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1626. The Greater Gift

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... In it, Jesus puts a unique twist on what it means to be “blessed” by God. To be “blessed” in Proverbs meant to be envied, to be in a fortunate and enviable position. For example, Proverbs 3:13 reads, “Blessed is the man who finds skillful and godly Wisdom, and the man who gets understanding from God’s Word and experiences.” The one who studies the scriptures well and gains life wisdom from them is blessed, because his mitzvah is improving his righteousness, even as he is showing deference for ...

1627. What Fills Your Life Now?

Acts 7:55-60

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... Jamil was far behind the other students when he started his second-grade year. His second-grade teacher, Ms. Lung, saw that Jamil was in danger of being left behind, so she stayed after school each day to give him extra help with his language skills. Her patience and encouragement inspired Jamil to work extra hard and to catch up with his classmates. From that point on, Jamil became an outstanding student. After he left elementary school, Jamil lost contact with Ms. Lung. As an adult, he became a successful ...

1628. The Just-In-Case God

Acts 17:22-31

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... morning. Paul and his companions had been traveling through the ancient Roman Empire preaching the message of Jesus. And Paul was figuring out the easiest and quickest way to do it. He wasn’t lazy. He was getting highly efficient at using his communication skills and cultural knowledge to appeal to Jewish and Greek people from a variety of backgrounds and belief systems. In today’s Bible passage Paul is in Athens, and he makes his way to the Aeropagus, the meeting place for the local council of noblemen ...

1629. The Power of One Passion and One Prayer

Acts 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... one prayer. And they waited for God’s promise to be fulfilled in their lives. There are a couple of lessons from the art of improv acting that I think apply well here. Improv acting or improv comedy is an art form, and it’s a learned skill. Although it looks like it’s entirely spontaneous, there are certain rules that guide improv entertainers. But the first rule of improv is the most important one, and I think it applies well to this early group of believers in our Bible passage for today. The first ...

1630. Equipped for Our Calling

Matthew 9:35-10:8, (9-23)

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... and authority over all of creation. He can calm the storms, turn water into wine, heal every sickness, restore sight to the blind, and raise a dead man to life. Nothing is impossible for him. So don’t think he chose you because of your skills, intellect, strength, great credit score or sparkling personality. He may use all these facets of our life for his glory, but he doesn’t need them. He needs only our obedience to him. Jesus equips the faithful to do his work, especially work that seems impossible ...

1631. Invincible

John 14:15-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... as we call it in the Christian tradition, the “Festival of the Christian Home,” many of you may be thinking about that person in your life who serves as your best advocate, supporter, booster, and truth teller. That special person has given you coping skills, emotional support, and wisdom to help you navigate life in better and more positive ways. I hope you will take today to thank them and appreciate them, even as you also take time to strengthen and renew your personal relationship with Jesus in the ...

1632. More Fully Understanding Christ

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... this young teen. In 2015, Wendy Farrell went further. She founded the 1U Project to provide support for an orphanage in Lviv, Ukraine. [pron. LeVu, Ukraine]. When God gave her the vision to found this organization, Wendy was intimidated. She didn’t think she had the skills or resources to create something so impactful. But then, a thought popped into her head: As she put it, “The Lord created the one and only me for 1 purpose which is to share the love of Christ with others. And just like that, the 1U ...

1633. When Everything That Matters Has Been Torn Away

Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... to New York safely. He trusted the instruments on his instrument panel to keep him flying on course. In spite of thick fog and limited visibility, the pilot made a perfect landing at the New York airport. When Rev. Peale complimented the pilot on his skill, the man replied that “the primary thing it took was faith.” He said, “. . . when I’m flying in an overcast, I have to have faith in these instruments. I know they work . . . They’re constantly tested; I know they may be counted upon; I have ...

1634. Failure

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Will Willimon

... tell me nothing about how ‘he's better off now,' or ‘he's in a better place' or any of that other stuff. He's gone!" She knew. She wasn't up for any of this preacher-talk. He was gone. Today, in the face of failure, we have more skillful rationalizations. A typically modern response is to blame failure on some other person, or even to claim no knowledge or responsibility for the failure. Let Ollie North take the heat. ''The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate ...

1635. I Have Been Gifted!

1 Corinthians 1:3-9

Sermon

Ronald Love

... , I still walk away confused. With my degrees I reside in the ivory tower of academia. But when I take the time to look up from one of my books, and walk over and look out the window, I see truly gifted men and women whose gifts and skills far exceed my own. I see people doing things that I could never do, such as repairing an automobile, laying bricks, painting a house, fixing an electric transformer, cooking, or stitching up a wound. The list of those gifted talented people, who are able to do that which ...

1636. Be Near, Ye Faithful

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Sermon

Ronald Love

... a Holy War between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church. Ward, in 1745, left England and took up residence in Douay, France. Several years later he was ordained as a Catholic priest. Ward was a calligrapher by training, and a skilled musician. These talents allowed Ward make copies of the hymn and distribute the sheet music across Europe. The tune name Adeste Fideles came from the first words of the hymn in Latin, meaning “Be near, ye faithful.” Frederick Oakley translated the hymn from ...

1637. Imperfect Pastors

Exodus 32:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... normal people at church.” “Did you see me waving in the back of the worship center? You preached too long. It was time to eat!” And my personal favorite. . . “Not enough people signed up for the church golf tournament. You have poor leadership skills.” (1) One day, technology may solve the problem of imperfect pastors. In fact, it may become a reality sooner than we think This year, there was a major religious convention in Germany at which the sermon was delivered by a digital avatar powered by ...

1638. No Other Gods

Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... the truth.” (5) Meditate on those statements for a moment: Our actions reveal our real values. Our actions reveal the truth. That’s why our service reveals our true gods. What is it that commands most of your attention, your energy, your time, your skills and your passion? We cannot serve the Lord with all faithfulness until we throw away the lesser gods that compete for our service. And the lesser god that distracts us the most is our self. It is our own happiness, comfort, pride, security, and ego ...

1639. More Than Just Image

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... primaries. And it was, like most political battles, ugly. The candidates took every opportunity to create negative perceptions of their opponent’s policies or personalities or lifestyles. But Bush had a secret weapon: a marketing whiz named Ron Harris. Harris used his creative skills in a number of political ads to make Bob Dole look bad. In one commercial he flipped a photo of Bob Dole. To the viewer who was familiar with Dole’s appearance, it looked slightly off. His hair was parted on the wrong ...

1640. When Payday Comes

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Steven Molin

... vineyard didn’t do any racial profiling. He did not say, “Well, you don’t look like the type of person I want in my vineyard.” The owner didn’t say, “Well, if you can’t work twelve hours, or if you don’t have excellent gardening skills, or if you do have a physical or a mental disability, you will be excluded.” Most importantly – and this is a substantial point in the parable – most importantly, the owner didn’t say, “Well, if you’re not Jewish, I can’t let you in.” The Jews ...

1641. The Case of the Stolen Inheritance

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... threw them out. This time, the owner sent a posse to bring order to the corruption in the vineyard and to collect his produce. Once again, the managers killed him. Now if this were an Agatha Christie story, perhaps this would be the entrance of the skilled Poirot. In Jesus’ story, the owner, who saw what was happening and realized his vineyard and business was in jeopardy, sent his son, his heir to the business, to try to deal with the corrupt managers. Knowing the owner’s son was coming, the managers ...

1642. Speaking of Us

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Steve Molin

... rent comes due. The rent God seeks from us is our time. There are 168 hours a week, and yet we begrudge being asked to spend one quiet hour in worship each week to give thanks. The rent God seeks is our abilities. We have been gifted with amazing talents, skills and abilities, but we often dismiss what we can do, and we covet someone else’s talent. The rent God seeks is a portion of our money. Everything we have in this world actually belongs to God, and is simply on loan to us. He asks that we wisely use ...

1643. Let's Go Fishing

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... what his priorities are. The more time we spend with Jesus — prayer, Bible study, the fellowship of the body of Christ—the better disciples we become. One more point to note: Jesus had a task for them. I will make you fishers of men! You have some skills already; now put them to work in the service of the kingdom! And this is the primary task of Christian disciples — cast the nets, bait the hooks, reach outside of the boat. I wish I could say that the church through the centuries has taken that task ...

1644. Jews and Christians: All in the Family

Romans 15:4-13

Sermon

Will Willimon

... in Romans 9, 10, and 11, a question which any Bible-believing, promise trusting Christian may ask. We already know the answer. God is gracious, faithful to his promises. The New Testament question, the debate which required massive argument and all of the theological and literary skills at Paul's disposal was, “Will the Gentiles be saved?” In what way is the good news of the Jew, Jesus, addressed to his fellow Jews, our good news? How do we stand in relation to the people who first taught us to look for ...

1645. The Christian Mother

John 15:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... love. IN THE FIRST PLACE, THIS MEANS THAT WE WILL WORK AT SENSITIVITY TO OUR CHILDREN'S REAL NEEDS. Dr. Paul Grand, a plastic surgeon, tells of an experience in his own life while he was a medical student. He was very good at intricate dissections, a skill that requires a sensitive touch. One summer he signed on as a hand on a sailing schooner. He spent eight weeks pulling ropes, hauling sail and pulling up the anchor. As a result he developed large callouses all over the palms and fingers of his hands. His ...

1646. Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?

John 10:11-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... a serene, carefree, dreamy, cushy job. After all, they get to spend their days wandering the beautiful hills. The reality is not that peaceful! Sheep must be continually guided and cared for, watched, and taught. But more than that, a good shepherd needs to be skilled at self-preservation, as well as a kind of “martial arts!” Shepherds were the “tough guys” of the hills. They had to fight off all kinds of predators from lions to bears to snakes to wolves! They often used rocks and a powerful sling ...

1647.

Psalm 139:1-24

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... Additional Notes, and 73:26), yet “I am still/always with you” (139:18 and 73:23). 139:13–16 These verses, with their introductory for you created my inmost being, explain and substantiate the reason for this divine loyalty. God is portrayed as a skilled weaver and the speaker as his handiwork. God’s interest in the speaker from his life’s beginning evidences God’s personal and long-term investment in him. As in the first section, this one also draws attention to the extent of God’s knowledge ...

1648.

Psalm 147:1-20

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... ’s behalf, especially in terms of his commanding providence. Yet, there are also implicit contrasts between the general regularities of Yahweh’s work in creation and the (sometimes surprising) particularities of his favor in dispensing his providence among humans. This is a skillfully woven poem that brings together the diverse threads of God’s ways in creation and with humans. 147:1–6 The Hebrew psalms have little to say about beauty and pleasure in their own right, but they do claim that praise is ...

1649. The Interpretation of the Dream

Daniel 7:15-28

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... half of the book, where others besides Daniel experience the visions (Nebuchadnezzar in chs. 2 and 4) and visitations (Belshazzar in ch. 5). These accounts are narrated in the third person (except for 4:4–18, 34–37), and Daniel acts as the skillful interpreter, receiving the secret meanings directly from God without the aid of a heavenly messenger. Another way in which chapter 7 is like chapters 8–12 is that it vilifies the kings and kingdoms of the world, with special emphasis on the despicable ...

1650. The Seventy “Sevens”

Daniel 9:20-27

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... of the ideal qualities of Daniel and his friends (1:4, 17). The repetition of the roots underscores that the significance of the visions is not obvious to the average person; rather, their content is so mysterious and hidden that only highly skilled and divinely aided interpreters can understand them. 9:24 The word for sevens, shabuʿim, denotes a “heptad” or “period of seven” (BDB, p. 988). The NIV translation is therefore correct, although it leaves the meaning open. The NRSV renders the text ...

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