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Matthew 11:2-11

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Mark Trotter

... Why all of a sudden the doubt? At one time he knew, and now he is not so sure. Jesus says to John's disciples, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, ... at work. Sometime, in the "fullness of time," there will be a time of fulfillment and realization that I was being led. Hugh Redwood was a British journalist. He described a time when he was under a terrific strain and pressure because of terrible decisions that he had ...

2. The Voice of the Shepherd

John 10:1-10

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... big trouble because he didn't listen. He recognized his wife's voice but he didn't listen. Let's look at the passage for today John 10:1-10 and see what Jesus has to say about listening to The Voice of the Shepherd. [1] "Very truly, I tell you, anyone ... a large public gathering. When the meal was over his hostess suggested he go to the study, put his feet up, and relax beside the fire. Redwood was glad for a little bit of peace and quiet, so that's what he did. As promised, he found a fire burning. As he sat ...

3. Team Work is Dream Work

Psalm 133:1-3

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James Merritt

... the umbrella of His authority. Perhaps the most beautiful prayer ever prayed in history, Jesus prayed for the church in the seventeenth chapter of John and this is what He prayed: "I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their ... alone is worthless, but many links together can make a chain. Perhaps you have been out to California and seen these gigantic huge redwood trees. They are some of the most amazing trees in all of the world. As a matter of fact, they are the ...

4. Singing In The Rain

John 15:1-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... this -- if you keep my commandments and abide in my love, you will know joy." But in the second lesson, John 16, he speaks of joy in the midnight hour of singing in the rain. He says you will weep and lament -- you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy. So, remember, in the depths of the night, God is present and we can know joy. I close with this. "The noted journalist, Hugh Redwood, told about a time some years ago when he was at the breaking point. He was...physically exhausted, emotionally ...

5. Brought Together and Sent Forth

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

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Lee Griess

... can read our Bibles on our own. We can pray on our own. We can even worship on our own, and we think we can get along without anyone else. But that's not what the story from the gospel of John tells us. That's not what Jesus says. In fact, the story shows us just the opposite. Like the redwood tree, we cannot survive by ourselves. We need each other. God knew that and so did Jesus, and that's why before going to the cross, Jesus gave an example of Christian love for us to follow. He knelt down ...

6. When The Baker Becomes the Bread!

John 6:51-58

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval." — John 6:25-27 In short, Jesus is telling them, and us, not to follow him short-sightedly for what he might do for us but ... times, mountains, but I shall be standing when you are dust. River, I shall be running when you no longer rush toward the sea. Mighty redwoods, I will be taller than you one day for one day you shall topple and I shall be standing tall. And stars, I shall be ...

7. The Awesome Power of a Mustard Seed (Father's Day)

Mark 4:30-34

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King Duncan

... mustard tree. If you’re thinking of a tree like a mighty redwood emanating from a tiny mustard seed, you are mistaken. If Jesus had been teaching in California, he might have used a giant redwood and talked about the miracle of the acorn. The principle would have ... purpose that is for a life. Some of you probably saw the movie some years back, Oh, God! starring George Burns and John Denver. Burns played God. Denver played a grocery store manager named Jerry. One day God decides to communicate his love to the ...

8. Addiction Free

Psalm 30:1-12

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Leonard Sweet

... alternative to the momentary pleasure/monumental payment that chemical, psychic, and technological addictions offer/cost? Bill Easum and Thomas Bandy, in their jawdropping book Growing Spiritual Redwoods (1997), talk about "The Addiction-Free Jesus" as an image of Christ this culture needs to hear. "'Unbind him! And let him go free!'" (John 11:44) With these words, the Addiction-Free Jesus, who is absolutely unfettered by any habitually destructive behavior patterns, addresses the spiritual yearnings of the ...

9. WaterFire Disciples

Acts 1:1-11

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Leonard Sweet

... .S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, rev. and enl. ed. [New York: MacMillan, 1960], 137.) Conclusion: Do you burn? Julia "Butterfly" Hill so burned for an ancient, 600 year-old redwood in the rainy Northern California forests that she lived in the tree for two years, never leaving it until Pacific Lumber Company promised not to cut it down. Do you burn? John Barnett, of Charlotte, North Carolina, burned with compassion for people in prison after the Million Man March in Washington, but he knew it had to start with ...

10. “You Will Fill Me with Joy in Your Presence”

Psalm 16:1-11

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C. Hassell Bullock

... thought about the American bald eagles that had been flying overhead. Another scout asked him what he thought about the beautiful redwood trees. Still another asked if he had stopped to see the trout that the fishermen along the river had caught. The ... go, My daily labour to pursue; Thee, only thee, resolved to know, In all I think, or speak, or do. Charles’s brother John shared this commitment to complete dedication; he wrote, “I determined, through His grace, to be all devoted to God, to give Him all ...

11. The Lord's People Together

Matthew 18:15-20

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... and shortcomings, I don't think we're hopeless. And I don't believe God sees us that way either. For, after all, as we read in John 3:16, he has "so loved" us that he has given his own beloved Son in our behalf. One of the very fine things about us, I ... Handel's Messiah. Some trees may grow in isolated grandeur, standing alone on a wide expanse of windswept plain; but not the Redwoods - mighty and mammoth as they are, they grow only in clusters, each together with all the others. So, in the Christian ...

12. The Daniel Diet

Daniel 1:1-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... authority. The people of faith lift up this book as God's authoritative word. I'm so grateful for our Methodist founder John Wesley who declared, "I build on no authority, ancient or modern, but the Scripture. If Scripture supports my doctrine, it will stand; if ... word: "Those who honor me I will honor." (I Samuel 2:30) Pastor David Dykes of Tyler, Texas tells about a huge redwood tree out in California that toppled over recently. It was a towering tree, estimated to be over 400 years old. Across the ...

13. "If I But Touch..."

Mark 5:21-43

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David E. Leininger

... systems that reach out in all directions to capture the greatest amount of surface moisture. Seldom will you see a redwood standing alone, because high winds would quickly uproot it. That is why they grow in clusters. Their intertwining roots ... ." Amen! 1. William Barclay, The Daily Study Bible, CD-ROM edition (Liguori, MO: Liguori Faithware, 1996) used by permission of Westminster/John Knox Press 2. Numbers 5:2 3. New York : Seaview/Putnam, 1983 4. http://www.homileticsonline.com/Installments/jun3091.htm 5. ...

14. Good News For Broken Hearts

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... FOR DAMAGED EMOTIONS, David Seamonds deals with people who have scars that nobody else can see. He uses the analogy of those beautiful giant sequoia and redwood trees in the far western part of our country: "In most of the parks," says Seamonds, "the naturalists can show you a cross section of a great ... AS CHRISTIANS (Nashville: The Upper Room, 1988). 4. THE HYMNBOOK (Philadelphia: John Ribble, 1950), p. 12. 5. Stephen Brown, WHEN BEING GOOD ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990).

15. Set Life Free

Matthew 13:1-23

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Leonard Sweet

... Enormous red globes by the dozens hang from six-foot high tomato plants that have the girth of redwood. · Zucchini, cantaloupes, pumpkins, and watermelon larger than Shetland ponies dot viney landscapes. · Single corn stalks that each ... given to a people producing fruit." Without fruit, you're nothing. Without fruit, you're without a defining identity. No matter what your DNA says. John 12:24 tell us that much fruit results from Jesus' death: "Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ...

16. A Violent Wind

Acts 2:1-13

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King Duncan

... about the strongest kind of wind they’d seen. “Out here in California,” said one, “I saw the fiercest wind in my life. You know these giant redwood trees? Well, the wind once got so strong, it bent them right down.” “That’s nothing,” said the other. “Back on my farm in Iowa, we ... . William P. Barker, Ed., Tarbell's Teacher's Guide (Elgin, IL. David C. Cook Co., 1990). 6. Uncle John’s Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Reader (Ashland, OR: Bathroom Readers’ Press, 2002), pp. 509-510. 7. DeYoung 8. Day ...

17. The Wisdom of the Wise Men

Matthew 2:1-12

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Maxie Dunnam

... and grayness. And those people, those people talk like this – if that accident hadn’t happened, if circumstances had been different, if John hadn’t died, if my parents had given me a better education, if I hadn’t been born in Mississippi – IF. Then ... he was unmoved by the scenery. He scoffed at the Grand Canyon. He yawned at Yellowstone. He had no interest in the Coast Redwood Groves. And finally the bus driver could take it no longer. He couldn’t stand the fellow’s carping and the fellow’s ...

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