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Luke 7:36--8:3

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... win, at least don't seem to lose. I speak of the scenes in the award-winning movie, Unforgiven, starring Clint Eastwood as Bill Munny, who was "a known thief and murderer, a man of notoriously vicious and intemperate disposition." However, he married, and it is ... is not easy. Many of us have been wronged, deeply wronged. Forgiveness does not mean we condone the wrong any more than Jesus condoned prostitution. Evil and wrong must be confronted and exposed. Understanding why someone has done a wrong ...

2. It Ain't Over Til It's Over

Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'" (v.31) Jesus is quoting from Deuteronomy chapter 24, and verse 1, which the Pharisees had interpreted to mean that God not only condoned divorce, but in effect commanded divorce, and that the only thing that was important was that a bill of divorcement be given. In other words, if a man decided he wanted to divorce his wife, the only thing he had to make sure of was that he did the necessary paper work. There was no ...

3. Attics, Basements, Closets

Psalm 130:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... solitude, the depths of guilt. So obvious are the sins that confront the psalmist that he doesn't even try to explain them, condone them, deny them. But what this horrified, humbled human can do is to cry out to the one power that can hear him ... the pressures of aging when your body starts to let you down and you are tempted to find shortcuts to propping it up. Pray for Bill Bennett's gambling addiction that he may continue to remind us that social ills are not just caused by bad environment, but also by bad ...

4. Thou Shalt Not Judge - True or False?

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... when it comes to him….he just says whatever sounds good and worries about it after the election.6 Who said that? That was what candidate Bill Clinton had to say about President Bush during the 1992 Campaign. II. Judgment That Is Inexcusable "And why do you look at the speck in ... from your own eye." (v.5a) Now notice carefully what Jesus does. He condemns selfish judgment, but He condones self-judgment. The Lord knows that self-examination will eliminate selfish condemnation. Notice He is talking to "the ...

5. A Trip to God's Woodshed

Hebrews 12: 5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... heard about a young boy that went off to one of these extremely expensive universities. The bills were coming in monthly to these parents, and they were struggling to keep their head above ... to hell. But God really cannot do that, for the Bible says, "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus." (Rom. 8:1) Then again God could condone us. God could just stick his head in the sand and ignore our sin and overlook it. But God cannot, and will not do that, because He is a holy and a ...

6. Determining Your Destiny

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

James Merritt

... , it is plain that God doesn’t put a premium on poverty, nor does He put a penalty on prosperity. It is not a vise to be rich and it is not a virtue to be poor. God doesn’t condone poverty, nor does He condemn plenty. Some of the greatest and godliest men in the Bible were rich. Job was the Bill Gates of his day. Joseph was the Prime Minister of Egypt. David and Solomon were two of the richest rulers who ever lived, but all of them knew God and loved God. What differentiated these two men was not ...

7. The World’s Favorite Scripture

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... paid a week?" The young man's eyes got rather big and he said, "$500." The boss pulled out his wallet, peeled off five one hundred dollar bills, gave it to him and said, "Here's a week's pay, now get out of here and don't you ever come back!" Well, without a ... ! First remove the plank from your own eye..." (v.5) Now notice carefully what Jesus does. He condemns selfish judgment, but he condones self-judgment. You see whom he is talking to? He's talking to "the hypocrite." He's not talking about a person who ...

8. Day People

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... of World War II, when the world was still grappling with the horrors of Nazism, and a whole German culture that condoned the massacre of 6 million Jews. But here’s what is disturbing. Professor Haugaard reports that her well-educated college students ... worship, yet fewer people seem to be affected by worship. This moral flabbiness is true of our society as a whole. Author Bill Perkins once asked a prominent business leader to name someone he would cite as a “leader of integrity” in both their business ...

9. Two Sinners

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... Spirit. Any use of the body that degrades the spirit is repulsive in God’s sight. Jesus was not in any way condoning the prostitute’s behavior. Even more reprehensible, however, in Christ’s eyes was the smug, self-righteous spirit of the Pharisee. There ... a sad face,” Diaz said. He couldn’t answer or he didn’t want to. When the bill arrived, Diaz told the teen, “Look, I guess you’re going to have to pay for this bill ’cause you have my money and I can’t pay for it. But if you give me my ...

10. Back To Basics: The Three R's of Baptism

Mark 1:1-8, Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... unites us. It also brings us back to the basics. Perhaps in our lifetime the most public statement of repentance was that of President Bill Clinton's. The one he made before a Prayer Breakfast on September 10, 1998. He summed up the task perfectly when he said, "I ... understood what was missing. He writes, "What I was missing was spiritual direction." Now let me add that I do not condone the spiritual path that Phil Jackson took. He took many beliefs from Hinduism, to Christianity, to New Age thought and ...

11. The Whip of War

John 2:12-25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... served at times in the theatre of war. It would be the height of folly, therefore, to say as a Christian that God never condones war. He clearly has and it is reasonable to assume he currently does. But that does not mean that just wars are void of serious ... one or a national. May God grant us wisdom and courage in our actions. Amen. [Here is a closing illustration provided by Dr. Bill Bouknight. You may close above or you may close with the following] Let me close by asking you to recall a great movie, " ...

12. A Fool and His Money

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... this parable, maybe that could be me. He wants you to ask, what have I sacrificed in order to gain wealth? What values have I devalued because I value possessions most? What immorality have I condoned in order to get wealthy? What have I not given to my family in order that I might give them material things? Luke wants to get you thinking. He wants you to think about what ... here. "For a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions," but in what he does with them. 1. From Bill Ritter

13. How to Lower Your Temper (-ature)

Proverbs 16:32

Sermon

James Merritt

... , and it behooves all of us, in the violent hair-trigger society in which we live, to learn how to manage our anger. I. Some Anger Is Scripturally Condoned I want to let you in on two well kept secrets about anger. Secret number one is this: Anger is an emotion God Himself experiences. You will be ... : Assurance Publishers, 1979), p. 130. 3 "Only in America," Fortune, December 11, 1995, p. 236. 4 Bill Webber, Conquering the Kill-Joys, (Waco: Word Books, 1986), p. 30. 5 The Atlanta Journal / Constitution, ...

14. Life's Two Pockets

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... shirt is clean, commuter traffic flows along like a river, the boss loves all your ideas at work, you finish early, you discover a $20 bill folded up in the corner of your pocket, dinner is a culinary masterpiece, your spouse is feeling cuddly and your kids actually ask for your ... , therapists of all sorts, adversarial authorities of one another. Who is without sin? But at least with Wanda Condon, the butter-fingered nurse, it was accidental. I suppose we should plead mea culpa about our own "inappropriate ...

15. The Dark Side Confronted

Hebrews 12:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... like a young boy I heard about that went off to one of these extremely expensive universities. His freshman year the bills were coming in monthly to these parents and they were struggling to keep their head above water, doing everything they could ... 8:1, "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." (Romans 8:1, NASB) On the other hand, God could just condone us. God could just stick His head in the sand and ignore our sin and overlook it and pretend it didn't happen or just let ...

16. The Forgiving Christ

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... s easier to command a cripple to get up and walk than to say to a person, ‘Your sins are forgiven.'" In a world that condones so much and condemns so little, let us be reminded there is a Cross at the center of Christian forgiveness. Sin is serious. Christian ... property or personhood. My neighbor has a beautiful lake, but he has a big sign on it that says, “No Trespassing." I've seen Bill Hall catch fish out of that lake for his television show. On moonlit nights I wonder why it would hurt for me to fish ...

17. What'll You Have?

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and with astonished elation said, "YOU KNOW WHAT? She thinks I'm real! She thinks I'm real!" (4) Now I don't necessarily condone what that waitress did, but what she did made that young boy's day. It made him feel real. When we answer this question ... old woman was dour, depressed and dejected all through dinner. And the food really wasn't all that bad. As the lady paid her bill and was leaving, the waitress said, "Have a nice day!" And the woman responded snappishly, "I'm sorry, but I've made other plans!" ( ...

18. Ambassadors of The Lord

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... Apostles and the letter to the Galatians, tell us that Paul was a zealous persecutor of "the new way." He was present at and condoned the martyrdom of Stephen (Acts 7:54-60). But God had plans for Paul and directed him to his assigned task as the " ... your livelihood?" The man once again answered, "I told you I am a Christian 24 hours a day seven days a week. But to pay the bills I own a furniture store." Our role as ambassadors is part and parcel of our lives as Christians. Let us realize that like Artaban we ...

19. Miscellaneous Laws

Deut 23:15–25:19

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... . Small firms with a few local workers are forced out of business by large firms who deliberately delay payment of bills for work done. Part-time workers are denied many benefits. To be actively concerned about rectifying such abuses is a ... of this sort on the genitals of one who threatened a wife’s (deceased) husband’s progeny must never be construed as condoning a literal, physical attack on the genitals of an assailant who likewise threatened a wife’s (living) husband. See Eslinger, “Drafting.” ...

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