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76. Making Christmas Last

Luke 2:21-40

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Brett Blair

... 1939) - 7.79 - 29262 U.S. civil rights movement (1964) - 7.44 - 27948 The Holocaust (1933-1945) - 6.69 - 25135 Invention of the microchip (1958) - 5.35 - 20085 *Internet created (1969) - 5.34 - 20059 Model T Ford introduced (1908) - 4.26 - 16014 Theory of relativity presented (1916) - 4.19 - 15744 First atomic bomb dropped (1945) - 3.58 - 13454 World War I (1914) - 2.93 - 11013 *First electronic computer unveiled (1946) - 2.21 - 8326 First radio signal broadcast (1901) - 2.11 - 7942 Berlin Wall falls (1989 ...

77. Quantum Leap

Acts 13:13-52

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Carl Jech

... requires more and more of our conscious attention. 1. The Thin Line Between a Small Change and a Huge Change Computer technology is based on modern electronics and modern physics, and at the heart of modern physics is the "theory of quantum mechanics." Quantum theory refers to our understanding of the way in which sub-atomic particles, electrons in particular, make sudden, tiny, unpredictable "jumps." One of the smartest scholars in the world, Persi Diaconis at Stanford University, is writing a book called ...

78. Epiphany 6

Lk 6:17-26 · 1 Cor 15:12-20 · Jer 17:5-8

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John R. Brokhoff

... has been raised ..." There is no "if," "but," or "and." It is a fact that Jesus was raised. Upon this fact depends our salvation and victory over sin and death.The resurrection is the one fact we do not question or doubt simply because it is a fact, not a theory or a man-made story. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Three Lessons: Jeremiah 17:5-10; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26 The Choice is Yours. Need: The hour of worship is often the hour of decision. This is one of those Sundays when the Lessons call for a ...

79. More Real Than Food

John 6:25-59

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Carl Jech

... having to be careful not to mix up the letters p and q. Others see it as a reference taken from the technical language of the ballet. And since I mentioned Christmas at the outset, I think it would also be appropriate to list some of the theories as to why a theatrical flop is called a turkey. One has it that since people would go to any dumb show in the holiday season between Thanksgiving and Christmas, theater managers would not worry much about the quality of their shows after Thanksgiving. Hence, a ...

80. Zacchaeus

Luke 19:1-10

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Brett Blair

... crowd filled with religious and nationalistic fervor was precisely not the place for him to be. He could easily become the focus of a mob scene. Yet, he went. Why? I’ll tell you why. He was drawn by the magnetism of grace. You see, I have this theory. My theory is that one does not seek acceptance and forgiveness from an individual, if he knows from the start that he will not receive it. If one wants forgiveness, he will not go to an individual who will lecture him on his poor morality. People don’t set ...

81. The Most Misunderstood Gift

Acts 2:1-13

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Barbara Brokhoff

... to his. She continued: "We don’t live on a ball rotating around the sun, as you claim, but we live on a crust of earth on the back of a giant turtle." The great man decided to dissuade his opponent as gently as possible, so he said: "If your theory is correct, madam, just what does the turtle stand on?" "You’re a very clever man, Mr. James," she replied, "and that’s a good question, but I’m ready for you. I can answer it. The first turtle stands on the back of a second, far-larger turtle." "But ...

82. The Christian’s Style - 1960

Matthew 11:1-19

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Kent Moorehead

... outmoded. Life, after all, is largely a choice between two, or maybe twenty, evils. Nor is it the ethical implications of his actions that bother us. Any clever dogmatist, or dumb one for that matter, can cite some act of the Master to corroborate his pet theory or contention. They can deftly counteract the constraint of a Cross by the exemption of a whip, or discount the way he died by declaring that he allowed Peter to carry a sword. No, we have learned not to be too greatly disturbed by any of these ...

83. "The Sawdust and the Circus"

Numbers 27:12-23

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... that if the customers would be happy to watch the performance in one ring they would be three times as happy to watch three simultaneous performances in three rings. Now, I suppose this was a good theory - but to most of us who watched circuses it was a frustrating thing. Where did one look? Things were happening in all three rings (and often on the trapeeze wire overhead) at the same time. If you looked here, you missed what was going on over there. And so, for ...

84. The Miracle of Salvation

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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... what they had really done - they had destroyed the only power of goodness they had ever really known. Perhaps some of you remember making those model airplanes some years ago - the ones with little strips of balsa wood that were then covered with paper and that, in theory, at least, would then fly. The models are different now - made of ready-cut pieces of plastic. At any rate I had some kind of record. I never completed one of those model planes although I must have started at least 77. And quite often the ...

85. A Lack of Feeding in the American Dream

Romans 6:1-14

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Gregory J. Johanson

... of nourishment are within reach. Fate or circumstances or tragedy are in part the answer with bereaved persons who are simply suddenly cut off from those who have been their primary nurturing persons, but there are other ways to be cut off, as Dr. Treffert suggests with his theory of the American Fairy Tale. I like to think in terms of the American Dream myself. However we label it, if I am like Amy, if I have bought into or been hooked into that part of the American Dream that says I have to be smart, that ...

86. Do You Love Me?

John 21:15-25

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Brett Blair

... in the sea and it was symbolic of the church reaching all the people in the world. And you can go to any internet search engine and do a search for “153 fish” and find thousands of wacky discussions about why there were 153 fish. Personally I have my own theory, want to hear it? I think that it’s mentioned because there were 153 fish in the net. I’m not being flippant either. Let me ask you a question: You are a businessman. Your business, as is your father’s, is fishing. You live in first century ...

87. Who You Gonna' Vote For?

Luke 19:1-10

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Brett Blair

88. The Last Laugh

Genesis 18:1-15

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David E. Leininger

... trying to deal with their life-threatening conditions. The thrust of the community's work is that a positive mental attitude can make a difference in the progress of the disease. They sit, they talk, they cry, but most of all they laugh on the theory that a joyful life actually strengthens the immune system. Years ago I saw them profiled on "60 Minutes." One patient asked the group, "What do you call someone with an uncontrollable urge to contract lymphoma over and over again?" And someone else shot back ...

89. The Triumphant Christ

Revelation 1:1-3

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King Duncan

... , "Every now and then a man will stumble upon truth, and usually he picks himself up and goes on again." It can be painfully difficult to confront truth. Usually truth lags behind. Sir Isaac Newton was thrown in jail as an old man for insisting on the theory of the law of gravity. The man who first invented the telephone (not Alexander Graham Bell) was thrown in jail for twenty years for his "heresy" that people could talk over wire. (3) In June 1633, Galileo, then seventy years of age, was forced to kneel ...

90. Light For Our Lives

John 1:1-18

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King Duncan

... day had dawned. Man was no longer to walk in darkness, but in the full illumination of the heavenly light . . . ." Christ can help us with the darkness of our lives. HE DOES IT FIRST OF ALL BY HELPING US FIND PEACE FOR OUR HEARTS. Dr. Maltz's theories on Psycho-Cybernetics are concerned with helping persons find a sense of healthy self-identity. I heard about a student at a university who signed up for a course in introductory ornithology. He didn't know what it was. He just liked the sound of the course ...

91. Let My Little Light Shine

Matthew 5:13-16

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King Duncan

... his manager's encouragement he felt different about it. Something in him was turning around. He found himself pitching the best ball of his career. In the National League pennant drive, he won 13 games out of 14. (1) There are all kinds of theories about how to motivate people. We can do it through guilt, through fear, through shame. But these were not Jesus' methods. Jesus motivated through positive messages of hope and encouragement. Consider our lesson for today. Jesus says to his followers, "You are the ...

92. Balancing Act

Mark 6:30-44

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King Duncan

... to know the value of taking time away. Chuck Swindoll tells about a research psychologist at the National Institute of Mental Health who was concerned about the stresses of modern life. He was convinced he could prove his theory from a cage full of mice. His name? Dr. John Calhoun. His theory? Overcrowded conditions take a terrible toll on humanity. Dr. Calhoun built a nine-foot square cage for his mice. He observed them closely as their population grew. He started with eight mice. The cage was designed to ...

93. Is It Time To Tear Down Our Church?

Mark 13:1-31

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King Duncan

... would never travel anywhere together with me, and certainly would never put so much effort into helping me out." The Rabbi replied, "It's really quite simple. You believe in evolution. By that theory, your children are one step further from the apes than you are. I believe that man was created in the image of God. By that theory, I am one step closer to God than my children are. So, of course, our grandchildren treat us correspondingly." (7) Now the point is not whether we believe in evolution or not. The ...

94. Shepherding And Parenting

Psalm 23:1-6, 1 Peter 2:13-25

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King Duncan

... this imaginary barrier on their way out of the barn. All of us wish that children were that easy to deal with. We can sympathize with the man who said that before he became a parent he had three theories on how to successfully raise children. "Now," he said, "I have three children and no theories." The training of children is the most complex task entrusted to human beings. It is the greatest challenge that God will ever give to most of us. It requires maturity and a strong sense of healthy self-acceptance ...

95. Making Sense of the Ascension

Luke 24:50-53

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Donald B. Strobe

... century when the discoveries of Copernicus concerning the movement of the heavenly bodies overthrew the then commonly accepted Ptolemaic theories of the universe. Copernicus taught that the earth was neither flat nor the center of the universe, but was ... the earth must be walking on their heads with their feet in the air! About 75 years later, Galileo sought to validate Copernicus theories through the use of the telescope, but people refused to look into the thing, saying that it was an instrument of the devil ...

96. The Thirteenth Apostle

Acts 9:1-19a

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Donald B. Strobe

... said. And then we must ask: in this matter, was he speaking for God, or on his own authority, as he said that he sometimes did? That’s something to think about. Many have speculated about just what happened to St. Paul along the Road to Damascus. One theory is that he suffered a sunstroke. In the early years of my ministry a dear saint of God, an outstanding woman minister who had much influence on me, said, “God give us more sunstrokes if they will do for us what they did for Paul!” Someone asked ...

97. Afraid of Sanity

Mark 5:1-20

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Donald B. Strobe

... He has authority over even the demonic: “Come out of him, you unclean spirit!” (v 8) He says. And it is done. Just so Jesus has cast unclean spirits out of men and women down through the ages - spirits of greed, lust, hypocrisy, aggression. That is not theory, it is history. Jesus asks the unclean spirit, “What is your name?” to know one’s name is to know much about the individual-to have power over him, according to ancient belief. And the man’s reply has given a phrase to our English language ...

98. Cross Connections

John 18:1-11

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Robert Noblett

... has become for Christians a good day. What's more, many find it perplexing to say that Jesus died for their sins because he died some 2,000 years before they were born. Then perhaps most perplexing of all are those theories of atonement that come to us in the New Testament, theories steeped in a popular culture light-years removed from ours. So at the outset, it is well for us to confess that there is a profound mystery about this Friday called good, a mystery that has, at least in part, been generated ...

99. Such A Babe In Such A Place

Luke 2:1-7

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Maxie Dunnam

... speculations. We want to know how it’s done, and how one man could take upon himself the sin of us all, and how through him our sins are expiated and God accepts us in spite of our sins. We all feel different, and have different theories of the atonement, and none of the theories are complete really. But the saved know that the work of Christ is the work of salvation and it doesn’t matter too much how it’s done. What matters is that it IS done. I know, and if you’ve been saved, you know, other ...

100. Put My Tears In Thy Bottle

Psalm 56:1-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... you? To know that God _is_ is not enough. The Psalmist is witnessing to a personal knowledge that goes beyond theory and speculation, beyond philosophy or theology. The Psalmist had passed by evidences, beyond rational speculation and intellectual argument, into a first ... say next. "It's because you don't have any scars. You haven't been hurt enough to have real compassion. You've got the theory, but you don't have the pain to back it up. You'll be a different kind of preacher when you get some scars." Some ...

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