... Thomas attended. The article said: "The nuns who lived in the black areas of town were not popular. Whites occasionally referred to them as the `nigger sisters.'' The Ku Klux Klan once sent a hearse to the rectory to intimidate church officials. "Much like Myers Anderson ... every church and Christian faces, it will do us all good to think for a few moments about the awesome power of encouragement. Paul is telling us that we can do it. We are incredible people when Jesus Christ reigns in every heart and mind. I ...
... was the kind of man a young boy could model his life on. He goes on to say that Mr. Anderson and his meat?market manager, Mr. Walton Haining, were both godly men who showed him what it meant to be ... the standard of the greats. Aspiring dancers practice for hours on end the dance moves of their favorite dancer.” Paul tells us, in Ephesians 5:1-2, that there is no higher goal, no greater aspiration, for the people ... ’s Digest USA. 4. Better than Good (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2006), pp. 155?156. 5. Don ...
... into the world to condemn us, but to save us . . . and not only us, but everyone on this planet. Pastor Leith Anderson tells of visiting Manila in the Philippines several years ago. His hosts took him, of all places, to the Manila garbage dump ... our body. Author Philip Yancey tells how his perspective on pain was changed by his work with Dr Paul Brand, the dedicated orthopedic missionary surgeon working among leprosy patients in India. Dr. Brand made the startling discovery ... Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2007), p. 310.
... church meeting. The pastor told of sitting in a Broadway theater when the great Marian Anderson stood on the stage and sang, "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?" She ... without spending years in the study of music? Was it not Thomas Edison who once said, "Genius is 2% inspiration and 98% perspiration"? ... our own burned out dreams that we begin to hear God's voice, and our lives, like Paul's, are changed. One of my students at Princeton Theological Seminary wrote about her spiritual journey which ...
... winsome and approachable Philip, the humble evangelist Andrew, and the honest seeker Thomas. Think about the delightful company of disciples in Christ Church. We have ... our middle-aged adults, Diedre Rosemond, died of cancer. Several weeks ago she returned from the Anderson Clinic in Houston with the bad news that she had just a short time to ... a third implication of Christian discipleship: You Are Called To Be Christ-Extenders. St. Paul expressed it this way: "All this is from God who reconciled us to himself ...
... the industrial world, yet at the same time one of the most secular (Thomas Reeves, "Not So Christian America," First Things, October 1996, 16-21). This double ... Peter Lamborn Wilson, "Neurospace," 21C, March 1996, 28). (See also some of the selections in Sarah Anderson's editing of The Virago Book of Spirituality [Virago, 1996], especially where Simone Weil says ... culture on a soul train is bound to get derailed. The apostle Paul also found himself living in frenetically "spiritual" times. Recall that he began ...
... the industrial world, yet at the same time one of the most secular (Thomas Reeves, "Not So Christian America," First Things, October 1996, 16-21). This double ... Peter Lamborn Wilson, "Neurospace," 21C, March 1996, 28). (See also some of the selections in Sarah Anderson's editing of The Virago Book of Spirituality [Virago, 1996], especially where Simone Weil says ... culture on a soul train is bound to get derailed. The apostle Paul also found himself living in frenetically "spiritual" times. Recall that he began ...
... the industrial world, yet at the same time one of the most secular (Thomas Reeves, "Not So Christian America," First Things, October 1996, 16-21). This double ... Peter Lamborn Wilson, "Neurospace," 21C, March 1996, 28). (See also some of the selections in Sarah Anderson's editing of The Virago Book of Spirituality [Virago, 1996], especially where Simone Weil says ... culture on a soul train is bound to get derailed. The apostle Paul also found himself living in frenetically "spiritual" times. Recall that he began ...
... the industrial world, yet at the same time one of the most secular (Thomas Reeves, "Not So Christian America," First Things, October 1996, 16-21). This double ... Peter Lamborn Wilson, "Neurospace," 21C, March 1996, 28). (See also some of the selections in Sarah Anderson's editing of The Virago Book of Spirituality [Virago, 1996], especially where Simone Weil says ... culture on a soul train is bound to get derailed. The apostle Paul also found himself living in frenetically "spiritual" times. Recall that he began ...
... the industrial world, yet at the same time one of the most secular (Thomas Reeves, "Not So Christian America," First Things, October 1996, 16-21). This double ... Peter Lamborn Wilson, "Neurospace," 21C, March 1996, 28). (See also some of the selections in Sarah Anderson's editing of The Virago Book of Spirituality [Virago, 1996], especially where Simone Weil says ... culture on a soul train is bound to get derailed. The apostle Paul also found himself living in frenetically "spiritual" times. Recall that he began ...
... the industrial world, yet at the same time one of the most secular (Thomas Reeves, "Not So Christian America," First Things, October 1996, 16-21). This double ... Peter Lamborn Wilson, "Neurospace," 21C, March 1996, 28). (See also some of the selections in Sarah Anderson's editing of The Virago Book of Spirituality [Virago, 1996], especially where Simone Weil says ... culture on a soul train is bound to get derailed. The apostle Paul also found himself living in frenetically "spiritual" times. Recall that he began ...
... the industrial world, yet at the same time one of the most secular (Thomas Reeves, "Not So Christian America," First Things, October 1996, 16-21). This double ... Peter Lamborn Wilson, "Neurospace," 21C, March 1996, 28). (See also some of the selections in Sarah Anderson's editing of The Virago Book of Spirituality [Virago, 1996], especially where Simone Weil says ... culture on a soul train is bound to get derailed. The apostle Paul also found himself living in frenetically "spiritual" times. Recall that he began ...
... the industrial world, yet at the same time one of the most secular (Thomas Reeves, "Not So Christian America," First Things, October 1996, 16-21). This double ... Peter Lamborn Wilson, "Neurospace," 21C, March 1996, 28). (See also some of the selections in Sarah Anderson's editing of The Virago Book of Spirituality [Virago, 1996], especially where Simone Weil says ... culture on a soul train is bound to get derailed. The apostle Paul also found himself living in frenetically "spiritual" times. Recall that he began ...
... the industrial world, yet at the same time one of the most secular (Thomas Reeves, "Not So Christian America," First Things, October 1996, 16-21). This double ... Peter Lamborn Wilson, "Neurospace," 21C, March 1996, 28). (See also some of the selections in Sarah Anderson's editing of The Virago Book of Spirituality [Virago, 1996], especially where Simone Weil says ... culture on a soul train is bound to get derailed. The apostle Paul also found himself living in frenetically "spiritual" times. Recall that he began ...
... the industrial world, yet at the same time one of the most secular (Thomas Reeves, "Not So Christian America," First Things, October 1996, 16-21). This double ... Peter Lamborn Wilson, "Neurospace," 21C, March 1996, 28). (See also some of the selections in Sarah Anderson's editing of The Virago Book of Spirituality [Virago, 1996], especially where Simone Weil says ... culture on a soul train is bound to get derailed. The apostle Paul also found himself living in frenetically "spiritual" times. Recall that he began ...
... the industrial world, yet at the same time one of the most secular (Thomas Reeves, "Not So Christian America," First Things, October 1996, 16-21). This double ... Peter Lamborn Wilson, "Neurospace," 21C, March 1996, 28). (See also some of the selections in Sarah Anderson's editing of The Virago Book of Spirituality [Virago, 1996], especially where Simone Weil says ... culture on a soul train is bound to get derailed. The apostle Paul also found himself living in frenetically "spiritual" times. Recall that he began ...
... in 1927, she showed very little potential. She was told by the head instructor of the John Murray Anderson Drama School, "Try any other profession. Any other." Sometimes you just can't tell who will succeed ... disciples, Jesus was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. In Ephesians 1 St. Paul takes the matter one step farther. He tells us that God raised Christ from the dead "and set ... COMEBACKS (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1988), p.71-74. 4. "Aspiring Citizen," ASPIRE, February 1996, p. 10 ...
... about what God has done in Jesus Christ. Because Christ gave himself as a sacrifice for the sins of the world, our debt to God is forever paid. As St. Paul says in our lesson from the Epistle: "Since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, ... asking you to let Him have the next dance. 1. Lynn Anderson, FINDING THE HEART TO GO ON (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1991), pp. 91-92. 2. From "Mike's Funnies List." Cited on Pastor Tim's Illustrations List.
... three of their four sons. As each son died, the Campagnones, aided by Representative Thomas J. Lane, asked the Army to keep their remaining sons off the battlefield. But ... speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness." Ananias told Paul in Acts. 22:15, "You will be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard ... the jungle to look for him. But two young Wycliffe Bible translators, Loretta Anderson and Doris Cos, armed with nothing more than the weapons of a ...
... thinks about Jesus, he will tell you, “I have betrayed innocent blood.” Ask the apostle Paul, what do you think about Jesus? He will tell you, “that nothing compares to the ... he thinks of Jesus, he will tell you. “Surely this is the Son of God.” Ask Thomas what he thinks about Jesus, he’ll fall down prostrate before him and cry out, “My ... loved us so much, he came. We knew he would. 1. Jerry Anderson, Hummingbirds & Hollyhocks, (Knoxville: Seven Worlds Corp., 2000), pp. 99-100. 2. Newsweek ...
COMMENTARY Old Testament: Ezekiel 37:1-14 The vision of the valley of dry bones refers to the spiritual condition of the Jewish exiles. Their country and their national identity had been crushed beyond any hope of revivification. They felt that there was about as much chance of their fortunes being restored as there was for a skeleton suddenly to come back to life. Ezekiel's vision gives hope to the exiles that God would restore the nation to newness of life. Though the original context of this passage ...
John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14, Acts 7:54--8:1a, Acts 17:1-9, 1 Peter 2:4-12
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Russell F. Anderson
Theme For The Day: Come into me. In the Lutheran/Episcopal First Lesson, Paul has been secreted out of a couple of Greek towns. He leaves word that Paul and Silas are to come to him as soon as possible, so he can continue the work of building up the Body Of Christ. In the Second Lesson, Peter urges his readers to "Come to Him (Christ), a living stone ..." and become living building blocks in the church. In the Gospel, Jesus tells his disciples that no one can come to the Father but by him. Theme For Sermon ...
1 Corinthians 6:12-20, 1 Samuel 3:1--4:1, John 1:35-42, John 1:43-51
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Russell F. Anderson
Theme: The call of God. The boy Samuel had to be taught not only to hear the call of God but to recognize the call as coming from God and respond affirmatively. In the Second Lesson, the Corinthian Christians had to be made to realize that they must respond to Christ's call not only with their minds but also their bodies. In the Gospel, Christ calls his first disciples. COMMENTARY Old Testament: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20) The young Samuel has been apprenticed to the elderly priest, Levi, and is sleeping near ...
2 Peter 1:12-21, Daniel 7:1-14, Exodus 24:1-18, Matthew 17:1-13
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Russell F. Anderson
Theme: The transfiguration of Christ was an experience of divine transcendence. The Spirit gifts his children with glimpses of the transcendent Christ and the life to come. COMMENTARY Old Testament: Exodus 24:12-18 God instructs Moses to ascend Mount Sinai to receive the law of the Lord. The glory of God appeared to the people on top of the mountain as a consuming fire. Moses enters the mysterious cloud and approaches the fire to receive the divine revelation. Old Testament: Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 In the ...
A student at The University of Georgia got a job as a disc jockey at a little radio station in Commerce, Georgia. He also got a room at a hotel in town and commuted to school, which was not far away. Sometimes at night, he would crawl out of his window and sit on the roof of the hotel. He would look out over that little town. One night when he was up there, he wrote a song called “City Lights.” The rest is country music history. His name was Bill Anderson. An Episcopalian minister in Boston worked himself ...