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1 Corinthians 8:1-13

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Ronald Love

... of these congregations, but doors are barred to the great theologians of our age, such as William Temple and Harry Emerson Fosdick. Noble Perry published his book titled Overwhelmed, a pop- psychology blueprint to overcome stress. Yet he concludes ... , he started an internet church that in Anderson, South Carolina, the site for the original New- Spring Church. The new church has been called Second Chance Church, and in January 2019 it moved into a building in Anderson. What they are doing is taking advantage ...

2. African-American Spirituality: The African's Gift To America

Exodus 3:1-22

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... Ralph Ellison to Toni Morrison; from Cheikh Anta Diop to W.E.B. DuBois and Carter G. Woodson. We are a people of music, culture, and industry. We have among us Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Joseph Haydn as well as Harry Burleigh, John Coltrane, Wynton Marsalis, Marian Anderson, Kathleen Battle, and Paul Robeson. We have built some of the greatest monuments in the world and have made some of the greatest discoveries and inventions in the world, ranging from the fountain pen to the ironing board, from the ...

3. Thankless Jobs

John 10:1-21

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King Duncan

... Eliot ” who, during his forty years as president of Harvard, earned the reputation of knowing all the students by name each year . . . or Harry Lorayne ” who used to amaze his audiences by being introduced to hundreds of people, one after another, then giving the name of any person ... TELL ME AGAIN, LORD, I FORGET, (Elgin, IL: David 4. C. Cook Publishing Co., 1974), p. 37. Cited in Lynn Anderson, FINDING THE HEART TO GO ON, (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1991), pp. 27-28. 5. William Barclay, GOSPEL OF JOHN ...

4. Generations

John 4:1-26

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Leonard Sweet

... homemaking. Sometimes this open-mindedness, especially on lifestyle issues, comes across as wishy-washiness and "anything goesism." You have harried lifestyles, with little discretionary time or money. Some people say you aren't religious. The truth is you're ... in common is a fundamental cynicism about life, a basic disbelief that anything or anyone can be trusted. Buster Jim Anderson remembers asking his mother what a bumper sticker meant that read "Impeach Nixon." Acronyms like LAPD and PTL spell mistrust ...

5. A Bridge over Troubled Waters

Psalm 23:2

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James Merritt

... . We are working longer and sleeping less than at any other time in our history. A CNN poll recently said that 59% of all Americans would like to slow down and relax more, and a Harris Poll said we have 8.5 hours less leisure time than we did just ten years ago. According to a recent US News CNN Poll only 28% of American adults get eight hours of sleep. ... 2 Cited by Howard Hendrix, Standing Together, pp80-81. 3 US News and World Report, 10-23-95, p.98. 4 Cited by Leith Anderson, Leadership that Works, p. 71.

6. A Child Will Be Born

Isaiah 9:1-7

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King Duncan

... prepare for a much needed night of rest. Also staying in the White House that Christmas Eve was the President’s special assistant, Harry Hopkins, and his nine-year-old daughter Diana. Late in the evening there was a knock on the child’s door. She rose ... , to us a son is given . . .” He came. He loved us so much, he came. We knew he would. 1. Jerry Anderson, Hummingbirds & Hollyhocks, (Knoxville: Seven Worlds Corp., 2000), pp. 99-100. 2. Newsweek, July, 18, 2005, p. 4. 3. Stephen Mansfield, Never Give ...

7. A Protestant (And Catholic) Way To Confess

Romans 10:8b-13

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Mark Ellingsen

... America today. We are living in a world in which a sense of loneliness is growing in America (especially since the 1980’s). A 2016 Harris poll indicated that 72% of us say that we are lonely.[3] We even do our religion more and more on our own. That’s why ... 249. [9] John Calvin, Commentary On The Book of Psalms (1563), in Calvin’s Commentaries, Vol. V/2, trans. James Anderson (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2005), p.489. [10] Augustine, Confessions (397), in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series ...

8. Lent 4

Matthew 20:20-28, Matthew 20:17-19, John 9:35-41, John 9:13-34, Romans 8:1-17, Ephesians 4:17--5:21, 1 Samuel 16:1-13, John 9:1-12

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Russell F. Anderson

Theme: Christ confronts a blind man and heals him. By so doing Christ also confronts the skepticism of the Jewish authorities and each person is confronted with the question: Who is this Jesus? COMMENTARY Old Testament: 1 Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13 (RC) This text presents us with an interesting theological concept that challenges our notions of God's unchangeableness. Here God changes his mind about a choice he had previously made. Saul was no longer worthy to be king and Samuel was to appoint another to take ...

9. Proper 25

Exodus 22:16-31, Leviticus 19:1-37, Deuteronomy 34:1-12, Matthew 22:34-46, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10; 2:1-16

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Russell F. Anderson

Theme: Loving God and the neighbor. COMMENTARY Old Testament: Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Moses goes to the top of Mount Nebo in the land of Moab, where God shows him the promised land. Then he dies and God himself buries him. Joshua inherits the spirit of Moses and the mantel of leadership. He will bring the people into the fulfillment of God's promise. The Deuteronomist summarizes the life of Moses by commenting that there has never since been such a prophet who knew God face to face. Old Testament: Exodus 22:21 ...

10. Proper 5

2 Corinthians 4:1-18, 1 Samuel 8:1-22, Mark 3:31-35, Mark 3:20-30

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Russell F. Anderson

Theme: Facing the enemy. God and his servants can expect opposition. In the First Lesson Samuel and the Lord experience flack because the people want a king. In the Second Lesson Paul continues to be pummeled by all sorts of enemies and by the weakness of his body. In the Gospel Jesus discovers that his opponents are not only the scribes but his own family, who regard him as crazy. COMMENTARY Lesson 1: 1 Samuel 8:4-20 (11:14-15) (C) The people plead with Samuel to obtain a king for them so that they might ...

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