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Showing 1951 to 1975 of 4959 results

1951. Paradoxes Of The Christian Faith

Matthew 10:1-42

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... the paradoxes of life and change them into victories for Christ! For we take glory out of suffering, victory out of defeat, and gain out of loss! His name is Jesus For he's my Alpha and Omega Holy lamb of God Horn of Salvation Desire of all Nations Rock in a Weary Land Bright and Morning Star Good Shepherd Amazing Grace Sure Foundation King of Kings Perfect Purifier Mighty Fortress Dayspring from on High Comforter, Counselor, Creator and Liberator My heart regulator My mind intimator My joy, my hope, my ...

1952. Take Off The Grave Clothes!

John 11:38-44

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... resurrects the dead so that hope may reign, that love may enthrone, and that victory may be shared among the people of God. Many people are still enshrouded with defeatist attitudes. God has worked miracles in their lives and has granted them their hearts' desire. God has loved them, honored them, adored them, and held back his merciful wrath in times when punishment and banishment from the family of God were warranted. God's love has lifted them. God's grace has enabled them. God's justice has liberated ...

1953. African-American Spirituality: The African's Gift To America

Exodus 3:1-22

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... firm belief that God would somehow see us through the trials and terrors of living black in America. A hallmark of African-American spirituality is first the ability to face, adapt, and overcome the terrors of our social condition. Our spirituality created within us a desire to go beyond the limitations placed upon us by the larger society. Our belief in God helped us to be more than just slaves. There had to be something within the belief system of the slave which allowed him to face, adapt to, and finally ...

1954. Joy Songs, Trumpet Blasts, And Hallelujah Shouts!

Joshua 5:13--6:27

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... miracle of Jericho's storming just didn't happen. A long preparation process preceded that victory, and that's something the enemies of God often take for granted. God is a God of preparation. In order for God to use us the best way God desires, the people of God must spiritually prepare themselves to claim the victory. Third, God chose different weapons for conquest by using joy songs, trumpets, and hallelujah shouts to bring down the walls of Jericho. Just as God used the clergy to lead the battle, God ...

1955. Advent's "Invisible" Man

Matthew 1:18-25

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... Invisibility becomes a metaphor for invincibility. His becoming invisible is by his own choosing. He literally disappears with the ingestion of a certain chemical solution, which eventually drives him insane. The point here is this man, Griffin, chooses to become whatever he desires, a person who cannot be seen, only heard. Nothingness is the form he ultimately selects as a way of being. On the other hand, we have the nameless protagonist in that great masterpiece of art by Ralph Ellison. His book Invisible ...

1956. Hang Time: A Good Friday Sermon

Matthew 27:45-56

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... the frontier showed up at hangings. These were often social events that the entire family came out to witness. They would bring their picnic baskets and Kool-Aid, make nice blanket pallets on the ground, watch the hanging, and then go home. Their greatest desire in life was to watch a hanging and go home. Some Christians are the same way, only they build the gallows, they pronounce the sentence, and they pull the cord leading to the scaffold. Their entire lives are spent living between Golgotha and Calvary ...

1957. Are Greatness and Christianity Compatible?

Mark 9:33-37

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Donald Macleod

... Peter's children], and put him in the midst of them." Amiel, the nineteenth-century Swiss philosopher, once commented: "Blessed be childhood; it brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness." The issue here was not that the desire of greatness could be sinful in the eyes of God, but concerned something more basic - ambition. This was the underlying and ruling passion with this coterie of disciples. Ambition, however, can be neutral. It is good or bad depending upon what a person ...

1958. Living By A Hunch

2 Kings 4:8-37

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Keith Hammer

... the outward appearances of our human sisters and brothers to the persons inside who want as much to be affirmed, valued, and respected as any one of us does. Sometimes, through many experiences when their selfworth has been put down, many people do not reveal this inner desire to anyone. Rather, they will strike out and hurt others. It takes someone with a mature gift of faith to see the child of God inside such persons. That, I believe, is just what God calls us to do. Take away the blinders, or the rose ...

1959. Illusion Or Reality?

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Harold Warlick

... never good. It is limited by factors of environment, upbringing, and personal character. Herbert O'Driscoll is right: "Conscience needs grace."31 Conscience must have a source of inspiration beyond the self. We must be so afraid of our evil that we find inspiration not just when we desire it, but when we need it, which is each and every week of our lives. As we encounter those things that can destroy us we need to be afraid. We need to be afraid of our tendency to set ourselves up as our own god. We need to ...

1960. Trial-and-Error or Grace

Matthew 5:1-12

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Thomas Peterson

... 1983) writes this on the subject: All adults who are mentally healthy submit themselves one way or another to something higher than themselves, be it God or truth or love or some other ideal. They do what God wants them to do rather than what they would desire…. They believe in what is true rather than what they would like to be true. (p. 78) Such people as those listed above, give evidence that there is nothing higher than themselves to whom they offer submission. Long ago Christ called me to walk in his ...

1961. In The Presence Of God

Exodus 17:1-7

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Walter Kimbrough

... , homelessness, crime and violence, corruption and brutality are still alive and well among us in all communities. Moses, the man of God, faced with a potential riot, is scarred for his life. The Israelites are angry because they have no water to drink. The desire for water is greater when there is no water and is even greater when water present is not good for drinking. In the midst of the desert, there was neither water nor the possibility of obtaining water. Whenever things fail to go as planned ...

1962. The Priesthood Of All Believers

Exodus 19:1-25

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Walter Kimbrough

... our relationship with God. In order to bring someone to God it is necessary for the bearer to know the receiver. We develop a personal relationship to and with God through the medium of prayer. Prayer is the expression of the soul’s sincere desire whether it is verbally expressed or inwardly declared. Jesus prayed in the garden and on the mountain, taught the disciples to pray and answered prayer even in moments of dying. Hear those words, “Today thou shall be with me in paradise.” Prayer was answered ...

1963. Holy Unto The Lord

Exodus 19:1-25

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Walter Kimbrough

... people, who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land… (2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV).” God is desirous of helping his people. The announcement is made and the challenge is for us to respond positively to God. Now, the second significant factor surrounding the reality of God in the affairs of history is found in the mystery of God. Following a dramatic announcement of ...

1964. An Our Good Works And Generosity

Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:19-24

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Mark Ellingsen

... ones or acquaintances that we have prayed for them in a time of need. What really is our motive for reporting this to the one for whom we say we have prayed? Is our need to report on our prayer life to others related just a bit to a desire to make an impression on people and because we enjoy having a reputation for deep faith and piety? Pastors are especially vulnerable to this disease, because we want our people to believe that we care about them and that we walk with God. I have been associated with a ...

1965. Led By The Shepherd

John 10:1-21

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Mark Ellingsen

... stating some facts. People, it is saying, you really are sheep. You are stubborn, like sheep. You want what you like - even when what you like is not very good for you. Is it not the truth? When you turn loose a herd of sheep, let them run wherever they desire, they are liable to run off a cliff - get themselves in all kinds of trouble. It is sort of like what can happen to us when we are making our decisions only on the basis of what we want to do. Some American social analysts have suggested that this is ...

1966. Preparing The Way

Malachi 2:17--3:5

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Ron Lavin

... God gives us all." Grandpa Frank's list is a way of preparing for God's coming. This Advent list provided Frank with a way to do a spiritual housecleaning for a special guest. Frank's special preparation had to do with selfishness, impatience and inordinately desiring things. That's a special kind of preparing the way for the advent of the Lord. Do any of these maladies make your refinement list? It is that kind of preparation which Malachi and John the Baptist (the messenger of Malachi 3:1) have in mind ...

1967. No One Enters The Kingdom… Save With Empty Hands

2 Samuel 5:1-5

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Richard Hasler

... Has Authority Over Us? The first question to ask is “Who has authority over us?” I will never forget a worship service held during the first year when our congregation was being gathered. We were not yet officially organized as a church. We asked people who desired to be a part of this new congregation to sign the charter. After the sermon people were invited to come forward to sign the charter on the table. The names on this petition requested Presbytery to organize us as a new church. At the heart of ...

1968. How To Hear A Sermon

Micah 1:1-7

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Richard Hasler

... ministry was for him. At this time in his life Hudnut confessed that he never read the Bible any more than the next person. But during the year in Seminary he came in contact with a professor of the Old Testament who gave him a passionate desire to read the Bible. He still remembers a particular chapel service on September 25, 1958, when that professor challenged him by saying: “Go to your Bibles and listen.” Hudnut decided to become a minister, and he has been listening to that Word in the Bible ever ...

1969. Are You Asking The Right Questions?

Zechariah 7:1-14

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Richard Hasler

... , was interviewed one day by a Canadian reporter. The man rather cynically asked Herriot if he would be skipping off one day to a tax haven to avoid the crushing British taxes on his book royalties. The author assured the reporter he had no desire to leave the Yorkshire dales. He had all he ever wanted -- wonderful people, soccer, cricket, tennis, rugby -- what else would he ever need? At the conclusion of the article the reporter made this statement: “The man and the writer seem nicely consonant one with ...

1970. Leaping For Joy

Malachi 4:1-6

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Richard Hasler

... at daybreak go leaping about joyfully in the sunlight. Such will be the joy of the faithful in that day. The prophet’s exhortation to leap for joy is an even better response to “the Day of Judgment” than Colonel Davenport’s desire to do his duty. Consider what practical implications for the journey of faith this fascinating simile suggests. Leaping For Joy Implies Celebration First of all, leaping for joy implies celebration. The note of celebration is sounded throughout the pages of the Scriptures ...

1971. The Road To Jericho

Luke 18:35-43

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... that road, we pray that we would be people who would also receive new sight and new insights. We pray Father, also, that as we offer our thanks may we also leave some other things here. May we leave any hurt feelings, pride, doubt, anger. May we leave here the desire to have our own way. May we take from here a new resolve to seek thy will and way. May we take away from here a fresh vision, some renewed hope, more faith, a deeper kind of love. Bless our sick and those of our church family who need thee ...

1972. Wedding: Making a Commitment

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Paul N. Frank

... to us; someone whom we can count on; someone who we know cares about us. How would you feel if marriage vows were conditional? You would never be sure when the other person might want to dissolve the marriage. You could become ill; your husband or wife might not desire to stay by you during such a circumstance. But marriage is non-conditional. You still may become ill, but you know that you can count on your husband or wife to stand by you. This is one thing in life that you can count on. Why? Because that ...

1973. Wedding: Once Upon a Time is Today

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Glenn L. Borreson

... man and a woman live together in love. They had discovered, too — this man and this woman — that bigness was not a guarantee of happiness. While others may have thought a castle on the Rhine River or a penthouse in a great city was necessary or at least desirable, they had made a more profound discovery that life was more a question of largeness of heart. It was a matter of love. It was a matter of being big enough to say “I love you” or “I’m sorry” or “Let’s do something that’ll please ...

1974. Wedding: Love and Fear

1 John 4:1-6

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Charles E. Wolfe

... has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love (RSV).” The point of this verse is that love and fear are incompatible. They do not mix any better than do oil and water. Love is the approach to the other out of desire for the good of the other. Fear is a shrinking away because of expected punishment. We cannot approach and hide in fear at the same time — to God, to the spouse, or to the brothers and sisters in Christ. Fear breeds suspicion and isolation and therefore hinders the ...

1975. Where You Go — I Will Go.

Ruth 1:1-22

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Robert A. Kramer

... partnership becomes more than the sum of two persons uniting. It is the budding of new risks of self and meaning, the discovery of beauty, truth, and goodness. One couple put it this way: “This is the beginning of the achievement of common goals, the desire to provide a loving home for our family, sharing and growing together as individuals building a marriage that is mutually enriching.” It is my privilege to share in the public celebration of this union of ____ and ____. Each of you is fortunate to ...

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