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Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the best sense. He believed in people. He saw their possibilities as well as their problems. He called the best out of them and gave them a new reason for being. He can do that for us as well. I was reading recently about the legendary stock car driver, Richard Petty. When Petty ran his first race he rushed home to tell his mother. "Mama!" he shouted, "There were thirtyfive cars that started, and I came in second in the race!" His mother said simply, "You lost ...

2. The Measure of Greatness

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... in self-promotion. And when we fail to recognize this as the measure for greatness we will find ourselves in last place. What happened to Richard Petty is a stark reminder. Several years ago (1979), as a hundred thousand fans watched, Richard Petty ended his 45-race losing streak and picked up stockcar racing's biggest purse-$73,900. It all happened at the Daytona 500. Petty's win, however, was a complete surprise. Going into the last lap, he was running 30 seconds behind the two leaders. All at once the ...

3. Petty Wins by Revenge

Luke 6:27-36

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Some years ago, as a hundred thousand fans watched, Richard Petty ended a 45 race losing streak and picked up stock racing's biggest purse - $73,500. It all happened at the Daytona 500. Petty's win, however, was a complete surprise. Going into the last lap, he was running 30 seconds behind the two leaders. All at once the car in second place tried to pass the No. 1 man on the final stretch. This caused the first car to drift inside and force ...

4. Pay Back Time

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... out there, and people can be incredible. Down in the part of the country in which I lived for years, millions of people are tuning in for the NASCAR race from Daytona today - the Super Bowl of racing, they call it, and one of the sport's most coveted crowns. Richard Petty, probably the best known stock car racer of all time, holds the record for the most victories in the Daytona 500 - seven times he has won that race, and one came with the most bizarre finish imaginable. Going into the last lap ...

5. First Shall Be Last

Mark 9:33-37

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Years ago (1979), as a hundred thousand fans watched, Richard Petty ended his 45-race losing streak and picked up stockcar racing's biggest purse - $73,900. It all happened at the Daytona 500. Petty's win, however, was a complete surprise. Going into the last lap, he was running 30 seconds behind the two leaders. All at once the car in second place tried to pass the No. 1 man on the final stretch. This caused the first car to drift inside and force ...

6. On Picking Your Battles

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... September 1996 Mark E. Mire was convicted in Baton Rouge, La., for shooting to death a man in a bar in 1994 because the man had said Mire's dog was ugly. My guess is that this was drunken stupidity. A few years ago at the Daytona 500, NASCAR legend Richard Petty was in third place going into the last lap. All at once the car in second place tried to pass the No. 1 car on the final stretch. This caused the first car to drift inside and forced the challenger onto the infield grass, and slightly out of control ...

7. Leadership Styles For A New Millennium

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... throne from his father who had been appointed by the Romans to keep a tight rein on these contentious people called Jews. Herod was a petty tyrant and a petty man. He was about 73 years of age when news came to him of the impending birth of a king of the Jews. Three ... your lifeI can recommend no other. 1. Lectionaid, July, August, September 1994 (Kamuela, HI: LectionAid, 1994), p.2. Richard G. Capen, Jr., Finish Strong (New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992), pp. 1434. 2. Our Wildest Dreams (New York: ...

8. No Box Seats In The Kingdom

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

William G. Carter

... , traffic was bad, and precious time kept ticking away. Finally they pulled into a parking lot, the friend got out, and Richard stayed behind with his book. He opened it to the bookmark, and read these words: The second service that one should ... things wherever people live together. Nobody is too good for the meanest service. One who worries about the loss of time that such petty, outward acts of helpfulness entail is usually taking the importance of his own career too solemnly.3 Are you able to drink that ...

9. Determined Discipleship

1 Timothy 6:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... you were called to greatness. Christ ™s disciples are to be characterized by abundant life. Don ™t settle for the petty, pathetic life of people who are continually making excuses rather that making progress. You have infinite potential within you. All ... to win a Nobel Prize was no big deal. But to win it with an I.Q. of 124 that was something." (2) That is something. Richard Feynman did not let an average I.Q. hold him back. He took hold of the opportunities that life presented him and gave his best. He ...

10. Life Together

Mark 10:35-45

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William G. Carter

... plenty of stops and starts, traffic was bad, and precious time kept ticking away. Finally they pulled into a parking lot, the friend got out, and Richard stayed behind with his book. He opened it to the bookmark, and read these words: "The second service that one should perform for another in a Christian ... . Nobody is too good for the meanest service. One who worries about the loss of time that such petty, outward acts of helpfulness entail is usually taking the importance of his own career too solemnly."

11. Identifying a Christian

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... to people’s lives? Maybe it’s because who we are speaks so loud that people cannot hear what we say. Richard Fairchild tells about a man living in the Appalachian area during the Depression who went to Knoxville for the first time ... church to form a new church. Its name, to this very day, is “No Ice in The Summer Southern Baptist Church.” (3) People can be petty, can’t they? We’ve all seen it, in a multitude of organizations. When it happens in the Lion’s Club or Sertoma, maybe it’s ...

12. Words As Images

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... with foreboding that all his murderous plotting will backfire. In his despair he says, Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,To the last syllable of recorded time;And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe way to dusty ... a preacher will have to determine how best to put the message across. "Our goal is not to tell good stories," advises Richard Jensen. "Our goal is to communicate the biblical story through our use of story."30 Some practical guidelines in the use of ...

13. Tremendous Trifles

Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the worst of crimes for the least of reasons. These "super-predators" think nothing of murdering another over a petty disagreement it is just a good way to win the argument. These "super-predators" think nothing of spraying an ... kids' parent (s) with these words: "If you don't go to FirstBaptistChurch with your kid, I'd like to lock you up." Richard Weissbourd has another equally powerful answer but one that comes before sentencing a criminal to church. Weissbourd teaches at Harvard's Kennedy School ...

14. Born Naked With A Cross

Sermon

... , even die for him, if necessary. At the time when attempts were made on President Ford's life, a reporter called attention to the fact that Richard Keiser, head of the Secret Service, looked very much like the president. When he was asked whether he thought he could ever be shot by mistake ... people in the world. A Gallup Poll in 1975 found half of U.S. adults considered their lives dull and petty routine. Some think that a Christian must have a somber, severe, and serious face. A cartoon showed heaven filled ...

15. Last Words

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... persons. I ran across a collection of last words recently from people who are not that well-known. For example, murderer Richard Loeb was a trifle optimistic about his survival after being stabbed 56 times by a fellow convict in 1936: "I think ... who ran a 900 phone service called "The Confession Line." The "confessions" which people made included anything and everything, from admissions of petty theft to adultery and even to murder. The woman explained that she had been operating for just under a year and the ...

16. Making Relationships Work

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... town that was suffering through all manner of dissension and back-biting. The people were constantly involved in petty feuds pitting neighbor against neighbor. One day, the people came together and consulted a wise pastor as to how ... if we have murderous hearts, larcenous hearts, adulterous hearts, the potential is there for us to do wrong. We need to take charge of our thoughts. Richard F. Shepard in his book, In Enemy Waters, tells about two men he saw pummeling each other in a gutter where each had a car ...

17. Life Begins at Thirty-Eight

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... see the wonder of the man’s being healed and made well, but who could only see the infractions of their petty rules and regulations. (Their kind is not all dead yet!) I have titled this sermon, “Life Begins at Thirty-eight,” ... Christ the future is always open. Years ago I came across some wise words written by that crusty old Roman Catholic prelate from Boston, Richard Cardinal Cushing, who said shortly before his physical death: If all the sleeping folks will wake up, And all the lukewarm folks will ...

18. The Curriculum of God’s Kingdom

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... up the deep waters of all your hopes and dreams. Holiness that made you ashamed of every sinful thought and deed. Joy that made your petty pleasures seem small and manageable. Here was a man fully alive to God and fully aware of what dwelt in the murky depths of each ... am indebted to Randy Clark. 11. For a study of repentance by a long time student of revivals and awakenings, see Richard Owen Roberts, Repentance: The First Word Of The Gospel (Wheaton, ILL: Crossway Books, 2002), and on Mt. 4:12ff. see pages ...

19. When God's Rule is Taken Out of the School

Job 21:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... us? Well, Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, "To train a man in mind, and not in morals, is to train a menace to society."18 Richard C. Cabot, of Harvard University, said, "If there is not education of men's purpose; if there is no ethical basis at the foundation ... whatever values they have with so much effort imposed on "their" children. Thus, [voucher plans] legitimate a series of petty tyrannies in which like-minded parents clubbed together to force-feed their children without restraint. Such an education is ...

20. Is God For Real? (Series: Read Faith For Real People)

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... I replied “Wonderfully so,” “Wonderfully so.” That’s what a personal relationship with the living God can do for you. III. Meet the God Whose Nature Is Love Atheist Richard Dawkins, in his popular book The God Delusion, says the God of the Old Testament is arguably the most jealous, proud, petty, unjust, vindictive, blood thirsty, homophobic, racist, megalomaniac, sadomasochistic bully one could imagine and the God of the New Testament is not any better. Unfortunately, there is enough religious ...

21. Our Greatest Enemy

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Richard Rohr

The greatest enemy of faith is not doubt; the greatest enemy of faith is fear. Most of the world is controlled by fear, petty and big. Petty fears control people; great fears control nations. We could feed all the people in this world if we would stop building arms, but we are afraid. In the Beatitudes (Sermon on the Mount) Jesus said, "Those of you who make peace will he happy. You will be God's own." Yet even Christians are preoccupied with fear and protecting ourselves because we don't believe what ...

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

Richard Nixon

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1. Ultimate Freedom

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

2. The Measure of Greatness

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

3. Petty Wins by Revenge

Luke 6:27-36

Illustration

4. Pay Back Time

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

David E. Leininger

5. First Shall Be Last

Mark 9:33-37

Illustration

6. On Picking Your Battles

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

7. Leadership Styles For A New Millennium

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

8. No Box Seats In The Kingdom

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

William G. Carter

9. Determined Discipleship

1 Timothy 6:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

10. Life Together

Mark 10:35-45

Illustration

William G. Carter

11. Identifying a Christian

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

12. Words As Images

Sermon

Michael Rogness

13. Tremendous Trifles

Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

14. Born Naked With A Cross

Sermon

15. Last Words

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

16. Making Relationships Work

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

17. Life Begins at Thirty-Eight

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

18. The Curriculum of God’s Kingdom

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

19. When God's Rule is Taken Out of the School

Job 21:22

Sermon

James Merritt

20. Is God For Real? (Series: Read Faith For Real People)

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

21. Our Greatest Enemy

Illustration

Richard Rohr

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

Richard Nixon

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