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Gen 3:1-24 · Is 28:15

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... small chemical production centers in the human body (working under the built-in controls of the Creator). Moral commitment is an undying dedication of myself to the meaningful arrangement of God: to live it the way if is, by the help of God. John Davidson wrote not long before his suicide, "I will create in my own image - for that cannot be surpassed." He rebelled against the established, created order of the universe and his own personal order broke down and destroyed him. It is suggested that "order ...

2. If We Had Known You Were Going To Win . . .

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... stood before the throne of God, “If I’d known you were going to win, I would have voted for you.” Pastor Davidson voted for him in life and in death. A tranquil mind. An unquenchable joy. AND AN OUTGOING LOVE. When Easter faith enters your life, like those transformed disciples, you want to share the message and the meaning of Easter with the whole world. You want everyone to know, as John 3: 16 tells us, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him ...

3. No Time for a Knapsack Faith

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... God in our daily lives. The Holy Spirit is the inner witness of the reality of God. It is the confirming testimony that He who created us is with us. According to I John 4, our life in the world is actually Christ’s life lived within us. That is the work of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is that presence in our lives that allows ... of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. 1. Contributed. Source unknown. 2. Dennis Davidson, http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/god-demonstrates-his-love-dennis ...

4. Moving At The Speed Of Light: Jerusalem: What Word Would You

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... say that the remaining 400,000 words to be found in the standard English language dictionary remain mostly unused. Carolyn Davidson helps us make our point with this short quiz. (Quiz answers may be found in footnotes.) 1) Tolerate the ... see it unfolding in the special people all around us. Unfolding even in ourselves and we will be amazed -- they will hear and understand. 1. Carolyn Davidson, WORD-A-HOLIC QUIZ BOOK, www.intex.net/faxes/awfta.htm Quiz answers: 1: b, 2: c, 3: c, 4: c, 5: b, 6: c. 2. David ...

5. Walk In Newness Of Life

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is not in a state of being, but in one of becoming." Christian-ness, then is not a condition but a process." (J. A. Davidson, Perspectives and Prejudices, "Christian: Noun or Adjective", Pulpit-Digest, July August 1983, page 18). So, it is a legitimate question: How Christian am ... pleaded his case with the Apostles, and gave him a job to do. "The same thing happened a few years later with John Mark. When Paul and Barnabas were a missionary team, Mark went along as a junior assistant. But, along the way, Mark ...

6. What the Trinity Does

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... does it all mean? It’s a mystery. The best we can do is use metaphors to try to explain it. I like a metaphor that Dr. John Pavelko uses. He compares the Trinity to our current obsession with multi-tasking. He points to some of the multi-tasking products we use, like the ... Carr, http://www.sermonnotebook.org/romans/Romans%205_1-5.htm. 6. Dennis Davidson, http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/god-demonstrates-his-love-dennis-davidson-sermon-on-gods-love-159565.asp. 7. Leonard & Thelma Spinrad, Speaker’s ...

7. Confidence, Joy, and Hope

Acts 2:14a, 22-32

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... . “The Town Crier” by Ellen Castelow, https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Town-Crier/. 3. How to Have a Good Year Every Year by Dave Yoho and Jeffrey P. Davidson, Berkley Books, New York, 1991, p. 196. 4. Clothed with the Sun: Biblical Women, Social Justice, and Us, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1994), p. 225. Cited in the Christmas Eve sermon of Rev. Tim Hart Anderson, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, MN (www.ewestminster.org). Join in the Celebration! © Reverend Kenneth ...

8. Doors Are for Entering

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... their own individual uniqueness. Still, we must deal with what seems to be a certain exclusiveness proclaimed again and again by Jesus in John’s Gospel. “I am the gate” says Jesus, and then, to add insult to injury, He goes on to say, “Very truly, I ... door,” the “gate,” or whatever... the word suggests “home.” In a book titled Waiting Upon God and written by A.B. Davidson in 1904, the author gives us this poignant statement about doors: That figure of a door is worth dwelling on. Christ uses ...

9. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... God has said all God intends to say."20 I can identify with the confusion. Our family owns a small farm and house in Davidson County. I go out there to work on sermons and be by myself. I've prayed, meditated, weeded the garden, watered the flowers, cut ... that is a matter of experience and not of appearance or language. Jesus' words to His disciples are quite clear. They are recorded in John's gospel: "... you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I ...

10. Follow Your Mentors (Series: An Invitation to Christian Discipleship)

John 14:15-31

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J. Howard Olds

... mother. Mayor Bill Purcell reminded us this week that there are more than 1,000 children in foster care in Davidson County today. “They need caring adults to help them reach their full potential, and I believe our city’s faith ... Spiritual Mentor of a Divine Kind. A. When the Holy Spirit is our Mentor, we have God’s PRESENCE. Listen to the teaching of Jesus in John 14, “The Father will give you another Comforter who will be with you forever. You will know this Counselor for she lives with you and will ...

11. Having Fun with The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... readers to know about Jesus' way of living was to tell the story of how Jesus began his ministry after his baptism by John by dealing with temptation (Matthew 4:1-11). And the main point of that temptation was to provide Jesus with an opportunity to ... York: Doubleday, 2004). Also see Antoine Lutz, Lawrence L. Greischar, Nancy B. Rawlings, Matthieu Richard, and Richard J. Davidson, "Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice," Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

12. Driven to Complete

Mark 9:30-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... great things, but they also steal away the joy of achievement, and drive us further away from God and from others. Remember Jesus’ words in John 10:10 where he said that he has come to give us a more abundant life? When Jesus confronted his disciples in this passage, he ... the conversation became an opportunity for some good-natured “one-upsmanship.” Someone boasted that he went to Davidson College. Someone else graduated from Duke, someone else from North Carolina. All excellent schools. One young man ...

13. No Plastic Easter

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... defray some funeral expenses via product-endorsement logos, like the ones on golf caps and racing cars? If there is a Harley-Davidson casket (yes, there is one), can a particular car model be far behind? And we need to be certain that a ... been rumored that Johnny Cash would be present. Everyone jumped to their feet and clapped as he was ushered in. Cash said, as his son John and daughter Laura stood with him on the stage of the little theater in Southwest Virginia, "I don't know hardly what to say tonight ...

14. The Downside Of The Practice -- Performance Equation

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... during the final round of the 1995 British Open. Constantino Rocca of Italy needed to get down in two to tie American John Daly and force a playoff. Only a chip and putt from his goal, he totally blew the chip. But instead of giving ... been called to pay attention to only One. I feel much better now. New or prospective pastors probably feel worse. So let me do an old Raider Ben Davidson thing and pile on. If you would like to know what it's like to be a pastor, put on a deerskin and go walking through the ...

15. See the Light, Be the Light

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... and I was the only one left. I thought, "Well, I never have been much on motorcycles, but if a big, shiny new Harley-Davidson with enough chrome to dazzle the eyes of the angels pulls up, that’ll be okay." Just then Saint Peter walked over to me ... the preacher must bear witness "in weakness and in fear and in trembling." John the Baptist, another preacher, said of Jesus, "He must increase and I must decrease." If that was true for John the Baptist, it is also true of every prophet or preacher who has come ...

16. Really!

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... kids dish out today is to look down their noses and snort, “Poser!” A “poser” is a “wannabe” who will “never-be.” A “biker poser” wears a leather jacket, biker boots and drinks coffee from a Harley-Davidson mug, but has never ridden anything more powerful than a John Deere on a Saturday afternoon. A “rocker-poser” has the tough, trashy tattoos, the black T-shirts, but doesn’t know the difference between a fret and being fretful. A “nerd poser” can talk a “geek streak,” has ...

17. A Tribute to a Woman's Love

Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... in half.’” (2) That’s how powerful love is. Love is essential to our physical and emotional well-being. Douglas Davidson, editor of The Other Side, in an article titled “Welcome Home,” cites a study that examined the effects of ... the last thing to be said: Love is our primary calling as followers of Jesus. How will the world know we are Christians? By our love. John 13:35: “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” Love is our primary calling. Love for God ...

18. Right on the Money!

Proverbs 10:1-32

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... , they prosper." In Psalm 35, verse 27, we read: "Great is the Lord, who delights in the prosperity of His servant." And in Third John 2, verse 2, we read, "Beloved, I wish above things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers." If ... word and to become your invisible financial partner. In closing let me tell you about a small, unincorporated community in Davidson County, Tennessee, called Amqui. In the old days of railroading, it had importance. Those days are long past. Singer Johnny ...

19. The Bold And Beautiful

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

The Reverend John Brokhoff tells a great story about a major league baseball game that was stopped by a dog. It happened at a ... Believe it or Not for having two Air Force T-34 aircrafts chained to his arms going in opposite directions, and keeping them from taking off. He has done the same thing with Harley Davidsons, two on each side. He bends 1/2-inch steel bars, 18 inches long, into a perfect U-shape. He bends 10-inch crescent wrenches, breaks handcuffs, lifts refrigerators with one finger, and pounds ...

20. You Can't Please Everybody

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... Have you ever noticed that no matter what you do, you can't please everybody? Somebody, somewhere is going to criticize your best efforts. Former president John F. Kennedy once told about a legendary baseball player who always played flawlessly. He consistently hit and was never thrown out at first base. When on ... With Immunological Down-Regulation," Psychosomatic Medicine 55 (1993), pp. 395-409. 6. How to Have a Good Year Every Year by Dave Yoho and Jeffrey P. Davidson, Berkley Books, New York, 1991, p. 20.

21. No Salt in the City?

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... feast of Cana, he served up some pretty good wine! Jesus explained, "I am come that you might have life, and have it more abundantly" (John 10:10). Yet how many Christians walk about looking like they've been weaned on a dill pickle? All of this prompted Mark Twain to ... . And again, Christians were salt. Go down the east coast: Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, William and Mary, Duke, Davidson, Furman, Emory -- every one started as Christian ministries to the ignorant. See here how salty Christians see the ...

22. A Hall of Fame Dad

John 16:12-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... how much His Father loves him and how much His Father loves each of us? 1. (Gresham, OR: Vision House, 1995). 2. Ted Kyle and John Todd, A Treasury of Bible Illustrations, AMG Publishers, Chattanooga, TN., 1995, p. 147. 3. Bill Hybels, Honest to God? (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1992 ... faithlife.com/sermons/93906-the-model-father. 6. “Alpha Ray,” by Sara Davidson, Reader’s Digest, February 2004, p. 115. 7. Zig Ziglar, Zig Ziglar’s Life Lifters (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2003), p. 10.

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