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Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... would attack him. The bear, a creature of habit, was just finishing his morning pacing in the sunshine. The bear always paced for the same amount of time, in the same pattern, every day. In a few seconds, the bear would be finished pacing and would look for a way to get back in its cage. If it ... . A mother asked this man of deep character what was the greatest lesson she could teach her child. Lee's response was, "Teach him to deny himself." Life calls for vigilance. Temptation is always at hand. The ability ...

2. When Jiggling Wires Is Not Good Enough

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... seriously, they responded non-defensively and more importantly non-judgmentally, and they didn't pressure him. They gave him time to reflect at his own pace. He discovered the genuine faith of the people in that church. "They believe this stuff!" he later wrote. Lee's wife helped him come to a faith that he could claim as his own. "That's when I committed my life to Christ," Lee said. "At that point I had to be taken by the hand with someone saying, `This is your next step.'" (4) The townspeople discovered ...

3. People of the Book

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

King Duncan

... from one rural village to another. There were no street lights or well-marked roads. Their guide was a young Indian man who carried a small lantern. Lee became impatient with the group’s slow pace, so he decided to step out of the lighted path and walk on ahead. But as soon as Lee stepped out of the light, he tumbled down a steep embankment into a dry river bed. Lee remarks that this experience gave him a deeper appreciation for the verse in Psalm 119 that reads, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a ...

4. “God Is Our Refuge and Strength, an Ever-Present Help in Trouble”

Psalm 46:1-11

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C. Hassell Bullock

... of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope.14 There are times when we get frustrated with God because he is not moving according to our time frame. Lee reminds us that our perspective is limited, and we would be wise to be still before God and to reflect on his pace in history and his mode of building the kingdom. The God of hope Testimony: Psalm 46 draws on what God has done to provide encouragement for the present and the future. We must not only remember what ...

5. The Essence of Spirituality

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... , we are able to cram event upon experience into every waking moment. We go at such a pace that days fly by like telephone poles on a country road. At this pace, how could one ever find a moment to experience God? How could we ever find a moment ... . Rather it is just that not nearly enough is right. We have experienced so much and still feel a deep sense of emptiness. The old Peggy Lee song sums it so well: "Is that all there is?" Does life not have more to offer than to be born, grow up, work a lifetime, succeed ...

6. A Better Than Perfect Christmas

Philippians 4:4

Sermon

King Duncan

... director. Perfection was her goal ”nothing less. For years the church’s pageant ran like clockwork. Perfect lines, perfect pacing, perfect everything. Then one year, something even better happened. You see, the director’s commitment to perfection was ... a local fair. "Huh," snorted Mayor Joseph Daddona of Allentown which is also part of the region MONEY panned. "Lee Iacocca’s mother still lives here. You think Lee Iacocca would let his mother stay in a town that wasn’t fit to live in?" "I don’t ...

7. Pursue the Life That Really Is Life

1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 1 Timothy 6:6-19

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Constitution of the United States. After one such stirring speech, one of those hecklers stood up and boldly walked a few paces toward the platform. "Aw, them words don't mean nothin' a-tall!" he shouted. "Where's all that happiness you ... 2990), July 1985 2. The Pastor's Story File (Saratoga Press, P.O. Box 8, Platteville, CO, 80651; 970-785-2990), Jan 1987 3. Victor Lee, Sports Spectrum; reprinted in Men of Integrity (May/June 2002) 4. The Pastor's Story File (Saratoga Press, P.O. Box 8, Platteville, CO, ...

8. Path To A New Life

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... as to be as silent as possible. Ely held his breath as the man, lamp in hand, walked by. When he had gone perhaps 20 paces further, the man hesitated a moment, and then very softly knocked upon a near door. Immediately the door was opened, casting light upon the ... themselves in the sandals of this ancient Nicodemus. You may be such a person. You may be one who can sing with Peggy Lee about your life, "Is that all there is?" Even as the door was opened for the finely robed Nicodemus, so Jesus opened another ...

9. The Leadership Principles Of Jesus

Hebrews 5:11-6:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... for a strong effective leader. Maybe you remember when Chrysler Corporation was on the economic ropes, nearly bankrupt. Then Lee Iacocca was hired to save this troubled company. Within five years Chrysler experienced a profit of 925 million dollars ... i s undecided. New York's representatives are awaiting further instructions. It looks hopeless. Wrestling with a vision shared by only a few, Adams paces back and forth in the hall. We can feel the stress in his body as we watch. Suddenly he looks up and cries ...

10. Congratulations, Joseph, It's A God!

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... coat with a stethoscope around his neck. Joseph, with a look of relief on his face takes the doctor straight to Mary, then starts pacing back and forth. After a few moments the "doctor" emerges with a big smile on his face. "Congratulations, Joseph," he says, "It's a ... living, deceased or mythical. Who would you choose?" The top three choices of those 8,000 young people were God, Jesus and Lee Iacocca. What do you know? A new Trinity. (2) Our college students could find worse heroes than Iococca. There is a ...

11. Only Jesus

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , video games, TV, radio, music, sports, career, movies, etc. They can all cause us to lose our focus on Jesus. A very nervous airline passenger began pacing the terminal when bad weather delayed his flight. During his walk he ran across one of those life insurance machines. It offered $100,000 in the ... Church, Benicia, California 2. Adapted from Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations, Paul Lee Tan, p. 440 3. The Clergy Journal, (Logos Productions Inc, Inver Grove Heights, MN) Vol LXXIII, Number 7, pp. 88.

12. Where Love Comes From

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... was late. When he arrived, only about fifteen minutes late, he found his friend in a state of high agitation, pacing about, perspiring heavily, visibly upset. It seemed an overreaction to fifteen minutes of tardiness. Later, this friend said to Willimon, “ ... job in a book‑storage building. He took a gun with him. The rest, as they say, is history. This man was Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. (4) Rejection is a terrible thing, isn’t it? And it manifests ...

13. Redemption: A Wide Angle Picture

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... fields around the town of Gettysburg had already seen two days of fierce fighting. Now, on the third day, General Robert E. Lee poised to send his army of northern Virginia into its final assault of the battle. Nearly 12,000 men under the ... day you permit me to live, I’ll serve you, and I’ll never rob you again.’” Then he added, “Every day God stays at least ten paces ahead of me. I’m blessed every day in more ways than I can deserve, and no where can a happier man be found (and he underlined ...

14. No Substitutes

Galatians 3:15-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... itself under the guardianship of the laws of nature. This is one of the hurdles that former Chicago Tribune journalist Lee Strobel had to clear on his journey from being a skeptic, a self-described atheist, to being a follower ... dependence,” he said, “while I was doing my residency. I was working unbelievably long hours. I started taking uppers amphetamines in order to keep up the pace. Then I needed a downer to help me go to sleep at night. Before long I noticed that it was taking more of each to do the ...

15. Job Hears the Whispers of God’s Works

Job 26:1--31:40

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Daniel J. Estes

... Lord. Illustrating the Text Despite all the advances humans make, only God understands life in its totality. Technology: The pace of research and discovery is increasing exponentially in every area of learning. For example, a standard laptop computer used ... to do good. Film: To Kill a Mockingbird. In this enduring, Academy Award–winning film (1962) based on the novel by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch, the main character (played by Gregory Peck), is a lawyer who chooses to defend a wrongly accused black man in ...

16. Like a Child

Hebrews 4:1—5:10

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

Angela was still a pre-schooler the Christmas Grandpa Harvey got her the red Radio Flyer wagon, and by summer it had become a popular item in the family's backyard. When her younger sister learned to toddle along sometime later they made a game of pulling each other, often with the help of Mom or Dad. As is known to happen with siblings, one afternoon the cooperative play turned competitive, then became a heated argument. And so it was that Angela informed her little sister in a physical way that this was ...

17. Return to the Lord, Your God

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Lee Griess

Every once in a while a whimsical story makes the news. A couple of years ago, the Associated Press carried a story about a woman in Olney, England, named Dawn Gallyot who defied snow and a biting wind to beat seven other women to the finish line in the annual Shrove Tuesday pancake race. In her first race, the 38-year-old schoolteacher made the 415-yard dash from a pub in the market square to the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul with a pancake and a frying pan in her hand in 73 seconds. That was 9.5 ...

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