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Maxie Dunnam

... it happened. The event occurred in 1964, and it wasn't until the 70s that he wrote about it, and then only because Adam Smith mentioned it in his best-selling The Powers of the Mind. Because of the attention he received, Cousins decided he would tell what happened in ... her voice and her laughter. The laughter caused me to listen more intently to what they were saying, and I discovered that Kevin, my son, and Jerry, my wife, were telling Kerry about something that had happened to me a week ago, Saturday. It ...

2. God's Witness Security Program

1 John 3:1-3

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King Duncan

... ’s creation, but only those who have Jesus’ Spirit living in them are adopted into God’s family. Playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith remembers one of the earliest lessons her grandfather taught her. He used to say, “If you say a word often enough, it becomes ... it be the source of a new and more abundant life. 1. “How Witness Protection Works” by Kevin Bonsor, HowStuffWorks, Inc. http://people.howstuffworks.com/ 2. Alex Boese, The Museum of Hoaxes (Dutton, 2002). 3. Maxie D Dunnam, The Communicator’ ...

3. Facing Fears, Kingdom Style

Matthew 6:25-34

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Phil Thrailkill

... call. The film, Big Kahuna, is about three salesmen working together to make an important sale at a hotel convention. Late one night, Larry (Kevin Spacey) and Phil (Danny DeVito) are talking about God. Phil says, "I don't know why, but I've always had this haunting feeling ... 15-17. 4. 6:30b, 8:26, 14:31, 16:8, 17:20. 5. 1 John 4:18. 6. Bruce Wilkinson with Brian Smith, Beyond Jabez (Portland, OR: Multnomah Press, 2005), 147-148. 7. Quoted in Michael Green, Matthew (Waco, TX: Word, 1988), 86. 8. PreachingToday. ...

4. Power in the Pulpit

Philippians 3:1-11

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James Merritt

... in colors of black and white; people prefer a subtle gray. I read the tragic story not long ago of an 18 year old young man named Kevin Farr. He had just been bowling with his brother, and as they parted ways, he said, "Tell Mom I'll be home by midnight, I don' ... Eclectic Fourth Reader: Containing Elegant Extracts in Pros and Poetry from the Best American and English Writers: Cincinnati: Truman and Smith, 1838, 143-144. 4. Quoted in Lee Williams, No Room for Doubt, (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1977), p. 36. 5. ...

5. A Four Word Memoir

Philippians 1:12-30

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King Duncan

... worn.” It would be difficult to tell a heart-breaking story more succinctly than that. In the tradition of Hemingway, an online literary magazine known as Smith challenged its readers a few years ago to write the story of their own lives their memoirs using just six words. The editors published the best ... html. 7. Patrick Doherty, sermoncentral.com. 8. http://www.smlc‑elca.org/Sunday_sermons/february_20_2005_sermon.html. 9. Kevin Pierpont, http://kevinpierpont.com/229/to-live-is-christ-philippians-121/.

6. Ad Signs

Humor

Humorous advertising is eye-catching and memorable. Kevin Maney in his weekly column for Gannett News Service listed some delightful signs: A slogan on a tow truck parked at the ... cart said: "Sgt. Peppers Only Hot Dog Stand." In front of a church listing their pastor's recent bout with illness: GOD IS GOOD; Dr. Smith is better. Apparently a family named Husband owns a pest control company in Plymouth, Ind. The name of the company is Husband Exterminating. A moving company in Sacramento, California is ...

7. When Heaven Rejoices

Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7

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Timothy J. Smith

An owner of a small, crossroads store was appointed the local postmaster. But six months after his appointment, not one piece of mail had left the village. When concerned postal officials from Washington investigated, the local postmaster explained, "Well, it's simple; the bag ain't full yet." Once there was a church board that decided it wanted its congregation to grow numerically. An evangelism committee was chosen. The first thing the committee did was read every book and article they could find on ...

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