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1. Dreaming Of Florida--awaking In Alaska

Revelation 7:9-17

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King Duncan

... have a class list, so he passed a sheet of paper around the room, and he asked the students to write down their names. When he got the list of students back again, each person had put a number behind his name! John Alexander "˜76, Fred Thompson "˜77, Charles Francis Lovell "˜76, Philip Norton III "˜76. It didn't take him long to figure out that the numbers corresponded with the year that each student expected to graduate from Princeton. Interesting, he thought. Once a person enrolls at Princeton, he or ...

2. Homecoming

Luke 15:11-32

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David E. Leininger

... Feeling far away from God? Who moved?" Some of you have heard Dr. Fred Craddock, one of my favorite preachers, at Chautauqua. Fred tells the story of the first time he ever went to talk to ... , people dying, starving. And you are worried about nails in a blind man's cup?" And the pastor sent him away. But Fred's problem would not go away. Finally, he went to see his youth pastor, a very wise woman by the name of ... . Fred B. Craddock, Craddock Stories, Mike Graves and Richard Ward, eds., (St. Louis : Chalice Press, 2001), ...

3. Thanks for the Memories

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... communication, called "The Story". It was passed on. It was communicated. It connected people to their past so they would never be orphans. Dr. Fred B. Craddock relates how Dr. N. Scott Momaday, Professor of Literature at the University of California, a member of a Kiowa Indian Tribe, tells ... 22 which features a workshop by Dr. Fred B. Craddock. 2. I received this story from Rev. George Thompson of Waynesville, N.C. 3. Cokesbury Bible, RSV version, pg. 1063. 4. Cokesbury Bible, RSV version, pg. 178-179.

4. What Do We Need For Christmas?

Luke 2:(1-7) 8-20

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King Duncan

... of the season? We would love to have Christ, and all the gifts, gadgets, and commerce as well. The distinguished teacher of preaching, Dr. Fred B. Craddock, shares that when he goes to various churches for the task of teaching the parables, he will often make up and begin ... and Row, 1989), p. 267. 2. IBID. p. 271. My source for this material is Rev. Dr. George E. Thompson of Waynesville, NC, shared December 2, 1990. Thank you, George. 3. Thanks to Donald J. Shelby of Santa Monica, CA, for passing along ...

5. Singing In The Rain

John 15:1-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... Some of you are old enough to remember the movie by the title -- "Singing in the Rain". Was it Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire who sang and danced it in that movie? "Singing in the Rain --Just singing in the RainWhat a wonderful feeling --We're ... when happiness is a victory and cheerfulness a miracle -- is a special gift and grace of the Christian's hope and faith in God." (John Thompson, "Singing in the Rain," Pulpit Digest, March-April, 1979, page 55.) So the Christian walk is a walk of joy. Now let me give you ...

6. Building God’s Kingdom: The Christian Challenge

Romans 10:8-13

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Richard Gribble

... We have the privilege of knowing that God is our Good Shepherd. Acting like a "Hound of Heaven," as British poet Francis Thompson put so powerfully in his epic poem, God relentlessly and diligently searches for our souls. While 99 percent will receive a ... common unified effort. The reality of our call and the need to respond is made clear in a humorous and illustrative story: Fred Everybody, Thomas Somebody, Peter Anybody, and Joe Nobody were neighbors, but not the type that most would want to know. They were ...

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