First Presbyterian Church of Guymon Sermons
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Swine Flu
We can move through a corrupt culture, carelessly living like pigs without giving it a thought, catching diseases of the heart, mind and soul, and make others side besides. Or we can wash our lives in the blood of Christ, wash our hearts in the baptism of the Holy Spirit, wash our consciences in confession before God the Father, and watch the contaminating vomit of our lives be flushed down the sewer where it belongs.
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Peter Gerts One Right
This statement about his body and blood is the turning point in Jesus’ ministry; the place where he went from being just a curiosity or a miracle worker, to becoming a scandal. The Greek word for “a scandalous one” is “scandalon.” In English bibles, it is usually translated “stumbling stone.” When we compare Jesus to a “stumbling stone” what we mean that there is a time when everyone encounters the person of Christ and has to pull up short – the time when there is a choice to be made to believe him or not, to follow him or leave.
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
The particularity of Jesus, the worthlessness of our efforts to justify ourselves before God and the sovereignty and grace of God the Father all fly in the face of today’s fashion of presenting all ideas, morals and ambitions as being of equal worth. But John tells us that Jesus said it was so – that God has no other plan outside of Jesus.
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Bread of Heaven
By having us ask God the Father bread every day, Jesus gives us a way to remember that God is our provision. We are usually pray this prayer, heads bowed, eyes closed, using 16th century words like “hallowed be thy name.” But maybe it would make more sense for us to pray this petition with our eyes open and our heads thrown back, and our mouths open wide like baby birds demanding their share of the worm.
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Divine Busker
Christians are people of miracles - but how do we understand miracles of nature in this modern age of science, when all things can be explained and quantified, almost everything can be duplicated, and even our children expect special effects, not just at the movies, but in our sanctuaries during Vacation Bible School?
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Playing to the Crowd
John the Baptist wasn’t confronting power for the sake of justice, to right some wrong that was being done to the people, or to free them from the yoke of oppression. No one’s life was on the line but his. He saved no one. He died as the result of a request from a stupid girl at the urging of her vengeful mother, who was up to her neck in sin with her husband’s brother. John died for the sake of God’s righteousness and the people to whom he witnessed completely missed the point. It seems like an awful waste.
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God Cares - Independence Day
Like David, it doesn’t matter how old you are, and like the disciples, it doesn’t matter how poor or rich you are, or how well educated you are or not. It doesn’t matter if you have a house, a family, and responsibilities, or if you have no money, or poor health. When God decides your faith is equal to the task he has for you, the only response is to accept the authority to accomplish the task. When God is ready for you to go, you need to go – He will provide the staff and the power.
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God Cares - Divine Delay
There’s an old Norse word for religion that translates into English as “trying again.” Perseverance grounded in faith can hold us together when life unravels around us. In this story of two miracles we learn about holding fast to our faith and “trying again” as many times as necessary. Perhaps our unanswered prayers are simply divine invitations to “keep trying.”
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God Cares and Prepares Leaders: Lions, Goliath and Bears, Oh My!
When God calls and anoints leaders, he doesn't leave them to their own skills and devices. God prepares us to fight giants by fighting the giants we've set up ourselves. God prepares us to ride out storms by putting us in the boat beside him. And the paradox is that every storm - and every encounter with a giant - makes us stronger by making us weaker.
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God Cares and Raises Up Leaders
Jesus told his disciples that when he was no longer with them physically, and they could not see him anymore, he would not leave them orphaned – that he would come to them through the Holy Spirit. All believers are indwelt by the Holy Spirit of God at the point they give their hearts to Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It is the inheritance of all who believe. But throughout the Old and New Testaments, the saints of God are called, anointed for special tasks and specially gifted – specially equipped – for the task by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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