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Romans 5:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... is easy. But let life turn against us, and, for many of us, our faith proves to be sadly fickle. Dr. Ronald M. Brown, a former professor at the University of Minnesota, contends that we need to recognize two categories of trust, whether we are dealing ... 8: 28 reminds us, “work all things for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Pastor David Platt tells of a woman who had lost a child to a congenital heart defect. She described how painful it was to sit in the ...

2. Dealing with Cantankerous People

Ephesians 4:30-5:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... , rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice . . .” Is there anyone you are bitter against? Dr. David L. Brown tells about a man who died with bitterness in his heart. His name was Sigmund Freud. As you probably know, Freud ... course had a very dim view of religion. No wonder he didn’t find much good in people. I don’t want to sound like I’m blowing our trumpet, but I wish he could know some of the people I’ve come to know in this church and other churches. There is so ...

3. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:7-12, James 5:13-20

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... its attacks and overcome it by the power of the Spirit. See further U. Falkenroth and C. Brown, “Patience,” NIDNTT, vol. 2, pp. 768–76. Until the Lord’s coming has sometimes been seen ... to Job catches up the theme of James 2. See further P. H. Davids, “Tradition and Citation in the Epistle of James.” The phrase for what ... situation to God’s power. See further H. Bietenhard, “Onoma,” TDNT, vol. 5, p. 277; M. Kelsey, Healing and Christianity, pp. 104–99; and S. S. Laws, James, pp. 225–32. 5 ...

4. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:1-6, James 4:13-17, James 5:7-12, James 5:13-20

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

5. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:7-12, James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:13-20

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

6. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:13-20, James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:7-12

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

7. Christmas Is On Top Of A Steep Hill

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . Amen. There is no more exciting world than the world of children. That’s the reason I’m happy that in every worship service of this church we have so many children with us in worship ... And it seemed as though Christmas would never come. Charlie Brown captured the sentiment of children – Christmas is on the top of a steep hill and ... earth and take control. Some believed that there would arise another king out of David’s line, all the ancient glories of Israel would be revived. Some believed that ...

8. Being A View Master

Romans 2:9-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... m nervous, I lack confidence, I'm stupid, I have poor taste and absolutely no sense of design." And then in the last frame he concludes, "So, all things considered, it's coming along OKAY!" (1) Nobody would ever claim that Charlie Brown was perfect. But the one thing we notice about Charlie Brown ... of Christ shine through all we do. Conclusion In the movie Pleasantville, David doesn't fit in at his high school. He is thought of as a "geek," and he is obsessed with a 1950s era ...

9. Wait. Trust Me.

Exodus 20:12 · Ephesians 6:1-12 · Proverbs 22:6

Illustration

Paul Batura

... : Oh. Sheriff Taylor: Not that that’s an easy thing. A lot of grownups still strugglin’ with that same problem, but ‘specially difficult for a youngster, ’cause things rub off on ’em so easy. David Browne: Well, Sheriff, maybe I do look at things differently than other people. Is that wrong? I live by my wits. I’m not above bending the law now and then to keep clothes on my back or food in my stomach. I live the kind of life that other people would just love to live if they only had the courage ...

10. Choose Life

Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... ALL, BECAUSE GOD LOVES US WE CAN CHOOSE TO LIVE IN CONFIDENCE. In one of the Peanuts comic strips, Charlie Brown goes to Lucy for 5 cents worth of psychiatric advice to help him face up to his fears. Lucy tries to pinpoint his ... 9:48 p.m. Elizabeth died at age 33… after an 8-1/2 year battle with cancer. She died as she chose to… at home in her husband’s arms. Her husband, David, was holding her and praying when she breathed her last breath on this earth. He prayed her into heaven. David told me that ...

11. In Life Nothing Works but the Impossible

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... m sure. But one of my favorite carols has always been “The Friendly Beasts.” Jesus, our brother, kind and good, Was humbly born in a stable rude; And the friendly beasts around Him stood. Jesus, our brother, kind and good. "I," said the Donkey, shaggy and brown ... Joseph’s actions “saved” Jesus, giving him the cover of his name and a genealogical connection to the house of David. But in reality Joseph became the first one who Jesus “saved.” Jesus saved Joseph---from doubt, despair, and grief, ...

12. An Unusual Legacy

2 Samuel 23:1-7

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... been Abraham Lincoln?" "Well, now, I don’t think so," he replies slowly; "I’m having a hard enough time being just plain Charlie Brown." I love it! I love it! God does not expect us to be persons other than ourselves. But he does expect us to make full use of our given abilities and to live lives of integrity and faithfulness wherever we are in our little corner of the earth. Even though he slipped and fell short of perfect leadership, David gave us a glimpse of "what could be." And God was able to use ...

13. Building Relationships

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... , and I don’t want to give anyone the idea that I’m advocating severing a marriage relationship. I’m not. But, of course, not even every marriage is made in heaven. Barbara Brown Taylor tells a story about a woman who was already dying of ... God, not with another human being, that we draw our strength and our identity. 1. From a sermon by Rev. Dr. David E. Leininger, http://www.presbyterianwarren.com/nogiveup.html. 2. Will Miller with Glenn Sparks, Refrigerator Rights (New York: Penguin Putnam, 2002). ...

14. Jesus Adopted by Joseph

Matthew 1:18-25

Teach the Text

Jeannine K. Brown

... to do just this, according to Jewish, Greek, and Roman law (e.g., m. Yebam. 2:8; cf. Deut. 22:23–27 [though it seems that the ... , this naming feature of the passage indicates that Jesus is brought into Joseph’s Davidic lineage (see comments on 1:25). Matthew also directly shapes his audience’s under ... Browning. In this epic poem, Browning wrote the following lines evoking incarnation: Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God . . . Poetry: “Ordinary Day,” by Jeannine Brown ...

15. Hope in a Plain Brown Wrapper

Luke 1:47-55

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... - fantastic! I'm sure I' ... David. It's the birth place of the prophet Micah. But by the birth of Christ, it was of little consequence. The Temple had been built and it outshone everything. The prophet Micah wrote: "But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days." Bethlehem was just a small town, like Joshua. It's name means "House of Bread." God took the plain brown ...

16. When God Says "Go"

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

... 255 cast. After the election, Persson was asked his reaction. He could only say: "I'm touched by this honor. But I didn't ask for it. Why pick me?" Why ... the messenger which makes our faith attractive - it's the beauty of the message. David, Peter, Isaiah, Abraham - they were no supermen. And neither need we be. The secret of ... If he sees a movie about mountain climbing, then he's crawling up all the furniture." Charlie Brown thinks a moment, then asks: "Why don't you take him to a movie about Albert Schweitzer ...

17. The Work of An Evangelist

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... said, “My vocation is to serve lepers – I want to give my life to serving lepers.” Mother Teresa looked at him with those sharp brown eyes and with a smile on her face she said, “Your vocation is not to serve lepers – your vocation is to love Jesus.” If ... . I reached for the money clip in my back pocket. At that moment David put his finger in front of my face and said, “No, you don’t understand – I don’t want your money. I’m going to die out there. I want the Jesus that red-haired girl ...

18. On Taking Candy from a Stranger

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... his head and said, “I can’t.” “Why not?” the man asked. The boy looked at him gravely in the eye and said, “I’m not supposed to take candy from strangers.” (1) There’s a little boy who knows how to follow the rules. He may not understand why ... In her junior year of high school, Pastor Barbara Brown Taylor dated a standout basketball player named David. David could have been the star of his high school basketball team. But because David was Jewish, he abstained from playing on Friday nights ...

19. The Agony and Ecstasy of Sight

John 9:1-12

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... insight and hardening blindness is a work of art. It is truly masterful. Brown concludes, "The blind man’s confutation of the Pharisees in vs. 24-34 ... in a court of inquiry which would mean that their son was over thirteen. David Redding says of the parents, "They took what amounted to our Fifth Amendment and cowardly ... for us. "You have cancer." "You are guilty; the penalty is death!" "I hate you!" "Forgive me." "I’m sorry." "Damn you!" "I love you." Persons live and die by such words. In our story the ...

20. A Royal Lament

2 Samuel 1:1-16

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... ’s beer. "All this Heineken’s of mine that you’re drinking costs me a lot of money, Dave," the President would say. "I’m going to send you a bill for it one of these days." Around eleven o’clock, the President would get undressed and slip into ... the downstairs hall, and drive home to his own house in McLean, Virginia. - Kenneth O’Donnell and David F. Powers* (*Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye, Little, Brown, 1972, p. 264.) When Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963, Powers was riding ...

21. “The King Rejoices in Your Strength, Lord”

Psalm 21:1-13

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... creation. Refrain: No storm can shake my inmost calm while to that Rock I’m clinging. Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth, how can I keep from ... declaration of worship: future generations (vv. 30–31) Historical and Cultural Background David’s familiarity with the ferocious animals of his world—bulls, lions, and dogs ... Browning. This poem captures one aspect of the meaning of our Lord’s cry of dereliction from the cross. The words reflecting the abandonment of Jesus were echoless, says Browning ...

22. A Season Of Joy

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Robert Allen

... great. Every dress shirt I own is at the cleaners - except for the one I’m wearing." While I was waiting for them to find my shirts, a woman walked in carrying an ... were five little puppies. They were about five or six weeks old - cute little balls of brown, playful fur. While we were admiring the puppies, a boy about eight or nine years old ... so simply when he wrote: ... for unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. The birth of this Savior means that God has come ...

23. God, Elvis, and O.J. Simpson

Psalm 139

Sermon

James Merritt

... the public. Then on June 12, 1994 a gruesome crime scene was uncovered where Nicole Brown had her throat slit. Ron Goldman died of multiple chest wounds, and then came O ... is, "Is he guilty?" The big question of Elvis Presley is, "Is he alive?" Next month I'm going to Memphis to speak for my good friend, Rick Stanley. He's going to give ... Omnipresent You're going to find out you cannot run from God. You cannot hide from God. David tells us three things that cannot hide us from God. a. Death Does Not Hide Us ...

24. Even in Our Hiding

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... m Still Learning to Forgive.”* In her story, Corrie found that time in her life when she had to face up to her fears, and to confront her accuser, with Jesus by her side. Listen to her story: “It was in a church in Munich that I saw him—a balding, heavyset man in a gray overcoat, a brown ... God would send Elijah into hiding until it came time for him to confront the idolaters with God by his side. David would hide from Saul….until it came time that he felt he needed to confront his accuser. And God was ...

25. Promise of Restoration

Jeremiah 33:1-26

Understanding Series

Tremper Longman III

... is apt (see the study of this type of metaphor in Jeremiah in M. L. Brown, Israel’s Divine Healer, pp. 191–95). In specific reference to the present verse, Brown comments “this divine healing translates out to the return of the Judean and ... too Judah and Jerusalem will be restored and allowed to live in safety. For a similar oracle anticipating the restoration of the line of David as a Branch, see Isa. 11: 1; Zech. 3:8; 6:12. In these places the Branch has clearly taken on messianic significance. The ...

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