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Exodus 20:15

Sermon

James Merritt

... badly He has paid for it with the blood of his own Son. If today you will give your life to Christ, He will give to you the greatest gift of all, eternal life. [1] "How Honest Are Americans?", USA Today (magazine), December, 1994. [2] James Patterson and Peter Kim, The Day America Told the Truth, (New York: Plume, 1992), 156-57. [3] Charles R. Swindoll, The Quest for Character, p. 70. [4] USA Today magazine, op. cit. [5] Doug Sherman and William Hendricks, Keeping Your Ethical Edge Sharp, (Colorado Springs ...

2. To Tell The Truth

Exodus 20:16

Sermon

James Merritt

... Lord Jesus Christ, who is the way, the truth, and the life. The One who is the truth told the truth; and the truth is, if you will come to Jesus Christ you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. [i] James Patterson and Peter Kim, The Day America Told the Truth, (New York: Prentice Hall, 1991), p. 200. Also, "Lying is Just a Way of Life," USA Today, April 29, 1991. [ii] Albert M. Wells, Sr., compiler, Inspiring Quotations, Contemporary and Classical (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1988), p ...

3. Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments

1 Peter 3:15

Sermon

James Merritt

... and confess it I Jn. 1:9; 2) Repent of your sin and forsake it Prov. 28:13; 3) Receive God's cleansing and move on with Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. That is not only the answer for abortion, that's the answer for sin. 1 James Patterson & Peter Kim, The Day America Told the Truth, p. 32. 2 Charles R. Swindoll, Sanctity of Life, p. 13. 3 Randy Alcorn, Pro-life Answers to Pro-choice Arguments, p. 29. 4 Rush Limbaugh, The Way Things Ought to Be, p. 52. 5 Marvin Olasky, The Prodigal Press (Westchester ...

4. The Only One Who Is Number One

Exodus 20:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... , and every other sport would be a thing of the past. If we did not have rules, buildings would not stand, planes would not fly, computers would not even compute. When "anything goes" everything goes." We are living today in a world where "anything goes." James Patterson and Peter Kim wrote a groundbreaking work entitled, The Day America Told the Truth. Under a chapter entitled, "A new moral authority in America: you're it!" they said this: It's the wild, wild West all over again in America, but it's wilder ...

5. Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments

Proverbs 24:11-12

Sermon

James Merritt

6. Better To Be a Loner than a Loser

Daniel 1:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... in the public square; only he survived. Now listen carefully. Compromise represents a far greater risk than courage. When you stand alone, you never stand alone, for God stands with you. That's why it's better to be a loner than to be a loser. 1. James Patterson and Peter Kim, The Second American Revolution, p. 26. 2. Don Fedr, A Jewish Conservative Looks at Pagan America, pp. 51-52. 3. Cited by Zig Ziglar, Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World, p. 47. 4. Richard G. Capen, Jr., Finish Strong, p. 22. 5 ...

7. The Danger of American Express

Exodus 20:17

Sermon

James Merritt

... Now there's nothing wrong with money, but it is the love of money, which is simply a by-product of covetousness, which will cause you to fall into all kinds of snares and sorrows and temptations. In their groundbreaking work, The Day America Told the Truth, James Patterson and Peter Kim asked this question: "What are you willing to do for $10 million?" For $10 million one out of four of us would abandon all of our friends, or, abandon the church. One out of four would become a prostitute for a week. One out ...

8. Your Word is Your Bond

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... sheriff said, "Were they all dead?" The farmer said, "Well, some of them said they weren't, but you know how politicians lie." Now the story is humorous, and yet we are living in a society that is hungering for honesty in their leadership. James Patterson and Peter Kim wrote a fascinating book called, The Second American Revolution. They interviewed over 1,000 Americans and asked this question: "What do you want in a President?" They gave each person a detailed list of 74 leadership traits they could choose ...

9. Liar, Liar

Exodus 20:16

Sermon

James Merritt

... need a new one) and totally truthful with a God that can forgive your sins and the God that can change your heart through faith in Jesus Christ, then I can honestly tell you that you can become a part of God's family forever. [1] James Patterson and Peter Kim, The Day America Told The Truth, (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1991), p 200. [2] Albert M. Wells, Sr., Compiler, Inspiring Quotations, Contemporary and Classical (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1988) p. 90. [3] Readers Digest, January 2004, pp 117-119. [4 ...

10. Pro-Choice is No-Choice

Proverbs 24:11-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... an abortion. But she didn't have an abortion. She went ahead and had the baby. It was a beautiful little boy. You'll never believe what shame that little baby. She named him Jesus. Never forget this: God is pro-life and we had better be too. 1 James Patterson & Peter Kim, The Day America Told the Truth, p. 32. 2 Charles R. Swindoll, Sanctity of Life, p. 13. 3 Randy Alcorn, Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments, p. 29. 4 Cited by William D. Watkins, The New Absolutes, p. 156. 5 Alcorn, p. 83. 6 Alcorn. p ...

11. A Word to Busy Parents

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... so important. Someone has noted that there are only 940 Saturdays between the day your child is born and the time he or she turns 18. That’s a good reminder to cherish the time you have with your children and to use it wisely. (5) In James Patterson’s best selling novel Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas--the story of a busy mother and doctor named Suzanne, who is terminally ill because of a heart condition--we learn how Suzanne makes dramatic changes to structure her life in a way that balances work with ...

12. Three Ways to Know a Saint

Sermon

King Duncan

... and mammon. In today’s lesson we read, “Blessed are the poor . . .” We might argue over what Jesus meant by that, but it is crystal clear in the teachings of Jesus that he considered material possessions a potential detriment to Christian discipleship. James Patterson and Peter Kim wrote a book sometime back that had lists in it. The title was The Day America Told the Truth. Researchers asked Americans, “What are you willing to do for $10,000,000?” 25% would abandon their entire family 25% would ...

13. Fiscal Fitness

Proverbs 3:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... 24. 12 John Naisbitt, Mega Trends, (New York: Warner Books, 1984), 166. 13 Larry Burkette, Answers to Your Families Financial Questions (Pomona, California: Focus on the Family Publishing, 1987), 77. 14 Bill Hybels, Honest to God? (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervon Publishing House, 1990), 162. 15 James Patterson and Peter Kim, The Second American Revolution (New York: William Morrow & Co., Inc., 1994), 79. 16 Dr. James Dobson, Straight Talk to Men and their Wives (Waco, Texas: Word Books, 1980), 147-148.

14. How to Hug

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... Sabbath-keeping that was hurting people more than helping them. That did not mean that every part of the law was obsolete, however. Laws like “Do not commit adultery . . . Do not murder . . . Do not steal . . . Do not covet” will never be obsolete. Authors James Patterson and Peter Kim woke many people up a few years back with their book, The Day America Told the Truth. This was a study of attitudes in our contemporary society. According to their study, 74 percent of Americans say they would steal from ...

15. Right in Front of Our Eyes

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... , “His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.” Reminds me of John Henry Patterson’s phosphorescent suit or Ross’ glow-in-the-dark teeth. But this was real. It was authentic. And it isn’t ... they followed was the Messiah, the Son of the living God. And yet . . . just a short time later Peter would be denying he ever knew Jesus and James and John would be hiding behind locked doors as if they had no knowledge of Christ’s power and his purpose. How do you explain it? We ...

16. Jesus’s Fallible Followers

Luke 9:51-56, Luke 9:46-50, Luke 9:37-45

Teach the Text

R.T. France

... an exorcism. 9:40 I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they could not. The disciples involved would not include Peter, John, and James (9:28). But all the apostles, not just the leading three, had been given authority to exorcize in 9:1 (and compare the experience of the ... message and messianic mission. Human Experience: Photography and the Art of Seeing, by Freeman Patterson. In this book (1965) Patterson (b. 1937), a top-notch Canadian photographer, instructs on photography and visual design. He ...

17. You've Gotta Believe

Hebrews 11:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... God will bring heaven to your soul." God Himself said, "And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." James 4:8 says, "Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you." Do you know why faith is so important. Do you understand why the ... what we must do from generation to generation until Jesus comes. 1. James Dobson, A Word to Men and their Wives, p. 51. 2. Dr. Colon Patterson, Keynote Address at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, 5 November 1981, Cited by ...

18. Is God Pleased With Me?

Hebrews 11:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... the evolutionist and the creationists require faith in their positions. The question is - which one is based on fact? Dr. Colin Patterson, the senior paleontologist, at the British Museum of Natural History was delivering a keynote address at the American Museum of ... generation and we will keep passing the torch until Jesus comes. [1] James Dobson, A Word To Men And Their Wives, p. 51 [2] Dr. Colin Patterson, keynote address at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, November 5, 1981. Cited by ...

19. Dead Man Walking

John 11:38-44, John 11:17-37, John 11:1-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... in my life, the sheer fact of death hit me squarely between the eyes. One of the these days, that very phrase is going to be said about you and about me, "James is dead", "Jennifer is dead", "Pam is dead." It sounds morbid, because it is morbid. It sounds depressing, because it is depressing—at least if death is indeed the final end of ... the only hope because Easter Sunday tells us that Jesus paid it all. [1] www.massmoments.org; Ben Patterson, The Grand Essentials (Waco, Texas:Word Books, 1987) p. 35.

20. The Life You've Always Wanted

Acts 5:27-32

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... your nets and follow me. Deny self, take up a cross, and follow me.” One of the risks we have to take in order to follow Christ is to do what Simon, Andrew, James, and John did: Change priorities! We have to come to the moment of truth where we confront those sins which keep us from living for God and depart from our old life. We have ... by permission. 9. Attributed to William Carey. 10. Cooper, pp. 75-76. Used by permission. 11. Ben Patterson, The Grand Essentials (Waco, Texas: Word Books, 1987), p. 26.

21. Overcoming Loneliness

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... hour of working and sleeping too perhaps, by a hatred that consumed him without ceasing ... was his soul unconquerable?" Was it? Marlene Patterson in "Alive Now" writes: Today, I have had another lonely day, Lord. The one phone call I received was a wrong number ... world in its loneliness. Bruce Larson, in There’s a Lot More to Health Than Not Being Sick, draws information from Dr. James Lynch: Dr. Lynch’s studies show that twice as many white divorced males under age seventy who live alone die from heart ...

22. Where Is Your Heart?

Luke 12:22-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... God. Jesus' heart lay with the reign of God in human lives. Jesus' heart lay in doing the will of the One who had sent him. When Dr. James M. Woody's son was a little boy, there was a delightful game that they used to play. Dr. Woody would ask, "J.J., how much do you ... A1. 2. (New York: Basic Books, 1991) pp 19, 26. Cited in Mature Years, "New Family Order," by William G. Patterson, Summer 1993, p. 97. 3. The Executive Speechwriter Newsletter 4. Doug Lipman. The Storytelling Coach (Little Rock, AR.: August ...

23. Reality Maps And Rolling Stones

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... sadness, a sunset, if you will. But for those who believe in Christ it is a sunrisea beginning, the beginning of life with God. Black poet James Weldon Johnson wrote of Sister Caroline in "Go Down, Death": "She saw what we couldn't see/She saw Old Death/Coming like a falling star/ ... the meaning of life. An enemy becomes a welcome friend. The stone has been rolled away. 1. Ward Patterson in Eileen H. Wilmoth, 365 DEVOTIONS, (Cincinati, Ohio: The Standard Publishing Company, 1993). 2. Colonel John R. Alexander ...

24. The New Heaven and New Earth

Revelation 21:1-27

Teach the Text

J. Scott Duvall

... as we live in this world, we need to hear two messages at once: assurance and warning. Film: Man on Wire, directed by James Marsh. This movie tells the incredible story of Philippe Petit and his small band of willing accomplices. Together they did the impossible—covertly ... each day. It takes radical commitment to say “no” to sin and live a holy life. Quote: Muscular Faith, by Ben Patterson. Though we have been freed from the consequences of sin—eternal judgment and hell—we are not yet released from ...

25. Battle Stations

Ephesians 6:10-18

Sermon

James Merritt

If you are in the military, and especially in the Navy, you will recognize the command "Battle Stations." Whenever a military man hears this he knows to get to his post, lock and load, make sure the safety is off, the trigger is pulled back, and he is ready to fire and ready to fight. I've already told you that every Christian on earth is at war. We were born at war with God because we are born in sin. But when we lay down our arms at the cross of Jesus Christ in unconditional surrender, God declares peace ...

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