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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. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. Great Joy

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

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 ...

9. 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 ...

10. 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 ...

11. 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 ...

12. 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 ...

13. 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 ...

14. 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 ...

15. 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 ...

16. 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 ...

17. 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 ...

18. 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 ...

19. Envision: The Great Commitment

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

James Merritt

... elevator to the top. To get to the top in God’s eyes you’ve got to take the stairs of service. Jesus said again, “For even I, the Son of Man came here not to be served, but to serve others…” (Matthew 20: 28, NLT) The secret to greatness in the kingdom of God is not how many servants you have, but what kind of a servant you are. The statement Jesus made is one of the most incredible statements of his entire ministry. The one called by his own disciples “Lord” and “Master”, the one person ...

20. The Great I AM

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... has a control panel which operates six functions in his home. That's power. It gives us the feeling, "I am in charge." That's the problem! That's the lie. The biblical corrective for being the center of the universe is contained in our texts which insist that "THE GREAT I AM" is in charge. God told Moses that his name is I AM. Jesus said, "Before Abraham was, I AM." The Push-Button Society "I Am In Charge" Button, button, who's got the button? "I have it and I'm going to keep it," we reply. During Lent ...

21. God’s Great Promise To Sarah!

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... or maybe out of respect for the memory of my mother’s hard, but useful life, this sermon is going to be about one of the great women of the Bible, Sarah.1 In our text for today, we are in the Abraham/Sarah stories. In the first 11 of this 50- ... crazy chance it should just happen to come true, then they would really have something to laugh about."2 We read the climax of this great event in these stirring words: "The Lord dealt with Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as he had promised. Sarah ...

22. How Great Is Your Faith

Matthew 15:21-28, Matthew 15:1-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... have to wear badges about what groups we belong to and our ethnic background or political affiliation so that everyone knows up front just who we are and what we believe so that we can socialize with those who are just like us. But you see, Jesus is the great equalizer. When we meet Jesus and come under the influence of His love and grace. We realize that we are all the same. We all need what only Jesus can offer, a healing of our broken relationship with God through the forgiveness and the love of God. All ...

23. Having Fun with The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... just like the Triune God in whose image we have been made, and when we also keep in mind how much fun and happiness scientists now tell us we can find in spiritual undertakings and in getting focused on projects bigger than we are, then engaging in the Great Commission, doing evangelism, seems like a winner! Nobody has to tell you it's your purpose and require you to do it. It comes naturally along with a lot of good feelings and happiness from a Christian life focused on God. Of course, there is still that ...

24. Envision: The Great Commandment

Matthew 22:34-40

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James Merritt

... don’t tell other people about your grandchildren, because you have to. You tell them about your grandchildren, because you want to. When you begin to love God the way God wants you to love Him and you begin to really appreciate His love for you, which was so great that He sent Jesus Christ to die for you, then you will be moved to a point where in your own way, with your own giftedness, and your own personality, you will share that story with others. IV. We Love God With Our Treasure One of the greatest ...

25. Crossing the Great Divide

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... cease complaining about taxes and crazy spending, but their armchairs manage to stay warm and cozy. Church members don’t like what’s going on, but the pastor can’t hear them. The pastor gripes under his breath, and the church can’t hear him. Meanwhile, the great divide gets bigger and the wide valley gets harder to cross. We can observe several characters from our Lord’s Passion who failed to make it across the big valley. For Simon Peter, being a disciple of Jesus was a good deal as long as Jesus ...

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