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Luke 2:21-40

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... . Their jaws dropped and their eyes got big. And listen ... Monks: (unfreeze and all talk at once among themselves) What does this mean, that one of us is the Messiah? Is Brother John the Messiah? Or Brother Nathaniel or Father Damian or Brother Thomas? Am I the Messiah? Are you the Messiah? What could this mean? (Monks freeze.) Sexton: Even though they were puzzled by the rabbi’s teaching, after that morning no one ever mentioned it again. And after a few weeks, I noticed something. While I tended to my ...

2. Uses of the Past

Philippians 3:4b-16

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... walked down the dirt floor of the tunnel into a room with a dirt floor and dirt walls, but a ceiling of reinforced concrete. The sexton asked, "Do you know where you are?" He said, "No. I have no idea where I am." "You are standing in the old church cemetery. ... bring those children into the sanctuary, and show them the symbols of that tradition. Especially the symbol before me of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, who over two hundred years ago, like Paul, broke from petrified traditions that had turned ...

3. Let God Be God - As if It Could Be Otherwise

Exodus 7:14-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of God was a reality in her life, she expressed her relief and her joy, then she said, “Does that mean I won’t have the baby.” And John had to reckon with her about the effect of her sin. She was not asking the question if she could have an abortion that was not even a possibility ... come from this is going to occupy psychiatrists, psychologists, and ministers for years to come. Dr. Ray Sexton, a psychiatrist in our own church, has done studies which reveal this suffering already. In an article ...

4. The Lord's Pryaer: Our Daily Bread

Matthew 6:5-13

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... -thirty, I''d come back to the church for the prayer hour. At nine-ten, I would sit down to my evening meal. I would go to bed at ten o''clock and wake up in glory!" John Wesley trusted God each day for the "crust." Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, in his marvelous book STAY ALIVE ALL YOUR LIFE, shares a story about a church sexton. Each week this janitor would find crumpled-up pieces of paper in the corners of one of the church''s pews. One day he saw a partially opened crumpled-up note which had these words on ...

5. I Saw Satan Fall

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... You can walk in from the shallow end. But to get in, you have got to step or jump in somewhere. Ray Sexton, a psychiatrist, tells about a troubled man who went to see a psychiatrist. After customary introductions, the psychiatrist asked him to ... oneness with Christ. But it is consistent with all of Jesus’ teaching. You remember his metaphor of the vine and the branches in chapter 15 of John’s gospel in which Jesus tells us who God is, and who he is in relation to God, and who we are in relation to him: ...

6. Love And Money

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

William G. Carter

... money without ever naming it. A young minister went out to serve his first congregation. Early one November, he told the sexton to go out to the bulletin board on the street corner and put up the words, "Stewardship Sunday." He put together a ... as blockheads who stood around and scratched their heads whenever Jesus said or did anything significant. Mark never says Jesus loved Peter, James, John, or the others. But he insists Jesus loved this man. Maybe that's because (a) the man sought the kingdom of God and ...

7. How to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... suggestion. “Up in the church tower,” he said, “is a bell which is rung by pulling on a rope. But you know what? After the sexton lets go of the rope, the bell keeps on swinging. First ding, then dong. Slower and slower until there’s a final dong and it stops ... of-forgiveness-where-forgiveness-begins-michael-luke-sermon-on-forgiveness-for-others-122581.asp. 2. Guideposts. 3. Dr. John Vertefeuille, http://www.cedarpark.org/thechapel/services/2010/0110/notes.pdf. 4. Henri J. M. Nouwen, Gracias! (San ...

8. The Holy Spirit and the Blessings of the New Covenant

Romans 8:1-17

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... While Christians battle the old nature, the Holy Spirit gives them strength. Literature: The Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan. This book (1678) is excellent for illustrating theological tenets in Romans, particularly those scenes in the Interpreter ... the curfew bell rang. His fiancée begged Cromwell to save his life by giving him a pardon, but he refused. As the church sexton over and over pulled the rope at curfew, the bell remained silent. The young man’s fiancée had climbed into the bell tower and ...

9. The Organ

Luke 13:31-35

Illustration

John R. Steward

In a small Swiss town there was a cathedral. It was called the Mountain Valley Cathedral. There has been a great deal of money spent on the wonderful stained-glass windows and tall arched ceiling. The cathedral also boasted of an outstanding pipe organ. The organ was designed in such a way that when it was played, people could hear it from all over the valley. As the people would work on their farms, they could often hear the organ as it was played. It gave great joy to the people of the valley for many ...

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