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1. The Recovery Of Reverence

Leviticus 19:1-37

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... our times in a rich and relevant way. Many people think of this book as nothing more than a dusty old record of rules pertaining to early Hebrew life. But in the words of today's reading, there are two fundamental truths that can help us recover the dimension of reverence missing in so much of modern life. 1. Recover Our Need For God These words are first and foremost a call to recover our need for the Living God. God's word through Moses to the people is, "You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy ...

2. Reverence For Life

Exodus 20:1-21, Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... saving. Now, you might ask, "Bill, that is all true, but what does it have to do with the sixth commandment which declares, "You shall not murder"? Let me tell you. Though the commandment is phrased in the negative, it is actually very positive. It commands a reverence for life. It hangs a price tag on every human life, saying that you are worth more than the national debt. You were made by God, in the image of God, and no one but God has the right to terminate your life. The sixth commandment declares ...

3. The Sixth Commandment: Respect and Reverence for Life

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... for the identity that I am given as a son or daughter of God. This sixth commandment provides the higher ground for the human race to step up to be a civilized people. This sixth commandment provides the foundation for life to be lived with respect and reverence. Humanity and life are not an accident of nature but reflect the presence, the power, and the purposes of God. Every human life is valuable to God, not just the survival of the strongest and fittest. You and I are created in the image of God. This ...

4. The Lord's Prayer: Hallowed Be Thy Name

Matthew 6:5-15

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David E. Leininger

... ; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen." Hmmm. A word to the wise. "Hallowed be Thy name." By now I hope you see that this is not just a pious phrase. We concretely hallow, give reverence to, God's name only when we extend that to God's own children, our brothers and sisters in Christ. Jesus told the twelve on his last night with them, "By this everyone will know you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."(2) "Our Father, who ...

5. When Ten Equals Two

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Larry Powell

... experience. I am not speaking now of the polite nod or mental tip-of-the-hat which one solemnly executes in the presence of things which inspire those kinds of gestures, wherever and whatever they may be. I am speaking of the kind of reverence which leaves one slack-jawed, awe-inspired, elevated above the ordinary. Sometime ago, it was my privilege to visit St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, and to be absolutely overwhelmed by a sense of God’s majesty. One feels incredibly small in the midst ...

6. How Can We Live Wisely?

Job 26:1--31:40

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... joy and wonder in all your works" (The Book of Common Prayer, page 308). To live wisely is, first, to live with a sense of reverence and wonder. II Secondly, to live wisely is to review our choices. If you were to go to a courtroom in the city of ... reproaches anyone" (James 1:5, NEB). What is it which God will give so that we can live wisely? He will give us the wisdom to revere the mystery and wonder of life. He will give us the wisdom to review our choices. He will give us the wisdom to revise our plans ...

7. Needed: Fidelity Insurance

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... existence together. Don't neglect or abuse it or lose it." I wish there were a guaranteed fidelity insurance policy for marriages. There is none. But the closest thing to it is St. Paul's inspired guidance to the Ephesians: "Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ." Could it be that the single thing your marriage needs most is for both of you to kneel at an altar and make or renew a commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord? Then Christ will have a chance to correct, protect, and motivate you. A ...

8. Every Day God Encourages

Acts 4:36-37; 11:22-24

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... boat. We listened to the sound of a fisherman fishing with a casting net, the waves of the Sea of Galilee and the sounds of early morning, all the while watching the sun rise over the Golan Heights. For me, that was a very holy moment. A wave of deep reverence and the presence of God filled us both. It was like God had suddenly opened a door and we had stepped back 2000 years to an early morning with Peter, James and John. I almost expected to see Andrew walking with Jesus. It was a moment that took our ...

9. Make Room for Mystery

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

James McCormick

... see stars pointing me to Christ. I want to open my mind. But I also want to open my heart and my imagination to the mystery all around me, so that when you look for me at Christmas, you will find me with the shepherds, kneeling before the manger in reverence and wonder. There is mystery in life, you know. I can’t fully understand it, but I can name it. The name of it is God. A prayer by Ernest Campbell: Lord, we know the words, Teach us now the music of our faith. We know the forms of celebration ...

10. The Third Commandment: God's Last Name Is Not...?

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... among women and children of culture and refinement. 10. It is my way of honoring God, who said, "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain." I believe no person is poor who has in his or her breast and on his or her lips a deep reverence for God. I am told that in Asia Minor resides a variety of bird known as a crane. It is a type of crane indigenous to the landscape. These birds, unfortunately, tend to create a high-pitched noise when they fly in the air. The reason this noise is unfortunate ...

11. Characteristics of the Church

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... church. Now that doesn’t sound like much, does it? Where do I get that a verse 43 says: “And fear came upon every soul.” Why is that important enough to mention? The big idea here is awe and reverence, a recognition of who we are and who God is. Secular humanism has tried to educate that awe and reverence for God out of us. I believe that’s the significance of the debate about creation which is still going on. There is an old story about a little boy who asked his mother if it were true that we ...

12. It's Just A Little Thing

Mark 12:38-44

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... pass it on. That's if you really want to be like those people Jesus was talking about. B. Let me tell you also, how to give REVERENTLY. I saw it one Sunday in the form of a five year old little boy who ran up and threw his arms around my leg and ... this; we're called to give like the widow. Not just a mite, but our all. It's just a little thing but if we all give REVERENTLY, REJOICINGLY AND RECKLESSLY like the widow can you imagine what God can do? Look around you at what God has already done with what we've ...

13. "He Who Commands Is He Who Fulfills"

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

... honored more in the breach than in the keeping. By evangelical insight, there remains another problem. Love God, love your neighbor may be the great and only commands, but they are still and yet precisely that: commands. And if it is doubtful that one can command people to kneel reverently, how much more in doubt is it that one can command them to live lovingly, either in their attitudes or in their actions? A rule is a rule is a rule. A law is a law is a law. The Golden Rule may be golden but it is still ...

14. Oddballs for God

1 Peter 1:17-23

Sermon

David O. Bales

... us, and hugged us. My sisters and I are in our fifties and sixties. Makes no difference. If we're at a family event and Aunt Mary is there, we three are attracted to her as iron to a magnet. Her kind of love creates a reverence, which helps me understand reverent living for God. We want to please God, because God loves us like the perfect Father, or like the perfect aunt. Verse 23 recalls for Peter's friends that their new life and understanding of God has come about "through the living and enduring word of ...

15. Family Re:Union - Great Expectations

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

James Merritt

... simple verbs that are found in Ephesians 5. I. Spouses Should Submit Humbly To Each Other “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” (Ephesians 5:21, NIV) The Apostle Paul in this passage is about to launch into, perhaps, the classic text on ... He needs to be you will then put your spouse where he or she needs to be. When a husband and a wife are living in reverence for Jesus Christ remembering what He did for them and what He is to them there will be this mutual desire to mutually submit and to ...

16. That Hallowed Name (The Third Commandment)

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... character is surprised or frightened or delighted, he or she uses God's holy name in a thoughtless, irreverent way. Some time ago I watched an American gymnast win a televised competition. All he could say over and over was "0 my God." But there was no hint of reverence in his utterances. It seemed to be just an empty expletive or exclamation of surprise. You don't have to add the word "damn" to God's name to be profane. All you have to do is utter a holy name (Lord, God, Jesus, Christ) in an empty, casual ...

17. Love And Submission

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

King Duncan

... shall be joined unto his wife, and the two shall be one flesh. "This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself;' and the wife see that she reverence her husband." We would have to really torture this passage of scripture to suggest that a woman become a doormat, with no personal convictions, feelings of self-worth, or opportunity to grow and be all that God has created her to be. Only a sick religion or ...

18. A Kingdom that Cannot Be Shaken

Hebrews 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... is only human to seek that which is unshakable. In Hebrews 12: 29 we come to another of the writer’s notable “therefores.” He writes, “Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe . . .” Interesting words for the times in which we live. We live in a world that all too easily can be shaken. That’s the first thing we need to see from this passage in Hebrews. And that is one of the great understatements ...

19. Silence and Darkness

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

John Smylie

... cross that housed inside of it a piece of the true cross. The brothers believed the cross housed within it a glass ball with a wooden splinter that was a splinter from the wood upon which our Lord was crucified. The cross was reverently brought into the sanctuary and placed upon the high altar. The brothers dressed in robes and simple vestments approached the true cross and three times as they processed they spread themselves upon the floor, face down, arms extended, prostrating themselves before this holy ...

20. For Those in Church: Joy and Service

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... Pharisees had worked out a religion based on many rules and regulations. The Ten Commandments were at the heart of it. They extended those commandments to include 613 rules! The Commandments were simply two principles: reverence and respect. Reverence was the first three commandments and included reverence for God, for his day, and for the parents that he gave us. Respect marks the last seven commandments; respect for life, possessions, personality, good name, and one’s self. The principles were correct ...

21. The Ten Commandments #2: No Idols!

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the end. The idol would become almost a sanctified rabbit's foot - as long as you have that idol in the house (or town) and you went through the proper rituals, things would be all right...no MAYBE'S...no uncertainty. What had begun in perfect innocence and reverence would have now degenerated to the ritual murder of little babies. This was the kind of a world into which a rag-tag band of former Egyptian slaves would come to form a new nation, Israel. And it was the religion of this kind of world from which ...

22. Two Parades

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

King Duncan

... a garrison of soldiers who attempted to take over a British stronghold in Maine. The invasion was a complete failure, costing lives and ships. Revere was accused of insubordination and cowardice. Although he was cleared of all charges against him, Paul Revere was dismissed from the military with his reputation soiled. He never fully cleared his name. Failure is part of life. Everyone messes up at some time or another. Everyone comes up short. Everyone has his or her embarrassments. What has failure ...

23. He Touched Me

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... dead, we have no feeling of purpose in life, yet Christ can cleanse and restore us, giving us not just life, but abundant life. Notice that when the man with leprosy first came to Jesus he fell on his face in front of Jesus, an act of reverence that was only afforded to a king. He was acknowledging Jesus’ kingship over life. That is the greatest need many of us have. We think other needs are more pressing--but they will fall in place if we acknowledge this, our greatest need. Our greatest need is ...

24. The Near Edge of God

Jn 1:1-3, 14

Sermon

... to gloss over such texts as Isaiah 43:18-19: "Do not remember the former things. I am about to do a new thing. Now it springs forth. Do you not perceive it?" All of which means that while we should love God, praise God, adore and revere God, we should not sit too comfortably in the saddle of familiarity with God ... assuming that we know everything there is to know about God. Almost everybody who is anybody in theology is now talking about "the re-enchantment of the universe." But the theologians did not ...

25. When Nothing Is Sacred

Isaiah 6:1-8

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... is real danger in declaring everything secular. When nothing is sacred, we all lose. For one thing, when nothing is sacred, there is no ground for moral and ethical behavior. The meaning of the Ten Commandments, for example, can be summed up in the word "reverence": reverence for God, for the name of God, for God's day, for parents, for life, for property, for personhood, for truth, for others, and even for ourselves. But, if there is no sacredness to those laws, if they are simply an optional moral code ...

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