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2176. Regrets, I have A Few

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Dr. Merrill Douglass

We all have regrets, according to Dr. Richard Kinnier of Arizona State Univ. The most common regret was not being a better student, not studying more. Other common regrets include not being more assertive, not having more self-discipline, not taking more risks, not spending quality time with families. One surprise showed up: money appears to be insignificant in the grand scheme of things.

2177. Temptation vs. Trial

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Fairbain

What is temptation? Seduction to evil, solicitation to wrong. It stands distinguished from trial thus: trial tests, seeks to discover the man's moral qualities or character; but temptation persuades to evil, deludes, that it may ruin. The one means to undeceive, the other to deceive. The one aims at the man's good, making him conscious of his true moral self; but the other at his evil, leading him more or less unconsciously into sin. God tries; Satan tempts.

Marriage teaches you loyalty, forbearance, self-restraint and a lot of other qualities you wouldn't need if you'd stayed single.

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2179. Marinating in the Spirit

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the human spirit. Nor do they solve what haunts the human soul. While you may sculpt your body into top physical condition or foster your emotional wellness, most people today ignore spiritual wellness, the kind of confidence, stability, consistency, enrichment and quality of life that only comes from faith and a relationship with God. Hogwash you say? If that’s your response, you are one of many who believe that in today’s culture, everything can be solved by rational and practical means. However ...

2180. One Feisty Woman

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Roy Howard

... woman teaches us a different way. She dared to be vulnerable with her deepest desires, undeterred by the power of shame or those who were scandalized by her raw requests. She showed us courage before the Lord, and in showing us courage, she also showed us a quality of faith that opened the heart of our Lord. What is even more remarkable is that this woman was an outsider to the faith. Are our eyes and ears open to learn from the outsider about faith and courage? This feisty Canaanite woman teaches us to be ...

2181. Wavering Notes by an Uncertain Trumpet

2 Peter 3:1-18

Sermon

Ron Love

... perseverance; even tempered careful; diligent.” Peter was trying to tell the church members across Asia Minor that they should not listen to the false teachers, but be patient. Peter realized there was a beauty in patience that gave one the noble qualities of being “quiet, steady perseverance; even tempered care; diligence.” An impatient person for Peter is one who lives an immoral life because Jesus has not returned and therefore concludes there is no final judgment. An impatient person for Peter is ...

2182. Soli Deo Gloria

Romans 16:1-27

Sermon

Ron Love

... , “They have connected with me and, in connecting with me, they’re really connecting with themselves and thinking of where they were when they first heard one of my songs.” The reason why we enjoy music so much is because of its connective quality. We connect to a message, a place, a person, or a memory. That connection continues to interpret and sustain life for us, as it gives us a sense of purpose and meaning. The Britannica Encyclopedia defines music as, “art concerned with combining vocal or ...

2183. Caesar or God?

Matthew 22:15-22

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King Duncan

... trust God. Trusting in money and material things for our security or status or identity is a sure path to misery. Do you really want to put your trust in something you can lose? Trusting in material things leads to anxiety, fear, greed, conflict—all the qualities that are out of alignment with God’s will for our life. The path to joy lies in sharing with God in the work of His Kingdom. God wants to save us from the empty, frustrating, meaningless insecurity that comes from putting our trust in material ...

2184. Dealing with Grief

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... his “head is not clouded with grief,” he can provide a listening ear and clear perspective to those who are mourning. Because he has memorized a large amount of information about the deceased, he can remind mourners of their loved one’s good qualities and their contributions to the world. Vaughan recalls one funeral for a beloved grandmother. He ended up speaking with a granddaughter who shared with him all sorts of sweet stories of her favorite memories of her grandmother. After the funeral, the girl ...

2185. The Invisible Robe of Righteousness

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... very reason. “Dress for Success is a global nonprofit organization that provides professional attire for low-income women, to help support their job-search and interview process.”[1] By teaching women how to dress professionally and providing them with quality clothing, the nonprofit can help women find well-paying jobs, raise their self-esteem, help them support their families, elevate their standard of living, and give them tools to succeed independently in life. Interestingly enough, one of the first ...

2186. Stamped with God’s Own Image

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Albert G. Butzer III

... church. But to be stewards of the riches of God is about so much more: It has to do with the way that we care for the earth, so that hopefully we do not threaten death to the planet en- trusted to our care. It has to do with the quality of our relationships with loved ones. It has to do with the way we treat neighbors as well as strangers, each of them also created in the image of God. It has to do with the care of our own bodies, as we re- member that our bodies are temples ...

2187. Satisfaction Guaranteed

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Years ago, when Woodrow Wilson was president of Princeton, he faced the parents of a new student who were concerned about the quality of education their only child would receive at the school. Confronting Wilson they declared, "We want to be sure our only son is getting the very best education. Can you assure us that he will do well here?" Anticipating their question, Wilson responded mildly, "Madam, we guarantee satisfaction, or we return the boy."

2188. A Message To You from God

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... this world with grace. What is grace? The word means “loving-kindness” or “merciful kindness.” Verse 14 says that Jesus came to us “full of grace and truth.” Jesus came to show us the heart and character and mind of God. And all those qualities were compressed into these two words: grace and truth. In December of 1772, an Anglican priest was preparing his sermon for the first Sunday of the New Year. His text was First Chronicles 17:16-17. In this passage, Nathan the prophet tells King David ...

2189. An Important Village with a Questionable Reputation

John 1:43-51

Sermon

King Duncan

... . When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.” That’s interesting, don’t you think? Jesus realizes that Nathanael is a person who is also true to his values. He’s a quality young man. Jesus always appreciates people of character, people of integrity. “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.” Then Nathanael takes a step that goes even ...

2190. Enduring the Trials of Faith

Romans 4:13-25

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... been tempted with power wealth and prestige, the same ideas that Satan unsuccessfully tried to get Jesus to grasp in his famous forty-day desert experience before the onset of his public ministry. Today we measure the success and unfortunately even at times the quality of people on the amount of power, wealth, and prestige they have accumulated. It’s almost impossible to avoid at least one of these temptations each day. They at least sidetrack and at times even cause us to take detours in our spiritual ...

2191. Sacrifice Leads to Life

Hebrews 10:16-25

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Richard Gribble

... fast to our confession of faith. The fidelity of Jesus and his willingness to sacrifice totally for us must be the example to which we look in order to properly live our lives. Being a person of persistent self-sacrifice is certainly one of the important qualities of a good Christian, yet in our very individualistic self-serving twenty-first century American society, it is not a value that is held in high esteem by many. We are schooled from our earliest days to do whatever is necessary to get ahead, to ...

2192. Darkness

Mt 27:45 · Jn 1:5 · 1 Jn 1:5

Sermon

Will Willimon

... is more chaos than creation, made by a church that is not often too truthful, made to be honest about those comers of our own souls where there is darkness too deep to mention. Why do we worship in the dark? Throughout the Bible, it is light that is the quality of God. God is light "and in him there is no darkness at all" (1 John 1:5) says First John. Light is what God did when God began pushing back the dark chaos at Creation. So night ought to be the one place where one would not expect to ...

2193. The Vine

John 15:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... God has craft in him as Messiah a “perfectly grown vine,” capable of serving as root vine to every other. For those of you unfamiliar with the wine industry, this would be the process of creating a fine wine. The best wine comes from a quality, unique vine that has been nurtured with the right climate, terroir, and its vine cured into a sweet, fruit-bearing, distinctive grape. Jesus is in fact saying that as God’s Messiah, Son, and messenger, he has been crewed into the finest and purest grape, one ...

2194. How to Beat a Stress Test

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... , take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” Effectiveness in life so often is determined by the twin qualities of courage and confidence. But where do courage and confidence come from? From basing your life on the truth of God and the character of God. When you trust in God to lead you in wisdom, truth and power each day, obstacles become opportunities to grow in ...

2195. Giving Our Best

Mark 7:24-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... capable of authentic love? “We all know that the eulogy virtues are more important than the résumé ones,” writes David Brooks, but our culture and our educational systems spend more time teaching the skills and strategies you need for career success than the qualities you need to radiate that sort of inner light. Many of us are clearer on how to build an external career than on how to build inner character.” (7) David Brooks is correct. Our culture rewards résumé virtues, not eulogy virtues. We ...

2196. Out of the Saltshaker

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... uses the same imagery in today’s lesson from Mark 9:50: “Salt is good,” he said, “but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again?” Bible scholar William Barclay interpreted Jesus’ words like this: “When a thing loses its essential quality and fails to perform its essential duty, it is fit for nothing but to be thrown away.” In those days, salt was a really valuable commodity. Salt was valuable for two reasons: as a preservative for food and to enhance the flavor of food. We ...

2197. Meeting Jesus

John 3:1-17

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... about those things and leave them behind and to go, without that baggage, with him. His promise, if we do that, is that our lives can become more real, more authentic, fuller, better and more whole, that our lives will take on a quality that is eternal in nature, if we will come with him. Whence Nicodemus? So, did it work? Did Nicodemus do as Jesus suggested? Did he leave all his accumulated “stuff,” his religious ideas, his rules, his judgments, his stiff, unyielding doctrines, his old spiritual ...

2198. Christ and the Magic Cloak

Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... themselves with clothes they loved, according to their means. The more color and gems, the more wealth. Cloth makers and seamstresses made a good living in Jesus’ time. Then, as now, what you wore said a lot about you. The colors of your clothing, the quality of your tunic, if you wore a belt or sash, a bag around your waist or a cloak around your body, sandals on your feet, an apron, or jewelry. Ornaments such as bracelets, anklets, earrings, rings, combs and hairpins, or even oils and perfumes lent ...

2199. Uncontainable Faith

Mark 7:24-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the cat, But satisfaction brought it back." It is the same story with groceries. "Prices will sell Groceries, but it is always finality that brings the buyer back." The sales pitch indicated that although curiosity may provoke a buyer to try something new, the quality of the product and how much they like it is what will make them keep coming back to buy it again and again. Earlier than that, an Irish newspaper from 1868 wrote: "They say curiosity killed a cat once.” The phrase "Curiosity killed the ...

2200. Empowering the Powerless

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Women could not ask for a divorce. Only a man could divorce a woman. The usual reason a man might divorce a woman was due to infertility. Because of the emphasis on bearing children in order to carry on a family name, and a family business, this quality was all-important. People in those days understood nothing about male and female fertility, and so if a woman could not get pregnant, the fault was set at the woman’s feet. Often a charge would be trumped up against her, such as adultery or disrespect, so ...

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