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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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151. Holy Love and Herod's Love

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

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Mark Radecke

... baby boys in Bethlehem and the surrounding area. In the thousand years that lay between King David in Old Testament times and King Herod, no king of Israel wanted to be loved by his people more than Herod the Great. It was a consuming passion for him. He played the political game withh consummate skill. Althougha member of the royal family by birth, Herod ruled at the pleasure of the Roman emperor, and his story includes intrigues with Anthony and Cleopatra and friendship with Octavius who later was called ...

152. Transfiguration

Luke 9:28-36 · Matthew 17:1-8 · Mark 9:2-8

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John R. Brokhoff

... would be killed? Like Gethsemane, it was night, and the disciples fell asleep as he prayed. In this prayer time God's presence was reflected on Jesus, so that his face and clothing glistened. Moses and Elijah were present, and they discussed with Jesus his upcoming passion. By this time the disciples awoke and saw the two men talking with Jesus, whose face shone like the sun. This was such a dramatic and unusual experience that Peter was at a loss for words. He did manage to suggest to Jesus that they build ...

153. Step Eight - Love

Mt 7:7-14 · 2 Cor 5:16-21 · Ps 19:7-13

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John A. Terry

... who are sworn to uphold the law can become objects of protest. Judges who manage the courts can bear the wrath of much anger. Passion for the law is generally expressed when the law is broken, not when it is being kept. In Scripture the prophets passionately decry injustice when God's Law is broken. Keeping the law generally does not generate that kind of passion. But in this psalm there is passion for keeping the Law. The psalmist says that the reward for keeping the Law is to have the life which God's Law ...

154. Episode 1: The Holy Spirit

Acts 2:1-13

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Brett Blair

... back street to throw a birthday party for a lady of the evening? It is a desire for Pentecost to stay alive and for others to repent of their sins and be transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit. 2. We must have power The church needs people with passion. But if we are to reach people for Christ we also need power. At Pentecost the disciples were given the promised gift of the Holy Spirit. They were given power. It is hard sometimes to relate to a concept of spiritual power. Too often, I fear, we get the ...

155. The Clanking of Coins

Matthew 27:1-10

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Wallace H. Kirby

... how Christ feels when we reject him, exclude him, dismiss him from our lives - when we refuse his offer of life. It is not a sound of anger or disgust or resentment, but rather the weeping of a broken heart. There is another distinctive sound of the Passion, a sound that will be forever associated with those events that took place during the last week of Jesus' earthly life. It is the sound of clanking coins. Listen. Hear what it may say to us. The sound of clanking coins can either be grating or pleasant ...

156. The Shouting of the Crowd

Matthew 27:11-26

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Wallace H. Kirby

... or subdued about the sound of shouting. It is as loud as that annual event at Spivey's Corner, or the basketball game in Reynolds Coliseum, or the midway at the state fair. Shouting is not always a bad sound, but the sound of shouting during that passion week was terrifying, awful. Reading about it is almost unbearable. It started on Good Friday morning, in a court of law, during a civil trial. The judge had tried to set the accused free because he had committed no crime, had not broken any law, and had ...

157. "Crown Him Lord of all!"

Sermon

William Luoma

... the stanzas from the church hymnal, check the number and the order of the stanzas ahead of time. Sunday of the Passion Processional Hymn"Onward Christian Soldiers" or "Lead On, O King Eternal" Invocation:Minister:Blessed is he who comes in the name ... us ... (The Lord's Prayer) Benediction Hymn"Ride On, Ride On in Majesty" The Credentials of a King A Sermon for the Sunday of the Passion Text: Luke 23:3 And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said so."Many of you ...

158. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

2 Kings 13:10-25

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... we be afraid and think only of ourselves? The key to understanding Elisha’s attitude toward his approaching death is this: he had a passionate desire to bring about God’s will. It may be akin to that mysterious power that we call "the will to live." Some people ... for an individual, is it not true on a larger scale as well? Isn’t it possible for a group of people to have a passionate desire to bring about God’s will? Isn’t it possible for a church? Isn’t it possible for a nation? Or for humanity? We ...

159. Proper 7

Lk 9:18-24 · Gal 3:23-29 · 1 Ki 19:9-14 · Zech 12:7-10

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John R. Brokhoff

... ethnic, social, and sexual differences. Luke 9:18-24 After Peter confessed Jesus as the Christ, Jesus announces his coming passion, death, and resurrection. In response to Jesus' question as to who he is, Peter confesses him as the Christ. Then ... is the Christ, then he is our Savior. If he is the Christ, we must follow him. 2. Must (v. 22). Jesus referred to his coming passion as a "must." Perhaps that is the reason Jesus ordered that the Disciples should not tell anyone that he is the Messiah. How could a ...

160. The First Murder - 1940

Matthew 7:1-6

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Kent Moorehead

... begin to believe that everybody else is rotten too, and you will impute something evil to everybody." Cain did that to Abel and it irked him and they had words and as Cain became angry he began to hate, and as he began to hate in the mad passion of that awful moment, he murdered. You can’t on any ground excuse that, unless you multiply it and modernize it and refine it with scientific embellishments, and instead of a stone, make it a bomb, then it is beautiful. When the deed was done, Almighty God became ...

161. Episode III: Birth of the Church

Acts 2:1-13

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Brett Blair

... back street to throw a birthday party for a lady of the evening? It is a desire for Pentecost to stay alive and for others to repent of their sins and be transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit. 2. We Must Have Power The church needs people with passion. But if we are to reach people for Christ we also need power. At Pentecost the disciples were given the promised gift of the Holy Spirit. They were given power. It is hard sometimes to relate to a concept of spiritual power. Too often, I fear, we get the ...

162. Making a Name for Ourselves

Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... for the members. I really doubt that God would be too impressed if we became the “Microsoft of Methodism.” The greatness of a church is its willingness to point beyond itself to Jesus Christ. God is more impressed by our fidelity to scripture, our passion to win lost people, and our willingness to sacrifice for hurting people. Let’s turn in another direction and think of vacation. Let’s suppose that you plan to spend a week at Pickwik with another family, playing golf, cooking out together, swimming ...

163. His Cleansing Of The Temple

Luke 19:45-48

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Brett Blair

... Movies” on PBS. Since then the show went mainstream and Siskel died. In all there shows I can’t remember Siskel and Ebert or Ebert and Roeper, who has replaced Siskel, revisiting a film on their television show. They did this week with the Passion of the Christ. Having reviewed it last week they came back to it this week because of the enormous success and controversy. In their first review Roeper described the film as the most, powerful, important and by far the most graphic interpretation of Christ ...

164. The Edge Of Night

Philippians 2:1-11

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King Duncan

... what she was going through. (9) If we could have seen Jesus' insides during Holy Week, we would have seen his hurt, his suffering, but more than either of these, we would have seen his love for the world--love as of that of his Father in heaven. Palm/Passion Sunday. In the bright sunlight, but on the edge of night. A day when we remember Jesus' submission to the will of the Father, a day when we remember that all suffering, all disappointment can be used to the glory of God, and a day when we acknowledge ...

165. Loved By The Father

Galatians 3:26--4:7

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King Duncan

... of bad theology. They belong to a church that actually gives them this picture of God. But in many cases, it is also bad parenting. They had parents who did not give them unconditional love, parents who would not take the time to help them develop their passions, parents who were always critical even of their best efforts. Some of you know exactly what I'm talking about. That was your experience. That is why Father's Day is such an appropriate time to deal with Paul's words, "For in Christ Jesus you are ...

166. Holy Monday

Matthew 21:1-11

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Donald B. Strobe

... embarrassed by it. Jesus seems to be acting so out of character. The late Dr. J. Wallace Hamilton wrote a book titled RIDE THE WILD HORSES! which is about the “Seven Deadly Sins,” one of which is the sin of anger. He asks of this event in the Passion Week of our Lord: “What are we to make of this outburst, this account of an angry Christ? Did Jesus slip out of character here? Did He ‘lose His temper’ as we express it, to become more human than divine? Does it reveal an impetuosity in Him which ...

167. The Fox

Mark 6:14-29

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David G. Rogne

... near the Dead Sea. All that was a long time ago. Reflecting on the events which brought me to where I am now has taught me some important lessons about life. I'd like to share those with you, if you will listen. The first lesson is: "Control your passions." When I was Tetrarch, I married a certain Nabatean princess, whose father, Aretus, ruled the Nabateans, an Arab people, from his capital in Petra. In the year 35 of the current era I went to Rome to visit my half-brother, named Philip, who was living as a ...

168. Birthing the Kingdom

Mark 13:1-31

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Cathy A. Ammlung

... . These are birth pangs, not just death throes. Now we must be careful here, because the last thing we want to say is that God wills and desires bloodshed, mayhem, and disaster. God isn't a sadist. And yet if we look at the model of Jesus' own passion and death, don't we see Jesus' words acted out before us? Jesus said that he must be handed over; must be betrayed, mocked, and scourged; must suffer death on a cross. He also announced, in almost the same breath, and with astonishing conviction, that he would ...

169. Put To Death The Old; Put On The New

Colossians 3:1-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... to the chambers of government in Washington. Paul makes his call to put off the old nature and put on the new even more emphatic as he lists again some of the things that have to go from our lives. "but now you yourselves must lay aside all anger, passion, malice, cursing, filthy talk -- have done with them" (v. 8, NEB). This is a vivid demand which is hard to take. Paul is calling for radical surgery. He is saying that we are to put to death every part of our being which is against God, and which prevents ...

170. Pack Up Your Troubles

James 4:13-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... There is a sense in which Job was anything but patient. As we read the tremendous drama of his life we see him passionately resenting what has come upon him, passionately questioning the conventional and orthodox arguments of his so- called friends, passionately agonizing over the terrible thought that God might have forgotten and forsaken him. There are few men who have spoken such passionate words as Job spoke. But the great fact about Job is that in spite of all his torrent of questionings, and in spite ...

171. Fulfill Your Ministry

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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Maxie Dunnam

... . It’s like a judge in the courtroom – or like a general giving orders to his troops as they are about to engage in battle. It’s a charge – from a dying man – or one who knows that death is imminent – laying on the heart of his friend the passion and priority of his life. The authority of Paul to make this sacred charge is Jesus Christ. Listen to him in verse one: “In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His Kingdom ...

172. The Authority of Scripture: God's Breathed Word

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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Maxie Dunnam

... faith, who disregard the very foundational documents and diminish the Bible as God Word. I believe the church will continue to hemorrhage and diminish in membership and influence. We will not be renewed and revival will not come to the world unless and until we recapture a passion for this Book – this one book which is God’s gift to us. In fact, this is God’s breathed Word. And that brings us to our text. Listen to verses 16 and 17 again: All Scriptures is inspired by God and is useful for teaching ...

173. Grace Has Appeared

Titus 2:11-14

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James L. Killen

... for your family, love for life. Christ hopes to stir up in you just that kind of commitment to the salvation of the world. That will indeed reshape our lives. "The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly...." Yes. God works in our lives to make us into the very best people we can be. That is part of the process of the salvation that Jesus came to bring into our lives. Our culture ...

174. The Messiah

Matthew 3:1-12

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Mark Trotter

... our griefs and carried our sorrow. He was wounded for our transgression. He was bruised for our iniquities." He took upon himself the judgment that was expected to come to all of us before God would ever come to us. So between John's death and his passion, he took on our sin, and said, "Come unto me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." St. Augustine, who before coming to Christ journeyed to all the religious, and intellectual, and sensual shrines in the Greek and Roman world ...

175. Lent 5

John 11:1-16, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Romans 8:1-17, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44

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John R. Brokhoff

... the final resurrection of the dead. Epistle: Romans 6:16-23 As redeemed people, Christians are slaves of righteousness. Gospel: John 11:1-45 Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. The raising of Lazarus sets the stage for Jesus' entering Jerusalem for his passion and marks the conclusion of his public ministry. The raising of Lazarus was the last straw that caused the religious authorities to act. They had to do something quickly to rid society of the menace of Jesus who, through the raising of Lazarus, earned ...

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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

Showing 151 to 175 of 2415 results

151. Holy Love and Herod's Love

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

Sermon

Mark Radecke

152. Transfiguration

Luke 9:28-36 · Matthew 17:1-8 · Mark 9:2-8

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

153. Step Eight - Love

Mt 7:7-14 · 2 Cor 5:16-21 · Ps 19:7-13

Sermon

John A. Terry

154. Episode 1: The Holy Spirit

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

155. The Clanking of Coins

Matthew 27:1-10

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

156. The Shouting of the Crowd

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

157. "Crown Him Lord of all!"

Sermon

William Luoma

158. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

2 Kings 13:10-25

Sermon

159. Proper 7

Lk 9:18-24 · Gal 3:23-29 · 1 Ki 19:9-14 · Zech 12:7-10

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

160. The First Murder - 1940

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

161. Episode III: Birth of the Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... back street to throw a birthday party for a lady of the evening? It is a desire for Pentecost to stay alive and for others to repent of their sins and be transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit. 2. We Must Have Power The church needs people with passion. But if we are to reach people for Christ we also need power. At Pentecost the disciples were given the promised gift of the Holy Spirit. They were given power. It is hard sometimes to relate to a concept of spiritual power. Too often, I fear, we get the ...

162. Making a Name for Ourselves

Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

163. His Cleansing Of The Temple

Luke 19:45-48

Sermon

Brett Blair

164. The Edge Of Night

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan