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1. How Long Will You Limp? (Because God Is Tired Of The Bull)

1 Kings 18:16-46

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... and challenging the prophets of Baal is instructive for us. He has staked his ground on the summit of Carmel, located in Western Israel at the entrance of the Jezreel Valley. He has braced himself for the fallout. He has taken a firm stand without compunctions or remorse. He knows the wrath of Ahab and Jezebel shall soon be upon him. He knows the God he serves. He has tapped the power source of his faith. He is intrepid, undaunted, and undissolved in his determination to show forth the power and fires ...

2. Extreme Measures

1 Kings 21:1-29

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... in power! They seized Naboth's land and killed him. They stole his birthright inheritance. They went to extremes to have their way. They had no shame. Poor Naboth had no one to defend him. No one would come to his aid. The conspirators had no compunctions in taking his life. Who would defend him? How would his death be avenged? His family would forever live with the memory of their loved one being falsely accused then executed like a common criminal. Who would mourn and weep for them? How often we cringe ...

3. A Tale Of Two Cities

Amos 7:1-9, Amos 7:10-17

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... to prophesy unto the people. Living life sacramentally means maintaining the vertical spiritual connection in all things. It means doing God's will and work without regard to outcome. It means doing God's will and work as God has commanded without compunctions, reservations or fear. Amos knew that Amaziah had lost all moral and spiritual authority as a priest and therefore did not possess the power to deter the prophetic imperative to prophesy unto the nation. The priest was appointed. The prophet was ...

4. The Importance of Believing

Matthew 16:13-20

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... them; they were foreordained by almighty God even before the world began." Well, if a man believes, as John Brown did, that God predetermines everything that happens in the world, then, of course, that man can excuse himself for whatever he does and feel no compunctions for anything he has done. So - what we believe about ourselves, what we believe about other people, what we believe about God - these beliefs are of paramount importance in the way we live and how we act. And we risk making a real mess of ...

5. Tough Love

Zephaniah 3:1-20

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David E. Leininger

... a blink. Zephaniah would say that is nothing short of stupid. But of all the problems the prophet was called upon to condemn, the most basic was unbelief. The only reason the people felt they could afford to worship other gods, the only reason they had no compunction to make worship a part of their lives, the only reason they felt no need to accept any correction was that THEY DID NOT BELIEVE GOD COULD OR WOULD DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! It was the attitude that came into perfect focus with the statement, "The ...

6. Preach the World and Reach the World

2 Timothy 4:1-5

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James Merritt

... service. Since he was the only deacon there he got up and said, "I will preach." He did. His sermon lasted only ten minutes. He took as his text Isaiah 45:22. "Look to me and be saved all you ends of the earth!" At the very end, under the compunction of the Holy Spirit, he looked straight at that thirteen-year-old boy and said, "Young man, look to Jesus and you will be saved." That boy, years later, said, "I did look, and then and there the cloud on my heart lifted, the darkness rolled away, and at that ...

7. Love Your Enemy? Are You Kidding, Lord?

Luke 6:27-38

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David E. Leininger

... . You just cannot hate someone for whom you are praying. How does God treat enemies? Pretty strangely according to the way most of us would think. We know very well that there are people in this world who scoff at God and God's commands; they have no compunction about the most heinous sin; they would never consider darkening the door of a church. But what happens to them? Not much that we can see. We think of some arch-criminals and they seem to get along okay (more than okay) — big cars, fine homes, lots ...

8. Watch This!

Luke 14:1, 7-14

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Dave Zuchelli

... because it was thought to be intrusive. The business world has been using this sort of information for years. They use it to sell their product or introduce the public to some new service. It’s readily obtainable on a grand scale, and they have no compunction about getting to know the habits of possible consumers. The church finally decided, as long as it’s already out there for public consumption, we may as well use it as a tool to better reach our neighbors. As it turns out, we are more “carefully ...

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