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176. The Priesthood Of All Believers

Exodus 19:1-25

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... them, they still would not go contrary to their faith. Dying is not so bad when you have something in which to believe. The action of these young men who stayed together even in a pit of execution with curiosity seekers standing by looking on is impressive. They were together on one accord. Because priests are on the same team with a common enemy, they will consistently stand together in support of each other. The ability to assist each other is of paramount importance in the life of a priest. All believers ...

177. On Being Salty

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

John Jamison

... they do know that 10 minutes later he ran smack into the upriver end of Grape Island, one mile south of town. It was there, some hours later, that Uncle Peacock woke up and realized he wasn't going to make New Orleans, and, most likely was not going to impress his girl. In his despair, he stayed there until his supplies were gone, and three weeks later swam to shore and got help. My Uncle Peacock was, my mother tells me, a "salty" kind of guy. Much like the two old men who used to stop by our house every ...

178. For Your Part

Matt 5:17-37

Sermon

John Jamison

... he walked back in and said, "No problem, John. I've got your check right here!" He slid the money across the table. I was impressed with how easy it had been and as I started to get up Andy said, "Just a second John, I need your signature in a couple ... they wait to hear from him. "Shhhhhhhhhh!" He finds a rock in the middle of them, sits down, and speaks. "Some of you are under the impression that I am going to do away with the old laws. Well, don't ever get the idea that I have come to abolish the law. ...

179. A Good Thing To Know

Luke 19:11-27

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... for our Lord and his church. Years ago on the mantel at "Nanna Schneider's" house there was a small carving of three monkeys on a fence. My grandmother enjoyed sharing with her young grandson the folk wisdom of the monkeys. It sounded responsible. It was impressive to a youngster still not in kindergarten. One of the monkeys covered his eyes to see no evil. One covered his ears to hear no evil. The third covered his mouth to speak no evil. They were keeping themselves busy staying out of trouble. Some years ...

180. A Plan For Difficult Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

Appropriately Impressed! They were impressed! Mark's gospel quotes the comment Jesus overhead in the opening of today's lesson: "Look Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!" The contemporary Roman/Jewish historian Josephus writes that the temple "appeared from a distance like a snow-clad mountain, for all that was not overlaid with ...

181. Dust And Ashes

Genesis 18:16-33

Sermon

Erskine White

... it with unavoidable clarity: "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us" (1:8). But our confession of sin also means that we respect the integrity of God. If we are at all impressed with the majesty and holiness of God, then we must also be impressed with our own lowliness, and with how far we fall short of His glory. The timeless confessions of Abraham and David and Paul are so great and powerful precisely because they hold God in awe, and this is what so many Christians ...

182. Can A Nation Repent?

2 Chronicles 34:14-33

Sermon

Erskine White

... against this place ... I also have heard you, says the Lord" (34:27-28). To be sure, an imperfect world can only repent imperfectly. Jeremiah later thought there was too much emphasis on ritual and not enough on justice and faith. But measured by history, it was an impressive effort. Indeed, the Bible says in 2 Kings that there was no other king like Josiah, before or since (23:25). What this story tells us is that three things must happen if a nation is to repent of its sins. First, the wish to repent must ...

183. Bold Talk Of Faith

Job 23:1--24:25

Sermon

John P. Rossing

... , God appears arbitrary and capricious: "Shall I smite this guy or spare him? What kind of a mood am I in today?" Our first look at Job may have left us with the same impressions about God. He's distant, unconcerned, playing games with Job's life and fortunes just to see what happens. But today's lesson challenges those impressions. In chapter 23 we see that Job doesn't believe God is either impersonal or arbitrary. Of course, Job has every reason to think God is remote and aloof. "Oh, that I knew where ...

184. Monday Morning Faith

Matthew 21:23-27, Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... us into seeing things in a whole new light. A seminary professor has written a book about the parables of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. He titled the book, appropriately, The Divine Trap. He says that the bait in the parable’s trap is the initial impression that this is a story about someone else, usually one of THEM – an outsider. We sniff and eagerly follow the bait. Then, all of a sudden, BANG! The trap springs shut and we discover that the story is NOT about someone else – it’s about US! Look ...

185. In the Beginning, God

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... Anna could stay in her room. Anna agreed immediately, and she looked forward to meeting Sid’s parents. When they arrived at the farm where Sid had grown up, Anna was impressed. It was a dairy farm, with a beautiful house and a large, modern barn and rolling meadows of grassland for the cows to graze on. Sid’s parents were equally impressive. His father looked like an older version of Sid, with white hair instead of blonde, but those same, piercing blue eyes. Sid’s mother was about the same height as ...

186. The Demons and the Counselor

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... said. "He isn't like anyone else we know. He gives orders even to unclean spirits and they obey him." Jesus taught and counseled with authority. Jesus Knew How to Listen Throughout the Gospels and again in today's Gospel (Mark 1:21-28), we have the impression that Jesus heard some things which no one else heard. Jesus heard the demons in the possessed man in Capernaum. This is just one of the many stories in the Bible about demons being called out of a person. For example, a Samaritan woman who was married ...

187. WHAT IS MAN?

Sermon

Larry Powell

... community where we lived, a winter tornado swept just past the parsonage, destroying several residences nearby. Here in Hot Springs, a tornado skipped over the parsonage and blew the back wall out of a large department store. I have long since given up naive impressions of a storm. We know that storms are necessary to the economy of nature. We know that storms are nature's way of recovering its equilibrium. We know that lightning is necessary to the soil. But we also know that perhaps at no other time ...

188. When a Member of the Family Dies

John 11:17-37

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... we neglect to cry, we are neglecting a God-given privilege and responsibility. That's why I said that the first thing you should do when a loved one dies is cry. Because that is one of the most painful experiences of life. Well-meaning Christians try to give the impression that if you cry when someone dies, it shows a lack of faith. They maintain that tears demonstrate a lack of joy for the eternal life that has come to the one who died. But, that's not fair. Crying at the death of a loved one does not ...

189. T.G.I.F

John 1:43-51

Sermon

William Luoma

... It is much easier to love people ui general. and not in the concrete. 3. Today we thank God it's Friday, for once again, we can see HOW GREAT IS GOD'S LOVE. In this country, we are always interested in great things. Americans are impressed with what is the greatest, the largest, the highest, the fastest. the longest, the most expensive or the most productive of anything. Nor are we alone in this fascinatiort with great things. Someone counted how many jars of water were changed into wine; (John 2:6) Someone ...

190. A Sealed Promise

Ephesians 1:13

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... a seal. Props: A piece of writing paper, a pen, a candle, a match, and something to leave an impression in wax A ring with some kind of insignia would be best. You will probably want to practice this at ... . Pour or drip wax on the paper so that it makes a seal. Before it completely dried, he would take his ring and make a mark in the wax. Make the impression in the wax with the item you have chosen. Everyone knew that the mark was the mark of the king. When anyone saw that mark, they knew that the king had ...

191. The Bridge

John 1:1-18, Matthew 2:1-12, Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 1:26-38, Genesis 3:1-24

Drama

H. J. Hizer

... -- the foundation is in place. Two: It was touch and go for awhile, Lord, but -- well, things worked out just about the way you said they would. One: Still, -- it all seems kinda' tame to me, Lord. I prefer the big events. Sodom and Gomorrah were much more impressive. ZING POW BAM zap'em with a thunderbolt. I'm not sure this idea about a bridge will really work. Three: Right! We could start a "Zap a week" program. If we zap'em long enough and hard enough they'll get the message. Four: No, wait a minute ...

192. People Get Ready!

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

Brett Blair

... 's limousine broke down on the Garden State Parkway on the way home from Atlantic City during a weekend excursion. An unemployed auto mechanic stopped to help, succeeded in getting the limo running and then refused to accept any payment for his services. Trump was so impressed that the next day he sent flowers to the mechanic's wife and a certified letter stating that the man's mortgage had been paid in full. Trump was asked about the incident and refused to confirm or deny the story or say exactly what he ...

193. Museum or Mission?

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... new life and vitality and numbers have come to this church because of its decision for mission. Another congregation in another city has been reduced by urban flight to a small fraction of its former membership. One night a devastating fire destroyed the impressive building of that church. Many remarked on what a sad thing this was to have happened to this congregation. Its structure had long been a landmark of the downtown area, and many in suburban congregations claimed that their spiritual home was in ...

194. The Spirit and the Truth

John 16:5-16

Sermon

George Bass

... for very long. The deliverance of Noah and his family from the flood has made a deep and lasting impression upon those who have heard the story of God’s wrath and judgment, but his promise - in the rainbow - never to destroy all life by a flood seems ... to have made more of an impression on human beings. Too many of us live as though there were no such things as sin, judgment, and punishment on the part of ...

195. An Encounter With Two Old Friends

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

... created ... for good works." He thanks the Lord that he was not as others in the gallery of rogues. And should he not have done so? Should he have denied the good that he had been and hidden his light beneath a bushel? Should he have given the impression that there are no differences between the honest and the cheat, the faithful and the faithless? "God, I have to thank thee." Who else would we thank? The contrast in the publican is obvious. He represents a fact all too familiar, the obsession of a bad self ...

196. The Gospel of the Little Man

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

... , telling him to sell everything he had and give the proceeds to the poor. The price was too exorbitant. The man was sad, for he was rich. His way to life was blocked. When we measure stature by the stocks we own, or in terms of our impressive peers, or on the applause meter of public acclaim, when self becomes the center of existence, the cost of being tall in Christ is much too high. The treasure of the living word is worthless in our sight, and life pursues its bitter and relentless course to tragedy ...

197. Weed-Pulling

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

Richard Patt

... , for instance, that we would not over-generalize so quickly. With strangers, I've had the experience so often, and so have you, of being dead wrong about my judgments of certain people on the first impression. We may write someone off quickly, because they're too quiet or too timid for us. We want impressive friends, stylish folks to surround us, rich comrades, or someone who has influence. How many noble souls and long-lasting friends we may have written off in our lives by premature weed-pulling! And how ...

198. Working and Praying Go Together

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

... week a young man in my office expressed it accurately and with no ambiguity. "It's true, isn't it," he asked, "that everybody's working just to live as high off the hog as they can?" That's the idea for a lot of us. Having a blast. Impressing our neighbors and relatives with homes and cars and clothes and our ability to send the kids to name-brand colleges. If this is so, our daily work is often unexciting and frustrating, too, because all the rest of our life is designed mostly for our own selfish purposes ...

199. Cross Purposes

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... cross to cleanse. Power to Change The cross has also the power to change. Here again, man probably is not impressed by this claim of the cross's power. We see changes all the time. Churches often find themselves the victim of changing neighborhoods. Leave town for ... a year and when you come back, you are so impressed with the changes that you say it is not the same place. Man's environment and conditions change, but man does not change ...

200. The Fourth Sunday of Easter

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Kendall K. McCabe

... that. The temptation to lock some people out of the fold is not restricted to Milton's bishops. There seems to be a type of personality as concerned about how many persons are left out of heaven as they are about how many get in. Indeed, they sometimes give the impression that being in heaven will be no fun without the added knowledge there are also some people in hell. It is this attitude that tries to make faith a work we do rather than a gift God gives. It is not enough to believe Christ is the open door ...

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