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Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... , the able-bodied patient would answer with wide-eyed innocence, "This man is not a brother of mine." Neither rewards nor threats could induce him to perform a service for a stranger. Jesus calls us to a far more inclusive view of who is our neighbor. Charles Wolfe tells of being called out of a warm bed on a bitterly cold and icy night in Albany, New York. His brother was stranded downtown because his car wouldn't start. Then his brother commented about how nice it was have a brother in town. He mentioned ...

2. Living With The Birth Pangs

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... the rabbit. "Perhaps you would like to step inside this cave and see my experimental apparatus." Licking her chops, the wolf followed the rabbit into the cave. About half an hour passed before the rabbit came out of the cave with ... is in God's hands. 1. Richard N. Foster, INNOVATION, THE ATTACKER'S ADVANTAGE (New York: Summit Books, 1986), p. 27. 2. Charles R.Swindoll, THE BRIDE (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994), p. 114. 3. THE EXECUTIVE SPEECHWRITER'S NEWSLETTER. 4. April 8. 1996 ...

3. Wedding: Love and Fear

1 John 4:1-6

Sermon Aid

Charles E. Wolfe

... fear in all three relationships, but their on going life in the Spirit of God tips the balance more and more on the side of love. At the end, our prayer for them is that they demonstrate that “there is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.” — Charles E. Wolfe Hampstead, Maryland

4. And It Came To Pass

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... we have been told. Of late, however, we have been asking: Is this the real message of Mark 13:24-27? Charles Wesley described it: Lo, he comes with clouds descending, Once for favored sinners slain; Thousand, thousand saints attending Swell the ... Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" and built their houses of straw and of sticks. Of course the wolf blew down these flimsy affairs. Then that workaholic built his house of solid brick, gave shelter to the other two, and did away with the wolf. One point: Did anybody learn ...

5. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... check. And if he decides to give you another one to buy the building and turn it into a K-Mart, you can take that one, too." Charles Merrill doesn't have to worry about camel, gray, black or navy suits. He doesn't even have to worry about whether or not he gets premature ... of God, is a long, long and awful thing ..." The late Carlyle Mamey retired from his church in Charlotte and went to Wolf Pen Mountain. There he waited for God to say something. He confessed that he had figured that if he could get some ...

6. Knowing The Voice

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Thomas Long

... been smooth and well-chosen, but there was something in the texture of the voice that disclosed the agent of deception, the wolf in sheep's clothing. There was something in the voice that revealed the distinction between the true and the false, between ... drama troupe that presented, as a special event on the weekend before Christmas, a "dessert and drama" production of Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol. The church fellowship hall was transformed into a theater, folding chairs clustered around tables ...

7. Christians Die Well

Acts 7:54--8:1a

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... given him forgiveness and life. Stephen’s faith gave him a wonderful expectancy. It is said that people came to Charles Spurgeon’s revivals and were converted, but they CAME to be converted. His faith was contagious; the fact that he ... of dogs. The medicine man then turned him into a dog, but then he was afraid of wolves. Then the medicine man turned him into a wolf, and then he was fearful of hunters. Finally, the wise Indian told him, "I can do nothing for you because you have the heart and the ...

8. Shepherding One Another in a Collapsing World

Romans 9:1-29

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... and the look of caring in his eyes." Do you see what I see? The world of Paul, the world of Charles Colson, touched by another world - made beautiful by Christ. "Men of opposing political philosophy were experiencing the camaraderie of their ... feeling of others. The new Christian was almost destroyed. The older Christian (?), called to be a shepherd, had become a wolf. Colin Morris encourages us: "You are the children of the Third Day - created by the Resurrection, empowered through Pentecost, the first ...

9. The Triumph of the Cross

Galatians 6:11-18, Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... be open even to our enemy. OPEN THE DOORS!" Someone says to the Archbishop, "You would close the doors against the lion, the wolf and other beasts. Why not against the beasts contained in the soul of damned men--who damn themselves to beasts?" The Archbishop declares ... the Chicago Bulls on national television. That day the 76''ers were soundly defeated by the Bulls. After the game, Charles Barkley gave his observations and opinions on why they lost. Barkley offered no excuses but simply stated, "We deserved ...

10. Any FAX, Or E-Mail From God Today?

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... is a long, long and awful thing...." The late Carlyle Marney retired from Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte and went to Wolf Pen Mountain, waiting for God to say something. He confessed that he had figured if he could get some time completely free ... word to a world in trouble. So be it. 1. For exegetical background and additional preaching themes, see Walter Brueggeman, Charles B. Cousar, Beverly R. Garenta, and James D. Newsome, Texts for Preaching: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV -- Year ...

11. Blinding Specks

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... back. Nathaniel Hawthorne, in one of his stories, comes upon this pack among a strange collection of items from the past: the wolf that devoured Little Red Riding-Hood, Nero’s fiddle, Robin Hood’s arrows, Sir Walter Raleigh’s tobacco pipes, the inkstand which Martin ... , Viking Press. 3. Henry Sloane Coffin. The Ten Commandments, p. 184. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1915. 4. Charles Elroy Burbank, Editor. Hawthorne’s Mosses From An Old Manse, pp. 257-274. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. 5 ...

12. Why Christmas?

Isaiah 8:11-22

Sermon

Theodore L. Yewey

... love as its center.... Merry Christmas! ... Friends! ... Love! ... What could be more idiolic? Bah! Humbug!" So says Ebenezer Scrooge of Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol. We cringe at such sharp and cruel statements. They slam against us like the direct hit of a snowball square ... to see what life should be like all the time. The prophet Isaiah again gives us a hint of what life can be: The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the lion and the fatling ...

13. Do This And Live!

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... far more frightened of dogs than most people. Even a distant bark would terrify him. In his mind he could still see a mad wolf which raged through his boyhood village bringing agony and death to many of his neighbors. "I have always been haunted by the cries of those ... often adds more to the inner quality of the helper than it does the person who is helped. It reminds me of a story Charles L. Allen once told of a man who went in search of a flower called hearts ease. Upon every road he took, however, he ...

14. Building A Life

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... a point, perhaps. But there are areas of our lives in which no other friend is adequate. A woman fought a long battle with cancer. Her brother, Dr. Earl Wolf, made the trip from Missouri to Pennsylvania to attend her funeral. While he was there, he spent some time leafing through his sister's Bible. He found this handwritten ... C. Neil Strait, PASTOR . . . BE ENCOURAGED (Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 1996). 5. Charles R. Swindoll, GROWING STRONG IN THE SEASONS OF LIFE (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994), p. 286.

15. Peacemaking and Self Control

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... and pilots report a dramatic increase in problem passengers: 66 incidents in 1997, 534 in 1999. C. Leslie Charles, author of Why Is Everyone So Cranky? writes: “I'm describing a fuming, unrelenting, sense of anger, hostility, ... you are given and the pain you are giving back; in many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you."10 Long ago a wise one of Israel wrote in the Book of Proverbs, "A tranquil mind gives life ...

16. Guidance for a Time of Chaos

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Perkins died in 1947 after exercising enormous influence over the reading habits of millions of people. No, Perkins wasn’t an author. He was the top editor at Charles Scribner’s Publishing Company for some years. He served as personal editor for F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby), Ernest Hemingway (For Whom The Bell Tolls), Thomas Wolfe (Look Homeward, Angel), as well as for less famous authors such as those who wrote The Yearling, From Here to Eternity, etc. Max Perkins could take a manuscript ...

17. The Sin of Robin Hood

Exodus 20:15

Sermon

James Merritt

... job. Only one in four give work their best effort; only one in four work to realize their human potential, rather than merely to keep the wolf from the door.[6] But the Bible also says that management should not steal from labor. Jesus said, "You should not muzzle the ox that ... 1994. [2] James Patterson and Peter Kim, The Day America Told the Truth, (New York: Plume, 1992), 156-57. [3] Charles R. Swindoll, The Quest for Character, p. 70. [4] USA Today magazine, op. cit. [5] Doug Sherman and William Hendricks ...

18. Show and Sell or Show and Tell?

Hebrews 9:11-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... was the little boy himself who outed his parents, and let the truth slip out. On live tv, Falcon Heene was asked by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer why he hid from everyone when they were searching for him. The little boy swallowed hard, looked into the camera and said, “We did ... sin that stunted the growth of the human heart. It is your mission and mine to show and tell this story. In the words of Charles Wesley: A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify, A never-dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky. To serve ...

19. Opening and Closing Doors

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... not only acceptable but needed. We’ll get to that in a moment. As we begin, let’s touch base with the situation. There is a good picture of it in Charles Schultz’s Peanuts. Snoopy is flat on his back on top of his good old doghouse. “Rats,” he cries. Now he sits up and continues, “How can I sleep knowing that any moment a wolf could come by and blow my house down.” Leaning over the roof, he says, “Life has too many worries..., today it’s wolves...” And pulling out his tennis racket, he ...

20. Set Apart at Christmas

Romans 1:1-7

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... ? Were the Puritans correct or is there a middle ground? In his 2006 Jefferson Lecture sponsored by the NEH, Tom Wolfe, author of The Right Stuff, Bonfire of the Vanities, and other popular novels, coined the phrase "statusphere" to describe the ... reminded two weeks ago, for Paul the past, present, and future cannot be separated. Everything is connected to everything else. Charles Wesley knew it: Hark, the herald angels sing,Hark, the herald angels sing, "Glory to the newborn king."Glorytothenewbornking. Peace ...

21. The Great Physician

Matthew 4:23-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... prescribed curious concoctions for their patients. These concoctions were made from ashes of such things as a burnt wolf’s skull, stags’ horns, heads of mice, the eyes of crabs, owl’s brains, the livers of frogs and ... , yes, there is evidence that Christ still heals people today. The world famous Mayo Clinic was founded by Dr. Will Mayo and his brother, Charles. Dr. Will Mayo once spoke these encouraging words: “I have seen patients that were dead by all standards. We knew they could not live ...

22. Mary and Martha: Nine to Five and Five to Nine

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... supposed to make her married boss look good but also feel good by hopping into bed with him. If the Queen Mother advised Prince Charles upon meeting Dolly Parton to look her squarely in the eye, in this movie it is clear the boss's eyes regularly are elsewhere. ... faults and failures at dinner parties and material success, has chosen the better course." Woman: I'm reminded of Tom Wolfe's sarcastic description of Manhattan social climbers, women in this case, who work hard, dress to the nines, and starve ...

23. One Life-Changing Word

Isaiah 9:2-7 · Luke 2:1-14, (15-20)

Sermon

King Duncan

One of the most popular and heart-warming stories ever told is Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. This story describes the lonely and mis-lived life of Ebenezer Scrooge. (1) The story ... a society of brotherhood in which the dignity of every human being is honored. (4) The prophet Isaiah looked forward to that kind of day when, in his words, “the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the lion and the fatling together and a little child shall lead ...

Wolf's Law: Those who don't study the past will repeat its errors. Those who do study it will find other ways to err.

Charles Wolf, Jr

25. Plain Talk

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

Two men were traveling by light airplane to a business meeting in Alaska. Somewhere over the tundra the plane's motor failed and they were forced down. When they returned home each wrote an article for his favorite magazine about the resulting crisis. One was an avid outdoorsman and his article was titled, "Survival In The Frozen North." The other was very religious and his article was titled, "How Prayer Saved Me From The Wild Wolf Pack." The stories were about the same incident. The authors were ...

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