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Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... tackle for the Chicago Bears who suddenly became a national celebrity. He was known as William “The Refrigerator” Perry. You football fans remember Perry. In a four-week period, he did the unthinkable. He stepped out of his role as a lineman ... tells him not to tell anyone how it happened. That might be a little unrealistic. But it wasn’t just the people he healed. In Matthew 16:20 we read, “Then he warned his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.” And again, in Mark 9:9 following ...

2. Yahweh Speaks as the Master Teacher

Job 38:1--41:34

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... our lives. Illustrating the Text God teaches us that his knowledge is infinite while ours is finite. Television: Perry Mason. In the old television series Perry Mason, based on the novels by Erle Stanley Gardner, the title character (played by Raymond Burr) was ... Make a reference to some passages in the Bible that mention sparrows and birds of the air, like Psalm 84:1–4; Matthew 6:25–26; or Matthew 10:29–30. Point out that we usually read these passages to assure ourselves that we are of value to God, ...

3. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is perspective and signify why that admonition is so meaningful to me. I grew up in rather severe poverty in Perry County, Mississippi. My mother and father did not go to high school. I felt myself culturally, socially, and intellectually, as ... will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life? (Matthew 16:24-26). Paul also made it scathingly clear: “I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present ...

4. Nightline

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... him the opposition of the devil to God''s salvation work in Jesus Christ. Do any of you remember the old television series, which was one of my favorites, called "Perry Mason" in which the persons called to testify on the witness stand had to "tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God"? The scripture lesson from Matthew today tells the whole Christmas Story and truth about humankind''s reaction to God''s gift of Jesus Christ. Every year the Christmas Spectacular is held at Radio City ...

5. When It Is Tough to Follow Jesus: The Third Word

John 19:17-27

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... role of being the earthly mother of Jesus was never an easy one. Do any of you remember the old television series called "Perry Mason?" In that show, everyone who was called to testify had to swear to "tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the ... pierce her soul as well." Is that any way to speak to someone who is highly favored among women and is blessed by God? In Matthew 2:16-18, Mary and Joseph had to flee into Egypt while a group of children in the local village were murdered by King Herod. ...

6. Last Words Are Important

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... sink in. Last words are important. East Side Baptist Church is a little country church down in Perry County, Mississippi. It is the church in which I was converted under the preaching of Brother Wiley Grissom ... be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket but on the lamp-stand, and it gives light to all in the house.” (Matthew 5:14-15) Peter Kreeft, professor at Boston College, has perceptively noted that “the City of the World increasingly oozes its decay.” We saw signs of it in ...

7. What Price Must We Pay?

Luke 6:20-31

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... delineates the kind of outlook they should have as well as the kind of life Jesus expects them to live. Both Luke and Matthew start out with related materials. They both present us with what we have come to know as the Beatitudes and both end with ... is teaching about values. He's talking about priorities. A plaque that hangs on the wall of the kitchen in a small church in Perry, Maine, has the following sentiment, "Only one life twill soon be past, only what's done for Christ will last." Do our lives ...

8. Lion of Judah

Gen 49:1-28, Judges 13-15, Matt 4:12-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Text Jacob Names Judah (Genesis 49:8-10) God’s Spirit Comes Upon Samson Despite Those Who Would Fell Him (Judges 13-16) Matthew’s Witness to the Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry (4) Minor Text Joseph’s Vision and Persecution by His Brothers (Genesis 37) The People ... Image Exegesis: Healing and Redeeming / the Son / Lion of Judah At a recent advance with Len Sweet, we watched Katy Perry’s “Roar” –in which she rises from her mild, timid identity into her own identity as a “tiger” like confident ...

9. Step Four - Courage

Mt 26:69-75 · Acts 9:1-9 · Ps 139:1-6

Sermon

John A. Terry

... Paul's later reference to his "thorn in the flesh." Paul's conversion reminds me a bit of the courtroom scene from every Perry Mason show. The innocent party has been charged with guilt. The guilty party is on the stand or in the courtroom watching the ... to the story of Peter. Some days before Peter had promised Jesus, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you (Matthew 26:35)." But things happened. There was conflict at the last supper; then there was the arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane where Peter ...

10. Love In Action

1 John 3:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... love makes the Ten Commandments obsolete. He said simply that all the law and prophets depend on love for God and love for humanity.(Matthew 22:40) I John tells us that to love God IS to keep his commandments. Christian love is always in keeping with God's ... people I know who are the most loving are also those closest to the heart of God. I was reading about English explorer William Perry and his crew who were on an icy vessel exploring the vast nautical wasteland of the Artic Ocean. At one point they felt ...

11. A Church Shaped By The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16-20

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Maxie Dunnam

... truth sink in. Last words are important. East Side Baptist Church is a little country church down in Perry County, Mississippi. It is the church in which I was converted under the preaching of Brother Wiley Grissom, ... the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:16-20). These last words of Jesus to His disciples represent the marching orders that are to be followed until He returns. There is no more ...

12. Come One, Come All

Luke 5:27-32

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James Merritt

... not popularity. According to Twitter, among the most popular people on the planet are Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, and Katy Perry. None of them would be allowed into this club. It is not influence. Surveys show that the three most ... very rich man, but you would have never heard of him and neither would I. Because he chose to follow Jesus, Jesus changed his name to Matthew, which literally means “gift from God.” He went on to write a book in the Bible and people today name their sons after him. The ...

13. Shockwaves of Joy

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... the women were thinking about as they headed to Jesus’ tomb to anoint his broken body that first Easter morning. We read in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 28: After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb ... -movie-history-behind-the-scenes. 2. “Actors Who Couldn’t Memorize Their Lines and Had to Cheat” by Kellen Perry and Morris M., https://www.grunge.com/34322/actors-couldnt-memorize-lines-cheat/. 3. “The Message of Miracles” by ...

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