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Hebrews 12:18-29

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... can remember thinking, this is what God wanted me to do all along. Boy was I wrong. One Sunday, just before the Administrative Board meeting, Bob Core and I we were standing in the hallway talking. I started to ask him something, and to this day I can't remember ... days. I just pulled way deep inside myself and shut everyone else out. On Tuesday evening, about 6:30 pm, I was out baling hay. There were clouds all along the horizon and the sun was slowly going down. As I made a pass around the field, I looked ...

2. Catch of the Day

Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... right, at an all you can eat restaurant, we were asked to leave because we'd eaten too much. Oh, man, that made my Dad and Uncle Bob both mad. I can remember phrases like "I'm not going to pay" and "I'll call the police." But that's about all, there wasn't ... ? Are you ready to live the life which proclaims Jesus as the Catch of the Day, better than seafood any day? 1. Peter Hay, THE BOOK OF BUSINESS ANECDOTES, p. 212. 2. Tony Campolo, HOW TO BE PENTCOSTAL, (Dallas: Word, 1991), pp. 92-93. 3. Leslie Lyall, GOD ...

3. The Expectant Parents--And An Unexpected Baby

Isaiah 11:1-16

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing." Just as the affirmation of faith ended, a boy announced from the back of the church, "Mr. Bob Buford's house is burning down!" Mrs. Buford, who was in the choir, fainted and fell. They revived her, and she and ... where animals were kept. It was really a cave carved out of the side of a hill. And a manger was a place which held hay. The animals ate the hay out of the manger. This manger on our Chrismon tree helps us remember this about Jesus. It reminds us that he was born to ...

4. Ultimate Thanksgiving

Matthew 25:14-30

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King Duncan

When Helen Hayes cooked her first turkey for Thanksgiving, she called her husband and son together and said, "Now I know this is the first ... s savings of $51,000 to Carter County, TN when he died. He said that he wanted to help repay them for seeing that he was raised and schooled. Did you read about Bob Castleberry of Denton, Texas? Castleberry was fortunate enough to win the $10 Million Publisher's clearing House Sweepstakes. No longer needing the income from his job, he decided to pursue a longing he ...

5. Why Change Is Possible

Luke 19:1-10

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Eric Ritz

... tenders will be left without means of livelihood, not to mention the numerous farmers now employed in growing hay for the horses. Two. Boat builders would suffer, and towline, whip and harness makers would be left destitute ... sensitive, saint of God by the forgiving power of Jesus Christ. Can and will you add your name to that list today? Do you remember the story of Bob Ingersol? He was a famous and learned unbeliever of the last century. He was riding on a train by the side of General Lew Wallace, who was ...

6. Jesus, Our Hope

Luke 2:1-7

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Darrick Acre

... a precious loved one had once been. Cherished traditions will be robbed of their joy. How can we put the star on the tree without Uncle Bob? Where will we have Christmas dinner now that Grandma is no longer with us? How can we hang all the other stockings when little Billy ... . A little, rough-hewn trough used to feed the donkey just a few hours ago, now stands filled with moldy, dusty hay, ready to receive a child. This is Christmas? Depressing, huh? Our world, the biblical world, the human world; it is a ...

7. What Matters In the Light of Eternity: “Life Matters”

Luke 9:18-27

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J. Howard Olds

... heart and called him to the ministry. The silly answer is that if you spent hot August days with your head against the tin roof of a hay barn you are likely to get a calling to something better. Randy Pauasch is the author of the Last Lecture. He is dying of cancer and he ... life. Life requires a firm foundation. Build it on the solid rock of Jesus Christ. It will make all the difference. Bob and Judy Fisher, in their interview of one hundred four hospice patients, say the soon departed are grateful to be ...

8. On Being Faithful and Focused

Hebrews 11:1, 32 – 12:2

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J. Howard Olds

... come after us. So, I ask you today, will those who have gone before us find us faithful? Will G.W. Winn, the McGavocks, the Hayes, the Hudleys and those who founded this congregation 150 years ago find us faithful today? Will R.I. Moore and Jeff Fryer and those ... in our watch? Will the gifts of Walter Nipper bear dividends for the future? Will the seeds of Henry Bixler, planted by Bob Spain and watered by Joe Pennel, come to full fruit and reproduction in our time? In God's plan, “only together with ...

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