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2 Samuel 23:1-7

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Robert Noblett

Have you ever fantasized about what you might say, if given the opportunity, on the last day of your working career to your friends and colleagues who had gathered to hear you? The room is full, a hush has fallen over the group, and your moment has come. What might you say to your fellow teachers, or factory workers, or business associates? I”m not thinking so much of the retirement party, because...

2. The Job Description of a Leader

2 Samuel 23:1-7

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Leonard Sweet

If the church is to make a difference in the world, every one of its members must begin to act and think like leaders. Leadership is not for the few and the special, the exception rather than the expected. Whether this mysterious thing called "leadership" comes naturally or is an acquired talent, every Christian must come to terms with it. A biblical style of leadership and language of leader...

3. Love’s Legacy

2 Samuel 23:1-7

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Swan Song of a shepherd. Climactic cadenza to a pastoral symphony written by a Bethlehem bard. The lion of the tribe of Judah in the winter of his days. A lion roaring out a legacy of love to the ages. A grizzled veteran of life’s battles facing the specter of death with the courage expressed so well by Dylan Thomas: Do not go gentle into that good night Old age should burn and rave at close of d...

4. Having the Last Word

2 Samuel 23:1-7

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Mary S. Lautensleger

The Wizard of Id comic strip characterizes a feisty little fellow as the despotic ruler of the Land of Id. In one strip, the king opens his mail and reads aloud, "This is to notify you that you have been chosen to be presiding king at the kings' conference this year." The king begins to jump up and down, excitedly proclaiming, "Hallelujah! I'm the king of kings! I'm the king of kings!" In the next...

5. What's So Great About Jesus?

2 Samuel 23:1-7

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John A. Stroman

Today is the festival of Christ the King. During this past year our liturgical cycle has moved from the whole world waiting for its Savior, through the coming of an infant in poverty and obscurity, his dying, rising, and returning to the Father, the church's own pilgrimage in the image of Christ, to his final coming trailing on clouds of glory. Today we reach the liturgical end of the story. Today...

6. Are You a King?

2 Samuel 23:1-7

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Robert A. Hausman

Are you the king of the Jews? We are familiar with that question, which is asked of Jesus in the passion story. Everyone in those days knew what a king was! We are not talking here about best sport, or Miss Congeniality — we are talking kings! When Alexander the Great was the greatest king of the then-known world, he decided to conquer all of Asia Minor. Darius, the King of Persia, the only other ...

7. An Unusual Legacy

2 Samuel 23:1-7

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Roger Prescott

Introduction There are all kinds of documents that tell about a person’s life. Resumes, autobiographies and biographies, obituaries. Generally, they are quite flattering and they skim the cream from a person’s experiences. Failures, broken promises, crushed dreams, and major faults are not stirred to the surface for the public to see. Our real lives, on the other hand, are a blend of good and evi...

8. What Makes People Great?

2 Samuel 23:1-7

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Edward Chinn

In a book titled Irrepressible Churchill, Kay Halle told the story of a little boy who lived near Chartwell, England. It was at Chartwell Manor that Winston Churchill lived after his retirement as prime minister in 1955. This little boy was taken to Chartwell by the woman who cared for him each day. She told the little boy that he was going to see "the greatest man in the whole, wide world." When ...

9. From The Redemption Of A King To A King Of Redemption

2 Samuel 23:1-7

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Zan W. Holmes

A visitor once entered a large cathedral to spend some time in meditation. As he reflected upon the sins of his own life, he looked up and saw statues of biblical saints that had been placed in great niches along the high walls of the cathedral. Included among them were Moses, David, and Peter. Suddenly he remembered that each one of them was also a person who had sinned and made mistakes in life....

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