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1. Why The British Coast Guard Doesn't Like Eric, But God Does

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... lifeboat service . . . may be a bit fed up with me, but really I never mean to get into trouble." (1) I believe I can see why the British coast guard doesn't like Eric Abbott. Is it any wonder that the Bible compares some people to sheep? Abbott admits that he doesn't know what he's doing, yet he continues to head out into the unknown ... friend who took it from the Internet. The source is unknown. It was attributed to "Terri B." 7. Robert J. Morgan, From This Verse (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1998).

2. Tears At The Tomb

John 11:17-37

Sermon

William G. Carter

... that sight. A few years ago, four-year-old Conor Clapton fell to his death in New York City. After the tragedy his father, rock guitarist Eric Clapton, said, "I turned to stone. Then I went off the edge of the world for a while." In time, Clapton put his tortured felings in ... this eternal life by trusting Jesus, who was dead but now lives. Reflecting on the raising of Lazarus, the Episcopalian priest Robert Capon once wrote: Jesus never meets a corpse that doesn't sit up right on the spot ... They all rise ...

3. Power Praying

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... of God's Spirit on the Day of Pentecost and they were doing it with prayer. THERE ARE PEOPLE TODAY WHO STILL DRAW THEIR POWER FROM PRAYER. Eric Liddell was such a man. Eric Liddell, the Olympic champion runner who was the hero of the movie CHARIOTS OF FIRE, knew about the power of prayer. He was in Weinsen prison in ... Living, 1993), pp. 30-32. 7. Edward E. Ham (Wheaton: Sword of the Lord Publishers, 1955). Cited in Robert 8. E. Coleman, THE SPARK THAT IGNITES (Minneapolis, MN: World Wide Publications, 1989).

4. The Lord's Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... tangled up in this convention. The church building was very close to the Convention Center. The minister, named Dr. Robert L. Abernathy, gets into a discussion with a somewhat inebriated delegate who is surprised that a minister would be ... Will Be Done, on Earth (even in the Olympic Games) as it is in Heaven." God honors that kind of commitment. Some of you remember that Eric Liddell does compete in the Olympic Games when it is not the Sabbath Day. He runs in an event for which, although not his best event ...

5. Counterfeit Christianity

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... asked you, "魯o you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?' I said, "郎es.' What did you say?" Robert said, "Clarence, I follow Jesus up to a point." Clarence replied, "Would that point by any chance be the cross?" "That's right," Robert said. "I follow him to the cross, but not on the cross. I am not going to get crucified." ... 27th devotional. 4. Thanks to Rodney E. Wilmoth, Hennepin Avenue UMC for this illustration. Eric S. Ritz is the pastor of First United Methodist Church, Schuylkill Haven, PA.

6. Eyes Fixed Upon the Goal

Philippians 3:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... feet away from the spot where the whale is surfacing and he doesn’t even seem to notice. The shot was captured by photographer Eric Smith near Redondo Beach, California. That area is known for whale watching. We don’t know if this man’s purpose was whale-watching ... put on his underwear. His shirts are held together by strips of Velcro. His speech drags like a worn-out audiocassette. “Robert has cerebral palsy. The disease keeps him from driving a car, riding a bike, and going for a walk. But it didn ...

7. The Heart Of The Matter

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... from Des Moines, Washington, became a medical legend. Dr. William DeVries installed in Clark the mechanical heart invented and developed by Dr. Robert Jarvik. For 112 days Barney Clark lived with the mechanical heart. On her first visit after he awakened, his wife, Una Loh Clark ... THE TRUTH, Harper & Row, 1997, page 5. Herschel H. Hobbs, MY FAVORITE ILLUSTRATIONS (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1990.) Eric S. Ritz is senior pastor of the First United Methodist Church, Schuylkill Haven, PA. He is the author of ...

8. On "supersizing" Our Vision

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... poor widow, who gives all that she is able. With which group do you identify? Which of the two is more like you? Dr. Robert Coles, the brilliant child psychologist who teaches at Harvard University, tells about a child who grew up in a wealthy family. Through Sunday School ... 's Temple," by Hershel Shanks in BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY REVIEW, November/December 1991. 4. Cited in a sermon by Rev. Eric S. Ritz. 5. Suggested from the sermon, "The Widow's Might," by Dr. Leonard Sweet, in HOMILETICS, Volume 9, No. 4. a ...

9. There Will Be Singing

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... the most pleasing to God, because it is so real, and it comes from the hearts of the children of God.” That was the last time Eric ever saw Rich Mullins cry. (6) Some of us know what he was talking about and why he was crying. We know about the power of ... Daily Grace: Devotional Reflections to Nourish Your Soul (Colorado Springs, Co: Cook Communications Ministries, 2005), p. 112. 7. C. Robert Allred, Th.D., http://www.bobssermons.com/sermons/archive/041212.htm. 8. Charles Hoffman, “A Thing of Beauty,” ...

10. How Firm a Foundation

Luke 6:39-49

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... after fifty years. Is it because of the materials? Is it because of the construction? No, it's because of its foundation. What Eric did was to lay a firm foundation of cement blocks. Next he put a solid floor over it. Then came linking each ... of such American leaders as Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson, who asked that it be sung at his bedside shortly before he died, as well as Robert E. Lee, who also requested it for his funeral hymn "as an expression of his full trust in the ways of the heavenly Fa ...

11. A Fruitful Life

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... relies on smaller, surface roots for growth. The result is a tiny tree that can be grown in a pot on your kitchen counter. Pastor Eric Ritz writes, “What our Japanese friends have learned to do intentionally with trees many of us in our country have done by neglect with our spiritual ... in/news/national/general-news/up-nursery-introduces-mango-varieties-named-after-covid-frontline-workers20210524000934/. 4. Robert C. Morgan, Lift High the Cross (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995), pp. 103-104. 5. http://www ...

12. The More Excellent Way

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Robert Allen

... Blair won the gold medal in speed skating as well as a bronze, Brian Boitano picked up the gold in figure skating, Eric Flaim, Jill Watson, and Peter Oppegard picked up medals for the U.S. Teams, but others who were expected to win ... achieve any excellence in living. Recently, I went to see the Rogers and Hammerstein play, South Pacific. The starring role was played by Robert Goulet. But, because of sickness, the female lead was played by the understudy - and I thought she stole the show. She was vivacious. ...

13. Who Is Your Lazarus?

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the flower, he exclaimed, "My God, and I have been tramping on them all my life!" Is that the word of warning we need? Wake up! Pay attention! Look around you. You may be tramping on the heart of someone nearby. Who is the Lazarus at your gate? 1. Robert C. Morgan, LIFT HIGH THE CROSS, (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995), pp. 99-100. 2. Robert H. Waterman, Jr., THE RENEWAL FACTOR, (New York: Bantam Books, 1987), p. 18. 3. (Dallas: Word Books, 1990). 4 ...

14. The God Of Peace

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... are tortured by the demon of discontent. Many, many people long for personal peace. We long for peace in our hearts and we long for peace in our families. Robert McAfee Brown in his autobiography describes a family snapshot. It is of his family gathered at Christmas time. "There we all are," says Brown, "gathered around the crÃ¨ ... peace be with you. 1. Dr. John Bardsley 2. SUNDAY SERMONS 3. Ernest J. Lewis 4. Eric Ritz 5 J. Robert Raines, CREATIVE BROODING, (New York: Macmillan Company, 1977), pp. 345-346.

15. Trying To Get The Pageant Right!

John 1:19-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... something very special about Christmas pageants, even those in which everything seems to go wrong. Robert Fulghum tells about one such Christmas pageant. Trying to outdo previous years they decided to ... time the long-anticipated. Christ is born in Bethlehem of Judea. Come let us adore him. 1. IT WAS ON FIRE WHEN I LAY DOWN ON IT. Robert Fulghum. New York: Villard Books, 1989, pp. 52-55. 2. Casey Zesch, Pflugerville, TX. Source: THE LUTHERAN WITNESS 3. THE MERRIEST BOOK OF CHRISTMAS HUMOR. Larry Wilde. New ...

16. Look Who's Giving Thanks!

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... a grateful bone in their body, and others who have been dealt blow after blow, seem overwhelming in their thankfulness. In 1993, Robert Greene was severely injured in a head-on traffic collision. He spent weeks in a coma, and over a year in rehabilitation ... business being thankful are! “Tell God, "˜Thank you.'" While some of us who have so much. . . . 1. “Finders, Keepers?" by Eric Felten, Reader's Digest, April 2001 pp. 103-107. 2. “The Higher Uses of Suffering," Arthur Caliandro, Plus: the Magazine of ...

17. Maundy Thursday

Lk 22:14-30 · Jn 13:1-17, 31b-35 · 1 Cor 11:17-32 · Ex 12:1-14 · Ps 116

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... to be one who knew who he was. This knowledge gave him the security to step outside his expected role and be the servant. Eric Liddell, the heroic character in the movie Chariots Of Fire was also a person of power that derived from a clear image of ... executive, a spirit of community and cooperation developed that transformed the entire organization. (Based on a story from The Scandal of Lent by Robert Kysar.) WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 "What shall I repay to the Lord for all his ...

18. Looking For Happiness In All The Wrong Places

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... Southern last name, Lee. Who in the South could be prejudiced against someone with the same last name as the great Confederate general, Robert E. Lee? Iacocca was immediately accepted (4) We all want to belong. Nothing wrong with that. Unless we get our kicks using our ... heart to God through His Son, Jesus Christ. He will give you living water. You need never thirst again. 1. Eric Ritz 2. James E. Carter, A SOURCEBOOK FOR STEWARDSHIP SERMONS (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1972). 3. David W. Richardson 4. Norman ...

19. Ultimate Freedom

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... The sadness of our lives is that happiness is always somewhere "out there." It is never here and now. Sometime back Ann Landers included in her column an essay by Robert Hastings entitled "The Station." His words can stimulate our thinking: "Tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the continent ... 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.

20. Living Smart

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... few wrong answers than other men were burning to get most of the answers right. There really does seem to be something to the idea of working smarter, not harder. (2) As Robert M. Hutchins has said, "It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about important things." THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS STRESS TIME AND TIME AGAIN THE IMPORTANCE ... HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL, (Toronto: Bantam Books, 1984). 4. Nido R. Qubein, COMMUNICATE LIKE A PRO, (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983). 5. Eric Ritz

21. Family Resemblance

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... is, and because we are not certain who our Father is, we are uncertain who we are. We are like a little girl that Robert Schuller tells about who was hearing-impaired. Therefore, she could never hear her father's most important message: "SARAH, I LOVE YOU." Her father ... to be God's people in all that we do. 1. From "Children's Letters to God," compiled by Stuart Hample and Eric Marshall. Cited in "Helping Teens Make Good Choices," by Bob DeMoss, DECISION, October 1995, p. 16. 2. Tony Campolo, CARPE DIEM ( ...

22. Like A Mighty Army

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... objective is in trouble. An army that gets too scattered in its purpose will be ineffective. In his book, Leadership for a Changing Church, Robert Dale uses this analogy: Suppose you were walking down a real street in Kokomo, IN and you read this actual sign: "Burgers, Fries, Shakes [ ... in-chief. 1. May 1998 edition, Cokesbury, page 20. 3. From a sermon by Eric Ritz. 4. (Nashville: Abingdon, 1998), pp. 81-82. 5. Moody, November 1994, p. 6. 5.Tim Storey, It's Time for Your Comeback (Tulsa, OK: Harrison ...

23. How A Christian Grieves

1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... sooner or later all of us must die. Of course, there is something healthy about laughing at the Grim Reaper. Before British actor Robert Morley died, he asked that his credit cards be buried with him. That is a novel way to try to take it ... 2000, p. 101. 2. The Old Farmer’s Almanac, edited by Judson D. Hale, Sr., (New York: Random House, 1995), p. 179. 3. Marshall, Eric, and Hample, Stuart. Children’s Letters to God (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966). 4. U.S. News & World Report, June 22, 1992, p. 26. ...

24. Sing the Resurrection Song

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

James McCormick

... can you keep from rejoicing and telling others? Come and see. Then go and tell. There is a beautiful anthem that expresses it. I was privileged to sing for awhile with the Atlanta Sacred Chorale, under the inspired leadership of Dr. Eric Nelson. Dr. Nelson took a song by Robert Lowry and arranged it, and that anthem has become the unofficial theme song of the Chorale. The words are magnificent. Listen: “My life flows on in endless song, above earth’s lamentation; I hear the sweet, though far off hymn ...

25. More Than We Are

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... open his eyes widely and in a yawning voice said, “Whoever invented morning sure made it too early.” Have you read Eric Marshall and Stewart Hample’s Collection: Children’s Letters to God? One little boy wrote, “Dear God, I’m sorry I ... and imagination. The prophet and the dreamer are made of the same stuff. You remember that marvelous word of George Bernard Shaw which Robert Kennedy made popular? “Some men see things as they are and say, why? I dream things that never were and say, why not?” ...

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