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1. Second Thoughts

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... singer. One man turned to the man next to him and said, "That woman who is singing has a terrible voice. Any idea who she is?" "Why yes," said the second man, "she happens to be my wife." That should have ended the matter, but sometimes not even our second thoughts can save us from disaster! The first man stammered, "I beg your pardon; it's not really her voice. It's that awful music she is singing. Who would ever have written a piece of music like that?" And the second man said quietly, "I did!" No, I can ...

2. Some Second Thoughts about Giving

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... coat that has no buttons? Or can you see him in your mind’s eye trying to work in a pair of pants that he has to hold up with one hand? You get the point — we need to give till it helps. II Now a second thought: NOT EQUAL GIVING, EQUAL SACRIFICE. Go back to our scripture lesson. Use your imagination. The setting was the temple in Jerusalem. Jesus had been teaching. He had delivered a scathing denunciation against the super religious — the scribes and Pharisees who paraded their religion in the market ...

3. Whoever Would Have Thought?

Mark 4:26-29, Mark 4:30-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... desk at home. Another had placed his list in his wedding album. Still another classmate took out her wallet, showed her worn and frazzled list to the group, and said she carried it with her everywhere she went. Helen was simply overwhelmed. (1) Whoever would have thought that what a teacher did out of desperation on a Friday afternoon would have such a lasting effect on her students? You never know. You never know how something you or I might do might affect someone else. The funny thing is that we may not ...

4. And You Thought God Didn't Care!

Exodus 3:1-22

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... name of Jesus! It is a strong and mighty name under which Christians serve and in whom they trust! Just in case Moses and the Hebrews thought God didn't care, he sent Moses to them with the Name, but also told them of - God's Interest in Them (v. 16) God ... , it matters to me!" There is a Gospel song which asks, "Does Jesus Care?" Of course he cares! Even if you have, at times, thought God didn't care, let me tell you he will turn heaven and earth upside down and inside out to help you. Everything about ...

5. The Thoughts of Our Hearts

Luke 2:22-40

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... mouth to stop talking, for he could see that they were not only troubled at his words, but a little terror stricken, also. And before he handed the baby back to his parents, he said, "Your Son will reveal what really lies on the hearts of the people. The thoughts of all our hearts will be no secret to him, for he will ferret them out." As soon as he had spoken he realized that his heart, too, had become transparent in the presence of this baby. With that, Joseph and Mary turned and ran smack into the rather ...

6. He’s Not Who We Thought

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

Michael L. Sherer

... idea about Jesus. (Especially because, for his own reasons, Mark wants his Easter morning story to be bare-bones spare.) The Jesus who is going to Jerusalem to speak truth to power, and who ends up dying when his followers thought he should have won the day — this Jesus isn’t who they thought he was. He isn’t who we think he is. Mark started his gospel story, in the very first verse of chapter one, announcing that Jesus was ‘the Son of God.’ He doesn’t explain what he means by that. According ...

7. Food For Thought

1 Peter 1:13-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... are too worried to think; when you get old you are too sick to think; when you die it is too late to think. But then you have all eternity to think. Peter understood the power of the mind and the importance of giving the mind the proper food for thought. That's why he says in v.13, "gird up the loins of your mind." The word for mind is the Greek word dianoia which is actually two words: the word dia meaning "through" and the word noia meaning "to think." So it literally means "to think through." There are ...

8. I Thought You'd Never Ask

John 1:35-46

Sermon

Mark Trotter

We all know about famous last words. They are collected because they are supposed to be important. We expect something deep and profound from someone as their last words, the distillation of the wisdom of a lifetime. We also know about the last words of Jesus. Every gospel writer records his own version of the last words of Jesus. They are all different, his words from the cross. And every Good Friday, some place around the world, some church is commemorating the cross by meditating on the seven last words ...

9. Giants Or Grasshoppers?

Numbers 13:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... the business underway. There was lots of stress. Difficult decisions to make. But that wasn't it. Something within him held him back. And Ann. He thought of all the times he wished he had told her how much he loved her. But something held him back there, too. As if he ... faith means to us, and about our future. Maybe it's time we show our feelings with our pledge." "I'm pleased," said Ann. "I've thought for a long time that we could do more. I've been looking for a good time to talk with you about it. I'm glad ...

10. The Power of a God-Shaped Attitude

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... . Our minds are made to reflect the glory of God rather than the trivial pursuits and trash of life that we so often place in them. Mark Twain once wrote, "Life does not consist mainly in or even largely of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storms of thought that are forever blowing through one''s mind." I don''t think I need to convince many in the sound of my voice today how much we are bombarded by radio, TV and print media on how to think and act. It is very hard not to be influenced. The ...

11. The Good Husband

Isaiah 54:1-17, Isaiah 55:1-13, Isaiah 56:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... all who want Him, need Him, honor Him, recognize Him as their Redeemer and Sustainer. God made a promise long ago. God will honor that promise, even if we can’t always do so. For God’s ways are not our ways…God’s thoughts are not our thoughts. God’s acts….are not our acts. God does not commit evil acts. Acts of terrorism, murder, robbery, abuses, politics . . . these are human acts. Acts of sin. Acts of anger, weakness, judgment, and vindictiveness. But God’s ways …are not our ways. God’s ...

12. A Thinking Person’s Thankful Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... noted that Christians today will be condemned by both God and men if we do not demonstrate our capacity to love. This means that we must be sure we are putting first things first in all that we do. It means that our thankful prayers of love must become thoughtful deeds of love in our community and world. It means that prayer must be our first act each day, that obedience to the plainly stated commands of Jesus must be our first concern, and that our life’s passion must be to do all we can to make our ...

13. Close Quarters With A King

Jeremiah 23:1-8

Sermon

Thomas G. Rogers

... embarrassment or incredulity for us in this truth. When we have said that this Jesus is all the fulfillment of the ancient hope of Jeremiah's day for a just and true king, then we must look at him again. And when we look again we know that what Susan thought as she stood before the massive picture of Jesus is also correct. He is no traditional king and never was. No, instead of being a king he was led to a cross, and the only kingship he knew was a cruel mocking before his death and a mocking title put ...

14. Gunda

John 6:60-71

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... hate. It is the power of love.2 "What gives life is God's Spirit; man's power is of no use at all." A parable: Paul Dicerio sat nursing a glass of beer at Vero's Pub, a neighborhood bar with good food and a good reputation. In deep thought, he glanced over at the bulletin board near the entrance. The picture on the placard was of him. Paul was running for state senator and election day was tomorrow. "Vote Paul Dicerio for State Senator" the poster said in large bold capitals. "Boy, has it all been worth it ...

15. Mind Games

2 Corinthians 10:3-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... why this war that we are fighting and this battle that we are in is one we cannot afford to lose. Because the only way you can control you is to control your mind, for your mind controls you. Woodrow Wilson rightly said, "He that will not command his thoughts will soon lose command of his actions."[6] Now the good news is we do not fight this war empty-handed. We have been given weapons. We find in verses 4 & 5: "For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds ...

16. Structure And Clarity

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... about the theme, and if the preacher makes clear what the main theme is and how each point is related to it, the sermon can cover a lot of ground and still hang together coherently. It is especially suitable for epistle texts, which often do include several thoughts in just a verse or two. One of England's greatest preachers, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, whose ministry in London spanned almost the entire last half of the 1800s, once preached a New Year's sermon on 1 Peter 5:10, "But the God of all grace, who ...

17. An Easier Way?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

... he said to me, that my thinking in that way put me on the side of evil instead of God. Here I was, so I thought, simply talking strategy - the easiest way to accomplish the most - and he spoke radical words: for and against, good and evil, God and Satan. He ... cheered him on. I didn't realize until later that his suffering and death was really "for me," so that I too might know life. I thought I knew what "life" was all about. I had the answers, and I simply put Jesus in where he would "fit." But he wouldn't ...

18. Job’s Joy

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

Richard F. Bansemer

... ? Even with the losses ringing in our ears, it is all so much of a game, unreal, and we are probably unwilling to think the dreadful thought. Yet this is the challenge of Satan to God: "Take it away. Take it all away. If you do, he’ll curse you to your face." ... , and repent in dust and ashes." Job has been humbled, but instead of sorrow, joy results. Life is deeper than he thought. All does not revolve around the fortunes and misfortunes of man. God is at work with purposes and powers greater than ...

19. Profits And Losses

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?" I don't think I'll lose my soul over all of this," Bob thought. "Right now I'm just a silent accomplice. As long as the boss really doesn't ask me to do anything that's against the law, ... ?" Kristy had to admit it hurt. "Was it more important to be a friend or to be honest?" Oh, she knew what most of her friends thought. There had been a poll just a few weeks ago printed in their school paper. Almost 25% of high school students say it's okay to ...

20. Who Is Right

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... days every week – 104 days a year! Then, he said he tithed everything he possessed. Now, you are only commanded to tithe your grain, your oil and your wine. This man tithed anything that he earned and anything that he possessed. He was proud and he was loud. He thought he was right with God, because of what he hadn’t done, what he had done, who he wasn’t, and who he was. You see, the problem was when he looked in the mirror he shouldn’t have been singing “How Great Thou Art”. He should have been ...

21. Acres of Diamonds

1 Timothy 6:10

Sermon

Russell Conwell

... toward the goal of riches. I remember, not many years ago, a young theological student who came into my office and said to me that he thought it was his duty to come in and "labor with me." I asked him what had happened, and he said: "I feel it is my duty ... later, as he wrote me, I said, "Wherever there is a human need there is a greater fortune than a mine can furnish." He caught my thought, and he drew up his plan for a better hat pin than was in the hat before him and the pin is now being manufactured. He ...

22. Naaman Is My Name!

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... , or the God all around us, or to the trees, or whatever, and then we'll like ourselves more and feel lots better. Or another idea: "God is too good and loving to let me die. He didn't really mean that 'the wages of sin is death.' " Or another thought: "Maybe we can make enough brownie points with our good works and clean living that God will forget about our sins." Like Naaman, we become upset that God would ask us to "wash in the Jordan." We think we cannot admit we have sinned, that we can't make it ...

23. The Agony And The Ecstasy Of The Family

Mark 3:20-35

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... change the world. Jesus was taking risks with this new teaching. These risks would have implications for his family too. "He must be crazy," the family members whispered. "We had better rescue him before he does any more damage." According to Mark 3:20-21, Jesus' own family thought he was out of his mind. According to Luke 4:16-30, the conflict went from bad to worse when he went to Nazareth. He (Jesus) went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was ...

24. Annie's Gift

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Why she folded them, she couldn't say. Why not just dump them in a box and throw them away? That's how her heart felt. Feelings, unlike clothes, can't be folded up neatly and put away when they're no longer needed. "They would think me silly," Annie thought to herself, "But I just can't bring myself to get rid of them." For a moment she relived those first few days after Frank's death. "I must have seemed like a zombie as I folded those clothes and put them in those boxes. But somehow touching his clothes ...

25. Use Your Head as Well as Your Heart

Luke 14:25-33

Sermon

King Duncan

... holds your text for you until the next day. (2) Of course, some people are hopeless. There isn’t an app that will help them. They blurt out whatever they have on their mind, or they leap without looking regardless of how thoughtless or how stupid the thought or the act. They never learn. But you and I are smarter than that. We can learn from past experiences. We can sit down, think things through and come to some logical conclusions. That is all Jesus is asking out of us. Some people think of Christianity ...

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