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Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

A Sunday School teacher was checking with her students one day to see if they knew the people with whom Jesus lived. "How many of you know who Matthew was?", she asked. Not one kid raised a hand. "Well, then," she said, "what about Luke? How many of you know who Luke was?", she asked. And again, the class just sat there and no one said a thing. She tried again. "How about John? Do you know who St. John was?" And still the children just sat there in dead silence. Finally the teacher said, "Well, what about ...

2. On Level Ground

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

3. The Curriculum of God’s Kingdom

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” We can do startling new things because God has drawn near enough to enable them." Matthew 4:17b It was an awful time in London. In December of 1952 a toxic mix of dense fog and thick black smoke killed four thousand in four days. Coffins ran out, as did funeral flowers. It was one of the deadliest environmental disasters in English history. Here is what happened: “As smoke pouring out of London's chimneys mixed with fog, the air turned colder. In response, ...

4. A Matter of Trust

Galatians 1:11-24

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King Duncan

One of the questions that is becoming more a matter of concern all the time is this one who can I trust? We live in a strange world. Did you know that you can now buy trust in a bottle? All of you aspiring politicians listen up . . . all you guys who want to win over a member of the fairer sex . . . all of you who have a questionable product to sell to an unsuspecting public. A New York City lab claims to have put trust in a bottle. According to their ads, “After showering in the morning simply spray a ...

5. Casters and Menders

Mark 1:14-20

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Lori Wagner

What’s your personality type? Today, we have lots of personality tests and guides to help you get to know yourself, your best and worst qualities, your weaknesses and strengths, your unique likes and dislikes, the key ways that you handle situations and relationships, the gifts you contribute to a team. Employers, psychologists, dating sites, and others often use these kinds of surveys to help them determine outstanding matches, hires, and dynamic innovators. Why? Because we know as human beings that the ...

6. Where Are Your Chickens?

Matthew 14:13-21

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King Duncan

... . One morning during his prayer time, Harry felt that God was leading him to fulfill a very specific mission: to buy twelve barbecued chickens. Harry didn't know what God wanted ... she challenged her church to contribute "miles of pennies" for the Society of St. Andrew's gleaning project, which gives foods raised in fields, orchards and gardens to ... 2001), pp. 79-81. 2. The Power of Personal Storytelling (New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1998), pp. 112-113. 3. Rodney J. Buchanan, "Inescapable Love," ...

7. Super-Size Your Faith

Romans 8:18-27

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Leonard Sweet

“Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down…in a most delightful way” How many of you can hear Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) singing that? How many of you have no idea who Mary Poppins is? There’s the generational divide right in front of us…although Broadway has just introduced a new “Mary Poppins” musical to catch those of you who only know the more postmodern Nannie McPhee version of the story. [Here’s the link if you want to play it . . . to remind some and acquaint others http://www.youtube. ...

8. You Are a Child of God…Uh-Oh

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... island was a six-foot span of turbulent water. Safety was close at hand, but none of the people on the ship could jump six feet. So, Andrew Parker decided to build a bridge . . . with his own body. He stretched his six-foot-three-inch frame across the gap to become a human bridge in ... Eerdmans, 1995). Cited in Chuck Colson, The Good Life (Wharton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2005), p. 248. 3. Harry Heintz, http://www.brunswickchurch.org/life_resources/sermondetail.php?Sermon_ID=360. 4. Jon Johnston, Walls Or ...

9. Act Quickly - Catch It Early

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... same. Do not let sin take root in your heart. The consequences can be tragic. Andy Andrews in his book Mastering The Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success tells a revealing story about ... have said, “Let him drown himself. He is of no use to anyone.” But the Divine power laid hold on Harry Monroe and created him anew. (5) My friends, when sin has us it its grip, the worse thing we can do ... , TN: AMG Publishers, 2004), p. 71. 3. (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008). 4. Richard De Haan, http://preceptaustin. ...

10. Memorial Day

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Angela Akers

... shell that dates back to the Civil War. The boys, Michael and Andrew Zimmerman of Winchester, Virginia, didn't know what the shell was at ... was a good role model. For that post, he chose his dog, Harry. Harry's best qualities, according to Newman, are that he's "funky, curious, ( ... p. 54. 4. David Granger, "Boy, Do We Ever Need A Hero," Esquire, November 1998, p.26. 5. Daniel Boorstein (Former Librarian of Congress, Pulitzer Prize winning historian). Cited in Quote, "The Speaker's Digest," August 1995, p ...

11. Setting The Record Straight

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... his hand and said, "As a matter of fact you can. My name is Harry Denman and I desperately need your prayers." Startled, the barkeeper asked, "What did you ... heaven is so grand that earthly comparisons simply are inadequate. Father Andrew Greeley asserts: "We will love one another in the resurrected life ... p. 20. 2. H. Eddie Fox & George E. Morris, FAITH-SHARING (Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 1986), p. 96. 3. William E. Phipps, "Jesus on Marriage and the Afterlife," THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, April 3, 1985, p ...

12. The Dynamic Law Of Love

Romans 13:8-14

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King Duncan

"It's love, it's love, it's love that makes the world go round." We are all familiar with that time-honored sentiment, and I think that most of us can agree with the idea that it conveys. We know how important it is to love and to be loved. We may tease each other and make jokes about our relationships, but we all realize how barren our lives would be if we did not have one another. You may know the story about the alert insurance salesman who called on a young man shortly after he had returned from his ...

13. Holy Arithmetic

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Donald Macleod

First Series Up-Dating Out-Dated "Holy" After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And a multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he did on those who were diseased. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there sat down with his disciples. Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a multitude was coming to him, Jesus said to Philip, "How are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?" ...

14. Proper 13

Mt 14:13-21 · Rom 8:31-39 · Ex 12:1-14 · Ps 143

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John R. Brokhoff

The Miracle Of Feeding 5,000 A little lad was asked which was his favorite parable. He replied, "I like the one about the loafs and fishing." The kid may be confused whether the story of Jesus' feeding the 5,000 is a parable or a miracle. However, the miracle of multiplying is also a favorite of the gospel writers. This miracle of Jesus is the only one recorded by the four evangelists. In addition, there are two accounts of feeding the 4,000 which New Testament scholars consider to be different versions of ...

15. Death by Chocolate

Hebrews 9:11-28

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Leonard Sweet

"Death by Chocolate." Just the words put moisture in your mouth. [If you can bring out here some parishioner's recipe of Death by Chocolate, and tease them with its deliciousness, so much the better.] Almost every upscale, elegant restaurant seems to offer their own version of this extra rich, extra decadent, extra artery-clogging delight they dub Death by Chocolate. For committed chocoholics this dessert offers the ultimate attempt to sweeten the bitterest reality life offers all of us the plain and ...

16. Who?

Acts 5:27-32

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Frank Ramirez

My guess is that unless you're a fan of Elizabethan theater you've never heard of Robert Greene (1560?-1592). In his day, however, he was a well-known and respected poet and essayist. His best-known play, "Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay," remained popular for decades. Yet, for the most part, he is remembered solely for one phrase in a pamphlet written on his deathbed, in which he lashed out at everybody and everything. In that one passage he characterized the young William Shakespeare as "an upstart crow" ...

17. Do You Know the Gift of God?

John 4:5-42

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

Would you say you’re a good conversationalist? If you were plunked down in a room full of strangers, how quickly could you start up a conversation with someone? Would it all be chitchat, or are you better at meaningful conversations? Nicholas Epley, a professor of behavioral science, studies communication and human interaction. In his studies on conversation, he and his colleagues compiled a list of “shallow” vs. “intimate” conversation starters. Some of the shallow conversation starters are: What do you ...

18. Follow

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

If my wife puts up with me another five weeks, we will have been married forty-two years. For those of you too young to remember, things have changed. There were no cell phones or text messages forty-two years ago. E-mail and iPods were not even dreamed of. Even land phones were party lines. So, young teenagers in love back then had to find creative ways to communicate. That's where The Cokesbury Hymnal came in. During long sermons in the little church of our childhood, Sandy and I communicated through ...

19. Epiphany 3

Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, Psalm 27:1-14, Isaiah 9:1-7

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... of heaven is at hand." He immediately began to gather a band of disciples, of whom two fishermen, Simon and Andrew, were the first pair to be enlisted by Christ. Charismatic and authoritative person that he was, Jesus had no ... year, my family and I heard Dr. Harry Whitley, the former pastor of St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland, make an announcement that went something like this: "The Holy Communion will be celebrated in the Murray Aisle Chapel at 12:15 p.m. We cordially invite our Christian guests ...

20. Does God Give Out Blank Checks?

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... authors is Father Andrew Greeley, who, when ... suffering God who meets us in all of our tragedies, and is able to bring triumph out of them! (New York: Avon Books, 1981, p.85) Does God give out blank checks? I doubt it. A saint of God whom I was once privileged to know said that God ... answer the prayer in the way Paul wanted, but God did answer the person, and that is far more important. Harry Emerson Fosdick, that controversial pastor of Riverside Church in New York many years ago said some wise words about ...

21. Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

Movie producer William Castle was known in the 1950s for his low-quality horror films. In 1961, Castle did something totally unique in movie history: he let the audience choose the ending to his movie. Castle's movie, Mr. Sardonicus, was about a crazed, reclusive killer. Near the end of the film, ushers stopped the film and allowed audiences to vote on whether the killer should live or die. Then, the ushers ran the ending that the audience chose. The audience always chose death for the bad guy. It's a good ...

22. You Are A Name!

Luke 2:21-40

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John R. Brokhoff

Today a name does not seem to mean much. We glibly ask, "What is a name?" As children we chanted, "Sticks and stones can break my bones, but names can never hurt me." A person's name is only a label, a mark of identification. A name answers the question, "Who are you?" Because a name seems to mean little in our time, some give their children odd names. One had the name "Miss Ima Hogg." One mother named her daughter "Alpha Omega" because she was her first and hopefully her last child. A black child was ...

23. Which Way To Jesus?

John 12:20-36

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Harry N. Huxhold

Great commotion was created in the holy city of Jerusalem at the time of the Feast of the Passover. On that occasion worshippers came from all over the Mediterranean world to fulfill their obligations at the Temple. A carnival atmosphere filled the precincts of the Temple with the commercial traffic that was created with the sale of animals for sacrifice and the exchange of foreign currency. Today the Holy Gospel takes us to the city during the festival. We are not in the court of the Temple but somewhere ...

24. Easter Joy

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

A remarkable feature of Dwight D. Eisenhower's memoirs is the composure with which he greeted crises. He titled his autobiography At Ease, an appropriate description for not only his retirement, but the manner in which he appeared to be on top of life. Colleagues, of course, could recall how excited he could get in revealing his impatience with mediocrity and the failures of the people in his command. However, what was impressive was the way he took control in the European theater in World War II with no ...

25. The Fruit of the Word

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

Andrew Goldfinger, a physicist working with the Space Department at the applied physics laboratory at John Hopkin’s University, has explored a theological understanding of creation. His work is titled Thinking about Creation: Eternal Torah and Modern Physics. The book is a fascinating study of how the scientific theories of the origin of the creation and the maintenance of the creation gravitate more and more to compatibility with the description of the theological understanding of the universe in Genesis ...

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