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Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... only because of Christ's unhesitating encounter with the painful "red" lights that blocked his road to the Father. There is no resurrection without atonement, no success without sacrifice, no liberation without suffering. The colors of the dream must include blood red if we are to achieve garden green. Martin Amis is one of the great young novelists writing today. His London Fields (New York: Harmony Books, 1989) was nominated for many of the world's major literary prizes. In an interview on "Nightwatch ...

2. From Fear to Overflowing Joy

John 20:19-31

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King Duncan

... her father.” As you can imagine there was an outpouring of anguish and repentance across the campus following that revelation. Fortunately Amy recovered and her new classmates, now her friends, had a second chance to take her into their social groups and their ... of shrinking in fear, these people began to sing “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.” Remember, it was a German, Dr. Martin Luther, who wrote this hymn. The people in the congregation as well as the German soldiers grew up singing this hymn. The ...

3. Marketing or Disciplemaking?

Acts 2:42-47

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J. Howard Olds

... glades I wander, I feel the need to worship God. Some people feel closer to God in a garden than anywhere else on earth. Martin Luther said a milk maid ought to be able to glorify God by milking cows. Brother Lawrence washed dishes in the monastery as an ... people. Now I feel like I have tons of friends I can really count on. Dr. Olds: How is it helping your spiritual life to grow? Amy: It's really helping me because the message they present at the Loop really caters to those of us that are in our 20's, those ...

4. A Life Without Apology

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... if we turn our back on Him. That is how we can know that one day we will live with God in eternity. It is not because of our faithfulness, but God's. Author Amy Tan recalls an old family story from her mother's childhood. When Tan's mother was four years old, she pulled a pot of boiling soup off the stove on to herself. The ... Winter 2002, p. 73. 3. The Associated Press. 4. Christine Wicker. God Knows My Heart (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999), p. 151. 5. "My Mother's Secrets," from The Opposite of Fate by ...

5. Angels

Psalm 91:1-16

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David E. Leininger

... the name of Jesus. Amen! 1. "Angels Among Us," Time, 12/27/93, p. 56 2. ibid. 3. ibid., p. 61 4. quoted in a Midwest Today profile, Dec. 1992 5. Much of the following comes from "Angels" by Mike Martin in the Holman Bible Dictionary, Electronic Edition, Parsons Technologies, 1994 6. Time, p. 59 7. Words & Music by Brown Bannister, Gary Chapman, Amy Grant, and Michael W. Smith 8. The Pastor's Story File, Oct. 1991, p. 5 9. pp. 14-15 10. Eileen Elias Freeman, Touched by Angels, (Warner Books) 11. Time, p. 65

6. Like Everest Without Oxygen And Wimbledon Without A Racquet

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... There is a time-honored outline of this parable of the Good Samaritan--used by many great preachers--including the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This outline identifies three life philosophies in the way the man lying bleeding beside the road to Jericho is ... and words, haven't there been times when we robbed others of their dignity and self-worth? A few years ago, Christian singer Amy Grant wrote a song about child abuse based on the experiences of one of her friends. The song, "Ask Me," is about surviving ...

7. The Place beyond Revenge

Esther 7:1-6, 9-10, 9:20-22

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... like these things seems to me now to be monstrous. The Hell humanity really creates is more than enough Hell for anyone.1 I caught Amy Blackmarr, author of Going To Grand: Simple Life On A Georgia Road, 1998, on her way to seminary in New Haven. When I asked her ... Rabbi Feinstein and Pat Marrin note a silver lining in the cloud. They see that we have been forced to go deep. Dr. Martin Marty's ministry is writing and speaking to town-and-gown and professional church leadership, where since 9/11, he has been ...

8. It's Not Over When The Fat Lady Sings

Exodus 17:1-7

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... over until "God's will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Amen." The Amen here at the end does not mean "the end," it means "it will be done," or better, "God finish it." 1. Martin Buber, Moses: The Revelation and the Covenant (New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, 1946), p. 88. 2. Sarah and Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth, The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom, read by Iona Morris, Audio Renaissance Tapes: Library Edition (Los Angeles, Calif.: Cassette Productions Unlimited, 1994), tape 2, side 4.

9. Because I Live (Memorial Day)

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... Janet rushed to his side. He was becoming weaker with each moment. Janet refused to accept the graveness of his condition she knew that Martin needed strength so she smiled brightly at him and said, “It’s just a movie, babe! It’s only a movie.” Sheen told Robbins ... their third child, the Gaithers were going through a traumatic time. Their firstborn child, Suzanne, was four, and her sister Amy was three months old. The timing for another baby wasn’t ideal. On top of that, Bill was recovering from ...

10. What Makes You Blush?

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... popular and the highest paid entertainer in this country, perhaps in all the world. He was Bob Hope and Garrison Keeler and Steve Martin all rolled into one. He was so popular that when George M. Cohen produced a Broadway version of Ah Wilderness, a part was ... point is that he was a genuine American hero who kept his principles. And such things are possible today. I was glad to see that Amy Grant had the number one song on the Rock charts not too long ago, and I'm gratified to read about the strong faith that ...

11. Mind Your Manners

Luke 14:1, 7-14

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Will Willimon

... some advice on how to eat? Your friend, Dean S. Wasiolek Well, as a preacher, I didn't know what to do. I'm supposed to be an expert on the Bible, theology, things like that, not good manners. My models are Martin Luther, John Wesley, Billy Graham, not Emily Post Or Amy Vanderbilt. What was I to do? Can you imagine my delighted surprise when I found that the Gospel lesson for this Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost happened to be Luke 14? While I may have never preached a sermon on how to eat, fortunately ...

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