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151. Epiphany 4

Lk 4:21-30 · 1 Cor 13:1-13 · Jer 1:4-10

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John R. Brokhoff

... off. Amos was ordered to leave. Jeremiah was thrown into a pit. Jesus was rejected by his hometown. Chrysostom and Calvin were exiled. And all because people could not bear the pain caused by the Word of God. Outline: The truth hurts because - A. It deflates our egos - v. 23b B. It convicts us of sin - v. 24 C. It reveals our bigotry - vv. 25-27 Lesson 1: Jeremiah 1:4-10 1. Getting to Know Your Preacher. 1:4-10. Need: Who or what is your preacher? Does the congregation understand the nature and mission ...

152. Lent 3

John 4:1-26

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... disaster, all are guilty of sin. Thus, unless all repent, they will perish like the victims of the tower and the massacre. c. Unrepentant sinners will perish. In the New Testament "perish" deals not only with the destruction of the physical body but the entire ego, the annihilation of the soul. d. Repentance is the way of escape from perishing. This implies that there is forgiveness from a loving Father for those who repent. e. The urgency of repentance is brought out by the parable. The fig tree was given ...

153. A Faith-Life To Emulate John W. Cobb

Genesis 12:1-8

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... be considered a "beginning" that would cause this name to be remembered henceforth as "father of the faithful." In recent years genealogical studies have become very popular. Some from very noble motives, others merely as an expression of family pride or an ego trip. According to both Matthew and Luke Jesus’ progenitors in the flesh included Abraham, son of Terah. We may be grateful that there were those in ancient times who were concerned to write down such information. Yet, even though Jesus must have ...

154. Being Different

Daniel 3:1-30

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Harold Warlick

... . This was your ultimate political pig-picking party. He hired a great orchestra - comets, bagpipes, flutes, dulcimers, drums and harps. They could play all kinds of music. And all the people were commanded to fall down and worship this monument to the king's ego when the band played the mid-East version of "Hail to the Chief" or "God Save the Queen" or the "National Anthem." All the politicians were there - the princes, the governors, the bankers, the judges, the lawyers, the doctors, the school board, the ...

155. Come and Find Rest

Matthew 11:25-30

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... you, to come rest in him. We cannot doubt the sincerity of Jesus when he promised to give us rest. We only need believe in him and he will do what he has promised. You and I can let go of our sins. We can even let go of our egos and die to ourselves in order to live in him. Jesus wants to help all of us. Sometimes it is only our pride and selfwill that keeps him separated from us. He must have our cooperation, but you and I are learning about that, aren’t we?

156. A Ewe Turn

2 Samuel 12:1-31

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... the man!" Uriah had a little lamb whose name was Bathsheba. David, not content with a full harem of wives, wanted Bathsheba. To win her he had not stopped at adultery or murder. What Sigmuri’d Freud called the "id" of unbridled passion had conquered David’s super-ego of moral obedience to God. David awoke with a hangover of heartache at what he had done. At last, he saw himself as the big bad wolf who had preyed on the sheepfold. At last, he could face his sin and deal with it. At last, he could walk ...

157. In The Lion's Den

Daniel 6:1-28

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Bill Bouknight

... other than to King Darius for the next thirty days, and anyone caught violating that order would be thrown into the lions’ den." They urged the king to put this edict in writing so that it could not be altered or withdrawn. Old King Darius, his ego over-stimulated, issued the decree. Daniel’s custom was to pray three times a day in an upstairs room with windows opened toward Jerusalem. Do you think Daniel changed his habit because of the king’s decree? Did Gary Cooper run away when his sworn enemies ...

158. Opportunism? Or Opportunity?

Matthew 21:33-46

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... smile at so much of what we do within our family circles which cripples and debilitates, rather than opens and enriches? There is the matter of direction - striving after purpose. Where on earth can we be headed, with our headlong rush after self-satisfying, ego-building, pridesustaining enterprise? Whose name is glorified when we build empires with our own names on the banners which wave over them? Is it an accident that films in theatres and programming on television and the titles of best sellers in the ...

159. Bad Good News Won’t Sell!

Jeremiah 28:1-17

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John R. Brokhoff

... set of absolute standards, we have developed a culture of narcissism. We have just passed through a "me decade," and still our preoccupation is with ourselves in looking out for Number One. Our main passion is self-fulfillment that is based on an ego-centered mentality. In a poll by Daniel Yankelovich in 1982, eighty percent hold a self-centered philosophy. The evidence of the results of forsaking God and his moral standards is overwhelming in abundance. We live in a society where a major crime occurs every ...

160. Do I Dare Be Different?

Matthew 5:10; 10:1-42

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Wallace H. Kirby

... , then you’ll be passed. If you follow that program of humility, letting God be number one," says the world, "then be prepared to be taken advantage of, to be left out, to be in second or third or last place. For the pusher, the one who has the strong ego, will be willing to step all over you to get what he is after in life." But blessed are you, for yours is the Kingdom of Heaven, the realm of happiness where you lose yourself and thus find life with God. The world says, "Happy are the hard-boiled, the ...

161. Overcoming Self

Philippians 1:1-11

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Dennis Kastens

... that kind of talent - yet, Jesus confronts us with this paradox: "Whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." Jesus is interested in people who will die to self, to pride, and to the assertion of their own ego. He isn’t talking to us here only about martyrdom or about his own Palm Sunday experience, nearly as much as he is speaking about our becoming great at dying while we are still alive. When the Apostle says, "Let this mind be in you which was also ...

162. The Surprise of Absolute Victory

Romans 8:28-39

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Robert G. Tuttle

... unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." Surprise! I like the way Morton Kelsey puts it: "The Holy Spirit refills the psyche ... bringing harmony out of tension ... the psyche is brought to an entirely new level of reality ... the ego is transformed ... It now has a new center and focus. The old center and the new remain in relationship - a new relationship of wholeness."5 And to continue, "Wholeness is tasted for a moment ... then becomes a goal ... to be sought in life ... and ...

163. The Necessity of Moral Commitment

Gen 3:1-24 · Is 28:15

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Robert G. Tuttle

... through life, bumping into each other, destroying the picture; because, really, we don’t know the score. We have an outstanding music center in Brevard. Leading musicians from all over the nation participate. It is possible that one member of the orchestra, on an ego kick, might say, "I will not play the assigned notes at the assigned times. I am a free and self-defining individual." But we are reminded that the chill comes when the conductor says, "Fine. Play as you wish, but not in this orchestra ...

164. In Debt Forever!

Romans 13:8-14

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Raymond Gibson

... neighbors is where most of us fail as Christians. It sounds so noble in the Bible but doing it in the world is something else. When we try to do it, we run head on into ourselves, into our memories of rejection and misunderstanding, into bruised egos and hurt feelings. Loving one another is such a grand thing to preach about, so damnably hard to do. We’ve tried it so many times - we really have! - and have been disappointed so often. Eugene Ionesco wrote a play sometime ago entitled, The Airwalker. The ...

165. Our Three-Faced God

Matthew 28:16-20

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John R. Brokhoff

... relation to God? He is as bad off as before Jesus came. If we should stop there, God would be a distant, incomprehensible, and unapproachable God. In that case, woe is man! To answer this need, Jesus promised that God would come to believers as Spirit, the alter-ego of Jesus, the comforter, and advocate. This means that God is immanent in the person of the Holy Spirit. To have the Spirit is to have God in us, in our hearts, minds, and persons. God is not to be found in nature, only evidence of his reality ...

166. The Cross Way of Life

Matthew 10:1-42

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John R. Brokhoff

... is claimed that discipline in our public schools is at its lowest ebb in the history of the school system. Competition is frowned upon because it is supposed to be damaging the child by creating pressure. Grades are bad because they are hard on the child’s ego. The result is mediocrity and Johnny can’t read. In 1976 the state of Florida passed a law that all graduating from high school had to be able to read and write! In addition, discipline is lacking in the commercial world. In 1975 an airplane crash ...

167. Jesus Makes House Calls

Matthew 14:22-36

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John R. Brokhoff

... help." It may be that we realize we need help, but we are too proud to ask for it. To ask for help is an admission that someone is stronger than you are. It means you are dependent and are not self-sufficient. This is hard on the ego. There is a famous legend of Roland, one of Charlemagne’s greatest warriors. Roland and his friend, Oliver, were the rearguard of Charlemagne’s army. One time his little force was surrounded by the Moors. Roland had a horn that could be heard for miles. He was to blow ...

168. In the Spirit's Tether

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Allan J. Weenink

... part of the truth involved in being created in the image of God, and in the story of the Fall. We have trouble handling our creatureliness. Unconverted human society resembles a battlefield of rival gods. The establishing of a true community between clashing egos means a resigning of thrones. It means a dying to self. The New Testament does not hesitate in calling it a dying. The church is a fellowship of repentant, forgiven sinners. Repentance is equivalent to a kind of dying. Forgiveness, in turn, means ...

169. Running With Patience

Hebrews 12:1-13

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Allan J. Weenink

... , and even bitterly, lost and bewildered, waiting, wondering, seeking, questing, patiently moving step by step, does he find that which is hidden for only the enduring eye to see. Then there is the whole matter of pain, suffering, or the ego-illness of having our own way. How easy to blame God and rebel in bitterness. But nothing happens. The unhappiness merely compounds itself. Only as the complainer learns anew the forgotten lesson of patience, do grace, understanding, and perspective appear. Wholeness ...

170. Virtue Won’t Hurt You

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Harold Warlick

... you have to show affection for the one who doesn’t get into trouble." Indeed, our constant attention to the problem person has an adverse effect on behavioral patterns. So few parents ever praise other adults. Most of us are insecure people who satisfy our ego needs through criticizing others. I once visited a young girl in jail who related to me that her parents never had a kind word to say about anyone. All her life she had heard the minister, the police, the school principal, her teachers, and the ...

171. Christ the King

Matthew 25:31-46

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... " and never being taken advantage of, you may have the wrong king on the throne. Often our little bit of response is for the wrong reason. It can be selfish motivation that moves us to help and thus receive the praise and thanks. We have manipulated our own ego trip. That isn’t the way it is for those in Christ the King’s kingdom. We’re tender-hearted subjects who must respond to needs of people. That means all sorts of neonle who need us. There is something else here. Notice we aren’t asked to ...

172. Embalmed Leaders

John 10:1-21

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Louis H. Valbracht

... ’t it strange? We never ask this in a political campaign: "Why do you want this office? What is your underlying motive? Is it love of the people or just ‘White House fever,’ as Robert Bender called it." Freud called it "the expression of the ego." Jung called it "the hunger for power." Adler called it "the desire for recognition." Dewey called it "the drive for significance." A modern psychologist has dubbed it "the drum major complex." Is it the desire to be a servant of God’s people or the desire ...

173. Worthy Is The Lamb

1 Timothy 2:1-15

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Bill Bouknight

... being without God is a lost person. To them sin was as basic as life itself and common as collard greens in Georgia." Now, I can just hear the experts saying, "Brother Bill, don't talk that way to baby-boomers. They are in church to have their egos propped up and caressed, not to be told they are sinners." My response is that the truth will set us free. If you never face your diagnosis, you'll never find a cure. Just imagine that you have had your annual physical examination and the doctor found a cancerous ...

174. Worn Out? Tired? Weary?

Matthew 11:25-30

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Louis H. Valbracht

... our energies, the energies that we are wasting in worry, into work, something that is helpful to others and satisfying and fulfilling to ourselves. Most of us take ourselves too seriously. We are chronically weary, trying to maintain our position, the stance of our ego. The first question that we ask about anything is: "How will this affect me?" The next question we ask is: "How will this impress other people?" The worrier is always sensitive, easily hurt, always on guard to defend what is his, his pride ...

175. Even The Bosses Wash Feet!

John 13:1-17

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Bill Bouknight

... to taking turns with the foot-washing duty. But earlier that very day, they had been arguing about who would be greatest in Jesus' coming kingdom. Imagine that! While Jesus agonized about his coming death, his disciples were engaged in a Mohammed Ali imitation. Ego is that self-seeking intruder who sabotages the Kingdom of God. You see it everywhere. A player in the National Basketball League is not in the starting lineup, so he explodes in a courtside, public confrontation with the coach. A pastor is not ...

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