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Romans 16:1-27

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C. Marvin Pate

... about Christians bringing hope and healing as they make a difference in their world for Christ. Quote: Timothy Keller. In his book Counterfeit Gods, pastor and author Keller says, Religion [in the ancient Near Eastern world] was a form of social control. The operating principle ... 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 ...

2. In Quest of a Treasure

James 1:1-18

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Larry Powell

... an excuse? A word to the wise: God does not create anything he cannot use. NEEDLESS BATTLES On June 1, 1812, President James Madison asked Congress to declare war against Great Britain. Among other reasons for the President's request were (1) British blockading of ... among their own kind, (3) free from pests, and (4) free from hunger. I do not know much about sheep, but if Keller is correct, sheep and people apparently require about the same things for security. (a) Free from fear. Do we confess Christ with ...

3. Oops! I Didn't See You

Luke 16:19-31

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King Duncan

Dr. James Dobson tells about a friend of his, a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology. One day this friend telephoned another specialist in the same ... regarded critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine, had a special friend to whom he always took a special gift. His friend’s name was Helen Keller. Most of you remember this name. Helen Keller was a special lady who could neither see nor hear, but still was an outstanding author and speaker. Wollcott knew that beautiful flowers would mean nothing ...

4. Don't Be Afraid

Matthew 14:22-36

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King Duncan

... to pray. The Sea of Galilee is a large body of water, eight miles wide by thirteen miles long. Of the twelve disciples, Peter, Andrew, James and John were all fishermen. They knew the Sea of Galilee very well. They knew that, at this time of year (probably around mid-spring), ... and Mark Twain. Not bad for someone who could not hear or see. Do you know the most remarkable thing about Helen Keller? In the midst of her limited interaction with the world, she was able to say these words, “I thank God for my ...

5. Out of the Saltshaker

Mark 9:38-50

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King Duncan

... solution. Then those strips would be hung to dry in the fierce sunlight, becoming what we in North America would call “Jerky.” Keller never took anything but “Jerky” with him when he went hunting. It made for a light but nourishing meal for the young ... said Jesus . . . 1. http://www.christianitytoday.com/lyris/subscribe/leadership.html -- Monday Fodder 2. Source unknown. 3. Dr. James E. Rimmer, Brilliant, OH. 4. Dr. Gary R. Glanville, Romeo United Methodist Church. http://romeoumc.com/templates/System ...

6. Mighty Faith

Matthew 17:14-23

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Herchel H. Sheets

... of acceptance. 1. Edgar A. Guest. "Loser And Victor," Collected Verse, p. 646. Chicago: The Reilly and Lee Company, 1934. 2. Mary Teresa Ostopak. "I’ll Try," in Guideposts, May 1965, p. 7. 3. James A. Pike. The Other Side, p. 32. New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1968. 4. Helen Keller. The Open Door, p. 140. New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1957. 5. Shana Alexander. "What Is A Marriage?" in Newsweek, February 19, 1973, p. 41. 6. Edward Connery Lathem, Editor. Interviews With Robert Frost ...

7. What Do You Want Me to Do for You?

Mark 10:46-52

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Donald B. Strobe

... persons from foreign service positions. As the editorial in the Ann Arbor News put it, “It’s probably a good thing Helen Keller isn’t alive today to apply for a job with the U.S. foreign services, They’d turn her down, flat.” ( ... that we are consumers of God’s love rather than purveyors of it. We somehow have the notion that Christ exists to do something for us (like James and John), not that we are here to do something for others in Christ’s name. Have you ever thought of this: we are the only ...

8. Proper 18

Proverbs 22:1-16, Mark 7:24-37, James 2:1-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... for they, too, have been created by God. The person who shares what he has with those who have little is promised God's blessing. Epistle: James 2:1-10 (11-13) 14-17 The passage condemns the showing of partiality to the rich and the humiliation of the poor. (vv. 1- ... this passage we learn – a. The need to touch v. 32. Touch is a means of communion. Compare Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller. A touch signifies acceptance, love and help. b. The result of touching v. 33. Health a release of tensions and stress. 2. ...

9. Deep Faith

Genesis 6:1-8:22, Genesis 5:1-32

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Lori Wagner

... the deep space of the sea I have found my moon.” One of those he inspired, contemporary film director James Cameron, also explores undersea worlds and dove to even deeper sites, including the deepest point on earth, the Mariana Trench ... your name might bear witness to the profound depths that you have traversed and continue to transverse in Jesus Christ. Amen. --Theologian Catherine Keller Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text The Story of Noah (Genesis 5-8) Minor Text The Story of Creation (Genesis 1) ...

10. Excuse Me!

Exodus 3:1-22

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Carl Jech

... churches, the church will become shockingly irrelevant to the lives of more and more people. In his book Embodiment, James Nelson* (*Professor of Christian Ethics at United Theological Seminary, New Brighton, Minnesota.) laments that a tendency toward anti- ... to give her a self-image, and self-respect - a sense of worth and value as a human person. To know the story of Helen Keller is to know what it means to move from a non-existent, shattered or negative self-image to a wonderful awareness of ourselves as ...

11. Resurrection and History

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

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Preben Vang

... many of those who saw Jesus are still alive and can verify his account. Acts also remains silent on an appearance to James, although James’s significance in the early church is well attested (Acts 15:13; 21:18; Gal. 1:19; 2:9, 12), which seems ... . Without it, Paul says, Christianity is a useless and foolish faith. Quote: The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism, by Timothy Keller. “If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why ...

12. Memorial Day

John 15:1-17

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Angela Akers

... hero worship that others tried to force on him. One of the few comments Bradley ever made about the war, he made to his young son, James. In response to James' remark about heroism, John Bradley replied, "The heroes of Iwo Jima are the guys who didn't come back." (2) Today is the day we ... in The Magic of Teamwork by Pat Williams, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, 1997, p. 178. 7. Wayne H. Keller, Emphasis, Nov./Dec., 1998, pp. 41-42. 8. The Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min., "Why Do We Remember Our War Dead ...

13. A Higher Calling

Mark 1:14-20

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King Duncan

... of the ceiling. Have your neighbor come over each day at 5:00 a.m. and blow a whistle so loud that Helen Keller could hear it and shout “Reveille, Reveille, all hands heave out and trice up.” Post a menu on the refrigerator door informing ... if we will let him. That’s the rub, isn’t it? “If we will let him . . .” We’re not like Peter and Andrew, James and John. We’re better educated. More sophisticated. We live in nice homes. Have good paying jobs. Drive nice cars. And we are pretty content ...

14. Well, What's for Sure?

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

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Louis H. Valbracht

... many of the things that we like to think are provable certainties are not that at all. In our generation, Sir James Jeans and Dr. Millikan have been two major interpreters of modern science, and they have differed radically as to what is happening ... I KNOW. Does that sound like double talk? It isn’t. It’s at the heart of every human life. Think of how limited Helen Keller was in obtaining provable certainties. She could not hear. She could not see. She could not speak. But when they were finally able to ...

15. Good News about Faith

Mark 10:46-52

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King Duncan

... very high in the U.S. People who kill themselves see no way out they come to believe that there is no reason to live. Helen Keller, who, like Bartimaeus was blind in her eyes, but not in her soul, put it like this: their “eyes are full of light but [they] see ... the expression, “The squeaky wheel gets the grease”? There is a time for speaking up. There is much truth in that little verse in James (4:2) that says, “You have not because you ask not.” In 1962 a 14‑year‑old boy by the name of Robert ...

16. People Who Procrastinate

Luke 9:51-62

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King Duncan

... , and get back to me tomorrow.” It simply doesn’t happen. We read in Matthew 4 that Jesus came to Simon and Andrew and James and John at their fishing boats beside the Sea of Galilee and said to them, “Follow me” and immediately they left their nets and followed ... life in service to Christ really is urgent! Do it today! Now! 1. Contributed. Source unknown. 2. Jeff Keller, Attitude Is Everything: Change Your Attitude . . . Change Your Life! (Kindle Edition). 3. Greg Carey, Professor of New Testament ...

17. Watch!

Matthew 24:36-51

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King Duncan

... anticipation that fired those early disciples. It is that poverty of expectation that keeps us from gaining great victories. Dr. William James once wrote: "The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering the attitude of ... streets." When you think about the possibilities that God offers us through the babe of Bethlehem it makes you want to dance. Helen Keller once put it this way: "The legend tells that when Jesus was born the sun danced in the sky and the aged ...

18. Harmony Within The Family

Genesis 11:1-9

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King Duncan

... Pentecost. The first principle is that of communication. When communication breaks down, the family breaks down. On one occasion, Helen Keller, who was both deaf and blind, was asked the question: "If you could have either hearing or sight, which ... power? The crisis in the church and the home today is not only one of communication but also one of commitment. Evangelist James Robinson tells of seeing a television interview with members of the Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang. He was impressed by their creed. ...

19. Did He Dance?

Mark 10:46-52

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King Duncan

... many persons whose physical eyes did not function as they should who have lived amazingly whole lives. I think of Helen Keller, vision-impaired and hearing-impaired who became a writer and speaker of renown and is still influencing people all over the ... him. Why can't I travel with you like them?" And maybe Jesus replied, "Bart, just as surely as I need for Peter and James and John and Matthew and the rest to stay with me and devote themselves to remembering my words and recording my actions, I need other ...

20. Shepherding And Parenting

Psalm 23:1-6, 1 Peter 2:13-25

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King Duncan

... he will provide for their needs. In the imagery of the 23rd Psalm, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures . . ." Phillip Keller in his book, A SHEPHERD LOOKS AT PSALM 23, tells us that sheep are very fearful creatures. They simply will not lie down unless they sense the shepherd very near. They need to ... , THE ROCKFORD INSTITUTE. 2. Fernando D'Alfonso, quoted in "The Basque Sheepherder and the Shepherd Psalm," by James K. Wallace (READER'S DIGEST: June, 1950).

21. The Voice of the Shepherd

John 10:1-10

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... the tenth verse he found these words underlined, "The God of my mercy shall prevent me." The word prevent as used in the King James Version of the Bible means "to go before." This is how John Wesley developed the idea of Prevenient Grace. The text means, "The God ... IV. The Voice of the Shepherd Tells Us Who We Are And finally, The Voice of the Shepherd Tells Us Who We Are. Phillip Keller in his book, A SHEPHERD LOOKS AT PSALM 23, tells us that sheep are very fearful creatures. They simply won't lie down unless ...

22. Remember: Live Worthy of the Calling

Ephesians 4:1-16

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... have and all we are comes from God. Four pastors were discussing their favorite Bible translations. One liked the King James because of its beautiful language. Another liked the New Revised Standard version. A third liked the contemporary version The Message ... this building would look like. We had to have a Vision of what we felt God was calling us to do. Someone asked Helen Keller, "What would be worse than being born blind?" She replied, "To have sight with no vision." When we give to God's work, whether it ...

23. Looking for Rainbows

Genesis 9:1-17

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King Duncan

... -rainbow.com/legends.html. 3. Moody, April 1993, p. 13. Cited by Raymond McHenry, Something to Think About (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 1998). 4. Vergilius Ferm, Lightning Never Strikes Twice (New York: Gramercy Publishing Company, 1987), p. 131. 5. http://www.centralpc.org/sermons/2001/s011223.htm. 6. David Keller, http://www.gbgm-umc.org/southavenueumc/sermons/God’s%20Blessing %20of%20Health%20and %20Wholeness%202005%20November%2013b.htm. 7. Dr. Peter ...

24. Possessions and Choice in the New Kingdom Community

Mark 10:17-31

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Grant R. Osborne

... Mark: those who have much in this world will have little in the next world, and those who have little now will have much then. In James 1:9–11 the rich glory in their humility, the poor in their exaltation. As in Mark 9:35, it is the servants in the ... for all we have done. Illustrating the Text When is “good” good enough? Quote: “The Reason for God Study Guide,” by Timothy Keller. If you put three swimmers on the coast of California and ask them to swim to Hawaii, the Olympic swimmer might swim ...

25. Living Between the Times

John 17:20-26

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R. Robert Cueni

... between the times, it is an incomplete glimpse into how the world will look when the will of God is done on earth as it is in heaven. Amen and amen. 1. The African Queen, adapted from 1935 book of the same name by C.S. Forester; screen play by James Agee, released February 20, 1952. 2. Taken from an article by Bill Keller, South Africa’s Conqueror of Apartheid as Fighter, Prisoner, President and Symbol, The New York Times, Friday, December 6, 2013, Section A, pp. 1, 16-18.

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