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Malachi 2:17--3:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... water cooler. After a long drink of cold water, he took a taxi to his solitary apartment and freshened up. In a 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 the secret of happiness. To love people, is the purpose of life." (3) Now we don't know if ...

2. The Gift of Purpose

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... because they feel they've just gotten too old to do anything. Nobody cares, that can't do the things they used to be able to do. They've lost their purpose. Proverbs says it best, "Where there is no vision, the people perish." B. George Mason's life centered on his business. He lived alone, and on this particular Christmas refused all invitations. On Christmas Eve, after his employees left, he went into the office vault to get a little extra cash. Soundlessly, on the newly oiled hinges, the great door ...

3. A Global Celebration

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2005). 3. http://nbcsavannah.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/cant-wait-till-morning/. 4. Cries from the Cross (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994), p. 95. 5. http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Why-I-Need-the- Resurrection.html. 6. http://www.preaching.com. 7. The Rev. Dr. George Mason, http://day1.org/931-christ_on_the_loose.

4. Scrubbing Our Social Media Accounts

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Stephen Field, U.S. Supreme Court, Ex parte Garland [Source: Cornell University Law School] “How Presidential Pardons Work’ by Josh Clark, How Stuff Works https://people.howstuffworks.com/presidential-pardon.htm. 7. A Rescue Shelter, George Mason, Wilshire Baptist Church. http://www.wilshirebc.org/2004archives/article‑ 1999951886c‑ 1999585399.htm. 8. “Why Didn't He Hate Me?” by Shannon Ethridge, Christianity Today, https://www.christianitytoday.com/iyf/truelifestories/ithappenedtome/10.44.html ...

5. A Peculiar People

1 Peter 2:1-10

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... We are called to be a "royal priesthood" in service to the world. From the days of my youth, I still remember singing Frank Mason North's great hymn. It challenged me then and inspires me now: Where cross the crowded ways of life, where sound the cries of ... light." When John Wesley sent lay preacher George Shadford to the American colonies with nothing in his saddlebags but his Bible and a Methodist hymnal, he sent him with this commission: "I set you loose, George, on the great continent of America. Proclaim ...

6. The Cunning Craftsman, God

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... different figure which has its own part to play in the ensemble of the Cathedral, and then permits the blundering mason to complete it in all its glory. "So works with us," concludes Dorothy Sayers, "the cunning craftsman, God." On reading it ... cries of need stooped to aid and to redeem. Reads the parable: "and he went to his home justified" ... made right with God. As George Buttrick has well written: "Heaven bends low to the soul that feels its need. They that mourn for their sins are comforted, and the ...

7. The Baptism of Our Work

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... that we are making that kind of contribution? In one of his books Robert Schuller tells about a conversation he had with that splendid actor, George Kennedy. Kennedy told him that every time he and his wife Joan sit down to a meal they pray, "Oh, Lord, help us give something ... God! Our task may be a great one or a small one. The size is irrelevant to God. God is as impressed with the brick mason who lays the brick for a building as he is with the architect who designed it, if the job is done well. In God's ...

8. The Voice Of The Lord

Psalm 29:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... that you had done wrong--just by how they said your name. Erle Stanley Gardner, the famous mystery writer and creator of Perry Mason, was a lawyer himself. In his trial work, he had a partner with a rather remarkable skill. This lawyer could detect critical ... and the great hymns of the church. Television has brought us Joan of Arcadia. History brought us Joan of Arc. Joan, in George Bernard Shaw's play, is asked by her interrogator about her conversations with God: "How do you mean, voices?" he asks. She ...

9. Only a Carpenter

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the Revolution came?” “No,” she answered, “he lived to a ripe old age and died in 1802, but he never had confidence in George Washington. You see, he knew him as a boy and didn’t believe he could ever lead an army!” I. JESUS HAD THE ... about the correct translation of “Carpenter.” The Greek word is tekton, which means simply “builder.” Perhaps Jesus was a stone-mason by trade...for most things were made with stone in that day, and there was always plenty of building material around. How ...

10. On the Singing of Hymns

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Abbey. From him came such standards as “Joy to the world...” and “When I survey the wondrous cross...” Singing in the shadow of the cross! George Matheson was a brilliant scholar in his youth. But he started going blind at 18 and was totally blind at age 21. But he wrote the ... the Republic,” in the new hymnal, for it has unfavorable connotations for our fellow Christians south of the Mason-Dixon line. And so it goes. You can’t please everybody. Both hymns have been retained, I understand, but ...

11. When It Is Tough to Follow Jesus: The Third Word

John 19:17-27

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... of being the earthly mother of Jesus was never an easy one. Do any of you remember the old television series called "Perry Mason?" In that show, everyone who was called to testify had to swear to "tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the ... Therefore Jesus is giving Mary another son, and John now has a mother to care for and also to be nurtured by. My friend J. George Mamourian believes that this was John''s finishing school: he was polished and refined by Mary so that he could make the journey of ...

12. What Is Your Accent?

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... sound like we do. But in America there isn't even a consensus on what we sound like. In the 2004 Presidential election George Bush's Texas twang and John Kerry's New England nasal tones clashed every bit as much as did their political views. When ... their particular accent hits our ears. Our accent suggests the presence and influence of an entire culture. Those north of the Mason-Dixon line tend to hear everything from the general southeast region as a southern drawl. But a true Southerner can distinguish ...

13. A New Vision

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... 1936 the Golden Gate Bridge became a reality. He looked farther than he could see. Many of you will remember when President George Bush the elder, father of our current president, was criticized for not focusing on long term goals and strategies. The former president ... other cast-offs into real homes. Last year some of these students built a chapel and community center for the residents of Mason’s Bend, a tiny, rural town. The students used more than 100 discarded car windows to make one wall of the center ...

14. God's Dirty Job

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... It seems unlikely that Jesus’ hands survived to adulthood without some trauma. He was apprenticed with Joseph as a stone mason/carpenter—-hewing rough materials into workable surfaces. During his mission activities Jesus spent a lot of time on boats, ... World Council of Churches, 1991, 33. Terry Thomas, in a sermon in The African American Pulpit (Spring 2005), 79, tells a George S. Johnson story. Johnson, in his book Critical Decisions in Following Jesus, tells about a doctor who received a call late one ...

15. Risky Business

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... a well known fact that our first attitude toward God is a reflection of our earliest experiences at home. For example, George Bernard Shaw, the great English playwright and philosopher, had difficulty with God because his father had been a scoundrel, an absentee ... women?” Susan went, “Oh, my [gosh].” Last October they set up a program called Making Change. They began handing out little mason jars with a picture of a woman’s face. Half of her face was beaten and the other half was vibrant and alive ...

16. Job Presents Evidence against the Retribution Principle

Job 12:1--14:22

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... soul, when God seems far away from them and their needs. Illustrating the Text Human insight, even well intended, fails. History: As George Washington neared the end of his life, his doctor used leeches in an attempt to remove the diseased blood, a common treatment ... meant well but was ineffective in treating a man in great need. Television: Ever since the televised series Perry Mason, programs have featured lawyers preparing and presenting cases in which they have great confidence. That confidence, we are ...

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