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Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... ). Cited in LETTING GOD BLESS YOU, (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992). 3. Hanoch McCarty in Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, A 2ND HELPING OF CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL (Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc., 1995), pp. 175-176. 4. Contributed. Source unknown. 5. "Tony Bennett: Older and Wiser," by Robert Sullivan, LIFE, February 1995

2. Finding Glory

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... glory in? Your accomplishments? Your possessions? Your family? "Far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." 1. (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1991). 2. QUOTE, "The Speaker's Digest," February 1993, p. 50. 3. "Money Talks," by Robert Sullivan, ASPIRE, Dec. ˜94/Jan.'95, p. 34. 4. "All in a Day's Work," READER'S DIGEST. 5. LOOK OUT, WORLD, (Altamonte Springs, FL: Strang Communications Co., 1993). 6. PRODIGY interactive personal service 03/17/95. 7. THIS INCREDIBLE CENTURY/1980-90, pp ...

3. Anne Sullivan

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

... June 27, 1880. She was born to a distinguished family Swiss ancestry on her father’s side, and cousin to the revered General Robert E. Lee on her mother’s side. The family’s ancestry was enhanced by the birth of a beautiful daughter. At the ... first steps were to form a basis for a union of student and teacher, which was ultimately broken only by the death of Anne Sullivan. But, between the time of their first meeting and their separation through death, these two people were as close as two people could ...

4. Childs of Center Point

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... know. But it’s obviously something affecting that particular corner of the city. (turns thoughtful) That’s really sad that young Tom Sullivan has got it now. Up to now I’d only heard it was affecting adults. ANNOUNCER: Now for the local news. City ... you two to sign petitions backing EIC against a wall. You don’t even work for them." BILL CHILDS: How ridiculous can Janice Roberts get! How could anybody ever back EIC against a wall? The company has assets of over a billion dollars. They’re just being ...

5. Teamwork

Nehemiah 1:1-11

Sermon

Rev. Dr. Ward Williams

... following Sunday, and Durante did his number. The audience was ecstatic and shouted, pleaded for more. What happened then surprised even Ed Sullivan who was watching from the wings. He was well aware that Durante had to leave immediately for the city if he was ... talking about teamwork and cooperation? I suspect that most of us were appalled to read sometime back about the tragedy of Robert McFall, a thirty-nine-year-old man suffering from acute aplastic anemia ” a failure of the bone marrow to produce red ...

6. Building Relationships

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... words, as Pastor John Ortberg quips, it is better to eat Twinkies with good friends than to eat broccoli alone. Harvard researcher Robert Putnam notes that if you belong to no groups but decide to join one, “you cut your risk of dying over the next ... years they were estranged from each other. Oh, they still collaborated. For years, Gilbert would send Sullivan the lyrics of the operetta they were working on by mail, and Sullivan would send Gilbert the music back by mail. But when they had an opening night, ...

7. TRYING IT WITHOUT GOD

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... do. He never dares to look his life squarely in the face, as the letter writer claimed to do. He would never admit that Sullivan’s words are rationally, logically the truth. He hides from it, because he will never admit that this tragic posture is exactly his own ... grave and listened and said: "But it’s all quiet." The world is silent. The world has no answers. On the other hand, Robert MacAffee Brown tells how indignant his young son was when his playmate’s father died, and he demanded to know why he ...

8. The Poor In Spirit

Sermon

John A. Terry

... That is why they went up the mountain to be alone. The word translated as "blessed" is commonly translated today as "happy." Robert Schuller wrote a book titled The Be Happy Attitudes. There is a joy the word implies. The problem with the word " ... Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." More common advice today is expressed in Ruddigore, a Gilbert and Sullivan opera: If you wish in the world to advanceYour merits you're bound to enhanceYou must stir it and stump it,And blow your ...

9. The Poor In Spirit

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

John A. Terry

... That is why they went up the mountain to be alone. The word translated as "blessed" is commonly translated today as "happy." Robert Schuller wrote a book titled The Be Happy Attitudes. There is a joy the word implies. The problem with the word " ... : "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." More common advice today is expressed in Ruddigore, a Gilbert and Sullivan opera: If you wish in the world to advance Your merits you're bound to enhance You must stir it and stump it, And blow ...

10. Thank God, We're Not Alone!

Psalm 133:1-3

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... have Jesus! "How good and pleasant it is when brothers [and sisters]...red, and yellow, black and white - brothers and sisters of every skin and tongue and tribe...how good and pleasant it is when brothers [and sisters] live together in unity." Thank God, we are not alone. Amen! 1. Robert N. Bellah, Richard Madsen, William M. Sullivan, Ann Swidler, Steven M. Tipton, Habits of the Heart, (Berkley: University of California Press, 1985) 2. Habits, p. 287 3. Matthew 19:30; 20:16; Mark 10:31; Luke 13:30

11. Marriage: Agony Or Ecstasy

Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... it says that God could not have given Adam a greater gift than this one. All of creation pales in comparison. I love the way John Sullivan, pastor of the Broadmoor Baptist Church in Shreveport, Louisiana put it. Speaking of his first date with his wife he said, "I used my best charm ... are the keys. 1. Leslie Parrott, EASY TO LIVE WITH, cited in Robert Schuller, POWER IDEAS FOR A HAPPY FAMILY (Charlotte, N.C.: Commission Press, 1972). 2. Bennett Cerf, STORIES TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD (New York ...

12. One Commandment, Slightly Used

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... what we can get out of it, but love for what we can bring to it. I am not a great fan of television preacher Robert Schuller. It seems to me that too often he talks too much about himself and about us, and too little about Christ; but I ... Now, that’s the kind of love that I am talking about, and what I believe Jesus was talking about. The famous psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan once defined love as “the condition that exists when you are as interested in fulfilling the needs of the other as you are in ...

13. Invictus

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... don’t know which, that left her deaf and blind. At the age of six Helen was taught to communicate by Anne Sullivan. The first word that Anne signed into Hellen’s palm was the word “doll.” In her adult years, Keller went on to ... I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.** “For my unconquerable soul.” So inspiring was Henley, that his good friend Robert Louis Stevenson based his one- legged character Long John Silver on Henley. And today you may have heard of the Invictus games, which ...

14. Small Acts of Kindness

Matthew 25:14-30

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Robert W. Bohl

Have you ever felt like giving up? Have you ever wondered, even in what you try to do for God, whether it is doing any good? I remember a story about a little girl nicknamed Annie who in 1876 was ten years of age. Her actual name was Joanna Sullivan. She was put into a poor house for children...called the Tewkesbury Alms House in Massachusetts. Her mother had died and her father had deserted her. Her aunt and uncle found her too difficult to handle. She had a bad disposition, a violent temper...stemming in ...

15. The Inconcealable Christ!

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

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

In this amazing passage of two miracles, we find just one message. The first miracle is the healing of the daughter of a Greek woman, born in Syrian Phoenicia. In many ways, it is among the most significant of Jesus' miracles not just because the child received healing. Syrophoenicia is not a candidate region for the zip code 90210. The "pretty people" do not take up residence there. In fact, they do all they can to avoid going that way. It is a remote place sustained by commercial fishing and, if we can ...

16. Known By Our Love

John 13:31-35

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

Jesus and the apostles were celebrating that last supper together. Because Jesus was aware Judas was going to betray him, the Lord confronted him. It is an especially uncomfortable conversation that Jesus concluded by telling Judas, “Do quickly what you must do” (13:27). After the apostle of betrayal slithered out of the room, Jesus turned his attention to those who remained. After a few preliminary remarks, Jesus delivered one of his more familiar teachings. “I give you a new commandment, that you love ...

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1. Rejoice

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

2. Finding Glory

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

3. Anne Sullivan

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

4. Childs of Center Point

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

5. Teamwork

Nehemiah 1:1-11

Sermon

Rev. Dr. Ward Williams

6. Building Relationships

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

7. TRYING IT WITHOUT GOD

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

8. The Poor In Spirit

Sermon

John A. Terry

9. The Poor In Spirit

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

John A. Terry

... That is why they went up the mountain to be alone. The word translated as "blessed" is commonly translated today as "happy." Robert Schuller wrote a book titled The Be Happy Attitudes. There is a joy the word implies. The problem with the word " ... : "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." More common advice today is expressed in Ruddigore, a Gilbert and Sullivan opera: If you wish in the world to advance Your merits you're bound to enhance You must stir it and stump it, And blow ...

10. Thank God, We're Not Alone!

Psalm 133:1-3

Sermon

David E. Leininger

11. Marriage: Agony Or Ecstasy

Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

King Duncan

12. One Commandment, Slightly Used

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe