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Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behaviour that is often considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.

Robert Rice

I hate funerals, and would not attend my Own if it could be avoided, but it is well for every man to stop once in a while to think of what sort of a collection of mourners he is training for his final event.

Robert T. Morris

Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent.

Sharon Tate

If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have.

Studs Terkel

If some great power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being some sort of clock and wound up every morning before I got out of bed, I should close instantly with the offer.

Thomas Huxley

All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.

Thomas J. Watson

It's funny, but... you're sort of a moving target for fortune, and you never know when it will befall you.

Thomas McGuane

A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.

Wallace Stegner

Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is. If there are rats in a cellar, you are most likely to see them if you go in very suddenly. But the suddenness does not create the rats; it only prevents them from hiding. In the same way, the suddenness of the provocation does not make me ill-tempered; it only shows me what an ill-tempered man I am.

C. S. Lewis

When you're old as I am, there are all sorts of extremely pleasant things that happen to you...the pleasantest of all is that you wake up in the night and you find that you are half in and half out of your battered old carcass. It seems quite a tossup whether you go back and resume full occupancy of your mortal body, or make off toward the bright glow you see in the sky, the lights of the city of God.

Malcolm Muggeridge

3012. Poem Proof

Illustration

Bruce Shelly

It is possible for a person to contend that a poem is nothing but black marks on white paper. And such an argument might be convincing before an audience that could not read. You can examine the print under a microscope or analyze the paper and ink but you will never find something behind this sort of analysis that you could call "a poem." Those who can read, however, will continue to insist that poems exist.

3013. Jesus’ Recipe for a Kingdom Style Feast

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... change not only lives, but systems and cultures. And all the disciples need to do is wait and let it happen. Step Five: Allow time to take its course. And let God handle it from here. In Jesus’ story of the net that catches all fish with people sorting them into those good to eat and those to discard, Jesus notes that it will be evident that some have heard and ingested the Word and that some have rejected it --that is, those who have internalized Jesus’ truth as opposed to those who have rejected it ...

3014. Who Are You Following?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Roy Howard

... mortal life. A good leader tells the truth. Jesus told his followers to watch out: you can gain the whole world and lose your soul. It’s a kind word of caution that we need to hear, because we are surrounded by messages that say otherwise. You can gain all sorts of stuff, power, and prestige, and realize you are empty, still looking for what satisfies the soul. For the followers of Jesus the way leads to a cross. He told us that honestly, but he also told us as we learn to walk in his way, we will find ...

3015. In diem natalem

Titus 2:1-15

Sermon

Ron Love

... was worshiped as “The Invincible Sun.” Sol Invictus was the sun God of the Romans. The celebration of Sol Invictus went far beyond mere merriment to actually debauchery. The lack of social restraints that allowed someone to indulge in all sorts of mischievous behavior attracted some Christians to the festivities. The attractiveness of the celebration’s activities certainly made it easy for the flesh to rule over the spirit. The church leaders knew they needed to draw Christians away from this secular ...

3016. Stay Awake!

Mark 13:24-37

Sermon

Michael L. Sherer

... that sounds to many modern readers like an antique story hardly applicable for today. Here’s the problem with the parable. As it was originally intended, it undoubtedly presumed that there was to be a cosmic event, an ending of human history of some sort, in the near future for those first readers or hearers of Mark’s message. Mark’s gospel reflects this conviction in more than one place. The entire thirteenth chapter of Mark is known to biblical scholars — and most pastors who preach on this gospel ...

3017. Jesus Matters

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Michael L. Sherer

... weren’t convinced by either argument. Why does any of this matter for us on this fourth and final Sunday in the Advent season? Here’s why. Christians have always been certain that, when all is said and done, Jesus truly does matter for the faith community. All sorts of arguments have been used to try to prove this to be true. None of the arguments are persuasive in and of themselves. But there’s a reason the faith community has tried so hard to say and show that Jesus really does matter. The reason is ...

3018. Your Wake-up Call

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... we wake up to what’s really important. Many of you know what it’s like to have a wake-up call like that. You are consumed with thoughts of a promotion at work until you get the call that your child is in the emergency room. Your priorities get sorted out real quick at a time like that. And that’s what happened to Paul. While on the road to Damascus to arrest more followers of Jesus, Paul (who was going by his Hebrew name, Saul, at that time) was struck blind by a flash of light from Heaven. And ...

3019. Not Such a Difficult Question

Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... educated or sophisticated. So he was surprised when God led him to share his faith with a brilliant attorney. When the young man attempted to share his faith with the attorney, the attorney laughed at him. He began challenging the young man. He laid out all sorts of arguments against the existence of God, against the divinity of Jesus. The young man was in over his head. He couldn’t answer the arguments. He felt ashamed for failing at his mission. But before he left, he said simply, “I just want you to ...

3020. Dealing with Grief

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... a large amount of information about the deceased, he can remind mourners of their loved one’s good qualities and their contributions to the world. Vaughan recalls one funeral for a beloved grandmother. He ended up speaking with a granddaughter who shared with him all sorts of sweet stories of her favorite memories of her grandmother. After the funeral, the girl’s parents sought him out and asked what he had said to get her talking. It turns out, this little girl hadn’t talked for the last few days ...

3021. The Angel's Message

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... way with the Christ child who lay in a feeding trough for a bed and was attended by shepherds, donkeys, and cattle. Everything about Christ’s birth affirms God’s love for the least and the lowest. Galilee, the region where Christ grew up was sort of an Appalachia of its day—up in the hills, and a bit backward compared with Judea. Nazareth, the village that Mary and Joseph called home had such a poor reputation that, in John 1:46, Nathaniel sums up its disrepute like this: “Nazareth! Can anything ...

3022. All Are Invited, but…

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Albert G. Butzer III

... is a scary idea to say the least! It’s one thing to invite your friends and neighbors, people who are just like you. It’s something much more threatening to invite in everyone, the good and the bad, so that the wedding hall will be filled. It raises all sorts of troubling questions: What if they don’t look like us? What if they speak with accents? What if they come from another part of town? What if they are different? On top of all that, we also have one more thing to worry about… what if we do ...

3023. Rule of Love

Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon

Albert G. Butzer III

... law is about love, not rules, about really loving God and one’s neighbor, not about figuring out how to avoid stepping on cracks in the legal sidewalk.”6 Because Jesus understood the law to be love-based rather than rules-based, he did all sorts of things throughout his ministry that seemingly broke the rules: He reached out and touched a leper, even though the rules said, “Keep away from people like that.” He healed on the Sabbath day, even though the rules prevented it. “The Sabbath was made for ...

3024. Just Be Jolly

Humor

I heard about another woman who was about 60 pounds overweight, and the doctor had been advising her for several months about her problem. No matter what sort of diet he would prescribe, she just wouldn't stick to it. Finally, he said to her, "We've tried everything I can think of to get your weight down, but you won't follow my directions. I have only one suggestion left. Why don't you forget about dieting and learn to be jolly."

3025. Straight A's

Humor

Reporter: "Is there any truth to the rumor that your new quarterback is dumb?" "He makes straight A's," replied the coach. "Wonderful," said the reporter. "Yes," said the coach, "but his B's are sort of crooked."

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Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behaviour that is often considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.

Robert Rice

Robert T. Morris

Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent.

Sharon Tate

If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have.

Studs Terkel

Thomas Huxley

Thomas J. Watson

It's funny, but... you're sort of a moving target for fortune, and you never know when it will befall you.

Thomas McGuane

A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.

Wallace Stegner

C. S. Lewis

Malcolm Muggeridge

3012. Poem Proof