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1751. In the Mood for Murder

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... that the number of people, teenagers and adults, walking around like ticking time bombs is increasing. The pervasiveness of anger in our society is reaching appalling proportions. You can’t have a civilized conversation with some people without their exploding in an ugly passion on some subject or another. It’s scary. Obviously, only a very few of these people will ever erupt into such fury that they kill somebody, but the potential is always there. So we need to take Jesus seriously when he says that ...

1752. Soiled Faith and Watered-Down Churches

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... is problematic. Church growth consultants are everywhere. And too many churches have turned their organic bodies of Christ into fixer-upper greenhouse constructions and genetically-modified synthetic superfoods. The Holy Spirit seems to have been relegated to the back burner, and passion for the gospel has gone with it. Instead of hearing about the movement of the Holy Spirit and the life-giving blood of Christ, we hear too often about the latest strategy for body-counts and marketing for programs. Anyone ...

1753. Voice Recognition

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , to ventriloquize Jesus by letting our life be his life, and our heart be his art. The 4th century Archbishop of Constantinople, Gregory of Nazianzus, was known for being an artist with words. But his art was all directed to lifting up Christ. In his words of great beauty and passion: The scope of our art is to provide the soul with wings, to rescue it from the world and give it to God, and to watch over that which is in His image. If it abides, we are to take it by the hand; if it is in danger, to ...

1754. Don't Roll It Back

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... around a man in Italy. This man loved stones. All day he would chisel away at the barren slabs and after time, energy, and painstaking effort, the stone would live. It was almost as if he discovered something alive inside the stone and went about freeing it with a passion. He had set many people free already and this time he was attempting to set God himself free! For years he had been working on one huge piece of marble, and slowly over the years the figure of a woman holding the body of her dead son was ...

1755. On the Ropes: Round 2 - Debating God

Habakkuk 1:12--2:1

Sermon

James Merritt

... up in the middle of the night to take care of them. She will never nag you and she will always be the first one to admit she was wrong when you’ve had a disagreement. She will never have a headache and she will freely give you love and passion whenever you want and need it.” Adam said, “What will this woman cost?” God said, “An arm and a leg.” Adam thought for a moment and said, “What can I get for a rib?” Have you ever noticed that when you bargain with God and He doesn’t deal that ...

1756. Ignite: Fight Fire with Fire

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

James Merritt

... .” (Acts 4:31, ESV) Notice the chain-reaction here. When you pray for God to give you boldness to speak His word, He will not only give you that boldness, but you will speak that word. The fire of God’s Holy Spirit will put a burning passion in your heart to speak for Jesus whenever you get the opportunity. True witnesses for Jesus Christ are not made by seminars on how to witness. Training is important, but training can only teach you how to speak for Christ. Only the power of the Holy Spirit will ...

1757. Ignite: Burning Love

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

James Merritt

... called in the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.” (Acts 5:40, ESV) Don’t be misled by that gently sounding word “beat.” The word literally means “to be flogged.” If you saw “The Passion of The Christ” you saw what flogging was like. They took these apostles out, stripped them naked, took a threaded strap of calf-hide with sharp stones and glass tied to the end of it and beat them 39 times, literally within an inch of their life. The ...

1758. The Glory of the Cross

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... external foe called the world, and an infernal foe called the devil. But through the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ we have victory over all three. Through the cross we have victory over the flesh. “And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” (Galatians 5:24) That is, every day we can nail the lust of the flesh and the pride of life to the cross and live in victory. Through the cross we have victory over the world. “But God forbid that I should glory except in ...

1759. All In: Skin In the Game

Malachi 3:6-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... “booster dues”, which are fees you pay to be a supporter of the football team, when then allows you to buy season tickets. Most people who attend football games regularly can be said to have “skin in the game”. They’ve put their dollars behind the passion they have for their team. When it comes to your team, can it be said of you that you are “all in”? We are in a series of messages we are calling, “All-In” because a whole-hearted Savior is not interested in half-hearted followers. Our ...

1760. Lost Baggage: Flying Standby

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... my sister.” We look at the second male and think, “He needs to meet Jesus.” Here is what I didn’t tell you about these two men. The first man is an atheist, has a live-in girlfriend, and he is addicted to pornography. The second young man is passionately committed to Jesus Christ, lives a pure life-style and wants to be a missionary. What I just described for you is what young people between the ages of 19 and 25 say are one of the top three reasons why they do not go to church. David Kinnamon wrote ...

1761. She Had Great Faith

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... seemed impossible, but guess what? The time came when Walter Davis entered the Olympics and broke all records for the high jump. (4) General William Booth once said, “God loves with a great love the [person] whose heart is bursting with a sublime passion for the impossible.” The Canaanite mother like Walter’s mother dared believe the impossible that her daughter could be healed, if only Jesus said the word. Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter ...

1762. Five Mission Killers

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... grow. When lobster people feel stifled in their shell, they shed their shell, embrace what is "outside," despite the dangers, and prepare themselves for new and better adventures. Goethe (17491832) was celebrated as Germany's national poet. The older Goethe got, the more passionate he became about change. Or in his words, "What, have I become 80 years old in order to think the same thing all the time? On the contrary, I strive to think something different, something new every day, in order not to become ...

1763. Risky Business

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... that will make a real difference. If you are one who has been burying your gold in the ground, now is a great time to begin investing your life in something wonderful. Let me introduce you to a Canadian writer and teacher named Martin Rutte. Rutte is passionate about bringing into being what he calls Heaven on Earth. Think about that for a moment. What would Heaven on Earth be like to you? It is a lofty dream, but Rutte believes it is a realizable one. To that end he conducts workshops where he helps ...

1764. Night of Light

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Timothy Cargal

... in this passage understood primarily in terms of repentance. Even as we recognize that “the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all” (v. 11), the lesson we are to draw from that grace is that we need to “renounce impiety and worldly passions, and ... to live lives that are self-con-trolled, upright and godly, while we wait for the blessed hope and manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ” (vv. 12-13). The stance taken in this text is one that simultaneously ...

1765. An Announcement for a New Year

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

King Duncan

... carries with it responsibilities, but what an amazing gift. All we have to do is remember who we are. 1. Surendra Verma, Beginnings, Blunders and Breakthroughs in Science (Kindle Edition). 2. Don Friesen, http://www.ottawamennonite.com/sermons/e4eternal.htm. 3. Contributed. Source: ABC News. 4. Dan Miller, Wisdom Meets Passion: When Generations Collide and Collaborate (Kindle Edition).

1766. A Call for Repentance - Ash Wednesday

Joel 2:12-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... but sunny. While others were hurrying off to church, the sound of church bells only reminded Robinson of a time long ago when his faith was vibrant. He had once loved God, but he had wandered far, far away. His heart, which had once burned with so much passion for God and the things of God, now contained only cold embers. Lost in his lonely thoughts, Robinson suddenly became aware of a carriage coming up behind him. It was a horse-drawn cab. He started to lift his hand to hail the driver, but he noticed the ...

1767. Why He Did It

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... he saw her scars. Like many committed chefs, Bloomfield’s arms are crisscrossed with scars, healed burns, that she received while reaching into an oven, or stirring a pot, or re-arranging things on a stove. Chefs who bear no scars, says one author, are not passionate about their craft. Those scars represent a person so focused on the food and so committed to excellence that she is willing to suffer for her work. (1) Are there scars on your arm, at least spiritually? Are you so committed to any cause that ...

1768. The Condemning Heart

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” But, she notes, verse 17 is just as powerful: “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” Homosexuality is an issue that raises intense passions, but we are not dealing today with whether homosexuality is a sin. The young woman who posted this message actually believes it is a sin. She agreed with the boy’s father on this point. But it is the spirit of condemnation that offended her, especially ...

1769. Prescription on a Pole

John 3:1-21

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... food.” Here, of course, is the hallmark of selfish ingratitude: We don’t see what we do have simply because we would prefer to have something else. In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, meanwhile, the apostle observes that “all of us once lived ... in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses.” That is his way of characterizing our former condition, and it seems to be all about the flesh. Such a generalization is not uncommon to Paul (see also, for example, Romans 7 and 8 ...

1770. I'll Never Forget That Night

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... Hebrew Passover and show how Jesus transformed it into the church’s celebration of Holy Communion. Don’t preach too much tonight. Rehearse the story. Remind those gathered of its meaning. Then, in quietness, with reverence, sing the great hymns, feel the awful passion, and celebrate the meal. An Alternative Application John 13:1-17, 31b-35. Since it is Maundy (“New Command”) Thursday, there must be words spoken about love: Jesus’ love (“no one has greater love than this, that a man lay down his ...

1771. A Personal History

John 18:1—19:42

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... . Still, of course, it is the truth, not the language, that we might well proclaim on this day. As we observed earlier, this day carries with it a very specific picture. We have seen that picture so many times — perhaps thousands of times — in art, in movies, in passion plays, and on and on. And so when we read the detailed account in our long passage from John’s gospel, we are not left without vivid images in our mind’s eye. Take those scenes from John and make them into a kind of slide show: one ...

1772. Personal History

John 18:1-11

Sermon

David J. Kalas

1773. Have You Checked Your Love Levels Recently?

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... yourself this morning: What is my “Scoville” score of hotness? What is my love level today? Love is a daily transfiguration, a life-changing face-to-face with God’s beloved Son. How fully have you been irradiated by Jesus in your day-to-day existence? How brightly does your passion for Christ burn in your everyday life? How strong is that radiant light of love that emanates from you to the world and to all of your relationships? How much of Christ can we see in you? What’s your love level, church?

1774. The Right Connection

John 15:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... is in verse 4. “Abide in me.” (John 15:4, ESV) The word “abide” simply means, “remain” or “continue.” All it simply means is this – every day we are to continuously make Jesus Christ the center of our thoughts, the focus of our life, and the passion of our hearts. The only time a branch will not bear fruit is if something is blocking its connection to the vine. You cannot force a branch to produce fruit. You can’t command a branch to produce fruit. That is why nowhere do you find Jesus ...

1775. Everything Counts

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... in financial trouble, because they gave God too much. I have never met anybody that had to declare bankruptcy, because they gave too much money to God. Ask yourself these questions: Do I understand all that I have has been loaned and is not owned? Do I have more passion about what I can get or what I can give? Will there be people who will welcome me in heaven, because of how I used what God gave me on earth? Does the way I have handled my earthly riches prove that God can entrust me with eternal riches ...

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