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1701. Families in Christ

Romans 9:1-5

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Jeff Wedge

... the fire damaged only the old cabinets." Joy, anger, frustration, disappointment, care, concern, and many other emotions are all tied up in that incident. It often seems as if that is how it works with families: a blending of many, often contradictory, emotions and multiple responses to our families and the members of our families. In many ways, what is involved is more than merely the people we happen to be related to in any of the ways we usually understand that term. Many years ago, a Hungarian was asked ...

1702. Doing Well and Doing Good

Romans 13:8-14

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Jeff Wedge

... , and, as he expresses it, put on the Lord Jesus Christ. Surprisingly, all this is without a single shred of a promise about doing anything, either doing well or doing poorly. Often, especially when trying to convince people that they should act in a responsible, Christian manner, people promise a variety of things as rewards for such behavior. Behave as we know we should, and you will be given eternal life, God's love, and other things. Sometimes the promises are more specific, as when our good behavior is ...

1703. Dig In

Jeremiah 29:1-14

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Mark Trotter

... . Biblical stewardship is not giving a portion of my resources to charity. Biblical stewardship is based on the commandment of God, found in the creation, to have dominion. That means to go to work, and to make this place a better place. Dominion means responsibility. Dominion used in the New Testament parables of Jesus is what the master gives the servant when the master goes away. He gives the servant power and authority to do something in this world. Then he returns, and asks, "What have you done with ...

1704. This Is Not Rocket Science

Acts 2:1-8

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Mark Trotter

... you are also to give. So to be the Church is to have a heritage of meaning, and to be in a fellowship of caring. And finally, to be the Church is to have a mission of serving. We don't stop to think about it, but the Church is responsible for most of the institutions of caring in this world, even for the creation of a sense or spirit of humaneness that did not exist in this world until the Church came preaching the gospel that every single human being is loved and precious, and is equal in the sight ...

1705. When to Hold On

II Timothy 3:14-4:5

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Mark Trotter

... while, at least. The World Series in baseball has pushed aside the scandal in Washington, but the crisis is still there, and it is a crisis in values. I am betting that the institutions that see themselves as stewards of those values, and see a responsibility to pass those values to the children, will be the source of the renewal of our society. Annie Dillard wrote about the Eskimos in Canada, in the great tundra west of Hudson Bay. She said, as they traveled across that tundra they will get some rocks ...

1706. Jesus, Our Rock Foundation

John 14:1-14

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Richard Gribble

... the Truth, and the Life, that he is the one who brings us to God and eternal life, if we, his contemporary disciples do not show the proper way and lead by example? The Christian life brings us many privileges, but with these wonderful benefits comes a myriad of responsibilities that we cannot shirk if we are to find life with God. We cannot bury our heads in the sand with the hopes that God will not see and we cannot claim incompetence with the hope that others will take up the slack and carry our share of ...

1707. The Garden Is Doing Fine?

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... in Matthew 22. God asks us to love him with all our intellect, emotion, and will. And to love our neighbor as ourselves. Conversion None of the first three soils can in any sense be called conversion. Each of the three ends with no life in the seed, no response to the Word. Clearly in this parable Jesus points out the three enemies of the faith: the world, the flesh, and the devil. The world is like the weeds, Jesus said, choking the life from our soil. It must be handled according to 1 John 2:15-17, "Love ...

1708. The Cry for Help

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... him to beg for help. She wants Jesus to heal her daughter. What will he do? Some of his people - and that apparently includes some of his disciples who are present - would say that he shouldn't even speak to the woman. There are a couple of possible responses that Jesus might make. We might like to think that the obvious thing for him to say would be, "Of course I'll be glad to help. God loves everybody." We are the beneficiaries of centuries of the Christian church saying, "God shows no partiality" - it's ...

1709. Conversion to Christ

Jeremiah 23:1-8

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Richard Gribble

... can distinguish between the shepherds, Israel's religious leaders, and the sheep. It is the leaders who have provided poor witness and example. It is their sins of commission and omission that have landed the nation in exile. Once the Lord has attended to those responsible for the downfall of the nation, he will bring conversion and restoration to the faithful of the land. We hear that God will gather the remnant of the flock, that is the faithful of Judah, and return them to their homeland. The people will ...

1710. Let Familiarity Breed Contentment

Hebrews 13:1-25

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Leonard Sweet

... to my faithful saviour Jesus Christ. Or more recently, this declaration from the 2nd Assembly of the World Council of Churches, meeting back in 1954 and asking the question "What is coming to the world? What is in front of us? What may we look forward to?" Our response: The answer to those questions has been given to us in the Gospel. To those who ask, 'What is coming to the world?' we answer, "It is He, the King, who confronts us.' To those who ask, 'What may we look forward to?' we answer that we face ...

1711. Christianity's First Sermon

Luke 23:26-43

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Leonard Sweet

... not to pay their taxes. Jesus then was accused of proclaiming himself “Messiah, a king” (Luke 23:2). It is Pilate himself who restructures the accusers’ testimony into his own question, “Are you the king of the Jews?” (Luke 23:3). Jesus’ response is enigmatic, an affirmation not of his own identity but of the accuracy of Pilate’s words: “You are saying it.” Pilate finally crumpled under the pressure from the three-pronged demand for Jesus’ blood: 1) from the Sanhedrin; 2) from Herod ...

1712. Drop It!

John 6:25-59

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Leonard Sweet

... insulting, almost blasphemous nature of Jesus' blood and body language. For Jesus to insist his Jewish followers must drink his blood would be like the President of the United States insisting that true patriots must burn the flag, or Alan Greenspan arguing that responsible corporations must stop investing and spend all of their profits on the salaries of their employees. Such words are totally incongruous with what we expect to hear from our leaders, not to mention from what we understand as reasonable and ...

1713. The Smell of Fear

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... boat, hold on tight, and hope for the best. In the dead calm that enveloped them as Jesus spoke the words "Peace! Be still," the disciples could only quake. God's power was infinitely greater than the paltry power of the storm they had feared. What response could they make in the face of such power? One painfully honest disciple from the twentieth century admits that the parables of Jesus "harden on me like glue and will not wash away." In fact, after reading some of these parables, she says, "I am afraid ...

1714. Are You Running?

John 12:12-19

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Leonard Sweet

... Billy Graham was asked what he would do if he were pastor of a large membership church in a major city of this country. Here is his response: "I think one of the first things I would do would be to get a small group of eight or ten or twelve men around me that ... well of you. When someone says to you, "Saying those things won't win you any popularity contests," what will you respond? Jesus' response on Palm Sunday was, in effect: "So? I'm not running in a popularity contest. I'm following the will of my Father ...

1715. All God's Children Can Dance

Psalm 30:1-12

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Leonard Sweet

... to move with joy you must work AGAINST the clock. Joy doesn't keep track of time. Joy isn't measured in minutes, hours, or days. Joy fulfills. Joy overflows. Joy abounds. Joy doesn't know young or old, rich or poor, beginnings or endings. Joy is the soul's response to the presence of God and the fullness of time. To get in "Joy's Way," put your life in a counterclockwise position. Go against the grain of the clock. Don't let the pressures of time rule your soul. Set your lips to singing, and your feet to ...

1716. It's My Life, Isn't It?

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

James McCormick

... we please. And no one has any power to stop us. We are free! Do you know what a gift that is? And what a responsibility? God has created you to be a special, unique individual. In the entire world, there is no one else exactly like you. You have been ... can do with them as we please, experiencing the consequences of that, both positive and negative. But, if we are at all sensitive and responsible, we will know that there is a claim placed upon our lives by everyone who has ever loved us. And our best chance in ...

1717. Mark 1:21-28

Mark 1:21-28

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Leonard Sweet

... in the New Testament only in Luke 4:34 and John 6:69. In the Hebrew Scriptures the title is applied to Elisha (2 Kings 4:9), Samson (Judges 16:17), and Aaron (Psalm 106:16), always to describe persons specially consecrated to God. Jesus' response is immediate, his judgment absolute. The Greek epitimesen, translated "rebuked," is a legal term to lay a strong charge or penalty on. This suggests Jesus' rightful role as judge. But its use in scripture is linked to exorcisms of evil spirits (see Mark 3:12 ...

1718. Cha-cha-cha Christians: The Dance that Advances

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the roll. Still shaking, my head still spinning, I turned on my flashlight and pulled the roster from my pocket. As I ran down the list, I received a steady response of ‘HERE, SIR.’ Then still shaking and stressed, I called out the final tame: ‘TAYLOR.’ No response! Again I said, “TAYLOR.’ Still no response. Fearing the worst, I tried once more: ‘TAYLOR’ I bellowed. “And out of the shadows I heard an answer: ‘That’s you, sir.’” Sometimes life gets so nerve-wracking and challenging ...

1719. Advent 2

Matthew 3:1-12, Romans 14:1--15:13, Isaiah 11:1-16, Psalm 72:1-20

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