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Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

George Bass

... to the cemetery, is absolutely intriguing for those who are aware of the relationship of Christ to both the living and the dead. Thousands of people flock to the cemetery, purchase flowers at a flower market that lines the large city-block square of St. Lawrence outside the cemetery, and make their way to the graves and mausoleums of their loved ones. There they manicure the graves, clean the mausoleums, and do acts of remembrance and devotion that demonstrate their love for those who have preceded them ...

2. From Foolishness To Power

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... S. history." (3) Perhaps Welk wasn't a great musician, but he provided many people with an abundance of pleasure. Actually, Lawrence Welk would have fit in well with the disciples of Jesus. If we had to pick disciples for Jesus, we ... the one hand, He keeps us from pride over our religious inclination; on the other, He tells us that everyone of us is a building block for the kingdom. In essence, God is not interested in our level of sophistication, but our level of commitment. Sang Kyoo Lee and his wife, ...

3. An Unholy History

Ezekiel 20:1-29, Ezekiel 20:30-49

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... offered to it by what appears to be a priest in an animal mask (Levenson, Death and Resurrection, p. 19). Lawrence Stager and Samuel Wolff excavated a child-sacrifice site at the north African city of Carthage (see their article “Child ... we ordinarily find in Ezekiel’s recognition formulas but seems to show signs of a later stage in the development of the Heb. language (Block, Ezekiel 1–24, p. 634 nn. 108 and 109). Probably, then, editors added this phrase to the text later, perhaps in an attempt to ...

4. The Most Beautiful Story Ever Told

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... of Lords. And, amazingly, few who encountered him had any idea who he was. It reminds me of a delightful story of William Lawrence Bragg, at twentyfive the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Prize in physics. Bragg was an avid amateur gardener. When he ... of all creation humbled himself and took upon himself human flesh. It is an extraordinary claima claim that is a stumbling block for many conscientious people. But how would you do it, if you were God? How would you communicate with human beingswithout ...

5. Building A Faith

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit." I. "Wait." He said to them, "Wait.". Lawrence O. Richards makes the point that the disciples must have chafed at Jesus' instructions to "wait for the promise of the Father" in ... the door and walked in. His mother came in behind him, spoke his name and gave him a hug. She had spotted him three blocks away. It must have hurt her mother's heart to see her child in distress, but instead of following her impulse to rescue ...

6. Excellence In Living

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... to church members who were content to say, "I'm an average Christian." His thinking was that if you put your head into a hot oven and your feet into a block of ice, you should be comfortable but you'll definitely be hotheaded and have cold feet. We may be average in our endowments, but more can be made of what we've got. In Lawrence of Arabia, Lawrence is portrayed as a man torn between a lofty vision of Arab unity, which would have required a sacrifice from him, and the desire to live as an ordinary person ...

7. Lord, Teach Us How to Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

James McCormick

... me give you my definition of prayer: Prayer is anything you do with a conscious awareness of God. It is what Brother Lawrence described as “practicing the presence of God.” Whatever you are doing, you are aware of God, and open to His guidance and ... meaning and power in life. Of course, I am talking about God. Prayer is where that contact took place. Jesus spent sizable blocks of time in intimate contact with God, through prayer. In prayer, Jesus was still and quiet and He experienced the “Godness” of ...

8. Discipline and Means of Grace

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... m yours. No more fighting. No more complaining. Lead me where you will. Not my will but Thine be done.” The Biggest Block The biggest block to our surrender is not our appetites and wayward desires, but our addiction to running our own lives. Surrender would be easy if ... and so on - we mustn’t forget the covering of grace. Some of us will try to do too much too soon. Brother Lawrence warned of a woman who “wants to go faster than grace. One does not become holy all at once.” John Climacus cautioned his ...

9. A Guide to a Rich and a Joyous Life

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... quick walk along the darkened beach to get some fresh air. Little Stanley ran down the beach ahead of his parents and sister. He came upon a barricade wall blocking further access to the beach. Like any other boy, he decided to climb the wall and explore the rest of the beach. But just as Stanley reached the top ... , Lacey, Washington Reader’s Digest (Reader’s Digest USA). 8. Lawrence J. Epstein, A Treasury of Jewish Anecdotes, p. 37. Cited in David Bruce, The Funniest People in Comedy, (Kindle Edition).

10. Staying Close to Christ

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... by people all over this world to one degree or another. Oh, there are some people who find it too difficult. When D. H. Lawrence first read a collection of Ernest Hemingway’s short stories, he said that they all ended up in the same place. He said the ... one another. You’ve got to love each other. Each player has to be thinking about the next guy and saying to himself: If I don’t block that man, Paul is going to get his legs broken. I have to do my job well in order that he can do his. The difference ...

11. The Light That Dwells Among Us

Matthew 16:13-20, Matthew 16:21-28, Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!” Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and ... and John, see “The Zechariah Tradition in the Gospel of Matthew. Charlene McAfee Moss. And “Elijah the Peacemaker” by Lawrence Frizzel.

12. If There Isn’t Enough To Go Around

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

William G. Carter

... his pockets. Meanwhile one hand after another reached out for help. “Money, mister? Mister, some money? Money please?” After a few blocks of that, Kevin’s anger had subsided. What are a couple of bucks when so many people have so little? Kevin ... ! But the opposite of generosity is fear. We look at what little we have, and we think of the reasons why we cannot help. D.H. Lawrence told a story about a family with a boy and two little girls. They lived in a nice house with a garden. Yet the family felt an ...

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