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Luke 5:27-32

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James Merritt

... popularity. According to Twitter, among the most popular people on the planet are Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, and Katy Perry. None of them would be allowed into this club. It is not influence. Surveys show that the three most ... Follow Jesus “After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, ‘Follow me’”. (Luke 5:27, ESV) The disciples thought they were just out taking a nice little stroll on a beautiful day. They had passed by this tax booth ...

2. Yahweh Speaks as the Master Teacher

Job 38:1--41:34

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Daniel J. Estes

... the Text God teaches us that his knowledge is infinite while ours is finite. Television: Perry Mason. In the old television series Perry Mason, based on the novels by Erle Stanley Gardner, the title character (played by Raymond ... more than fifty thousand different proteins in the human body. Remind listeners that Jesus said that even the hairs of our heads are numbered (Luke 12:7) and that science estimates this number to be well over one hundred thousand on the average young adult head. If there ...

3. What Price Must We Pay?

Luke 6:20-31

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John Wayne Clarke

... is teaching about values. He's talking about priorities. A plaque that hangs on the wall of the kitchen in a small church in Perry, Maine, has the following sentiment, "Only one life twill soon be past, only what's done for Christ will last." Do our lives ... 95. Everything looked the same on the outside, but the value placed on items had been changed. It seems to me that these verses from Luke's Gospel ask us to redo the price tags of our lives. Jesus teaches us that all of our old ideas about what we value ...

4. When It Is Tough to Follow Jesus: The Third Word

John 19:17-27

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Eric Ritz

... s role of being the earthly mother of Jesus was never an easy one. Do any of you remember the old television series called "Perry Mason?" In that show, everyone who was called to testify had to swear to "tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the ... now all turn in our Bibles to follow the biblical record as we examine the difficult journey that God called Mary to embark on. In Luke 1:26-38, we read again the familiar story of how the Angel Gabriel was sent by God to reveal to Mary the role that God ...

5. Singing In The Rain

John 15:1-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... salvation of the Lord, is to be overtaken with joy. Do you remember the three parables Jesus told about the lost and the found in Luke 15. She lit her lamp and swept the house diligently until she found it, and when she found it, she called her friends and ... of the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal, or a Methodist like Charles Wesley. But we had it in Eastside Baptist Church down in Perry County, Mississippi. We didn't associate it with Eucharist, or what we called The Last Supper which we celebrated twice a year ...

6. A Church Shaped By The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16-20

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Maxie Dunnam

... sink in. Last words are important. East Side Baptist Church is a little country church down in Perry County, Mississippi. It is the church in which I was converted under the preaching of Brother Wiley ... deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.” (Luke 4:18-19). At the close of His ministry, He commissions us for Kingdom work: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the ...

7. The Voice Of The Lord

Psalm 29:1-11

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King Duncan

... know that you had done wrong--just by how they said your name. Erle Stanley Gardner, the famous mystery writer and creator of Perry Mason, was a lawyer himself. In his trial work, he had a partner with a rather remarkable skill. This lawyer could detect ... the Gospel of John, humbles himself and is baptized at the hands of this wilderness preacher. Do you remember what happens next? Luke tells us, "Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was ...

8. The Proof Is In the Pudding

Luke 7:18-35

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Maxie Dunnam

... Scripture, I looked at that entire seventh chapter of Luke’s gospel and there is that wonderful story of John the Baptist. Not many people pay much attention to how John the Baptist responded to Jesus, but Luke did. He recorded an event in that relationship that ... the Good News is preached to the poor. Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me.” Down in Perry County, Mississippi, we would put it this way: “The proof is in the pudding,” except we wouldn’t say pudding; we would say ...

9. The Work of An Evangelist

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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Maxie Dunnam

... 1984) p. 285] These are Paul’s last words, and last words are important. There’s a little country cemetery in Perry County, Mississippi, where I’ll be buried someday. It’s about 300 yards up the hill from the old homeplace. Mom ... It was of this same dynamic that Jesus was speaking: “I have a baptism to undergo, and what stress I am under until it is completed!” (Luke 12:50) How easy it is to settle into ministry as a profession, as a job – forgetting that it is a calling, a vocation. I am ...

10. Job Presents Evidence against the Retribution Principle

Job 12:1--14:22

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Daniel J. Estes

... renowned for his great wisdom as a Grand Master Jedi, and he uses this insight to train Luke Skywalker, teaching him what he knows about the force and in doing so putting Luke on the path to knowing himself. Job Turns to Speak to God Big Idea: Dismissing the ... physician meant well but was ineffective in treating a man in great need. Television: Ever since the televised series Perry Mason, programs have featured lawyers preparing and presenting cases in which they have great confidence. That confidence, we are ...

11. A Thinking Person’s Thankful Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

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Raymond Gibson

... at Philippi, it’s easy to understand why Paul would first pray that they should grow in love. Do you remember who they were? St. Luke lists them in the sixteenth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. First, there was Lydia and all the people of her household. Lydia was ... for one another to grow more and more. As I prepared this sermon, I had my radio on and the disk jockey played Perry Como’s old recording of "What the World Needs Now Is Love, Sweet Love." Never has a more prophetic statement been made in ...

12. Driven To Serve

Mark 9:33-37

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King Duncan

... . BUT JESUS SAYS WE HAVE ANOTHER SET OF CUSTOMERS. JESUS CALLED THEM SIMPLY "THOSE WHO ARE LOST." Jesus says in that much beloved parable of the ninety-and-nine in Luke's Gospel, "There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance." (15:7) Just as we are ... Texas: Word Publishing, 1988). 7. Greg Asimakoupoulos, Concord, California in LEADERSHIP/'93, Winter Quarter 1993. 8. Patrick Perry, "Safe Under the Sun," Sept./Oct. 1996, p. 42.

13. Constantly Abiding

John 15:1-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... dominant reality and the shaping power of our lives. One of the things I remember most about my growing-up years in Perry County, Mississippi was worship in East Side Baptist Church. The services were not well-ordered. Brother Grissom, the 8th-grade educated preacher ... experience, certainly the key to authentic Christian piety and spirituality , it’s the key to being alive in Christ. Luke records Paul’s testimony about his Damascus road experience. Paul doesn’t recall that in his letter. He doesn’ ...

14. Fulfill Your Ministry

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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Maxie Dunnam

Last words are important. There is a little country Baptist church down in Perry County, Mississippi. It’s called the Eastside Baptist Church. It is the church in which I was converted ... Paul’s last words. He is concluding his letter to Timothy, but his conclusions are those of his entire life. These words are dictated, probably to Luke, perhaps within a few days of his beheading by his executioner . . .for the past thirty years (Paul) traveled, witnessed, worked, and preached throughout the Mediterranean ...

15. One Breathwork, Many Bodyworks

Acts 2:1-21

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Leonard Sweet

... our own bring such fear? The gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost was a divine celebration of human individuality. When Luke describes the moment when the Holy Spirit descended, he notes that "divided tongues, as of fire" appeared and that "a tongue ... white American is 6 percent black (or put another way, 95 percent of white Americans are 5 to 80 percent black? (see Elaine Perry, Another Present Era [New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1990]). Is your church ready to embrace all the tribes of this world even as ...

16. Superman: More Than A Super Hero

John 1:1-5, 9-14; John 13:31-32; John 20:30-31

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... 1950's TV series, The Adventures of Superman, starring George Reeves. They had two different Lois Lanes but Jimmy Olsen and Perry White, the editor, never changed. "Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in ... mouth of God. With Moses and Elijah pointing all of humanity to Jesus, God spoke and said, "This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him." (Luke 9:35) (6) It's this Hero, Jesus, the Son of God, the Chosen One, who not only has all the answers to all the ...

17. A Gallery of Mirrors

John 12:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... ve eaten in restaurants all over the world, but I’ve never left any table more satisfied than that humble kitchen table in Perry County Mississippi. It is to Martha’s eternal credit that she always gave what she could. She has been kicked around a lot ... ever have to minister. But Jesus challenges Martha, we can’t escape the negative here. Not in John’s, but in Luke’s account of either this or another similar dinner, Martha is pictured “distracted” with much serving. She obviously feels put upon ...

18. Lion of Judah

Gen 49:1-28, Judges 13-15, Matt 4:12-17

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Lori Wagner

... Pour Out His Spirit Upon His Chosen One (Isaiah 42) The Healing of the Nations Jew and Gentile (Ezekiel 47) Luke’s Witness to the Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry and His Proclamation at Nazareth (4) The Conversion of Gentiles (Acts 15) [ ... followed him. Image Exegesis: Healing and Redeeming / the Son / Lion of Judah At a recent advance with Len Sweet, we watched Katy Perry’s “Roar” –in which she rises from her mild, timid identity into her own identity as a “tiger” like confident person in ...

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