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Luke 17:11-19

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King Duncan

... heroism, and he was never able to return to school, ultimately living out his days as an invalid. Years later, a reporter doing a story on Great Lakes tragedies found Spencer as an old man in a nursing home in California and asked for his recollections of that night. He said bitterly, “The only thing I remember is that not ... p. 20. Cited by Rev. Karen Chakoian, http://www.granpres.org/Sermons/2004‑10‑10.htm. 7. Pastor Dan Mangler, http://www.smlc‑elca.org/Sunday_sermons/october_10_2004_sermon.html.

2. Trying To Grasp The Meaning Of It All

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... life's paths. But it didn't turn out like that. Philip remembers one Christmas when the Gulley's toddler son, Spencer, became fascinated with the family Nativity set. One day, he dipped one of the figurines in ketchup and proceeded to lick ... Johns Hopkins medical center. The brew will be analyzed at U.S. labs, and patients using it in Vietnam will be closely monitored. If Dan's elixir is proved effective, it may one day help the world's heroin addicts kick their deadly habit. That's interesting. A doctor ...

3. Preparing For God's Great Gift

Matthew 24:36-51

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King Duncan

... Dan ... . Dan and Celia Coleman were walking home from a Christmas party at a friend’s house when they noticed their front door was ajar. "Did we forget to close it?" Celia asked. Dan ... After the police left, a sense of calm engulfed them. Celia said to Dan, "In a way it’s a relief." Dan asked what she meant. She replied, "You can’t worry about possessions ... rejoice in the freedom from sin and death His coming brings. Dan Rather, I REMEMBER (Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1991), p. Dorothy Canfield Fisher ...

4. Open the Window, Aunt Minnie, Here It Comes!

Jeremiah 33:1-26

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King Duncan

... nearby home had taken time to come over to where the Church had been and found the statue in the rubble. They decided that everyone in Spencer needed to see that Jesus was still there, so they stood him up for all to see. (5) Those young girls were right. Whether times are ... Savior of the world. That’s exciting. Watch out, Aunt Minnie, Christmas is coming! 1. Saul Wisnia with Dan Schlossberg, Wit and Wisdom of Baseball (Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International, Ltd., 1999), p. 181. 2. http://www. ...

5. Do You Hear What I Hear?

Luke 1:46-56, Isaiah 61:1-11

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David E. Leininger

... of the Christmas carol, it is the question of Isaiah, it is the question of Mary. It is the question of faith. Do you hear what I hear? Listen...and be blessed. Amen! 1. John 15:13 KJV 2. Words and Music by Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne, 1962 3. Dan Brereton, via Ecunet, "Sermonshop 1999 12 12," #15, 12/7/99 4. Author unknown. Posted by Jeff ...

6. Jesus as True King of Israel

Matthew 2:19-23, Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:1-12

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Jeannine K. Brown

... -watchers were servants rather than kings. As Mark Powell indicates, Matthew’s reader would have likely identified the magi as royal servants (e.g., Dan. 2:1–12, with magos used in the LXX at 2:2, 10).3If so, the magi in Matthew 2 would have provided a ... by Katharine Houghton and Sidney Poitier) home for dinner. The plot involves the girl’s parents (Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy) struggling to understand what was socially unacceptable in that era and wondering about extending welcome to this young ...

7. Adam, the Law, and the Curse of the Covenant

Romans 5:12-21

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C. Marvin Pate

... : Judgment at Nuremberg. This 1961 drama, directed by Stanley Kramer, revolves around a military tribunal in which four Nazi judges are accused of crimes against humanity for their activities during the Hitler regime. The chief justice, Dan Haywood (played by Spencer Tracy), makes an effort to comprehend how defendant Ernst Janning (played by Burt Lancaster) could have passed sentences resulting in genocide, and, how the German people could have ignored the Holocaust. The way in which individuals collude ...

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