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1. The Hike (A Drama about Following God)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... t need to go any further. Besides, have you seen that trail? John: Yeah. So? Ray: So? Man, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a trail so narrow. Not to mention how steep and rocky it is. John: Hey, c’mon Ray. This was part of the deal remember. When we started this journey we said that we’d finish it no matter what. Ray: No, you c’mon. Look around you John. This place is great. (reaches into his backpack) Here. John: What’s this? Ray: It’s a list of PROS why we should stay here. John: These are you ...

2. The Hike (Alt. Version): A Drama about Youth and Commitment

Drama

Dave Marsh

... . Finished. Over. Hello??? Beth: You can’t be done. We’ve only just made it to the base. Wendy: Well, we’ve been talking and Ray pointed out that we have everything we need right here. We don’t really need to go any further. Rich: Yeah, and besides, have you seen that trail? John: Yeah. So? Rich: So? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a trail so narrow. Not to mention how steep and rocky it is. Beth: Hey, c’mon guys. This was part of the deal remember. When we started this hike we said that we’d ...

3. The One Thing God Can Not Do

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... of love on a human basis and it always inspires us. Maybe you saw the recent movie about singer Ray Charles. Ray Charles never let his blindness interfere with the pursuit of his music career. His mother would never let him indulge in self-pity or helplessness; she forced ... disown himself.” 1. Based on an item in The Joyful Noiseletter. 2. http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/b‑le01su.php. 3. (HarperCollins, 1942). 4. Adapted from a sermon by Rev. Dr. John T. Martin, Jr., http://www.annandale‑umc ...

4. Second Thoughts

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... one of the most compelling stories our Lord ever told. To this day, the actual road is little more than a strip of rocky terrain which leads us from Jerusalem south to the village of Jericho. What is remarkable is that in just 15 miles, the elevation ... his battle with second thoughts. On September 26, 1944, Ray Hamley, an RAF flying officer, and his crew flying an American-built B-25, dropped bombs on the town of Kleve just inside Germany's border with Holland. Ray was 21 years old, and his bombs that day ...

5. The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... earth not covered by water--the deepest city in the world. The Jericho Road was a notoriously thief-infested stretch of rocky mountain road, a long, lonely seventeen miles crowded with caves and danger. Since the road was so often traveled by ... to pass by on the other side. On September 26, 1944, Ray Hamley, an RAF flying officer, and his crew, flying an American-built B-25, dropped bombs on the town of Kleve just inside Germany's border with Holland. Ray was 21 years old, and his bombs that day hit the ...

6. The Temptation To Pass By On The Other Side

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

7. The Power of Partnership

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... McDonald's hamburger stand in California that was running eight Multimixers at one time. So he packed up his car and headed west. Ray Kroc said he had never seen so many people served so quickly in all of his life. He walked into the restaurant, met ... to fall and sprain his ankle or break a leg, or even fall into a pit. Now the fact of the matter is, as you walk down the rocky road of life, there are at least two times when you are going to go down. Sometimes you're going to fall down. Then at other times you ...

8. Reconciliation Day

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... on NPR’s Car Talk. Click and Clack are the radio names for the hosts of Car Talk, Tom and Ray Magliozzi. Someone wrote Tom and Ray a letter sometime back. Dear Tom and Ray: Today I was involved in an accident. I was happily cruising along at the speed limit . . . in the right lane ... ://www.firstpresbaker.org/Sermons/Sermons_2006/August_13_06.htm. 2. Cited by Rev. Richard J. Fairchild, http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/a le06sesn.php. 3. Some translations (including the NIV) omit “against you.” These ...

9. Loosening Up for Better Production

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... ate it up." Let's face the facts. I. SOME OF US ARE HARD-HEARTED recipients of the seed. Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles recorded a song some years ago entitled “Hard-Hearted Hannah, the Vamp of Savannah", the meanest gal in town. One ... crevices of my concrete driveway. The grace of God is as relentless as that grass. In Verse 5 and 6 it says, “Some seed fell on rocky places. It sprang up quickly. But when the sun came up the plants were scorched because they had no root." II. SOME OF US ARE SHALLOW ...

10. Israel’s Ill-Placed Confidence

Amos 5:18-27

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... on the wall only to have a snake bite him. 20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, not light- pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness? 21 "I hate, I despise your religious feasts; I cannot stand your assemblies. 22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, ... some await his future, second coming. Desert A broad designation for certain regions in Israel, typically rocky, although also plains, with little rainfall. These areas generally are uninhabited, and most often “wilderness” ...

11. Dr. Life

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... . (3) Fear is a necessary part of our lives, but unnecessary fear can be most inconvenient. The premier science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury won a top award in 1968 from the Aviation/Space Writers Association for a Life magazine article he wrote in ... decisions. A story in Reader's Digest recently tells about a flight attendant who had just returned from a vacation in the Rockies. During this magical week of mountain peaks, blue skies and sweet-smelling pines, she fell in love with a very eligible bachelor ...

12. Independence Day - The Mission of the Mighty

John 8:31-41

Sermon

... that it will cost to maintain this Declaration and support and defend these states; yes, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory.” The Father of our country was no naive dreamer or empty-headed revolutionist. He knew the cost of ... off their course, and so they didn't land in Virginia; they landed in Massachusetts. But when they finally stood on that rocky coast, they fell down on their knees and kissed the earth, and they wrote for all of history to find: “We establish this ...

13. Building An Understanding Of God

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... in every grove and fountain, and on every mountain summit; gods breathing in the winds and flashing in the lightning, or the ray of sun and star, heaving in the earthquake or the November storm in the Aegean, watching over every society of men congregated ... Rockefeller, the former governor of New York and a perennial candidate for President of the United States. Although he was extremely wealthy, Rocky loved to tell people that he went to public school in New York City up near Harlem, and that he used to ...

14. How Well Do You Listen?

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... s put-on was a classic routine by an old radio comedy team whom some of you may remember named “Bob and Ray.” This skit featured a character on their radio program named Wally Ballou. Wally would be on the street, saying, “This is ... of worldly concern. Rodney L. Cooper tells about a woman who was frantic when she discovered her daughter was missing in the Rocky Mountains. This woman thrashed through the woods, screaming her daughter’s name. She went back to the campsite and called for help. Within ...

15. Night and Light

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... Allison and Gary were off to a great start. Three years later they made an appointment with me. Things were a bit rocky in their marriage. Both were faithful to each other, yet each had begun to resent the time the other was spending on ... , the time of healing and peace. Easter is just around the corner for us, and in these darkest nights of Holy Week, we need the early morning rays of its promises. I can feel a new tomorrow coming on. It is night and it is dark. But Jesus is here with us. And regardless of ...

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