do more for every aspect of your body, soul, and mind if you go to church. My good buddy, Zig Ziglar, sent me a newspaper article recently entitled, "Religion is good for your health." It is by a lady named Mally Gallagher. It was so impressive and so encouraging that I want to share most of it with you. Is God Good For You? Until quite lately, the opinion of the cultural elite has been, with some qualifications, no. Under the widespread influence of thinkers like Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud, intellectuals ...

1506. The Fellowship of Joy

Philippians 1:3-11

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James Merritt

... I should bring this Sunday, I had several different texts and thrusts dancing in my head, when sitting at the Executive Committee Meeting in Nashville a couple of weeks ago, a dear lady got up and read one verse, Philippians 1:3, and the Lord impressed me immediately to preach this message. First Baptist Snellville and the church at Philippi have so much in common, even concerning the time period when Paul wrote this letter. It had been ten years since Paul had founded this church in Philippi, just as it ...

1507. I Love My Church

1 Chronicles 29:3

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James Merritt

... glory, for His kingdom, and for the preaching of His word. Now I wish I had the time to go into the detail of telling you exactly what David gave, because in modern-day terms David gave over $20 billion. But it is not what David gave that is so impressive, it is why David gave. Listen to v.3, "But moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, I have given to the house of my God." David gave to God's house because he loved God, and he loved God's house. So I ...

1508. Confronting a Christless Culture

2 Timothy 3:1-17

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James Merritt

... would have to rate television programs the same way we rate movies? To pick out just a couple of characteristics Paul prophesied, he speaks of those in v.2 who would be "disobedient to parents." Edward Duke of Windsor once said, "The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children."5 Spank has been replaced by Spock, and the rod of discipline has been replaced by the table of negotiation. What is worse, parents, especially fathers, have abdicated the throne of authority and ...

1509. Bridging the Generation Gap

Ephesians 6:1-4

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James Merritt

... the Lord. First of all, we must give them the Word of God, and secondly, we must get them into the Word of God. We are to teach them the Bible on our own, and then we are to teach them to study the Bible on their own. I cannot impress upon parents the importance of those two things. Someone has estimated that a child has 108,000 waking hours between infancy and maturity. They broke it down like this: In the average church-going child, 1,000 hours were spent in church, 7,000 hours were spent in public school ...

1510. The Danger of American Express

Exodus 20:17

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James Merritt

... consumer debt.[v] The credit card boom triggered the creation of one of the latest self-help groups, "Big Spenders Anonymous" for compulsive debtors.[vi] It was Will Rogers who said, "We spend money we don't have, to buy things we don't need, to impress people we don't even like." Why are Americans going debt crazy? I can tell you in one word, a word that is seldom used, but much abused "covetousness." The danger of American Express is expressed in the last commandment. "You shall not covet your neighbor ...

1511. Dirty Dreams and Slick Schemers

Jude 1:8-11

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James Merritt

... sayings was, "What better sinner can know a sinner than a godly sinner?" While everyone else had to walk, he drove a beautiful black Camaro. At lengthy sessions of biblical preaching, that members were required to attend twice a day, he underlined his authority by impressing upon them that he alone understood the Scriptures. He bedded the wives and daughters of the men, some as young as eleven years of age, and died in an explosive fire and a hail of bullets. His name: David Koresh. He was a dirty dreamer ...

1512. What Are Your Chances of Going to Heaven

John 14:6

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James Merritt

... fascinated by the results. Of all of the celebrities, the biggest vote-getter was Mother Teresa at 79%. Who came in second? Oprah Winfrey at 66%. Third place went to Michael Jordan at 65%. Fourth place went to Colin Powell at 61%. Princess Diana scored an impressive 60%. But when it came to politicians, the figures began to plummet. Al Gore and Hillary Rodham Clinton each scored 55%. Coming in next was Bill Clinton at 52% (keep in mind this was before the latest scandals). Newt Gingrich came in at 40%. But ...

1513. The Ministry of the Holy Spirit

John 16:7-11

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James Merritt

... at her and said, "Young lady, are you a Christian?" She bowed her head and started to weep. She said, "No sir, I am not." He said, "Well, do you want to be a Christian?" She said, "Well, I don't know how to." This is what Dr. Torrey felt impressed to tell her to do. Dr. Torrey said, "Would you just take the New Testament and begin to read it, and say as you read: ‘Lord, show me myself?'" She said, "I will." Dr. Torrey left that night. A few months later he came back, and the proprietor of that ...

1514. A Man on the Run

Jonah 1:1-4

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James Merritt

... game of cards. If he won the young girl would be free, if Scarlet won she would remain and Rhett won. Well, the story had a happy ending. The young girl married well and became the matriarch of a leading family in the state. Emelyn was so impressed with the change in Rhett's life, she also became a Christian and joined the Methodist church. Eventually, she opened an orphanage for Cherokee children. She died in 1903, and her grave is marked to this day. It just goes to show you that truth is really stranger ...

1515. No Excuses

Luke 9:57-62

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James Merritt

... out, signed, and before you know it, that man would be a deacon, a Sunday School teacher, and a choir member. But Jesus did not listen to this man's words, He looked at this man's heart. Oh, this man was impulsive, but he was not impressive. Jesus saw through him like transparent glass. This man had probably seen Jesus perform spectacular miracles. He saw him being thronged by the huge crowds. He heard and watched the adulation and adoration everybody gave to him, and he was star-struck. He said to himself ...

1516. Are You Going to Fish or Cut Bait?

Mark 1:16-18

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James Merritt

... Jesus. That book answers the question of how this Jewish Rabbi would have responded to Jesus Christ. In the book Neusner makes it plain he has great respect for Jesus and for Christianity. He even admits that the Sermon on the Mount leaves him "impressed and moved." He says that sermon alone would have quickened enough interest to have motivated him to have joined the crowd who followed Jesus from place to place listening to His teaching. But then Rabbi Neusner says he would have parted company with Jesus ...

1517. Fiscal Fitness

Proverbs 3:9-10

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James Merritt

... encourage you to begin right now. The fact is, if we got by with less today, we could save up more for tomorrow. d. Don't keep up with the Jones's. Will Rogers said, "People borrow money they don't have, to buy things they don't need, to impress people they don't even like!" That is true. I can save you a lot of sleepless nights and anxiety if you will just learn that not only should you not keep up with the Jones's, but if you ever do catch up with them, they will just refinance ...

1518. The Lion King

Revelation 5:1-14

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James Merritt

... that just at the time this man fell, several lambs were on their way to the slaughter; as the mason fell, he landed on the back of one of those lambs. The lamb was killed, but it broke the mason's fall and saved his life. That builder was so impressed that he had that stone lamb placed there as a lasting memorial to the death of that lamb; for he did not want anyone ever to forget how the lamb had died for that man. I tell you, that for all eternity we will never be allowed to forget, nor ...

1519. The Greatest Place in the World

Romans 12:1-2

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James Merritt

... 's all you do for God, you are both unreasonable and illogical. Sometimes as I witness to people they will cut me off by saying, "Oh, I believe in God." May I tell you quite frankly, if all you do with God is just believe in Him, God is not impressed. It is foolish to believe in God, and then not worship God, love God, serve God, trust God, and obey God. II. A Powerful Transformation "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good ...

1520. Whatever It Takes

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

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James Merritt

... I might win Jews." V.20b "…that I might win those who are under the law." V.21 "…that I might win those who are without law." V.22a "…that I might win the weak." V.22b "…that I might by all means save some." Now don't get the impression that Paul was a people pleaser, because he was anything but that. He said in Gal. 1:10, "For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ." Paul would have ...

1521. The Battle of New Orleans

2 Timothy 3:1-4:8

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James Merritt

... an assault on the family today that is unparalleled in the history of the human race, and much of the damage is self-inflicted. Paul said in verse 2 that children would be increasingly "disobedient to parents." Edward Duke of Windsor once said, "The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children."1 God knew what he was talking about when he said that dads should be the head of their homes. That is true both in a spiritual sense and an authoritative sense. But increasingly ...

1522. What Is A Christian?

Acts 11:26

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James Merritt

A local businessman was teaching a Sunday School class of fourth grade boys, and he was really trying to impress the class because his son was a member. So during the lesson he asked the class this question: "Why do you suppose that people call me a Christian?" Well, there was dead silence. Not one boy or girl spoke up. He asked the question again: "Boys and girls, why do ...

1523. How to Handle the Mess of Stress

Exodus 18:23-27

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James Merritt

... , there is a sign that tells the load limit that that truck can carry. Well, you can be sure if those gigantic trucks with those huge engines have load limits, so do we. This was exactly Moses' problem. Now on the outside Moses looked very impressive; eating on the run, ripping from one end of the camp to the other, planning appointments, meeting deadlines, seeing people; but on the inside he was dying on the vine. He had a wise father-in-law that recognized it. Moses was literally stressed out. Nerves ...

1524. The Pride Is Right

Jeremiah 9:23-24

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James Merritt

... from justice, penniless. Howard Hopson died in an insane asylum. Arthur Cutten went bankrupt and died in a foreign country. Richard Whitney had just been released from Sing Sing Prison. Ivar Kreuger and Leon Frser both committed suicide.3 What is the point? God is not impressed with Ph.D.'s, nuclear missiles, or the Dow Jones. Our pride must not be in Harvard's wisdom, the Pentagon's power, or Wall Street's wealth. Because that is when pride is wrong. II. God Welcomes Pride That Is Right Now I know you ...

1525. Hazardous to Your Wealth: Myths about Money

Malachi 3:7-12

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James Merritt

... what we have by what our next-door neighbor possesses. Someone has well said, "It's hard to save money when your neighbor keeps buying things you can't afford!" Will Rogers rightly said, "We borrow money we don't have, to buy things we don't need, to impress people we don't even like." I want you to think about something. The multimillionaire that will go to bed tonight won't sleep in any nicer bed than most of us will get into. The multimillionaire, if he eats oatmeal in the morning, will have to eat the ...

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