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1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

King Duncan

Dennis Wilson is a backup singer in the country music’s unofficial capital, Nashville, Tennessee. In the book Real Country Humor Wilson tells a true story ... nothin’, not much money in my pocket, but inside I feel like I have done my best and God has given me the wisdom and the strength to keep going.” (4) Cabby Percival Bryan is with God now, but those autograph collections in the Smithsonian speak of a man who knew how to rejoice always and to pray continually. God rode with him in his cab. God was ...

2. How to Affair-Proof Your Marriage!

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

Country singer Gene Watson croons: Slip into something soft, And then come slip into my arms again. Strip away your conscience and Take off ... steady stream of hugs, pats, compliments, kisses, and courtesies. At an airport, I saw a woman wearing a button that read, "This is my husband's idea of jewelry." Contrast that with William Jennings Bryan's hair over his ears. When asked why he wore it so since it was unfashionable, he said, "When I was courting my wife, she thought my ears stuck out funny and asked me ...

3. Hungry For God

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... desperate prayer like this, "God, just show me that You are real. Just show me that You are there. I can't make it without You." Christian singer Chris Rice begins a song about searching for God with these words: "I would take "˜no' for an answer, just to know I'd heard Your voice." ... Richard A. Steele, Jr., and Evelyn Stoner (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 1996), pp. 80-81. 4. Bryan Chapell, Using Illustrations to Preach with Power (Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2001). 5. Emphasis/Jan-Feb/1992, p.13. 6. ...

4. The Lamb's Book of Life

John 1:29-34

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... s response to a sinner – or a state's response to a criminal-whose defense is "My genes made me do it!" Journalist Bryan Appleyard is convinced that pseudo-genetics may become the astrology of the 21st century. "We may come to see our genes, rather ... choose death. The Lamb's Book of Life or The Book of Death? Which will it be? The true Lamb's Book of Life? The Irish pop singer Sinead O'Connor has a song with the title "Lamb's Book of Life" on her latest album Faith and Courage. In the song, Sinead O'Connor ...

5. About Getting Drunk

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... what will motivate you to join our choir--except for the pure joy of singing. Of course, anything can be abused--even music. Bryan Chapell tells about a missionary to Uganda whose wife was invited to a rural village to play piano for a worship service. While ... . We need to look up from time to time and give thanks. In a concert in Chicago, Harry Lauder, Scottish singer and songwriter, sang to an overflowing audience. At the conclusion, the audience stood en masse, and applauded uproariously. After the applause ...

6. Pop Star Madonna and the Cross

Mark 8:31-38

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King Duncan

... save people who were trapped. Many of us will never forget the feelings that swept over us as we watched the twin towers fall. Folk singer Tom Paxton wrote a song about it which he called, The Bravest. Some of you may remember it. The first couple of verses go ... there are people who step forward with no thought of their own safety. They understand what it means to deny themselves. Bryan Chapell tells a tragic story that happened in his hometown: Two brothers were playing on the sandbanks by the river. One ...

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