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1701. Sermon Opener - Winning over Worry

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... worry. And we worry about everything - gas prices, the stock market, taxes, jobs, marriages, parents worry about children, children worry about parents. You name it, somebody is worrying about it. The best selling non-fiction hardback books on Amazon.com usually reveal the subjects we worry about - health, change, relationships, and money. Jesus says we ought not to worry. Listen to him again: "...do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear ...

1702. Intellectual Evangelism

Matthew 9:35 - 10:23

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Elton Trueblood

... president entered the list of speakers himself. Shunning battle was not his way. He struck out in the open, full and hard, where all the world could see the enemy fall hard. For the next six months President Dwight preached steadily on the central subject of Christian Faith. Though his eyesight became so bad that only with the greatest difficulty could he write or read a single sentence, he still preached twice every Sunday, taught his class, and administered the college. He added to his official duties a ...

1703. Whoever Welcomes You, Welcomes Me

Matthew 10:1-42

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David Wiggs

... to share the good news with him. He was well respected, honest, a man of good character. He acted much like a Christian would act, but he never came to church or professed Christ. After I got to know him well and we had talked about a wide range of subjects I asked him if he had ever been to a church service. He hesitated. Then with a twisted grimace told me of an experience he had as a boy. He was raised in a large family. His parents survived the depression but they struggled to provide food and clothing ...

1704. Just Know Him in His Victorious Resurrection

Acts 13:29-39

Sermon

James Merritt

... old and he still died. But Paul said in I Cor. 15:20, "But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep." Jesus was the firstfruits. That is, he had a new kind of body, a perfect body, no longer subject to decay, disease, and death. But understand it was a physical resurrection. Now how do we know that? We are told that over and over and over in the New Testament: The disciples took hold of His feet—(Mt. 28:9) Jesus took bread and broke it before the ...

1705. High and Lifted Up

Isaiah 6:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... Holiness of God, and especially on the question raised in Isaiah 6:8: "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" The day before he was to preach, as he was meditating on the holiness of God and all that that meant, he got so full of his subject he wrote a hymn. It is the only one that he ever wrote. The following day at the close of his sermon he sang that hymn he had written the day before, and it went like this: Hark, the voice of Jesus calling, "Who will go and work today? Fields ...

1706. Heaven: The Home of a Godly Family

John 14:1-6

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James Merritt

... same three things. God's home is called heaven 550 times. There are several terms used for heaven in the Bible: In Luke 19:12 heaven is called a country, for that is where people live. In II Peter 1:11 heaven is called a kingdom, for that is where subjects live. In Heb. 11:10 heaven is called a city, for that is where citizens live. In Jn. 14:2 heaven is called a home, for that is where families live. Heaven is indeed the home of a godly family, because heaven is the home of God's family. If ...

1707. After the Casket Is Closed

Luke 23:46

Sermon

James Merritt

... ." Death is a fact. "Death spread to all men because all have sinned." (Rom. 6:12) Death is a foe. The last enemy is death. Death is also a fear. Heb. 2:15 says that Jesus died to "release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." With this statement Jesus tells us that we can face that fact, fight that foe, and front that fear with faith because we are in His hands. There was a little boy who had become terribly ill and was dying of an incurable disease. His father, who ...

1708. Out With the Old - In With the New

Philippians 3:12-14

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James Merritt

... want to say a word to my fellow baby boomers. We have been raised to view success as ease, and our generation doesn't know a whole lot about determination, perseverance and endurance. When the boss gets unreasonable, we have learned to quit; when the subjects get too difficult, we have learned to drop out; when the marriage gets unbearable, we simply get a divorce. Well, the old adage is true, "Quitters never win, and winners never quit." Some of the greatest men in history became great because they did not ...

1709. How to Connect With God

1 John 5:14-15

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James Merritt

... in that name, according to John 1:12, are the children of God. The reason why we ought to be confident when we pray is because we are children of God. When we talk to God, it is not just as a citizen would talk to a president, or a subject would talk to a king, or a slave would talk to a master. It is as a son would speak to a father. When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, the first thing he taught them was to pray to "Our Father in heaven." Jesus said the ...

1710. Food For Thought

1 Peter 1:13-21

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James Merritt

... we do of the church in the world, is because of a lack of old fashion holiness. We've got churches today that have tons of great music, truckloads of dynamic communicators, and acres of beautiful buildings, but little holiness. I know that holiness if not a popular subject. The world makes fun of it. They'll call you "a holy Joe" or "Holy Roller." If you're not careful they'll say you have a "Holier than Thou attitude." Well, notice, first of all, the imperative for holiness. Verse 16 says, "Be holy, for I ...

1711. You Can Take It to the Bank

2 Peter 3:1-10

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James Merritt

... anything is permissible." Go all the way back to Charles Darwin, the father of modern evolutionary thought. This is what one scholar said about him: There are some who think that Darwin accepted the theory of evolution only after many many years of studying the subject. This, however, is not the case. As his religious faith ebbed, his faith in evolution developed. It came in to fill up the void that was being left by his rejection of creation.1 You see, the root cause of skepticism about spiritual truth, is ...

1712. The Fountain of Truth

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... what the Virgin Mary had to say to Nancy Fowler. Yet, had someone simply said, "I'm going to stand in the middle of this farm and open up the word of God," people would have passed by with a yawn. I want to give you fair warning. Never accept subjective experience over objective revelation. Do you know why? Satan can counterfeit an experience, but he cannot counterfeit the word of God. The word of God is more sure than a vision you might see or a voice that you might hear. If I were to have some kind of ...

1713. The Truth about Trouble

2 Timothy 4:16-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... . The Queen replied: "The children will not leave England unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does. And the King will not leave the country in any circumstances whatever."1 I want to tell you that our Heavenly King will never leave his subjects under any circumstances. He will be there. II. The Purpose Of The Lord For Trouble Now get this picture in your mind. The Roman courtroom is packed. But as Paul stands to speak, the Roman crowd senses this is no ordinary Roman citizen. The judge knows ...

1714. Saving Private Ryan

Acts 1:8

Sermon

James Merritt

... and the core of our witness. Sometimes people talk about "sharing our faith." Well, a Buddhist can share his faith, a Muslim can share his faith, a Hindu can share his faith; we are to share Jesus. What this world needs is the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the subject of witnessing. He is the source of witnessing. He is the sustainer of witnessing. He is the strength of witnessing. We are to be His witnesses because He is the only universal need in all of the world. He is the need of the Communist, and the need ...

1715. Doing Right When You Have Been Done Wrong

Ephesians 4:31-32

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James Merritt

... were these: "There will be no male pallbearers. They wouldn't take me out when I was alive and I don't want them to take me out when I'm dead." Well, even though that is a humorous story, I want to remind you of the seriousness of this subject. Dwight L. Moody, the great evangelist, once said, "The one sin that is keeping revival from coming to the church, more lost people from being saved, and more of the blessings of God from coming upon his people, is the sin of an unforgiving spirit." In Ephesians 4:31 ...

1716. Bridging the Generation Gap

Ephesians 6:1-4

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James Merritt

... child up in the world, and the latter is greater. The physical pain of bearing a child is tremendous, but usually lasts only a few hours. But the pain of rearing that same child lasts a lifetime and never lessens.1 Every time I preach on the subject of parenting, I always feel extremely inadequate. I know there are many parents out there who either are wrestling with what I call the terrible toddler, or fighting with a terrifying teenager. Either way, it's not always a picnic. I heard about a young preacher ...

1717. How to Live the Good Life (Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... , I would have come out there to get you myself." President Reagan went over and took her by the arm, asked her to sit down and he spent a good part of that afternoon talking to Mrs. Green about California, about her life, and about her thoughts on different subjects. I think that's why Reagan is such a beloved President. All he did was simply take the time and the opportunity to just do a good deed. II. The Good Life Is a Life That Promotes Forgiveness The second thing God requires is that we "love mercy ...

1718. A Trip to God's Woodshed

Hebrews 12: 5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... point when God realizes that His discipline is of no affect, and the only other step is death. Do you know that you can rebel against God to the point that death is the only remedy. That is why v.9 says, "Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?" The Apostle John tells, in I Jn. 5:16, that there is "sin unto death." There were people in the church at Corinth who were dying right and left because they were abusing and misusing the Lord's Supper. Dr. Homer Lindsay, Jr ...

1719. Dirty Dreams and Slick Schemers

Jude 1:8-11

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James Merritt

... can be dangerous. He describes apostates in v.8 as "dreamers." That is, apostates are dreamers who conjure up their own theology. They just dream up what they believe. Their theology is just a figment of their imagination. They base what they believe on subjective opinion rather than objective revelation. In other words, they base what they believe on what they think, rather than what God says. Whenever an apostate turns away from the God of the Word, or from the Word of God, there are three characteristics ...

1720. Courage Under Fire

Jude 1:22-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... the one nearest the exit."1 That is not quite the type of courage I want to speak about today. I am speaking about the courage we need in rescuing the lost from the eternal fire of God's wrath. Jude has written firmly and forthrightly about the subject of apostasy. He writes with a firm hand, but with a broken heart. He knows that apostates are paving a one-way street of spiritual error that dead-ends in hell. He now encourages his readers not just to curse the darkness of apostate teaching, but to light ...

1721. The Right Connection

John 15:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned." (v.6) Now this has been a highly debated verse of Scripture, and some have tried to use this verse to teach that people can lose their salvation. But it is patently obvious that Jesus here has changed subjects and He is no longer talking about a Christian. First of all, he shifts pronouns. Up until now he has used what we call the first and second person pronouns. He talks about "I, Me, and you." But now He shifts to the third person, and if you will ...

1722. The Ministry of the Holy Spirit

John 16:7-11

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James Merritt

... all sinners. Now if the father has been judged, so will his children. If you have never received Jesus, as a child of the devil you are going to receive the judgment he would receive. If Satan, the king of sin, has not escaped judgment, neither will his subjects. But only the Holy Spirit can convince you that that is true. Dr. R. A. Torrey, a great preacher, was traveling one time through the countryside, and he stopped at a little family hotel. He asked the proprietor if it would be all right if he gave a ...

1723. A Streetcar Named Desire

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... of checking people in who are only interested in checking Him out. Many years ago there was a world famous infidel and atheist by the name of Robert Ingersoll. He was talking to a friend of his one time who was also an atheist, and they got on the subject of Jesus Christ. This man said to Robert Ingersoll, "Jesus is a very fascinating man, and I believe that someone could write a novel about him that would be a best seller." Ingersoll thought about it for a moment and said, "I believe you are right, and I ...

1724. O Little Town of Bethlehem

Micah 5:2

Sermon

James Merritt

... . When you think of Jerusalem, you think of the cross. But the story of Jesus began at a quaint little town called Bethlehem. What otherwise would have been an unheard of Palestinian town, shrouded in anonymity, has instead become the theme for poets, the subject for artists, and the goal for pilgrims. Bethlehem, even to this day, is still relatively a "little town." But Bethlehem is living proof that indeed big things do come in small packages. Because there are three facts about the city of Bethlehem that ...

1725. Put Up and Shut Up

Proverbs 18:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... the better things stick together. The Royal British Navy has a regulation which reads: "No officer shall speak discouragingly to another officer in the discharge of his duties." How we need to practice that regulation in our own homes! Every time I think about this subject of the tongue, I am reminded of the story of a mother who was preparing dinner one evening when her little boy came running into the kitchen. She said, "What has Mama's little darling been doing all day?" He said, "I've been playing ...

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