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Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... own grandmother, were indelibly inscribed on his consciousness: "Wherever your lives may be cast, make the world a bit more beautiful and better because you have lived in it." Many of you are familiar with the name Lucy Stone. American women owe their right to vote as much to the efforts of Lucy Stone as to anyone. She edited the Woman's Journal for more than twenty of those years, educating and converting other women to the cause. She also served as chairman of the American Woman Suffrage Association. When ...

2. Let Your Diamond-Light Shine

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ’s dunes. Diamonds are a chosen and cherished gem because of their sparkle and glow. They ignite with a kind of inner fire when the light hits them. Unfortunately for “Lucy,” that means that the solid diamond core of that dwarf star is as unremarkable and unassuming as any other stone. You could take a drawer full of exquisite diamond gemstones and dump them in a drawer and — without the gift of reflective light—-you wouldn’t know you had anything different than a box of rocks. The miracle of ...

3. Cross Eyed: Triumph

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... are gnawing at the ropes the White Witch used to bind Aslan. Eventually the mice cut through the ropes and they fall away. Finally, when they can cry no more, Susan tells Lucy that they should go. Lucy says, "I'm so cold." They get up and walk away, but suddenly there is an earthquake and a terrible cracking sound. The girls turn around and see the Stone Table broken in two and Aslan's body nowhere to be seen. They are confused. They want to know what has happened. As the sun rises in the east, they look up ...

4. The Lord’s Prayer and The Stones-Serpents-Scorpions Story

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... for or attachment or devotion to a person or persons.” Abruptly he sits down and resumes playing. Stunned and puzzled, Lucy turns away and murmurs, “On paper, he’s great.” That’s our danger: we’re great “on paper.” But what ... , and when someone went to eat it the baby scorpions would bite them or crawl down their throat. Would any parent give stones, serpents and scorpions to their children, hungry for bread, fish and eggs? Jesus is intimating that this is what the religious establishment ...

5. A Stone’s Throw From: The Harvest

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... plants seeds of faith. That's exactly what Blanche does in the movie New In Town. The movie stars Renee Zellweger who plays Lucy, a high-powered executive consultant in love with her upscale Miami lifestyle who is sent to a middle of nowhere town in Minnesota ... the rest to God. We know what kind of soil we've become, we know how valuable the seed is. We may always be "A Stone's Throw From: The Harvest" our job is to sow seeds of encouragement, hope and faith. 1. William Barclay, The Letter to the Romans 2. ...

6. On Being Picked For The "Rework"

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

King Duncan

... job was vital. She would lose her job if she let even a single piece of candy slip by her station untouched. At first Lucy was doing fine, but the conveyor belt gradually picked up speed and before long she was frantic, grabbing candy and stuffing it everywhere she ... in high demand. The word "wheel" is the Hebrew word, haabnayim, literally "two stones." Two stones were connected by a vertical axle. The potter rotated the larger lower stone with foot power while he shaped the clay on the upper wheel with his ...

7. Robert Paul, You Were Right!

Daniel 7:1-14, Daniel 7:15-28

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... Finally, after some hesitation Schroeder replies: “Beethoven was Beethoven, and you are you.” After thinking for a few moments, Lucy retorts: “That doesn’t even leave room for discussion.” When we compare ourselves with the saints we may wonder ... using a journal. He makes much of what he calls “stepping stones” -- significant points of movement along the path of life. He explains: “We go back into the past by means of the stepping stones in order to reconnect ourselves with the movement of our ...

8. When the Unthinkable Happens

Mark 13:1-8, 24-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... this magnificent edifice, Jesus brought them back to earth as he said, “Do you see all these great buildings? Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” What was he saying--that their precious temple ... know when it would be. How much more definitive can you be than that? In a classic Peanuts cartoon Linus and Lucy are standing at a window watching it rain. Lucy says to Linus, “Look at it rain! What if the whole earth floods?” Linus answers: “It won’t! God promised ...

9. Hoping For a Hug

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... dissuaded. He has work to do ... even though he is not received well nor welcomed. "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but ... spinning. Linus interrupts from the tree, "Don't yell at him ... We're trying to find a strange creature in a nest...." Lucy walks off saying, "You're both crazy! Go ahead and knock yourselves out! I couldn't care less!" Then Snoopy, with his ...

10. Pleased To Reconcile

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... she not only gets the blood she demands, but gets rid of her ancient enemy and arch-rival Aslan at the same time. Before the horrified eyes of the children, Aslan allows himself to be bound, humiliated, and slaughtered on the Stone Table to the triumphant howls of the witch. The two girls Susan and Lucy stay all night by his body, grieving their loss, for now it is obvious the wicked witch has won, and her rule over Narnia will be secure. But at sunrise, when they walk away a short distance to stretch their ...

11. Beagles Can’t Climb Trees

Luke 13:31-35

Illustration

Brian Stoffregen

... spinning. Linus interrupts from the tree, "Don't yell at him.... We're trying to find a strange creature in a nest...." Lucy walks off saying, "You're both crazy! Go ahead and knock yourselves out! I couldn't care less!!" Then Snoopy with his head ... our faults. God help us if there are a lot of Lucy's around. Jesus looks out over the city of Jerusalem, badly in need of divine comfort. In their stupidity they have killed the Prophets and stoned the messengers of God. They need to experience God's forgiveness ...

12. Let Your Diamond Light Shine

2 Cor. 4:3-6; 5:1-10

Illustration

Leonard Sweet

... 's dunes. Diamonds are a chosen and cherished gem because of their sparkle and glow. They ignite with a kind of inner fire when the light hits them. Unfortunately for "Lucy," that means that the solid diamond core of that dwarf star is as unremarkable and unassuming as any other stone. You could take a drawer full of exquisite diamond gemstones and dump them in a drawer and — without the gift of reflective light—-you wouldn't know you had anything different than a box of rocks. The miracle of reflected ...

13. Being A Man of God

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... doesn’t. “What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?” asks Linus. “These five fingers,” says Lucy. “Individually they are nothing, but when I curl them together like this into a single unit, they form a weapon that is ... kindness of the Lord. Come to Christ, the living stone, and be yourselves built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices.” There is our power. Jesus Christ the living stone who builds us into a spiritual house. His Spirit ...

14. Equipping the Whole People of God: Penultimate Questions

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

15. A Stone’s Throw From: The Rolled Stone

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the planet is filled with people hurting each other, that it's possible that they, as children, can make a new world order. Lucy listens for a minute and the POW! She slams him to the ground and walks away saying, "I had to hit him quick, ... on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. [2] They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, [3] but when they went in, they did not find the body. [4] While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two ...

16. Thank You for Coming

Hebrews 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... the street. “Hospital of the Good Samaritan,” Bobby had often read the name over the archway in the great stone wall. But now the stone wall ran around an empty field. Where the name of the hospital had been, was carved instead, “If He Had ... glad we didn’t miss Christmas. We’re here, and life is good, and we are thankful. One of my favorite Peanuts cartoons has Lucy coming to Charlie Brown and saying, “Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown. Since it’s this time of the season, I think we ought to bury ...

17. Message to Ephesus

Revelation 2:1-7

Teach the Text

J. Scott Duvall

... first hear about Aslan, the mysterious, frightening Christ figure who is rumored to be on the prowl: “Is—is he a man?” asked Lucy. “Aslan a man!” said Mr. Beaver sternly. “Certainly not. I tell you he is the King of the wood and the son of ... River. The people of Israel were commanded to set up twelve memorial stones so that they would not forget the Lord’s miraculous work. In our lives, we should set up “memorial stones” to remember God’s goodness to us. You can talk about some of ...

18. Light For Our Lives

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the British Honduras on the Caribbean . . . .the cloud up there looks a little like the profile of Thomas Eakins, a famous painter and sculptor . . . And that group of clouds over there gives me the impressions of the stoning of Stephen . . . I can see the Apostle Paul standing there to one side." Lucy responds, "Uh, huh, That's very good . . . .What do you see in the clouds, Charlie Brown?" and Charlie responds with his typical note of inadequacy: "Well, I was going to say I saw a ducky and a horsy, but ...

19. On Being the Greatest

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Mark 9:35) We might miss the significance of this, if we do not know that in every synagogue there was a stone bench called “the seat of Moses.” Whenever the rabbi would teach an authoritative teaching, he sat down to do it. We still ... was here first, so I get to watch what I want.” Without a word Lucy marches to the set and flips the channel to her program. Linus protests. “Hey!” Assuming her best know-it-all stance, Lucy intones, “In the 19th chapter of the book of Matthew it says,‘Many that ...

20. Comfortable Christianity Is a Big, Fat Lie

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... and steep and rough to begin with.”8 A Jewish teacher two centuries before Jesus wrote, “The way of sinners is paved with smooth stones, but at its end is the pit of Hades.”9 Two ways teaching was not something Jesus created but inherited. Two and only two ... than education, and I look forward to a year of expanding knowledge." The teacher was pleased and complimented Lucy’s fine essay. In the final frame, Lucy leans over and whispers to Charlie Brown, "After a while you learn what sells."13 If it sells ...

21. The Light Shines in the Darkness

John 1:1-18

Illustration

King Duncan

22. Shoots of Tomorrow

Jeremiah 33:14-16

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... of Judah, and to us. Jeremiah has already announced a new covenant to be written on our hearts instead of on stone tablets. The people of Judah are suffering under an oppressive system of exile in a foreign country. They have lost ... were like the last remaining leaves on a tree, desperately hanging onto the branch. They were dried up and without sustenance or hope. And, like Lucy, he could not tell them a thing, not about covenants, or faith in God, or even worship. The hope of Judah seemed to be crashing ...

23. Leaving an Empty Chair

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... of the Living God in their midst. I’d like to close with a story that illustrates to me one man’s determination to remove the stones of discrimination from the paths of future generations. The man’s name is Daniel Gill. He has worked as a Civics teacher in the public ... team-building-exercises-in-history/. 2. “In the footsteps of the women who escaped a Nazi death march” by Lucy Wallis, BBC Stories, January 3, 2022, https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-59566983?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email. 3. ...

24. Flight To Egypt

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... is hopeless! Who cares?" Charlie Brown asks, "Lucy, what in the world is the matter with you?" Again she shouts, "Rats! Phooey!" The last cartoon shows her walking away only to turn and drop a casual comment to the puzzled Charlie Brown. "Of course you realize," she says, "that I'm just experiencing my regular, post-Christmas letdown." (2) Most of us are sad to see Christmas pass. I hope this was the best Christmas ever at your house. Brenda Roberts of Stone Mountain, Georgia is a Sunday School teacher ...

25. A Service the Church Will Never Forget

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan

... I remember a Peanuts comic strip many years ago. Charles Shultz has a way of looking into our hearts. He has Lucy saying, “It’s my life.” Sounds like Lucy, does it not? “It’s my life and I’ll do whatever I want with it. I’m my own person ... the sake of my physical safety, for the crowd had come with the announced intention of lynching me. I went ashore, nevertheless. I was stoned and beaten a good deal but I had not prayed for safety, but for the courage to face the mob. And that courage came and ...

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