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1 Peter 2:1-10

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John E. Harnish

... intrinsically better about your state than any other…but because God has claimed you and made you a people of his own possession. You, as the people of God from every people and every state—you are a holy nation, God's own people. Peter Storey, former Bishop of the Methodist Church of South Africa, now teaching at Duke Divinity School, led the South African Methodists through the difficult and challenging days of their witness against the evil of apartheid. In a sermon in 1989, before the liberation of ...

2. View from the Mountaintop

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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Charles L. Aaron

... is something we give to others. Ministry is bigger than our own needs, our own blessings. When Moses stood on Mount Pisgah looking at the promised land, he saw how his effort would bear fruit. We never know how God will use our ministries. Peter Storey, a former Methodist bishop in South Africa, tells of the ministry of an Anglican priest in the 1950s in that country. In the midst of apartheid, the priest worked faithfully in a black township named Sophiatown. When military trucks came to uproot the people ...

3. Scaring the Church, So It Will Be the Church

Matthew 5:13-20

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Charles L. Aaron

... ministry in countries that try to prevent Christian preaching. Salt can also be an irritant. We have all heard the expression about pouring salt in a wound. When we speak prophetically, we are the salt of the earth that irritates the world's power. Peter Storey was a Methodist bishop in South Africa during apartheid. Before he was elected bishop, he was pastor of a large church in Johannesburg. He wanted to integrate his church, with all races welcome. Two hundred people left his church when he sought to ...

4. Spirit Full Or Foul?

Deuteronomy 4:32-40

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Justin Tull

... that God intervenes, that God shapes history. But the New Testament warns us that we must look for more subtle signs of God’s kingdom as well. God saves us not only through the mighty hand but even as he hangs with pierced hands on a cross! Bishop Peter Storey also tells of his friend, Bishop Desmond Tutu. Bishop Tutu spoke of a new understanding of power. He said, “When the white man came to South Africa, we had the land and the white man had the Bible. They asked us to pray with them. When we opened ...

5. Where Do You Abide?

John 15:1-8

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Mark Trotter

... you ought to live your life with dignity and integrity that becomes someone who is baptized. I was reminded of a powerful story that illustrates this, how this knowledge about ourselves can transform our lives. It is a story that is told by Peter Storey, a bishop of the Methodist Church of South Africa. He told about Popo Molefe and Terror Lekota, two Africans who were arrested and jailed during the apartheid regime in South Africa. They were in jail until that regime collapsed, then they were released ...

6. He Is Not Here He Is Risen

Mark 16:1-20

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Maxie Dunnam

... on now to the one other glorious truths at which we want to look. See it there in verse 7: “But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see Him, as He told you.” What a bracing truth. Christ always goes before us ... most electric and meaningful for me was the testimony of Peter Storey a white Methodist preacher who serves in Johannesburg. Peter is going to preach for us here in the fall of 1988. Peter began his testimony saying, “I want to celebrate with me ...

7. Stumbling in Darkness, Looking for Light

Isaiah 9:1-7, John 1:5

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John E. Harnish

... has shined. The light has shattered the darkness and in the end, the darkness did not overcome it. Father Samuel Rayan, Jesuit theologian in India, wrote it years ago. Bishop Peter Storey of South Africa, now a professor at Duke Divinity School, quoted it as a mantra during the years of struggling against apartheid. For Peter and the Methodists of South Africa, it came to describe their courageous witness, and the symbol for it became the candle surrounded by barbed wire which always burns on the communion ...

8. Blessed Are Those Who Are Awake

Luke 12:32-40

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Maxie Dunnam

... the other side of that coin is that we never know when something important is going to be taken from us. Do you see the connection? Whether it’s the opening of a door, or the closing of a door, the demand is that we stay awake. Bishop Peter Storey from South Africa tells a story of three men in town for a convention. They were assigned rooms on the 51st floor of the convention hotel. They had been out for an evening — having had a late dinner and entertainment. When they came in, the elevator was out ...

9. The Saddest Story

Luke 12:32-40

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Maxie Dunnam

Bishop Peter Storey from South Africa tells a story of three men in town for a convention. They were assigned rooms on the 51st floor of the convention hotel. They had been out for an evening having had a late dinner and entertainment. When they came in, the elevator was out of order. ...

10. In The Middle Of The Night

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... anyway? "No, that isn't correct," he insisted, as several people glanced over at them whispering, "Her name is Mary, Mary Peters." "That isn't who this is," she replied. "Isn't this the Lutheran church?" he asked sheepishly. "No," she said, " ... . (New York: Random House, 1989), v-xii. 3. The Expositor's Bible, Vol. V. 4. It's Time for Your Comeback by Tim Storey, Harrison House, Tulsa, OK, 1998, p. 42. 5. Mort Crim. Second Thoughts (Deerfield Beach, FL.: Health Communications, Inc., 1997), pp.31-32. 6. Mom ...

11. The Freedom in Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

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David E. Leininger

... the bottom of my heart, for we must forgive our enemies. But not until they are hanged!'"(3) In our gospel lesson, I will give Peter more credit than that. I get the impression that he was genuinely trying to be generous in his quest for guidance. "Lord, if another member ... Church, Roanoke, VA, via PresbyNet, "Jokes," #3465, 9/13/96 2. Louis Untermeyer, Heinrich Heine: Paradox And Poet, 3. John Storey, via PresbyNet, "Jokes" #3453, 9/12/96 4. The texts of the articles appear on the newspaper's web site ...

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