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Acts 2:1-13

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King Duncan

... buy those detergents. His grandmother always bought everything in bulk so there were two giant boxes of laundry detergent in the car. On top of that, Scott had discovered that, in grandmother’s car, you could pop the ashtrays out of the doors in the back seat. When you did that and looked ... s time we change that. We need the Holy Spirit in the church today. I love the way the Rev. Rick Kirchoff put it, addressing a group of Methodists in Memphis about Pentecost. He said, “When God sends forth the Spirit ...

2. They'll Know We Are Christians by Our...

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... articles and even teaches seminars on the topic of approachability. And it all started with a simple name tag: “Hi, my name is Scott.” (4) What if Jesus’ love was “tattooed” on our actions, attitudes and priorities? What if everything we said, did or thought flowed ... ’s Sourcebook Creative Sermon Illustrations (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2007), p. 463. 4. “What You See Sticks” by Rick Brown, 1Life2Love. 5. Roberta Bondi, To Pray and To Love (Fortress Press), 1991, pp. 14-15. Cited by ...

3. On the Wrong Plane (New)

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... story of her brother, Scott, who was born with severe handicaps due to cerebral palsy. According to Malinda, Scott is the most joyful person she knows. On her regular visits to the assisted-living facility where Scott lives, Malinda would ... is good, and each of us has the opportunity to share in God's good work. 1. Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Express. Cited by Rick Broadhead, Dear Valued Customer, You Are a Loser (Kansas City: Andrew McMeel Publishing, 2004), pp. 134-135. 2. "A Handful of Nails," The Last ...

4. Purpose-Driven

Jeremiah 1:1-19

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King Duncan

... faith and courage, and it’s right out of the headlines from March 2005. EVERYONE NEEDS A PURPOSE FOR LIFE. Maybe this is why Rick Warren’s book has been so amazingly successful. People need a purpose for living. Tim Hoerr in his book Thank God It’s Monday! ... planet!” Charlie’s like many of us, and it is a terrible feeling. In January of the year 1912 Robert Falcon Scott made a tragic journey to the South Pole. Afterward he described one occasion when weather conditions were such that a white haze ...

5. The Great I Am

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... carotid artery, and he suffered a massive stroke--paralysis, brain damage, a life changed forever. Writing for Sports Illustrated Rick Reilly asked the right question about this freakish tragedy: "How could a bunch of students trying to idolize high ... finding out" (Romans 11:33). The best we can do in this life is to map the mystery. Or in the words of poet Clifford Scott: "The more you know the more you know how little you know. Your frustration is finite and your ignorance is infinite. The more you resolve ...

6. It’s God’s Will?

Ephesians 1:3-14

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Scott Suskovic

Harold is 81 years old and one day after worship he came up to me and said, "There is something I want you to preach on before too long. When I was eleven years old, my mother died. The good people at the church kept on telling me it was God's will for her to die. Do you think that it was God's will to take the life of a young boy's mom? Now that I'm getting older, I plan on seeing her again, soon. Before I do, I'd like to hear what you think about God's will." That question and Paul's words in Ephesians 1 ...

7. The Cloak

1 Thessalonians 2:1-8

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Rick Brand

If you can't refute the argument, then you can attack the person, and the best way to attack a person is to question the motives. So Paul is responding to attacks upon the Good News of Jesus Christ by those who have attacked him and questioned his motives for coming to Thessalonica. He rejoices that when he came to preach, people heard the message joyfully. Paul says he preaches because he has to. He preaches to please God. But, of course, there were some who suggested that Paul was really preaching from ...

8. Say What?

1 John 3:5-6

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Rick Brand

Say what? Saint Paul never thought he got to the place where the power of sin was completely gone in his life. Saint Augustine never preached that once you received the power of Christ into your life all sin was gone. Martin Luther, from whom we get all these Reformation slogans, preached "always sinner; always justified." So what does this mean? "Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who ...

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