... Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1969), p. 186. 13. Theodore Parker Ferris, Jew and Gentile (A sermon preached by Ferris in Trinity Church, Boston, on the Second Sunday in Lent, March 2, 1969). 14. Smart, op. cit. p. 72. 15. Herschel Hobbs, An Exposition of the Gospel of Matthew (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1965), p. 203. 16. Taylor, op. cit. p. 302. 17. Smart, op. cit. p. 72. 18. Lenski, op. cit. p. 349. 19. Taylor, op. cit. p. 297. 20. Hendriksen, op. cit. p ...
... disintegrating, young people are becoming chemically addicted, middle-aged people are facing life-crises that would blow your minds. Just because the strategy of going out two-by-two door-to-door is outmoded doesn't mean the need has disappeared. Herschel Hobbs tells about Roger Shelton, a pastor from Nashville, Tennessee, who was in Pusan, Korea, on an evangelistic mission. With an interpreter, Shelton visited a man who had creeping paralysis. Both of his legs were paralyzed and the disease threatened his ...
... up to be Ruth Simmons, the president of Smith College. (4) We need heroes to inspire us. Of course, Jordan became a celebrity as well as a hero. Many other heroes are never known to the general public, but the world is better off because they were here. Herschel Hobbs tells about a judge who lived on a ranch near Dallas, TX. When the judge died, his funeral was held at the ranch. There were so many flowers that two trucks were needed to transfer them to the cemetery. As the flowers were being put on the ...
... on the field of battle. God loves every civilian caught in the crossfire. God's heart goes out to all who suffer and God has given us a better way--the way of the cross, the way of sacrificial love. Will you commit yourself to becoming a peacemaker today? 1. Herschel H. Hobbs, MY FAVORITE ILLUSTRATIONS (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1990.) 2. William K. Quick, THE PAST SPEAKS TO THE FUTURE--50 YEARS OF THE PROTESTANT HOUR (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995. 3. Richard@witandwisdom.org. 4. CALVIN AND ...
... Fairway Press, 1990). 2. William Barclay, THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, Vol. 1, revised edition, Westminster Press, 1975, p. 106. 3. Douglas M. Lawson, GIVE TO LIVE (California: ALTI Publishing, 1991), p. 20. 4. Frederick Buechner, TELLING THE TRUTH, Harper & Row, 1997, page 5. Herschel H. Hobbs, MY FAVORITE ILLUSTRATIONS (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1990.) Eric S. Ritz is senior pastor of the First United Methodist Church, Schuylkill Haven, PA. He is the author of some of our most popular collections of sermons.
