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John 2:12-25

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King Duncan

... anger publicly. These days, I think we’ve become immune to it. Anger seems to be our default reaction. That wonderful story-teller James W. Moore in his book, When All Else Fails, Read the Instructions, tells about an older woman years ago who was called to ... Bud to see pain in Bill McVeigh’s eyes. Bud recognized that pain. Ever since the day of the bombing, Bud Welch had been an outspoken proponent for executing Timothy McVeigh. But after seeing McVeigh's father on TV, Bud stopped campaigning for ...

2. Did You Know?

1 Timothy 1:15

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James Merritt

... Jesus" was his domestic name. Many people do not realize that Jesus was a common name two thousand years ago, much like John, James, or Charles is today. But the Lord Jesus had a way of turning the common into the uncommon, and of turning the natural ... The next time you drink Welch's grape juice, just remember that a Christian by the name of Welch, was looking for a way to develop a non-alcoholic drink made with grapes so that people could take the Lord's Supper, and so he invented Welch's grapejuice.3 Many ...

3. Faith for Troubling Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... and family alike marvel at her "serenity and strength. " You also have grown to respect her qualities as an adult. For Laura Welch went on to become Laura Bush, wife of the President of the United States. (2) This can be a very cruel world. And ... wolf to run free, because ultimately it makes us strong enough to bear the heaviest burden? There is a wonderful story told by James Michener in his book, Chesapeake. He says that the Choptank Indians on Maryland’s Eastern Shore believed that God gave them the bay ...

4. Jesus: The Life of the Party

John 2:1-11

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Donald B. Strobe

... wedding of John, the son of Zebedee, and that John's wife was the cousin of Mary. That would explain a lot. You remember James and John, the two boys who worked with their father in the fishing business known as "Yohanan and Zebedee and Sons Fishing Industries, Inc." Another ... even been fruitless debate over whether the wine was alcoholic or not, but I doubt that Jesus turned the water into Welch's grape juice or Kool-Aid! Still others wonder why Jesus would perform such a mundane "sign" when, during His ...

5. Rock Stars at the Top

Luke 9:28-36 (37-43a)

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Derl G. Keefer

... ,” or any of the others. I would title it, “Rock Stars At The Top.” The stars would include Jesus, Moses, Elijah, Peter, James, John, and the Voice and I’m still contemplating who I would cast in the roles. It would be a great media-hype ... his true followers out of the bondage of Egypt (sin) and create them as the delivered covenant people of God. As Reuben Welch observed, “And to this great new deliverance through the death of Messiah both the law and prophets bear witness.” Third, the character ...

6. The Touch of the Master's Hand

Luke 5:12-16

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Bill Bouknight

... heard it many times, the poem about the old violin never fails to touch my heart. Myra Brooks Welch penned this masterpiece entitled, "The Touch of the Master’s Hand." "Twas battered and scarred, and the auctioneer ... Christ to heal the sick through the touch of the faith community. JESUS TOUCHED A THIRD CATEGORY OF PERSONS—THE TERRIFIED. One day Jesus took Peter, James and John up on a mountain. There they saw Moses and Elijah, returned from the dead, and they heard God’s voice. They fell facedown to ...

7. Keeping the Glow On

Exodus 34:29-35

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Harry N. Huxhold

... of Moses, the people sensed their spiritual inadequacy and their sin. The Remedy Moses did not allow the people to welch out on their responsibility to hear what had been revealed to him from God because they were so spiritually shy ... It One can appreciate how precious the revelation of glory at Mount Sinai was for Moses and the people. It was that way for Peter, James, and John in the Mount of the Transfiguration. Peter wanted to memorialize the moment by making a shrine. That is normal for people to create ...

8. The Joy of the Lord

Nehemiah 7:73b--8:18

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King Duncan

... , he would have failed. He began his mission with the belief that with God’s help, he would succeed. And he did. Pastor James Moore tells a story about a woman who went to see her doctor with a whole list of complaints. The doctor could find no ... where I’m going!” That’s a sad place to be when you don’t know where you’re going. I like something that Welch poet David Whyte once wrote: “I don’t want to have written on my tombstone, when finally people struggle through the weeds, pull back the ...

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