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Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... connected with Christmas. Rev. David E. Cobb’s son Jackson loves to hear bedtime stories. One evening, Cobb was telling his son the Christmas story of baby Jesus’ birth. He always told Jackson the G-rated version from the book of Luke. ... were unscathed. The scriptures are realistic about the human condition. The scriptures remind us, though, that evil never has the last word. Mary and Joseph are forced to flee, but they know it is only for a time. The promises of God concerning their Son are sure. God ...

2. Back to Real Life

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... do after Christmas is to keep trusting God. The second thing we need to do is to take care of those we love. That was Joseph’s primary concern. He loved Mary and he loved their son Jesus and he was committed to doing whatever was necessary to keep them safe ... vow to look after his sister. Many scholarships came his way, but only Southern Mississippi offered one to his sister, too. Jackson went over to the basketball star, introduced himself, and said he appreciated the way he was looking out for his sister. ...

3. Tricked Into Forgiveness

2 Samuel 14:1-33

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... But have you told that man to his face?” Dale agreed to go with Ad Coors to the Canon City Prison where the convicted murderer Joseph Corbett was incarcerated. The men arrived at the prison only to learn that the convict refused to see them. So Ad Coors left a Bible ... AND TO DISCOVER THAT THE PRISONER WAS YOU! Now, that’s really good news! (1) Remini, Robert V., The Life of Andrew Jackson, (Harper & Row: New York, pp. 340-341. (2) Lewis, C.S., A Year with C.S. Lewis, edited by Patricia S. Klein, (Harper ...

4. Witnesses For The Lord

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... them. Twenty minutes later, Dan encountered a policeman who was carrying a blood-soaked little boy. The boy was indeed Dan's son, Joseph. His face had been cut by flying glass. His eardrums had been ruptured and his arm had been broken. But he was lucky. ... stabilized and she began to improve. As they slept together, Kyrie even slipped her tiny arm around her sister's back. The Jackson twins are healthy little girls now. They still sleep together, too.3 The power of the resurrection is most clearly seen in ...

5. People Are Different, People Are The Same

Drama

Marge Passamaneck

... it would go with your new glove. It’s from both of us. DAVID: Gosh, thanks. I’ll practice my double play throw to first with it. NARRATOR: Then Mr. Jackson gathered everyone together in front of the wreathed window. He lit a big red candle and spoke of the birth of a baby many centuries ago. MR. JACKSON: The mother and father, Mary and Joseph, were just simple people travelling to Bethlehem. When they found there was no house where they could spend the night, they had to stay in a stable. There were ...

6. A Matter of Trust

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... lot of resentment in the part Paul played in the martyrdom of Stephen. It reminds me of a story Rabbi Joseph Telushkin tells on Billy Wilder, the famed Hollywood director who was Jewish. Wilder served with the United States Army Psychological ... only way any of us who have done wrong can ever really make things right. That is to make a new start with God’s help. Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States. Some people regard him as a fine president. His face is on the $20 bill, if that is any ...

7. What Kind of Name Is That?

Luke 1:26-31

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... a man who joined the Navy. His name was Tonsillitis Jackson. The Navy couldn't believe it, so they did a check on him, and discovered that indeed his name really was Tonsillitis Jackson. What's more, he had brothers and sisters who were ... `Resurrection.' My father was baptized with the name, Haroutunian, which means `Son of Resurrection.' My name also means `Son of Resurrection.' I am Joseph Haroutunian, and I will be a son of the Resurrection all my days." A sense of identity, a sense of destiny, comes with ...

8. Congratulations, Joseph, It's A God!

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... write their own version of the Nativity. It was more modern than the traditional drama. Oh, there were the familiar members of the cast: Joseph, the shepherds, the three wise men, the star and an angel propped up in the background. But Mary was nowhere to be seen. Suddenly from ... young people, have modeled themselves after their heroes. I can just imagine a society modeled after Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Rambo, can't you? Some distant civilization will discover a lot about American ideals in the latter ...

9. Living In Sin Or Synergy?

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... like any other form of team arrangement, can produce wonderful synergy, but it takes time and effort and commitment. Dr. Joseph Henry gives an excellent illustration of this kind of synergy in his book, FULFILLMENT IN MARRIAGE. He said that during ... YOU LOVE (Springdale, PA: Whitaker House, 1987). 2. WIT AND WISDOM FROM THE PEANUT BUTTER GANG. Compiled and edited by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1994). 3. Max Lucado, LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN (Nashville: Word Publishing, 1998.) 3. Myron S ...

10. You Are A Name!

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... years a prominent Georgia politician was known as "Sloppy" Floyd. Apparently the Apostles were not satisfied with the name "Joseph," for they named him "Barnabas," meaning "Son of Encouragement." When a person's nature changes, his name is changed ... 's buried here." The manager asked, "What is the name?" "Thomas Jackson," she replied. Looking through his card index, the manager said, "We have no Thomas Jackson but we do have an Elizabeth Jackson." "That's him," she affirmed. "Everything's in my name." We, too ...

11. A Misplaced Holy Day

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... it showed up at a post office in Tinley Park, Illinois. Davis had long ago figured the card, sent from Jackson, Miss., to Maryville, Tenn., got lost. The long-lost card raised eyebrows at the Tinley Park post office, and Davis' ... in lingering for one last look. All the familiar characters are in their places for our celebration of Epiphany. AT THE CENTER ARE MARY, JOSEPH AND THE YOUNG CHILD JESUS. We know so little about their experiences. How was the journey into Egypt? It must have been especially ...

12. With What Shall I Come?

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

James Bjorge

... Aristotle. Humility did not fit their thinking. Gladstone said it well, "Humility was a sovereign grace in the creation of Christianity." Joseph Sizoo says that some years ago a man and his wife were visiting Rome and they went to St. Peter’s ... . We think of ourselves more highly than we ought to. A distinguished lecturer said that one of Stonewall Jackson’s contemporaries gave the general this tribute: "General Jackson was a man who gave God’s place to God." Too often we try to usurp His place. ...

13. Invitation to the Dance

2 Samuel 6:1-23

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... dancing partner on this June day is not Arthur Murray in a ballroom, Fred Astaire in his top hat, or even Michael Jackson doing the most frantic break dance steps this side of Harlem. Our dancer is David. David, the sweet psalm singer of Israel ... in the city of David. Jerusalem would now become not only the political, but the religious, center of the nation. Here is how Joseph Heller, in his novel God Knows, imagines how David would describe that Joyous day of singing and rejoicing: Where the ark was, there ...

14. Searching For Jesus

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... headed home to Texas from Tennessee where Tyler's grandparents live. About two hours later, at a Wendy's restaurant in Jackson, his parents, five brothers and a sister noticed he was missing. Back in Nashville, a woman had heard Tyler screaming and ... settled the vital issues of life before a time of crisis. Where, then shall we find him? Most of us find him just where Mary and Joseph found him long ago “in his Father's house. Here in the community of faith is where most people find God. I know, church is not ...

15. Jesus' Advance Man

John 1:6-8; 19-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... , we want to know about John’s role in the first Christmas. Luke begins his version of the Christmas story not with Mary and Joseph but with a couple named Zacharias and Elizabeth. Zacharias was a priest. He and Elizabeth were deeply religious people who did their best to ... Publishing Corporation. Kindle Edition. 3. Adapted from a sermon by Dr. Derek Thomas, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS, https://www.fpcjackson.org/resource-library/sermons/the-beginning-of-the-gospel. 4. http://cep.calvinseminary.edu/thisWeek ...

16. Seeking Jesus

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... headed home to Texas from Tennessee where Tyler’s grandparents live. About two hours later, at a Wendy’s restaurant in Jackson, his parents, five brothers and a sister noticed he was missing. Back in Nashville, a woman had heard Tyler screaming and opened ... . That brings us to the final thing to be said. Where, then shall we find God? Most of us find him just where Mary and Joseph found him long ago—in his Father’s house. Here in the community of faith is where most people find God. Many years ago, a ...

17. The Song Of Angels--And The Son Of God

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... name will be called 'Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.' " Last Sunday we read about a man named Joseph and his young wife Mary coming down to Bethlehem town. We read a little further in this story today. We learn ... sign, our song. William Faulkner wrote a story called "Tomorrow." It was televised on PBS years ago. Robert Duvall played the part of Jackson Fentry, a cotton farmer who worked in the winter as the caretaker of a sawmill. He lived there in the boiler room. One ...

18. Physical Fitness For The Soul

James 3:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... to their waistlines. They worry endlessly about their weight and want their bodies to be just the right size. If your name is not Michael Jackson, it seems the fastest way to earn a fortune in this country is to write a new diet book. The next-fastest way is ... consumed a whole town. Decades ago in Washington, D.C., the words, "He's a communist! spoken by a Senator from Wisconsin (Joseph McCarthy), unleashed another form of madness which consumed a whole nation. Once a word is spoken by someone, it is beyond ...

19. Behold the Blood of the Covenant

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

... had his own agenda. From the beginning, it had confounded even those closest to him. * We think of Joseph and Mary searching anxiously up and down the caravan line for their twelve-year-old son, only to ... the mountains of western North Carolina preaching and visiting with the sick. It is told that he was a familiar sight in Swain, Graham, and Jackson Counties, and frequently would be seen sitting along the side of the road reading his Bible as he rested. Distance meant nothing to him. Not uncommonly ...

20. Where Have All The Heroes Gone?

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... good and the courageous. Perhaps one of the greatest needs we have today is to regain a sense of the heroic. Jesse Jackson said that growing up as a fatherless child in difficult surroundings in a little home in South Carolina he had one asset. ... man he grew up to be. Chapter 11 of Hebrews represents the Bible's Gallery of Heroes. Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Rahab, Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, and Samuel as well as many who are unnamed but not forgotten. Heroes every one. ...

21. When You Feel Helpless

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... the WE ARE THE WORLD recording, wrote the score for ROOTS and THE COLOR PURPLE, and also produced THRILLER with Michael Jackson, one of the most successful record albums of all time. He has been nominated for sixty-eight Grammy Awards and has ... like them. “He's no better than we are," they said. “He's just a carpenter, Mary's boy, and a brother of James and Joseph, Judas and Simon. And his sisters live right here among us." And the citizens of Nazareth were offended that Jesus presumed to teach them! “A ...

22. Follow That Star

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... three six-year-old boys who were playing the wise men in their church Christmas program. As they came up to Mary and Joseph at the stable, the first one handed over his present and said, “Gold.” The second presented his gift and said, “Myrrh.” The ... Disraeli once said, “The secret of success in life is for a person to be ready for opportunity when it comes.” H. Jackson Brown, Jr. put it like this: “Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.” These three men saw their star, and ...

23. The Lost and Found Celebration

Luke 15:15-24

Sermon

James W. Moore

... World War II. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, Great Britain’s Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, and Soviet Union Premier, Joseph Stalin, met together in The Teheran Conference to shape a common policy to work together to win the war. ... failure to make it to church. Some blame the weather, others blame company, still others blame their clothing. One lady in our church in Jackson, Tennessee fascinated me with her excuse. In the five years I was pastor there, she never made it to church. It seemed that I ...

24. The Fountain of Truth

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... of universal attention is the Bible. I speak as a man of the world…and I say to you, ‘Search the Scriptures.'" Andrew Jackson said, "The Bible is the rock on which our Republic rests." Abraham Lincoln said, "I am profitably engaged in reading the Bible. Take ... and John, Amos and Acts, and Proverbs and Paul, we have God's complete once-for-all revelation. We don't need Joseph Smith, Mary Baker Eddy, Ellen White, Nancy Fowler, golden tablets, dreams and visions, or another testament; all we need is what we ...

25. How To Triumph Over Terrorism

Ephesians 6:10-18

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... vision of how to live in a hostile, hard world. I’m just a singer of simple songs. I’m not a real political man, says Alan Jackson. I watch CNN but I’m still not sure I know the difference between Iraq and Iran. But I know Jesus, and I talk to God. ... . It does not cure all our cancers; it does not make all our kids perfect. Prayer does put us in the presence of God. Joseph Griesediek is an Episcopal priest in New York City. He said on a public broadcasting special last week, “I came to the point that ...

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