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1 John 1:5--2:14, 1 John 2:15-17

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... Word of life), and in 1:10 where it is a synonym for the gospel, God’s message (angelia, cf. 1:5). The Greek phrase hē agapē tou theou, “the love of God,” could be translated in three ways: as a subjective genitive (God’s love for the obedient Christian ... who believe in him may escape the darkness (12:46). On the antithetical language of the Gospel and letters of John, see Johnson, Antitheses, pp. 31–161. 2:9–10 Light / darkness and love / hate are also intertwined in the Manual of Discipline ...

2. Walking in the Light and the Problem of Sin

1 John 2:15-17, 1 John 1:5--2:14

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

3. All That From A Little Bit Of Water?

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... , they all started out with an "A." Whether or not they kept that "A" was up to them. Johnson inspired her students to achieve more than anyone thought possible. Under Johnson's guidance, many of them graduated and went on to successful jobs. You can read her story in ... Nashville: Broadman Press, 1993), p. 33. 7. "To Illustrate" by Robert Shannon, PREACHING, July/Aug 1999, p. 49. 8. John H. Leeper & Barbara Moseley, "Revival in the Camp," THE OLD SOUTH FARMER'S ALMANAC, 1998, pp. 115-116. [ORIGINAL SERMON] ...

4. Ash Wednesday

Matthew 6:19-24, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

... . Anthems and Special Music Be Thou My Vision -- R. Hunter -- SATB w/keyboard -- HIN Have No Fear Little Flock -- R. Johnson -- SATB w/organ -- AF Treasures -- R. Jorodahl -- SATB w/opt. keyboard -- NAK Treasures in Heaven -- J. Clokey -- SATB w/keyboard, soprano ... Lord, Throughout These Forty Days (Caithness) -- found in 36 Short Preludes and Postludes on Well-Known Hymn Tunes, set 1 -- H. Willan -- CFP Take My Life, That I May Be (Patmos) -- found in Fourteen Organ Chorale Preludes -- T. Beck -- AF The ...

5. Assured by the Certainties of Faith

1 John 5:13-21

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... Elder. The Elder flatly denies it. In John 8:42, Jesus tells his interlocutors, “I proceeded forth [exēlthon] and have come [hēkō] from God” (NASB). One result of ... John 5:1 refers to Jesus rather than to the Christian. The 1984 edition of the NIV changed “does not touch him” to cannot harm him. 5:19 The core definition of sectarianism involves a strong sense of separation from the world, as well as the conviction that one’s community possesses essential truth which others do not have. See Johnson ...

6. On Names That Preach

Psalm 16:1-11

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Siegfried S. Johnson

... I toyed with the thought of going by initials. My father, whose name is Hans Siegfried, is known by many of his business associates as H. S. Johnson. I always thought those initials had a sturdy, dignified sound. I thought to give it a try, but found that all initials are not created equal. "S. S." Johnson didn't have nearly the elegant touch of "H. S." Imagine Richard Ledbetter, the Chairperson of our Staff-Parish Committee, introducing me last June. "We would like to introduce to the congregation our new ...

7. The Day of the Lord

2 Peter 3:1-18

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... frequently require to be reminded than informed” (Dr. Samuel Johnson). Stimulate (diegeirein; dia, thoroughly; egeirein, rouse up): as in ... in the parallel passages, Jude 16, 18. The Greek term sometimes translates the Hebrew yēṣer hā-rā’, “the evil inclination.” 3:4 “Where …?” The scoffers pour scornful doubt upon the truthfulness ... warned that he himself would not live to see the Parousia (2 Pet. 1:14; John 21:18–19). He is patient (makrothymein: see Turner, pp. 315–18; TDNT, vol. 4, ...

8. The Story of Abraham versus the Story of Israel

Romans 4:1-25

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... spiritual change that comes through grace. Spiritual Autobiography: The Journal of John Wesley, by John Wesley. In this journal Wesley (1703–91), who was influenced by ... him), not the actual (the world that God has already brought into existence). But the words h?s onta can be used of an actual quality or reality (see BDAG, III.1). Interpretive ... / and worship him in humbleness.” Poetry: “The Creation,” by James Weldon Johnson. Johnson’s short retelling of God’s work in the Genesis creation story ...

9. Test the Spirits

1 John 4:1-6

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... in early Christianity, see D. Aune, Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983) and C. H. Peisker and C. Brown, “Prophet,” NIDNTT, vol. 3, pp. 74–92. 4:2 This doctrinal test was meant by the ... . For a study of all of the antithetical language of the letters of John and an interpretation of it that arises out of the social setting of the Johannine community, see Johnson, Antitheses. 4:3 For a more complete discussion of these textual alternatives see ...

10. What Would It Take?

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... That's the situation Paul found himself in after his conversion. He lost everything. Like Carolyn Johnson, Paul could say, "I don't have anything now, but Jesus." Maybe that's not such ... you will need to leave behind in the Court of Status Symbols in order to stand before God? Billionaire H.L. Hunt was once asked for his philosophy of success. He said if you want to be a ... IN ORDER. In 1963, Texas Governor John Connally was injured in the assassination attack on President John F. Kennedy. Connally says that the ...

11. Suffering for Doing Good

1 Peter 3:8-22

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... Isa. 8:22). See Dodd, According to the Scriptures, pp. 78–79. Do not be frightened recalls John 14:1 and 14:27, where the same Greek verb (“stormtossed”) is used. 3:15 Be ... could have read “in which also Enoch …” The Greek for “in which also” (en hō kai) is almost the same as for the name Enoch, and the latter could ... saved … water 3:22 went … spirits 4:6 dead in body … alive in spirit See S. E. Johnson, “The Preaching to the Dead,” JBL 79 (1960), pp. 48–51. 3:20 God waited patiently ...

12. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... t be home, so she left my present on the table. There it was in a brown S & H Green Stamp bag - a baseball glove. It was horrible. My folks knew nothing about baseball. It was ... of being tired. He had to keep ten of them from punching out James and John and probably their mother, also. Compare His great calnmess and compassion with outsiders - those ... million dollar properties. What more could a person want? Samson, David, Bathsheba, "Magic" Johnson and O.J. Simpson have some things in common - they did not do ...

13. Out of the Darkness

Isaiah 9:2-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... the three most important officials of the United States government. Two conspirators were assigned to kill Secretary of State William H. Seward. Another was assigned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson. Except for Lincoln’s death, the plot failed: Seward was only wounded, and Johnson’s would-be attacker became drunk instead of killing the Vice President. After a dramatic initial escape, John Wilkes Booth was killed at the climax of a twelve-day chase. (1) You may wonder what Lincoln’s assassination ...

14. Blinding Specks

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... just as lamely can ye mark How far perhaps they rue it.8 When Helen Keller was still quite young, she read Macaulay’s Life Of Samuel Johnson. She said that her heart went out "to the lonely man who ate the bread of affliction in Grub Street, and yet, in the midst of toil ... Commandments, p. 184. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1915. 4. Charles Elroy Burbank, Editor. Hawthorne’s Mosses From An Old Manse, pp. 257-274. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. 5. John Masefield, "The Widow In The Bye Street ...

15. How Would You Introduce Jesus?

John 1:(1-9), 10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... miracles or shows of incredible power, and God sends a poor carpenter who looks like you and me to tell us about Him. It’s as if John is saying in this passage, “God stripped away all his power and pyrotechnics and made His message as simple and low-tech as possible so you ... -door/. 6. “God Reveals Himself to Drug Dealer In Prison, Then He Becomes Pastor” by Mel Johnson, August 2, 2017 h/t: Gospel Herald, https://www.godupdates.com/drug-dealer-turned-pastor-viktor-testimony/. 7. “An Incredible ...

16. Why Believe the Bible?

John 17:17

Sermon

James Merritt

... : Tyndelhouse, 1999) p.17 [2] I take this concept from Nancy Pearcey in her book, Total Truth, (Wheaton, IL, Crossway Books, 2004) p. 128. [3] "ColoradoCourtBars Execution Because Jurors Consulted Bible," Kirk Johnson, The New York Times, March 29, 2005. [4] John Adams, February 22, 1756 in a diary entry. L H Butterfield, Ed,.Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, (Cambridge, MA:Belknap Press of Harvard Press, 1961) Volume 3, p 9. [5] Daniel Fuller, "I Was Just Thinking", Today's Christian, September 1977

17. The Christian’s Style - 1960

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... quite a controversy some time ago when somebody gave two wonderful Rembrandts to the art museum in Detroit. So we all went and ooohed and ah-h-d and thought they were wonderful. Then a couple of Philistines came in and said, "Fakes." What do you mean fakes? "They are not originals." How ... is quite true that we could not write a detailed biography about Jesus as John Morely wrote about Gladstone, or Boswell about Johnson. Admittedly there is not enough intimate, personal material. But just because we do not ...

18. Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-two

Luke 10:1-24

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... actual ascent to Jerusalem and his death, resurrection, and heavenly ascension (see J. H. Davies, “The Purpose of the Central Section of St. Luke’s Gospel,” ... ], pp. 575–605; for more on Exodus typology in Luke–Acts see Luke T. Johnson, The Literary Function of Possessions in Luke–Acts, SBLDS 39 [Missoula: Scholars, 1977], pp. 70 ... see 1 Sam. 1:17; Ps. 37:11; 85:8; Isa. 9:6–7; Luke 2:14; 7:50; 8:48; John 14:27; 16:33; 20:19, 21, 26). 10:12 Sodom: It is speculated that the ruins of Sodom lie beneath ...

19. Living Smart

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... who refused to go to the door and receive the president of the United States, Lyndon Baines Johnson. Why? Glenn's wife was quite ill in bed and needed his attentiveness. John Glenn's relationship with his wife was more important than having an audience with the president. In ... OF YOUR LIFE, (Minneapolis:Bethany House Publishers, 1989). 2. "Brain Fuel," DISCOVER (July, 1988), p. 23. 3. Mark H. McCormack, WHAT THEY DON ™T TEACH YOU AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL, (Toronto: Bantam Books, 1984). 4. Nido R. Qubein ...

20. Taxes and Tightwads

James 5:1-6

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... may talk about God, but we serve another god who is green and cold-hearted. Dr. Charles H. Spurgeon years ago wrote, "It is a very serious thing to grow rich. Of all the temptations ... the same adversities that others do. Just ask Mickey Mantle or Magic Johnson or Jerry Garcia if their wealth and fame prevented miseries and purposelessness ... lift factor in all areas of their lives. Did you know that over 200 years ago, John Wesley wrote a sermon using the same exact verses we are studying today? (You should see ...

21. Reality Maps And Rolling Stones

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... sunset, if you will. But for those who believe in Christ it is a sunrisea beginning, the beginning of life with God. Black poet James Weldon Johnson wrote of Sister Caroline in "Go Down, Death": "She saw what we couldn't see/She saw Old Death/Coming like a falling star/But ... . The stone has been rolled away. 1. Ward Patterson in Eileen H. Wilmoth, 365 DEVOTIONS, (Cincinati, Ohio: The Standard Publishing Company, 1993). 2. Colonel John R. Alexander, Major Richard Groller & Janet Morris, THE WARRIOR'S EDGE, ( ...

22. The Good Parent

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... England. And one daughter, Martha, was a member of the inner circle of the famous lexicographer, Dr. Samuel Johnson. In a letter written by Susanna to her son John, she told of her relationship with the children. "I take as much time as I can spare every night ... CHOICES THAT HONOR GOD (Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co., 1990). 2. LIVING AT HIGH NOON (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1985), p. 187. Cited in THE ROAD MOST TRAVELED-RELEASING THE POWER OF CONTENTMENT IN YOUR LIFE by Robert Jeffress ...

23. A Name To Be Remembered

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... may we dwell secure; sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defense is sure.” J. H. Hertz believes, that “no words can sum up all that he will be to his ... It is with the Holy name of God in mind that the power of John Macquarrie comes through in exclaiming: “All through the Hebrew scriptures, the one God of ... lease on life. The hopeless of the world can refrain from singing the words of James Weldon Johnson, “When hope unborn had died.” Abortions will never again be performed in order to kill the ...

24. A Gospel that Fills the Glove

Sermon

James Bjorge

... of the only Son from the Father ... And from his fullness have we all received, grace upon grace" (John 1:14, 16). Paul says, "For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have ... room of his existence. Little else seems important to him. Dr. A. H. Maslow of Brandeis University has developed a hierarchy of needs under five ... integration of himself with all his talents, capacities and potentialities put to use. Lyndon B. Johnson stated: "To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of ...

25. When You Are Anxious About Many Things

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... day looking into the face of Jesus. 1. Elliot Johnson, THE POINT AFTER, (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Daybreak Books, Zondervan Publishing House, 1987). 2. "A Nation Out of Balance," by Barbara Paulsen, HEALTH, October 1994, p. 45 3. John Powell, S.J., HAPPINESS IS AN INSIDE JOB, (Allen ... , Texas: Tabor Publishing, 1989), p. 43. 4. DEVELOPING THE LEADER WITHIN YOU, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1993). 5. Gary Anderson in Eileen H. Wilmoth, 365 DEVOTIONS ...

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