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151. Living on the Easter Side of Life

Colossians 3:1-4

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J. Howard Olds

... , this Easter Sunday, I want you to know that you are a child of God, no less than the moon and the stars. You have a purpose for being here! You were made to glorify God and serve others. Maybe it's time to enlarge your vision, change your way of thinking. That is what true repentance is all about. II. EASTER PEOPLE HAVE A NEW PASSION FOR LIVING. Look in the middle of this text, “For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God." Our country is in an uproar this week over the definition of ...

152. What to Do with Yesterday - A Sermon for a New Year

Psalm 103:1-22

Sermon

James McCormick

... of possibility. When we begin to say, “Next time…” we are saying that we have learned from the past, but it is just that, the past. Our future is not in bondage to it. His sessions with the counselor changed Arthur Gordon’s life. He changed his way of thinking about the past and the future. Instead of saying, “If only…” he began to say, “Next time…” He said that what he learned there was far more important than anything he had learned at Yale or at Oxford. He might not have said it like ...

153. I, Caiaphas

John 18:12-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... way that it would force Pilate to go with a sentence of death. I knew from experience that Pilate would be hard to deal with. However, in past years he had made some serious errors, and when we reported him to Emperor Tiberius, he quickly came around to our way of thinking. I knew if we lodged such a threat again, he would most likely knuckle under. Well, the hearing I scheduled didn't go very well. I had lined up a number of witnesses. Yes, they were paid witness, and with a couple of them I did offer some ...

154. Conversion or Credentialing?

Acts 9:1-5, 10-12, 17-19

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... . He trained in rabbinical school under the esteemed teacher Gamaliel. He was fluent in Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew. He could hold his own in strong debates with the intellectuals of Athens. He knew how to influence a community. He understood both Jewish and Greek ways of thinking. He knew both oral and written law. Education isn't everything, but without it, where would any of us be? My father never had a chance to get an education, although he did quite well in his little world of farming. Shortly after I ...

155. Be Holy

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... of obedience ingrained, so to speak, in their very being. Obedience to God is to be the motivation behind every action, in the small and everyday matters of life as well as in the great issues—for who knows when some affair, small to our way of thinking, is going to turn out to mean a major change of direction in God’s scheme of things. Great doors on little hinges swing. Peter constantly reiterates the fundamental importance of the Christian duty of obedience. At this point in his letter, the writer ...

156. What Difference Does it Make?

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Tony Everett

... What Easter difference can Christians possibly make? We show up, put on happy faces in the parking lot, say the right words of greeting in the narthex, go through the proper worship motions in the sanctuary, and then return home to the same old way of thinking and behaving. Can you guess what word most non-church members use to describe Christians? You are exactly right if you guessed “hypocrite.” We are indeed guilty of saying one thing and doing just the opposite. We are often guilty of speaking with ...

157. Advent 3

James 5:7-12, Isaiah 35:1-10, Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... sinners or with women, like Mary and Martha. Maybe Jesus was merely enjoying life too much, or so it seemed. After all, the Lord was no ascetic like John. At any rate, Jesus was not comporting himself in a messianic manner, according to John's way of thinking. Could I have been mistaken, John reasoned. So, he sent some disciples to find out if Jesus is really the Anointed One. In answering John's question, the Lord points to his deeds healing actions which the prophets identified with the kingdom of God (vv ...

158. The Intersection Of The Cross

Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... precisely such legalism and searching for loopholes and attempts at self-legitimization that Jesus is challenging in this sermon of his. His antitheses ("You have heard that it was said... but I say to you...") set up a contrast between the old way of thinking and living and the new way Jesus teaches about and ushers in. The religious leaders of the day debated endlessly about what the law permitted and allowed; Jesus proclaimed what God commands. The people wondered about their rights under the law; Jesus ...

159. Sermon on the Mount: Praying, Not Judging

Matthew 7:7-12, Matthew 7:1-6

Teach the Text

Jeannine K. Brown

... characterize Christians.4 2. God will answer prayer; it is part of God’s covenant nature and commitment to do so. As Jesus has done a number of times in the Sermon on the Mount, in 7:7–11 he grounds an exhortation (here to prayer) in right ways of thinking about God. He addresses any tendency to see God as capricious and acting on a whim without compassion. How could anyone think that the Father in heaven would be a lesser parent than a human parent, who would never give a stone to a child asking for ...

160. The Receptive Heart

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... scattered around that immense country of hundreds of millions of people and small pockets of military troops. Describing Britain’s power over his people, Gandhi said that never were so many ruled by so few. So he set out to show India a different way of thinking, one that spoke into their souls and called them to greatness. The outcome was India’s successful move to national independence in 1948. (2) In the same way, we have people in our culture who may not respond to the Gospel because they have ...

161. The Man Who Came to Dinner

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... not his own horn, verily it shall not be tooted." Saint Augustine stressed three basic Christian principles: the first is humility, the second is humility and the third is humility. But Leo Durocher said, "Nice guys finish last." That is more to our way of thinking. Yet, underneath, we know that the verdict of Jesus is sound. "The world," we say, "accepts your estimate of yourself"; but that is often not true either. Self-confidence is not conceit, but it can easily become conceit if it is not bridled ...

162. Bridges, Not Walls!

Acts 10:23b-48

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Durwood L. Buchheim

... -fold question, "Do you love me Peter?" and the final command to be Christ’s witness from Jerusalem to the end of the earth; this Peter who himself had experienced the empowering presence of God’s Spirit - was once more called on to change his way of thinking and living! God led Peter and the church into a new way of looking at people. It didn’t come easily for Peter. This was a change that was extremely difficult. Eating and drinking with the Gentiles was just something a respectable Jew didn’t ...

163. The Sound of Everlasting Joy

Luke 15:11-32, Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... folks there did not confine the resurrection to a cemetery where it happened once. To them it was a symbol of a new aliveness in their own experiences. "We have passed from death to life," they said. "We have come alive. We who were dead in our wrong ways of thinking have been raised to walk in newness of life." Christ had brought about a change in their lives, a change that was so deep and so joyful that it was like a new birth. Because of what happened in them, they came to believe that the resurrection ...

164. Do You Have It?

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... those who don't follow Jesus. Instead it is our mission to so embody the qualities of a transformed life that we cannot be missed. It is our mandate to shine our light so that all will see good works and glory God. Let me leave you with a way of thinking about how Christians are to function in the world. Do you have "IT?" No, I don't mean IT inventions and innovations. In some circles, "IT" stands for Information Technology, and in some circles, it is thought that IT will save us. IT won't. But yes, I do ...

165. New Year's Resolutions

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

James L. Killen

... and causes them to make loud speeches announcing that if a person is hungry it is because he is too lazy to work and the only thing that is significant about an alien is that he is illegal. Some people find comfort in that way of thinking, even though it is for the most part out of touch with the realities in to-day's world. When we apply that standard of judgment to our families, churches, communities, and political parties we can sometimes find ourselves saying "Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!" again. Really ...

166. A Glory Revealed in Liberty

John 8:31-41

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... suffering and death. All this he has done that I may be his own, live under him in his kingdom ... just as he is risen from the dead and lives and rules eternally.2 With words like "freedom," "Lord," "kingdom," and "rule," we have entered into another way of thinking, a third way of portraying what Christ has done for us in his death and resurrection. Such words have to do with power and authority, conflict and liberation. So Jesus’ words in John 8 have to do with the liberty Jesus has won for us at ...

167. The Fourth Person In The Trinity

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... thought of Jesus blessing the little children on his lap. He said, "I wouldn’t be surprised if some of these kids look back one day and wonder if they really did meet [Jesus]" in those special moments. This remark surprised Ron, and, in a sense, changed his way of thinking of his role with the children. From that moment on Ron would ask himself, "What am I doing each day to be more like Jesus?" (2) Have you guessed by now who the fourth person is in the Trinity? I don’t want to sound too heretical. But ...

168. Curiosity and Questions

John 3:1-7

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... expectations. Nicodemus did not choose to be born. But he could choose a redeemed revision of his life, seeing that God loves him with a sacrificial love that overflows from this life into a life that is to come. This was a stunning new way of thinking about God. For Nicodemus, the living water of the Torah was expanding into a whole new pool of wisdom. Curiosity was opening the door to transformation. Another group of spiritual people who were curious were the desert fathers. They were the first Christian ...

169. Isaiah 55:1-9

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... and intentions there is no correlation between human and divine. In urging the people to recognize the essential “ungodliness” of their lives, Isaiah’s words include both “ways” and “thoughts.” The people have not just behaved badly. Their whole way of thinking, of dealing with the world and all created things within it, is fundamentally flawed. It is human based, not divinely rooted and inspired. The prophet is not predicting that human perceptions will get any better. But he is offering a ...

170. Can Teach, Can Do

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... people became involved in this issue on one side or the other, each claiming authority for their position. But this was John Woolman's method: he did not launch a protest movement or organize a political party or seek to force others to his way of thinking through legislation. He simply got on his horse and set out to visit every Quaker homestead along the Eastern seaboard. When he came to a Quaker home, he did not censure the slaveholders, he simply raised questions. What does the owning of slaves do ...

171. The Lord's Prayer: A Surplus of Meaning

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the most colorful characters in God''s redemptive work, shared with a widow named, "Proba," who asked the famous Bishop for instructions on how to pray: "If you were to run over all the words of Holy Prayers, you would find nothing, according to my way of thinking, which is not contained and included in The Lord''s Prayer. Hence, when we pray, it is allowable to say the same things in different words--but it is not allowable to say different things." (The Father of the Church, St. Augustine Letters, 83-130 ...

172. Easter Day

John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9, Colossians 3:1-17, Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... place in this holiest of Christian holidays. Christ died for all, but this group of revelers couldn't care less. Of course, from their perspective it might seem like the church is a bunch of crepe hangers who have lost the ability to celebrate life. In their way of thinking, the church is out of sync with the world, not the other way around. If they had left the beach party to join the throng who was paying homage to the crucified Christ, it would have struck them as macabre. All this talk of sin, suffering ...

173. Ephphatha...Be Opened

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... opened." Let your ears be open to Christ's word of forgiveness for your sin. • "Ephphatha! Be opened." Let your eyes be open to see the opportunities God is making available in your world. • "Ephphatha! Be opened." Let your mind be open to new ways of thinking that will expand your understanding of God's will for you and yours. • "Ephphatha! Be opened." Let your mouth be opened to share with your friends what God is doing in your life. • "Ephphatha! Be opened." Let your life be open to the movement ...

174. Knight of the Woeful Countenance

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the privileged, claiming that prosperity is a reliable indicator of divine approval. It was just such thinking that helped to “justify” slavery in our own country, even as it helps to sanction apartheid in South Africa today. We probably develop this way of thinking in order to quiet our consciences when we see the enormous disparity between the “haves” and the “have-nots.” It is called “blaming the victim.” But it is hard to defend this position from the teachings of Jesus. At any rate ...

175. Altar Your Witness

Matthew 5:13-16

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... Altaring our Witness. Now I know the fear that word conjures up. We picture someone with a 20 pound Bible beating down doors, shouting on the street corner or shouting from the pulpit. I'm not sure any of that ever really works any more. In my way of thinking, there are two kinds of Witness. There is our Verbal Witness and Our Life Witness. I. Verbal Witness Verbal Witness is truly the Witness of our Words. We can't ever forget that we are called to share the Good News of Jesus Christ for the Transformation ...

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