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Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... gifts to me. I felt peace. I felt joy. And I felt my faith growing strong as I took in the majesty all around me." The young man was calling his beloved to go with him to the mountain tops where they could experience springtime in all its glories. There's something ... hand in hand. Being in love changes a person. Knowing that you are loved is a transforming experience as well. Margaret was the kind of girl whose face you could never remember. It was not that she was ugly; if you looked hard enough behind ...

2. One Life To Live

Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... message at an evangelistic crusade, Paul Powers gave his life to Jesus. A few years after giving his life to Christ, Paul met and fell in love with a young woman named Margaret. Margaret loved Paul, but after hearing about his rough background, she wasn't sure about marrying him. So one day, Paul took Margaret walking on the beach. Margaret remarked that just as the tide was washing out their footprints, maybe their relationship would soon be washed away too. But Paul assured her that he was fully committed ...

3. His Name Shall Be Called Emmanuel

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

James W. Moore

... I am in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:20) - Of course, she had a child. The holy child could be born in her every day as she sought to love him above and beyond anything else… And Margaret said: “I took the next train, feeling warm and contented. I knew that those two young strangers with their flutes had given me a magnificent Christmas gift. They had put Christ back where He belonged – in my Christmas, in my life and in my heart: and, I didn’t feel lonely anymore.” (Source Unknown) When ...

4. The Christmas Promise: God With Us

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

James W. Moore

... made her feel so sad and blue. She had no home, just a rented room, no plans, no husband, and no children. And in that moment Margaret had never felt more lonely. But then suddenly she heard the crystal notes of two flutes interweaving. Down the platform were two young girls playing Christmas carols. In their serene young beauty, they looked like angels in disguise. Margaret added her quarter to the pile of change in their open flute cases. The train came and went, but she lingered, fascinated by the people ...

5. How To Fail Successfully

Mark 6:7-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... be a weakness of character." My friend, and mentor, the great Quaker Douglas V. Steer, tells a story that comes out of Maine. A short in stature young blacksmith in a small town fell in love with a tall local girl, but he was so short that he was too bashful to tell her. One ... seventeenth century put it: "I have lost all -- and found myself". (Shelby) There comes a time to stop trying. In Margaret Jensen's book, First We Have Coffee, there is a touching scene of her Baptist preacher father's being voted ...

6. Don't Look Down

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... faith. There was a time when the church was challenging its young people to go out as missionaries all over the world into lands that were hostile and foreboding. And young people by the thousands traded in their lawn mowers for motorcycles ... some reason, he told her, the Japanese had withdrawn their troops. No one could understand it, but the danger had passed. They were safe. Margaret glanced at her wall calendar and felt she had been reading the handwriting of God. (4) Taking a risk for God is really not ...

7. Taking Charge

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... spite of her family's limited resources, they always found a way to take in and care for those in need. One of the people they took in was a young man named Barney. Barney had fled his home in Norway after his young wife died, and he found comfort and healing in Margaret's family. Through her father, Pastor Tweten, Barney became a Christian. Both Margaret's parents wanted Barney to find a good wife and settle down, but he had a weakness for women that kept him from marrying. Finally, Barney married a good ...

8. Roll Call

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... illness know that in this world there is no security. There are times when only faith in God will pull us through. A young pastor tells about the most devastating event of his life ” the death of his mother. At first his mother complained of pain in ... any kind of behavioral outburst. They made their way to a table in the center of the busy cafeteria and the boys took their seats. Margaret picked up her fork and was about to take the first bite when she noticed that all three boys were staring at her. "What' ...

9. "Catch-able" But Not "Fetch-able"

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... AM-FM receiver and tape deck. Now the only mystery is who is Edward Achorn and why did he send Michael and Margaret such a nice Christmas present? We live in a cynical age -- an age of terrorists and corporate charlatans. Who can talk of ... across desert and plain until it stands over a grotto in Bethlehem. But when they look into the grotto they see only a young peasant woman and her husband with a newborn child. They turn away in disappointment. After they have gone some distance, however, they discover ...

10. Setting An Example

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... up to become an advocate for the poor all over the world. She devoted her whole life to caring for those in need. For young Agnes grew up to become Mother Teresa, the twentieth century's living example of Christ in the world. (4) Mother Teresa became who ... normal family, chasing wealth and a higher position in society. I would never have known such wonderful people as Dr. Paul and Dr. Margaret, and I would never have known the God who lives in them." (5) That is how people come to Christ--they encounter ...

11. Are All Your Sons Here?

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... tending sheep. So much of our lives is about this lining up to be chosen, isn't it? From those halting, uncertain days of young adulthood into our years of work and family raising, it happens over and over again. From meeting partners and spouses, to building careers, to ... do not have the luxury of simply lining up and not noticing. In Christian community we need to lift up the example of Margaret. That was the name, by the way, of the sock-footed girl who noticed that Scottie was missing. We need to lift up ...

12. Heroines of the Faith

Mark 1:29.39

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... conclusion was that “a world run by women would follow different rules.”[5] That may be open to question considering that Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir, and Indira Gandhi, to name just a few, did not hesitate to lead their nations in war. In ... Chinese wives. The small ratio of Chinese women to men bred a rampant prostitution market. To meet the demand, Chinese girls and young women, mostly from Canton, were bought, kidnapped, or coerced into coming to America. Once in the country, these girls were sold for ...

13. Hiltgunt Margaret Zassenhaus

Deuteronomy 31:1-8

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

... Christians. The astute observation of my friend serves as a fitting introduction to the life and ministry of Hiltgunt Margaret Zassenhaus. Hiltgunt Zassenhaus, like the surgeon of the parishioner’s recent experience, is a physician, and not a formal ... Christian usually is, for we have the image of Christians marching smilingly into the Coliseum to face death unafraid. But the young Hiltgunt feared for her life. She trembled at the prospect of the Gestapo’s discovery of what would have been considered ...

14. The Christian Mother

John 15:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... some experiences that mothers have that are universal. Dennis the Menace was talking to Margaret one day. "I wonder what my mom would like for Mother's day?" he asked. Margaret answered: "Why don't you promise to go to bed when she tells you ... is to keep his commandments. This is what character is all about. It is nurturing the laws of God in our hearts. If a young man or young woman asked me to name the most important characteristic to look for in a future mate I would say "character." Find somebody you can ...

15. Hard Choice

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... and then went into more than 30 years of self-imposed exile from Great Britain. He was 80 when he died. Capt. Townsend left Britain after Margaret, bowing to a disapproving establishment, told the nation October 31, 1955, she had decided not to marry Townsend because he was divorced. The romance between Capt. Townsend and the young princess, 16 years his junior, became public in 1953. It was a year after his divorce and the year Elizabeth was crowned monarch and temporal head of the Church of England ...

16. He Came To Us

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... -FM receiver and tape deck console. Now the only mystery is who is Edward Achorn and why did he send Michael and Margaret such a nice Christmas present? We live in a cynical age"”an age of terrorists and corporate charlatons. Who can talk of ... across desert and plain until it stands over a grotto in Bethlehem. But when they look into the grotto they see only a young peasant woman and her husband with a newborn child. They turn away in disappointment. After they have gone some distance, however, they discover ...

17. In The Middle Of The Night

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... His eyes were brimming with tears. He began to sniffle. "I'm late," he explained, though no explanation was necessary. After several eulogies, he leaned over and asked, "Why do they keep calling Mary by the name of 'Margaret'?" "Oh," this young woman replied, "Because that was her name, Margaret. Never Mary. No one called her 'Mary, '" she whispered. She wondered why this person couldn't have sat on the other side of the church. He interrupted her grieving with his tears and fidgeting. Who was this stranger ...

18. There Will Be Light

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the light and are encouraged to be and to do those things of which they can be proud.” (4) Just as darkness symbolizes sin and estrangement, light represents grace and love. In 1973, Margaret Craven wrote a book titled I Heard the Owl Call My Name. It is a book where the central character, Mark Brian, is a young priest who has only three years to live. His doctor and his bishop have not told him of his prognosis. The bishop sends Mark to a remote Native-American village called Kingcome. He believes ...

19. What Is God Like?

2 Samuel 18:1-18

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... singing pass without comment. He wrote a letter to Paul Hume. In that letter, Truman wrote: "I have read your lousy review of Margaret’s concert. I’ve come to the conclusion that you are an ‘eight ulcer man on four ulcer pay.’ Someday I hope ... see what God as father has to deal with. Absalom was David’s third son. He had a sister named Tamar. She was a beautiful young woman. Tamar’s half-brother, Amnon, fell in love with her. His desire for her was so great that he became ill. His cousin, Jonadab ...

20. Who Put It There? (Mother's Day)

1 Peter 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... loneliness and pride.' 'You are a genius,' said the angel. The Lord looked somber. 'I didn't put it there.'" Is it still there? Margaret Wheatley tells the story of a "pregnant Rwandan mother of six whose village was destroyed by a massacre. She was shot first, buried under ... might care for these orphaned children after losing her own." Wheatley offers this message to us all on Mother's Day: This young African mother teaches me what it means to have a vocation to be fully human. I believe we become more fully ...

21. Justified By What?

Romans 3:19-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... I know," she said. "Grace is unmerited favor from God!" Florence couldn't believe what she had just heard. She then asked the young girl to step up to the platform with her. "Great answer," Florence said, "now tell the audience what that means." The little girl ... and allow it to transform my life into the image of Christ? Margaret Jensen is a storyteller, and many of her best stories revolve around her family, especially her mother, Ella Tweten. Margaret's father was a pastor, and her mother was the glue that ...

22. Heavenly Wisdom

James 3:13—4:8

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... is nothing more than what you and I are capable of expounding. When we witness one of them committing a kind deed, we are touched. But you and I, when working in the service of our Lord, can respond in this way daily. Margaret Sangster, a social worker, told about a young boy in an urban ghetto who had been struck by a car and had not received proper medical attention. His legs were twisted and lame. Even though it was outside her area of responsibility, she took the boy to an orthopedist, who performed ...

23. The Wrong Gift

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... we remember or the home we desire; from the dream we miss or the dream we're still looking for. That's what Nicholas is saying to Margaret in Christopher Fry's play. We're all a bit lost in life. We're all a bit away from home. The best we can do is ... description becoming the great Caesar Augustus? Yet he did. Part of his secret lies in an event that occurred when he was a young boy. One day he visited the well-known astrologer and fortune-teller Theogenes. When Theogenes read the boy's horoscope, he was so ...

24. Penguins in Mission

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... the bitter and brutal winter of Antarctica will not deter them from their goal. (1) This singleness of purpose and cooperative spirit, says Margaret Manning, are a model for the people of God. We have been given a task and we accomplish that task by banding together ... the worst part of the depression her family lived with her grandparents out in a rural area. There were the grandparents, this young family of 4, and nine more brothers and sisters and family members living in one place, all trying to eke out a ...

25. The World's Largest Covered Dish Lunch

John 6:1-15

Sermon

... church in Acts had that very same problem on the very first day it all began. Three thousand Jews were converted and the young church had to find a place for them because they were now seen as traitors by their families and abandoned. That is why ... bloated and covered with flies as if feeling sorry for people was the same as really helping them. One day a student asked anthropologist Margaret Mead for the earliest sign of civilization in any given culture. He expected the answer to be a clay pot or perhaps a ...

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