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John 20:1-18

Sermon

Lee Griess

... darkness; life is not over when we die. For Jesus defeated death. That is the message we believe, the words that we hold true, our hope for the future, our joy of life with God. Jesus defeated death. And because he lives we shall live also. His victory is our victory ... just following WWII, missionaries carried the message of Christ to this people, and one of the earliest converts was Tigyne. Raymond Davis was the missionary who knew him and freed him. For you see, Tigyne was a slave and his decision to follow ...

2. Sitting At God's Table

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... may be the greatest need of our generation. Thus, Christ calls us to take his hope to everyone within our sphere of influence. The Kingdom of God is a family celebration a celebration of the presence of God. Christ wants us to bring everyone we meet to his table so that no chair will be empty. 1. "A MasonDixon Memory," by Clifton Davis, from A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul, by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Hanoch McCarty, and Meladee McCarty (Deerfield Beach, Florida: Health Communications ...

3. A Question of Trust

Romans 5:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... grow more like Jesus, we grow in hope. And we can put our full trust in the hope of Jesus. He will never scam us. He will never deceive us. He will never violate our trust. And that brings me back to the story of Rob Davies. One morning, he hit rock bottom. He ... in her by the power of the Holy Spirit, making his power perfect in her weakness, that allowed her to persevere and find hope. (6) It is only in our suffering that God’s power is made perfect in weakness. We can never understand the nature of ...

4. Altar Your Presence

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... sick or the weather made it difficult for her to get there. At 100, she was wheelchair bound. Another thing you need to know about Miss Davis is that she was deaf as a post. She heard very little of my sermon or anything else in worship. But the kids loved her ... to be part of a Herd, or family, who cares for and protects each other. Sometimes we don't do a very good job but our hope and our aim is that others will see the love of God as expressed in Christ in our lives. When that happens, within that family ...

5. Remembering The Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... inspire them to faithfulness in their own time of ordeal and cement the bond which binds the whole people of God, past, present, and future, into one vast and thrilling community of worship. And this remembrance will renew and strengthen them in hope. Robertson Davies was right about our need to remember our dead -- those who have gone before us. What sense of family solidarity can we have if we do not remember our fathers and mothers, our grandparents and great-grandparents who have made such an impact ...

6. Are We On Speaking Terms With The Almighty?

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... and I have not been on speaking terms for many years." As the large congregation became quite still and silent, Dr. Elam Davies declared, "While we may not be on speaking terms with our Father and God ” God is never, I repeat, never ” not on ... not honest in confessing his need to God. And this brings us to our final insight. THE PHARISEE PLACED HIS HOPE IN HIS OWN VIRTUE; THE TAX COLLECTOR KNEW HIS HOPE WAS IN GOD. That's a valuable lesson for anyone to learn. People who experience God's power are those ...

7. A Misplaced Holy Day

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... lone postmark was from Dec. 22, 1942. "It's all speculation on where it was, who discovered it, was it delivered, why it got to Tinley Park," Davis said. It's easy to make fun of the U.S. Postal Service. The truth of the matter is that, with the millions of cards which they ... Shingo: Hometown of Christ." Until recently, Shingo residents painted crosses on the foreheads of newborn babies in the hope that it would bring good luck from Christ. Japan is notoriously ambivalent about religion. Rites to appease the ...

8. Amazing Authority

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... opinion carries great weight. It might be a parent or grandparent. Or a trusted member of a congregation. Mrs. Davis celebrated her 103 birthday while I was serving this one church. She was one of those faithful members who was there every Sunday, unless ... when it appears that evil is overcoming good, we have to believe that good will ultimately triumph over evil or else we lose all hope. The details aren't that important, but the values the story teaches is everything. In my own life, the book To Kill A Mockingbird, ...

9. Monuments To Self

Luke 16:19-31

Illustration

Brett Blair

There is a strange group of tombstones in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Hiawatha, Kansas. A man named John Davis, a farmer and self-made man, had them erected. Davis began as a lowly hired hand and by sheer determination and frugality he managed to amass a considerable fortune. In the process, however, Davis didn't make many friends. When his wife died, Davis erected an elaborate statue in her memory. He hired a sculptor to design a monument which showed both her and him at opposite ends of a love seat. He ...

10. Turning Doubt Inside Out

Luke 23:39-43

Sermon

James Merritt

... . He has been labeled a "Can't Miss Prospect." He is absolutely certain he will play in the big leagues. But when asked his greatest fear, he said: "That I might not make it to heaven." Ben Davis has a problem. It is obvious that he believes in heaven. It is obvious that he wants to go to heaven. It is obvious that he hopes to go to heaven. But it is also obvious that the health of his faith has been infected with the virus of doubt. I have met very few Christians who have never doubted their salvation. One ...

11. Nobody Wants To Make Cold Calls

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... flash, he ran the length of the pool, jumped in, and pulled the man in trouble to safety. Later, the lifeguard said to Ms. Davis, "Why in the name of heaven didn't somebody holler that one word--Help? When someone's drowning, it's no time to teach ... to think what he could say to minister to this young couple in their grief. But when they arrived at the chapel, the words he had hoped to say did not come. Instead, and almost without realizing what he was doing, he took a tissue, wiped at the tears in the eyes ...

12. The Compassionate Christ

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... however, he didn’t even look at the cash register, but instead picked up the check and began to talk to the customer. Davies could feel the muscles in his stomach tighten as the reality of what was happening struck him. The check for seven dollars and ... times we are godlike. We can’t touch the leper and make the leper clean. But we can touch the leper and give them hope for another day. According to the late Charles Schultz, creator of the comic strip Peanuts, “The people who make a difference in your ...

13. Faith, Hope, and Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... least a mustard seed size worth of faith. True faith will produce real love. We must first ask ourselves: do we have faith? Ken Davis, a youth pastor, has a way of discovering whether someone actually does have faith. In his book “How To Speak To Youth” he tells ... couple and miraculously their pain was healed and they were happy again. The butterfly we are told was hope. It is hope that sustains us; it is hope that sooths our pain. In my way of thinking, there is a big difference between a funeral and ...

14. There Will Be Peace

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... and Eeoyre and Barney. “Out of the mouths and actions of babes we usually find the best theology,” says Judith Davis. And the theology today is that Isaiah prophesied the peaceable kingdom when all the animals would live in peace together and ... something from it: 1. Instead of writing protest letters objecting to the way my birthday is being celebrated, write letters of love and hope to soldiers away from home. They are terribly afraid and lonely this time of year. I know, they tell me all the time. 2 ...

15. The Awesome Power Of Believing

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Charles L. Allen, in his book, YOU ARE NEVER ALONE (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1978), tells about a man named John Davis who was a farmer and a self-styled, self-made man. Throughout his life he had amassed considerable money but no friends. Nor was he ... you have people you can turn to in times of need can provide some very important feelings of security, optimism and hope--all of which can be great antidotes to stress.'" What we believe about ourselves, what we believe about our purpose for ...

16. A 24-7-365 God

Hebrews 7:23-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Jesus' unique identity, his perfect qualifications as our heavenly high priest, and his once-and-for-all sacrifice breathed faith and hope into the gray walls of Finkenwalde. It still does today for all who find themselves in prisons of their own making ... no God at all. Some years ago in Vancouver, British Columbia, one Morris Davie was arrested and charged with setting a forest fire. While Davie was in jail awaiting trial, a police officer saw Davie drop to his knees and pray out loud, "Oh God, please let me ...

17. The Wedding Was Saved, but the Marriage?

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... would give him a copy of the vows just before the service started. The next morning, the groom (we’ll call him Paul) also pulled Davies aside and handed him a set of vows to be read to his new wife. This was going to be interesting. The people were ... midst of such a serious commitment. “If they can hold on to this ability to joke and poke fun at each other, there is hope for the survival of their marriage,” he wrote. “Maybe this same lesson can apply to each of us.” (1) Reading these absurd vows ...

18. The View from the Mountaintop

Mark 9:14-32, Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... shot" of the Civil War - the one fired by John Wilkes Booth. The lines between Lincoln and his Confederate counterpart, Jefferson Davis, were as clearly drawn as the line in the desert between George Bush and Osama bin Laden. Lincoln wrote words which sound ... of God. Both may be, and one must be WRONG. God cannot be for, and against, the same thing at the same time." He also wrote, "I hope it will not be irreverent for me to say, that if it is probable that God would reveal his will to OTHERS on a point so ...

19. Where Heaven And Earth Meet

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... the names of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, and may they greatly increase upon the earth." (Gen. 48: 16) Have you had an encounter with God that has given you a vision for your life? If not, I hope you will. Pray that it will happen this day. 1. Contributed by Darrell E. Davis, Reader's Digest, April 1994, p. 205. 2. E. Bendann, Death Customs, (London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1969), p. 145. 3. The Presence (New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1988), p. 24. 4. Dreamtime and Dreamwork, edited by Stanley Krippner, Ph ...

20. The View From The Mountaintop

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... shot” of the Civil War — the one fired by John Wilkes Booth. The lines between Lincoln and his Confederate counterpart, Jefferson Davis, were clearly drawn. Lincoln wrote, “Between him and us the issue is distinct, simple, and inflexible. It is an issue which ... Both may be, and one must be wrong. God cannot be for, and against, the same thing at the same time.” He also wrote, “I hope it will not be irreverent for me to say, that if it is probable that God would reveal his will to others on a point so ...

21. Courageous Preaching

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... Persia under the rule of Cyrus, as an agent of God’s restoration. The prophet in our text for today, proclaims to the people of God living in exile, the hope of returning home. It is not clear whether it is the prophet or one of his disciples who is preaching, but this is the word that is preached, "The Lord ... York, Harper and Row, 1954), pp. 97-99. 2. H. Grady Davis, Design for Preaching, Fortress, 1958, p. 7. 3. Walter Brueggemann, Hopeful Imagination, Fortress Press, 1986, p. 42. 4. Ibid, pp. 92-127.

22. When You Know How It Ends

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... lifetime. They were wrong. No scriptural truth is more sure than this one: Only God knows the future. A woman named Leta Davis tells of sitting in church with her family listening to her pastor preach on the end of time. She didn’t know ... can focus on doing good works and sharing God’s love right now in our present circumstances. And in this way, we can invent new reasons to hope. The biblical testimony is that there is a basic pattern to all of life. You and I can’t discern it any more than a fish can ...

23. Why Just Once A Year?

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... God's promise that He has a "future and a hope" for you. And leave here rejoicing "in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and to your household." 1. Donald Davis. Ride the Butterflies (Little Rock, Ark.: August House Publishers, Inc ... . Eggstra Courage for the Chicken-Hearted (Tulsa, OK: Honor Books, 1999), pp. 234-235. 4. "The last letter from my father" by Patti Davis Ladies' Home Journal, Sept. 2001, p.123. 5. "The Best Is Yet To Come" by John Lewis, AARP Magazine, May/June 2004, pp. ...

24. The Thick Darkness

1 Kings 8:(1, 6, 10-11) 22-30, 41-43

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... good work. I am Jewish. Love, Paula Dear God, We are going on vacation for two weeks Friday so we won't be in church. I hope you will be there when we get back. When do you take your vacation? Good-bye, Donnie What makes these letters funny, of course, is ... years ago in Vancouver, British Columbia, a man by the name of Morris Davie was arrested and charged with setting a forest fire. While Davie was in jail awaiting trial, a police officer saw Davie drop to his knees and pray out loud, "Oh God, please let me ...

25. This Could Have Been Your Life! (A Drama about Coveting)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... it kinda looks familiar. Bob: Well it should because this is the new 1999 Jeep Cherokee that is owned by your neighbor Josh Davis! Jean: Josh Davis owns that? How can he afford it? I mean, he works at Kinkos! I’ve wanted one of those for years! Bob: Of ... I’ve never won anything in my life! Bob: Is that true, Jason? Jason: That’s right Bob. She’s a loser. Bob: Ah, well. I hope Sarah has a good time. Okay, let’s look at these slides! (SLIDE OF A CUTE KID) Recognize this kid? Jean: Yes. Bob: Of course ...

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