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201. God and the Weather

Matthew 5:45; 16:2-3 · Psalm 18:7-11; 46:1-3, 11

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... the storm I mentioned earlier, I found myself linking the power of the storm to the power of God. We do that too easily, however, because the power of God is a force that acts from within us, upon us and not outside from upon us. This inclination of ours to associate the power of a storm with God’s power is part of the primitivism we carry, and such primitivism is clearly discernible, for example, in the writings of the Psalmist. In the eighteenth Psalm, God’s coming is expressed in terms of the ...

202. Can We Really Get Along?

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... of this Negro neighborhood. ' I said to him, 'Grandpa, they are people just like us.' My grandfather said, 'No, they are not; they will shoot us.' That made me sad. (signed) Love Allison." Maybe Allison sensed that most people in most neighborhoods are more inclined to help than to hurt, but her culture was trying to teach a different view. It was no accident that in Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan, the good guy is a despised Samaritan, helping a wounded Jew. Refuse to go along with cultural traditions ...

203. It Takes Two to Preach!

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... the front of the pulpit, in large letters for the whole congregation to see, these words from Jeremiah: "O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord." That is the cry of the church today: "hear the Word of God," really hear it. This is God’s appeal, too: "Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live." "He who has ears, let him hear" what God has to say. But he with the ears will not hear unless herald and hearer say it together.

204. To Hoist a Sail

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

On Pentecost, nearly 2,000 years ago, the Holy Spirit descended with the sound of mighty rushing wind. Those 120 souls, gathered for prayer, were engulfed by a stupendous life-surge. There was neither time nor inclination to question or speculate. All they could really do was respond to the miracle of God’s inspiration. That they did, by hoisting the sails of the soul, surrendering their lives to an overpowering influence and setting out to transform the world. The church was born at a wake. In ...

205. At the Door of the Church

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... service a minister was approached by a sincere young man. "Do you think I ought to come to church when I don’t feel like it?" he asked. "There are times when I want to come and really enjoy the service, but there are other times when I’ve no inclination at all. Am I a hypocrite to come then? In addition, sometimes I find worship quite boring. Why should I come to something that bores me?" The minister responded to the young man in this way: "Well, Bob, do you only pay your bills and your rent when you ...

206. Virtue Won’t Hurt You

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... of virtue. God gave each of us a body, mind, and spirit. He expects us to take these aspects of life as a trust and do something with them. They are his for he made them: God expects us to live with dignity, to face situations in which others are inclined to run away and to take handicaps and turn them from liabilities into assets. Yes, God expects us to live with virtue. He loves us, to be sure, when we do not. Yet he expects us to live with virtue. Life is sacred. It is a trust from God. No ...

207. An Invitation to a Feast

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... Lovely Ambition, chapter 4, writes this: "Grace?" he said. "Grace? Well, that’s very difficult to explain, Mrs. Gowan. Many learned men have thought about grace for many centuries. Most of them think it has to do with forgiveness and mercy, but I’m inclined to disagree with them. I rather think grace means just the constant presence of God." That’s why we come to the banquet. Because God is continually present with us, and sees us through, and we accept his gracious invitation to be with him. There ...

208. Christians In A Warring World - 1941

Galatians 6:1-10

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... first it came into common use it was meant as a sneer, a hiss, or an insult. But rather than consider it as such the Methodists took it as a compliment and openly rejoiced in the use of it, and though even today there are some who might be inclined to think of the word disparagingly, most Methodists are legitimately proud of their name. So in the same way we accept the word "Pacifist." It is a good, accurate, honest term. So, far from being ashamed of it, we feel unworthy of it, would like really to deserve ...

209. The Art of Living Until

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... a shorter one if you’re busy. And it’s not only shorter; it’s also better. If you are pleasantly employed doing something you really believe in, how time flies! There just isn’t time to get bored and beat up on anybody, and neither the time nor the inclination to contribute yours to the regiment of elbows lined up on the counter of the town bar. Jesus knew what he was talking about. And he goes on to say that the master of that delinquent servant will come on a day when he is not expected and will ...

210. The Temptations

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Jon L. Joyce

No matter how many times I look at this text, I come back to my first inclination: "Temptations of Ministry." Each of the temptations can be related to temptations of the individual Christian or the corporate Christian body today. In a sermon based on that theme, you might make several points which may not be obvious to the worshiper who has just heard the Gospel read orally: ...

211. The Beauty of a Childlike Faith

Matthew 18:1-9

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... little accident." Forget it! The children will have signs out on the lawn when Mom returns---"Guess who broke a vase." And if you buy a birthday present for Mom, don't let the kids in on the secret. Keeping secrets just runs counter to a child's natural inclination to tell it all. When Jesus said that we must become like little children, he did not mean for us to be childish. Repeatedly, the Bible urges us toward maturity, to grow up. "When I was a child," wrote Paul, "I thought and acted like a child. But ...

212. Wimps Become Warriors

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... the Spirit. God taught me that if He sends me somewhere, He will always pack my suitcase. God never sends his children on a mission under-supplied. This first year in ministry in Memphis has been a glorious experience in God's sufficiency. God has inclined you to be amazingly kind and charitable and supportive. God has augmented my limited gifts and has made me feel comfortable in this awesome responsibility. In my own strength, I never was and never will be equal to the task. But God can do extraordinary ...

213. Our Father Who Art on Earth

Proverbs 1:8-19

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... while his daughter engaged in an odious sexual affair. He could say nothing because he knew that he was guilty of the same sort of thing. Fourthly, our children also hear us by the pursuit of an ideal. Many fathers are greatly disappointed when their sons show no inclination for following in their own vocation. I know that it was my father who most persuaded me to answer my calling. Never once did he urge me to enter the ministry. Never once did he suggest that he would be happy if I did. He didn’t have ...

214. ARMOR - BEARER

Jeremiah 9:54; 1 Samuel 14:7

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Stephen Stewart

... young man his armorbearer, and said to him, ‘Draw your sword and kill me, lest men say of me, "A woman killed him." ’ And his young man thrust him through, and he died." 1 Samuel 14:7 - "And his armor-bearer said to him, ‘Do all that your mind inclines to; behold, I am with you; as is your mind, so is mine.’ " 2 Samuel 23:37 - "Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah." 1 Chronicles 10:4 - "Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, ‘Draw your sword and thrust ...

215. BODYGUARD

2 Samuel 23:23; 2 Kings 25:8

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Stephen Stewart

... many listings for guards. You have your pick of residence security guards, sporting event guards, payroll escort guards, men in motorcycles, men in cars, men with dogs - you name it, you have it through making a simple telephone call. Or, perhaps, you are more inclined to associate the bodyguard with the present-day Secret Service agent. And that fits too. I don’t suppose any of us will ever forget the pictures taken when President Kennedy was shot in Dallas. Remember the actions of the Secret Service man ...

216. CARPETMAKER

Judges 5:10; Ezekiel 27:24

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Stephen Stewart

... do justice to a modern carpet maker! In the biblical period, some carpets were made from strips of wool, cotton, and other materials that were braided together. The carpetmaker could chose strips whose colors matched, blended, or contrasted, according to his own inclinations. Three or more of these strips were interwoven to form a continuous braid, which was then laid on a flat surface and coiled or bent into shape. Finally the ends were handstitched together. Or, there were other methods of making carpets ...

217. When The Word Became Flesh

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... came because no one less than he could break the power of sin. And the only way Jesus could do it involved a cross. There was a second reason Jesus came: It was to show us that God is love. This was a hard sell. People are always inclined to see God as stern Judge, cosmic cop, wrathful Ruler. But not as loving Lord. Jesus came to wrap God's loving arms around this hurting world. I often stop at a certain restaurant in town which has a first-class aquarium. It contains a glorious assortment of tropical ...

218. Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?

Luke 9:18-27

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... sacrifice for the sins of all believers. Our salvation was earned by Jesus on Calvary’s cross. It is a completed work. We cannot add one iota to that. Your cross and mine are different from that of Jesus. Our cross is anything contrary to our natural inclinations that we choose to do in order to promote the cause of Christ. It is a difficult or unpleasant task that we take on because we think it will glorify Christ. The Scotsman Andrew Bonar expressed it this way: the Master bore the Cross of atonement ...

219. Rediscovering Our Spiritual Dimension

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... its individual citizens and is always in special danger when its people cleave to the state of things as they are. Indeed, the biggest peril to the western world today is not who can win in shoring up selfish national interests. It lies in the inclination of the average man or woman who is content to live in a two-dimensional world. President Goheen, formerly of Princeton University, once said that much of the unrest among America’s youth has tended to "show a hunger for some spiritual dimension which is ...

220. Reconciling Palms and Thorns

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... , for it blends two portraits of Jesus: the Jesus of Palms and the Jesus of Thorns. There is the Jesus we accept readily and there is the Jesus we need but find difficult and costly to follow. Let us be honest with ourselves: Are we not inclined to be like the crowds on that first Palm Sunday? Excited over his miracles of healing, his concern for the poor and underprivileged, his love for those whom sin had almost destroyed, and his personal popularity with the multitudes, these people in a quick flush of ...

221. Servants Without Fiber

Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... "servant"? A flunky? A gofer? A Victorian called "Jeeves"? Someone with no mind of his or her own? A person who lacks fiber and is easily a patsy for someone else to use or "lord it over"? Unfortunately, in too many cases, people are inclined to think in this way. But this has never been the biblical concept which emerges gradually in the Old Testament and is perfected in the New. The Bible rescued and redefined the concept of "servant," giving it fiber, stamina and spiritual substance. Probably no writer ...

222. Service Beset by "What’s the Use?"

Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... not this a missing note in much of our thinking today? Constantly we are told to safeguard the worth of other individuals - and rightly so - but the climate and conditions of our age should persuade us to see also the worth of ourselves. Too many people are inclined to treat themselves as non-entities, as mere statistics in the human struggle, and forget to believe and see that they are members of God’s great family and that the quality of the whole depends upon the quality of each single unit in it. If ...

223. Easter Turns ONLY into ALSO

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... with six days for work and the seventh for rest. This did not mean that only the seventh was "God’s day" and that the other six were beyond or outside his concern. It was found in practice that those who kept the seventh day holy were more inclined to keep the other six days accountable to God, too. Or, take the Jewish people and their notion of chosenness throughout the whole of the Old Testament. This concept did not mean that all other people were destined to oblivion. As Christians, we owe much to the ...

224. As the Twig Is Bent

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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Larry Powell

... , "You can believe anything and belong to such-and-such church" would seem to indicate that instruction is either not being laid out or is not being retained. Instruction prepares. Alexander Pope put it simply: "Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined." Instruction serves. Tools for the journey and knowledge for the doing! Read 2 Timothy 3:14-17 and reflect on how religious instruction is profitable to those who aspire to follow the way of Christ. How is the Word of God, as the Psalmist proclaims ...

225. Clean and Unclean

Acts 11:1-18

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Larry Powell

... experience, nor are they included in the regular routine of our decision-making. Occasionally, they may receive a polite tip of the hat, but they are included in the host of concerns outside our own family or church circle of concern which we are inclined to consider "unclean" or "common," reluctant to believe that even unto them also "God has granted repentance unto life." One at a time, think about the following: Shall God grant repentance to 1. those in our prisons, 2. Russians, 3. criminals, 4. non ...

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