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1. The Powerful Fragrance of Sharing and Caring

Philippians 4:10-20

Sermon

Eric Ritz

Baseball legend George Herman "Babe" Ruth was playing one of his last full major league games. The Boston Braves were playing the Reds in Cincinnati. The old veteran wasn't the player he once had been. The ball looked awkward in his aging hands. He wasn't throwing well. In one inning, his misplays ...

2. Help Me, I'm Lost

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... that George, a new member, was an alcoholic after she saw his pickup truck parked in front of the town’s only bar one afternoon. George, a man of few words, didn’t explain, defend, or deny; he said nothing. Later that evening, George quietly parked ... if we have never opened ourselves fully to the love of Jesus Christ. We are the lost sheep, we are the lost coin, we are Herman struggling in the waves as the Kon-Tiki moves farther and farther away if we are still keeping Christ at arm’s distance and have ...

3. Among You Stands One

John 1:6-8, 19-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... television this time of year is the Frank Capra classic, It’s a Wonderful Life starring Jimmy Stewart. Stewart plays a man named George Bailey. George is a man with great dreams and ambitious plans. He wants to get out of the tiny town of Bedford Falls and make ... that shows such love poured out. It was a chilly night in 1949, just a day before Christmas. Elizabeth English and her husband Herman had an unusually busy day at the store, and all they cared about was getting a good night’s sleep. The only ...

4. Treasured Relics

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... , the millwright was the poet. "It is...sixty years since the millwright died," DePree writes, "and my father and many of us at Herman Miller continue to wonder: Was he a poet who did a millwright's work, or was he a millwright who wrote poetry?" (2) ... gift. Harry Von Zell tells about comedian George Burns' love for singing. As Von Zell puts it, "I know George is a great music lover, because a poet once said that every man kills the thing he loves, and I've heard what George does to a song." Burns himself is ...

5. Working Together with One Heart and One Mind

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... outside of the barn. This provided handles for the barn raisers. As the town of Bruno was planning its centennial activities, Herman suggested a barn raising as part of the celebration. As the centennial approached word of the barn raising spread far beyond ... same time, with one heart, one mind, one purpose, one direction and two hands they were able to accomplish the impossible. George MacDonald once noted that one draft horse can move two tons of weight. Two draft horses in harness, working together, can ...

6. People Who Dread Christmas

Malachi 2:17--3:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... short time he was back at the office. Nobody asked him how he had spent Christmas. Nobody had even missed him. Nobody seemed to care. After that experience, George Mason put a sign on the back wall of the vault. The sign was to remind him of those desperate hours. It read, "To be indispensable somewhere, is ... . 3. The Rev. Dr. Ward Williams, Caracas, Venezuela. 4. Herman Wouk, THIS IS MY GOD: THE JEWISH WAY OF LIFE, (New York: A Touchstone Book, 1970). 5. Contributed by Wayne Long. Source: BIBLICAL ILLUSTRATOR ...

7. Jesus Came Preaching

Mark 1:14-15

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.” Years ago George Arthur Buttrick wrote a book on preaching with the same title as this sermon. In it he said: “Jesus could have ... world. Whew! That is some responsibility to place on the shoulders of preaching! But they are able to bear it. And have done so. Herman Melville in his classic Moby Dick gave what is perhaps the highest estimate of preaching ever written.He said: “The pulpit is ever this earth ...

8. Let Familiarity Breed Contentment

Hebrews 13:1-25

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... – the story of the children of Israel making their way from slavery to the Promised Land. In the words of novelist Herman Wouk: "No other nation ever undertook as a matter of law, to love God, to observe his commandments, to love their ... the hope of glory." Let familiarity breed contentment. Do you know you're a part of a tradition that gives you poets like George Herbert in the 17th century, Charles Wesley and Isaac Watts in the 18th century, Emily Dickinson in the 19th century, and Norman Nicholson ...

9. Salvation as Personal Experience

Romans 9:30--10:21

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T. A. Kantonen

... believers, working in and through them to reap the fruits of his victory over sin and death. Such is the nature of salvation in present experience, the process of being saved. 18. Ethelbert Stouffer, New Testament Theology (New York: Macmillan, 1955), 181-184, 305. 19. Adolf Deissmann, Paul (New York: George H. Doran, 1926), 28. 20. Rudolf Bultmann, op. cit., 328. 21. Op. cit., 34. 22. Ibid., 36. 23 ...

10. "Almost" Is A Sad Word

Matthew 19:16-30

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... , but not his center; God was a mentor, but not the Master; God was a solace, but not the sovereign. The pollster George Gallup says that based on his surveys fewer than 10 percent of Americans are deeply committed Christians. Though 86 percent identify with ... in his vocabulary. "Almost" may count horseshoes and hand grenades, but with the Master, it is just as is a "never." In 1518 Herman Cortes outfitted some ships in Cuba to explore the coast of Mexico. After landing he ordered his men to have all and ...

11. Unstoppable Determination

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... would go against the entire Miami team to make the tackle. It reminds me of the story told about the great halfback, George Cafego. Cafego, a former University of Tennessee star also was a standout in the early days of professional football. Playing for the ... lives made. 1. Dan L. Flanagan, http://www.asiweb.com/community/churches/stpaulsumc-sermons/stpaul06-22-03.asp. 2. Herman L. Masin, For Laughing Out Loud (New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1954). 3. (Colorado Springs, CO: Waterbrook Press, 2006), pp ...

12. Advent 3

Zephaniah 3:1-20, Philippians 4:2-9, Luke 3:1-20, Isaiah 12:1-6

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George Bass

THEOLOGICAL CLUE It should be remembered by the preacher that the church year is not simply a framework which surrounds the liturgy of the church, but it is also a skeleton which needs to be fleshed out with readings from the Old and New Testaments. This becomes manifestly clear by the Third Sunday in Advent, because the world is pulling in one direction while the Christian year orients and points us to the past, the present, and the future. When filled out by the various sets of propers, including the ...

13. Confrontation in the Temple

John 2:12-25

Sermon

George Bass

Jesus laid claim to a special relationship with God the Father. He demonstrated an all-consuming love for the Temple (where formal business with God was done in worship and study) when, according to Saint Luke, he was twelve years old. Neither Matthew, Mark, nor John includes that account in their gospels. But Luke evidently considered the incident to be a true story that was important enough to be included in the gospel that bears his name; he was interested, as his Acts of the Apostles affirms, in ...

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