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John 18:28-40

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Thomas Peterson

... way? As a child he was taken to the temple. During his ministry the Gospels speak of his attendance in the synagogue each sabbath. At the end of his life he was in the Temple in Jerusalem. His whole life was founded on the Law of God, and his avowed purpose was to fulfill the Law. Jesus kept faith with his tradition which was the ordinary framework of his life. To be ordinary like Jesus we, too, will respect the customs and traditions in which we were born. Like him, we dig deep into their meaning for life ...

2. Christ the King

Jeremiah 23:1-8

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George Paul Mocko

... not become the people of God sent to all God's people on earth. This failure, Jeremiah sees, has been primarily a failure of leadership. There was King Manasseh, before Jeremiah's time, but his memory and legacy lived in infamy - an overt and avowed pagan who put Assyrian flags in the temple, who set up pagan shrines in every sizable town. On the payroll there were what were called priests and priestesses of love, but openly they were nothing other than prostitutes and their pimps. The courts of justice ...

3. Returning to Genuine Religion

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

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Donald Macleod

... were not to occur or become theirs by mere fiat. True, God had declared his readiness to establish a new covenant with his people (v. 31). But, as you and I know, a covenant requires the commitment of two parties. God’s promise must be met by the honest avowal of every individual and not merely as a resolution passed by the people as at a mass meeting. This had been a fault in Israel’s religious life in the past. The priests ran the system and all the people had to do was to perform small ritual duties ...

4. Tired of Trying?

James 5:7-12

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Eric Ritz

... on. We believe we have the Way, Truth and Life. In time, God wants all to know of it. The second coming guarantees us justice. God will complete His plans. Until then, we keep working--keep trying. Once a man named Charles Bradlaugh, an avowed infidel who stirred London more than a generation ago with his attack on the Christian faith, once challenged Hugh Price Hughes, a Methodist preacher, to debate the truth of the Christian faith. The preacher accepted readily--with one condition. He would bring with ...

5. Taking Aim

Acts 2:14-41

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Leonard Sweet

... had for breakfast, than they can identify the version of the Bible they read. · A culture where only 9% of Americans know what the Great Commission is, only 35% have ever heard of John 3:16, where only 37% can explain the "gospel;" . . . a church where only 25% of self-avowed "born-again" Christians could explain the Great Commission, only 50% could recite John 3:16, and only 84% know what the "gospel" is about.

6. Warts and All

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

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Leonard Sweet

... It's his vulnerability and weaknesses warts and all. Steve Beard, one of my favorite scholars of pop culture, calls Nightcrawler "the most intriguing, devout, and unique Christian character that has ever been portrayed on the big screen." Nightcrawler is ostensibly and avowedly a Christian who openly prays, talks theology, and touts the power of faith. He may not look like a Christian, with gargoyle ears and pointy tail, three-fingered hands and harpoon teeth. But he talks and acts more like a Christian, as ...

7. God Is Pro-Life

Exodus 20:13

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James Merritt

I read in the paper last week a fascinating article by a woman named Naomi Wolfe. She is an unabashed, avowed, feminist. The title of the article was: "A call for truth." The byline of the article was: "Pro-choice advocates should defend abortion honestly, says a prominent feminist author." I want to share with you just a part of this article: At its best feminism defends its moral high ground ...

8. The Battle of New Orleans

2 Timothy 3:1-4:8

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James Merritt

... what the Bible defines as truth. In my home state of Georgia where I live, and the city of Atlanta where I pastor, there was a controversy fed by a media frenzy over an association that refused to dis-fellowship two churches who accept openly avowed homosexuals as members, and even as leaders. The reason the association gave was "the autonomy of the local church." I want to say this straight, and I want to make it plain. I believe in local church autonomy. I don't want any leader, agency, institution ...

9. The Spiritual Gateway

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Stan Purdum

... when someone else does the same wrong thing against us, we condemn them, showing that we still have some sense of the wrong of certain actions. We may declare that we are not bound to any scruples but we can never be totally at ease with that avowal. Another thing we may do is to resign ourselves to guilt feelings but say that since they come so easily we are going to ignore them all. Granted, we often do feel inappropriate guilt, but it is not inappropriate in every case. Second, the spiritual aspect is ...

10. That The World May Believe

John 17:20-26

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Maxie Dunnam

... Christians whose professions and performance are in harmony. A couple of years ago there was a national spelling contest in Washington, D. C. In the fourth round of the contest, Rosalie Elliott, then an eleven-year-old from South Carolina, drew the word “avowal.” In her soft, Southern accent, she spelled it. But did the seventh grader use an “a” or an “e” as the next to the last letter? The judges couldn’t decide. For several minutes they listened to tape recording playbacks, but the critical ...

11. Streams of Living Water

John 4:5-42

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Lee Griess

... pretending it does not exist? How often do we tackle our anxieties or deal with our sinfulness by simply putting on a false exterior. We pretend that these weaknesses don't exist. We refuse to acknowledge them. But inside of us still lies the heart of a mouse. We avow that our Christian faith is important to us. We say that we trust in God. We go through the motions of being religious, but we refuse to draw close enough to God to allow God to touch us and change our hearts inside. We attend church when we ...

12. The Width and Depth of God’s Grace

Romans 6:3-5, 1 Peter 3:18-22

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Nancy Kraft

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the number one wilderness boxing event of all time. In this corner, the self-avowed ruler of the world, known for his cunning and deception, the embodiment of all evil, Satan! And in this corner, the recently baptized carpenter turned preacher, God's own beloved Son, Jesus! Every year we begin the season of Lent by hearing the story of how Jesus dukes it out ...

13. Living to Please God

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

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King Duncan

... Glory of God.” (3) Integrity is honesty. It is an uncompromising commitment to be truthful and trustworthy. In the fourth round of a national spelling bee in Washington, eleven‑year‑old Rosalie Elliot, a champion from South Carolina, was asked to spell the word “avowal.” Her soft Southern accent made it difficult for the judges to determine if she had used an a or an e as the next to last letter of the word. The judges deliberated for several minutes and also listened to tape recording playbacks ...

14. Are You Doing Time On the Bench?

Mark 1:9-13

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Leonard Sweet

... enthusiastic fans would have swarmed the place. During football season Christian sport’s enthusiasts celebrated Tim Tebow — the audacious quarterback and outspoken Christian who “T-bowed” before and after his on-field encounters. Jeremy Lin is also a self-avowed, unabashed Christian. His humility and graciousness, his “team-unity” message, are all marks of his genuine spirit. Tim Tebow is a star and a Christian who was always the golden-child of football. But Jeremy Lin is one “star” whose ...

15. Finding Fault With God

Jeremiah 2:4--3:5

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Chrysanne Timm

... . This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed. Results like these do not belong on the résumé of a Supreme Being.[1] Some might be offended by any reference to George Carlin in a Christian assembly, since he was an avowed atheist. But it is safe to say that his perspective on God is held by many people today. They are people with whom you work and go to school and sit down alongside at family dinners. Chances are, they are not here among us in worship to speak to all ...

16. The Word Became Flesh

John 1:1-18

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King Duncan

... lift them up to become like Him.” Imagine that--you and I, children of God. That is, Christmas is ultimately about transformation. Maybe you know the story of Lee Strobel. Strobel was a hard-nosed, investigative journalist for the Chicago Tribune, an avowed atheist. His editors gave him an assignment. He was to report on the struggles of an impoverished, inner-city family during the weeks leading up to Christmas. This sent him to the Delgado family. Sixty-year-old Perfecta Delgado and her granddaughters ...

17. How Did That Hole Get There?

Acts 1:1-11

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King Duncan

... in the entire history of Christian missions. In Indonesia, the percentage of Christians is now so high (around 15 percent) that the Muslim government will no longer print statistics. In China, it is estimated that there are now more self-avowed disciples of Jesus than members of the Communist party. Even the most conservative estimates suggest that China will soon have more Christians than any [other county—including the U.S. Maybe then China will send us missionaries.] “Across the planet, followers ...

18. Seeing Is Believing

Isaiah 9:2 · John 1:14-18

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Will Willimon

... we are creatures and so uses creaturely things through which to love us. One of the main differences between Christianity and the world's other great religions is its view of material things. Archbishop Temple said that Christianity is "the most avowedly materialistic of all the great religions.'' The difference between Christianity and religions which have no incarnation is the difference between receiving a letter from someone you love and have the loved one embrace you. Every time we look at Jesus we ...

19. We're On the Move Now!

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Ronald Love

... . Adamant, immutable, relentless, Jesus continued on his appointed course “to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord” (Luke 4:18-19). Andrew Jackson avowed, “One man with courage makes a majority.” Empowered by the Holy Spirit, you can make a difference in the life of another person. You are expected to be an advocate for the powerless, a friend to the lonely, and offer hope to the ...

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