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151. Out of Conflict

Genesis 25:19-34

Sermon

James L. Killen

... , we have been forced to reckon with the sad realization that there are people in our world who hate our nation and would like to destroy it, or at least to make us suffer as much as they can. We have been drawn into military action to defend ourselves. We feel that conflict becoming an increasingly dominant aspect of our national life, something that could, if we let it, change the way we think about what it means to be American. There are other conflicts going on. too. Many of us watch with aching hearts ...

152. Dealing with Criticism

1 Corinthians 4:1-5

Sermon

James L. Killen

... a Christian life in the real world, directions on how to run a church, and expressions of the loving concern of a good pastor for his people. But we will also find quite a lot of argument intended to defend his authority as an apostle, to refute the arguments of those who disagreed with him, and to defend himself against his critics. That is the first thing we can learn from Paul about criticism: that it happens. It comes with being a decisive person. We may as well get ready for it. But we can learn more ...

153. Willibald Krautman's Trip To Heaven

Matthew 11:2-11

Drama

Matthew Powell

... . Saint Peter: Yes, there you have it. That's just what you don't have. Now I'm going to read the heaviest debt you have on your account. (Reads from "book") You have had far too little love for your neighbor. You have neglected to gain one friend or defender for yourself through a work of mercy. Willibald: Well, I had to use all my money for the Christmas work I did. Saint Peter: No Christmas expenses mean so much as a warm-hearted gift of love to people in need. Willibald: But I always did a little bit ...

154. God, The Venture Capitalist?

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... from above is ... open to reason" (James 3:17). The discipline of apologetics is the use of reason to defend the faith. Experience is a second means of knowledge. I know fire burns because I touched it! The blind man Jesus healed was being harassed by ... the Pharisees over Christ restoring his sight. He defended the incident by appealing to experience. "This one thing I know. I was blind, but now I see" (John 9:25). Then ...

155. Christianity's First Sermon

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... he is taunted to “save yourself.” The condemned man, one of those who knows “not what they do,” even includes himself and the other condemned man in Jesus’ sphere of saving power—“save yourself and us.” The one voice that defends Jesus comes from the third cross. The second criminal lambasts the first, reminding him that “you are under the same sentence.” This “sentence,” “krima,” may also be interpreted as “judgment,” suggesting the second criminal may be thinking of God’s ...

156. Advent 2

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

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... community that is described in Isaiah? To do with the Church that is still expectant? To do with the Church and Israel waiting together? To do with the Church and Israel called to be a light to the nations, to serve the One who is to "defend the cause of the poor . . . , give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor"? Does the emergence of a rapidly growing, vitalt Christianity in the third World, particularly Africa, serve in any way as a commentary to Western churches on Matthew 3:9? In all of ...

157. What in the World Are We Doing?

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... partner did.” “Well, if you didn’t see him commit the crime… why did you arrest him?” “Because, my partner went in the front of the store and I came in the back. My partner saw him taking money out of the safe… and when the defendant tried to run away, my partner pointed and shouted ‘There he goes!’… I chased him, tackled him and arrested him.” “And, you trust your partner that much? You would just act on his word?” “Yes Sir, I would trust him… and all my fellow officers with ...

158. Would You Make a Good Witness? (Ascension Day)

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... stand for one thing but secretly practice something else. A little more than a decade ago an article appeared in the New York Times that disheartened many bird lovers. It was about a man named Tony Silva, a well-known bird breeder and outspoken defender of endangered species of parrots. Even today on Amazon.com you will find a highly acclaimed book on the care of parrots by Tony Silva, who was once the president of the American Parrot Association. Silva was well known for his warnings about the dangers ...

159. Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments

1 Peter 3:15

Sermon

James Merritt

... 240 journalists and editors in the media elite, indicate that a full 90% of them approve of abortion for almost any reason, which is a far higher percentage than the general public.5 We need to tell the truth about abortion, and we need to be able to defend why we are pro-life. Solomon said, "Deliver those who are drawn toward death, and hold back those stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, ‘Surely we did not know this,' does not He who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not ...

160. America in the Mirror

2 Kings 17:5-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... said, "You show me what the young men of England are doing on Sunday morning, and I will show you the future of England." Well, today less than 2% of England attends church. Where once she sailed the seven seas, she is now a second rate power that can barely defend her own shores. To give you one example of this idolatry, in v.16 we are told that Israel "worshiped all the host of heaven." That is, they began to worship the stars. Now God had warned them in Deut. 4:19, "And take heed, lest you lift your eyes ...

161. Stand Up and Be Counted

Daniel 3:1-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... holy in my King. God is able to supply me with abundance from His store, And He will supply my table with His blessings more and more. But if not, my heart shall rest in the thought that He knows best. God is able to defend me from my foes who throng around, And He will defend me surely when their rage and hate abound. But if not, I'll bless His name and confess Him just the same. God is able to deliver me from all my fears within, And He will both save and keep me in His fold safe ...

162. Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments

Proverbs 24:11-12

Sermon

James Merritt

163. The Truth about Trouble

2 Timothy 4:16-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... , the Roman crowd senses this is no ordinary Roman citizen. The judge knows that whatever else this man is, he is not like any other criminal ever brought before him. He says to Paul, "Is there anything you want to say, in your own defense, since no one else will defend you?" Amazingly, the Apostle Paul says, "No, I don't want to get on the defense, I want to go on the offense. Because I don't want to talk about me, I want to talk about Jesus." For you notice why the Lord strengthened Paul: "So that the ...

164. The Family That Prays Together Stays Together

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... regard man." That is, he had no communion with God, and no compassion for man. Now, as I read that, I thought about some of the judges we have sitting on benches today. If you want to know why we have judges who legalize abortion, coddle criminals, defend pornographers, and attack pro-lifers, the answer is right here. Because we have a lot of judges who neither "fear God nor regard man." You see, I understand why, in the last thirty years, prayer was removed from public schools in the name of separation of ...

165. Are You Going to Fish or Cut Bait?

Mark 1:16-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... speak about fishing, to define fishing, and to promote the idea of fishing in far away streams and lakes where many other fish of different colors lived. Also, the Board hired staffs and appointed committees and held many meetings to define fishing, to defend fishing, and to decide what new streams should be thought about. But the staff and committee members did not fish. Large elaborate and expensive training centers were built whose original and primary purpose was to teach fishermen how to fish. Over the ...

166. Manual Labor Is Not the President of Mexico

Proverbs 6:6-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... being willing to do the necessary labor to obtain them, makes us a society of sluggards."3 The American dream for some has become the American nightmare for others, because of the refusal to work to make those dreams come true. Finally, the sluggard works hard at defending his laziness. "The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly." (Prov. 26:16) There is one thing you will never convince the sluggard of that is the fact that he is a sluggard. He always has an excuse as to ...

167. Tastes Great, Less Filling - Sounds Good, Not True

Proverbs 23:29-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... more than $98 billion in lost work time alone.7 To combat the colossal crisis caused by the 15.3 million Americans who use or abuse alcohol, federal and state governments have enacted over a thousand laws since 1980.8 There are those who try to defend the licensing and selling of alcohol because of the tax revenue it generates. But what is left unsaid is that for every one dollar in revenue that alcohol brings, it costs eight dollars to clean up the mess that it leaves behind.9 Physically, alcohol exacts ...

You defend God like you defend a lion you get out of his way.

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169. Deal with It, Get over it, and Get Help

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of an unknown, undefined future. I want to make the case this morning that one of the dominant sicknesses facing our world today is the “Stockholm Syndrome.” There are many of us who are suffering from a kind of cultural “Stockholm Syndrome,” blindly defending and claiming as good for ourselves the very things that keep us captive. Or to put it more philosophically, we embrace the powers to which we are so willingly enslaved. In 21st century America, the most abusive captors of our hearts and souls ...

170. Sermon Opener - Deal with It, Get over It, Get Help

Romans 8:28-39

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Leonard Sweet

... bank employees hostage for six long days. When at last they were rescued these kidnap victims, who had been terrorized and abused by their captors, stunned the authorities by demonstrating considerable emotional attachment to their victimizers. Some of the victims even publically defended the very ones who had held them at gun point and threatened their lives. You know what we call this phenomenon. You may not know that it was a Swedish psychiatrist/criminologist by the name of Nils Bejerot who dubbed this ...

171. How to Play Fair in Foul Play

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Don't walk away. Always remember: You learn more from your enemies than your friends. Take your critics seriously. Maintain relationships with them. Humble yourself and hang in there. Don't walk away. 2. Never get in a spraying match with a skunk. Never defend yourself. It only gives those misusing you more attention and ammunition. Speak the truth, but tell it straight: directly, simply, nonjudgmentally. Don't let them bring you down to their level. If you have to cast a stone, be sure to miss. This comes ...

172. Freedom in Bondedness

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ended up costing her every single coin she had saved up in her piggy bank. This splurge of her carefully saved funds caught her parents by surprise and caused them some concern. But when they questioned the wisdom of their daughter's actions, she defended herself by simply stating, "But I promised her, and she needed it!" Her parents were silenced and impressed by their daughter's free spirit with her money which had been driven by her bonded, sacrificial love for her friend, her "neighbor." In the words ...

173. Drawing Lines

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... terrorism start crashing on our shores, we find ourselves yearning for a way effectively to protect "our nation." When our ozone layer starts to fizzle away from fluorocarbons, and our oceans start smelling like backed-up septic tanks, we suddenly feel the need to defend "our planet." When we eventually draw our lines so broad and wide that they encompass the whole earth, we see that what was once a "line" has now become a circle - a circle of love and concern that puts every living creature on the "inside ...

174. 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... letter we call 1 Corinthians (which itself appears to incorporate parts of an earlier letter; see 1 Corinthians 5:9). During that interim visit a hefty exchange of insults and innuendo seems to have occurred, prompting Paul to write a "tearful" letter to the community defending his status and his mission (see 2 Corinthians 2:3ff.). This letter was evidently delivered by Titus, who then returned to Paul bearing the news of its effect. For Paul it was the longed-for message; the church agreed to accept Paul's ...

175. 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

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