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Acts 9:19b-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... the stand in a trial. He approached her and asked, "Mrs. Jones, do you know me?" She responded, "Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a young boy. And frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat, you ... came home one night and kicked a hole in the living room wall just out of anger with life. I am ashamed to think of the times Allison hid in her room to get away from me. [But] five months after I gave my life to Jesus Christ, my little girl went to my wife ...

2. Fair Weather Friends

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... however, that no particular music speaks of life in the raw as does country music. One of my favorite country singers is Don Williams. He has a marvelous voice, and he sings a lot of wonderful songs about relationships. One of my favorites is: It's ... into looking good." You must be yourself -- warts and all. Two, you can't be a friend without sharing yourself. I referred earlier to Mose Allison, one of my favorite blues singer. In one of his songs, he laments, "Am I trying to serve the human race, or am I ...

3. An Invitation to a Wedding

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... death and had grown children. The combined children sent out this wedding invitation in their behalf: “Phil, Richard, Karen and Allison, and John, Matt and Steve request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their Mother and Father. ... . After sixteen years on Death Row, the state of Georgia voted to release William Moore. Never before had they taken a guilty person off of Death Row and set him free. But William Moore’s great witness and influence in prison convinced the state officials that he ...

4. Don't Forget The Batteries

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... , the Daytona 500 Auto Race had just started when, on the beginning of the third lap, the $250,000 machine, driven by professional driver Donny Allison, rolled to a stop on the infield side of the track. When it was checked, it was found that no one had filled it with ... the Spirit is, there is unity. And where the Spirit is, there is a concern for reaching out to others. 1. William R. Lampkin, MINUTE DEVOTIONS (Lima, OH: Fairway Press, 1990). 2. "Living In The Spirit," by Ken Bible, HERALD OF HOLINESS, May ...

5. Getting Your Politics Right

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... the blood of Abel cried from the earth, so does the sweat of generations of captives. Next Sunday evening tens of thousands of Christians will gather at Williams-Brice Stadium to repent and pray for an open heavens over our state. Perhaps a spirit of secession will be replaced by a spirit of intercession. This ... the Divine (Louisville, KY: WJK, 2004), 50-57. 14. Quoted in Dale C. Allison, The Sermon On The Mount (New York: Herder & Herder, 1999), 125. 15. PreachingToday.com search under Mt. 6:5-15.

6. Community Discourse: Care for Others in the Kingdom

Matthew 18:1-9, Matthew 18:10-14, Matthew 18:15-20

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Jeannine K. Brown

... ancient perspectives, children were viewed as lacking logos (the full measure of rationality) and so were considered irrational and lacking in judgment.2Additionally, they were viewed as weak and vulnerable, given their susceptibility to illness and abuse. As William Davies and Dale Allison conclude about 18:2, “The point . . . is not that children are self-consciously humble but that they are, as part of society at large, without much status and position.”3 18:3 unless you . . . become like little ...

7. Eschatological Discourse: Being Faithful and Merciful

Matthew 25:14-30, Matthew 25:31-46

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Jeannine K. Brown

... a person has and what has been entrusted to the church corporately. Faithfulness is judged based on the church’s attention to using all resources for the kingdom—the gospel, God’s gracious provision, money, talents, strengths, health, and more. As William Davies and Dale Allison suggest, “The parable implies that the gifts are various, so it makes little sense to be specific. We must rather think of God’s gifts in general.”7 2. Believers in Jesus are exhorted to practice mercy toward the needy ...

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