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Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... , one Lord, one baptism, and two wood piles.” (4) Amazing things happen in churches. We can be silly. Sometimes we seem uncertain about who we are and what we are about. On an ABC News Special titled “In the Name of God,” Peter Jennings interviewed the founder of the Vineyard Christian Fellowship, John Wimber. Wimber said that the first time he went to church he expected dramatic things to happen. After attending three Sundays, he was frustrated. Following the service, he talked to an official-looking ...

2. The Wind

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... rods on their steeples instead of crosses in memory of that time when lightning struck the early church and as protection against it ever happening again. The truth of this was seen on an ABC News Special titled “In the Name of God.” Peter Jennings interviewed the founder of the Vineyard Christian Fellowship, John Wimber. Wimber said that the first time he went to church he expected dramatic things to happen. He had read some of the stories in the Bible and couldn’t wait to experience church. After ...

3. There's Blindness, and There's Blindness

John 9:13-34, John 9:1-12

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Johnny Dean

... have been opened to see the world in a new, counter-cultural way. The challenge before us is how do we respond to this miracle in a faithful manner, whatever the risk might be? On an ABC News Special, "In the Name of God," Peter Jennings interviewed the founder of the Vineyard Christian Fellowship, John Wimber. Wimber said that the first time he went to church he expected dramatic things to happen, but they didn’t. After attending church for three Sundays, he became frustrated. After the worship service ...

4. We Don't Actually Do It!

John 4:39-42, John 4:27-38, John 4:1-26

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Johnny Dean

On an ABC News Special, "In the Name of God," Peter Jennings interviewed the founder of the Vineyard Christian Fellowship, John Wimber. Wimber said that the first time he went to church he expected dramatic things to happen, but they didn't. After attending church for three Sundays, he became frustrated. After the worship service, he approached a man who looked like ...

5. Two Parades

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

King Duncan

... . One nice thing for us, though: MOST OF US CAN IDENTIFY MORE EASILY WITH THE SECOND PARADE THAN WITH THE FIRST. Few of us will have crowds throwing garments down before us and waving palm branches and praising our name. Our picture won't be on the cover of TIME. Peter Jennings won't announce our name as ABC's person of the week. Few of us will be invited to dine at the White House. But all of us do know what it is to fail. It's sad. We don't appreciate how important failure is. ANYONE WHO ACCOMPLISHES ...

6. You Are Somebody!

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

King Duncan

... made someone else feel small, insignificant, unworthy could be held accountable for their words or actions. ABC News’ science editor Michael Guillen tells about being part of a famous experiment in cooperation with the former anchor of ABC news, the late Peter Jennings. The subject of the study was racial prejudice. In one of the segments, they did an experiment featuring a schoolteacher and a large group of students. The teacher began by dividing the kids into two camps: Blue Eyes, or “Bluies,” and ...

7. The Question that Will Change Your Life

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... Well, then that’s what I believe. I believe in Jesus.” (2) Waylon Jennings wasn’t too articulate about his faith, but he knew that Jesus was like no other man who ever lived. In his words, no one’s ever improved on Jesus. Every person in this room will agree with that statement. But is he who he says he is the Messiah, the Son of the living God? It was, of course, Simon Peter who answered Christ’s question. Simon Peter got a lot of things wrong when he blurted out answers to Jesus’ questions ...

8. The Passion of the Christ – The Rest of the Story

Matthew 27:45-56

Sermon

James Merritt

... door. When she came out of her bedroom, she found her husband, Clarence, dead at the foot of the stairs. Police arrested Thomas Jennings, a convicted burglar, less than a mile away. There was blood on his clothes, his left arm had been injured and his ... 5:10 says, "He died for us." (I Thessalonians 5:10, NJKV) I Peter 3:18 says, "For Christ died for sins once and for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God." (I Peter 3:18, NIV) What does all this mean? Simply this. Jesus took on ...

9. Don’t Compromise Your Beliefs

Galatians 1:1-10

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... won. It was his last opportunity to answer the call. He died from a heart attack one week after the trial ended. William Jennings Bryan was a man who refused to compromise his beliefs; he was willing to pay the cost, no matter what it might be ... so often heard by us or even one we have used ourselves, can also be illustrated by a little story. Fred Everybody, Thomas Somebody, Peter Anybody, and Joe Nobody were neighbors, but not the type that most would want to know. They were odd people and difficult to ...

10. The Curriculum of God’s Kingdom

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... knew and transform it, and in the process they would be changed forever. Picture with me the story of Jens Oveson, a Danish fisherman. One day Jens was angling for salmon in central Norway's Gaula River when he was swept away by a strong ... it “his own”? 5. 9:1. See www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/sites/TScpIntr.html for fascinating material on Capernaum archaeology, including the home of Peter. 6. Mark 1:21-34. 7. See the Scripture sheet on vv.12-15: 1 Now when he heard that John had been “handed over”, ...

11. Batman: Driven By Guilt or Grace?

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

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... guest book of a man whose body lay there in a coffin. Perez was later notified that the deceased, real-estate developer Jens Svenson, had died without heirs and had specified that "whoever prays for my soul gets all my belongings." (7) I don't ... in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. Who do you line up more with Batman, Driven by Guilt? Or Peter, Driven by Grace? My hope is that you have experienced the forgiving grace of God. And your life is lived in gratitude for what God has ...

12. Batman: Driven By Guilt or Grace?

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

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

13. Proper 17

Exodus 3:1-22, Matthew 16:21-28, Romans 12:9-21, Psalm 105:1-45

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... parts. First, in v. 21 we have the report of Jesus' initial prediction of his forthcoming suffering, death, and Resurrection; and, then, vv. 22-23 tell of a sharp exchange between Peter and Jesus wherein Jesus has the final word. Second, in vv. 24-28 we see a series of five sequential statements by Jesus. Initially, v. 24 declares a standard. Then, in ... way is not hid from the Lord in the multitude of His doings. (Charles J. Little, The Angel in the Flame [Cincinnati: Jennings and Pye, 1904], pp. 21-23)

14. Keeping Our Souls

John 13:18-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is disappointed and depressed and says to his wife, Jennifer, “I’m not a big man, Jen.” She asks, “What is a big man, Archie?” “Henry Ford, I guess,” comes the reply. “No, Archie,” responds his caring wife, “a big man is a man who keeps his soul.” She was right -- a big man is a man who keeps his soul. I thought about that as I began to deal with our scripture lesson -- as I thought about Judas and Peter, and also, as I thought about the meaning of this Lenten season. Forces all around ...

15. When The Heart Is Right Before God

Acts 8:9-25

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Clement E. Lewis

... offered them money, saying, "Give me also this power so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God's gift with money! You have no part ... being less than pure, or at my best? *Though it may seem right for me, will what I decide hurt anyone else? William Jennings Bryan once said something well worth our hearing again, for it is excellent counsel. "Never be afraid to stand with the minority ...

16. What Are You Looking For?

Acts 1:1-13

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John E. Harnish

... to life. [2] People are looking for meaning in life. 2. People are looking for relationships. Meaningful, loving, lasting relationships. Waylon Jennings says it best…we are all "lookin' for love," and all too often, looking in "all the wrong places." The most ... are looking for loving relationships, you will find them in the fellowship of Christ. Luke says they returned to Jerusalem—Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, Simon, Judas the son of James, Mary and ...

17. Thistles Among The Wheat

Genesis 28:10-22, Psalm 139:1-24, Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43, Romans 8:12-25

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William E. Keeney

... by flood. In the New Testament period, the final judgment was anticipated to be accompanied with destruction by fire. See, for example, 2 Peter 3:11-13. 7. "Then he left the crowds." (v. 36) The interpretation was not given to the multitudes but only to the inner ... pushed them in with his heel.1 7. Choosing the Right Seed. On July 29, 1994, a former Presbyterian pastor, Paul Jennings Hill, shot abortion doctor John Bayard Britton and his escort Herman Barrett and wounded Barrett's wife June in the arm in ...

18. Managing Your Anger

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... You need to confront the person with whom you are angry. (6) If you are unable to do that, there is one more possibility: TURN YOUR ANGER OVER TO GOD. Colleen Jennings Fraioli, in DECISION magazine (August 1997) describes her way of dealing with anger. She says that once she admits that she is angry, she pictures herself handing her feelings to Christ: As 1 Peter 5:7 (KJV) says, "Casting all your care upon Him; for he careth for you." Then she asks God to give her the ability to see her situation from God's ...

19. Fairness

Matthew 20:1-16

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George E. Thompson

We are shocked by the message of the parable of the workers in the vineyard, for it goes against the grain of our natural expectation. It mocks our logical sense of justice. Perhaps we are more drawn to the message of the Norwegian writer Jens Peter Jacobsen in his novel Niels Lyhne, which tell about a man who rejected God. As he grew older, he secretly desired the peace of faith, but he refused to come to God weak-kneed toward life's ending. Fate had been harsh to him, with death visiting those whom he ...

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