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Exodus 20:15

Sermon

James Merritt

... we can't hang him whether he wants to be hanged or not." Well, this case went all the way to the Supreme Court, and Justice Douglas of the Supreme Court wrote this opinion: "A pardon is a paper, the value of which depends upon its acceptance by the person implicated." George Wilson, even though he had received a full pardon, was hanged by the neck until he was dead. George Wilson died for only one reason: "not because of his crime, and not because of his guilt, but because he kept his acceptance of a pardon ...

2. How Can We Live Wisely?

Job 26:1--31:40

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... squandered his discharge pay. Someone told him where to get a free meal and bed tickets in Bowery hotels. That choice to go to the Bowery changed Wilson’s life. "When I got my free meal that night and went to bed in a free dormitory," he told author Max Gunther, "I just gave ... his life choices several times. That is why the world knows him today as the successful and respected actor, Kirk Douglas. IV Fourthly, to live wisely is to reverse direction from time to time. There was a teacher of first grade ...

3. Transforming Moment

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... , including Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and Marilyn McCoo who all gave their hearts to the Lord because of his witness. (3) What Frank Wilson discovered was more than a feeling. It was faith in the living God. Seeing Jesus speaking with Moses and Elijah was the experience ... Road Unseen (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1985), pp. 32-33. 2. David Douglas, Wilderness Sojourn (San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987), p. 68. 3. Frederick Buechner, Telling Secrets (San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, ...

4. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in and the practice of prayer – giving structure to a united expression of prayer by people around the world. I told Dr. Wilson Weldon, then editor of The Upper Room, that the fact the board was inviting me to assume this responsibility showed the church ... Imitation of Christ, arr. and ed. Douglas V. Steere, Great Devotional Classics, Nashville, TN, The Upper Room. 1950, pg. 8) In his introduction to a short collection of passages from The Imitation of Christ, Douglas Steere says: The Imitation not only ...

5. The TV Audience

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... understandings of the world are formed in far more complicated ways than merely by rational observation and judgment," Patricia Wilson-Kastner urges preachers to take into account these new insights. We have become increasingly receptive to the enormous ... can assume that people paid attention longer than they do now. The format for the 1858 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, for instance, was three hours in length. The first speaker spoke for an hour; the second speaker had an hour and a ...

6. Dad: The Head of a Godly Family

Joshua 24:15

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James Merritt

... husband is to lead your wife and children to know God, love God, worship God, and fear God. One of the great military heroes of the 20th Century, General Douglas MacArthur said, "I don't want to be remembered as the great General who led the armies and liberated the people; I want to be remembered as the Christian ... , The Atlanta Journal. 17 Feder, The Conservative Chronicle. 18 Colson, p. 176. 19 Carl W. Wilson, Our Dance Has Turned to Death, (Atlanta: Renewal Publishing Co.), p. 48. 20 Blankenhorn, p. 226.

7. The Road Home

Luke 2:1-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

In a Tom Wilson cartoon, Ziggy is standing in front of a large directional sign at a shopping mall. The familiar “You Are Here" arrow is pointing ... heart is. Home is where the soul dwells. Isn't it about time you headed home? I. COME HOME TO A SELF YOU CAN LIVE WITH! There's an old story about actor, Kirk Douglas, picking up a hitchhiker on a California freeway. As the fortunate passenger settled down for a free ride, he suddenly recognized the star with whom he was riding. Excited and frightened to be in ...

8. A Small Man Who Was Given a Big Heart

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... image of God no matter how defaced that image had become. That’s what grace looks like.” (6) Lloyd C. Douglas in his classic work, “The Mirror,” imagines an exchange that took place between Jesus and Zacchaeus after Zacchaeus’ conversion. “Zacchaeus,” ... Books, 2003) 3. Rev. James Brassard, http://www.ccpc.bowiemd.org/sermons/nov072004.doc. 4. The Rev. William G. Wilson, http://day1.org/813-changed_from_a_taker_to_a_giver. 5. “Sermons That Work,” year C. Cited by The Rev. Canon Joan Butler ...

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