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Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... , but I suspect that it had something to do with the condition of his soul. Please, do not misunderstand. I am not standing in judgment. None of us has that right. But we can express our sorrow at the waste of a talented young life. Whatever River Phoenix was searching for in life, he obviously didn’t find it. “What good is it,” asked Jesus, “for a man to gain the whole world fame, fortune, adulation yet forfeit his soul?” King Charlemagne lived from 742 to 814 A.D. He conquered much of Western ...

2. Loving From The Heart

1 Peter 1:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... morning in March 2000, Dale Buttenhoff decided to end his life. Years of drug abuse, a failed marriage, and estrangement from his family--it was too much to take. He made plans to throw himself off the Ross Island Bridge into the Willamette River below. But someone else had plans for the Willamette River that day. The Pink Phoenix, a boating team composed of women who have survived breast cancer, were making a practice run on the Willamette that morning. When Dale Buttenhoff landed in the water, the Pink ...

3. Paul Sails for Rome

Acts 27:1-12

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... text, this part of the voyage took fifteen days, which would be about right (cf. Lucian, Navigium 7). Myra proper was situated on the river Andracus, about two and a half miles from the sea. Its port was Andriaca, but common usage included the port in Myra, as Luke ... Phineka across the peninsula from the harbor of Lutro. Modern commentators have found difficulty in accepting Phineka as the Phoenix of this narrative because it is a much poorer harbor than Lutro. But recent examination of the area suggests ...

4. The Place of Prayer

Acts 16:16-34

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... perfect day for grilling." It struck me as a rather bold gesture on a billboard located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Perhaps in Orlando or Phoenix or San Diego you could make such a static, year round claim that it's another perfect day for grilling. But to ... it in Philippi. If he was in the sacred space of a synagogue; or if he was in the loveliness of the grassy slope by the river; or if he was naked and bleeding, hands in chains and feet in stocks, in a dungeon, in the middle of the night, in a foreign ...

5. As The World Turns

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... Cooper had converted to Christianity. He gave his life to Christ in 1995, and is now involved in a Bible church in Phoenix, Arizona. He even sings in the choir and volunteers to help at church dinners. Cooper is keeping a low profile and ... , he watched soldiers dying of treatable illnesses. Most of the illnesses and infections came from drinking contaminated water in the rivers and swamps near the camp. A little stomach virus, some dehydration--all perfectly treatable during peace time--meant certain death ...

6. The Man Who Wasn’t There

Acts 16:9-15

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... operation is acceptable for a missionary. It's a little hard to imagine in other lines of work, however. Does the salesman staying in Phoenix tell his boss that he decided to change plans and hop on a plane to San Diego instead because he had a vision ... folks habitually gathered. In many instances, such a place was by the local body of water. In Philippi's case, that was the river Gangites. And that is just where Paul found a group of women gathered for worship when the sabbath day came. A group of women ...

7. Desperation to Hope

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

Roland Jaffe’s brilliant and beautiful film, “The Mission” (1986) tells the true story of the Spanish Jesuit missionaries who served the indigenous (Indian) populations of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay during the first half of the eighteenth century. The “Jesuit Reductions,” as history has dubbed them, were mission stations created by the Jesuits to bring Christianity to the natives through education and medical service. They were independent of the Spanish government — though protected by it. The plot ...

8. Metaphors Be with You

John 6:35, 41-51

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

His name was John Davis, he was my neighbor, and he was a peculiar person. Don’t get me wrong. I liked him but even his wife said John was an “acquired taste.” I sometimes think that, had he been born thirty or forty years later, he would have been correctly diagnosed as having Asperger’s Syndrome or some other condition associated with the higher functioning end of the Autism spectrum. He was a gifted man, to be sure, a tool designer and metallurgist who worked for a big corporation, very smart and very ...

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