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1. The Man Down the Hall

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The story goes that Henry Ford once hired an efficiency expert to evaluate his company. After a few weeks, the expert made his report, which was highly favorable except for one thing. "It's that man down the hall," said the expert. "Every time I go by his office he's just sitting there with his feet on his deck. He's wasting your money." "That man," replied Mr. Ford, "once had an idea that saved us millions of dollars. At the time, I believe his feet were planted right where they are now."

2. Poem: In Memoriam

Eulogy

Alfred Lord Tennyson

... bear thy light. Forgive what seem’d my sin in me; What seem’d my worth since I began; For merit lives from man to man, And not from man, O Lord, to thee. Forgive my grief for one removed, Thy creature, whom I found so fair. I trust he lives in thee ... rings the gateway bell, And learns her gone and far from home; He saddens, all the magic light Dies off at once from bower and hall, And all the place is dark, and all The chambers emptied of delight: So find I every pleasant spot In which we two were wont ...

3. Acres of Diamonds

1 Timothy 6:10

Sermon

Russell Conwell

... native townsmen. I was but a boy, but I was captain of that company, puffed out with pride on that day -- why, a cambric needle would have burst me all to pieces. As I marched on the Common at the head of my company, there was not a man more proud than I. We marched into the town hall and then they seated my soldiers down in the center of the house and I took my place down on the front seat, and then the town officers filed through the great throng of people, who stood close and packed in that little ...

4. Proper 23

Exodus 32:1-33:6, Isaiah 25:1-12, Matthew 22:1-14, Philippians 4:1-9

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Russell F. Anderson

... the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. by the Romans. Then the king dispatches his servants to go to the public thoroughfares and invite all who are willing to come so that the banquet hall might be filled. The second parable in our lection is closely related to the first. The king comes into the banquet hall and observes a man who isn't attired in a wedding garment. It might be supposed that such garments were issued to the guests. Because he was not properly prepared for the occasion, he is ordered to be ...

5. A Hall of Fame Dad

John 16:12-15

Sermon

King Duncan

Robert Lewis in his book Real Family Values tells a fascinating story about a remarkable, heartwarming discovery workers at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, Ohio, made in the winter of 1993. While renovating a section of the museum, they found a photograph that had been hidden in a crevice underneath a display case. The man in the picture had a bat resting on his shoulder; he was wearing a uniform with the words “Sinclair Oil” printed across his chest; his demeanor was gentle and friendly. ...

6. Standing Ovation

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Robert P. Dugan, Jr.

... could have done it. He was standing on the platform, and it was he who had just called for the ovation. But he was a newcomer. He had taken the place of a man who'd been arrested. He was afraid! After all, NKVD men were standing in the hall applauding and watching to see who would quit first! And in the obscure, small hall, unknown to the leader, the applause went on six, seven, eight minutes! They were done for! Their goose was cooked! They couldn't stop now till they collapsed with heart attacks! At the ...

7. Show Us The Father, and We Shall Be Satisfied

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Larry Powell

... after 10 or 15 minutes to stop the car and ask the first person who gave the appearance of knowing where we wanted to go. A man and woman were walking briskly along the sidewalk. "Pardon me," I said, "could you tell us how to get to the Old Mill?" He pointed to ... his voice. In a while, and in a strange attitude of awe, everyone descended the mountain and went their own way. Dr. Hall would learn sometime later that 40 people had been converted that morning and joined the church. "That is strange," he said, "I ...

8. A God Who Suffers with Us

John 9:1-41

Sermon

Lee Griess

... gospel reading is no exception. It all began with a question, seemingly a simple inquiry. "Who sinned," the disciples asked Jesus, "this man or his parents that he would be born blind?" A question, which on the surface seems simple enough, but when you think ... , all-loving (or all-whatever else) ... if God is any of these things or even just one of them, why should this happen? Charles Hall blows up bombs for a living. He is a part of an EOD team — an Explosive Ordinance Demolitions team. He is paid $1,500 a ...

9. Where The Halls Cross

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

David O. Bales

... to think. I waited until I saw him the next morning entering the faculty door. He yanked on it and pennies rolled down the hall. I followed him toward his office. "Have you thought about teaching the church school class, Mal?" "This is not the best time to ... to read the last few verses: 36 through 37?" Mr. Tiner read, " 'Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?' He said, 'The one who showed him mercy.' Jesus said to him, 'Go and do likewise.' " ...

10. Up Close & Personal: Coming Into Focus

1 John 1:5--2:14

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James Merritt

... one night fling, but that one night fling was an all day wrong for two reasons. First of all, she was married to a man by the name of Uriah, who was off in battle. Secondly, she got pregnant. David finds out that she is pregnant and brings Uriah ... happened my junior year in high school. My entire senior year, whenever I would see her, I would avoid her. If she came down the hall, I would duck into a classroom. I was just too ashamed to say anything to her. Literally, twenty years later I was sitting at home ...

11. A Life Without Apology

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... from much loving support. In her book God Knows My Heart, journalist Christine Wicker interviewed a man named Vincent Hall. Mr. Hall is known throughout Dallas, Texas for two things: he is chairman of the board of a major credit ... And the reason he can't or won't back down is because of a particular sermon that changed his life. Many years ago, Mr. Hall's pastor preached on three different kinds of believers: "if," "because," and "regardless." An "if" believer follows God if he receives blessings and rewards in ...

12. Whatever Became of Sin?

Romans 5:12-21

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Robert G. Tuttle

... is held in reverence in all of England. Dr. Lines is young and brillant and very modern. The older doctor refuses to use data processing in a diagnosis, and a court battle ensues. The court room is the "Hall of Mirrors" where each man is revealed. It stands out clearly that man’s own rationalizations will not stand up under cross-examination. Sir Thomas saw his own ambiguities sharply revealed. He recalled sadly how, from a depressing childhood, he had allowed ambitions and the demands of money to break ...

13. Let's Play, Stump The Theologian!

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... you believe in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost?" the priest asked. "I'm dying," cried the old man, "and he's asking me riddles!" Peppermint Patty steps up to the store counter in a PEANUTS cartoon. She says, "Yes, sir . . . I ... There was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, and Alice's first thought was that it might belong to one of the doors of the hall. But, alas! either the locks were too large, or the key was too small. At any rate it would not open any of them. However, the second ...

14. OUR LORD DELIVERED UP

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... guards shoved him toward the door, striking him, crying, "Prophesy! Prophesy, prophet! Who was it that struck you? Prophesy!" When they had taken him from the room, Caiaphas ordered the guards to clear the rabble from the hall. When this was done, he called the Sanhedrin to order. "We have condemned the man to death," he said. "Which is proper and fitting. But it is the Romans who must execute the sentence. He will have to be tried and found guilty by Pilate, the Roman procurator." Nicodemus came alert. In ...

15. Have You Heard the News?

Ephesians 2:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... and of the mind," (v.3) The world will teach you to sin, the devil will tempt you to sin, but the flesh will take you to sin. The lost man is not only corrupted from the outside in, he is also corrupted from the inside out. I can assure you that we can sin just fine without any help from ... ? Did you know that because of the Lord Jesus Christ you can be in God's Hall of Fame? This crowd on earth they soon forget the heroes of the past. They cheer like mad until you fall and that's how long you last. But God ...

16. Illusion Or Reality?

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... film director. This particular class lasted four hours, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. It met in a huge lecture hall and there were about one hundred students there. The format was interesting: we would see a movie, after which the director would ... to live in a hyper-vigilant manner. New York Times columnist Patricia Volk remembers her father telling her when she was six years old, "If a man attacks you, you knee him in the privates." She learned at an early age to walk in the center of the street, to tap a pencil ...

17. A Message To You from God

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... why I did what I have done, but I did it on faith. I did it on intuition.” Hall, a single man with a successful catering company, was taking on a big responsibility when he adopted the two brothers from the county foster care system. And that responsibility grew even bigger when Hall discovered that his two new sons had four more siblings separated into various other foster homes in East Tennessee. Hall’s budget and his schedule were already pretty tight, but his heart was full of love and compassion ...

18. Need Help Removing That Roadblock?

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Steve Burt

... they won't kill us. They need us as slaves. We know what it's like behind us. We have no idea what lies ahead." A gray-haired man says, "How did we ever get into this mess in the first place? Our friends who stayed behind told us this was foolish." A lad of 13 ... at us and wail, "You'll fail; you can't do it. Give up trying to learn the piano; you'll never play Carnegie Hall. There's no money in piano playing." Red Seas and chasms with rickety rope bridges will appear. Images of low esteem will pursue us ...

19. Encounter with a Stranger

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Robert Allen

... their favorite recipes. The food looked delicious and the desserts looked even better. Just as I was about to take my first bite, someone told me there was a man in the hallway who would like to speak to the pastor. I slipped out of the fellowsihp hall to find this man who wanted to see me. When I rounded the corner, I saw him standing down at the end of the hall. One glance and I knew that he was one of the homeless we see so often roaming the streets. He spotted me and began walking down the hallway ...

20. Christ and Healing

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... to come over right away and pray for me." The elder replied, "Pastor, I have never done this. I have no special power; you are the Man of Prayer." But the Pastor would not take "No!" for an answer. He said, "Jim, I am dying. You have got to come." The elder ... held his hand and said just a brief prayer of faith and hope. I left to return the next morning. As I walked down the hall, inwardly I caught a glimpse of Christ standing at the foot of his bed. I felt, in that experience, that my friend was going ...

21. Is There Hope for the Hapless Wedding Guest?

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Darrick Acre

... am the one who has heard the king’s gracious call, who has responded with eagerness and joy, who has come into the king’s hall only to discover with a shock of shame, that I’m not dressed right. Don’t have the right stuff. Not measuring up! An unsightly ... looking in! I’ve been there! Haven’t you? There is no pain to compare. That’s why my heart goes out to this poor man, the quintessential misfit. The one who doesn’t have the right color of skin. Or didn’t go to the right schools. Or, most ...

22. In A Mirror Dimly

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways." I. Let's ... hall, isn't it? And yet, my husband and son can pass by each other in it, and brush up against each other, and yet never say a word at all! Can you believe it?" And then the mother said to Dr. Bailey, "My son wants to speak to his father. He's even tried to speak to him. But his father ignores him, and now he's given up." And with that she began to cry. Barry Bailey turned to the father and asked if this were all true. And the man ...

23. Purpose-Driven

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... purpose from now on might be to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ to fellow inmates. Finally Ashley told Brian that it takes more of a man to surrender and pay for what he has done than to kill others and himself. In the morning Brian put the guns he had stolen ... concert for a big organ in a big church up there. According to the article he would remain afterward in the fellowship hall for conversation and refreshment. “I bought a Greyhound bus ticket and went to Cleveland. All the way up there I worked ...

24. Legends Of Christmas

Drama

Georgianna Summers

... uh - all I’ve got is a headache. Marcia: And I don’t suppose you’ve come up with anything, Danny? Danny: That’s all you know. There’s one right there in our Social Studies book about how in old England the maids told the man-servant to bring in some holly to deck the halls, and if he didn’t they punished him by stealing his trousers and nailing them to the gate. Marcia: That isn’t a legend. That’s just a custom. Danny: It’s the same thing. Marcia: No it isn’t. Honestly, Danny, you are so ...

25. For Laughing Out Loud!

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... times like that? Five years from now, it will be funny. There are all kinds of reasons to laugh. In fact there is a man in the Bible who got his name because his mother laughed at an inappropriate time. Our story begins one hot summer afternoon. The temperature was ... my bow I said to myself, `God, this is my gift to you." Since then she has given ten more concerts at Carnegie Hall. She has also played for government leaders and dignitaries throughout the world. Not bad for a woman who was told she would never ...

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