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1. What Makes People Great?

2 Samuel 23:1-7

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... a man to wrestle with himself, to admit that he had been wrong, and to make a fresh start in life. David’s heroism inspired heroism in his soldiers. They seem to fulfill the statement of Thomas Carlyle, "We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man without gaining something from him." The scriptures say, "These are the names of David’s heroes" (2 Samuel 23:8, NEB). and then lists more than thirty heroic soldiers. Heroes affect us in four ways. First, a hero captures our attention. One of those ...

2. The Measure of Greatness

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... welcome me but the one who sent me." Now, what does he mean? He is talking about having a humble servant attitude, being willing to reach out and help the lowliest of people so that we might show them the love of Christ. Such simple acts will be greatly rewarded. Yes, many of God's children will be surprised to find that their faithful simple service has brought them top honors. The servant will be honored; the last shall be first. And if there is one thing in this world that short circuits such simple acts ...

3. The Vision of the Great Prostitute

Revelation 17:1-18

Teach the Text

J. Scott Duvall

... split into three parts and is made to drink the full cup of God’s wrath (16:19). Now one of the seven angels from chapter 16 invites John to witness in greater detail the judgment God will bring on the harlot. As a result, the judgment of Babylon the Great in 17:1–19:5 should be seen as expanding the final bowl judgments of Revelation 16. In 17:1–6, John is first invited to witness the judgment on Babylon (17:1–2), before being given the vision itself (17:3–6), complete with a description of her ...

4. A Church Shaped By The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... charter of the Kingdom when He announced His mission. And you remember He announced that mission by saying, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed Me…” (Luke 4:18). At the close of His ministry, He commissioned us for Kingdom work—giving us the Great Commission. As a part of our work we are to baptize “in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”—and we are to remember that Jesus is with us always—to the end of the age. Not only are the charter and ...

5. A Formula For Greatness

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... my job didn't integrate together. Remember I came to you for help? And you took such a personal interest in my predicament. You helped me work things out and I finally graduated with honors. Dr. Pagenkopf, I came here today to say thank you! You are a great person!" Scotty was a bit choked up, "You saved my life." Victor was nonplussed and taken back by Scotty's kind and compassionate words. In fact, Victor was speechless. He didn't know what to say. The only thing he could do for the first 30 seconds was ...

6. Strategy For Greatness

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... was known to boast: "I never lost a football game, I just ran out of time." No wonder he was a winner. Some people simply will not accept defeat. You may be familiar with Robert Schuller's famous story about the father who bragged to his son about what a great hunter he was. The son joined his father on the next hunting trip to see for himself. They sat in the duck blind for a time when one lonely waterfowl winged its way through the sky. The father took aim, fired and missed. "Son," he said, "you have just ...

7. Nothing Great Happens Without It

Luke 14: 25-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... of courage, who will make the sacrifice to face any fear and fight any foe knowing that with Jesus we cannot lose. You can't be a coward and be a disciple. You can't be a compromiser and be a disciple. "Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace." (v. 32) We have been called to be soldiers and not diplomats. The average Christian wants to be just Godly enough to be accepted by the Lord and just worldly enough to be accepted by the world. That's ...

8. The Celebration of the Great Multitude in Heaven

Revelation 7:9-17

Teach the Text

J. Scott Duvall

... for more than a year, accused of being a British spy. On the heels of his release and reunion with Ann, she died from disease, and their daughter died soon after. In despair, Judson nearly lost his faith, writing to his in-laws, “God to me is the great unknown. I believe in him, but I find him not.” Yet in the midst of all this struggle, Adoniram Judson found his faith sustained by the Lord who called him, sealed him, and sent him. He continued in another twenty-five years of ministry, sowing seeds that ...

9. "How Great Thou Art"

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... ," Isaiah says. "He does not faint or grow weary ..." As we come to say good-bye to ** today, that is the God in whom we put our faith. "He gives power to the faint," Isaiah says, "and to him who has no might he increases his strength." God is great. God has created all the worlds we know. God walks with us in tough times. Indeed, "... they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." But the ...

10. The Great Divide

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... to die on a cross. ”(4) And why? Why did Christ have to die? Paul tells us in Romans that it was for you and me so that we might stand fully acceptable before God. Another singer/songwriter Nanci Griffith has a song which is titled, Across the Great Divide. One verse says, “The finest hour I’ve ever seen / is the one that comes between / the dark of night and the break of day / it’s when the darkness rolls away.” Christ has rolled away the darkness from our lives. Jesus is the earthly incarnation ...

11. Great Joy

Isaiah 35:1-10

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John E. Harnish

... and injustice in every form in which it presents themselves," and he says that even in the darkest of times, there is still the hope of joy bringing new life and hope. It's the word of Advent, echoing across the ages to bring good news of great joy…great joy… great joy in the coming of the Savior. Several years ago while I was working on the staff of the Board of Higher Education, we visited the country of Angola. We went to provide training and support for pastors in that war-torn land. This is the ...

12. God’s Great Final Day

Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... least another book of those who did not put their total trust in the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, even though they had ample opportunity to do so, because Daniel saw books that were opened. We shall not be judged in God’s great final day by our deeds, but by our faith in Christ as Lord and Savior that flowed out into Christ-like deeds. An example is the case of Grammy-winning guitarist Larry Carlton, who walked out of his California recording studio one day in 1988 right into a gunman ...

13. Are Greatness and Christianity Compatible?

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... era of speed. Wonder has gone out of our music and, hence, it no longer soars but trudges in a monotonous beat. Wonder has slipped from our painting and without the "sky" we get senseless daubs of colors. Wonder has left our literature and, instead of great imaginative novels, we are given only the seamy side of life. Jesus "took a child and put him in the midst of them." This was his way of showing men and women there was another dimension to life than they had ever recognized. Parables, miracles, teaching ...

14. The Great Divide

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

James Merritt

... me to see how the Lord Jesus described the moment of death for these two men. There are two words that point out a very great difference between their deaths. We are told in verse 22 that when the beggar died he was "carried." But in that same verse we are ... those two words rhyme, but that's the only way they are the same. It is here that you really see what I call the great divide. As I told you earlier in another message on another parable, you cannot always tell on this earth who belongs to God and who ...

15. “The Lord Is Great!”

Psalm 70:1-5

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... But there is another feature of the psalm that should reinforce the sermon or lesson, which is the declaration at the end of verse 4, and this may be considered the heart of the poem: May those who love your salvation say evermore, “God is great!” (70:4 ESV) Here the community of faith, “those who love your salvation,” is offering a word of hope amidst their despair. They may easily be compared to the church today, and this clause appropriately describes God’s people in any age. The latter clause ...

16. The Parable of the Great Banquet

Luke 14:15-24

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... also presumably Jewish), and those out in the roads and country lanes (v. 23; presumably Gentiles, though not necessarily to the exclusion of Jews) accept the invitation and so enjoy the banquet. As in 4:16–30, the thrust of the Parable of the Great Banquet is found in its challenge to assumptions about election; that is, those who are well off and apparently blessed may be excluded from the kingdom, while those who are not well off and apparently cursed may be included in the kingdom. The differentiation ...

17. She Had Great Faith

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... not answer a word.” This woman is in absolute distress, she cries to Jesus for help, and all she gets is silence. Boy, we have all been there, haven’t we? Theologians have written profusely about the silence of God. If you have ever confronted a great challenge in your life, you have probably experienced this silence. You’ve brought your need to Jesus and you’ve prayed with all your heart and soul, and the silence was deafening. Where is God? My son or daughter is suffering, why won’t God hear me ...

18. Every Person’s Great Possessions

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... to us is the same as God’s call to Moses. We are called not necessarily to get rid of the things we possess so much as to let go of the presumptions and attitudes we automatically make about ourselves as the center of life. The encounter is fraught with great consequences which we will only know when we risk the nakedness of our feet on his pathway, following him. As Jesus stands before us,we can ponder the result if we prefer walking in our own shoes. When we are self-willed, we must win if we are to ...

19. Great Is Your Faith

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Brett Blair

... to be put off or ignored because of her position in life. And 3. Her humility in admitting that she did not deserve the Master’s attention and time. Perhaps it was this woman who proved to be the inspiration for William Bathhurst as he wrote the words of his great hymn: O for a faith that will not shrink tho pressed by many a foe, that will not tremble on the brink of any earthly woe that will not murmur nor complain beneath the chastening rod but in the hour of grief or pain will lean upon its God. Amen ...

20. Ready For The Great Race

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... block of that race are you and I. All eyes are upon us as we begin crouching into a starting position. I can sense the excitement, can ™t you? That is the feeling I get as I read these words from Hebrew 12; "Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfector of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him ...

21. Great Reasons for Great Giving

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... $100. The reason I am not signing it is because I want to remain anonymous." The sender of that unsigned check doesn''t know it, but he cheated not only Graham, not only God, but most of all he cheated himself. There is joy in giving. A FINAL REASON FOR GREAT GIVING IS TO PROVE OUR LOVE TO THE LORD. In verses 8 and 9, Paul says that our giving proves that our love is genuine. We make love concrete and tangible by what we give and the manner of our giving. Truit Gannon tells of shopping with a friend who ...

22. The Great Sacrifice of Love

Luke 9:18-27, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... things they would like so their children can have more. Seldom do you hear a parent not say that they want things better for the children than it was for them. Sacrificial love is more than giving up material things and time. It may actually cause us great pain, although we know it is necessary. Tough love often needs to be applied when children or even spouses have gone astray. We do no one any favor by failing to address problems that arise. Surely it is much easier to ignore the problem, "sweep it under ...

23. A Great Party

John 12:1-8

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... as you speak, pause a bit and move the paper around the inner circle of the children to produce a strong scent (verse 3b: And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume). You see, this was Jesus' party and Mary knew that Jesus had done a great thing, but as wonderful as that was -- raising Lazarus from the dead -- Jesus was going to do something even greater. What do you think he was going to do? (response) Jesus was going to die and he would be dead and buried for three days and then God would ...

24. The Great Multitude in White Robes

Revelation 7:9-17

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... from the first in two critical ways. In the interlude’s first scene of the 144,000, John addresses a particular concern of his readers about the status of martyred believers (cf. 1 Thess. 4:13–18). In his subsequent vision of a great multitude, John shifts his pastoral concern to the situation of the unbelieving world, which seeks to know how to survive the eschatological wrath of God. In responding to their question, “Who can stand?” (6:17), he describes the qualifications of those standing before ...

25. Three Great Resolutions for the New Year

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

James W. Moore

... Often, the patient would say: “Thank you, Doctor, for taking away my old diseased heart and giving me a new one.” That’s precisely what Jesus Christ does for us. He takes away our old diseased hearts and gives us a new one… that’s why we call him “The Great Physician!” So, I don’t know about you, but I’m going to move forward into the New Year saying each and every day: “This is the day the Lord has made (and with God’s help) I will rejoice and be glad in it by being more committed to ...

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