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Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... expressed the same sense of assured preparedness as he faced eternity. As a friend offered some sayings at the end, he replied, "I thatched my house when the weather was warm." He was ready. (3) Dr. John Mitchell relates a story about seeing a friend who was in the last day of his life. When Dr. Mitchell came to his bedside, the man reached out and grasped his hand. "Oh, John," he whispered, "I'm so sick." Then his head dropped back and they thought he was gone. But after a moment he opened his eyes again ...

2. Table For Talkers

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

... of the question. But, if that should some day be your lot, is there a possibility you would consent? In these days of political corruption, we have been quick to judge and condemn the offenders. However, stop to think: If you were in the shoes of John Dean or John Mitchell, with all of the strains, pressures, and the peculiar situations these men were in at the time, do you think you would have done differently? Who knows? Who can answer? No one can be sure what he would do. The spirit may be willing, but ...

3. Separation of God and State?

Isaiah 44:24--45:25

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... left hand of God to wield the sword for the common good. They are responsible and accountable to God for governing the nation. State officials must not only answer to the people at the next election but to God. Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, and John Mitchell had to leave top positions in our Federal Government because of their abuse of their positions and power, but just wait until they appear before God’s Supreme Court! If the state officials rule under the authority of God and rule justly, we Christians ...

4. Know What Time It Is!

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... , is that we end up feeling like forgiven sinners. When Gerald Ford granted a presidential pardon to Richard Nixon, a good deal of discussion resulted both for and against his action. One of the delayed reactions was voiced by former Attorney General John Mitchell who feared that for a pardon to be granted and accepted made the recipient legally guilty. As a result he was concerned that he and the other Watergate defendants would be presumed guilty because of their association with Nixon. Basic to orthodox ...

5. Genuine Imitations

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... was pretty vague about it all. I was having surgery in the morning, so I was fearful, anxious, and discouraged. When I started to cry, Mary (Mitchell’s member) said, ‘I’m just getting ready to read my Bible and have you in my prayers. Maybe you would like to join me.’ ... like that made Francis become the patron saint of the poor, caused Luther to reform the church, and set the heart of John Wesley on fire and sent him blazing across England. In our own day, faith like that caused Mother Teresa to work ...

6. Enduring the Trials of Faith

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... God," Jesus continues, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe" (John 20:27-29). The work that we do, the ministry in which we participate, is a significant part of the life that God ... Victorian home, his own plane, and significant real estate holdings. In November 1975, however, the bottom again fell out of Bill Mitchell's world. Piloting a turbo-charged Cessna with four passengers onboard Bill was forced to abort a take-off, causing the ...

7. Defeat Transformed into Victory

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Richard Gribble

8. When the Guest Becomes the Host

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

George Bass

... , then expelled from Vietnam. She was told that she could "come back to Vietnam in five years and it will be much better than when you left it." Betty Mitchell did go back and says, "But of course it wasn’t (any better)."29 Altogether she has spent 28 years as a missionary to Vietnam, before and after her ... in St. Peter, Minnesota, and printed in the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, October 6, 1983. 30. John Galvaris, Bread and the Liturgy (Madison, Milwaukee and London: University of Wisconsin Press, 1970).

9. The Pure In Heart

Sermon

John A. Terry

... would be satisfied and life would be whole. As he sat there, a friend came along whose name also happened to be Philip. Phil Mitchell shared the heavy concerns of his heart with the friend, saying, "I feel so immature, so childish in my faith. All I seem to ... dancing to be a sin. The poem goes like this: Said the Reverend Joseph McCotten,"The Dance by the Devil's begotten."Said young John to Miss Shy,"Never mind that old guy --To the pure almost everything's rotten." Purity of heart is not a synonym for a ...

10. The Pure In Heart

Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

John A. Terry

... would be satisfied and life would be whole. As he sat there, a friend came along whose name also happened to be Philip. Phil Mitchell shared the heavy concerns of his heart with the friend, saying, "I feel so immature, so childish in my faith. All I seem to ... dancing to be a sin. The poem goes like this: Said the Reverend Joseph McCotten, "The Dance by the Devil's begotten." Said young John to Miss Shy, "Never mind that old guy --To the pure almost everything's rotten." Purity of heart is not a synonym for a ...

11. Enduring the Trials of Faith

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... letter to the Hebrews presents when he says, "Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered" (Hebrews 5:8). John, the seer in the book of Revelation, also says there is a very important reward that comes from this high level of faith ... Victorian home, his own plane, and significant real estate holdings. In November 1975, however, the bottom again fell out of Bill Mitchell's world. Piloting a turbo-charged Cessna with four passengers onboard, Bill was forced to abort a take-off, causing ...

12. Held Hostage

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... about the frame of mind in which she wrote GONE WITH THE WIND. "It was going along pretty well," Miss Mitchell said, "until somebody sent me a new book called JOHN BROWN'S BODY, by Stephen Vincent Benet. When I finished reading that magnificent Civil War epic," Ms. Mitchell declared, "I burst into tears and put my own manuscript away on a closet shelf. JOHN BROWN'S BODY gave me such a terrible case of the humbles that it was months before I could find the necessary faith in myself and my book to go on ...

13. Angels

Psalm 91:1-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... us and this whole world so much that God's own son Jesus Christ came to redeem us. Twice the angel messenger in Revelation tells John, "Do not [worship me]! I am a fellow servant with you and with your comrades who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God!" (Rev. 19 ... we just said), look for angels in the form of loved ones who have died - Billy Graham's story of Dr. Mitchell has too many parallels from too many sources - believers as well as non-believers - to be totally dismissed. Fourth, look for angels ...

14. If You Want to See the Angels

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Editor James S. Hewett

... woman gave him a strange look and said, "My daughter died a month ago. Her shoes and coat are in the closet there." Dr. Mitchell went to the closet and opened the door. There hung the very coat worn by the little girl who had been at his front door. The coat was warm and dry and could not possibly have been out in the snowy night. Have you ever seen an angel? John G. Faron believes he has. While he was a missionary in the New Hebrides Islands, hostile natives surrounded his mission headquarters one night ...

15. Naming And Being Named

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Father that will give you whatever you ask Him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another. (John 15:12-17) And that's the Word of the Lord for you and me today. Naming and being named is one of the most ... found copies of some letters she had written way back in 1969. One of those letters was written to Ruby Mitchell. Ruby Mitchell is the wife of Bishop Eric Mitchell, who until retirement, was a Bishop in India. Eric and Ruby had been in Southern California on a mission trip ...

16. A Strategy For Status Seekers

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... to hurt you. I just wanted you to know that my name is John Dillinger." We are told that the plainspoken wife of the household calmly said, "Now that we know your name, wipe your feet, state you business, and be on your way. We’ve got butter to churn." A pathetic craving for recognition can cause people to do crazy thing seven become a notorious killer. But pride can hinder us in other ways. I was reading about Margaret Mitchell, the author of that fantastically popular novel about the Civil War, GONE ...

17. The Present

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... pervade the New Testament? In our lesson from the Revelation of John, the victorious Christ says to his people, “Behold, I am ... Mitchell, Building Strong Families: How Your Family Can Withstand the Challenges of Today's Culture (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1997), p. 199. 3. Robert Jeffress, The Road Most Traveled-Releasing the Power of Contentment in Your Life (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1996), p. 155. 4. John L. Bechtel. Contributed to RichardWimer@xc.orgWit & Wisdom 5. John ...

18. The Way Things Are

1 Corinthians 1:18-31

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... of the World" that Paul warns against may not be some high-blown academic philosophy after all, but rather the "way things are," in the words of Margaret Mitchell, "The values and norms which divide persons of higher and lower status into separate groups, a wisdom which prefers dissension to unity, superiority to cooperation."1 And ... be and how much we reflect "the way things are." Amen. 1. Margaret Mitchell, Paul and the Rhetoric of Reconciliation (Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox, 1991), p. 211

19. Rejoice

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... that God is control, then we find a genuine reason to rejoice. The season of Advent reminds us that God is in control. John Killinger tells about a scene in Alan Paton's novel Cry, The Beloved Country that reflects this kind of joy. An old South African ... . God is in control of our future. God is in control of our present. Cast your worries aside." A great African-American theologian, Henry Mitchell, told of a time in his life as a child. It was the depression and his father was ill and could not work for ...

20. The Story of Christmas

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... his star,” they will say, “and have come to worship him.” What does it all mean? The writer of the Gospel of John tries to tell us in beautiful, but somewhat deep, theological language: “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and ... God. Traveling back to Earth, having just walked on the moon, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell had an experience for which nothing in his life had prepared him. Mitchell gazed through the window of his space capsule at his home, a small distant planet ...

21. Secrets Of Successful Parenting

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... highly religious." (5) How does your family stack up. Being successful parents is not brain surgery. All it requires is love, commitment, respect and a family with God at its center. 1. Internet, 11/30/99. Contributed by Dr. John Bardsley. 2. Danny Cox and John Hoover, SEIZE THE DAY (Hawthorne, N.J.: Career Press, 1994). 3. E-zine: THE FUNNIES Mailto:andychaps_the-funnies-subscribe@egroups.com. 4. Gallup Poll. Cited in BUILDING STRONG FAMILIES: HOW YOUR FAMILY CAN WITHSTAND THE CHALLENGES OF TODAY'S ...

22. No Longer Orphans

John 14:15-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... a reminder that sometimes the smallest gift can be used by Christ in a magnificent way. Our lesson for the day from John’s Gospel is set at the Last Supper. Jesus is preparing his disciples for his betrayal and crucifixion. The events that are coming ... a rare experience. And some people never quite recover from this dark night of the soul. Their sense of abandonment overwhelms them. Bass Mitchell, a pastor in West Virginia, tells of working in his first job in a grocery store. He says that he started out as ...

23. You Are God's Handiwork

Ephesians 2:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... your mess into a masterpiece. In one of his books Max Lucado tells us about a woman named Madam Fauna. Madam Fauna is a character in a John Steinbeck novel titled Sweet Thursday. Madam Fauna runs a brothel. In spite of her occupation Madam Fauna takes a liking to a prostitute by the name of ... and Ourselves (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.), pp. 251-252. 7. Dr. William Mitchell and Michael A. Mitchell. Building Strong Families (Nashville: Broadman and Holman Publishers), pp. 154-155. 8. Cited by ...

24. A Niche For Every Itch

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... think of themselves as achievers." If you have seen recent Merrill Lynch ads on TV, you know that the company has heeded Mitchell's advice. One ad showed a lone bull (an achiever) pushing its way through a herd of sheep (an achiever's view ... choke it out or whether we will root ourselves as deeply as possible in the faith we have received. It's like two sisters that John Maxwell tells about. One named Lisa is eleven years old and is an excellent swimmer. She spends a lot of time practicing for swim meets. ...

25. When Your Lips Are One Place But Your Heart . . .

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... you make it. In other words, act successful and eventually you will be successful. If you think that is not a very spiritual principle, remember that John Wesley told his followers to act as if they had faith until they really did--not as an attempt at deception, but as a commitment of ... FAMILIES: HOW YOUR FAMILY CAN WITHSTAND THE CHALLENGES OF TODAY'S CULTURE by Dr. William Mitchell and Michael A. Mitchell, Broadman & Holman Publishers, Nashville, 1997, p. 193. 3. TWANG! THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF COUNTRY MUSIC ...

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1. Lesson From Five Maidens

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

2. Table For Talkers

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

3. Separation of God and State?

Isaiah 44:24--45:25

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

4. Know What Time It Is!

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

5. Genuine Imitations

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

6. Enduring the Trials of Faith

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Richard Gribble

7. Defeat Transformed into Victory

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Richard Gribble

8. When the Guest Becomes the Host

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

George Bass

9. The Pure In Heart

Sermon

John A. Terry

10. The Pure In Heart

Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

John A. Terry

... would be satisfied and life would be whole. As he sat there, a friend came along whose name also happened to be Philip. Phil Mitchell shared the heavy concerns of his heart with the friend, saying, "I feel so immature, so childish in my faith. All I seem to ... dancing to be a sin. The poem goes like this: Said the Reverend Joseph McCotten, "The Dance by the Devil's begotten." Said young John to Miss Shy, "Never mind that old guy --To the pure almost everything's rotten." Purity of heart is not a synonym for a ...

11. Enduring the Trials of Faith

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Richard Gribble

12. Held Hostage

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

13. Angels

Psalm 91:1-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger