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2101. Of Peace and War

Deuteronomy 20:1-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... is right then it must be right. The third view I call “particularism”. This view states that believers should support the government and should be willing to fight when they really believe that a war is just. Only just wars are justified. You probably already guessed, but the third view is my view and the view I believe to be the biblical view. With that being the case, then I have to address the second point which is – II. War Is Regrettable But Acceptable [Turn to Deuteronomy 20] It is very obvious ...

2102. Family Re:Union - Inverting the Pyramid

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... question, “Why do you love God?” As he went down the line he got a variety of answers, but the one he liked best came from a little boy sitting on the end of the row and he said, “Mr. Smith, I don’t know why I love God. I guess it just runs in my family.” Mom and Dad, it doesn’t matter what else you give your children if you do not give them a real love for God. Think about it. What good does it do to raise your children in the finest home, give them the finest ...

2103. Family Re:Union - For the Love

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... don’t you pray that the Lord would help you love Him more?” The little girl looked up and said, “Mommy, you want me to pray that God would help me to love Him more?” She said, “Yes. Don’t you think that would be good?” The girl answered, “I guess so Mom, but I am just crazy about Him already!” I don’t think any of us would say that we are as crazy about God as we ought to be. Let me say it really doesn’t make much difference whatever other commandments we keep whether you don’t ...

2104. Ignite: Fight Fire with Fire

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

James Merritt

... no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.’” (Acts 4:14-17, ESV) Don’t miss this. The only thing the powers at be wanted Peter and John to do was to simply quit talking about Jesus. Guess what? In 2000 years nothing has changed. Go to church, practice your religion, do your little rituals, give people a feel-good message, but don’t talk about Jesus. This official sentence shows us just how much the enemy fears the witness of the church. The one thing ...

2105. Ignite: Fire and Water

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

James Merritt

... into that believer’s life to enable him to live the Christian life. One major symbol of the Holy Spirit is fire. Interestingly enough when you study the Book of Acts every time someone was set on fire for the first time by the Holy Spirit, guess what they did? They jumped in the water. Specifically, they jumped into the water of baptism, but there is one difference. Normally, water extinguishes fire, but in this case baptismal water enhances fire. Stay with me! We are going to deal today with one of the ...

2106. Up Close & Personal: Coming Into Focus

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... the exam and began to pull out my textbook out from under my desk and look at it. I know what you are thinking, “That is a stupid way to cheat.” You are right. I was so inexperienced at cheating I didn’t even know how to do it. You guessed it. My teacher, Mrs. Hall, had gone to the back of the room. She was watching. I was so caught up in cheating that I didn’t realize where she was and she came an snapped up my paper and went to the front of the room and sat there ...

2107. Do You Have Any Leftovers?

John 6:1-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... is not just what I get to eat that makes it the most special meal of the year, but who I get to eat it with. It is the time of year I get to eat it and it is the occasion that brings me to the table. Can you guess what meal this is? It is Thanksgiving. The reason why Thanksgiving is my favorite meal of the year is because it is the only time of year that I basically get everything to eat that I like. All of my favorite dishes are right in front of me: the turkey ...

2108. Come One, Come All

Luke 5:27-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... Winfrey, and Mark Zuckerberg – the founder of Facebook. None of them would be allowed into this club. The most exclusive club in the world only has five living members and there is only one qualification that will get you into this club – only one requirement. Guess what it is? A title. The title is – President of the United States. The most exclusive club in the world is known as “The President’s Club.” There is another club that, to me, is far more fascinating, far more exciting, and far more ...

2109. Sometimes You Have to Do Something

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... and his father, and his father before him?” The feeble old Minnesota grandmother took John by the hands, looked into his eyes, and explained, “That’s because your father, grandfather, and great‑grandfather were born in January . . . you were born in July, dear.” I guess if it had been January and the Sea of Galilee had somehow frozen over, anyone could have walked on it. But this wasn’t Minnesota and it wasn’t January. Yet Jesus walked on the water and his disciples were afraid. Jesus tried to ...

2110. She Had Great Faith

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... miraculously, Walter learned to walk again. But that wasn’t enough for Walter. He set a goal for himself not only to walk, not only to run. He set a goal for himself to break the world record for the high jump. It seemed impossible, but guess what? The time came when Walter Davis entered the Olympics and broke all records for the high jump. (4) General William Booth once said, “God loves with a great love the [person] whose heart is bursting with a sublime passion for the impossible.” The Canaanite ...

2111. For Those Who Are Auditing the Class

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... church, a woman has a lazy husband and says a friend, “Well, this is just my cross to bear.” Or someone has a painful case of arthritis and they say with a sigh: “It’s just my cross to bear.” Somebody’s favorite television program is canceled, “Well, I guess this is my cross to bear.” Now we can feel for a person with a lazy husband or any kind of painful disease or whose television show was canceled. But this is not what it means to take up your cross and follow Christ. Neither does it mean ...

2112. Prison Theology: Bait and Bail

Philippians 1:12-30

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... economist Henry George (18391897), who critiqued the reigning economic system of his day with a "single tax proposal" that inspired the Progressive movement at the turn of the 20th century as well as the social gospel movement. If you haven’t guessed it by now, the game that took off in the 1930s is now known as "Monopoly." This game, which has been the teething biscuit for generations of sharp-fanged, hardboiled capitalists was originally created to demonstrate how detrimental reigning real estate ...

2113. The Landlord's Dilemma - World Communion Sunday

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... owner. Evidently he prized the vineyard he so carefully had planted. And because the vineyard meant so much to him, he turned to more desperate measures. He sends his son to carry out the mission. “They will respect my son,” he thinks to himself. Well, you can guess what came from that. The tenants see the son and they decide to rob him and kill him. They don’t even ask for a ransom. They just put him to death. This was obviously the ultimate act of defiance. The owner of the vineyard would surely ...

2114. An Announcement for a New Year

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

King Duncan

This is the last Sunday of 2014. Next Sunday is the year of our Lord 2015. My guess is that for some of us that hardly seems possible. Wasn’t it just yesterday when we were in a tizzy over Y2K and the beginning of a new millennium? On the other hand, it seems like a life-time ago. Besides, according to the ballyhooed Mayan calendar, the world ...

2115. Life and Light to All He Brings

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... yet these days there is communal light and selfish light. The “light” that issues from our cell phones is most often singular and selfish. At this darkest time of the year in the northern hemisphere, Christians need to redefine what the ultimate “selfie” is. And guess what. It is not a picture of yourself. To take the Ultimate “Selfie” you need Jesus Light. To take any picture we need light. To take a picture of some person who matters today and tomorrow we need a glorious light, a lovely light ...

2116. Why He Did It

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... react when you anticipate that something negative is going to happen to you? Do you get nervous, do your palms get sweaty, do you have trouble falling asleep, lose your appetite, perhaps? Do you feel like your whole world is turned inside out? Well, I guess it depends on how negative the event is that you are anticipating. One young woman in the South tells about her teen years. She had a very strict Dad who was very loving, but did not mind disciplining his children with corporal punishment. One day her ...

2117. A Guide to a Rich and a Joyous Life

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... week. This proposal divided the close knit community. Finally it was suggested that the wagon train should split into two groups: those who wanted to continue to observe the Sabbath and those who preferred to travel on that day. The proposal was accepted. Guess which group got to Oregon first? That’s right the ones who kept the Sabbath reached their destination first. The people and their horses were so rested by their Sabbath observance that they could travel much more effectively the other six days. (6 ...

2118. TGFGF - Good Friday

John 18:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... We could be celebrating Holy Friday if our language had evolved accordingly. Certainly that makes sense. It is among the holiest of days of the year to followers of Christ, for it commemorates the day that Christ lay down his life in our behalf. As it is, I guess we are stuck with the name Good Friday, and we could rightfully call it that if we remember that by the providence of God, it turned out to be best possible Friday because, in a way that we don’t understand, Christ took upon himself the sins of ...

2119. Prescription on a Pole

John 3:1-21

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... God’s inexplicable prescription. Moreover, God’s chosen remedy is a strange one not just in theory but also in detail. If we grant that the bitten Israelites can be healed by looking at some erected thing, what thing might we choose? What symbol would we guess or select? Not this one. We are surprised to find that the remedy recalls the malady. Furthermore, we may also think God’s remedy strange because it does not seem to strike at the root of the problem. The final line in our Old Testament lesson ...

2120. Jesus Casts Out Impure Spirits

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... the first person singular, “I know who you are the Holy One of God!” Mark explains to us that this man who was crying out was possessed by an impure spirit. We don’t know if this means that the man was mentally deranged, but we might guess that he probably was. Sadly, such people do exist, of course. Maybe if this sad man were in today’s world, he wouldn’t just cause a disturbance in church. He might pull out an automatic weapon and begin mowing down worshipers. Disturbed people are unpredictable ...

2121. Jesus Heals Body and Soul

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... Lincoln told on himself. He said, “Sometimes I feel like the ugly man who met an old woman traveling through a forest. “The old woman said, ‘You’re the ugliest man I ever saw.’ “‘I can’t help it,’ the ugly man said. “‘No, I guess not,’ the woman admitted, ‘but the least you could do is stay at home.” It takes a great deal of character to laugh at yourself like that. We thank God for men like Washington and Lincoln. They made a significant impact on history. Nevertheless, their ...

2122. Show Me Your Baptismal Certificate

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . I told her nothing I did would count in Heaven. But she insisted, just the same.” “What will you say? What will you do?” inquired Sylvia. “Oh, I don’t know,” Eliot said as he became enchanted by the problem. “Go over to her shack, I guess. Sprinkle some water on the babies, (and) say, ‘Hello babies. Welcome to earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It is round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule ...

2123. Everything Must Go: If I Were a Rich Man

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... of covetousness. The more he made the more he spent. The more he spent the more me bought. The more he bought the more he had and the more he had the more he wanted to keep it. Sound familiar? His attitude was, “I’ve got more stuff, so I guess I need more storage.” Do you know why? He thought everything that came to him was for him. He was sinking in a sand of selfishness and wandering in a maze of materialism. His barns were big enough to hold what he needed; they just weren’t big enough to ...

2124. The Good Life

John 10:11-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... yourself. We’re in a series simply called “Seven”. We’re learning Jesus’ answer to a question that He asks His own disciples on more than one occasion and is asking you today. “Who do you think that I am”? And rather than let us guess or simply give our own opinion He identifies Himself. John who wrote the fourth gospel records seven “I am” sayings of Jesus never found anywhere else in scripture. In these statements Jesus clearly describes exactly who He is. But amazingly He doesn't use it ...

2125. Everything Counts

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... He just smiled and said, “Yes, but I am the one getting the points.” I said, “Let me get this straight. You are going to wind up getting a free smoothie, because of what I paid for.” He said, “That’s right.” I said, “Well not after today, because guess what app I am putting on my phone?” Here is the point. He used my money that day so he could be rewarded tomorrow. You cannot take what you have with you into eternity, but you can let it meet you there with an eternal reward. You see, the ...

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