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John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... 1986), p. xiii-xv. 2. Knofel Staton, CHECK YOUR COMMITMENT. 3. Lee Roberson, THE MAN IN CELL NO. 1, (Murfreesboro, TN: Sword of the Lord Publishers, 1993), p. 41. 4. Philip Yancey, THE JESUS I NEVER KNEW (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1995), p. 234. 5. Charles R. Swindoll, SIMPLE FAITH (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1991), p. 50. 6. JOYFUL NOISELETTER, August/September 1996, pp. 1, excerpt from BRUSH OF AN ANGEL'S WING, by Charles Shedd, "In Which of These Faces Would a Pipe Look Good?" [ORIGINAL ...

2. Behold The Man Who Taught By The Sea

Mark 4:1-20

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... , joy and life he is speaking to us where we live. And we know we need his words in order to live. As Simon Peter confessed, "Lord, to whom shall we go? Only you have the words of life." In 1942 W. A. Smart, a theology professor at Emory University, published The Contemporary Christ. At the end of that book he wrote about how we think of Christ as belonging to first century Palestine. But then we discover him walking with us and we hear what he says. We hear him speak the homely things of his long-ago world ...

3. Focusing On The Possibilities

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... proofs of a paper of his about to go to press in the Annals of Mathematical Statistics. Someone had just pointed out to him that the main result in his paper was the same as the second "homework" problem solved in my thesis. I wrote back suggesting we publish jointly. He simply inserted my name as coauthor into the galley proof." Dr. Dantzig also explained how his story passed into the realm of urban legendry: "The other day, as I was taking an early morning walk, I was hailed by Don Knuth as he rode by on ...

4. Panic Room

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... Goddard, The Panic Room 5. Philip Yancey, Where Is God When It Hurts? (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990). 6. Ron Mehl, What God Whispers in the Night (Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2000), pp. 68-69. 7. Performed by Bette Midler, composed by Amanda McBroom. From the Twentieth Century-Fox motion picture The Rose. Published by Alfred Publishing. [ORIGINAL SERMON] The title of today’s sermon, “Panic Room,” has nothing to do with the IRS forms some of you still have at home, waiting to mail. Surely ...

5. A Happy Ending

Joshua 5:9-12

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... A. Milne. Used by permission of Dutton Children’s Books, an imprint of Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc. All rights reserved. 2. Reginald Mallet, Sermons by the Lake (Franklin, Tennessee: Providence House Publishers, 2001), p. 26. 3. J. Wallace Hamilton, What About Tomorrow? (Old Tappan, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1972), p. 42. 4. Barbara K. Lundblad, Transforming the Stone: Preaching Through Resistance to Change (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2001), p. 125 ...

6. Winning the Grand Prize

Philippians 3:4b-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... named Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson’s sidekick—for those old enough to remember Johnny Carson. Notice the clever wording. “You may have already won . . .” implying that it was a done deal . . . and you were the winner. American Family Publishers folded a few years ago. A similar company, Publishers Clearing House, is still in business—also selling magazines by promising major prizes to their winners. I’m not going to ask how many of you have ever returned one of their entry forms. Some of you are ...

7. Time to Get Ready

Luke 12:32-40

Sermon

... we have finally realized that all life on earth is threatened by the possibility of nuclear war and the chance that nuclear power might be too dangerous to life to use. Newsweek’s headlines recently read: "A New Outcry Over Nukes." Several photos of protestors were published, including a shot of a sign that read "Give children dreams not nuclear nightmares." The text told of rallies being held and to be held in the future - as on Ground Zero Day the week of April 17 - pointing out that, in a recent survey ...

8. Inevitabilities and the Last Days

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... is urgency in that. It is the church’s most pressing assignment. O Zion, haste, your mission high fulfilling, To tell to all the world that God is light; That he who made all nations is not willing One soul should perish, lost in shades of night. Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace, Tidings of Jesus, redemption, and release. Do your part. In doing your part, God will give you the assurance of your own salvation. "He who endures to the end will be saved." 1. Witnesses of Hope. Edited by Martin Lange and ...

9. Bad News, Good News

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... of Grace: Reading God's Word and joining with other Christians in breaking bread in the Lord's Supper. There Christ is revealed. 1. John C. Maxwell, DEVELOPING THE LEADERS AROUND YOU (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers), p. 71. 2. TIME, August 28, 1995, pp. 52-57. 3. Anthony de Mello, TAKING FLIGHT (New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., 1990), p. 65. 4. "To Illustrate," PREACHING MAGAZINE, Jan-Feb 1989. 5. Jack Kuhatschek, THE SUPERMAN SYNDROME (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan ...

10. Winners Every One

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... vacations overseas. One actress hid in the trunk of her car and had a friend drive her over the border into Mexico. Many of the lesser-known witnesses in the trial died under mysterious circumstances. Ironically this turn of events worked against Robert Harrison, Confidential's publisher. There was no one to back up his stories. He eventually settled his case out of court. (3) St. Paul did not need to hide in a trunk when it came time for him to face judgment. He didn't need to flee abroad. These final ...

11. Through the Eyes of an Eagle (Introduction)

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the actual words of Jesus and which are the editorial comments given to us by the author. Sometimes the writer tells us when he is inserting his own comments on Jesus’ words, sometimes he does not. It is left to scholars to sort it all out, and those who publish Bibles with the words of Jesus printed in red in them have their work cut out for them when they come to the Gospel of John. John’s Gospel omits many things which the other Gospels include. In it there is no birth story of Jesus, no baptism by ...

12. What Are You Looking At?

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... of the Green Bay Packers during the '60s, when they won championship after championship. The great Vince Lombardi was their coach. During their last championship year one of the linemen, Jerry Kramer, kept a diary of the football season which was eventually published as the book, Instant Replay. Early in the book, Kramer reports a speech by legendary coach Vince Lombardi, who eulogized a player who had been taken from their midst by the expansion draft. Lombardi made it clear that the player could never ...

13. That We May All Be One!

John 17:20-26

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... , Kline wrote, Got to see my old friend, Joseph Funk, and succeeded in bringing about a better state of feeling on his part toward me. He became reconciled. He had been somewhat ruffled in his feelings by my Strictures and Reply to his published writings on baptism and feet washing. Dined with him, then home.1 The timing for reconciliation was apt because within two months, the octogenarian Funk died. Indeed, some wider reconciliation was reached, because with the onset of the Civil War both Dunkers and ...

14. Restarting Joy - Rejoice

Isaiah 55:10-13

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... Celebration of growth in communion bears the fruit of dignity, purpose, and hope. Come, accept God's invitation to partake in the elements of growth. Bear fruit with a joyous heart! Grow in grace. Rejoice in life! ____________________ 1. Charles Swindoll, Laugh Again (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1991), p. 35. 2. Richard Taylor, editor, Beacon Dictionary of Theology (Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 1983), p. 70. 3. King Duncan, Lively Illustrations for Effective Preaching (Knoxville: Seven Worlds ...

15. In the Event of Power Failure

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... to let the power of Christ lead you. I dare you to let the power of Christ transform you into a ball of fire and set ablaze your world with the love of Jesus Christ. I dare you! 1. Adapted from Circuit Rider © copyright The United Methodist Publishing House, Charles D. Reeb — January/February, 2002. 2. Audio recording of a sermon by the late Bishop Noah Moore. 3. Prayer by James Stewart, quoted in Abingdon Preacher’s Annual 1994, ed. by John K. Bergland (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1993), p. 118. 4. www ...

16. The Phrase We Never Want to Hear

John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... himself. Within days, he was in horrible pain and vomiting frequently. He developed a peptic ulcer soon afterwards. Then he treated himself with a course of antibiotics and completely healed his ulcer. As a result, medical journals around the world began publishing their research. Dr. Barry Marshall and Dr. Robin Warren were awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize for Medicine. And today, peptic ulcers are easily treatable and stomach cancer is rare in the Western world. All because one doctor decided to make himself ...

17. A Dirt Story

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... is magnified more than we ever dream possible. Our influence on our family, our community, even our world is greater than we can possibly see. There is an inspiring book titled Second Calling by Dale Bourke. Bourke writes that, years ago, she attended a publishing conference. A friend named Bruce offered her a ride to the airport. As they were about to leave, the doorman from the hotel stopped them and said that the hotel bus had broken down. Would they mind taking another passenger to the airport? They ...

18. Can You Deny Yourself?

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... numerous TV shows and movies. (1) I’m pretty impressed with Chuck Lamb’s attitude. I don’t think I’d be so inspired if I dreamed about my own death. Speaking of weird death stories, last November a French radio station accidentally published a batch of 100 obituaries for famous people who were still alive. Queen Elizabeth II, soccer superstar Pelé, and Clint Eastwood were among the famous folks who woke up to discover their names listed among the prematurely dead. Radio France International blames ...

19. Sent From The Mountain

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

William G. Carter

... missionary game of "we've got it and you need it." For one thing, we can no longer assume that people of other cultures haven't heard the gospel. There are untouched areas of the globe, to be sure. But in most cases, the good news has been published, broadcast, and spoken in hundreds of tongues. For another thing, we cannot affirm that we have whatever we think others do not have. People of all nations may have heard the gospel of Jesus Christ and ignored it. The question is: have those of us in this nation ...

20. The Wisemen

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... me from furtherteaching there. With my life's savings tied up in this trip,I have nothing to which to go back. They couldn't believe Ihad no interest in measuring movements of the strange starand recording the data in a professional journal. Publish,publish, publish! That's all they think of! Don't take achance, don't risk anything, don't give up your seniority orsecurity unless you can get ahead. It is frightening to mehow they see the intellectual task. No wonder our schoolsturn out so many students ...

21. The Wisemen

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... barred me from further teaching there. With my life's savings tied up in this trip, I have nothing to which to go back. They couldn't believe I had no interest in measuring movements of the strange star and recording the data in a professional journal. Publish, publish, publish! That's all they think of! Don't take a chance, don't risk anything, don't give up your seniority or security unless you can get ahead. It is frightening to me how they see the intellectual task. No wonder our schools turn out so ...

22. A Plan For Difficult Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... . John W. Doberstein, "Introduction," Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John W. Doberstein, translator, (New York, Harper and Row, Publishers, 1954), p. 18. 8. "The Affirmation of Baptism," The Lutheran Book of Worship, (Minneapolis, Augsburg/Fortress Publishing House, 1978), p. 199. 9. William Barclay, The Ten Commandments for Today, (New York, Harper and Row, Publishers, 1974), p. 9. 10. Gardner C. Taylor, "Homiletical Interpretation," Proclamation 2, Pentecost 3, Series C, Elizabeth Achtemeier, Gerhard ...

23. The Sermon in the Supper

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... for the past 30 years and I have heard probably 3,000 sermons," wrote the man. "To my consternation," he continued, "I discovered that I cannot remember a single sermon!" As a result of that letter, many readers of the British Weekly wrote replies. They were published in the Letters to the Editor column. One letter seemed to go to the heart of the problem posed by the listener to all those sermons. This letter-writer stated: "I have been married for 30 years. During that time, I have eaten 32,850 meals ...

24. Habakkuk

Habakkuk 3:1-19

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... then turns to the stage manager and asks if people ever fully realize life; if they experience the precious minutes, while they live them? The stage manager pauses for a time, then slowly answers, "saints and poets," perhaps they do.7 Yes, Habakkuk understands. 1. Published in part in Pulpit Digest, Vol. 1, No. 369, November 1969. 2. King Lear, Act I, Scent IV. 3. George B. Cheever, The Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, In New England in 1620 (New York: John Wiley, 1848), p. 95. 4. The Collected Works ...

25. Voluntary Blindness

Matthew 6:1-15

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... Joy, p. 104. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. 6. Bernard DeVoto, Editor, Mark Twain: Letters From The Earth, p. 14. Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Publications, Inc. (A Crest Reprint), 1963. 7. Henry David Thoreau. Walden, p. 101. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1963. 8. Cited by Henry Sloane Coffin in The Meaning Of The Cross. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1931, p. 43. 9. Elmer T. Clark, J. Manning Potts, and Jacob S. Payton, Editors. The Journal And Letters Of Francis Asbury, Vol ...

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