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1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... his tux: it was made of yellow polyester. Anchorwoman Katie Couric looks back at her prom picture--in which she and her date wore all-white outfits--and inwardly cries. Actress Lauren Holly went to her prom with the most popular boy in school. She had a great time. But ... settle down into comfortable anonymity. Start looking out for number 1. Why not? Everybody else is doing it. Our society would call Jack Wallace a fool. What do you call him? A fool--or simply a follower of Christ? A young woman was walking ...

2. Why Did I Do That?

Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... Paul doesn't want somebody to help him feel better about himself. He wants to be a new person--a person liberated from the Law of Sin. Some of you may be familiar with Jack London's classic story, WHITE FANG. White Fang is half dog--half wolf. After living in the wild, he is domesticated and learns to live among people. White Fang was very fond of chickens. On one occasion he raided a chicken roost and killed fifty hens. His master, Weeden Scott, scolded him and then took him into the chicken yard. There he ...

3. Faith for Troubling Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... The little blond head bobs happily. "With a truck in it." "With a truck in it," repeats Rob. "Okay, climb up here." And placing Jack on his knee, Rob begins spinning a tale about a mischievous bunny who gets into all kinds of trouble while zipping around in his ... C. Shannon notes that in 1938 a hurricane threatened the New England coast. People feared that the railroad bridge at White River Junction would be destroyed. The danger was averted when some thoughtful person backed a line of loaded freight cars ...

4. Dr. Life

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... van pulls into the neighborhood, the buzz begins: "Uh-oh, it's going to happen again." You have probably already guessed that the white van belongs to a Dr. Jack Kevorkian, one of the most controversial men of our time. Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who has assisted in 15 suicides in recent years. Dr. Jack Kevorkian, also known as Dr. Death. (1) Now go back with me in time some two thousand years. Watch as a gentle man takes children in his arms and makes them feel important. Watch him as he reaches out to the sick ...

5. Sons And Daughters Of Thunder

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... called THE GREAT DICTATOR. A delightful sequence in that movie takes place in a barber shop. Chaplin as Hitler and Jack Oakie as Mussolini are shown getting shaves in adjacent chairs. The scene centers around the attempts of each to put ... Meland and his wife moved into a village of Brazil's Fulnio Indians, he was referred to as "the white man," an uncomplimentary term. Other white men had exploited the villagers, burned their homes, and robbed their lands. But after the missionaries learned the language and ...

6. Jesus, The Mad Man

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

Erskine White

... as He speaks of the rich, the hypocrites, the scribes or Pharisees. See His long hair blowing in the breeze. See the plain white robe, probably soiled and dirty from time to time (as when He spent forty days alone in the desert). Judging by His ... forgiveness? Are you insane enough to believe that Jesus' way can really work in daily life and in the world? Are you crazy enough, like Jack Shea in Dallas, to stand up for what is right even when everyone else is wrong? I hope you are, because what others call "mad ...

7. Jesus, The One And Only

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... master wanted, and he learned to ignore the chickens. Weeden Scott's father argued with him one day and said, "You can't cure a chicken killer." Well Weeden challenged him and they agreed to lock White Fang in with the chickens all afternoon. This is the account by Jack London: Locked in the yard, and there deserted by the master, White Fang lay down and went to sleep. Once he got up and walked over to the trough of water, calmly ignoring the chickens. So far as he was concerned they did not exist. At four ...

8. What Does God Expect Of You?

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

Robert Allen

... hatred, bigotry, and prejudice of these groups to rule the day. Several hundred people - Christians and Jews, blacks and Whites, Government officials and ordinary people met on a Sunday afternoon in that little black Methodist church. I was honored ... our daily lives. Jack Stephens once received a telephone call from a friend who wanted a favor. A problem had come up in his family and he wanted Jack to fill in for him by taking a young boy and his mother to a hospital. The boy had leukemia Jack was told, and ...

9. The Secret Of Effective Living

Proverbs 8:1-36

Sermon

Robert Allen

... he understood that his only real problem centered on the way he looked at himself, once he stopped waging war within himself, Jack was wise enough to realize that he was on his way to living an effective life. And what is the secret of ... by saying, ‘We are greatly honored tonight to welcome Sir George Thomas, a British member of Parliament, who is a Methodist like us. His face is white, but his heart is as black as ours.’" I was talking with a friend of mine who is new at his church. He went as pastor ...

10. When All Is Said And Done

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

William G. Carter

... Van Impe and his wife Rexella, two figures who were made for television. Their hairstyles defy the laws of gravity, their teeth are unreasonably numerous and white, and they know and love us all individually. Their weekly show, Jack Van Impe Presents, purports to look at world events through the eyes of faith. Contrary to Jesus' warnings in Mark 13, Jack and Rexella point to news items as if they are cogs in God's mechanical plan for the future. This is highly speculative theology, says Russell-Jones, as ...

11. When All Is Said And Done

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

William G. Carter

12. Everyone Is Looking for You

Mark 1:35-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... at St. Peter’s Church in New York City at 5 p.m. Her name’s Louise. She’ll be the one wearing a white dress. Of course, even pastors can get caught up in Super Bowl fever. I heard about one Presbyterian Church where the time for the ... the formula he gave us for a successful life is so simple: love God and love your neighbor. Robert Wuthnow tells the story of Jack Casey, a rescue squad worker. Casey had a difficult childhood. He once said, “All I ever learned from my father is I didn’t want to ...

13. All My Children

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... a van to change a tire in a blizzard while wearing a backward glove? Lyman testifies that it exceeded his level of dexterity. After 25 minutes of attempting to jack the van up, he gave up, and called a wrecker. He had waited about 20 minutes in the hospital lobby when one of the hospital's maintenance staff came up to him and asked, "Do you own that white van in the parking lot?" "Yeah," he said. The maintenance man said, "I just finished changing your tire and wanted to know where you wanted me to put the ...

14. The Speed Bump On the Road to Bethlehem

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... But then comes this call to repent. Before you get to the manger, repent. John is the speed bump on the road to Bethlehem. Jack, the street prophet in Seattle, says, "I see and I say ... make ready for what is coming," and he echoes those soaring words ... and women, boys and girls, rich and poor, young and old,slave and free. Every nation, tongue, and tribe, red, and yellow, black and white. All are anxiously gathered to watch for the arrival of the King of all kings who is the embodiment of God's salvation, ...

15. All In

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Or perhaps she was going through a rough time in her life and wasn’t giving Jack much attention. Does Jack still give his all? [Allow people to answer.] Each partner vows to give their all, their best, their 100%, all of their heart, ... John (Luke 1:15-17) Jesus as God’s Light (John 1:1-18) John’s Revelation: Those Surrounding the Throne are Dressed in Brilliant White, and the Lamb Spreads His Tent and Offers Springs of Living Water (7) John’s Revelation: The Home of God is Among Mortals in the ...

16. Listen to Him

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... which is known to this day as “Lou Gehrig disease.” The story is told that in 1937 Gehrig was in Chicago for a game with the White Sox. Someone asked him to go to the Children’s Hospital there, and visit a ten-year-old boy named Tim who had polio. Tim was ... . But still I wonder how many of us think on the life of Christ in the same way that Tiger Woods mentally pictured Jack Nicklaus, so that he actually sought to become all that Nicklaus embodied? A few saints perhaps, but that’s about all. And that ...

17. Turn Right with the Right Turn

Luke 13:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... same life as the average non church member? I'll tell you why—they have never repented. I tell you there are people in this building who have been whitewashed on the outside but never washed white on the inside. We are all familiar with Eckerd drugstores. Let me tell you about the man behind that name. Several years ago Jack Eckerd gave his life to Jesus Christ. After he had given his heart to the Lord, he walked into one of his 1,500 stores and saw Playboy and Penthouse magazines on the bookshelves. He ...

18. Zophar’s Final Words for Job

Job 20:1-29

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... guard, played by Louis Gossett Jr.) is unrelenting. Evil choices render evil, but they can be defeated through good choices. God will bring justice, either during earthly life or after death. Literature: Shane, by Jack Schaefer. In the old Western movies, the standard plotline was that the good guys (usually wearing white hats) always succeeded in the end, and the bad guys were killed or brought to justice. Everything was resolved in tidy categories, just as in Zophar’s system in the book of Job. Unlike ...

19. God's Christmas List

John 3:16

Sermon

James Merritt

... loves the Democrat just as much as He loves the Republican. It is not a racial love. He loves the black just as He loves the white. It is not a financial love. He loves the poor just as He loves the rich. It is not a physical love. He loves the deformed ... 's Christmas List, every day is Christmas Day, because Jesus Christ is the gift that keeps on giving. Many of us remember the comedian, Jack Benny when he met his future wife, Mary, the first time, he was so shy and so intimidated that he couldn't even ask ...

20. Worship Wars!

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... Why, I've actually come to enjoy measuring and rating people." "But you sound like a man with little Jack Horner religion! You know the nursery rhyme? Little Jack Horner sat in a corner eating his curds and whey. He stuck in his thumb, pulled out a ... how you saw yourself in church?" "You bet! It's like this. Last year I was washing my white car when it snowed overnight. Now, snow will tell you what white really is. My car looked yellow by comparison. Same with God. You glimpse him in worship, and suddenly ...

21. A Kudzu-Kind of Kingdom

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... were pulled from all 1700 drugstores. Since then Jack Eckerd has been on a quiet campaign to get other retail stores to do the same. Isn't it strange how the kingdom works. One committed Christian can become God's leaven to change society. Everybody knows that Memphis is a racially polarized city. The leaders of your church and of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church have decided to do something about that. These two large churches, one black and one white, are planning an early-morning in the Pyramid ...

22. Which Door Should I Take?

John 10:7-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... you on this earth just to take up space, live a few years and die without any impact whatsoever. He wants every one of us to live a life of significance, a life of importance and a life of influence that never ends. Jack London, the famous author who wrote the books, The Call Of The Wild and White Fang, put it better that anybody I've ever read. He said, "I would rather be ashes than dust. I had rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather ...

23. A Vexing Vision

Acts 9:1-6 (7-20)

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... tune, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”: Take me out to the ball game. Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack. I don’t care if I never get back. Let me root, root, root for the home team. If they don’t win, it’s a shame. For ... The movie is about two convicts who escape from a chain gang. They are shackled together — one man is black and the other man is white. In a moving scene, they both fall into a deep ditch with muddy sides. As he tries to claw his way out of the ...

24. Six Nails of the Cross II: The Nail of Infidelity

Matthew 26:47-56

Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... his own personal resources, and then, when the situation demanded, he raised funds so that his friend could be rehabilitated to at least a partial form of what he once was. The fact that Maurice eventually died, or that he was black and Jack was white is irrelevant to the meaning of their friendship. Their relationship became the symbol for thousands of how to relate as friends as well as the goal for groups concerned with racial harmony. Contrast this desire for brotherhood and true friendship with the ...

25. A Circle for Dorothy

Ephesians 2:11-22, Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... in Christ. I am a firm believer in the power of "naming." You see, I am a twin, and my twin brother and I are known as Jack and Jim. The story goes that during his time in India in the Second World War, the great joke among Dad and his friends was his ... it was. It was a little cottage down by the lake, with petunias and day lilies on the bank down to the lake, rocks painted white with two metal chairs and a cast iron deer grazing in the front yard. He says the Krugers became very big in his imagination ...

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