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1. When You Are Anxious About Many Things

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the game dried his throat, Tatum reached down, took Sarratt's foot out of the ice water and took a swig of the water Sarratt's foot had been soaking in. Then he gently replaced the foot in the pail and resumed pacing, without ever looking away from the ... this was not the time. How foolish we can be when we do not keep life in its proper perspective. A mountain guide, Michael Zanger, once told of leading some men up Mount Shasta. One man was having great difficulty breathing. His face coloring was unusual. ...

2. There's No Such Thing as Too Much Sugar

Psalm 91:1-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... most often described as being young, handsome, strong, and sporting a prodigious set of wings. As the scripture accounts note, Michael is a battler so traditional portraits have him in full armor, carrying a lance, and with his foot on the neck of a dragon. That has carried over into legend, so it is Michael who purportedly gave Joan of Arc the power to fight against all odds. It is Michael who supposedly appeared to a doomed division of French soldiers on the World War II battlefield and inspired them to ...

3. The End Times

Daniel 12:1-13

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... who is listed in a book. As such, it calls to mind the judgment setting of Daniel 7 (see esp. 7:10–11, 22, 26). Michael’s function may be to carry out the sentence of destruction on God’s enemies (Dan. 7:9–11, 26; see also Zech. 3:1– ... when they are probably only about someone recovering from a life-threatening illness, as when people say today, “the patient had one foot in the grave.” There is one more passage that might teach bodily resurrection: “But your dead will live; their bodies will ...

4. Rejected at Home

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... had hardly begun, when his young niece, Kathleen, about six years old, stepped out into the aisle and put her hands on her hips, her left foot out in front of the other, her head cocked to one side. Then she said in a very loud and clear voice for her age, " ... have a purpose for you. Believe in me and never question your self-worth again." Here is where it all begins. Like Michael, our lives can be turned around, by trusting ourselves to Jesus. 1. Roy Fowler in "Can We Limit God?" 2. Illustrations Unlimited ...

5. Batman: Driven By Guilt or Grace?

Romans 5:1-11; 8:1-2

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Fisherman. Rough and tumble, rough around the edges. My favorite quote about Peter is that he always had his foot in his mouth and the only time he ever took his foot out of his mouth was to change feet. Peter, one of the reluctant disciples. We know he was married ... Partly because Batman can't save everyone. In the saga of Batman, plenty of significant people in his life have died. Michael Brewer in Who Needs A Superhero? writes, "We can forgive Batman for failing to protect every innocent and save every ...

6. Batman: Driven By Guilt or Grace?

Romans 5:1-11; 8:1-2; Luke 18:9-16

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

7. Seeking Jesus

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... 3 inches tall, in dark clothing. The woman and her companions all paired up and began searching the park. Most people traveled on foot, but some rescue vehicles were sent out too. A helicopter pilot attempted to join the search from above but had to turn ... counseling with him. She said yes. During the counseling sessions, Michelle fell in love with Michael, her ex-husband, in a whole new way. One evening after their sessions, Michael asked Michelle—for the second time—if she would be his wife. They got ...

8. Toss Your Cap Over the Wall

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... earn the reputation as the best hoops player on the planet? Passion? Confidence? Determination? All of these were involved, of course. Michael Jordan, who famously was cut from his middle school team, simply set out to be the best he could be and ... City in the early days when the Mormons had first come to Utah. Apparently she had traveled all the way from Omaha on foot, pushing a handcart. Can you imagine that? Across deserts and mountains she pushed a handcart. But the people of her faith were waiting ...

9. How Big of a Risk Would You Take?

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... rented a long board off the beach in Waikiki and walked into the water. They started by lying together on the deck of the ten-foot-long board and paddling out one hundred yards in the ocean. On the way out, Caleb had some questions: "What if I fall? What if ... Caleb had slipped off the board, Mike could have easily grabbed him and lifted him to safety. This was not, he says, a Michael Jackson-dangling-his-son-over-the-balcony scene. The point is that this was a turning point for Caleb. He had ventured into ...

10. Joy in the Journey

119:129-136

Sermon

Michael Milton

... our Lord Jesus Christ. Where shall we access His Spirit? In prayer through the Word. We must not treat the Word like a lucky rabbit’s foot. That is not what this means. Some of us keep the Bible on a table, like an ornament or a holy trinket, to drive away evil ... face of Jesus found through diligent study of His Word. He became an obedient son, and he began a new life. There is a song by Michael Card, Joy in the Journey, that I think of here: There is a joy in the journey, there's a light we can love on the ...

11. Bridge Builders

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... bridge to Uncle David's camp." The boys lined up along the edge of the cliff. "You expect us to walk across that creaky, old thing?" Michael whined. "No, way! It's swaying, and it's a long way down." "It sways because it's a swinging bridge. See the cables attached ... filled with much needed water. However, because it was currently the dry season, it was bone dry. Across this fifteen-foot deep gully was a bridge made of branches and small trees woven together. Before crossing it, the driver and his three ...

12. You Are God's Child

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... of me.” Can anyone relate to those two lies? Vickie says that in her group there was a young Nigerian pastor named Michael. Michael later told her that, as a black man, when he sat in meetings with all-white pastors, he struggled with the same lies ... who thinks you’re the greatest, and it’s not because you’re a space ranger; it’s because you’re his.” As Buzz lifts his foot, he sees a label affixed to the bottom of his little shoe. There in black permanent ink is the name of the little boy to whom ...

13. Priceless!

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... dropped his glasses over the rim. For some strange reason he decided to retrieve them. A headmaster at Summit College in Johannesburg and a highly regarded lecturer in geography, Michael was certainly aware of the risk. Nevertheless, he slowly edged his way to the rim. But then it happened. His foot slipped—and he fell more than 100 feet to his death. (2) Michael lost his life trying to retrieve a pair of glasses! I believe you will agree there are no glasses in the world worth the loss of your life. Some ...

14. Elvis and the King

John 18:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... Elvis memorabilia.” She says that one of her favorite things at the Graceland gift shop was an Elvis sprinkler. It was a foot-high plastic Elvis in a sequin jumpsuit, and as he watered your yard, he would swivel his hips. Then she adds this ... Who or what do you worship? Biblical faith insists that God alone is worthy of our worship. Such faith may demand extraordinary sacrifices. Michael Maudlin in an article in Christianity Today magazine once told about a person who was willing to make Christ king of his ...

15. The Easter Parade

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Charles M. Mills

... stood in the gray shadows of grief. She who had come from the village of Magdala located at the foot of Mount Arbel, who left that village, left sin, left hatred to follow him who is fisher of men and women, him who is Savior, him who is Lord. A poem sings ... sorry, sorry, sorry Let her in! Let her in! When he had sung himself to sleep, And night did begin, One came and opened Michael's gate and Magdalene went in. Heaven's gate is open wide this Easter morning. In the novel The Tale of Two Cities by ...

16. Balancing Act

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... local doctor and reported the apparent death. After a quick examination, the irritated doctor announced that the man was only sleeping. Michael Caine protested that the man had no pulse and was impossible to wake. But the doctor explained that this is the ... of mice. His name? Dr. John Calhoun. His theory? Overcrowded conditions take a terrible toll on humanity. Dr. Calhoun built a nine-foot square cage for his mice. He observed them closely as their population grew. He started with eight mice. The cage was ...

17. Backseat Drivers: Named, Claimed, Commissioned

Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon

Tony Everett

... the dashboard, with perspiration dripping from his brow, Harold began a rapid-fire critique of Nancy's driving. "Use the brake! Put your foot on the brake right now! Okay, ease out onto the street. First put it in drive! Slow down! Watch out for that ... you always. Here is where God named and claimed you and chose you as a child in God's forever family," said Pastor Michael. Kathy remained silent still clutching the towel around her arm. Yet she allowed the pastor to lead her down the center aisle toward the ...

18. No Longer Home Alone

John 15:13-17

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... a lonely feeling. But a young teenager who happened to be at home gave me some gas. I worried as I approached the farmhouse on foot that she would be afraid of me, so I quickly reassured her that I was a Lutheran pastor and she need not be afraid. ... or just life in general in these strange, detached times? And how did you feel when someone came to your side and walked with you? Michael Guido writes in his column, "Seeds From The Sower": My lawnmower had broken down and I had been working on it for hours, but ...

19. Aren't You Glad?

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Anne-Rose Reeves

... 't believe their eyes...the kids were all oohing and aahing as the lamb came into view, and many of the good parishioners of St. Michaels didn't know what to say or think, or whether they should even continue singing the hymn. Pastor Jones went up to the altar and ... . We don't need to do anything to get into heaven. All of you who are baptized, whether or not you will ever set a foot in this church again belong to God now and will live because of Easter. God in Jesus has snatched you out of the hands of ...

20. Getting Rid of an Enemy

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

... at Ephrata, Pennsylvania, a Baptist pastor by the name of Peter Miller who enjoyed the friendship of General Washington. There also dwelt in that town one Michael Wittman, an evil-minded man who did all in his power to abuse and oppose this pastor. One day Michael Wittman was involved in treason and was arrested and sentenced to death. The old preacher started out on foot and walked the whole seventy miles to Philadelphia to plead for this man's life. He was admitted into Washington's presence and at once ...

21. Hark, The Herald... What?

John 1:6-8, 19-28

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... use his words, “be like angels;” many have interpreted that as meaning that angels are sexless (which would mess John Travolta’s Michael up big time). But then there is that passage in Genesis 6:2 which says, “the sons of God (or ‘angels’) saw ... angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.” There is Jesus’ comment in Matthew 18:10 (DLNT): “See that you do not look down on one of these little ...

22. Veiled Glimpses of God's Glory

Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... the veiled glory of God as somehow representing One who is hiding from us. In fact, if you ask me, the most significant lesson Moses learns here at the foot of Mount Sinai is that Yahweh actually desires to walk in our midst -- only on God's terms, not ours; and in a manner seeking to find us, not ... Afterglow," Protestant Radio Hour, Atlanta, Georgia, March 14, 1965. 4. Michael E. Williams et al., The Storyteller's Companion to the Bible, Volume Two: Exodus-Joshua (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992), p. 110.

23. Living With The Birth Pangs

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... in 1985. Instead, the city's Community Redevelopment Agency has offered $20,000 grants to local artists with ideas for using the sirens to brighten the streets. Sculptor Michael Tansey redesigned the first one last spring: He mounted bright yellow petals atop the 30-foot-high siren at the corner of Olympic and Figueroa to create a 10-foot-wide man-made daffodil. If this bud's a hit, they'll consider city-wide distribution. (4) Imagine that! Air-raid-sirens turned into daffodils. Change happens but ...

24. Put Up and Shut Up

Proverbs 18:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... recently that gave me pause in my own life. It said, "He who thinks by the inch and speaks by the yard should be kicked by the foot." I could put it this way: "When you open your lips, don't shoot from the hips or you'll shoot yourself in the behind." Only a ... York: New American Library, 1956), p. 129. 3 Charles R. Swindoll, Active Spirituality (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1994), p. 62. 4 Michael P. Green, ed. Illustrations for Biblical Preaching (Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker Book House, 1989), p. 378. 5 R. Laird ...

25. Poem: In Memoriam

Eulogy

Alfred Lord Tennyson

... Now, sometimes in my sorrow shut, Or breaking into song by fits, Alone, alone, to where he sits, The Shadow cloak’d from head to foot, Who keeps the keys of all the creeds, I wander, often falling lame, And looking back to whence I came, Or on to where the ... face, And seem to lift the form, and glow In azure orbits heavenly-wise; And over those ethereal eyes The bar of Michael Angelo? LXXXVIII Wild bird, whose warble, liquid sweet, Rings Eden thro’ the budded quicks, O tell me where the senses mix, O ...

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