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John 21:1-14

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John E. Harnish

... , Wisconsin, a man came forward and asked to be baptized. His name was Robert G. Ingersol III. A few months later the same pastor baptized Robert G. Ingersol IV, grandson and great grandson of Robert G. Ingersol. [5] I am not just pining for the past, the days ... fish out of the other side of the boat. 1. J. Collins, Built to Last, page 81 2. 2004 Book of Discipline, Paragraph 125 3. Rev. Stanley Bailey, First UMC, Mt. Clemens, Nov. 1978 4. J. Collins, Built to Last, page 81 5. Randolph Nugent, "And Have They ...

2. Dancing for Joy (Thanksgiving)

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... God has done.” And it works. That is the testimony of these seniors who are living rich, full lives up into their 80s and 90s. Scientist Robert A. Emmons, in an article on “The Joy of Thanks,” considers the physical and psychological benefits of thankfulness to be equal to that of therapy. He ... by Gregory Knox Jones, http://www.chesterpres.org/osermons/s021799.htm. 7. Michael J. Collins, M.D., Hot Lights, Cold Steel (St. Martin’s Press, 2005). Reprinted in Reader’s Digest, February 2005, pp. 182-190 ...

3. Body

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... the Ascent Apocalypses,” in Mysteries and Revelations: Apocalyptic Studies since the Uppsala Colloquium (ed. John J. Collins and James H. Charlesworth; JSPSup 9; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1991), pp. 79–90. 4:7 On ... the present time before the eschaton” (ibid., p. 164). See the response to this proposal by Beverly Roberts Gaventa, “Apostle and Church in 2 Corinthians: A Response to David M. Hay and Steven J. Kraftchick,” in Hay, ed., Pauline Theology, pp. 182–99 (here pp. 187–93). This is the first ...

4. From a Distance

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the covenant, he needed to have the ability to keep focused on the promise from a distance. Yale psychologist Robert J. Sternberg has revealed a fascinating and frustrating tendency in human interpersonal relationships in his book The Triangle of Love ... a distance. (Lyrics and music by Gael Gold, copyright 1987 by Wing and Wheel Music/Gael Gold Music, Sung by Judy Collins, Bette Midler) It is our own commitment to faithfulness that creates the difference between hyperopic vision and merely staring through rose ...

5. The Glory Departs

Ezekiel 8:1-18, Ezekiel 9:1-11, Ezekiel 10:1-22, Ezekiel 11:1-15, Ezekiel 11:16-25

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... or appearing) does occur in the HB; see, e.g., Ps. 84:12 (M. S. Smith, The Early History of God [San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1990], pp. 115–16). Josiah, as part of his reforms, had removed from the temple in Jerusalem the horses and chariots of the ... p. A4). 11:1 Leaders of the people. The Heb. term sar “is a very general term for an officer” (J. J. M. Roberts, “Bearers of the Polity: Isaiah of Jerusalem’s View of the Eighth-Century Judean Society,” in Constituting the Community: Studies on the ...

6. Who Could Forget That?

Mark 14:32-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... willingness to experience humiliation and to give his shed blood became a means for divinity and humanity to be joined once and for all. Robert Schuller tells about a wealthy, powerful and popular man in Tennessee who died. At his funeral were many prestigious people. As these people ... Simon & Schuster, Inc.) 1994, p. 32. 7. Gerald O'Collins, S.J. and Mary Venturini, BELIEVING (New York: Paulist Press, 1991)., p. 84. 8.Robert Schuller, POWER THOUGHTS, (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993), pp. 100-101.

7. I Can Have Anything?

John 14:5-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... when they enlist God's help, nothing is impossible! And that's true. Nothing is impossible for the church of Jesus Christ! Dr. Robert Schuller, that legendary advocate of Possibility Thinking, says that there are two words that have killed more God-inspired dreams and hopes than ... Collins Publishers, 1993), pp. 31-32. 6. "More Than Christians,'" by James Hoobler, ALLIANCE LIFE, February 1, 1995, p. 20. 7. Clarence W. Cranford, HIS LIFE OUR PATTERN (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1950), pp. 53-54. Cited in J. B ...

8. The Way Up Is the Way Down

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... Strecker, The Sermon On The Mount (Nashville, TN: Abington, 1988); Jan Lambrecht, S.J., The Sermon On The Mount (Collegeville, MN: Michael Glazier, 1985); Robert A. Guelich, The Sermon On The Mount (Waco, TX: Word, 1982); and for ... a philosophical, theological, and spiritual formation angle Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy (San Francisco, CA: Harper Collins, 1998). 5. The first of ...

9. The Fall of Babylon

Revelation 18:1-24

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

In chapter 18, John describes a variety of responses, from heaven (18:1–8, 20) and on earth (18:9–19), to the shocking news of Babylon’s destruction. These responses constitute the climactic scene of the seventh trumpet-plague and the “third woe” that precede the inbreaking of God’s reign on earth. Drawing upon biblical “doom-songs” and laments that were written of other city-states (cf. Beasley-Murray, Revelation, p. 262), John composes a dirge about Babylon’s destruction which deepens the significance of ...

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