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Matthew 18:21-35

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King Duncan

... . Many of us remember the horror we felt on June 17, 2015, when we learned that a 21-year-old white supremacist named Dylann Roof had mercilessly slaughtered nine African American adults during a Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist ... for what I have done.” To Mrs. Washington’s surprise, she heard herself saying, “I forgive you.” Later in an interview with Byron Johnson, Mrs. Washington confessed, “That was the moment I got my life back. A huge load was lifted the instant I forgave him.” ...

2. Numbered Hairs

Matthew 10:1-42

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Herchel H. Sheets

... a human life at $300,000, based on the value of productive labor lost to society when a person dies. But Reginald L. White wrote a letter to "The San Francisco Chronicle" in which he pointed out that our society’s price tags on persons depend upon ... Jesus had in mind when he talked about trusting God. He was talking about trusting him even when something bad is happening now. Byron Herbert Reece, the brilliant Georgia mountain poet, once saw a fallen sparrow upon the ground. As he mused about the fate that ...

3. Driven To Serve

Mark 9:33-37

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King Duncan

... forward over the pulpit, and raised a rhetorical question: "And God ” who is God?" In the hush of that moment Paul looked up at Byron and asked loudly enough to be heard by half the congregation, "GREAT DAY, DAD, DOESN'T HE KNOW? (3) Four-year-old daughter, Meagan, had ... dwellers. He talked to fathers and mothers about the need to check moles on themselves and their children, to lily-white Australian teens about the hazards of tanning and the benefits of sunscreens, and to all on the importance of self- ...

4. Hope Is Medicinal

Mark 1:40-45

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Mark Trotter

... a personal relationship with God. I think prayer is important. I think the belief in God is healing." This story in Mark is told to encourage you in that belief. "Lord if you will, you can make me clean." Byron Janis, incidentally, did get better. In fact, he played a benefit concert at the White House for the Arthritis Foundation. At that concert he made the first public announcement that he had arthritis. He said, "I still have arthritis, but it doesn't have me." Healing is a mystery. We don't understand ...

5. Getting Even

2 Samuel 13:1-22

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... . In 1973 Richard Nixon became our only President to resign the Evecutive Office. Shortly before his helicopter lifted off from the White House lawn, Nixon told reporters, "Those who hate you don’t win, unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself." ... Durocher’s remark about nice guys finishing last seems to be true in our case; then we taste the dregs of despair. Lord Byron wrote that "sweet is revenge." We plot and plan and pour ice water into our veins, as cold-bloodedly we prepare to defeat the ...

6. All Saints' Day

Matthew 5:1-12

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Liturgical Color: White Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 Theme: The Beatitudes - the essence of joy. Pastoral Invitation to the Celebration One pastor did this: Invite all the ... satisfaction) is found not in unbelief. Voltaire was an infidel of the most pronounced type. He wrote, "I wish I had never been born." Happiness is found not in pleasure. Lord Byron lived a life of pleasure if anyone did. He wrote, "The worm, the canker, and the grief are mine alone." Happiness is found not in money. Jay Gould, the American ...

7. I Believe In Heaven

John 14:1-4

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Robert Allen

In 1816, Lord Byron wrote a narrative poem that has become a classic. The poem is titled, "The Prisoner of Chillon," and it is the story of ... could look out of the little window. In that moment, he saw a world that he had forgotten. There was a crystal blue lake ... and some tall green trees ... and the beautiful little white cottage that he called home nestled against the green hills ... and an eagle soaring majestically across a blue sky. He saw them all for one magnificent moment and then he fell back into ...

8. When We Glimpse Paradise

John 14:1-4

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Robert Allen

9. Don't Let It Get You

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... are destined to become wooden and crippled. From the heights of success and acclaim you will plunge to oblivion. It happened to Byron Janis. Within a short time this concert pianist saw arthritis quickly spread to all his fingers, and the joints of nine of ... his career. He maintained a full concert schedule for 12 years without anyone suspecting. Finally, he told the world at a White House concert in 1985. He became active in fund-raising for the Arthritis Foundation and still plays the piano. He credits ...

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