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Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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King Duncan

... a situation that you will later regret." It happens, doesn't it? We put ourselves into a situation that later we would give anything if it had not happened. Some of you know what I'm talking about. In an interview in USA Today last summer, professional boxer Mike Tyson spoke of his regrets. He confesses that he was a "brat" and a "prima donna," that he conducted himself poorly as a boxer and a man. Few of us would disagree. He has squandered his fame and fortune. What does the future hold for this man who ...

2. Take Dead Aim

Hebrews 12:1-13

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Robert R. Kopp

... Moses was a murderer. Samson fell for Delilah. See! David just had to have Bathsheba. See again! Thomas Jefferson could really write about life and liberty while enslaving people. Babe Ruth struck out a lot and not just on the diamond. Mickey Mantle was a drunk. Mike Tyson bit off more than he could chew. Cross-waving Evander Holyfield has six children by six different women. Tiger Woods can't win every week. We could go on and on and on. It's just like Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Every hero becomes at last ...

3. If You are Looking for a Hero...

Hebrews 11:1--12:13

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Robert R. Kopp

4. The Devil Made Me Do It

Matthew 4:1-11

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David E. Leininger

... 'm to blame. I was wrong."(9) Wow. How refreshing. Oh, that's right. It's fiction. Sigh. The restaurant is not responsible for your stolen coat nor the airline your delayed flight nor the garage your burglarized car. And of course, neither O. J. nor Mike Tyson nor the Enron executives are responsible for any of their problems. Neither are YOU responsible. Are you? "The Devil made me do it." Right. But now we come to the season of Lent, that period of the church year that calls us to a rigid self-examination ...

5. The Lord's Prayer: The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory

Matthew 6:5-15

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David E. Leininger

... tip of the hat toward God as some sort of honorary Chairman of the Board. No glory though. No, the glory in our world goes to the Madonnas and the Michael Jacksons, the Magic Johnsons and Michael Jordans. The crowds cheer the gladiators, the Mike Tysons and Razor Ruddocks. Occasionally, there are hopeful signs - here and there a few new faces in the church, a new baby baptized, a confirmation class that unites with the congregation - small victories in what appears to be a losing war. But we are convinced ...

6. A Call to Arms

Exodus 17:8-16

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James Merritt

Whether or not you are a boxing fan, names like Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Mike Tyson, and Evander Holyfield will certainly conjure up pictures of big-fisted gladiators. C. D. Blalock is not as well known, but he did something in the ring that should make him the most famous boxer of all time. In the 1930s Blalock stepped into the ring to fight another boxer, ...

7. Woe to the Blessed

Luke 6:17-26

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Gary L. Carver

... figure skating, but success was hard to handle. Now she fights to regain a fraction of her former abilities. Ask the Boston Red Sox player. I forget his name but they say he makes over two million dollars a year and he just filed for bankruptcy. Ask Mike Tyson. He made $147 million in 27 months and his accountant told him recently that he was broke. Success is hard to handle. I love the Peanuts comic strip where Lucy is chiding Charlie Brown. In the first frame she says, "I have just examined my character ...

8. No Turning Back

John 6:60-71

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King Duncan

Former heavyweight boxer James (Quick) Tillis is a cowboy from Oklahoma. Tillis fought out of Chicago in the early 1980s. A deeply religious man, Tillis is remembered as the first boxer ever to make Mike Tyson go the distance in the heavyweight division. Tillis had his disappointments as a boxer, but evidently they didn’t rob him of his sense of humor. He still remembers his first day in the Windy City after his arrival from Tulsa. “I got off the bus,” he says, “with two ...

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