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Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... of Christmas: The peace of God comes when we know the God of peace. Think about the first Christmas ever. No one—not Mary and Joseph, not the shepherds, not the wise men, not Elizabeth and Zechariah—no one really understood what God was planning. No one ... and sick and spent almost all his money to buy Christmas gifts for children he didn’t even know. What inspired him? As Glen McCarthy said, “. . . this is probably going to be my last Christmas. I’m no one, so might as well make some little kid happy ...

2. Surprise in a Graveyard

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” Evidently the thought had not occurred to Mary that Christ could be resurrected from the grave. Peter and John start for the tomb. When they, too, find it empty, what do they do ... list reads like a who’s who of American celebrities over a thirty‑ or forty‑year period, starting with Joe McCarthy and Jimmy Hoffa, through Frank Sinatra, and a series of senators and high government officials. “Although Williams was quiet about ...

3. You Can't Stay on the Mountain Forever

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... host had arranged, naturally, to go to the theater the very same night that he arrived. Coming out after the performance, McCarthy looked for the first time at the dazzling lights of Broadway. He had blinked at them for a few moments without a ... service. A few years had elapsed, and he was greeting people that he had known. When one woman came to him he said, “Well, hello Mary, how in the world is your husband John?” “Oh, haven’t you heard, John went to heaven.” “Oh, I’m sorry!” – but that ...

4. A Life-changing Question

John 9:1-41

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... confronting us with our own limitations. “As much as we try, we can’t think our way back to a starting point that explains why our story, or Mary’s story, had to lead to this point of pain and evil.” (4) The disciples were trying to think their way back to a starting point that explains ... (David Bruce). 3. “SC school bus driver says kindergartners’ curiosity helped stop armed hijacking” by Kelly McCarthy, Good Morning America, May 17, 2021. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/sc-school-bus-driver- ...

5. United We Stand

John 17:11b-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... Candace Bergan’s famous father in real life? That’s right, the well-known ventriloquist Edgar Bergan. Remember Edgar Bergan and Charlie McCarthy? Like I said, you have to be of a certain age. Anyway, in this episode Murphy Brown is, for some reason, asking ... husband and wife team who made a significant impact on the world of science, Pierre and Marie Curie. They were the French scientists who discovered radium. They worked closely together in their laboratory until the day Pierre absent-mindedly walked in front of a ...

6. Mission to Unbelievers

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... . Haven’t we had enough of those Christians whose bubbly happiness and cheerful helpfulness seems more like Mary Poppins than Mary Magnificat? These Christians might seem more real and more believable if we could think that they sometimes were ... him for his contributions to the tough issues involved in television broadcasting. When few were eager, he took on Senator Joseph McCarthy, helping to reduce that senator’s oppressive influence. In a biography of Murrow we learn that he told his future wife ...

7. We Know Where You Came From

John 6:41-51

Sermon

King Duncan

... it gave him a ready device for comedy. One day he was having lunch with Edgar Bergen of "Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy" fame at the Brown Derby. Benny demanded the check. The waiter feigned surprise and said, "Mr. Benny, I'm surprised to hear ... our brains the time and energy of sorting out people individually. So, we sort them out by category. "I know who you are. You are Mary and Joseph's son. You're from Nazareth. That's farming country, isn't it? People are a little slow there. Well, maybe we can ...

8. Christmas and the Condensed Bible

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... . You see, during the late 1940’s and 1950’s, the “red-baiting” era of the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy, Reader’s Digest published an article titled “Methodism’s Pink Fringe.” The article purported to show that Methodists were ... , a person who hungered and thirsted, a person who arrived first as a baby, who, as Martin Luther loved to say, cried, who nursed at Mary’s breast, who burped after meals, and who had to have His diapers changed on a regular basis! Luther put it that way, not simply ...

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