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Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

Larry Lange

... the window, I felt like I was watching a movie: my mother was at the stove cooking; my sister was setting the table. Then he tackled me. Since the kitchen bay window stuck out so far, there was a corner to go around to get to the back door. Michael was hiding in that corner. Completely drained and taken by surprise, I fell like a sack of potatoes. Michael rubbed ice into my face, kicked me in the head, and stumbled off into the night. That afternoon we had repaid "evil with evil" (Romans 12:17). We had not ...

2. God's Math:Lose Life = Save It

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... let me remind you that you will all be reunited again in the future. Then without hesitation, Jim said, "When do you want me?" Michael considered this for a moment and then said, "Summer football camp starts the first of August, but we can give you a few ... the Lord as a coach for the greatest team in all of history. The team's legacy is even more spectacular than the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers. On August 7 hundreds of people came to pay their respects to this very gracious man and coach. ...

3. Balancing Act

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... enough. Jesus is talking about building into our lives a natural rhythm of work and worship, stress and leisure, being with people and finding a place of solitude. Balance. It is not simply a trendy word for the twenty-first century. It was the way we were created. 1. Michael Caine. WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? (New York: Turtle Bay Books, 1992), p. 354. 2. Charles R. Swindoll, THE QUEST FOR CHARACTER (Portland, Oregon: Multnomah Press, 1987) pp. 35-36. 3. "Less Spurs, More Prayer," MOODY, Sept./Oct. 1996, p. 68.

4. A King Like No Other

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... doesn’t look down on them. Jesus looks upon them as a lost brother or sister who needs help. Some of you may remember the well known British actor Michael Caine. Caine wrote a book several years ago in which he described how he fought his way out of a poor South London neighborhood to pursue his dream of ... .com/sermon/1991-02-10-Last-Second-Salvation/. 3. Michael Caine, What’s It All About? (New York: Turtle Bay Books, 1992), pp. 216-217. 4. From a sermon by Dr. Philip Ware Zebley. 5. Pritchard.

5. A New Year’s Resolution

Ephesians 4:25 -5:2

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... says, "I resolve to brush Farley (the dog), to keep my room clean, and not fight with Michael (her brother)." Everyone says, "Good!" Then Michael says, "I resolve to play road hockey, hang out with my friends, and watch more television." "Wait ... is a crisp winter day in San Francisco. A woman in a red Honda with Christmas presents piled in the back, drives up to the Bay Bridge tollbooth. "I'm paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me," she says with a smile, handing over seven commuter tickets. One ...

6. Facing Up To The Giant Task Of Life

1 Samuel 17:1-58

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... who was nearly 9 feet tall weighing over 300 pounds, whose spearhead alone weighed about 20 pounds. It would be similar to Michael Tyson fighting Mother Teresa. When Goliath came forward and the challenge was made to the nation of Israel, is it any small ... Bart Starr, team quarterback, prepared that he knew he would never face a situation he wasn't equipped to handle. If the Green Bay Packers spent that much time and effort to prepare for a football game, how much more should we Christians prepare for the game ...

7. Christmas Is a God-Thing

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... Christmas is a God-thing. We could not reach up to God, so God came down to us. That’s the good news for today. Michael Hendrix tells about a dinner party he once attended during the Christmas season. The house was properly decorated, including an electric train set up around ... Humphrey the humpback whale? Humphrey became a national celebrity in 1985 when he made his way into the San Francisco Bay and headed up the Sacramento River into fresh water which, of course, could have been fatal for him. Each ...

8. Learning to Live Like Jesus

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... you, help you out if you’re in trouble. One literal application occurs all the time in football. According to Michael Lewis’ book from a few years ago The Blind Side, which was later turned into an inspiring movie starring Sandra ... a man who had been walking along a pier when suddenly he tripped over a rope and fell into the cold, deep waters of that ocean bay. He came up sputtering, screaming for help, then sank beneath the surface. For some reason he was unable to swim or stay afloat. His friends heard ...

9. The Lion, The Lamb And Herod’s Rage

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... with knowledge and authority took action and frustrated Herod’s will. So, too, may faithful people today take action for the sake of Jesus Christ and keep Herod’s spirit at bay. We are not helpless, nor are we hopeless. The prophet Isaiah knew this long ago, centuries before the birth of Jesus, when he promised (in our other text this morning) that ... Jesus’ name we pray. Amen 1. Up to the example of Viet Nam, this litany of Christmas history first appeared in a newspaper column by Michael McMannus.

10. Something Is Missing

John 6:24-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... had ever dreamed about as a kid. I was 41 years old, had a healthy sixfigure law practice, clients waiting at the door, a yacht in Chesapeake Bay, a limousine and driver, was a friend of the President, and had all kinds of people working for me and others dying to come into my ... ) (Waco: Word Books, 1987) p. 29 (3) (Nashville: Oliver Nelson, 1986). (4) Michael M. Masser, "Be Careful Out There," THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY, July, 1987 (5) THE DIVINE YES (Nashville: Abingdon, 1975), p. 63. (6) (New York: Simon ...

11. Generous Religion

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... to heaven. Only 79% believed Mother Teresa would. Sixtysix percent believe Oprah will. Sixtyfive percent believe Michael Jordan will. Sixtyone percent believe Colin Powell will. Sixty percent believed Princess Di would. Fiftyfive ... . If it went by merit, you would stay out, and your dog would go in." A few years ago the small town of Palm Bay, Florida, experienced a deep community trauma. A crazed alcoholic filled his pockets with highpowered ammunition. Then, taking a semiautomatic rifle, he walked into a ...

12. Heroes

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... minutes he dumped his entire cargo of 2,000 pounds of fish, worth thousands of dollars, into the waters of San Francisco Bay and pulled more than 70 people aboard his boat. (2) As far as this Italian fisherman was concerned there was something more ... Sept./Oct. 2000. 2. Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1990, p. 168. 3. “A Second Gift of Life" by Michael Bowker, Reader's Digest, April 1997, pp. 109-113. 4. James R. Bjorge, The Love Road to Calvary (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1982), ...

13. The Present

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... as he could. He rode at all different speeds, turned the sharpest corners he could turn, tried to cross as much of the ocean bay as possible, and even purposely fell off a few times just to increase the excitement. All during the ride he constantly kept an eye ... 1. The Truths We Must Believe (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1991), pp. 67-68. 2. Dr. William Mitchell and Michael A. Mitchell, Building Strong Families: How Your Family Can Withstand the Challenges of Today's Culture (Nashville: Broadman & ...

14. Above All--god

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... was a touching moment when Eric stood with his father on the beach of their summer home. "Daddy," Eric said, "remember how I wanted to swim across the bay with you? We got halfway across and I said I couldn't make it. You reached and held on to me. Well, Daddy, I don't think I ... . Martha Graybeal Rowlett. Responding to God (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1996). 5. Great Preaching 2001, edited by Michael Duduit and Jonathan Kever, The Preaching Library, Jackson, TN, 2000, p. 37. 6. Kristin Merriman-Clarke, Falls ...

15. Bearing Fruit

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... pleaded guilty to punching his former girlfriend in the face. `We had a heated argument and for one second I lost control,' Michael Morgenstern said of the incident in which he hit his former girlfriend, 22-year-old fashion model Ethel Marie Parks. The guilty ... fruits, and some of us need to do a better job of nourishing those roots. Back in the days when the Green Bay Packers were the best team in football, Vince Lombardi, their legendary coach, was a fanatic about fundamentals. Once, when the Packers lost ...

16. Peace and Quiet

1 Timothy 2:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... s more upscale sister, The Westin, simply reads “Peace.” People are not just looking to keep disruptions and disturbances at bay. They are looking to find something positive. They are searching in life for some “peace and quiet.” Or if “quiet ... not a trouble-free peace, a quiescent quiet, a stormless skies peace. Jesus said: “In this world you will have trouble.” Archbishop Michael Ramsey puts Jesus kind of peace and quiet better than anyone I know: “the life of a Christian ought to be like the ...

17. What If It's True?

John 20:1-18 · Matthew 28:10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... religion in the 20th century choosing as his topic whether or not it could be proven that Jesus rose from the dead. He used Bayes’s theorem to bring inductive logic to bear on whether Jesus is alive. After factoring into the equation the facts of Jesus’ life as ... is a person. Jesus is alive. Jesus is Lord. 1. P. 410 in John Amis and Michael Rose, Words About Music: An Anthology (London, 1989), referencing Norman Lebrecht’s “Book of Musical Anecdotes” 2. Carpe Diem: Put a Little Latin in Your Life [2007] ...

18. What If It's ALL True?

John 20:1-18 · Matthew 28:10

Sermon

Lori Wagner