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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

Showing 1526 to 1550 of 2415 results

1526. Mark 13:1-8

Mark 13:1-31

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... ” moment. Jesus leaves the temple, the central site of all Jewish authority, hierarchy, bureaucracy, and tradition. The moment his feet hit the pavement Jesus declares the dearth and death of that ritual system. Already in Mark Jesus has made three passion predictions. He one revealed how the reigning Jewish authorities would turn against him, reject him, condemn him, and ultimately abandon him to the Roman legal system. Little wonder, then, that Jesus walks out of the temple and immediately engages his ...

1527. Good News about Christ

Revelation 1:4-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... vision no circles to suggest sight only what Lucado calls “Little Orphan Annie” openings. Lucado says he could not help but be staggered by the unintended symbolism. “What kind of redeemer is this?” he asked. “Heart made of stone? Held together not with passion and love, but by concrete and mortar. What kind of redeemer is this? Blind eyes and stony heart?” Then, he remembered the prostitute that was thrown at Jesus’ feet by a group of self-righteous men, rocks in their hands, ready to apply ...

1528. Ordinary People

John 18:28-40, John 18:1-11

Illustration

Brett Blair & John C. Purdy

... actors appear to be sterling characters. They are ordinary human beings, with a fair measure of hypocrisy and callousness. But each carries out with fidelity the role that society has assigned to him or her. All of it tends to make the assassination of Jesus pointless. The great passion play we know it to be wasn't even close to being on the minds of the people involved in the process, Even the disciples think that Jesus was a would be political king that failed. But isn't that life. So often we fail to see ...

1529. If This Is Your Faith, Tell Me Your Stories

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Divine. It is the story we must tell and retell every year, giving living details to the Living God who came to be in our midst. Let us make this advent season a time of story-telling, when we tell the stories of Jesus with new passion and purpose. In early America, the Native Americans, when presented with “legal” documents that said the white man now “owned” the land, had this simple response: “If this is your land, tell me your stories.” Advent asks the same question: If this is your faith ...

1530. I Am the Good Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Jesus. My life is not taken from me, he says, I lay it down of my own accord, I have the power to lay down, and I have the power to pick it up again. This is the season of Lent, the season when we concentrate on the cross, the passion, the suffering, and death of Jesus Christ. The gospel of the cross is incomplete without this understanding – Christ’s death was a death absolutely self-determined. It was a death absolutely self-determined. He died by choice. He had the power to take up his life or he had ...

1531. I Am the Vine

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... sacred, but secular, and in many instances profane. We bow before the alter of our jobs and success and our professions. We humble ourselves before the crass materialism of our day, allowing the world around us to squeeze us into its mold. We follow after the passions of ourselves and the lusts of our flesh. We’re more interested in security than we are in salvation. We no longer tremble as a people, we no longer tremble as individuals in the presence of God. We rather evade than seek God’s presence. We ...

1532. Thou Sayest I Am King

John 18:28-40

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Here Anymore. It was the witness of a woman who was making testimony to the fact that something significant had happened in her life as a result of the transforming grace of Jesus Christ. She had played the field of sin – had gave reign to her passions and her actions without any kind of restraint – and then a miracle happened. Someone shared with her the gospel of love and forgiveness, the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and she responded to that, and it transformed her life. In the pamphlet, she told ...

1533. The Intimate Gospel: The Word became Flesh

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... there was a day when I would have backed away from that question. Or sidestepped it. Or been tentative in my answer, but not any more. I believe in demon possession. I believe that persons can so give into forces of evil, so give into the unredeemed passions of the flesh, so give into the destructive reign of self-centeredness that they are controlled, possessed if you will, by those forces. Now we must admit that we don’t run into too many people each day who are pronounced in being demon-possessed. And ...

1534. The Wonder of It All

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a committed Christian. We talked about many things. We couldn’t help but talk about the poverty that’s raging in Africa, and I hope that you’re going to make a generous, a generous contribution to that very, very terrible situation. Mr. Kipligat spoke with passion and compassion, urging us to, to say thank you to the United States, and especially to Christians in the United States from the bottom of our hearts, he said, tell them how grateful we are. So I’m telling you this morning. He talked about ...

1535. Living By The Spirit

Galatians 5:16-25

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the kingdom of God. [22] By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, [23] gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. [24] And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. [25] If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. The next few weeks we're going to be talking about Spiritual Fruit Cocktail or the Fruit of the Spirit and Paul's challenge and command to Live ...

1536. Living In The Spirit Of Love

Galatians 5:22-25

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Paul. Galatians 5:22-25 (NRSV) [22] By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, [23] gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. [24] And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. [25] If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. For me Living In The Spirit has to begin with Love. I don't know who to attribute it to but someone put it this way: "Love is the key ...

1537. Living In The Spirit Of Joy

Galatians 5:22-25, Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... 5:22-25 (NRSV) [22] By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, [23] gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. [24] And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. [25] If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. Romans 12:9-21 (NRSV) [9] Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; [10] love one another with mutual affection; outdo one ...

1538. Living In The Spirit Of Peace

Galatians 5:22-25, Colossians 3:14-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... 25 (NRSV) [22] By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, [23] gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. [24] And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. [25] If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. Colossians 3:14-15 (NRSV) [14] Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. [15] And let the peace of Christ ...

1539. Living in The Spirit of Generosity

2 Corinthians 9:6-12, Galatians 5:22-25

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... 5:22-25 (NRSV) [22] By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, [23] gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. [24] And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. [25] If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 9:6-12 (NRSV) [6] The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also ...

1540. Living In The Spirit Of Faithfulness

Galatians 5:22-25, Hebrews 10:23-24

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... 5:22-25 (NRSV) [22] By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, [23] gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. [24] And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. [25] If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. Hebrews 10:23-24 (NRSV) [23] Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful [24] And let us ...

1541. Living In The Spirit Of Gentleness and Self Control

Galatians 5:22-25, Colossians 3:12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... NRSV) [22] By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, [23] gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. [24] And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. [25] If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. Colossians 3:12-17 (NRSV) [12] As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. [13] Bear ...

1542. A Stone’s Throw From: Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . His former girlfriend persuades him to join the match between two greats. While hitting practice balls one night, a transient caddy by the name of Bagger Vance enters Junuh's life, offers to help get him ready for the match and in the process helps him rediscover his passion for the game. On the final hole of the seventy-two hole match, Junuh hits his tee shot into the woods. He walks into the woods with Bagger and his ten-year-old junior caddy. As he is examining the difficulty of his next shot he moves ...

1543. A Stone’s Throw From: New Life

John 8:3-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... between two greats, even though he keeps saying he has lost his swing. While hitting practice balls one night, a transient caddy by the name of Bagger Vance enters Junuh's life, offers to help get him ready for the match and in the process helps him rediscover his passion both for life and for the game. In this scene Junuh has found his swing and things are going great for awhile until he slices one into the woods. As he enters to find his ball, he is drawn back into the battle which scarred his life so ...

1544. LOST? Looking For Peace

Matthew 18:21-22, Colossians 3:8-15, Hebrews 11:1

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... as Paul said B. All of that baggage we carry, the grudges we lug around, the sacks full of hurt and piles of pain that we just can't let go of, not only weigh us down. But they keep our spirits stirred up and restless. They pollute our passion for Christ, and leak into every aspect of life. And like acid, they work at eroding the forgiveness we have experienced through Christ The only way to be set free from all of that. The only way to truly experience Peace is through Forgiving others. That's Extreme, I ...

1545. Wednesday: The Way Of The Cross: Oooh, That Smell

John 12:1-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... ." That's a poured out life. Especially when you find out that Professor Smith took vacation days to go to Missouri, went at his own expense, and the only reason he went was to encourage the team. (5) C. Or how about William Wilberforce whose passionate stand and battle against slavery finally saw the slave trade abolished in the British Empire on February 18, 1807, just days before John Newton, Wilberforce's mentor and author of the hymn Amazing Grace, died. Watch clip from "Amazing Grace" (6) It was the ...

1546. Close Enough For Comfort

Psalm 23:4, John 14:15-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... we share similar experiences. B. Another area of comfort and strength is Scripture. Philip Keller suggests that you can compare the Rod spoken of here to the Bible or the Word of God. Because we find comfort in these pages. We also find challenge, confrontation, adventure, passion, joy, you name it, it's in there. But as we struggle through the valley of the shadow of death, we need God's Word to remind us whose we are. That Word lives in our hearts through the presence of the Holy Spirit and in those ...

1547. Your King Comes

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... human drama of a good man being crushed by the forces of evil. This is God’s Son laying down his life to rescue a dying world. Palm Sunday does not exist in isolation. It is the beginning of what has been dubbed Holy Week, when we remember the passion and death of our Lord the week that changed the world. Some of you are familiar with a song that is often sung in churches on Palm Sunday. Its title is “The Holy City.” In the little book Quiet Moments With God there is a beautiful story about that ...

1548. He Could Have Called Ten Thousand Angels

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... burned. A journalist asked him, “Do you ever think about the donor who saved you?” The young man replied, “To be alive because of a dead donor is too big, too much, so I don’t think about it.” (8) On this day when we focus on Christ’s passion, his suffering and his death in our behalf, it is time for us to think about what it means. You and I are loved with an amazing love. Christ gave his life willingly that you and I might have life abundant. In his suffering and death Christ identified with ...

1549. Gideon: One Giant Leap

Judges 6:11-16

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... received instead is mercy and grace through Christ. All this ministry does is extend the mercy and grace we've experienced to those who may not even know it exists. Conclusion And we do it through simple Acts of Random Kindness and Love that shows just how passionately God loves everyone, no matter what place they have in the world; Next time you go to the store, let the person behind you, go first. Watch their face when you do. something out of the ordinary like let someone in front of you at the grocery ...

1550. The Miss, The Kiss, The Mess, The Rest

2 Samuel 11:1-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... But once the fuse of his lust was lit, David found himself buried under the rubble of the explosive consequences. And what we wind up with is a story that will rival any Hollywood movie or daytime Soap. This story is filled with romance, passion, deceit, confrontation, court intrigue, misunderstanding, and murder. Here's David, the charismatic Biblical hero and King of Israel. He was a child star who slung his way to fame and suffered the misbegotten wrath from a jealous King Saul. David was forced to take ...

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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

Showing 1526 to 1550 of 2415 results

1526. Mark 13:1-8

Mark 13:1-31

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

1527. Good News about Christ

Revelation 1:4-8

Sermon

King Duncan

1528. Ordinary People

John 18:28-40, John 18:1-11

Illustration

Brett Blair & John C. Purdy

1529. If This Is Your Faith, Tell Me Your Stories

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1530. I Am the Good Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

1531. I Am the Vine

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

1532. Thou Sayest I Am King

John 18:28-40

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

1533. The Intimate Gospel: The Word became Flesh

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

1534. The Wonder of It All

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

1535. Living By The Spirit

Galatians 5:16-25

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

1536. Living In The Spirit Of Love

Galatians 5:22-25

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

1537. Living In The Spirit Of Joy

Galatians 5:22-25, Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

1538. Living In The Spirit Of Peace

Galatians 5:22-25, Colossians 3:14-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

1539. Living in The Spirit of Generosity

2 Corinthians 9:6-12, Galatians 5:22-25

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... 5:22-25 (NRSV) [22] By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, [23] gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. [24] And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. [25] If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 9:6-12 (NRSV) [6] The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also ...

1540. Living In The Spirit Of Faithfulness

Galatians 5:22-25, Hebrews 10:23-24

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... 5:22-25 (NRSV) [22] By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, [23] gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. [24] And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. [25] If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. Hebrews 10:23-24 (NRSV) [23] Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful [24] And let us ...

1541. Living In The Spirit Of Gentleness and Self Control

Galatians 5:22-25, Colossians 3:12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

1542. A Stone’s Throw From: Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

1543. A Stone’s Throw From: New Life

John 8:3-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn