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Mark 5:1-20

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King Duncan

... seem to be to the world, and how we want to be seen. Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank spoke for most of us when she said, “The trouble with me is that I am more than one Anne Frank.” “My name is Legion for we are many,” said Many in his conversation ... over when Dr. Jekyll is off guard. Finally Dr. Jekyll loses the power to be restored to himself. Only in death does his butler recognize his old master. One who descends to the animal level will find that the angel in his soul is crushed. We do ...

2. The Autobiography of God

John 14:5-14

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Donald B. Strobe

... the world into two parts: B.C. (before Christ) and A.D. “Anno Domini, (the year of our Lord). So let us say frankly and forthrightly what Christmas is, and not sell out our spiritual birthright for a mess of secular pottage. If it is inappropriate for ... must read His autobiography in the life of Jesus of Nazareth who is called the Christ. The Irish poet William Butler Yeats declared that Christianity was distinguished from Oriental religions in that what was philosophy in Eastern religions became biography ...

3. A Man on the Run

Jonah 1:1-4

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James Merritt

... You may not know, however, that the original story had more than just a kernel of truth in it. There was a Rhett Butler, but his real name was Rhett Turnipseed. Scarlet O'Hara was Emelyn Louise Hannon. In fact, Rhett did walk out on her and ... was Jonah got a whale house for a jailhouse, spent three nights on a foam blubber mattress, and then was spit out on dry land. Now, quite frankly, I've called this fish a whale, but we really don't know what kind of fish it was. I heard about a preacher that preached on ...

4. Proper 14

Genesis 37:12-36, 1 Kings 19:9-18, Jonah 2:1-10, Matthew 14:22-36, Romans 9:1-5; 10:5-15

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Russell F. Anderson

... darkness. How beautiful are your feet? Epistle: Romans 9:1-5 1. Do You Give A Damn? Sermon Angle: In the next to the last scene of the movie, Gone With The Wind, Scarlet O'Hara begs Rhett Butler, her ex-husband, to come back to her. She had treated him like dirt and now she wanted him back. His response is a classic: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." What Rhett was trying to communicate was that he didn't care for Scarlet any more. Rhett might have more accurately stated, "I won't receive a damn for ...

5. THE NEIGHBORHOOD GAP

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William McKee Aber

... it might be a start. III There is one other thing, and this is the difficult one. We have to ACT. It was Samuel Butler, I think, who said, "The average Christian would be equally amazed at hearing his religion doubted, or seeing it practiced!" Practicing, of course, is the ... have jumped." All of us have that option. We can jump. We can jump away from our responsibility to our neighbors ... and frankly, it’s the course I usually take. And yet, if I take Christ seriously, I discover that I do have not just ...

6. God Knows....Me!

Psalm 8:1-9

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John E. Harnish

... beings. Neither detracts from the other, although the psalmist appears to be surprised that Yahweh's awesome splendor does not erase his interest in earthlings. [4] Frankly, the psalmist is befuddled: God, why are you mindful of us? How can it be that a God of such majesty, the God who spangles the heavens ... ! 1. Best Sermons; 1949-50 edition, edited by Paul Butler, page 5 2. "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling," UM Hymnal, page 384 3. C. Dickens, Hard Times, page 1, 64 4. James Crenshaw, The Psalms, page 62

7. Houston We Have a Problem

Nehemiah 1:1-11

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James Merritt

... broken down. Maybe the walls of your family are broken down. Nehemiah is the expert in rebuilding broken down walls. Quite frankly, even though God has given us an incredible opportunity on this piece of property we are standing on today, I look ... given Nehemiah the answer and guess what? The answer was Nehemiah! Let me tell you why. Don't get the idea that Nehemiah was just a butler or a chef or a dishwasher. In ancient days, a king would take the person he trusted more than anyone else in the kingdom to be ...

8. For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free

Galatians 5:1-15

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Maxie Dunnam

... front row of seats — two younger cowmen with an old man between them. After waiting in vain for more people to arrive, the speaker said, “Frankly, gentlemen, I am somewhat at loss as to what I should do. I went to some effort to prepare a speech, and even more ... born in Hungary in 1913, raised in a castle with her aristocratic family, surrounded with maids, tutors, governesses, butlers, and chauffeurs. Her grandmother, who lived with them, insisted that whenever they traveled, they take their own linen, ...

9. The Loveless Love Goddess

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King Duncan

... was dangling there beside her. Later investigation revealed that in the last moments of her life she had called a Hollywood actor and told him she had taken enough sleeping pills to kill herself. "He answered with the famous line of Rhett Butler, which I now edit for church, 'Frankly, my dear, I don't care!' That was the last word she heard. She dropped the phone. It was left dangling. "Claire Booth Luce in a very sensitive article asked, 'What really killed Marilyn Monroe, love goddess who never found any ...

10. Spirit-Direct

Acts 10:23b-48

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Timothy J. Smith

... were doing. When we are open to the leading of the Holy Spirit and do what Jesus calls us to do God will bless our efforts, in amazing ways that frankly we might not ever have imagined. As Peter was wrapping up his sermon there in Cornelius’ house, “the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word.” They were ... ! Amen. 1. Valerie Battle Kienzle, “This Promise” (Upper Room), November 1, 2004. 2. Diana Butler Bass, Christianity for the Rest of Us (San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 2006), p. 64.

11. Like Cupped Hands

Mark 10:1-12

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Frank Lyman

The head of a large real estate company kept a small sign above his desk that read, "I'm the Boss." One of his salesman taped a note to the sign that read, "Your wife called, she wants her sign back!" Old shoes tied to the back bumper of a car signify that the couple inside have just gotten married. Where did this custom come from? In days of yore, historians tell us, the bride's father gave the bride's old shoes to her new husband as a sign that he, the groom, was now responsible for her. In some cases ...

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