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Antonyms: do nothing

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1. Are We Offering the Right Cup?

Matthew 9:35-10:8

Sermon

King Duncan

... commandment to go out and make disciples of all people (Matthew 28:19). Our failure to take that commandment seriously has resulted in a church that is no longer reaching people with the Good News of Jesus Christ. In fact, a case could be made that we are an enterprise that is rapidly going out of business. Even worse is the fact that helping a friend or neighbor find new life in Jesus gives our own life a huge spiritual lift. There are few things we can do in life that will make us feel better than having ...

2. Why Change Is Possible

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... WE ARE RESISTANT TO CHANGE. Human nature has always resisted change. Leith Anderson, in his book, DYING FOR CHANGE, shares the following letter written by Martin Van Buren, then the governor of New York to President Jackson, concerning an evil new business enterprise threatening our nation. It goes as follows: January 31, 1829 To President Jackson, The canal system of this country is being threatened by the spread of a new form of transportation known as "railroads". The federal government must preserve the ...

3. A Longer Stride and a Larger Embrace

Galatians 2:11-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... a complete salvation. Meister Eckhart warned that “there are many who are willing to follow our Lord halfway—but not the other half.” Our community—as academy and abbey—must cultivate in us a thirst for holiness. That is, in part, an academic enterprise. We can’t pursue a serious study of Scripture without being consistently and constantly confronted by God who demands, “Be holy as I am holy.” And we can’t study our Wesleyan perspective without concluding that this was one of Wesley’s ...

4. Our Journey With Jesus

2 Corinthians 5:17

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Maxie Dunnam

... mission. Listen, friends – the Church does not have a mission; it is a mission. The Church does not have a ministry; it is ministry. And that’s why we’re here – to celebrate that, and invite you to join us as partners in this enterprise of theological education. But more – to join us in the Kingdom enterprise of making the Gospel known to all humankind. So, we want you to have a good time. We want you to get to know us and we want to get to know you. We want you to get to know each other. But you ...

5. Look Who Is Standing at the Door

James 4:1-12; 5:1-12

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James L. Killen

... is proud of himself, but he does not yet feel entirely comfortable in this winner's circle. He knows he still has to prove himself in the long haul. Another of the men has just made a risky investment to expand his business using lots of borrowed money. If the enterprise is successful, he will reap huge profits. But if it is not, he will be very vulnerable. He knows that all of the men at the table know about this situation. He knows that, if his venture fails, it may well be one of these men who will move ...

6. In Love with Howard

Matthew 13:44-46

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King Duncan

... a wheelchair does not block So Young Kim’s vision. She is part of God’s eternal plan. It is a calling worth everything she has and everything she is. It is the kingdom of God being lived out in her life. She is part of the universal family enterprise. She is part of the Howard family “Howard be Thy name.” That’s exciting. What is there in this world except those you love that is worth everything you have? If you have not found the kingdom of God, then, you have missed the pearl of great price, the ...

7. Clever Christians

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Richard Patt

... a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, but I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak for me. Would that all of those involved in the religious enterprise were as clever as the manager in this parable! "What shall I do...?" he immediately wondered. He quickly cleared his brain to answer that one. He did not deny the reality of his need to take action. But this parable suggests being "clever Christians" involves something ...

8. A New Kingdom Coming

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... one who had reached the rarefied atmosphere of the pyramid-top Camelot? "It's no fun anymore," said Coale. "Governmental regulations are immense and burdensome. There's an awful lot of enterprise in America," said Coale. "But because of governmental intervention, very little of it is free enterprise." If Coale was displeased with the burdensome future created by Washington legislators and bureaucrats, others are dismayed at the future created by technocrats such as Coale in the automotive industry. Even ...

9. On Getting Out Of The Way

Luke 3:1-20, Luke 3:21-38

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... can bet it was something short of 120 hours. I have observed those whose personal record is about seven minutes. While these "for the record" contests are not to be taken seriously, there are religious figures and institutions so caught up in the competitive enterprise that being number one is their goal. Consider the congregation which advertises itself as "the most exciting church in town." And aren't we all envious of those who report the most people out on Sunday morning, or the biggest budget, or the ...

10. A Woman Of Substance · Mary Magdalene

Lk 8:1-3

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... 21:39) For not only was it the center of a flourishing fishing industry, it likewise boasted both a woolen factory and a celebrated dyeworks. In addition, it experienced a brisk traffic in turtledoves for ceremonial purification. That this latter was no small enterprise seems apparent in the fact tradition, with what is probably Oriental exaggeration, indicates the town had 300 shops engaged in this endeavor. Be that as it may, however, something of the traffic's impact on the area as a whole is suggested ...

11. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... a shrinking piece of the global economy, perhaps the most vital of these traits for the Christian will be that of forgiveness. After all, that is what we are supposed to do best. Perhaps governments, private enterprises, men's groups, women's groups, gay and lesbian caucuses, and media enterprises will help us reorder some of our patterns and responses to our ills. Yet forgiveness remains the sole charge to the Christian. It is this contribution of Christian people everywhere which holds forth the promise ...

12. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

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Harold Warlick

... you how to do it, you go and do it! It's simple and no limits are involved." In short, when you are involved in the religious enterprise in any way that puts you in the limelight, you better be careful there isn't a ditch waiting for you just around the corner. The ... blind leading the blind and the ignorant teaching the foolish is that the world calls into question the sincerity of the entire enterprise. Have you ever been on a trip or a hike with a really competent guide? A good guide is someone who knows ...

13. When God Has Enough

Zephaniah 1:4-13, Zephaniah 1:14--2:3

Sermon

Sims Robert

... the glory of his father in heaven. We do not always believe that we need to be changed. We oftentimes resist change even though it is for our own good. If you were to take a trip to Enterprise, Alabama, and ride through the town square, you would see a most unusual monument. The people of Enterprise have erected a monument to the boll weevil. The story behind the monument suggests that in 1915 the boll weevil totally destroyed the cotton crop in Coffey County, Alabama. Cotton was the only crop grown in the ...

14. Independence Day - The Mission of the Mighty

John 8:31-41

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... freedom that our forefathers knew -- that freedom is never safe in the world as long as one person is under tyranny. The Declaration of Independence was not written for 13 American colonies. Read it! It was written for the world! The American experiment was no selfish enterprise. It was an example for the whole family of humankind. If we ARE the mightiest nation on earth -- and we are -- then this is the mission of the mighty -- to carry freedom to all people. We will never be truly or safely free until all ...

15. I ... Oh ... U

Luke 18:9-14

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... own mind. If he had known all that, he may have predicted that a smooth coexistence program was never going to happen. Perhaps what Ol’ Zeke didn’t know was a blessing for him. Well ... time passed. And things went well in the development branch of the enterprise. The numbers increased geometrically, and soon the global head-count had come to 3,706,000,000 with a prediction of 6,494,000,000 by the year 2000. That’s a staggering number of "I"s around having to learn coexistence with all the other "U ...

16. Opportunism? Or Opportunity?

Matthew 21:33-46

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... is grace-full. Everything was his. He wasn’t obligated to turn over his vineyard to workers who would have a chance to share the harvest with him, but he did. He didn’t have to set things up so that the workers had a free hand managing the enterprise while he stepped out and didn’t hassle them. We all know how it feels to have somebody supervise us without giving us the freedom to experiment and make mistakes, along with the successes we are bound to have while learning on our own. This owner, in his ...

17. Will Names Never Hurt Us?

Proverbs 10:1-32

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... The value of a good name can be seen in the life of General Robert E. Lee, the great general who commanded the Confederate Army during the Civil War. After the Civil War, a group of men approached Lee. The group wanted to use Lee’s name for a business enterprise and offered him a large sum of money for the right to use it. Lee was silent for several moments, then answered, "If my name is so valuable, then I must be very careful how I use it." Lee refused to sell his name. Instead, he became the president ...

18. The Choice Is Always Ours

Ecclesiastes 9:1-12

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... we may paraphrase his words: I admit I’ve encountered some "missions impossible" in my personal life! What makes such words impressive is that this admission comes from the lips of the leader God helped to lay the foundations for the early historic Christian enterprise. Here, Saint Paul, writing to one of his most pestiferous and feisty Christian communities at Corinth - who may have been down-in-the-dumps over their failure to reach the goal of their every member canvass - says: I (too) know what it is ...

19. Twelve O'Clock Rock: When the Jailhouse is Rocked

Acts 16:16-40

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... their world rocked one midnight 2,000 years ago. The report includes the following details: 1:00: Paul and Silas while on their way to a place of prayer see a slave girl who was popular for telling the fortunes of others. She made much money from this enterprise and a fortune for her owners. Each day she would go to the town square and as people passed by she would shout out her readings of their future. Some revered the slave girl for the accuracy of her predictions. Others feared her for the same reason ...

20. A Service the Church Will Never Forget

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan

... minutes and three thousand got saved. Today, churches pray for ten minutes, preach for ten days and three get saved.” That is quite a remarkable difference between the church at Pentecost and today’s congregation, is it not? This is not merely a human enterprise. This is not simply another social organization. E. Stanley Jones once said, “The streams that turn the machinery of the world take their rise in silent places.” You and I need a source of power for our lives, and we need a source of power ...

21. Face To Face With The Tempter

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... attractive, but keeps us coming back for more. Even when the initial thrill is gone we find ourselves mired in the muck of our own worst instincts. It's sort of like a recent incident on the Enterprise ride at the Minnesota State Fair. Riders boarded their little cars on the Enterprise to be spun around at high speed for about four minutes. Being dizzy and scared is apparently something for which people will pay money. The ride, however, ceased to operate properly and could not be stopped for about ...

22. Entitlements

Luke 16:19-31

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King Duncan

... read it at a meeting of the ministerial association, and it broke up the group. "Dear Pastor," it said, "We passed through Hell today, and we're concerned. Almost everyone here seems to be Lutheran." (4) That's like the old tale of the enterprising Arnica Salve salesman. Years ago Arnica Salve was a medical preparation that was regarded as a sure cure for all kinds of external miseries. A religious zealot had painted in massive letters on an enormous rock plainly visible from a nearby highway this inquiry ...

23. The Importance of the Second Violin

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... Well, the servant of God, Timothy, possessed that same kind of teamwork and cooperation for the team that God had called to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a needy world. He was willing to be used by God in whatever form was strategic to the missionary enterprise of the church. His life was lived to the honor and glory of God as an associate pastor to be used by the senior pastor, the Apostle Paul. ONE OF THE GREATEST PROBLEMS IN THE MODERN-DAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS THAT SO MANY CHRISTIAN PEOPLE WHO ARE ...

24. Why I Believe In Tithing

Malachi 3:6-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... I could take the trip when I wished to do so. I kept the $2500 personal loan I had already made added it to the $2500 that had been given, and in early 1968, Jeri and I traveled around the world to look at the mission enterprise of the church. We had two priorities as we planned that trip - one, we wanted to visit John Hilstrom, who was a layperson in our little congregation in San Clemente, who inspired by what that congregation was doing, left a very successful veterinarian practice in Southern California ...

25. A Church for the 21st Century: Holy, Charismatic, Apostolic - An Enclave of Resistance

Luke 4:14-30

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Maxie Dunnam

... a philosophy. And then it moved to Rome, where it became an institution. And then it moved to Europe, where it became a culture. And now it has moved to America, where it has become an enterprise.” What an indictment – the Church as a philosophy, as an institution, as a culture, as an enterprise – any of these violates God’s intention for the Church – the Church is to be that fellowship of people who have a vital and personal relationship with the Lord, which transforms their lives, and, as a ...

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