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1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Teach the Text

Preben Vang

... be ambitious, but we should never be concerned with our legacies. And the reason lies in the character of calling.6 God-given positions are a charge to faithfulness, not a platform for self-promotion. Literature: The Color of Blood, by Brian Moore. In this small but profound novel, Irish author Moore (1921–99) tells the story of a cataclysmic change that occurs in the life of a cardinal in an unnamed Soviet Bloc country. When the man begins his career, it has never occurred to him that his life will have ...

2. Blue Christmas

Isaiah 40:1-31

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King Duncan

... important highway linking humanity and God. The message is the same. God cares about a broken world. God cares about broken people. Brian Abel Ragan’s father used to tell him a story every Christmas when he was growing up. It was about a little ... . It also influenced the thinking of industrial designers, politicians, and others who learned about Pattie’s work. (3) The only way Pattie Moore could learn about the needs of the elderly was to experience for herself what it was to be elderly. Here is what is ...

3. Facing Up To The Giant Task Of Life

1 Samuel 17:1-58

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Eric Ritz

... like David to face the giant task of life and claim victory by His power and for His honor and glory. And to Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Threefold Fountain both of Being and of Grace, We ascribe to praise. Thanks to Dr. Brian Harbour for this illustration found in his monthly publication, Brian's Lines, 1990. Thanks to Dr. James W. Moore for this insight found in a sermon preached at St. Luke's UMC, Houston, Texas. Walter L. Underwood, BEING HUMAN, BEING HOPEFUL (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1987), p. 73.

4. Needed: Peacemakers

Ephesians 2:1-10

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King Duncan

... And if he was willing to die for peace, then it is not a burden for us to live as peacemakers also. Pastor James Moore tells about an American years ago visiting the city of Damascus. He went to the famous marketplace on the street called Straight. The ... , Living Abundantly, (New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1994), p. 382f. 6. Brian M. Fagan. The Journey from Eden (London: Thames & Hudson, 1990), p. 9. 7. James W. Moore, Standing on The Promises or Sitting on The Premises (Nashville: Dimensions for Living ...

5. Our Journey With Jesus

2 Corinthians 5:17

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Maxie Dunnam

... a fantastic prison ministry that has transformed one of the most violent prisons in the world, Bella Vista Prison in Medellin. Brian Collier – who is here – pastor of the phenomenal church plant, the Orchard -- in Tupelo, Mississippi. In just a few years, ... ministries. And most of those ministries can be traced back to Texas Tech and the ministry of Steve Moore. Pastors – hundreds and hundreds, in fact, thousands of pastors, leading congregations and special ministries across this nation – that’s ...

6. What is the Connection Between Church and State?

Mark 12: 14-17

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J. Howard Olds

... with a prayer from a tax paid chaplain. Maybe Congress needs prayer more than school children do. Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was relieved of his office two years ago for refusing to remove a 2.6 ton granite monument containing the Ten ... interested in inner city ministries. It has gone through several evolutions over the past three years, but about six months ago Brian and his wife, out of their own resources, started inviting the people in the surrounding housing projects to Sunday morning breakfast ...

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