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1951. Dare to Be Different, Not Just Better

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... through those fires will never look at their homes, their communities, their environment, in the same way. Their rebuilt houses and restructured lives will always bear the sear-marks of those fires. Many of us say we want change, we want a new start, when all we really want is more, better, improved. We don't want to be different, we just want to be our same old selves but notched up to the nth power. We diet so we will be a slimmer, sexier self. We put in extra hours on the job so we can climb another rung ...

1952. The Woods Are Lovely, Dark, and Deep

2 Samuel 18:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... instead of you O Absalom, my son, my son! has been sobbed by parents of wayward offspring since the Fall. Only the names have changed. Our heavenly parent, God himself, felt that way about our own trespasses into the woods of sin, yours and mine. Like David, he wanted no harm to come to his children. When we suffered the ravages of what lurked in the woods, God felt like David, and wished he could have died in our place. And so, He did. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus, God's son, God has taken ...

1953. What Happened to the Leftovers?

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... recycled, repaired, and re-heated instead of throwing away. Many of us here this morning grew up on a waste not/want not mentality. Our current everything-is-disposable and planned obsolescence mentality, which keeps us running out to Wal-Mart or Home ... cousin Sarah. She's six, you know, and she's never uttered a sound since birth. She cried out in joy when Jesus touched her. Oh, I want you to see Jesus for yourself. In fact, I urge you to seek him. Yes, I know you don't like crowds. And you're neither blind ...

1954. Conviction with Compassion

John 8:1-11

Sermon

James McCormick

... not a sneer, but a tear! Everyone must be welcome in the community of faith. No one must be excluded. What looks and sounds like Jesus? Jesus never excluded anyone. And, after all, the community of faith is where you get new life. Where else would you want sinners to be except here, among people of faith, among those made new by the saving, forgiving love of Christ? That is the moral tightrope we Christians are called to walk. We are to make no compromise with the highest moral standards. We are to ask for ...

1955. Be Kind

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

James McCormick

... in basic civility. You know what I’m talking about: acting as if others don’t matter. We all see it: guests in a motel talking and laughing ‘til all hours, not thinking that other guests are trying to sleep. The person driving past other cars in a line wanting to get ahead, assuming that someone up ahead will let them in. People talking loudly in a restaurant as if they are the only patrons there. Taking a cell phone call in the middle of a movie or a concert. People breaking into the front of a line ...

1956. Jesus' Forty Days, and Ours

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

James McCormick

... He began the temptation by saying, “If…if…if you are the son of God, do this, do that - if! If you are the son of God, then prove it!” And, if he was the son of God, and if he was to be the kind of Messiah the people wanted, the things he was tempted to do seemed reasonable, even desirable! If Jesus did the three things he was tempted to do, those things would hold great promise for an earthly kingdom: bread for him, and for the world, political control of all nations, a spectacular feat to gain the ...

1957. A New Calling

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. He is also an ordained minister. One day Andrew Young’s daughter came home from college. She said to him, “Daddy, I heard a missionary talking about ministry in Uganda, and I’ve done a lot of praying about this, and I think God wants me to take a year and go to Uganda as a missionary.” “Well, honey,” her father replied, “You know that’s all well and good, but there’s a lot of poor people right here in Atlanta that need you.” She said, “Daddy, I know that, but ...

1958. Love One Another

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

James W. Moore

... When it came to love, He had lots of cups to share. And then He said to His followers, “Look now! This is the way I want you to love. Love one another as I have loved you.” Take up the torch of Christ-like love! This was so important to Jesus ... That’s the good news of our faith, isn’t it? Others may scoff at us, or fuss at us, or ignore us… but Christ wants to get on with the saving! In the powerful movie “The Hiding Place,” Corrie ten Boom (played magnificently by our dear friend Jeannette Clift ...

1959. An Emmaus Experience

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Mark R. Smith

... . Yet they turn away from their only source of help. Jesus does not look down on you just because things are a mess. He wants to help. He wants to give you the power that dwells in Him to overcome the things of this world that keep us from being all that we ... seasoned Christians, we often shut Christ out of many areas of our lives. Some of us have closets in our homes that even we may not want to open. We’re afraid that if we do, the junk might come falling down on top of us. What I’m saying is this: ...

1960. They Lied and They Died

Acts 5:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... where I would be." Well, thank God he doesn't strike all liars dead, but he struck these liars dead, for a reason. He wanted to teach the church then, and to teach the church now, a lesson about hypocrisy and deceit and lying to the Holy Spirit of God ... think their root problem was. They were more concerned with their reputation than they were with their character. You see, they wanted the same reputation Barnabas had, but they didn't have the character Barnabas had. Do you know the difference between reputation ...

1961. The Scarlet Letter

Exodus 20:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... under age 30, will live with someone before they get married. 60% of recently married acknowledge they lived with their new spouse before getting married.[3] I made a statement recently that when you take away the fact of God, you take away the value of life. I want to say now, that when you take away the fact of God, you take away the virtue of life. Without God, there is no guilt; without guilt there is no shame; without shame the Bible is replaced by Playboy, and God is replaced by Hugh Hefner. Now lest ...

1962. High and Lifted Up

Isaiah 6:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... the God of holiness.3 Well, I think it would be said that in the world around us that ratio would be much higher. So I want to make this statement extremely plain where everyone could understand it. If the God that you know, or claim to know, is not the thrice ... He had no idea why it would work. He just simply said, "Wherever you lead, I'll go; whatever you ask, I'll do; whatever you want, I'll give." You will never have that kind of attitude until you truly catch a glimpse of a holy God high and lifted up. ...

1963. Out With the Old - In With the New

Philippians 3:12-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... New Year's resolutions. Someone has defined a new year's resolution as something that goes in one year and out the other. Well, I want to submit to you that what we need is not a new year's resolution, but a new year's revolution. Which of these two ... and forget about what has happened in the past. You see, our problem is we remember what God forgets; and then we forget what God wants us to remember. I read a story years ago about General Robert E. Lee, who visited a lady in Virginia after the Civil War. She ...

1964. The Fountain of Truth

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... of the Virgin Mary, and to hear what the Virgin Mary had to say to Nancy Fowler. Yet, had someone simply said, "I'm going to stand in the middle of this farm and open up the word of God," people would have passed by with a yawn. I want to give you fair warning. Never accept subjective experience over objective revelation. Do you know why? Satan can counterfeit an experience, but he cannot counterfeit the word of God. The word of God is more sure than a vision you might see or a voice that you might hear ...

1965. Better To Be a Loner than a Loser

Daniel 1:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... guy." The new doctor smiled and said, "Why is that?" He said, "Because you seem just like one of us." That is what the world wants to do with you; get you to compromise at every point and become just like it. II. Stand for Conviction Now Daniel did not mind ... trust God or you don't."5 There is one thing you can learn from Daniel. It is this—it pays to obey. Because I want you to see what happened to Daniel and his friends because they did stand for God. a. They Were Physically Enriched "So he consented with ...

1966. Courage Under Fire

Jude 1:22-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... novelist, won the prize with this reply: "I would save the one nearest the exit."1 That is not quite the type of courage I want to speak about today. I am speaking about the courage we need in rescuing the lost from the eternal fire of God's wrath. Jude ... is it not to shout at all when the fires of hell are raging all around, and people are asleep in their seats. We don't want to be alarmists, but we ought to be sounding the alarm. William Booth, the founder of The Salvation Army, said, "If I had my way, I ...

1967. The Ministry of the Holy Spirit

John 16:7-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... is not my job to get anyone to accept anything I preach. When you get right down to it, I couldn't do that if I wanted to. You really cannot convince and persuade people to believe in spiritual truth. A man convinced against his will, is of the same opinion still. ... lady, are you a Christian?" She bowed her head and started to weep. She said, "No sir, I am not." He said, "Well, do you want to be a Christian?" She said, "Well, I don't know how to." This is what Dr. Torrey felt impressed to tell her to do. ...

1968. It Was the Birthday of a King

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... it or not, and increasingly the world doesn't like it, Christmas is the celebration of the birthday of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now there are some people who will be so drunk they will not know whose birthday it is. There are some people who are so devious they want to forget whose birthday it is, and there are some people who are so depressed at this time of year they don't care whose birthday it is. For the most part, the world will be throwing a big party, but they will forget to invite the guest of honor ...

1969. Building Your Home on the Rock

Matthew 7:24-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... you love the Lord, you may say you're committed to the church, you may say you are a person of real faith, but I just want to remind you of something else James said: "Faith without works is dead." (James 2:26) I never cease to get both amazed and a little ... am I building my home on shifting sand? There is a song that the church has sung for over one hundred years. With your permission, I want to change one word in that song as I quote it to you. As I do, ask yourself this question: Is that true of my home, ...

1970. Don't Forget to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... not pay; and the king paid a debt he did not owe. You know, that is exactly what the Lord Jesus Christ did on the cross. I want to tell you in simplest terms, at Calvary the sin debt we owed, but could not pay, was paid fully by a man that did not owe ... failure. But then I became a Christian. The more I learned about being a Christian, the more I knew I had to forgive you. I didn't want to, but it got to where I couldn't even pray the Lord's Prayer—forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us ...

1971. How to Deal with Friends, Foes, and Fools

Proverbs 27:6

Sermon

James Merritt

... a fool fools around with fools! Dad, the best person to teach your child about relationships, and especially about friendship, is you. I want to encourage you to show your children what a friend is by being their very best friend. I have taped to the bookshelf ... love you more than anything. You are my very best friend. The whole time I was at school today I was thinking about you and wanting to be with you. At home when you prayed with me I had the greatest day ever. I love you, Joshua Merritt Dad, when you ...

1972. Foundations for the Future

1 Corinthians 3:9-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... . Now the problem that too many people have is that they are in financial bondage. They are chained by the handcuffs of debt. Now I want to make sure you clearly and carefully understand what debt means, and what being in debt entails. You are in debt if any of the ... tithe and your offering that you invest in God's work, and in people and in souls that will last for all eternity. I want to repeat one more time: Your tithe goes to the budget of the church. That is the foundation of all godly giving because that ...

1973. The Sin of Silence

1 John 1:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... way of coming out. You may have heard of a couple named Harry and Sally who met and fell in love, and even though they wanted to marry they each held a dark secret that they were afraid to share with each other. Sally had a terrible case of bad breath ... , David, Peter; they all sinned. But they all overcame their sin and they did it by following the principle laid down in this verse. I want to share with you today how a Christian should deal with his sin, so that he is never gored by the horns of guilt; never ...

1974. The Secret of Self-Esteem

Ephesians 1:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... Chucky?" He said, "Yes, sir?" He said, "Who would you like to be?" His son said, "I'd like to be me." He said, "Why do you want to be you?" He said, "Because I like me better than anybody I know." Now I like that. That little fellow understood that he was really ... ask them this question: "Why aren't you a saint? If you're not a saint there are only one of two reasons: either you don't want to be, or you don't believe that God can make you into one."2 I've got news for you. There are only two categories ...

1975. Battle Stations

Ephesians 6:10-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... work, we really don't need God. We treat God like someone you call on only in case of an emergency. Isn't it interesting that when you get to the point in your Christian life that you think you are the strongest, you are really the weakest. Now I want you to listen carefully. There is plenty of room for confidence in the Christian life, but there is no room for pride. The Lord said to Paul in 2 Cor. 12:9, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." But then Paul added ...

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