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Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... hard or go home!” (2) Time and time again Jesus said basically the same thing to his disciples: “Go hard ... us to make our lives count. To take charge. Go hard or go home! Another word people like to use nowadays is ... is it that you have a passion for? Pastor and author Rick Warren says one time he typed the phrase “a passion for . . .” into ... Warren, “what that one’s all about! I don’t know why you’d get passionate about steam.” Then Warren ... Go hard or go home! 1. http://www.lectionary. ...

2. With a Firm Foundation, Application Is Second Nature

Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... evident at several points in Matthew 7 and in our gospel lesson for today. Pastor Warren and the other purpose-driven, Prosperity Preachers of the airwaves do not quite have ... a foolish man building a house on sand. People like that fall, their faith shatters when the hard times come, just like when rain falls, floods come, and winds blow, the house built on ... Op cit, Schweizer, p. 191. 8. Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics, Vol. II/2, ed. G. W. Bromiley and T. F. Torrance (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1957), p. 692. ...

3. A Faith that Works

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... that 8-hour wait to go home is awful!” “Hard work may not kill me,” another said, “but why ... for example, believed in hard work . . . but they ... not make it without you. Noted pastor and author Rick Warren asks, “Do you know what the worst sin is for Christians ... ‘lukewarmness.’ No passion.” These people have the attitude says Warren that “God is just one of the things in my life ... than good. As Warren Wiersbe puts it ... warren-sermon-on-attitude-general-127082.asp. 3. The Timothy Report, http://www.timothyreport.com. ...

4. Life’s Purpose Is Often Hidden!

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

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Mark Ellingsen

... s often hard to see the good things. There's a lot of confusion. The good things in life, our purpose, are often hidden. The guru of purpose-driven living, Rick Warren, and some Prosperity Gospel preachers do not seem to have heard this point. Pastor Warren makes what ... ), p. 268 10. Martin Luther, Letter To Philip Melanchthon (1521), in Luther's Works, Vol. 48, ed. and trans. Gottfried G. Krodel (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1963), pp. 281-282; cf. Martin Luther, The Pharisee and the Publican (n.d.), 44, in ...

5. “Weak and Strong” Should Get Along

Romans 14:1--15:13

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C. Marvin Pate

... not turned away from heaven. In his annotated version of this classic book, Warren Wiersbe comments, “This is one of our Lord’s favorite names for his ... will be converted to Yahweh at the end of time in connection with Israel’s restoration (e.g., Isa. 2:1–4; 12:4–5; 17:7–8; 19:18–25). For Paul, Jesus is ... 14:1–12), Bonhoeffer notes, The struggle we undergo with our brother in intercession may be a hard one, but that struggle has the promise that it will gain its goal. . . . Intercession means no ...

6. Family Feud

Genesis 29:15-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... to Mt. Moriah, the pain of a father about to lose his boy, the child-like trust of a son, the hard stones of the altar to which the lad was lashed, the flash of the knife poised to strike. Suddenly a ... terrorism, know that NOTHING can separate you from the love of God in Christ Jesus. To you and me living comfortably in Warren but sometimes faced with moments of quiet desperation, the good news is that nothing can separate us from the love of ... G. Ray Jordan, Beyond Despair, (New York: MacMillan, 1955), p. 163

7. I'm On a Mission from God!

Jonah 1:1-17

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... who is a vital and vocal advocate for mission, our former Moderator, and speaker here in Warren for our 175th anniversary, Marj Carpenter. In her most recent book,(3) Marj says, "I admit I ... . They needed to do that." Mission around the world? Pick a place. You would be hard pressed not to find a Presbyterian presence, and Marj Carpenter could probably tell you a story ... Amen! 1. "A Say-so Spirituality," Homiletics, April 6, 1997 2. G-3.0000 3. Marj Carpenter, And a Little Bit Farther: More Stories of Mission "to ...

8. Pulling Weeds

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... having a successful garden. It is much more time consuming to weed that same garden. And it’s hard work. As someone has said: “When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed ... growing in our lives that God might deliver us from them. In a sermon on the Internet, Rev Sharon G. W. Jones tells about a scene in a book by author James Michener that can help us immensely. Are you ... . 4. Douglas Warren Drown, http://binghamcongregational.org/sermons/05_12_04%5B1%5D.ser.PDF. 5 ...

9. Having Fun with The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16-20

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Mark Ellingsen

... 's creature, forget that you have a God who is naturally social and who has made you that way. It is kind of hard to be unconcerned about society and the things of the world when you know who you are. People created in the image of ... life, leads to happiness. The Great Commission and evangelism: It's a lot of fun! Amen. 1. Rick Warren, The Purpose-Driven Life: What On Earth Am I Here For? (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2002), p. 283 ... . Theodore G. Tappert (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1967), pp. 17-18.

10. Imitating Christ's Humility

Philippians 2:1-11

Understanding Series

F. F. Bruce

... in heart” (Matt. 11:29). His first disciples found the lesson of humility a hard one to learn: repeatedly, when they fell to discussing which of them would ... New Testament, pp. 174–81; R. P. Martin, Carmen Christi, pp. 161–64 (Martin traces this view back to G. Estius in 1631). D. H. Wallace (“A note on morphē”) argues against it that the morphē theou ... ,” appended note to F. W. Beare, Philippians, pp. 159–74. W. Warren (“On heauton ekenōsen,”) suggested that these two Greek words might ...

11. “Who Is This?”

Luke 9:10-17, Luke 9:1-9

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R.T. France

... John restored to life is a superstitious extension of that idea (though one that Antipas finds hard to credit because John no longer has a head [9:9]!). Note that all three ... in Acts. Modern attempts to remove the miraculous element from the feeding story (e.g., everyone shared food that they had previously concealed, or only a token amount was ... care of that. Divine provision goes far beyond basic needs. Commentary: Pastor and author Warren Wiersbe (b. 1929) writes, Our Lord was not the kind of person who could ...

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