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Matthew 19:3-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... were said six hundred years ago the average lifespan was thirty-five years or so. If you married someone for a lifetime, you were only married for fifteen years or so. Now people are married for fifty, sixty or even seventy years.” In that sense, Rod Stewart is right. We are asking people to enter into a covenant for a much longer relationship than ever before because we live longer than we have ever lived before. Fear of this has driven many couples in our day simply to “live together” instead of ...

2. The Surprise of Absolute Victory

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... of strange words: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. I will fear no evil. Thou art there. Thy rod and thy staff comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies ... Surely goodness and mercy will follow me ... ’m too old. I’m too tough. I’m too weak I’ve gone too far. My problems are too great." Listen to James Stewart, the well-known Scotch preacher: "God doesn’t look at me, shake his head and admit, ‘This fellow’s problem is beyond me. His ...

3. Déjà Vu or Divine Revelation?

Luke 23:35-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time—I think I’ve forgotten this before.” Canadian stand-up comedian Stewart Francis in a routine asked, “Did I already do my déjà vu joke?” Well, I guess it just seemed to him that he had ... ://www.rd.com/culture/bizarre-royal-family-perks/. 4. “A Policeman’s Bear Hug Stops a Suicide Bomber From Killing More” by Rod Nordland and Fahim Abed, New York Times, Nov. 16, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/world/asia/kabul-explosion-police. ...

4. POLICEMAN

Acts 16:28

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Stephen Stewart

Acts 16:28 - "The police reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens." A school has rules to keep students from hurting or disturbing each other. Cities, counties, states, and nations make laws that large groups of people may live together in peace. Rules and laws, however, serve their purpose only so long as everyone obeys school rules, because he does not want to interfere with the rights of other people and because he knows that everyone ...

5. SERGEANT

Acts 16:35

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Stephen Stewart

Acts 16:35 - "And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, ‘Let those men go’ " (KJV). The sergeants were the Roman lichtors or officers who attended the chief magistrates when they appeared in public, and who inflicted the punishment that had been pronounced. They were literally "rod-carriers" because they carried a bundle of rods tied together around an ax.

6. FARMER

Jer. 14:4; 2 Tim. 2:6; James 5:7

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Stephen Stewart

Jeremiah 14:4 - "Because of the ground which is dismayed, since there is no rain in the land, the farmers are ashamed, they cover their heads." 2 Timothy 2:6 - "It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops." James 5:7 - "Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it until it receives the early and the late rain." Palestine was one of the world’s earliest agricultural centers ...

7. SURVEYOR

Zechariah 2:1

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Stephen Stewart

Zechariah 2:1 - "And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand!" Have you ever looked out of your window and seen a man with a funny-looking spy-glass affair perched on top of a tripod, who seems to be earnestly gazing at nothing in particular? Or seen the same type of individual in an open field? Now, I’m not making fun of you. I know that you know that this man is a surveyor, marking out land boundaries. But you have to admit, it’s a very weird looking instrument that ...

8. TASKMASTER

Exodus 1:11

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Stephen Stewart

Exodus 1:11 - "Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens; and they built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses." Just as today we have foremen who assign jobs and see that their instructions are carried out, the ancient rulers also had such foremen, and they were called taskmasters. However, whereas today we hardly expect the plant foreman to be a cruel person, whose job is in enforcing his orders by physical means, this is exactly what the ancient taskmaster ...

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1. What Would Jesus Say About Marriage?

Matthew 19:3-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

2. The Surprise of Absolute Victory

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

3. Déjà Vu or Divine Revelation?

Luke 23:35-43

Sermon

King Duncan

4. POLICEMAN

Acts 16:28

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

5. SERGEANT

Acts 16:35

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

6. FARMER

Jer. 14:4; 2 Tim. 2:6; James 5:7

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

7. SURVEYOR

Zechariah 2:1

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

8. TASKMASTER

Exodus 1:11

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

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