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1. The Powerful Moments that Change Your Life Forever

Matthew 4:12-23

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James W. Moore

... nurse was standing there waiting for me. She said, “Jim, we need you today. We’ve never needed one more than we need one today. Mrs. Davis in 858 is supposed to have brain surgery at 8 in the morning. There is a 50% chance she won’t even survive the surgery, ... ’t do this. I don’t have what it takes to be a minister.” I drove back to the seminary campus. I went to see Dr. Fred Gayley who was my advisor, and Dr. Gayley was a real smart man. I told him I needed to drop out of the ministry and he said ...

2. All in the Family

1 John 3:1-3

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Mary S. Lautensleger

... feel, and eventually will become. When we are treated as lovable, valuable persons, we act differently. Love changes us. In Ron Davis' book, Mistreated, he relates the story of two Roman Catholic altar boys who had almost identical experiences.1 One boy was ... fellowship with Christ, and with us. God is light. Walking in that light, we will live forever. Amen. 1. Ron Lee Davis with James D. Denney, Mistreated (Portland, Oregon: Multnomah, 1989) pp. 138-39. 2. Emerson S. Colaw, during a lecture in "Preparing to ...

3. Understanding Outrageous Grace

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... -of-preaching-distractions/. 2. Maxie Dunnam, Collected Sermons, www.Sermons.com. 3. Rodney L. Cooper, Holman New Testament Commentary - Mark: 2 (Kindle Edition). 4. Fred B. Craddock, The Collected Sermons of Fred B. Craddock (Westminster: John Knox Press, 2011). 5. From What Good Is God?, by Philip Yancey, (New York: FaithWords), 2010, p. 75. Cited in Davis, Barry L. 52 Sermons From the Gospel of John (Pulpit Outlines) (p. 184). GodSpeed Publishing. Kindle Edition. 6. David Guzik https://enduringword.com ...

4. You Are A Winner!

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... him, and a couple of years ago, it came home to him in a striking way. He was eating dinner with Willie Davis, another former Packer, in Los Angeles, and Wilt Chamberlain came into the restaurant and walked over to their table to say hello ... 1. David Frost, BOOK OF WORLD'S WORST DECISIONS, (New York: Prince PaperbacksCrown Publishers, Inc., 1983). 2. David W. Richardson 3. Fred Hartley, DARE TO BE DIFFERENT, (Old Tappan, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1980). 4. A CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, ( ...

5. Where Have All the Heroes Gone?

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

Sermon

Clayton A. Lord

... who was trying to impress on a Bostonian, the valor of the heroes of the Alamo. After finishing his story about Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, and countless others, he says "I'll bet you never had anyone so brave around Boston." "Did you ever hear of Paul ... the guy who ran away looking for help?" Heroes are important even if we disagree on the interpretation of what makes them heroes. Fred Smith in his book, You and Your Network, says: We cannot live fully without heroes, for they are the stars to guide us ...

6. See What Love . . .

1 John 3:1-7

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... planet. It could be a rifle used to defend the fort from Indians, or used to free the colonies from the British, or help Davy Crockett, Sam Houston and Jim Bowie defend the Alamo. Or it could be a horse ridden by a pony express rider carrying an urgent ... Musketeers defending the weak and the poor from the tyranny of the corrupt king. It could be a cane used by a famous dancer like Fred Astaire as he performed on Broadway or next to Ginger Rogers in the movies. Or it could be a fishing pole used by a fisherman ...

7. The Reluctant Celebrity

Mark 1:40-45

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King Duncan

... to the Hilton Hotel fortune. Also on the list are other names ripped from Hollywood’s gossip columns, such as Brandon Davis, Kim Kardashian, Jack and Kelly Osborne (Ozzy’s kids) and Kevin Federline Britney Spears’ ex for those of you don’t ... matters. People who are famous simply for being famous. (1) I suspect that most of us would have mixed feelings about being celebrities. Fred Allen once quipped that a celebrity is one who works to be known, then wears dark glasses so as not to be recognized. ...

8. Speaking from the Heart

Luke 6:43-45

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King Duncan

... other cemeteries around town, and then spread the work to other towns. In three years’ time, Preston Sharp and his volunteers had decorated 65,000 graves. As volunteer Fred Loveland said, “It’s amazing. What he’s doing brings them out because they can’t believe a young man in this country is doing what he does ... James, A Million Ways to Die (David C. Cook, 2010), pp. 14-15. Cited in Barry L. Davis, 52 Sermons From the Book of Acts (Pulpit Outlines 4), p. 173. GodSpeed Publishing, Kindle Edition).

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