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Acts 7:55-60

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... greatest messenger of the Christian faith in history, willing to face beatings, imprisonment and persecution himself to spread the message of Jesus to the whole world. In 1970, civil rights activist Dr. John M. Perkins was arrested and tortured by police officers in Brandon, Mississippi for his advocacy for equal rights for people of color. Perkins remembers that he felt a mixture of anguish, pity, grief and love for the men who were torturing him. This is a man who knows what it means to suffer for your ...

2. Finding Your Dream Job

Matthew 4:12-23

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... could best grow his skills for this ministry. The gentleman smiled and said, “I want you in my state. I’m going to be praying for you.” Then Tyler asked the gentleman his name, and he replied, “John Perkins.” Suddenly Tyler realized who he was talking to. John M. Perkins is a former Congressman, pastor, and a major leader in the civil rights movement. He worked for the causes of school desegregation and ending racism and injustice in our nation. He was arrested and imprisoned, beaten and tortured ...

3. Building a Winning Team

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... Matt Friedman participated in the panel. At one point, the moderator asked, “Matt, whose fault is this?” Matt savored the question for a moment. He admits that he was ready to denounce the council president in no uncertain terms. But suddenly, another man spoke up. It was Pastor John Perkins, also a participant on the panel. And Pastor Perkins said simply, “It’s my fault.” Everyone turned to stare at this strange comment. “I have lived in this community for decades as a Bible teacher,” Pastor ...

4. Ingratitude and Judgment

Num 11:1-35

Teach the Text

Joe M. Sprinkle

... Become grateful and you will become a much happier person.9 If we cultivate gratitude toward God and others, we will not only be more pleasant people, but we will be personally happier as a result. Leadership can be a profound challenge. Biography: John Perkins, a black minister in Mississippi, sought to break down barriers between black and white Christians in the days of strict segregation. He reached out to two white pastors in an attempt to find ways for white and black Christians to cooperate. One was ...

5. The Privilege and the Price

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... lap as he sat in his well-deserved jail cell. That is what I was going to say. But I never got the words out. One of the panelists sitting next to me was a gentleman named John Perkins—author, teacher, community developer, and national evangelical leader. Before I could respond, Perkins answered, ‘It's my fault.’ All heads turned his way. He elaborated. ‘I have lived in this community for decades as a Bible teacher. I should have been able to create an environment where what our council president ...

6. Serving the King of Kings

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He renounced the Klan and his past life of racial hatred. After eight years Tom was released from prison and he began a remarkable new life. Instead of going back to a life of hatred, Tom worked to promote racial reconciliation. He co-authored with Dr. John Perkins, a black minister, a book titled, He’s My Brother. He’s since been ordained into the ministry and has served as a campus pastor and parish priest in Washington D. C. He is now serving as the President of the C. S. Lewis Institute. (3 ...

7. Preparing the Way

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... a voice of one calling in the desert, Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’ And so John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The whole Judean countryside and ... , I know, Dad,” he said. “Even though he doesn’t deserve it, we’re supposed to give him grace.” “Sure,” says Spencer Perkins, “I knew that the words that came out of his mouth were almost the complete opposite of what he was feeling in his heart ...

8. God’s Love and Ours

1 John 4:7-21, 1 John 5:1-12

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... have been made: 5:3a: Law, Tests 5:4a: Brown, Epistles 5:4: Brooke, Epistles; Bultmann, Epistles; Culpepper, 1 John; Haas, Letters; Marshall, Epistles; Smalley, 1, 2, 3 John; Schnackenburg, Johannine Epistles; Nestle 5:5: Bruce, Epistles; Dodd, Epistles; Grayston, Epistles; Jackman, Letters; Kysar, I, II, III John; Perkins, Epistles; Smith, First John; Stott, Letters; Thompson, 1–3 John; Westcott, Epistles; UBS, NIV, NRSV, TEV 5:12 Plummer, Epistles Our divisions within this unit are based on the ...

9. Faith in the Son of God

1 John 5:1-12, 1 John 4:7-21

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

10. Follow That Star

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... them went on to superstardom. Where’d you go?’ I say, ‘I went home.’ And that’s a good place to be.” (3) Carl Perkins made a choice not to follow the star of fame with the same intensity as some of his contemporaries. He felt that his star was ... in the heavens this night whether you and I might see it. Are our hearts pure enough? Is our faith real enough? Theologian John Calvin once said, “If the sight of the star had so powerful an effect on the Magi, woe to our insensibility, who, now that ...

11. Guidance for a Time of Chaos

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... them--imagine what they can do for you.” (3) If you are escaping from prison, you need all the guidance you can get. In our lesson from John’s Gospel, Jesus is teaching his disciples. He says to them, “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he ... are beyond our expertise? You may not recognize the name Max Perkins. Perkins died in 1947 after exercising enormous influence over the reading habits of millions of people. No, Perkins wasn’t an author. He was the top editor at ...

12. Our Journey With Jesus

2 Corinthians 5:17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... has a story to tell. Take time to get to know each other. Tell your stories – in fact, this is a story-telling weekend. John Wesley called this kind of sharing “Christian conferencing” and that’s what we want to do this weekend – to conference together as Christians. We ... Church. Asbury is larger than any two of the three largest of those seminaries combined: Candler at Emory, Perkins at SMU, or Duke Divinity School at Duke University. Another perspective. Apart from Southern Baptists, we’re one ...

13. Superman: More Than A Super Hero

John 1:1-5, 9-14; John 13:31-32; John 20:30-31

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... him was life, and the life was the light of all people. [5] The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. John 1:9-14 (NRSV) [9] The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. [10] He was in the world, and the world came ... remove the burden and guilt of sin we carry with us which weighs down our hearts and spirits. NT Scholar Pheme Perkins of Boston College Theology Dept. writes: "It's at the cross where Superman and Jesus part company. Superman offers rescue ...

14. When Seeing is Not Believing

John 20:19-31

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... and all he has been hearing all week is about what happened last Sunday. - Mary, over and over again, saying, "I've seen the Lord." - John and Peter, telling and retelling the run back and forth and into the tomb, the location of the grave cloths, the stench of death and the ... which leads toward the Risen Christ. And in that moment, we discover that believing is seeing. Robin Lovin, Dean of Perkins School of Theology, says: Resurrection faith is not true because you can prove it, like a theorem in your high ...

15. Superman: More Than A Super Hero

John 1:1-5, 9-14; John 13:31-32; John 20:30-31

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... emulate in some form or fashion. But, as the title suggests, I believe Jesus Is More Than A SuperHero. Let's look at the scripture for today. John 1:1-5, 9-14 (NRSV) [1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] He was ... does remove the burden and guilt of sin we carry with us which weighs down our hearts and spirits. NT Scholar Pheme Perkins of Boston College Theology Dept. writes: "It's at the cross where Superman and Jesus part company. Superman offers rescue but ...

16. Jesus Cures Our Spiritual Blindness

John 9:1-41

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... to assist others. Partially blind from birth, she managed to overcome this handicap and graduated from the prestigious Perkins School for the Blind in Boston. The miracle of Anne Sullivan's life, however, had very little to do ... she brought her what may have been more important - that is the light and hope of faith. Jesus, as we hear in today's famous passage from John's Gospel, physically healed the man born blind, but Jesus gave him much more; Jesus secured for him the vision of faith. We, in a similar way ...

17. The Supreme Test

Genesis 22:1-19

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... mile with sorrow and not a word said she; But oh the things I learned from her when sorrow walked with me.” Frances Perkins was Secretary of Labor in the Franklin Roosevelt Administration. She had known FDR in his earliest years when he was the rich son ... , so great is his love for us. And so, many centuries later when John the Baptist saw Jesus, he said, “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29) God not only provides forgiveness and salvation, but also grace sufficient ...

18. Cross Eyed: Anger

John 2:13-22

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... at an event in the life of Jesus that pushed all of His buttons. An event that didn't just irritate Him but made Him angry. John 2:13-22 (NRSV) [13] The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. [14] In the temple he found people ... . After about an hour, I found a company who rented them. Great, I'll go pick them up. I went to seminary in Dallas at Perkins, part of SMU, so I'm pretty familiar with Dallas streets. Did you know there is a Royal Lane that crosses 635 in Irving? Neither ...

19. The Burning Bush

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... fly-specks where there are miracles leaning against lampposts…right on our own corners, right on the corner of Highland and Central, or Perkins and Poplar. Moses discovered that - not on a street corner, but in an even-more pedestrian place out in the pasture where he ... the midst of his people. That’s a central theme throughout the Scripture. John put it this way in his gospel: “The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us.” (John 1: 14). The Greek word for dwelt literally means to “pitch a tent.” ...

20. An Extraordinary Wedding Gift

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... better deal.” Funny things happen at weddings--in real life as well as in jokes. Alyce McKenzie, Professor of Preaching and Worship at Perkins School of Theology, gives some examples from her own experience. Here are a few: The matron of honor had surgery a little too recently ... t. (1) We don’t know if that is what happened in the wedding that took place in our lesson for the day from John’s Gospel or not. A wedding was under way in Cana in Galilee when the hosts ran out of wine. This was an embarrassing ...

21. You Can Be Forever Young

Genesis 25:1-11

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... too soon. I've still got neon in my veins!" There are lots of people around who agree with that. Grandfather Carl Perkins recently released an album titled Born To Rock. Show business legend Donald O'Connor was performing in Asheville, North Carolina, recently. An ... , is remembered as "the father of Israel" (and is referred to in just that way in Genesis, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Micah, Matthew, John and Hebrews). We know, as well, that through his grandsons Jacob and Esau, not only was Abraham the father of Israel ...

22. ...More...

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... poor have good news brought to them" (Matthew 11:4-5 NRSV). This cannot be said enough: How we treat the poor and homeless is God's primary evidence of our faith. What does this word "treat" mean? It means participating in what John M. Perkins calls the "three Rs of development:" relocation, reconciliation and redistribution. It is a demand that we approach the poor - becoming accessible to them and living with them as neighbors. To be neighbors of the poor, in turn, means we need to reposition ourselves ...

23. Every Day God Equips

John 14:15-27

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... carry out the Great Commission. Listen to what Jesus tells the Disciples in the Upper Room on the night He was betrayed and arrested. John 14:15-27 (NRSV) [15] "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. [16] And I will ask the Father, and he ... abandon us. The Spirit WILL fill us with the Holy Words we need when we need them. Conclusion When I was in seminary at Perkins, I had the honor to meet and get to work with the premier United Methodist theologian Dr. Albert Outler. I remember him telling about ...

24. You Hung the Fodder High!

John 21:1-19

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Staff

Dr. John Deschner taught at Perkins School of Theology, the United Methodist seminary at Southern Methodist University. Sometimes to illustrate a point he would tell stories about his father, a Methodist pastor in Texas in a German speaking community before the First World War One of my favorite images of a sermon feeding the flock was ...

25. Welcome to the Center of Life

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

Gibson “Nibs” Stroupe

... the gifts to live in that definition. As a pastor in the Reformed tradition, I'll share our vision of the purpose of our lives from John Calvin's Larger Catechism: "What is the chief and highest end of man? Man's chief and highest end is to glorify God and fully to ... Translator's Handbook on Paul's Letter to the Ephesians (London: United Bible Societies, 1982) and Pheme Perkins, Ephesians (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997). 3. For more information, see Walter Wink, Naming the Powers (Philadelphia: Fortress ...

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