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1976. Jesus' Advance Man

John 1:6-8; 19-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... small child born six months before Christ to a deeply devout couple named Zacharias and Elizabeth. Their son was not the Messiah. He simply bore witness to the Messiah. There was no star shining over the house where he lay, just a mute old man beaming down at him with pride and great joy. It was the joy of one who had lived to see the promises of God fulfilled. It was plain at John’s birth according to Luke that the Lord’s blessing was upon him, and it was. He grew into a man of humility and courage who ...

1977. Beyond Fairness

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Roy Howard

... too, for the sake of honesty, that I may well be misreading the parable by taking hope instead of judgment from it. After all, it’s a cautionary tale aimed to remind those who arrive first that the permanency of their status is illusionary, and nothing in which to take pride. In fact, it’s a warning for those who take umbrage at the ones who arrive late and do less work, and thus deserve less than the hardworking, early-to-rise, late-to-bed crowd. The first shall be last and the last shall be first is a ...

1978. Stamped with God’s Own Image

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Albert G. Butzer III

... Rome, a constant reminder to the Jews that their land had been overrun by a foreign military power that ruled their lives with an iron fist and threatened crucifixion to anyone who stepped out of line. The image on that coin did not fill them with pride but with anger. It did not recall their storied past, but served as a painful reminder of the Roman occupation of their land. Archeologists have unearthed some of these coins and they tell us that the image on the coin belonged to Tiberius Caesar, emperor of ...

1979. New Diet

Humor

Woman to friend: "I've started a new diet. No more eating my own words, swallowing my pride or putting my foot in my mouth."

1980. Get the Picture?

John 18:1; 19:42

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... were filled with a secret joy, a smugness of religiosity, and a depth of self-righteousness. The Roman soldier moved to Jesus’ feet and crossed them. He was a practiced executioner. He placed his nail in the right place and brought back the hammer. He took pride in being able to drive it through and into the wood in one blow. He swung. The hammer struck the nail with a powerful thump. Jesus cried out in pain again. Those who love him gasped loudly. The colorfully robed Sadducees and Pharisees looked away ...

1981. Celebrating the Virtue of Humanity

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... of Jesus. We are called to do likewise in our lives. Humility has many facets, but three of the most important ideas, which form a sort of trinity, are compassion, forgiveness and reconciliation. Rather than exhibiting these three virtues, too often revenge and pride cloud our vision, not allowing us to humble ourselves sufficiently to find the reconciliation we need, within our own person, with others and, of course, with God. Our inability to let go of past hurts, clutching on to old grudges, and desiring ...

1982. How Faithful Are We?

1 Corinthians 11:23-25

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... nothing to me except that he was gentle and noticed my hair and touched my face. He was there, Arthur, but God knows where you were, for days at a time.” “I atoned and God has forgiven me because God is good, but you never forgave me. It hurt your pride. I was one of your possessions that someone else had used. I guess I don’t blame you, but Arthur, how long will you make me wait for a word — one word?” Mrs. Dowson dabbed her eyes once more and then put on her gray coat. Henry was waiting with ...

1983. Freedom

Acts 16:16-40

Sermon

Will Willimon

... their necks, held their heads high and answered, "What is this will make you free business? We are descendants of Abraham, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How is that you say, 'You will be made free'?" They lied. The ones who spoke so pridefully of their freedom spoke with the heel of Caesar upon their necks, slaves of Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, and now Rome, anybody big enough to raise an army and blow through town. In truth, they were not free. Their boasts of freedom were but the rattling of ...

1984. Survival

Luke 21:5-19

Sermon

Will Willimon

... conceive that Herod's great temple, one of the wonders of the world, would be torn down, stone by stone, until it was nothing but a heap of rubble. Such a thing was unimaginable. The temple, the very center of national life and pride, the very seat of God, destroyed? Unthinkable! Close your eyes and think the unthinkable. Imagine the earth heaving, that one ton boss shaking loose and crashing to the floor, arches falling, piers collapsing, glass shattering, leaded windows melting. It sends shivers down your ...

1985. Clean and Unclean

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich. “It is what comes out of a person that defiles,” Jesus said. “For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person (Mark 7:21-23).” The implication is that the self-appointed guardians of cleanliness are guilty of some or all of these things themselves. Jesus said as ...

1986. God Think

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , not discouraging or disparaging, what I need to do to bring God’s plan to fruition. In other words, your petulance right now is a stumbling stone to my mission. How that must have stung! That Shepherd’s rod must have stung not only Peter’s pride but his ego. We don’t hear another word for a while from Peter, who I imagine in that moment realized his error and quietly in humility and deference, got behind his Lord. Would he have other moments when his own desires and imaginings for a future ...

1987. Down by the Riverside

Mark 1:4-11 · Genesis 1:1-5

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . And just like all parents, God stood tall and proud and announced to the world, "That's my boy!" God's smile of joy and delight descended like a dove to light on Christ and brighten the world. And to Jesus, just like a father bursting at the seams with pride, God said, "I'm proud of you, Son." Mark 1:11 tells us: "And a voice came from heaven, 'You are my Beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.'" The whole world was moved. Nothing and no one was ever the same. B. Now we know that Jesus didn ...

1988. For The Love of God is Creative

1 Corinthians 2:6-12 · Psalm 8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... plan. And it corrupts the image of God within which we were created. It cracks it and distorts it. And when that happens, it's called sin. If you take the word "SIN" and look at it, you notice that the middle letter is I. If you take the word "PRIDE", which the early church listed as the worst of the seven deadly sins, you will once again notice that the middle letter is I. Basically sin is "the big I." It is putting ourselves at the center of the universe instead of putting God there where God belongs. It ...

1989. For The Love of God Is Empowering

Matthew 22:36 -40 · John 4:1-32

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... kind of principle that grows out of a corrupted sense of self love and self-centeredness. God doesn't want us looking out number one only, and to blazes with everyone else. We all need the right amount of self love. Too much self love is pride, conceit and self-centeredness. Too little and life becomes unfulfilling and has no meaning. II. THE WOMAN: A. Look at the Samaritan woman Jesus encounters at the well in the Gospel of John. She was that kind of woman. Words like "tramp" and "trollop" were whispered ...

1990. They Should Have Fired That Shepherd

Luke 15:1-3 (8-32)

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... consider the parables of Jesus I find myself drawn to the old hymn by Isaac Watts titled “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.” When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died; My richest gain I count as loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. I love that hymn, but then I meditate on the words and I can’t help myself. The wondrous cross? It is a notion similar to what we see in the parables. The cross isn’t wondrous. It’s an instrument of state execution on which the Savior of the ...

1991. Fool's Gold

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Sir Martin Frobisher was an English adventurer, seafarer, and explorer, who thought he struck gold on Baffin Island in what we now know as Canada. Excited and beaming with pride, he mined and brought back 1350 tons of his prize to Queen Elizabeth in 1578 only to be told that his beautiful, sparkling find was not gold, but in fact pyrite with some other minerals mixed into the ore.[1] Labeled a fool, he was forced to forego his royal ...

1992. Beware! Angels

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Will Willimon

... , romance and sex--always somehow ending with the protagonist's encounter with an angel.... ''The prominence of the profit motive is only one of the problems with the angel phenomenon. More serious is the way so many angel books pander to the human pride and egocentrism from which religious faith has always tried to wean us. Burnham's books are a prime example. She focuses firmly on what angelic beings can do for us. Angels, she tells us, always bring 'a calm and peaceful serenity that descends sweetly ...

1993. Selling the Cross

Luke 9:51-62

Sermon

King Duncan

... to do what I am about to do today?” In a 2005 speech, Jobs said, “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose ...

1994. I'm Going Fishing

John 21:1-19 · Acts 9:1-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... everyone wants to feel they have been specially chosen. Whether an adopted child, a fiancé, a job candidate, or an award winner, being “chosen” comes with a feeling of value. One feels cherished, appreciated, lauded, seen. Who wouldn’t want that! So, it was a matter of pride for the Jewish people since the dawn of the covenant that they had been especially chosen by God. When God said, “you will be my people, and I will be your God,” they took that as a matter of point of honor.[1] After a period ...

1995. Death Shall Be No More

John 13:31-35 · Revelation 21:1-6

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... after Mr. Watt’s steam engine was different forever. The invention of the assembly line catapulted us into an economic world that, for good and ill, shapes our lives even in this moment. Even in the polarized climate in our nation today, we can look with pride at the two-term presidency of the first African-American to hold that office! This doesn’t mean that we are done dealing with the horrors of racism and bigotry — far from it. But the election of Barack Obama is one of those moments. Things have ...

1996. Lose the Cape

Romans 13:11-14

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... we become known by our capes and not by Jesus. Our capes hide our light (Bob Goff, Love Does, Nashville, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2012, page 159). Another problem is that if we go around serving Jesus with capes, they eventually get snagged on something — our pride; other people’s feelings; people’s perceptions of those who follow God. Our capes get in the way. Goff reminds us that Jesus never wore a cape. Jesus hardly ever talked about the way he loved people. He just did it. All that mattered to ...

1997. Inside Out

James 5:7-10

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... with good character choices and bad character choices. Inevitably, life is going to bump us around and provoke what’s inside of us to spill out. What will spill out of you? Will it be fear or confidence; generosity or greed? Will it be humility or pride? What do you want to reveal to others (Ben Decker and Kelly Decker, Communicate to Influence: How to Inspire Your Audience to Action (New York: McGraw Hill, 2015), ch. 5, Kindle)? That pastor was right. Life has a way of revealing what’s on the inside ...

1998. Much Love. Hope Sent.

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... Do you have the kingdom of heaven in you? That’s the hope and the promise of Christmas that you can receive today. 1. Illusaurus. 2. Anne Cetas, Faith, Hope, Love: 365 Daily Devotions from Our Daily Bread, Discovery House. Kindle Edition. 3. “Pride or Penitence: Mr. Darcy’s Dilemma,” Jane and Jesus podcast hosted by Karen Swallow Prior featuring Rabbi Ari Lamm. 4. Ben Helmer, http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/stw/2013/12/31/1-epiphany-a-2014/. 5. “Doctura Latifa, beloved mother to thousands” by ...

1999. Small Beginnings, Great Endings

Luke 17:5-10

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... alter our lives, but we can cooperate. Leo Buscaglia has often been called “the love doctor” for his emphasis upon love and his belief in the potential of every human being. He said that no one can count on what he is going to say. He prides himself in his unpredictability as a professor. He cooperates with the growth process. “When my students raise their hands and say, ‘That isn’t what you said Tuesday.’ I say, ‘I know I’ve grown since Tuesday. Do you expect me to be last Tuesday’s ...

2000. First Responder

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... scenes these people face every, single day in order to serve the people of their communities. Their stories can be horrifying, as they have encountered the most disastrous of situations. But they can be heartwarming too. These brave men and women give us pride in what it means to be human. During the COVID-19 epidemic, we began to identify others too as “first responders” –medical professionals who risked their own lives to try to save the lives of the sick and dying and agencies, such as the ...

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