Apr 24 2011 dcfc english Worship [The Master & The Disciple] Luke 24: 28-36
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COURAGE, TO WITNESSWitness – CourageDate: 2/2007.101 20 Feb 2007 - Preaching Now The father of Origen, a third century theologian, was arrested for being a Christian. Origen, then only 17, was aflame with the desire to follow his Dad and share in glorious martyrdom. His mother pleaded with him not to go, but the headstrong boy did not want to listen to reason. His quick thinking mother did what she could -- she hid his clothes. Though Origen stormed and protested, she wouldn't reveal where they were hidden. He couldn't leave the house, and so he was unable to volunteer for martyrdom. Isn't it interesting? Origen was brave enough to be martyred, but not brave enough to go outside naked. Stepping outside without clothing would have sped up his arrest and imprisonment, but it was a step he was unwilling to take. In a sense, I suspect that talking with a friend about our faith is, for many of us, the equivalent of going outside naked. It makes us uncomfortable. We feel exposed. We declare that we will give our lives for Christ if he should ask it, but to risk a bit of embarrassment for him seems to be beyond our level of discipleship. How sad. The disciples were willing to forsake everything including the esteem of their friends. (King Duncan, Collected Sermons, www.Sermons.com)
CREATORApollo 8 ChristmasDate: 6/2008.101 Nov 27 2011 DCFC English [Jesus came to the world to...] John 1 – Reveal the Father Media Video Clip Sermonspice Genesis: Apollo 8 Christmas Reading of Genesis in space by crew of Apollo 8 in 1968 CREATORCreationDate: 3/1998.1157 The human body is a most remarkable machine. It can maintain a constant temperature of 98.6 degrees no matter what the weather is outside. Whether a man is at the Arctic Circle or the equator, his body temperature is about the same. There is an inner mechanism that makes the difference. The Holy Spirit dwells within the Christian to achieve this kind of stabilization in terms of spiritual health. Whether we face good times or bad, whether we are tempted or receiving spiritual nourishment, the Holy Spirit keeps us stable within. -- Robert C. Shannon, 1000 Windows, (Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing Company, 1997). See: John 14:16-17; Galatians 4:6
Date: 10/2008.101 Daily Joke - 9/18/2008 One day a group of Darwinian scientists got together and decided that man had come a long way and no longer needed God. So they picked one Darwinian to go and tell Him that they were done with Him. The Darwinian walked up to God and said, "God, we've decided that we no longer need you. We're to the point that we can clone people and do many miraculous things, so why don't you just go on and get lost." God listened very patiently and kindly to the man. After the Darwinian was done talking, God said, "Very well, how about this? Let's say we have a man-making contest." To which the Darwinian happily agreed. God added, "Now, we're going to do this just like I did back in the old days with Adam." The Darwinian said, "Sure, no problem," and bent down and grabbed himself a handful of dirt. God looked at him and said, "No, no, no. You go get your own dirt!" CREATOR Tragedy of LifeDate: 12/2008.101 Another Nobel prizewinner, Steven Weinberg, concludes at the end of his brilliant book The First Three Minutes: "The more the universe seems comprehensible the more it also seems pointless. But if there is no solace in the fruits of our research there is at least some consolation in the research itself. Men and women are not content to comfort themselves with tales of gods and giants, or to confine their thoughts to the daily affairs of life; they also build telescopes and satellites and accelerators, and sit at their desks for endless hours working out the meaning of the data they gather. The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of force and gives it some of the grace of tragedy." So much for the conclusions of a leading scientist who believes it all just happened by itself. Louw Alberts, Christianity and the Enquiring Mind : Essays on the Compatibility of the Bible and the Findings of Science, Also Available in Afrikaans. (Vereeniging: Christian Publishing Co., 1997, c1996) CREATOR, EVOLUTIONX-menDate: 3/2009.101 X-men 1 - Introduction about evolution through mutation. :But every few 100 years, mutation leaps forward..." How does it leap forward? use for into for creation. CRITICISMLife is Mostly Edges - Calvin Miller"Calvin," said Ralph to me on one occasion, "you have picked a life that will be filled with criticism. Much of it will not be instructive, but listen to it all, then sort through what you need to build a bulwark of survival." "How do you do that, Ralph?" "Use your nose, not your ears. The ears itch to hear the good stuff, but they will deceive you, for you will want to believe every good lie you hear. But your nose that's your best evaluator: manure always smells like manure. Always listen to your critics, for they , not caring too much for you, will often tell you the truth, while your friends sugarcoat to stay on your good side." CRITICISM Lowell's SyndromeDate: 11/2007.101 19 June 2010 DCFC English Worship – [Extreme Makeover: Church Edition] 1 Cor 5:1-13 Rethinking the identity of Church Illustrations for Preaching & Teaching from Leadership Journal ed. Craig Brian Larson #110 At the turn of the century, the world's most distinguished astronomer was certain there were canals on Mars. Sir Percival Lowell, esteemed for his study of the solar system had a particular fascination with the Red Planet. When he heard, in 1877, that an Italian astronomer had seen straight lines crisscrossing the Martian surface, Lowell spent the rest of his years squinting into the eye piece of his giant telescope in Arizona, mapping the channels and canals he saw. He was convinced the canals were proof of intelligent life on Mars, possibly an older but wiser race than humanity. Lowell's observations gained wide acceptance. So eminent was he, none dared contradict him. Now, of course, things are different. Space probes have orbited Mars and landed on its surface. The entire planet has been mapped and no one has seen a canal. How could Lowell have "seen" so much that wasn't there? Two possibilities: (1) he so wanted to see canals that he did, over and over again and (2) we know now that he suffered from a rare eye disease that made him see the blood vessels in his own eyes. The Martian 'canals" he saw were nothing more than the bulging veins of his eyeballs. Today the malady is known as "Lowell's syndrome." When Jesus warns that "in the same way you judge others, you will be judged" and warns of seeing "the speck of sawdust" in another's eye while missing the plank in our own (Matthew 7:1-3) could he not be referring to the spiritual equivalent of Lowell's syndrome? Over and over, we "see" faults in others because we don't want to believe anything better about them. And so often we think we have a first-hand view of their shortcomings, when in fact our vision is distorted by our own disease.
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