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1. A Public Opinion Poll

Matthew 22:41-46

Children's Sermon

... asked his disciples, "Who do the people think I am?" Jesus wanted to know what people thought so that he could speak with them and answer their questions. Jesus knew it was very important to answer our questions about God, and that is why he came and lived on earth. Opinion polls are not new. They are at least as old as Jesus for he used to take them all the time. Now I am going to take the answers that you gave me this morning and study them. That way I will know how I can best serve and teach ...

2. Jesus' Public Opinion Poll

Matthew 16:13-20

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... women?" The last question is, "Do my parents love me more than anyone else in the whole world?" That is our public opinion poll and I will turn your answers into our newspaper for their study and information. Thank you. Newspapers and magazines run a ... important and a lot of important decisions are made on the information that is received from people like you. Jesus once had a public opinion poll of his disciples. He asked all of the disciples what they had heard about him. He wanted to know what people were ...

3. A High Opinion of Self

Luke 18:9-14

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R. Curtis Fussell

... they were to get along with, 25 percent said they were in the top one percent, sixty percent said they were in the top ten percent, and absolutely no one said he was below average in being easy to get along with. Obviously high school students have a very high opinion of themselves; they have pride in themselves. Now is this the kind of pride that says, "I have something to offer this world to make it a better place," or is it the kind of pride that says, "I'm better than you"? The exam doesn't say. We hope ...

4. Disturbed by Our Opinions

Matthew 22:15-22

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Brett Blair

2000 years ago a philosopher by the name of Epictetus said, "Men are disturbed not by things that happen but by their opinion of the things that happen." This is the problem of the Pharisees. Their understanding of events tell more about who they are than it does about who Jesus is. And this is our problem as well. A person who loves will live in a loving world. But a person who ...

5. Differences of Opinions

Illustration

King Duncan

... he had once served. He ran into Bill, who had been an elder and leader in the church, but who wasn't around anymore. The pastor asked, "Bill, what happened? You used to be there every time the doors opened." "Well, Pastor," said Bill, "a difference of opinion arose in the church. Some of us couldn't accept the final decision and we established a church of our own." "Is that where you worship now?" asked the pastor. "No," answered Bill, "we found that there, too, the people were not faithful and a small ...

6. In My Humble Opinion

Humor

Isn't it refreshing when people in the spotlight don't take themselves too seriously? Democratic Senator Fritz Hollings tells colleagues he took a "polygraph" test recently to find out what the lie-detector fuss is all about. But Hollings, a silver-haired and flamboyant orator from South Carolina, reports he flunked the test when he started a sentence with: "In my humble opinion...."

7. An Expert's Opinion

Matthew 10:16

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Charles Bonner

In some of the outlying areas of British Columbia, Canada, farmers have been plagued with wolves killing their livestock. Meetings have been held with farmers, environmentalists, and concerned citizens in a move to solve the problem. The majority of the local people favored shooting or poisoning the marauding wolves. At one meeting, a woman strode to the microphone, listed her impressive credentials, and explained her solution. "Vasectomy is the answer," she thundered. "Simply trap the wolves humanely, ...

8. Second Opinion

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Editor James S. Hewett

A tourist came too close to the edge of the Grand Canyon, lost his footing and plunged over the side, clawing and scratching to save himself. After he went out of sight and just before he fell into space, he encountered a scrubby bush which he desperately grabbed with both hands. Filled with terror, he called out toward heaven, "Is there anyone up there?" A calm, powerful voice came out of the sky, "Yes, there is." The tourist pleaded, "Can you help me? Can you help me?" The calm voice replied, "Yes, I ...

9. How Long Will You Limp? (Because God Is Tired Of The Bull)

1 Kings 18:16-46

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... trust in God. They knew that God acted in human history, that God transversed the elements of time and space to make God's will known to God's people. God expects this from us. God does not want us to dither, hesitate, hedge, and limp between two opinions. God has demonstrated this time and again in our lives, but we still need proof that God is God, that God will act and make good on God's promises by bringing us through. After all the hell and healing, the personal trials and tribulations, we still waver ...

10. The Importance of Unity

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... ramifications not only for the life of the church but also for our individual lives and for our family lives and for our community lives. For in each instance we are called on to show forth the glory of God in Christ by the way we handle our gifts and opinions and ideas and hopes. If they are shared with the understanding that no one person has the ability to see all angles, no one person has the gifts to do all things, no one person can hold him/herself up as the model for what ought to be, we will ...

11. To Say Elohim

Genesis 1:1-2:4a

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... we share. This world exists — and our lives in — because God wants it to. To say Elohim is to affirm that God is an objective reality apart from our ideas of God. We live in a society where we have been taught to put great stock in our own opinions — too much so, perhaps. Take the case some years back in Massachusetts of the British au pair who was accused of killing the baby in her care. Radio and television talk shows had a field day with that case. Caller after caller phoned in to state his or her ...

12. Are You In the Know

Job 19:23-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... is something that we may change, but a conviction is something that changes us…one will die for a conviction, but never for an opinion. It is refreshing, in the day and age in which we live, to hear someone get up and not just say I think this, or I assume this, or I imagined this, or I guessed this, or I supposed this, or even I believe this, but to say, I know ...

13. If Only... Next Time

Isaiah 43:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... whether it's a new year, a new month, a new week, a new day--a new experience--I like new beginnings. "A Jesuit priest, C.J. McNespy, once noted that scholars do not agree as to when the liturgical (church) year really begins. The usual opinion, of course, is the first Sunday of Advent. Others start with the Easter vigil. Still others choose the Sunday which comes seventy days before Easter. Father McNespy wraps up the controversy happily; "in any case, since we need to be constantly starting over, it doesn ...

14. You Had Better Get It Right

Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... , do you have a question?" Elizabeth said, "Yes, I do. If nobody has the truth, isn't that a good reason for me not to listen to my fellow students? After all, if nobody has the truth why should I waste my time listening to other people and their opinions? What would be the point? Only if somebody has the truth does it make sense to be open-minded, don't you agree?" The teacher said, "No, I don't. Are you claiming to know the truth? Isn't that a little bit arrogant and dogmatic?" Elizabeth said, "Not ...

15. The Church: The Dwelling Place of Wonder

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the main branches of Christian doctrine. It is true, he ‘s always ready to hear and weigh whatever can be offered against his principles; but as this does not show any wavering in his own mind, so neither does it occasion any. He does not halt between two opinions nor vainly endeavor to blend them into one. Observe this, you who know what spirit ye are of: who call your men of a catholic spirit, only because you are of a muddy understanding; because your mind is all in a mist; because you have no settled ...

16. False Teachers and Their Destruction

2 Peter 2:1-22

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... cross he bought them with his own life-blood (1 Pet. 1:18–19). By his death Jesus ransomed men and women from the slavery of sin. The false teachers are rejecting all this. Yet in so doing they are not merely expressing a human opinion but deliberately refusing to accept divine truth as revealed in the inspired Scriptures and in the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. These men are not simply misguided, but heretics who have refused divine light, preferring their own views on spiritual matters. As ...

17. I Wonder about The End of the World

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... there are about the end of the world. When people are emotionally charged about a subject such as eschatology, it is inevitable that there will be intense debate about it. I will not go into great detail about these differing opinions and views, but suffice it to say that some are speculative, some are ridiculous, and some are just good fiction. There are many bestselling books out there that do a great job entertaining folks with graphic tales of the return of Christ, but they are not based on any serious ...

18. Apostles of Christ

1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... faithful. God requires that Paul and the others be faithful executors of the trust that has been placed in them. In turn, Paul informs the Corinthians that what they think of him as God’s steward is of little or no importance. In fact, he says that his opinion of himself is irrelevant, because the Lord is the only one who judges. In a sense Paul is freed by the Lord’s being his sole judge, for he needs neither to worry about what others think nor to be obsessed with evaluating his own performance. Paul ...

19. Marriage

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... heard him in different ways: and I think that I too have the Spirit of God. Those who recognized Paul’s apostolic responsibilities would be comforted, while those who doubted Paul’s spiritual gifts might feel confronted. In either case, Paul recognizes that his opinion and advice were formed in a theological matrix and not given off the top of his head or even from the bottom of his human heart. Additional Notes 7:25 This verse begins with the words now about … (Gk. peri de …), an apparent allusion ...

20. We're On the Move Now!

Sermon

Ronald Love

... was not a direct command — it was not a direct mandate, from God. How many lives have we ruined because we have failed to place Paul’s writings in the proper eschatological context? How many lives have we ruined because we have taken Paul’s opinion and made it into a legalistic mandate? In 1844, a group of 50,000 followers expected the immediate return of Jesus. So strongly did they hold these beliefs, that many sold their possessions and others let their fields lie fallow. When Jesus did not return ...

21. Proper 19

James 3:1-12, Proverbs 1:20-33, Mark 8:31--9:1, Mark 8:27-30

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... counts with Christ Jesus. Who do you say that he is, with your lips and with your life? Outline: 1. Jesus wanted to know what the public thought of him (v. 27). 2. More important, Jesus wanted people to truly know him. 3. Your opinion counts with Christ. 4. So make your decision concerning discipleship count for eternity. Sermon Title: A Painful Lesson. Sermon Angle: Jesus endeavored to teach his disciples the true meaning of his messiahship. It meant rejection, suffering and death (vv. 31-33). It was a ...

22. What "They" Say

Luke 9:18-27

Sermon

Larry Powell

... "They" all say. As a matter of fact, we do an admirable job of repeating what "They" say, especially if it serves us well in a conversation or may be offered in reply to a direct question in such a way that enables us to dodge expressing a personal opinion. "They say" is such a handy thing to say. But the unavoidable question, posed by the eternal Christ, is always the same: "Who do you say that I am?" That is the question. Think now, before answering. (1) Do not claim Jesus as Lord while continuing to be ...

23. The Heart of an Intimate Matter

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... are not the same, are they? Someone has said, “Opinions are many, convictions are few; opinions change often, convictions rarely do.” Opinions live on the surface; convictions go deep. Opinions thrive around the gossipy edges; convictions live near the center of life. One way to tell the difference is to ask, What would you make a sacrifice for- of real money, of significant time, of patient suffering, even of life if necessary? The more you would pay, the closer you ...

24. Proper 16

Matthew 16:13-20, Romans 11:33-36, Romans 12:1-8, Isaiah 51:1-16, Exodus 2:1-10, Exodus 1:1-22

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... . Even today the person who confesses Jesus as the Christ does it by the power of the Holy Spirit. Only God knows who Jesus is, and he reveals this to us. 3. Rock (v. 18). It is upon a rock that Jesus builds his church. But what is the rock? Opinions vary as to the identity of the rock. Is Peter the rock? Is the confession of Peter the rock? Is Christ the rock? Peter never acted consistently as a rock. The church consists of those who confess Jesus is the Christ. Could the answer be - we as faulty rocks ...

25. What about the Truth?

Matthew 5:13-16

Illustration

James Merritt

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