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Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... the distance. Sweat rolled down his face, pain pierced his ankle, but he kept going. Six miles and two hours and twenty-nine minutes later, Bill reached the finish line. A man approached from a small group of bystanders. Bill recognized him from pictures in the newspaper. It was Bill Rodgers, the famous marathon runner. "Here," said Rodgers, putting his newly won medal around Bill's neck. "You've worked harder for this than I have." (4) "Lift your drooping arms and strengthen your weak knees," says St. Paul ...

2. Responding Instead Of Reacting

Jeremiah 28:1-17

Sermon

Dr. B. Bruce Humphrey

... decisive ” sometimes to their own detriment. The prophet Jeremiah, on the other hand, was not quick at all. He did not react like Will Rodgers or Gen. Custer. He was the kind of person who had to go home and think about it for a while and then come ... to think before he spoke."(2) Wouldn't it be wonderful if we made a rule in Congress that when a resolution or a new bill is presented on the floor, nobody can debate it for a month, because everybody has to think before they speak. Wouldn't that be wonderful? ...

3. How to Handle Criticism

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... game he stepped up to the plate and the catcher said, “Well, look who we have here, the great Pepper Rodgers. Know what they’re saying about you?” Pepper asked, “What?” “They’re saying that you think you’re about ... of one of our church families. No member of that family ever said anything about it. But someone else came to me privately and said, “Bill, you’re pronouncing that name incorrectly.” I did better for a while, but then lapsed back into the old way. My concerned critic did me ...

4. Things a Child Can Teach Us

Mark 9:30-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... a rural, remote village assisting with a baptism. Hundreds of people had come to the open air ceremony. In the middle of the baptism, Rodger was surprised to find that the congregation was totally quiet. All he could hear was the buzzing sound of the flies all around, but ... don’t allow your responsibilities to rob you of the gift of laughter. I know, for us adults life can be stressful. Bill Vamos tells about a cartoon that he saw of a mother driving home with her four small children, the family dog, and ...

5. The Things That Make for Peace

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... on this earth. Also we look at another event that is associated with the beginning of the story. When John the Baptist was born his father, Zechariah, sang an aria that has come to be known as the Benedictus. It is like the soliloquy in Rodgers and Hamerstein's Carousel, "My boy Bill will be as big and as strong as a tree." Only Zechariah sings, "My boy John will be the prophet of the most high, for you will go before the Lord and prepare his ways." In the closing line in the Benedictus, Zechariah talks ...

6. The Full Advent: Whoa! No Way? Wow!

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... candles, which burned many houses down. We decorate the whole house as though it was one huge present. We blow our electric bill through the roof with outdoor lighting. We start buying stuff and wrapping stuff and baking stuff and preparing stuff. All to what ... population. In the social pecking order, the shepherd was below ground level. In 1943 the new musical theater team of Rodgers and Hammerstein composed the now iconic American story called “Oklahoma.” I bet some of you here this morning performed in ...

7. At Least They Are Talking

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Bill Bouknight

Former Georgia Tech football coach, Pepper Rodgers, recalls an incident from his days as a high school baseball player. In a particular game he stepped up to the plate and the catcher said, "Well, look who we have here, the great Pepper Rodgers. Know what they're saying about you?" Pepper asked, "What?" "They're saying that you think you're about the best thing in this league, that you're a real hot dog. "Pepper replied, "Is that so? Know what they're saying about you?" The catcher asked, "What?" Pepper ...

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