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2 Corinthians 13:11-13

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William G. Carter

... , ever been baptized. The minister discovered this fact somehow, probably to my parents' embarrassment. And so, about half an hour before the worship service, my dad got his forehead splashed in the pastor's study. "First things first," declared Reverend Duffy. I have reflected frequently on that family legend, especially as the years have unfolded and I have grown in my understanding of Christian baptism. My parents were young and naive, relatively unschooled in the finer points of liturgical theology. For ...

2. Can You Deny Yourself?

Mark 8:27-38

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King Duncan

... terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, Father Mychal Judge showed up to aid the firefighters. He was praying over the injured workers and the firefighters when debris from the collapsing building struck him in the head and killed him. At his funeral, the Rev. Michael Duffy gave the following eulogy: “And the next few weeks, we’re going to have names added, name after name of people, who are being brought out of that rubble. And Mychal Judge is going to be on the other side of death to greet them ...

3. Lessons From The Locker Room

Hebrews 12:1-13

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Lowell D. Streiker

... the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize...." In other words, the final victory demands more than determination. It requires discipline. Former Michigan State football coach Duffy Daugherty tells a great story about a winning field goal kicked by a young man name Dave Kaiser against UCLA many years ago. The game was in Los Angeles and the field goal gave Michigan a 17-14 victory. As Dave Kaiser came back to the ...

4. Trees

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

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King Duncan

... -DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR. They don't numb their brains with alcohol or drugs. They don't drive their cars unwisely or abuse their bodies. And when they are confronted with evidence of their self-destructiveness, they don't close their eyes in denial. When youth leader Duffy Robbins lost a favorite pen, he set out to find it under his sofa cushions. He was shocked to discover that under his neat-looking sofa cushions was a horrible jumble of food crumbs, paper wrappers, spare change, and other junk. It was a ...

5. Trusting the Truth

James 1:1-18

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Eric Ritz

... sing that great hymn? Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land when we have no inclination to go and do what God has laid out in his guidebook--the Bible? We must be willing to submit and surrender all to the superior wisdom of God. As Duffy Robbins has said: God has a plan, Man has a problem. The choice is up to you! The choice is whether or not to surrender all to God''s perfect plan. When we do surrender, we have the mind of God and not a double-mind fighting and quarreling with ...

6. Greeting and Meeting Jesus

Philippians 3:12-4:1

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Leonard Sweet

... too large a piece of the communion bread. His offense was not gluttony. He was brought up on charges of pride, or usurping the principle place in the community and depriving his brothers and sisters of their rightful share in the body of Christ. (Eamon Duffy, The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England c. 1400-c.1580 [New Haven: Yale UP, 1992], 127.) As a Christian, John Kareless was careless of his responsibilities and obligations to the poor. And he was brought up on charges of pride and ...

7. Cheering for the Underdog

Matthew 21:33-46

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King Duncan

... field goal that when he got to the sidelines, he literally kicked himself. Yep, he missed there, too. The second story concerns a game between traditional football powers Michigan State and UCLA. The score was tied at 14 with only seconds to play. Duffy Daugherty, Michigan State’s coach, sent in place-kicker Dave Kaiser who booted a field goal that won the game. When Kaiser returned to the bench, Coach Daugherty said, “Nice going.” Then Daugherty noted with some surprise, “But you didn’t watch the ...

8. Blind Kick

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Duffy Daugherty, former football coach for Michigan State University, likes to tell the story of the UCLA game in which Dave Kaiser took Michigan to victory with a field goal kick. After Kaiser made the field goal, Daugherty had a little talk with him. He congratulated him on making the point, ...

All those football coaches who hold dressing-room prayers before a game should be forced to attend church once a week.

Duffy Daugherty

The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound.

Maureen Duffy

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