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Revelation 1:4-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." They will be giving thanks for a good and loving God who has accepted them just as they are. How do we know this? We have seen God's heart walking around. 1. ILLUSAURUS. 2. "Preaching on the Lessons," by Marjorie Weiss, THE CLERGY JOURNAL, February 1995, p. 29. 3. Bill Morgan. 4. Ace Collins, THE STORIES BEHIND COUNTRY MUSIC'S ALLTIME GREATEST 100 SONGS (New York: Boulevard Books, 1996), 35. 5. "Personal Glimpses," November 1996, pp. 112-113.

2. Broken Promises

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... Gloria had been married a couple of years. They were teaching school in Alexandria, Indiana, where Bill had grown up, and they wanted a piece of land where they could build a house. Bill noticed the parcel south of town where cattle grazed, and he learned it belonged to a ... unknown. 4. Frank Pittman, Grow Up! How Taking Responsibility Can Make You a Happy Adult (St. Martin's Press). 5. Morgan W. McCall, Jr., and Michael M. Lombardo, “What Makes A Top Executive?” Psychology Today, February 1983. 6. Mark D ...

3. The Lord's Pryaer: Our Daily Bread

Matthew 6:5-13

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... words that begin with the letter "s": the sun, the soil, the seed, the showers, and the stockperson who loads the supermarket shelves. G. Campbell Morgan put it this way: "You have heard the old story of the man who met a boy in a village street carrying a loaf of ... squishy fatness and the sounds of people devouring each other and the earth; too much of stale routines and quarrels, unpaid bills and dead ends; too much of words lobbed in to explode and leaving shredded hearts and lacerated souls; too much of ...

4. The Right Reason

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

David O. Bales

... he states, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (v. 21). He puts his finger on what J.P. Morgan noticed and what the poet T.S. Eliot indicts as, “the greatest treason,” which is “to do the right thing for the ... customer. If we aim our religious actions merely to be seen by others, Jesus says we’ve been paid in full. We submit our religious bill to those around us, and they pay us with their admiration. God isn’t included in the transaction. Jesus refers to this as where our ...

5. Count the Cost

Luke 14:25-33

Sermon

Will Willimon

... born yesterday. There is no free lunch. Everything has a price. So now, after proclaiming God's free grace, we get the bill. Alright, Jesus, how much does it really cost? "Now great multitudes accompanied him," says Luke. The Jesus movement is catching on, ... what I'm selling, you really need, and look, would I lie to you? It will cost you a bundle. So you better not follow Morgan's advice. Go ahead, ask me how much." OK. How much? "Well," he says, flicking the ashes off his cigar, standing in the middle of ...

6. But First...

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

King Duncan

... get some of the laundry done, the newspapers are still on the floor by the table, the glass is now in the sink. However, the bills never got paid, the checkbook was never found, and the dog ate the remote control . . . (2) There was so much he meant to do, but ... the man’s father had just died, whether he was near death, or whether he had a few years yet to go. G. Campbell Morgan refers to a traveler in the Middle East who was trying to enlist a young Arab man as his guide. The young Arab replied that ...

7. My Love Requires A Symbol

Malachi 3:6-18

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... to me. It belongs to God. He simply allows me the privilege of giving it. Imagine that you are an account manager for Morgan Keegan and Co. Your job is to manage the investments of 25 clients. You have real power over their funds. You can decide ... the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour down for you an overflowing blessing.” Some people ask me, “Bill, do you figure a tithe on your gross or net salary, before taxes or after taxes?” My reply is this; “Figure your tithe on as ...

8. Some Things We Can Do, God Can't

2 Timothy 2:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... the fastest growing organizations in the United States today is a group called "Promise Keepers." Led by former University of Colorado football coach Bill McCartney, the basic purpose of Promise Keepers is simple ” it is to encourage men to be faithful to the promises that they made ... 2. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, October 1, 1984, p. 23 3. Robert C. Morgan, LIFT HIGH THE CROSS, (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995), pp. 64-65. 4. Max Lucado, NO WONDER THEY CALL HIM THE SAVIOR (Portland, Ore.: Multnomah Press, 1986). pp ...

9. Winning When It Really Counts

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... field and then back up several steps when the visitors came to bat thereby causing some would-be homers to fall short. When Bill Veeck owned the Cleveland Indians, he moved the outfield fences in or out depending on the lineup of the visiting team. When ... with God and eternity. 1. Ron Luciano and David Fisher, REMEMBRANCE OF SWINGS PAST, New York: Bantam Books, 1988). 2. Donald W. Morgan, HOW TO GET IT TOGETHER WHEN YOUR WORLD IS COMING APART, (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell, 1988). 3. Source unknown. ...

10. Jesus Says, 'Just Do It'

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Dr. Chane M. Hutton

... things easier for us. We are asking God to snap His fingers and make it happen for us. Some of you may remember a hilarious Bill Cosby routine concerning "Noah's Ark." In this routine two hippos are being herded through the doors of the Ark and God says, "Wait a minute, ... to see: MIRACLES DO OCCUR WHEN CHRISTIAN PEOPLE GET INTO ACTION. It happens all the time all over this world. Robert C. Morgan in his book, LIFT HIGH THE CROSS, tells about a woman who has a gift shop on the Via Doloroso in ...

11. Be Joyful

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

King Duncan

Bill Adler wrote a book once that consisted of children's letters to Santa Claus. Here are some of the letters: "Dear Santa: Last year you didn't ... ILLUSTRATIONS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING (Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House), p. 163. 2. (New York: Walker and Company, 1993), p. 75. 3. BIBLICAL ILLUSTRATOR 4. THE KESWICK WEEK, (London: Marshall, Morgan, and Scott, Ltd., 1958), p. 133. Cited in J. B. Fowler, Jr., ILLUSTRATING GREAT WORDS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, (Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1991). 5. "A Joyful Noise ...

12. Judas

Luke 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... giant bronze figures on horseback. In the first stands Horatio Gates; in the second, Philip John Schuyler; and in the third, Daniel Morgan. But the niche on the fourth side is vacant. The name appears, but the soldier is absent. Some who are history buffs ... meditation. Jesus obviously trusted Judas, for Judas was the treasurer of that tiny company. He bought the supplies and paid the bills. Judas may have been an idealist. It was he who protested when Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, used expensive ...

13. Visioning Or Vanishing?

Proverbs 29:1-27

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... has listened to 6,000 sermons, heard 8,000 prayers, sung 20,000 hymns over and over, and asked ZERO persons to accept Christ as personal Lord and Saviour. (5) G. Campbell Morgan states: "I believe one of the reasons for the condition of the church is the aloofness of Christians from sinning men and women. We still build our sanctuaries, set up our standards ... . Herb Miller, FISHING ON THE ASPHALT, (St. Louis: CBP Press, 1987), pg. 4. IBID, pg. 158. 5. IBID, pg. 158. 6. Thanks to Bill Schwein for this story.

14. God Help the Fish

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... going to need help from above. We are going to need God’s help. But that help is available. It is available by faith in Jesus Christ. In 1969, Bill and Gloria Gaither had just welcomed their second child into the world. Our nation was grappling with race riots, the war in Vietnam, political assassinations, and general cultural ... Williamson, The Gift of Change (New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 2004), pp. 113-114. 5. Robert J. Morgan, Then Sings My Soul, Book 2 (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2004), p. 299.

15. Courage Me!

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... day a guest was checking out of a major hotel in Honolulu. While he was paying his bill at the desk in the lobby, it suddenly dawned upon him that he had left his briefcase ... the odds are against us, and there is not apparent reason for hope. And four, Christians encourage one another by their courage and perseverance. I close with this: G. Campbell Morgan was one of the great English preachers and a powerful man of God. As a young seminary student he fell in love with a certain young woman. He was reluctant ...

16. Why?

Job 3:11-12, 16, 20, 23

Sermon

James Merritt

... on everything from Jimmy Carter's hemorrhoids; to Ronald Reagan's colon; to George Bush's hatred for broccoli; to Bill Clinton's haircuts. We get frustrated because though journalists and fortune-tellers and lawmakers operate by that policy, God does ... with evil in this world not because of our unbelief, but because of our faith! The great British Bible teacher, Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, said it this way: "Men of faith are always the men that have to confront problems. Block God out and your problems are all ...

17. A Faith that Will Transform You

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... to evade paying the cab fare is likely to cost him far more than the fare itself. The fire brigade was planning to send him a $4,300 bill for the rescue operation. It’s not often that you see a grown man up in a tree. It’s kind of a ridiculous position to be in. ... News Off‑Key,” Christianity Today, January 1, 1982, 24‑25. Cited in Robert J. Morgan, Preacher’s Sourcebook Creative Sermon Illustrations (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2007), pp. 662-663. 3. William G: Shepherd, Great Preachers As ...

18. Fear of Missing Out

Matthew 5:38-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... FOMO” — a short-hand acronym for the “fear of missing out.” The “fear of missing out” . . . FOMO . . . is billed as the new social anxiety disorder, fostered and fed by our twenty-first century need to be constantly connected to ... that he had bought a ticket which would treat him like a king. Let’s end this morning with a prayer, written by Emily Hope Morgan, that calls us to a good “FOMO” as we hunger and thirst for deeper and wider manifestations of “The Good Life” God has given us. ...

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