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Drama

Edward Long

... ? Should we turn this place into a supermarket? You know, I love this place and it brings all the income we'll ever need. But we're not very ... you know ... up to snuff. We're kind of out-of-date, you know what I mean? MRS. McKENZIE: Whatever you want as long as I don't have to clean all them picture windows. Gracious, they'd be the death of me! (Sews on a doll). GERALD: Oh, I'd clean 'em - or get Moose to do it. For a small fee. That guy is so tall, he'd never even need ...

2. An Extraordinary Wedding Gift

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’s father made me a much better deal.” Funny things happen at weddings--in real life as well as in jokes. Alyce McKenzie, Professor of Preaching and Worship at Perkins School of Theology, gives some examples from her own experience. Here are a few: The matron ... RSVP for the reception, but showed up anyway, assuming there would be enough food and drink for them. And there wasn’t. (1) We don’t know if that is what happened in the wedding that took place in our lesson for the day from John’s Gospel or ...

3. (Don’t) Follow Me

Matthew 23:1-12

Sermon

Steve Molin

... the Pharisees for their own practice of unrighteousness. And here is the irony of Jesus’ words, according to Alyce Mckenzie: “The listeners of Jesus’ day would have expected the Pharisee to be a careful observer of the Law. They would ... would again chastise them; “woe to you Pharisees” he would say, followed by a litany of their faults. I, for one, am glad that I don’t serve in a religious culture that is led by Pharisees. But, maybe I do! As difficult as these remaining moments of this sermon ...

4. Thy Kingdom Come

Luke 17:20-37

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... my interest. At that time a local Christian named Carolyn McKenzie was getting a good bit of publicity in her fight against peep shows, topless nightclubs, and so-called adult bookstores. McKenzie has helped at least twelve young women get out of the ... course, that did not happen. Dr. Graham stopped making that kind of prediction. Jesus responded to the Pharisees' question by saying: You don't understand what the Kingdom of God is like; therefore, you cannot recognize it when it comes. Now, look at the last ...

5. It's My Life, Isn't It?

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

James McCormick

... pulpit less prepared than I should be, I remember Elizabeth Orde, and Burdette and Helen Boileau, and Bill and Carolyn Fulton, and Danny McKenzie, and Andy Johnson, and so many others, including members of the Chapel, who have encouraged me and dared to believe that God was ... to die. All of that to get through to us, to let us know of the depth of His love. If that doesn’t do it, I don’t know what more God can do! What more can one give than his very life? How can we turn our backs on a love like that? ...

6. The Long Lonliness

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... Rigby, for fulfillment in another heart. We are mind and spirit seeking earnest responses in other minds and spirits like Reverend McKenzie, who preached a sermon for no one who came. If after the aeons of geologic time we humans become godlike ... come out of the mind and heart of God to be with us, to comfort us, and to assure us we are not alone in the world. "Don't be afraid," he tells us, "I have overcome the world" -- overcome the world with its powers of loneliness and dread and despair. "And I am with ...

7. Come and See

John 1:43-51

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David E. Leininger

... . Sometimes it is painful. As has been said, “Some people make enemies instead of friends because it is less trouble” (E. C. McKenzie). Too bad. They do not know what they are missing. Another key to having friends is a willingness to communicate. That is ... and began praying in an inaudible mumble. Clark asked, “Andrew, what’s the matter?” “Nothing.” “Well, something is the matter. Why don’t you want me to hear your prayers? You can tell me.” “No, I can’t. Tonight I can only tell them ...

8. Teacher's Credentials

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Don E. McKenzie

Sometime ago there was a teacher who celebrated her eightieth birthday. It proved to be a marvelous occasion, highlighted by the presence of a great number of her former students. It seemed that she taught school in one of the worst sections of Baltimore. Before she came to that school to teach there had been repeated instances of juvenile crime and delinquency. When she began her work there came a change. The change in time became noticeable with so many of her students turning out to be good citizens, ...

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