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Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... to him when he explains who our neighbor is. Not just the people in our family, not just the people in our neighborhood, not just the people who look like us or think like us. Everyone is our neighbor. In a sermon on YouTube Pastor Gary Miller draws our attention to the book and subsequent movie, The Hunger Games. If you’ve read the book or seen the movie you know the plot revolves around a horrible contest fought between young representatives of twelve futuristic districts. The winner of the Hunger Games ...

2. The Apostles' Creed: I Believe

Mark 9:14-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . I was the only Protestant in the group, and frankly, I didn't know what to say. What do I believe?" "That woman," said Miller, "must have come into the church on conFUsion of faith, not confession of faith."(3) No doubt. But she is not alone, is she ... , Daily Study Bible Series, CD-ROM, (Liguori, MO: Liguori Faithware, 1996 used by permission of Westminster/John Knox Press) 2. Gary D. Robertson, "Religious activity healthy," Associated Press, Greensboro News & Record, 8/11/98, A-1, 4 3. John Killinger, You ...

3. Lost In America

Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... people who are hurting, who are almost beyond hope, for they have no hope, who are wandering frightened and alone like a little lost lamb in a terrible wilderness. Playwright Arthur Miller years ago gave us a classic portrait of what it means to be lost. The play was DEATH OF A SALESMAN. The tragic central character was Willie Loman, the man ... Hazelip and Ken Durham, JESUS OUR MENTOR AND MODEL,(Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1987). 5. Gary Inrig, QUALITY FRIENDSHIP, (Chicago: Moody Press, 1981).

4. Visioning Or Vanishing?

Proverbs 29:1-27

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... been dating 44 years. When asked why George waited so long, Catherine replied, "He is a bit shy, you know." (4) Herb Miller, in his book FISHING ON THE ASPHALT, shares that the average church member has listened to 6,000 sermons, heard 8,000 ... The Spirit" booklet published by the United Methodist Committee on Communications. 2. Thanks to Gary Carver of Chattanooga, TN, for this illustration (this is my adaption of it.) 3. Herb Miller, FISHING ON THE ASPHALT, (St. Louis: CBP Press, 1987), pg. 4. IBID, pg. 158. ...

5. Temptation Island

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... a hundred other comparable vices--they have a great emptiness within? Was that what caused Former President Clinton and Congressman Gary Condit to become involved with interns half their ages? Emptiness? Is that why millions of people continue to smoke even ... sins from God. As long as we live in denial about a certain sin, that sin still controls us. As noted author Calvin Miller has said, "When we confess, we do not ask primarily for forgiveness. Once we are saved, our sins are forever forgiven. But once ...

6. The God Who Is Near

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... Weatherhead, HOW CAN I FIND GOD? (Revell Company). (2) Stephen F. Olford, GOING PLACES WITH GOD, (Wheaton: Victor Books, 1983) (3) Dr. George Buttrick. (4) Nelson L. Price, FAREWELL TO FEAR, (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1983). (5) Susan Russell, quoted in Arthur Tonne, WITH PARABLES, (Emporia, KS: Didde, 1945). (6) Keith Miller and Bruce Larson, THE PASSIONATE PEOPLE, (Waco: Word Books, 1979). (7) (Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 1983). (8) Cyril J. Barber and ...

7. The Little Golf Club

Sermon

John Smylie

... with his feet stretched out upon the ottoman and watching the Philadelphia Phillies in his den as he drank an occasional Miller Beer and smoked his unfiltered Camel cigarettes. Every now and then, he would give me a wet kiss on the cheek and ... for marriage and I think in a rather simple way it opens up some profound opportunities for understanding love. It's a book by Gary Chapman, titled The Five Love Languages. For me, the heart of the book is found in the understanding that there are particular ways that ...

8. Learning Mercy

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J. Scott Miller

Some of us can learn mercy by reading about it in the Bible. Many more of us, however, learn mercy by taking the plunge and doing it. Such was the case with Sister Helen Prejean. Her story is told in the book Dead Man Walking, which recently came out in film. Sister Helen hears one day of a correspondence program with prisoners on death row. She decides to participate and begins writing, even though she's been told not to expect to hear anything in return. Much to her surprise, though, one of the prisoners ...

Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways.

Dennis Miller

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