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John 4:34-38

Sermon

James Merritt

... botanist said, "Come over here." The shepherd walked over there, the botanist pulled him down by his side, put the magnifying glass in his hand and said, "Look at this." The old shepherd looked and saw the exquisite beauty of that one little heatherbelle ... of how he became a Christian. He stood up and said, "I was in the Royal Navy stationed in Sydney, Australia. I was walking down George Street, when out of nowhere came a little old white-haired man. He said to me, "Excuse me, sir, I would like to ask you ...

2. Never Give Up

Luke 18:1-8

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... right, you had to rub all sorts of dangerous chemicals onto the glass plates. So you had to carry a bunch of chemicals around with you. Finally, you had to have a great big stand to put the camera on, so you had to carry a stand with you. Can you imagine having to carry around all that bulky, heavy stuff just to take a picture? That sounds pretty hard. One day, a young man named George Eastman decided he wanted to take a vacation at the beach. George loved to take pictures, and he wanted to take a picture ...

3. The Narrow Door

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... , he tells about that second title. He says that when he started his comeback, he had to get rid of what he called “some excess George.” He was extremely overweight. In the nearly ten years he had been out of boxing, he had ballooned from 220 to 315 pounds. And it ... we’re all drinking together, just like old times.” So every day the guy comes in and the bartender sets up three glasses. Until one day, the guy asks for just two shots. “I hate to ask,” says the bartender, “but did something happen ...

4. Paul's Prayer For Us

Ephesians 3:14-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... their strengths not their weaknesses. Do you understand that this is the way God sees God's children ” through rose-colored glasses? God sees our strengths, our possibilities, our virtues. Our sin, God casts into the deepest regions of the sea. "Hey," ... 't that why you are here? May it be done to you according to your need. 1. NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, p. 89. 2. George Burns, DR. BURNS' PRESCRIPTION FOR HAPPINESS, (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1984), p. 181. 3. Carli Laklan, OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS: WHY THEY WIN ...

5. The Death That Ends All Death

1 Peter 3:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... that statement. The reason why that seems to be a routine statement is because death comes to everyone. When the Irish writer, George Bernard Shaw, completed a statistical study on the subject of death, he said he came to this firm conclusion: "One out of ... heat of the righteous judgment and wrath of God. It is bearing down upon the human race. Then imagine a great cosmic magnifying glass—as wide as the world placed in between, gathering all of that intensity of burning wrath, and focusing it on one spot, on ...

6. Heaven on Earth

Revelation 21:1-6

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... enough, what about Grandma or Grandpa? And what about Uncle George who was cremated and whose ashes were scattered on his favorite golf course? How is God going to find all those ashes that have long since been washed into the creek and put George back together again in heaven? In heaven will Aunt ... pointed out that when you stood in the sanctuary and looked out through that old stained-glass image of the heavenly Jerusalem and saw the neighborhood surrounding the church, suddenly that decaying neighborhood ...

7. A LITURGICAL DRAMA FOR LENT

Drama

Tom Eberle

... heavenly bidding, knowing that we cannot otherwise prevail against our adversaries unless we prevail against our own selves. [George W. Forell, The Christian Year, 2 vols. (New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1964-65), 1:187] The call ... might have been cruelly pushed into that other world by some person who doesn’t even care. Son: Mother, you can see on the other side of that glass. What’s out there? What is it this sacrifice of myself will make me see? Mother: Some of what I see is in the newspaper for you ...

8. Get Out Of That Boat!

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... Johnson have also been described this way. Where was the President last night? He was out taking a stroll on the Potomac. Gen. George Patton's soldiers were in awe of him. A member of Gen. Marshall's staff once asked a second lieutenant under Patton' ... to resist the challenge. So he went to the saloon where all the folks bet that he could hold his hand against the glass without jerking it back when the rattlesnake struck. After all bets were taken, the huckster tore the blanket off to reveal the biggest, most ...

9. Addiction Free

Psalm 30:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... in a culture of "prodigality and plethora," says literary critic George Steiner of the University of Cambridge. We live in an excess ... glass full to the brim with milk. Fill an adjoining glass of the same size with popcorn. Fill a third glass of the same size with bread. Try putting the bread into the glass of milk. It overflows. Now refill the glass with milk and try putting the popcorn, kernel by kernel, into the glass of milk. The milk will not run over. You can put an entire glass of popcorn into a glass ...

10. The Greatness Of John The Baptist

John 1:19-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... that the Kingdom of God was at hand. When he saw Jesus he declared, "Behold the Lamb of God." Many years ago a pastor in Glasgow, Scotland named George McLeod chanced to look up at the stained-glass windows over the chancel of the sanctuary. The phrase, "Glory to God in the highest" was carved in the glass. As he looked he noticed that a pane of glass was broken and missing, the pane on which the letter "e" in the word "highest" was carved. Suddenly he found himself seeing the words that were now there ...

11. I Believe In The Holy Spirit

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... Holy Spirit “searches everything.” (I Cor. 2:10) Maybe we wish that the Spirit were not quite so nosy, but it’s for our own good. Let me illustrate with a glass of water. Let’s suppose that one of you were to come up here and shake my right elbow rather vigorously and water would spill all over this area. If I were ... Dallas, 1993) (3) Howell, James C., The Life We Claim, (Abingdon: Nashville, 2005), p. 107. (4) Barna, George, Growing True Disciples, (Waterbrook Press: Colorado Springs, 2001), p. 65.

12. Easter Transportation

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... store has a whopping sale. There is a disconnect between the day as announced and the day as lived. We have nothing against old George or Abe; it's just that they were then, and we are now, and there is no wedding of then and now. A young ... Easter, when Easter is going to -- maybe already has -- find us. The eyeglass wearers in the house will identify with this. You can't find your glasses; you had them just a bit ago, but now you have them not. So you race from room to room in search of them. You're ...

13. Hope In The Midst of Uncertainty

Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... when. So, all we can do is live ready. And that's the hard part. It's hard because if life is like a half a glass of water, then some of us are the half empty people and some of us are the half full people. Half empty people only see doom ... And they call him by name. It turns out that the guy sitting next to him is the teacher's husband, who hits George in the mouth for berating his wife. George picks himself up off the floor, touches his bloody lip and says: "That's what I get for praying." He checks to see ...

14. In The Lion's Den

Daniel 6:1-28

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... man named George Bolt was managing a small downtown hotel in Chicago. On a rainy evening an elderly couple walked in and asked for a room. "I’m sorry," said George. "We’re filled. There are three conventions meeting near us." The couple turned to leave. Then George said, "Wait ... . My favorite place is in the left-front corner of Wilson Chapel where I can look up at the stained-glass window depicting Christ with outstretched arms. Having a specific, reserved place will put you in a prayerful mode as soon ...

15. Who's The Neighbor

Luke 10:25-37

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... : And likewise, a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him ... LEVITE: (THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND CONTESTANT, GEORGE SCRIMSHAW) Pardon me, is a Levite one of those guys who makes jeans? MILTON: (RUNNING ON STAGE) No, no. A Levite is ... the character. MILTON: Yes, yes. May we continue now? LEVITE: By all means. (HE LOOKS AT CERTAIN MAN WITH MAGNIFYING GLASS) Hmm, yes, I see. Interesting. Quite interesting. Yes, yes. Obviously dead. CERTAIN MAN: Half dead. Half dead. LEVITE: (TAKES OUT ...

16. Anybody Listening?

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

William G. Carter

... pastor, "and I haven't heard many sermons I've liked." Some who sat near the back row wondered if George ever actually heard a sermon. Each week as the preacher began, they would inevitably hear a steady "click, click, click" from George's pew. If anyone nearby turned to identify the source, they might see a stained glass sunbeam reflecting from George's chrome-plated fingernail clippers. "Preacher," George said at the narthex door one day, "I don't get much out of your sermons." Before he could restrain ...

17. The God Who Is Near

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... find God. She had a certain dream which she dreamed more than once, namely that she was standing in front of a thick, plate-glass window. As she looked at it, she seemed to see God on the other side. She hammered on the window, trying to attract His ... 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 ...

18. Magnanimity: The Essential Spirit of the Christian

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

James W. Moore

... people generously, - If you believe in withholding any judgment until you have all the facts, - If you think that people in glass houses ought not to throw stones, - If you have too much respect for human personality to damage it with your ... disgrace to our class the way she just throws herself at every guy that comes along. She is an embarrassment! Don’t you agree, George?” I love what George did. He sat there quietly for a moment and then he said: “You know, I have way too many faults of my own to ...

19. Surprised Sheep And Graceless Goats

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Stan Meade

... answered. "Did you feel any love or compassion?" the voice asked. "None!" said the man. "I would destroy the whole planet without any hesitation or regret!" "That's why you can't use my glasses," said God. "You may not see what I see, unless you can feel what I feel." (2) The goats did not see nor did they feel. That was their crime, and it was devastating ... ? 1. U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, March 25, 1991, p. 56. 2. THE JOKESMITH 3. "God As Shepherd," by George Thompson, PULPIT DIGEST, March/April 1992, p. 29.

20. A Terrifying Darkness

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the face of a dark situation, while others, confronted with the same situation, see only reasons for despair? At the age of 98, comedian George Burns said, "I've fallen in love with my future." At age 98! Didn't he know that he was in the last years of ... are many rooms . . . I go to prepare a place for you that where I am so you may also be." This is certainly why the glass is half-full for many people--we really do not believe God. Abram trusted God. Even though he had his doubts--just as all of us ...

21. Strength Through Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... his eye, Franklin slowly rose on his cane to say, "I cannot give you the sun nor the moon, but I give you General George Washington of the United States, the Joshua who made the Sun and Moon stand still when he commanded." (1) This weekend marks the 218th ... comb his hair and straighten his tie. Unfortunately, he couldn't find a mirror. But he did find a glass-framed picture hanging on the wall, and by turning just right, he could see himself well enough in the reflection to comb his hair and redo his ...

22. Why Did I Do That?

Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... , and to feel absolutely helpless to do anything about it, that is an awful way to be. A man walked into a restaurant and ordered a glass of milk. He took a sip of the milk, then tossed the remainder into the waiter's face. Before the waiter could recover from the surprise, ... be to God--through Jesus Christ our Lord!" (V. 25) Jesus Christ delivered him, just as Christ can deliver you and me. George E. Knowles in his book, A World to Love, tells about a pastor who, for years, fought what seemed to be a losing ...

23. Saved by the Bell

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... is today. The whole idea of a wake was for the family to stay with the body around the clock in case the deceased awakened. George Washington was so afraid of being buried alive that he even put in his will that he would not be buried until 5 days after ... of the coffin lid and ended in an airtight box above ground. A glass sphere was connected to a mechanism inside the box, so the slightest movement of the deceased chest would move the glass sphere and stretch the spring and which caused the lid of the box ...

24. Going the Second Mile

Matthew 5:38-42

Sermon

James Merritt

... of a man going the second mile. Shortly after the battles ended the American Revolution, but before the peace had been negotiated, George Washington was with his troops in Newburgh, New York. But they began to grow very restless because they hadn't been paid. ... a speech that he wished to read. But then he fumbled with a paper and finally reached for a set of reading glasses—glasses those men had never seen him wear before. Washington made this simple statement: "I have already grown grey in the service ...

25. Going Beyond Duty: The Second Mile

Matthew 5:38-42

Illustration

James Merritt

... government, and overthrowing that government and letting the army rule the nation. With the fate of America in the balance, George Washington made a surprise appearance before these officers. After praising them for their service and thanking them for their sacrifice ... speech that he wished to read. But then he fumbled with a paper and finally reached for a set of reading glasses-glasses those men had never seen him wear before. Washington made this simple statement: "I have already grown grey in the service ...

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