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Isaiah 61:1-11

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Curtis Lewis

... ? They didn't rejoice or celebrate when Jesus made that claim in Nazareth. He was just a hometown boy. Their response was to rush him out of the service and try to throw him off a cliff. The people of Nazareth were scandalized by the offer of ... we are down, sick, and depleted, "Jesus is coming." We should not fear; he will make all the difference. The story is told by Ian Macpherson of a tourist in Switzerland who spotted a beautiful mansion on the shore of a lovely lake. The tourist was deeply impressed by ...

2. Good News about Faith

Mark 10:46-52

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King Duncan

... overwhelm him, but he did not. Many people with far more blessings than Bartimaeus have given up. Ian Fleming was the author of the James Bond novels, which, of course, have been made into a series of hugely successful movies. Fleming ... like the same figures as those you quote.” Tournier’s friend, somewhat put out, at once took a fresh sample of the blood, and rushed to his laboratory. Sure enough, the blood count had suddenly changed. “If I had not been the kind of person who keeps carefully to laboratory ...

3. Translucent Grace

Mark 9:2-13, Luke 9:28-36, Revelation 1:9-20, Revelation 2:12-17

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Lori Wagner

... of followers (the living stones of those who have been transfigured by Christ) are “signs” of those who are true Christ-ians (little Christs). What name would be on that stone, if that person is remade into a new person? Perhaps the ... white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand, he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the ...

4. “The Span of My Years Is as Nothing before You”

Psalm 39:1-13

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C. Hassell Bullock

... span of years”), creating a play on words.6 39:6 Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about.In the Hebrew, verses 5b, 6a, and 6b [Heb. 6b, 7a, and 7b] begin with an emphatic word, translated “surely” or “yes ... to be the purpose of the prayer. Pilgrims and strangers Literature: What’s Mine’s Mine, by George MacDonald. In MacDonald’s novel, Ian, one of the main characters, says to his farmer brother Alister: But I am sometimes not a little afraid lest your love for ...

5. Things to Come!

Matthew 13:47-52, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:1-23

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Stephen M. Crotts

... treasure buried in a field, covers it over, then rushes out to buy the property. Again, the popular interpretation is that Jesus is the treasure we inadvertently discover buried in our world. Excitedly, we rush off to buy him, or something like that. If ... being our pearl is quickly debunked since it is works/righteousness. Since when do we have anything with which to buy our salvation? (Ephes-ians 2:8, 9). Fact is, the sea, where of course pearls are found, is very unfamiliar to the Jewish nation. It is a ...

6. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

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Maxie Dunnam

... serious changes in the way he struck the ball. The history of such efforts is not auspicious. Some fine golfers – Ian Baker-Finch, Steve Ballesteros, Chip Beck – have revamped their swing and never returned to their earlier glory. What was Woods thinking ... . 28 But Paul shouted in a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here." 29 The jailer called for lights, and rushing in, he fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 Then he brought them outside and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be ...

7. Candidates for God’s Candid Camera

1 John 3:11-24

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Leonard Sweet

... Is there any better feeling, for a parent, than to hear how their children conducted themselves when you were not there? What a rush to hear back after your kid spends the night at a friend’s, “Oh, your son was so polite.” Or after a ... in Christ,” a phrase which Paul alone uses 164 times in his letters, then you are a little Jesus. That’s what the word “Christ-ian” literally means; little Christ. Or as Teresa of Avila (1515–1582) put it 500 years ago: Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no ...

8. The King Born in a Manger

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

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King Duncan

... famous, of course, for the lavish gifts it makes available in the Christmas season. However, one year during the Christmas rush a hard-pressed employee accidentally gift-wrapped her lunch instead of a customer’s luxurious gift. By the time she ... . 2. http://www.dabar.org/Homiletics/Celebrating/Illustrations.html. 3. Contributed. Source: Emphasis, date unknown. 4. Rev Ian Hayter, http://www.wadestreetchurch.com/urc/sermons/275The_Sermon_on_the_Mount_-_Beatitudes_-_Matt_5_1-12.pdf. 5. Peter Hay, The Book Of ...

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