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1. What Happens When You Are Not Number One?

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ambition of parents placed in their children’s lives? But, I’m going to take Mark at his word here and believe that James and John were the ones who asked for that place of honor. There’s a story about a court painter painting the portrait of Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell was afflicted with warts on the face. Thinking to please him, the court painter omitted the warts in the painting. When Cromwell saw it, he said, “Take it away! And paint me warts and all!” It is Mark’s aim to show us the disciples ...

2. The Agony of Defeat

2 Samuel 11-12, 1 Kings 15:5

Sermon

James Merritt

... all time whose psalms make up the largest book in the Bible. But today we are going to look at David, the sinner. When Oliver Cromwell sat for a portrait, the artist left off the big warts on his face. When the work was finished Cromwell looked at the artist and said, "It's very good, but it isn't honest. You left off my warts. Paint me again, warts and ... your sins be as scarlet, they can be washed white as snow when you come to the cross and get forgiveness. 1. James Kennedy, Character in Destiny, p. 219.

3. The Holy Spirit and the Blessings of the New Covenant

Romans 8:1-17

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... Paul was God’s adoption of Israel as his sons (Exod. 4:22; Jer. 3:19; Hos. 11:1; Rom 9:4). Furthermore, James Scott has demonstrated that the restoration of Israel would include the restoration of Israel to the status of children of God.5For Paul ... refused to let go in spite of the injuries she was incurring. When she finally climbed down to the place of execution, Cromwell, deeply impressed by such heroic and sacrificial love, commuted the sentence. The story is immortalized in a poem called “Curfew Will ...

4. Academics, Fanatics, and Other Disciples

Mark 1:14-20

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Maurice A. Fetty

... their religious system, to all true believers who never doubt their views, Jesus might say in the words of Oliver Cromwell, "I beseech you brethren, by the mercies of God, think it possible you might be mistaken." Yes, Jesus calls us ... tend to be like those who say, "Lord, Lord," but never do anything Jesus asks them to do. They tend to be like those described by James who say to needy people, "Be warmed, be filled and clothed, and go your way," without ever giving them the food and clothing they need to be ...

5. Service

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... especially leadership in the church. As a member of a seminary faculty, I see the issue daily. Jesus made it clear to James and John: Special appointments are not handed out as though by a medieval bishop to those in high favor. Quite the reverse, ... than wars or women have - And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.5 Wolsey’s parting advice to young Cromwell may be good advice to all: "I charge thee, fling away ambition: By that sin fell the angels." A dying Cardinal then made his ...

6. Better To Be a Loner than a Loser

Daniel 1:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... you that little things can direct the course of great events. Let me give you some examples: In 1645 one vote gave Oliver Cromwell control of England. In 1649 one vote caused Charles I of England to be executed. In 1776 one vote gave America the ... alone, you never stand alone, for God stands with you. That's why it's better to be a loner than to be a loser. 1. James Patterson and Peter Kim, The Second American Revolution, p. 26. 2. Don Fedr, A Jewish Conservative Looks at Pagan America, pp. 51-52. 3. Cited ...

7. How to Live the Good Life (Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness)

Galatians 5:22

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James Merritt

... The Bible says in Ps. 119:39, "Your judgments are good." We know that God's ways are good. "Every good and perfect gift comes from above." (James 1:17) We also know that God's will is good. Paul spoke of the "good and acceptable and perfect will of God." (Rom. 12:2) If ... influence that one single person can have, doing the right thing at the right time. In 1645, one vote gave Oliver Cromwell control of England; In 1776, one vote gave America the English language instead of German; (thank God for that!) In 1845 ...

8. How to Rise above Discouragement

Luke 7:11-17

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Maurice A. Fetty

... they want the future to be just like the past. They are afraid of adjustment or change. They have forgotten the words to James Russell Lowell's famous hymn: New occasions teach new duties, Time makes ancient good uncouth. He must always up and onward, Who ... then added we should avoid all arrogant, dogmatic stances with respect to knowledge, and say in the words of Oliver Cromwell, "By the mercies of Christ think it possible ye might be mistaken." Invariably, when people become discouraged, they have allowed ...

9. The Singer and the Siren

2 Samuel 11:1-27

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... tittle in telling the tale. After all, who enjoys slicing another hefty chink in a hero’s armor? Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell told Sir Peter Lely to paint his portrait with the warts and all. Yet I have trouble brushstroking out the ... plan worked. Uriah was killed. David had his Bathsheba. The foul murder plot against Uriah is reminiscent of that hatched by the lovers in James M. Cain’s novel The Postman Always Rings Twice. In Cain’s novel, the guilty lovers kill the husband and then betray each other ...

10. Our Prayers Are Our Thanksgiving

1 Timothy 2:1-7

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Lee Ann Dunlap

... in England eventually overthrew the monarch to establish their own brand of church-state union under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell. (Some might say they missed their mark on that shore, too.) However, successful or not, we know that their ... Christian's ultimate allegiance. In 1620, the Separatists of Plymouth signed the Mayflower Compact declaring in it their loyalty to King James and England, "by the grace of God." Another group of patriots would disavow their loyalty to another English king, 150 years ...

11. Love That Absorbs Suffering

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

This is supposed to be a true story from the time of Oliver Cromwell in England. A young soldier had been tried in military court and sentenced to death. He was to be shot at the "ringing of the curfew bell." His fiancée climbed up into the bell tower several hours before curfew time and tied herself to the bell's huge clapper. At curfew time, when only muted sounds came out of the bell tower, Cromwell demanded to know why the bell was not ringing. His soldiers went to investigate and found the young woman ...

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