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John 14:15-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... initials. At one time J. C. Penney was one of this country’s most successful entrepreneurs. He made more than one fortune in his lifetime. But Penney also experienced more than his share of failures and heartbreaks along the way. In 1898, Penney went to work for Guy Johnson and Thomas Callahan, who operated some small dry goods stores called Golden Rule Stores. Because of his tireless work ethic and his high ethical and moral standards, Penney succeeded in his work to the point of eventually buying out ...

2. Being the Lord's Instrument

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . It’s a sort of “biblical study of life in the midst of death.” She talks about growing up in the South, and she celebrates uniqueness - the uniqueness of the unrepeatable miracle of God that each one of us is, dedicating her book to her son, “Guy Johnson, and all the strong blackbirds of promise who defy the odds and gods and sing their song.” Isn’t that beautiful? “All the strong blackbirds of promise who defy the odds and gods and sing their song.” Early in the book she talks about the ...

3. Behind My Back

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... , services, giving, business practices Characters: 3 males, 2 females Scene: No scenery, only a stool As the characters deliver their lines, they move right behind a seated Bill Johnson. Bill Johnson: Hi, I'm Bill Johnson. I'm an upright guy. Good to my family and fair in all my business practices. I practice by the book. The good book. You know, the one that the Big Guy wrote. I'm listed in the Christian Yellow Pages. I even have one of those little fish in my logo. It's important that people know that I ...

4. The Johnson Account (A Drama about the Holy Spirit)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... Good. Now, what’s not your fault? Jeff: You’re not going to believe it. April: Let me decide that. What is it? Jeff: The Johnson account. I lost it. It's gone. He called me up and told me that he didn’t "know us anymore" - that he was going ... Nothing. That’s the doorbell. The pizza guy is here. Jeff: Oh. (pause and looks at audience) heh. (LIGHTS OUT) END Alternate Ending.... April: Um. Nothing. That’s the doorbell. The pizza guy is here. Jeff: The pizza guy? April: Yeah. You know, he delivers pizza ...

5. Can You Be Popular and Serve Jesus?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... number 3 wins. “What happened?” his friend later asks. “I thought you liked number 3?” “I met this fellow . . .” the first guy explains. In the next race he likes number 5, but meets a bettor who likes number 6. He changes his mind. Sure enough ... gave one of the first pens after the signing to Zephyr Wright. “You deserve this more than anyone else,” Johnson told Wright. (5) Do you think Johnson’s support of the Civil Rights Act made him popular back in Texas? Hardly. But Texas was not alone. ...

6. A Faith that Leaves a Legacy

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

King Duncan

... call you back?” “Okay,” says the young woman. “It’s a different date, and a different church and, oh yes, a different guy!” (2) I’m not certain that this young woman was ready to make the kind of commitment to have a successful marriage. The ... known that would happen, but he had the discipline and the focus, the mental strength to go even beyond his body’s limits. (5) Johnson was running to win a gold medal and the recognition that goes with it. Paul had run his race in devotion to Christ. “ ...

7. Chosen

John 15:9-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... who you choose as friends says a lot about your own reputation. Chon Wang finds out the hard way that he's a bad guy simply because of the friend he has chosen, simply because he's been hanging out with Roy. (1) Sometimes it works just the ... his arms around him and said: "It's all right, son. You didn't really tell a lie; you just got the family members mixed up. Mr. Johnson's not your father, he's your brother." (2) That's what Jesus meant by "loving one another as [He has loved us]." Sometimes being a ...

8. Dr. Jekyll Meet Jesus

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... daughter. The young fellow who went to such great trouble to hurt his neighbor years before spent the rest of his life fighting Johnson grass too. Usually the penalty for our sins is not that obvious. Still, the moral is valid. We can pay a lifetime for ... way. The pilot radioed a cutter, the Cape York, which was twelve minutes away: “Get moving, cutter! There’s a shark targeting this guy!” Soon a ladder was dropped over the side from the cutter and Walter Wyatt climbed out of the water and onto the ...

9. Heroines of the Faith

Mark 1:29.39

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . The same is certainly true in the secular world. The twenty-first century has seen the Harvard-educated Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf elected as President of Liberia, Africa’s first female president. Angela Merkel has been one of the longest ... and said, “You know, I normally don’t try to change people’s minds when they make a wish, but I really wish you would reconsider.” The guy said, “Nope, I want you to increase my IQ times five, and if you don’t do it, I won’t set you free.” “Please,” said ...

10. A Good Picture of Bad People

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

... shrewdness of evil. Such a picture can be very helpful since at times it is most difficult to be able to tell the good guys from the bad guys, good from evil, "the sons of this world" from the "sons of light." Furthermore, even if we are able to discern good from evil ... ’s governors had gathered in Los Angeles, California, in 1966 for their third annual conference when President Lyndon Johnson, eager to gather support for his Vietnam War policy, sent a "truth squad" to enlist the governors’ support. ...

11. Freedom Can Be Frightening

Leviticus 25:8-55

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... He arranged for a meeting between the United States and North Vietnam. North Vietnam accepted, the United States REJECTED! Dean Rusk and Johnson showed almost public contempt for the efforts of U Thant and the organization that we promoted to preserve the peace of ... battle after he had been thrice wounded? And Lemon says bluntly in a news conference: "Sure, I smoked marijuana over there. All the guys did. We were partying it up the night before it happened. The time I won the medal was the only time I ever ...

12. Dear Mr. Johnson

Ephesians 4:1-16

Drama

Dave Marsh

... ’t found the code for it yet. I have a good brother in the Lord that can get if for me. Yeah, right, the same guy that got the weather doohickey. Right. (Donna enters and Jim motions her to sit down) Yeah, Wednesday was really good. I think our group is ... expect the missing 3 machines here on Monday. Best regards, Jim Davis. Jim: Okay, read that back to me please. Donna: Dear Mr. Johnson. I’m writing you this letter in regard to the last shipment of Pentium machines. It appears that I am rude to my ...

13. Dark Shadows

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... they ain't been around for years!" "Feeling safe, the tourist started swimming leisurely toward the shore. About halfway there he asked the guy, "How'd you get rid of the gators?" "We didn't do nothin'," the beach bum said. "The sharks got 'em." This ... partially paralyzed by a stroke in the last years of his presidency. While he lay there, incapacitated within his shriveled body, Johnson dreamed he could hear his assistants in the next room debating about which parts of his powers they could divide among ...

14. WHY THEY MATTER TODAY

Drama

Angela Akers

... Proclamation. What did it do?" Julie: "It was the first step toward freeing all the slaves." Teacher: "Excellent! And the 13th Amendment, ratified under Andrew Johnson, was the next step, abolishing slavery in America for all time. Not bad for a guy whose wife taught him how to read and write, is it?" Jay: "No way!" Teacher: "Way! Johnson could just barely read and write when he got married. His wife basically had to teach him. And he went on to become the seventeenth President ...

15. Make a 119 Call

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... for the labor, Light for the way, Grace for the trials, Help from above, Unfailing sympathy, Undying love.” Annie-Johnson Flint When I went to seminary, we were required to learn “active listening” skills. One required exercise was to interview ... , they turned to see the other tower toppling. No one has seen Mr. Ramos since.” (“8:48 A.M., Two ‘Normal Guys,’ Two Heroes,” New York Times Special Edition, 16 September 2001, as reprinted in YouthWorker, November/December 2001, 12.) Follow Thee More ...

16. The World's Most Extraordinary Club

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... the New Testament is ptochos. Ptochos literally means “to crouch or cower as one helpless.” It refers to the beggar, the guy who can’t survive unless someone takes pity on him and feeds him. When Jesus starts this teaching with “Blessed are ... . They’ll only discover how poor they really are. The kingdom is about a different kind of life altogether. A young man named Kyle Johnson traveled to 11 countries in 11 months to serve as a missionary and share his faith in Jesus Christ. He traveled to some of ...

17. What Can We Count On From God?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

James W. Moore

... basketball with Someone I could talk to… Then on February 6 he died. He, my only brother, the one I planned to Backpack with, the guy I wanted to sled with Someone I could talk to, My brother who was 5 feet and 9 inches tall Tall and thin with ... remember when you said that?” “Do you remember what you said the night we graduated?” Suddenly it dawned on me: No wonder Whitey Johnson was my best friend. He listened to me… and he remembered what I said! I believe with all my heart that God listens to ...

18. REMEMBER THE BLESSINGS

Drama

Angela Akers

... of Thanksgiving lists SETTING: Kitchen table Shaundra: "Hey, Mom. What are you doing?" Mother: "Oh, hey, guys. I was going through our insurance papers and came across all our old Thanksgiving lists. Talk ... worst list. Listen to when she was ten years old. She was thankful for chocolate, for ice skating, and for Tony Johnson." James: "Oooh, who was Tony Johnson? Was that your boyfriend?" Shaundra: (humorously defensive) "Yes, and I was just sure we were going to get married someday ...

19. Cha-cha-cha Christians: The Dance that Advances

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... -cha, you see what everyone else has seen but you think what no one else has thought before. Sir Isaac Newton wasn’t the first guy to get hit on the head with an apple. But he was the first to connect falling fruit with rules for the gravitational pull of ... that is not yet finished, the choreography of which we have only just begun to learn.” Jay Emerson Johnson, Dancing with God: Anglican Christianity and the Practice of Hope (Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing, 2005), 164. *** “Rather than merely ...

20. Just a Little Faith Will Do

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... for Oklahoma State University. Randy is a nephew of the late President Lyndon Johnson. It had not been a good year for Randy Johnson or the Oklahoma State team. And, to top it off, for the last game ... chest. Then I looked over and saw Ralph. And tears were running down his cheeks too. And I saw that big number 7 on his jersey. So, in honor of those guys I added 8 and 7 together and called play 13!” “But, Randy,” the coach shouted, “8 and 7 don’t add up to 13!” Randy reflected for a moment and ...

21. Hallelujah! Come On, Get Happy

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... the Condor that describes many people in to-day's world. Robert Redford shakes his head as he confronts a CIA bureaucrat and says, "You guys think that not getting caught in a lie is the same thing as telling the truth!" The comment could be applied to much of the business ... the two-thirds vote necessary for conviction. It was thought that Senator Ross, who had an expressed dislike for President Johnson, would vote for the president's removal. And if he had followed his likes and dislikes, he probably would ...

22. The Mask

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... want nothing to do with him. Bumping into him is about as rewarding as a root canal. Harry: (Behind mask) I was wondering about the Johnson thing. Is there any chance we can do lunch next week?(To audience) That'll be great. I can watch her drool her food down ... misplace the memo before I send it. If there is anybody in this world that justifies a little white lie, it's this guy. Harry: (Behind mask) Great, I'll be waiting.(To audience) That means I'll wait another year before I call back. (Enter Jane) Jane ...

23. No Little Bit

Luke 19:11-27

Sermon

... Eartha Kitt said things at the White House that some considered ill-advised and uncouth. She was a guest at a luncheon hosted by Lady Bird Johnson and she told the First Lady: Boys I know across the nation feel it doesn’t pay to be a good guy. They figure that with a record, they don’t have to go to Vietnam. They can’t get to you (she was addressing Mrs. Johnson) and they can’t get to the President, and so they rebel in the streets. Without defending either Miss Kitt or the juvenile delinquents, we ...

24. Celebrating with Jesus

Luke 5:33-39

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... a good way to begin. Good morning to the humble, and Good Morning to the high. You couldn’t hardly grumble at Good Morning from a guy. Just his cap he used to doff us, and he used to wave his hand; But it sort of made the office…well, you may ... the championship. The LA star, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, was injured. The Lakers were given little or no chance to win. But Magic Johnson spurred the Lakers on to a spectacular victory with his favorite saying: "It’s winnin’ time!" It’s "winnin’ time" for those ...

25. Wrong Way. On Purpose

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... words seem so uncaring, so hurtful. Listen closely, though, and I think you'll hear the Pharisees and scribes applauding. What an unusual cheering section for Jesus. These guys were his regular antagonists and constant irritants. Not on this day. The boos and hisses turn into congratulations. "That's right, Jesus! Now you're talking! Tell that ... of skin. All nationalities. We are to take the Good News of Christ everywhere. Siegfried S. Johnson is pastor of the First United Methodist Church, Fordyce, Arkansas.

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