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Acts 17:1-9

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... of "winning" over the FIFTH graders. For that victory she gave me a book (naturally) as a prize, It was the first book I ever owned, and I literally wore it out reading it. How wise she was. Not all teachers and speakers are so wise. Economist John Kenneth Galbraith relayed, with keen good humor, his wife’s comment on the lengthiness of his speeches. "She says," he reported to an audience, "that people may not be a great deal wiser after my talks, but they are always a great deal older!" Great minds have ...

2. Do Not Disturb

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John Kenneth Galbraith, in his autobiography, A Life in Our Times, illustrates the devotion of Emily Gloria Wilson, his family's housekeeper: It had been a wearying day, and I asked Emily to hold all telephone calls while I had a nap. Shortly thereafter the phone rang. Lyndon Johnson was calling from ...

3. God Is Greater

John 10:22-42

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King Duncan

... as the one on that raft in the Atlantic 62,000 feet below. If that is your situation, I suggest you read Jesus' words in John, the tenth chapter beginning with the 27th verse: "My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me; and I give them ... big hug. With big tears in his eyes he stood in the driveway, waving goodby as the family drove out of sight. Echoing in Kenneth's mind were Kevin's words, "Daddy, you don't understand. Drake is my very best friend." What we are talking about is a relationship ...

4. A Squirrel Crossing a Busy Street

Romans 5:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... term Y-A-C which is a designation used in the National Football League. It means “Yards After Contact.” This phrase was coined by legendary Monday Night Football Analyst John Madden. It is a measurement that counts the number of yards a runner gains after an opposing player hits him. “When an opposing player hits a running back,” says pastor Kenneth Squires, “he doesn’t throw the ball down. He doesn’t just stop. He doesn’t announce, ‘I’m taking my ball and going home if you are going to ...

5. Because He Lives

1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... than anybody else. Because in that case we have been teaching a lie and we ought to be charged with fraud. Dr. Kenneth Chafin of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville recalls that when he was a teenager, he was given a pamphlet to ... on earth as it is in heaven. But nobody is any earthly good until he or she is sure of eternity. Listen to what our founder John Wesley thought about eternity: "I have thought I am a creature of a day, passing through life as an arrow through the air. I am a ...

6. Beneath The Cross

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... reading in the cantata. His eyes kept returning to the cross. At the end of the service, the pastor brought the cross over and handed it to Kenneth. He was struck by its size and weight. "It wasn’t a very big cross," he said, "but at that moment it seemed very large and very ... for the Christian Year. Eugene H. Peterson. (ed.) New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1992, pp. 104-109. 4. Lectionary Stories. John E. Sumwalt, Lima OH: C. S. S. Publishing Company, Inc., 1992, pp. 61-62. 5. Lee Oo Chung, "One ...

7. That Would Be Some Miracle!

John 6:1-15

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Donald B. Strobe

... vividly, and paints his word-picture in an unforgettable manner. In his view, the crowd following Jesus was not as stupid as Kenneth Foreman suggested. They knew that they would be away from home all day, and so, like good Boy Scouts, they came prepared. ... about this miracle of the feeding of the five thousand. So let us conclude our consideration of this “sign” of Jesus in the Gospel of John with familiar words which we can all take to heart: I am only one; but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I ...

8. The Man From Galilee II: The Transformation Of His Call

Matthew 4:18-22

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... Galilee. There He saw two fishermen, Simon and Andrew. It is thought by some scholars that those two brothers had been followers of John the Baptist. If so, perhaps they were at the river when Jesus was baptized. At any rate, it is possible that Jesus ... ."4 That is the world's only hope. It was when Jesus first walked along the Sea of Galilee. It still is today. Kenneth Wyatt became famous for his paintings of horses. He has since become better known among church people for his paintings of the disciples. ...

9. In the Know

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Michael Horton

... . But He also puts teachers in the church to renew our minds and to bring us the revelation of the knowledge of God's Word." (Kenneth E. Hagin, Man on Three Dimensions (Tulsa, Okla.: Faith Library, 1985), 1:8,13.) Notice that this quotation does not include a direct assault on ... Tilton the church is blessed with a twentieth-century apostle whose visions of revelation exceed that of the apostle John and whose miracle powers surpass that of the apostle Paul. If we are to believe Tilton's astonishing claims, ...

10. Shall We Waddle or Fly?

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... of Christ. We are the body of Christ. And we can’t afford to take any part of the body for granted. Pastor and author Kenneth L. Chafin tells of a very gifted athlete he knew in college whose athletic career ended when he seriously injured his big toe in an ... Reccord gives us another powerful analogy. He notes that in March of 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr., and was hospitalized for several weeks. Although Reagan was the nation’s chief executive, his hospitalization had ...

11. Proper 20

Psalm 79:1-13, 1 Timothy 2:1-15, Jeremiah 8:4--9:26, Luke 16:1-15

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William E. Keeney

... be. Mark 12:2 -- An account of rent in kind for use of a vineyard. Luke 12:42 -- A slave serving a master as a steward. John 12:36; Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:5 -- References to children of light. 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 -- Stewards of the mystery of God. Scriptures ... . And perhaps Jesus and his hearers knew of such a real incident. It was a kind of Robin Hood story if Kenneth Bailey is correct. CONTEMPLATION Issues and Insights 1. Why the Parable? People are sometimes puzzled by the parable of the shrewd ...

12. John the Baptist and Mrs. Nolan

Mark 1:1-8

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King Duncan & Angela Akers

... into bad news. That’s the truth of the matter. Some people have turned the Gospel of Jesus Christ--into bad news. The late Kenneth Chafin in one of his sermons tells about a relative of his, a delightful woman, sharp and articulate, who quit going to church ... the loneliest time of the year, and one reason is because somebody sinned. That’s not a complicated idea, is it? And so John the Baptist, or our Mrs. Nolan, comes to us this morning asking if there is anything in our life, however small that could ...

13. The following resources were used for John's letters.

1 John 5:13-21

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Gary M. Burge

... . Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996. Dodd, C. H. The Johannine Epistles. Moffat New Testament Commentary. New York: Harper, 1946. Grayston, Kenneth. Johannine Epistles. New Century Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984. Houlden, J. L. A Commentary on the Johannine Epistles. 2nd ed. Black’s New Testament Commentary. London: A & C Black, 1994. Kysar, Robert. I, II, III John. Augsburg Commentary on the New Testament. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1986. Lieu, Judith. The Theology of the Johannine Epistles. New ...

14. The Revelation Code V: Cruisin' Toward the Dream

Revelation 21:1-27

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John E. Harnish

... a movie for every other sermon, and if I had one to share in this sermon, it would be the final scene from Kenneth Branagh's wonderful 1993 adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. I only own four movies, and this is one of them. ... the scepter of all the universe and everlastingly makes all things new, here and hereafter; and therefore, I am safe forever. [1] That's John's final vision…the vision of a wedding. The vision of Christ's final victory, God's kingdom come….One day…. 2. But until ...

15. Challenge and Counterchallenge

Luke 20:9-19, Luke 20:1-8

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R.T. France

... we have a veiled but unmistakable indication that Jesus is expecting to be executed. The site of crucifixion was outside the city walls (John 19:17; Heb. 13:12–13). 20:16 He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. This clearly ... God, Jesus demonstrates in his vulnerability that he knows what is coming, and that he will ultimately triumph. History: Kenneth Bailey tells a remarkable story about Jordan’s King Hussein that illustrates what should have been the tenant farmers’ ...

16. Holy Handicap?

2 Cor 12:9

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... something else - our own dignity badly tarnished - both by emotional stinginess, and by a narrowness of vision that can only be called spiritual. Notes 1. John Gliedman and William Roth, The Unexpected Minority (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980), p. 17. 2. Sonny Kleinfeld, The Hidden Minority (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977), p. 147. 3. Kenneth Keniston, in the Foreward to The Unexpected Minority, p. xiii. 4. James Ravin, quoted in the Glens Falls, New York Post-Star, November 11, 1980 ...

17. What Gets Into People?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... of weakness when we are troubled to ask a friend or a counselor for help. Sometimes just talking it out will help us find a solution. Kenneth A. Schmidt, in his book Finding Your Way Home, gives this analogy: He asks us to imagine that after weeding our garden we put the ... News of all. 1. Lewis Early, “Mickey Mantle Mini-Biography,” www.themick.com (accessed July 29, 2003). Cited by John C. Maxwell, Today Matters (New York: Warner Faith, 2004), pp. 154-156. 2. Joan Minninger, Total Recall (New York: MIF ...

18. Sit Up and Speak!

Luke 7:11-17

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Arley K. Fadness

... parish, blurted out, "Oh, pastor, they just found the body of my son, Kenneth. He drowned in the Missouri River over at Chamberlain!" I was stunned, and then I heard her sob. "It had been a hot day. Kenneth, driving gravel truck all day, decided to take a swim to cool off. ... has developed a culture that drives men and especially young men away. God made men for adventure, achievement, and challenge. John Eldredge writes in Wild at Heart that three desires are deeply written in most men's hearts. They are a ...

19. True and False Discipleship

Luke 6:46-49, Luke 6:43-45, Luke 6:37-42

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R.T. France

... out as different by the way they live. Christian profession must be validated by Christian living. For the metaphor of “fruit,” see John the Baptist’s message in 3:8–9 and its practical elaboration in 3:10–14. 6:45 A good man brings ... the kingdom of God. 6:48 laid the foundation on rock. This fundamental rule of safe building is well illustrated by Kenneth Bailey from Middle Eastern practice. Bailey points out the temptation of avoiding a very laborious excavation by building on hardened clay ...

20. Lost and Found

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:11-32

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R.T. France

... concern for the lost sinner and now rejoices at the happy outcome. one sinner who repents. Repentance is at the heart of the message of John (3:3), of Jesus (5:32), and of the church (24:47). Jesus’s favorable attitude toward “sinners” (15:2) did not mean that they ... far the term “the gospel in a nutshell” fits the parable of the two sons (see “Theological Insights” above). 5. Kenneth Bailey lists the following five words as summing up the message of the parable of the two sons: sin, repentance, ...

21. Confidence, Joy, and Hope

Acts 2:14a, 22-32

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... 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 E. Kovacs, Catonsville Presbyterian Church, http://www.catonsvillepresb.org/sermons/2004/20040201.html. 5. “Terry Waite: Faith Held Hostage” by Sheridan ...

22. Starting Over

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... . But those who feel the power and poetry of these verses in Jeremiah’s prophecy will understand, and fall in love all over again. Hebrews 5:5-10 Kenneth Schenck has authored a great introduction to the letter from which our epistle reading comes today. His study is called Understanding the Book of Hebrews: The Story behind the Sermon (Westminster John Knox, 2003). Schenck’s view is that the letter was written to a mixed congregation of both Jewish and Gentile Christians in Rome who were in danger of ...

23. The Privilege and the Price

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... blessings. I need hope, and so do you. The first is a summary of church history by one its distinguished reporters, Dr. Kenneth Latourette, who wrote "No life ever lived on this planet has been so influential in the affairs of men as that ... peace."11 The salt and the light are still working, right here in G’town and around the world. The second is from our own founder, John Wesley, who in a grand attempt to lay out the way of salt and light gave this memorable exhortation to the early Methodists: “Do all ...

24. A Royal Lament

2 Samuel 1:1-16

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... to the Secret Service agent on duty in the downstairs hall, and drive home to his own house in McLean, Virginia. - Kenneth O’Donnell and David F. Powers* (*Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye, Little, Brown, 1972, p. 264.) When Kennedy was assassinated in ... is but a wilderness." And the Roman poet Cicero wrote, "A true friend is more esteemed than kinfolk." Both of these Davids and Johns seemed to know that. Conclusion This elegy/poem is not always easy to understand. It is important to remember that its language ...

25. Maundy Thursday: Two Memorials

Luke 22:7-38

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Eric Ritz

... was referred to as a "self-invented money-making machine," and described as ruthless, selfish, and grasping. According to Kenneth W. Porter, there was an event that took place that illustrated his true character. While on his deathbed, he ... did leave a fortune of over $20 million, he left only $200 to his faithful servant who had worked for him for many years. John Jacob Astor, one of America''s most prosperous citizens, left this life with a sense of greed that defies description, having been blind to the ...

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