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... time. I had gone to Paris on some business to do with my curacy, and I was waiting in the ante-chamber of Cardinal Fesch. Suddenly the door burst open, and in walked the Emperor Napoleon himself. He, too, had business with the cardinal. I stood up and ... when there is no money, there is no food on the table. ANNE: But I'm hungry. ROGER: Me, too. RENE: I'm hungry, too. PHILIPPE: When do we eat? MARIA: Ta gueule! (That means, "Shut up!" Another way to say it is, Fermez la bouche!", which means, "Shut your mouth ...

2. Loving Close-up

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Bev thought he might be going to the bathroom, but the closer he got to him, the more Bev was convinced that he had some business with him. The little boy came on and it was obvious that Bev had to do something. Bev is a master preacher – and always ... with good old-fashioned manners. In fact, Today's English Version begins verse 5 with this word: "Love is not ill-mannered"; and again, Philipps says, "Love has good manners." It's not in good taste to boast. Arrogance is tacky. To be rude reveals a lack of ...

3. A Parable in a Miracle

Mark 1:40-45

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Maxie Dunnam

... does, what is that role? What difference would it make if tomorrow the church closed its doors - if we went out of business and directed our time and our resources into other human endeavors? So that’s the first reason for sharing the story – to ... want to, you can make me clean.” Then there is packed into one beautiful sentence, almost everything Jesus was about. Listen as Philipps translates it: “Jesus was filled with ‘pity for him, and stretched out his hand and placed it on the leper, saying ‘Of ...

4. The Borland Byte Scam

Humor Illustration

... with Inc. magazine, Philippe Kahn related how he launched his software company, Borland International (which is no longer in business), in 1983 by setting up an elaborate scam to deceive an ad salesman. He wanted to stake everything on one full-page ad in Byte magazine but didn't have the money and knew the magazine wouldn't extend credit to a company without customers. So before the ad salesman arrived at his two-room office, Kahn hired extra people to make the company look busy and well-capitalized ...

5. Celebrating Christ The King

Ezekiel 34:1-31

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King Duncan

... soon to lamb, lying dead where a cougar had harried the flock during the night. It was a terrible shock to someone new to the business of raising sheep. From then on, he slept with a rifle and flashlight by his bed. At the least sound of the flock being ... of three young Englishmen who, in April 1848, found themselves in Paris in the midst of the revolution which overthrew King Louis Philippe. One of them kept a diary of their trip. There is one entry describing the sack of the Palace of the Tuilleries ...

6. Called To Finish What Is Finished

Colossians 1:24--2:5, Colossians 1:15-23

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Maxie Dunnam

... once were estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death...." Philipps translates that "You who were once...Christ's spiritual enemies -- strangers to God, hostile in mind, you He has reconciled." Now, we ... for other communicable diseases. They are treated by public health organizations. So why does the church need to get into the business of treating leprosy in a special way? Why do you single out this one disease?'" Dr. Brand responded to that ...

7. What the Ascension Tells Us

Luke 24:50-53

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King Duncan

... told of 3 young Englishmen who, in April 1848, found themselves in Paris in the midst of the revolution which overthrew King Louis Philippe. One of them kept a diary of their trip. There is one entry describing the sack of the Palace of the Tuileries ... it comes to witnessing for Jesus Christ. In most of our churches, congregations are getting older and older. We are slowly going out of business it would appear. Does anyone care? Do you care? We see on the Day of Ascension who Jesus really is and we see what ...

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