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Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... Temptation. The reality and the ruin. Don't they know better? we ask. Knowing better does not seem to be enough. Dr. Arthur Freeman compares it to a series of scenes from the popular movie INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE. Indiana Jones and the beautiful-but ... , that there simply is no room for the tempter to do his evil deeds. 1. Bernice Kanner, ARE YOU NORMAL? (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995), p. 90. 2. Dudley Lynch and Paul L. Kordis, STRATEGY OF THE DOLPHIN, (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc ...

2. Looking A Little Bit Crazy

Mark 3:20-30

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William G. Carter

... in a strange new family called "church." In our time, perhaps no one has seen the true social dimension of God's kingdom more clearly than Martin Luther King, Jr. King confronted the evil house of racism with a clear word of gospel justice. His work provoked allegations against his character and ... Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius (San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books, 1995), p. 213. 3. Martin Luther King, Jr., "The American Dream,"A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of ...

3. Help From Habakkuk?

Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4

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R. Kevin Mohr

... of sin in a person's life. In his struggle and search for an answer that monk found it in a most unlikely place. Martin Luther found help from Habakkuk. Help from Habakkuk? Habakkuk? Most of us probably can't find it in our Bibles — hint, it's between ... will make us more Christ-like in sacrificial living, giving, loving, and forgiving. In one scene in the movie Evan Almighty, Morgan Freeman, who plays God, is incognito as a waiter in a restaurant. He has a conversation with the wife of the lead character ...

4. Angels

Psalm 91:1-16

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David E. Leininger

... help us to grow in our faith. We pray in 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 ...

5. 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 ... your faith in Jesus Christ it doesn't make you blush. I hope it makes you glow. 1. Joel A. Freeman, LIVING WITH YOUR CONSCIENCE, (San Bernardino, CA: Here's Life Publishing, 1989). 2. Bryan B. Sterling & Frances N. Sterling, WILL ROGERS' WORLD, (New ...

6. The Lord's Prayer: Deliver us from Evil

Matthew 6:5-13

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Eric Ritz

... completely safe place. Yes, regardless of where we try to build our Garden of Eden, there is no safe place from evil. As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was known to say: "We may have guided missiles, but we still have misguided men." Charles Haddon Spurgeon was asked, " ... took him to his home. When the minister could not summon an ambulance, he drove the injured victim to Daniel Freeman Hospital. "Lopez was released the next morning. Newton told Lopez that members of his church, ''The Light of Love Church'' in ...

7. Being a True Disciple

John 8:31-36

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David G. Rogne

... the only step. It reduces Christianity to the lowest common denominator. To their defense such people call on the great reformer, Martin Luther, who discovered and taught that we are saved by faith. Indeed, before him the apostle Paul indicated that we are ... a Protestant." Growth leads to change but it is not appreciated by those who don't want to admit that change is appropriate. Bud Freeman, in his book You Don't Look Like a Musician, tells of an incident out of the life of Louis Armstrong. He says that ...

8. Beware! Angels

Matthew 1:18-25

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Will Willimon

... wings, we can rest in a warm, nurturing natural world.... ''Perhaps this present tide of angel interest is 'part of a great revival of spirituality in America,' as Freeman claims. Perhaps it is 'an opportunity for us to realign our priorities and choose the pathway of the divine rather than the pathway of materialism,' as Kay Martin Curry, founder of Twenty-eight Angels, Inc., hopes. But my march through the thickets of contemporary angelology makes me agree with Maurice Smith, who sees the interest in ...

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