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Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... , the father, commuted to New York City every working day, where he was an accountant. He spent his weekends working in his little garden, accompanied by his only son, Sammy. When World War II began, Mrs. Adams suggested to Henry that they adopt a refugee. Henry was not enthusiastic about the idea but finally agreed to go along with his wife. Together they went to New York to pick up their refugee. He was a little boy from Central Europe, with the name of Paul Piotrastanalsis — an undernourished little ...

2. Taking Time To Love

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... Connecticut home, accompanied by his only son, Sammy. When World War II broke out, Mrs. Adams suggested that they take a refugee child into their home. Mr. Adams was not enthusiastic about it at first, but finally agreed. The child who eventually ... Sammy died. Dr. Cronin remembers writing to Henry Adams and urging him to get rid of Paul, who had brought them only heartache and trouble. But when Dr. Cronin returned from a trip six months later, and went to visit the Adams', he was surprised to see the familiar ...

3. Who Lives In You?

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Lee Griess

... his garden at their Connecticut home with his only son, Sammy. When WWII broke out, Mrs. Adams suggested they take a refugee child into their home. Mr. Adams wasn't much in favor of the idea, but he went along with it to ... inquired. "Yes," Henry Adams replied, "and he is doing much better now." "All I can say to you, Paul," Cronin muttered, "is that you're a pretty lucky boy." "Dr. Cronin," Henry interrupted, "you don't need to bother trying to pronounce his name anymore, either. He is now Paul Adams. We have ...

4. Who Lives In You?

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Lee Griess

5. Who Lives In You?

Luke 13:31-35

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Lee Griess

6. Dr. Jekyll Meet Jesus

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Mr. Hyde and if we do not pay constant attention to our character, we too, can be dominated by our lesser selves. But why should this be? St. Paul tells us that it is because we are descendants of Adam. Our Puritan forefathers were taught, “Through Adam’s ... us what we need to make a new start. Maybe a simple story will help us understand our situation: A French writer named Henri Barbusse was in a trench full of wounded men during the First World War. While in that trench he overheard a conversation. One ...

7. Forever His

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... Adam. "I will make him a helper fit for him" (Genesis 2:18) - and he did! God made Eve, the first woman, and Adam knew that he would never he lonely again because Eve was "bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh." Adam knew that Eve was forever his, and Eve knew that Adam ... is that man?" I asked the child. "That’s Henry," she replied. "He lives with my mommy but I ... fast enough." St. Paul speaks boldly from the pages of the New Testament to Mrs. Riesart and to all the rest of us lonely people to remind us that ...

8. The Wonder of It All

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Henry Drummond was a noble and winsome Christian. When he died, a man named George Adam Smith wrote his biography, and he said writing that biography was like trying to write the history of a fragrance. Isn’t that descriptive? The history of a fragrance. Now if that was true of Henry ... I hope that you’re going to make a generous, a generous contribution to that very, very terrible situation. Mr. Kipligat spoke with passion and compassion, urging us to, to say thank you to the United States, and especially ...

9. The Lord's Prayer: Forgive Us Our Trespasses

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... widow of Edward, Prince of Wales, follows the open coffin of her father-in-law, King Henry VI? Both men have been murdered by the Duke of Gloucester. The coffin-bearers stop to ... the will of God for our lives. Like Adam and Eve, we also try to hide the evidence of our wrong-doing from him. Here we see Adam and Eve running, hiding, and blaming each other ... declares that he better not find out who has done such an awful thing. Mrs. Cunningham tells the Fonz that "to err is human--to forgive, divine." The Fonz ...

10. Develop Leaders—Humbly

Colossians 3:12-17

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... surprise that the Bible is full of references to clothes. “The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and Eve and clothed them" (Genesis 3:21). When the prodigal son came home, the father said to ... Mr. Roberts. Of the seventy-five people at Mr. Robert's funeral, at least half of them were Amish. The Amish community helped establish a relief fund for Mrs ... assertiveness and active listening find creative ways to move toward reconciliation. Henri Nouwen insists that prayer is the beginning and the end, the ...

11. Brokenness and Bread

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... our own place, and then cry out when we have empty bellies and strife-filled communities. Henry David Thoreau remarked that as long as man stands in his own way, everything seems to ... Pharaoh''s harsh bondage and began to lead them to the Promised Land. He writes: "Mrs. Moses'' cookbook surely had a whole chapter on `A Thousand and One Ways to Fix ... In Christ, the design of men and women is restored to its fullest expression since Adam and Eve. Harry Crews was right. There are no perfect people--all are in need ...

12. Dog: Man's Best Friend?

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

... saw in Genesis when an animal was slain to cover the nakedness - guilt - of Adam and Eve) the doctrine of substitution. When the Israelites sprinkled the blood of ... to be luncheon guests of Bishop and Mrs. Earl G. Hunt. At the close of the meal, Bishop Clark and I were each given a gift from Bishop and Mrs. Hunt. Upon opening it, we found ... Around the throne in heaven we will still be singing the song of "Moses and the Lamb." Henry H. M. Nouwen, in his book, The Way of the Heart, tells of three fathers who used ...

13. Daniel in the Den of Lions

Daniel 6:1-28

Teach the Text

Ronald W. Pierce

... of integrity on the part of believers can reinforce this stereotype. In contrast, in director Adam Shankman’s A Walk to Remember(2002), a teenage Christian girl named Jamie with terminal ... of happiness,” as the Declaration of Independence puts it. These sentiments gave birth to Patrick Henry’s exclamation, “Give me liberty or give me death!”10 This kind of rhetoric seeks ... Mr. Darcy have a number of uncomfortable encounters and misunderstandings that result in an honestly meant marriage proposal by Mr ...

14. A Date With Destiny

Hebrews 10:19-39

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... she sat there! Her court was embarrassed! Everybody snickered behind her foolish back! But she was adamant: she had made a promise, and she was going to see it through! Finally, even ... , and kissed his swollen, leathery cheek. And in a quiet voice of gentle love, she said: "Why, Mr. Merrick, you're not an Elephant Man at all...Oh, no! You are Romeo!" And Dr. Treves ... each other! What a heritage is yours! When David Livingstone was found by Henry Stanley in the heart of Africa, he had been working there by faith ...

15. The Lord's Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... Henri ... It is a conflict between the kingdom of God and earthly desire of humankind to do its own thing. It is as old as Adam "passing the buck" of responsibility to Eve for eating the fruit in the garden. When Jesus teaches the disciples to pray, "Thy Kingdom Come ... memo pads in order to cut expenses and prevent the waste of paper. Well, the new narrower pads finally reached the desk of Mr. Hoover. He did not exactly like the new style memo pads. He wrote a message back to the supply manager, "Watch the borders ...

16. Attics, Basements, Closets

Psalm 130:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... it's worth, are all with Martha), we all inwardly groaned when Chicago Cubs slugger and Mr. Nice Guy Sammy Sosa broke open his bat in an early June game against Tampa Bay ... a zipper problem (But then, so did Republicans Bob Livingston and Henry Hyde, we learned later.). New York Times journalist Jayson Blair . . ... very young children their alphabet, the first entry, and first lesson of the day was this: "A is for Adam." In A-dam's fall we sin-ned all. The first thing every Puritan child learned, in other words, ...

17. Prison Break

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... from death. Jesus breaks the chain of sin and condemnation that stretched back to Adam. Jesus’ prison break offers us all a way to escape the solitary confinement of the ... have no right to keep that to myself,” the collector exclaimed. “It’s yours, Mr. Kreisler. Take it into the world and let people hear it.” God created you ... the plot. There she would sit, hour after hour, with the wind and the weather, while Henry Allen produced dozens of paper packages of new bulbs and a basket full of old ones ...

18. Who Cares?

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... man had died. However, a neighbor reported to the minister that the old man's dying words were these: "Tell Mr. Lax it's all right. Tell him that I love Jesus and that I'm going to God. But be ... for others what they cannot do for themselves. Noted theologian, author, professor, and speaker Henri J.M. Nouwen made a move from the faculty at Harvard Divinity School to ... and a little power. But as I sit beside the slow and heavy-breathing Adam (a resident of Daybreak), I start seeing how violent that journey was. So ...

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