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Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... his father in infancy and was brought up by his grandmother and his sister while his mother supported them by working in a cotton mill. His mother made $30 a week. They survived, says one source, on pinto beans, turnip greens, cornbread and molasses. In his early school ... . God has made a covenant with us and that covenant will not fail. 1. The Practice of Pentecost. Cited by David Pytches, Does God Speak Today? (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers). 2. http://www.colours-of-the-rainbow.com/legends.html. 3 ...

2. The Fourth Person In The Trinity

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... spent many fun and imaginative afternoons in the feed mill waiting for his father to finish working. As Kenneth got older he began to realize that his pretend game of hiding in the feed mill represented his understanding of God. His thinking went ... BEST PART: AS WE SEEK TO LIVE THE CHRIST LIFE WITH HIS SPIRIT DWELLING WITHIN US, HE GRANTS US HIS STRENGTH AND HIS POWER. David Jacobsen was a hostage in Beirut for seventeen months, as you may remember. He was head of the largest hospital in West Beirut, when, ...

3. Super-Size Your Faith

Romans 8:18-27

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Leonard Sweet

... stench of a slaughterhouse or the cloud of sulphur dioxide that spews out of paper-mill smoke stacks. Ironically, in the case of pulp mills, we are sugar-coating the release of sugars (and sulphur) in the wood. “Sugar-coating” ... may have taken years, or even lifetimes, for that Goliath to come tumbling down. That was not the victory. The victory was won when David had the faith to step out and take up the mission. Christians are not promised triumph on the battlefield. Christians are promised the ...

4. The End of Time

Luke 21:5-19

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John Wayne Clarke

... my life who understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks — who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering." Henry David Thoreau wrote these words because he was concerned, more than a century ago, that Americans were so busy making a living that ... rough things got at home, Dad continued to doggedly drop his coins into the jar. Even the summer when Dad got laid off from the mill, and Mama had to serve dried beans several times a week, not a single dime was taken from the jar. To the contrary, as ...

5. Keeping Sunday

Mark 2:23-3:6

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David G. Rogne

... food except for bread which had been offered as a sacrifice to God, and which was to be eaten only by the priests. Nevertheless, David, who was looked upon as Israel's great hero, took the bread, ate it, and shared it with his men. The implication is clear ... boy stood by the pond, watching the green flakes of algae, the shimmering lily pads, the beds of watercress, the silent mill wheel, and the other fishermen standing around the bank, an old hymn started ringing in his mind: Come, Thou Almighty King, Help ...

6. Something Is Missing

John 6:24-35

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King Duncan

... Christmas looks as if the department store blew up in the living room. But research shows a very different side of Mill Valley. Those fabulous dream homes mask one of the highest levels of drug and alcohol abuse in the nation. Teen suicides and ... street makes us wait until some cars come along so he can stop them." That's power! A lady wrote in Redbook that her son David received a Superman cape for his third birthday. Ecstatic, he donned the cape and ran as fast as he could around the backyard. Shortly, he ...

7. Whoever Would Be King

2 Samuel 5:1-5

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... need all, all the time. For all of that; Christ’s radical innovation seemed as fragile as the unity of the Israel of David and Solomon. How can the best and the worst be lumped together? Do you mean to say that no one is automatically advantaged ... press and history tell us more than one monarch has robbed the very people professed to be loved. Not this king. Run-of-the-mill kings are given to killing folks. This king is given to dying for folks, a contrast even now not yet fully appreciated. What’s the ...

8. No One Enters The Kingdom… Save With Empty Hands

2 Samuel 5:1-5

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... did his work so well the village prospered. Graceful swans floated in the spring. The surrounding countryside was irrigated. Several mills used the water for power. Restaurants flourished for townspeople and for a growing number of tourists. Years went by. One ... it before.2 The story of the keeper of the spring comes closer to Jesus’ concept of authority. Though standing in the Davidic tradition, Jesus re-cast the notion of kingship into the image of the servant. To exercise real power in Jesus’ kingdom is ...

9. Promising Words

2 Samuel 7:18-29

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... weeping ... with the face of God shining on me ... we can catch a fleeting glimpse of the magnitude of the future by the down payment we have already received."4 David’s God was not confined to a musty album of faded and tattered snapshots. His God was the pioneer of faith who guides us into his kingdom. May God grant ... Nelson Co., Nashville, 1983, poem quoted on page 171 by Ruth Thomas. 3. Poem by Michael Mills, 1987. 4. Helmut Thielicke, I Believe, I Believe, Fortress Press, Philadelphia, 1968, p. 214.

10. Therapy in Melody or Healing in 4/4 Time

1 Samuel 16:14-23

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David E. Leininger

... could play anymore. I asked Sergeant Major if it would be appropriate if I played the National Anthem. He shouted above the chaos of the milling soldiers to call them to attention, and I played the National Anthem as the 300 men of the 69th Division saluted an invisible flag...As I ... its place and let this lesson be engraved on the tablets of your heart: "Whenever the [evil] spirit came upon Saul, David would take his harp and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit ...

11. Godstruck

Acts 2:1-13

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Lori Wagner

... in their need? Whom shall I send to loosen the bonds of shame and greed? 2. "I hear my people crying in slum and mine and mill; no field or mart is silent, no city street is still. I see my people falling in darkness and despair. Whom shall I send to shatter ... the law. But God raised him up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power. For David says concerning him, I saw the Lord always before me, For he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken; Therefore ...

12. Advent 1

Matthew 24:36-51, Romans 13:8-14, Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-9

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... where Isaiah 5:1-5 ended. It is not about eschatology, but present-day worship. Psalm 122 is titled "A Song of Ascents of David." The language of ascent in the psalms is most likely language of pilgrimage. The imagery of ascending or going up is a description of ... another, precisely because final judgment is totally God's affair. Something other than the actions named—work in the fields and the mills—is the basis of God's judgment. From the context, it can only be whether or not the persons are watching, ...

13. The Man From Galilee VI: The Tragedy Of His Victory

Matthew 21:1-11

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... all right. But he just sits there with a funny look on his face, staring straight ahead, not singing anymore." Jerusalem had been through the mill many times. And many of those people in Jerusalem must have been void of any real feeling. One of the reasons they reacted to ... ease and escapism, to step out into the street and follow Him to the end -- and the beginning. "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" Who is this Jesus? This is the prophet ...

14. Matthew 1:18-25

Matthew 1:18-25

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Leonard Sweet

... would be out of the public eye and would at least “officially” spare Mary “public disgrace.” Although one suspects the gossip mill of any small community would surely unofficially “out” Mary in short order. But even as Joseph makes up his mind about ... the oracle found in Isaiah 7:14. While the historical context of Isaiah’s pronouncement looked towards the imminent birth of a Davidic son who would offer hope to the nation of Judah under the rule of King Ahaz (735-715 BCE), the unique terminology ...

15. Does God Give A Damn?

Exodus 5:22--6:12

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John R. Brokhoff

... evicted family get a place to live? The landlord could not care less what happens to the family. Or, workers in mills contract black lung or cancer, but the corporation coldly says, "We are not responsible. That is your hard luck." A professor ... disconnect our odometer to keep our new car in warranty, we are not only sinning against GM or Ford but against God. King David had to learn this lesson. He thought he had committed the perfect crime when he committed adultery with Bathsheba and murdered her husband ...

16. The Unknown Hero

Mark 10:46-52

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Bill Bouknight

... of the status quo. The fact that he has many enemies in high places makes him all the more popular with the common people. As Jesus makes his way through Jericho, suddenly a shrieking voice is heard above the milling sounds of the crowd. Old blind Bartimaeus is shouting, "Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me." Though by-standers try to hush him, he keeps screaming. Jesus hears him and calls him to come forward. Once our Lord discerns that Bartimaeus has a bit of faith, he heals his blindness. Then ...

17. Fishing Stories

John 21:1-14

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King Duncan

... two things. One, that dreams in youth should never be underestimated, and Two, that they don't clean the Capitol very much. David Pryor had a dream--a dream that required him to give his best. You don't achieve anything significant in life ... them to go out with renewed commitment and spread the good news. It's decision time for these rugged fishermen. Actress Agnes De Mille once said, "No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently." That's where the ...

18. Grace for a Complaining People

Exodus 16:2-15

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Arley K. Fadness

... appearance like bdellium, and tasted like wafers made with honey. According to Numbers 11:8 it was ground in mills, beaten in mortars, boiled in pots, and made into cakes. Science describes manna this way: Various plants exude a ... "response" can be misleading and misunderstood. "Reaction" is an optional word to describe one's experience of a prior act of God by grace. David Allen Sorensen, in Exploring The Yearly Lectionary, tells how difficult it is to accept pure grace. Just for fun, he decided to try a ...

19. Living Bread

John 6:51-58

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... They are not unlike Solomon. Today’s Old Testament reading is the story of Solomon’s ascendancy to the throne of his father, David. The reading begins at I Kings 12:10-12, then it skips thirty five verses and goes to Chapter 3 verses 3-14 ... thing. Of course, that is no longer the case. Fans are rarely fanatics and fanatics are something quite different from your run-of-the-mill fans. As a friend of mine explained it, a fan is someone who dresses up like Brutus Buckeye on certain Saturdays in the fall ...

20. The One Thing That Matters

Philippians 3:1-11

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King Duncan

... in the western part of our country with an unusual mural, a painting of the scene on Golgotha. There are the politicians, the soldiers, the priests, a milling crowd, and the frightened, discouraged disciples. What makes the mural unusual is that members of the congregation posed for the faces in the picture. (3) We WERE ... in life and in faith which is central to all we believe. 1. J. David Long, Editor, DEVOTION: DECEMBER, (Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Co., 1981). 2. Raymond Schuessler in MODERN MATURITY 3 ...

21. What Would You Have Him Do For You?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... ability to read and add figures. She knew that there was no way she could ever be hired at the town's cotton gin or lumber mill. Besides she didn't want to leave her small sons alone all day. So she decided to cut herself a new path. Early one morning ... situation. The truly amazing thing was that Bartimaeus called out to Jesus with a title that no one had used before, "Son of David, have mercy on me." It is ironic: Blind Bartimaeus knew who Jesus was while the people who surrounded Jesus did not. When the ...

22. The One Who Came Still Comes; The One Who Spoke Still Speaks

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Michael Milton

... things in life because of wrong expectations or small expectations. When Jesus came into Jerusalem, people were expecting the Son of David to bring in a political kingdom. What a small expectation. Jesus came to rule the universe, not just a little piece of ... 14). Paul believed that God had intentionally allowed him to be in prison. This past week, I had a visit from Mr. Ted Mills, a retired banker in our congregation. We ended up talking about his experiences in World War II. Ted said that Jesus Christ ...

23. Do You Have It?

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Leonard Sweet

... lost "It"? Do you have "It"? Would you like "It"? Animations, Illustrations, Illuminations, Ruminations, Applications Although Nassau Presbyterian Church pastor David A. Davis (Princeton, NJ) didn't have "It" in mind when he wrote this (in A Kingdom We Can Taste ... 's a 90-year-old with "It." "Mary Fasano's parents pulled her out of the eighth grade so she could work in a cotton mill in Rhode Island. Fifty-five years later, Mary decided to go back to school. She went to high school at night, and at 71 years old ...

24. Why Were the Wise Men Wise?

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... Jeremiah 23:5 we are told that he would come from the house of David. Then in Luke 3:30-31 we are told that the line of Jesus went through the tribe of Judah and the house of David. In Micah 5:2 we are told that the Messiah would be born in ... our God, he is worthy of our worship; but because he is our Savior, he is worthy of our witness. You know any run-of-the-mill, dime-a-dozen Christian can get excited about Christmas. But only a Spirit-filled Christian can get excited about Calvary. We are not saved at the ...

25. Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

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Leonard Sweet

... , so Jesus is now moved by great compassion to offer help and healing to the pressing crowd. Verse 34 highlights Jesus' linkage to ancient Hebrew leaders by identifying his role with that of a good shepherd. Even as Moses and David had been shepherds/leaders of their people, so Jesus views the milling crowd before him as "sheep without a shepherd." By first teaching them (v.34) and then feeding them (vv.35-44), Jesus fulfills the Ezekiel 34:23 role of the promised shepherd: "I will set up over them one ...

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