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Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... Sunday than any other. It is certainly the most comforting thought that this world contains. Once there was a man named George who was accustomed to driving his wife, Rosie, to church every Sunday. They had been married for forty years and loved ... God. And it is available to all who are in Christ. It is available now, today, to you and to me. 1. Stephen Brown, WHEN YOUR ROPE BREAKS, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1988.) 2. Gardner C. Taylor, CHARIOTS AFLAME, (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1988). 3. Source ...

2. Change Is Possible

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... fact, some people are so rigid they cannot change even when the facts are in total opposition. Philip Holzman and George Klein conducted an interesting experiment. They showed subjects a set of two-inch and five-inch squares. Then they gradually ... OUR WILL TO GOD. Perhaps St. Paul was ready for a change. As he held the Apostle Stephen's robe while the mob stoned Stephen to death, perhaps St. Paul knew deep down that Stephen was right and he was wrong. We know after his blinding vision he had a mental image ...

3. The Blind See!

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... amazing to anyone who studies history how many great people start out with the odds against them. An extremely short list would include: Stephen Hawking, a world-famous physicist, who was diagnosed with ALS/Lou Gehrig’s disease at the age of 21. He has spent much of ... Capturing a Nation’s Heart,” - a profile of Miss America, Heather Whitestone, Pursuit, Vol. III, No. 4, by Denise George, p. 26. 6. “40 brilliant idioms that simply can’t be translated literally” by Helene Batt and Kate Torgovnick ...

4. A Noble Patriotism John D. Mauney, Jr.

Exodus 2:11-25

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... freedom," liberating thousands of slaves and religious leaders from the yoke of slavery in the old South. George Washington led the early Americans from the shackles of tyranny in their struggle for freedom. And during ... noble, patriotic Hebrew. But all of this wisdom acquired through his years in the courts of Egyptian royalty did not destroy the in-bred faith of Moses. As Stephen says in Acts 7:23, when he was forty years old "it came into the heart of Moses to visit his brethren." So he went into the land ...

5. Hope In The Midst of Uncertainty

Matthew 24:36-44

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... 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 ... rest of a whole life. One of the best movies of the 90's is "The Shawshank Redemption" based on a short story by Stephen King. In the movie, Andy Dufresne is a quiet banker who is unjustly convicted of murder and sent to Shawshank State Prison in Maine ...

6. The God Who Is Near

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... , let us do as Isaiah tells us to: "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found. Call upon him while he is near." (1) Dr. Leslie Weatherhead, HOW 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 PARABLES, (Emporia, KS: Didde, 1945). (6) Keith Miller and Bruce Larson, THE PASSIONATE PEOPLE, (Waco: Word ...

7. Historic: The Declaration of Independence

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... such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain [George III] is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. ... : John Hancock, Samual Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery Connecticut: Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott New ...

8. Building An Understanding Of God

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... for the Texas Rangers baseball team once said about his warm relationship with Yankee owner George Steinbrenner and manager Billy Martin. Rivers is quoted as saying, "Me and George and Billy are two of a kind." (1) Well, that's quite an accomplishment. The ... it all his love for humanity never failed. Next week we will celebrate Memorial Day. I am reminded of something that historian Stephen E. Ambrose picked up while working on an article about World War II and the soldiers that fought that last, great ...

9. What Is Success?

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... presidential cabinet was disloyal to him. Congress did not respect him. Some even accused his wife of being a Southern spy. George McClellan, his primary general, even ran against him in the next election. President Lincoln had no width or height. Even the ... . Conclusion Carol, a friend of mine, was a reporter with a Florida television station. She once confided in me, "Stephen, I've interviewed them all. Ford, Carter, Mondale, Reagan. I've talked to judges, athletes, beauty queens, and millionaires. But ...

10. With The End In Mind

Philippians 3:7-11

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James Merritt

... in the twentieth century and one that made a tremendous impact on my life is a book by Stephen Covey, called The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People. That book has sold millions of copies and even to ... meeting somebody and knowing somebody. On four different occasions, I have met and even spent a little time with two Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush. The truth is I don't know either President personally and neither one knows me personally. Paul says in verse 10 his ...

11. Enough Foolishness!

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... that shortly after the inauguration of President George W. Bush, someone in Danville, Kentucky, managed to pay for a $2 order at a fast‑food restaurant with a bogus $200 bill. This bill featured a picture of President George W. Bush on its face. There was ... service one for the parish, the other for the poor. I wonder if having two offerings would engender joy in our congregation. Stephens says the worshippers in these African services come forward dancing and singing to put their money into a box at the ...

12. The Thirteenth Apostle

Acts 9:1-19a

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Donald B. Strobe

... stoning Stephen, the first Christian martyr. That must have had a profound effect on him, for he could never forget the scene of Stephen with blood running down his face asking God to forgive his persecutors. The picture of the dying martyr Stephen ... would be down front and the women in the rear. The men would hear the rabbi preach, and the women would shout to their husbands, “Hey, George, what did he say?” So Paul says that women should keep silent in church. (I Cor. 14:34) I do not think he was setting ...

13. Unexpected Joy; Undeserved Gift

Isaiah 9:1-7

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Tony Everett

... Peace." These titles for a new king in Judah have become new names for the King of all nations and for all times, Jesus the Christ. Georg Friedrich Handel placed these names at the center of his "For Unto Us A Child Is Born" in Part I of the Messiah. The booming strains ... Joe and a multitude of the heavenly host of family, friends, and parishioners greeted a six-pound five-ounce gift from God, Stephen John. "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given," declares Isaiah. Now, this birth indeed was good ...

14. Priest Without Peer

Genesis 14:1-24

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Barbara Brokhoff

... priest, no other mediator, offers so much to those who are so unworthy. Alexander Whyte, that prince of preachers in St. George's Church, Edinburgh, in the early years of this century, once told of attending a service of holy communion conducted by ... to himself, "Thank the Lord, I think I'm getting it." I asked him, not really expecting an affirmative answer, "What did you do, Stephen -- go pray?" "Oh, yes," he readily agreed. "See that picture of the Lord over there. I went over and kissed Jesus and asked ...

15. Tenders Of The Sacred Fire

Acts 2:1-13

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R. Robert Cueni

... members knew, of course, that they were doing something that must continue beyond the founders of the congregation. As George Hamilton Combs put it, "What we begin, others will complete. The good is like the building of cathedrals. Only through ... of the trivializing of religion in general and Christianity in particular in America. In his book, The Culture Of Indifference, Stephen Carter builds an outstanding case for the fact that religious belief and practice are excluded from serious public discourse ...

16. To See Your Face Is Like Seeing The Face Of God

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

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James Angell

... much had happened that brought me face to face with God on more than one occasion. • I walked beside George Washington Carver, the African-American agricultural genius, in a Simpson College baccalaureate parade and heard him describe his intimate dialogue ... I will never move from where I stand! - He said, - Dear child, I feared that you were dead, - ... And stayed His hand! - James Stephens "What Tomas Said in a Pub" I began by talking about a favorite text that keeps drawing me back, a Scripture that keeps ...

17. A New Kind of Authority

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

King Duncan

Former President George H. W. Bush, the elder Bush, was speaking to an appreciative audience some years back, immediately after leaving office. He explained ... himself a Hebrew among Hebrews, so fervent in the faith and traditions of his own people that he stood by and watched over the cloaks of the mob that dragged Stephen off and stoned him to death. Stephen’s crime? Preaching the good news of Jesus Christ (Acts 7:55-Acts 8:3). Later on, Saul had risen to such prominence and respect with his own people ...

18. Why He Did It

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... remote areas in the world, there are very real challenges to identifying yourself as a follower of Christ. In 1989 George Atley, a missionary with the Central African Mission was killed. There were no witnesses. But the evidence indicates that ... years . . .” Whoa! I hope she doesn’t find out he said that. Arthur said, “I would be willing to trade my mother-in-law.” Stephen said, “I would be willing to tell my wife where I’ve hidden her credit cards.” Josh said, “I would be willing to give away ...

19. Job Feels under Attack by God

Job 16:1-17:16

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... My Fair Lady, as well as the film of the same name starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn (1964), is based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion. In the musical and the film version, in a song called “Show Me,” Eliza Doolittle complains ... yet to be unable to see where hope lies. Poetry: “A Man Said to the Universe,” by Stephen Crane. The American novelist, short story writer, and poet Stephen Crane (1871–1900) was an influential writer who died before he was thirty. Crane was considered a ...

20. Scrubbing Our Social Media Accounts

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... righteousness in place of our sin, he deleted our past and restored our full rights as citizens of God’s kingdom. I love how Justice Stephen Field describes a pardon: “. . . when the pardon is full, it releases the punishment and blots out of existence the guilt, so that in the ... , 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 ...

21. Famous Last Words

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Sermon

William L. Self

... a textbook on flying. I have made many trips overseas, but I have never seen the captain let the passengers vote as to whether he should turn on the radar. George Buttrick, longtime pastor of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, was asked if he would have a layman preach on Layman's Sunday, and his reply was ... ! Free at last! Thank God Almighty we are free at last!"1 1. Stephen B. Oats, Let the Trumpet Sound: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. (New York: Harper & Row, 1982), p. 260-261."

22. Doing The Right Thing

Acts 1:1-11

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E. Carver McGriff

... God's will. We see this in Jesus' life. What's our starting point? Character. Good character. Listen to what Stephen Covey wrote in his superb book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Covey observes that most self-improvement ... lot of fun in life. Newsweek magazine recently published George Burns' tongue-in-cheek prescription for a long life. It went like this: "Don't gamble. Don't smoke. Don't drink. Don't over-exercise Don't eat rich food." George went on to list several more injunctions. Then he ...

23. Responding Instead Of Reacting

Jeremiah 28:1-17

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Dr. B. Bruce Humphrey

... . We admire people who are quick on their feet, don't we? Quick on the comeback, saying the right thing at the right time. General George Armstrong Custer was that kind of person. In fact, many historians think he might have been the next President of the United States if he ... We give Him the chance to act in ways that bring real solutions, real healing, and real hope. 1. Stephen E. Ambrose, CRAZY HORSE AND CUSTER, 1975, pp. 266, 267. 2. Sir Thomas More, UTOPIA (Penguin Classics, 1965), p. 75. 3. Arthur ...

24. The Ultimate Athlete

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... hostilities of war with its pantomimed version in athletics. The Red Badge of Courage (New York: D. Appleton, 1925) was author Stephen Crane's novelistic attempt to capture the spirit of battle on paper. Yet for "research" Crane never experienced the front lines ... to work in harmony with the game's special equipment and with the athlete's greatest tool of all the mind. George Burr Leonard in The Ultimate Athlete: Re-visioning Sports, Physical Education and the Body (New York: Viking Press, 1975) defines the ...

25. New Beginnings

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... greatest of all is spiritual potential, the potential to become children of God. A little baby named Charles Philip Arthur George was born on November 14, 1948 in London, England. This little 7 lb. 6 oz. boy was born to a couple named Philip ... Zondervan, 2003). 4. Michael J. Gleb and Tony Buzan, Lessons From the Art of Juggling (New York: Harmony Books, 1992). 5. Stephen Arterburn, Flash Points (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2002), p. 92. 6. Sidney Greenberg, Say Yes To Life (New York, ...

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