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1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. Are You In the Know

Job 19:23-27

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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 ...

5. If Only... Next Time

Isaiah 43:1-13

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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 ...

6. You Had Better Get It Right

Matthew 5:17-20

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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 ...

7. The Church: The Dwelling Place of Wonder

Ephesians 1:15-23

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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 ...

8. 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 ...

9. 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 ...

10. What "They" Say

Luke 9:18-27

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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 ...

11. The Heart of an Intimate Matter

Matthew 5:27-30

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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 ...

12. Movable Stone, Portable House

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... before he can lead. A true disciple must be dedicated not to his own journey, path, agenda, but to Jesus’ mission in the world, even when it feels unreasonable, hard, or tedious. How adaptable are you? How easy is it for you to put aside your own wants, desires, opinions, agendas, preferences, control in order to allow the Holy Spirit to guide you in a direction that you may not want to go? How easy is it for you to defer to God’s mission in the world, to love the people God wants you to love? To serve ...

13. Pride: The Deadliest of the Seven Deadly Sins

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 ...

14. A New Perspective

Deuteronomy 7:1-26

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Gregory J. Johanson

... feels like the world is tilting beneath you, well, that’s appropriate. To be a believer is to have a different way of looking at things. It’s not a matter of adding some new opinions to the opinions you already have, even if these opinions are about God. Your mind is not like a bulletin board, where you can tack up new opinions about God and maybe take down a few old ones. It’s not like that. It’s a shifting of your frame of reference, of allowing Christ to capture your frame of reference like the ...

15. Make Up Your Mind!

1 Kings 18:16-46

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... to meet on Mount Carmel. There is perhaps no more telling evidence of it than the response of many to the ugly crisis in the White House and Congress just two years or so ago. Attempts to replace the Constitution with the latest popular opinion polls were telling evidence of how our nation is spiritually adrift. We saw that many of our leaders have, in Stephen Vincent Benet’s words, “no fixed stars.” God’s standards of morality and truth possess little relevance or authority for many people in ...

16. Jesus Came Preaching

Mark 1:14-15

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Donald B. Strobe

... people are aimed when they leave the church, the effect can be beyond all calculation.” What people think determines everything. Lincoln said: With the public sentiment nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. Consequently, he who moulds public opinion goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions. (Sweazey, op. cit., p. 9) Physicians and farmers labor to keep people alive. Preachers labor to make their lives worth living. And that is infinitely worth doing. Joseph Conrad said ...

17. The Church Is Alive and Well

Matthew 16:13-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... to study what our Lord had to say about the church. I. The Glorious Foundation of The Church Jesus' teaching on the church came as a response to a question and answer session that He had with His disciples. First, he asked a question concerning public opinion: "When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, ‘Who do men say that I am?' So they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.'" (vv. 13-14) Now there were all ...

18. The King and His Castle

Matthew 16:13-18

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James Merritt

... There were some who said that Jesus was a great preacher like John the Baptist. There were others who said that Jesus was a great person like Elijah. There were others who said that Jesus was a great prophet like Jeremiah. But Jesus is not concerned about public opinion. All he cares about is personal conviction. So he asked the second question: "But who do you say that I am?" (v.15) Now that is the key question. Who do you say that Jesus is? You see it is irrelevant what your parents think about Jesus, or ...

19. Style: Some Distinctive Marks of a Methodist

Galatians 5:1-15

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Maxie Dunnam

... he continued to admonish his Methodist Brethren: “I beseech you, brethren, but the mercies of God that we be in no wise divided among ourselves. Is thy heart right, as my heart is with thine? I ask no further question. If it be, give me thy hand. For opinions, or terms, let us not destroy the work of God. Doesn’t thou love and serve God? It is enough. I give thee the right hand of fellowship.” (From the Works of John Wesley, London, The Epworth Press, 1950 edition, pages 7-15). We need that — not ...

20. Small-Minded Christians in a Big World

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

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John N. Brittain

... institutions where you may be the only one teaching a given course year after year. The danger, he said, is that you may begin to think that the topics you choose to put in your syllabus really are the most important topics in that area and that your opinions and the questions you put on your test really are what people should know. Many of us can think of sad cases where a professor's courses have become hopelessly out of date or out of touch with practitioners in that field and research in that discipline ...

21. Can You Be Popular and Serve Jesus?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... . I’m going to get a hot dog.” When he returns with a hamburger, his friend asks, “What are you doing with a burger?” “Well,” he says, “I met this fellow . . .” (4) Some of us are worse than others, but all of us are susceptible to the opinions of our peers. We are influenced by the culture of which we are a part. Here’s the second thing we need to see: Christ and culture are not always in agreement. Even our culture a supposedly Judeo-Christian culture is not always in agreement with the ...

22. Love That Surpasses Knowledge

Ephesians 3:14-21

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Thomas Lentz

... mindedness, and ignorance than to stand apart from those who think differently from us." Too often, we allow differences to grow walls among us. How helpful it would be for us to remember that the one for whom we harbor bitterness, the one who holds a different opinion, the one who has different values, the one who dresses oddly ... all these are individuals whom Christ loves and for whom he died. God grant you strength in your inner being to grasp the depth of this love of Christ, so that you may attain to ...

23. A New Point of View

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

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Steven E. Albertin

... want the approval of our spouse and children but also the neighbors and coworkers who will see us in that shirt. Their opinion matters. We choose to associate with people who are like us because they are safe. Safety counts. We hang around with people ... in God (as most Americans do), we live most of our lives as functional atheists, as if God doesn't exist or as if God's opinion of us doesn't matter. We live with this huge disconnect between Sunday morning and the rest of the week. However, if your life is ...

24. Flip the Switch

Psalm 119:105

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James Merritt

... complained if a man’s hair touched his collar. They got hung up on the way people dressed – whether or not you ought to use hymnals, whether men should wear suits and women should wear dresses. Everybody has a right to their opinion, but when those opinions take on the authority of scripture you fall into the pit of legalism. There was also the “leaven of the Sadducees”. That represents liberalism. The Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection and that is why they were “sad you see.” Keep ...

25. Ignite: Fire Extinguishers

Acts 15:1-21

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James Merritt

... and the greatest fire-extinguisher of all… IV. Pushing Preferences Over People Now James, the brother of Jesus, stands up and does the most important thing. He simply goes to the Word of God. He basically says, “It really doesn’t matter what my opinion is or what your opinion is. It doesn’t matter what I think or what you think. What matters is, “What does God’s Word say?” He quotes a prophecy from Amos where Amos predicted that Gentiles would come to God just like Jews and that they would all ...

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