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Luke 16:1-15

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Timothy J. Smith

... as we do on our worldly activities." (5) That's Jesus' intent. It is not to praise the manager's dishonesty, but his attention to his situation. Robert Fulghum, in his latest book UH-OH, tells of a scene he watched while eating breakfast in a cafe in Northwest Thailand. He tells of the ... worshipers, they fly around the temple to the table, take a drink of water, hop into a cage to eat the crumbs, and another little girl gently closes the cage and places it in a larger basket to be carried around front. The ...

2. Nag, Nag, Nag!

Matthew 15:21-28

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John R. Brokhoff

... did not stop her from asking for help. She absorbed the insult and said she would, like a dog, be willing to take only crumbs. No one can be insulted when he is humble enough to consider himself nothing. You cannot say anything that is downgrading about a humble ... ’t solve my problem." His Dad continued, "Remember, son, the people who are remembered are those who didn’t give up - Robert Fulton didn’t give up, Thomas Edison never gave up, Eli Whitney never gave up, and look at Isadore McPringle." "Who ...

3. Do I Matter?

Psalm 8:1-9

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David E. Leininger

... ill, made a difference. They mattered. In many ways, whether or not we matter to the world, what we accomplish, is up to us. In Robert Fulghum's best-seller with that wonderful title, It Was On Fire When I Laid Down On It(3), he recounts a conversation with a ... in," he thought. So he hurried back to the house for bread crumbs which he sprinkled on the snow to make a trail into the barn. To his dismay, the birds ignored the crumbs and continued to flop around helplessly. He tried shooing them into the ...

4. Gentiles Exemplify True Discipleship

Mark 7:31-37, Mark 7:24-30

Teach the Text

Grant R. Osborne

... it belonged; she certainly was a Gentile by culture. 7:27 take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs. Robert Gundry effectively labels the interaction between Jesus and the woman as a “duel of wits.”2 On the surface, Jesus’s curt ... people (2 Sam. 16:9; Ps. 22:16; Matt. 7:6; Phil. 3:2). 7:28 even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs. This is the perfect response. Jesus has said, “First let the children eat,” and she picks up on this adroitly. Elijah had raised a Gentile ...

5. The More Excellent Way

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Robert Allen

... any excellence in living. Recently, I went to see the Rogers and Hammerstein play, South Pacific. The starring role was played by Robert Goulet. But, because of sickness, the female lead was played by the understudy - and I thought she stole the show. She was vivacious ... discarded. They were picking up half-eaten sandwiches; they were shaking potato chip bags to see if there were any crumbs left in them; they were salvaging what food they could from the trash dumpster. Here were three human beings in the ...

6. Light From And For The East

Matthew 2:1-12

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Mark Radecke

Dear Robert, It was good to spend some time with you over Christmas break. I really enjoyed hearing about your semester in India, and am so glad you ... bold, universal claims of the Christian faith. I want to think "out loud" (or should we say on paper?) about some of those issues, thus feeding two birds with one crumb: continuing our delightful conversation, and clarifying my own thinking on the matter, in light -- especially -- of the Epiphany story. You said that Paul's description of the people of ancient ...

7. Proper 15

Mt 15:10-28 · Rom 11:13-15, 29-32 · Gen 45:1-15 · Is 56:1-7 · Ps 133

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Russell F. Anderson

... s bread and give it to the dogs" (v. 26). The woman will not be put off: "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table" (v. 27). Some have tried to take the sting away by changing "dogs" to "little puppies." They point out ... is faith that connects with the Almighty, though we speak like a babbler. Illustration: In the book, Preaching Through The Church Year, Robert E. Luccock asserts that, if he had it within his power to fulfill his fantasies, one of the first things he ...

8. Proper 15

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon Aid

... the children have a dog, or pet, and if that pet hangs around the dining room or kitchen table, and if that pet ever gets the crumbs. Tie that in with the experience of the Canaanite woman. Show them the kind of faith she had. Make certain that the children see faith as ... they walk solemnly and arthritically - toward the cemetery. Snoopy, the Christ figure in the Peanuts comic strip (according to Robert Short) insists, however, that dancing is the only real art form. Jesus Christ knew how to dance to life, ...

9. Eager For The Journey

Luke 5:1-11

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Brett Blair

... challenged by a friend to write a sacred oratorio. He read the Scriptures and went to work. For 24 days, without eating a crumb, he worked fanatically to produce the piece. Handel thought his work was finished and then inspired by a friend he wrote his crowning ... because he offered them a challenge. And finally they were eager because they knew their lives would never be the same again. Robert Fulghum, in his humorous book It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It , tells the story of Alexander Papaderos, a ...

10. It's Not Nice To Call Someone A Dog

Matthew 15:21-28

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King Duncan

... it did not come from his heart. Maybe he was testing her. If it was a test, she passed with flying colors. "Yes, Lord," she said, "Yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table." Jesus was in a bind no longer. He knew her heart was genuine. "O woman," Jesus exclaimed, "great is your faith! Be it done for ... IS EVERYTHING, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1992). 5. LIFE’S NOT FAIR BUT GOD IS GOOD. Robert H. Schuller. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1991, pp. 103-104.

11. Trees

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

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King Duncan

... out to find it under his sofa cushions. He was shocked to discover that under his neat-looking sofa cushions was a horrible jumble of food crumbs, paper wrappers, spare change, and other junk. It was a mess. Did this experience convince him to clean out his sofa more often? No. It ... THIS is TRUE. Http://www.thisistrue.com. 5. Author unknown. 6. "To Illustrate" by Robert Shannon, Preaching, July/Aug 1999, p. 49. 7. "How Do We Evaluate a Youth Ministry?" Good News Nov./ Dec. 1999 p. 8. Harrison House, Tulsa, OK, 1998 ...

12. Light Shines Into The Darkness

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

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King Duncan

... veil. But once that veil is lifted, all of life speaks of God. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones discovered this truth in one of Robert Browning's poems. In this poem there is a young journalist who comes and tells a bishop that he has decided to put ... you cannot account. Your philosophy does not cover it. Or, someone's death strikes with shattering force and you are left with nothing but the crumbs of your philosophy." (4) What we need is not a philosophy, but a deep faith. What we need is not a system, but a Savior. ...

13. A Sign for a Sign

Mark 8:11-13

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Donald B. Strobe

... than merely the fact that Jesus did not want to litter. This seemingly minor detail may refer us back to “the children’s crumbs left under the table” of 7:28! So the Syrophoenician woman had her prayer answered after all! This table, with its Host and ... tell you. But could this hold it? Not this little box of brains. You haven’t things to hold it with...” Robert Browning, in his poem, “Bishop Blougram’s Apology” has the bishop addressing a skeptical companion: Pure faith indeed - you know not ...

14. You Never Noticed

Luke 16:19-31

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King Duncan

... of a vulgar, public sin. He was not cruel, as far as we know. He never ordered Lazarus from his gate or refused Lazarus the crumbs from his table. He was not a tyrant; not an oppressor of the poor, not a monstrous member of society. Rather, he may well have ... so preoccupied with our own cares and concerns that we give no thought to the problems of those about us. Professor Robert Wuthnow once conducted some research about why some people are generous and compassionate, while others are not. He found out that ...

15. The Christian's Royal Jelly

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

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Leonard Sweet

... his life. When he became a teenager, he visited in a home where some famous literary guests were being entertained, including the poet Robert Burns. In one room was a picture under which was written a beautiful bit of verse. Burns asked who wrote it, but no ... bag. They seemed to be quarreling as they pecked. There must have been many suggestions about the best way to get at the crumbs inside. The man walked over to the spot and the birds took flight, settling at a respectful distance, watching. With his foot, ...

16. The Faith of the Canaanite Woman

Matthew 15:21-28

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

15:21–28 Departing from Gennesaret (cf. 14:34), Jesus goes in a northwesterly direction to the area around the Phoenician cities of Tyre and Sidon. The journey of approximately fifty miles took him into gentile territory (although Jeremias cites evidence that the eastern Tyrian region was largely Jewish, Jesus’ Promise to the Nations, pp. 31–32, n. 3; pp. 35–36). A Canaanite woman of that district came to him crying out on behalf of her demon-possessed daughter. During the time of the Judges the Canaanites ...

17. Recollections of Enoch, A Jewish Captive In Babylon

Isaiah 12:1-6

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

I thought I was an old man when we were brought to Babylon, and I am ten years older now. I never expected to live this long under what I assumed would be the acute hardships of being captives, held against our wills in this strange land so far from home. But actually, daily life since we reached here has not been all that difficult. The journey from Jerusalem was very difficult. The Babylonian soldiers who had herded us together saw to that. There were not enough horses or donkeys to carry us all, and ...

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