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Genesis 25: 21-34

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... pain from the wounds of the heart that run all the way through adulthood. There was a triangle set up in this family system. Rebecca sides with Jacob, Isaac sides with Esau. Why don’t the two adults ever talk to one another? The good thing about the Bible is ... it just tells it like it is. Tom Watson Jr., who for many years was the CEO of IBM writes, I always felt like the black sheep in my family. My brother lived up to what my Dad wanted. I never did. He graduated from Yale, played ball, related to people ...

2. When Hope Is Gone

Luke 7:11-17

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... of a tarantula. "It could be a tarantula," I agree. "But what other kind of spider could it be?" "A wolf spider," Rebecca suggests. "A garden spider," says Tommy. "A black spider," Joe offers. "Those are all good possibilities," I tell them. "But I'd like to explore the one Joe suggested -- the black spider. Besides the tarantula, do any of you know of any other spiders that are black?" After a moment of silence, it becomes obvious that I have exhausted their repertoire of spider types. "Have any of you ...

3. The Divine Balance

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... , they weren't sure they were happy. They had never done anything but play. On the other side of the mountain, the villagers all dressed in black and they worked all day. They worked hard all day, but they weren't very happy. They could do nothing but work. A wise man gathered ... Publishers, Inc., 1992), pp. 121-25. 3. Robert H. Spain, How to Stay Alive (Nashville: Dimensions, 1992), p. 66. 4. Rebecca Jo Holmes, Mary Lee Webb, The Positive Stress Factor (Lee Ross Publishing, 1994), p. 54. 5. The Straight Dope. ...

4. Mrs. Proverbs

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... — by an anonymous woman. As one piece of evidence, Bloom points out that the women in the J strand, including Eve, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachael, Tamar, and Zipporah, are all strong figures, while none of the men in the J strand, including Abraham, Jacob, or Moses, comes ... the judge was shunted aside for a chief judgeship he had been promised. Learning about that, the pastor of the black church visited the judge to apologize for putting him in that career-wrecking position. Judge Oliver replied however, that ...

5. Connected To God

Sermon

Lee Griess

... that threatened to tear our country apart. Much of the unrest of those days came to a focus during the trial of those Black Panther leaders. It was just at that time that Willimon happened to attend a choral mass at a Catholic church near Yale University ... another, to reach out to each other in love a bond that seeks to pull each other up higher and higher into God's presence. Rebecca Manley Pippert, in her book Out of the Salt Shaker and into the World, gives an example of that kind of bond. She tells about ...

6. Loving Like God Loves

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... and conviviality in fraternities and sororities, hunt clubs, Tupperware parties, family reunions, whites with whites at Country Clubs, blacks with blacks at nightclubs. After all, what could be easier than to love those who love us and extend greetings ... and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." Rebecca- age 8. Good as that is, it’s still tit-for-tat. "You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But ...

7. Will You Be in that Number?

John 11:32-44

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... the Incas in Peru. Their graves have yielded a treasure trove of artifacts, and a thriving black market for the residents in that isolated, northern part of Peru. The inhabitants up there regularly loot the graves and sell the artifacts ... on which they fell, as if to say, this day will always be remembered because this person, on this day John, or Mary, or Daniel, or Rebecca died. So this day will be like a saints day. You know the rest of the story of that wonderful monument. Millions of people have visited ...

8. Carrying Worshipers out on Stretchers

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... He informed the senior members that he was proud of the teens’ spiritual maturity. They had chosen to paint one wall blue to represent heaven. The black wall represented the power of sin. The red wall stood for Jesus’ blood. And the white wall represented the purity that only comes from Jesus’ cleansing ... David Holt and Bill Mooney (Little Rock, Ark.: August House Publishers, 1994), pp. 213-218. 5. Cecil Williams, with Rebecca Laird, No Hiding Place (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992), pp. 29-30.

9. God Has Gone Up

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... H. Willimon tells of being in New Haven, Connecticut as a student at Yale in l970 during the famous Black Panther Trial. Those of you who remember that turbulent era recall the strife, discord and agony that tormented our society ... one body--the body of Christ. They were in one accord. Every church would be a better church if its members could be in one accord. Rebecca Manley Pippert, in her book, OUT OF THE SALT SHAKER & INTO THE WORLD, tells about that kind of harmony within the body of Christ. She tells ...

10. Proper 14

Genesis 37:1-11, Genesis 37:12-36, 1 Kings 19:9-18, Jonah 2:1-10, Romans 9:1-29, Romans 9:30--10:21, Matthew 14:22-36

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John R. Brokhoff

... " than his other sons. To love one more than another seems to be a family tradition. Sarah loved Isaac more than Ishmael. Rebecca loved Jacob more than Esau. Jacob loved Joseph more than the other children. It caused trouble. It made the brothers jealous and ... :1-4, 12-28. Need: Hatred is a common trait. The Arabs hate the Jews, the Capitalists hate Communists, whites hate blacks, labor hates management, some spouses hate each other. Christians are not to hate any person. They are commanded to love even their ...

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