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Galatians 6:11-18

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King Duncan

... Elizabeth Bryan were fashionably dressed and headed to Philadelphia by train for the weekend. When the South Fork Dam broke and a wall of water raced toward the train as it sat idle in the yard, the two girls were told to head for the hillside. They got off the train and had time to escape but turned back to get Jennie’s overshoes, because ... a synonym for hell on Earth",SMITHSONIAN, August 1988. 2. "The Day the Dam Broke," Readers’ Digest (May, 1989), p. 206. 3. Eric Ritz 4. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, 102388.

2. Let My Little Light Shine

Matthew 5:13-16

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King Duncan

... seen that through this motley crew God would indeed change the world forever. At the time, however, it probably sounded like so much idle chatter. "You are the light of the world," he said and so they were. Now do you want to hear something really absurd? ... a much greater source. There is One who has touched our lives and given us the power and the authority to touch others. Eric Butterworth once told about a college professor who had his sociology class go into the Baltimore slums to get case histories of ...

3. The Temptation to Talk Transformation

James 2:14-26

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Eric Ritz

Dr. Charles Allen, the now retired United Methodist preacher from Houston, Texas, shared, tongue in cheek, a survey he once made in his church: 10% of the members cannot be found 20% -- never attend 25% -- never pray 35% -- never read the Bible 40% -- never give financially to the church 70% -- never attend Sunday Evening Service 75% -- never assume any church task 85% -- never invite anyone to church 95% -- never win a soul to Jesus 100% -- expect to go to Heaven! It reminds me of the old black spiritual ...

4. Dealing with the "F" Words of Life

John 21:1-14

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Eric Ritz

Dr. Carlyle Marney was one of the great preachers in the South during the time after the Second World War. He was a mentor and role model to many pastors. One of the stories attributed to the rich legacy he left behind took place on a seminary campus where he was invited to be the speaker for a distinguished lectureship. One of the students asked, "Dr. Marney let us hear you say a word or two about the meaning of the resurrection." It was a fair question and an appropriate one from a future preacher to one ...

5. A New You in a New Year (Part X)

Philippians 3:1-11

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Eric Ritz

I think ministers must be on the mailing list of every conceivable organization and charity in the United States of America. Much of the mail I receive at the church office (about 50%) is what is commonly called "junk mail." Dr. Lyle Schaller, a church consultant, urges ministers to review their mail over an open garbage can. Check the upper left hand corner or backside of the mail and look to see where it came from. About 35% of the mail never gets opened. This week as I was thumbing through the "bulk ...

6. A New You or a New Year

Philippians 3:1-11

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Eric Ritz

Most of us will not have the unique opportunity of Alfred Nobel who read his own obituary. It happened because of a mistaken identity. Alfred''s brother died, but the news media had confused the name and thought Alfred had died. As he read his own obituary, he was horrified to find that he was referred to as the "dynamite king." He was pictured as someone who had spent his life gathering a great fortune from the manufacture of weapons of destruction. When he invented dynamite, he thought it would be an ...

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