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1. Man, Give Me Some Bread: I Want To See God

John 6:25-59

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King Duncan

... wasn't talking. I was singing. You said no talking." "What were you singing?" someone asked. "Jesus Loves Me," came the barely perceptible reply. "I always sing `Jesus Loves Me' when I'm happy." Everyone in the room was speechless. "Happy? How ... a tortilla. That might strike us as silly, but it is much sadder to realize that many people have never seen Jesus at all. R. Maurice Boyd uses the analogy of the movie, An Affair to Remember,to make this point. Two lovers, played by Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, miss ...

2. God's Design and Our Destiny

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... first laid upon my forehead.” (4) How absurd that anyone would say this wondrous universe happened by mere chance. I like something that Maurice Boyd once wrote. He said, “Suppose I were to describe a social event, say a wedding I attended: I might say that the catering ... end there. One year they lost Mike to cancer. When Christmas rolled around, Ann was still so wrapped in grief that she barely got the tree up. But Christmas Eve found her placing an envelope on the tree, and in the morning, it was joined ...

3. The Voice of the Shepherd

John 10:1-10

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... low educational achievements at school. Furthermore, the article said that children today are lazy, have little concentration and barely possess any listening skills at all. When he was finished the father asked, "Well, son what do you think ... of the Shepherd Tells Us Who We Are. I. The Voice of the Shepherd Goes Before Us A. The Voice of the Shepherd Goes Before Us: Maurice Boyd tells the story of Hugh Redwood, who was a celebrated lay preacher in England. He was in great demand as a speaker. During one ...

4. Getting At The Truth

John 14:5-14

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Maurice A. Fetty

The truth is hard to find these days. Perhaps it has been hard to find in any day. Do you remember ancient Diogenes who walked about with a lamp, shining it in men's faces, saying he was looking for an honest man. Diogenes felt he could never find the truthful person. A little later in history Pontius Pilate reflected a similar skepticism, when at the trial of Jesus he asked cynically, "What is truth?" Anyone who has ever taken a few courses in philosophy will sympathize with Pilate. If our Declaration of ...

5. The Need for A Community of Healing

Mark 1:29-34

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Maurice A. Fetty

A friend of mine came home alive. For many long weeks there was real fear he would not come home at all. A week or so prior to Thanksgiving he entered the hospital with an emergency illness. After a few days, however, it became apparent something far more serious was wrong. Doctors were baffled. More specialists were called in who eventually diagnosed his malady -- a serious one indeed. Appropriate drugs and medications were administered, but his condition worsened. New specialists were summoned, new tests ...

6. Getting at the Truth

John 14:16-17

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Maurice A. Fetty

And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another counselor, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you. — John 14:16-17 The truth is hard to find these days. Perhaps it has been hard to find in any day. Do you remember ancient Diogenes who walked about with a lamp, shining it in men's faces, saying he was looking for an honest man? Diogenes felt he could never ...

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