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Colossians 3:1-4, 12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... great power. "With great power comes great responsibility." B. In Spiderman 2 there's a great scene. Peter has confessed his complicity in Uncle Ben's death. The guilt has been eating at him left and right. Aunt May forgives him. Shortly afterwards, Aunt May tells Peter that ... pastry, which he found. After cashing his passage check, he took boxes of German pastries to these Jews living in barn lofts and said, "Merry Christmas." Then he wired the missionary society and said, "I need a ticket home." When that ...

2. Spiderman: Saved To Serve

Colossians 3:1-4, 12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... great power. "With great power comes great responsibility." B. In Spiderman 2 there's a great scene. Peter has confessed his complicity in Uncle Ben's death. The guilt has been eating at him left and right. Aunt May forgives him. Shortly afterwards, Aunt May tells Peter that she ... pastry, which he found. After cashing his passage check, he took boxes of German pastries to these Jews living in barn lofts and said, "Merry Christmas." Then he wired the missionary society and said, "I need a ticket home." When ...

3. The Plank

Matthew 5:38-48; 7:1-6

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... out of your eye.” The reply would be, “Cast out the beam (plank) from your eye.” (attributed also to Rabbi Eleazer ben Azariah). Is Jesus then quoting what was understood long ago even in the time of Judges? Is he thinking not just ... to separate grain from chaff. “His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.” (Matthew 3:12) We see the metaphor again in Matthew 13:24-30 in the parable ...

4. First World Problems

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... Bible story again: “(The rich man) thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, ‘You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be ... 16, 2010. 6. https://www.epm.org/resources/2010/Feb/16/twelve-giving-stories/. 7. “Time to Heal” by Ben Ward, https://wesleyan.life/time-to-heal.

5. Moving At The Speed Of Light: Nazareth: Family Ties

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... his attention to anti-slavery concerns, because his father, William Hanby, was a leader in the Underground Railroad. In 1850 the Fugitive Slave Law was passed, making it easier for Southern slave owners to recover runaway slaves. William Hanby hid slaves in his barn. Ben often helped with their food or secretly escorted them to wagons which would take them to the next stop north on the Underground Railroad. William Hanby was an outspoken critic of the Fugitive Slave Law, heaping ridicule on a law that would ...

6. When Heartbreak Turns to Heartburn

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... away, he was their nearest neighbor. As they talked with the neighbor, some watermelons that were stacked against the neighbor's barn caught their eye. They had never seen watermelons so large before and curiosity got the best of them. "What are ... , each one gasping for breath. After a minute or two, one of them raised himself up on his elbows and declared to his buddy, "Ben, I guess our mule got away." Ben replied, "It's okay, Bob. I'm not sure I want to plow as fast as he can run anyhow!" We smile at that ...

7. On Your Mark, Get Set . . .

Mark 13:1-8, 32-33

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... He began to wonder if he had spent his money for nothing. Finally, there came a major storm that roared through his property and flattened his barn. When he came out of the storm cellar, he looked at all the damage and then he looked up at the sky and said, "Now ... 's a story told by Mary Hollingsworth about the noted director, Cecil B. DeMille. When they began working on the movie Ben Hur, DeMille talked to Charlton Heston, the star of the movie, about the all important chariot race at the end. He decided ...

8. Is God Still God?

Isaiah 44:6-23

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... of the country was getting away from God. And this is still the belief of some Jews. In 1961, Israeli Prime Minister, David Ben Gurion, said in an address to the World Zionist Congress: "Whoever dwells outside the land of Israel is considered to have no God." ... god in our time as always. Money comes first in many of our lives. Money was the reason a man in the Bible built bigger barns and then took it easy, but that very night he retired his soul as required of him. The rich young ruler turned down eternal ...

9. When Life Tumbles In

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... to wonder if he had spent his money for nothing. Finally, there came a major storm that roared through his property and flattened his barn. Surveying the damage, he looked up at the sky and said, "Now that is more like it." He should have realized that no one ... Mary Hollingsworth tells. It's about the noted director of biblical epics, Cecil B. DeMille. When they began working on the movie Ben Hur, DeMille talked to Charlton Heston--the star of the movie--about the all-important chariot race at the end. He ...

10. Amazing Grace

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... him the great compassion of the heavenly father. He took him by the hand and lifted him up and took him around behind the barn, and there he showed him that his chores had been done. His father himself had done those chores. Wayne was so filled with relief ... more could we want in life than these things? Every year around the Lenten and Easter season, an old movie called Ben Hur is shown on television. There are several memorable scenes throughout that movie:a great sea battle, exciting chariot races, an ...

11. Decisions, Decisions

Matthew 7:13-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... magazine is known as Trail magazine. In their February issue, there was an article concerning how to descend from the top of Ben Nevis, which is Great Britain's highest cliff (4,406 feet high.) It was an article complete with maps, diagrams, and ... best way to carry out the farmer's wishes was to permit the weeds and briars to take over the farmland, to allow the house and barn to remain unpainted, and rot, and to let the soil erode and wash away. The court declared in its ruling, "The best way to let the ...

12. When Lazarus Leaped and Laughed

John 11:1-45

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... one day closer to dying than we were when we woke up this morning. Have you calculated that into your plans for your life? Ben Franklin lived a colorful life and created an amazing legacy that has touched all our lives. We find his name not only on the ... he had no place to store all the wealth that he had been able to gather and said, I will do this: "I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, 'Soul, you have ample goods laid ...

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1. Spiderman: Saved To Serve

Colossians 3:1-4, 12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

2. Spiderman: Saved To Serve

Colossians 3:1-4, 12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... great power. "With great power comes great responsibility." B. In Spiderman 2 there's a great scene. Peter has confessed his complicity in Uncle Ben's death. The guilt has been eating at him left and right. Aunt May forgives him. Shortly afterwards, Aunt May tells Peter that she ... pastry, which he found. After cashing his passage check, he took boxes of German pastries to these Jews living in barn lofts and said, "Merry Christmas." Then he wired the missionary society and said, "I need a ticket home." When ...

3. The Plank

Matthew 5:38-48; 7:1-6

Sermon

Lori Wagner

4. First World Problems

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

5. Moving At The Speed Of Light: Nazareth: Family Ties

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger