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1. Body Parts and Pride

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... evaluates things are not the way things really are. And that is precisely Paul's point. As we study the word of God, as we participate in worship and find ourselves renewed, as we minister in a variety of ways, most of them not flashy but all of them as part of the Body of Christ, we find that our minds are renewed by the promises of God. Because of that renewal, we are enabled to see what is the will of God. This is often an idea used in a judgmental manner, particularly in an effort to eliminate the Body ...

2. Preparing For The Second Part Of Life

James 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... it soon failed because he never saw his wife. Then he set more and higher goals for himself. He met every one of them, and then some. One sweltering hot day in July, Bob was rushing to get to work a bit early when he noticed something large blocking a part of the road ahead. He cursed, because every minute off work was a minute wasted. But when he got closer he saw that the obstacle was a man in a wheelchair. Sweat was running off him as he strained to roll his wheelchair along the pavement right into the ...

3. For Your Part

Matt 5:17-37

Sermon

John Jamison

... , "Just a second John, I need your signature in a couple of places." "For what?" "Well, this one shows that you received your check, and this one shows that you understand the payment schedule." "What payment schedule?" "Uh, for the note. See, for our part, we give you the money, and for your part, each month you pay it back in ..." "Pay it back?" I interrupted. "You mean I have to pay this back? I hadn't counted on that. We'd better just forget it then." And I left. I walked down the street to another bank ...

4. The Knot: Frayed (Part 2)

1 Peter 3:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.” (1 Peter 3:7, ESV) When wives heard this 2,000 years ago, the world could not have contained the smile that was on their faces. When it comes to eternal life, a relationship with God, to the most important part of all of us, which is our spirit and our soul, wives are equal in every way to their husbands. In other words, when you think about it marriage is more than just a relationship of a husband to a wife. Men, your wife is your sister in the Lord ...

5. The Power of Encouragement (Part VIII)

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... make any contribution to our world. Then I think of all of the strange characters that our Lord Jesus Christ gathered around him to be his disciples, and I think of all the men and women who through the corridors of history had been chosen to be part of our Lord''s work. Not many of them were highly regarded in the social circles of their time. Many of these people went on to do great things because there was someone who brought encouragement and inspiration to their lives. Someone believed in them when no ...

6. When Did This Start? — Part 2

John 1:6-8, 19-28

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... lengthening days, weeks of dark afternoons and mornings to remind us of a world in the absence of light. Many leave for more southerly climates in this season; they find the short days and long dark nights too taxing on their spirits. But we do have an advantage in this part of the world, when the subject turns to light in our Advent season, we know what it is to need a John the Baptist to bear witness to it. And we know what it is to need a light that is not our own. The most basic affirmation about who ...

7. The Knot: Frayed (Part 1)

1 Peter 3:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... a wife who is a believer, but her husband is not. A little known fact about Christianity and the church is that for the most part it has been a movement more of women than of men. Of the Evangelical Christians in America, 53% are women. Some things never change. Back ... . Peter is simply saying to the wife, “If you want to influence your husband for good and if you want to do your part in keeping the knot tied you do it by submitting to his leadership out of respect, following the example of Christ, so that ...

8. Are You Praying or Pouting? (Part IV)

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... and that night many times since. I don''t know where he is now, but if he isn''t going to Heaven, no one is." (1) We know from our study in Paul''s letter to the Philippians and in other portions of sacred scripture that prayer was an instrumental part of the life of this great servant of God. Paul could have wasted his time in prison pouting and being bitter at God for his circumstances in life. He shifts the challenging burden of his imprisonment from his hands to the High and Holy hands of God. He knew ...

9. Till Death Do Us Part

Matthew 19:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... , they will marry again...and again...and again.1 Toffler evidently realized that over the last one hundred years there has been a seismic shift in the cultural acceptance of, and attitude toward, divorce. It used to be that the marriage vow "until death do us part" was taken literally. That changed in the early 1960s when the number of marriages in the United States that were terminated by divorce, began to exceed the number ended by the death of a spouse. More than three out of five marriages that are now ...

10. What Part of “You Shall Not” Don’t You Understand?

Exodus 20:1-17

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... says, "Everything's relative; nothing is written in stone," we can reply, "Think again." The Ten Commandments (written on stone) are not ten suggestions. The Ten Laws of God place a giant question mark in the margins of our society and our lives: "What part of ‘You shall not' don't you understand?" In the context of the ethical downgrade of our times, Karl Menninger wrote: Whatever became of sin? That's a good question. Menninger pointed out that without a concept of sin against God and his Commandments ...

11. Decoding the Da Vinci Code (Part One - Exploring the Fiction)

1 Timothy 1:4

Sermon

James Merritt

... , to what I call "The gospel of unbelief," comes a book and a movie called, "The Da Vinci Code." If I were giving you a recipe for how to cook a Da Vinci Code cake, I would tell you that you simply make it with one part fact and a thousand parts fiction. You wouldn't know that from what you are hearing in the media and from Dan Brown himself, which is why there is so much controversy. USA Today said the book consists of "historical fact with a contemporary storyline." Charles Taylor in the website - Salon ...

12. When Did This Start? — Part 1

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... monarch just returned from the field of conquest. Once it was over, I thought that Dave should have sent each of us a personal thank-you note. The show wasn't all that great. So, it took five hours to work us into a state of frenzy. The part of John the Baptist to Dave Letterman was played by more than one person, from the spunky interns to the warm-up comedian to the band introductions, all this to say, "Here's Dave." Compare that to Mark's incredible economy of phrase: John the Baptist appeared; and ...

13. The Better Part

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

John G. Lynch

... , Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things. You need to listen for a while. For a long while. You need to let things cool down in your life. Too many cares are distracting you. Only one thing is needful, and Mary has chosen that good part." The next verse in Luke's gospel reads this way: "He was praying in a certain place ..." Actually he was praying out loud when Mary sat at his feet. She was listening to his prayer. Jesus spoke to God about everything. Sometimes alone. Sometimes with people ...

14. Living Large for God (Part 3)

1 Chronicles 4:1-23

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... church at Laodicea? It lived so long in its comfort zone that it no longer exists today. If a church is not generating new members and new mission and ministry, it is de-generating! Jabez knew God was at work in the world and he wanted to be part of it. He wanted to use his experience of pain and suffering to help and influence others. He was not running from responsibility, but toward it. A man called a florist shop and asked if they had any potted geraniums. "Sorry, we don''t have potted geraniums," the ...

15. Feasting and Fasting for Lent (Part IV)

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... Max Lucado shares, "How many congregations have just enough religion to come together, but not enough passion to go out? If the doors aren't locked, they might as well be. "Upper room futility. A little bit of faith but very little fire. "Sure, we''re doing our part to reach the world. Why, just last year we mailed ten correspondence courses. We''re anticipating a response any day now. "You bet we care that the world is reached! We sent $150 a month to...uh, well...ol'' what''s-his-name down there in ... uh ...

16. Decoding the Da Vinci Code (Part Two - Explaining the Facts)

1 Peter 3:15

Sermon

James Merritt

... direct followers of Jesus Christ or were eye witnesses of the events that took place in His life or they were very close friends to people who were eye witnesses. What was the criteria by which the church decided whether or not a book should be considered a part of God's Word? I've already given you one and that is a book had to have apostolic origin. An apostle in New Testament in terms is someone who was an eyewitness to the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. Only those books that were either written by ...

17. There Is a Price for Everything, Part 2

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and the disciplined giving of our time? How can we appropriate the beauty of God’s creation? To be sure it is gift, extravagant gift on the part of God. But how dull we are to that beauty? How often do we fail to allow that beauty to bathe our souls because we do ... appropriate them. So, let’s talk about it: THERE IS A PRICE — A PRICE FOR EVERYTHING. We began on this theme in part last Sunday, so let’s put the scripture in focus again. Our lesson includes two passages. In the first passage, Matthew 13 ...

18. Are You Part of the Scandal?

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... 13 to 33) had to abide by the traditions of both a Torah-devoted and an agrarian-based life. In that patriarchal world the father was “large and in charge” — until his death. Sons stayed to work the land with their own families, daughters became part of their husband’s family world. In his book The Prodigal God (2011), Timothy Keller portrays the two brothers as symbolizing the two basic ways people try to make life work. The younger son pursues "self‑discovery" — he's on a quest to find and ...

19. Going Home ― Part Two: Then And Now

Luke 4:21-30

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... going to do for us now that he has come back home!” Jesus understood what was happening. They believed that Jesus was going to do the things here that he had done in those other places simply because of who they were. Since they had been as a part of who Jesus had been, growing up in Nazareth, they believed he would do even more of his miracles here. They didn’t have to do anything or believe anything. God would do great things for them because they deserved it, because of where they were and who they ...

20. A Man Named Pain (Part 1)

1 Chronicles 4:1-23

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... current occupants. Under the porch lay a lazy hound, one of several animals that roamed the yard–chickens, cats, dogs of no discernible breed. And several young children–in diapers or overalls. Everywhere you looked there were dirt and disrepair. Weeds and old car parts served as landscape. Behind the shack was a trailer–a really small trailer. Maybe 6'' by 8''. And in very ramshackle condition itself. And in it lived a family. Sometimes as the school bus would pass by, Duncan says he would see the ...

21. Emptying and Exalting (Part XI)

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... said, "The Bible is like a stream in which elephants must swim and lambs may wade." This is especially true of this passage. As a Boy Scout, I twice had the privilege of attending the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico. We spent the good part of a day climbing up one of the majestic mountains that filled the landscape of this historic camp. From the top of the mountain, we had a gorgeous view of the countryside. Many of the scouts, including myself, attempted to take a number of "pictures" with ...

22. Feasting and Fasting for Lent (Part I)

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... sheep dog. It seems the difference was that the bad sheep dog ran around a lot and did nothing but bark at the sheep, making them jumpy and nervous. The bad sheep dog forgot to follow the directions of the shepherd and to watch the shepherd for which part of the herd to get in shape. The good sheep dog rarely barked and when he did he found the lead sheep with the bell around its neck and gently led them where the shepherd wanted them to go. Joyce Landorf, in her marvelous book BALCONY PEOPLE, describes ...

23. Feasting and Fasting for Lent (Part III)

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... sense. "Suffering?" she said quietly. "You see, we appreciate your concern, but we''re Christians. We have accepted the Lord, you see. He suffered for us. So we will try to suffer for the baby if we must." "Not many kids today get a chance to be a part of this kind of thing," the father added. "Our kids will handle it." "Pastor, I hope you can do something with them," the doctor whispered to me outside their door as he continued his rounds. Three days later, the doctor and I watched the couple leave the ...

24. What Jesus Wants for Chrismas (Part 1)

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... it creates indigestion." It was not indignation at our indigestion that moved Aldous Huxley to end his book The Genius and the Goddess on a tragic note. It was indignation at our inebriation. The narrator sees the author to the door with the poignant parting words: "Drive carefully. This is a Christian country, and it's the Savior's birthday. Practically everybody you will see will be drunk" (Aldous Huxley, The Genius and the Goddess [New York: Harper, 1955]). Many Christians have a tradition of making a so ...

25. Framing Values – Part Two

Daniel 1:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... survey I just quoted, when teenagers were asked, "Are your values the same as your parents?" an amazing 76% said their values were basically the same as their parents. You have no choice mom and dad. Your teenager is basically going to adopt, for the most part, the values that you give to them. Evidently Daniel had been given some core convictions by his parents that he could hold on to in a time of difficulty and temptation. From the very beginning of his time in Babylon, Daniel was tempted to compromise ...

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