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Showing 1876 to 1900 of 2036 results

1876. Understanding Outrageous Grace

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... and Redeemer of the world.” (4) If anyone should be humble, it would be those of us who every morning stand before the “mystery of the Creator and Sustainer and Redeemer of the world.” You cannot know who God is and still hold on to your pride and self-righteousness. Author Philip Yancey writes about being invited to speak at a conference on ministry to women in prostitution. At the end of his talk, Yancey asked the women, “Did you know that Jesus referred to your profession? Let me read you what he ...

1877. Less Fear; More Fruit

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... on the second Sunday of Advent, speaks of a time in the future. Isaiah was writing in Jerusalem in about 750 BCE, chastising the Hebrew people for their callous disregard for the poor, their selfishness, their haughty attitudes, and their inappropriate nationalism and pride. He warned them about what he feared would be the imminent destruction of Judah that would result from their behavior. In this passage, however, he promised that the destruction would not be complete. Just as a shoot often grows out of a ...

1878. Reflecting God’s Abundant Love

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Molly F. James

... at the on ramp to Route 1 and the bridge over the Kennebec River. When I was a child it was only a two-lane bridge, so everyone coming from BIW and town had to merge with the traffic already on the bridge to go north. Mainers generally pride themselves on being a friendly bunch, and it was interesting to note what happened when the traffic from BIW joined the bridge. Very quickly a civilized system of alternating would emerge. A car on the bridge would go, then one from the ramp, then one from the bridge ...

1879. Godstruck

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , O Lord, your summons, and answer: Here are we! Send us upon your errand, let us your servants be. Our strength is dust and ashes, our years a passing hour; but you can use our weakness to magnify your power. 4. From ease and plenty save us; from pride of place absolve; purge us of low desire; lift us to high resolve; take us, and make us holy; teach us your will and way. Speak, and behold! we answer; command, and we obey. *Dandelion Photo compliments of Deanna M. Ness. Thank you Deanna! Based on the Story ...

1880. The Gathering at Cana

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... source. We are all semiotic bloodhounds at heart! We love to find out the “whys” of things, to seek out signs and clues that lead us to the roots of the mysteries in our lives. One of the most famous detectives in history who prided himself on his observant capabilities was the renowned Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is pretty much the epitome of crime solvers and clue seekers. If anyone could solve a case, Holmes could! Well, the world of fine wines has their own “Sherlock Holmes.” Maureen Downey ...

1881. Jacob's Well

John 4:1-26, John 4:27-38, John 4:39-42

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... your life is as simple as putting your faith and trust in him to lead you wherever He will take you, knowing that wherever you are sent in mission and ministry, there will be living water from him nearby. We don’t like trusting that much. We are prideful, and we want to control our own lives. This is why some of our wells are now contaminated. This is why we have destroyed some of our mountain streams with mining and chemicals. This is why we have tried to control our water supplies by putting them in ...

1882. The Master's Voice

Matthew 13:53-58, Mark 6:1-6, Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... means the movable trigger or baited part of a trap----the part that is designed to trigger the violent snapping shut of the trap and the imprisonment if not death of those who trip the trap. The Nazareth culture of honor and shame, which was based on pride and prejudice, had tripped the devil’s trap. Jesus’ hometown had stumbled on the “trap-trigger” of their own lack of faith and trust in one of their own. “And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief” (Mt.13:58). Don’t ...

1883. The Death of John the Baptist

Matthew 14:1-12, Mark 6:14-29, Luke 9:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... about Herod? About your life as well? If Herod had not listened to Salome (and Herodias), perhaps his head would have been “on the chopping block.” As it is, John’s appeared on the platter. We all experience peer pressure to perform, to show bravado, parade pride, and to look good in front of our peers, especially when we are in positions of power or status. But the question of who is really in “charge” is answered by the one carrying the “charge.” A “charge” to keep may be the oath that ...

1884. Syrophoenician Lives Matter!

Mark 7:24-30, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not ...

1885. God Gives the Pharisees the Finger!

John 7:25-44, John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... that even thinking about taking another man’s property (a woman) is wrong! It’s covetousness. And this is the definition of “adultery” that offends God! It is the robbing of another man’s livelihood, his beauty, his ability to have children and pass on the covenant, his pride as a man, his woman! Now if that man were dead, and she were a widow, there is no crime. Then it would be held in favor to take in the widow of another and make her your wife, thereby providing her with a home and sustenance ...

1886. The Great Dinner

Luke 14:1-14, Luke 14:15-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... back, said Jesus. And give them the seats of honor. A strong message by Jesus, a guest at the Pharisee’s table that night. A hard lesson, and a stern warning to all present. But especially, to the “takers.” While it may be bad to be a bad receiver, --pride can ruin the best of circumstances—still, it’s even worse to be a greedy and entitled taker. Do you remember the story of the “Little Red Hen”? It was a story many of us read time and time again in our grandmother’s living room from her ...

1887. Wicked

Luke 20:9-19, Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Israelites. It’s the sin of the Pharisees. And it’s our sin too. Here in the church….everything we do…everything we are…needs to reflect the glory of God. No matter how beautiful the choir sings….if it’s for our own enjoyment or for pride or attention…..if it’s not for the glory of God…..as Paul says…it’s a clanging cymbal…just noise. If these ushers who collect your gifts…if they are not collecting those gifts for the glory of God…but for reasons of merely upholding a building ...

1888. No Fair!

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... than fair. God…is merciful! Bountiful! Gracious! Loving to all! It’s true! God has no interest in our concept of fairness, our concept of justice, our concept of equal treatment. God’s justice is bathed in mercy. Ours is marinated in selfishness, covetousness, and pride. We believe in everyone getting their “just desserts” –except us! When we come to the heavenly gates, we aren’t going to ask God for God’s justice! We aren’t going to say, “I’m ready, Lord. Give me what’s fair!” We ...

1889. Lord of the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38, Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and where and when not to. Often, they lead them up the slopes, guiding them to safety, and rescuing those who fall. They teach them how to climb, and the best places to stop and rest. Many die doing this life-long duty for others. But it is the pride of their people to care for those who venture into their beloved mountains. When God called His people together from the mountain of Sinai those many years ago, God too gave his flock instructions on how to live a life in God’s different kind of kingdom. And ...

1890. Sparkle

Luke 4:31-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... spirit are you allowing yourself to live in tune with? Whose frequency does your life emulate? That of Jesus? Or that of something else? Because when your life resonates with the voice of God, with the Holy Spirit of Jesus, you are the one whose “pride” will be broken and whose spirit will be healed. That’s called attunement. That’s also called atonement. So when Jesus enters into the synagogue that day in Capernaum, he encounters a man with an “unclean spirit.” And listen to this. It doesn’t ...

1891. Sycamore Blues

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ….and give…..and give. Jesus had seen through the film of Zacchaeus’s flimsy veneer and saw the seeds of a sturdy faith. He saw through the twisted branches of Zacchaeus’s many sins and saw repentance; he saw through his stubbornness, and shame, and the pride of Zacchaeus’s lonely soul, and he saw hope. Jesus recognized in Zacchaeus a “son of Abraham,” not a son of greed. Jesus saw in Zacchaeus a beloved child of God, not a hated villain. And do you know what? Jesus recognizes in you the very ...

1892. The Tragedy of Caiaphas

John 18:1-27 · John 11:45-47 · Matthew 26:36-75

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... There, the wealthiest of the Jews would attend Greek and Roman theatre performances. One of the most interesting of the Greek theatre genre is the tragedy. A “tragedy” is a play in which a “hero,” a character usually wealthy, powerful, prideful, or otherwise elevated, contains in himself an “inner flaw.” That “tragic flaw” would result in some tumultuous downfall and ruination. In many cases, the “hero” “commits a terrible crime without realizing how foolish he or she has been.* Later ...

1893. The Apothecary

Isaiah 40:1-31, Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... as an apothecary. [You may want to show paintings of Jesus as apothecary from this time on screen.] For Catholics, Jesus was the source for the “prescriptive life,” doling out medicaments, such as humility and charity for ailments, such as gluttony, pride, avarice, and other sins. For others, Jesus was the source of spiritual and physical healing, wisdom, comfort, and the dispenser of God’s mercy, grace, and restoration. In practical life in Jesus’ time, bodily fluids such as urine, waste, or spit ...

1894. Emergency!

Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... gardens. But it was also a center of idol worship. And the tower was an altar. Unlike the rough stone of the altar of Jacob, the tower of Babel was a manmade façade, symbolizing the efforts of humankind, strutting their excellence, strumming their pride. Manmade walls don’t just block people out, they brick people in. No longer would humankind “multiply and be fruitful and fill the earth.” In Babel, they would not be planters, but bricklayers. They were not living stones of the portable House of God ...

1895. The Prodigal

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... love and celebrate our homecoming. What will you choose? God is a prodigal God, and God calls us to be a prodigal people. God loves to throw a party. God’s everlasting feast is just waiting for us to accept it, if only we will lay aside our pride, our sense of justice, our vindictiveness, and our judgements, even our own guilt, and allow Him to welcome us back into relationship with Him. Jesus is a Big Spender. He is excited and yearning to spend and expend the most amazing grace and love upon us in every ...

1896. It's Hard to Be an Atheist with Neighbors Like That

Matthew 9:35-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... are to go out into the harvest fields because of our compassion for people. That’s who we are and what we’re about. We’re not a business enterprise. Our motive is not a more impressive bottom line. Our goal is not to enhance our institutional pride. Our aim is not to be the biggest and the best church in town. We are called to go out into the world because there are people outside the walls of this church who are confused, angry, hurting, dying. There are families that are disintegrating, young minds ...

1897. Worship, Doubt, and the Trinity

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... has never had any doubts about God and his relationship to us? Thank God — and I mean that literally — this binary function of “either this or that” is not how God works at all according to the gospel reading for this Trinity Sunday. In our most prideful moments we are tempted to believe that if we had been there with Jesus on that mountaintop, then we wouldn’t have fallen prey to the confusion and doubt that affected the disciples then. But not so fast! Living between heaven, earth, and hell is ...

Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute power of logic.

Alexis Carrel

I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president; it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing.

Allen West

Pride is the direct appreciation of oneself.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Showing 1876 to 1900 of 2036 results

1876. Understanding Outrageous Grace

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

King Duncan

1877. Less Fear; More Fruit

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

1878. Reflecting God’s Abundant Love

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Molly F. James

1879. Godstruck

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1880. The Gathering at Cana

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1881. Jacob's Well

John 4:1-26, John 4:27-38, John 4:39-42

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1882. The Master's Voice

Matthew 13:53-58, Mark 6:1-6, Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1883. The Death of John the Baptist

Matthew 14:1-12, Mark 6:14-29, Luke 9:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1884. Syrophoenician Lives Matter!

Mark 7:24-30, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1885. God Gives the Pharisees the Finger!

John 7:25-44, John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1886. The Great Dinner

Luke 14:1-14, Luke 14:15-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1887. Wicked

Luke 20:9-19, Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1888. No Fair!

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1889. Lord of the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38, Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1890. Sparkle

Luke 4:31-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1891. Sycamore Blues

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1892. The Tragedy of Caiaphas

John 18:1-27 · John 11:45-47 · Matthew 26:36-75

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1893. The Apothecary

Isaiah 40:1-31, Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1894. Emergency!

Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1895. The Prodigal

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1896. It's Hard to Be an Atheist with Neighbors Like That

Matthew 9:35-38

Sermon

King Duncan

1897. Worship, Doubt, and the Trinity

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute power of logic.

Alexis Carrel

I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president; it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing.

Allen West

Pride is the direct appreciation of oneself.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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