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Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... do? Runaway slaves could be hung. That’s good motivation for doing nothing. But doing nothing was not an option for Henry Brown. He found a wooden crate just large enough for him to crawl inside, and postmarked it to an abolitionist in Philadelphia, which ... spirit alive. In the revival with Mordecai Hamm, a young man heard the gospel and made his profession of faith. His name? Billy Graham. (5) Do you think that Sunday School teacher one-hundred-fifty years before trying to get up his courage to share his ...

2. Getting Our Lives Out Of Hock

Psalm 105:1-45

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... able to blame the previous generation for its problems" and then she concluded in the last frame, much to Charlie Brown's puzzlement, "It doesn't solve anything, but it makes us all feel better." Well, it may make us feel better ... Well He will if we allow Him and through His power and in relationship with Him we can get our lives out of hock. Ruth Graham, the wife of evangelist Billy Graham, decided what she wanted to have written on her tombstone when she dies. It's not what you would expect at all, a most ...

3. Getting Your Attention

John 2:12-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... is to be found in the fellowship of Christ's people. ------------------------------------------------------------- 1. I REMEMBER. Dan Rather. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991, p. 43. 2. Paul Harvey, "For What It's Worth," July 18, 1979, p. 73. ... BECOMES THE GOSPEL. Thomas R. Hawkins. Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1992, pp. 24-25. 5. HOPE FOR THE TROUBLED HEART. Billy Graham. Minneapolis: Grason, 1991, pp. 10-11. [ORIGINAL SERMON] CBS News anchor Dan Rather tells about attending a revival as a boy in ...

4. When What You Signed Up For...

Acts 16:9-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... says, “I learned that what you sign up for and what you get are two different things.” (1) Welcome to life, Charlie Brown! What you sign up for and what you get are often two different things. So how do you respond to unexpected disappointments ... a lot about our belief in God, and it says a lot about how God can use us to accomplish His will. Anne Graham Lotz, the daughter of Billy Graham, once wrote that when she faces a difficult situation or a closed door, she doesn’t ask God, “Why?” It doesn’t ...

5. Beginning Again

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... that man's past were stealing away his hope for the future. A few months back, there was a particularly sad letter in the Billy Graham newspaper column. Someone wrote: "I'm in my 80s and all alone, and I know it's my own fault. I went through life being ... . It is what we are called to do for others. In her memoirs, which she published in 1997 at the age of 98, Jessie Lee Brown Foveaux shares her advice about facing hard times: "You say you think life is like a big puzzle. How right you are, my dear. Life is ...

6. Greed or the Gospel?

Acts 8:9-13, 18-24

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... would rather listen to me preach than Billy Graham. I developed an accent like Billy Graham. I carried my Bible over my heart like Billy Graham. I tried to give an invitation to those six people just like Billy Graham, all six verses of “Just as I Am" ... her dresser. The company jingle says it all, “Happiness waits at the Stuff Mart, all you need is lots more stuff." As Charlie Brown says, “Most of us live just about one cookie away from being happy." It sneaks in on us, doesn't it? Greed comes hunting ...

7. We Are Blessed, Adopted and Sealed

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... do is look a little deeper like the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion. Sometimes we just have to look deeper and remember. Billy Graham's daughter Anne Graham Lotz is both an author and an evangelist. Her house was broken into a few years ago. The robbers took almost everything of value. ... , I may be free; or I may be fettered, But I am God's Child, Yes, I am God's Child. I may be black; I may be brown, I may be white; I may be a clown, But I am God's Child, Yes, I am God's Child. I may be rich; I may be ...

8. The Waiting Place

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

William L. Self

... we wait for determines how we wait. It determines life in the meantime. Recently, Time magazine ran a cover story about Billy Graham, "A Christian in Winter, Billy Graham at 75." "While he has learned to number his days," the story says, "Billy Graham intends to make the most of them. 'I don't know why God has allowed me to have this; I'll ... , quoted from Synthesis, December 19, 1993. 3. Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (New York: Little, Brown & Company, 1994), p. 64. 4. Synthesis, December 23, 1993.

9. Angels

Psalm 91:1-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... to you. Third (and perhaps related to what we just said), look for angels in the form of loved ones who have died - Billy Graham's story of Dr. Mitchell has too many parallels from too many sources - believers as well as non-believers - to be totally dismissed. ... Holman Bible Dictionary, Electronic Edition, Parsons Technologies, 1994 6. Time, p. 59 7. Words & Music by Brown Bannister, Gary Chapman, Amy Grant, and Michael W. Smith 8. The Pastor's Story File, Oct. 1991, p. 5 9. pp. 14-15 10. ...

10. How To Be An Easter Person

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... them by the truth; your word is truth.” (John 17:17) The Bible has always been under attack and it is today. Dan Brown’s novel, “The Da Vinci Code,” published in 2003, continues to be on the New York Times best-seller list. It claims that ... you are.” Dr. Einstein replied, “Young man, I too know who I am. What I don’t know is where I’m going.” Then Billy Graham said, “Look at this suit I’m wearing. It’s brand new. My wife and children kept telling me that I needed to dress a bit ...

11. He Has Done All Things Well

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... He then unfolds some papers. "These are copies I've been making of some of the Dead Sea scrolls," he says. Holding them up for Charlie Brown and Lucy to inspect he continues."This is a duplicate of the scroll of Isaiah, chapters 3840. It was made from 17 pieces of sheep skin ... would be on your list? A few of us might choose Mother Teresa. Some may choose Martin Luther King, Jr. Others Billy Graham. But if you want to find someone who has done all things well, who epitomized excellency in all areas of life, the ...

12. When The Going Gets Tough

Romans 8:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... any meaning after you've failed nine spelling tests in a row and your teacher hates you?" To which Charlie Brown calmly says, "That's a different question." I was reading recently about the origin of the word "sabotage." It comes ... know that it took Columbus fourteen years to find a backer for his proposed voyage around the globe? Did you know that when Alexander Graham Bell offered his telephone for sale, it was turned down because people could see no need for it? The photocopier has revolutionized office ...

13. Show and Tell

Mark 1:16-22

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... so evangelistic in nature that we start serving special cookies in our nursery and preschool. I think we ought to serve Billy Graham Crackers. (1) I know that was bad but I couldn't pass it up. This morning we continue our series "Reaching Out ... an old Charlie Brown. Lucy says to Charlie Brown, "I would have made a great evangelist." Charlie Brown answers, "Is that so?" Lucy says, "Yes, I convinced that boy in front of me in school that my religion is better than his religion." Charlie Brown asks, "Well, how ...

14. The Power to Begin Again

Acts 3:12-19

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... to every man and nation comes a moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side." Billy Graham once said, “The wars among the nations of the earth are mere popgun affairs compared to the fierceness of battle in the spiritual ... a pawn for free advertisement. The spiritual forces of wickedness are always here. There's nothing you can do about this. In fact, Dan Brown's sources date back to Narcissism in the first century which was proved to be a heresy and a lot he had to do ...

15. Was There No Other Way?

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... and in removing the thorn the little robin stuck himself. And the diving back and forth to the nails and to the thorns on the man’s head, the little brown robin got his little breast all red with blood, and since then he has been known as the bird with the red breast. It’s just a legend, of ... , http://www.trinityurcvisalia.com/sermons/1ki13.html. 4. Billy Graham, How To Be Born Again (Waco: Word Books, 1977). 5. MONDAY FODDER. 6. Wayne E. Ward, The Drama Of Redemption (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1966).

16. Caught Between God And Caesar

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... . It's insane. And America is not the Kingdom of God. It's interesting. Many preachers who gleefully quoted evangelist Billy Graham's wife, Ruth, when she said that if God doesn't punish America for its sinfulness, God will have to apologize ... Kingdom is like a mustard seed . . . it is like treasure hidden in a field . . . it is like a pearl of great price . . ." Jessie Lee Brown Foveaux tells the story of a traveling salesman who once came to her small Arkansas town. The man was looking to buy pearls at a ...

17. Goodness and Mercy

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... to share with you the rich meaning of the two words, "Goodness" and "Mercy." In the June, 1991, edition of Billy Graham's magazine, Decision, the following story appeared, written by a Nazarene pastor: "At bedtime, after Jay had climbed into his pajamas and ... out? Jay's face turned away from me, and I suppose that he was wondering as well what approach Dad would take. Then his big, brown eyes turned to size up my expression. With that I wilted, and I had my answer from God. "I closed my eyes to pray: `Dear ...

18. To Live Is To Dance

John 10:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... but he also knows the inherent joy. On one occasion, he moves into deep meditation and contemplation as he watches Linus and Charlie Brown pass by. And in a series of very ponderous philosophical meditative words, he says, I wonder why some of us were born ... it so much that he died for it. I hope a lot of you heard Billy Graham on that special news program the other night, this past week. I was thrilled to hear Billy Graham talking about not only a need for a freeze in the building up of nuclear weapons, ...

19. To Live Is to Dance

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

20. The Ultimate Mountain Top Experience

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... cable. But, oddly enough, the pier wasn’t pulled out to the ship; but the ship was pulled snugly up to the pier. Prayer,” says Graham, “is the rope that pulls God and us together. But it doesn’t pull God down to us; it pulls us to God. We must learn ... on this mountain. They also saw him in the company of Moses and Elijah. This is significant. I love the way Barbara Brown Taylor describes it, “To see him standing there with Moses and Elijah was like seeing the Mount Rushmore of heaven the Lawgiver, ...

21. But First...

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

King Duncan

... all probably felt like that at some time or another. We’ve had some mountaintop experience, maybe some of us once were in a Billy Graham crusade, or we were at a youth conference or some other inspiring situation and we felt so close to Christ that we said in our ... The man thought for a moment and said, “I would like the following three things to happen this year: The Cleveland Browns win the Super Bowl, the Cleveland Indians win the World Series and The Cleveland Cavaliers win the NBA title.” The Genie ...

22. A Faith that Will Transform You

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... Mickey Cohen, a Los Angeles gangster in the late 1940s who supposedly became a Christian through Billy Graham’s ministry. There was just one problem. After his so-called conversion Mickey Cohen didn’t change his behavior or his ... Man came to seek and to save the lost.” It makes no difference if your home is a mansion or a rescue mission if your skin is black, brown, yellow or white. It doesn’t even matter if you are a saint or a sinner, if your heart is empty, and you will let him, Jesus wants ...

23. Ready For The Game Warden

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... ATTITUDE ABOUT PREPARATION REVEALS A LOT ABOUT OUR CHARACTER. Charlie Brown of the Peanuts comic strip once said that his life was mixed up because he missed all of the rehearsals. Maybe Charlie Brown is on to something. Of course some people confuse ... no arrogance whatsoever, Sam Erwin looked at him and said: "Son, all my life I've been preparing for this moment. I am ready." Graham Greene once observed. "There is always one moment when the door opens and lets the future in." Will you be ready when your time ...

24. Building A Faith

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... can bear only one minute. (1) We don't like to wait. We are people who want instant gratification. Officer Aaron Graham of Louisville, Kentucky, tells of a woman who was strolling through a park en route to a company picnic. Swinging from ... to wait. Perhaps the circumstances are not right. Sometimes we are not right. In the May 1998 issue of Christianity Today, Barbara Brown Taylor writes about the strangeness of celebrating Ascension Day in the church. After all, we are celebrating an event in which we ...

25. About Marriage

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... that he's the man I prayed for long ago. (7) That girl's name was Ruth Bell, and she later met and married the Reverend Billy Graham. It's not so important that you ask God to provide you with a spouse. What you need to pray about is what kind of a person ... committed to one another. In an old Peanuts cartoon, Charlie Brown says to his friend, "My Grandpa and Gramma have been married for 50 years!" The friend replies, "They're lucky, aren't they?" Charlie Brown answers. "Gramma says it isn't luck--it's skill ...

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