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Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... , the winners and the losers. And it doesn’t matter how many people you have to step on, the only thing that matters is to win. President Lyndon Baines Johnson was a man who loved to win. He was a master of the politics of power. Writer Helen Thomas in her recent book, Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President, says that anything we might have heard about Johnson’s will to win is probably an understatement. She says there is a story she repeatedly heard from LBJ himself that helps explains his drive to be ...

2. Can You Be Popular and Serve Jesus?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... a situation, I hope you will always choose Christ. 1. Living Above the Level of Mediocrity, (Nashville: W Publishing Group, 1987). 2. Ibid. 3. Lift High the Cross (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995), pp. 129-130. 4. “Laughter the Best Medicine, Reader’s Digest, Date unknown. Contributed by Wayne Rouse. 5. Helen Thomas, Thanks for The Memories, Mr. President (NY: A Lisa Drew Book/Scribner, 2002), pp. 49-50. 6. Cited by Rev. Richard J. Fairchild, http://www.spirit-net.ca/sermons/a-or26sm.php.

3. Enough Foolishness!

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... , that’s what the technician said, “Unplug the power cord and bring it up here . . .” People are amazing, aren’t they? Of course, some people don’t need a computer in front of them to act stupid. Longtime Washington, D. C. news correspondent Helen Thomas tells an incredible story that she says is true. She says that shortly after the inauguration of President George W. Bush, someone in Danville, Kentucky, managed to pay for a $2 order at a fast‑food restaurant with a bogus $200 bill. This bill ...

4. A Firm Grip On Your Balloon

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... of her. Yet read Homer's ILIAD through and you will find no direct description of what Helen looked like. Scarcely a single word! All we know about Helen's beauty is put in terms of the way she affected people around her. Her beauty was so ... back together, he is living with his mother ” who always believed he would come back to the values she had taught him. (5) Thomas Leyden made a radical change in his life. Such changes ARE possible. Millions of people over the past twenty centuries have been making ...

5. Coming Alive To Christ

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... around the table, he took the bread and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to themand it was like the experience Helen Keller had as the water trickled over her one hand while Ann Sullivan spelled out WATER with the other. They knew who this ... has been our leader for more than a generation. On the other hand, he might have meant Brother Thomas. Certainly Brother Thomas is a holy man. Everyone knows that Thomas is a man of light. Certainly he could not have meant Brother Elred! Elred gets crotchety at times ...

6. Thomas Didymus: An Honest Skeptic

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... and its relationship to faith is dealt with by HELEN TERKELSEN (see biographical note preceding Like Trees Walking) in her particular unique style in Thomas Didymus: An Honest Skeptic. Since Easter is a week behind ... know and have seen him." Then Philip, also a doubter, said, "Lord, show us the Father and we shall be satisfied." Jesus answered Philip and probably included Thomas in his next question, possibly shaking his head as one would at an obtuse child. He said, "Have I been with you so long and yet you ...

7. Starting Over

John 21:1-19

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... the road. (in the public domain) Powerful! And we all know what she is talking about, don’t we?! After Good Friday I think of Helen’s story and the insight of her poem when I read this last chapter of John’s gospel. The disciples had been displaced from ... these new living souls did not set out immediately on the campaign of resurrected life before that chapter closed. There was intent; Thomas’ great testimony was a prelude to all the other testimonies of faith that would be given, but it did not lead ...

8. Don't Be Afraid

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... Bell, Charlie Chaplin and Mark Twain. Not bad for someone who could not hear or see. Do you know the most remarkable thing about Helen Keller? In the midst of her limited interaction with the world, she was able to say these words, “I thank God for my handicaps, for ... Simon & Schuster, Inc, 2007), pp. 176-177. 5. Robert J. Morgan, Preacher’s Sourcebook Creative Sermon Illustrations (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2007), p. 295. 6. John A. Boadus, A Commentary on The Gospel of Matthew (Philadelphia: ...

9. Three Secrets of A Life Well Lived

2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

Brett Blair

... elderly parents, friends walk away when you need them most, a loved one dies creating an awful void. The famous author Thomas Wolfe came to this conclusion, “The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being ... she did that as well. Ann Sullivan went on when most everyone else would have given in. Her reward? Her student Helen Keller received the PhD from Temple University in Philadelphia and became an inspiration for thousands. The thing that most distinguished Ann ...

10. What Is Man?

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... They sat there for a few moments, and then her mother responded in a serious voice, “Okay, how is Aunt Helen feeling?” (7) Ask.com doesn’t know how Aunt Helen is feeling, but God does. We’re not the center of the universe; we have significance only because God has ... . 8. 2. Cited in R. Scott Richards, Myths the World Taught Me (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1991), p. 39. 3. What Really Counts (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Inc., 2005), p. 24 . 4. http://www.calvincrc.org/sermons/topics/psalms/ ...

11. The Last Parable

Mark 12:1-12

Sermon

James McCormick

... the mother of Helen Keller. You remember, that while she was an infant, Helen Keller lost both her sight and her hearing. How can you communicate with someone who can neither see nor hear? Her mother cried out, “O, my precious little Helen, if there were ... to make. Who is Jesus, and what does he have to do with us? I’ll talk a bit more about that next Sunday. But Thomas Carlyle once said that if Jesus were to come back today we would never crucify him – we are too refined for that. Carlyle said that ...

12. Characteristics of Christ That You and I Need

Mark 8:27-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... they answered that call. Yet their letters to loved ones revealed an overwhelming joy at following God’s call. They had a daughter, Helen Priscilla, and a fruitful ministry. But anti-Christian persecution in China was escalating. In 1934, Communist soldiers broke into the Stam household ... of Life (Portland, Oregon: Multnomah Press) 2. http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_b_brrr_the_water_is__cold.htm. 3. Thomas A. Shaw and Dwight A. Clough, Amazing Faith (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2003), pp. 125-135.

13. At the Banquet...In Your Pajamas

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... the other students joined the Benedictine monks, along with a number of people from the local community, to celebrate the Eucharist. One day Rev. Thomas watched a couple of retirement age make their way to receive the bread and the cup. The man wore a sweatshirt that said, “I can ... . Rowell, 1001 Quotes, Illustrations, and Humorous Stories (Grand Rapids: Baker Publishing Group, 2008), pp. 328-329. 3. Helen Almanza, http://www.tarrytownumc.org/sermons/sr20070715.html. 4. God Was Here, and I was Out to Lunch ...

14. Do You Love Me?

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... .” Jesus was so perceptive. He knew what was going on deep down inside of Simon Peter and just as he gave Doubting Thomas what he needed letting him touch his scars physically now he reached out to touch Simon Peter emotionally with the help and healing ... understand that love is the most powerful thing in the world. He wants us to know that love makes all the difference. Noted poet Helen Steiner Rice put it like this: “The priceless gift of life is love, For with the help of God above, Love can change the ...

15. Love: The Happiness of a Godly Family

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Sermon

James Merritt

Thomas Jefferson could truly ... of Independence; he attended the second Continental Congress; he oversaw the purchase of over one-third of America. But of all the things that Thomas Jefferson had done, of all the places he had seen, and of all the people he had met, he made this statement: "The happiest ... Nursing," American Journal of Nursing, May 1975, p. 784. 8. Gary Smalley and John Trent, The Blessing, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1986), p. 40. 9. Ibid, pp. 41-42. 10. Ibid. p. 43. 11. Ibid. p. 44. ...

16. Blinding Specks

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it; And just as lamely can ye mark How far perhaps they rue it.8 When Helen Keller was still quite young, she read Macaulay’s Life Of Samuel Johnson. She said that her heart went out "to the lonely man who ... one unreceptive to that grace. In Jean Anouilh’s play, Becket, Bishop Folliot, not for the most commendable reasons, opposes Thomas Becket’s appointment as Archbishop. The King is determined that he shall be Archbishop, and eventually achieves his goal in ...

17. Who's The Blind One Around Here?

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... eyes of faith. Another person who was born blind but had the gift of spiritual sight was Helen Keller. She once wrote, "I learned that it is possible for us to create light, sound and order no matter what calamity may befall us in the outer world." (5) Helen Keller possessed an inner light even in the face of a darkened outer world. There were some ... Buscalgia. New York: Slack, Inc., 1986, p 51. 6. Life's Not Fair but God Is Good. Robert H. Schuller. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1991, pp. 153-157.

18. Look Who's Giving Thanks!

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." Even after the woman recovered fully, her negative attitude remained. On the other hand, Dr. Caliandro tells of another woman named Helen Baker. Helen has spent her life in pain from a rare nerve disorder. But she thanks God every day for the chance to ... Thank you, Lord for loving us." “Saying thank you" doesn't sound like much, but it's meant from our heart. Dr. C. Thomas Hilton tells about a British housekeeper who became quite ill and entered the hospital for a treatment. While there, she met and ...

19. You Will Not Leave My Soul In Hell

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... loved his teacher so much that he always wanted to be near her. One day a new child started kindergarten. Mary Helen was a timid little girl. When circle time came, Miss Harrison suggested that John allow Mary Helen to sit beside her and that he sit across the circle. "No," said John, "I love you so much I ... New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell, 1963). 4. G. Avery Lee, I Want That Mountain, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1974). 5. Robert H. Schuller, Reach Out For New Life, (New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1977).

20. Only Matthew…Only Joseph

Matthew 1:1-13

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... was in college, I traveled with a drama troupe called "The King's Players." One of the plays we performed was called "For Heaven's Sake" by Helen Kromer. In it there is a poem which I can still, after all these years, repeat from memory: I'm nothing, I'm nobody, no one, ... , a baby in a barn and adoring angels. Perhaps we prefer a Hallmark Christmas by Currier and Ives or the Thomas Kincaid version, all misty in glowing candlelight and glimmering snow, and of course Luke's gospel has its place. But Matthew ...

21. Embalmed With Cardiac Arrest

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... For I am sure of you. What are we saying? That there are many ways of arriving at certainty. Scientific proof is one. Oh, yes, Thomas stuck his fingers in the scars and then he fell down and said: "My Lord and my God," and Jesus rebuked him, because he had ... know. Does that sound like double talk? It isn’t. This is the truth for all of us. I think of how limited Helen Keller was in obtaining provable certainties. She could not hear. She could not see. She could not speak. When, finally, they developed that ...

22. Do You Believe In Easter?

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . Then Jesus met him face to face. "...he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; see my hands...Stop doubting and believe.’" (John 20:27) Jesus meets us in many ways at our points of need. Perhaps he becomes very real to us in a worship service or in a Walk to Emmaus weekend or in the hospital facing surgery. Sometimes he meets us in the middle of our grief over someone we desperately want to meet again in heaven. So it was for the great actress, Helen Hayes. Her nineteen-year-old daughter died of polio ...

23. Whatever He Says - Do It!

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... reason for the hang-up is, that these people can't understand the difference between those who drink wine and drunkards. St. Thomas Aquinas could. He said that "the heart of all sin is that men use what they ought to enjoy and enjoy ... the way of courage, to show the way of love and sacrifice, to show the way of joy and accomplishment in life. As the great Helen Keller once said: "I like to think that, through my limitations, God is working out some great purpose. My troubles have also been great adventures ...

24. Well, What's for Sure?

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... the reach of science and may be, and probably are, forever beyond the comprehension of the human mind." Listen to the words of Thomas Edison: "We don’t know the millionth part of one percent about anything. We don’t know what water is. We don’t ... I KNOW. Does that sound like double talk? It isn’t. It’s at the heart of every human life. Think of how limited Helen Keller was in obtaining provable certainties. She could not hear. She could not see. She could not speak. But when they were finally able ...

25. Light For Our Lives

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... like the map of the British Honduras on the Caribbean . . . .the cloud up there looks a little like the profile of Thomas Eakins, a famous painter and sculptor . . . And that group of clouds over there gives me the impressions of the stoning of ... mean, are all the decorations in place? Do you have peace with yourself? Do you have a purpose for your life? That blessed saint, Helen Keller once wrote: "Christmas is the harvest time of love. Souls are drawn to other souls. All that we have read and thought and ...

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