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Ephesians 2:11-22

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King Duncan

... and women of good will are determined to have it so. Let me tell you about one such man--former baseball great, Joe Gordon. In 1947, Gordon was in his prime with the Cleveland Indians. That same year, a young black athlete named Larry Doby came to play for Cleveland ... Frost, "Mending Wall," THE COMPLETE POEMS OF ROBERT FROST (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1947). 3. David W. Smith, MEN WITHOUT FRIENDS, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990). 4. Judson Swihart, HOW DO YOU SAY "I LOVE YOU"? (Downers ...

2. A Rainbow And A Cross

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... we know is that something happened there that makes it possible for me and you to live confidently, creatively, in the knowledge that we are sons and daughters of the King. S.D. Gordon once tried to express the joy of that truth like this: He told about a time when he was out walking and met a little boy who had a cage of four birds ... Seamonds, Putting Away Childish Things (Wheaton: Victor Books, 1984). 2. The Reverend Don Emmittee 3. Bailey E. Smith, Real Revival Preaching (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1982).

3. Daddy, I'm Afraid

Romans 8:1-17

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King Duncan

... to free ourselves from them. Do you remember a unique individual who came to national attention following the infamous Watergate scandal, a man named G. Gordon Liddy? He’s still around. He sometimes shows up on Fox News. Liddy is one person who confronts his fear. He says that when he ... fear . . .” Don’t be afraid. God is with you. 1. Timothy Smith, http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/our-purpose-care-for-the-needy-timothy-smith-sermon-on-church-general-96651.asp. 2. (New York: Random House, Inc., ...

4. Birdbaths and Flagpoles

Matthew 13:1-23

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King Duncan

... or a successful community. Humanity never moves forward unless someone is willing to go beyond the efforts of the ordinary or the average. Gordon Giesbrecht is the director of the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at the University of Manitoba. His nickname is Professor Popsicle. This ... Cook in Teen People, cited in "Everyday Heroes," Reader's Digest, Nov. 2001. 6. "Dr. Cool" by Alisa Smith, originally published in Outside Magazine, reprinted in Reader's Digest, February 2005, pp. 109-111.

5. Courage Under Fire

Jude 1:22-23

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James Merritt

... . Though we are not to be isolated from sinners, we are to be insulated from sinners. But we will never reach lost people until we develop "courage under fire." A. J. Gordon once said: "It often requires more courage to preach to one than it does to a thousand." That really is true. I love the story that an old evangelist named Gypsy Smith used to tell. It was about Peter Apples, a soldier during the Civil War who went into enemy territory. Peter Apples did not know much about being a good soldier. He ...

6. A Goodly Heritage

Psalm 16:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... the first truth to underline this morning. Like the Psalmist, we have a goodly heritage in this land of ours. A couple of Sundays ago, Gordon Slappey gave me a dollar bill. He wanted to exchange dollars with me, but when I didn’t have a dollar, he gave it to ... In the dark Jays following the defeat by the House of Lords of the Reform Bill in London, in the last century, Sydney Smith expressed a truth in an analogy that should be forever remembered. These were his words: I do not mean to be disrespectful, but ...

7. David Again Spares Saul's Life

1 Samuel 26:1-25

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... and are ably set out by Klein (1 Samuel, pp. 236–37). Caird (“1 and 2 Samuel,” 2:855–1176) and H. P. Smith (A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Books of Samuel [ICC; Edinburgh: Clark, 1951]) take for granted that the two accounts are different presentations ... assume one event but think that the writers have different purposes as they present the two accounts. However, Gordon (1 and 2 Samuel: A Commentary) prefers to assume two events took place, arguing that the differences are significant ...

8. Bezaleel

Exodus 35:30--36:7

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Warren Thomas Smith

Life is often dull. It can be for moderns; it certainly was drab for many ancients. It is difficult to realize how ashen life has been for a majority of people: unspeakable monotony. These are the impoverished masses, not the wealthy few. Most Egyptians could not enjoy the pageantry of the Pharaohs. Certainly not the caplive Hebrews. For them it was daily toil in the brick pits. LIBERATION Suddenly, we have the march to freedom. Bondage in Goshen is past, and there is the wilderness experience. A lofty ...

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