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Exodus 14:19-31

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Arley K. Fadness

... away, his frozen body was found on the lonely prairie near Sisseton, South Dakota. Almost â€˜saved,' but lost." Lawrence Henry told other stories that illustrated the theme "saved" and then concluded: "Today is the day of salvation. ... east wind all night, and turns the sea into dry land. The waters form walls on either side and a dry path appears. Martin Buber defines a miracle as an event that produces "an abiding astonishment" and he continues as follows: "The great turning-points in religious history ...

2. All This and Heaven Too

Luke 18:18-30

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Maxie Dunnam

... in their contribution to spiritual writing and in the role they have played in shaping spirituality: William Law, Julian of Norwich, Brother Lawrence, and Teresa of Avila. Julian of Norwich was a mystic. She was born around 1342. When she was around thirty years ... the burning lights of the English church. The morning after his death, a London newspaper carried a photograph of the pulpit of St. Martin’s from which he had spoken so often to set Britain aflame. A beam of light shown softly down on the reading ...

3. The African Foundations Of Christianity

Exodus 4:1-17

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... people's contribution to the development of the Nile Valley culture, civilization, and subsequent world history. As Martin Bernal tells us in his great work Black Athena, many excavations were sponsored by people and governments ... Martin Bernal, BlackAthena, Volume I, The Fabrication of Ancient Greece (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1987). 4. See Cheikah Anta Diop's The African Origin of Civilization (Westport,Conn.: Lawrence Hill, 1974); Precolonial Black Africa (Westport, Conn.:Lawrence ...

4. The First Sign of Civilization

Luke 10:25-37

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King Duncan

... How do you read it?” Have you ever noticed how many times in the Bible Jesus answers a question with a question? Martin Copenhaver has written a book titled Jesus Is the Question. And in this book, he shares the most fascinating fact: “In the ... on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.” Lawrence Richards, in his Devotional Commentary, makes a revealing point here. He notes that the priest and the Levite were going away from Jerusalem. This ...

5. Persistence In Prayer

Luke 18:1-8

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King Duncan

... was William Grenfell, and he would become a medical missionary to Labrador and one of Moody’s most famous converts. Martin Luther once put it succinctly, “The fewer words, the better [the] prayer.” No meaningless platitudes, no high-sounding phrases, no ... is untold spiritual riches. In the words of a popular song, “Help is only a prayer away.” It is said that when Lawrence of Arabia came to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, he brought with him Arab chieftains who had never seen running water. They ...

6. Visit

2 Corinthians 13:1-10, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... the NT, and that without a full sentence in which to ascertain its usage. Perhaps it means “your restoration” (so Martin, Furnish). The cognate verb (katartizein) is used just two verses later (v. 11), where Paul exhorts the Corinthians to ... not be necessary, for Paul sees all of these sins as part of same sphere of darkness and anti-Christ. 13:1 Cf. Lawrence H. Schiffman, Sectarian Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Courts, Testimony and the Penal Code (BJS 33; Chico, Calif.: Scholars Press, 1983), pp. 73 ...

7. Renewal of the New

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

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John R. Brokhoff

... the church from time to time has had to be renewed. One of these times resulted in the sixteenth-century Reformation led by Martin Luther. Luther did not found a new church, nor did the Wesleys in the eighteenth century. Luther simply reformed, repaired and re-shaped ... running water in their hotel rooms. When the time came for returning home, he found them trying to remove the faucets. Lawrence tried to explain to them that behind the spigots must be a reservoir of water. Our current high-church niceties are ...

8. Excellence In Living

Romans 12:1-8

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King Duncan

... definitely be hotheaded and have cold feet. We may be average in our endowments, but more can be made of what we've got. In Lawrence of Arabia, Lawrence is portrayed as a man torn between a lofty vision of Arab unity, which would have required a sacrifice from him, and the desire to ... I, oh God. All that I am and all that I have are yours. 1. O. Dean Martin, Good Marriages Don't Just Happen (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell, 1984). 2. From a sermon by David G. Rogne. 3. Dr. Ernest A. Fitzgerald ...

9. Lord, Teach Us How to Pray

Luke 11:1-13

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James McCormick

... of life. Let me give you my definition of prayer: Prayer is anything you do with a conscious awareness of God. It is what Brother Lawrence described as “practicing the presence of God.” Whatever you are doing, you are aware of God, and open to His guidance and His strength ... down the barriers between us and God, helping us focus our attention, and making us available to God. Fourth, be honest. Martin Luther’s first rule of prayer was, “Don’t lie to God!” A major barrier to reality in prayer is that ...

10. Witnesses

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

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Mark J. Molldrem

... of Jesus. Surrounding Andrew Jackson's Tennessee home is the family burial ground. One of the gravestones is for Annie Laurie Lawrence. The testimonial identifies her parents and the date of her death. A passage from the Psalms reads: "Precious in the sight ... 's "portal of time" that brings us back to Jesus, which at the same time brings him forward into our lives today. Martin Luther, who shared the same Wartburg that Elizabeth of Thuringia grew up in, describes the Christian life as a daily return to one ...

11. Building Bridges While Getting Shot at from Both Shores

Revelation 22:1-6

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Leonard Sweet

... when confronted by Hitler argued not for pacifism but for the courage of meeting violence with violence. Or ask Martin Niemoller, one of the most influential Protestant leaders in Germany who opposed Hitler through the formation of the "Pastors' Emergency ... consequences. Let us never let the spirit of our bridge building become selfish or self-serving. A hydro project on the St. Lawrence ended with a monument (at the center of the Moses-Saunders Power Dam) which was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth at the project ...

12. Having Fun with The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16-20

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Mark Ellingsen

... life to something bigger than you are, and so even focusing on God, makes you happy. Modern neurobiology confirms the insights of Martin Luther, which he articulated over dinner table and perhaps some German beer in 1531. He provided his own formula for happiness. Prayer ... , The God Gene: How Faith is Hardwired into Our Genes (New York: Doubleday, 2004). Also see Antoine Lutz, Lawrence L. Greischar, Nancy B. Rawlings, Matthieu Richard, and Richard J. Davidson, "Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude ...

13. Staying Close to Christ

John 13:31-38

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King Duncan

... practiced today by people all over this world to one degree or another. Oh, there are some people who find it too difficult. When D. H. Lawrence first read a collection of Ernest Hemingway’s short stories, he said that they all ended up in the same place. He said the message that ... Press). Cited in Reader’s Digest, September 2005, p. 115. 4. Martin Dale, http://www.sermoncentral.com/illustrations/sermon-illustration-revd-martin-dale-stories-59492.asp 5. The Rev. Dr. J. Bennett Guess, http ...

14. The King's Wedding Feast

Matthew 22:1-14

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William E. Keeney

... these situations ended in major tragedies. How do you validate who is an authentic messenger? Does the assassination of persons such as Martin Luther King, Jr., or Oscar Romero in El Salvador show that we still slaughter the bearers of God's invitation to the ... 6: Is it true that many are called but few are chosen? (v. 14) Is Christianity only for the minority? Lawrence Kohlberg proposes that persons go through various stages of moral development: they begin with deference to superior power, obeying rules ...

15. Taking Life Seriously

Luke 16:19-31

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W. Robert McClelland

... in this world and those who benefit from our charitable activities become mere pawns in the self-centered game of salvation. D. H. Lawrence labeled such apparent charity as greedy giving. We are good for ulterior reasons. Life here is only a means to a greater ... up our cross and follow him he invites us to live for a cause and die for a reason. We only go around once, and Martin Luther King Jr. put it well when he said, "Until we are willing to die for something, we're not fit to live for anything." The ...

16. Habakkuk

Habakkuk 3:1-19

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Warren Thomas Smith

... Jesus, if Thou wilt catch me, do; if not, I will venture for Thy name.5 At the funeral of William Lawrence, longtime bishop of Boston Episcopalians, the request was that the service be in keeping with the happy life he lived. The ... the motor would permit. The pilot knew a human could live in rare atmosphere where a rat could not. Real faith means living in rare atmosphere. Martin Rinkart wrote "Now Thank We All Our God" at a time of war, famine, pestilence, after he had buried members of his family and his ...

17. Herod Antipas

Luke 13:31-35

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Warren Thomas Smith

... he suffered and breathed his last. Is this the end of the story of a man who for a few moments wore a crown - of thorns? Lawrence of Arabia said that "no man would lead the Arabs except he ate the rank’s food, wore their clothes, lived level with them, and yet ... in Masterpieces of Religious Verse, ed. by Morrison (New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1948), p. 287. 2. Ralph G. Martin, Jennie, The Life of Lady Randolph Churchill, The Dramatic Years 1895-1921 (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., ...

18. What Makes You Blush?

Mark 8:31--9:1

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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 ... unbelievable? No, some of you know I'm telling the truth. Some of us, when it comes to sharing our faith are like the St. Lawrence waterway in the wintertime, we're frozen at the mouth. What is it that makes you blush? Some of us in this perverted time ...

19. If, Because, Regardless

2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... we can be unbreakable. Have you seen the move, "The Straight Story?" It's based on a true story of Alvin Straight's epic journey from the small town of Lawrence, Iowa to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin to see his estranged brother Lyle who has had a stroke. With little money, but plenty of patience and tenacity Alvin climbs aboard his 1966 ... forever. 1. Dynamic Preaching, November 2004 2. Christine Wicker. God Knows My Heart (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999), p. 151. 3. www.movieministry.com 4. www.movieministry.com

20. Marketing or Disciplemaking?

Acts 2:42-47

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J. Howard Olds

... closet to pray? Of course, you are right. When through the woods and forest 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 act of worship. Certainly God can be worshipped anywhere. Yet, we are not called to be Lone Rangers. We are called to be a family of faith. Family implies connection, cooperation ...

21. Beware! Angels

Matthew 1:18-25

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Will Willimon

... to meet in December is an angel. ''If we don't read our Bibles too carefully, angels seem to be friendly folks," says Lawrence Cunningham, Chair of Notre Dame's department of theology. Because we know so little about angels and because they are in the realm of ... 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 ...

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