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Micah 6:1-8

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King Duncan

... was. (3) Some of you know how it feels. We have people in this church who work behind the scenes just like Dan Dyer. These backstage people keep our church running. They work in our nursery, they work with our children and youth, they count our ... PUT OUR TRUST IN GOD. Here is where pride truly is our deadliest enemy. It causes us to put our trust in ourselves rather than God. John Claypool tells of a missionary who went out years ago to teach in a school in China. She had begun the whole venture with a deep ...

2. From Fear to Overflowing Joy

John 20:19-31

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King Duncan

... Dyer that she’d had a secret crush on him all through high school, and she would have been thrilled to go out with him if only he had asked. His adolescent fear of rejection had robbed him of an incredible opportunity to date the girl of his dreams. (1) It is a frivolous example, perhaps, but that’s what fear does to us sometimes, doesn’t it? It shuts the door on great opportunities. Fear is the very opposite of the faith to which Christ has called us. Today’s lesson from John ... 1. Wayne Dyer, Wisdom ...

3. God Help the Fish

Mark 1:9-13

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King Duncan

... you made some bad choices. People do that and some people feel great regret because of those choices. In the 1800s, poet John Greenleaf Whittier wrote one of his most quoted poems in the English language. The poem was titled, “Maud Muller.” You’ve never ... control others. These are just a few of the traits of a self-actualized person. During his doctoral studies, psychologist Wayne Dyer took a class in which he and his fellow students studied the traits of self-actualized people. For the midterm exam ...

4. A Robot in the Pulpit

John 14:15-31

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King Duncan

... that was at the very heart of his ministry 2,000 years ago and is still the heart of his ministry to this very day. It’s in John 13: 34-35: “So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love ... love, we are letting the spirit of Jesus come alive in us. Let me tell you about a Christian woman by the name of Maria Dyer. Maria was born in 1837 on the mission field in China. Her parents died when Maria was young, and she was sent to live ...

5. A Reminder to God...and to Us

Genesis 9:1-17

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King Duncan

... a promise-keeper, just as God is a promise-keeper. I guarantee you that if you will, the world will be better for it. 1. http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/how-could-a-loving-god-destroy-the-world-john-bugg-sermon-on-god-the-father-36513.asp?Page=2. 2. Wayne W. Dyer, Wisdom of the Ages (New York: Quill, 1998). 3. Robert A. Schuller, The World’s Greatest Comebacks (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1988), pp. 77-78. 4. Tom Long, Editor, A Chorus of Witnesses (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company ...

6. The Thousand Years

Revelation 20:1-7

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... the reader assumes that Christ’s second advent will have a similar effect on earth—and so it does, as we will soon find out. At first, John sees not the dragon, but rather an angel coming down out of heaven to earth where the Evil One now lives. This angel comes as Satan’ ... Significance of Revelation 20:1–6,” in Essays in Honor of J. Dwight Pentecost, eds. S. Toussaint and C. Dyer (Chicago: Moody Press, 1986), pp. 227–38. For a complete bibliography, see J. Zens, “Rev. 20:1–10: When is ...

7. Fans or Followers

Matthew 4:18-22

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King Duncan

... 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 ... teacher. This implies that those who follow Jesus need to grow. We do not blossom overnight into mature spiritual giants. Dr. Dwayne Dyer asked in one of his books, “How do you distinguish between a flower that is alive and one that is dead?” Then ...

8. Proper 12

Lk 11:1-13 · Col 2:6-15 · Gen 18:20-32 · 2 Ki 5:1-15

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John R. Brokhoff

... : Luke 11:1-13 1. Jesus Teaches a Lesson on Prayer. Need: There is a universal need to increase prayer knowledge and power. John the Baptizer taught his disciples to pray. Jesus' disciples asked for a lesson on prayer. We pray but we are not satisfied. As ... and almost everyone wants to get as much out of life as possible. For many months of 1977, the best selling non-fiction book was Dyer's Your Eroneous Zones. It tells about a life that can be good, rich, happy, and free of fear, worry, and guilt. That is ...

9. The Letter to Thyatira

Revelation 2:18-29

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... —Lydia, a merchant of purple linens—was originally from Thyatira (Acts 16:14–15). Thyatira’s guild of dyers was prominent, along with its clothiers, linen workers, and coppersmiths. It is possible that the Greek word roughly ... to be preferred). With words reminiscent of the Johannine commission, “If you forgive [Greek aphiēmi] the sins of any, they are forgiven” (John 20:23 ESV), Christ calls the church to the priestly duty of discerning whether members have truly repented (2:21–22). It ...

10. The Angel's Message

Luke 1:26-38

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King Duncan

... wrote C. S. Lewis, “is the key to all doors.” I read recently about another remarkable young woman named Maria Dyer. Maria was born in 1837 on the mission field in China where her parents were missionaries. Both of her parents died ... Jesus. But surely the far greater gift at Christmas time is the gift of the baby Jesus himself. “For God so loved the world,” John writes, “that He gave His only Son . . .” There is no greater gift than that. Most of you will remember the late Dave Thomas, founder ...

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