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Matthew 16:21-28

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King Duncan

... Because Sharp was judged ‘effectively dead,’ he was treated as though he were actually dead. But you and I know the truth. David Sharp was left to die so that other climbers could complete their ascent.” These men were left to die because the climbers who ... a drowning man, for fear of soiling his clothes . . . Hilda gave up the world and worldly pleasure; easily enough,” Lyons continues, “. . . But though she gave up many things precious to the average person, she had no conception of the meaning ...

2. Bildad Has the Answer (He Thinks!)

Job 8:1-22

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Daniel J. Estes

... s truth is whole and round, not square and truncated, to continue the metaphor used above. It includes reason as well as imagination, and incorporates mind, body, and spirit: it is multidimensional. Book: Unchristian, by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons. The recent study by Kinnaman and Lyons of the Barna Group, Unchristian (2007), documents the great disconnects between what Christians believe and how they behave. Their research is on the thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs of sixteen- to twenty-nine-year-olds ...

3. Lesson From A Blind Man

Mark 10:46-52

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King Duncan

... him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. Bartimaeus started crying out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me." Many of the people in the crowd started to rebuke him and tell him not to make a scene, but he cried out ... until the victory is won. There was an interesting article in the New York DAILY NEWS last fall. According to this article pro football player Marty Lyons, of the New York Jets, feels fortunate and blessed that his wife and son are alive. His wife Kelly was driving their son Rocky home ...

4. Do You Have It?

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Leonard Sweet

... the target of slanderous scrutiny by an army of "new atheists" and an uncomprehending post-Christian, postmodern culture. The new best-selling book unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity and Why It Matters by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons (2007) gives in chilling detail how this emerging culture looks at Christians and the church. The biggest bone of contention publically gnawed by aggressive UnChristians is the accusation that we are mean, judgmental, boring and ugly people ...

5. When We Are Tempted

Luke 4:1-13

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King Duncan

... to lessening temptation’s hold on your life is to love God with all your heart and with all your mind. Pastor and author David Jeremiah states it like this: “Over time I believe I’ve discovered that temptation isn’t so much a matter of what we do ... a sermon by Dr. Mickey Anders. 4. http://www.boydspc.org/sermons/20070304Philippians3,17-4,1.pdf. 5. Pat Croce, with Bill Lyon. I Feel Great, and You Will Too! (Philadelphia: Running Press, 2000), pp. 97-98. 6. MONDAY FODDER, http://family-safe-mail.com ...

6. Re-thinking Our Mission

Luke 14:1-14

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King Duncan

... the cross. They loved being the police. Such behavior is not confined to the synagogue, of course. It can happen and often does happen in the church. David Kinnaman of the Barna Group reports that unchurched people often have the perception that if they go to a church for help, they will be judged ... needed-for-reaching-the-lost-larry-sarver-sermon-on-evangelism-how-to-49316.asp 5. David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons, UNChristian (Baker Books, 2007), p. 181. 6. http://www.ottawamennonite.ca/sermons/impractical.htm.

7. Dealing with Our Doubts

Mark 9:14-32

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Donald B. Strobe

David Heller is a young Boston psychologist who, as part of a continuing research interest, collects letters children have written to God. “Dear ... can avoid believing, granting we have given it entire freedom to convince us.” Those are very important words. We have no right believing anything we can avoid believing! William Lyon Phelps of Yale wrote in his autobiography: “My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind.” Some of us ...

8. The Seventh Commandment: Indecent Proposal

Exodus 20:1-21

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Eric Ritz

... to our own first family in America--from Frank Gifford of television fame to Gospel singer Sandi Patti--to the head of the National Baptist Convention Rev. Henry J. Lyons, these families and spouses would hardly laugh at the reality of adultery. It has hurt so many, so deeply for a few fleeting moments of pleasure. We know from our Bible that David''s relationship with Bathsheba was not the high point of his life and leadership. We should take no comfort in the fact that adultery is so commonplace in our ...

9. The Fox

Mark 6:14-29

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David G. Rogne

I know that I don't have much status up here in Gaul, but will you do me the favor of listening to me? I've had an awful lot of time to think during these years I have been in exile, and I need to share my conclusions about life with someone. My name is Herod. The problem is that our family is so extended, and so many people bear that name, that I should really use my given name, which is Antipas. My circumstances used to be far different than they are now. It's not that Lyons is such a bad place to end up ...

10. The Judas Gene

John 18:1-11

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David E. Leininger

Why did Judas do it? Was it the money, the thirty pieces of silver? He did have a reputation for dipping into the poor box from time to time (John 12:6), so the cash may have been part of it. But thirty pieces of silver was not that much, and he returned it after the deed was done anyway. If, like the other disciples, he was perennially worried about where he stood in the pecking order, he may also have been reacting to some imagined slight. After all, he was the only one of the twelve who was not a ...

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