Sermons About Court
FLN News / President Obama Nominates Judge Sotomayor
President Obama has nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court. Sotomayor grew up in the projects of New York City and worked her way through law school -- that we know. But what kind of a judicial temperament does she have?
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Danger - Strong Faith; Weak Theology
I. Jephthah... a man of his times II. Jephthah and the huge mistake III. God overlooks ignorance, but ignorance can cause immense pain
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A Courtroom, A Ceremony, and a Child
The providence of God and the hope of the nations takes center stage as our story of a young Moabite widow comes to a close.
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1 Corinthians 5 and 6: Sex, Excommunication and Law Suits
A look at the ancient/modern problem of sexual immorality, excommunication, and Christian court cases
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What Then Shall We Do? - Love, Mercy, and Justice part 7
Two weeks ago at Sovereign King, we looked at a passage in Micah where God was literally holding court against His people. In His case against them, He accused them of forgetting several key things. They had forgotten… That God had taken them from slaves and made them children. That God had protected them from their enemies when they came into the Promised Land. That God had not always punished them as their sins deserve. That God had given them the freedom to worship Him without fear. Our take away from that sermon was that even though we may remember what God has done for us in the past, just remembering is not enough. If that memory doesn't give us hope for today, then we are essentially forgetting God as well. I encouraged us all in the day to day to remember what Jesus has done for us by His work on the cross. We can do that in some very simple ways: By sharing with others what Christ has done for us. By recognizing that Jesus' death was sufficient for us and therefore not living in guilt. By celebrating the fact that when we are faithless, He is faithful still. As we return to the book of Micah and we find that God's court case has come and gone, the people of Micah's time finally get around to asking the right question. They want to know, "Well, what should we do?" Now it is difficult to determine exactly out of what motivation the people of God were asking their question, but I do think this is the best time to ask that question. Knowing that God has been, is presently, and is always going to be faithful to you because of Jesus Christ, that is the perfect time to ask Him what He would have you do because you know that no matter what, even if you fail or succeed, God is going to be there for you. This is sort of like learning to ride a bike when you were a kid. My experience wasn't very good because my brother put me on the bike at the top of a hill and just pushed me down. I wound up with a broken nose, so that didn't end very well. No, most folks have a parent walking beside them, steadying them on two wheels. And if the child starts to fall, the parent catches them. Eventually, the child figures out that they can risk falling and risk riding because they know they have their parent there to catch them either way. That's what it is like if you are asking God what He would have you do when you know that He will be faithful to you even if you are faithless. So having said all that, in the sermon this Sunday, why don't we seek to answer the very question that the people of God were asking. They asked that in light of God's faithfulness, "What should WE offer back to God?" Let's find out.
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Increase! Part 5
How do we enter and exit God's modern-day temple, the church? Do we enter with joyful praise and thanksgiving? Do we exit rejuvenated and equipped to go out into the world with a new vision?
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Redeeming Relationships Part 4: Dating
Dating in our culture means that you spend time one on one with various people with various levels of physical and emotional involvement after which you either break it off or get married. We are so used to this approach that we have a difficult time understanding just how historically peculiar this approach is, and just how much damage it does to us. Intimacy is supposed to follow commitment, not precede it, and the heartache that is caused from the fracturing of relationships that grew too close too soon harm us emotionally and make it more difficult to love well once we do get married. God’s design is that we should look for someone of strong character who will be a good companion for us in the life that God has called us to live, and that we should remain sexually pure until we make the commitment of marriage.
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