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Faith is an act of self-consecration, in which the will, the intellect, and the affections all have their place.

William Ralph Inge

Calvinism is the stepping stone to Arminianism: Predestination was used by God in order to affect salvation. Or, God predestined a select few to the working out of salvation for all. Simply put: God's plan to save the world was carried out by those he chose.

Brett Blair

The error in strict Calvinism is that they use the exception to redefine the rule (or they use the method to define the plan). The error goes like this: If God chooses, there can't be any other method by which God acts. Therefore, he has already chosen those who have come to him and already excluded those who have rejected him. What alludes the Calvinist is they have substituted the method for the plan, seeing the affect as method.

Brett Blair

Sin arises when things that are a minor good are pursued as though they were the most important goals in life. If money or affection or power are sought in disproportionate, obsessive ways, then sin occurs. And that sin is magnified when, for these lesser goals, we fail to pursue the highest good and the finest goals. So when we ask ourselves why, in a given situation, we committed a sin, the answer is usually ...

Augustine

2005. Cross Choices

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... : that taking up the cross and following Jesus means giving up self for Jesus’ sake in order to find real life in him. Only the person who is dead to his or her own selfish will can follow Christ. To choose life through the death of self and our affections, lusts, desires, wants, and allegiances is never easy. Every day we will encounter new temptations, and every day we ask God’s Spirit to help us choose again to die to self and take up the cross. Again, the choice of the cross isn’t easy — it wasn ...

2006. The Five Needs of Men and Women

Illustration

Charles Swindoll

Five major needs of women: Affection Conversation Honesty and openness Financial support Family commitment Five major needs of men: Sexual fulfillment Recreational companionship An attractive spouse Domestic support Admiration

2007. Well of Wisdom, Water of Life

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Water is our most important commodity. Without it, we cannot live more than a few days. Our bodies would quickly dehydrate without water, affecting our organs, and our brains. The human body is made up of about 60% water, and this life-source must be constantly replenished through drinking and eating foods that contain water. One doesn’t need to be a scientist to figure out that water is our main life source. People ...

2008. The Art of Critique

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Psychology Today in an article from 2012, “The Art of Complimenting and Criticizing,” the author notes that humans have two primary needs: to feel important and to feel loved. When we don’t feel important or loved, we feel badly, and those feelings affect both our self-perception and self-esteem. The author also notes that we feel best about ourselves when we praise others. We damage our own self esteem when we unnecessarily critique others. When we perceive ourselves to be kind and big-hearted, we ...

2009. You Feed the Hungry

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Roy Howard

... was man-made, and not merely the result of drought or climate change. “Just as death from exposure is not an inherent result of cold winter, famine is not a natural consequence of drought. Simply put, the structure of human society often determines who is affected and to what degree.” (William G. Moseley, July 29, 2011, Washington Post) That was five years ago. Yet, hunger still persists in our world and, in particular, in Africa. But, what’s the connection with our text? We know that food is basic to ...

2010. Dealing with Grief

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... subject, and I hope you don’t mind if I spend a few minutes with it this morning. It’s really important that we figure this out, for others and for ourselves. Because everyone will grieve at some time in their lives. Because the way we view death affects how we live our lives. So Paul wrote these words of encouragement we read in verse 13: “. . . we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.” Notice that ...

2011. Octopus Arms

Humor

You may know the story about the very bashful young man who was hesitant about demonstrating his affection for his sweetheart. "Oh, but that I were an octopus," he said one night, "that I might wrap all eight arms around you." His impatient sweetheart replied, "Don't worry about having eight arms. Just make better use of the two arms you already have."

2012. Great on Paper

Humor

... PEANUTS cartoon in which Shroeder, that piano-loving intellectual, was interrupted as he often was by his infatuated admirer, Lucy. Lucy asked Shroeder, "Shroeder, do you know what love is?" Shroeder abruptly stopped his playing, stood to his feet and said precisely, "Love: noun, to be fond of, a strong affection for or an attachment or devotion to a person or persons." Then he sat back down and resumed playing his piano. Lucy sat there stunned and then murmured sarcastically, "On paper, he's great."

2013. Your Faith is Your Fuel

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... care of our physical needs. We eat well, sleep well, make sure we have proper exercise. In our culture today, taking care of our emotional health has become an important way to show we care about our relationships and our inner feelings which affect our behavior. But what about our spiritual wellness. We don’t often talk about spiritual wellness, do we? And yet, our spiritual well-being is intricately tied up with our physical and emotional health and wellness. When we feel spiritually fulfilled, awake to ...

2014. A Message To You from God

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... /And grace will lead me home. (7) Most of us want to start off a new year with clarity. If there is one area of your life where I hope you have total and complete clarity, it’s in your view of God. This is the one issue that will affect every other area of life, so it’s essential that you understand who God is and what God’s plans are for you. God has a plan for you, a plan to adopt you into His family and have a loving relationship with you. This is the Good News. The ...

2015. Are You Troubled by Demons?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... patients with a positive attitude recovered more quickly than those with a negative one. (9) What is the biggest issue in having a positive attitude? It is whether we truly trust God. There is no question that our mental state can affect the ability of our mind, body or emotions being receptive to healing. Catholic priests actively engaged in the Church’s healing ministry often cite such factors as hatred, envy, resentment and especially un-forgiveness as the greatest obstacles to physical and spiritual ...

2016. About That Anger

John 2:12-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... his rendition of “Georgia on My Mind” was made the official state song. (6) There is a time for anger and there is a time for action. And this brings us to our final principle for today: unresolved anger is a spiritual problem. Anger not only affects our health and our relationships with others, it is important in our relationship with God. Jesus told an amusing but profound parable about a man who owed his master the equivalent of 100 million dollars. His master forgave him his debt. But then this man ...

2017. A Nod of Recognition

John 3:14-21

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... have to be born again spiritually for those things to mean anything. Having a spiritual life first comes before the labors of the faith. Many historians believe that Nicodemus got the point and was later born again spiritually. Today we are looking at how this message of spiritual rebirth affects your Lenten journey. Are you relying on your position in the church or your service to the church as a substitute for a spiritual rebirth? If so, listen to the words of Jesus. “You must be born again.” Amen.

2018. Choices

Philippians 1:12-14, 19-24

Sermon

Will Willimon

... no alternative. Think about how much of your life, how many of the things which make you, you, are matters over which you had absolutely no decision, no choice. My name, my gender, my physical appearance, my accent. You perhaps think that I chose to talk this way, affect my accent to impress people. No, I was born this way. Harvard's Eric Erikson says that a person's ability to trust is developed in the first six weeks of life. If, for some reason, the world appears to be untrustworthy to the infant of six ...

2019. Homecoming

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Will Willimon

... tent and began building churches trying to housebreak God." When my mother died, I kept having these dreams of home. I had been raised in the rock house my mother designed and had constructed. Every inch of that house bore the imprint of her creativity and affection. In my recurring dreams, I would be back in the home I had left twenty years before, wandering from room to room, marveling that everything was in its place, down to the last book on the shelf or pillow on the sofa. There was our house, exactly ...

2020. Soul Soup

John 2:13-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... us and experiences that drain us. We need to engage in activities that feed us emotionally, relationally, and that keep us engaged and healthy. But what about spirit care? How do you care for your spiritual health? The health of our spirits too can affect our bodies and minds, our physical and emotional well-being. When we feel spiritually empty or depleted, our physical and emotional state can suffer too. We are holistic beings, and we need to treat ourselves as whole human beings. Some of you are familiar ...

2021. Holy Extravagance

Mark 14:3-9

Sermon

Will Willimon

... , acquire new wardrobes and hairstyles, cry, shout, dance. They are subject to the wildest, most extreme shifts of mood. A careless line in a letter from their beloved throws them into bitter depression. A momentary glance from the object of their affection hurls them into the ionosphere. That's the way love is—excessive. The starry-eyed teenager, the dozen red roses (now what good does that do anybody?), kissing (hygenically questionable)—all part of loving excess. The good old, pragmatic, utilitarian ...

2022. Clean Hands

Psalm 26:1-12

Sermon

Will Willimon

... of obedience, plodding through the hymns, mumbling through the prayers -- all of which seems dumb since we're only talking to ourselves. I. Me. My. Church becomes like a decayed marriage in which the couple goes through the motions of love, the dry rituals of affection, when everything else is gone. There is no surprise in the relationship anymore, nothing to amaze, no mystery, or confusion. You put on your hat and coat after the service and go out. You come back next Sunday, you take off your hat and coat ...

2023. Responding to God's Love

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... journey and find you waiting for me to greet me at the end of the road. The love of one woman for her orphaned nephew was returned years later by the young lad who had become a mature man. The demonstration of love given with an equal response of affection is found in this popular and profound scripture passage from Saint John which serves as our second lesson this week. As God has loved us into existence and given us all that we need to serve him and our fellow man, so we, in response, are called to love ...

2024. Mary's Song

Luke 1:46-47, 52

Sermon

Will Willimon

... by the Oral Roberts Singers, but belted out by Janis Joplin backed up the Rolling Stones, and you'll get my point. A while back my Choir Director was lamenting that the teaching of choral music has declined in schools in the past few years. This affects recruitment of students for our Chapel Choir. In a time of grim, "back-to-basics" educational mentality, we don't bother much with "frills" like music. I find that tragic. The other night, I found a medical student here, late, playing the organ for all that ...

2025. Driven to Complete

Mark 9:30-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... congregation, a man named Bill Grant. Bill and his wife Mary had raised 24 foster children during their marriage. After retiring from the restaurant business, Bill Grant joined the church mission team and traveled to Mississippi twice to help folks who were affected by hurricanes Rita and Katrina. While the other volunteers from his church rebuilt damaged homes, Bill ran the kitchen operations that fed hundreds of volunteer workers. It was hard, hard work, but you’d never know it from Bill’s attitude ...

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