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Antonyms: do nothing

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1. More Than Meets The Eye

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... in thunderous applause after each act. The acrobats perform high above us in what seems to us as death-defying feats. Each feat seems greater than the previous one. "Ahhs" can be heard in unison after each act. Excitement is building as we continue to watch ... in anticipation of the next act. A skilled high wire artist has accomplished so many marvelous feats that the audience has come to believe that he can do almost anything. The ringmaster addresses the crowd: "Ladies and gentlemen ...

2. Magic Mountain

Matthew 17:1-13

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... right, and maybe we were wrong in calling him the Christ," Peter and James and John might have reacted, "because he does great feats of magic. He’s a great magician." To be great, as a magician, Jesus would have had to do better tricks of magic ... death. He would rise again - on the third day - which might have been seen as a major miracle wrought by Christ, or the greatest feat of magic the world has ever witnessed. Death was going to be defeated, and they were going to see it happen; then, indeed, would ...

3. Is Suffering Punishment for Sin?

John 9:1-12

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Donald B. Strobe

... see perfectly are, in truth, blind to the truth of God which is to be found in Jesus. Again I say, read the story with imagination. Jesus sent the man to the pool of Siloam to wash. That pool is the result of a remarkable feat of engineering skill. Some seven hundred years before Christ, King Hezekiah of the southern kingdom of Judah realized that Sennacherib of Assyria intended to attack Jerusalem, and he knew that Jerusalem’s one source of water - the spring Gihon - was vulnerable because it was outside ...

4. The Raising of Paul

Acts 14:8-20

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Lori Wagner

... of computers, bots, the internet, Siri! Wow! Human hearts can work together powerfully too –that part of our brain that urges us to gather together and comfort each other in the face of tragedy, against common foes, the feats of great philanthropy toward a common cause, feats of physical impossibility accomplished by a few in order to save another: cars lifted to free a toddler, firefighters rushing into burning buildings in order to save others, people taking others in when floods have leveled their ...

5. Living A Triumphant Life

Joshua 5:1-12

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Douglas J. Deuel

... experience victories greater than we could have imagined. Today's passage of scripture reflects the activity of the Israelites just prior to their conquest of the city of Jericho. The conquering of Jericho was a great moment in the history of Israel, not only for the feat itself but also because of the way in which it occurred. The fall of the city came about after Joshua led the Israelites to follow a precise formula given to them by God. When Jericho was defeated with such apparent ease, it was clear that ...

6. Will The Real Messiah Please Stand Up?

Isaiah 61:1-11

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William L. Self

... Tell the Truth, held the attention of the American audience. A panel of interesting and colorful experts was in place, along with an engaging host. They were presented with three contestants, each claiming to be a famous person or a person who had accomplished an unusual feat. The identity of the real person was known only to the host. After a period of questioning by the panel when the panel and everyone else had been given a chance to vote for their choice of the real person, the host would call for the ...

7. Week Two Of Lent

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Richard Gribble

... with which he was able to perform miraculous physical cures of many who sought his assistance. People came from all over Canada (and many from the United States) to see Brother Andr‚. They did not come to hear eloquent speeches or to see feats of bravery or courage. They came because they believed in faith that this humble, uneducated religious brother could bring them closer to God and in the process possibly effect a cure of their bodies. Over many years the number who received physical healing grew ...

8. Discern How Things Grow

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

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Richard Hasler

... when the game was on the line. Consequently, they often lost the close one-run games. In contrast to the Red Sox baseball team the Boston Celtics basketball team won the National Basketball Association championship 11 out of 13 years. They accomplished the amazing feat despite the fact that when the individual scoring records were posted at the end of the season their own players were not at the very top. What they did have was an extraordinarily well-balanced team. They blended together, and the result was ...

9. A Misguided Game of Hide-and-Seek

Exodus 32:1-33:6

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Robert S. Crilley

... others scurried quickly about trying to secure a place of concealment. The object of the game, needless to say, was to stumble foolishly around the room, slowly negotiating the furniture, until you were actually fortunate enough to find somebody -- a feat admittedly accomplished more often by accident than acumen. Before long, Jonathan volunteered to be the one blindfolded, and with a knowing glance, my brothers and I readily agreed. As our unsuspecting playmate was out in the hallway counting, though, we ...

10. Moving At The Speed Of Light

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... something like 25 people in fifty-plus years of keeping the light. Her last reported rescue came at age 63 when she saved a friend who had fallen into the water on her way to visit Ida on the island. "Asked where she found stength and courage for such a feat, Ida answered: 'I don't know, I ain't particularly strong. The Lord Almighty gives it to me when I need it, that's all.' " 1 And when the Light moves not at all, it is what happens near the Light which brings glory to God. It is the power ...

11. Been There, Done That

Matthew 2:13-23

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William B. Kincaid, III

... 't want to go through that again. We only have to hold the hand of one loved through a terminal illness to know that once of that is more than enough. "Been there, done that" not only signals that we don't want to be bored by repeating an old feat, the phrase also declares that there are some things we want to stay as far away from as possible. As with any cliche‚ something is lost when we adopt this motto of "Been there, done that." We close doors to exciting possibilities. We fail to see that there is ...

12. Discovering The Unexpected

Luke 2:21-40

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John A. Stroman

... He was the unexpected Jesus. They expected him to come with fanfare. He did not. They expected Jesus to bring political freedom from foreign occupation; instead he brought freedom from sin and guilt. They expected a Jesus who would dazzle them by miraculous feats. But instead, he healed the sick, cared for the poor, and fed the hungry. They expected a messiah who would make life easier, reduce taxes, increase employment, and bring down prices. He didn't. If anything, he made life harder. He talked about ...

13. You Can Never Go Home Again

Mark 6:1-6

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Charles R. Leary

... old horse wouldn’t move an inch!” That means, treat your problems as challenges. People who are difficult to work with, problems that seem insurmountable notice how they keep you digging inside yourself for greater strength. In the end, you accomplish great feats, not in spite of, but because of your problems. That is God’s way to make you strong. Finally, there is that perennial issue: where is God when you feel rejected, disappointed, and problems seem insurmountable? Here’s how I try to handle ...

14. A Big Fisherman · Peter

Mt 16:13-20 · Jn 1:35-42

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Gordon Pratt Baker

... man, who loved nothing better than the spray in his face as he pitted his little craft against a gale, his calloused hands locked on the tiller, a defiant cry on his lips. And when the wild trick was over how he must have boasted of his feat to friends sharing his hearth! He was an impulsive man, quick to make decisions and equally quick to make mistakes. Yet he never let either stop him. Instead, he plunged straight on, rushing from one concern to another, always in the thick of things, acting first and ...

15. A Continuing Presence

John 16:5-16

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Larry Powell

... of the Holy Spirit. II. The Spirit Glorifies Christ You are familiar with the towering signs commonly seen alongside interstate roadways boldly declaring the presence of a gasoline station. Such signs are impressive in themselves. We would think that it is no small feat just to erect, position, and secure the two enormously high metal posts, much less manipulate, balance, and afix a heavy sign at the very top. A gasoline station recently went out of business and removed its sky-sign. The two metal posts ...

16. Know What Time It Is!

Luke 16:1-15

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W. Robert McClelland

... we as believers have come to regard his crucifixion. We call his cross a symbol of "life," not "death." We speak of it as a symbol of "glory," not "scandal." A sign of "hope," not "dead end." "New beginnings," not failure. It is a remarkable feat of faith that we dare to call the Friday of crucifixion, "Good Friday." Jesus' cross is not eradicated, but in the resurrection God gives us permission to rename it. Consequently all of life's "failures" can be seen differently. When we view the scandal of Jesus ...

17. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... will always be sad. So how do we keep from being either sad or angry all the time? Consider Jesus. Like most of us, he found it easier to be a star other places than in His own hometown. And He found it easier to accomplish great physical and medical feats than to remove anger from His own closest friends. Here was a man, the son of God, who could calm an entire sea in the middle of a raging storm and tell a leper he was healed. Yet, as Matthew's twentieth chapter indicates, He could not prohibit a jealous ...

18. Are You the One?

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... that disembodied voice saying, "That’s my Son! I am so proud of Him!" Weird! It hadn’t been that long ago, really. But so much had happened since then. John had heard stories about Jesus, stories of how he was preaching and teaching and healing and performing miraculous feats. But life had gone on for John, and he had been very busy himself. He had his own work to do, his own mission to carry out. And now he had been arrested and thrown into prison. He had no money to hire a slick lawyer to defend him ...

19. In Quest of a Treasure

James 1:1-18

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Larry Powell

... across the United States, with 1,000 left over just to nourish the excess. Add to that the other 140 pounds which must be fed, throw in a little stress and physical exertion, and one wonders how the heart manages to accomplish such a colossal feat, day in, day out. The heart is just one of the human body's amazing mechanisms, which goes on about its business largely unnoticed until we begin to think about it, or unless something goes wrong. It is additionally fascinating to observe how ingeniously each ...

20. Whatever He Says - Do It!

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... human beings of history. Some, indeed, are even willing to admit that he is the Christ, the Son of God. But where their minds revolt is at the point where they must accept the fact that apparently Jesus was using superhuman means to perform a supernatural feat. It's strangely paradoxical that many of these people would find no difficulty in referring to some new advancement of man as a man-made miracle, as a miracle of man's creative imagination, or as a miracle wrought by man's curious, inquiring intellect ...

21. A Crippling Spirit

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Brett Blair

... France. The Tour De France the world's biggest sporting event. It is a grueling four week 2000 mile (3,200 km) bicycle race through French mountains, towns, and country sides. And it was won by a young man from Plano, Texas who nearly lost his life to cancer. A feat I cannot come close to grasping. How do you come back from those kinds of odds and do that well? I'll tell you how. It is because you are surrounded by people who take joy in the well doing of others. It's because you have a mother like ...

22. If Only We Would Be Disciplined ...

2 Kings 13:10-25

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... must be disciplined. I remember what happened in elementary school when the teacher left the room. We became unglued. Pandemonium reigned supreme. We played "catch" with the chalkboard erasers, and whizzed them across the classroom with the speed of lightning. Some of us accomplished the feat of being able to stand on our heads on top of the desks. We went about all this very quietly so that we would not be heard. Every one of us knew, however, that we never learned anything that way. In fact, we secretly ...

23. God of the Ordinary

Exodus 13:17--14:31

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... God Uses Ordinary Situations and Things to Effect His Mighty Acts Whoever heard of waters parting by the simple act of a rod being held over them in the hand of an ordinary human being? Whoever heard of using so ordinary a thing as wind to do the extraordinary feat of blowing in two opposite directions at once to part the waters? Wind always blows just one way! When I was learning to fly, my instructor taught me to always keep my eyes open as to which direction the wind was blowing, in the event of a forced ...

24. Who is Greatest Among You ...

Matthew 23:1-39

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... a place in the class. If his classes were often closed because they were filled to capacity, his home remained opened, and students were always welcome there. He could call almost anyone in any of his classes by his or her first name - no small feat since his students numbered six or seven hundred per semester. Although this professor lived within easy walking distance of his office, he frequently had his lunch at the school cafeteria in the heart of the campus. And like most school cafeterias, ours was a ...

25. Coping With Anger In A Close-up World

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Harold Warlick

... , and daughters and mothers compete with each other. We live in a competitive democracy. Consider Jesus. Like most of us, he found it easier to be a star in other places than in his own hometown. And he found it easier to accomplish great physical and medical feats than to remove anger from his own closest friends. Here was a man, the Son of God, who could calm an entire sea in the middle of a raging storm and tell a leper he was healed. Yet, as our Scripture for today indicates, he could not prohibit ...

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