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John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... shown first and below, for reference sake, is the old sermon. We will continue this updating throughout the year bringing fresh takes on King's best sermons.] The title of today’s sermon, “Panic Room,” has nothing to do with the IRS forms some of you ... himself. Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you!” The late pastor Ron Mehl tells of an experience that his friends, Bob and Gayle Potter, had as foster parents. One of the Potter’s foster children was a six-year-old girl named Sasha. Sasha had been abused ...

2. What Is Truly Important

Matthew 6:25-34, Matthew 6:19-24

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David E. Leininger

... are healing and are ours to give in every situation and for all people. You know - that will Preach!!!(3) Indeed, it will, Gayle. Indeed, it will. Sometimes it takes an event like Floyd to help us put things in perspective, to help us sort the wheat ... equally important to you. Then you can be absolutely confident that everything else that you need will be taken care of." Or as the King James Version of the Bible in which we were all nurtured has it, "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, ...

3. God Is Not Dead

Exodus 20:1-21

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James Merritt

... now and then, he felt like he could do the preacher’s job better than the preacher could. What was the result of this sin? “King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He dwelt in an isolated house, because he was a leper; for he was cut ... every idol, cast out every foe; Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. [1] “The Deification of Elvis”, Gayle White, The Atlanta Constitution, November 12, 1989. [2] Ibid. [3] R. Kent Hughes, Disciplines of Grace, pp. 30-31. [4] Inspiring Quotations ...

4. Be Careful What You Ask For

Mark 10:35-45

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King Duncan

... that positions of honor in the kingdom were not his to give. Maybe in our generation we would nominate Mother Teresa or Dr. King for those positions. But God has had many worthy servants through the ages, most of whom are unknown to us. Maybe that honor’s ... whose only desire is to serve him. Of course, serving Christ means serving those whom Christ loves. In his book, The Jesus Style, Gayle D. Erwin described servanthood this way: “A servant’s job is to do all he can to make life better for others--to ...

5. On God's Side Or In God's Way?

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... pool to get people to and from their jobs. One of the leaders of that boycott was a young Baptist pastor by the name of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The boycott was a substantial blow to the city’s financial health. So the mayor of Montgomery, a man named W. A. Gayle, went to court to seek to crush it and it looked very much like he might succeed. Dr. King tried his best to keep the spirit of his discouraged troops alive. “We have moved all of these months,” he told them, “in the daring faith that ...

6. A Kingdom Investment Policy

Matthew 6:19-24

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Phil Thrailkill

... for a deal. Someone who is cock-eyed has a distorted view of reality, while an excited person is said to be bug-eyed.11 And when Crystal Gayle sang Don’t it make my brown eyes blue? we knew it was not about eye color. In Jesus’ day there was a pair of proverbial expressions about ... the Sermon on the Mount (Columbia, SC: USC Press, 2004), 123. 16. Idem. 17. Adapted from Stacy Teicher, "King Kong Debt Meets Middle-Class Life," Christian Science Monitor, August 16, 2004; "Savings Rate Falls To Almost Zero ...

7. What Does the Bible Really Say about Divorce?

Mark 10:1-12

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King Duncan

I enjoy humor about married couples. Comedian Brian Kiley said recently, “I love being married. When I was single, I got so sick of finishing my own sentences.” A pastor was teaching on Proverbs 16:24 which reads like this: “Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.” The minister then added, “In other words, you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.” One woman in the congregation put this advice to work immediately. She leaned over, put her head on husband’ ...

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