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1. Dynamic Preaching January 2024 Sermons

Sermon

King Duncan

... says that to me. If I hear God at all, it’s somewhere between the lines of a page I’ve been studying for hours when I am reading Torah, and all I ever hear is, ‘Burt, turn the page.’” (3) That’s the way it is for most of us. God most often speaks to us ... not be introduced into the body. Accordingly, his wife died. A similar tragedy befell the Larry Parker family. In his book, WE LET OUR SON DIE, Larry records the tragic story of the devastation his family experienced when their diabetic eleven ...

2. Re-thinking Our Mission

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... , 1980). 2. Reggie McNeal, The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003). 3. Tim Zingale, http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/mountain-faith-tim-zingale-sermon-on-transfiguration-88525.asp?page=2. 4. http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/the-3-things-needed-for-reaching-the-lost-larry-sarver-sermon-on-evangelism-how-to-49316.asp 5. David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons, UNChristian (Baker Books, 2007), p. 181. 6. http://www.ottawamennonite.ca/sermons/impractical.htm.

3. For the Glory of Christ

John 12:20-33 · Hebrews 5:5-10

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Gordon deliberately strike out that day?" There's been a lot of speculation but we will never know for sure. However, it is interesting to note that from that day on, every time Larry Doby went out onto the field he first picked up Joe Gordon's glove and tossed it to him. You see, that's family. That's caring that some one else succeeds. That' ... Church, Cottage Grove, Minnesota. 4. From The Master's Plan for Making Disciples, by Win Arn, Charles Arn, page 77 5. Dennis the Menace by Hank Ketchum, 5-5-92

4. A Failure To Communicate

Hebrews 1:1-4, Hebrews 2:5-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the U. S.: "To those of you who bought our book, Skydiving Made Easy, please enter the following correction on page 12, paragraph 3, line 2: The words 'State zip code' should say "Pull rip cord.' We regret any inconvenience this mistake ... s supermarket in Cedar Park, Texas, were in a state of panic over the storm when they heard a commanding voice come over the intercom. Larry Fore, the manager of Albertson's, was directing the shoppers to safety. This is what he said: "Don't leave the store or you will ...

5. Mind Games

2 Corinthians 10:3-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... the obedience of Christ." (vv.3-5) As you read this passage of Scripture certain terms almost leap out of the page; terms such as "war," "weapons," "warfare," and "strongholds." It is as if Paul has transported us to the front lines ... in darkness not because there is no light, but because the world loves darkness rather than light. It broke my heart recently to find out that Larry King asked Chuck Colson not long ago to go to dinner. He told Chuck Colson the invitation was for one purpose. He said, "I'm going ...

6. Happiness Full Stop

John 15:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... and discover the love that makes life worth living. 1. From the Knoxville News Sentinel. 2. @Doc’’s Daily Chuckles, docsdailychuckle-join@freegroups.net to subscribe. 3. Larry Brincefield, http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/fruit-of-the-spirit-is-kindness-or-kinder-and-gentler-christians-larry-brincefield-sermon-on-christian-love-66305?page=1. 4. “An 80-Year Harvard Study Found the Greatest Predictor of Happiness in Later Life” by Reuben Westmaas, April 13, 2018, https://curiosity.com/topics/an ...

7. Don't That Just Beat All?

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... don’t have to face any obstacle life throws in our path alone. I remember my two best friends from my high school days - Larry and Freddy. We were “The Three Musketeers” in those days. Wherever you saw one of us, the other two were not far away. We ... you, trying to take you away from God. That was it. The medical dictionary of that day was a very short book. The Health Tips page would have simply read: “Don’t make God mad and stay away from demons.” That had to be a pretty tough pill to swallow, ...

8. A Violent Wind

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... to enter the nearest meat locker. They did just as he said, and all the shoppers survived the tornado without incident. Why did Larry Fore speak to the shoppers with such authority? Because 18 years before, Fore had survived a more devastating tornado. He had been through ... them on his way to his publisher’s. Hoping to avert a small crisis, the man decided to personally deliver the pages to the publishing house. However, the editor was not in his office. Flammarion’s friend simply placed the chapter on the ...

9. Beaten Up, But Still Standing

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... and I'm sometimes down," says the old spiritual, "sometimes I'm almost to the ground." And we've been there. And so have the people who trek across the pages of our Bible. Our lesson for today is about two people who felt beaten up. One was a righteous Jew named Jairus. His daughter was sick. In fact, she was at ... 110. 3. Be Careful What You Pray For . . . You Just Might Get It by Larry Dossey, M.D., Harper San Francisco, 1997, p. 31. 4. Dr. Brian Bauknight, "The Brain-Mind Bulletin," No. 7, March 24, 1986.

10. "God News" For Bad Times

1 Kings 17:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... his name and picture in the obituaries. The following morning Fred picked up his newspaper, turned to the obituary page, and there he saw his name, his biography and his photo. Startled, he went to the telephone and rang up his pal, George. "Listen," ... bonus credits came when TWA flight 847 was hijacked in June, 1985, and was flown four times between Algeria and Beirut. Larry Hilliard, regional director of corporate communications for TWA, revealed that Deborah Toga, wife of one of the hostages, had inquired ...

11. Who Wants To Be a Millionaire

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... have to serve somebody. [9] What is so very sad is that so many people in the church wind up serving money anyway. Larry Burkett said that materialism is running rampant in the American church. Quoting this 24th verse he said, "Christians are trying to serve ... the deep south-here in Atlanta. Listen to his story. "When I lived in Atlanta several years ago, I noticed in the Yellow Pages in the listing of restaurants an entry for a place called Church of God Grill. The peculiar name aroused my curiosity and I ...

12. The Wedding Was Saved, but the Marriage?

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

Larry Davies in his book, Sowing Seeds of Faith in a World Gone Bonkers, tells about a wedding he performed once on a wooden boat dock ... He has to write.” Kurt Bruner goes on to say, “God is love. Therefore, he has to love. He can no more keep this love to himself than John‑Boy could keep his ideas off the tablet page. It was a deep yearning to express his love to share his heart with another person that drove God to create [humankind]. He didn’t make us so that we would love him but so that he could ...

13. Traveling Forgotten Mountains

Isaiah 49:8-26

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

Larry Crabb has written a book called Moving Through Your Problems Toward Finding God. In the foreword the author writes, I have come to a ... God. Dr. Crabb goes on to say that we don't feel we can trust God. "We thank him for opening up a parking place in a crowded lot, but we cannot trust him with our souls" (page 95). Perhaps you can relate to these words of Dr. Crabb. Seven and a half centuries before Christ, or about 2,700 years ago, there was another writer who was trying to speak to a people thrown ...

14. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... a Minister and a Human Being." Like past forum keynote speakers I had to sit on a couch with the talk show host and ala the Larry King Show take telephone calls from people in that part of Michigan and Indiana. I dreaded it. I just knew some professors would call in questions ... have answering machines with recorded messages. This week I sat down to call some students. Here's what I got: "Hi, this is Page and Kathy's room. We are not here right now, but leave a message and we'll get back to you." According to ...

15. The Edge Of Night

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... have made it." He claims that on one brutal, exhausting march between prison camps, he looked up and saw a vision of Jesus. Jesus had said, "Larry, you'll make it. When I climbed the hill, I had a cross on my back." (6) When we are young and vigorous, we believe we ... glory of God, and a day when we acknowledge, even when evil is strong, that God is good and loving. 1. From web page, hiwaay.net 2. DAILY BREAD, July 1, 1990. 3. Richard Smith and Edward Decter, OOPS (New York, The Rutledge Press, 1981). 4. AN ...

16. The God Who Must Be Pursued

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... , more chances to serve, more chances to give, more chances to pray, more chances to see the Bible get up off the page, more chances to see the Holy Spirit break through, another chance to become a wiser and better man, another chance to feel ... he said, “then watch what happens.” b) vv.9-11 The Generous Character Of The Father. In a book titled Connecting, Dr. Larry Crabb writes: “A friend of mine was raised in an angry family. Mealtimes were either silent or sarcastically noisy. Down the street was ...

17. Guidance for a Time of Chaos

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... fear they could help prisoners escape. “A map would be of great assistance if you were planning to go over the wall,” said Larry Fitzgerald, spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. “Once they’re outside the walls, they go, `Ooh, I’m out here. What ... authors such as those who wrote The Yearling, From Here to Eternity, etc. Max Perkins could take a manuscript of a thousand pages and tell a given author what to cut out of it, what to retain, and what to change. All the famous American ...

18. The Man in the Tree

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... Record printed the names of 31,379 young people. The listing appeared to be a seemingly endless column after column, covering 121 pages. This was the roll of the United States war dead in Vietnam. Years later a memorial was built to these soldiers in ... (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1991), pp. 91-92. 2. I’m sorry, but I have lost the source of this outstanding illustration. 3. Larry King, The King (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1988). 4. Christine Wicker, God Knows My Heart (New York: St. Martin’s ...

19. A Chance To Sing

Matthew 9:32-34

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and He offers you A Chance To Find Your Voice, A Chance To Sing. 1. Barbara McKeever, Urbana, Ohio. Christian Reader, "Kids of the Kingdom." 2. Preaching, January-February 2004 3. Preaching Vol. 14, #3, (from Larry Hatfield) 4. Dynamic Preaching, Feb, 1987, Vol. II, No. 2, page 3 (Christian Communication Laboratory, Knoxville, TN). 5. From the devotional "Daily Walk," June 7, 2000, submitted by David Parsons, Santa Rosa, California 6. James L. Henderschedt, THE LIGHT IN THE LANTERN, (San Jose, CA: Resource ...

20. Man Of Sorrows

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Larry Powell

The fourth Servant Song of Isaiah, included in our text, preaches itself. Remarkably, it provides the prophecy, biography, and epilogue of Jesus of Nazareth. We will not engage here in the arguments of higher criticism which raise sophisticated questions as to whether Isaiah was speaking of an actual person, or of Israel as a whole, or of one yet to come. We consign those arguments to the scholars whose devotion to research leads them to search out those kinds of things. We shall proceed, rather, under the ...

21. But God Can

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

Larry Powell

She was all alone now, this widow of Nain. The Scriptures make no mention that she had brothers or sisters or other family members. They surely would have been with her, consoling her, moving slowly along in the sad procession. A "large crowd from the city was with her." We are grateful for that. Sometime before, we don't know how long, she had stood by the grave of her husband and now the lifeless body of her only son was being carried out of the city. Only a widowed parent can know the grief that poor ...

22. He Who Has Ears to Hear, Let Him Hear

Luke 8:1-15

Sermon

Larry Powell

There is an old "preacher story" about the traveling evangelist who had a flair for the dramatic. His sermons were flamboyant and intensely theatrical. His ability to turn a phrase and masterfully create "word pictures" captivated his listeners almost to the point of hypnosis. He was a strong portion. After accepting an invitation to preach in a little country church, he went out early one afternoon to familiarize himself with the church and its appointments. Among other things, he observed that the ...

23. In Quest of a Treasure

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

The Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon's obsession with discovering the fountain of eternal youth led him eventually to the land of flowers, or as we know it, Florida. Even now, there are those who claim that the bold adventurer did, in fact, discover such a fountain and that its perpetual waters contain the treasure of agelessness, or the much pursued "ever young" potion. Several years ago, somewhere in Florida, I took a drink from a fountain which was allegedly the genuine source designated by Ponce de Leon ...

24. Time and Stewardship

Sermon

Larry Powell

Religious authorities in Jesus' day pressed the matter of Sabbath observance to the extent of ridiculous extreme. In addition to those regulations which had long been entrenched in tradition, others were continually being produced by ambitious rabbis. The list of prohibitions was exhaustive. Ploughing and reaping were disallowed on the Sabbath (Exodus 34:21), as was pressing wines and canning goods (Nehemiah 13:15), bearing burdens (Jeremiah 27:21), carrying on trade (Amos 16:26), gathering wood (Numbers ...

25. Loving

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Larry Powell

If I speak in the tongues of men and angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. (verse 1) A gong has always impressed me as an almost unnecessary instrument. Each time a musician slams into one with a mallet to achieve the dull, disconcerting clash, I fully expect a secret passage to appear, or an oriental servant to fawn onto the stage. Cymbals provide slightly more flexible, functional accents of emphasis. However, both the gong and the cymbal produce but a single monotonous tone ...

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