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1526. Start at the Epicenter

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... you can never be unborn. In other words, our relationship with God is unconditional and based on His grace. Whenever I sin, whenever I go against God’s will, whenever I do what I know I shouldn’t do or don’t do what I know I should do that affects my fellowship with God. Our fellowship with God is conditional and based on our obedience. Let me put it to you another way. As our judge, God has forgiven us permanently for the penalty of our sin. We don’t ever have to fear condemnation at the throne of ...

1527. About Getting Drunk

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... or influenced by wine.” Of course, you can be drunk with many things--lust, power, greed. Paul simply focuses on one that is a problem in nearly every society, chemical abuse. And with good reason. When we are under the influence of alcohol, our judgment is affected, we cannot make decisions wisely. We act out of character. And, yes, many times it does lead to debauchery. How many times have you heard someone say, “When he’s sober, he’s the nicest man around, but let him get a few drinks in him and ...

1528. Right Answer - Wrong Conclusion

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... is the only thing to do to conquer grief, and that is to embrace it . . . I cried and cried and cried, and faced the truth of my grief head on.” (2) Some of you may have encountered such grief. Were you able to face it head on? How did it affect your faith in God? Did it drive you away from God? Or were you able to hold on to your knowledge of God’s love for you even in the midst of terrible tragedy? It takes a mature faith to do that. You see, we know God loves us more ...

1529. Be Careful What You Ask For

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... at the place you had hoped to be at this stage of your life? We spend our whole lives pursuing dreams and goals. The aim is to go higher, to become greater. To have more perks, as it were. That is the mark of success. It even affects our families. We want our children to become doctors and lawyers and engineers. Nobody tries to persuade their children to become servants. What?! A servant? But sometimes God’s way confuses man’s wisdom. In Mark 10, Jesus tells his disciples for the third time about his ...

1530. Pursuing Dreams

Mk 10:35-45

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King Duncan

... job? Are you at the place you had hoped to be at this stage of your life? We spend our whole lives pursuing dreams and goals. The aim is to go higher, to become greater. To have more perks, as it were. That is the mark of success. It even affects our families. We want our children to become doctors and lawyers and engineers. Nobody tries to persuade their children to become servants. What?! A servant? But sometimes God’s way confuses man’s wisdom.

1531. Poem: To Laugh Often and Much

Eulogy

Ralph Waldo Emerson

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of the intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that one life has breathed easier because you lived here. This is to have succeeded.

1532. Demons, Pigs, and the Economy

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... more empty, more and more rejected, more and more forgotten, passed by, and neglected. More than that, our inward self seems diminished. Consequently, as Dr. May observes, "when the inward life dries up, when feeling decreases and apathy increases, when one cannot affect or even genuinely touch another person, violence flares up as a daimonic necessity for contact, a mad drive forcing touch in the most direct way possible" (Love and Will, pp. 30-31). Like the demoniac thrust out of society into the caves ...

1533. The Good Samaritan (Revised Edition)

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... pocket, he paid the innkeeper the equivalent of two days' wages and promised more on his return if the expenses were more. It was not required that the Samaritan love the victim the same way he might love his family. He was not required to have warm affection for the victim; rather, he was expected to demonstrate good will and to help him in his need. It was not required that he be a combination lawyer, chaplain, and orthopedic and plastic surgeon to help the victim. Rather, it was required he help the man ...

1534. Our Father Who Art in Heaven

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... as we know it will cease and be consummated in God's grand scheme of things. Think of the fascination with the Left Behind series by LaHaye and Jenkins. Consequently, Christians are urged to redeem the time because what we do in temporal, linear time affects our destiny in eternal time. So we can understand the challenging words of Jesus where he urges us to love God over mother and father, who tend to be identified with the cycles of time — birth, growth, and death; birth, growth, and death! He who ...

1535. An Extraordinary Wedding Gift

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... replied. “My hour has not yet come.” This reply sounds much harsher than it really was. The word which in English is translated “woman” is, in the Greek, a term of endearment. It is not a term of scolding or contempt, but of great affection. It does, however, speak to Christ’s lack of eagerness about revealing his messianic mission. The time was not quite here for that. Nevertheless, Mary said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” Those are important words: “Do whatever he tells you ...

1536. A Complicated Disciple

John 18:15-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... that that Peter the Rock hit rock bottom and denied his Lord. When the shrill sound of the rooster’s crow was heard, Peter went out and wept bitterly (v. 62). This was one of the most powerful moments in Peter’s life. Remorse and repentance always affect us like this. Tears are the river of the soul, and Peter’s river overran its banks that bitter dawn. He had denied the One he loved so much. The revelations on the Mount and the confession at Caesarea Philippi seemed so distant now. The Big Fisherman ...

1537. A Salty Condition

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Michael P. Green

Suppose we pour a measure of salt into a container of pure water. The salt affects every drop of the water to the extent that all the formerly pure water becomes salty. From that time on, every bit of water drawn from that container is salty and no pure water can be drawn. This is similar to the depraved condition of man. The first sin was an act, one act that brought sin into the human race. Since that one act the very bloodstream of the human race has been polluted.

1538. Break A Leg

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Michael P. Green

... choice, so I broke its leg. The next day I took food and it tried to bite me. After letting it lie alone for a couple of days, I went back and it not only eagerly took the food, but licked my hand and showed every sign of submission and affection. “And now, let me say this. When this sheep is well, it will be the model sheep of my entire flock. No sheep will hear my voice so quickly nor follow so closely. Instead of leading the others away, it will be an example of devotion and obedience. In short ...

1539. God's Omnipotence

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Brett Blair

... lasted for only two tenths of a second. But in that brief instant it emitted as much energy as the sun does over a period of one thousand years. It was followed by a 100-second reverberation tail. Scientist thought the instruments had been temporarily affected, but it was the after effects of the burst. The amazing thing is that it saturated every single detector on our planet, keeping scientists from getting an accurate measure of the energy peak. If the sun had belched out the same amount of energy, the ...

1540. Grandpa's Listening

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Michael P. Green

... directly to him. He always hears us. And his attitude toward us is not changed by what he hears, because we stand before him by grace. But if God were like that grandfather—and if his attitude toward us were changeable—how would your conversations of the past week have affected his attitude toward you?

1541. Nursery Rhyme Hermeneutics

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Michael P. Green

... was a symptom of the plague. “We all fall down!” is a reference to death. Thus, a common children’s rhyme is in fact a sinister parody of one of the most dreaded plagues ever to strike—the Black Death. The same loss of context and therefore of meaning can affect those who study the Scriptures. And that is why when we seek to interpret the word of God, we do so in part by studying its historical, grammatical context.

1542. Jonah Proof

Jonah 1:17

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Michael P. Green

... vitality.… His skin was exposed to the action of the gastric juice … face, neck and hands were bleached to a deadly whiteness and took on the appearance of parchment … (and) never recovered its natural appearance … (though otherwise) his health did not seem affected by his terrible experience. Note: Though the PTR did run this article the widow of the captain of the whaling ship later claimed the story was false (see Allen, L. C. (1976) The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah and Micah, New International ...

1543. The Creeping Vine

1 Cor 1:23

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Michael P. Green

... Christ: Christ the example, Christ the humanitarian, Christ the ideal teacher. As the years passed, the ivy continued to grow until finally the inscription read: we preach. The generation that came along then did just that: they preached economics, social gospel, book reviews, just about anything. Man’s philosophical detours affect how the gospel is transmitted.

1544. There Is No Now

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Brett Blair

... not be a tomorrow. But I have to live for tomorrow, because for me there is no now.” Don't you feel that way sometimes? I know Christians are to have their feet firmly planted on the ground, in the here and now; it's the only way we can affect the world around us, but sometimes...sometimes my eyes are on the Kingdom and I have to live for tomorrow, because for me, there is no now.

1545. The Parable of the Polished Boots

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Michael P. Green

... time, hitting him on each side of his head. The Christian said nothing, took the persecutor’s boots, put them beside the bed, and continued to pray. The next morning, when the other soldier woke up, he found his polished and shined boots sitting beside his own bed. It so affected him that he asked for forgiveness and after a time became a Christian. Note: Obviously this is urban legend.

1546. Aliens To The Rescue

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Brett Blair

... is someone out there that can help us.” A funny statement, but Sagan was secondarily implying that there is no God. He knew that a hope of help from other beings was unlikely. It assumes first that other beings exist and second that their race will not be affected with the same depravity that is so evident in all human endeavor. It also assumes that they would be interested in helping us. It assumes a few other things, but what it is, in a final analysis is a desire for Salvation. An admission that we are ...

1547. The Apostles Persecuted

Acts 5:17-42

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... ), but to the astonishment of all, the police reported that the prisoners could not be found. No sign of their escape had been uncovered (doors locked, etc.), and the prison guards were seemingly unaware of what had happened. Those council members most nearly affected by the news are mentioned specifically: the captain of the temple guard (v. 24), whose responsibility it was to keep the prisoners safely in custody (see disc. on 4:1), and the chief priests (4:24), that is, the Sadducees, at whose instigation ...

1548. Stephen Seized

Acts 6:8-15

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... , but in this case it probably meant that he had “blasphemed” God in his representative, by speaking against Moses (see further disc.). 6:12–14 Whether intended or not, this charge had repercussions wider than Stephen himself. The whole church would be affected in some degree, and the Christian Hellenist community in Jerusalem virtually wiped out (see disc. on 8:1b). From the Sanhedrin to “the man in the street,” it turned into enemies those who had until now at least tolerated the believers. This ...

1549. Aeneas and Dorcas

Acts 9:32-43

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... not to touch her (for fear of becoming unclean? cf. Num. 19:11) until she was fully restored (v. 41; cf. Luke 8:54). When Dorcas was on her feet, he called the believers (“the saints,” see disc. on v. 13), including the widows—those most nearly affected by her death—and presented her to them alive (v. 41). As in Lydda, the miracle led to further conversions (there is nothing wrong with a faith engendered by miracles as long as it leads to a faith that rests upon Jesus). No distinction is intended ...

1550. Peter’s Vision

Acts 10:9-23a

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... it mean? Clearly, it had to do with the cancellation of the Jewish dietary laws. Not that it mattered in itself if Jewish Christians continued to live by these laws, as long as Christ was all in all. But it did matter that adherence to the dietary laws profoundly affected Jewish-Gentile relations. In the house of a Gentile, a Jew could never be certain that the food had been prepared as required by the law (cf. Gen. 9:4; Lev. 17:10, 11, 14). To eat the food, therefore, was to run the risk of defilement—a ...

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