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Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... called "Taste Berry" because it changes a person's taste so that everything eaten tastes sweet and pleasant. In fact, even sour fruit, if eaten not too long after the "taste berry", becomes sweet and delicious. Gratitude is the "taste berry" of Christianity, ... leave your praise and thanksgiving at home. Now you are probably thinking, "You can't pay bills with praise and thanksgiving." Well, number one, I don't pay the bills, He does. Number two, you bring your praise and thanksgiving, and you'll bring your ...

2. Looking Down the Barrel

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... , his partner, stood. Business was all gone, and Berry asked, "How much longer can we keep this going?" Lincoln answered, "It looks as if our business has just about winked out." Then he continued, "You know, I wouldn't mind so much if I could just do what I want to do. I want to study law. I wouldn't mind so much if we could sell everything we've got and pay all our bills and have just enough left over to buy one book Blackstone's Commentary on English Law, but I guess I can't." A strange-looking wagon ...

3. Making Compassion a Verb

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... He's gotta have 38 bucks, or we don't take him," one of them snapped to the stricken man's roommate. Pointing to two one-dollar bills on the kitchen table, the roommate pleaded: "That's all I can find. But he's got a job, and he's good for the money." This ... was known for his laughter, but he also knew how to weep. One day he was entertaining at the Milton H. Berry Institute in Los Angeles, a hospital that specialized in rehabilitating polio victims and people with spinal cord injuries and other extreme ...

4. Seeking Christ

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... “It’s like, on the way out of Texas, whatever you need, they have it,” says pastor Glen Schmucker referring to Berry’s picture. “A little snack? A place to freshen up? A place to do a little gambling? A little bit of Jesus ... (1) Perhaps we shouldn’t be too cynical. At least, they’re making an effort to share Jesus, even if he doesn’t have top billing over clean restrooms or the Texas Lotto. I heard recently of someone else who sought to share Jesus in a somewhat unconventional way. A couple ...

5. The Baby or the Window?

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... ll find your truck.” (2) Everybody has their own set of priorities, their own set of what’s important in life. Storyteller Bill Harley tells about a children’s T-ball game he witnessed several years ago. On one of the T-ball teams was ... you are old enough to remember the name Euell Gibbons. Gibbons became quite a celebrity during the 1960s for advocating natural diets featuring wild berries and nuts. Some of you will remember him as a spokesman for Grape Nuts cereal. He even made it into a popular folk ...

6. I Shall Rise Again!

I Corinthians 15:19-26 · Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... that someone will even put identifying blinking lights on the satellites so that people can say, `There goes George! There is Mary! There is Bill! They are all up there with their friends.’ Of course, it is ridiculous.” It is ridiculous. Still, it is very difficult for ... Wayne, the renowned ornithologist, Wayne said, “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes take it poison berries. She thinks it better for one she loves to die rather than to live in captivity.” There are many ...

7. I Am Doing A New Thing

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... mockingbird? On the second day in the cage, the young mockingbird's mother flew to her off-spring with food in her bill. This pleased young Rutledge for surely the mother knew how to feed her child better than he did. The following morning, however, ... Wayne, the renowned ornithologist, Wayne explained. "A mother mockingbird," he said, "finding her young in a cage, will sometimes take it poison berries. She thinks it better for one she loves to die rather than to live in captivity." A sad story, but a sound ...

8. A Stone’s Throw From: New Life

John 8:3-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Jesus our Savior. The passage from the Gospel of John may be the most beautiful and profound example of what that looks like. Dr. Bill Bouknight wrote, "No other incident in [Jesus'] life, except his death, so clearly revealed the heart of God."(1) Let's look at that ... of stain. Here's a few. Glycerin will remove the stain from a ball point pen. Boiling water will remove berry stains. Vinegar will remove crayon stains. Ammonia will remove blood stains. Alcohol will remove grass stains. Hydrogen peroxide is ...

9. Much Obliged

Hebrews 12:14-29, Psalm 116:1-19

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

There is a quaint expression that you often hear in the rural sections of our country. Instead of saying "thank you," folks say, "Much obliged." It's really a beautiful expression. "Much obliged" means that I am much obligated to you for what you have done for me. I want to declare that we are a "much obliged" people this morning. I call us to do exactly what that old beloved hymn from the brown Cokesbury hymnal advised, "Count your blessings, name them one by one, count your many blessings, see what God ...

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