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Showing 1926 to 1950 of 2669 results

1926. Benefits of Laughter

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Staff

... you can get the same benefits from laughing 100 times a day as you can from 10 minutes worth of rowing? (Why sweat when you can laugh?) Charles Darwin believed that one's facial expression can actually influence one's moods? (Studies in bio-feedback confirm Darwin's belief. We smile so that we may feel good, not just because we already feel good. Want to feel better? Even on your gloomiest day, walk around with a silly grin on your face. Of course, people will wonder what you've been up to.) Laughing for 15 ...

1927. If I Were The Devil

Mark 13:1-31

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Paul Harvey

... , not preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ... I would dull the minds of Christians, and make them believe that prayer is not important, and that faithfulness and obedience are optional, and that it really doesn't matter what you believe about God as long as you are sincere in your belief. I would....well, come to think of it, I would leave things pretty much the way they are now!

1928. John 1:43-51

John 1:43-51

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... promise of “King of Israel.” Nathanael’s confession is the most insightful yet among Jesus’ disciples. But it will take the rest of the gospel story for the absolute correctness of this confession to be revealed. Jesus affirms Nathanael’s belief, yet seems to express some disappointment that his confession is based not upon trust but upon Jesus’ apparently miraculous insights. The paltry pieces of information that were enough to convince Nathanael will pale before the revelations that are yet to ...

1929. It’s a New Year: Take 7 Steps Forward

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1930. Crying at the Tomb

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... about humanity’s future, particular as it relates to the rapid increases in the power of computers. He was featured recently on the cover of Time magazine with an article titled, “2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal.” Ray Kurzweil claims no religious affiliation; no belief in God. And yet Kurzweil hungers for immortality. One of the motivations for his life’s work is the dream of resurrecting his dead father. This is no joke. This is his dream. He hopes not only to avoid death himself, but also to ...

1931. Red, White and Pink

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... But wait a minute: we all wear a “martyr’s crown.” The problem is what are we martyring ourselves for? The dictionary defines a “martyr” as someone devoted to a cause, someone who suffers and dies for refusing to renounce or accept a belief or a cause. But that is the world’s definition. That definition is what makes us “pink martyrs” — martyrs to the “cause” of getting by, martyrs to the “cause of getting ahead,” martyrs to the “cause” of being a “good” husband or wife ...

1932. Practicing the Presence

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... our own self-importance and human progress. Scottish physicist Lord Kelvin believed that all that remained for scientists to do was to measure physical constants to the next decimal place in accuracy. The Prussian Patent Office closed down in the belief that there were no more inventions to be made. But perhaps Andrew Carnegie, the steel magnate and industrialist philanthropist, expressed the confidence in human ability best. In 1914 Carnegie gave 2 million dollars (which would be over $20 million today ...

1933. Breaking Loose

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... , so she returned to London and married a struggling artist who fathered Charlie, but then died at thirty-seven. Chaplin’s mother, once a singer, lost her voice; she lived on the edge of poverty, but nevertheless entrusted to her son a precious gift the belief he could adjust to any situation. Said Chaplin: “Mother was always able to stand outside her environment.” (6) That’s what we must do sometimes by the grace of God, live outside our environment. Someone asks us how we are doing and we reply ...

1934. Toss Your Cap Over the Wall

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... often we confuse discipleship with membership in the church. Or we confuse discipleship with respectability. But there is certainly no particular risk involved in being respectable or belonging to a church. But, to become a disciple of Jesus Christ, to move from a nominal belief to a radical conviction, to move from a nodding acquaintance with God to a complete commitment of one’s life, that is more of a challenge for the human creature than digging a canal, or finding a cure for polio or being the best ...

1935. A Harsh Statement

Mark 3:29

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Leonard H. Budd

... has produced hard emotional scars upon some sensitive persons. Not many months ago I had a conversation with a man who was deeply disturbed. He was emotionally sick. He needed professional counseling - much more than I could provide. What he continually talked about was his belief that he had committed that eternal sin, that unpardonable sin. He never shared what it was or what he believed it was. "I just can't speak it," he said. It was a thought that he had held since his youth, and for thinking that ...

1936. The Power of Believing

Mark 5:21-43

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Edward F. Markquart

... that you can really solve a very difficult problem, chances are increased that you can solve it. There is a power to faith. We all know that. We all experience that in our daily lives. We read all kinds of signs that simply say, "Believe." We know the power of belief.

1937. Watch Your Step

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Prepared.” Jesus’ directive to his disciples whether the first twelve in the first century or all of us in the 21st century is “Be Committed.” Be committed to Christ and trust in God. Jesus himself became the “Halachah,” the full body of conduct, beliefs and practices which may be best translated not as “The Law” but “The Way To Go” or “The Way To Walk In The World.” In fact, the “Halachah” in the plural means literally “gait” or “path.” So here is the distillation of the ...

1938. Christ Calls Us to Do Extraordinary Things

Mark 6:1-13

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Monte Paul Marshall

When the power of Christ combines with a belief unrestrained by our fear of rejection extraordinary things happen that astound the world. For example: On September 20, 1989, in Pretoria, South Africa, F. W. de Klerk was inaugurated as President of the country. Apartheid, the legal segregation of the races, was the law of the land. de Klerk was ...

1939. The 4 Spiritual Flaws

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ." Jesus did take on material form. Jesus did assume a human body. Jesus felt human hunger, thirst, exhaustion, injury, aging. Every church youth group should be reminded that Jesus went through adolescence, successfully! One of the "spiritual flaws" exhibited in today's text is the belief that faith I about the spiritual, and that we can wait for things to be better "bye-and-bye-in-the-sky." No. The feeding of the five thousand flies in the face of such "wait til heaven" ideologies. Faced with a crowd that ...

1940. Where Is Your Pebble?

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... could find a ministry in her condition, you and I have no excuse. That is how the kingdom of God is coming one pebble at a time. What is the pebble you have to offer? For you see the crisis of the church today is not one of belief. The Gallup survey shows that most American Christians still believe pretty much the same things they believed several years ago. The crisis of the church today is not one of resources. Most churches have more resources than Peter and Paul ever dreamed about in their lifetime. The ...

1941. Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Leonard Sweet

... ring tones, web-sites, school curriculums, insurance plans), the boast to be “just like everyone else” sounds decidedly off-key. The Pauline author of Ephesians was definitely NOT about being like everyone else. Throughout Ephesians the contrast between the beliefs and behaviors of those inside the community of faith and those outside the community of faith is dramatically depicted. Just prior to today’s text the author itemized the attitudes and attributes of the Gentiles (the “99%”) which served ...

1942. Christmas Grass and Easter Tinsel

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... with a hypoallergenic, memory foam, two-inch thick mattress topper. Aren't we spoiled today? Even campers have to have a pad to sleep on hard ground. But the King of kings on a bed of straw? Because a manager is mentioned, a traditional belief grew up that Jesus was born in a stable. Stables were often caves carved into rocks with feeding troughs (mangers) carved into the rock walls. Christmas cards often depict those surroundings as warm, comfortable places, but in reality they were dark and dirty ...

1943. Go, Climb A Mountain!

Luke 9:28-36 (37-43)

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... with heaven was over, Jesus was alone with his disciples. Jesus, their teacher and friend, was really the Son of God. What a confidence builder! If you believe Jesus is God's Son, if you have confidence and trust in that belief, then surely you will listen and obey. On top of that mountain, three disciples experienced God's presence. When they came down, their spiritual vision had drastically changed, improved, and helped them to arrive at their destination. Jesus knew his destination - Jerusalem ...

1944. Sit Up and Speak!

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... 't make it back to shore. Pastor, what'll I do?" I remember swimming at that very beach with my family over the years. As I drove over to Erna's house, I thought about what she must be feeling. She was obviously totally devastated, heartbroken, stunned beyond belief. "O God, help her," I prayed. We enter our story in the village of Nain best, when we feel a bit of what Erna felt. The mother, in Luke's gospel, from the little hamlet of Nain had only one son. And like the mother from Zarephath in Elijah's ...

1945. Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing

Luke 9:51-62

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... church for more than fifty years. Not when I was in communicants class; not when I joined the church: not when I became a candidate for the ministry; not when I was ordained; and never in any of my services of installation. Always the questions have dealt with belief. "Do you believe in God-Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? Do you believe in the veracity of the Scriptures and the Westminster Confession? Do you believe in the unity and purity of the church? Do you believe in Christ?" It isn't hard to answer ...

1946. Will He Find Faith?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Scott Bryte

... to a larger sense of justice. It's not that you have to be all religious and whistle hymn tunes on your way to work and teach Sunday school in order to hold public office. That's not the problem. The problem is that this man, this judge, had no belief, or at least no interest, in the higher good. And that's not all. We are told, of this judge, that "[he] neither feared God, nor had respect for people" (v. 2). He didn't judge in response to God's law, nor did he act out of a simple ...

1947. Quitters

John 6:60-71

Sermon

King Duncan

... these stereotypes. So it surprised the congregation of one of his churches when on his final Sunday there, he decided to be more personal. Here is how he closed his message that day: “I want to tell you what Jesus means to me,” he said. “I want to share my belief that everything depends on him. I want to urge you to learn from him. I want to assure you that you can lean on him in times of trouble . . . you can entrust your life to him . . . He is Emmanuel, God with us, God with us all, whether we are ...

1948. Washed Clean

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... of baptism. And that is why there is some misunderstanding of the scene from the gospels that we encounter at the beginning of each year — Jesus' baptism. Jesus had no sin to be washed away, but he was baptized anyway. There is an old Russian Orthodox belief that any two babies baptized in the same church, on the same day, are as brother or sister. Perhaps that is the way we should understand Jesus' baptism. He does not need it for himself, but he does it to share our humanity, to be our brother ...

1949. Life After Life

1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... death "the last enemy" (1 Corinthians 15:26). Paul had a good deal to say about death and about what comes after for God's people. That passage from 1 Corinthians, for example. Apparently some folks in the early church were questioning this bedrock belief — that after life comes life, so Paul felt compelled to address the issues. First, is there life after death at all? Absolutely, says Paul. He writes, "Look, this whole thing about life after death is something you have been taught from the beginning" (1 ...

1950. The Fig Tree

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... is too young or obviously innocent, it must be the fault of parents or grandparents)? Lots of folks do. Psychologists call it the "Just World" theory — everything that happens is just and right, as it should be, even if it does not appear to be. Such a belief helps folks explain the inexplicable. What do you think, Jesus? "Well, I will tell you what I think ... unless you repent, you repent, you too will all perish" (Luke 13:5 cf). Huh? But there is more to this passage than a warning. We can easily ...

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