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Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... , and then he got back to what was consuming him downstairs. And then came that dreary day when Thomas Carlyle followed, through dripping rain, the coffin of his wife. And when the funeral was over, he turned around and went back to his house in despair. He ... said, "I could not go on living in this hell," and she had to get it out. She gave herself up. Arthur Walker and Kathleen Spiker found relief for their guilt, and something of the experience of hell was removed from their lives. I don''t know if either ...

2. What the Storms Blow Away

Matthew 7:21-29

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... storms of life are coming? We should expect storms! The storms of life expose our weaknesses in faith just as surely as the rain exposed the shortcuts in the quality of the church windows. If our faith is shallow, if we have built our faith on sand ... What might such a life look like? Reverend Kathleen Baskin-Ball, a United Methodist pastor from Texas, found out in January of 2007 that she had cancer in her chest cavity and liver. Just in her forties, with a young son, Kathleen's faith held firm. Here is what ...

3. Praying for a Whole New World

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

William G. Carter

... want a continuation of what we have seen and known? Or do we hope for something far greater? In one of her books, Kathleen Norris writes about the hopes of her rural neighbors in South Dakota. The land is frequently harsh and unfruitful, and the people ... -country” is a treasured idiom of the western Dakotas, an accurate description of the landscape that farmers and ranchers dwell in — next year rains will come at the right time; next year I won’t get hailed out; next year winter won’t set in before I ...

4. The Ark of the Covenant

Exodus 25:10-22

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Maxie Dunnam

... And you know what happened. Finally the floods came and the water began to rise. Scripture says the windows of the heavens were opened and rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights. It was in the 600th year of his life, and old Noah led the parade of ... to eat, and I’ll get your berth ready so you can have a good night’s sleep; you’ll make it.” And that woman, Kathleen Swan, said, “I took that to be the hand of God in my life. And that hand of God has been guiding all through my life ...

5. Rainbows

Genesis 9:1-17

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

Object: Ribbons tied into bows. Lesson: Covenant; God's care. This morning I need all of you to help me understand a verse of scripture. It's from the ninth chapter of Genesis, verse 13. It says, I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When God said to Noah, "I have set my bow in the clouds," what kind of 'bow' did God mean? Was it the kind of bow you shoot arrows with? The eight girls and one small boy seated on the chancel steps grin at my ...

6. Living Water

John 4:10

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

Object: A small potted cactus. (An unusual pot will elicit more interest from the children.) Lesson: Prayer; spirit. As the children gather on the steps they see I am holding a small cactus planted in a pot shaped like a cat. "What did I bring with me this morning?" I ask them. "A plant in a cat!" some of them respond. "Yes, a cactus in a cat," I tell them. "What does this cactus need to live in this pot?" "Sunshine!" says one little boy. "Yes, it needs sunshine. What else does it need?" "Water," replies a ...

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