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Luke 10:25-37

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... form of a game show. Playing Time: 10 minutes Setting: A TV studio Props: Scripts Signs -- "Cheer" ;"Hello Milton" ; "The End"; "Applause", Road map Masks Raiment First aid kit Bandage Costumes: Costume pieces to be added to street clothes Time: Prime time Cast: Announcer Milton Whitestein (HOST) Rupert Willies George Scrimshaw William Brandioggan Certain Man Wife -- of Certain Man Thieves (A TV GAME SHOW. AN "APPLAUSE" SIGN IS HELD UP AND AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) ANNOUNCER: And now the show that everyone should ...

2. The Four Scents of Adventing

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... there is the smell of increased coldness, the smell of snow, the smell of winter. (Now you’re hearing Andy Williams singing “Sleigh Ride”). But for plenty of people in the southern regions, there is the smell of sunscreen, heat, peppers ... the scent. For those who come to church on Sunday, the gathering space is filled with the scents. For those away on holiday, their take-away kit has in it an incense stick for them to light while they are reading the card, on which is printed what you will be reading ...

3. The Power of One Passion and One Prayer

Acts 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... poor of London on my heart and the vision for what Jesus Christ would do for them, I made up my mind that God should have all of William Booth there was; and if anything has been achieved, it is because God has had all the adoration of my heart, all the power of my will and ... . 4. “The rules of improv can make you funnier. They can also make you more confident” by Oluwakemi Aladesuyi, Life Kit, November 29, 2022. https://www.npr.org/2022/10/19/1129907651/improv-can-build-confidence-heres-how-to-apply-it- ...

4. Where Would We Be Without...?

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... edge of collapse hope to teach the gospel to other sick souls? Staupitz had prescribed a cure from the ancient kit of spiritual advisers: "Physician, cure thyself by curing others." He knew that in his study of the scriptures, Luther would ... never let me rest anywhere, but has thrust me into the limelight." The most dramatic turnaround in Calvin's career came through William Farel. Farel had enlisted in the reform movement in his native France. When persecution of Protestants forced him to flee, he became ...

5. The Difference Is You

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... the earth" and the "light of the world." Of course, there is a glitch to all this. Sometimes salt burns and light glares. William Willimon tells about a group of church women who were looking for a service project in their community. They wanted to be salt ... nice if they would make something for these young people and others in the jail. The women decided to make up toiletry kits, containing such personal items as a toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, and a piece of candy to make their stay a little bit ...

6. Bacon Grease And Abounding Grace

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... . You chew on other people's fingernails. You walk 20 miles on your treadmill before you realize it's not plugged in. Your first aid kit contains two pints of coffee with an I.V. hookup. (4) Have you ever been in the grip of an obsession from which you did ... 's time to admit it to yourself and to bring it to Jesus. 1. Jeffrey Zaslow, Tell Me All About It (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1990), p. 92. 2. Anne Wilson Schaef, When Society Becomes An Addict (San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1987), p. 24 ...

7. Pack Up Your Troubles

James 4:13-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Wars. He was playing and singing it now. What's the use of worrying? It never was worthwhile.So pack up your troubles in your old kit bag, And smile, smile, smile. When Felix Powell finished his song, he walked in his bedroom, took out a revolver, put it to his head, ... of doubt and sorrow and disaster, and still hold on, and come out with faith still stronger on the other side" (William Barclay, The Daily Study Bible, pp. 147, 148) That's what James is talking about: the confidence that the uncertain future ...

8. Radical Love is Forgiving (Series: Radical Love in a Risky World)

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... direct? Forgiveness is the cancellation of a debt. Forgiveness is free but it is not cheap. When Dr. Gene Nichol, president of William and Mary College ordered the cross removed from Wren Chapel on that campus, he failed to anticipate the outcry from alumni and others ... Church is our refusal to accept our brokenness. We hide it, we evade it, we gloss over it, we look for the cosmetic kit and put on our virtuous face to make ourselves admirable to the public. We have not found power over our weakness because ...

9. The Good

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Will Willimon

I always hold my breath on Sundays until I find out which texts are assigned by the ecumenical lectionary. Look, I realize that your high tuition pays my modest salary, so naturally I want to make a good impression on visiting parents. (And let me take this opportunity to thank all of you parents for your tuition payments. Without you, not only your Duke sons and daughters, but even this preacher, wouldn't be here!) At any rate, I want to look good for the visiting parents, to reassure you that your kids ...

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