... , nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. And that is the best news you will ever hear. Amen! 1. Wedding details from Bruce Metzger and Michael Coogin, eds., The Oxford Companion to the Bible, (New York : Oxford University Press, 1993), p. 795 2. G. Ray Jordan, Beyond Despair, (New York: MacMillan, 1955), p. 163
... to take Mary for your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she shall bring forth a son and you shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins." Can a tiny baby do that? Yes, he can. G. Ray Jordan once expressed the miracle of Christmas like this in his book PREACHING DURING A REVOLUTION, "God walked down the stairs with a baby in his arms." The good news of Christmas is that the baby of Bethlehem can perform a miracle in our lives if we will let Him ...
... -42-sermon-truly-thirsty.html. 2. A recent experience of King Duncan, Dynamic Preaching (the name of the young woman has been changed; otherwise all details are accurate). Please attribute the story simply to “a friend.” Thanks. 3. Quote magazine. Date unknown. 4. Steve McVey, Grace Walk (Kindle Edition). 5. G. Ray Jordan, Religion That Is Eternal (New York: The MacMillan Company, 1960).
... His eyes which must have reached out and captivated people who saw Him. One day, not long after returning to Galilee from the Jordan Valley, Jesus walked along the shore of the Sea of Galilee. There He saw two fishermen, Simon and Andrew. It is thought by ... wrote no book; He left in the world as His witnesses a body of men and women on whom His spirit came."3 G. Ray Jordon, Methodist preacher from North Carolina and teacher of preachers at Emory University, wrote years ago, "The hope of civilization is that ...
... on the wall only to have a snake bite him. 20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, not light- pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness? 21 "I hate, I despise your religious feasts; I cannot stand your assemblies. 22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain ... in the expression “from Dan to Beersheba” (e.g., 2 Sam. 17:11). Transjordan pertains to the area east of the Jordan River, the area through which the Israelites had to pass before crossing the Jordan on their way from Mount Sinai to ...
... your resources. Live your life in perpetual praise to God for God’s goodness, and fear and worry will melt away. As R.G. Letourneau once said, “Worry and trust cannot live in the same house. When worry is allowed to come in one door, trust walks ... are my native air.” (5) A few years ago Pastor Ray Pritchard happened to catch a few minutes of an interview with Hamilton Jordan, Chief of Staff under President Jimmy Carter. Some of you remember Jordan. He had written a book with the intriguing title, No ...
... of years ago when Michel Jordan was still playing: “The NBA promotes individuals, not teams. When the Bulls are playing Miami, it's Alonzo Mourning against Michael Jordan, instead of the great ... me by the cruel hand of death, it was this humble child of God who brought the first ray of hope to my troubled soul. There is a sweet magnetism about her consistent life that has drawn ... Fall, 1998, p. 73. 4. T. D. Jakes. Maximize the Moment (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999), p. 42. 5. Charles L. Paddock, Signs ...
... If in a land of peace you have fallen down, then how will you do when the Jordan overflows?" (KJ adapted). Taking Jeremiah’s metaphor of the overflowing river, let us see how things change ... Understand this, my dear Christian friend, we know where we are going. A generation or two ago, Robert G. Ingersoll was a brilliant lecturer in America. An outspoken critic of the Bible and of the Christian Faith ... ozone layer destroyed, the earth bombarded with burning rays under which no living thing can survive - and ...