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1. Characteristics of Christ That You and I Need

Mark 8:27-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... went his way. The next day she was about to leave the house when a knock came at her door. She found the same shabbily dressed man smiling as he handed her a roll of bills. When she asked what they were for, he replied: “That’s the sixty bucks you won, lady ... day to beg for money. But Tom dreams of one day being a person of distinction. The second boy is Edward Tudor, who happens to be the son of King Henry VIII. As such he lives the life of a prince, raised in the palace, wrapped in fine silks and ...

2. You Can Create A Godly Heritage!

1 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... Edwards family. Christian Life magazine traced the genealogy of a Christian man and woman who wed in the late 1600s. Three generations later Jonathan Edwards was born to become a revival preacher and president of Princeton University. There are 1,344 descendants in the Edwards ... a goodly heritage" (Psalm 16:6). But what if the lines have not fallen for you in pleasant places? Henry Ward Beecher said, "The first thing a man should do if he would succeed in life is to pick a good mother and father to be born ...

3. When We Are Weak

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... revealing lines in literature appears in the opening paragraph of A. A. Milne’s WINNIE-THE-POOH. Milne writes: “Here is Edward Bear coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as ... the battle for Independence. He was a man who needed to begin again. His name was Patrick Henry. Even though Patrick Henry has been revered for most of our history as a patriot and an orator, for years of his life, Patrick Henry was a miserable failure. He and his ...

4. Duuuh!

John 14:15-31

Sermon

David O. Bales

... will.” See how that works? If you truly love God and others, you should be able to figure out how to live. Edward P. Jones’ bestselling novel The Known World is mostly about blacks in the pre-Civil War south who own black slaves. Sounds ... his grown son Henry from slavery. A critical scene later occurs when the young black man, Henry, announces to his parents that from his former master he has purchased a slave for himself. As anyone would expect, his parents are furious with Henry. Henry doesn’t ...

5. Winners and Losers

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... ‘national bureau of standards for judging winners and losers.’” One such report was filed on a man named William Henry Brisbane. Brisbane was operating a business in Cincinnati in the 1840s. An informant for the Mercantile Agency ... thinking to yourself that this more cooperative approach to this game is somehow un-American, you need to know that business guru Edward Deming, the father of the Total Quality Movement which emphasized the benefits of collaboration, used a similar story to which he added ...

6. The Sermon in the Supper

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... past 30 years and I have heard probably 3,000 sermons," wrote the man. "To my consternation," he continued, "I discovered that I cannot remember a single sermon ... president of the Curtis Publishing Company, which published the magazine. For 30 years, Edward Bok and the Journal worked for such causes as the better-babies ... transfigured into his likeness, from splendour to splendour." (2 Corinthians 3:18, New English Bible) Henry Drummond paraphrased Paul’s words in this way: "We all reflecting as a mirror the ...

7. Getting Rid Of Fear

2 Timonty 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... Edward Kennedy that he was born to a powerful family. What he does with that birthright either increases or diminishes his power. Some people earn their power by achieving a place of prominence in our society. Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich came from modest backgrounds, but they attained power through political office. There are many kinds of power. BUT THE POWER ST. PAUL EXEMPLIFIED WAS THE POWER OF AN EXTRAORDINARY PURPOSE. He was a man ... the newly formed League of Nations, Henry Cabot Lodge gave her what ...

8. Hosanna! Please Save Us!

Matthew 21:1-11, Matthew 26:14-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... have heard about his miracles such as the feeding of the 5,000 and the healing of the man born blind. So the crowds are primed and ready for a show. Instead of the “Rumble in the ... others. But William Tyndale had his own Judas. Tyndale had no idea that one of his friends, Henry Phillips, was actually working with the authorities who were trying to stop him. Phillips worked hard to gain ... -leadership-quotes-to-make-you-laugh/#2948d62076ad. 3. Brian Edwards, God’s Outlaw: The Story of William Tyndale and the ...

9. The Lonely Prophet

1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a

Sermon

King Duncan

... story on the fire. Dr. Jordan recognized his voice. He was one of the Klansmen who had helped to destroy the farm. The man kept asking questions, trying to provoke some anger or self-pity from Dr. Jordan. Finally, the reporter said, “Dr. Jordan, you got ... Bishop Hugh Latimer served in the Church of England in the mid-1500s under King Henry VIII and Edward VI. One Sunday, he preached a bold sermon that offended King Henry VIII, and he was ordered to make a public apology on the following Sunday. Apologize? ...

10. Obedience Really Matters

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... Holy Spirit. Lord is the Old Testament word for God,12 and to apply that title to the man Jesus meant that his Jewish followers had come to see in him the revelation of the one God ... tub’s a-spinnin’!” 22 CONCLUSION Thomas Linacre was king's physician to Henry VII and Henry VIII of England; a prominent scientist, he was founder of the Royal College of ... a treatment of direct and indirect claims on Christology, see James R. Edwards, Is Jesus the Only Savior? (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005), Chapter 5 ...

11. Let's Make A Deal

Luke 16:1-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering ... Jesus paints this guy as a regular con man. He was incompetent, self-serving and deceitful. Obviously ... . Or we tell stories like the one about Henry Ford who was know for both his frugality ... the great Henry Ford hadn' ... being too busy. I just read about a man whose wife and three children were hit by ... Man what a deal. 1. From sermon notes by Deacon Sil Galvan, http://www.deaconsil.com 2. Jerry Goebel ...

12. The Lonesome George Church

Matthew 4:23-25, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... own words, a perverse and evil man had made the long journey to [Pinta], climbed the mountain, and finding a single tortoise, had turned it over and hacked it apart with a machete (Henry Nicholls, Lonesome George [London: Pan Books, ... light of the gospel of the God whose nature is to love of all humankind. --Edward Schillebeeckx, For the Sake of the Gospel (New York: Crossroad, 1992), 28 as quoted in Brennan Manning, Abba’s Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging (Colorado Springs, CO: Navpress ...

13. Winning over Worry

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... of two little boys in East Texas: John Henry Falk and Boots Cooper. In their games they were Texas Rangers, so John Henry's mother sent them down to the chicken ... hurt yourself."(7) How true! How true! Near the end of his life, Mark Twain said, "I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened." A common ailment...WORRY. But if winning ... E. Haggai, How to Win Over Worry (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1967) 3. Edward Podolsky, M. D., Stop Worrying and Get Well, (New York: Bernard ...

14. Historic: The Declaration of Independence

Illustration

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... the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to ... Virginia: George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton North Carolina: William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn South Carolina: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., ...

15. Victorious, but Not Unscarred

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... this April 15th we might remember a well-known tax evader named Henry David Thoreau. Unlike modern tax evaders who are interested only in their ... wounded. His arm was so badly smashed that it had to be amputated. He was a handsome young man, and the surgeon was grieved that he must go through life maimed. So he waited by his bedside ... to face, he will examine us for scars too. 1. http://reuters.com. 2. Edward K. Rowell, 1001 Quotes, Illustrations, and Humorous Stories (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2008), pp. 255-256 ...

16. Pontifex

Hebrews 10:16-25

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... he once called home. Then somehow he just knew… he just knew… he was standing on the spot where he once lived. The 53-year-old man, an Olympic track and gold medal athlete, fell to his knees. He dug his hands into the dirt that he and his family once farmed, and ... in the abolitionist, feminist, and prohibition movements. On the recommendation of General William Tecumseh and General George Henry Thomas, Mary Edwards Walker was awarded the Medal of Honor. She received the award for her willingness to treat ...

17. When You Reach the Rejection Hotline

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... every cartoon that he drew rejected by his school’s yearbook staff. Henry Kissinger (remember him?) is best remembered by his classmates as the kid ... life built on that foundation? If so, you are a very fortunate person. Ellen Edwards Kennedy puts it this way. “When I began to take Jesus seriously, I began ... passed, other pioneers settled in that area, built their cabins, strung fences and plowed the fields. One man built his cabin near that same stream. But he had a problem his door flapped in the wind. ...

18. Eight Days until Eternity

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... BE CLOSED FOR GOOD . . . FRIDAY.” In today’s financial environment she might have reason to think that. One man who lost a lot of money in the Lehman Brothers collapse said it was the first time a citizen ... who are uncomfortable focusing on the cross, yet it is the very heart of our faith. Henri Nouwen tells a disturbing story about a family he knew in Paraguay. The father, a ... , 2004). 4. Pulpit Helps, August, 1992, p. 14. 5. Edward K. Rowell, 1001 Quotes, Illustrations, and Humorous Stories (Grand Rapids ...

19. The Excitement of Meaningful Living

John 10:10 · Matthew 6:33 · Ephesians 3:20

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... not know as much as we think we do. It is a strange paradox, indeed, that modern man should know so much and still know practically nothing. The paradox is most strange because men in ... a new person under the possession of God.4 "Be strong in the Lord." Dr. Henry Sawatzky describes the moment of new life: "Deep within your solitude he comes, he ... - these will be added;" and that is the "abundant life" he seeks to give us. Jonathan Edwards put it this way, "The Christian way of life is more than what we do. It ...

20. The Triumphant Christ

Revelation 1:1-3

Sermon

King Duncan

... story in the newspapers some years ago. A security guard at the California State University at Los Angeles was shot and killed. A man named Edward Vasquez was charged with the crime. But Vasquez claimed he had been across the parking lot buying a burrito from a lunchwagon. ... . 2. Ruth Bell Graham, LEGACY OF A PACK RAT, (Nashville, Tennessee: OliverNelson Books, 1989). 3. Henry Gariepy, PORTRAITS OF PERSEVERANCE, (Wheaton, Illinois: Victor Books, 1989). 4. "Burrito Prompts Quick Acquittal of Murder Charge," THE KNOXVILLE ...

21. Lessons From a Hurricane

Jeremiah 17:5-10

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... inward. We must live in God's grace. Grace is not only a gift; it is a grave responsibility. A man cannot go on living the life he lived before he met Jesus Christ. He must be clothed in a new ... hit hard and sometimes persistently. I want my life to reflect what William Henry Channing who was a clergyman and reformer (1810-1884) wrote: To live content with ... Rapids: Zondervan Publishing Company, 2000), p. 821. 2. David M. Edwards, Encountering God (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2008), p. 13. 3. Joyce ...

22. Tripping the Tempter

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... be an enticement, an appeal, a hook that gets its ugly claws into us. Dr. Henry Therssin in his book, Systematic Theology, writes, "Satan''s appeal is in making man desire--what God has forbidden--to know what God had not revealed--and to be ... . He allowed himself to give into temptation, taking the easy path, instead of relying on God to resist. Eighteen-year-old Jonathan Edwards wrote in his journal, "Resolved that all men should live to the Glory of God. Resolved secondly that, whether or not anyone ...

23. Better Than a Spanking

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... unheard voice from heaven saying, “This is my son, this is my daughter, whom I love.” Father Henri Nouwen writes, “You are my beloved and on you my favor rests’ is what God says to ... I am blessed of God, but am I living a life of significance?” Edward DeBono, the creativity guru, once told a wonderful story about elevators and mirrors ... see if you can pull it off.” “What do you mean, ‘pull it off’?” the young man huffed. “I’m nineteen, I can decide to do anything I want to do!” “Yes, I ...

24. Time To Walk On The Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... has about four failures to each major success? It has always been so. It is encouraging to know that Henry Ford forgot to put a reverse gear in the first car he invented. Also, he didn't build ... . Peter was a person of action. He made his mistakes, but at least they were not those of a man afraid to get in the arena. I BELIEVE CHRIST WANTS US TO BE PEOPLE OF ACTION AS WELL. I ... Edward De Bono, NEW THINK, (New York: Avon Books, 1971) 3. Source unknown. 4. INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN DIGEST, November 1988, p. 3.

25. Confronting a Christless Culture

2 Timothy 3:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... must go backward before we dare go forward. I want us to hear from a divinely inspired man who was an expert at confronting a Christless culture. His name was Paul. He was a Four- ... Paul prophesied, he speaks of those in v.2 who would be "disobedient to parents." Edward Duke of Windsor once said, "The thing that impresses me most about America is the ... God, and that is the only equipment we need. The preeminent theologian, Carl F. H. Henry, once said that the question of all questions is not "Is there a God?" ...

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