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Antonyms: do nothing

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1. Multiplying Men Of God

Malachi 2:5-7, 2 Timothy 2:2

Sermon

James Merritt

... turned from iniquity and many will be saved. The greatest President of my lifetime was Ronald Reagan. Reagan believed strongly in the sovereignty of God and while he was Governor of California, he told Michael Deaver, his Chief-of-Staff about the Heimlick Maneuver; a technique that is employed when somebody is choking on food and he actually got behind Deaver and demonstrated by squeezing him firmly on his ribcage. A month later, while he was running for President, he was on a flight traveling somewhere to ...

2. Dying to Become

2 Corinthians 5:17

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... often ignored or evaded. In biblical thought, the idea of a person dying to what he or she has been in order to become what one is intended to be is an insight that moves beyond the obvious. It includes a person’s "letting go" of defensive maneuvers that have been carefully constructed to provide emotional security. It is involved with "letting go" of these security operations in order to become the free person one is intended to be. It includes the becoming of a "new person," who is free to become a man ...

3. It’s Hard to Eat While Lying

John 13:18-30

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... what vehicle did Jesus use to ride into the Holy City in triumph? A war horse? No, he chose a lowly donkey. What kind of Messiah is this? A Messiah on a donkey? So perhaps Judas tried one last time to force Jesus to show His hand. He would maneuver Him into a position where His very life and the life of His movement would be threatened. Perhaps then Jesus would forget all of this namby-pamby nonsense about non-violence and take up arms against His foes. But no, like a lamb led to the slaughter, Jesus did ...

4. Saved to Share

Acts 26

Sermon

James Merritt

... story: A man suddenly knocked a glass off the table and stood up, his face red and his eyes bulging. A piece of steak had lodged in his throat and he couldn't breathe. I glanced around the room hoping someone would rush to him to apply the Heimlich maneuver. But everyone froze helpless. I pushed my chair back and ran to his side. When I wrapped my arms around his girth and squeezed, the meat dislodged from his throat and I could hear the welcome sound of a deep breath. Later, several people came by my table ...

5. Star-spangled Justice

Isaiah 1:1, 10-20

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

... amounts to adultery. To offer sacrifices in God's temple and then ignore the demands of the covenant is hypocrisy, and an insult that will prove disastrous, Isaiah declared. National security depends on national righteousness and not our military spending or diplomatic maneuvering. National righteousness means being who we say we are, practicing what we say we value, and putting our national budgets where our mottos are. Our national anthem extols "the land of the free and the home of the brave"; yet our ...

6. Unusual, To Say The Least!

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

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... is sin in us. An athletically gifted eight-year-old boy was dominating his junior soccer match. Although the game was only half-finished, he had kicked four of his team's five goals. The other team had not scored at all. When the game was almost over, the boy maneuvered his way to the mouth of the goal and another certain goal. But to the amazement of everyone, he just gave the ball a very weak tap, and didn't score. When the game was over, the boy's father said to his son, "Why did you do that? You ...

7. The Fear Of Taking The Plunge

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

Richard Patt

... to take a leap of faith -- perhaps a giant leap -- in order to recapture the vision of one Church under the benevolent lordship of Jesus Christ. Much of the machinery of the Church today seems to be just that -- machinery: toiling and spinning, anxious over maneuvering its own life and future. The Church needs to let go and let God! All of this finally comes down to the stirring verse 34, where Jesus says in summary, "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." We know what our treasure ...

8. The Backside Of God

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... grace and love. You see, after the sin of the golden calf, God had become very dangerous for Israel. They were such a stiff-necked people, the Lord pointed out, that there is a very good chance that with God along they will pull some new bone-headed maneuver that would result in their destruction. It is better for them to go on alone. I have heard stories told -- although I'm sure no one in this sanctuary has ever experienced such a time -- when a parent would say to a child, or one spouse to another, "Just ...

9. Mind Your Manners

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... , "they'll be all right in a minute or two. We just got off Highway 119." Then there's the story about an older woman in a big Cadillac about to pull into the last parking space in front of a busy store. But just as she is about to maneuver her big car into the parking space, two young tarts in a small convertible zip in, bounce out of their car, and announce, "That's how it's done when you're young and agile." Without hesitation, the woman smashes her Cadillac into the little sports car, backs up, smashes ...

10. Life Beside The Falls

Ezekiel 47:1-12

Sermon

David O. Bales

... and shouting numbers to the rhythm of their exercises. The band members tuned their instruments, the public address announcer counted through the speakers as fans filed into the shelter of the stadium. Phil and I shouldered into the wind, Phil maneuvering the wheelchair toward the stands. Slowly he pushed and turned the chair, and Millie -- heavily robed and blanketed -- bobbed side to side with every bump. Millie Freeman was a native of this town which had the descriptive but not very imaginative ...

11. Moving At The Speed Of Light

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... for her father's care. With long and demanding tasks, Ida was unable to continue her schooling, but daily delivered her siblings to class, whatever the weather, by rowing the 500 yards to the mainland. In the mid-1800s, it was unusual to see a woman maneuvering a boat, but Ida became well skilled and well known for handling the heavy craft. The teenager gained a measure of fame at age sixteen when she rescued four young men after their boat capsized. She rowed to their aid, hearing their screams as they ...

12. Wonderful Story

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

There's a great story being used in business circles to define the buzz-word "paradigm." It seems a battleship was taking part in night maneuvers somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Ahead, in the dark, a light was to be seen and the admiral on deck told his signalman to radio the distant vessel that the other ship was on a collision course with the battleship. He ordered that the other ship change course. However, a ...

13. Getting The Face We Deserve

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... phonier person in society, there's nothing more ridiculous in society, than anyone inside or outside the Church who tries to create a religious experience. Think of the most intimate moments in your life when you've felt closest to God. Just know that no one could have maneuvered that. No one could have created it. We can't create a religious experience. We can only come to God in silence. God does not know how to come to us except in that way. Then the last verse. We jump a whole section. This is the axis ...

14. Mary Has Chosen The Good Portion

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... more recent attempts to cover up the illegal sale of arms to Nicaraguan contras. In both of these, any means - criminal or otherwise - were justified in order to perpetuate the system and guarantee its survival. Similarly, the buck-passing and legal maneuvering employed by companies guilty of spilling oil, dumping toxic chemicals, spouting air pollutants, and over-cutting timber remind us that the modern corporation is not, and cannot be expected to be, a responsible institution in our society. For all of ...

15. Joy Songs, Trumpet Blasts, And Hallelujah Shouts!

Joshua 5:13--6:27

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... people will resound one long hallelujah, Holy Ghost shout at the top of their lungs after the seventh circumference of the city. The priests begin their slow march around the city as the Canaanites are baffled, perplexed, even astounded by this unorthodox military maneuver. "What are they doing?" shouts their commander. "I don't know," shouts another." "The fools are walking in circles." "Are they serious?" asks one. "They've got hymn books, prayer books, and scores of sheet music." "Got to be half out of ...

16. Moving Words

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... instructions early in the week and then practiced them until we got them right. They were not always easy: count time, play the music, step out on the appropriate measure and move exactly eight steps every five yards. As long as everyone followed their set of instructions, the maneuvers on the field were correct and the trombones did not run into the clarinets. Of course, if you missed a beat, or turned the wrong way, you could, as I did on one occasion, end up at one end of the field while the rest of the ...

17. WHAT IS MAN?

Sermon

Larry Powell

... would happen, didn't, and what we least expected, did. Inconsistency is what drives one up the wall. One morning at 4:00 am., I was awakened by a disturbance at the back of the house. With cat-like dexterity, I crept to the back door, skillfully maneuvering through the darkness like a skier who had memorized the course, bumping into a chair arm, hooking my toe beneath the rug, and stumbling over a pair of shoes. I could see now that it was only the dogs brutalizing the garbage cans (again) that had been ...

18. Peace Through Sacrifice

Sermon

Alan Bacon Bond

... ! We have not opened our eyes to the reality of peace. We have been unaware of the time of our visitation. We have been tempted to believe that peace will be the result of our personal persuasion, our political power, our military maneuvering, or the individual and collective sacrifices we make to that end. The fundamental conviction of Christians through the centuries has been that, through the sacrifice of Jesus, the chasm between ourselves and God has been bridged, and, in faith, we have been reunited ...

19. Encounters With Christ VI: Jesus and Caiaphas

Matthew 26:57-68

Sermon

James W. Moore

... than they normally use, things like… · “Watch it! Watch it! · Don’t put it down! · Turn it to the left! · I said ‘the left’! · Lift it higher! · Hold it up! · Twist it this way!” Well, as this husband and wife were moving the chair, trying to maneuver it through the door and shouting instructions to each other, six-year-old Sarah suddenly ran up to them. She held both hands up in the air to get their attention and said, “Stop! Wait a minute! We need to talk. I need to say something to ...

20. The Mystery of God's Mercy

Acts 13:13-52

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... because they did not. Pilate is the one who sentenced Jesus to death. However, the purpose of this sermon is not to lay a "guilt trip" on anyone. The truth is that the death of our Lord is so tangled up in such a web of legal and illegal maneuvers that the smartest group of criminal lawyers today would not be able to build an open-and-shut case that would convince an impartial jury who the culprit was that really had been responsible for the killing of Jesus. Pilate would not have done what he did without ...

21. No Grey Area

Acts 15:1-21

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... . But, the fact remains that the church is a human institution with all the frailties and faults of a political organization. There are caucuses that meet at night behind closed doors. There is the "good old boy" system where persons in power maneuver the meetings to keep the "young bucks" under control and to maintain safe middle-of-the-road policies. This results in the church following social trends rather than spearheading them. There is also "logrolling," where bargains are struck - "You vote for my ...

22. Independence Day - The Mission of the Mighty

John 8:31-41

Sermon

... notion about what they are singing. No, I concluded that the real reason that I switch off the National Anthem, and the reason it turns me off, is the pictures that are frequently shown with it: jet fighters streaming contrails, maneuvering against the skies, great artillery guns blasting away, armed ships plowing majestically through the seas, ballistic missiles blasting off of their launching pads, and fiery rockets streaking through the night skies, all superimposed on a picture of the waving Stars ...

23. Authority Through Servanthood

Matthew 20:20-28, Matthew 20:17-19

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... count. These are first and foremost, a clear sense of serving. It means capacities, competence, responsibility, perseverance, moral strength, and devotion to the truth whatever the consequences. Authoritarianism eats up all one’s energies in keeping others at bay, defensive maneuvers to insure one’s own power, hostility to others who appear as threats, and the need to incessantly flex one’s own trappings of authority. Without even knowing it, no doubt, Mrs. Zebedee was setting her sons up for disaster ...

24. The Power and the Glory

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

... hurting, aching human being will matter much more than your slightly injured pride. In fact, your caring will have the day. Number two: learn how to count! The person whose need cries out for attention is number one. This may be someone so depressed she can barely maneuver out of bed. It may be the divorcee who feels shunned by almost everyone, or the man angry for being let go by his company. You learn to feel for them first. Fiorello LaGuardia, New York City mayor in the 1930s and 1940s, at one time felt ...

25. What Do You See?

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... a nearly perfect picture of our dying Savior. Look at these words again. What do you see? See a Spectacle of Suffering Humanity has a fascination with the gory, the ugly, and the dying. We are eager for the spectacular. We go to airshows and thrill at the maneuvers of the wingwalker, the "delayed" parachute opening, the "close-to-the-earth-spin," and gasp and wonder if the pilot can pull the plane out in time. Or we go see a rodeo. Men on nearly wild, bucking horses are propelled out of chutes, and we ask ...

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