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Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... silly beggar! Do you give in order to get? Do you tithe to earn a profit? Do you offer your services on the floor of the trading markets? Says one writer: “He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages!” (Sir Roger L’Estrange). He is right! That is exactly Jesus’ point. “Are you aware?” he asks us. “Yes!” we tell him. We see the needs around us. “Will you share?” he requests of us. “Well, that’s tough for us,” we answer, “but we’ll try.” Then comes the ...

2. A Life Hidden With Christ

Colossians 2:6-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , the actual life that we live, must be brought into harmony with our new position. A man once said to Dwight L. Moody, "Sir, I am a self-made man." Moody replied, "You have saved the Lord from a very great responsibility." It is the Lord who ... in the fall, and in our own fall: 1. We became estranged from God;2. His image within us was broken, distorted, defaced. Two things happen in our salvation: 1. We are reconciled to God; our estrangement is dissolved by the justifying grace of God in the cross ...

3. Signs and Oracles of Judgment

Ezekiel 4:1-5:17, Ezekiel 6:1-14, Ezekiel 7:1-27

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... of the Lord’s relationship with Israel as a marriage (Hos. 2:16–19), and Jeremiah could speak of their estrangement as a divorce (Jer. 3:1). For Ezekiel, the Lord is not a dispassionate judge, coldly meting out penalties for ... worship and detestable cult practices (R. L. Kohn, “‘With a Mighty Hand and an Outstretched Arm’: The Prophet and the Torah in Ezekiel 20,” in Ezekiel’s Hierarchical World: Wrestling with a Tiered Reality [ed. S. L. Cook and C. L. Patton; SBL Symposium Series 31; Atlanta: ...

4. One in Christ

Ephesians 2:11-22

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... people. Another aspect of their former estranged condition is that they were excluded from citizenship in Israel. The Greek uses the rather strong word apallotrio?, which conveys the ideas of estrangement or alienation (cf. RSV). Not ... Interpretation,” EQ 54 (1982), pp. 163–69. For understanding the nature of Jewish and Gentile Christianity in the early church, see L. Goppelt, Apostolic and Post-Apostolic History (New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1970), esp. chap. 3, pp. 61–107. 2:17 A thorough discussion ...

5. “In Your Heart You Devise Injustice”

Psalm 58:1-11

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... perpetrators, and their subjects are the transfer agents who become the victims of their own evil deeds. Perowne translates the verb (p‘l) as “weigh out,” sarcastically intended. See Job 31:6; Psalm 62:9; Proverbs 16:2, and so on for “weighing/scales” ... to evil (cf. Ps. 51:5; Isa. 48:8).5Ibn Ezra renders the verb “go astray” as “estranged” and translates, “The wicked are estranged from the womb,” meaning “the wicked are different in nature at birth from other newborn children.”6This ...

6. Proper 11

Colossians 1:15-23, Luke 10:38-42, Genesis 18:16-33, Colossians 1:24--2:5, Psalm 15:1-5

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... and lead us to choose the one thing which will not be taken from us, Jesus Christ our Lord." The Psalm For The Day Psalm 15 (E, L); 15:2-5 (RC) - This psalm has been called an "entry" psalm, sung by the pilgrims as they drew near to the temple. In sharp contrast ... blessed assurance that they belong to God forever. Colossians 1:21-28 (L); 1:21-29 (E, C); 1:24-28 (RC) - "A Radical Reconciliation." 1. As Gentiles, the Colossians were estranged from the God of Israel; Jesus changed that position radically by a ...

7. Christ the Wisdom and Power of God

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... word of the cross is clearly an unprecedented message that both saves and enlightens the believer as an intervening act of God. L. Lucy’s attempt (“Talbott on Paul as a Universalist,” Christian Scholar’s Review 21 [1992], pp. 395–407) to read 1 ... —as in sanctification, not a status but an identity in terms of devotion to God’s intentions), and delivers people from estrangement from God for devotion to and a relationship with God. The description of salvation that Paul offers here is not strictly ...

8. Easter 5

John 13:31-38, Revelation 21:1-27, Revelation 19:1-10, Acts 14:8-20, Leviticus 19:1-37, Acts 14:21-28, Psalm 145:1-21

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... will know that people are Christians and disciples of Christ "by their love." SERMON SUGGESTIONS John 13:31-33a, 34-35 (RC); 13:31-35 (E, L, C) - "The Sell-Out." Jesus was about to be sold-out, betrayed by one of the Twelve, and soon would be put to death. He ... the television show, "Jake and the Fat Man," Tommy, a Chinese-American police lieutenant in the Honolulu police force, and the estranged son of the head of organized crime in Hawaii, is tricked and trapped, along with his father, Henry, and Jake Styles ...

9. Dying And Rising With Christ

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... live, must be brought into harmony with our new position. And that’s the process of sanctification. A man once said to Dwight L. Moody, “Sir, I am a self-made man.” Moody replied, “You have certainly saved the Lord of a very grave responsibility.” It ... in our own fall. One, we became estranged from God. And two, his image within us was broken, distorted, defaced. Likewise, two things must happen in our salvation. One, we are reconciled to God. Our estrangement is dissolved by the justifying grace of ...

10. Called To Finish What Is Finished

Colossians 1:24--2:5, Colossians 1:15-23

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Maxie Dunnam

... on through you and me, then we must first remember who we are. Look at verses 21 and 22: "And you, who once were estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death...." Philipps translates that "You who ... in the world at the time of Calvary. (And He did it.) (Lloyd John Ogilvie, Loved and Forgiven, Regal Books Division, G/L Publications, Glendale, CA 91209, p. 49) Thy sovereign grace to all extends,Immense and unconfined;From age to age it never ends,It ...

11. Sweet Little Jesus Boy

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled..."If Christ brought Peace and Love so bright, Why does my boy have a war to fight? Sweet li'l Jesus Boy, they made you be born in a manger. Sweet little holy Child, we didn’t know who you was." The man stopped ... why do we dry up in our separation and estrangement when he has reconciling love to give. God is in Christ reconciling. He can bring us together. You don't have to get that divorce. You don't have to be remain estranged from a parent or a child. Christ can ...

12. We Who Are Many Are One Body

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 14) The Gentile readers, the first readers of the epistle, received Paul’s word with great joy. The meaning of estrangement had been seared like a burning brand upon their souls. They were contemptuously called the uncircumcision by those who arrogantly ... the life we live – must be brought into harmony with our new position – that’s sanctification. A man once said to Dwight L. Moody, “Sir, I am a self-made man.” To which Moody replied, “You have certainly saved the Lord a grave responsibility.” ...

13. Building Relationships

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... THE RELATIONSHIP AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT AT FAULT. What sound, practical advice this is. Wouldn’t it be great if everyone who was estranged from a brother or sister or friend or co-worker or spouse would pick up a phone and make an appointment to sit down with that person to ... . John Ortberg, Everybody’s Normal Until You Get to Know Them (Grand Rapids, Mi: Zondervan, 2003). 4. Charles L.Allen, The Secret of Abundant Living (Old Tappan, N J: Spire Books, Fleming H. Revell, 1980), p. 91. 5 ...

14. Finding The Right People

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... when Jesus approached them. They were involved in their daily activities when He asked them to follow him. Dr. David L. McKenna shares some insights on why Jesus chose working people rather than the well-trained religious leaders of that day ... disgruntled folks will sweeten up, and all the discouraged folks will cheer up, and all the depressed folks will look up, and all the estranged folks will make up, and all the gossiping folks will shut up, and all the dry bones will shake up, and all the true soldiers ...

15. Lost, But Not the TV Show!

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... calls sin. A reporter once asked the great evangelist of an earlier age, Dwight L. Moody, what people gave him the most trouble. Immediately he answered, “I’ve had more trouble with Dwight L. Moody than any other man alive.” He was speaking for you and me, was ... felt as they listened to Jesus tell these stories. Because of their position in society, they were outcasts and estranged from family and “polite” company. Imagine their joy, comfort, and relief in knowing that someone loved and accepted ...

16. Riddles and Metaphors

Ezekiel 15:1-8, Ezekiel 16:1-63, Ezekiel 17:1-24

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... Hosea depicts Israel’s unfaithfulness in the sign-act of the prophet’s marriage to a prostitute (Hos. 1:2), and Jeremiah describes Judah’s estrangement from the Lord as a divorce (Jer. 3:1–4). Further, and particularly disturbing to modern readers, are descriptions of the siege and fall of ... in the Ancient Near East,” in The Biblical Canon in Comparative Perspective: Scripture in Context IV [ed. K. L. Younger Jr., W. W. Hallo, and B. F. Batto; ANETS 11; Lewiston: Mellen, 1991], p. 184). No other ...

17. Drastic Surgery

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... India, then a resident at a St. Louis Hospital, took a radical step in an attempted reconciliation with his estranged wife. She was a staff physician in Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, and was living in a dormitory ... . 9-10. New York: The Dial Press, 1972. 7. John Richard Green. A Short History Of The English People, Vol. I, pp. 466-467. New York: A. L. Burt Company, n.d. 8. Elmer T. Clark, J. Manning Potts, Jacob S. Payton, Editors. The Journal And Letters Of Francis Asbury, Vol. I, p. 189. London: ...

18. God With A Human Face

John 1:1-18

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... was life," says verse 4. Life was in Christ, and automatically we understand that God is life. Another name for God is Life with a capital "L." God's very essence is life. God is Being as over against Non- being. It is not a case of God's having life but that ... you see God in the face of Jesus, a miracle happens. People see God in your face. When Jacob met Esau after years of estrangement, he was met with love and forgiveness. It made Jacob say to Esau, "For truly to see your face is like seeing the face ...

19. Broken Hydrants

Jeremiah 17:19-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... and do justice to the music. Otherwise their music becomes mindless noise, their lives become shrubs in a desert, they become broken hydrants estranged from the source of living water. How about you? Are you ready to turn over the baton to the Master Conductor? Are ... : Little, Brown and Company, 1988), p. 4. 3. GETTING READY FOR SUNDAY'S SERMON, (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1990). 4. Phillip L. Berman, THE SEARCH FOR MEANING (New York: Ballantine Books, 1990), pp. 316-318. 5. SALES UPBEAT, April 1, 1993, p. ...

20. The Awesome Power Of Love

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... that somebody cares. That is the cause of a lot of the unhappiness, unrest, and uncivilized behavior in our society today. People have become isolated and estranged not only in Appalachia, but in small towns and even great cities. Perhaps we should say especially in great cities. The closer we live physically, the ... : Broadman Press, 1987). 2. Los Angeles Times, 9/20/88, Pt. 4, p.3. 3. Charles L. Allen, JOYFUL LIVING IN THE FOURTH DIMENSION, (Old Tappan, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1983).

21. Getting It All Together Inside

Psalm 51:1-19, 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... his work in us. So Paul prayed that the God of peace would make you Holy through and through. Whole – w h o l e – Holy through and through. It’s the same thing. Don’t forget that Paul prayed this prayer along time before Freud and psychoanalysis ... spoken. You may not have to probe so deeply. It may be easily recognizable, the memory of that unhappy childhood; the estrangement from parents or someone else that was never reconciled, and now reconciliation is impossible because of the death of that other ...

22. Building Bridges While Getting Shot at from Both Shores

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , and getting more violent; 2. Christians shouldn't be surprised, since we have a doctrine of sin that warns us that our estrangement from God will have ghastly consequences; 3. Christians have always been divided and will always be divided on how to resist violence: ... the five distinguishing doctrines of Reformed faith through the acronym TULIP: T=Total Depravity, U=Unconditional Election, L=Limited Atonement, I=Irresistible Grace, and P=Perseverance of the Saints. Total Depravity: As the third millennium ...

23. The Compassionate Christ

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... vex God’s children. These miraculous cures could have been ours hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years earlier, but humanity is so estranged from God that it has wandered in darkness. We have been preoccupied with our peculiar vices greed, lust, hatred war rather ... us to give him something to work with. Then we will see the amazing things God can do. 1. As told by Peter L. Haynes, http://rockhay.tripod.com/sermons/1999/99‑04‑18.htm. 2. William Barclay, And He Had Compassion (Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press ...

24. Your Face Gives You Away

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... front of her. She’s been through a very brutal divorce. Her father died before his time and she is now totally estranged from her mother. She’s still a very attractive woman with platinum blond hair and a beautifully sculptured face. So Pastor Schmucker ... be like Moses. We can spend so much time in God’s presence that our face literally glows with the light of God. Walter L. Larimore, a medical doctor, wrote a book, 10 Essentials of Highly Healthy People. In it he tells about Fran, a patient who was a ...

25. He Breaks the Power of Cancelled Sin

John 8:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... always what we preach. Great hymns are cancelled by the platitudes of cheap grace or our preaching is made ludicrous by love ditties. (David L. McKenna, “What a Time to Be Alive”) That’s the reason it’s so important that we have a Music Ministry that aims ... the courage to seek reconciliation. Deeper than all this, we have violated precious relationships with God and others and are estranged. In Christ God speaks the word of forgiveness and frees us from the power of guilt. The adulterous woman in our ...

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