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Sermon
David E. Leininger
Music, music, music. In the words of Carlyle, "Music is well said to be the speech of angels."(1) Or Longfellow, "Music is the universal language of mankind."(2) Shakespeare: "If music be the food of love, play on."(3) Music. Sometime back public school music teachers compiled some answers that youngsters gave to test questions:(4) • Refrain means don't do it. A refrain in music is the part you better not try to sing. • A virtuoso is a musician with real high morals. • Handel was half German, half Italian ...
Sermon
James W. Moore
... (2wo/mu/non/dii/ta Kurewa Abingdon 1995, 15-16) tells a wonderful story about a young woman who had heard people talking about an interesting new book that had just been published. Everybody raved about how great it was. She went to the bookstore, found a copy, bought it, took it home and tried to read it… but, somehow she just couldn’t get into it… She would read a little and then put the book aside. It did not capture her attention. A few months later, the young woman was traveling in a foreign ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
Micah 6:8..."He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" Familiar words. Perhaps you memorized them in Sunday School in years past, or perhaps you saw them on the wall of the Library of Congress. (They are inscribed there.) They are an ancient answer to the modern acronym that Christian youngsters wear on tee-shirts, bracelets, and necklaces: WWJD - What would Jesus do? These few words spell it ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... run into it in a collection of instructions for early Christians called The Didaché ("The Teachings") compiled about 100 years after Jesus' earthly ministry. Scholars suppose that it came to be included in the biblical text when a pious scribe in the first century, while copying a sacred scroll, decided to add this doxology to the Lord's words. It provides such a majestic ending to the prayer that church has been using it ever since. Of course, this closing phrase was not invented out of thin air. It had ...
355. What Is Truly Important
Matthew 6:25-34, Matthew 6:19-24
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... Hall has treated more than 20,000 of our neighbors, people who, whether they know his name or not, literally owe their lives to Slick Shepherd. Indeed, quite a legacy. And all because he learned...the hard way...some of what is truly important. Slick had a favorite quote, a copy of which he gave me several years ago to hang on the wall in my office. At the end of the War between the States, during the cleanup of a battle field, it was found in the Bible of a freed slave who had died in the battle. It was ...
356. Power
Mark 1:9-13, Mark 1:1-8
Sermon
David E. Leininger
The Baptism of the Lord. In a former congregation of mine, a Sunday School teacher told me of an incident that happened there some years ago. Two of the young girls in her class - both about nine years old - came to her and said they wanted to be baptized. She was understandably pleased at their desire and told them to go home and talk to their parents about it, then appropriate arrangements could be made. A week later the girls came back with the sad news that the parents thought they should wait until ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... . While there I noticed something in that universal American art gallery also known as the refrigerator door - it was a piece of paper held by a magnet which Ashley had colored years before when she was only in the third grade. It was entitled HUGS (and I still have a copy of it in my office). It reads: There is no such thing as a bad hug; there are only good hugs and great hugs. Hug someone at least once a day and twice on a rainy day. Hug with a smile; closed eyes are optional. A snuggle is a longish ...
358. The Birdies
Luke 18:15-17
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... the name of Jesus. Amen! 1. William Barclay, Daily Study Bible, CD-ROM, (Liguori, MO: Liguori Productions, 1996) 2. Doug Behm, via Ecunet, "Illustrations for this Week," #447, 9/28/97 3. ibid. 4. Posted by James Stewart on Ecunet, "Bottomless Drawer," #197, 8/11/98 which is a Forwarded Copy of #98.7740463 From NOSLRAC517@aol.com( )
359. God Is Greater
John 10:22-42
Sermon
King Duncan
... the name of Cremona. Cremona was a barber in the section where Maltz grew up ” in one of the worst slums of New York. Cremona was the idol of all the boys in the neighborhood. His barbershop was clean and neat. It was filled with beautiful pictures ” copies of the MONA LISA, the crucifixion, the resurrection, the birth of Jesus. Often Cremona would stand at the door of his shop, said Maltz, and when one of the neighborhood boys would go by, he would say, "Come on in. Your hair needs cutting." "But I don ...
360. Finding Glory
Galatians 6:11-18
Sermon
King Duncan
... people glory in their possessions. And some people glory in their family tradition. William W. Jenna is an antiques dealer. He says that he is often asked to clients' homes to appraise "rare" pieces of furniture that turn out to be cheap copies. One woman, trying to impress Jenna with her knowledge of such valuables, proudly displayed a particularly tacky set of imitation French Provincial living room pieces which Jenna knew were made around 1940 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. "It is European of course," she ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... sometime back about golf pro Harvey Penick. Recently this 90-year-old golfer has hit the jack pot with two books on golf, Harvey Penick's Little Red Book, and If You Play Golf, You're My Friend. Together these two books have sold nearly two million copies. In the 1920's Penick bought a red spiral notebook and began jotting down observations about golf. He never showed the book to anyone except his son until 1991, when he shared it with a local writer and asked if he thought it was worth publishing. The ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... chose McGrady's sister-in-law to pose as the author of the book. They gave her the fictitious name Penelope Ashe. Finally they titled the book NAKED CAME THE STRANGER. The book turned out to be a major hit, selling more than one million copies. It was translated into sixteen languages, and landed at fourth on the bestseller lists. When the twenty-four authors finally admitted publicly that it was all a hoax, book sales went up even higher. (3) We can observe this same phenomenon on television. Writers of ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... satisfied with his first draft, so he rewrote it. Then he improved the poem a third time. He continued for eight years. With all that persistent polishing, however, Gray never considered his poem complete. In the museum display we can see each successive copy carefully penned by hand. All seventy-five drafts! (2) That is a commitment to excellence. That is different from perfectionism. We are talking about people who would never begin a poem in the first place because they know it could never be as perfect ...
364. Watch!
Matthew 24:36-51
Sermon
King Duncan
... Fully Alive: "Fully alive people find enjoyment in what others regard as drudgery or duty. They don't have to; they want to. They are aware of the thorns but concentrate on the roses. Each day has a newness about it; it is never a carbon copy of yesterday. Fully alive people eagerly await new insights. These insights will renew them and their visions of reality." Robert Southey tells of a certain Spaniard who "always put on his spectacles when he was about to eat strawberries, so they might look bigger and ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... work, "The Spirit of 1776." He said, "There are three men in itone with a fife, one with a drum, and one with a headache." We want to enjoy the fife and the drums without the headaches that go with citizenship. A father showed his son a copy of the Bill of Rights. "Remember, son," he said, "On the back of every right, there is a responsibility." He was right. Many of us are giving in to the temptation to enjoy the benefits of citizenry while avoiding the headaches of civic responsibility. Is our community ...
Sermon
King Duncan
Somerset Maugham was described by TIME magazine at the time of his death in 1978 as "the most famous author in the world." Eighty million copies of his books had been sold, his plays were performed worldwide, his work had led to several good films, and 80 of his short stories had been adapted for television. At his famous home in Europe he employed one of the best cooks on the Riviera, dined on silver plates ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... his eyes does not go out, as it seems to in all the other convicts. This is because each night in his bunk before the glimmering bulb is turned off, this man reverently unfolds some wrinkled pieces of paper that have somehow escaped the censor. On them are copied passages from the Gospels. The Book of Life was the secret of this man's strength and endurance deep in the darkest corner behind the Iron Curtain. (2) That is one way we encounter the risen Christin the breaking of the bread of life which is the ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to begin as well. There are very few true atheists. Dr. John Ziegler of Cincinnati, Ohio sent for a government publication called Handbook for Emergencies. He enclosed the number of the government publication, #l5,700. Two weeks later Dr. John Ziegler received l5,700 copies of the booklet that he had ordered. He was bombarded! We, too, are bombarded with evidences for the existence of God. In the cartoon "For Better or Worse," Elizabeth and her older brother are walking along the street and he says to her ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... , more assertive in our commitment to him. What is holding us back? Why does the seed of the Gospel sometimes fall on infertile soil even within the walls of the church? There is a humorous story about a man who stormed into a newspaper office holding a copy of that day's edition of the paper and demanded to speak to the person responsible for obituaries. He was referred to a cub reporter to whom, with much agitation, he showed a column that contained his own obituary. "You can see that I am very much ...
370. True Love
John 3:1-21
Sermon
King Duncan
... thing soldiers should be writing on their helmets." About a week later, however, a letter arrived from the mother of the soldier. She said how thrilled she was to see the photo of her son in Nixon's TV commercial. She wondered if she could obtain a copy of the photo. The letter was signed "Mrs. William Love." (1) That's an interesting story. The soldier was not making a statement about his feelings at all. He was simply putting his name, Love, on his helmet. That reminds me of something humorist Doc Blakely ...
371. Judas
Luke 22:1-6
Sermon
King Duncan
... for that. Sell Him, Sell Him." He was in such turmoil that he would even yell out, "I will not, I will not, I will not, no, not for thousands, thousands, thousands of worlds." Bunyan's struggles were ministered to when he was given an old and tattered copy of Martin Luther's COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS. He found that its pages were a record of a man who had struggled with the same doubts and fears as he entertained. Luther answered them through the study of the Word. Bunyan was helped by ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... opal. The ring bestowed upon the wearer qualities such as kindness, truthfulness, bravery and justice all the qualities to make a man much loved. The ring was passed from father to son until it happened that a man had three sons. Before his death he had two copies made so each of his sons would have a ring. The sons were disturbed. How would they know which had the original? They took the matter to court and the judge said, "We will know who has the genuine ring by the goodness of his life." (5) Somehow ...
373. The Baptism of Our Work
2 Thessalonians 3:6-15
Sermon
King Duncan
... had problems with their typesetters. Too many mistakes were being made in setting type for their daily editions. The editors thought long and hard about how to correct this troubling situation. Finally, they gathered the workers all together and announced that from now on the first copy of every edition would be sent free to Buckingham Palace for the king and queen to read. You and I need to have that feeling about our lives not as an added burden, not out of fear or dread but as a joyful response to the ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... . She had been up for some time. She had cried herself to sleep the night before. "I guess I've lost my best friend," she thought to herself. Her mind raced back to the exam last Wednesday. Belinda was trying to look over her shoulder to copy some answers off of her test sheet. Kristy deliberately moved her shoulder forward to shield her paper so Belinda couldn't see. After the exam Belinda confronted her. "Why couldn't you be a friend?" Belinda asked angrily. "You know I've been having trouble at home ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... penned on the oak desk of his hardware store in Indiana, Pennsylvania. The note was one of understanding, affirming the fact that everyone is scared during war. The message was one of reassurance, that faith in God can cast out fear. His father included a copy of the 91st Psalm, declaring that the promise contained in the Word of God would sustain his son during the perilous journey. Jimmy Stewart once again read the Psalm: "... I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress...." With the promise ...
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