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1. Orient Your "itudes"

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a time, one spirit at a time, saving and healing person by person. Mark's text today focuses on the very start of Jesus' Galilean ministry, a ministry that begins with Jesus revealing three truths about himself: 1. Jesus had Attitude 2. Jesus had Aptitude 3. Jesus had Latitude Jesus had Attitude. Jesus had an Attitude. Some saw it as an attitude problem. Attitude is another word for spirit. Jesus knew that the "Spirit of the Lord" was upon him, and Jesus squirted that divine spirit wherever he went. Jesus ...

2. Five Mission Killers

Matthew 16:21-28

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Leonard Sweet

... is no solo mission. God always sends us out into the world in teams, teams that less compete with other teams than compete with themselves. You need positive attitudes on that team, and better a positive attitude than high aptitude people with negative attitudes. Attitude always trumps and triumphs over aptitude. A negative spirit will spread like kudzu, and kill a dream faster than you can say disaster. 2) Run on empty .. . . You need fuel to keep going. When you refuse to get off the highway and refuse to ...

3. Pride: The Deadliest of the Seven Deadly Sins

Luke 18:9-14

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R. Curtis Fussell

... overinflated in our opinion about ourselves. But unfortunately, while many people suffer from low self-esteem, most people have the tendency to overinflate themselves. Evidence for an overinflated opinion of ourselves comes from the College Board that administers the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the SAT exam, which millions of high school students take each year. On that test there are a number of other questions besides the ones about math and English which the students are asked to answer. For instance, they ...

4. A Crippling Spirit

Luke 13:10-17

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Brett Blair

... severe depression. In 1971, in Plano Texas, a woman by the name of Linda gave birth to a boy she named Lance. She did what many mother’s do with boys. She molded his temperament by involving him in a variety of sports. He soon showed a aptitude as an athlete and by the age of 13 his skills were confirmed when he won the Iron Kids Triathlon—a combination of swimming, biking and running. Three years later at the tender age of 16 he became a professional triathlon athlete. When most children were trying ...

5. Beginning a Ministry

Matthew 4:18-22

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... fitness to be his disciples. He was a great judge of character, but he also could accurately estimate the potential of people to grow and become the kind of people needed for Christian ministry. That isn’t always easy to do. Fitness and aptitude can’t always be determined by a battery of academic and psychological tests; personal interviews and assessments, supported by academic records and letters of recommendation, need to be put alongside the tests for one’s fitness, even for entrance and, later ...

6. The Daniel Diet

Daniel 1:1-21

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Bill Bouknight

... Judah into his hands. A recurring theme of this book is that God is in control of all earthly kingdoms. Verses 3 and 4 tell us that Nebuchadnezzar ordered that some choice young men from Judah, "YOUNG MEN WITHOUT ANY PHYSICAL DEFECT, HANDSOME, SHOWING APTITUDE FOR EVERY KIND OF LEARNING...." be brought back to Babylon to enter the king's service. Nebuchadnezzar was smart. He wanted to govern a worldwide kingdom. He knew that the most effective governors of Judah would be citizens of Judah. So, he took some ...

7. Embalmed With Cardiac Arrest

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... is it? It is not antiscientific, because I am not antiscientific. But, obviously, it was not science that led me to that truth of which I am sure. For many years, I have been in love with the same woman. I didn’t need any scientific aptitude test to make me fall in love with her. We filled out no psychological questionnaires. We had no genetic examinations. Our basic characteristics and personality traits were not run through any computer. She was not chosen by an IBM selector system. Frankly, I didn’t ...

8. Well, What's for Sure?

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

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Louis H. Valbracht

... is not irrational, is it? It is not anti-scientific, is it? But, obviously, science could never, in all of the world, bring me to the knowledge of that truth. For many years I have been in love with the same woman. I didn’t need any scientific aptitude test to make me fall in love with her. We filled out no psychological questionnaires to see if we were compatible. Our basic characteristics were not run through any computer. She was not chosen for me by an I.B.M. selector system. And yet, this love is ...

9. Judgement Day Is Coming

Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43, Matthew 13:47-52

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Bill Bouknight

... Day followed by an eternal heaven or hell seems alien to this permissive culture. Ours is a "three strikes and you're out" culture, and if you whine a bit, we will give you four or five strikes. We even curve the grades on the Scholastic Aptitude Test so that the outcome will look better. Many schools have many valedictorians rather than one because we don't like to have winners and losers. In such a society, it sounds strange to hear about a final Judgment Day and eternal punishment and weeping and ...

10. A Risky Lifestyle

Matthew 25:14-30

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Bill Bouknight

... 'll fit in just fine." Christians are risk-takers. Let's turn to the parable where Jesus makes this truth abundantly clear, in Matthew, chapter 25. It's a shame that we call it the parable of the talents, because the word "talent" means for us an aptitude or ability. That's not what it meant in biblical times. It was a weight measurement of a precious metal. For example, one talent of silver was worth about $1000 in our money. Jesus' story is about a master who gave various amounts of money to his servants ...

11. Vive La Difference

Romans 12:1-8

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King Duncan

... in different ways. Some experts say that they perform different tasks. The left hemisphere is concerned with language and logic. The right side is said to be the creative, emotive, artistic side. Our educational system is set up to cater to left brain aptitudes those that require logic and language skills. Suppose you happen to be a right brain dominant child, however. You are labeled as slow, a dreamer, an underachiever. Maybe not. Maybe you are simply a right-brained person in a leftbrained world. We are ...

12. Living Smart

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

John Claypool, in one of his sermons, tells a parable about a young man who was applying for a job. As a part of the application process, the young man had to take an aptitude test. He arrived at the appointed time, was given instructions about the test, and then was ushered into the testing room. Immediately, though, the young man became enamored with the utensils at his disposal: he straightened the paper on the desk, sharpened his pencils and shined his chair. In fact, ...

13. The Greatest Temptation Of All

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... and dependable teenagers. The children who gave in to temptation early on were more likely to be lonely, easily frustrated and stubborn. They buckled under stress and shied away from challenges. And when some of the students in the two groups took the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the kids who had held out longer scored an average of 210 points higher. (5) The ability to resist temptation, to delay gratification, to control one's urges is one of life's great success skills. The observation that Robert E. Lee is ...

14. That Believing Ye Might Have Life

John 20:24-31

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King Duncan

... a computerized translator. Stephen Hawking is still alive, not only physically, but also intellectually and emotionally as well. His life is a wonderful example of the human spirit's desire to be victorious in the face of devastating illness. Add the right attitude to the right aptitude and you have a winner. But where do you get the right attitude? As John wrote in the last verse of the 20th chapter of his gospel: ". . . these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God; and ...

15. On Living Before You Die

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... s hearts they must arise." We are God''s tenant farmers. He has given us talents to be developed and put to use in His church. He has given us the opportunity to be a beacon of light in a dark world through the consecration of our attitudes and aptitudes. He depends on us. He is counting on us. Our lives are important to His work. God gives us different gifts. HE ALSO REWARDS US FOR USING OUR GIFTS. This is what the master of the parable did. He settled accounts on his return. Two servants were rewarded for ...

16. How to Beat the Devil

Matthew 4:1-11

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Leonard Sweet

... interested in bread and circuses. The key to understanding the devilish intent of these temptations is the preface to the tempter's questions: "If you are the Son of God . . ." The one who comes to offer Jesus peirazon (tests) isn't testing Jesus' aptitude for performing various physical miracles. The diabolos is testing Jesus' attitude as the one proclaimed the Beloved Son. How could the Beloved Son not affirm his beloved status by turning stones to bread so that God's beloved would be fed? How could the ...

17. When God's Rule is Taken Out of the School

Job 21:22

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James Merritt

... turns out that during the Clinton Administration, which the NEA believes has done such a sterling job with education, 66% of seventeen year olds cannot read at a proficient level. Reading scores at all age levels have fallen since 1992.5 Scholastic Aptitude Test scores reveal a steady decline. Between 1963 and 1991 the median SAT scores plunged. Verbal: from 478 to 422 Math: from 502 to 4746 The disturbing downward spiral was best described by the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education ...

18. Gospel Partners

Philippians 1:3-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... invest in that can make an eternal difference. One is our family, and the other is the kingdom of God. Now the great thing about influence is this: Influence has nothing to do with your ability, nothing to do with your intelligence, nothing to do with your skills or your aptitude. You may right now be one of those people who are trapped working in a job you don't even like. Well, did you know you can still have an impact for the kingdom of God that will last long after you're gone. The fact is, everyone has ...

19. The Climb

Joshua 14:6-15

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James Merritt

... on the hinges of opposition. There are always going to be obstacles on your way up the mountain. You can do one of two things. You can focus on the obstacles or you can focus on the opportunity. You see the real key to the climb is not aptitude, it is attitude. This world is full of people who had no business getting to the top of mountains that they climbed, but they got there anyway. Not because they were get mountain climbers, but because of their attitude. I love the story about some parents who had ...

20. Being What We Are

1 Samuel 8:4-20

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Stan Purdum

... it took people who had been called to preach, bolstered them with a couple of counseling courses, and sent them out with far too little training and experience to effectively provide extended talk-therapy. Those few pastors who found they had an aptitude for therapeutic counseling and took the time to get the extra education necessary to do it, also found that providing such extended counseling didn't leave many hours for other pastoral work. Many of those pastors eventually found counseling centers where ...

21. Spiritual Gifts: God’s Gift of Fulfillment

1 Corinthians 1:3-9

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... we're good at is that it comes so easily. You sweat over what's hard to do. So knowing what you're good at is the first thing you need to know." Do you know what you are good at? Sometimes other people tell you. Sometimes you take an aptitude test. Most of the time you have to figure it out by trial and error. In my first church, I helped out with vacation Bible school one summer. Since they were having difficulty recruiting volunteers, I told them to put me anywhere there was an opening. I was placed with ...

22. The Lifesaver App

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

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Leonard Sweet

... and take “vocabulary tests” — learning a new list of words, their spelling and definitions, every week. As we continued on in school, read more books and studied more subjects, our vocabulary naturally expanded. Then to get into college, we took SATs (Scholastic Aptitude Tests), some of the most important of which are called “Vocab Tests.” Building up our word bank is a never completed project. Best-selling author Bill O’Reilly even has a vocab test every night on his #1 Cable News show, “The ...

23. Oh That Cookie Jar Goodness!

Matthew 19:16-30, Mark 10:17-31, Luke 18:18-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... likely) by one of the elite members of the Sanhedrin, a man who honestly tries to live an upright life, a guy who obeys every jot and tittle of the law, a guy who has attained a high position due to the exceptionalism of his religious aptitude and attitude. He’s well-dressed, groomed, soft-spoken, and probably even has a gentle manner and sense of humility. He has climbed the ladder in his career, and he has done everything possible to attain “perfection” in his religious life. He honestly wants to ...

24. Long View — Long Haul

Luke 13:31-35

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Schuyler Rhodes

... and just a little fearful avoidance. “Do what?” Her gaze was steady and her eyes were dancing. “I am going to go to medical school.” You could have knocked me over with a feather. Understand me now. My friend had even less aptitude for things like chemistry and physics than I have, and that’s saying something. She was accustomed to cocktail parties and brunches, staying up late and sleeping late. Nevertheless she had just announced this huge life change. She had actually stopped everything she ...

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