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Deuteronomy 30:15-20

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James W. Moore

... presence with us always…we can choose to live in “confidence.” Candler School of Theology at Emory University is named in honor of Bishop Warren Candler. It is said that when he was on his death-bed Bishop Candler was asked if he were afraid of dying, and if ... and leave the Bar Exam twice to “up-chuck”… and still she “aced” it. Last Saturday night a week ago at 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 ...

2. The News from Nazareth

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

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David E. Leininger

... and the power of the Most High will overshadow you." Uh-huh. Then, as proof that this incredible announcement could be taken seriously, Gabriel continues, "Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. ... David a Savior is born to you; he is Christ the Lord...Glory to God in the highest!A 1. Warren Times Observer, 12/21/2000, S-15 2. Luke 1:26-38 3. Joachim Jeremias, Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus (Fortress Press, 1969, translated from the ...

3. The Teacher

Mark 1:21-28

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Will Willimon

... it. Last week, buying aspirin at supermarket, I almost reached for a bottle of expensive aspirin, then I remembered what Elizabeth Tripp taught us in her science class: ''People, aspirin is aspirin. It's that simple. The only difference in aspirin is ... informed me that she drove one hour in each direction to be present at this church. Why? I asked. ''Well, it's Father Warren of course. His teaching!'' His teaching? ''Yes,'' she explained, ''a friend invited me to come to one of his Wednesday classes. He was ...

4. Called to Be Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

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Warren Thomas Smith

... Wyoming was becoming increasingly vast. He did not need to stop. Clara Barton was not required to establish the American Red Cross. Elizabeth of Hungary actually violated a law when she took bread to the poor. Purity of heart is the key. We can fool ... - because God abides in them. 1. Charlotte Elliott, "Just As I Am, Without One Plea" in The Book of Hymns, number 119. 2. Warren Thomas Smith, Harry Hosier: Circuit Rider (Nashville: The Upper Room, 1981), p. 29. 3. Ibid., pp. 50-51. 4. John Telford, ed., The ...

5. Marriage: God's Idea

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

Guess who is celebrating a 50th wedding anniversary! Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip of Great Britain. I was delighted to read that they are giving a big party at ... an institution designed and blessed by God. None other can substitute for it. Let's protect it, honor it, celebrate it, advertise it, and thank God for it. This prayer by Warren Molton celebrates the greatness of a "one flesh" marriage: "0 God, my wife is still the miracle of my life. She knows my hands and she knows my heart; she performs ...

6. We Haven't Seen Anything Yet!

1 Corinthians 2:9

Sermon

King Duncan

... does our belief in a loving God make sense without belief in a world beyond this one. Much beloved Episcopal Bishop Warren Chandler lay dying. A close friend sat by his bedside. “Please tell me frankly,” said his friend, “do you dread crossing ... Grandad, cane and all, walking up to the “Pearly Gates,” with a large crowd waiting for him. Grandad hears words of welcome: “Elizabeth!” a voice shouts, “Al’s here!” Another voice says, “Look who just showed up. Al! It’s good to see you again ...

7. Names For The Christ Child

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

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King Duncan

(This meditation is based on a sermon by Siegfried S. Johnson, pastor of First United Methodist Church, Warren, Arkansas. The original sermon is titled "On Names That Preach" and was written for the Third Sunday of ... Suppose this were common practice today. Say, a young couple in our church wanted to emphasize their belief that Christ is coming again. So instead of [Elizabeth and Megan Smith], we might have on our baptismal records, Miss "Jesus Is Coming Soon" Smith, or "In the Hour You Think Not" Smith. Or, ...

8. Be Reconciled With God

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

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King Duncan

There is a 1973 motion picture titled Ash Wednesday. It stars Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor plays an aging woman who wants to return to the heights of her beauty. In pursuit of this ... be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” This is the greatest need that a flawed, mortal creature has: to be reconciled to God. Warren Wiersbe tells a delightful story about a man who came by his office one day. The man said he needed help. “My wife and I need a re-cancellation!” he blurted out ...

9. John the Baptizer

Isaiah 40:1-31, Luke 1:67-80, John 1:19-28

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Warren Thomas Smith

Any great event requires preparation. Significant movements do not merely appear. There must be necessary groundwork, anticipation. The Bible sublimely illustrates the way God raised up heralds who announced the coming ministry and message of Christ. Chief among them is John the Baptizer. We seldom associate John with the birth of Jesus. This is understandable. He was but an infant himself at the time Mary and Joseph journeyed to Bethlehem. Yet, he is so much a part of the announcement and the expectation ...

10. Enduring

Mark 13:1-31

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Warren Thomas Smith

"But he who endures to the end will be saved." (v. 13) We regard this chapter as the Little Apocalypse - a section that refers to the conclusion of history, similar to what we read in Daniel and Revelation. It is a grim piece, uncomfortable, unsettling. It may have been written as a warning of the impending fall of Jerusalem, which indeed took place in A.D. 70. Why would this passage be incorporated in Mark? Why not omit such jarring predictions? In truth, most of us do not care to be troubled about ...

11. Wedding: Looking Outward Together

1 John 1:1-4

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Warren Gregory Martin

An Evening Service (__________) I would like to take a few moments and speak with you and the congregation gathered to witness your covenant of marriage about the significance of what you do tonight. God has given you both a gift: the gift of love to share with each other and a relationship in which you have the trust and faithfulness of another. Each of those words -- love and faithfulness -- have a multitude of meanings for us, but the nature of this love and faithfulness you enter into through marriage ...

12. Mary of Nazareth

Isaiah 7:1-25

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Warren Thomas Smith

"Behold the handmaid of the Lord ..." Mary is very much a part of the gospel story. The mother of Jesus is one of six women so named in the New Testament. Mary is the Greek form of the Hebrew, Miriam, meaning exalted. Moses’ sister bore that splendid name. Mary of Nazareth - has any individual in Scripture suffered more at the hands of the church? Rome has elevated her to goddess - Mariolatry. It really was late in being officially established, not until December, 1854 when Pious IX promulgated the dogma ...

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