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2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... assault and leaving the scene of an accident. Walker had argued, as he has in four other petitions filed with state and federal courts, that he was deprived of a fair trial because no one in his jury pool had a last name that began ... you." Are you familiar with the expression, "knock on wood?" Many people knock on wood before undertaking a project for good luck. Will Rogers once humorously said: "I always knock on wood before I make my entrance." The "knock on wood" superstition is alleged to have originated ...

2. Peacemaking and Self Control

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... , “The mark of community--true biblical unity--is not the absence of conflict but the presence of a reconciling spirit.”17 In 1913, the Federal Government held a reunion at the 50 anniversary of Gettysburg. Thousands bivouacked in the old battlefield, swapping stories and looking up comrades. For the ... :26. 13. 16:32. 14. 22:24-25. 15. Quoted in Louisa Rogers, "Dealing with Anger" pamphlet (St. Meinrad, IN: CareNotes, 1990), 1. 16. Edited from PreachingToday.com search under Matthew 5:21-26. 17. Ibid. 18. Ibid. 19 ...

3. Tasting the Gruel of Love

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... he had committed. Judge John Sirica subsequently sentenced Colson to the maximum prison term permitted under federal law. (1) After his release from federal prison, Colson founded the Prison Fellowship Ministry, which reaches out to men and women in prisons ... be focused on Him.” We focus our thoughts on God; we focus our acts of service on those around us. (6) Years ago Roger Kahn wrote a book about the old Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, titled The Boys of Summer. Kahn tracked down many of the players ...

4. A Voice in the Wilderness

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... authentic emergency, still broadcasters ignored it. Only one broadcast station, a television station in Chicago, shut down as required by federal law. Obviously, this false alarm demonstrated major flaws in this system. (1) I thought of the Emergency Broadcast System ... 55.’” (4) People have a tendency to disregard the warning signs, don’t they? sometimes with dire consequences. Roger Cyr is national director of Operation Lifesaver, an organization in Canada that is seeking to decrease accidents between ...

5. Grace: Amazing or Mystifying?

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... Perhaps. Let’s examine this question a little more in detail. On October 31, 1999, representatives of the Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church signed a document called the “Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.” The document ... sitting in the VIP section of the stadium. They were the grown children of Roger Maris, the man who hit 61 home runs in 1961 to establish the record. The children of Roger Maris were an important part of the celebration that night. Yet none of them ...

6. The Dreamer Within You

Joel 2:18-27, Joel 2:28-32

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... scheme was plausible, and the latter agreed to finance the project. Sometime later, both men were arrested by federal authorities, but Chief Justice John Marshall presided over a trial at Richmond that exonerated both of them ... the race came near the end of the last lap. Jim Landy of Australia had led all the way, but he wondered during the last lap how close Roger Bannister of England was to him. He turned his head to see, slowed his pace a bit, and in that split second Bannister passed him and never ...

7. Tastes Great, Less Filling - Sounds Good, Not True

Proverbs 23:29-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... in lost work time alone.7 To combat the colossal crisis caused by the 15.3 million Americans who use or abuse alcohol, federal and state governments have enacted over a thousand laws since 1980.8 There are those who try to defend the licensing and ... David Wyrtzen, The Practice of Wisdom: A Topical Guide to Proverbs (Chicago: Moody Press, 1992), p. 11. 2 Jack VanImpe and Roger F. Campbell, Alcohol: the Beloved Enemy (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1980). 3 Zig Ziglar, Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World ( ...

8. Leave Your Calculator Home

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... a great land. Someone saw a road sign in Oklahoma demanding that we pay no taxes. It was placed along a federally funded interstate highway! There is no free lunch according to economists, but still some people want the privileges of citizenship ... a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” And Will Rogers said: “I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.” We laugh because that is the only way we can ...

9. The God of Second Chances

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... -Marine officer was convicted of several counts of felony, stripped of his license to practice law, and served time in a federal prison. Willimon’s mother leaned over to her son and whispered rather loudly, “I haven’t come here to church to listen ... .com/sermons/a-new-hope-jeff-strite-sermon-on-kingdom-of-god-70969.asp?Page=2. 4. Adapted from Andrew H. Rogers, https://sermons.logos.com/submissions/11254-The-Blood#content=/submissions/11254. 5. Emphasis, Mar/Apr 2001, p. 37.6. (Random House, 1999 ...

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