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Acts 16:9-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... . But that’s not the end of the story. But let’s get back to Pastor Smith and his church’s oily carpets for a moment. Smith called a meeting of the church leaders that day. And those leaders caught a vision of what God could do in and through them if they threw away their barriers ... Streets,” Jane Ellen Robinet. Pittsburgh, Feb 2006. p. 45. The Reverend Phillip W. Martin, Jr., Emanuel’s Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh, PA, http://obroskyds.webs.innerhost.com/eman/sermons/Mark%201%20 %20Epiphany%205B.htm ...

2. The One Habit of Highly Effective Christians

John 4:19-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... his mother and daddy to say his evening prayers before he went to bed. Here's what he said: "Dear God, we had a great time in church today. I wish you had been there." Well, dear friend, any time true worship takes place, you will find the true God right there, and the true worship of our true God is the one habit of a highly effective Christian. Ps. 45:11 says it all, "Because He is your Lord, worship Him." 1 Hiram W. Smith, The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management, pp. 124-125. 2 Warren ...

3. While We Watch for the Coming

Matthew 24:1-35

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... read Jesus’ answer in verse 2 - the Today’s English Version puts it: "... You may well look at all these. I tell you this; not a single stone here will be left in its place; every one of them will be thrown down" (Matthew 24:2). Jesus says the Holy City will ... we haven’t experienced it, perhaps we are falling short of the mark of being Christ’s people. Howard W. Smith writes, "When the Roman Emperor threatened to banish Chrysostom, the early Christian preacher, he answered: ‘Thou canst not, for the ...

4. Angels

Psalm 91:1-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... pray in the name of Jesus. Amen! 1. "Angels Among Us," Time, 12/27/93, p. 56 2. ibid. 3. ibid., p. 61 4. quoted in a Midwest Today profile, Dec. 1992 5. Much of the following comes from "Angels" by Mike Martin in the Holman Bible Dictionary, Electronic Edition, Parsons Technologies, 1994 6. Time, p. 59 7. Words & Music by Brown Bannister, Gary Chapman, Amy Grant, and Michael W. Smith 8. The Pastor's Story File, Oct. 1991, p. 5 9. pp. 14-15 10. Eileen Elias Freeman, Touched by Angels, (Warner Books) 11. Time ...

5. Mud Below, Stars Above

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... not allow our bodily desires to be our god, because we are citizens of heaven. 1. George Mikes. How to Be Decadent. (Andre Deutsch, London). 2. J.W.V. Goethe. Faust. Part One, 1808. 3. Author Unknown. 4. Woodrow W. Smith. The Twelve Who Walked in Galilee. (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell Co). 5. Robert Schuller. Living Positively One Day at a Time. (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revel Co, 1980). 6. Heinrich Borkamm. The Heart of Reformation Faith. (New York: Harper & Row, 1965). 7. Kendrick Strong. All ...

6. A Church Fueled By Prayer

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... is not listening. What a shame. For PRAYER IS THE KEY TO A RENEWED LIFE. Evangelist Gypsy Smith was once asked how to start a revival. He replied, "Go home, lock yourself in your room, and kneel down in the middle of your floor. Draw a chalk mark all ... set on fire while Nero, attended by his slaves and courtiers, reclined on a balcony and watched his "torches" burn. (2) From every practical viewpoint, the early church's task seemed impossible. A.W. Tozar put it this way: "It was not an easy task which the ...

7. Living in the Red

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . but God's been there too. "Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand, The shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land; A home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way, From the burning of the noontide heat, and the burden of the day. Upon that cross ... Christians are crossers the ultimate cross-over artists. We know that phrase from the musical world. It's not just Michael W. Smith or Amy Grant or Jackie Velasquez that are crossing-over. You've got Christians trying to cross over in every niche ...

8. The Way Up Is the Way Down

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... Jesus and serving him. I love you and my church family. In his care, Salaam, Karen.”2 Karen fulfilled what Fred Smith said we should seek, “It is important,” he counseled, “as we go along in life, to create thirsts that death will ... confidence was in God, not in what he could make happen. A.W. Tozer said this: “The meek man (or woman) is not a human mouse afflicted with a sense of inferiority. Rather, he may be in his moral life as bold as a lion and as strong as Samson; but he has stopped being ...

9. Love Them Before You Leave Them

John 19:25-26

Sermon

James Merritt

... the market, his mother discovered that he had bought two tin plates. She asked him why he bought two. He said: "The other plate is for you Mom when you get old." b. A Lesson About Future Responsibilities You notice that John took Mary to his own home. Jesus was asking John to take his place. What he was saying was "I'm taking your place on ... , 1991-1992). 2 James Montgomery Boice, The Gospel of John, Vol. 5, p. 209. 3 Hyrum W. Smith, The Ten Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management, pp. 189-190.

10. Breaking Down The Walls

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... . But there are other walls still to go. Can I give you an axe? A hammer? A bulldozer? Or perhaps you are one of those who has built a wall around your own heart. If Christ has never broken through that wall, why not let him today? 1. Don Maddox, Corona, CA. in PARABLES, ETC. Sept/1989. 2. Robert Frost, "Mending Wall," THE COMPLETE POEMS OF ROBERT FROST (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1947). 3. David W. Smith, MEN WITHOUT FRIENDS, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990). 4. Judson Swihart, HOW DO ...

11. Do We Live in ‘Why’ or ‘Whynot’

Romans 12:3-8, 16-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... reminds us to, "not claim to be wiser than you are." The truth is, none of us know everything, just ask me about the A/C system in the Family Center and I'll prove it. We can all learn from one another. And we have a responsibility to teach one another in loving ways. One day at church one of the little girls was all plugged into her cd player and singing along with the Michael W. Smith CD she had going. She didn't know anyone was listening as she sang her version of the song "Angels Unaware." When she got ...

12. Hope That Hangs In There

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Omre, Tennessee, was hauling water on fire trucks from Alabama and limited water availability to three hours a day. Christian artist Michael W. Smith and the mayor of Atlanta pleaded for people to hold prayer meetings asking God for rain. ... and downs That I forget that you hold The whole world in you hands. Just for today, help me see the big picture. Fill my heart with a daring and dangerous hope. II. God Is In the Desert of Our Temptations No sooner is Jesus baptized than he is led into the wilderness to be ...

13. Searching For Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... he trusted his honesty in a close situation. (4) As far as I know Stan Smith is not a candidate for sainthood. But he did bear one of the characteristics. His words and his actions were one. Sainthood is a lifestyle. Joseph Stowell asked a Russian pastor why he ... is a simple nylon bracelet with the letters W.W.J.D. embroidered on the fabric. Many stores are selling as many as 2,000 bracelets a week. The $1.50 bracelets are in such demand that their creators are scrambling to handle the demand. What does W.W.J ...

14. What's This World Coming To Anyway?

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Randolph W. Barr

... a ... Smith ... Pastor Smith said, " ... a bigger church. The prodigal gets all of the good press and folks like us never get anything." Pastor Smith ... a decent living to support our families. We try to lead good lives. But we are always taken for granted. Not that you have to make a ... a decent life and then getting told it doesn't matter?" "Wait a minute, Wayne," Pastor Smith ... a ... a son or brother. He acted. . . " "Like a ... worship a few ... a ... a son or daughter, not like a ... kid a party. It ... a matter of fact, why don't we go ...

15. Giving Our Best

Mark 7:24-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... . The waiter frowned. “It’s the chicken soup you always have,” said the waiter. “Taste it,” said Mr. Smith. “Listen, Mr. Smith, in all the years you have eaten here, did you ever once have a bad bowl of chicken soup?” asked the waiter. “Waiter taste the soup!” said Mr. Smith. “All right, all right, Mr. Smith, I’ll taste it . . . So, where’s the spoon?” “Aha!” replied Smith, “That’s the question. Where is the spoon?” After telling this story, Glenn Van Ekeren, adds this ...

16. Riddles and Metaphors

Ezekiel 15:1-8, Ezekiel 16:1-63, Ezekiel 17:1-24

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... Dijk-Hemmes, “The Metaphorization of Woman in Prophetic Speech: An Analysis of Ezekiel 23,” in On Gendering Texts: Female and Male Voices in the Hebrew Bible [ed. A. Brenner and F. van Dijk-Hemmes; Biblical Interpretation Series 1; New York: Brill, 1993], pp. 169–70; and Blenkinsopp, Ezekiel, p. 76). On the other hand, as Daniel Smith-Christopher notes, we have no reason to think that Ezekiel’s audience was predominately or exclusively male (“Ezekiel in Abu Ghraib: Rereading Ezekiel 16:37–39 in ...

17. God’s Love and Ours

1 John 4:7-21, 1 John 5:1-12

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... Clark, 1914, 3d ed.; Grand Rapids: Baker, 1968), p. 16; Marshall, Epistles; Smith, First John; Stott, Letters; M. M. Thompson, 1–3 John; A. N. Wilder, “Epistles”; UBS, NEB, NIV, NRSV, TEV 16a/16b: Brooke, ... 21:6. F H. Klooster, “Judgment, Last,” ISBE, vol. 2, pp. 1162–63; L. Morris, The Biblical Doctrine of Judgment (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1960), and W. Schneider, “Judgment,” NIDNTT, vol. 2, pp. 361–68. In the Gospel of John, ekeinos is used broadly of many people: John the Baptist (1:8; ...

18. Faith in the Son of God

1 John 5:1-12, 1 John 4:7-21

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

19. You Can Be Happy

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... remember his mantra: float like a butterfly and sting like a bee." Everywhere he went reporters, trainers and his staff followed him. But that was the glory years. What happened to Muhammed Ali in his senior years? There was a reporter by the name of Gary Smith, a sportswriter, who went to find ... 'T THAT AMERICA. (Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1993), pp. 169-173. 3. Nell W. Mohney, DON'T PUT A PERIOD WHERE GOD PUT A COMMA, (Nashville: Dimensions for Living, 1993), pp. 21-22. [ORIGINAL SERMON] Muhammed Ali ...

20. One in Christ

Ephesians 2:11-22

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... the commentaries there are some helpful studies dealing with issues in this chapter: W. Barclay, “The One, New Man,” in Unity and Diversity in New Testament Theology, ed. R. A. Guelich (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978), pp. 73–81. Barclay’s main point is ... –107. 2:17 A thorough discussion of the expressions near and far is given by D. C. Smith, “The Ephesian Heresy and the Origin of the Epistle to the Ephesians,” Ohio Journal of Religious Studies 5 (1977), pp. 78–103. Smith’s investigation leads ...

21. Passions

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... a professor at Centenary College, Dean R. E. Smith, a distinctive looking man who wore a black patch over one eye. Dean Smith was a saintly man, a brilliant scholar, an outstanding communicator, a real friend to the students, a legend in his own time. In one of his most famous lectures, Dean Smith ... 2. Tony Campolo, FOLLOWING JESUS WITHOUT EMBARRASSING GOD (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1997), pg. 116. 3. James W. Moore, STANDING ON THE PROMISES OR SITTING ON THE PREMISES (Nashville: Dimensions for Living, 1995), p ...

22. Daniel’s Training in Babylon

Daniel 1:1-21

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... 129) or “lodging” (Collins, Daniel, p. 134), suggesting the title “innkeeper” (Collins, Daniel, p. 134) or “keeper of the court” (Smith-Christopher, “Book of Daniel,” p. 42). Collins translates “major-domo” (Daniel, p. 134). The term has been found on an Aramaic incantation bowl dating from about A.D. 600. There it is not a title but a proper name. See D. W. Myhrman, “An Aramaic Incantation Text,” in Hilprecht Anniversary Volume (Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1909), p. 345, line 1; and C ...

23. For Troubled Hearts

John 14:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... We complicate our lives, and lose our joy, because we’re worried all the time. Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar once told about his friend and mentor Fred Smith. Fred Smith once described himself as a professional worrier. By that he meant that an amateur worrier will take his worries and go to bed. He said that if you go to bed ... . Daily Bread, 11 December 1999. Cited by David Jeremiah, Slaying The Giants In Your Life (Nashville: W Publishing Group, 2001), pp. 67-68. 6. http://day1.org/481-called_by_name.

24. A Higher Calling

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... team. When mourners arrived at the funeral home, they found the recently deceased Mr. Smith, 55, propped up in his favorite armchair in black-and- gold pajamas, a beer and a pack of cigarettes at his side, while a high-definition TV played a continuous loop of Steelers highlights. Smith’s friends and relatives agreed it was a perfect tribute. “I couldn’t stop crying after looking at the Steelers blanket in his lap,” said Smith’s sister, MaryAnn. “It was just like he was at home.” (5) We live ...

25. Epiphany 2

John 2:1-11, Isaiah 62:1-12, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, Psalm 96:1-13, Psalm 36:1-12

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... life" themes of John 1, which is read on this same Sunday in years/cycles A and B. Psalm Prayer (36 - LB W) is particularly well-suited for functioning in the liturgy on this Sunday in years/cycles A and B rather than C "Lord God, source of light and life, by the light of ... the Luke 3 and John 2 gospels for (these) days. Smith contends that "he lived (from then on) the predictable life of a travelling magician and holy man - a picaresque existence reflected, perhaps accidentally but not inaccurately, by the ...

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