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Matthew 5:1-12

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Eric Ritz

... whole life is affected. On December 1, 1982, at the University of Utah Medical Center, Dr. Barney Clark, a dentist from Des Moines, Washington, became a medical legend. Dr. William DeVries installed in Clark the mechanical heart invented and ... how easy it is for the heart to focus on the wrong things, to have mixed motives. Jesus further defines his teaching about the pure heart in Matthew 6 verse 21, when he says, "For where your treasure is, there will be your heart as well." The heart is where the real tunes are ...

2. Dressed For The Wedding

Matthew 22:1-14

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King Duncan

... replied, "No, Jesus is in my heart. Barney is on my underwear." (3) I don't guess it matters who's on your underwear if Jesus is in your heart. And if Jesus is in your heart, your life will be clothed in proper apparel faith, hope, love, forgiveness, tolerance and all the virtues of the Christian life. And you will not be speechless at the wedding feast, for you will be properly dressed. 1. "Man Overboard," MARRIAGE PARTNERSHIP , Spring 1996, p. 67. 2. Matthew Sartwell, BOSSES FROM HELL, (New York: Penguin ...

3. Is It God's Will?

Hebrews 2:5-18

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Erskine White

... easy answer people have for suffering: "I deserve it. I deserve it because I have sinned." You might call this the Smith-Barney approach to suffering: people suffer the old fashioned way; they earn it. The problem is, this paralyzed young woman didn't ... loving, giving Christian woman. No, you should have seen enough of life by now to know that it rains on the just and unjust alike (Matthew 5:45). You can't make sense out of suffering by trying to see how people deserve what they get. If that were true, we ...

4. In the Meantime: Between the First and Second Comings

Isaiah 2:1-5

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David Busic

... children’s songs intentionally so that they sound like broken records in our heads! Just ask any parent of a child who watched Barney, and they will tell of their experiences of not being able to fall asleep because “I love you; you love me; we’re ... as individuals and as the Church, and ask whether we are, in any way, fulfilling God’s expectation that God’s people be peacemakers. (See Matthew 5:9). What do we do in the meantime? What do we do in the in between time? Do we simply resign ourselves to ...

5. Grace in the Midst of Guilt and Shame

Ephesians 1:1-14

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Glenn McDonald

... . We'll be as good as good can be, and make up for our mistakes. We'll get forgiveness the old-fashioned way, the Smith Barney way: We'll earn it. This much is certain: We'll make ourselves miserable in the attempt. As a young monk, Martin Luther invested as many ... and you'll find that the way I lead you is easy. The 'burden' that I put on you, by comparison, feels so light" (Matthew 11:28-30, paraphrased). That's grace. Do we deserve it? Absolutely not. If we deserved the love of Jesus it would be because ...

6. Peacemaking and Self Control

Matthew 5:21-26

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Phil Thrailkill

... that don’t do this are neglecting their duties. Unresolved anger is a cancer that eats away at the healthy tissue of love and respect that hold us all together. Better, as Barney Fife used to say, “to nip it in the bud.” Perhaps the best way to monitor your anger level is to listen to your words and monitor your thoughts; they will ... Rogers, "Dealing with Anger" pamphlet (St. Meinrad, IN: CareNotes, 1990), 1. 16. Edited from PreachingToday.com search under Matthew 5:21-26. 17. Ibid. 18. Ibid. 19. Ibid.

7. We Fools

Luke 12:13-21

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Will Willimon

... take a child, even a very young child, into Toys R Us, you will not have to teach the child what to do. Hours of training by Barney and Disney have taught a child that there is no higher calling than consumption. If you take that same child into this Chapel on Sunday, that child ... me to today's gospel. According to Scripture, about the worst you can call anybody is, ''thou fool." Jesus says, in Matthew 5:22, that any who calls his neighbor ''fool'' will be in danger of hell. Even though God doesn't give us ...

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