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2326. Making Sense

John 17:6-19

Sermon

John Jamison

... be human? Again, it sounds like the topic of a seminary class today, but then, it sparked the creation of several other branches of the Christian church. These are the kinds of arguments that develop as the church spreads into different places with very different beliefs and cultures. Our passage today is based on an argument that arose as the early church began to grow in the highly intellectual cultures of Greece and Rome. These were also the seats of the origin of things like logic and law, so this new ...

2327. Have You Been Pruned?

John 15:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... more fruit to your glory?” If you can, you are among God’s elect and God will use you in a wondrous way. 1. Contributed. Source: The Upper Room magazine. 2. Steve Bivans, The End of Fear Itself (Shireness Publishing. Kindle Edition). 3. Merrill C. Tenney, John: The Gospel of Belief (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1948), pp. 227‑28. 4. William H. Willimon, The Best of Will Willimon: Acting Up in Jesus’ Name Abingdon Press. Kindle Edition.

2328. The Advocate and the Street Where You Live

John 15:26-27, 16:4-15

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... of punishment for sin. For many, the Ten Commandments have become the Ten Suggestions with an understanding that these ten were related to how things were years ago and have little or nothing to do with us today. For example, contrary to popular belief, God's last name is not "Damn." Concretely, no matter how many people disagree, sex outside of marriage is sinful. Unfortunately, idolatry appears repeatedly, whether or not we have golden calves. That's bad news. Of course, the gospel of grace for sinners ...

2329. Who Do You Think He Is?

John 6:51-58

Sermon

Rick McCracken-Bennett

... bread and the wine are simply bread and wine, no different than when they were brought to the table a few minutes before. For this priest, the distinction is important. Actually, it is critically important. In fact, his very life depends upon taking communion with that belief intact. So today, let's be mindful of what we're doing here. Let's look upon this sacrament with wonder and awe, and bring our sins, and even our doubts, and behold the very presence of Jesus in this humble sacrament of bread and wine ...

2330. Six Days to Make a Decision for Christ

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Rick McCracken-Bennett

... as he continue to "school" them. I'll bet that Peter felt pretty much the same way in the face of Jesus taking him to school. "Who do you say that I am?" Jesus asked and Peter answered correctly. Well, sort of correctly. He held the common belief that the Messiah would be king over Israel and lead, most likely, a revolt against their oppressors; in this case, the Romans. But Jesus talked of a whole different understanding of what would be the Messiah's life and ministry when he spoke of suffering, rejection ...

2331. No Reason to Worry

Matthew 6:25-33

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... :10-11). Elsewhere he speaks of caring for one another by feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, welcoming the stranger, clothing the naked, caring for those who are sick, and visiting those in prison (Matthew 25:34ff). Jesus' teaching is not a simplistic and naïve belief that God will provide. His instruction not to worry is part of this larger context of his teaching, so that as we place our trust in God to care for us, we also engage in the work of prayer and the work of caring for one another ...

2332. When I Am Weak, I Am Strong

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... participated in a national Ironman competition. Are you familiar with Ironman races? A typical Ironman Triathlon consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride and a marathon 26.2 mile run, raced in that order and without a break. It is grueling almost beyond belief. Ricky knew he would get lots of skeptical looks on the race course. He also knew the winners would probably cross the finish line hours ahead of him. His goal would be to finish, even if it took all day, even if he had to cross the finish ...

2333. Playing Golf at Midnight

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... crowd was risky. What if he wasn’t able to retrieve it? His cloak may have been the only thing he, a blind beggar, owned. He depended on his cloak in winter to allow him to be out in the street begging. Could it be that Bartimaeus had enough belief in Jesus that he thought that perhaps he would be healed and would no longer need his cloak for begging? Or was he was so enthusiastic about Jesus calling for him that he simply acted without thinking? “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him ...

2334. Of Mice and Men

Hebrews 10:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... Anderson tells of visiting Manila in the Philippines several years ago. His hosts took him, of all places, to the Manila garbage dump. This was certainly not the most pleasant place on earth to visit. But what he saw there was something almost beyond belief. He discovered that tens of thousands of people make their homes on that Manila dump site. They’ve constructed shacks out of the things other people have thrown away. And they send their children out early every morning to scavenge for food out of ...

2335. Four Magic Words

Psalm 126:1-6, Psalm 145:2-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... , H. G. Wells, Bertrand Russell and Clarence Darrow. He was a man of many interests and accomplishments. The older Chesterton became, however, the more important his faith was to him. It was his gratitude for what seemed to him so many undeserved gifts that led him to a belief in God. (2) Some of us can relate to that. We look over our lives and realize that we too have received many undeserved blessings. We find it impossible to rule out the hand of God. At such a time we, too, utter those four magic words ...

2336. How Intelligent Is God’s Design?

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... Christian. Gray quickly jumped to his friend’s defense, favorably reviewing Darwin’s controversial study. But, in private, the two friends carried on a lively debate. Gray tried to persuade Darwin to accept a “harmony of evolution with a belief in intelligent design.” The Harvard professor was convinced that “variation does not always seem an accident, but often is ‘guided in certain lines,’ as if by an intelligent power.” Because Gray was familiar with scripture, he understood and trusted ...

2337. A Teacher's Prayer

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Editor James S. Hewett

... one child at the expense of others. Let all be equally worthy of my devotion without regard to their intelligence, their religion, their race, or their wealth. Let me teach a love of America by keeping ever alive her commitment to the greatest good for the greatest number in the belief that these children are Your greatest good and Your greatest number. Lord, help! They're coming into the room right now, all thirty-two of them. Any small miracle will be greatly appreciated. Amen.

2338. Three Ways of Viewing Christmas

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Harry Reasoner

... of God on earth. It leaves you only three ways of accepting Christmas. One is cynically, as a time to make money or endorse the making of it. One is graciously, the appropriate attitude for non-Christians, who wish their fellow citizens all the joys to which their beliefs entitle them. And the third, of course, is reverently. If this is the anniversary of the appearance of the Lord of the universe in the form of a helpless babe, it is a very important day. It's a startling idea, of course. My guess is that ...

2339. The Miracle of the Virgin Birth

Matthew 1:18-25

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C. S. Lewis

The grounds for belief and disbelief are the same today as they were two thousand or ten thousand years ago. If Joseph had lacked faith to trust God or humility to perceive the holiness of his spouse, he could have disbelieved in the miraculous origin of her Son as easily as any modern man; and any modern man who believes in God can accept the miracle as easily as Joseph did.

2340. Theories about God's Existence

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Editor James S. Hewett

... a daring mouse climbed up part of the piano and returned very thoughtful. He had found out how the music was made. Wires were the secret; tightly stretched wires of graduated lengths which trembled and vibrated. They must revise all their old beliefs; none but the most conservative could any longer believe in the Unseen Player. Later, another explorer carried the explanation further. Hammers were now the secret, numbers of hammers dancing and leaping on the wires. This was a more complicated theory, but it ...

2341. Surprise--One Got Out!

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... dramatic event! The resurrection demands a greater response than that. It is the decisive moment in human history. Jesus, who claimed to be the living embodiment of the one true God, died. After three days, he came back to life. There is no other belief system on earth that teaches this about their founder or prophet or god. The resurrection serves as the foundation of the Christian faith and the Christian church. Without the resurrection, all we have is a nice philosophy for living. If the resurrection is ...

2342. A Loving Parent

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... don’t understand why it is hard, but it is. The writer of Revelation knew about tears. He lived in a time when Christians were being cruelly persecuted. Revelation 6:9-10 indicates that during this time many Christians were tortured and killed for their beliefs. We read: “I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants ...

2343. In Search of a New Life

Revelation 21:1-5a

Sermon

King Duncan

... new confidence--confidence in ourselves--confidence in God. What a difference if we could wake up in the morning and say, “Truly this IS the day that the Lord hath made. I will rejoice and be glad in it”--if we could live openly and honestly with the belief that He is with us. We may not feel adequate but He is adequate. Have you ever watched a basketball player when he or she is “hot?” The basketball player who is “hot” gets the feeling that everything he or she touches is going into the basket ...

2344. Setting His Face Toward Jerusalem

Luke 9:51-62

Sermon

King Duncan

... Dean Chabot, a former neo-Nazi. Chabot had spent years preaching hatred and violence against Jewish people and people of color. He gloried in the idea of a race war. But through the intervention of another former white supremacist, he began to change his beliefs. He finally realized that he had to get out of the white supremacist organization, to cut off all contact with them. Pelley asked Chabot, “Dean, do you consider yourself to be out, or do you consider yourself to be in the process? Chabot said ...

2345. About Unclaimed Luggage

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... represents far too many men and women who stood at an altar and vowed before God, “Till death us do part . . .” who for one reason or another have lost faith in one another. Along with our loss of faith in people is a profound loss of belief in institutions—including the church. The great tragedy of our lives is that along with our declining faith in people and institutions, there has been a corresponding decline in our faith in God. Even many of us who are faithful in church, who are tithers and who ...

2346. What Super Power Would You Choose?

Luke 10:1-11, 7-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... also sent out the seventy-two to do these works of ministry because you don’t really know what real joy is until you have put your faith into practice. It’s one thing to believe something with your head, it’s another for that belief to take residence in your heart. That only happens when you are actively practicing what you preach. Pastor Fred Craddock tells of ministering at a church where the young people were accustomed to going on nice vacations over their summer break from school. Their families ...

2347. Missing God

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Julian Barnes

... lose (a “happy atheist” as an Oxford student, Barnes now considers himself an agnostic), he still finds himself dreading the gradual ebbing of Christianity. He misses the sense of purpose that the Christian narrative affords, the sense of wonder and belief that haunts Christian art and architecture. “I miss the God that inspired Italian painting and French stained glass, German music and English chapter houses, and those tumbledown heaps of stone on Celtic headlands which were once symbolic beacons in ...

2348. Beyond a Friendly, Cuddly Christmas

Matthew 2:13-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... claimed that the new jet would allow him to reach more people with his ministry. As he said, “I really believe that if Jesus was physically on the earth today, he wouldn't be riding a donkey.” And Duplantis isn’t alone in his beliefs. Pastors Creflo Dollar and Kenneth Copeland also claim that they need multimillion dollar private jets to improve their ministries. Copeland described commercial air travel as being “in a long tube with a bunch of demons.” (5) I’m not saying I disagree with Copeland ...

2349. In Need of a "Rally Monkey"

Luke 17:5-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... among people who have heard it many times already.” With this confirmation, John Beekman and his wife, Elaine, headed to Chiapas in southern Mexico to minister to the Chol Indians. The Beekmans walked through the villages every day, learning the Chol language and beliefs. They climbed up steep hills to reach the most remote villages. John’s heart condition caused him pain and fatigue, but he was determined to reach as many Chol people as possible with the message of Jesus. It took John seven years, from ...

2350. A Child of the Resurrection

Luke 20:27-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the Roman Empire. The Chief Priest of the Sanhedrin and most of its members were Sadducees. The Roman government supported the Sadducees and kept them in power because the Sadducees preferred Greek customs over Jewish ones. The Sadducees based all their religious beliefs on the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament. According to them, there was no evidence in the Torah for an afterlife, or angels or a resurrection from the dead. The Sadducees believed that all of God’s plans and covenant ...

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