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Ron Dart 2001 Sermons
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| 0102 Lost | |
| 0104 Getting Clean | |
| 0106 The Fourth Commandment Part II | |
| 0108 Politics & Prophets | |
| 0110 For the Souls of Your Children | |
| 0112 Basic Christianity | |
| 0115 The Last Temptation | |
| 0118 The Entrance to Covenant | |
| 0123 Waiting at Troas | |
| 0125 Covenant Rules | |
| 0129 Tthe Inward Man | |
| 0131 The Scorner Inside | |
| 0133 Going to the Gentiles | |
| 0135 Music From the Heart | |
| 0136 Leadership Lost | |
| 0141 Vengeance for Dummies | |
| 0143 The Most Important Thing | |
| 0145 The Ugly Sisters | |
| 0147 Curse Not the Deaf | |
| 0149 Palestine I | |
| 0151 Palestine II | |
| 01C6 Broken Covenant | |
| 01CTC Count the Cost | |
| 01ETP Embracing the Paradox | |
| 01F2 Work for the Night is Coming | |
| 01GHW God and His Wife | |
| 01IFP Is Our Faith Pessimistic? | Explanation of “dead to the law” “when we were in the flesh” and “spirit of the law”. Sin existed before the law that defined it. If the commandment is holy, just, and good, why would anyone want to do away with it? If the Biblical laws are not necessary now, they never were. “Weak and beggardly elements” – if that was the Old Testament law, did God really give weak and beggardly things to Israel? The law only takes us so far – it tells us what to do but does not make us do it. How can we be unprofitable even if we keep the law perfectly? The purpose of the law. Predestination. Chastisement, and how it actually “sweetens up” the attitude. Do we follow the lead of the flesh or the lead of the spirit? “The carnal mind is hostile to God” is better rendered “The carnally-led mind is hostile to God” – it is not what you are, but what you do. King David sinned, suffered for it, but never stopped following God, whereas Solomon sinned and abandoned God. If our life is being led by the flesh, then we have every reason to be pessimistic, otherwise Christianity is about hope! |
| 01LL Legalism and Liberty | |
| 01PASV Passover Ceremony | |
| 01PFS A Passion for the Spirit | |
| 01PWR The Priest Who Ran | Excellent sermon. Subjects: Embryonic stem cells, abortion, Korah's rebellion, politics in the church. The world has co-opted the church. Apathy in the church as a result of confusion on moral issues and what to do about it. What Aaron did made difference in whether people lived or died. What Phineas did made a difference. The solution to apathy is action - direct and urgent action. Behold the severity and goodness of God. We have our role as the salt of the earth. We have to overcome and take immediate and direct action. |
| 01TCA The Church Accountable | Is the church less empowered today than at the time of the first Pentecost? Or do we have power and aren’t doing anything with it? The parable of the talents expounded with the 3 servants as churches rather than individuals. We are expected to bear fruit. If we are empowered, we are responsible. If responsible, accountable. The church discipline of 1 Cor 5, and Matt 18 illustrates that the church is accountable. Each of the churches of Revelation were accountable, as churches. What can we, as individuals do? If you are going to change, it needs to be now. If your church is going to be empowered, you’ve got to make use of the gifts the church has – now. Judas was replaced not in some backroom, not with politics, but out in the open, with lots. All 120 received the spirit on Pentecost. The distribution of gifts, challenges, and responsibilities as God sees fit, how they work together, and how we are individually responsible. |
| 01TRS The Resurrection Story | |
| 01UP Unequal Parts | |
| 01WCN What the Church Needs Now | The most important thing Martin Luther did for Christianity was freedom. The value of striving to follow God’s lead as much as possible with the humble realization that we could be wrong -- trust God and ask for gentle correction. God may actually support our ideas rather than deciding what we should do and inspiring us to do it, as long as our thoughts are totally committed to God. An example is King David, who wanted to build the temple, something God had no plans to do, but then endorsed David’s plan. The church needs the fear of God, more wisdom, more action, less drinking, more honesty, less gossip, less meddling, more correction. Matthew 18 “take it to the church” discussed. |
| 01WHGL What Has God Lost? | |
| 01WWC While We Can |
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