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Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’s castles tumbled before Richard like ninepins. Richard the Lionhearted laid claim to his throne, and none dared stand in his path. The people shouted their delight. They rang peal after peal on the bells. The Lion was back! Long live the king! John Phillips adds these hopeful words: “One day a King greater than Richard will lay claim to a realm greater than England. Those who have abused the earth in His absence, seized His domains, and mismanaged His world will all be swept aside.” (8) That day’s ...

2. The Return of the King

Mark 13:24-37

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King Duncan

... tumbled before Richard like ninepins. Richard the Lionhearted laid claim to his throne, and none dared stand in his path. The people shouted their delight. They rang peal after peal on the bells. The Lion was back! Long live the king! John Phillips adds these hopeful words: "One day a King greater than Richard will lay claim to a realm greater than England. Those who have abused the earth in His absence, seized His domains, and mismanaged His world will all be swept aside." That day's coming, friends ...

3. What Child Is This?

Isaiah 9:6-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh." (I Tim. 3:16a) It is a marvelous mystery, a magnificent mystery, a majestic mystery; but it is none-the-less a mystery. We are not called to understand it; we are commanded to believe it. John Phillips, a great Bible teacher, once said, "The great mystery of the manger is that God should be able to translate deity into humanity without discarding the deity or distorting the humanity. How did this happen? It happened through the virgin birth. I don't ...

4. Your Faith: Winning or Whining?

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... made a motion with his hand. He wanted to write a note. They gave him a pad and a pencil, and he wrote the two words that are on the insignia of the United States Marine Corps. Those Latin words, also the title of a John Phillip Sousa march, are the commitment of that valiant group of men--Semper Fidelis. Semper Fidelis translated into English means "Always Faithful." Those were the only two words from that young marine. Blinded and barely hanging onto life itself, he wrote to that general: "Semper Fidelis ...

5. A Memorial Forever - Memorial Day

Proverbs 1:1-7

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... towns and villages, Memorial Day is known as "Decoration Day." It sets off the imagery of freedom and democracy. Yes, Memorial Day--fireworks, high school marching bands decked out in colorful uniforms marching in unison down Main Street playing John Phillip Sousa''s musical pieces. There are speakers and politicians everywhere, flowers on graves, flags waving and flapping in the air, family picnics, fried chicken, softball games, joy, laughter, tears. This is the obvious and visible side of Memorial Day ...

6. The CatWalk Church and the CrossLove Church

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... No, the diners come for the ducks. Not to eat duck. But to watch ducks. The Peabody Hotel is famous for its schooled entourage of fowl who arrive every day at noon via elevator from their penthouse home to the dining room. To the sound of a John Phillip Sousa march, a dozen ducks march down the red carpet single file, keeping rhythm with the march. The ducks then take a short, stately swim in the hotel fountain. Then march out again in single file to enter their waiting elevator and return to their rooftop ...

7. Decoration Day

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Eric Ritz

... towns and villages, Memorial Day is known as "Decoration Day." It sets off the imagery of freedom and democracy. Yes, Memorial Day--fireworks, high school marching bands decked out in colorful uniforms marching in unison down Main Street playing John Phillip Sousa's musical pieces. There are speakers and politicians everywhere, flowers on graves, flags waving and flapping in the air, family picnics, fried chicken, softball games, joy, laughter, tears. This is the obvious and visible side of Memorial Day ...

8. The Surety of Security

Jude 1:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... secure. 1 R. Kirby Godsey, When We Talk About God, Let's Be Honest (Macon, Georgia: Smyth & Helwys Publishing Inc., 1996) pp. 118, 133. 2 Ibid., pp. 50, 53. 3 Ibid., pp. 30-31. 4 C. H. Spurgeon's Autobiography, 4 Vols. (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1897), 1: 168-169. 5 John Phillips, Exploring the Psalms, Vol.1 (Neptune, N. J.: Loizeaux Brothers, 1985), p. 55.

9. Foundations for the Future

1 Corinthians 3:9-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... that will give us the financial freedom to have a glorious financial future. I have stayed at the Peabody Hotel in Orlando. One of the things that makes that hotel famous is that twice a day they have the one and only parade of the ducks. While John Phillip Sousa's march, "Stars and Stripes Forever" plays in the background, ducks come from everywhere; gather at the fountain on the main floor and a red carpet is unrolled. Then without a quack, they march as they go from the fountain back to the curtain. It's ...

10. On the Mountainside

Matthew 6:5-13

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... Jerusalem and view any of the 1128 languages and dialects at www.christusrex.org/ww1/pater/. As I say in the sermon, J.B. Phillips' Your God is Too Small is still in print and well-worth reading. John Killinger's The God Named Hallowed is no longer in print, but can be found through www.amazon.com or www.alibris.com 1. John Indermark, Traveling the Prayer Paths of Jesus, page 69 2. Phillips, Your God is Too Small, page 37 3. James Harnish, July 7, 1991, "Does Anyone Fear God Anymore?" 4. UM Hymnal, page 103 ...

11. The Divine Advocacy

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... passive. We do not hate the Bible, we ignore it. We do not wish its extinction except by default through neglect. It has for centuries been the agent of the Spirit, but says J. B. Phillips, we really have not studied it with an adult mind. Note how hard it is to get people to study the Bible in an adult way. If Pastor John Robinson assured the Pilgrims there was yet more light to break from God's blessed word of truth, so would Jesus assure his eternal flock of pilgrims that it is God's desire to liberate ...

12. Show Us The Father, and We Shall Be Satisfied

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Larry Powell

... could have cried out in remorse. But he already knew the whereabouts of the Father. "Show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied," Phillip asked on behalf of the others. We know all about that kind of request, especially when we experience reverses in our lives, when evil ... that he was going to prepare the way for them to follow. He said confidently, "And you know the way where I am going (John 14:0." It was then that Thomas spoke up and said, "Lord, we don't even know where you are going; how can we know ...

13. The Ultimate Evidence of God

2 Peter 1:16-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... rises in your hearts.” Can you imagine Peter’s feeling as he stood there on the Mount of Transfiguration with James and John as witnesses to one of the most dramatic scenes in history? When Moses ascended the mountain to receive the Ten Commandments, he left ... what it means to stand on holy ground. This is not to say that such experiences do not occur. Christian scholar J. B. Phillips lay in a hospital bed after a severe and prolonged operation “unable,” as he says, “to move a finger nor blink an eye ...

14. When God Has Enough

Zephaniah 1:4-13, Zephaniah 1:14--2:3

Sermon

Sims Robert

... patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23) and that Jesus said, “Peace I give to you (John 14:2).” We have trouble accepting the paradox that we live in faith and yet in sin, that we are children ... Christ. Did he not say, “I am the way, the truth and the life (John 14:6)?” Jesus Christ knows where he is going and knows how to lead the way. Take up your cross and follow him. Phillips Brooks was one of the best-known pastors of the last century. We perhaps ...

15. By Whose Standards?

1 Corinthians 4:1-5

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... think of a man whose biography carried the same title as one of Nouwen's most famous works: The Wounded Healer. He was J. B. Phillips, most well known for his modern-language translation of scripture and the short book, Your God is Too Small, which has had a life ... 1 Corinthians 4: They were faithful. Amen. 1. John Tyson, Invitation to Christian Spirituality (New York: Oxford Press, 1999), p. 60. 2. Vera Phillips and Edwin Robertson, The Wounded Healer (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1985), p. ...

16. I Believe in Easter

Acts 9:1-29

Sermon

James Merritt

... said, "Edith, your lab report came back and it says you have cancer, and Edith, you're not going to live very long." Edith said, "Why Will Phillips, shame on you. Why are you so sad? Do you think God makes a mistake? You have just told me that soon I'm going to ... was a sweet smile on her face. When Phyllis Cross went to pick up Edith's hand, she realized Edith was dead. Her left hand was on John 14: "In my Father's house are many mansions. I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for ...

17. You Sent Who?

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... the Baptizer and shook their heads in disbelief, until he spoke. And today, more than two-thousand years after that day, we might remember the names of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate, Herod Antipas, Phillip the Tetrarch, Annas, and Caiaphas, but it is John’s name that represents the only true power that has survived. So, it is Advent, and we wait. We wait, knowing that one day soon, we are going to look at what God has done, and we are all going to say, “You sent who?” Everyone will laugh. And then ...

18. Seeing God In The Ordinary: Friends

John 11:1-45

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... in incident in the life of Jesus' friends that changed everything and allows us to see God in the Ordinary through our Friends. The passage is John 11:1-45 I'm going to read selected verses. [1] Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her ... Earl C. Willer tells the story of two men who grew up best friends: Though Jim was just a little older than Phillip and often assumed the role of leader, they did everything together. They even went to high school and college together. After ...

19. The Grateful Samaritan

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... but listen as she prayed. She prayed for her children and then she prayed for Randy. “It stopped me cold,” says Randy Phillips “to know that someone who really should be praying for other things was taking the time to pray for me. Years later when ... room bubbling over with joy about all the great things God has done for us. 1. Michael Halleen, Monday Moment, 4-28-08. 2. John Feinstein, A Good Walk Spoiled Days and Nights on the PGA Tour (Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1996, pp. 197-198). 3. Nov/ ...

20. God, The Promise Keeper

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... evil. In days of oppression they clung to that promise. The crueler their enemies, the greater their faith that God would deliver them. If John's preaching seems to strike a sour note, it is because he was speaking to people who were struggling to hold on to God ... this time, he wrote, "I don't know what will become of me, and I don't much care." But that isn't the end of Phillips Brooks' story. He became a Christian, and his faith gave him a new sense of confidence and joy. Then Brooks went on to become a successful ...

21. A Mountain Too High To Climb

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... is that God left God s majestic throne to enter into our world. Many years ago, America was shocked to see John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV accept a job as a volunteer in the antipoverty program in Appalachia. Rockefeller, one of the richest ... up to God, God came to us. Advent means to "come to." God came to our world. We live on a God-invaded planet, as J. B. Phillips once put it. But there is a second amazing claim Christians make about Advent: GOD IDENTIFIES WITH OUR NEEDS AND OUR CONCERNS. God is no stranger ...

22. Hosanna! Please Save Us!

Matthew 21:1-11, Matthew 26:14-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He claimed much more than that. He claimed to be God in human form. “When you have seen me you have seen my Father” (John 14:9). Life would be so much simpler if we could just make Jesus into whomever we want him to be. He could be ... of heresy because he dared to translate the Bible into the English language. (3) Judas betrayed Jesus in the same way that Henry Phillips betrayed William Tyndale. And when he finally realized what he had done, Judas Iscariot threw the money he received from that betrayal on ...

23. Do You Believe In Easter?

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... not here. He has risen!" (Luke 24:6) Then she in turn went to the disciples with the news: "I have seen the Lord." (John 20:18). Who first told you the good news of resurrection? If that person is still alive, tell them on this Easter weekend how ... about one woman who had a special way of sharing her resurrection faith. Her story is told in a book by her physician, Dr. Will Phillips of San Antonio. Her name was Edith Burns. She was an elderly widow who loved Jesus. She would often sit down with someone and ...

24. Giving Up Control

John 6:1-21

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... , God doesn't promise to eliminate storms from our lives. On the other hand, God does promise that we can get through life's valleys and storms if we trust that Jesus is in control. That's the message of both stories in John 1:1-21. In the first story, the feeding of the 12,000 people, Phillip was faced with what appears to be an unsolvable problem. Seeing the large crowd, Jesus asks him, "Where do we buy bread for these people to eat?" Jesus, the apostles and at least 5,000 people[1] were out in the hill ...

25. Out of the Darkness

Isaiah 9:2-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... 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 ... you asked. According to Dr. Ray Pritchard, the news of Lincoln’s death deeply troubled a young minister in Philadelphia named Phillips Brooks. When the slain president’s body lay in state in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Brooks went to pay his respects ...

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1. Oh, You'd Better Watch Out!

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

2. The Return of the King

Mark 13:24-37

Illustration

King Duncan

3. What Child Is This?

Isaiah 9:6-7

Sermon

James Merritt

4. Your Faith: Winning or Whining?

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

Eric Ritz

5. A Memorial Forever - Memorial Day

Proverbs 1:1-7

Sermon

Eric Ritz

6. The CatWalk Church and the CrossLove Church

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

7. Decoration Day

Illustration

Eric Ritz

... towns and villages, Memorial Day is known as "Decoration Day." It sets off the imagery of freedom and democracy. Yes, Memorial Day--fireworks, high school marching bands decked out in colorful uniforms marching in unison down Main Street playing John Phillip Sousa's musical pieces. There are speakers and politicians everywhere, flowers on graves, flags waving and flapping in the air, family picnics, fried chicken, softball games, joy, laughter, tears. This is the obvious and visible side of Memorial Day ...

8. The Surety of Security

Jude 1:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

9. Foundations for the Future

1 Corinthians 3:9-14

Sermon

James Merritt

10. On the Mountainside

Matthew 6:5-13

Sermon

John E. Harnish