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1. Four Types of Pride

Matthew 23:1-12

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John K. Bergland

... , hypocritical, and self-centered. Reinhold Neibuhr, who has been referred to as the twentieth-century theologian of sin, summed up humanity's basic sin our unwillingness to acknowledge our creatureliness, our self-elevation in one word, PRIDE. Neibuhr described the four types of pride: 1. The pride of power wants power to gain security for self or to maintain a power position considered to be secure. 2. Intellectual pride rises from human knowledge that pretends to be ultimate knowledge. It presumes to be ...

2. When You're Dreaming One Thing And Living Another

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... other little children. In 1964, the Teeters opened the Mark Victor Teeter Memorial Park, a Christian summer camp for children. Over 12,000 children have attended the camp, where they mix lots of outdoor fun with learning about Jesus. (5) And that is our hope, even when we type in one thing and something else emerges. We do not lose our identity as children of God. We do not lose the purpose God has for our lives. We belong to God. God loves us just as we are. We don't have to achieve worldly greatness or ...

3. Going Through The Waters

Exodus 13:17--14:31

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... nobody. But after going through the water, God made us somebody. This is what we testify. God made us; God led us through to new life. A man describes how one day he said to his mother that one of the most useful courses he took in high school was typing. Everyday he is grateful that he knows how to type. Typing is a skill he uses nearly everyday of his life. In response to that comment his mother responded, "Aren't you glad I made you take ...

4. It Takes More than Sun to Grow

Matthew 13:1-23

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... the fearful noises from his horn caused two older ladies to faint and a horse to run away. The bandmaster demanded, "Why didn’t you tell me you couldn’t play the trombone?" And the boy sweetly said, "How did I know? - I never tried before!" 3. The thorny type Jesus informed us is the one who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the Word, and this one becomes unfaithful. Some people get off the track. When God’s seed is sown it can start to take root but be ...

5. Making the Mystery Work for You

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... until they heard him. That night the visit put Old Nick on the side of truth and right. Think of it this way: every one of us has a personality type. God has to tailor his ministry to your personality. There is a Peter type, a Thomas type, a Nicodemus type, a Mary type, a Martha type, a Joseph type, an Elizabeth type. Identify your personality type. The better you keep in touch with the “real you,” the more effective Jesus’ ministry can be through you. Make a diary of the difference it makes in your ...

6. Academics, Fanatics, and Other Disciples

Mark 1:14-20

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Maurice A. Fetty

... battle with evil, calling them away from the settled, comfortable life to the high seas of adventure, boldly announcing they were out to the change the world. Over the centuries there have been many kinds of disciples. But today let us consider at least two types which must be held in balance -- academics and fanatics. I. Let's consider fanatics first. It must be admitted that the word "fanatic" does not have a popular ring to it. It conjures images of wild-eyed, frenzied commitment to a cause, no questions ...

7. The One Who Came Still Comes; The One Who Spoke Still Speaks

Mark 11:1-11

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Michael Milton

... lot of time to pray. Ron said, “Well, God has answered my prayer because you had asked me to pray for you to have time to think and pray and spend more time with God.” The One who came still comes. He comes intentionally. He uses all things—typing classes, back operations, friendships, and yes, even prison, to come to us. What if you were to look through the divine lens of faith into the troubles in your life or the mundane things in your life? You would see a God who is working intentionally to come ...

8. All By Myself: The Fear of Loneliness

2 Timothy 4:9-21

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James Merritt

... yourself for being lonely. I want us to grow smaller as we grow larger. It is for your own health and benefit that you need to get involved in a small group, so you can be ministered to and so you can minister to others. There is one other type of loneliness that we all have to deal with because we were born with it. It is called spiritual loneliness. God created you and put you on this earth to have a personal relationship with Him, but sin stands between us and that relationship. Isaiah 59:2 says, "There ...

9. Where Are the Nine?

Luke 17:11-19

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Richard Hasler

... to change position; tend to live very much in the present; dislikes practice and prefers to ‘just do it.’”[3] Do you fit into one of these four categories when you pray and express your gratitude to God? It is good to be aware of different personality types since we all don’t express prayer and thanksgiving in the same way, even though we may be as authentic as the next person. Our gratitude may have a tinge of humor in it. Desmond Tutu imagines what would happen if Mary had been unresponsive to be ...

10. The Blood Shall Be a Token

Exodus 12:1-30

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Maxie Dunnam

... power of Christ, and by his grace and mercy finding that promised life of fullness and joy in a life in Christ and at death, eternal life. We come today in our preaching journey through Exodus to the Passover, and this is one of the most vivid types. What the crucifixion is for Christians, the Passover was for Israel. So we are talking about Passover and Calvary. Arthur Pink, in his book, Gleanings in Exodus makes a rich suggestion about verse 22 of our text. Listen to that verse again: “Take a bunch of ...

11. Fresh Every Morning - A Token and a Truth

Exodus 16:1-36

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Maxie Dunnam

... if anyone eats this bread, he will live forever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.” (Verses 42, 43, 44, 47-51) The deepest truth of the manna in the wilderness for Christians is to see it as a type of Christ. God provides through Christ our deepest needs - and he provides those needs fresh every morning. So let’s look briefly at Christ, the eternal manna or God, this bread from heaven as God’s provision for us - fresh every morning. This provision of God in Jesus ...

12. It’s How It Ends That Matters

Matthew 21:28-32

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... reputation may be badly tarnished by this time, he joins the great adventure with the others. Sometimes some of these "First-No-then-Yes" types make the most enduring travelers along the way; they know the stakes; they know the other side of things; they know what it ... them or just force them off the road. Two more examples, from the ranks of English Church History, will illustrate this type. The great wit, C. S. Lewis, started out a doubter. He saw British Christianity a pale and bloodless business. It did ...

13. A New Beginning

Isaiah 65:17-25

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R. Kevin Mohr

... I will hear" (v. 24). God takes full initiative. That is our only hope. Only God's initiative could redeem the mess God's people had made of their history and its effects on their present and future. God still takes full initiative. Only he can type over the mess we have made of our lives through disobedience and give us a fresh start through forgiveness. For Christians, we understand that a new beginning is made available and is realized in our lives through faith in the life, death, and resurrection of ...

14. Poem: In Memoriam

Eulogy

Alfred Lord Tennyson

... that countess reason ripe In holding by the law within, Thou fail not in a world of sin, And ev’n for want of such a type. XXXIV My own dim life should teach me this, That life shall live for evermore, Else earth is darkness at the core, And dust and ... man; Who throve and branch’d from clime to clime, The herald of a higher race, And of himself in higher place, If so he type this work of time Within himself, from more to more; Or, crown’d with attributes of woe Like glories, move his course, and show ...

15. Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ

Romans 5:12-21

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... , summary statement. Milton fashioned a key passage in Paradise Lost after the Adam-Christ typology, concluding that “Heav’nly love shal outdoo Hellish hate” (3.287–301). Especially noteworthy is Paul’s emphasis on all men. St. Chrysostom said that Adam and Christ are types in this way: as Adam became a source of death to those who followed him, although they had not eaten of the fruit of the tree, so Christ has become the provider of righteousness to those belonging to him, although they have not ...

16. God's Bouncer or God's Ambassador?

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... he created a giant, man-made mountain with the sole purpose of telling people about God’s love. So what about us? How do we get in on the party? And how do we invite as many people as possible too? Actually, in God’s eyes, there’s only one type of person: greatly loved and worth dying for. In the book of Galatians 3:28, the apostle Paul writes, “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” We are not God’s bouncers ...

17. Week Five Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... . Such deadness is all around us and we do little if anything to avoid it. In this deadness we are prisoners, chained like slaves to the world. We become trapped, bound up, dead in ways that only we and God know. The Gospel speaks about this non-physical type of deadness that invades our life. Jesus tells the Jews that anyone who is in sin is a slave, held by chains. Such a bondage is not physical, but it is nevertheless a significant hindrance. For many the chains of sin, the chains that link us to this ...

18. Step Ten - Perseverance

Lk 12:35-48 · 1 Cor 10:1-13 · Ps 15:1-5

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John A. Terry

... on the long journey. This passage from Corinthians is one I think should be a history teacher's delight. It is a mode of scriptural interpretation known as "typology." It is a form of historical study. This method sees events in the history of Israel as "types" of events like other events. Here the redemptive events in Israel's history foreshadow and are similar to the final victory through Christ. The past has lessons. Years ago my mother had me read these words: "Alas, times are not what they used to be ...

19. Listening or Hearing?

Matthew 13:1-23

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Dennis Kastens

... soil) or too lazy (second soil), there is yet a third: "A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some seeds ... fell upon thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them." Here is reference to a listener who may not be culpable of soil type "A" or type "B," but who is guilty of listening to two things at one time. This is what a "thorn listerner" is. A "thorn listener" says: "I want God and his Word all right, but I want also the acclaim and pleasures of the world." This is why the parable warns ...

20. Ten Million Dollar Winners

Matthew 18:23-35

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Shirley Gupton Lynn

... never heard a troubled person say, "I'm sorry I forgave her." "I regret I am not still carrying around that resentment." Not every relationship should be restored. Battered spouses and abused children must be rescued and freed. But, forgiveness is essential for real freedom. No type of forgiveness is easy. We may have to begin by praying God will give us even the desire to begin. But we're $10 million winners. By the mercy of God, we live in a forgiven state. So no matter how seriously another has injured ...

21. What Kind of Leader Are You?

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Jon Johnston

... 1 - courageous. These people expressed ideas to help the company improve, in spite of personal risk or opposition. Type 2 - confronting. These people spoke up, but only because of a personal vendetta against the company. Type 3 - calloused. These people didn't know, or care, whether they could do anything for the company; they felt helpless and hopeless, so they kept quiet. Type 4 - conforming. These people also remained quiet, but only because they loathed confrontation and loved approval. The researchers ...

22. Melchizedek the Priest

Hebrews 7:1-10, Hebrews 7:11-28

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... other Hasmonean rulers of the second century B.C. But the high priesthood of Simon was not of the legitimate line, being conferred by human authority (and hence contradictory of Heb. 5:4). Thus Melchizedek is like the Son of God. As is usually true, the type resembles the antitype, or that which is prefigured (and hence normative). Yet the author can also say that Christ is “like Melchizedek” (7:15). For Son of God, see note on 1:5. The Greek words that underlie forever (eis to diēnekes) occur only in ...

23. The Legitimacy and Superiority of Christ’s Priesthood

Hebrews 7:11-28, Hebrews 7:1-10

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

24. The Blood of Christ

Hebrews 9:11-28

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... there he now continues in his high priestly ministry of intercession in God’s presence (cf. 6:20; 7:25; Rom. 8:34). This is what is meant by the statement that Christ did not enter a man-made (lit., “handmade”) sanctuary. This was but a copy (“anti-type”) of the true one (lit., “of the true things”). But in Christ the anticipated reality has come. 9:25–26 NIV’s did he enter heaven is added to the original for clarity (cf. v. 24). By its very nature the work of the high priest involved the ...

25. Last But Yet First

Mark 9:33-37

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George W. Hoyer

... last. It's even more difficult to stand aside for others to go before you, and to welcome those whose servants you are to be. Think of a long line at the checkout counter at your grocery store. As you stand, last in line, you see a frail grandmother type carrying a basket with only two items, ready to take her place in line behind you, your cart filled with a dozen or more packages. No problem. "Do go ahead. You will be checked through before I'm unpacked." But then along comes another, this time a pushy ...

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