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2251. A Spiritual “Re-formation”

Romans 3:19-28

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... 34:6), which literally means to be "long of nose." The other word means "to burn or to grow hot."2 We often think of anger in degrees of heat or in the shades of red used by cartoonists to illustrate anger. Anger in and of itself is a human emotion that can motivate us to make changes for the better. Jesus became so angry with moneychangers that he threw them out of the temple. Jesus cursed a fig tree, causing it to wither. It's the way in which we sometimes channel our anger that gets us into trouble. The ...

2252. All in the Family

1 John 3:1-3

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

"Surprise! You're adopted!" If you were to hear those words from a trusted relative, surprise would be an understatement, I'm sure. Total shock would probably be more descriptive terminology for your emotional state as you examined the official court record and your original birth certificate. "Adopted" does describe each of us though, because we have been adopted by God into God's family. How do we know? The Bible tells us so. When the Spirit of God dwells within us, we are ...

2253. Legacies of Power

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... success in today's world. We all know about power because we have experienced it, whether we were on the giving end or the receiving end. Power is difficult to define because it comes in so many different shapes and sizes. The very word power elicits different emotional responses in each of us. How we respond to power depends on who happens to have the power, as well as how it is used. Power includes the ability to influence, to choose, to help, and to change. Each one of us has some type of power, at ...

2254. Found!

Lk 15:1-32

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King Duncan

... . At first Peale didn't know who he was, but as he came closer, he recognized the former derelict from Atlanta. There was a smile on his face, and he was humming "Amazing Grace" as he held out his hand in greeting. Peale said it was one of the most emotional and unforgettable encounters of his life.

2255. There's Something about Con Men

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... is only partially true at best. God helps all those who call upon His name, not just the highly motivated. But God will not do for us what we can do for ourselves. If God constantly worked to solve all our problems for us, we would remain forever emotionally and spiritually immature. Got a problem? Here’s the answer: Pray and work. God likes us to pray, but he also likes people of action. Pray and work. Don’t attempt one without the other. 1. “Man of the year: Duke Digger” Maxim, May 2002, p. 40 ...

2256. Swept Clean

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... my sister's laundry room, the TV show, Clean Sweep and this passage of Scripture teach us, sometimes you have to clean up the clutter. B. The same is true for our souls. That's part of what Jesus was talking about to Martha. You see, sometimes there is emotional and spiritual baggage that we've carried around that should have been gotten rid of long ago. The other night on Clean Sweep, there was a woman who had 3 jewelry boxes. The host asked her why. She said, because one of them had belonged to her mother ...

2257. LENT: The Passion of Christ: "Raised"

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... of us like an empty wallet or empty bank account. We certainly don't like it when the refrigerator or pantry is empty. You can't get very far if your gas tank is empty or if your stomach is empty. We don't like that empty feeling that some emotions and situations make us feel. My son hates it when I tell him to empty the dishwasher. My Dad used to say, "An empty barrel makes the most noise." I never really knew what that meant until I met an empty barrel or as they say in West Texas someone ...

2258. The Grateful Samaritan

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... man is a man of faith, and that is all that is necessary for this man to live a whole and complete life. There is healing in an attitude of faith and thanksgiving. I am convinced we would have far fewer people suffering from both emotional and physical pain if they incorporated faith and a sense of gratitude into their lives. Barbara Sholis, wrote an article for Christian Century in which she talked about her own experience of being healed. Having faced the specter of cancer, Barbara said she could identify ...

2259. Sitting at the Big People Table

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, 1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... for all this was attested at the right time. [7] For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. Johnny Carson, in describing Thanksgiving, once said: "Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often." I don't know about you and your family but that isn't true about my family. Growing up, Thanksgiving and ...

2260. We Are Blessed, Adopted and Sealed

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the How of that caring. As Christians we affirm that everything we have and everything are belongs to God. Because of that belief, we see ourselves as the Stewards of God's stuff. As a consequence, how we use the gifts of life, faith, talents, money, emotions, family, friends, the church, the environment, all of those things which God has placed under our care, reflects how well we are doing our job as Stewards. How we live and what we do with what God has given us is our Stewardship. When we are good ...

2261. See What Love . . .

1 John 3:1-7

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... enough money so you didn't get to stay a child very long before you had to go to work to help support your family. Or maybe yours was one of those broken families. Sometimes there's abuse. Sometimes there's neglect. Sometimes parents don't have the emotional or spiritual skills to love unconditionally. Or they are carrying so much baggage themselves and they don't know how to let it go. And then that baggage gets in the way of any meaningful or deep relationship with their children. Maybe that's the kind of ...

2262. At Cross Purposes

Mark 8:31-38

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... But just like the disciples, and just like every other Christian down through the ages, we have trouble understanding what Jesus means by TAKE UP YOUR CROSS. Down through the ages we've defined that in an abundance of different ways. There are people who are emotionally wounded who seek healing in a church but then wind up letting their hurts spill out and wound others. We've talked about those people being our cross to bear. We've talked about bad habits being a cross to bear. We've laughingly talked about ...

2263. An English Grammar Reminder

Luke 18:1-8

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Brett Blair

... memory banks is the concept of a metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech in the English language where you use something totally unrelated to a particular idea, to describe that idea. Usually metaphors capture our attention, because in a few words, they accurately describe our emotions or the facts of a situation. Let me give you some examples: That person is about as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. I feel about as helpless as a trombone player in a phone booth. You can't ...

2264. God Will Be With Us

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... it mean to say that God is with us? It means, first of all, that God cares enough for us individually that he seeks to invade the chaos of our lives. Author Max Lucado tells a remarkable story of the son of a rabbi who battled severe emotional problems. One day the boy went into his backyard, removed all his clothing, assumed a crouched position, and began to gobble like a turkey. He did this, not just for hours or days, but for weeks. No pleading would dissuade him. No psychotherapist could help him. A ...

2265. Totally Immobilized

Luke 19:1-10

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King Duncan

... . Somewhere along the way they have made a serious mistake. Then, rather than calmly analyzing their situation and correcting their course, they have reacted impulsively. Soon their lives are like that snake's. The more they struggle, the more entangled they have become until eventually they are totally immobilized psychologically, emotionally and spiritually.

2266. Luke 23:33-43

Luke 23:26-43

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... ” for Bethlehem? Didn’t the stable and cradle come before the cross? Luke’s gospel keeps the actual details of Jesus’ crucifixion to a merciful minimum. But while the physical atrocities may not come into fine focus, Luke’s text recounts the emotional toll of the execution with telling images. The gospel writer begins by providing only the common name of the Roman’s killing ground, “The Skull,” omitting any mention of the Hebrew name, “Golgotha.” This death’s-head identity of the place ...

2267. Counting Our Spiritual Blessings

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” In other words, only one thing matters relationships. Relationships with one another and our relationship with God. The blessings we need to focus on are not physical or material, but emotional and spiritual. This is a hard sell in a land of such abundance. Linda Kulman, wrote in U.S. News & World Report sometime back these prophetic words: “We are a nation that believes in having it all. In 1950, American families owned one car and ...

2268. Show Us a Sign

Matthew 24:36-44

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... we feel in the middle of a crisis, in the middle of despair. And he also captured exactly what happens. We ask for a sign and we're so blinded by what's going on in our lives that we can't see the signs for the fog of our emotions.

2269. Time to Unpack

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... suffer from fear, from anxiety, from shame. Being “vulnerable” is an utterly negative label in our twenty-first century culture. Just as we don’t want our electronic lives “vulnerable” to viruses that might threaten our identity, so we don’t want our physical, emotional, spiritual lives to be vulnerable to any unauthorized access. Unless we say so, and unless we are in control… No one gets close. No one comes near. No one is let in. Brene Brown has found in her research that an intolerance for ...

2270. Accepted Warts and All

Matthew 3:13-17

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John Bedingfield

... hearing those words from your own father. Most of us have had times where we rebelled or for some other reason the relationship got strained with our parents. Or perhaps you were in the situation where the parent was just lost to you, either physically or emotionally and as a result those words never reached expression. Or perhaps the parent thought he made the words plain to you, but somehow you two were just not speaking the same language. "This is my son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased." These ...

2271. The Great Physician

Matthew 4:23-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... Ader, a psychologist at the University of Rochester, did a brilliant study discovering for the first time the role of the mind in relation to the immune system.He demonstrated what most of us have always felt, that the condition of the mind and the emotions can have a profound effect on the condition of the body. A new science came into our vocabulary: Psychoneuroimmunology the mind’s effect on the immune system. And we know there is truth to this science. Some people would contend that this mind-body ...

2272. The Garden of Temptation

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... to be yes, God knew. God gives us freedom, but God knows our hearts. If God did not give us freedom and allow us to experience the consequences of that freedom, we would remain forever infantile. Freedom and failure seem to be essential to emotional and spiritual growth. In Romans 5 we find the best explanation that I know of for why God created a world in which the possibility of sin exists: Paul says that “suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and ...

2273. Leaving Home

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... designs was for his son, John. “John is studying mortuary science in school,” Scott said. “He wants a casket [on his crown].” Well, it takes all kinds, but many people like to carry home with them. Home gives us our identity. We have deep emotional ties there. Bishop William Willimon tells about a man who was in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II. It was a place of unbearable torture and degradation. The prisoners were treated horribly. One of the prisoners, a man from Illinois ...

2274. Daring Thomas

John 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... you would answer, your country. There are men and women who this day are offering up their lives for their country in far-off places like Afghanistan and Iraq. We salute them and pray that they will return to us safely. Patriotism is a powerful emotion in many lives. Evangelical researcher George Barna says that more people in this country are willing to die for their country than for their faith. They view themselves as Americans first and Christians second. That is a disturbing thought to those of us who ...

2275. Distract the Christians!

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Ray Osborne

... go out in nature to reflect on God's wonders. Send them to amusement parks, sporting events, concerts and movies instead." And when they meet for spiritual fellowship, involve them in gossip and small talk so that they leave with troubled consciences and unsettled emotion." "Let them be involved in soul-winning. But crowd their lives with so many good causes they have no time to seek power from Christ. Soon they will be working in their own strength, sacrificing their health and family for the good of the ...

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