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Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... to his native Australia, in a remote area away from all people. A friend of his tracked him down and dragged him to a party. At the party, a complete stranger walked up to Mann and hugged him, and for that brief moment, Juan Mann didn't feel down about himself. That embrace made Juan Mann realize something: the power of a simple hug. So, he made a sign, went out on the Sydney streets, and started giving out free hugs. The Free Hugs Campaign was born and it quickly went viral and spread all over the world ...

2. Reality Maps And Rolling Stones

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... . It's interesting to observe though, that Columbus's own reality map told him he'd found India when he landed in the New World. That is why we call Native Americans "Indians" to this day. (2) In 1597 another young sailor returned to his home port in Madrid, Spain. Juan Combe had been to the New World, and he was quite a celebrity. People flocked to hear stories of his ventures among the Indians. He was wined and dined, the toast of the town. Then one day it rained and ...

3. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Luke 2:8-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... world's greatest need has been salvation. The sad thing is, the world by in large can't see this. Even though it is right under our noses, they can't see that sin is our biggest problem. I was reading about a boy from Mexico by the name of Juan. Every day he would come to the Mexican border on a bicycle with two large bags over his shoulders. The guards would stop him and would say, "What's in the bag?" He would say, "Sand". For a while, they would cut the bags open and they would find nothing ...

4. How to Hug

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... up a sign with “free hugs” printed on it and giving hugs to any passerby who expressed interest. More than 94 million people all over the world have since viewed that video and imitators all over the world have taken up Mann’s cause. What inspired Juan Mann to begin his free hugs campaign? In the months prior to this event, Mann had been feeling depressed and lonely as a result of numerous personal difficulties. However, he went to a party one night and a completely random person came up to him and ...

5. Lost in Translation

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

... corner was the man he was after, Jorge Rodriquez. "A-ha!" he said, "I've found you!" and he pulled out his gun. "Where have you hidden the millions you have stolen from our banks in Texas? Tell me, or I'll blow you away!" At this point another man, Juan Garcia, who was also in the saloon, stepped up to the detective and said, "Sir, you are wasting your time talking to Jorge like this. He doesn't understand a word of English. He has no idea what you just said. Would you like me to translate for you?" The ...

6. Illusion Or Reality?

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... place for the wicked. The wicked are quite comfortable in it: it was made for them. You tell me you feel no pain. I conclude you are one of those for whom hell exists ... the truly damned are those who are happy in hell."25 Don Juan contrasts heaven as a place where you face things as they are. I think this is perhaps a message our egocentric generation needs to hear. We can become too comfortable - too comfortable with our privileges, too comfortable with our limited knowledge, and too comfortable with our ...

7. A Glory Revealed to Faith Alone

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

... sign and point of convergence [of the people’s gaze]. In conformity to the comparison with the serpent in the wilderness, there is assumed to be a people which surrounds the sign and fixes its gaze on it, awaiting life." [Juan Mateos and Juan Barreto, El Evangelico de Juan (Madrid: Ediciones Cristianidad, 1982) p. 179.] On the basis of this grammatical analysis I have expanded my translation of "who believe on him" (en auto) with the phrase, "by looking upon him." In John, "to look upon" means "to believe ...

8. Will Names Never Hurt Us?

Proverbs 10:1-32

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... ! The National Geographic magazine once reported that an old man named Candelario found a $700 gold nugget in the gulches of Sandia Peak, near Albuquerque. "As soon as my luck was known," he said, "I became Don Candelario; within a week I was Don Juan Candelario; then Don Juan de Candelario, Caballero. My name grew for three weeks, till my gold was gone. Then I became simply Old Candelario again." That old fellow enjoyed a good name for almost a month, but it didn’t last. How human it was for him to ...

9. Faith-based Living

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... they want to be a part of it? We have no evidence that they hesitated. They did as Jesus directed. The Reverend W. John White was visiting his friend, Reverend Juan Rivera, who was suffering from kidney failure. As he sat in Rivera's hospital room, Reverend White heard God telling him, "I want you to do whatever it takes to save Juan." When Reverend Rivera woke up that afternoon, the doctors informed him that he was receiving a kidney donation from his friend, Reverend White. He was getting a second chance ...

10. Pay It Forward!

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . But the transformer blew, and Orcas Power and Light became what it is known by among the island locals: "Occasional Power and Light." The resulting chain-reaction of overloads and short-outs traveled under the cold, deep waters of Puget Sound to Lopez, Orcas, San Juan, and some other smaller islands, leaving everyone in the dark. A repair team had to catch a ride over to Shaw from Orcas on a local businessman's boat to reach the site of the problem and begin repairs. Sometimes it is the most insignificant ...

11. Smooth Out Your Day

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... . Many of you know that the Swallows are little birds that are famous for migrating to and from this beautiful place in California. Did you know that every March hundreds of these little birds fly 6000 miles over the ocean from Argentina all the way back to San Juan Capistrano, California? Now how do they do it? They can't swim and they certainly can't fly 6000 miles without stopping. How do they do it? Each swallow carries a large twig in its mouth. When the birds get tired, they drop their twigs into the ...

12. A Bridge Between Two Worlds

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... could blow their cover and put them in danger. That kind of premise guarantees that a spy story or movie will be filled with tension and excitement. One of the most famous true spies of modern times was a Spanish man by the name of Juan Pujol Garcia. At the start of World War II, Garcia approached British intelligence agents in Spain and offered his services as a spy for the British government. Garcia was a brilliant man who cared deeply about defeating the Nazis, but the British government kept turning ...

13. Be Wise In The Spirit

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... . The consequence is that we are less of a person than we might be if we gave proper balance between the heart and the intellect in our daily living and ministry. A pastor had the opportunity to attend a week-long conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in April 1992. The conference coincided with the 500th commemoration of Columbus' coming to America, and in particular his arrival in the Caribbean Islands. On Sunday 350 people attending the conference were assigned one of ten buses taking them to places of ...

14. Are You Asking The Right Questions?

Zechariah 7:1-14

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... , a columnist for the Kansas City Star, speculated about some journalists and some scientists who refused to see truths that are not physical. The case in point was Pope John Paul II’s visit to Mexico. Huge crowds appeared wherever he spoke. In San Juan los Lagos an estimated one million people gathered in a meadow to listen to him. Why did these enormous crowds seek out this man? Such questions were never addressed by most news stories which covered the papal visit. Tammeus asks: “Why are they so ...

15. While We Watch for the Coming

Matthew 24:1-35

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... in The Christian Advocate, "We have heard of a community that has been crying for leadership for the past five years, but when a leader appeared the other day, they crucified him." Charles L. Wallis said, "It is reported that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt at San Juan Hill never said ‘Go!’ to his Roughriders. Always his command was, ‘Come on, boys.’ " Laurence of Arabia, one of the most colorful characters in World War I wrote of the Arabs: "No man could be their leader except he ate the rank’s food ...

16. The Wallenda Factor

Illustration

C. W. Bess

Karl Wallenda lived on top of the world. The aerialist thrilled crowds with his daring stunts on the high wire before that fateful day in 1978 when his show ended. Wallenda plunged 75 feet to his death before an audience of thousands in San Juan, Puerto Rico. What happened? His widow explained that Karl had never been one to know fear. Self-confidence marked his style until he started worrying. Little details of safety preoccupied his mind. He checked and double-checked the tightrope to make certain that ...

17. The Shepherd Who Loved His Sheep

John 10:1-21

Sermon

George Bass

... if he was killed by soldiers or by guerillas wearing army uniforms. All that is known is that Roberto was decapitated." Someone took away his life. She tells similar stories, some very brief, about others, too: "Felipe, 23, married and with two children, disappeared. Juan, 45, was roused from his sleep at night and has not been seen since. He was married and the father of three. The military said he was a guerilla, although they did not say they killed him. Ernesto, twenty, went to the market and never ...

18. About Kissing

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... nose itches, you'll kiss a fool." "A falling star means a kiss." "If the hem of your dress is turned up, you'll soon get a kiss." Kissing on the silver-screen is nothing new, she notes. The kissingest movie ever was 1926's Don Juan, in which John Barrymore bussed Mary Astor and Estelle Taylor 126 times. Kissing is good for your health. According to the Academy of General Dentistry, lip locks help prevent tooth decay by stimulating saliva flow, which provides teeth with the calcium and phosphorous they need ...

19. The King Of Ifs

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Richard Andersen

... risen! And mortal spirit from its prison Of sin and death with Him may rise! Worthwhile the struggle, sure the prize, Since Easter, aye, is true! (4) The King of Ifs is no Duke of Wales, no philandering prince. He is no pretender, as was King Juan Carlos of Spain for so many years before he was proclaimed king seventeen years ago today. He is Christ the King, who rules and reigns as a monarch should...redeeming the lost and restoring the loyal to Paradise forevermore. Amen. (1) Barclay, William;The Gospel ...

20. The Cry Of Freedom

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... been moved by my studies in American history as an undergraduate that our search for freedom was hardly "free" but was made possible by the sacrifices of many brave men and women who have gone before us ” Bunker Hill to Valley Forge, to Gettysburg, to San Juan Hill, to the Normandy Invasion, to the Vietnam jungles. What does it mean to be an American? What are the values, the commitments that are needed? What is the role of freedom here? What does it mean to be a Christian on the soil of these United ...

21. Gone with the Wind

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

When the wind picks up here in the San Juan Islands of Washington State, a great changing-of-the-guard takes place. Out with the sea kayakers. In with the sailors. When the wind gets gusty and gutsy, those who love to sit below sea level and solo pilot their long, lean crafts grouse and grumble and haul out onto ...

22. Straw Polls and Soul Quakes

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... On top of being able to keep secrets, small towns require profound diplomacy skills. In a small town, everybody's business is everyone's business. There's no such thing as a stranger among locals. Like a lot of rural communities, where we live (San Juan County, Washington State) has only one weekly newspaper. All that paper does is summarize what the gossip and grapevine have already made common knowledge during the past week. You don't get the paper for news. You get the small-town weekly because it gives ...

23. Trash Cans or Treasure Chests

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , Luwak is Indonesian for the name of how we get this coffee. Luwak is a cat. It's a Civet cat. This is a nocturnal creature, comes out only at night. This cat is about the size of a fox and it has an interesting story. This cat is the Juan Valdez of the animal kingdom. This cat only picks the most perfect coffee cherries to eat. It comes out at night and wanders all over the island of Sumatra and will only pick the most perfect coffee cherries to eat. It would rather starve than to feast on a Kona ...

24. Weak Sauce

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... most extensive selection of nutrition-free snack foods ever seen sodas, beer, chips, dips, candies AND a huge offering of organically grown fresh fruits, vegetables, baked goods, dairy foods, and meats. So what in the world is The Hot Sauce Shop doing in the San Juan Islands? One of the longest lived, most successful little shops out here in the remote corners of the Pacific Northwest is The Hot Sauce Shop. As its name implies this is a small store that carries just one item: hot sauces. Granted, there are ...

25. Power Failures and Power Surges

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... -hungry for all kinds of out-dated, out-classed, down-and-out forms of power. We are still plugging in to transmission lines and power grids when the Scriptures teach us to go wireless. Due to a big increase in traffic to the San Juan Islands, a little “spur” called “Washington State Highway 20 West” is being transformed. It used to be a simple two-lane road, dotted with feed processing plants, great breakfast diners, and picture-postcard tulip fields. It’s now become a full-throttle four-lane ...

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