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Romans 1:1-7

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... . The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world (John 1:4-5, 9 NIV). God’s Word, God’s personality, is filled with light and life. You’ve heard of people who light up a ... over what occurred that day, but God’s power and love made my prayer become flesh for Walter. Christ worked through me to reach out to Walter. Religion is reaching for God; Christianity is God reaching for us (Charles Reeb, One Heaven of a ...

2. O Holy Night

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... sent for Milton the cockroach. He said, "I have one more wish. I want to be like God." So Milton granted Walter's wish. The next day Walter was back in the mail room.1 That's what Jesus did; left the penthouse and came down to the mail ... to come to die for us that we might be saved. You see, God didn't send Jesus because He had to, He sent Jesus because He wanted to. John 3:16 says, as you know, "For God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son." Likewise, Jesus did not come because He had to. He ...

3. A Lesson From Two Golfers And A Saint

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... world. But now at about thirty years of age, he hears a call in his heart and he answers that call by being baptized by John. And as he comes out of the water he has a climactic experience. The heavens open and he sees the Holy Spirit descending on him ... said, "Matthew, I'm going to leave you alone for a little while. You sit here, and I'll be back in a few minutes." Walter Wangerin stepped out of the study. And he reports to us that he just couldn't help himself. He, himself, broke down and cried like ...

4. Resurrection

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... president of the United States--the most powerful men in America, who were intensely loyal to their president. But one of them, John Dean, turned state’s evidence, that is, testified against Nixon, as he put it, “to save his own skin.” And he ... Magic basketball franchise, tells a story he heard of a minister named Walter. Walter was married to his childhood sweetheart, Murtis, for 64 years. The two had met in school, and Walter immediately took a liking to Murtis. He took bold action, sending her ...

5. The Difference Between God And Santa

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... Seriously, can you imagine a parent laying a guilt trip like that on a child? Of course you can! A man named John Hakel says his three-year-old daughter looked at a calendar and asked him, "Daddy, how many BE GOOD days until Christmas?" ( ... , when his father came to his bedroom to say goodnight, the sound of that name was like blasphemy. "Goodnight, Ah-vee!" his dad said. And young Walter turned his face to his pillow. And he said to his father, "Don't call me that!" And when his father asked him why not, he ...

6. How Do You See It Now?

Haggai 2:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... a new world record. On the first try Walter tipped the bar and it fell to the ground with him. It was the same on the second try. As he stood back for his third and final attempt, however, Walter pictured himself going over the bar. A few ... you lack faith in others? Do you see the world as a hostile and cruel enemy? Remember, what you see is what you get. Coach John Madden gives a beautiful example of the effect of perception on performance in his book, KNEE. He tells about Ray Wersching, kicker for the San ...

7. The Right Connection

John 15:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... gun, figuring he could pop a few of the balloons when it was time to return to earth. When all was made ready, Larry Walters sat down in his chair and cut the anchoring chord. He thought he would just lazily float up a couple hundred feet, spend a ... not abide in the Lord Jesus, remain with the Lord Jesus, stick with the Lord Jesus, stay with the Lord Jesus, he's never been saved. John said, "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but ...

8. Final Instructions

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... when he first appeared. Jesus taught that the kingdom came when he began his ministry. In Mark 1:14-15 we read, "Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, 'The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has ... words at the right time in the right way; or by telling me he believed in me. In other words, Jesus used Mom, Dad, Walter, or whoever you put in your sentence to show you love. Third, answer this question. How many of you named pastors to this special ...

9. What We Want for Our Children

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... from the church members’ faces. He wanted to meet this Jesus they talked about. But he had never seen Jesus in his church. So little Walter set out on a quest to find Jesus. He searched all over his Sunday School classroom, but found no signs of Jesus. He crawled under ... . Nancy Hastings Sehested, PrescottMemorialBaptistChurch in Memphis, Tennessee. http://www.csec.org/csec/sermon/sehested_3831.htm. 3. John Ortberg, The Life You’ve Always Wanted ( Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002, pp. 77-82). 4. “ ...

10. The Best Advice He Could Give

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... when he preached, he outright insulted his congregation. He called them a brood of vipers! Imagine if I began my sermon by addressing you as snakes. “Listen up, you lizards!” Obviously John never read Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. Author Walter Brueggemann called John the Baptist, Checkpoint John. He was referring to that famous crossing in Berlin during the days of the Cold War called Checkpoint Charlie. It was the crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin, between ...

11. The Treasure Principles

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... inhaled in the air, absorbed into the skin. When we ask, “How much is John worth?” everyone assumes that we are talking about John’s financial worth. When you talk about “the bottom line,” everyone assumes that you ... French fries, but his son protests. “No, Dad, those are mine.” It’s kind of absurd when you think about it. Dad paid for Walter’s meal but Walter referred to it as his own. That reminds me of how possessive we are sometimes about material possessions. But even our next breath is ...

12. Bread and Call

John 6:35, 41-51

Sermon

David Coffin

... a tradesman or skilled worker, not trained temple rabbi. He was not groomed for seminary. Using bread as a metaphor, Jesus affirmed he was the word made flesh stated in John 1:14. Other known forms of bread such as that provided in the wilderness in Exodus 16, also resulted in the people murmuring that they were dissatisfied. Walter Brueggemann, the Hebrew Bible author, makes this point in the “Theology of the Old Testament” volume that the desire or temptation to return to Egypt with both its fleshly ...

13. What's So Great About Jesus?

2 Samuel 23:1-7

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed every ruler and every authority and power" (1 Corinthians 15:24). Walter J. Burghardt states: "At the close of the church year, the celebration of Christ the King is like the coda in a ... liturgical year we have discovered many encounters that Jesus had, but none is more interesting than his encounter with Philip. It takes place in John 14 where Philip says to Jesus, "Lord, show us the Father." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet ...

14. Wrestling With God

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... psychoneurosis, and he identifies the cause as acute anxiety. When Sir Walter Raleigh was burdened with a huge debt, his doctor said to him, "Sir Walter, if you don't stop worrying you will die." Sir Walter looked up sadly and said, "I can't help worrying as ... There is a story about a man who had misspent most of his life. A friend was teasing him about it. "Say John," he asked mischievously, "You still spending a lot of time wrestling with the old Devil?" The fellow answered goodnaturedly, "Nowadays, I ...

15. Wrestling With God

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... he identifies the cause as acute anxiety about the future. When Sir Walter Raleigh was burdened with a huge debt, his doctor said to him, "Sir Walter, if you don't stop worrying you will die." Sir Walter looked up sadly and said, "I can't help worrying as ... There is a story about a man who had mis-spent most of his life. A friend was teasing him about it. "Say John," he asked mischievously, "You still spending a lot of time wrestling with the old Devil?" The fellow answered good-naturedly, "Nowadays, I spend ...

16. Dr. Jekyll Meet Jesus

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... can we escape the curse of the old one. There was a story in Reader’s Digest sometime back about a man named Walter Wyatt, Jr. who was making a flight from Nassau to Miami. Normally this flight only took him about sixty-five minutes. But ... cross of Christ stood on the same spot where the forbidden tree stood in the Garden of Eden. It is just a legend, but poet John Donne used that idea for one last poem, written upon his deathbed. It goes like this: “We think that Paradise and Calvary, Christ’s cross ...

17. Matthew 3:13-17

Matthew 3:13-17

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... already cited in 1:23 and 2:15, affirming Jesus' true identity. Second, these words also commend Jesus, and, by inference, John as well (the divine is "well pleased"), for his act of obedience and acceptance in submitting to baptism. Obedience to God ... swinging door in divine history - "the exit from the kingdom of Evil and the entrance to the kingdom of God" (Walter Rauschenbusch, A Theology of the Social Gospel [New York: Macmillan, 1922; repr. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1978], 201). Baptism enabled Jesus ...

18. Holy Week

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... in the most glorious white clothes I have ever seen. Yes, he was the Ragman of our town; he was the Christ.1 Walter Wangerin, Jr.'s, powerful story of "The Ragman" is certainly a story of resurrection. It is a totally appropriate story on this day, ... of life has been before him, wherever he was all along. He only needed to empty himself enough in order to see it. What did John see and thus believe that day? He saw that the tomb was empty. He realized that his life was full, cluttered with many things. For ...

19. A Chance To See

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... of Germany's middleclass, building a house and getting out of an apartment is a priority. And nothing not even a world war would deter Uncle Walter, from building his house. Here is how he did it. He bought a lot and loaned it out for people to throw junk on it. ... community he started for religious fugitives from Moravia. It was Zinzendorf's writings and the Moravians themsleves that influenced John Wesley the most and contributed to his being the Christian leader he was. All because this Spiritual Insight ...

20. John Mellencamp and the Danger of Procrastination

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... -four with the painting only half-finished. Two of his disciples were forced to finish the master’s work. Sir Walter Scott wrote in his diary in his study at Abbotsford, “Tomorrow, we shall . . .” But this last-written sentence of one ... this interview. Life has a way of playing tricks on us. We may not have as long as we think. And think how much peace and joy John Mellencamp could have in his life in the meantime. There are some things in life that should not be put off. Telling people we love them is ...

21. "Wow!"

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... clouds and heavenly voices...Wow! It was so extra ordinary that when it was all over, and Jesus and Peter and James and John were headed back down the mountain, Jesus told them to "tell no one about what they had seen." That made sense. Who ... everything. Certain "WOW" moments have a way of doing that. There is a true story of a 33-year-old truck driver by the name of Larry Walters who was sitting in his lawn chair in his backyard one day wishing he could fly. For as long as he could remember he had wanted to ...

22. Giving Our Best

Mark 7:24-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... take 10,000 hours. Pastor and prolific author Warren Wiersbe tells of attending a concert by the noted composer/conductor John Rutter—a concert in which Rutter did something that surprised Wiersbe. After the applause had ceased following a choral number, ... late motivational speaker Zig Ziglar tells a story in one of his books about the famous explorer, soldier and writer Sir Walter Raleigh. Raleigh attended a prestigious boarding school when he was a youngster. He was an excellent student and wanted to ...

23. Liberated Women

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... to maintain the old custom. Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, “Why do you now seem happy with an old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?” The woman looked Ms. Walters straight in the eyes, and without ... today? 1. Timothy Anger, merry-hearts-subscribe@listmonger.net. 2. William Barclay, Good Tidings of Great Joy (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1999). 3. Lynne Griffin and Kelly McCann, The Book of Women (Holbrook, MA: Adams Publishing, 1995), p. 2. ...

24. Hallelujah! Come On, Get Happy

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... so scared I thought I'd die. I was unskilled and hadn't planned to work until the kids were older. One of my neighbors called Walter on the telephone. Walter sent word that he had a job for me the next week. He also offered an apartment where my children and I could live rent-free. ... expedient: don't make waves, blend in, go with the flow. To act on principle certainly can be costly. President John F. Kennedy, in his book Profiles in Courage (New York: Harper, 1955), relates the story of Edmund G. Ross, the ...

25. Victory and Protest

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Richard L. Thulin

... the signs correctly, it will have something to do with a phrase included in the fifty-first verse of the sixth chapter of St. John. Here Jesus talks about himself as the living bread which came down from heaven. He promises that the eaters of this bread will live ... this living bread without asking how we might be able to pass life on to others. We must "be present to others," Walter Burghardt suggests, "present where they are, present in ways that respond to their hungers - for food or freedom, for peace or ...

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