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Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... it a try. You tell me what you think of when I give you the name of a disciple, and let's see what kind of car you'd pick. (Say names and listen to responses) Simon Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Nathaniel, Thomas, Matthew, James, Thaddaeus, Simon, and Judas. Caldwell and I did our own picking. Let's contrast what you and the computer chose with what Caldwell and I selected. First the assumptions behind our selections: 1) Our pick of cars is based on the premise that money is no object. We explored ...

2. Zechariah I: Stuck Like a Dope With a Thing Called Hope

Zechariah 9:14-17

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John E. Harnish

... made in Jesus Christ. God's plan of redemption is complete. Though we still have to finish the game with battles won and lost along the way, that divine one move, that one moment in time, has shaped the future, and we live the present out of the past. "Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope." II. …AND WE LIVE THE PRESENT IN THE LIGHT OF THE FUTURE. To be a prisoner of hope means living with the future in mind, living the future into the present. Again, my friend John Caldwell could play out the ...

3. I Believe in Easter

Acts 9:1-29

Sermon

James Merritt

... God, Christianity, the church, and especially the Bible. Well, he read a novel by Taylor Caldwell entitled: Dear and Glorious Physician. At the end of the book, Caldwell encourages her readers if they want more information to read the gospel of Luke. ... that Bible. There 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 ...

4. Mark 10: 35-45

Mark 10:35-45

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Leonard Sweet

... are “able” to participate fully in the “cup” and “baptism” Jesus himself will embrace. Their deafness to Jesus’ three passion predictions proves that James and John have no notion of what they have agreed to. Nevertheless, Jesus affirms that they will find themselves sharing in his own “ridicution” (Kirbyjon Caldwell’s word for the combination of “ridicule” and “persecution”) if they continue as his disciples. Yet while Jesus can promise his followers the downside of discipleship ...

5. He Lights Up My Life!

Exodus 33:12-23

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... I in the midst of them." (Matthew 18:20) However fearful Israel might have been of God's august presence, they still knew they could not live without it! Taylor Caldwell (in Answer As A Man, p. 131) said, "Better a terrible world with God in it than ... in Christ than there is to the square mile without him." Only the assurance of that Presence can make us happy. One day John Tauler, the fourteenth century German mystic, met a beggar on the highway, and, as was his custom, he addressed the beggar, saying, "God ...

6. Do You Know How to Listen?

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... No.” It’s an absurd routine, of course, but sometimes we may deliberately tune out someone else. Pastor John Kramp reports ... s bed for hours, patiently listening to their child speak, letter by letter. Dr. Gilson says when he saw Mark after his recovery, “I wanted to tell him of my shame when my children tried to talk to me, and I brushed them off because I didn’t have time to listen. I wanted to say I’d never forget him or his parents . . .” (8) In her book called The Listeners, Taylor Caldwell ...

7. The Ultimate Solution For Sin

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... of sin. Sinners he loved; sin he despised. There were some things about sin Jesus wanted to say to us without equivocation. THE FIRST IS, AVOID SIN. That's pretty simple, isn't it? Avoid sin! If you are in the presence of evil, get out of there. If you are being tempted, flee! If your hand ... KINGDOM http://www.tlk-lists.com/join/. 3. Louis O. Caldwell, ANOTHER TASSEL IS MOVED (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1990), p. 85. 4. John P. Koster, Jr., THE ATHEIST SYNDROME (Brentwood, TN: Wolgemuth & Hyatt, ...

8. A Life to Die For

Acts 6:8-15; Acts 7:54-8:1

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John E. Harnish

... Stephen learned that a life worth living, a life to die for, is a life of giving. Flash back to last week. Remember Stephen's whole life and ministry was a life of service, a ministry of food, caring for the widows, giving of himself until in the end ... day: - Joel Osteen, pastor of the largest church in America - Joyce Meyer, one of the most popular TV evangelists - Kirby John Caldwell, pastor of the largest United Methodist church in America …all espousing something of the "gospel of prosperity." And I ...

9. When You Need Help

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... is tired." (1) Jesus knew what it was to be tired. He knew what it was to need a change. John R. O'Neil, in his book The Paradox of Success tells about a psychologist who was once summoned for a ... up. Keep asking. AND KEEP ON TRUSTING. Keep trusting that the God who created this world loves each of us. We are God's own children. God does hear our prayers even when it seems all hope is gone. And, come what may, God will not let ... Caldwell, ANOTHER TASSEL IS MOVED (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1990), p. 54.

10. When You Are Weary

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... read a Bible passage and pray with the man. The man was hardly paying attention to the chaplain’s visit until he heard the Bible passage the chaplain had chosen. It was Jesus’ words from John 14: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the ... agree-on/. 3. Submitted by A. Caldwell, Farmington, New Mexico in “People Shared Their Funniest Family Stories and It Got Heartwarming Real Fast” by Andy Simmons. Updated February 7, 2023, Reader’s Digest, https://www.rd.com/funny ...

11. Resurrected Obedience (Series: Living on the Resurrection Side of Life)

John 14:15-31

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J. Howard Olds

... the sure and certain confidence that as we push toward our tomorrow, God is already there, going ahead of us to prepare the way. There’s never a burden that He will not carry, never a sorrow that He will not share. Our bright hope for tomorrow is built on nothing ... understand? When we get the all right, everything else will find its place and priority. Kirby John Caldwell said, “There are two great moments in a person’s life, the moment you were born and the moment you realize why you were born.” Love ...

12. Greeting and Meeting Jesus

Philippians 3:12-4:1

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Leonard Sweet

... :31-46). In the words of my friend Jesse B. Caldwell, III, "How I pray that Jesus who lives in me will help me see himself through the poor. When I look in their eyes, it's a mirrored reflection of the Jesus who reveals his presence ... Evangelical Seminary) has nominated this as one of his all-time favorite stories in the treasure trove of Christian history. It's the story of someone named John Kareles. In 1518 his neighbors reported him to the Archdeacon of Lincoln and recorded his offense. He was accused of ...

13. Overcoming Loneliness

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... of Captains and Kings, Taylor Caldwell has one of her characters remark, "His real need, his most terrible need, is for someone to listen to him." Man will not die from lack of vitamins or lack of shelter; it’s loneliness that’s killing us. Deep within all ... ." Some people take a devilish joy in not liking people. In his book, How to Live 365 Days a Year, Dr. John A. Schindler says, "Some people dislike everybody: They dislike practically everyone from the President, whom they have never met, to their ...

14. That's All I Want

Psalm 23:1

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... , soul, mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourselves" and John 3:16. These are some of the core beliefs of our faith but because they are so familiar, we've let them lose their meaning in our lives. It's sort of like when you move to a new community. The ... Godley highway past Sandy Hammon's place and on out past where you'd turn off to the Cruze's. You go on past Louis & Erma Caldwell's, and just before you get to where Jay & Debra Moore used to live you take a left. It's down that road." After awhile ...

15. Jesus Goes To School

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... the tracks" type town. Can anything good come out of Nazareth? was a popular putdown (John 1:46). The name Nazareth meant "watchtower," "shoot," or "sprout." The route Mary, Joseph, and Jesus ... ). And he made that choice. Notice his answer to his mother and father: Did you not know I must be in my Father's house? His Father, of course, was God. Twelve years of age is not too young to make a decision about serving God. It ... Caldwell, ANOTHER TASSEL IS MOVED (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1990), p. 65.

16. The Perfect Antidote For Worry

Matthew 6:25-34

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King Duncan

... O. Caldwell, Another Tassel Is Moved (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1990), p. 37. 3. Clean Laffs www.shagmail.com/sub/sub-jokes.html 4. "All In a Day's Work" Reader's Digest ... April 2003 p. 46. 5. Lyndi Marshall quoted in "One Year Later . . . " Modern Maturity, Sept./Oct. 2002, p. 92. 6. D. McAdams. Power, Intimacy, and the Life Story (Homewood, IL: Dorsey, 1985). Cited by John Kotre, Ph.D. Make It Count (New York: The Free Press, 1999), pp. 87-88. 7. Charles L. Allen. God's ...

17. The Demons and the Counselor

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... For example, a Samaritan woman who was married five times met Jesus at a well (John 4). She was living with a man not her husband. When she spoke, Jesus ... He knows everything about me." Jesus was the supreme listener. In her book, The Listener, Taylor Caldwell says: The most desperate need of men today is not a new vaccine for any ... the Golan Heights today. The man had been exiled there because the people said about him, "He's crazy." The man was wild. The man was naked. He had been tied with chains to keep ...

18. The Tenth Commandment: How Zacchaeus Got His Groove Back

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... be pulled out with her. But she began kicking them. "I'm to be pulled out, not you. It’s my onion, not yours." As soon as she said that, the onion broke. And the woman fell back ... among the 12 disciples, greed reared its ugly head. The mother of James and John wanted her boys to sit on the left and right sides of Jesus. ... others for advice and contentment--a believer turns to God. This is why we are here today! Taylor Caldwell in her book, The Listener, puts it this way: Man does not need to go to the moon ...

19. Fine China

Illustration

... the west of Ireland. The prolonged suffering of the Irish peasantry had broken the survivors in body and spirit. John Bloomfield, the owner of Castle Caldwell in County Fermanagh, was working on the recovery of his estate when he noticed that the exteriors of his ... like finish. It was worked into traditional Irish designs and was an immediate success. Today, Belleek's delicate strength and its iridescent pearlized glaze is enthusiastically purchased the world over. This multimillion-dollar industry arose ...

20. Catch the Fever

Mark 1:29-34

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James Caldwell III

This is the season of at least two kinds of fever going around. The first is an elevated body temperature. The kind that accompanies an illness. After all, this is the flu season. And with the flu comes fever. But a fever is a symptom of many diseases. All of us have had it at one time or another. Frequently, fevers are caused by bacterial infections, sometimes causing a fever to be extremely high. Several times when one of our children has been sick, my wife would say "He's on fire!" Unless it's a family ...

21. Hold Your Peace

Luke 14:1-14

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John G. Lynn

Taylor Caldwell, in her book about Luke, Dear and Glorious Physician, tells how the gospel writer as a young boy sat near the window of his girlfriend, the daughter of a Roman tribune. Luke, in the story, a freed slave's son, really had no business in the courtyard of the tribune, no matter how he felt about his daughter. As he stood there, leaning on a fountain in the courtyard, gazing toward the window of her room, he held in his hand a small, smooth stone. When the tribune noticed the boy he blurted out ...

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