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1. Freedom from the Law through Christ, Enslavement to the Law through Adam

Romans 7:7-25, Romans 7:1-6

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... personifies sin. 7:9a – “I was alive apart from the law.” 1:26—2:14 – Only Adam and Eve were alive before the advent of the law, God’s commandment not to eat from the ... one might expect him to answer yes. But Paul thunders forth with his emphatic m? genoito—absolutely not! Rather than being sin, the holy law of God exposes sin ... on DVD in 2004. Hymn Text: “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” by Robert Robinson. Robinson (1735–90) writes, with what could be read as muted desperation, “ ...

2. He Left Them Where?

Luke 15:1-7

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King Duncan

... the more scenic routes. How about leading me to Hawaii for a change? What about Vegas? I'm getting a little tired of the paths of righteousness. The next thing you know, you'll be leading ... glad for people like Ed Adams. He's willing to risk his life so that you and I will be safer. We must be pretty valuable people if someone like Ed Adams would go to that length ... this day, Hyland lost the rip cord to her parachute. To protect her, Robert Bonadies grabbed hold of Hyland and held on, stabilizing her so she ...

3. Envy - Where Is The Grass Greener?

Gn 4:1-26, Mt 20:1-16, Philip 4:10-20

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R. Curtis Fussell

... doing in my house? Get out of here at once or I'll call the police!" And Robert said, "But Dave Butler knows we're here." But the man replied, "So what? Dave Butler ... what a central role envy plays in the Bible. Do you realize that it was envy that caused Adam and Eve to be cast out of paradise? They wanted to be like God! Level the playing ... nice. But Doris bought that furniture just to show me up. But I'll show her. I'm going shopping this weekend and I'll buy something that will let Doris know that she can' ...

4. You Are God's Temple

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

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King Duncan

... You’re an idiot!” Forrest replies, “I may be an idiot, but at least I’m not stupid.” (1) How do you feel about yourself? Abraham Lincoln knew that he ... Godly Success, tells about a man named Robert Howard. Robert Howard was from Cross Plains, Texas. A small man, says Tommy Nelson, Robert Howard was a borderline schizophrenic. He lived ... man named Adam Clarke who was a salesclerk in a store that sold fine silk to people of the upper classes in London. One day his employer showed young Adam how he ...

5. On Having The Right Credentials

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

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King Duncan

... ve gotten a proper education. As Dr. Robert Schuller is fond of saying: "œThe tassel is worth the hassle." Of course, it is possible to overdo ... know just what I'm talking about. I'm Billie Burke from Hollywood." The man smiled warmly and introduced himself in return. "Thanks," he said, "I'm Dr. Mayo from the ... the persecutor of Christ became Paul the apostle of Christ. Paul's story is like that of Gary Adams of Asheville, North Carolina. Gary didn't have much need for God. He had attended Sunday School as ...

6. Body

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... material out of which humans are made is the problem. Hence, in Romans 7:24 we find the anguished cry (perhaps of Adam after the fall), “Who will rescue me from this body of death?” On the other hand, Paul’s sharing in the ... in the present time before the eschaton” (ibid., p. 164). See the response to this proposal by Beverly Roberts Gaventa, “Apostle and Church in 2 Corinthians: A Response to David M. Hay and Steven J. Kraftchick,” in Hay, ed., Pauline Theology, pp. 182–99 (here pp. 187–93). ...

7. The Battle For Control

Romans 7:7-25

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King Duncan

... it; you can do whatever you want. You've got a swimming pool, a tennis court, servantseverything. Everything in this house is yours. I'm giving it to you because I don't want you to struggle with that Adam mentality. I ask only one thing: Don't lift up the box on the dining room table. Enjoy everything else in the house, be ... will! through Jesus Christ, the Anointed One, our Lord!" 1. PREACHING TODAY 2. Cited in Robert Shoenberg, THE ART OF BEING A BOSS (New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1978). pp 3132.

8. Mud Below, Stars Above

Genesis 15:1-18

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King Duncan

... the stars. We are more than mud. Our lives do significance. In one of his books, Robert Schuller tells about a golden Buddha that was discovered in the city of Bangkok, Thailand. For ... unmistakably similar. The little sculpture is often called "Adam dans la pensee de Dieu," or "Adam in the mind of God." This is Adam as God thinks of him. This is ... heaven as well as citizens of earth. We have within us both stars and mud. Now I'm guessing that all of us would like to see the `stars' part of us be stronger than ...

9. Adam And Eve,The First People

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon Aid

Peter C. Garrison

... a new flower or wading through a secluded pond. One day, Eve came along. Eve was, of course, second. Adam reminded her of this often. "I'm first," he'd sniff and stride off towards some elysian goal. "Follow me," he'd say, "Follow me," butting ... wave of the sea, which cannot rest.' " (Isaiah 57:20) -- Martin Luther -- Luther's Works, Vol. 37, page 29, Fortress Press 1961. Edited by Robert H. Fischer. A Prayer Starter Lord, give me a simple faith to trust the simple Word of God. Help me to hear his love ...

10. When Did This Start? — Part 2

John 1:6-8, 19-28

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Robert J. Elder

... gets around to including an even longer genealogy of Jesus than Matthew, (Luke 3:23-38) traced all the way back to Adam, the first human. But John trumps Matthew and Luke in writing about Jesus' beginnings. Foregoing a genealogy, he moves back to the ... could not take her eyes off him. At last she stammered, "Are you the real Robert Redford?" More than accustomed to such questions, Redford smiled and said, "Only when I'm alone." I'm going to date myself here, but maybe some of you also remember a 1960s doo- ...

11. Take Your Job and Love It

2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

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King Duncan

... One man asked his best friend why he did not go to work. “Are you afraid of work?” he wanted to know. “No,” his friend answered, “I’m not afraid of work at all. In fact I can lay right down beside it and go to sleep.” One cynic said, “I don’t want to ... however, that from the beginning it was God’s intention that Adam should tend the garden. It was Adam’s attitude toward work that changed after his fall from grace. Physicist Robert Slocum was fortunate enough to see an instrument he had ...

12. Something To Brag About

Galatians 6:11-18

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King Duncan

... Jefferson passed in and out of consciousness. In 1826, just a few hours before Adams died, Jefferson died surrounded by friends and family. His last words were, "Is it ... the less there is to be proud of and the more there is to be thankful for . . . I'm more thankful for my family than I am proud of them, because I realize most of what they are ... . Of course God is on our side--in hockey as in everything else. Writer Robert Louis Stevenson once wrote a little fable that went something like this: "Look around you ...

13. Castaway

2 Corinthians 5:18-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... Robert Browning and his wife, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. When Elizabeth became engaged to Robert ... Adam and Eve in a perfect environment. They had a perfect relationship. Then sin came along, and the next thing we see is Adam hiding from God. God was not running from Adam, Adam was running from Him. Adam was not looking for God, God was looking for Adam ... grace. More than a continent was joined together—God and man were reconciled. I'm here to tell you today that until Jesus comes back, that is our ministry, ...

14. Manual Labor Is Not the President of Mexico

Proverbs 6:6-8

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James Merritt

... a result of the fall of Adam and Eve. Nothing could be farther from the truth. This world is the result of God's work. (Gen. 2:2) God gave Adam the job of tending the Garden of ... interview an official asked, "Why do you need financial aid?" The man replied, "I'm having trouble with my eyes." The bureaucrat asked, "And what is the nature of ... is one of the major reasons for the explosion of the welfare state. As Robert Hicks has wisely noted: "Feeling we're entitled to things without being willing to do ...

15. Dr. Jekyll Meet Jesus

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

Robert ... will live well in this world and the world to come. “But how can I always do the right thing?” you may ask, “I’m only human.” Yes, and our humanness can be a real problem. Many of us are prone to chuckle at the idea of sin today. An ... does so easily beset us, and that is to open ourselves to God’s grace, His forgiveness, His love. Only by looking to the new Adam can we escape the curse of the old one. There was a story in Reader’s Digest sometime back about a man named Walter Wyatt ...

16. Marriage: Agony Or Ecstasy

Matthew 5:31-32

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King Duncan

... , is it really better up there?" Without hesitation he answered, "Oh, yes, it is much better. But I'm not up there!" Some of us are laughing to keep from crying. Nothing in this world is more ... , faculties, and rights. The Bible is completely right when it says that God could not have given Adam a greater gift than this one. All of creation pales in comparison. I love the way John Sullivan ... TO LIVE WITH, cited in Robert Schuller, POWER IDEAS FOR A HAPPY FAMILY (Charlotte, N.C.: Commission Press, 1972). 2. Bennett Cerf ...

17. Giving Back to Caesar

Matthew 22:15-22

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King Duncan

... to tell her daddy that she loved him. “That’s how God looks at our acts of generosity,” writes Adam Hamilton. “When we share with God, our gifts are a way of saying, ‘God, I’m returning to you a portion of what I have . . . to say thank you and I love you.’” (3 ... people offer up gifts to the Master. It’s like something that happened last summer at the Olympics in Rio. Embry Roberts told about it recently on the Today show. The story was about a Polish track and field athlete named Piotr ...

18. The Baptism of Our Work

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... One man asked his best friend why he did not go to work. "Are you afraid of work?" he wanted to know. "No," his friend answered, "I'm not afraid of work at all. In fact I can lay right down beside it and go to sleep." Most of us have to work. Many ... quickly show us, however, that from the beginning it was God's intention that Adam should tend the garden. It was Adam's attitude toward work that changed after the Fall. Physicist Robert Slocum was fortunate enough to see an instrument he had designed be used on ...

19. Walls, Walls, Everywhere Walls

Ephesians 2:11-22

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King Duncan

... Robert Frost. I wish that everyone shared that sentiment. Unfortunately most people do not. Most people love walls. They see walls as their security, even their salvation. It is interesting that the largest construction project ever undertaken by humanity was the building of a wall. I’m ... dust of the earth and at death his physical body returned to that earth. We don’t know how God created Adam and Eve. We only know that God breathed into them His own Spirit. Then God told these new humans to multiply, ...

20. What Is Success?

Matthew 7:24-29

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Stephen M. Crotts

... he wasn't getting any better after five visits. "Look," said the doctor, "I'm doing all I can to help you. I can't make you younger!" The ... But, will living longer make us more successful or only give us more time to fail? From Adam to the flood, a person averaged 846 years in a life span. From the flood to Moses ... there are those who hustle to get all of those things only to find themselves strangely empty. Poet Robert W. Service in his poem, "The Spell of the Yukon," admits, I wanted the gold, and I sought it ...

21. Pop Star Madonna and the Cross

Mark 8:31-38

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King Duncan

... they can’t get their husband to quit snoring: “Well, it’s just my cross to bear.” Robert C. Morgan tells about a woman who had a rattle in the dashboard of her new BMW. She ... tow. And then Paxson sings that haunting chorus: Now every time I try to sleep, I’m haunted by the sound Of firemen pounding up the stairs, while we were running down. (6) ... were killed on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children in the Sandy Hook Elementary School? Some of ...

22. And God Breathed Into Man

Genesis 2:4-25

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Maxie Dunnam

... which was printed. These outstanding educators were Robert Hutchins, then Chancellor of the University of ... the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth." Here again, I'm dependent upon Thielicke for a challenging insight: "We're not to rule and subdue the earth because we ... the name by which he is called is derived from his humble origin. The Hebrew word for man is Adam; the word for ground is Adamah. III. We are creatures among creatures, yet we have been given dominion. Now a ...

23. And God Breathed Into Man

Genesis 2:4-25

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Maxie Dunnam

24. The Surprise of Absolute Victory

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... to chart where he is going, to know what God wants of him. We are so often blind. Dr. Robert Ozment tells a touching story. A man is looking in a window at an art display including the ... in keeping with their own personal concept. (This is the age-old mistake that Adam and Eve struggled with and lost.) The Christian seeks to accept a higher voluntary ... . But me: "I’m too tired. I'm too hooked. I’m too bad. I’m too sick. I'm too scared. I’m too young. I’m too old. I’m too tough. I’m too weak I’ ...

25. Here I Am

Luke 1:26-38, Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:46-56

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... health as a species on the whole.”* Sociologists like Harvard’s Robert Putnam call it “alone together.” Others call it call it being ... head, I don’t know what would. Cause I know, if that were asked of me, I’m not sure that would have been my answer. At least not at the first. Because with God, ... Story Lectionary Major Text Luke’s Witness to Mary’s Story (1:26-56) Minor Text Genesis: Adam is Hiding (3) Genesis: Abraham and Isaac (22) Exodus: Moses and the Burning Bush (3) Exodus: Songs ...

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