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Psalm 30:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Lord, we too must move when the joy of the Lord overflows every cell in our body. So why are some of us so sedentary? Chris Hughes reminds us that the Bible talks about "acts of worship," not "sits of worship" or even "stands of worship." How can a Christian sit ... little boy who was visiting his grandparents on their farm. "He was given a slingshot to play out in the woods. He practiced in the woods, but he could never hit the target. Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner. As he was walking ...

2. Where a Cross Should Be Worn

Matthew 6:1-4

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King Duncan

... wonderful true story that is perfect for Ash Wednesday. It was told to him by a colleague, Pastor Chris Mietlowski. It concerned a baptism that Mietlowski once performed on an infant named Eric. Mietlowski took Eric in ... to the Masters Golf Tournament. He notes that, when we think of the Masters, we think of golfers like Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods. One name that will probably never surface in a conversation about golfing legends is Doug Ford. “Few people would have any idea that Ford won ...

3. Shake It Off!

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... of life like a ship without sails. We see him on the island, gathering around a fire, reaching to place a piece of brush-wood in the flames. Suddenly a snake crawls out of the fire and fastens itself on his hand and he shakes it off without harm ... a bottle of Harvey's Bristol Cream, he charged into one of the most magnificent Shakespearean elocutions I've ever heard! As my friend, Chris Barnet, and I sat there spellbound, Nigel then lapsed into a teary tirade of how he had killed a seven-year-old girl while ...

4. Do You Believe In Easter?

Luke 24:1-12

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Bill Bouknight

... Easter morning! It’s better than being Irish on St. Patrick’s Day or a child on Christmas morning or Tiger Woods at the Master’s or a Duke basketball fan on April 2nd of this year. (You knew I would mention that ... their parents, had been brainwashed for seventy years by the atheistic leaders of the Soviet Union. Yet when I declared in Russian---"Christos vos chris"---(meaning "Christ is risen!") all eyes lit up and people began shouting for joy. One of the reasons that Communism failed was that it ...

5. Because He Lives

1 Corinthians 15:12-34

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Bill Bouknight

... to declare that same Easter Gospel through an interpreter. They even taught me how to say it in Russian-- Christos vos chris--"Christ is risen!" Now, here I am again, a third time in the same year, declaring the Easter good news. Why today ... knew her Bible and had a profound faith in God. Kenneth approached her in the kitchen where she was cooking supper on an old wood-burning stove. After reading the pamphlet to her, he asked her what she thought of it. Without even looking up or interrupting her stirring ...

6. God Hears

Genesis 21:8-21

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David E. Leininger

... verse that became famous in it's King James Bible language - it was posted in cross-stitch on the walls of countless Christian homes, it was carved in wood above the pulpit of the first church in which I regularly preached [St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Pritchardville, SC], and my mother tells me it was the ... 06 23, Note #8, 6/17/96 and blended with an monologue posted by Chris Ewing of the Roland & Myrtle United Church Pastoral Charge in south central Manitoba in Note #53, 6/21/96. 6. Psalm 86:1, 6-7

7. A Higher Calling

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... and followed him. It is very difficult to discern anything special about these men that Jesus called except their willingness to serve. Chris Fabry said it well: “If it were me, I would not have been down by the water looking for followers. The social ... as Pygmies. These small people have a unique way of making music and reinforcing social bonds. The men whittle musical pipes out of soft wood. But each pipe is only able to play a single note. One man may whittle a pipe that can play an A flat; another may ...

8. The Church Of Our Dreams

Ephesians 4:1-16

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Maxie Dunnam

... sense of well-being and identity. I read an article not long ago in a sports magazine which talked about getting lost in the woods. The writer said that when we get lost we have a tendency to travel in circles. We tend to circle back on ourselves, and that' ... in the afternoon, to dedicate a Habitat for Humanity house. The Misters -- a mother and a father and a little boy named Chris -- are going to live in that house -- I think they have already moved in. This congregation raised the money -- $30,000 ...

9. Just-Say-The-Word Disciples

Luke 7:1-10

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Leonard Sweet

... ” at one time or other. Whether you grew up on a swanky estate, a ritzy mansion, a standard suburban “splanch” (split level ranch), a shanty in the woods or a slum in the city, you were on the “wrong side of the tracks” at some time in your life. Whenever we wander out of our ... faithful following of Jesus to the missional context in which we find ourselves. “Plundering the Egyptians” meant that Chris’s followers are called to go out into the world — not stay, safe and sound, on our “side ...

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