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201. Food Sacrificed to Idols

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... the concerns in this chapter. Verse 10 of chapter 8 explicitly mentions the possible presence of the Christian in the pagan temple environment, although it was an option in antiquity to dine in that setting much as modern customers eat in restaurants without serious thought about the preparation of the food. Paul’s tone and emphases do shift as he moves from 8:1 through 11:1, but as close reading reveals, Paul’s primary concern in 8:1–13—with the possible exception of one illustrative reference in ...

202. Idol Feasts and the Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 10:14-22

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... worship was not purely idle activity. He refers to the sacrifices of pagans to idols as being offered to demons. This comment is not a full-blown exposition on the demonic, nor is it possible to understand exactly what Paul believed a demon to be, although his thought here is in perfect line with OT passages that identify pagan gods as demons and condemn such sacrifices (see Exod. 22:20; 32:8; Deut. 28:64; 32:17; Ps. 106:36–37). Paul’s general perceptions and beliefs about the demonic are not clear from ...

203. Job's Second Reply to Eliphaz

Job 16:1-17:16

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... for Intercession 16:18–19 Once again it is the lack of provocation for the attack that leads Job to call out for redress. His cry is to the earth that has experienced the pollution of Job’s blood spilled in the violent attack. The Israelites thought blood spilled in violence actually corrupted the ground and prevented it from being used for anything productive. The Bible often depicts the earth as crying out to God to avenge a violent death and to cleanse the earth. See, for example, the response of the ...

204. The Ultimate Mountaintop Experience

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... ?” the newcomer asked. The man then explained that every Monday night he and others from the church took the church van to the youth correctional center to visit young people in prison. “We started this a long time ago.” The newcomer asked, “Why do you do it?” Thoughtfully the man answered, “Because Christians are supposed to do that kind of thing. I guess that’s why I’m here.” The old guy may not have understood a sermon in the last 25 years, but it wasn’t the voice of the pastor he was ...

205. The Art of Impersonation

Matthew 5:21-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the world is the seed of organized crime networks and slave labor operations. What separates you or me from the warlord or the mass murderer? We carry the same seed of sin within us. Examine your own hearts, Jesus is saying. How thin is the line between the thought and the act? We may be impersonating a follower of Jesus, but if our heart and mind are not ruled by the spirit of God, then we are still in moral and spiritual danger. Jesus says that sin doesn’t start where you think it does. But he is ...

206. Meeting Jesus

John 3:1-17

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... he go in the dark? Did he have some questions that he wanted to ask Jesus? Had he heard something about Jesus and the message Jesus was teaching and wanted to see for himself? Or did he see in Jesus a kindred spirit, someone who seemed to think like he thought? His opening lines to Jesus would tend to give credence to this notion. He seems to think that Jesus has it all together, too. He may think that Jesus is Pharisee material and has come to offer him a sponsorship if he wants to join the club. “Rabbi ...

207. Seeking Jesus

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... and the second was reading the writings of that great Christian author C.S. Lewis. However, the moment that Dr. Francis Collins really found God was while he was hiking in the Cascade Mountains. The beauty of nature all around him made him long to know God. He thought to himself, “This is something I have really longed for all my life without realizing it, and now I’ve got the chance to say ‘yes’ to God. So I said yes. I was 27,” says Dr. Francis Collins. “I’ve never turned back. That was the ...

208. Fear and Blessing

Psalm 128:1-6

Sermon

Will Willimon

... tell you: Don't get yourself into Mary's condition if you don't want any pain as a mother or father because it seems to come with the territory. “Blessed is every one who fears the LORD,” says the Psalmist. How odd that fear should intrude itself into our thoughts of families and children. Yet there it is. It is a fearful thing, says the Bible, to fall into the hands of the living God. It is a fearful thing to be loved by God or to try to return that love in our daily, ordinary, domestic lives. We know ...

209. Find Joy Again!

Romans 15:4-13

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... us his joyful personality so that we would get our joy back. At first, the world really did not know how to respond to this. We see an example of it in Luke 7 when Jesus spoke to the Pharisees, the supposed experts of the Jewish Law. They thought they knew everything there was to know about God. Jesus comes along and says, “You just don’t get it. I come eating, drinking, and having a good time -- and you accuse me of being a glutton, drunkard, and a friend to sinners and tax collectors.” They accused ...

210. Ashamed To Beg

Luke 16:1-15

Illustration

John G. Lynn

... called in his master's creditors. "How much do you owe? One hundred barrels of oil? Take your bill and write 50." Did he cheat his master? Not at all. The commercial documents from that time indicate that 50 percent was the normal commission. He renounced what he thought he had to have to live on -- and he won friends for himself in so doing. "How much do you owe? One hundred bushels of wheat? Take your bill and write 80." He did not cheat his master. He simply renounced his own commission. He gave up what ...

211. Take Up Your Ministry

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... yourself or those you want to impress but also to God, it makes you nervous. As you realize that the embarrassments and mistakes you may have wanted to keep out of sight cannot be hidden from God, that ought to make you nervous! Or just when you thought you were most alone, when the demons and powers of the world have you most backed into a corner, when your lives seem most desperate and endangered, you ought to be looking for rescue! And then surprisingly, in a way that you never anticipated, God comes to ...

212. How Odd Of God

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... he may come in some new language that is so vernacular that it may appear offensive. I would remind you that Jerome's translation of the scriptures in the fourth century from the Greek to the Latin was called the Vulgate, for that very same reason: people thought it to be a vulgar language. It was hard for them to accept anything as sacred and mysterious as Holy Writ to be so common and ordinary in its language. The fact remains, God never acts in the manner we expect. God works through people and events ...

213. Brothers

Luke 15:1-7

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... will. NATHAN: But, Josh ...! JOSHUA: No, I said! Dad's gotten used to having you gone. Don't stir up old emotions. NATHAN: But, I ... JOSHUA: There's nothing you could do to make things right. You've done too much wrong. No father could forgive all that. NATHAN: I thought he would want ... JOSHUA: You have no idea what he would want. You have no idea what's best for him now. He needs to live out the rest of his years in peace. If you came back now, it would open all the old wounds. Besides, how could you ...

214. Prayers for Epiphany

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... name. With each new discovery of who you are and what you do, we learn all over again how magnificent you are. Our thoughts can't stretch far enough to encompass you. Our emotions, as wondrous and creative as they may be, cannot contain your majesty. For ... , O Lord, we turn to you. Our dark and empty mood leaves us frightened of the possible outcome of our days. We abhor the thought that we would become a shell, a front, a flat picture completely devoid of any depth or dimension. Our emptiness isn't our desire ...

215. The Downside Of The Practice -- Performance Equation

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, and makes me tread upon the heights. I think that's the meaning of God's promise through Paul: "We know that all things work together for good for those who love God" (Romans 8:28). I've always thought Paul left out the word eventually. Anyway, I think of a story sent to me by Melissa Hinnebusch: Many years ago, the President of Harvard made a mistake by prejudging people and it cost him dearly. A woman in a faded gingham dress and her husband dressed in a ...

216. For I Have Chosen You!

Haggai 2:20-23

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... couple of singles or a home run in his first game. Does Haggai imagine this will happen again and again and again? Some only get one trip to the major leagues. That's not bad. Most of us don't get a shot at all. Regardless of what Haggai thought, this was his high-water mark. There are no more recorded prophecies attached to his name. Was he disappointed? Did he look back to that golden age, so very short, and say to his grandchildren, "You should have seen me when"? Or maybe he realized that the arrival of ...

217. The Simple Shepherds--And The Lamb Of God

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... . I played the part not of a shepherd, but a goatherd. I had these two goats standing with me near the gates of town. One night I looked up and saw coming along the street one of our youth with a lamb over his shoulders. For a moment there I thought I saw young David, the shepherd, coming through Old Bethlehem with the Lamb of God. My heart was filled with joy as I remembered those words, "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." In Bethlehem we come together with the Lamb of God. Thanks ...

218. At The Right Place At The Right Time

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... and that David took another man's wife. God had obviously favored David, but now in his cynical years David had forgotten God. David thought he could do it all by himself. "Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight?" ... . The truth was David reached that point in his life where he mistakenly believed he was above the law. In David's own mind he thought he could do no wrong. He was sadly mistaken because God's law applies equally to everyone; it does not matter if you are a ...

219. Proper 7

Mt 10:16-39 · Rom 5:12 – 6:11 · Jer 20:7-13 · Gen 21:8-21 · Ps 86

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... my daughters saw this shiny rock, and picked it up as a play thing. We looked in the toy boxes, in the recreation room, down in the basement where they played, outside. We hadn't the foggiest notion where to go from here. I hadn't prayed about it. I thought, God has more important things to concern himself about than my ring. But one day, in desperation, I decided to petition the Lord. I prayed, "Lord, I know you have other issues on your mind and I don't need this ring really; but it was given to me by ...

220. Who Was That Masked Man?

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Alexander H. Wales

... respect. It's just hard to understand. "Anyway, when I finally came to, I was so sore I couldn't even move. Blood had dried around my mouth and eyes from a cut on my forehead. The sun was so hot. I could hardly breathe. Then I heard footsteps. I thought it might be the thieves coming back to finish the job, but as I squinted up at the sun, I realized it was a priest heading up towards Jerusalem. He looked at me and just shook his head. I could hear him muttering something about the sins of the father ...

221. Number One Mother

Genesis 2:4-25

Drama

Dr. Raymond Bailey

... what it was. I had named all the animals, and I hadn't seen anything like this. It made weird noises -- some of them downright ugly noises -- when I tried to sleep. Eve and the new creature were inseparable, however. Mostly it just annoyed me. As time went on, I thought it was a kangaroo. Its front legs were shorter than its rear ones, and it traveled about on all fours with its rump in the air. So I named it "Caingaroo" -- Cain for short. Eve loved it. I hadn't seen her so happy since we'd been evicted ...

222. It's Hell, I Say: Herod Speaks

Matthew 2:1-12

Drama

Dr. Raymond Bailey

... the death of the many. Many of these babes were born to the poor -- to families that already had too many mouths to feed. I thought of myself as doing a righteous thing. It was merely a method of population control. I, who killed my own sons, certainly was not ... . Not as I know myself, or others like me. I would imagine that the Pharaohs, the Hitlers, etc., were just like me. We thought we were doing good! A narcissist like me can't comprehend any morality that is concerned with the common good, unless it is ...

223. A Different Kind of King

Luke 23:26-43

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... from the king of a country. Jesus was King over all the earth. People did not always know what kind of king he was. Some people thought that he would make a good king of the land in which he lived. They tried to make him a king who lived in a palace, ... taxes. But Jesus was not that kind of a king. The people who were kings and were close to kings were afraid of Jesus because they thought he wanted their jobs, or would give their jobs to his friends. They did not know that Jesus was sent by God to start a new ...

224. Death Of A Dream - Birth Of A Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... to hide from their enemies? Could it have been a hotel for the homeless? Was it meant as a hospital for the sick? If you thought any of these were the reasons, you would have been wrong. The tower was built for self-aggrandizement. They said, "Let us build a tower ... and sawed it down. In the spring, to his dismay, he found new shoots had sprouted from the trunk. He said to his son, "I thought sure it was dead; the leaves had dropped, the twigs snapped, it seemed as if there was no life there. But now I see ...

225. The Interview

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... of person we look for, the one who is prepared and at the same time careful -- and prayerful, I might add.” Looking back at her notes and at the help wanted ad that had lured her to this place, she paused for a long moment. “Prayerful,” she thought to herself, “I can’t believe my ears. I have prayed long and hard about this, but now to know that the human resources director suggests it. I do believe this is my kind of place!” “Well, my first question,” she began with hesitation in her voice ...

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