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1. Magnanimity: The Essential Spirit of the Christian

Philippians 4:4-7

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James W. Moore

... him thinking he was one of her workers. “Hey you… come here… I need some wood chopped!” Without a word, Professor Washington peeled off his jacket, picked up the ax and went to work. He, not only cut a large pile of wood, but also ... 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 ...

2. Your Image of Tomorrow

Matthew 3:1-12

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Leonard Mann

... greatness in the character of anyone who can do that as gracefully and graciously as did John. In the story of Adam Bede, George Eliot describes a certain conceited person as being "like the cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow." I’ve ... can wear yourself away worrying whether, with your next step, your foot will land on a banana peel - when as a matter of fact there may not be a banana peel anywhere within a thousand city blocks. Did you hear about the mother bear that was teaching her cubs ...

3. Moving on Up

Luke 14:1, 7-14

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Mark Trotter

... in the grand tradition of a certain kind of comedy called the “put-down.” We love to see the pretentious slip on a banana peel. It is that kind of humor. There is a similar tradition in sports. We love to see the underdog beat the top dog. Which is ... Thursday from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.” Shaw wrote a note on the card and sent it back, and said, “Mr. George Bernard Shaw likewise.” Winston Churchill was equally adept at the put-down. There is a famous exchange between Winston Churchill and Lady Astor. ...

4. The Tradition of the Put Down

Luke 14:1, 7-14

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Mark Trotter

... is in the grand tradition of a certain kind of comedy called the "put-down." We love to see the pretentious slip on a banana peel. It is that kind of humor. There is a similar tradition in sports. We love to see the underdog beat the top dog. Which ... home Thursday from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m." Shaw wrote a note on the card and sent it back, and said, "Mr. George Bernard Shaw likewise." Winston Churchill was equally adept at the put-down. There is a famous exchange between Winston Churchill and Lady Astor. Lady ...

5. The King and I

Isaiah 6:1-9

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James Merritt

... So understand this. LORD is the name of God, while Lord is the title of God. For example, when you think of President George W. Bush, "George" is his name, but "President" is his title. The title given to God in the Old Testament was "Lord," the Sovereign One. ... five-year-old boy that went down to Florida for the first time and he got sunburned. A few days later his skin started peeling off. He ran into the bedroom to his mother and said, "Mommy, look at me, I'm five-years-old and coming apart already." ...

6. Joseph, When Did You Know?

Matthew 1:18-25

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King Duncan

... be like: ‘Who me?’ ‘Yes you.’ ‘Let go?’ ‘Yes!’ ‘Now?’ ‘Yes, now!’ “If you want to start a conversation with me I will peel your fingers off the bar if I have to.” (4) While you’re standing at the exit door is not the time to ask questions. One ... of it ended up destroyed after the war. But a few copies of it survived. This poster also has the crown of King George VI and white typeface on a solid color background. But its message read simply: Keep Calm and Carry On. (6) Keep Calm ...

7. Surprise! Surprise!

Matthew 25:31-46

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Michael L. Sherer

... they arrived. Car after car rolled in. The house and grounds filled up with people, and the guessing games began. Was that George Murdock, president of the computer corporation, wearing that gorilla suit? And who was that behind the metal armor? Could it be ... drunk and having wandered in to get a handout - taking over like this? "I’ll go first," the down-and-outer said. He peeled his life-like mask away. It was the host. A hush fell over everyone - then murmurs, then laughter, then applause and shouts of ...

8. Perhaps Next Summer...

Acts 24:1-27

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Louis H. Valbracht

... put it: "Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can put off till the day after tomorrow just as easily." But perhaps Henry George Bohn was more truthful when he said: "One of these days - ‘ONE OF THESE DAYS’ - is none of these days." Or we could ... . It was done with stabbing, almost photographic realism. It showed a simple composition of a door - a battered, weather-beaten, paint-peeling door - and on the door was an old-fashioned funeral crepe, the kind that people used to hang on their doors before ...

9. The Lord's Prayer: Our Father

Matthew 6:5-15

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David E. Leininger

... in and waited. Not terribly long as it turned out - only about four hours. We went into the delivery room and within minutes my boy had made his entrance into the world. They had to peel me off the ceiling; I was ecstatic. "Hey, hey, hey, that's my boy." After a few moments the nurses took him, cleaned him up, and placed him in the warming tray. I went over to ... sense of divine family relationship...that love...for those who, by faith, are God's children. Amen! 1. Deuteronomy 32:9 2. George Matheson, 1882

10. No Salt in the City?

Mark 9:42-50

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Stephen M. Crotts

... a domestic spat, a drug bust going down, or a break-in. The swimming pool was unfit to swim in. Beer cans strewed the lawn. Paint peeled everywhere. And there was no gospel in the neighborhood. Why, come Sunday morning you could sleep in the middle of the road and not get run ... I had no use for, I now praise unreservedly." The salty church of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. George Gallup, the famous pollster, writes that fewer than ten percent of Americans are deeply committed Christians. "These people are ...

11. God Where Are You? - The Problem of Evil

Genesis 3:1-6, Judges 6:13

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James Merritt

... his own people he said: "…if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us?" Judges 6:13, NLT) Pollster, George Barna was once commissioned to inquire of people what one question they would ask of God if they had the opportunity and know ... flickering light and gained more pounds. Then God brought forth the potato, naturally low in fat and brimming with nutrition and Satan peeled off the healthful skin, sliced the starchy center into chips and deep fried them and Man gained still more pounds. God then ...

12. Living a Well-Storied Life

John 4:1-26

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Leonard Sweet

... mature human being lives a well-storied life. There are stories that teach us about our identity as Americans — George Washington stories, covered wagon pioneer stories, North and South stories, Great Depression stories, December 7, 1941 stories, hippy- ... dead bird, and pins it out in a pan. The study of that bird takes the form of a dissection, a careful, layer-by-layer peeling away of all the structures and organs that enabled the bird to live, to eat, to fly, to reproduce. The dissected body can provide ...

13. Turning Pity-Parties into Praise-Parties

Philippians 3:12-4:1

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Leonard Sweet

... names like “Gadget” (1st atom bomb-1945), “Fat Man” (Nagasaki-1945), “Little Boy” (Hiroshima-1945), “George” (1951), “Mike” (1952). But there was anything endearing about these weapons. Clearly this was madness. ... of global annihilation. Written for a 10-100 year old audience, in its pre-internet heyday MAD magazine was the place to peel back the looniness and manipulation of the times and to challenge its very young readers to consider everything they encountered with fresh eyes ...

14. Advent 4

Psalm 80:1-19, Micah 5:1-4, Hebrews 10:1-18, Luke 1:39-45

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George Bass

THEOLOGICAL CLUE Thirty-five years ago, a liturgical scholar, Edward T. Horn, III, said: "The Fourth and last Sunday in Advent has been an 'orphan' for centuries so far as its true nature is concerned. In contemporary America it is often called 'Christmas Sunday,' an intrusion from nonliturgical Protestantism of Puritan background which, having divorced all religious observances from Christmas, sought to salve its conscience by transferring these observances to the previous Sunday." He concludes: "As a ...

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