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Acts 2:1-13

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King Duncan

... went to the store. Suddenly Debbie Jean was gone. A neighbor's child saw her heading toward her school which was only a few hundred yards away. They looked at the school, and no Debbie Jean. While his wife checked the shopping center across the street, Leighton Ford went to the principal and they looked through the class rooms. There was no sign of her. Panic gripped his heart; he remembered stories about men picking up little girls. He wondered if he ought to call the police. He walked up and down the road ...

2. On Being Mistaken For A Mannequin

Acts 2:42-47

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King Duncan

... people searching for lost values, for real meaning in life, and for hope. We must not keep silent. Fulfilling the Great Commission means sharing Jesus Christ with those around. It means speaking up and guiding them to forgiveness of sins and salvation." (6) Leighton Ford puts it like this: "There are too many churches with impeccable credentials for orthodox theology whose outreach is almost nil. They are sound, but they are sound asleep . . . It is far too easy for the Church to become a sort of religious ...

3. David Flees to Gath—Again

1 Samuel 27:1-12

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... of a serene spirit that trusts steadfastly in God for each day, accepting what is given as from his hand, peaceful in the knowledge of his divine oversight and in the promise of eternity. History: In The Attentive Life (2008), Leighton Ford, head of Leighton Ford Ministries and former member of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, tells the following story: When the bombs were falling on Europe during World War II, thousands of orphaned children were placed in refugee camps. There they were safe and ...

4. Jesus’s Manifesto

Luke 4:14-30

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R.T. France

... in the end their unorthodox methods helped liberate half a million people.”3 In his teaching, Jesus’s emphasis on “good news to the poor” places him decisively on the side of the underdogs, to give them a voice and a sense of hope. Anecdote: Leighton Ford tells of visiting Mother Teresa and her Sisters of Mercy, who ministered to the poor of Calcutta, India. They sought to give the underdog, in this case the dying poor, voice and hope. They found her in “a modest building marked by a simple sign ...

5. A Man Who Walked the Talk

Acts 7:55-60

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King Duncan

... to his faith was so effective and his deeds and words of love so compelling that the eleven guards responsible for him were constantly rotated in and out to keep them from coming under his strong spiritual leadership. That’s a witness to our Lord! Leighton Ford tells about another man who walked the walk and talked the talk. His name was Gottfried Osei-Mensah. He was a leader of a church in Africa. Osei- Mensah was brought to Christ by an English missionary. The missionary was the headmaster at the ...

6. Who Will Take Away This Burden Of Guilt?

Hebrews 10:1-18

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King Duncan

... , in a heavy masculine scrawl, were these words: "In case of accident, remember, Honey, it's you I love, not the car." (6) Those are God's words to us. It is we He loves. And because He loves us, He has taken away our sins forever. Evangelist Leighton Ford once told about a man who owned a Rolls Royce. While traveling on vacation, there was a mechanical failure. The man called the company from which he had bought the car, and they flew in a mechanic from England to repair it. After waiting a number of weeks ...

7. A Faith that Works with a Victorious Attitude

Philippians 2:12-18

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Eric Ritz

... and go forward in the Christian faith and that you are here today reflects that God has not given up on you, so please don''t give up yourself. Dr. John A Huffman, Jr., of Newport Beach, California, shared an insight that he learned from Dr. Leighton Ford that I believe might be helpful to you in our instantaneous society as you consider your growth in Christ. "What is urgent is measured by the running clock. What is important is measured by the growing spirit. What is urgent clamors loudly for action. What ...

8. But Wait! There's More!

Luke 20:27-40

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King Duncan

... . “[God] is not the God of the dead,” said Jesus, “but of the living, for to him all are alive.” 1. THE JOKESMITH, Volume XXII, Number 4, Copyright 2006, ISSN 0749-4351. 2. (Castle Books), p. 11. 3. “Easter, Favorite Time of Year” by David Briggs, AP Religion Writer. 4. Leighton Ford, Good News is For Sharing, p. 31 5. Saint Catherine’s Episcopal Church, Marietta, GA. http://www.stcatherines.org/RevAlexanderSermons.html.

9. Shall We Waddle or Fly?

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

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King Duncan

... Donald Tuttle. Source unknown. 3. Chafin, Kenneth L. The Communicator’s Commentary, #7 (Waco: Word Books, 1985), pp. 155-156. 4. Tarbells’ Teacher’s Guide, Frank S. Meade and William P. Barker, ed. (Old Tappan, NJ, 1983). 5. The Leighton Ford Evangelism Leadership Seminar, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, September 14, 1991. Cited in In Other Words, date unknown. 6. Rev. Cameron S. Smith, http://www.courthousechurch.org/sermons/ephesians4.7?12.html. 7. New York Times News Service, October 24 ...

10. Check Fear Off Your List

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Leighton Ford

When I am conscious of the fear of failure holding me back, I go through a kind of personal checklist: Does this fear come basically from pride, a fear that I will not live up to my own expectations or to those of others? Do I remember that God has called me first to faithfulness, then to efficiency? Do I trust that the Holy Spirit is working before me, with me, and through me? Do I remember that I am called to be neither more nor less successful than Jesus Christ was? Do I remember that God does his ...

11. What's Holding You Back?

Matthew 28:16-20

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Leighton Ford

In preparing for this book on evangelism and witness, I have talked to a lot of people, and the fear issue comes up again and again. What makes people hesitate to share their faith? Here are some of the fears that have been mentioned to me: I am afraid I might do more harm than good. I don't know what to say. I may not be able to give snappy answers to tricky questions. I may seem bigoted. I may invade someone's privacy. I am afraid I might fail. I am afraid I might be a hypocrite. Perhaps the most common ...

God loves us the way we are but He loves us too much to leave us that way.

Leighton Ford

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