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Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... corn, Amen,' that would be a hymn. But if I were to say, 'Martha, Martha, Martha, the cows--the big cows, the little cows, the black cows, the red cows, the green cows, all the cows, all the cows, all the cows-- are in the corn, the corn, the corn, the ... will come before the week is over. Michael keeps nagging about singing to his sister, but kids are never allowed in Intensive Care. But Karen makes up her mind. She will take Michael whether they like it or not. If he doesn't see his sister now, he may never ...

2. Loved By The Father

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

King Duncan

... toward God, who is a father to the fatherless (Ps. 68:5). Although she never received approval from her earthly father, Karen found security through her heavenly father. (3) "For in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith," writes St. ... and pulled out the very same quiz. With a black pen, she made him spell out the names of the pictures all over again. He rewrote the words right over the faint yellow marks. He says, "Each new stroke of the solid black pen gave me a sense of security and ...

3. Changed Lives: Adam and Eve

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... own ways of dealing with it. Some of us flee from it. Others, less wise, embrace it. Karen Hickey embraced it. Karen, of St. Louis, MO had often wondered how it felt to be handcuffed. She found out the hard ... --then let Christ remove its stain from our hearts and souls. Pastor Jim Beranek compares what Christ has done for us to the scientific concept of black holes. A black hole is a heavenly phenomenon that occurs when a star dies out and collapses in on itself. As the star collapses it becomes so dense and ...

4. Why Are You So Afraid?

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... He would keep her safe. The sleepless nights continued, with Abby seeking comfort in her parents’ bedroom. Finally, one night Karen asked her daughter if she had prayed for Jesus to take her fear away and help her fall asleep. “Oh yes ... accident and it’s on its side and the woman who’s driving can’t move,” says Walton. “She’s frightened and in shock. Three young black kids run to the scene and you just know what they’re gonna do. They’re gonna reach in that car and grab her purse and run ...

5. God's Math:Lose Life = Save It

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... edge of the berm, blowing a tire. The car flipped over, end over end. The last thing Justin remembered was being upside down before he blacked out. A passer-by saw what happened and immediately summoned a state trooper and an ambulance on his radio. Recognizing Justin, the eyewitness also went ... business is in good hands with your two oldest sons. Yes, I agree that it is not quite fair for Karen and your one daughter who still lives at home, but remember they will not sorrow too long. Oh yes, they will ...

6. The Healing Power of Faith

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... , sort of like today’s fascination with zombies. However, the person with leprosy was alive. Nevertheless he had to wear a black garment so he could be recognized as from among the dead. He was banished as an outcast, totally ostracized from society ... , yet unable to return her love. When she was forty‑six, he was killed in an airplane crash. In spite of these tragedies, Karen kept a hopeful attitude. She wrote many books under her pen name, Isak Dinesen books such as Out of Africa and Winter Tales. In ...

7. The Spirit Bird

Galatians 1:23b

Illustration

John E. Sumwalt

... the wonders it worked among us I shall never forget. It was larger than the bird we saw yesterday, about as big as a pigeon -- black on top with a snowy white breast -- with the most peculiar array of feathers I have ever seen. I have never seen one like it ... of its presence everywhere." Then the old counselor opened a pouch that he carried on his belt and took out a handful of black and white feathers. He walked around the fire circle and gave a feather to each camper and counselor. We closed our campfire ...

8. Under the Rainbow

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... went on. Every Wednesday, though, my daddy would press his trousers and go down to the Philharmonic Glee Club rehearsal. These sixty black guys -- table waiters, coal trimmers, truck drivers -- would give one big concert a year to the white population. (We) couldn't sit where ... 6:6 4. Quoted by Bill Moyers, videotape, Genesis, a Living Conversation, "Apocalypse," (Newbridge Communications, 1996) 5. Karen Armstrong, ibid. 6. Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler, Laughter in Appalachia (New York: Ivy Books, 1987 ...

9. Love

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... at least two armed men. But when the package arrived at the company's office in London and was carefully opened, it contained no diamond. Rather it contained a lump of black coal. Three days later, the diamond arrived by ordinary parcel post in a plain package. The owner had assumed correctly that most people would not pay attention to an ordinary ... , New Jersey: Chosen Books, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1986). 3. NY DAILY NEWS, 12-25-88., p. 39, Karen Zautyk: "Remember, It is Love That Makes Us Rich."

10. Winners And Losers

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... of assorted thugs and addicts coming in and out of the jail, Smedes became rather cynical. What a bunch of losers, he thought. He struck up a conversation with a young black man in a pastoral collar who was visiting the jail. It turns out that this young man was not a pastor; he was an insurance salesman who spent one day each ... 166-167. 5. by Eddie Charles Spencer The Day I Met God, compiled and edited by Jim & Karen Covell and Victorya Michaels Rogers (Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001), pp. 39-45.

11. Maximum Marriage

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... pictures of what they want to be when they grow up. Sally drew an astronaut, Sue a doctor, Bruce a missionary. But Karen turned in a blank sheet of paper. "Isn't there something you want to be?" the teacher inquired. The child replied, "I want ... of leaving? The man and the woman make a basic public commitment in saying, "Forsaking all others, I choose you!" He burns his little black book. She dreams of no other Prince Charming but him. They leave single life behind and together live in wedlock. Did you hear ...

12. What’s So Amazing about Grace?

2 Samuel 7:1-14a

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... experienced a religious conversion while on a ship. Two years later, he married and became the captain of a slave ship, one that hauled black captives from Africa to England for commercial purposes. Although his conversion had begun a personal turnaround for him, he had not yet come to ... wretch like him? "I once was blind, but now I see." The third concerns what happened after Roy and Karen Pike from Columbus, Ohio, were killed in a traffic accident while on a vacation trip to celebrate their 25th wedding ...

13. LENT: The Passion of Christ: "Betrayed"

John 13:21-30; Matthew 26:14-16; 45-50

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... to Judas." In it, he describes going into a men's restroom in San Francisco and there carefully lettered on the pale green paint beside the mirror with a black pen, were the words: "Judas, come home; all is forgiven." He says he pondered that for a long time, wondering who it was who put the message there. Was ... even more important question might be: Is Jesus still waiting for you? 1. Karen Weaver, Huber Heights, OH. Today's Christian Woman, "Heart to Heart." 2. Ray S. Anderson, The Gospel According To Judas

14. The Grateful Samaritan

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... ago as a result of alcoholism, Jeremy changed, for a time. He developed a destructive attitude. He grew a weird hairdo and began dressing in all black Gothic attire. But then one day for a reason known only to him, Jeremy walked into a church. Some of the kids from the youth group ... Word,” Christian Century, October 5, 2004, p. 20. Cited by Rev. Karen Chakoian, http://www.granpres.org/Sermons/2004‑10‑10.htm. 7. Pastor Dan Mangler, http://www.smlc‑elca.org/Sunday_sermons/october_10_2004_sermon.html.

15. Hope for People Who Are Angry

Ephesians 4:30-5:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... What a supremely important word for the divided, angry world in which you and I live. Red states and blue, white people and black, rich people and poor--we seem to be drifting farther apart. And here’s something that you and I can agree on: Bitterness, ... were reported by USA Today over the span of just a few months. “Bad tempers are on display everywhere,” wrote reporter Karen S. Peterson. And who can doubt that it is true? The media is constantly reporting incidents of road rage, airplane rage, biker ...

16. A Miracle of Grace

Philemon 1:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... opportunity to publicly debate Reverend Wade Watts, a pastor and the local leader of the NAACP. Johnny Lee relished the thought of “putting a black man in his place.” But Johnny Lee floundered in the debate. Not only couldn’t he answer the Reverend’s reasoned arguments, but ... /us/2014/october/ex-kkk-wizard-turned-christian-evangelist-dies. 4. The Day I Met God, Edited by Jim & Karen Covell and Victorya Rogers (Sisters, OR: Multnomah, 2001), pp. 13-20. 5. “What Happened to Onesimus?” by Danny Pierce ...

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