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2076. The Real Jesus

Mark 7:31-37

Illustration

Amy Butler

Philip Yancey says that we often have an image of Jesus that comes straight out of Hollywood films. We picture Jesus reciting his lines evenly and without emotion. We see him striding authoritatively through the flustered crowds. He already knows what to say in every situation and says it in measured tones with appropriate accompanying meaningful looks. Yancey calls this image "The Prozac Jesus". But our Gospels tell a different story, and this exchange we read about today ...

2077. Houston We Have a Problem

Nehemiah 1:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... end, you're going to see the doctor this week because of a spot on the x-ray. I was astounded to read the other day that one out of seven parents have a child with a learning disability. One out of eight have a child with a mental or emotion problem. One out of ten have a child on drugs or alcohol. One out of ten is dealing with a pregnant teenager. One of the first lessons we learn from Nehemiah is you can't solve a problem that you run away from. You can't get the right answers ...

2078. Kill Them with Kindness

Proverbs 3:3, 19:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... something inside of you that could hurt you or kill you, regardless of how much it may hurt you for him to tell to that. When a minister, like myself, gets up and talks about sin, whether it is sexual sin or financial sin or marital sin or emotional sin or mental sin, always remember, he's not being unkind, he is being kind. Sometimes when people bring true constructive criticism (and I do mean constructive) they are not being unkind – they are being kind. You can make a critical point in a kind way. I ...

2079. The Dark Side Arrives

Sermon

James Merritt

... four times likely to be assigned to a juvenile correction facility. Children raised by never-married mothers are nearly three times more likely to spend more than ten years on Welfare, than children raised by divorced single mothers. [[2]] You can't even begin to describe the emotional cancer that begins to grow in those who get involved in the dark sin of sexual sin. Listen to the testimony of the person who crosses over to this dark side of the dark side. "I have come to the brink of utter ruin, and now I ...

2080. What Do I Do When I Can't Get Started?

Proverbs 6:6-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... woman. Unfortunately, when he found her, she was waiting for the ideal man! A scholar once surveyed the scriptures to find out some of the more important words in the Bible. He wanted to find the most significant word, the saddest word, the happiest work, the most emotional word, etc. When he came around to the Bible's most dangerous word, do you know what he said it was? Tomorrow. That word is a thief. It robs time, opportunity and life itself. God only has one word on His calendar. Do you know what that ...

2081. The Power of Purpose

Proverbs 16:4

Sermon

James Merritt

... for your own selfish purposes. If God gives you a blessing, He gives you a blessing so that you in turn can use that blessing to bless somebody else. The truth of the matter is - we are all in the people serving business. We are here to meet the emotional, physical, spiritual and relational needs of other people. This may come as a shock to many of you, but even though I would be called the "senior minister" of this church, my primary job is not to do the ministry of this church. My primary job is to equip ...

2082. Jealousy: Cancer of the Heart

Proverbs 27:4

Sermon

James Merritt

... was what has been called "the green-eyed monster"—jealousy—that made a monster out of this mother. Proverbs 27:4 says, "Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, but who can stand before jealousy?" (Proverbs 27:4 NASB) One of the most destructive emotions of all is jealousy. Shakespeare called it "the green-eyed monster." John Dryden called jealousy "the jaundice of the soul." Did you know that jealousy crucified Jesus? Mt. 27:1 says that Pilate had Jesus delivered over to be crucified "for he knew they had ...

2083. A Song for Tomorrow

Psalm 1:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... success is not necessarily success. Let me give you two kinds of successes that people have. Success that dies with a person Success that outlives a person The first psalm was written to show us the way to true success. True success makes you not only emotionally happy; it makes you eternally happy. The first five words say, "How blessed is the man." Another translation puts it this way, "How happy is the man." We know that this psalm is God's blueprint for blessing. It is God's hallway to happiness. The ...

2084. Being What We Are

1 Samuel 8:4-20

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... ," to which we bring little rock combos to lead us in singing praise choruses, and project high-impact visual images on screens hung in our sanctuaries. This was to reach people who either won't come to traditional services or who do come but emotionally drop out while they are there. We have learned valuable things from this experiment. We have added some excellent new music and songs to our repertoires and loosened up some of the stiffness that had dominated worship. We have become more conscious that not ...

2085. The View from Michal’s Window

2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... interests happen to coincide? That does seem to be what the individualism movement advocated. To again quote Perls, whom this movement considered a kind of poet laureate: I hope to ... make you understand how much you gain by taking responsibility for every emotion [you feel], every movement you make, every thought you have — and shed responsibility for anybody else. ... We touch each other by honestly being what we are, not by intentionally making contact.2 Whew! As I said, that thinking may be a ...

2086. The Spiritual Gateway

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... Even if only one of these seems to be evident, we are in touch with our spiritual side. This spiritual nature can also be called the "soul." You see, God uses various "gateways" to come into our lives. Those gateways can include emotions, intellect, social relationships, and even our physical bodies. Certainly our spiritual nature can be another gateway. One way that happens is our spiritual nature, our conscience, values, impulse to worship, and a desire to believe, often together create a kind of yearning ...

2087. Leaving Before the Invitation

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Gary L. Carver

... . What made the difference was that Simon became aware of his unworthiness. It was Simon's awareness of his unworthiness that fit him for service, not the fact that he was a sinner or not a sinner, not the fact that he had great gifts or that he was an emotional person. Simon's awareness of his own unworthiness equipped him to be a servant and that drove him to his knees as a sinner lifted up and as a servant of the Christ. Several years ago, two land surveyors were sent from a large city in Wales to survey ...

2088. Taking the First Step

Luke 6:27-38

Sermon

Gary L. Carver

... do those words mean to a woman who has been abused? What do those words mean to you? Some of you have been lied to and lied about. Some of you have been cheated and mistreated. Some of you have been misinterpreted. Some of you are bruised emotionally and possibly physically. What do these words mean to you? Is it just some idealistic dreaming, something that sounds good, but impossible to put into practice? What is Jesus saying? I believe Jesus is saying to us, in verses 27-31, that we are to never, never ...

2089. Back to the Future

Luke 9:28-36 (37-43)

Sermon

Gary L. Carver

... . "As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning," and just as this situation was about to be over, Simon woke up and, realizing what was going on, responded in his usual over-emotional way and says, "Lord, this is great, this is fantastic. We ought to put up three tabernacles to commemorate what has happened here!" Simon is the perfect example of the person who, when he doesn't know what to say, still speaks. Even Luke comments. Look ...

2090. Holy Extravagance

John 12:1-8

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... repugnant to others besides Judas Iscariot. There is, however, no record of their objections. To my knowledge, there is no precedent for it. She provided a shocker. Those outside of the faith today may question her sanity or perhaps pass it off as an excessively emotional woman who needed to do some odd deed to work off her frustration. It needs to be said that radically following Christ can lead any one of us into conduct the world reports as off-the-wall. Those Christians just didn't make much sense ...

2091. Keeping His Word

John 14:23-29

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... unholy competition? Not on your life! For you see, dear friends, what Christians leave really should be a gift from the Holy Spirit. It is a moment tantalizingly suspended between highly mystical phrasing and rationally stated commands. You and I can be emotionally exhausted by the heavenly strain placed upon us to understand the transition occurring long, long ago. We have had all this accumulation of the history of our faith to put these verses into perspective and some days we scratch our heads in ...

2092. The Good News about Marriage

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... , he wasn’t interested in arguing the grounds for divorce with these Pharisees. What he wanted to do was point them to marriage as it should be marriage as God intended. Male and female, one flesh joined together physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually partners in every way. Respecting one another, loving one another, comforting one another, being there for one another, and where possible, bearing children together children that are loved and honored and raised to love God. I don’t believe ...

2093. Having a Life Purpose

Mark 10:35-45

Illustration

... , these survivors came to realize that, in Frankl's words, "It did not really matter what we expected of life, but rather what life expected from us." Their sense of an inner purpose pulled them through the most horrible physical and emotional experiences so that they might make their unique contribution to the world. Everyone has a purpose in life beyond one's immediate interests and gratifications, though that purpose frequently goes undiscovered. Many people devote their entire lives to the pursuit of ...

2094. An Invitation to Joy

Zephaniah 3:14-20

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... of the people. But, the hope in God's future requires radical change and reshaping of the people's lives for this foreseen future to become a present reality. There is still time to repent and reform. Repentance will free the people from emotional pain, unfulfilled dreams, broken relationships, and moral failures. The third Sunday of Advent is traditionally "Rejoicing Sunday," as we remember and give thanks for God's great gifts to us. Imagine Zechariah and the people of God celebrating, and God is there in ...

2095. A Little Town of Great Renown

Micah 5:2-5a

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... will ever achieve quite the stardom of Bethlehem, the city of David. We are all aware of the powers music exercises over the human spirit. It communicates to the soul what no academic study of theology ever can achieve. Music reaches where words cannot, ritualizing the emotions deep inside us for which there are no words. Christmas carols encourage us to worship, to hope, and to expand the horizons of our vision so that we can see the light of truth and dare to live justly in a troubled world. No matter how ...

2096. What's in a Name?

Isaiah 43:1-7

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... in baptism led to radical changes in both the individual believers and in the early Christian community. Contrary to what some folks believe, the Spirit is still doing so in the church today. We Americans are a "feel-good society," and tend to weigh our experiences emotionally. When we don't feel warm and fuzzy all over, we believe something is wrong with a relationship, whether it is human or divine. God has given us our intelligence and the ability to reason. We know that God is present with us at all ...

2097. Like a Tree Planted

Jeremiah 17:5-10

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... its drought-stricken counterpart, the tree by the river flourishes in the moist, rich soil along the riverbank. We ourselves move through seasons of drought. Financial difficulties, family problems, illnesses, and tension at work all take their toll on us, leading to emotional drought. And, when we trust only in ourselves and leave out God, we find ourselves in a spiritual drought. These times leave us shriveled to the roots. How can we find encouragement and revitalization when we feel that our energy is ...

2098. The Undoing of Babel

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... do talk, one doesn't really listen to the other, or one lectures the other? Or even further, when both parties are trying to communicate and are working at paying attention, they still hear each other through the filters of emotion, weariness, momentary lapses, different understandings of the meaning of certain words, resentments, preconceived notions, defensiveness, self-centeredness, and so on. But communication difficulties are not limited to marriage. Back when my wife was in college, she had to write a ...

2099. The Smell of Bread

2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... not a fearful thing. Knowing that death awaits all of us someday, we might wish that we knew more about it. Doctors, of course, can tell us about the physical aspects of dying, and researchers like Elisabeth Kübler-Ross have helped us understand what happens to us emotionally as we near death, at least when we know it is coming soon, but what is the transfer to heaven like? Some of the old Negro spirituals, such as "Deep River" and some of our hymns, such as "On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand" and "Shall We ...

2100. A "Somebody Done Somebody Wrong" Song

Hosea 1:2-10

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

... not God and as if the covenant made at Sinai had no claim on their actions. Hosea is not the only biblical writer to use the marital relationship as a metaphor for God's relationship with Israel, but he certainly pursues that image with maximum emotional intensity. Stories of the deities of many of Israel's neighbors also ascribed to their gods' personal characteristics like jealousy or anger or fury in the face of betrayal, but no other nation's gods relate so directly with human beings or are so concerned ...

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