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Psalm 22:1-31

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Wayne Brouwer

... we? Roots in the past and wings for the future. (5) And we’d like to think that we’re good teachers. We’d like to think that they’ll take what we have to offer and run with it automatically. But it isn’t always that easy, is it? James Boswell, the 18th century Scottish writer, often told his friends about a special day in his early life. He would always remember it, he said. It was a day in his childhood when his father took him fishing. He said he learned so much from his father that day. He said ...

2. Jingle Bells at a Funeral

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... request “Jingle Bells” to be sung at your funeral. 1. Bobby Braddock, Real Country Humor collected and edited by Billy Edd Wheeler, August House, Little Rock, 2002. 2. Wendy M. Wright, The Vigil (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1992), pp. 45-46. 3. James Boswell, Life of Dr. Johnson, entry for 17 April 1778. William Barclay, And He Had Compassion (Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 1976), p. 162. 4, Cited by the Very Rev. Sherry Crompton, http://sermons.trinitycoatesville.org/. 5. I’ll Be Home for Christmas ...

3. Phoebe

Joel 2:28-32

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Warren Thomas Smith

... Zell, Theresa of Avila, Ann Hutchinson, Madam Guyon, Evelyn Underhill, and Georgia Harkness. Phoebe - her name means radiant. Her influence lingers on the stage as fragrant as myrtle and as bright as morning sun on the waves of the sea. 1. James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1946), p. 169. 2. R. S. Pine-Coffin, Saint Augustine Confessions (Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books Inc., 1973), pp. 199-200. 3. The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible ...

4. Life Begins at Thirty-Eight

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... , he was still there, after nearly 14,000 days of disappointment. And he had no friends. And so it was natural that Jesus would gravitate to Him. The old hymn “Abide With Me” says that Jesus, above all others, is the “Help of the helpless.” James Boswell, the famous biographer of Dr. Samuel Johnson, one time expressed surprise that the great Dr. Johnson had taken under his wing a man of very bad reputation. He asked Oliver Goldsmith about it, and Goldsmith replied, “He is poor and honest, which is ...

5. Playing Golf at Midnight

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... been a great athlete so, after the war, he took up golf. And he was astoundingly good at it. In short, Charley Boswell won the National Blind Golf Championship 16 times, once shooting a score of 81. In 1958 Charley went to Ft. Worth, Texas ... . . I cannot think of another act of human kindness in my lifetime which can compare with his.” (4) Bartimaeus would have known how young James felt. His world was totally dark when Jesus gave him the gift of sight. This is why he became a follower of Jesus. Listen to ...

6. Parental Perspective

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Editor James S. Hewett

It is said of Boswell, the famous biographer of Samuel Johnson, that he often referred to a special day in his childhood when his father took him fishing. The day was fixed in his adult mind, and he often reflected upon many of the things his father had taught him in the course of their fishing experience together. After having heard of that particular excursion so often, it occurred to someone much later to check the journal that Boswell's father kept and determine what had been said about the fishing ...

7. Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Psalm 102:6-7

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James Merritt

There is an interesting place called Thorofare Ranger Station in the Southeast corner of Yellowstone National Park. To get to the station, which is no more than a cabin, a barn, and a corral, Lloyd Kortge, who works as a ranger in Yellowstone National Park, drives about fifteen miles from his home. Then he saddles up on horseback; he then travels 32 miles back into the wilderness, which is for him the shortest route to get to the station. Now what is so interesting about this particular place in ...

8. God's Wrath Against Mankind

Romans 1:18-32

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

Paul now launches into the body of the epistle with an indictment against humanity. He will maintain the charge until 3:21, at which point he will return to righteousness by faith which he introduced in 1:16–17. Romans 1:18–3:20 is a sobering exposé of the dark side of human nature. Throughout the attack Paul labors to demonstrate that there is no distinction between Gentile and Jew in the matter of sin and guilt, a point reasserted in 3:10–12, 3:23, and 11:32. Gentile and Jew are equally guilty before God ...

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