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Showing 1501 to 1525 of 4770 results

1501. Living Between the Times

John 17:20-26

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... experience that the family who lived on the other side of the mountain often did not have their best interest at heart. For hundreds of years, ideas about living in unity, peace, and harmony did not seem practical. In fact, collective human experience tends to confirm the views of that cousin at the family reunion picnic table. Because it is easiest, it must be best to associate only with people who look like us and think like us. We might even claim it is human nature to want to exclude those who differ so ...

1502. If the Stones Cried Out

Luke 19:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... the Oberammergau Passion Play in Germany a few years ago. Every ten years, the citizens of Oberammergau stage the story of Jesus’ life and crucifixion. People come from all over the world to view the play. As Huffington watched this intense drama, she also observed the irony going on around her. As Jesus drove the money-changers out of the temple, vendors wandered among the crowd and sold over-priced religious trinkets. As the soldiers attempted to quench Jesus’ thirst on the cross, the ...

1503. Making Your Life Count

1 Timothy 2:5-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... they declared the universality of God. Yahweh is the God of all creation. Indeed, He is the creator of all that lives and moves and has its being (Acts 17:28). This truth brings to mind an observation of Oscar Hammerstein II. He was once privileged to view the Statue of Liberty close-up from a helicopter. He was quite impressed by the great painstaking detail that the sculptor had employed on this statue—even on the very top of the head. Every strand of hair was in place. What impressed Hammerstein so was ...

1504. New Tendons for Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... cold in their relationship with God—spiritually freezing to death—though they want to stay that way. The prophet turns the heat on, and they become angry with him when he is actually working to make them better.” (5) So instead of viewing prophets as killjoys, what if we should view them as symbols of hope. Because if God had given up on His people, He wouldn’t send a prophet. He wouldn’t send anybody. If God sends a prophet, that means there is still hope. Ezekiel faced a difficult task because ...

1505. As I Am A Witness

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... survey the heavens by telescope, witnessing to “the greatness of God,” surely the Hubbel telescope witnesses to even more breathtaking views of a reality shrouded in more mystery than fact.** In the case of Hubbel, photographic witnesses attest to the vastness ... about as much as we know too about the human brain. Even though our brain is part of us, even though we can view it, dissect it, name its parts, still there are functions about the brain and our behavior that simply mystify us, that simply escape ...

1506. Elohim

John 1:29-34, Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... you see? What is it? [Give people time to answer.] Is it the sky? Clouds? The sea? A painting? Now what if I give you a different view: What is it? Tell me. A pool! It’s a pool! You couldn’t tell by the first picture I showed you. It simply didn’t give ... says. “Know me.” “Love me.” “Be with me.” To reveal is to make known and to make familiar --to allow one to view something within a familiar frame of reference, so that what was formerly unseen can be seen and known. And this is the basis for ...

1507. House of Prayer

Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... have heard in any given situation, because people are naturally inclined to filter what they hear through what they already believe or accept as truth. Three quarters of the time, people will only hear what ascribes to their own currently held points of view.* “Selective memory.” We all have it. But certain situations or identities seem to drive it more than others. The report by these psychologists claims that issues of religion, ethics, or politics exacerbate one’s ability to hold onto preconceived ...

1508. Stop the PANIC!

Luke 15:1-32 · Exodux 15:1-27--16:36 · Psalm 23

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and thickets of life, is part of our human condition. We see things “up close and personal.” All of us in some sense lack the “Big Picture” point of view. And so, when faced with venturing into new territories or navigating difficult and unknown terrain, it’s easy for us to get disoriented and wander aimlessly within our limited view of where we are and what we are doing there. That’s the way life feels sometimes, doesn’t it? Directionless and confused. Or maybe we’re avoiding going in ...

1509. Jacob's Sheep

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the vista of the “world” as they knew it. He was not giving them a survey of their new “empire” as satan did when tempting Jesus in the wilderness. This was no “top down” plan or diagram for a revolutionary take over. Neither was their “view from the top” a signal that they would be more elevated than anyone else around them. Quite the contrary, as we learned from Jesus’ foot washing experience. No, Jesus takes his disciples to the top of that mountain and shows them the world God made ...

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be new views.

Abraham Lincoln

Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and woman by the conventions of society are born with different interests and different points of view.

August Strindberg

As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor.

Barry Commoner

The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.

Brooks Atkinson

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us.

Henry David Thoreau

Our problem, from the point of view of psychology and from the point of view of genetic epistemology, is to explain how the transition is made from a lower level of knowledge to a level that is judged to be higher.

Jean Piaget

Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single great problem, even if this view is still not a clear one.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Few begin with anything like a clear view of what they want to do, and the fortune they seek may come in a very different form from that which they have kept in view.

The Independent

1518. In diem natalem

Titus 2:1-15

Sermon

Ron Love

... to be human at his birth. He was not divine until the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove descended upon him during his baptism. It was then that Jesus as a human being was incarnate with the Spirit of God. This was the most popular view that was circulating around the early church. It was also the most heretical doctrine because it denied the incarnation of Jesus at conception, and caused the church fathers to realize that a date for the birth of Jesus had to be officially established. The date selected was ...

1519. Oh, That You Would Come Down?

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... so it is my business, isn’t it? Somehow, we, like ancient Israel, have deluded ourselves into thinking that sin is no big deal. We ignore its power to destroy health and home, to damage our witness and impede spiritual growth. We disregard its power to block our view of God and leave us slaves to our own passions. It was as a warning to us that Jesus taught, “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8). In other words, there is something about sin that coats the soul with grime ...

1520. An Important Village with a Questionable Reputation

John 1:43-51

Sermon

King Duncan

... you step on somebody else’s dream. “They said . . .” Even Jesus had his critics. Remember his own mother and brothers were concerned that he was going off the deep end with his teaching. It is quite probable that, as people in his town learned some of his views as a young adult, he faced a great deal of criticism. It’s important for us to see that even Jesus couldn’t please everyone. The important thing is that he stayed true to his values. Do you think everyone in town agreed with him when he ...

1521. Hungering for Some Time Off

Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

Sermon

King Duncan

... two. But Jesus didn’t seem to be annoyed. He took it all in stride. In fact, he stayed there with the crowd and taught them. Maybe he knew why the crowd was there to see him. Let’s try and take a look at this from their point of view for a moment. Let’s focus, first of all, on the crowd’s hunger. There was something about Jesus that made people want to be near him. There was something missing in their lives that they couldn’t obtain through their day-to-day living. They were looking for something ...

1522. Holding On

Job 1:1; Job 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... about something that may never happen. Of course, if there is both ice and a cow on your roof, maybe you should start to worry. (2) Pastor James Gordon Gilkey had a great illustration for helping us understand how to view the challenges and problems that worry us. He said that most of us view our lives as if we are standing in the middle of a circle, and problems, challenges, fears, burdens are surrounding us and pushing in on us. Can anybody relate to that description? He said that it is more accurate to ...

1523. Public Sex

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

Will Willimon

... sex in marriage to be a public, political matter, something with implications for the whole society. In fact, it could be argued that the church never believed in the existence of ''pre-marital sex,'' or ''sex outside of marriage'' because, in the church's view, all sex was marital, that is public. Nothing about the way men and women love was without power consequences, therefore sex was too dangerous to allow people to do it alone or without public promises. Therefore all sex is ''marital," i.e. public. In ...

1524. Pulling Our Punches

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... Ahhh… Jesus is the Son of God, and we’d think he shared in God’s goodness, but the young man had asked a human-oriented question, and it demanded an answer from a human point of view. It is a human question, but as we shall see, there is no human answer. The divine point of view is implicit in the way Jesus answered the question: which commandment is the greatest? You will remember that Jesus famously replied with two commandments, one from Deuteronomy 6:5 and one from Leviticus 19:18 — You shall ...

1525. Sustaining Faith

Mark 12:38-44

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... a kind of self-serving way of expressing appreciation for someone else’s utility. This kind of utilitarian attitude toward people dominates often in the world of finance, corporate growth, economics, and in general, any bureaucracy, but it’s not the way we like to view people when we think in terms of a faith community. In fact, just the opposite. Look at any scripture story, parable, or teaching by Jesus, and you will find a strong reaction to “weighing one’s worth” by one’s deeds or acts. In ...

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Showing 1501 to 1525 of 4770 results

1501. Living Between the Times

John 17:20-26

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

1502. If the Stones Cried Out

Luke 19:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

1503. Making Your Life Count

1 Timothy 2:5-7

Sermon

King Duncan

1504. New Tendons for Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

1505. As I Am A Witness

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1506. Elohim

John 1:29-34, Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1507. House of Prayer

Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1508. Stop the PANIC!

Luke 15:1-32 · Exodux 15:1-27--16:36 · Psalm 23

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1509. Jacob's Sheep

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be new views.

Abraham Lincoln

August Strindberg

Barry Commoner

The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.

Brooks Atkinson

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us.

Henry David Thoreau

Jean Piaget

Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single great problem, even if this view is still not a clear one.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Few begin with anything like a clear view of what they want to do, and the fortune they seek may come in a very different form from that which they have kept in view.

The Independent

1518. In diem natalem

Titus 2:1-15

Sermon

Ron Love

1519. Oh, That You Would Come Down?

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

King Duncan

1520. An Important Village with a Questionable Reputation

John 1:43-51

Sermon