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John 6:25-59

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Stephen M. Crotts

... to eat this meal. And, for all, it can be the means of getting one's bearings. How do I say this? The Past First, in the communion meal Jesus points us to the past. "Do this in remembrance of me," he commands. What good is memory? In John Knowles' novel, A Separate Peace, a middle-aged war veteran returns to his New Hampshire prep school fifteen years after graduation. He is drawn to that part of the campus where a huge oak tree overspreads the river. Its branches tower above and become lost in the morning ...

2. Heroes

Revelation 7:9-17

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King Duncan

... be a celebrity. Everyone, to paraphrase pop artist Andy Warhol, wants his or her fifteen minutes of fame. What the world needs, though, is not more celebrities. What the world needs are heroes. George E. Knowles in his book A WORLD TO LOVE tells a dramatic story about an Italian fisherman named John Napolii. Napolii was returning with his catch of fish one foggy morning in 1955. He piloted his boat beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, into San Francisco harbor. What he saw next horrified him. There were people ...

3. Bearers of the Seed

Mark 16:1-20

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Lori Wagner

... times. ***For more information see “Of Seeds and the People of God: Preaching as Parable, Crucifixion, and Testimony” by Michael P. Knowles, p. 94-95 and for information on Esther and the birth metaphor and mission, see “Women in Travail: Travailing for Abraham ... their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” (John 12:23-25) The commissioning of Jesus’ disciples contains several key metaphors: the mountain Matthew as opposed to the table in ...

4. Power for Today

Acts 2:1-13

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King Duncan

... said Jesus on one occasion. “You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going . . . .” (John 3:8). Today we are celebrating Pentecost when the disciples were all together in one place and “suddenly a sound like the blowing ... , “Praise the Lord” would be considered out of place in many churches. This may very well be to our disadvantage. George Knowles in his book A World to Love tells about a party of explorers who found themselves perplexed by something they found ...

5. Low-Carb Christians

John 21:1-19

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Frank Ramirez

... , therefore, is to renounce the physical things of this world and embrace the spiritual, in part by acquiring strange and arcane knowledge. Spirit is good. Body is bad. To combat this elitism, the resurrection stories of the gospels make it clear that Jesus ... here. In both the gospels of Luke and John, Jesus is seen eating with the believers. And that's where is he most recognizable. In Luke 24:42 we read, "They gave him a piece of broiled fish ..." just as in John 21:13 the gospel says, "Jesus came and ...

6. Bringing in the Sheaves

Ruth 1:1-22, Ruth 2:1-23, Ruth 3:1-18, Ruth 4:1-12, Ruth 4:13-22

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Lori Wagner

... we do that together? “When the harvest is here, God’s victory is near!” [do the hand motions] All of you know the famous song by Knowles Shaw, “Bringing in the Sheaves,” right? Who has heard that song? We’re going to sing it today together. Well, that song was written as a ... 23; 20:17-19; 26:1-5; Mark 8:31-33; 9:3-32; 10:32-24; Luke 9:18-22; 9:44-45; 12:49-50; 18:31-34; John 7:12-24; 12:20-36; 13:31-14:7; 16:16) Jesus the Son of God (Acts of the Apostles 13) Christ’s Suffering (1 Peter 2) The ...

7. Building A Home

John 14:15-31

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King Duncan

... me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him" (14:21). And again in John 14 we read, "Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day ... 'S DIGEST. 3. Dan Rather with Micky Herskowitz, THE CAMERA NEVER BLINKS TWICE (New York: William Morrow, 1994). 4. George E. Knowles, A WORLD TO LOVE (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1990), p. 49. 5. "In Praise of Black Mothers," ...

8. Baptized with Christ

Luke 3:21-38

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King Duncan

... my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.’” This is how Jesus began his public ministry. He was baptized at the hand of John the Baptist. And this is how we begin our public life as one of his disciples--with baptism. Our baptism is sign and seal that we ... of Christ. Go forth with the knowledge that you have been baptized. You are not your own. You belong to God. 1. Knowles, George E., A World To Love (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1990), p. 359. 2. From a sermon by ...

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