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Matthew 21:1-11, Matthew 26:14-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... for the sake of God’s glory. Historian Gene Smith wrote the book When the Cheering Stopped about President Woodrow Wilson and the events leading up to and following World War I. President Wilson was viewed as an international hero by the end of the war. This was the war, after all, that ... . 5. “The unusual management style of one of the most highly rated CEOs in tech” by Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, August 10, 2017. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2017/08/10/the-unusual-management-style-of-one-of-the ...

2. Living in The Spirit of Generosity

2 Corinthians 9:6-12, Galatians 5:22-25

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... done. God loves us. There's an old Dennis the Menace cartoon, it shows Dennis and Joey leaving the Wilson's front porch, each with a handful of cookies. Joey has this surprised look on his face and Dennis says, "Mrs. Wilson gives us cookies not because we're nice, but because she's nice." Dennis is right on target. It' ... Kindness of Strangers," by Ann Curry, from USA Weekend, August 3-5, 2001+ 8. The Pastor's Story File (Saratoga Press, P.O. Box 8, Platteville, CO, 80651, AUG 2000 Other References Consulted

3. Jingle Bells at a Funeral

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... , “I heard you sing at my cousin’s funeral, and I wondered if you’d sing at my husband’s funeral. He just died.” Wilson’s friend said, “Yes, ma’am, that’s what I do. Did you have anything particular in mind?” She said, “Well, it was so sudden ... Bells” to be sung at your funeral. 1. Bobby Braddock, Real Country Humor collected and edited by Billy Edd Wheeler, August House, Little Rock, 2002. 2. Wendy M. Wright, The Vigil (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1992), pp. 45-46. 3. James Boswell ...

4. When Storms Hit Home

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... Chastity’s father’s death, she received this text from his old number: “My name is Brad and I lost my daughter in a car wreck August 2014 and your messages have kept me alive. When you text me, I know it’s a message from God.” Brad texted that he was proud ... family man Bubba Watson,” http:// www.worldmag.com/ 2014/ 04/ a_masterful_win_for_family_man_bubba_watson. Cited in Jim L. Wilson, 300 Illustrations for Preachers (Bellingham, WA, Lexham Press, 2015). 3. “The wildest, weirdest corporate team- ...

5. God's GPS

Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... and Jim Sandell, James Grubel, “Lost man drives nine hours to get newspaper,” http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/11/18/us-driver-odds-idUSTRE5AH48D20091118. Wilson, Jim L. 300 Illustrations for Preachers. Lexham Press. Kindle Edition. 3. “The 276-mile price men pay for not asking for directions” By Chris Murphy, August 19, 2010. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1304639/The-276-mile-price-men-pay-asking-directions.html. 4. Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3372 ...

6. How To Treat Your Enemies

2 Samuel 18:1-18

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... tell me his troubles. For nearly 21 years he'd worked for a large textile industry. But his company had fired him last August just a few years before he could retire with full benefits. It seems the company didn't want to pay full retirement benefits, ... 's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him." After World War I, President Woodrow Wilson as a Christian urged a greater measure of gentleness in dealing with the defeated nations. French Premier Clemenceau, who felt much more ...

7. Small Church Communion

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Steven Burt

... Body of Christ. They have a sense of who they are together as the “family of God.” William Willimon and Robert Wilson don’t pull any punches in their book, Preaching and Worship in the Small Church (Nashville: Abingdon Creative Leadership Series, Lyle ... been made, because the small churches -- and not cathedrals like the one I was in during the first week in August for a wedding -- are the right size for meaningful worship, for genuine community, for experiential education, for lifegiving support -- in ...

8. What Are You Going to Do About Death?

Mt 10:28 · Lk 12:4

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... step of life which moves from the womb of the present, into the ultimate fulfillment of life - in the presence of God. Wilson Van Dusen writes a very interesting anthology of the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg. Swedenborg wrote two hundred years ago. He was " ... pause for a moment at the death bed of a great genius who was a great Christian, William Blake. It was August 12, 1827. Malcolm Muggeridge writes: "A friend who was present recalled (Blake) singing songs so divinely, so beautifully, that Catherine (his ...

9. I'm On a Mission from God!

Jonah 1:1-17

Sermon

... proud of James Knox Polk, a direct descendant of Scotland's John Knox, and of Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan and Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison and Woodrow Wilson, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan. We might even stretch it a bit and claim Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln never joined any congregation, but he attended Presbyterian churches. There ... Ends of the Earth", (Louisville, KY : Geneva Press, 1998) 4. B. Clayton Bell, "Common Tools and Uncommon Tasks," Clergy Journal, July/August, 1999, pp. 19-22

10. Long Range Planning

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... : Ballantine Books, 1994), pp. 70-71. 2. "Discovering God Through Stories," by Gretchen Passantino, CORNERSTONE, Vol. 24, issue 107, p. 20. 3. Bernice Kanner, ARE YOU NORMAL? (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995), p. 43. 4. CLASSIC ZIGGYS by Tom Wilson. Contributed by Dr. John Bardsley. 5. Henry Alford Porter, TOWARD THE SUN RISING, (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1947), p. 49. Cited in J. B. Fowler, Jr., ILLUSTRATING GREAT WORDS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, (Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1991). 6. "Leading Men," by ...

11. The Mother Side Of God

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... present, ever empathizing and ever giving us the strength to overcome. Because God lives, we can live! 1. Liane Kupferberg Carter, MCCALLS, Nov. 1994, pp. 176-177. 2. "USA Snapshots," August 3, 1987, 1A. Cited in Denis Rainey, THE TIBUTE (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishes, 1994), p. 103. 3. Gene Dobbins; Johnny Wilson; Wayne Sharp, "Roses for Mama" copyright 1977 Chappell & Co. Cited in IBID., p.106-107. 4. THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, 1995. 5. Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, (New York: Berkley ...

12. How To Love

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... CRIMINAL PERSONALITY, they concluded that the answer to crime is a "conversion of the wrong-doer to a more responsible lifestyle." In 1987, Harvard professors James Q. Wilson and Richard J. Herrnstein came to similar conclusions in their book CRIME AND HUMAN NATURE. They determined that the cause of crime is a lack of ... Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1994). 7. Roger Ailes, YOU ARE THE MESSAGE (New York: Doubleday/Currency, 1988). 8. CHRISTIANITY TODAY, August 16, 1993, p. 30. 9. From the Internet. Source unknown

13. It's A Question Of Priorities

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same." 1. "Losing Is Not An Option" by Elizabeth Gilbert, READER'S DIGEST, March 2000 p. 101-106. Originally published in GQ. 2. Earl Wilson, THE SHOW BUSINESS NOBODY KNOWS (Chicago: Cowles Book Company, Inc., 1971), p. 81. 3. PEOPLE WEEKLY. 4. August, 1982. 5. From a sermon by Rev. Eric S. Ritz. 6. "Making the Weight" by Christina Cheaklos and Ellen Mazo. PEOPLE, February 23, 1998 pp. 61-64.

14. Hungry For Bread

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... Thanksgiving Thoughts." Contributed by Dr. John Bardsley. 2. "God is Love, But He Hates . . ." By Dr. Robert R. Kopp Feb. 18, 1996, p. 1. 3. "The Empowered Life" by David Wilson, Preaching, Nov./Dec, 1998, p. 34. 4. Bruce Larson, Living out the Book of Acts (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1984), p. 80. 5. "Loving the Unlovely" by Michael E. Williams, Preaching, Sept ... 24. 10. "In His Own Words: "˜By This Everyone Will Know That You Are My Disciples,'" by C. Thomas Hilton, The Clergy Journal, August 1998, pp.31-32.

15. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in and the practice of prayer – giving structure to a united expression of prayer by people around the world. I told Dr. Wilson Weldon, then editor of The Upper Room, that the fact the board was inviting me to assume this responsibility showed the ... better – and was willing to do whatever he thought might help him someday surpass his idol Nicklaus as the greatest ever.” (Time, August 14, 2000, pp. 57-58) That’s discipline. It is a challenge to would-be Christians. Anyone who has read the gospels ...

16. When Satan Comes Out of the Closet

2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... by some religious group as the Antichrist.[2] (In case you are wondering how Ronald Reagan got in there, his full name is Ronald Wilson Reagan; since each name has six letters, people associated with him the number 666.) Now this is enough to tell us something about prophecy. ... . p. 91. [2] "Book Traces ‘American Obsession' with Antichrist", Montgomery Advertiser, August 26, 1995. [3] Marvin Rosenthal, The Pre-wrath Rapture of the Church, p. XI. [4] James Dobson, When God Doesn't Make Sense, pp. 194-195.

17. Historic: The Declaration of Independence

Illustration

Staff

... , Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark Pennsylvania: Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross Delaware: Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean Maryland: Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton Virginia: George ... continue the importation of slaves. The rest of the draft was accepted on July 4, and 56 members of Congress began their formal signing of the document on August 2, 1776.

18. “May All the Peoples Praise You”

Psalm 67:1-7

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... the end (67:6–7). It is in this context of blessing that the nations will come to salvation (see Gen. 12:2–3). Wilson draws attention to the developing theme of universal salvation that stretches through Psalms 56–68 (61:2; 65:5) and reaches a climax in ... poses a great challenge as the church prays with the psalmist, “so that your ways may be known on earth” (v. 2). On August 22, 2012, the Chicago Tribune published an article on people who want to have faith but do not want any of the traditional ...

19. Job's Third Reply to Bildad

Job 26:1--31:40

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

Sarcastic Introduction Job’s response to Bildad’s third speech is extended (six chapters long)—even for the usually loquacious Job! Many commentators divide up the chapters attributed to Job to supply an extension to Bildad’s brief speech, as well as to wholly reconstruct a missing third speech for Zophar. Such reconstruction, however, can only proceed on a presumptive assumption of what each speaker would have said—and is thus controlled ultimately by the reconstructor’s theory rather than challenged and ...

20. Elihu

Job 32:1--37:24

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

The Friends Conclude and Elihu Begins Excurses: Had the third cycle of dialogue between Job and his three friends been complete, we would expect to find Zophar’s concluding speech in response to Job at this point. However, at least in the canonical form of the book, Bildad’s truncated final speech (25:1–6), Job’s expanded concluding speech (chs. 26–31), the complete absence of any final speech by Zophar, and the opening comments in the following Elihu section, press the reader to understand this collapse ...

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