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1. The 7th Day (A Drama about Priorities)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... day. I’m trying to get these numbers to jive. Yes. I’m looking at them right now. Yep, I see that right here on page 4. What? Page 5? (looks at the papers on his desk) Uh, I don’t have a page 5. Yes. No… wait a minute. That’s right! Wait a minute it’s got to be here somewhere… Jimmy: Dad. I have the numbers you need. Dave: What? Jimmy: Here you go. Dave: Wow. Thanks Jimmy. You’re a lifesaver. (back to phone) Hold on. Let me look these over. Dave: (He looks at them but notices this is not the ...

2. Out of the Saltshaker

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... took almost 36 minutes for Boden and Kyle to run that 5K race together. Their story was carried on the Facebook page, Seal of Honor, which added these words: “By his unwavering commitment to help those in need through his ability to inspire ... Though he tried not to show it, this angered Jeffrey. After a sixty-hour work week, he didn’t want to hear about Jimmy. Even people whose lives are devoted to doing good, can sometimes suffer from what has been called “compassion fatigue.” But, Jeff promised ...

3. The Spiritual Fitness Demands of the New Age

Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... wailing. She called out, "Bobby, I said to give Jimmy his choice." "I did," came back the reply. "I said he could take the little piece or none." If it hurts or crushes or destroys others, it’s wrong! 3. Would I like to see it in print? This is the "Publicity Test." It’s a little thing. Nobody will know about it. It won’t make much difference, just this once. But how would you like to see it on the front page of your newspaper tomorrow morning, for all to see? Would you be glad, or would you run and ...

4. A Lesson from Jay Leno's Mom

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... life. When we leave this place of worship, our friends and our family will know whether we’ve truly been in the presence of God by how we live. Pastor Jimmy D. Brown tells about the first girl who ever caught his eye. They were in second grade together. Up until this point he confesses that he just wanted to throw ... do-something-sit-there-w-maynard-pittendreigh-sermon-on-prayer-how-to-63041.asp?Page=3. 5. http://revbill.wordpress.com/2006/08/06/isaiah-61-8/. 6. From http://www.inhis.com/. Cited by Brian ...

5. Last Words

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... cerebral meningitis and died within a month. Most people said, "What a waste." Even Borden's parents thought this until they paged through his Bible. In his Bible, underneath the words No Reserves and No Retreats, he had written the words, No Regrets ... and ask the nation's forgiveness, a friend of Jamie's called him on the phone. "Do you want to know what God thinks of Jimmy Swaggart?" the friend asked. Jamie told him since everyone else in the nation seemed to have an opinion, it might be refreshing to know ...

6. Soaring with Christ

Matthew 28:1-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... passed by? Is the world any better because you came here? Herein is the important. That is all that is important, my friends. This week I found myself reading Jimmy Carter's book, Living Faith. I had read it before but I was back reading it this week for the sermon. Jimmy Carter says, “After leaving the White House, I read back through 6,000 pages chronicling my four years in office. Frankly, I could hardly remember some truly historic events. Then one day I took my ten-year old grandson fishing. We were ...

7. Saints By Faith: Good to the Last Drop

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... seek to follow Christ's way, then we are speaking of you and me, saints here and now. One of my current, contemporary, here-and-now saints is Jimmy Carter. He has a deep, profound faith, a simple, humble spirit, a powerful, dramatic witness to God's call for justice and mercy, integrity and truth, peace and humanity ... last drop. 1. C. S. Lewis, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, page 5 2. Frederick Buechner, Listen to your Life, page 290 3. Peter Gomes, Sermons, page 230 4. J. Carter, Always a Reckoning ...

8. God Is Into Birds!

Exodus 19:1-25

Sermon

... occurs again and again in Scripture, and finally, in the book of Revelation, the last book, it is found at least twice. Dr. Jimmy Buskirk and I were speakers for the same Laity Weekend at Lake Junaluska in North Carolina a few years ago. He told the ... sat down at his desk with the other students. The professor handed out the test - only one page. The student looked at it, and gasped in despair. The entire page was covered with birds - shown from the knees down! The exam required identification of each of these ...

9. When the Word Comes to the Wilderness

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

William G. Carter

... was even more troubling is remembering the strategy has been tried before and it hasn’t worked. We elected Jimmy Carter, a Sunday school teacher and a faithful Southern Baptist. In my opinion, President Carter didn’t become an ... know it is possible for a minister of God to go through the motions? To act religiously? To merely find the right book, thumb through the pages, and read the right prayer? It is not difficult. In fact, it’s fairly easy. As Eugene Peterson claims in one of his books: For a ...

10. Three Temptations Of The American People

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... Honor America Day service at the Lincoln Memorial many years ago. He told of a picture that once appeared on the front page of a Chicago newspaper. It was a picture of Betsy Ross sewing the first American flag. Over the picture was the caption ... of God, their lives had boldness at a time when boldness was required.(2) Can the same be said for you? Former President Jimmy Carter will probably not go down in history as our most successful national leader. Only the most cynical of persons would doubt his ...

11. Born Again? When?

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... suggest that the term gained popular currency during the 1980 presidential campaign, when Jimmy Carter publicly admitted that he had been “born again.” Pretty soon, as Jimmy Durante used to say, “everybody wanted to get into the act.” You ... intolerant.” It is an ever-present danger. In some parts of our country there has been published what is called “Christian Yellow Pages.” The only people who are allowed to advertise in them are “born again” people, and those receiving the book are urged ...

12. The Fellowship of Joy

Philippians 1:3-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... first sight." From the first day they met they were for him, and he was for them. They were singing out of the hymnbook and reading off of the same page, and no wonder: a. He Was Grateful For The People Of The Church "I thank my God upon every remembrance of you." (v.3) It was not the place of ... 't finish. I heard about a little boy who came home one day and said, "Daddy, Jimmy's daddy has a list of men that he says he can whip, and your name is at the top of the list." He said, "Is that true?" So Tommy' ...

13. The Diary of Horace Wimp (A Drama about Past Failures)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... : A bike ride? Oh, we can’t do that. (Horace opens up his diary.) You see.. .right here. Entry number 9642. "June 6, 1982. Jimmy Strand and I went biking over near Fairfax road. I was turning onto Old Dominion when I looked up and saw Jennifer Barber walking ... out for a bite to eat. Let’s say, Applebys? Horace: Applebys? Oh, we can’t go there. (opens journal and goes to right page) Ah, here it is. Entry number 15642. "March 15, 1991. I went to Appleby’s with Lisa Rosza at approximately 7:10pm. We sat ...

14. A New Way To Escape From Prison

James 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. Paul might have added, "and for jimmying locks on jail cells." That's what happened in Dorchester County, Maryland according to a recent news story ... , or for some other bizarre purpose. There was once a great statesman who, when he was sick, would eat pages out of the Bible for a cure. Now these were prescientific days. Eating the pages didn't seem to harm him, but it's doubtful that they did him much good either. He had ...

15. The Main Business of the Church

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... a humorous and yet tragic example of such a church. He said that one day while living in Atlanta he noticed in the Yellow Pages, in the listing for restaurants, an entry for a place called The Church of God Grill. Curious, he dialed the number. A cheery voice answered ... to reach out to persons in Jesus’ name and to bring them to the One who can satisfy all their needs. President Jimmy Carter in his book, Why Not the Best? describes, in a moving way, a humbling experience in his own religious pilgrimage. At ...

16. Christ the King

Jeremiah 23:1-8

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... yes, Josiah. He was gone now too, and people looked back on him as many, in our time, look back, justly or not, on Jimmy Carter. Nice guy, really nice guy. But just couldn't make anything work. Now it was Zedekiah and where did he come from? A spineless ... he was determining. In "all things ..." (you) "stand alone before God and that each of your acts is an act of creation." (Markings, page 165) Don't be so surprised, secularist. The world is full of people who, once you start talking to them and they find ...

17. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... almost went bankrupt twice." Bob quickly answered. "No, that's not what I meant. Look over at the casket at Randy, Ward, Johnny, and Jimmy. And at me. Your mother taught us all and influenced our lives in Sunday School and Cub Scouts. Not many women have ever helped ... when relationships were more important than programs and manufacturing. It illuminates our own search for theological meaning. As its pages unfold, we glean how people have tried to merge with other people, taken them over, or been taken over ...

18. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... symbols of religion are fair game for the entertainment industry. I sat with my wife and college-aged son at a Jimmy Buffett concert in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was a wonderful concert, attended by over 40,000 devoted fans, myself included. When ... our students now have answering machines with recorded messages. This week I sat down to call some students. Here's what I got: "Hi, this is Page and Kathy's room. We are not here right now, but leave a message and we'll get back to you." According to our Dean of ...

19. Natural Or Supernatural?

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... it. I like science fiction stories. You had very good ideas, and I would like to know where you found them. Your reader, Jimmy." Another young man is even more blunt. He writes: "Dear God: My friend, Arthur, says that you make all the flowers. I don ... , and let's face it, to read this narrative to this people, in this culture, in this day in history is like reading a page out of Alice in Wonderland, Mother Goose, or Hans Christian Andersen. We have about as much relationship to all of this as we have ...

20. The Cross Way of Life

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... he who loses his life for my sake will find it." [Matthew 10:37-39] During the presidential campaign of 1976, Jimmy Carter became famous for his teeth. Cartoonists had a holiday exaggerating the size of his teeth. His teeth were prominent because he ... not the case when it comes to being and living as a Christian. The mood of people was expressed in a bank’s full-page newspaper ad, "Paying without pain." It described a new way of paying bills - by telephone! In the Christian life, there is no paying without ...

21. What's Not to Love (A Drama about Humility)

Matthew 23:1-39

Drama

Dave Marsh

... . There are sooo many that I brought a small list so that I might mention a few. (Pulls out a list – you should only show 1 page and then open up the other 10 that are folded there later) Brett: First, there was the time that I helped poor Mrs. Gray down the ... you. Next, there was the baby I delivered in a phone booth amidst a gang war. Next, there’s testifying against Jimmy “The Hitman” Malone. There was also the time where I (starts to weep) stopped that shoplifter from stealing costume jewelry from ...

22. Want To Sit At The Head Table?

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... who gave more to the world than they received. It's interesting to watch the rising esteem with which the national press is regarding former president, Jimmy Carter. While he was in office many of them felt he wasn't a very good president, but most of them now agree he's ... community felt that 10 years was long enough for the two men to decide whose name should come first on the title page! (3) Someone once said, "If you want to realize your own importance, put your finger into a bowl of water, take it ...

23. The Edge Of Night

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... our friends, disappointment on the job. There is a humorous story concerning David Marston, former U.S. Attorney for Pennsylvania under Jimmy Carter. In response to a direct summons from President Carter, Marston braved the worst snowstorm in years to get to ... the glory of God, and a day when we acknowledge, even when evil is strong, that God is good and loving. 1. From web page, hiwaay.net 2. DAILY BREAD, July 1, 1990. 3. Richard Smith and Edward Decter, OOPS (New York, The Rutledge Press, 1981). 4. AN ...

24. Danny Devito In A Tree

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... twenty-two out of twenty-three elections since 1900, the taller of the two major-party candidates has won. The exception? Jimmy Carter over Gerald Ford in 1976. (In fact, if you ever run for president, studies show that voters who support you ... Florida, airline transportation home, and three nights in a luxury hotel for ninety-three people. The airline trumpeted the contest in full-page ads in Midwest newspapers that said, "Win a jet to Florida and take 92 friends along . . . Take your relatives. Take your co ...

25. Is Conscience the Best Guide?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... very sorry spiritual state, indeed. That is why one of the tasks of the Church is to sensitize our consciences. The notorious safe-cracker Jimmy Valentine, it is said, used to sandpaper his fingertips to make them more sensitive to help him feel the tumblers fall into place ... a word for our attempts to make decisions creatively, constructively, fittingly." (Situation Ethics, Phila.: The Westminster Press, 1966, page 53) "But," you may say, "We need help in making these decisions." I could not agree more. So ...

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