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Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... however, he didn’t even look at the cash register, but instead picked up the check and began to talk to the customer. Davies could feel the muscles in his stomach tighten as the reality of what was happening struck him. The check for seven dollars and ... obstacles to healing, such as infections, but the actual healing process is not ours to control.” (5) And that is true. As Mark Twain once said, “God heals, the doctor collects the fee.” We do not understand the ways of God. Why are some people healed ...

2. The Powerful Moments that Change Your Life Forever

Matthew 4:12-23

Sermon

James W. Moore

... is fulfilled. The Kingdom is at hand. Repent and believe in the gospel.” And the word for “time” there in Mark 1 was not chronos, it was kairos. This was crucial time, decisive time, God’s time. Jesus’ life was packed with ... head nurse was standing there waiting for me. She said, “Jim, we need you today. We’ve never needed one more than we need one today. Mrs. Davis in 858 is supposed to have brain surgery at 8 in the morning. There is a 50% chance she won’t even survive the surgery, she is ...

3. A 24-7-365 God

Hebrews 7:23-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... David, have mercy on me!" Despite the shushings of others, Bartimaeus calls out again, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" (Mark 10:47). Hearing the blind man's cries, Jesus stops his journey, "stands still," and calls Bartimaeus to him. In response to ... no God at all. Some years ago in Vancouver, British Columbia, one Morris Davie was arrested and charged with setting a forest fire. While Davie was in jail awaiting trial, a police officer saw Davie drop to his knees and pray out loud, "Oh God, please let me ...

4. Sitting At God's Table

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... Kingdom of God is a family celebration a celebration of the presence of God. Christ wants us to bring everyone we meet to his table so that no chair will be empty. 1. "A MasonDixon Memory," by Clifton Davis, from A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul, by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Hanoch McCarty, and Meladee McCarty (Deerfield Beach, Florida: Health Communications, Inc., 1997), 2329. 2. Denis Rainey, The Tribute (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1994), p. 59-61. 3. The Associated Press

5. A Misplaced Holy Day

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... postmark was from Dec. 22, 1942. "It's all speculation on where it was, who discovered it, was it delivered, why it got to Tinley Park," Davis said. It's easy to make fun of the U.S. Postal Service. The truth of the matter is that, with the millions of cards ... escaped the Romans 2,000 years ago, eventually settling in northern Japan until he died at age 106. Two 13-foot crosses marked his reputed grave and that of his supposed brother for nearly four decades until one morning last year, when somebody cut ...

6. Amazing Authority

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... kind of authority in everything you did? In today's passage, the people were absolutely amazed at the authority of Jesus and his teachings. Mark 1:21-28 (NRSV) [21] They went to Capernaum; and when the Sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. [22] They were ... opinion carries great weight. It might be a parent or grandparent. Or a trusted member of a congregation. Mrs. Davis celebrated her 103 birthday while I was serving this one church. She was one of those faithful members who was there every Sunday, ...

7. Playpen Pleading

Illustration

King Duncan

... Davy!” he said, spreading his arms for a hug. “Grampa!” shrieked the delighted two-year-old from his playpen. “Grampa, hug!” “Sure, I’ll give you a hug, Davy ... room. “Davy!” she said sternly. “You know I put you in the playpen because you’ve been naughty! You shouldn’t have told Grampa to take you out!” Davy’s ... boy said in pitiful voice that broke the old man’s heart. But the mother was unbending. “Davy, you know you have to go back into the playpen.” She lifted the boy up and ...

8. Trials and Temptations

James 1:1-18, James 1:19-27

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... Mount (e.g., Matt. 5:17). Paul and James both agree that the teaching of Jesus is binding on the Christian and that no other way marks out the path of blessing and salvation. Freedom is not license but the ability to live and to fulfill “the law of Christ” (Gal. 6:2 ... law as perfect and freeing (Pss. 119; 19:7–11; 40:6–8; Rom. 7:12; m. Aboth 3:5; 6:2). W. D. Davies, The Setting of the Sermon on the Mount, has shown that the Jews expected Messiah to reinterpret the law. This Jewish expectation is ...

9. Listening and Doing

James 1:19-27, James 1:1-18

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

10. Where Heaven And Earth Meet

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... to do for such a momentous occasion: he built a pillar to mark the spot. This dream marked a turning point for Jacob the striver, the supplanter. Though he still is a deal-maker--even with God--this vision marked a new understanding for Jacob of who he was and what was ... a vision for your life? If not, I hope you will. Pray that it will happen this day. 1. Contributed by Darrell E. Davis, Reader's Digest, April 1994, p. 205. 2. E. Bendann, Death Customs, (London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1969), p. 145. 3. The ...

11. The View From The Mountaintop

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... “final shot” of the Civil War — the one fired by John Wilkes Booth. The lines between Lincoln and his Confederate counterpart, Jefferson Davis, were clearly drawn. Lincoln wrote, “Between him and us the issue is distinct, simple, and inflexible. It is an issue which can only ... one that hears the loving Dad of an epileptic child at the end of his rope say, “I believe; help my unbelief! (Mark 9:24)” and we whisper Amen. Lincoln once said, “I have often wished that I was a more devout man than I ...

12. A Dreadful Declaration

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

George Bass

... be a matter of announcing to the world, "I believe that Jesus is Lord." It means allowing our lives to reflect, in words and deeds, the validity of our confession of faith. In Bill C. Davis’ play, Mass Appeal,11 Father Tim Farley, in order to protect his position in his parish, has failed to support Deacon Mark Dolson, a seminarian who was in danger of being expelled from the seminary for what Father Farley calls an "irrelevant" reason out of his pre-seminary life. In the last scene of the play, after ...

13. Down by the Riverside

Mark 1:4-11 · Genesis 1:1-5

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... body of Christ, the fellowship of believers known as the Church. Baptism tells us we belong. In his book, MISTREATED!, Ron Lee Davis tells about two altar boys. One was born in 1892 in Eastern Europe. The other was born just three years later in ... sentenced to spend the next 3 months in jail. (3) Life has its odd twists and turns. Baptism won't solve all your problems. But it will mark you as one of God's. It will help you to know that you are accepted and loved by God even in the midst of those problems. ...

14. The Son Superior to Angels

Hebrews 1:1-14

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... this word is exactly in line with the central argument of the book. On the theological significance of the ascension, see J. G. Davies, “Ascension of Christ,” in DCT, pp. 15f. Christ Is Superior to the Angels in His Deity The great attention given to the ... Our author’s argument is that the ascension of the Son to the right hand of God gives him a unique position and name, marking him out as far superior to the angels. 1:5 In order to strengthen the argument of Christ’s superiority to the angels (cf. v ...

15. What's Wrong With Laughing?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... car. I wouldn't want to get hurt real bad, just enough so I could go to the hospital. I think it would be neat to live in a hospital." Surprised, Davis said, "Why would you want to live in a hospital?" "I'd like to live in a hospital," she said, "because somebody once told me that in the hospital, kids like me ... 155. 3. October 21, 1991. 4. Wit and Wisdom @xc.org. 5. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Hanoch McCarty, and Meladee McCarty (Deerfield Beach, Florida: Health Communications, Inc., 1997), 30-33.

16. Proper 5

2 Corinthians 4:1-18, 1 Samuel 8:1-22, Mark 3:31-35, Mark 3:20-30

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... scratch it. The afflictions of life are real but they are mere mosquito bites compared to the glory that shall be revealed to us. Gospel: Mark 3:20-35 Sermon Title: About Trying To Place Jesus In A Straightjacket. Sermon Angle: All kinds of people have tried and continued to try ... first lady said that she had reconciled with her daughter, Patti Davis, who had written books critical of her parents and posed nude for Playboy. Miss Davis commented that the reconciliation started even before her father's disease ...

17. The Passover

Numbers 9:1-14

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

... is described as the Passover lamb (John 1:29, 35; 1 Pet. 1:18–19), and the Last Supper is instituted in the context of Passover (Mark 14:12). John 19:31–33, 36 calls on Num. 9 and the tradition of not breaking the bones of the lamb. 9:2 In Lev ... nomadic flocks. For the literature, see Budd, Numbers, pp. 97–98; Davies, Numbers, pp. 80–81. 9:3 Twilight is lit. “between the two evenings,” probably the time between sunset and complete darkness (Davies, Numbers, pp. 81–82). 9:8 See the commentary on ...

18. The Cloud Above the Tabernacle

Numbers 9:15-23

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

19. Faith, Hope, and Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... a mustard seed size worth of faith. True faith will produce real love. We must first ask ourselves: do we have faith? Ken Davis, a youth pastor, has a way of discovering whether someone actually does have faith. In his book “How To Speak To Youth” ... one side and made a mark on the blackboard where he let it go. Each time it swung back a new mark. It took less than a minute for the top to complete its swinging and come to rest. When he finished the demonstration, the markings on the blackboard had proved ...

20. The Law of the Pendulum

Mt 14:22-36; Mk 6:45-56

Illustration

Brett Blair

... top to one side and made a mark on the blackboard where he let it go. Each time it swung back a new mark. It took less than a minute for the top to complete its swinging and come to rest. When he finished the demonstration, the markings on the blackboard had proved his thesis ... swishing sound as it arced across the room. At the far end of its swing, it paused momentarily and started back. Ken Davis said he never saw a man move so fast in my life. He literally dived from the table. Deftly stepping around the ...

21. Sheep Without a Shepherd

Mark 6:30-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... And also with you.” You and I know the truth. There’s something wrong with all of us. In our lesson for the day Mark tells us, “The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and ... to the man and began hitting him with her broom. She ordered him from her house, and he was fired on the spot. For Laura Davis, this was a defining moment (one which, sadly, a lot of victims do not have). Her mother’s anger had been the means of ...

22. Remembering The Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... By Halloween." After tracing the origins of Halloween to the ancient Celtic festival of the Death of the Year, and showing how the Christian church piggybacked the Feast of All Saints onto this pagan festival which marked both the death of the sun at the beginning of winter and the remembrance of their dead ancestors, Davies argued for a recovery of the best part of the ancient Halloween -- the remembrance of the dead. Let us recognize that we are not the ultimate triumph but rather that we are beads on a ...

23. Learning From A Little Child

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... too, isn't it? We want God. We want to know that God lives and that God cares and that God is with us. Immanuel! Mark Connelly in his classic play, GREEN PASTURES, has the angel Gabriel walk on the stage with his horn under his arm, and approach the ... of the Epistle said, "Be patient. . . until the Lord's coming." The story of Christmas is as yet unfinished. Dr. Earl C. Davis of Memphis, Tn., tells of finding a book called, THE CURSE OF BATTERSLEA HALL. The interesting thing he discovered about the book is ...

24. Three Modern Meanings of the Ancient Christmas Story

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... child cried, "Mommy, I want you!" Yes, at Christmas our greatest need is to hang onto God. God is with us to stay! Mark Connelly tells in his writing, Green Pastures, how the angel Gabriel walks on the stage with his horn under his arm, and approaches ... gift and response you can ever make in response to the Christmas story. Will you? A distinguished colleague, Dr. Earl C. Davis of Memphis, Tennessee, tells of finding a book called The Curse of Batterslea Hall. The interesting thing he discovered about the ...

25. Being Good

Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

... The Law kills!" Dry, dead, jot-and-tittle legalism can just suck the life out of religion until it is a cold, calculating, posturing, ugly thing. Mark Twain once described someone as "a good man in the very worst sense of the word." John tells a story (Matthew doesn't, but let's ... 5:17-20 is a tough text to interpret. While not wanting to relax in any way the tough commitment to Torah (which Davies points to so well in his commentary on The Sermon), I felt that Calvin's interpretation of the three uses of the ...

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