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Sermon

Harold Warlick

... and psychology as any educator has ever done for his or her disciplines. If you go to Harvard, the tallest building on the campus is William James Hall, a multi-storied white edifice which houses the psychology department. I think we can say that William James was as brilliant as any professor you will ever meet in any university in your lifetime. William James recommended to his classes that they attend chapel frequently. He said he did this because chapel is the one place where you can be really alone ...

2. Up Close & Personal: Coming Into Focus

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... address. I sat down and I wrote her a handwritten note. “Dear Mrs. Hall, You may or may not remember me (and of course I gave my name) and you may or may not remember this, but I do. I have never confessed to you cheating on that chemistry exam and I have never asked your forgiveness. Today, I am doing both. I make no excuses. I simply cheated. I failed you and I failed God. I have received His forgiveness and I am asking for yours. Sincerely, James Merritt I didn’t know if I would ever hear from her or ...

3. Body Language

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... our bodies. We say something with our posture, the way we stand. We say something with the gestures that we make. Edward Hall wrote a book back some years ago entitled, The Silent Language. He delineated the non-verbal language we use to communicate with ... what that is? That's Paul run amok. It is based on the assumption that all we need to do to be saved is just to believe. What James is saying is, that may be all you need to be converted, but that's not all you need to be a Christian. To be converted is to ...

4. Have You Heard the News?

Ephesians 2:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... to God: "I don't know what you see in James Merritt. I don't see anything in James worth sending Jesus to die for." I can just hear God say, "Do you know why you don't see anything in James Merritt? Because you don't love James Merritt like I love James Merritt." But we also see here the mercy of ... you know that because of the Lord Jesus Christ you can be in God's Hall of Fame? This crowd on earth they soon forget the heroes of the past. They cheer like mad until you fall and that's how long you last. But ...

5. The Banquet Bowl

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... scene. Especially disappointed was he as he passed through the reception line, congratulated the bride and groom, and entered the reception hall. Micah quickly took his place at one of the banquet tables. As he sat down Conrad, whose place was next to ... rather be glad because our names are written in heaven. Because we are first God's friends." James told Micah that this had happened to others too at the Banquet Bowl. James said that Jesus' words freed a few more disciples at every banquet and that it was only ...

6. Better To Be a Loner than a Loser

Daniel 1:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... our nation doesn't have heroes anymore.1 Well, I believe in another teenager named Daniel we have all three. He, too, is in God's Hall of Fame because of one word he said—"No." Like Cassie Bernall, Daniel knew how to stand alone. We desperately need to teach our kids how ... 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. ...

7. CSI: Jerusalem

Luke 24:36-48

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the eye witnesses. Mary Magdalene: There was the encounter we experience in John. The Women: (Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Salome) as the other Gospels report. The Ten: The Disciples, minus Thomas, this encounter we read about today. On ... so I walked down to the fellowship hall of the Church to get a cup of coffee. The host Church has a Day Care Center and the doors of the rooms open onto the hallway leading to the fellowship hall. As I was walking down the hall, I couldn't help but overhear ...

8. Paul, Phoebe, Patronage, and Spain

Romans 16:1-27

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... in Christ’s name. It tells the stories of a most unlikely friendship between Ron Hall, a wealthy art dealer, and Denver Moore, an impoverished homeless man, and Debbie Hall, who brought them together. The two men become friends through the message of the gospel ... ever more of the many-coloured wisdom of God.7 The gospel reached far beyond Spain, Paul’s specific interest. Biography: James Yen (1893–1990) came to know the Lord in rural China through the influence of China Inland Mission. He was discipled ...

9. The Parable of the Great Banquet

Luke 14:15-24

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... more like those usually not invited to feasts (cf. list in v. 13 with that of v. 21). In a recent study James A. Sanders (“Banquet Parable”; see Introduction, pp. 10ff.) suggested that the Parable of the Great Banquet represents the theological high-point ... 20 and the persons invited to the great banquet runs even deeper. In the Lucan parable, those who finally enter the banquet hall are the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame (v. 21; see also v. 13). According to Lev. 21:17–23, however ...

10. From Russia With Love

Acts 3:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... this past Thursday. We were visiting in a school, a public school in Moscow. It's a school where Dr. Sundo Kim has rented a hall as a chapel. Some of you will remember that Dr. Kim, the pastor of the largest Methodist church in the world, preached in this ... , with other churches, must form a consortium who will one, support persons like Chris Hena, our missionary. I wish you knew her. James and some of our folks do know her. She's been having Bible studies in her little apartment three and four times ...

11. Christ and Healing

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... declaration. At three a.m. he called up the leader of the elders of his church. He said, "Jim, I have just read this passage from James. I want you to come over right away and pray for me." The elder replied, "Pastor, I have never done this. I have no special power ... his hand and said just a brief prayer of faith and hope. I left to return the next morning. As I walked down the hall, inwardly I caught a glimpse of Christ standing at the foot of his bed. I felt, in that experience, that my friend was going ...

12. Three Small Steps in Our Journey of Faith

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Brett Blair

... , eat the cream out of the middle of an Oreo cookie, or serve some Stove Top, remember a boy, his pony named Paddy, and the promise little James L. Kraft made to serve God and work as He directed. You see we have it all wrong when we say, “Well, I don’t have that much ... left their shoes outside their room to be cleaned by the hall servants overnight. They did not know that there were no hall servants in America. Walking down the dormitory halls that night, Moody noticed the shoes and determined not to ...

13. Fans or Followers

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... called by Jesus to be his disciples. They were not called to be fans of Jesus, but followers. Their names were Simon Peter, Andrew, James and John, four fishermen. But this reading is also about you and me, because we have been called to be disciples as well. We also ... that it is not the superstars who win most football games but average players giving their best. I’m certain that a Hall of Fame coach like McKay understood the value of having players of a certain level of talent, but he also understood that ...

14. The Burglar's Christmas

Luke 15:22-24

Drama

Matthew Powell

... a little boy. (Mother enters) Narrator 1: The door opened, and a woman stood in the doorway facing him. The light from the hall streamed in upon him, but she was not afraid. Mother: Willie, Willie! Is that you? Narrator 2: He struggled to loosen her arms ... , with iron-gray hair, and a face alert and stern. (Father enters) Mother: James, it is William in there, come home. You must keep him at any cost. If he goes this time, I go with him. Oh, James, be easy with him, he has suffered so. Father: You go to him ...

15. Get Your Third-Class Tickets Here!

Acts 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Except that day Lenin’s portrait was covered. In that massive hall the gospel message of Jesus Christ was preached to a huge gathering of Christians and non-Christians alike. The hall was filled with majestic music and Christ’s message of forgiveness ... when Christ will rule over all. In the meantime, let us look outward, let us look upward, and let us look forward. 1. James W. Moore, Yes, Lord, I Have Sinned (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1991), pp. 45-46. 2. Ibid., p. 51. 3. Contributed by Bruce Edwards. ...

16. The Temptation to Talk Transformation

James 2:14-26

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... . "Then why do I only see you at Christmas and Easter?" With a twinkle in his eye, the man said, "Because I am in the secret service!" (3) James knew the Christian faith was not a call to be in the secret service but to be in the everyday world of God''s service. He had heard ... because of lack of interest." The schools were strangely quiet, with no field trips and no volunteer classroom aides. Symphony Hall and the museums that had been built and stocked by volunteers were dark and would remain that way. The ...

17. Show Us The Father, and We Shall Be Satisfied

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Larry Powell

... you had known me, you would have known my Father also." Apparently Phillip and the others did not hear that part, for no sooner had James gotten the words out of his mouth than Phillip asked, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied." They had not been ... voice. In a while, and in a strange attitude of awe, everyone descended the mountain and went their own way. Dr. Hall would learn sometime later that 40 people had been converted that morning and joined the church. "That is strange," he said, " ...

18. The Leadership Principles Of Jesus

Hebrews 5:11-6:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... able," Jesus asked, "to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" "We are able," James and John replied, but it is evident they had no idea what Jesus was talking about. The writer of Hebrews knew what Jesus was ... to heed his call and to follow his example of loving service to all. 1. Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo, THE FISHING HALL OF SHAME (New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1991). 2. David Mains, 8 SURVIVAL SKILLS FOR CHANGING TIMES (Wheaton: Victor Books, 1992), pp. ...

19. Taxes and Tightwads

James 5:1-6

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... Aunt Tee, a little peeved, laid down her cards and went to the door. The couple backed away and asked her to come into the hall, and there they both spoke and won Aunt Tee''s sympathy forever. "Theresa, we don''t mean to disturb you," the man whispered, "but you ... when he said, Money talks-- because all that it ever says to me is "good-bye." In a sense, that is exactly what James is warning everyone about in these verses. Money and wealth, because they are temporal, always lose their value. Many of us have ...

20. A Place Of Honor

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... Me to do for you?" And they said to Him, "Grant that we may sit in your glory, one on your right, and one on your left." JAMES AND JOHN WANTED WHAT WE ALL WANT. They wanted their fifteen minutes of fame. They wanted respect, honor. They wanted their place in the sun. They ... , and when you push it, you get an immediate round of applause. This is not tepid applause, says Brown, but concert-hall size applause. So you can play anything, press the button, and get a virtual standing ovation. (1) What a great idea. ...

21. What to Do When Life Is the Pits

1 Peter 5:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... , so he put on his robe and slippers and strolled down the hall, went into the chapel, found a seat in the back and began to listen. The words of that hymn found a nest in the aching heart of James Cash. He didn't stay for the sermon. One verse of one ... again. Today, there are 2,000 stores across America and around the world, with his name over the front door. You may have heard of him…James Cash…J.C. Penney. Now that is a great story, but I want to tell you about the song that turned his life around. It ...

22. Changed Lives: The Man Born Blind from Birth

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... to do?” Minnie thinks for a moment and suggests that perhaps James could be a ghost. Her boys had been ghosts each year growing up. Those ghost costumes are probably still up in the attic. Angus is quick to accompany James up the attic stairs to look for the costumes. And there ... thankful after a crisis, but what about everyday life? A pastor of a mainline Protestant church, Glen Herrington‑Hall, took his youth group to visit a more informal, “Pentecostal” type church. The youth were taken aback by ...

23. Paul Opposes Peter

Galatians 2:11-21

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... partners in the gospel; at Antioch Paul’s law-free gospel is accepted by Peter. 2:12 Paul says that before certain men came from James, it was Peter’s practice to eat with the Gentiles. According to Paul, Peter changed his behavior not on principle or in line with the ... table-fellowship group” (From Politics to Piety: The Emergence of Pharisaic Judaism [Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1973], p. 80), advocated eating everyday meals in ritual purity. Unlike the Essenes, the Pharisees remained part ...

24. The Best Birthday Ever

Psalm 90:1-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... saw all that, I almost backed out." The service proceeded as per normal. At the conclusion, we all adjourned to the Fellowship Hall for our regular meal. We had set up a special table for the newlyweds - china and candles rather than the normal paper ... we may gain a wise heart." The good news I bring to you this morning is if you WANT it, you've GOT it. Scripture promises. James 1:5 - "If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you." What ...

25. Get Your Third Class Tickets Here!

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Except that day Lenin’s portrait was covered. In that massive hall the gospel message of Jesus Christ was preached to a huge gathering of Christians and non-Christians alike. The hall was filled with majestic music and Christ’s message of forgiveness ... us look outward, let us look upward, and let us look forward. The greatest days for Christ’s people lie yet ahead. 1. James W. Moore, Yes, Lord, I Have Sinned (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1991), pp. 45-46. 2. Ibid., p. 51. 3. Contributed by Bruce Edwards ...

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1. Illusion Or Reality?

Sermon

Harold Warlick

2. Up Close & Personal: Coming Into Focus

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

James Merritt

3. Body Language

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Mark Trotter

4. Have You Heard the News?

Ephesians 2:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

5. The Banquet Bowl

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

6. Better To Be a Loner than a Loser

Daniel 1:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

7. CSI: Jerusalem

Luke 24:36-48

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

8. Paul, Phoebe, Patronage, and Spain

Romans 16:1-27

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

9. The Parable of the Great Banquet

Luke 14:15-24

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

10. From Russia With Love

Acts 3:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

11. Christ and Healing

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

12. Three Small Steps in Our Journey of Faith

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Brett Blair

13. Fans or Followers

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

14. The Burglar's Christmas

Luke 15:22-24

Drama

Matthew Powell

15. Get Your Third-Class Tickets Here!

Acts 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan

16. The Temptation to Talk Transformation

James 2:14-26

Sermon

Eric Ritz

17. Show Us The Father, and We Shall Be Satisfied

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Larry Powell

18. The Leadership Principles Of Jesus

Hebrews 5:11-6:12

Sermon

King Duncan

19. Taxes and Tightwads

James 5:1-6

Sermon

Eric Ritz

20. A Place Of Honor

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

21. What to Do When Life Is the Pits

1 Peter 5:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

22. Changed Lives: The Man Born Blind from Birth

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

23. Paul Opposes Peter

Galatians 2:11-21

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

24. The Best Birthday Ever

Psalm 90:1-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

25. Get Your Third Class Tickets Here!

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Except that day Lenin’s portrait was covered. In that massive hall the gospel message of Jesus Christ was preached to a huge gathering of Christians and non-Christians alike. The hall was filled with majestic music and Christ’s message of forgiveness ... us look outward, let us look upward, and let us look forward. The greatest days for Christ’s people lie yet ahead. 1. James W. Moore, Yes, Lord, I Have Sinned (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1991), pp. 45-46. 2. Ibid., p. 51. 3. Contributed by Bruce Edwards ...

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