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Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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1501. Nose Hairs And Disney

1 Corinthians 12:12-31a

Sermon

Mary Austin

... a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. If all were a single ... You’re not going to take me to Disney World, are you?” It was tempting — really tempting. Suddenly, her awful behavior made sense. “She knew she couldn’t earn her way into the Magic Kingdom — she had tried and failed that test several times before ...

1502. Provoked

Luke 4:21-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... time in your life. Stay in their presence too long, and you can actually begin to feel exhausted and depleted. Often, you sense them from afar and know to stay far, far away. Anyone engage in public speaking? If you have, you know that you can sense the “mood” or the “spirit” in the room. You feel those who spew joy and encouragement your way. Likewise, you can also sense someone who emits negative energy.Jealousy and anger? If the room and its inhabitants were colors, you’d see right away that ...

1503. The Sweet Scent of Death

John 12:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... a haunted and tortured Judas to his own grave in the Potter’s field. The oil of spikenard prepares us for the reality, urgency, immanency, and poignancy of Jesus’ death by evoking in us the reverent, heart-wrenching feelings of a funerary service. In a sense, at this time of our Lenten journey, we too are preparing ourselves for an emotional and enduring grief. May the sweetness of your love for Jesus prepare you for the time that is to come. This Holy Communion, I invite you all therefore to smell ...

1504. Christianity: A Worldly Religion That Makes Sure That Even Animals Matter

Revelation 5:11-14

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... creation! Martin Luther did not miss it. He claimed that Jesus was the Savior of humans and beasts.[1] And he also stated that in heaven there will be nice ponies, that we will be able to handle lions and bears the way we now handle puppies.[2] It makes sense. Jesus himself is quoted in John (12:47) that he came to save the world. And Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 5:19 that “God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself.” According to John 12:47, Jesus is reported to have said that he came into the ...

1505. The Call

Matthew 16:13-20, Mark 1:14-20, Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Will Willimon

... be sane and everyone else is a lunatic. But I have no reasonable basis for thinking this other than that I think a mall makes no sense at all whereas nine out of ten of the rest of you think that it does. With reasons, I cannot defend myself. I can give ... to little Microsoft.” At first I thought this couple nuts. But then, as I thought about our values, our economy, it made perfect sense. The story of Jesus opens with an angel appearing to a young woman in Galilee, telling her that she is to be pregnant ...

1506. The First Sign of Civilization

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... . And when we perform an act of kindness, the reward system in our brain lights up, which gives us pleasure, which causes us to look for more opportunities to be kind. A neuroscientist working on the Kindness Project said, “Kindness can cost us, yet we experience a sense of reward in parts of our brain when we are kind to others, just as we do when we eat yummy food or have a pleasant surprise. These parts of the brain become active and motivate us to do them again and again.” (1) “Kindness can cost ...

1507. High Anxiety

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... self-worth that we’ve wrapped into our self-expectation begins to feel threatened. What happens? We begin not only to doubt ourselves but we take out our frustrations on everyone around us. That’s when we have fallen into the trap of “high anxiety.” In a sense high anxiety is a kind of self-imposed narcissism in which we become closed off to everything but our own focus. We try to do, do, do in order to make things right, or we scream out in frustration about the unfairness of our situation, our lot ...

1508. Giving Away the Kingdom

Luke 12:32-40

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... Sell your possessions” has no qualifiers. He didn’t say, “Sell half your possessions,” or “sell a tenth of your possessions.” He merely said, “Sell your possessions.” Frankly, it sounds like he wants us to sell it all. It really doesn’t make a lot of sense to do that. For one thing, if every Christian sold all their possessions and gave all the money to the poor, we would die out inside two weeks. I’m just guessing, but I’m pretty sure that’s not the Lord’s intent here. Being a ...

1509. Watch This!

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... watching him. Some did so because they were looking for ways to trip him up. Others did so because they believed he was someone special — someone who could teach them or help them in some way. There were probably others who carefully watched him out of a deep sense of curiosity. Jesus used this to his (and their) advantage. He knew they were watching him. I’m sure he had a pretty good read on why they were watching him as well. In fact, he had been invited to the home of a “prominent Pharisee.” It ...

1510. A Law Against Dying?

Luke 20:27-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... children (Gen. 1: 27-28; Gen. 2: 24) and to give the world an image of Jesus’ love for the Church (Eph. 5). And in practical terms, marriage was meant to protect widows from poverty and exploitation. God gave us marriage to offer us a sense of comfort in a lonely and challenging world. But we will never find our completeness in human relationships. Instead, God’s ultimate purpose for us is revealed in verse 36 of this passage: “They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection ...

1511. Don't Be Afraid

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and allow others to see us in a more authentic way. When we feel afraid, we tend to hide in the shadows, retreat to a more protective, womb-like umbra. In this way, we all practice the art of “imaging.” Imaging is the way we make sense of our world, and ourselves in relationship to the world and others. God too. It’s the way we comprehend who we are in relationship. All humans are in essence instinctive and natural “photographers.” Photography is the art of truth and lies. It’s telling stories ...

1512. Faith or Folly

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , you realize that every glass is filled with gnats floating on the surface of the wine. It smells sweet. It looks sumptuous. But you cannot serve even one glass of your award-winning wine to your guests, as each glass has been contaminated by dead gnats. In a sense, this is what it is like to put your best foot forward in every way but fail to protect your spirit from the buzzing of the world’s temptations that seek to desecrate and destroy the way you love and live. In our world, just as in the world ...

1513. People of the Rolled Stone

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... punchline to God's eternal life anecdote. It is God's great "GOTCHA" in God's conspiracy of Grace to bring us life and hope. Without the Good News of the resurrection, the cross and Christ's death make no sense at all. Without the Good News of Easter, life itself makes no sense. Easter is the day that makes sense out of all the rest of life. Easter is the day that gives meaning to life. It gives meaning and purpose to the sordid events of Holy week. Now, because the tomb is empty there is victory and power ...

1514. Shut the Back Door!

John 10:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... exit out of the side door, cross the cemetery, and get to the parking lot before everyone else. Exiting through the “back door” was a kind of cop out in a sense though. Those who got away with it carried with them a slight sense of having done something a bit wrong. Yet they also felt a sense of relief having avoided spending another 15 minutes saying goodbye to the pastor and conversing with fellow congregants. The “back door” count grew on congregational meeting day, especially if some difficult ...

1515. The Way

John 14:1-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of security, of control, of comfort, and of assurance that we will get where we want to go. They also allow us to keep our brains in partial gear. This makes navigating our journeys easy-peasy. Using our GPS makes sense to us. Maps make sense to us. Directions feel rational and help us feel that we are getting somewhere, that we have a destination, and that we can reach it with no hassle or fret. We barely need to think about it. Our navigation systems don’t require us to tap into our emotions, to ...

1516. Living the FIRE Life

John 17:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... s the purposeful engagement with something that “fires us up” that makes us feel that life can be “so fire!” It’s no wonder then that Jesus’ best promise to us is the kind of life that he knows will give us our best sense of identity, connection, purpose, mission, and joy: the “life of God.” Or better said perhaps: “life in sync with God”––a life that is Fully Intimate, Relational, and Exceptional! A FIRE life. Not the kind of FIRE life in which we “retire” and remove ourselves ...

1517. Wrestling with God

Genesis 32:22-31

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... do not sleep, and I’ve always been right here. “It was not in the silence that I was finding (God), but in the fighting, in the lamenting, in the pain. If God is in the redeeming business, if God is trying to use all things to redeem, it makes sense that he would use even our pain and anger to draw us in. “After the service, as I walked up the stairs into my parents’ house, my hip gave out on the second step, and I limped. This time, however, I didn’t respond in anger. I responded in thankfulness ...

1518. The Paradox of the Yoke

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... tripped you up. You encountered a fork in your path, a tragedy, or a loss perhaps. At that point, your yoke, while usually manageable, may have started to feel very heavy indeed. What happens? You start to drag your feet. You slow up. You feel tired. You lose your sense of purpose and direction. You don’t know how to go on. The world on your shoulders feels too much. You don’t know how to bear it any longer. This is when Jesus steps in. He slips that yoke off of you and instead, places his own over ...

1519. Us Against Them

Exodus 4:21

Sermon

Will Willimon

... closely at the Hebrew expression "hardened his heart," we note that the same verb can be used in the Bible in a more positive sense. It can mean not only to harden but to strengthen someone's heart, to give a person courage. In Deuteronomy 31:7, the same ... I will give Pharaoh encouragement, so that he will not let the people go."' Why did our Bible translators choose the more pejorative sense of the phrase in telling what God did to Pharaoh? Because we expect the Bible to talk about good guys/bad guys. ...

1520. When Payday Comes

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Steven Molin

... worked nine hours, six hours, or one hour in the vineyard, and yet the employer provided the same reward to them as to those who were there from the very beginning. It’s not fair. It’s not equitable. From a worldly point of view, it makes no sense at all. But again, this is the kingdom of heaven we’re talking about. I was troubled twenty years ago when Randy determined that he had earned the reward of confirmation day, but Mike didn’t do enough work to earn it. Says who? I was troubled when Randy ...

1521. Going Where Jesus Goes

Mark 16:1-8

Sermon

Mary Austin

... know the story, but it’s a huge surprise on that first day. I don’t know that I would have been any different. In fact, I admire their courage. If you were expecting a body and you got a message that Jesus who was missing, being afraid makes perfect sense. Still, we want more. Like the women at the tomb, we want to know where Jesus is, and what he’s up to. Glennon Doyle wrote on her blog about teaching Sunday school at her church. The kids came into the sanctuary and sat down, listening to the teacher ...

1522. Fear of Flying

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... we offer up our fears to God in faith and allow Jesus to fully and wholly heal us, to offer us salvation in every sense of the word? God created every one of us to be a beautiful, authentic, amazing individual. Jesus has the power to “re-make” and restore ... you may have lost touch with “who you are.” You may think that if you let go of your fear that you will lose your sense of identity. Jesus is here to tell you, it’s the opposite. Once you let go of your fear, you will find yourself. For when you ...

1523. Fever!

Mark 1:29-39

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... word service diekonei means more than cooking them dinner or serving as a hostess. The word means to “minister,” to actively care for the needs of others as the Lord guides. When our soul is truly healed, we will not only be filled with a sense of calm and peace but desire with all of our being to minister to others according to the mission of God. This is Jesus’ mission –to restore (salve –salvation comes from this word which means to heal) people into “right relationship” with God, so that ...

1524. Is This All There Is?

Revelation 21:1-6

Sermon

Will Willimon

... The end” means final--the last act of the play, the final second of the game, where the road stops. The end is when it’s all over, finished, done. But in another sense the end also means the purpose--the result of the game, the intention of the play, the point of the journey. The end, in this more profound sense, is what it all finally means, where it is all finally leading. Today's scripture says that, when all our days, the good and the bad, are said and done; when we have finished with this beautiful ...

1525.

Psalm 112:1-10

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... does not promise eternal life within the horizons of the OT, rather it points to his family line. The words even in darkness admit that circumstances will not always be favorable for the Yahweh-fearer, but the words light dawns for the upright promise a sense of hope in the midst of adversity. It may strike us as unusual that the psalm should juxtapose generosity with justice and righteousness (vv. 5, 9). We might expect generosity to be paralleled by “mercy.” But, as seen elsewhere in the OT (see on Ps ...

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