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1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... Santa: In my house there are three boys. Richard is two. Jeffrey is four. Norman is seven. Richard is good sometimes. Jeffrey is good sometimes. Norman is good all the time. (Signed) Norman." Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes comic strip fame) stands behind a tree, poised ... too much money Eating or drinking too much Skipping meals because of busy schedule Getting together with friends and family Cooking and cleaning Long plane/ train/ car trips Being apart from friends and family during the holidays (7) In one of ...

2. Praising God All Day Long

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... offers this prayer: “Bless this food Lord. I plowed the land, planted the seed and irrigated the fields. I harvested the crops, canned it, cooked it, and served it. It took a lot of work and I did it all. But thank you anyway because I promised my ... I've been out visiting people and the sorrows and troubles break my heart and I just needed to talk to the Lord about it.' Norman Vincent Peale said, ‘That day I knew I wanted to care for people like my father cared for people.' When I was preparing my first ...

3. When The Going Gets Tough

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Every step of the way, through both hardships and heartaches, Paul had found God standing by his side. A few years ago Norman Vincent Peale and his wife, Ruth, rode with a taxi driver who was an interesting man. The name written on his license ... foodstuffs. We were reduced to eating beets out of the fields. It was a kind of beet that is dangerous to eat without long cooking. Even then, if you don't accompany it with other food, the chemical reaction will bloat and distend the stomach. People have been known ...

4. That's Not Fair

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... said the farmer. “I have a hired man. Been with me for three years. I pay him $600 a week, plus room and board. I have a cook. She’s been here six months. She gets $500 a week plus room and board.” “Anybody else?” asked the agent as he scribbled on a note ... with hard-driving rock music. Strangely, the concert organizers had scheduled opera singer Jessye Norman to close the concert. Fans reacted negatively when Ms. Norman first took the stage. Here was a middle-aged black woman without any back- ...

5. A Guiding Presence

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... flame began to move along rather rapidly through the grass, but he kept his skillet over it, and it worked. But by the time he had cooked his eggs, his coffee was three miles away. That’s a parable of life. That’s a parable of life, the winds of the world blow ... God’s power to bear upon the accomplishment of our will, we take our cue from the likes of Earl Nightingale and Norman Vincent Peale, rather than the witness of scripture. We decide what is right and good, then we beseech God to bring it about ...

6. The Future You Hope For

Jeremiah 29:1-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... nature. That little butterfly had to go through that period of struggle in order to be strong enough to live!" (Dr. Norman Neaves, "The Sacrament of Failure!", preached September 18, 1988 (Copyrighted 1988), pp. 2-3). So it is with us humans. Struggle ... the wall. A question was asked and he would point to a sign on the wall of the oyster house that gave the answer. Then he started cooking food, and it was so lousy he had to do something to keep their minds off of what they were eating, and he said signs did ...

7. I know You by Name

Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon

Jon L. Joyce

... becomes a hand with money, the waitress becomes a tray with food, a clerk becomes a voice with answers, a wife a cook with sex, a parent, in the eyes of a child, just a disturbing break in the daily television routine. Soon we measure ... out of our crowded ghettos everywhere: "I wish you knew who I was," - the cry for recognition of our individuality and our personhood. Norman Cousins puts it this way: "Impersonality is epedemic. It is almost as though we feared contact, almost as though the soul of man had ...

8. Worn Out? Tired? Weary?

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... for a rest cure. I have known one lady who was married to a very wealthy man. She had a maid to do the housework, a cook to prepare the meals, a nurse to care for the children, a butler to do the shopping. Yet, I never saw her when she wasn’t completely ... tedious, tiring task keeping one’s poise, position and stance in any egocentric circumstance. Such a person’s universe centers in himself. Norman Ross tells how George Gershwin, great talent though he was, always had to be the center of his world. One time ...

9. Christian Living As It's Meant To Be

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... make a horror movie with something disgusting oozing out of her kitchen cabinets, she bought thirty cans of cherries, cooked them in a pressure cooker until they exploded all over the room, and then spent years gradually cleaning cherries ... to do: We need to clap for one another. We need to encourage one another. We need to offer words of support. (3) Writer Norman Mailer entered Harvard as an engineering student because his mother, who had been through the Great Depression, wanted her son to have a marketable ...

10. Who Is God Anyway?

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... exploding all around us. It is a challenge just to keep up. But keep up we must. In the April 1989 issue of Cook's magazine, Christopher Kimball, publisher and editorial director, unveiled a theory he calls the Ascending Organ Thesis. The idea has application beyond the ... p. 26. 3. Marcia B. Cherney and Susan A. Tynan, COMMUNICODING, (New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1989), p. 21. 4. Norman Cousins, HUMAN OPTIONS, (New York: Berkley Books, 1981), p. 5. Joan Borysenko, GUILT IS THE TEACHER, LOVE IS THE LESSON ( ...

11. Tevye's Question

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... know . . . But do you love me?" Golde answers in this way: "Do I love you? For twenty-five years I've washed your clothes, cooked your meals, cleaned your house, given you children, milked the cow. After twenty-five years, why talk about love right now?" But Tevye will not ... his courage? Do you have his faith in God? 1. Fiddler on the Roof (1971). Directed by Norman Jewison. Writing credits: Sholom Aleichem (book); Joseph Stein (musical). Thanks to http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_c_doyouloveme.htm ...

12. Look Who's Giving Thanks!

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... of nutritionists and home economists on Butterball Turkey's Turkey Talk-Line have answered every conceivable question about how to cook a holiday turkey to perfection. One woman called to find out how long it would take to roast her turkey ... 103-107. 2. “The Higher Uses of Suffering," Arthur Caliandro, Plus: the Magazine of Positive . . . 1994, pp. 29-31. 3. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, “Being Thankful Makes Everything Better" (Pawling, New York: Foundation for Christian Living, 1961), pp. 7-8. 4. Dr. Arthur ...

13. How To Be An Easter Person

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... it. If the Da Vinci Code were correct in its claim that the four New Testament gospels were propaganda documents cooked up by Emperor Constantine and the early church, they would not have had women as the first witnesses to the ... Later Jesus showed Thomas his wounds and then said, “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” (John 20:29) Norman Vincent Peale, that dear departed positive-thinking saint, often used a familiar parable to teach resurrection. He said, “Let’s suppose that an ...

14. God Where Are You? - The Problem of Evil

Genesis 3:1-6, Judges 6:13

Sermon

James Merritt

... all that the Devil laid before them. God then said, "I have sent you heart healthy vegetables and olive oil in which to cook them" and Satan brought forth deep fried fish and chicken fried steak so big it needed its on platter. Man gained more weight ... Why Does God Allow Suffering?", (sermon delivered at Saddleback Valley Community Church, February 26, 2000.) [4] I am indebted to Norman Gizler and Ron Brooks, "Wise Skeptics Ask", pp 62-63. [5] Heroes, Hurricanes Bring More Than Destruction," Facts and Faith ...

15. The Door of Service

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... It was Christmas 1990 thousands of US soldiers were deployed in the Persian Gulf War so far away from their families. General Norman Schwarzkopf could have spent the day in his barracks. Instead he decided to mix with the troops. He went to the ... of soldiers were waiting to be served. He shook hands with every one. Then he went behind the serving counters to greet the cooks and helpers, then worked his way through the mess hall hitting every table. By the time he circulated through the second and third ...

16. Candidates for God’s Candid Camera

1 John 3:11-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ’s sacrifice should be replicated every day in the world by those who call themselves followers of Jesus. Food, clothing, bus fare, babysitting, cooking, cleaning, a lift to the pharmacy, a ride to church, a hand-out that helps-out . . . The message of 1 John is NOT ... Tzadikim? Could you be one of the “Concealed Ones?” Might one or more of the Tzadikim be here this morning? Norman Vincent Peale first told this story, then Robert Schuller, then Rick Warren. In a small French country village before World ...

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