2008-10-03T16:21:55-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/basilea+schlink/ http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=827 2008-10-03T16:21:55-05:00 We speak of the "absent-minded professor", who never knows what is going on, who forgets everything, because he is so wrapped up in his own intellectual world. In the same way, if we are absent-minded in prayer, it means we are so wrapped up in other things-just like the... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=858 2008-01-08T16:50:38-05:00 Rebellion was the sin of the followers of Korah (Num. 16), of those who murmured and protested against their leaders and against those who had special privileges and blessings that they themselves did not have. This rebellious spirit can be especially found among the pious... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=851 2008-01-08T16:49:39-05:00 We all know the power of lust, which is in our flesh. Eve lusted for the fruit. David lusted for the wife of Uriah. Is there anyone among us who does not know how lust can suddenly arise in our hearts? We think, for example, that we cannot live, if we cannot satisfy our desire for the other... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=845 2008-01-08T16:48:34-05:00 Patience is listed among the fruits of the Spirit in the Holy Scriptures (Gal. 5: 22). So impatience is a fruit of the flesh, a sin, and we cannot excuse it by saying it belongs to our personality. Rather we must make a great effort to change from an impatient person into a patient one... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=844 2008-01-08T16:47:39-05:00 "Woe, to you, hypocrites!" This cry resounds seven times in Jesus' address to the scribes and Pharisees. "So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity!" (Matt. 23: 28). The same is true of us Christians today. It often happens that... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=842 2008-01-08T16:46:29-05:00 Envy is a poisonous root in our soul that can kill others. Jesus Himself was delivered up to this murderous power, for it is written: Pilate "knew that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up" (Matt. 27: 18). Envious people... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=840 2008-01-08T16:45:26-05:00 Why is it so difficult for us to respect people who deserve to be respected? Why is it especially true in our times, even among Christians, that people take such a stand against respect and authority? Why is it difficult for us to recognize the words of Scripture and to... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=836 2008-01-08T09:28:35-05:00 Curiosity is different from being interested in something. Being interested is something good. Curiosity is something bad. Curious people usually look at things and listen to things that are not meant for them. Typically they read letters and notes on other people's desks... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=835 2008-01-08T09:27:17-05:00 Included in the sins of pride, which God treats especially severely, are the sins of criticizing and judging. "God opposes the proud" (I Pet. 5: 5). Even if a person believes in Jesus, if at the same time, he persists in judging others God is not for him. Then God has to be against him. But it would http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=834 2008-01-08T09:26:18-05:00 Coward! That seems to be a despicable word. A coward is someone who is afraid to show his allegiance when it costs something, who fears to confess allegiance to his social class, nation or to a certain group and its principles when they are despised...