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Matthew 5:1-12

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... an example from your own growing up years of each. Tie it together with the Beatitudes. Proclamation of the Word Consider this: Jack Parr once said, "Happiness can be found in the yellow pages of your telephone book - under saloon." Quite a contrast with where ... he (she) be master of the world." (Epicurus) (2) "To be of use in the world is the only way to be happy." (Hans Christian Anderson) Planning for Your Congregation I. Other Scriptures Psalm 37:1-11 Psalm 1 Psalm 146:6-10 Micah 6:1-8 Zephaniah 2:3; 3: ...

2. Paradoxes Of The Christian Faith

Matthew 10:1-42

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... faith and victory of little Brianne Kliner. She was one of the children poisoned by E. coli bacteria after eating a hamburger from a Jack in the Box restaurant. As she lay dying in the hospital room, many said that her mother should choose to have the doctors ... wind is tossing me like a ship upon the sea, thou who rulest wind and water, stand by me." His granddaughter, Mrs. Anderson, attests to the struggle that inspired his beautiful music. Victory out of defeat is the hallmark of the Christian, and much of ...

3. Yearning For Rejection; Thriving On Insults

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

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King Duncan

... signed by the editor. Ouch! That's a turn down! Hans Christian Andersen knew what it was to be tuned down. Generations of children have grown up on Anderson's whimsical fairy tales. Andersen's life, though, was much less whimsical than his stories. He was a nervous man, and suffered from hypochondria. Also, he seems to ... 'S SUPERSELLING, (New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1989), p. 59. 3. Unknown 4. Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL (Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications).

4. Whoever Would Have Thought?

Mark 4:26-29, Mark 4:30-34

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King Duncan

... of encouragement? Is there some ministry you and I could be involved in, realizing that from the tiniest seed great growth can come? The kingdom of God is like seed scattered on the ground. Have you some seed that you could scatter today? 1. Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hanen, CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL. (Deerfield Beach, Florida: Health Communications, Inc., 1993), pp. 126-128. 2. Peter J. Dyck, A LEAP OF FAITH. (Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1990), pp. 74-78. 3. "Faithful When We Are Faithless." Clarence E ...

5. Hugging The Coastline

Hebrews 11:1-40

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King Duncan

... assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen . . ." May you go forth from this place as people of faith. 1. Carden, Gary and Nina Anderson, Belled Buzzards, Hucksters and Grieving Specters. Appalachian Tales: Strange, True & Legendary (Asheboro, N.C.: Down Home Press, 1994), pp. 117-123. 2. The Business Speaker's Almanac, Edited by Jack Griffin and Alice Marks (Prentice Hall, 1994). 3. A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul, pp. 237-238. 4. "158 Spruce Street" Author Unknown, in What ...

6. Prison Theology: Bait and Bail

Philippians 1:12-30

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Leonard Sweet

... comes out of prison…think Cervantes, Voltaire, Diderot, Dostoevsky, Defoe, John Donne, Henry David Thoreau, Oscar Wilde, Jack London. Christianity’s prison literature includes classics like Martin Luther’s translation of the New Testament ... way back to prison within three years. One of the best definitions of prison: "an expensive way of making bad men worse" (Bruce Anderson). In the eyes of his culture, Paul was one of those long-term criminals. His recidivism rate was dismally high. Yet every time ...

7. Proper 22

Hebrews 1:1-14, Hebrews 2:5-18, Job 2:1-10, Mark 10:13-16, Mark 10:1-12

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Russell F. Anderson

Theme: Remaining true to our covenants of faith. In the First Lesson, Job remained true to God in his trials. In the Second Lesson, the writer of Hebrews calls the Jewish Christians to keep from falling away from Christ. In the Gospel, Christ calls us to keep our marriage covenant. COMMENTARY Lesson 1: Job 1:1; 2:1-10 (C) This lection comprises the first of four readings from the book of Job, one of the books of biblical wisdom literature. This reading is part of the introduction (1:1--2:13), which sets ...

8. Proper 25

Exodus 22:16-31, Leviticus 19:1-37, Deuteronomy 34:1-12, Matthew 22:34-46, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10; 2:1-16

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Russell F. Anderson

Theme: Loving God and the neighbor. COMMENTARY Old Testament: Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Moses goes to the top of Mount Nebo in the land of Moab, where God shows him the promised land. Then he dies and God himself buries him. Joshua inherits the spirit of Moses and the mantel of leadership. He will bring the people into the fulfillment of God's promise. The Deuteronomist summarizes the life of Moses by commenting that there has never since been such a prophet who knew God face to face. Old Testament: Exodus 22:21 ...

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