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151. Heaven

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Will Willimon

... than our heroic achievement. There, at the end, God takes us, welcomes us home. The death we had spent our whole lives dreading, fearing, fighting, is in the light of heaven, seen as a final purging, final opening up of ourselves fully to God, a last relinquishment of our miserly selves so that we might be embraced, loved, forgiven by God, transformed into our true selves. As Paul says, we who have only seen God "through a glass darkly," at last come "face to face" (1 Cor. 13:12). Here, we have communion ...

152. The Transformative Power of God

1 John 1:1--2:2

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... with our own desire and belief that we can only trust ourselves. We often hear, and probably have stated more than once, “If you want to get the job done, do it yourself.” Trusting another is difficult for it necessitates that we relinquish control of some action. We are always “hedging our bets,” worried that if we cede control to another, the chances that we will be disappointed grow exponentially. Thus, because too often people fail to meet our expectations, we have difficulty with trust ...

153. We're On the Move Now!

Sermon

Ronald Love

... and guide them to the promised land. The journey is trying. Luke reported, “the people would not receive Jesus, because his face was set toward Jerusalem” (9:53). Even though he was ignored and shunned, the Messiah would not relinquish his commission. As futile as it may seem, we must never surrender to debauchery. Persecuted — we continue to chastise demagogues. Ridiculed — we never cease questioning the intemperate. Scorned — we still fervently announce the coming kingdom. Martin Luther King Jr ...

154.

Psalm 73:1-28

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... 2–14) and human rationality (v. 16); it opens us to an ultimate (reflected in expressions like “final destiny,” v. 17) and divine reality that transcends the immediate reality around us. It also represents a bold faith: a willingness to test, and thus possibly relinquish, a promise of God, only to receive a deeper understanding of it and thus grasp it more tightly. Many believers have treasured verses 23–26, and rightly so, but we must appreciate that they were not achieved by a deferential, docile ...

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151. Heaven

Revelation 7:9-17

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Will Willimon

152. The Transformative Power of God

1 John 1:1--2:2

Sermon

Richard Gribble

153. We're On the Move Now!

Sermon

Ronald Love

154.

Psalm 73:1-28

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

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