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John 16:12-15

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Arley K. Fadness

... , the planets, the galaxies and they tell us creation is still going on. Look around you. "The heavens," the psalmist sang, "are telling the glory of God." Psalm 8 chants, "When I consider the heavens, what is man?" How big is the universe? On February ... t feel very loving, the Holy Spirit is busy creating lovers out of us. A pastor who followed me in my first parish, Pastor Charles Mountain, wrote this song to the tune of St. Thomas, SM. ["I Love Thy Kingdom"]: With sighs too deep for words, the Spirit in ...

2. Checked the Ditch Lately?

Luke 10:25-37

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Arley K. Fadness

... forget it — never in my life. To me it stands out like the silhouette of a lonely tree against a crimson sunset.2 My friend, Charles, and I were driving home from Chicago, when we ran out of gas somewhere in Wisconsin. It was on the interstate, and I was not ... the rest of Jesus' untold story. I would guess two possible endings. The wounded man got healed and went about healing others practicing, What's mine is yours, or the wounded man got healed and sunk back into the norm, What's mine is mine or ...

3. Strengthening Your Grip On Prayer

1 Kings 8:22-23, 41-43

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Derl G. Keefer

... needed. The man entered the room and informed my friend that he had "perfect" hearing. There was nothing wrong with his physical hearing. He said that my friend's problem was not uncommon especially among men. He said that my friend's wife's voice ... to get acquainted with you, time to enjoy your blessings, and time to know each other. — Peter Marshall[7] Amen. 1. Charles Swindoll, Strengthening Your Grip (Waco: Word Publishing, 1982), p. 14. 2. Ibid. 3. C. Neil Strait, The Speaker's Book of Inspiration ...

4. Veni, Spiritus Sanctus, Veni

John 14:8-17 (25-27)

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Arley K. Fadness

... teaching that grace needs an act of human will to be efficacious. The list of dubious teachers is long: Joseph Smith, Charles Taze Russell, and in our own day, Warren Jeffs, and many others. It is refreshing that Jesus promises a teacher, ... vocation. When you discover your passion, you also discover your path. Imagine this scene — coming into worship and the ushers giving you a helium balloon. The balloon represents your passion in life. As you hear the scripture readings, the sermon, participate in the ...

5. Liberating the Possessed

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... in the face of a serial killer like Bundy, Berkowitz, or Charles Manson. We abhor the holocaust; famine in Africa; sexist, racial, and ethnic hatred; children working in sweat factories, child prostitution, sexual abuse, abuse by cults such ... Our clue is to "name the offender." We need to name alcohol and substance abuse, not "a few too many!" We need to name lying, not "shading the truth." We need to call it cheating, not "everybody's doing it"; and stealing, not "one of the benefits of working here." ...

6. Hidden Potential

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... key biblical figures, such as Isaac, Jacob, Samson, and John the Baptist. In this case, a desperate barren woman named Hannah was pleading with God for a child. During an annual pilgrimage to the tabernacle at Shiloh, she strikes a bargain with God. If God would ... we think and how we feel. We do not need to hide anything from him but rather listen to what he wants. Charles Swindoll relates that the late Dr. Donald Barnhouse of a generation ago once came to his congregation and made a bold statement ...

7. The Powerful Fragrance of Sharing and Caring

Philippians 4:10-20

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Eric Ritz

... beautiful fragrance certain perfumes and colognes can leave in the air when worn by someone. It is pleasant. This offer-ing, according to verse 18, left a fragrance that thrilled Paul and pleased God. In his book, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR GOD, ... cannot only thrive, but comes "alive" even in the midst of the enemy''s hostile sod. I close today with a hymn written by Dr. Charles Tindley, who was the distinguished pastor of a United Methodist Church in Philadelphia, Pa. It may be familiar to some of you, and it ...

8. God's Prescription for a Healthy Christian

Jude 1:17-21

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James Merritt

... you to stand up for the truth. The greatest counsel concerning these apostates I have ever come across is something that Charles Haddon Spurgeon said. It is one thing to overleap all boundaries of denominational restriction for the truth's sake; this ... umbrella of the love of God. Well, how do you keep yourself in the love of God? The key is in three words all ending in ing, which tell us how to keep ourselves in the love of God. The words are building, praying, and looking. a. Building on the Scriptures He ...

9. Building Relationships

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... we don’t even know the other people behind those walls, much less people outside. Robert Putnam wrote a book which he titled Bowling Alone. He took his title from the fact that while more people than ever are bowling these days, fewer are doing it in leagues. ... : Penguin Putnam, 2002). 3. John Ortberg, Everybody’s Normal Until You Get to Know Them (Grand Rapids, Mi: Zondervan, 2003). 4. Charles L.Allen, The Secret of Abundant Living (Old Tappan, N J: Spire Books, Fleming H. Revell, 1980), p. 91. 5. Ray ...

10. Don’t Touch Me With That Water!

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

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Cynthia Cowen

... was baptized. He listened to the pastor's words recalling the story of Jesus' baptism. He heard that water was a sign of cleansing and rebirth. "In baptism we have been set free from sin and death," the pastor said. Sin and death are scary words to a ... beautiful Sunday morning, three youth from a local detention home stood before the baptismal font. The pastor asked them, "Robert, Charles, Tory, do you desire to be baptized?" Each responded, "I do." As they were baptized in turn, their names were repeated ...

11. Breaking The Cycle - God’s Answer In Forgiveness

Genesis 45:3-11, 15

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Derl G. Keefer

... , and God worked on his heart as well. He could have been bitter and hated his brothers, but forgiveness ruled. Forgiving involves acknowledging your hurt, releasing your thoughts about the violation and giving up the desire to pay the offender back ... forgiving has more to do with your own spiritual and mental ... wasn't.[3] Amen. 1. Couples' Devotional Bible (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 2000), p. 782. 2. Charles Swindoll, Season of Life (Portland: Multnomah, 1983), p. 166. 3. Ibid, p. 167.

12. Dust Off The Throne

2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16, Luke 1:26-38, Romans 16:25-27

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David J. Kalas

... the mystery that was kept secret for long ages” should be. We might say more about that mystery being “now disclosed,” about “the prophetic writings,” and about the central issue for Paul of it being “made known ... joke for so many intervening years. Then the promise was renewed to Mary in the gospel lesson. In the hymn “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus,” Charles Wesley encourages us to see that the King who came at Christmas has a broader and deeper reign in mind than just the old boundaries ...

13. Bildad Has the Answer (He Thinks!)

Job 8:1-22

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... a logical analysis of a situation may fall short of the whole picture of God’s truth. Literature: Hard Times, by Charles Dickens. In British author Dickens’s (1812–70) novel Hard Times (1854), he was concerned with pointing out, in ironic ways, the flaws of ... the extreme utilitarians of his day. He described them as “see[ing] figures and averages, and nothing else.”1 Mr. Gradgrind, the infamous schoolmaster in the story, is described as “eminently ...

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