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Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... literally starved to death in Mexico, forlorn and naked. Consequently, the many states in which he had operated businesses had to carry on a serious investigation into all his affairs in order to make distribution of his great wealth. When that was done, Peter Harry Browne and Pat Boeske were able to write a definitive biography of Hughes. Their account of this tortured life stands in rich contrast to the life of the handsome, rich young man Joseph, who in the First Reading for today models the fruit of ...

2. The Get-ready Man

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... , the advent of AIDS? We live in a time of turmoil and constant change. One surprise after another. We simply do not know what tomorrow may bring. The best we can do is be prepared. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor at the start of World War II, Harry Brown, an Air Force pilot had just returned from a late-night celebration. In an attempt to defend against the attack, he raced to the flight line and took off in a P-36 (airplane) ”still wearing his tuxedo trousers and a pajama top. He obviously had not ...

3. Do You See Lazarus On Your Doorstep?

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... Bible is healing and restoration. God judges in order to discipline, correct, and eventually restore. We don’t want to give up on the Lazarus on our doorstep or anyone else. God’s compassionate grace continually seeks us. Amen. [1]. Peter Harry Brown and Pat H. Broeske, Howard Hughes: The Untold Story (New York: A Dutton Book, Penguin Group, 1996), 339. [2]. Keith Nickel, Preaching the Gospel of Luke: Proclaiming God’ Royal Rule (Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2000), 169-170. [3 ...

4. How Can I Know It's Real?

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... to do it without making any real changes in their lives. "Next year I’m going to be a changed person!" Charlie Brown tells Lucy. "That’s a laugh, Charlie Brown!" she says. "I mean it!" he replies. "I’m going to be strong and firm!" "Forget it," she says as she walks ... Man, however, liked his old home. Time and time again he jumped the neighbor’s high fences and returned to Harry. Finally, Harry bought his horse back. In that series of events, though, was a clue to Snow Man’s real greatness. Snow ...

5. Come To The Party!

Luke 14:15-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... we must respond in faith to God's grace.(The Christian Way) In a recent "Peanuts cartoon", Charles Schultz, has dear ole Charlie Brown coming up over a hill with a quizzical look on his face as he observes Lucy asking that hound of heaven, Snoopy, "How ... when just the right words came, Tony answered, "I belong to a church that throws birthday parties for whores at 3:30 in the morning." Harry waited a moment and then sneered as he answered, "No you don't. There's no church like that. If there was, I'd join ...

6. Loving From The Heart

1 Peter 1:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... who began evacuating the building after the first plane exploded into the tower. On their way down the stairs, Hong Zhu and Harry Ramos came across a heavyset man who was having trouble walking. After descending so many stairs, his legs had given out ... self-sufficient and maybe we are 99 percent of the time. But there are those times in life when we are helpless. Like Charlie Brown we have experienced one of those hard line drives that have knocked us off the pitcher's mound. And we turn where everyone must ...

7. When We No Longer Recognize Ourselves

Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... gone. The wise wizard Dumbledorf stumbles into the room at that moment and sees Harry staring into the mirror. Dumbledorf says something we need to remember as we leave this place today. He says to Harry, who is still staring into the mirror, “Only when one looks into this mirror ... , The 365-Day Devotional Commentary (Colorado Springs, CO: Chariot Victor Publishing), p. 342. 4. Stephen Brown, When Being Good Isn’t Good Enough (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990). 5. The Reverend Craig T. Kocher ...

8. Praying To The Congregation

John 17:6-19

Sermon

Thomas Long

... , we are given what we most deeply need -- communion with God. In her book, The Preaching Life, Episcopal priest Barbara Brown Taylor tells of her experience, early in her ministry, planning adult education for a local church. Whenever she would poll ... s medical situation, replies, "I know how hard you've been praying .... Now, God is answering your prayer." "That's not why I pray, Harry," Lewis responds. "I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of ...

9. The Revelation Code I: DaVinci, A to Z

Revelation 1:1-20

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... and its ability to speak truth in ways more powerful than static literalism. Or C.S. Lewis and the land of Narnia, or Harry Potter at Hogwarts. And now this week…Superman Returns. A reviewer in the New York Times, no less, says this version of the tale ... hope in the One who is our beginning and our end. This is the key to the great Revelation Code. This is the word that Dan Brown missed. This is the word which comforts the dying saints and calls the church to its task. This is the word for every age and ...

10. Stay—Tuned

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... life. So, you make a change. Why? Because it is more painful to stay where you are than to change. A second reason for change, according to Dr. Harris, is finding yourself at the point of despair. Perhaps we suddenly come to the realization that we are about to lose our marriage, our family, our health. At that ... . Oh. Spoiler alert. His name is Jesus. Amen. 1. Raymond E. Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament (New York: Doubleday, 1997), p. 158 2. Tom Harris, I’m OK, You’re OK (London, Cape, 1970).

11. What Is True And Who Can You Trust?

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... one out of two American marriages will end in divorce. That's a lie! Government figures and a recent poll by the Louis Harris Company show that only one in eight marriages end in divorce. And in any single year, only about 2 percent of existing ... of the life and ministry of the Word made flesh. This was their testimony and it is good enough for me. Truth is Christ. Steve Brown tells the story of a British soldier in the First World War who lost heart for the battle and deserted. Trying to reach the coast for ...

12. An Empty Cup

Job 23:1--24:25

Sermon

King Duncan

... to comfort Lewis, whom he calls Jack. He asks about Joy: "What news, Jack?" "Good news, Harry," Lewis responds. "I think good news." "I'm very glad, Jack. Christopher can scoff, but I know how hard you've been praying, ... be found? Have you ever gone looking for God and found nothing? Have you demanded answers from God and received only silence? Reverend Barbara Taylor Brown writes, "One thing is for sure: there is no sense of absence where there has been no sense of presence. What makes absence hurt, what ...

13. Choose Life

Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... with her patients and counselors. Rachel Remen introduces her book Kitchen Table Wisdom lamenting the hard fact that because of our hurried and harried life-style these days, we don’t sit around the kitchen table and tell our stories much anymore… and the great wisdom of ... OF ALL, BECAUSE GOD LOVES US WE CAN CHOOSE TO LIVE IN CONFIDENCE. In one of the Peanuts comic strips, Charlie Brown goes to Lucy for 5 cents worth of psychiatric advice to help him face up to his fears. Lucy tries to pinpoint his particular ...

14. A Child Will Be Born

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... 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 ... misfits like “The Littlest Angel” who couldn’t get his halo on properly or “The Charlie Brown Christmas Special” about that loveable loser, Charlie Brown And how about Rudolph, the reindeer with the bright shiny nose? “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer ...

15. The Gates of Hell

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... to tell you the truth, you are in for a rude surprise. Let's talk about hell just a few moments. According to a Harris Poll taken a few years back, more than one-third of adults worry "a lot" about not having enough money and health insurance. However ... of the rich members also gave only a dollar to the offering. These people were humbled by Mr. Brown's example of generosity. (5) But you know why William Wallace Brown was so generous while so many of these wealthy churchmen were so stingy. You know, don't you ...

16. What Is God Like?

2 Samuel 18:1-18

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... man on four ulcer pay.’ Someday I hope to meet you. When that happens you’ll need a new nose, and a lot of beefsteak for black eyes ..." Truman was the kind of father who stood up for his children. Is God like that? Harry Emerson Fosdick, in his book Dear Mr. Brown, wrote these words: "We cannot possibly jump outside of our human experience and find any terms with which to describe God except such terms as our day-to-day living provides. All our thinking about God has to be done with pictures, symbols ...

17. Who Is God Anyway?

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... be a missionary to India. Through her experiences in this new land, she learned the answer to her childhood question. Since her eyes were brown, and not blue, she was not recognized as a foreigner and was able to minister much more effectively to the people of India. (7) ... Inc., 1990), p. 146. 6. COUNT IT ALL JOY, (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1984), p. 91. Contributed by Harry C. Litzenberg, Urbana, IL. 7. Ralph E. Dessem, EMPHASIS, September/October, 1992, p. 13. 8. (Grand Rapids: Eerdman's, 1989), pp. 7-8.

18. When The Going Gets Tough

Romans 8:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... has 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 from ... father came in and told him that he needed to use the other end of the telescope, so that things would look bigger. "But, I am looking at Harry," said the boy, "and I don't want him to look any bigger . . . this way he looks small, and I am not afraid of him." Wouldn't it ...

19. The Mighty Tide Of God Rolled In

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? Let me suggest some reasons. THERE OUGHT TO BE THE EXCITEMENT, FIRST OF ALL, OF A PEOPLE FUELED BY PRAYER. Harry Emerson Fosdick, former pastor of Riverside Church, New York City, once stood by the rail admiring Niagara Falls. The man ... a home run, I'll meet you at home plate, and give you the biggest kiss you've ever had!!" In the last scene, Charlie Brown and Linus are bounced off the bench, when Lucy jumps to her feet, her bat raised skyward in victory, and yells, "INCENTIVE!" Love builds excitement ...

20. Lent 2

Philippians 3:12-4:1, Jeremiah 26:1-24, Genesis 15:1-18, Luke 13:31-35, Psalm 27:1-14, Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... and the people called for Jesus' death and he was nailed to a tree until dead. SERMON SUGGESTIONS Luke 13:31-35 (E, L, C) - "On Sticks And Stones." In a sermon included in The Riverside Preachers and dedicated to the late Harry Emerson Fosdick, William Sloane Coffin, Jr. said: "In Browning's The Ring And The Book, Pompilia says of her friend, 'Through such souls alone, God stooping shows sufficient of his light for us in the darkness to rise by.' " He continued: "It is marvelous that in every generation God ...

21. TRYING IT WITHOUT GOD

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... genuflect at the crossings, to the red and to the green. Rushing, stopping, rushing. Day after day they leave, wearied, more harried than they came. Main Street is an empty-ended nave. Look East! Look West! There is no Altar!" That’s characteristic ... and listened and said: "But it’s all quiet." The world is silent. The world has no answers. On the other hand, Robert MacAffee Brown tells how indignant his young son was when his playmate’s father died, and he demanded to know why he couldn’t see Wendy ...

22. Time To Do Something About The Piano

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." 1. Adapted from, Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart. Christina Feldman and Jack Kornfield (eds.) San Francisco: Harper, 1991, pp. 303-305. 2. The Road to Daybreak. Henri J. M. Nouwen. New York: Doubleday, 1988. p. 147-148. 3. Dear Mr. Brown. Harry Emerson Fosdick. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1961, p 173-174. 4. Healing for Damaged Emotions. David Seamands, Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1981, pp. 18-19. 5. Believe in the God Who Believes in You. Robert H. Schuller. Nashville: Thomas Nelson ...

23. Battle With The Law

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

King Duncan

... : Harper & Row 1970) p. 36. 3. Robert Wayne Pelton. LAUGHABLE LAWS AND COURTROOM CAPERS. (New York: Walker and Company, 1993), p. 109. 4. Mrs. Alice Morse Earle. THE SABBATH IN PURITAN NEW ENGLAND. as quoted in "The Blue Laws of New England," LIBERTY, Jan/Feb. 1963, pp. 18-19. 5. Harry Emerson Fosdick. THE MANHOOD OF THE MASTER. (New York: Association Press, 1958). 6. Robert Lauer and Jeanette Lauer. (Boston: Little ...

24. Three Deadly Words

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... senior citizen. I'm too old to be of much use to the kingdom." There was a story in the WALL STREET JOURNAL about Harry Lipsig. Lipsig, at age eighty-eight, decided to leave the New York law firm he had spent most of sixty years building up. He ... computer plant in Chicago, my textile plant in North Carolina...." Every child is this world ” male or female, black or white, yellow or brown ” should grow up believing two things about themselves: they are loved and they are capable. Let's get rid of the "I am ...

25. Bearing the Cross

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... up his cross and follow me.” They’re like Lucy in an old Peanuts comic strip. Lucy is swinging on the playground. Charlie Brown reads to her, “It says here that the world revolves around the sun once a year.” Lucy stops abruptly and responds, “The world ... in Baxter’s filters, so that they could benefit from the research his investigation turned up. (4) Now I know nothing of Harry Kraemer’s religious affiliation. But I do know that is the sort of action that bearing a cross requires. When it is ...

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